i am really quite impressed with Beirut's Zach Condon.
a 20-something, Santa Fe native, high school drop-out...making Eastern European-Balkan-inspired-gypsy music, and becoming more well-known around...well, everywhere.
what impresses me the most about him - not his youth (well, relatively young-ish age)...
not the fact that he's from Santa Fe and singing Balkan-styles of music...
nor the fact that he started recording electronic-influenced music at the age of 15...
nor the fact that he also made a doo-wop-Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers-inspired record at the age of 16...
it's...his voice.
especially live (although, i have not had the pleasure yet of hearing him live, and in person - you know, like 10 feet away-type of deal)
but from these Take Away Shows that i love to watch now and then when there's a good or interesting band, he manages to sound almost perfectly in pitch.
the first song he sings, Nantes, struck some sort of emotional chord within...that i was practically on the verge of tears.
yes. i admit to it.
i think it's the perfect combination of melody, and his tone that really gets me, as he seems to have a very 'warming' quality to his singing voice. (okay. warming is not...the right grammatical way of putting it. deal.)
also for Zach, himself. he's energetic. he's fun to watch...as he's uber cute (!!!), but also fun to watch because (you can tell) that he loves to make music.
"Frail Zach, with his skinny yet magical arms."
as for his music, the two records that are out now (Gulag Orkestar, and The Flying Club Cup) are incredibly good to listen to if you do enjoy the East-European-Balkan-gypsy styles of music.
DeVotchKa come to mind first, Gogol Bordello is a bit too too punk, but still insanely great nonetheless.
go: more Beirut on the Take Away shows.
a 20-something, Santa Fe native, high school drop-out...making Eastern European-Balkan-inspired-gypsy music, and becoming more well-known around...well, everywhere.
what impresses me the most about him - not his youth (well, relatively young-ish age)...
not the fact that he's from Santa Fe and singing Balkan-styles of music...
nor the fact that he started recording electronic-influenced music at the age of 15...
nor the fact that he also made a doo-wop-Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers-inspired record at the age of 16...
it's...his voice.
especially live (although, i have not had the pleasure yet of hearing him live, and in person - you know, like 10 feet away-type of deal)
but from these Take Away Shows that i love to watch now and then when there's a good or interesting band, he manages to sound almost perfectly in pitch.
the first song he sings, Nantes, struck some sort of emotional chord within...that i was practically on the verge of tears.
yes. i admit to it.
i think it's the perfect combination of melody, and his tone that really gets me, as he seems to have a very 'warming' quality to his singing voice. (okay. warming is not...the right grammatical way of putting it. deal.)
also for Zach, himself. he's energetic. he's fun to watch...as he's uber cute (!!!), but also fun to watch because (you can tell) that he loves to make music.
"Frail Zach, with his skinny yet magical arms."
as for his music, the two records that are out now (Gulag Orkestar, and The Flying Club Cup) are incredibly good to listen to if you do enjoy the East-European-Balkan-gypsy
DeVotchKa come to mind first, Gogol Bordello is a bit too too punk, but still insanely great nonetheless.
go: more Beirut on the Take Away shows.
photo courtesy of: *Ethel on Flickr.
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