Monthly Residencies

Thursdays

Balkan Beats Electro Swing and more xotic electronic music by Dj RomaSoul @ Beviamo Wine Bar 1358 W. Taylor St. 10pm-2am No Cover

1st Fridays

Nomadic Fridays with Live music by Ode and Eyes Manouche @ Morseland 1218 W. Morse Ave. 10pm-2am $7

3rd Fridays

Balkan Invasion of Wicker Park featuring Live music by Black Bear Combo and DJ RomaSoul @Subterranean 2011 W. North 10pm-2am $5

Balkan World Fusion Events Chicago

Saturday
Jan212012

Saturday Jan 28: Mucca Pazza Lasers Fast and Shit and DJ RomaSoul

                      
Mucca Pazza
Mucca Pazza
Mucca Pazza is the marching band that thinks it's a rock 'n roll band. The group is a collection of shameless band nerds wielding instruments of incongruous traditions, sometimes in competition, often in cooperation. Many of them played in traditional marching bands in high school. Others wanted to but couldn't because they played violin or accordion, and no one had yet come up with the amplified helmet. With speakers strapped firmly to heads, their rambunctious live show has brought them to such acclaimed venues as the Late Show with Conan O'Brien, Lollapalooza,
Mucca Pazza is the marching band that thinks it's a rock 'n roll band. The group is a collection of shameless band nerds wielding instruments of incongruous traditions, sometimes in competition, often in cooperation. Many of them played in traditional marching bands in high school. Others wanted to but couldn't because they played violin or accordion, and no one had yet come up with the amplified helmet. With speakers strapped firmly to heads, their rambunctious live show has brought them to such acclaimed venues as the Late Show with Conan O'Brien, Lollapalooza, and a fleet of canoes floating down the Chicago River.

Their music skips from genre to unnameable genre, never settling in one place for long, but held together by the band's unmistakable sound and irresistible energy. To their credit, they only have one march in their original repertoire, their other music includes zombie-mambo, snake-charmer-metal, gypsy-reggaeton, punk-classical, and some demented arrangements of Dmitri Shostakovich, Bela Bartok, and famed Egyptian composer Kemal El Tawil.

"Any band that can get a crowd of 700, the majority of which have never heard of them, dancing, pogoing, screaming and beaming in a span of 10 minutes definitely has a good thing going. Mucca Pazza managed to reach those and teh frat boys, the soccer moms, the cowboys, the gangstas, and everyone in between." --Arizona Daily Star
Lasers and Fast and Shit
Lasers and Fast and Shit
We're a band, yes we brought our own lights and no the fogger wont turn off, sorry.
We spawned from the great Bear - Wolf - Bison orgy of '08.
DJ RomaSoul
DJ RomaSoul
Balkan Beats via Chicago House. DJ Romasoul is originally from Sarajevo, but has been residing in Chicago since 1995. Creating a mixture of global sounds, electronica and house music Dj RomaSoul aka Maja Bijedic has made people dance across a wide variety of venues in Chicago.



Monday
Dec262011

A Happy New Years from us! And a New Years Party!

 Thank you Chicago!

Come celebrate NYE 2012 International style at one of the hottest loft parties this year! We will be in the South Loop area with amazing views of the Chicago skyline, NYE fireworks, and we will be going all night long!!!

Loft Station @ River Place
329 W. 18th Street
Suite 500
TIME: 9pm-7am
COVER: $65 includes full Open Bar all night, appetizers, desserts, midnight champagne toast & party favors.
AVAILABLE: 3 Luxury VIP Rooms with Premium Bottle Service

Featuring Dj's:
Kenyi, RomaSoul, Top Donn & Mwelwa
Also featuring Tommy Oman Piano Man!

The mix: Balkan/Gypsy Middle-Eastern, House, Hip Hop, Zouk, R&B, Reggae, Oldies, Salsa, Rumba, Bachata, Samba, Kizomba, Merengue, Afrobeat, Ndombolo, Rai, Son, Soukous, Calypso, Soca, Cabo Love, Coupe Decale...

Advance Ticket Purchase: Paypal Link:
https://www.paypal.com...

Plenty of street parking available in this area!

CONTACT: 312.965.2251 or loftstation@yahoo.com for more information!

http://www.facebook.com/events/156407134460167/?ref=nf#!/events/156407134460167/

 

Friday
Dec232011

This Xmas join the International Booty Movement!

                             


Join us at one of North Side's top venues for The International Booty Movement, featuring different world music djs representing an eclectic mix of sounds!
Our first installment of the movement welcomes:

Guest DJ:

 Mwelwa
Latin/Brazilian/Afrobeat
organic dance music

Resident DJ:

RomaSoul
Balkan/Gypsy & Swing
electronic & organic dance music

There is no cover but we are collecting for a toy/food drive so a donation of toy/canned goods is suggested.

Hope to see you all out and moving your bootys!


BTW This is also a great preview of our International New Years Eve Loft Party!!!
Mwelwa and RomaSoul + djs + live band
3 open bars all night beer, wine, liquor
3 vip rooms available w personal bottle service,massages, appetizers
Champagne toast at midnight.
Going on from 8pm-7am at the Loft Station 329 w. 18th St. Suite 500
$65 via in advance $80 at door.

All the Info:
http://www.facebook.com/events/156407134460167/

Tuesday
Dec132011

The Last Invasion of the Year and A New Years Party!!!

This Friday December 16th is the last Balkan Invasion feat. Black Bear Combo and DJ RomaSoul of 2011!!! Per usual it will be going on at the Subterannean Lounge 2011 W. North Ave, 10pm-2am. The above pic is from last month which was wild! What an incredible year it has been, we hope to see you all out on the dancefloor!

What's the deal with your New Years Eve? Check out the New Years Party DJ RmaSoul wil be a part of, surely one of the uniquest going on in the city.

 "Come celebrate NYE 2012 International style at one of the hottest loft parties this year! We will be in the South Loop area with amazing views of the Chicago skyline, NYE fireworks, and we will be going all night long!!! Loft Station @ River Place 329 W. 18th Street Suite 500

TIME: 9pm-7am
COVER: $65 includes full Open Bar all night, appetizers, desserts, midnight champagne toast & party favors.
AVAILABLE: 3 Luxury VIP Rooms with Premium Bottle Service

Featuring Dj's:
Kenyi, RomaSoul, Top Donn & Mwelwa
Also featuring Tommy Oman Piano Man!

The mix: Balkan/Gypsy Middle-Eastern, House, Hip Hop, Zouk, R&B, Reggae, Oldies, Salsa, Rumba, Bachata, Samba, Kizomba, Merengue, Afrobeat, Ndombolo, Rai, Son, Soukous, Calypso, Soca, Cabo Love, Coupe Decale...

Advance Ticket Purchase: Paypal Link:
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=QX6M44A2VVRJG

Plenty of street parking available in this area!

CONTACT: 312.965.2251 or loftstation@yahoo.com for more information!"

Here is the view from the loft! Hope to see you there!


Monday
Oct172011

3rd Friday of the month means Balkan Invasion!

We're baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!

Black Bear Combo is Chicago's ONLY Brass/Reed Gypsy/Balkan band! They had the amazingly exclusive experience of playing for Mr. Barak Obama at the White House for Holloween last year! Black Bear Combo is a raucous mutt inspired by traditional music from Eastern Europe and the Balkans, filtered through their own free jazz and rock backgrounds. Since 2002 they've brought their sound to rock clubs, ...basements, festivals, weddings, funerals, parties and street corners across the country. You will not be able to stop dancing!

http://www.blackbearcombo.com/


Balkan Beats via Chicago House. DJ Romasoul is originally from Sarajevo, but has been residing in Chicago since 1995. Creating a mixture of global sounds and house and elektro music Dj RomaSoul aka Maja Bijedic has made people dance across a wide variety of venues in Chicago. Current residencies include:
1st Fridays at Morseland 1218 W. Morse Ave., Chicago IL
3rd Fridays at Subterranean 2011 W. North Ave., Chicago IL
Last Fridays at NV Penthouse 116 W. Hubbard St., Chicago IL
Thursdays at Beviamo Wine Bar 1358 W. Taylor St., Chicago IL

http://www.culturalconfusion.squarespace.com/
http://soundcloud.com/dj-romasoul

Cover $5
Drafts $3
Vodka cocktails $4