2025-10-02
Džambo Aguševi Orchestra – Brasses For The Masses
Original release: 2020
Džambo Aguševi Orchestra is all the energy from traditional Balkan brass dance/party music in a nice funk wrapping with tons of musical references to everything from John Lee Hooker over Miami Sound Machine to James Bond. And there are plenty of genres represented on the album, we get the mariachi inspired Crazy Horse, the walking bass (or “walking sousaphone”, I guess) driven swing segment in Sikidim, the almost cinematic funk tune Macedonian Nightcrawler, the beautiful ballad Road to East, and of course some more traditionally rooted Balkan-like songs like Shukri Dvojka and Feko Dvojka.
It is all brass and drums, and it is stupidly tight, like, Tower of Power horn section crammed into a phonebooth tight. On top of that the energy is just crazy good, and the amount of well-trimmed beards and cool sunglasses is pretty impressive. If you ever get the chance, go see them live. You will not regret it.
Listen
- Feko Dvojka: https://youtu.be/ElOsTAZ1ajM
- Crazy Horse: https://youtu.be/B6x0bIl2nzY