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Description:
Inspired by ethnic music of the whole globe as well as its Detroit home, Immigrant Suns produce an exotic sound sometimes described as Balkan village indie-rock, Arabic garage folk, or avant world beat.
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History:
Immigrant Suns was inspired and formed in late 1992, in Dearborn, Michigan; while improvizing with blending rock-n-roll and ethnic folk isntruments such as the qyteli(an Albanian gord-like lute)and the accordian. The instrumentation and reportoire expanded to eventually produce their fist CD in 1994, Montenegro, on Phonetic Records. Th band received some national acclaim that enabled them to get their first taste of extensive touring. The band followed up with a second release in 1996, Back From Durbecca, on Schoolkids Records. This further defined the bands devotion to discover the soul of obscure ethnic folk music traditions from remote villages and mountains of the world. After several coast to coast tours, and various collaborations with ethnic folk musicians, and improvisers, the band released their most ambitious work to date, More Than Food; a 1998 release on its own label, Phonetic Records. After six years of Blue Moons and Flying Pigs, the band had its first personnel change when Doug Shimmin left the group. Djeto Juncaj, Joel Peterson, Ben Temkow, and Mark Sawasky are continuing the musical tradition as a quartet and looking forward to new releases in late 1999 and...
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Influences:
Musikas, Djivan Gasparyan, Artie Barsemain, Ennio Morricone, Astor Piazzolla, Brian Eno, Carlos Montoya, Latcho Drome(The Film & Soundtrack), and Various collections of world ethnic music field recordings from the Balkans to Asia. To name a few.
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Djeto Juncaj
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Guitar, Accordion, Cello, Qyteli
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Joel Peterson
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Double Bass, Clarinet, Oud, Qyte
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Ben Temkow
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Violin, Penny Whistle, Accordion
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Mark Sawasky
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Doumbek, Tar, Talking Drum, Riqq
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