Euphoria Studios is pleased to welcome:
KAL - Romani (Gypsy) band from Belgrade, Serbia

Saturday, Oct. 4th
Euphoria Studios, 1235 SE Division, Portland, Oregon

Doors open at 8pm. Show at 8:30. All ages.
Dance workshop between sets taught by Sani Rafati of Voice of Roma
Tickets: $10 at the door.

Kal are a young band, rock'n'roll in attitude, fuelled on dance beats
and rooted in the Balkan blues. In their wit, imagination, ability to
throw disparate sounds together and refusal to play by "folkloric"
rules Kal mark themselves as both part of Balkan Gypsy tradition and
21st Century Roma cultural activists. The identity Kal carry forward
is racially proud yet ethnically inclusive, forward looking while
embracing the treasure of the last thousand years of lungo drom (long
road), a culture determined to operate as equals in the ever evolving
Nu-Europe we all share. While our post-modern, polyglot times may
find employing terms like "commitment" and "mission" unfashionable
Kal are a band who aim to make a difference. Kal the word is Romani
for "black" were formed by the Ristic brothers, Dushan and Dragan,
to confront the prejudices and clichés the Roma face. Dragan, a
theatre producer who has set up Romani theatre groups in Budapest and
Belgrade, and Dushan, a painter, aimed to use Kal to blend influences
from traditional Balkan Gypsy music with the contemporary music they
heard whilst living in Belgrade and Budapest.

For more information visit:
www.myspace.com/romakal
www.voiceofroma.com/kal/kal.htm

Tour sponsored by Voice of Roma
www.voiceofroma.com

Portland show sponsored by Balkan Festivals Northwest
www.balkanalia.org/events