Alejandro Toledo & The Magic Tombolinos

Event information

Fri. 19 feb.
Backbeating Sounds presents:
Alejandro Toledo & the Magic Tombolinos
A frenzied mix of Gypsy, Klezmer and Balkan music by the band who have stolen the show at the festival scene across Europe
The Aberystwyth Arts Centre
Doors: 10.00pm
£9.50 in advance / £11.50 on the door

This sextet of prodigious traveling musicians from different parts of the globe (Argentina, France, Greece, UK, Slovakia and Portugal) takes music to its edge and plays with great risk, never failing to amaze with rhythm and virtuosity. Their fiery music invites you to an amazing voyage to be savoured and ignites the passion to dance.

The band burst on to London's thriving Gypsy Balkan music scene and arrived with something of a bang. In the few months since the band's debut in London, they put their spell on the underground party scene while at the same time performed at leading venues around London, the UK and overseas causing mayhem and selling out on several occasions. Led by Alejandro Toledo (former student of Peter Freeman [Classical Sax] and Daniel Ivancea [Gypsy Sax]), this high energy band delivers the most exciting performances Balkan ethnic music has to offer with wild, unruly tunes, potent rhythms and their general uncontrollable energy.

Alejandro Toledo - a superb saxophonist who has toured with the mighty Fanfare Ciocarlia and a charismatic singer and frontman - along with musical maestros from across Europe and beyond, blend Gypsy, Balkan, Latin and Klezmer influences with passion and astonishing musicality. The line-up includes double bass, percussion, accordion, mandolin, drums and saxes, all played by virtuoso musicians and capable of switching effortlessly between the wildest dance music imaginable to delicate, beautiful doinas and laments.

More info, sounds and photos of the band:
www.myspace.com/alejandrosax
www.magictombolinos.co.uk