Babylon Circus is a ten piece ska and reggae group founded in 1995 in Lyon, France. Since forming, they have released four full – length albums and one EP. They have played over 1000 shows throughout Europe, and have toured as far as Syria , Australia and South Africa
The band began as a ska group but quickly transcended the genre, mixing punk, reggae, rock, swing and jazz influences. They sing in both French and English, sometimes mixing the two in songs. Their third album, Dances of Resistance, was recorded in 2003 and largely has an anti-war theme. In 2009 they launched their latest album La Belle Ătoile. – source Wiki
 LES FILS DE TEUHPU & Schmeisig @ Sonic Ballroom, Cologne – 25. november 2008
The first band that played was Schmeisig – a local band – yes from Cologne and that was a good surprise … doing a lot of funny all style covers … haha! even metal sitting on a chair ! LoL!
And then the very praised – LES FILS DE TEUHPU !!!
Waaaaah! that was so cool !!! – so first a vid to get you into the mood!!
The french bands are really the best concerts going on here for the moment – after Les Touffes Kretiennes who knocked us already out a month ago and even managed to multipli by ten my trumpet lessons now after this concert I think I will not have any more time to sleep and my neighbours will kill me – hehe!
I found a litte note about them on the web for the german speakers ;o) – I wouldn’t know to say better :
“Les Fils de Teuhpu zu beschreiben oder gar musikalisch einzuordnen, ist
eigentlich unmöglich. Versuchen wir es mit âFrank Zappa der mit Monthy
Phyton und ElÀkelÀiset zusammen Chanson und Reggae/Ska-Sounds
fabriziertâ und “Babylon Circus treffen auf 17 Hippies und Cirqus
Alfonâ, was uns aber auch nicht viel weiter bringt. Fest steht: Es
handelt sich hier um einen verrĂŒckten Haufen, der mit ungeheuer viel
SpaĂ und UnbekĂŒmmertheit an das Musikmachen heran geht. Was bekommt man
zu hören? Zum Beispiel ein schrÀges fetzendes Hammond-B3-Solo, fette
BlÀsersÀtze, Skiffle-Banjo, Ska, deftigen Punk, Balkan-Zitate, Swing,
französisches Chanson, Akkordeon (logisch bei einer französischen
Band), Slide-Gitarre, Posaune und und und. Angesichts der
VerrĂŒcktheiten mĂŒsste die Band aus Finnland stammen.”
– persönliche bemerkung bzlg VerrĂŒcktheiten : heya – die franzosen haben noch ein extra hauch von geilen humor on top of it !
ZASPH! 