Oi Va Voi

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Oi Va Voi
Origin London, England
Genre(s) Alternative
Years active 2000–present
Label(s) Outcaste, V2
Associated acts Spengler, Galliano, KT Tunstall, Haylie Ecker
Website [1]
Members
Lemez Lovas
Josh Breslaw
Leo Bryant
Steve Levi
Nik Ammar
Former members
Sophie Solomon

Oi Va Voi are a British band that takes its name from a Yiddish-derived exclamation popular in modern Hebrew meaning, approximately "Oh, dear!". It is an experimental band from London, England, which formed in the late 1990s. Their sound draws on Jewish music from both the Ashkenazic and Sephardic traditions, including both klezmer and Ladino music, as well as Eastern European, especially Hungarian folk music, as well as contemporary electronic music.

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[edit] Current band members

Guests:

  • Anna Phoebe (violin)
  • Bridgette Amofah (vocals)
  • Alice McLaughlin (vocals)

[edit] Former band members

[edit] Associated acts

  • Anna Phoebe
  • Maiya James of Spengler
  • Earl Zinger (a.k.a. Rob Gallagher) of Galliano featured on the Laughter Through Tears album
  • KT Tunstall, though never an official member of the band, featured on the Laughter Through Tears album and was a regular member of the live set-up. Her solo career then took off towards the end of 2004.
  • Haylie Ecker

[edit] Albums

They have so far released three full length albums:

  • Digital Folklore (which is now considered extremely rare) in 2002, and four vinyl singles.
  • Laughter Through Tears (featuring guest vocals by KT Tunstall and Earl Zinger of Galliano) in 2003
  • Oi Va Voi, their third album on V2 records was released in mainland Europe in April 2007 - preceded by the single "Yuri". UK album launch was July 2007, followed by the single 'Yuri' in August 2007.

[edit] Discography

Digital Folklore
(2002)
Voi Records
(self published)
Laughter Through Tears
(2003)
Outcaste
Oi Va Voi
(2007)

[edit] Awards

  • Oi Va Voi won an Edison award for Album of the Year 2004 Netherlands
  • Oi Va Voi was nominated for the BBC Awards for World Music 2003 in the Boundary Crossing category.

[edit] See also

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