Listen:
Mazltov Cocktail
Baba ganoush overload
Leben zol Palestina

Also by Tummel: Transit

"This Swedish klezmer septet does a great job with brass-heavy, modern arrangements of traditional Yiddish tunes and a few originals. Their fun mix of jazz and MIddle Eastern influences recalls the Klezmatics, and their innovative use of guitar and bouzouki brings out the Turkish flavour inherent in some of the melodies." - Singout!

The musicians:
pär moberg - saxophones
sofi hakansson - flute and darbuka
edin bahtijaragic - accordeon
annika jessen - clarinet
tobias allvin - guitar and bouzouki
øivind slaatto - tuba and chair
daniel persson - drums, percussion, bicycle horn

The band says:
TUMMEL is a klezmer/Balkan/rockish 7-piece band based in Malmö, Sweden and Copenhagen, Denmark. Right from the start in 1997 they won the hearts of both folk and rock audiences, and has since attracted a growing number of fans across Sweden, Denmark, the UK, Italy, Slovenia and Estonia. Due to their reputation as a great live band, Swedish Television choose them for the show "Concert of the week" with a full hour of televised Tummel Live. They have also appeared live on Estonian Television and Danish National Radio on several occasions, not to mention local stations in Siberia, Texas, Turkey, Greece, Germany etc. etc.

What makes Tummel special is their ability to adapt to whatever kind of scene or stage they are thrown upon. They have played every kind of venue from small bars to big rock festival stages; including school concerts and retirements homes, and people seem to get a kick where ever they set foot.

“Tummel” is, in Yiddish, the sound that arises from a totally unrestrained party. “Ein Tumler“ is a guy hired by the host of the party to keep the partying frenezy up, whatever the cost.

Tummel plays traditional klezmer and balkan music, but arranged in their own, often untraditional way, and also write their own material. Although all band members are strong instrumentalists, what really makes the crowd go wild on a Tummel concert is their extraordinary capability as a live band. The Tumlers spare no effort to give the audience a once in a lifetime experience, leaving the audience gasping for breath with sweat flowing from their armpits. As a reflection of the history this music has floated through, the music involves elements of both extreme pleasure and extreme pain. But in Tummel´s case, the pleasure and joy is the first and foremost ingredient.