ROARING IN from the steppes, the taiga and the tundra of Siberia, by way of the Caucusus, Persia, Turkey, the Middle East and The Balkans, playing music of the people for the people, loudly, come:
The Tundrastic!!
The Steppmatic!!!!!
The Taiga - Taiga burning brightly!!!!!!
TRANS-SIBERIAN MARCH BAND!!!!!
MMmmmmmmmmm!!!!!
We play Balkan ska, klezmer reggae-Russo-Mexican trumpet tunes, Afghan love songs and Ottoman battle marches (we said what?).
So, since escaping the kitchens we have been hiding in Europe. We have been fortunate to play many gigs, in many places. Some highlights must be an underground biker's bar in Sarejevo, Glastonbury festival, London's Cargo club, Vienna Central Park, and Liverpool Street Station as part of the 70th anniversary of Kinderstransport.
Summer of 2009 holds many more exciting places for us to play, including Lovebox and Secret Garden festivals and another Balkan tour of Croatia, Bosnia and Montenegro. We play pubs, weddings, clubs, parties, bar mitzvahs, bandstands, state funerals / assassinations and festivals.
What do people say?
"The Sex Pistols of Balkan Brass" - Time out
"Balkan ska meets Ottoman battle punk in The Trans-Siberian's obscenely infectious brass blow-out" - Time out
"Riotous 12-piece Balkan ska dudes" - Time out
"We reunited in Sarajevo for more TSMB, who sent Sarajevan crowds wild with their gigs. Locals came to both nights (it must have been good) and the place was on fire with lots of dancing" .......... SupaNova KorfBall
"And then there’s the Trans Siberian Marching Band. Bloody brilliant. Oompah meets ska with a hint of transvestite punk. We danced and marched and toe-tapped our feet sore".......... The Londonist Sept 14 2008
"If they were playing in my garden, I'd shoo them away with a brush" ......... anon.