12 June 2009

Orkestra del Sol's European Election Special!!

Ladies and Gentlemen of the newly elected Europe,

****Please read this in a silly accent****

It's US! Can you see us wearing ROSETTES? RED and BLACK ones? For YOU! YOU who have voted.... with your feet. YOU who chose... with your hearts. "YOU-HOO that went with the FEELING" (sing it).

Thank you to everyone in the Czech republic, and possibly other countries, who voted ODS in last week's elections, believing it to be us, their friends, ORKESTRA DEL SOL, who entertained them so amusingly on TV last summer. The Swedish have a Pirate Party (apparently not a mis-spelling). Slovakia have the SMER campaign. But it's the Czech that have the ODS. But you don't want that ODS - you want THIS ODS! BRING ON THE BAND!

Just imagine the party - The ORKESTRA DEL SOL PARTY, PARTY PARTY PARTY! As your democratically chosen representatives of MUSICAL MAYHEM, we will unite the whole European Zone with DANCING and LAUGHTER. Bring on the tax-free GIGGLING, DANCING, HILARITY, and SWAYING (for the pensioners). Yes voters, GENERAL MUSICAL APPRECIATION is central to our policy of OVERALL FUN!

We shall polka them on the beaches. We shall waltz them in the nightclubs. We shall CARESS their EARS with joyous HARMONY and CALYPSO. Your festivals await us and WE ARE COMING to one near you.

Thank you for your vote.

The Orkestra

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UPCOMING GIGS FOR YOU!

June 14 – Oran Mor – GLASGOW – 8pm
June 17 – BIRNAM Arts Centre – 8pm
June 20 – Colour Meeting Festival – Policka, CZECH REP – 9.15pm
June 24 - Fusion Festival – Larz, GERMANY – 11pm
June 25 – Fusion Festival – Larz, GERMANY – 1pm
June 26 – Avalon Stage, GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL – 8pm
June 28 – Club Dada, Shangri-La, GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL– 1am
July 4 – Hat Fair, WINCHESTER – 4pm & 10pm
July 5 – BOURNEMOUTH Street Event – 3pm & 5.30pm
July 11 – TYNEMOUTH Festival – 1pm & 3.30pm
July 12 – SOUTH SHIELDS Festival – 1pm & 3pm
July 16 – Cornerstone, DIDCOT – 8pm
July 17 – Interstellar Arena, GLADE FESTIVAL – 11pm
July 18 – Pandora’s Playground, LATITUDE FESTIVAL – 3.15pm
July 19 – Cabaret Arena, LATITUDE FESTIVAL – 2pm & 9.30pm
Aug 7 – Hothouse Stage, BELLADRUM FESTIVAL - 6pm
Aug 11 – Fringe by the Sea, NORTH BERWICK
Aug 21 – The Lemon Tree, ABERDEEN – 8pm
Sept 4 – Olot Fiesta, Catalunya, SPAIN
Sept 6 – Eden Festival, DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY – 10.30pm
Sept 11 – The Tabernacle, Notting Hill, LONDON – 8pm
Sept 12 & 13 – BESTIVAL, Isle of Wight
Sept 16 – Bathgate Regal, BATHGATE Music Festival
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29 April 2009

Orkestra del Sol at The Picture House, Tues 5th May

Ladies and Gentlemen,

*****Please read this in a silly accent*****

We are so close we can almost smell him. PHIL PHILIDOPOLIS has ironed his shorts, GREGOVIC has charged his hipflask with MOONSHINE, CAMERON is practicing his SOCRATIC OATH, LORENZO is almost catatonic with excitement..... if you want to catch Orkestra del Sol's ONLY Edinburgh appearance of 2009 - it's on Tuesday!

Tues 5th May at The Picture House, Lothian Road, Edinburgh.
Doors 7pm
ORKESTRA DEL SOL 8pm
IVO PAPASOV WEDDING BAND 9.15pm
DJ Grandma Staflasch 10.45pm
Tickets £14
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk
0844 847 1740

We are your friends in red and black!

Orkestra del Sol

EXCLUSIVE new track (Joe Acheson mix of Passe Par Tout)
http://www.tentracks.co.uk/artist/orkestra-del-sol
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22 April 2009

Listen again to Orkestra del Sol on Radio Scotland's Global Gathering

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17 April 2009

IVO PAPASOV AND HIS WEDDING BAND + ORKESTRA DEL SOL 5th May Edinburgh

Ladies and Gentlemen,

****Please read this in a silly accent****

The world of ORKESTRA DEL SOL, your favourite MUSICAL TOREADORS of the BRASS BULLRING, is about to rupture. Yes, RUPTURE...into a KALEIDOSCOPE of CLARINETIC HAPPINESS! Friends, the Orkestra will appear for ONE, yes ONE NIGHT ONLY at the EDINBURGH PICTURE HOUSE along side one of the GREATS of BULGARIAN MUSIC - no, not OLGA, great though she is - but IVO PASASOV!!!!!

Ladies and gentlemen, MAY 5th 2009 at EDINBURGH'S PICTURE HOUSE will be a spectacular before your every ears! For anyone not familiar with Mr Papasov, he is THE KING OF WEDDING BAND MUSIC -his music not only BLOWS YOU AWAY, it comes back, spins you round, dusts you down and buys you a pint. Howsabout that for a Tuesday night? Bring your dancing shoes, dancing socks, dancing trousers or skirt, dancing underwear, best dancing shirt and a hat..... for dancing in. And adjust your watches to the correct GMT - the fun starts EARLY, with Orkestra del Sol appearing on stage at 8pm. SHARP.

But perhaps in a fit of BULGARIAN EXCITEMENT you have temporarily forgotten the sound of your favorite MELODIC MAVERICKS of the drum, fiddle and bone? Has anything SLIPPED BY YOU? In case you may need a reminder!
We, the Orkestra, are proud to announce a new mix of Sincero Minimo's SEMI FAMOUS tune PASSE PAR TOUT by Mr Joe Acheson Quartet. It will be available on TEN TRACKS from 5pm TODAY. Friday. Would you LIKE to visit that website?

http//:www.tentracks.co.uk/artist/orkestra-del-sol

PLUS! your INSATIABLE ORKESTRA has penned some entirely NEW TUNES, which broke our audiences out into an actual sweat when we TESTED THEM on our recent tour in ENGLAND. Now that we know they WORK, we will be ROLLING THEM OUT across Scotland, and our Edinburgh friends will be the first to ever HEAR THEM on Tuesday 5 May when we will PLAY THEM. Live FOR YOU. And if you tune in to BBC Radio Scotland’s Global Gathering radio programme this TUESDAY NIGHT, you might be lucky enough to HEAR ONE, plus members of Orkestra del Sol TALKING FRANKLY with the presenter.

Listen on your radio – BBC Radio Scotland 92-95FM, 8.05pm, Tues 21 April.
Or tune in on your interweb browser HERE
(live, or listen again again for up to 7 days)

See you on May 5th!

Your friends,

Orkestra del Sol


PS - We, THE ORKESTRA, are sad to report that our favourite FRINGE VENUE The Famous Spiegeltent is not coming to Edinburgh this August, but staying in Australia for much-needed repair work. So the following show is PROBABLY YOUR ONLY CHANCE to catch the INTREPID Orkestra del Sol in Edinburgh THIS YEAR. It’s going to be SOME NIGHT… (advance ticket purchase recommended)…

IVO PAPASOV AND HIS WEDDING BAND + ORKESTRA DEL SOL + DJ Grandma Staflasch

The Picture House, 31 Lothian Road, Edinburgh, EH1 2DJ
Tuesday 5 May 2009 - Doors 7pm - Tickets £14.00
24hr Ticket Hotline 0844 847 1740
Box Office open 12pm-2pm Mon-Fri / 12pm-4pm Sat for in person bookings (no booking fee)

Buy Tickets Online

Orkestra del Sol on stage 8pm sharp, Ivo Papasov and his wedding Band on stage 9.15pm

May 8 – The Bluecoat – Liverpool
May 9 – The Barbican – London
May 10 – The Spiegeltent @ Brighton Fringe Festival – Brighton
May 22 – Knockengorroch Festival (Friday 9pm)
May 28 – The Clarence – Sligo, Ireland
May 29 – The Button Factory – Dublin, Ireland
May 30 & 31 – Dublin Docklands Maritime Festival – Ireland (free)
June 14 – Oran Mor - Glasgow West End Festival
June 17 – Birnam Arts Centre – Dunkeld
June 20 – Colour Meeting Festival – Policka, Czech Republic
June 25 – Fusion Festival – Larz, Germany
June 26 – Avalon Stage (Friday 8pm) – Glastonbury Festival
July 4 – Hat Fair – Winchester
July 11 & 12 – Mouth of the Tyne Festival - Tynemouth & South Shields (free)
July 16 – Cornerstone Arts Centre – Didcot
July 17 – Glade Festival – Hampshire
July 18 & 19 – Latitude Festival – Southwold, Suffolk
Aug 7 – Tartan Heart Festival (Hothouse Stage, Friday 6pm) – Belladrum, Invernesshire
Aug 11 – Fringe by the Sea – North Berwick, East Lothian
Aug 21 – The Lemon Tree – Aberdeen
Sept 4 – Olot Fiesta – Catalunya
Sept 11-13 – Bestival – Isle of Wight
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10 March 2009

Orkestra del Sol's WORLD TOUR OF ENGLAND!!! (and other places)

Ladies and Gentlemen,

***Please read this in a silly accent***

Calling Oxford!....Hailing Milton Keynes!.... Bothering London!.... Rocking Brighton!..... Getting on, Bristol!..... Hello, Bracknell!..... Ey Up Hebden Bridge!

Your friends the Orkestra are coming! Lock up your sheet music! Tether your gooses! Put those dancing boots on and join yourself to the Orkestra del Sol WORLD TOUR OF ENGLAND. Yes, loyal fans of the now locally-famous behemoths of brass, wherever you live in ENGLAND, the Orkestra are going to be within dancing distance. Set the dial to 'fanfare', look on the brass spectrum, and the Orkestra we will appear as a 10 piece carnival on your musical radar. If you would like to see what we can do to your town, look at what happened when the Orkestra were asked in to deal with an outbreak of sadness and lethargy in Ostrava last summer......

->Ostrava 2008

The Orkestra is in a very special preparation: Bad Tim Bones is polishing his Scottish-Cuban 'Thistle crisis' heels.....Sincero Minimo is polishing his libido.... and Marco is mapping bakeries en route so he's no more than 2 km from a fresh sponge cake. Olga has packed her champagne and Cameron has cleared his 7 day release from the Island. The Orkestra are ready for YOU!

28th Mar 09
OXFORD
The Isis Farmhouse
tickets 01865 243 854

29th Mar 09
MILTON KEYNES
The Stables
tickets 01908 280 800

30th Mar 09
LONDON
Cargo
tickets 08444 77 1000

1st Apr 09
BRIGHTON
The Hanbury Club
tickets 01273 605 789

2nd Apr 09
BRISTOL
The Croft
tickets 0117 987 4144

3rd Apr 09
BRACKNELL
South Hill Park Arts Centre
tickets 01344 484123

4th Apr 09
HEBDEN BRIDGE
The Trades Club
tickets 01422 845 265

And if you're not near England - don't worry - the Orkestra will be
all over other places in 2009......Including Dublin THIS WEEKEND:

15th Mar 09
DUBLIN
St.Patrick’s Festival
The Big Day Out, Merrion Square
14:15 & 17:15

2nd May 09
GRANTOWN-ON-SPEY, INVERNESSHIRE
Strathspey in May

5th May 09
EDINBURGH
MAY Extravaganza with the Ivo Papasov Wedding Band!!
The Picture House
tickets 0131 221 2280

8th May 09
LIVERPOOL
Bluecoat Arts Centre
tickets 0151 709 5297

10th May 09
BRIGHTON
The Parlure @ The Spiegeltent

22nd May 09
KNOCKENGORROCH FESTIVAL
Main Stage

28th May 09
SLIGO
The Clarence

29th May 09
DUBLIN
The Button Factory

30th & 31st May 09
DUBLIN
Maritime Festival

14th June 09
GLASGOW
Oran Mor

19th & 20th June 09
POLICKA, CZECH REPUBLIC
Colour Meeting Festival

21st – 23rd June 09
BERLIN
(check our website for details as they emerge)

24th & 25th June 09
nr LARZ, GERMANY
Fusion Festival

26th June 09
GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL
Avalon Stage

16th July 09
DIDCOT
Cornerstone Arts Centre

17th July 09
nr.WINCHESTER
The Glade Festival

7th August 09
BELLADRUM, INVERNESSHIRE
Tartan Heart Festival, Hothouse Stage

11th August 09
NORTH BERWICK
Fringe by the Sea

12th & 13th Sept 09
ISLE OF WIGHT
Bestival (Main Stage)


See you on the roads!
Your friends,
Orkestra del Sol
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12 February 2009

More 2009 gig dates announced!!

15th Mar 09
DUBLIN
The Big Day Out

28th Mar 09
OXFORD
The Isis Farmhouse

29th Mar 09
MILTON KEYNES
The Stables

30th Mar 09
LONDON
Cargo

1st Apr 09
BRIGHTON
The Hanbury Club

2nd Apr 09
BRISTOL
The Croft

3rd Apr 09
Bracknell
South Hill Park Arts Centre

4th Apr 09
Hebden Bridge
The Trades Club

2nd May 09
GRANTOWN, INVERNESSHIRE
Strathspey in May

MAY Extravaganza with the Ivo Papasov Wedding Band!!
5th May 09
EDINBRUGH
The Picturehouse

10th May 09
BRIGHTON
The Parlure @ The Spiegeltent

29 May 09
DUBLIN
The Button Factory

14th June 09
GLASGOW
Oran Mor

24th & 25th June 09
nr LARZ GERMANY
Fusion Festival

26th June 09
GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL
6:00pm Avalon Stage

12th Sep 09
ISLE OF WIGHT
Bestival

Hope to see you there!
Lorenzo
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21 January 2009

Short notice Edinburgh gig this Friday

Hi Folks
We are playing a gig at short notice in Edinburgh this Friday in aid of a medical charity working in Gaza

VENUE:
The Roxy Arthouse
2 Roxburgh Place
Edinburgh

Event starts at 6:30 and we should be on stage around 10

Hope you can make it!
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