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HAPPY CHRISTMAS from Orkestra del Sol!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Orkestra del Sol) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:34:00 +0000

*****Please read this in a chilly accent*****

Hello our festive friends!

Our Christmas present to YOU, loyal fans, from US is the BRAND NEW video Orkestra del Sol at Exit Festival! Have a look here:

orkestradelsol.co.uk/video

We hope to see you in 2010 for more great musical shenanegans!!

Your friends

The Orkestra

Marco's Maritime Mularkey

noreply@blogger.com (Orkestra del Sol) — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:20:00 +0000

Ladies and Gentlemen,

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

Following a recent musical beachside performance from, ORKESTRA DEL SOL, your favorite HEAVY BREATHERS of the BRASS DOMAIN, Marco and his Sousie simply WANDERED OFF, muttering sea shanties under his breath. Yes, he simply went straight on, turned right, and created what was described in the Bournemouth Advertiser as an UNPRECEDENTED AQUATIC INCIDENT. See for yourselves if you like.

Marco's Maritime Mularkey

Our Marco is still afloat. He was last seen off the coast of the little island of THERMOSA.

But fear not, dear fans of our mailing list, in the next few exciting days your friends, Orkestra del Sol, will attempt to BEACH HIM near the coast of CATALUNYA and then swim back to the EDEN FESTIVAL (dry land) in Scotland. Presuming the wind will remain a firm north-easterly, we shall paddle back to THE TABERNACLE in London's NOTTING HILL for Friday 11th Sept before a final crossing of the SOLENT to BESTIVAL. This year's concerts will finish with a nice warm BATHGATE, and the punnery shall be all over, bar the whiting.

Your friends,

Orkestra del Sol

* * * * * * * * * * *

Friday 11th Sept
The Tabernacle
7.30pm-12.30am
Powis Square
Notting Hill
W11 2AY
With support from She’Koyokh
Tickets here

Saturday 12th Sept
Bestival
Red Bull Arena – 9.55pm
Details

Wednesday 16th Sept
Bathgate Music Festival
Bathgate Regal Theatre – 7.30pm
Details

You MAY find yourself remembering this important message from ORKESTRA DEL SOL...

noreply@blogger.com (Orkestra del Sol) — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:47:00 +0000

Ladies and Gentlemen,

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

The summer months are passing like the evening breeze through BAD TIM BONES musty locks. As MARCO removes the last of the sea water-soaked BUNS out of Sousie and CAPITANO PLATANO polishes his epithets, SINCERO MINIMO'S libido shines as a beacon of pent-up non-fulfillment. LORENZO looks at it and smiles. Yes, dear followers, THIS is a PREAMBLE. You might be feeling SLEEPY. That's normal. Now we will tell you something VERY IMPORTANT.

Loyal fans, you're FEELING GOOD. You are a GOOD PERSON. We, ORKESTRA DEL SOL, your favorite minstrels of melody, are here to tell you that the LAST FEW PRECIOUS SHOWS of the season are almost upon you and it's time to BOOK A TICKET. You haven't yet seen Orkestra Del Sol this year, and you ABSOLUTELY MUST, for reasons that will become apparent ONLY IF YOU DO IT. They are your favourite heralds of harmony, after all. LUCKY FOR YOU these shows will be performed near you or near your friends. One of them may be even CLOSER than you THINK. Look down the list, follow the links and BOOK YOUR TICKETS. It's meant to be easy because YOU WANT TO DO IT. And hypnosis works, by the way.

Click your fingers to bring yourself out of it all. Yes, it was THAT QUICK. Well done.

See you soon,

Orkestra del Sol

Friday 7th August
TARTAN HEART FESTIVAL
Belladrum, nr.Inverness
Walkabout 3pm
Hothouse Stage 5pm (yes 5pm not 6pm)
Tickets here

Tuesday 11th August
FRINGE BY THE SEA
North Berwick Harbour
On the 3.30 train from Edinburgh Waverley
In North Berwick High Street??
Old Pulteney Spiegeltent 7.30pm
Tickets: £20
Website

Friday 21st August
THE LEMON TREE
Aberdeen
8pm
Tickets: £12 + bf
Tickets here

Friday 4th September
OLOT FIESTA
Catalunya
Website

Sunday 6th September
EDEN FESTIVAL
Ae Forest, Dumfries & Galloway
Devorgilla Stage
10pm
Tickets: £55
Tickets here

Friday 11th September
THE TABERNACLE
Notting Hill, London
Support from She’Koyokh (it’s their new album launch party!)
7.30-12.30pm
Tickets: £8 advance / £12 on the door
Tickets here

Saturday & Sunday 12th & 13th September
BESTIVAL (SOLD OUT)
Robin Hill Country Park
Isle of Wight
Website

Thursday 16th September
BATHGATE MUSIC FESTIVAL
Bathgate Regal Theatre
7.30pm
Tickets: £12/9
Website

Orkestra del Sol's European Election Special!!

noreply@blogger.com (Orkestra del Sol) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:41:00 +0000

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

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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

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

noreply@blogger.com (Orkestra del Sol) — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:26:00 +0000

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

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

noreply@blogger.com (Orkestra del Sol) — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:13:00 +0000

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00jz5zq

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

noreply@blogger.com (Orkestra del Sol) — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:24:00 +0000

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

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

noreply@blogger.com (Orkestra del Sol) — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:07:00 +0000

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

More 2009 gig dates announced!!

noreply@blogger.com (Orkestra del Sol) — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:51:00 +0000

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

Short notice Edinburgh gig this Friday

noreply@blogger.com (Orkestra del Sol) — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:48:00 +0000

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!

New Gigs Dates Announced

noreply@blogger.com (Orkestra del Sol) — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:15:00 +0000

Hi Friends

We are amazing to announced our new tour dates for the

EUROPEAN TOUR OF ENGLAND TWO HUNDRED AND NINE!

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

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

Start spreading the word if you are in any of these areas amigos!!

And put the Dates in you Diaries!!

Season's Greetings from Orkestra del Sol!

noreply@blogger.com (Orkestra del Sol) — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:30:00 +0000

See the The Orkestra's Christmas Card here!

*****Please read this in a chilly accent*****

Hello my festive friends!

Yes tis that time of year again when we, the INTREPID Orkestra del Sol, once more risk frostbite and anguish to perform for YOU our loyal friends in the freezing cold condition.

Its not too late to catch our New Year capers and marvel at the speed our numbed fingers can move as we venture out, our stockings soaked in BRANDY to keep out the cold!

Here’s how:

Hogmanay

Perth Concert Hall – Orkestra del Sol LIVE at 10pm followed by SESSION A9

Details here:
http://www.horsecross.co.uk/whats-on/2008/dec/31/hogmanay-33153/
Then…
Departure Lounge at The Caves, Edinburgh – Orkestra del Sol LIVE at 2am!
With Mungo’s HiFi, Gecko 3 & DJ Astroboy…

Tickets still available!
Details here: http://www.departurelounge.me.uk/

1st January – FEET FIRST Street Theatre Extravaganza (FREE!)

7.00-9.30pm, The Royal Mile, Edinburgh
(between George IV Bridge & Cockburn St),

Orkestra del Sol Promenade Show 7pm (starting near St Giles St)
& Circle Show 8.20pm (beside Mercat Cross)
PLUS special Musical Moment with THE AQUAPHON 8.05pm

Details here: http://www.edinburghshogmanay.org/feetfirst

Best festive wishes from your friends, Orkestra del Sol

PS- on top of this seasonal merriment, the Orkestra has other GIFTS in their pipes for you in 209!

UK Tour of England – March/April 2009
Including London, Brighton, Bristol, Bracknell, Milton Keynes & Hebden Bridge (and other places beginning with B soon to be announced) …

Keep your eyes peeled as well as your satsumas for our next email to you!

PLUS – especial long-in-advance warning:

5th May @ The Picturehouse, Edinburgh
Ivo Papasov Wedding Band
Orkestra del Sol
AND
Balkanarama DJs

Ink it in to your new 209 diary now my friends!

New shots of Edinburgh Balkanarama gig

noreply@blogger.com (Orkestra del Sol) — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:41:00 +0000

Check out Two Truths' great slideshow of our recent gigs at Edinburgh's club Balkanarama here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/two_truths/sets/72157608456327521/show/

New Tarrega footage

noreply@blogger.com (Orkestra del Sol) — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:27:00 +0000

Ladies and Gentilmen

See highlights of our gigs at the wonderfull Fira del Tarrega festival in September HERE: http://www.orkestradelsol.co.uk/video.html

Love

The Orkestra

Back in Red and Black!!

noreply@blogger.com (Orkestra del Sol) — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:06:00 +0000

Ladies and Gentlemen,

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

I've been denying this to myself for a while (to keep GREGOVIC happy), but I think I have to come clean with you, our loyal and rather good looking fans. The ORKESTRA DEL SOL's European touring has completely GONE to their HEADS! You know what they say in on the incontinent: you give them 2.54cm and they take 1.6km. See for yourself on our new videos ONLINE at www.orkestradelsol.co.uk [you may have to refresh the page on your browser]

Have those BRASS WIELDING INSTRUMENTALISTS OF JOY totally EUROPEANISED themselves beyond RECOGNITION? Let's see now:

- MARCO BATTENBURG is now UTTERLY ADDICTED to Czech GINGERBREADS (and we all know what that means..... OSTRAVA!)
- SINCERO MINIMO now has his own CATALUNYAN FAN CLUB (we all know what'll that means if he goes out in.....TARREGA!)
- OLGA finally managed to FIND HER CHAMPAGNE (and we all know what that means in, err.... CHAMPAGNE!)
- LORENZO is permanently LOST IN TRANSLATION (and nobody knows what that means, eh, LJUBLIANJA??),
- GREGOVIC says he never went.......ANYWHERE!

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the ORKESTRA went the WHOLE COCHON this summer. SO MUCH European touring was had in SO LITTLE TIME that they got 568ml into a 284ml pot. AMAZING! But now, your favorite MUSICAL EURONOMISTS have barely a note left in them. Except (JOKING!) for a few CAREFULLY CHOSEN and extremely HIGH QUALITY music entertainment extravaganzas in what's left of two hundred and eight.

Yes, Ladies and Gentlemen, we're in for a penny, in for 1.2 Euros at the amazing BALKANARAMARAMA in Calton Studios, Edinburgh on October 24th. You can even see SINCERO MINIMO on the flier. He loves it himself!

As for the remaindeer of the year we'll be resting our hats, suits, winkle pickers and instrumental brass sabers until the HAPPINESS that is HOGMANAY. Before the bells we'll be at PERTH (Scotland) CONCERT HALL, after the bells at Edinburgh's very own DEPARTURE LOUNGE, and the next day (yes - THE FIRST) we'll be on the Royal 1.6km at FEET FIRST, a celebration of all things new yearly by the best of Scotlands street artists.

Hope to see you there!

The Orkestra.

Upcoming Gigs:
24th Oct 2008
EDINBURGH
Balkanarama, Studio 24

31st Dec 2008
PERTH
Perth Concert Hall

31st Dec 2008
Edinburgh
Hogmany Departure Lounge

1st Jan 2009
EDINBURGH
On the Royal Mile for Feet First Festival

September Shenenigans

noreply@blogger.com (Orkestra del Sol) — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 20:23:00 +0000

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

Ladies and Gentilmen!

Hello!

It is us. Again. - The Orkestra!

Coming fresh into your inboxes from Edinburgh. We hope that those of you who are far away can hear us? Do we need to shout?

ZDRAVO SERBIA! AHOJ CZECH REPUBLIC! ¡HOLA VALLADOLID!

The good news is that we are on the move again! After our SELL OUT shows in THE FAMOUS SPIEGELTENT at the Edinburgh Fridge Festival we are about to hit the roads again: Yes we may be coming to a town near you very soon, to perform for you, the peoples! Firstly we go to Spain where we will be skirting with the outlands of Barcelona to play at Olot and Tarrega (6th,11th & 12th Sept), and where the peoples there will be much dancing on the pavements on the table!

After a quick stop in France (Avignon, 13th Sept) we’ll be heading back to UK soil for our ONE AND ONLY GIG IN LONDON FOR 2008. Yes, in especial treat for you our Ingerlish friends who missed our celebratory album launch in Scotland, we will be launching our fantastic album THE MOVEABLE FEAST over you, our friends, all over again, on TUESDAY 16th SEPTEMBER.
But hurry - it is a small venue and hot tickets are selling like cakes.

Date: Tuesday 16 September
Venue: 32 Old Bailey, Blackfriars, EC4M 7HS (between St.Paul’s & Blackfriars)
Time: 7.30 (live music from around 9pm)

The venue serves great food too, so why not feast with yourelves first before the feast for the ears that is our Moveable Feast!

Then finally, in an unprecedented dash across the countries, never before attempted by a fully-fledged Orkestra, we will make one giant jump all the way to the North of Scotland to play in Wick, Skye and Drumnadrochit. See our webnet for more details…

We hope you can bump into us somewhere!

Lots of love!

Your friends

The Orkestra
www.orkestradelsol.co.uk

Upcoming Gigs:

6th September 2008
Olot Fiesta
OLOT, nr BARCELONA

11th - 12th Sept 2008
Fira de Tarrega
TARREGA, nr BARCELONA
www.firatarrega.cat

13th Sept 2008
Fanfare et Bodega
AVIGNON, FRANCE

16th Sept 2008
Club Zigana
LONDON
www.kazum.co.uk/events

18th Sept 2008
LYTH ARTS CENTRE, nr WICK
www.lytharts.org.uk

19th Sept 2008
Sabhal Mòr Ostaig
nr ARMADALE, ISLE OF SKYE

20th Sept 2008
Glenurquhart Hall
DRUMNADROCHIT, nr INVERNESS

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Orkestra del Sol TV!!

noreply@blogger.com (Orkestra del Sol) — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:49:00 +0000

Ladies and lentilmen!
Have a look at our impromptu on-a-train gig as shown last night on the telly!

http://video.stv.tv/bc/news-headlines-20080813-s2-fringe/

and here is a little clip of us playing in North Berwick!

Orkestra del Sol on Radio Scotland today!

noreply@blogger.com (Orkestra del Sol) — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:08:00 +0000

Ladies and Gentlewomen!

Catch us on Radio Scotland Festival Cafe today between 1:15 and 2 pm, TODAY

Listen live:

ORKESTRA DEL SOL's in-TENT-sive Edinburgh Fridge Festival Showcase

noreply@blogger.com (Orkestra del Sol) — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:17:00 +0000

Ladies and Gentlementions,

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

Quick, quick we have so little time!

It's us, your friends, announcing that your favorite PANTALOONS of POLKA, your very own ORKESTRA DEL SOL, is back with three, yes only three shows at the SPIEGELTENT this August.

Mondays 11th and 18th at 9.45pm and Fri 29th at 8.30pm at Venue 87, The Famous Spiegeltent, George Square Gardens.

Gregovic might deny it, but our MOVEABLE FEAST is still as RIPE and TASTY as ever, and we have many special guests to serve yourself. And hey, it's OK - you don't have to try and impress your German visitors by pretending to like the Sauerkraut, just bring them along to the show! They'll never need to visit you again!

And by the way, if you're with yourself at the TARTAN HEART festival this Friday (8th Aug) you can dance with us at the Venus Flytrap Stage at 8.30pm, and at the FRINGE BY THE SEA in North Berwick on Wed 13th.

Yes, Ladies and Gentlemanners, the musical taste-sensation that is ORKESTRA DEL SOL has been properly BATTERED and DEEP-FRIED by it's incontinental voyages and is ready to hit the taste buds in your ears. This is cheese cake for the soul!

Bye for now!

THE ORKESTRA

Tickets £12/£10 available from Spiegeltent Box office 0131 667 8940 or order online here

PS, See us headlining the world music stage at Exit Festival, Serbia:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsdnuHaijPQ

Other Upcoming gigs:

6th Spetember 2008
OLOT, nr BARCELONA
Olot Fiesta

11th - 14th Sept 2008
TARREGA, nr BARCELONA
Firra de Tarrega
www.firatarrega.cat

16th Sept 2008
LONDON
Club Zigana Feat. Orkestra del Sol
www.kazum.co.uk/events

18th Sept 2008
LYTH ARTS CENTRE, nr WICK
www.lytharts.org.uk

19th Sept 2008
nr ARMADALE, ISLE OF SKYE
Sabhal Mòr Ostaig

20th Sept 2008
DRUMNADROCHIT, nr INVERNESS
Glenurquhart Hall

FONKY PARDY wid de AMSTERDAMMERSH!

noreply@blogger.com (Orkestra del Sol) — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:30:00 +0000

*****Please read this in a Dutch Accent*****

Hey Guys!

Hallo Hoe Gaat Het!

It's USh! DE ORKESHTRA DEL SHOL de guysh doing dat funky mushic, and also - we're dam here! In Amshterdam! Do you want 'Am with dat? Lekker!

Sho here we are to make FONKY PARDY wid de AMSTERDAMMERSH! Groovy guysh. And den, DE ORKESHTRA to go to Berlin to be Berliners wid our German. We do dat! Dis is wot it looksh like, dis is wot it looksh like! Hello Sherbia!

Ok, where are your friends in de Dam? Tell dem to get down to:

NOORDERLICHT CAFE, NEVARITWEG 33, 1033 WB Tel 0031 (0)20 - 4922770

tomorrow nights (8 Juli) Ashk for dat FONKY ORKESTRA DEL SHOL PARDYJANI

Your guysh,

Orkestra Del Sol

Mazzel!

Listen again to our Radio Scotland Session

noreply@blogger.com (Orkestra del Sol) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:36:00 +0000

Here our live studio session for BBC Radio Scotland's Global Gathering with Mary Ann Kennedy here!

Just a quickie from Orkestra del Sol

noreply@blogger.com (Orkestra del Sol) — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:21:00 +0000

Ladies and Gentlemen,

****please read this very quickly ****

In a blink of our eyes we are born, love, feast, create children, grow old and die. For those of you currently experiencing any of these important moments: we wish to delay you no longer than is absolutely necessary. However, those LOVEABLE ROGUES of ORKESTRA DEL SOL will offer WELCOME DISTRACTIONS for you at almost any time of day! But for now, just take a quick nibble on the MOVEABLE FEAST that is this weeks ACTION DEL SOL:

Hear NEXT TUESDAY the 3RD JUNE, the ORKESTRA perform alive to the Nation, for the first time, on RADIO SCOTLAND on Global Gathering 8pm (Radio useful but not essential)

Tell all your Glaswegian friends and family that ÒRAN MÓR, in GLASGOW, which will be the ONLY place to host the talents of the ORKESTRA on FRIDAY 13TH JUNE, in what may be one of the most RISKY performances the ORKESTRA has ever done (dancing shoes requirement, maybe with a banana skin thrown in for good measure)

We will be seeing you soon!

Your endlessly parping friends, ORKESTRA DEL SOL

www.orkestradelsol.co.uk

Radio Scotland listen live
Radio Scotland listen again

List CD Review

Album Launch was riotous sucess!

noreply@blogger.com (Orkestra del Sol) — Tue, 20 May 2008 13:24:00 +0000

Thanks to everyone who came and supported us at the Queens Hall on Sunday - Hope you had as much fun as we did! It was better than we possibly hoped for.

You can read some reviews here:

Scotsman

Herald

It was a really great start to our World Tour of Europe 2008 - hope to catch you somewhere soon

Check out our gigs page for more info

Best wishes

The Orkestra

ORKESTRA DEL SOL's MOVEABLE FEAST out TODAY

noreply@blogger.com (Orkestra del Sol) — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:53:00 +0000

Ladies and Gentlemen,
*** please read this in a silly accent ***

Wondering who put that pie on your skateboard? Has your dessert trolley been swapped for a wheelbarrow? Who loaded your fish suppers into a sidecar and drove them off? Where is your MOVEABLE FEAST??

Ok, ok - enough of this. It's us.... ORKESTRA DEL SOL! But we had such a good reason for playing such ridiculous food related practical jokes because. . . .

...we are RELEASING OUR BRAND NEW ALBUM - THE MOVEABLE FEAST all over the planet….. TODAY! Order for it! Download it! Pay us, your pals, for it! - However YOU WANT IT, YOU CAN HAVE IT!

Too busy to listen to the whole album in one go? Then you can buy it ONE TRACK AT A TIME from the marvelous ORKESTRA DEL SOL WEBSITE! Enjoy each moment of expectation as you wait for the track to download, as you would cooking an egg in your new microwave or waiting for toast to pop up. These are one of the many joyous experiences you may encounter trying to listen to the music of the ORKESTRA.

Also we have in finished our CHINA HOLIDAY MOVIE which I am sure you have all been waiting to see and you can now have a look at it on Orkestra del Sol TV on Your Tubes or on OUR WEBSITE!

But life cannot be lived only through your headphones and your interwebs. No! You must take yourself along to Edinburgh's QUEENS HALL ON SUNDAY and experience the REALITY THAT IS ORKESTRA DEL SOL! Yes, we will play music that is guaranteed 100% LIVE PERFORMANCE - entering your ears and having a unique effect on the rest of YOUR BODY. You can even buy your very own copy of the album then and there because it is our OFFICIAL CD LAUNCH PARTYJANI!
See you there!

Your friends, ORKESTRA DEL SOL

Download:
http://www.orkestradelsol.co.uk/shop.html

Tickets:
http://www.thequeenshall.net

Video:
http://www.orkestradelsol.co.uk/video.html