Nightlosers
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Nightlosers is a Romanian ethno-jazz-blues
band. The band consists of Hanno Höfer
(guitars, harmonica, washboard
, vocals), Octavian Barila Andreescu (bass), El Lako Jimy (drums), and Geza Grunzo (keyboards). Nightlosers' music is influenced by Gypsy
and Romanian folk music.
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
band. The band consists of Hanno Höfer
Hanno Höfer
Hanno Höfer is a German-Romanian movie director, producer and musician.Between 1990 and 1992 he studied South-eastern European History in Berlin, and later between 1994–1998, Movies and Directing at the Academy for Theatre and Film in Bucharest...
(guitars, harmonica, washboard
Washboard
A washboard is a tool designed for hand washing clothing. With mechanized cleaning of clothing becoming more common by the end of the 20th century, the washboard has become better known for its originally subsidiary use as a musical instrument....
, vocals), Octavian Barila Andreescu (bass), El Lako Jimy (drums), and Geza Grunzo (keyboards). Nightlosers' music is influenced by Gypsy
Gypsy
-Ethnic groups:* Romani people, a group widely dispersed throughout Europe* Dom people, an Indo-Aryan group** Lyuli, a Dom subgroup from Central Asia* Lom people, a group from East Anatolia and Armenia* Banjara, a group from India* Irish Travellers...
and Romanian folk music.
Discography
- Sitting on Top of the World (1995)
- Plum Brandy Blues (1997)
- Rhythm & Bulz (2004)