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Beirut

Flying Club Cup


since the release of 'gulang orkestar' which was constructed in a teenagers new mexico bedroom in 2006 beirut aka zach condon has become a household name six months of recording has led to lush and charming 'the flying club cup' a love letter to french culture fashion history and music two years ago zach condon immersed himself in balkan folk absorbed sounds scales styles and the sonic joys of a skeletally structured cacophonic ensemble and moved west soaking up the likes of franois hardy charles aznavour and most notably jacques brel a huge influence on both scott walker and mark e smith condon has been articulating his conversational french most of the album was created at a nondescript albuquerque office space aka a hawk and a hacksaw's practice room heather trost plays violin and viola on three songs engineering and production assistance came from griffin rodriguez a hawk and a hacksaw man man he helped separate the many instrumentalists involved in recording as opposed to ''gulang orkestar's largely solo flight the orkestar which has solidified into a core group of eight members are now an integral part of beirut's identity additional recording was done with owen pallet final fantasy at the masonic church studio owned by the arcade fire

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