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Arabesk play a brand of music that is often described as Gypsy Soul. For those looking to embark on a journey of authentic musical exploration, not contained by any cultural boundary, they are a band guaranteed to put some real "gypsy" in your "soul". Arabesk's music follows many paths at any one time. Like a river it is fed from many different tributries to form the whole, drawing upon strong jazz influences... Django Reinhardt, Wes Montgomery, Eastern European Gypsy/Classical music, upon a back drop of heavily African and Arabic influenced rhythms. At any moment it will swing hard, only to drop into a thick funk pumped bass line, all the while the violin floating above it. The drums hammer and thunder beats reminicent of Motown, Blue note and Afro Cuban jazz. Arabesk are: Veren Grigorov (Violin/Viola), Rob Shannon (Guitar/Darbuka), James Haselwood (Upright Bass/Electric Bass) and Calvin Welch (Drums/Percussion).