Frank Zappa once said of Ivo Papasov's music: ""Ivo's wedding music, played first thing in the morning, provides thorough and long-lasting attitude adjustment for the busy executive."

Discovered in the 80s by producer Joe Boyd (Pink Floyd, Clapton, Nick Drake...) at a Bulgarian village wedding party, Ivo Papasov was already a legend at home. The Gypsy King of Wedding music, he'd been thrown into a Communist jail for playing non-approved (‘Gypsy') music, and had to change his name, from the more Turkish ‘Ibrahim'. Boyd signed him to Hannibal and brought him to the West. Now Papasov is on the road again. After winning a BBC Award for World Music in 2006, he brings his high-energy band to Cargo. The intensity and fury of this intuitive group, playing fast and loose with traditional Bulgarian tunes, has been compared to Motorhead. "clear a space for the nearest available floor and be prepared to get up and dance" (BBC Music)

Support from Koby Israelite Band

Leading on accordion, Koby Israelite's music has been described as "Naked City, Zappa, Taraf de Haidouks and Fantomas all rolled into one". With three releases on John Zorn's Tzadik label, Koby Israelite defies categories

+ Club Zigana DJ sets.

LIVE: IVO PAPASOV + KOBY ISRAELITE

DJS: CLUB ZIGANDA

7-1

£15 adv