What genre music is this?

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There is a type of music that I hear a lot in Europe. I always here bands in parades playing these sorts of songs. It sounds like it comes from Eastern Europe, but I don’t know what the genre is called, supposing there is one. It’s very heavy in horns and accordians. There’s always a tuba.

Here are some examples:

http://www.lavieestunmiracle.com/ (The site of a very good Bosnian film. Click “entrer” then “passer l’intro” when it appears, the music plays with the trailer)
http://www.internetbookshop.it/cd/ser/serdsp.asp?e=0825646257225# (site of Emir Kustrurica with the No Smoking Orchestra)
http://www.lagoutteaunez.com/ (click “entrer” and allow popups)

There’s another Italian band I know of called “Guappecarto,” but I can’t seem to find a site for them. They break the mold, no tuba. There’s a video of them playing on Halloween here: http://www.vimeo.com/clip:17142

Also, this is just a group we saw playing in a giant puppet parade: http://www.vimeo.com/clip:15759 I’ve heard the song they’re playing before.

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If it’s Emir Kusturica, you’re talking about Serbian/Balkan brass music. I love the stuff. I’ve seen No Smoking in concert, along with Boban Markovic, and Goran Bregovic (two others in this style). There’s town in Serbia called Guca that holds competitions every year for this type of music.

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Here’s a little more about the Guca festival

If you like this music, check out the soundtracks to Emir Kusturica’s films Underground and Black Cat, White Cat, and albums by the aforementioned Boban Markovic Orkestar and Goran Bregovic. Goran has a lot more modern influences in his music, and Boban Markovic is straight-ahead traditional Serbian/Gypsy brass.

The native name for much of the music played by these bands is cocek (pronounced “cho-check”)

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