Super Rats
Band from Canberra, Australia
Super Rats bring you a hijacked taxi ride of classic tunes from the backstreets of Bucharest.
At the heart of the band sits the mighty cimbalom, a giant dulcimer with 145 strings, a little like the mutant child of a honkytonk piano and a xylophone. Accordion, violin, and double bass round out the award-winning, meticulous sound of this dedicated and passionate ensemble.
From diverse and colourful strands – Ottoman court music, raw Balkan peasant folk, the legendary inventiveness of Roma (gypsy) musicians, a handful of tango and jazz – Super Rats’ music weaves a magic carpet to whisk you away to other times, other places, in a show full of panache and good humour.
Band leader and Australia’s ‘chief cimbalom nerd’ Tim Meyen studied with master traditional musicians in Romania for over a decade before assembling a hand-picked crew of rolled-gold Australian musicians to form Super Rats. Together they careen through authentic muzică lăutarească in their own consummate style, sure to please curious ears.
At the heart of the band sits the mighty cimbalom, a giant dulcimer with 145 strings, a little like the mutant child of a honkytonk piano and a xylophone. Accordion, violin, and double bass round out the award-winning, meticulous sound of this dedicated and passionate ensemble.
From diverse and colourful strands – Ottoman court music, raw Balkan peasant folk, the legendary inventiveness of Roma (gypsy) musicians, a handful of tango and jazz – Super Rats’ music weaves a magic carpet to whisk you away to other times, other places, in a show full of panache and good humour.
Band leader and Australia’s ‘chief cimbalom nerd’ Tim Meyen studied with master traditional musicians in Romania for over a decade before assembling a hand-picked crew of rolled-gold Australian musicians to form Super Rats. Together they careen through authentic muzică lăutarească in their own consummate style, sure to please curious ears.
Live performance from 2019 at Sydney's Django Bar
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