Gogol Bordello vs. Tamir Muskat

Appropriately titled Gogol Bordello vs. Tamir Muskat, J.U.F. is an organic extension of Gogol Bordello’s sonic vision and a mind-blowing effort that blends disparate forms of rebel music -- such as gypsy, reggae and Rai -- with industrial rock and a punk ethos. Although J.U.F. primarily is a DJ project, Hutz points out that the DJ aspect is “more about the mixing board in your mind than the mix on the deck. It’s not really about putting on some turntables and scratching. It’s more about, letting the mix in your head come out through the fingertips.”

J.U.F. -- which stands for Jewish Ukrainian Freundschaft -- is a nickname that comments on Gogol Bordello’s ethnic line-up and is also a humorous nod to one of their favorite bands, D.A.F (which stands for Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft), the groundbreaking 80’s German industrial punk band. J.U.F is comprised of members of the rock collective Gogol Bordello, including lead singer Eugene Hutz, guitarist and beat master Oren Kaplan and former Gogol saxophonist Ori Kaplan. Gogol Bordello also invited Israeli ingénue Victoria Hanna and Tamir Muskat who worked on their last album ‘Multi Kontra Culti vs. Irony’ to co-produce J.U.F and help create the album’s driving sound.