Stretching the limits of American blues, R&B, Romanian folk and traditional Gypsy music, Romania's NIGHTLOSERS have created one of the most original sounds from Europe today. Formed in 1994 by film director & musician Hanno Höfer in Cluj, Transylvania, NIGHTLOSERS is a Romanian blues-ethno-rock band famed for their ability to find common roots between American blues, Irish country-rock, and authentic Eastern Europe folk music. Their sound is a well-measured blend of passion, subtle self-irony, and technical expertise on electric guitars, gypsy violin, harmonica, and the worlds first professional 'leaf' player (leaf as in blade of grass) - all packaged together with a good dose of Transylvanian temper. The Independent on Line's (U.K.) music critic Keith Chadwick describes the NIGHTLOSERS’ version of Jimmy Reed's 'Shame Shame Shame'. "......it started fine, with solo bottleneck guitar worthy of Muddy Waters, but when the band came in there was a country fiddler playing jig patterns, a banjo plunking away and the bass and drums playing a country-mile two-step. Wild! And that was before the vocalist started (he had a troupe of backing female vocalists à la Bryan Ferry intoning "Shame On You" for a start)." Calabash Music calls NIGHTLOSERS........ ".......A delicious mixture of blues and folk music from the Balkan area, with some jazzy-funky grooving on top, and a whole lot of humour. Nightlosers' music is full of surprises and original turns.......This is pure genius." NIGHTLOSERS are also known for their unusual tricks and acrobatics performed on the violin and guitar. Their gigs often include a mix of Romanian gymnastics and plum brandy that gives form to what they call "the Groove Distillery". The members of the band place the instruments on the back, on the nape, or suspend them in the air while continuing to play as if it was be the most natural thing to do. Their supercharged performances of classic songs such as 'Blue Suede Shoes', 'I Walk The Line' and 'Stormy Monday Blues' have made NIGHTLOSERS a favorite of Romanian audiences all over the world and has lead to their appearances at Europe's biggest blues and world music festivals. They are presently on tour in Israel. A multi- cultural mix of Romanian, German, Hungarian and Gypsy musicians - all Romanian born - NIGHTLOSERS line-up consists of Hanno Hoefer: vocals, guitar, harmonica, washboard El" Lako Jimi: guitar, violin Grunzo Geza: keyboards Octavian "Barila" Andreescu: bass guitar Ovidiu Condrea: drums Nucu Pandrea: leafs and ceramic birdflutes NIGHTLOSERS will also be performing at the Knitting Factory in NYC on Sunday, October 19,2008. For NIGHTLOSERS sound samples, videos, and a documentary film Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/nightlosers Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiAkzR5tQ1k http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESCfVO-N79U&feature=related NIGHTLOSERS Documentary Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEt6PTivwqU Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrH8suAiePI NIGHTLOSERS IN Canada full listings Info Montréal, Tuesday October 14, 2008 La Sala Rossa 4848 boul St-Laurent Doors 8pm Showtime 9pm admission: $15.00 in advance info 514 284 0122 http://www.casadelpopolo.com/salaconcert/home.shtml Toronto, Friday October 17th, 2008 Silver Dollar Room 486 Spadina Ave 416 763 9193 http://www.silverdollarroom.com/ Doors 8pm Showtime 10pm admission $20 in advance advance tickets on line sales available at www.nightlosersincanada.com For information please contact Luiza Alexa luiza@dekla.ca