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Balanescu Quartet

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Years Active
1987 – present (37 years)
The Balanescu Quartet is a London-based avant-garde string quartet founded in 1987 by Romanian-born violinist Alexander Bălănescu. The group achieved fame through the release of Possessed, consisting of complex cover versions of songs by German experimental electronic music band Kraftwerk. The driving force behind the quartet has always been main composer and founder Alexander Balanescu. The quartet are mainly notable for their very distinctive style of music, which encompasses odd time rhythms, sound dissonances and complex arrangements. The band has performed multiple works with a… read more
The Balanescu Quartet is a London-based avant-garde string quartet founded in 1987 by Romanian-born violinist Alexander Bălănescu. The group achieved fame through the release of Possessed, consisting of complex cover versions of songs by German experimental electronic music band Kraftwerk. Th… read more
The Balanescu Quartet is a London-based avant-garde string quartet founded in 1987 by Romanian-born violinist Alexander Bălănescu. The group achieved fame through the release of Possessed, consisting of complex cover versions of songs by German experimental electronic music band Kraftwerk. The driving force behind the quartet has always been main composer and fou… read more

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Top Tracks

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1 Play track Angels & Insects Matty Drawing
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 173 listeners
2 Play track Maria T Interlude
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 102 listeners
3 Play track Possessed Model
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 86 listeners
4 Play track Possessed Computer Love
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 70 listeners
5 Play track Angels & Insects Seduction
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 67 listeners
6 Play track Angels & Insects Writing Montage
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 37 listeners
7 Play track Maria T Aria
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 31 listeners
8 Play track Angels & Insects Charades
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9 Play track This Is The Balanescu Quartet Waltz
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 25 listeners
10 Play track Angels & Insects Slave Raid
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Albums

  1. 23,670 listeners

    Aug 1992 · 9 tracks

    Possessed
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  2. 23,236 listeners

    10 Nov 1992 · 9 tracks

    Possessed (Reissue)
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  3. 12,694 listeners

    31 Dec 2010 · 12 tracks

    This Is The Balanescu Quartet
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  4. 9,820 listeners

    24 Jan 1994 · 9 tracks

    Luminitza
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