Klezmer means "tools of music" and this band use them to rousing effect.
Trumpet, clarinet and sawn-off clarinet (or shalimar) occasionally join the traditional accordion, violin, drums, guitar and double bass and the results are joyous.
Their foot-hopping and "Hoi"-shouting eastern Europen melodies are a tonic for audience apathy and got nearly everyone out of their Speigeltent booths and on to the floor for a smiling sweatfest.
It was the old cliche of old and young, rich and poor, delighted and exhilarated to be part of the party. Gigs such as this and Los Albertos is what the Speigeltent was made for.
It is difficult to single out one tune, but when the Matzos boys and their musician guests came together at the end, for Sebastapol, the endorphins soared contagiously from neighbour to sweaty neighbour.
The band formed six years ago out of a fascination with klezmer tunes, which mix up central and eastern European and Ottoman music with the Middle Eastern roots of Jewish religious music.
Catch them playing as part of Streets of Brighton this weekend.
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