Beirut
Alternative
The next Beirut concert is scheduled for Thursday, May 1, 2025 at TivoliVredenburg in Utrecht, Netherlands. See all 6 upcoming concerts
About Beirut
Artist Biography
Beirut’s Zach Condon started making lo-fi synthesizer recordings as a teenager, inspired by The Magnetic Fields, The Smiths, and Neutral Milk Hotel.
∙ After dropping out of his New Mexico high school to travel around Europe, Condon became fascinated with Balkan brass music.
∙ He enlisted former Neutral Milk Hotel accordion player/percussionist Jeremy Barnes as his chief collaborator for Beirut’s debut album, 2006’s Gulag Orkestar.
∙ Condon says that he named the band after Lebanon’s capital city because “it’s seen a lot of conflict” and “it’s a place where things collide.”
∙ The band’s second album, The Flying Club Cup, draws upon Condon’s interest in French music and culture and was partly recorded at Arcade Fire’s Quebec studio.
∙ In addition to singing, Condon plays trumpet, ukulele, keyboards, accordion, synthesizers, flugelhorn, and French horn.
∙ He recorded 2019’s Gallipoli in Italy—having written the title song there—as well as in New York City, and his adopted home of Berlin.
Hometown
Brooklyn, NY, United States
Genre
Alternative
Members of Beirut
Beirut was formed in 2006. Members of Beirut include, or have included, the following 10 members.
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