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# Babylon Circus

Ska, chanson, Balkan-flavouredLyon, France2005

Babylon Circus is a Lyon band founded in 1995 by David Baruchel and Manuel Nectoux, who played together at secondary school in Roanne. It blends ska, reggae, French chanson, rock, dub, jazz and Eastern European music in highly theatrical shows.

From Musika (1997) to Monster (2021), by way of Dances of Resistance (2004), the band has played more than 1,500 concerts in 35 countries.

It closed the Cuillé evening on 21 May 2005.

Listen

[**Spotify**](https://open.spotify.com/artist/3crfLODQuodxW8R8iLqkPH)

[**Official site**](https://www.babyloncircus.com) [**Facebook**](https://www.facebook.com/babyloncircus/) [**Instagram**](https://www.instagram.com/babyloncircus/) [**YouTube**](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0E8aF55dl8iIcDzv5hKxWg) [**X**](https://twitter.com/BabylonCircus)

![Group portrait of Babylon Circus in 2013 (photo: Akirira / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0)](https://www.mouillotins.fr/_ipx/f_webp&q_80&s_1360x906/https://cms.mouillotins.fr/api/media/file/artiste-babylon-circus.jpg)

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