Beirut is an American indie-rock and world music band which was originally the solo musical project of
Zach Condon (born Zachary Francis Condon in Santa Fe, New Mexico) and later expanded into a band. The band's first performances were in New York, in May 2006, to support the release of their debut album, Gulag Orkestar. Condon recorded before Beirut was established: when he was fifteen and under the name of
Realpeople, he made an electronic record, fashioned after his love for
The Magnetic Fields. Condon was a straight-A student until he dropped out at the age of 17 to travel…
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