CANDOMBE

The group Canbombe proposes to take you on a hypothetical trip through Cuba, Brazil until Buenos Aires to rediscover the traditional latin-american culture.
The music, which is composed and arranged by Silvio Zalambani, is inspired by many characteristic styles of these countries, of which it underlines their european and above all common african origin.

The “Grupo Candombe” started in 2000 as a research project about the traditional latin-american music, after being inspired by a presentation of Ernesto Cardenal’s book “Quetzalcòatl”, ex Minister of Nicaragua.
The group has performed in different theatres, clubs and festivals. In 2002 the project was proposed in Brazil.

The group has just released two recordings: the first CD “Grupo Candombe” was released in 2001 (and reprinted in 2004) and presented at the Alighieri Theatre of Ravenna and then the live concert was broadcasted by RAI Radio3-Suite directed from Rome; the second CD “Grupo Candombe 2″ was released in 2005 and it was presented on RAI Radio1, during the program ” Brasil”.

For 2010 they’re working on a new albun with the argentine singer Sandra Rehder; many collaborations are also planned with other international artists like brazilian Mario Féres (pianist and singer), Lulla Oliveira(multi-instrumental composer and “Pae de Santo” of afrobrazilian Candomblé), Diana Horta Popoff (singer, flutist-pianist and composer), and argentine Lucas Guinot (pianist and composer) and Lucrecia Longarini (singer).

2010
07/08
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THE SECRET ACCOUSTIC PROJECT – the video

The soft Slow Slide by The Secret Acoustic Project featuring various shots of street art taken around Dublin.

2010
07/07
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ARE THEY SO SECRET?

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The Accoustic Secret Project is a band based in Ireland – as they said, just playing acoustic guitars. Formed late 2009. Currently in pre-production stages of first EP and gigging around Dublin. Their names: Louie Trussell, Rybo, John McCausland. There is no more infomation, except the phrase “I’m the richest homeless man in town”. Nothing else.
But to maintain a secret project isn’t easy just publishing a profile at MySpace. I’ve found them commenting at samba ensemble’s page, and I was curious about them and their mistery and their poetry, but unfortunately I couldn’t embed their video. Guys, let us know more about your music!!!

2010
07/06
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DJANGO A LA CREOLE

One of the consequences of the flooding of New Orleans in 2005, was the exodus of its population, including musicians who lived in the most affected. The city was in crisis and its reconstruction would take a long time, not only by the pace of construction, but the return of investors in local show business. One of the artists who then left the city was Evan Chirstopher who moved to Paris in search of job opportunities.
Clarinetist Californian had been living and performing in the city since 1984. and adopted the style of Creloe, quite characteristic of the city, assuming for itself the role of ambassador of this style, Which the most expressive name is Sidney Bechet,
In fact, in his discography, which contains only three titles, one can see its impeccable virtuosity and precision of execution of the music.
In the latest project, now back to New Orleans, Evan pays tribute to the gypsy guitarist Django Heinherdt.
The latter, fusing Gypsy Swing with New Orleans grooves and rhythms of “le monde Créole” released their debut CD, Django à la Créole (Fremeaux & Associates) at the 2008 French Quarter Festival in New Orleans.

2010
07/01
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MALI BRINGS US: SIDI TOURÉ

Sidi Touré (born 1959, Gao, Northern Mali) is a singer/songwriter from Bamako, Mali. His music is a type of songhaï blues. He started his carrier in the Sonhaï Stars, a regional orchestra. In 1984 he won the Award of best singer with a song of his own hand at a Mali National Bienale. He won the same price again in 1986.In 1992 he collaborated with Kassemady Diabaté.
Sidi Touré is outside Mali mainly known for his appearance in the Take-Away Shows serie of Vincent Moon. Moon filmed the Malian musician during his trip in Mali.
Ten years after his first album, Sidi Touré has just recorded his next album “Koïma”. For this album, Sidi played with great musicians as one master of the so kou (violin) Zumana Tereta, Oumar Konaté a twenty years old guitar virtuoso, Charles Oldman, bassist and more in M.A.N, The Floating Roots Orchestra,….
Through this 10 songs, this 10 pearls, Sidi Touré revisit Songhaï Folklore and give us a masterly album in which you can hear blues, folk, pop, jazz, holley (songhaï “voodoo”),…
To take patience before the release, two songs on line.

2010
05/25
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PAS – POST ABORTION STRESS

PAS (Post Abortion Stress) is a group out to create musical collages through the form of abstract sound. Our name refers metaphorically to those who have been aborted by society, because their point of view doesn’t fit in the constraints of “normal” society. The short name refers to the negative in French, metaphorically negating everything that is established to start from a new beginning. The viewpoint fuels our creativity to create our own world of beauty. Since our inception the band has been interested in making music from the fringes of perception, creating soundscapes that aren’t defined by any particular conventions or viewpoints. The aesthetic underpinnings are defined by the notion that music can be whatever the ear perceives. It’s a conception fueled by the love of life and art. It’s a desire for honest artistic self-expression. The compositions themselves are more akin to soundscapes than “songs” in the traditional sense. There are no clearly defined melodies, no structural landmarks that give you any sense of traditional anchor. This is not music making with any sense of or desire for commercial viability, but sonic sculptures in the mode of pure art.

At first, PAS was a solo project but over the years has developed into a collective. Video has also been introduced to make experimental filmwork with sound collage. Film has been included at the live shows complementing the live soundcsapes.

The above blurb was modified from a review by Paul Paradis

PAS are: Robert L. Pepper , Jon “Vomit” Worthley , Amber Brien , Naga , Will “Seesar” Connor, Michael Durek

2010
03/26
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MASTERS OF REALITY

Both improvisation and rhythm have always been major components of the unmistakable Masters of Reality sound. But on their fifth release for Mascot Records, ‘Pine/Cross Dover’ (which was released August 24, 2009), the group pits the finer elements of the Mahavishnu Orchestra and Public Image Limited against each other. The end result? A Masters of Reality album that rocks, rolls, and grooves like one devilish son of a gun.

“I did a rock n’ roll record this time – I was able to exorcise a lot of different styles of music that are really important in my life,” explains longtime Masters leader Chris Goss. “And not just Led Zeppelin, Cream, the Beatles, or Black Sabbath. It’s a lot of everything on this record. But proud to say, not one acoustic guitar – it’s all electric and very rhythm oriented.” And the album’s origins can be pinpointed to a simple question. “It was in 2008 that Ed van Zijl, who is the head of the label, wrote and said, ‘Do you feel like doing another record?’ So after a long period of recording it finally is done and I’m proud of it.”

Joining Goss (who supplies vocals, guitar, and keyboards) was long-time band mate John Leamy on drums, as well as a host of special guests, including Eagles of Death Metal bassist Brian O’Connor and guitarist Dave Catching, Merle Jagger guitarist Mark Christian, background singers Shawnee Smith and Missi Pile, as well as former Queens of the Stone Age guitarist Brendon McNichol.

The outcome is the first-ever Masters of Reality album to feature long-and-winding free-form instrumentals. “The first one is called ‘Johnny’s Dream,’ which is a little nod to John McLaughlin,” explains Goss. “Because I’ve been listening to a lot of Mahavishnu in the last year. It’s music that’s been doing it for me lately. Pretty much improvised except for a melody figure that gets repeated. The last song on the record is called ‘Alfalfa,’ and it’s a twelve-minute improvisation. It was the four of us – Mark, Brendon, myself, and John. We’d never been in the same room before, and the twelve minutes that’s ‘Alfalfa,’ you’ll hear it. Honestly, it’s been a dream of my whole life to play music like that, the way it came out. There was no sketchbook, no plan whatsoever – we just plugged in and played, and what happens in that twelve minutes is a dream come true for me.”

However, not all of ‘Pine/Cross Dover’ is instrumental according to Goss, who picks two of his favorite rhythm-heavy tracks. “There’s a song called ‘Worm in the Silk,’ it’s kind of a dub-bass piece. There’s a nod to Public Image on this record – some of the ways the songs flow are bass and drum oriented like that. That song has a really long psychedelic chant on the end of it. There’s also this song called ‘Rosie’s Presence,’ that swings like ‘Presence’-era Zeppelin.”

2010
03/25
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The music that’s kicking his butt

 good stuff!

Music That’s Kicking My Butt at the Moment: We Were Promised Jetpacks, Mumford & Sons March 12, 2010 by DMc CHECK this post @ KENWOODE: 

2010
03/14
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ETERNAL BUZZ BRASS BAND

Yes, those are they!

Yes, those are they!

WE PLAY PARADES AND SHOWS. (we also clean up real nice for recordings and private parties) WE’RE OUT OF BROOKLYN, BUT WE’RE ALL OVER THE PLACE. YOU MAY HAVE SEEN MEMBERS OF THIS BAND PLAYING IN OTHER, MORE WELL KNOWN BANDS, (like Antibalas, Davy Jones Band/Monkees, Arcade Fire, Steely Dan, Imogene Heap, as well as probably a bunch more that I either can’t remember or just don’t even know about). STILL, ALL THESE FINE PEOPLE KEEP COMING BACK TO PLAY SHOWS AND MAKE NICE RECORDINGS WITH THE E.B.B.B.. I AM ETERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT. ..

ETERNAL BUZZ BRASS BAND  (visit us for more…)
Eric Biondo, Jordan McLean, Michael Leonhart, Kenny Warren – Trumpets
Mike Williams – Bass Trumpet
Aaron Johnson, Buford O’Sullivan – Trombones
Rob Jost – French Horn
Leah Paul – Tenor Sax & Piccolo
Matt Moon – Tenor & Bari Sax
Colin Stetson – Baritone & Bass Sax
Cochemea Gastelum – Bari Sax
Stuart Bogie – Clarinets
Tom Abbs – Tuba
Josh Kaufman – Banjo/Glockenspeil
Phil Ballman, Dylan Fusillo – Drums
Geoff Mann – Zebumba, Snare and Bandleader

EVOLUTION” just released on ROPE-A-DOPE DIGITAL!
You can now find our debut full-length album, “Evolution” on Rope-a-Dope Digital Records. It’s as easy as just looking up “Eternal Buzz Brass Band” on iTunes, or pretty much any other music downloading spot.

Enjoy! 


2010
03/10
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A COLLECTIVE DIVING INTO THE SOUND

The Animal Collective have released, at the Sundance Festival, the visual album The Oddsac directed by Danny Perez. This is another work of the band which isn’t an unknown indie band, but still very faraway to be superstars of pop-music.
I’m afraid to say that they never will be, just because they think music in a different way: sounds are an experience to find an aesthetical result, which can be perceived for the audience individually provoking new sensations each time it should be listened.
At the Guggenhein they described their inspiration for an installation at that musueum, which reinforces why and how they do their music.
One of the things that you notice almost immediately in the jungle are the birds; so many different sounds coming from so many different directions. Are they communicating to each other? What are they saying? Does each variation serve a purpose? Why are there repetitions? Is there a pattern or is that just your imagination? If you don’t know the first thing about bird songs, these questions can rack a brain for days. The jungle seems louder than most New York apartments but its symbiosis makes it subtler if not more pleasing to foreign ears. The longer you sit awake in bed listening at night, the more you hear. It brings to mind Jane Goodall hanging out with chimpanzees in Tanzania and how she noticed them reacting to distant or inaudible sounds that at first she couldn’t hear, but as her ears adapted to the environment after months she began to hear them too.

But as the environments around us change quickly, as people encroach more and more on land where only select symbioses occur, we wonder how this will change the sounds around us and how this alters the way we hear things and react to them. As New Yorkers we are all familiar with the everyday noise around us—the car alarms, the subway trains braking, the music in bars—so familiar that sometimes we drown them out. But then do we not realize how these sounds are affecting us? How they make us feel or act? With this in mind we wanted to create an environment where people could take some time to listen to other kinds of sounds and get away from those familiar sounds of the city. Keeping in mind the birds of the jungle, we’ve created an array of sounds with Animal Collective’s music that is seemingly random…or is it? We invite you to come take some time out and sit with us. As time passes it is our hope that you will wonder if you are hearing songs or patterns or maybe simply hearing more. The visual work of Danny Perez has been incorporated to turn the environment of an empty museum into a more mysterious hideaway. The core elements and colors are worked into the piece in order to unite this room of sound with the inside of your brain. We hope you enjoy. Thanks for joining us.
—Animal Collective, February 8, 2010

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2010
02/26
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