Mundovibe Featured Mixes: DJ Årno
Posted on 17. Mar, 2010 by mundovibe in ARCHIVE
Impressive mixes from Riga, Lativa’s DJ Årno
Mundovibe’s World DJ of the Week
Luminescence Electronic Sound Summit
Posted on 16. Mar, 2010 by mundovibe in ARCHIVE
Luminescence Electronic Sound Summit
Friday-Saturday April 9 & 10 @ Club 828, Asheville, North Carolina
Tickets sold at: https://club828.ticketleap.com/luminescence410
Asheville, North Carolina is emerging as a hotbed of activity for dance and electronic music with several national events now staged in the mountain city including Luminescene.
Bonobo Live Band will perform April 9
Under One Beat Presents:
LUMINESCENCE Electronic Sound Summit
April 9th & 10th, 2010
Limited 2 day combo tickets and VIP passes available. VIP includes private lounge and bar…
April 9th, 2010
Euphonic Conceptions Presents:
Bonobo Live Band
The Invisibles
More TBA
April 10th, 2010
Bluetech Presents:
Satori Social- Bluetech Live Band
Kraddy
Collective Efforts (1320)
DJ Bowie
Sonmi Suite
Par D
Gogol Bordello’s Tommy T Podcast
Posted on 16. Mar, 2010 by mundovibe in ARCHIVE
Podcast compiled by Tommy T, bassist of Gogol Bordello, with music from his recent solo release, ‘The Prester John Sessions’ (Easy Star Records), plus favorites from his personal collection. Music includes artists like Aster Aweke, once dubbed “the Aretha Franklin of Ethiopia,” British reggae group, Aswad, and Michael Rose of Black Uhuru. Tommy concludes with one more track from ‘The Prester John Sessions,’ “Tribute to a King,” dedicating the mix to The King of Ethiopian music, Dr. Tilahun Gesesse.
Lady Alma Adds Her Voice to Silhouette Brown
Posted on 13. Mar, 2010 by mundovibe in ARCHIVE, FEATURED, Features
A Mundovibe exclusive interview with Silhouette Brown vocalist Lady Alma
After half a decade, Silhouette Brown – the original production and songwriting team of vocalist Bembe Segue, Kaidi Tatham (Agent K / Bugz In The Attic) and Dego (2000black / 4hero / dkd) – return with their aptly titled sophomore album, two. Silhouette Brown’s second LP two features the unmistakable vocal sounds of Philadelphia’s Lady Alma who has appeared on countless club classics from Sylk130’s “When the Funk Hits The Fan” to Soul Dahmma’s “Happy” and 4hero’s “Hold it Down”. Soaring with a distinctive soulful voice from start to finish, showing all her versatility and warm spirit, Lady Alma delivers two into a relaxed head-nod-soul experience.
Alma’s distinctive soulful voice brings a vivacious energy to the various sounds introduced in the album. With two, Silhouette Brown guides us toward a new dimension of modern soul music with a distinctively London-esque flair. It conveys a touch of melancholy in tone through contemplative yet hopeful lyrics and just enough groove for those looking for that “je ne sais quoi” in their regular dosage of Jazz and Nu soul.
“Get With It” is a hip-hop song featuring Brand Nubian’s Sadat X, which talks about uniting and progressing. “Leave A Note” talks about suicide, while “Hear Them Often Say” is about having faith. Another instant hit is the collaboration with M.D Akwasi on “Strawberries in Vinegar,” which is a guaranteed boogie anthem. Silhouette Brown’s extremely skillful production team pushes a warm, sumptuous melody, which delivers groove in a way only they know how. This group of extra-ordinary artists created two, which is the musical product of their skills and talents.
Listen to the full interview here. Full transcript below:
Mundovibe Editor John C. Tripp spoke with Lady Alma from her Philly base just before the release of “two”.
Mundovibe: It’s an honor to speak to you, I give you big respect. I’ve been a fan of y0ur contributions going way back to, of course, King Britt and I’m a big fan of the EP you did with Mark de Clive-Lowe and your work with 4 Hero. Big respect.
Lady Alma: Thank you very much.
MV: So, let’s go right into this new Silhouette Brown and my first question is, how you became the vocalist on this recording.
LA: Well, I’m friends with all three of the creators of Silhouette Brown, which is “Dego” McFarlane, Kaidi Tatham and Bembe Segue and I knew about the first Silhouette Brown. I’m a fan of those three cats so I was already in on it, but I did not know that I was going to be a part of Silhouette Brown until the later part of 2008 when Dego started talking about it. We stated recording in February of 2009 and now here we go.
MV: Yeah, well it’s exciting because you’ve got a history with those guys and, of course, ‘Hold It Down’ was such a phenomenal track so this is kind of a bearing the full fruit of that collaboration I would say.
LA: Yeah, I think so. I’ve had the opportunity of performing with Kaidi and Bembe on stage and working with Dego in the studio. So, for me it was an honor for it to happen. That they even considered me as pulling it off: it’s five years in the making so I’m very honored to be the one on the next installment.
MV: So, how do you describe Silhouette Brown?
LA: Definitely different from the first installment. Dego is now living here in the States, so it’s a little more States friendly. He and Kaidi are very complex with their drum patterns and what they lay down and I think him being here kind of Americanized the sound of Silhouette Brown to make it more American friendly. More boombap beats and more just laid-back, grown folk &B tracks with some heavy contemporary gospel influence chords played by both Dego and Kaidi. So, it’s definitely different from the first installment.
Congotronics Return With Assume Crash Position
Posted on 13. Mar, 2010 by mundovibe in ARCHIVE
“Assume Crash Position” is the new album from Congolese street band Konono No.1, the fourth volume in the Congotronics series from Crammed Discs. It will be released in May 2010.
Once again recorded in their home domain of Kinshasa, DR Congo by Congotronics series producer Vincent Kenis, the long-anticipated follow-up to Konono’s 2005 debut sees their trademark thrilling junkyard sonics and relentlessly hypnotic percussive grooves (as created using thumb pianos and drums made from scrap metal and disused car parts) further elevated with electric guitars and bass – played by neighbourhood musicians from a young Konono covers band! – as well as a wider range of vocalists plus guest appearances from guitarist Manuaku Pepe Felly (Zaïko Langa Langa) and members of fellow Congotronics band Kasai Allstars.
The band’s music is and will always be a very precise mixture of traditonal bazombo trance music with the distortion of their modern home-made equipment… but their sound on “Assume Crash Position” is somehow deeper, more layered and ethereal, without losing any of that signature raw power and driving energy. Those gloriously extended full band tracks take off like never before – but also, for the first time, we hear Konono stripped right back to their essence: the album’s final song, “Nakobala Lisusu Te”, features just the band’s founder and master, Mingiedi (now in his late-seventies) and his likembe. “I don’t feel like getting married any more”, he sings in sweet and mournful tones, “because women nowadays think marriage is just a six month affair”.
The album title is a rough translation from the Kikongo meaning of ”Konono”, and if you’ve heard or seen the band in full flight before you’ll have some idea of the ride you’re in for here. If not – well, strap yourselves in…
Credits
Konono N°1
Mingiedi Mawangu: likembe
Augustin Makuntima Mawangu: likembe
Menga Waku: vocals, bass likembe
Antoine Ndombele: bass likembe
Pauline Mbuka Nsiala: vocals
Vincent Visi: snare drum
Ndofusu Mbiyavanga: percussion, tam tam
Duki Makumbu: bass guitar
Guests
on 3: Mbuyamba Nyunyi (bass likembe), Kabongo Tshisense and Kalenga Ditu (likembe), courtesy of Kasai Allstars
on 4: Felix Manuaku ‘Pepe Felly’ & Vincent Kenis (guitars)
on 1, 3 & 7: Nzila Mabasukisa (guitar)
Produced, recorded and mixed by Vincent Kenis
Recorded at Halle de la Gombe and Ndjili Quartier N°1, Kinshasa, Congo
The Soul Jazz Orchestra Release Rising Sun
Posted on 11. Mar, 2010 by mundovibe in ARCHIVE
Since their creation in 2002 in Ottawa, Canada, The Souljazz Orchestra have become one of the most potent bands in their field. Drawing on the rough, raw grooves of the ‘60s and ‘70s and effortlessly fusing soul, jazz, Afro and latin rhythms within their music, they have moved forward the blueprint of Fela, Fania and the funk in entirely new ways, whilst keeping the vital analogue grit intact. As a live unit, the Orchestra have become an in-demand fixture at venues and festivals worldwide.
Having turned heads with two fine albums on Toronto label Do Right!, ‘Freedom No Go Die’ (2006, featuring their breakthrough single ‘Mista President’) and ‘Manifesto’ (2008), Strut are proud to announce the band’s hotly anticipated third album, ‘Rising Sun’. Drawing on a wider canvas of styles than ever before, touching on spiritual jazz, deep African rhythms and Ethiopian modes, the Orchestra take their sound to new heights with stunning musicianship and virtuoso arrangements throughout. Long-time fan Gilles Peterson (BBC Radio One) has already acclaimed this album to be their best yet.
The tracks themselves flow as a sinuous whole. The reflective intro overture, Awakening, originally came to composer Pierre Chrétien in a dream; the hard Afrobeat of Agbara whips up a heavyweight groove, driven by prepared marimbas rather than traditional electric guitar lines; Negus Negast touches on dark Ethio-jazz, inspired by Strut label-mate Mulatu Astatke; Lotus Flower is a spiritual soul-jazz piece featuring the muted trumpet stylings of guest Nicholas Dyson (musician with Gladys Knight & The Pips, The Temptations and The Coasters); Mamaya moves us into heavy 12/8 Afro-jazz territory, based around traditional Guinean rhythms; the more laid back 12/8 Afro-jazz of Serenity features the flute and clarinet work of multi-instrumentalist Zakari Frantz; Consecration explores modal territory, a track composed during the very early days of the group; and the album closes with Rejoice, a storming cover in two parts of the Pharoah Sanders’ 1981 classic.
The Souljazz Orchestra will be touring throughout 2010, starting with North American dates in March, followed by European dates in April.
MV Music News
Posted on 18. Feb, 2010 by mundovibe in ARCHIVE
Soil & Pimp Sessions, Krishna Das
ZUCO 103 – RETOUCHED!
On Retouched!, Brazilian Electro pioneers Zuco 103’s latest album, After the Carnaval
gets the deluxe remix treatment from a global gang of producers. Among the many musical flavors featured on this collection, chemicalbeats collective Nobody Beats The Drum surprises with a banging breakbeat remix, Spanish DJ duo Wagon Cookin’ mix it up house style and Kraak & Smaak bring the disco goodness . Also on the menu are an electro-bossa mix from Bossacucanova, tribal disco from San Proper and two previously unreleased tracks from Zuco 103 themselves.
Be sure to download the Kraak & Smaak remix of “Back Home” Download Here
Japanese punk-jazz renegades SOIL& PIMP SESSIONS bust back in 2010 with their sixth studio album on Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood
Recordings imprint. The sextet’s roof-raising, festival-conquering live show has earned them new fans at every stop on their annual trailblazing European tours. The cunningly titled ‘6’ is – yep, you guessed it – the sixth album by the sextet and alongside monstrous good time grooves like ‘Pop Korn’ and ‘Papa’s Got A Brand New Pigbag’, the band incorporate two vocal-featured tracks for the first time. ‘MY FOOLISH HEART’ features acclaimed Japanese alternative female singer Ringo Sheena on vocals whilst a cover of the club classic ‘Stolen Moments’ features Top UK jazzer Jamie Cullum. Taking things into the electronic arena, renowned Japanese turntablist, DJ KENTARO contributes the opening sound collage too. ‘6’ finds SOIL & “PIMP” SESSIONS in blazing hot form.
Krishna Das to Release “Heart As Wide As The World” — His First Studio Album in Ten Years
Called the “Chant Master of American Yoga” by the New York Times, Krishna Das will release Heart As Wide As The World, his first studio album in ten years, March 2010. The album is a collaboration with David Nichtern (“Midnight at the Oasis”) who produced and played guitar. Jerry Marotta (Hall & Oates, Peter Gabriel) on drums, percussion. As well as, world musicians Steve Gorn on bansuri flute and Benjy Wertheimer on esraj, amongst an array of other instruments.
Eprom on Surefire — Free track
Brand new label Surefire Productions launches with a debut from US based Eprom with a Falty DL remix on the flip. Download a free track from Eprom (‘Never’) HERE
Si*Se Gold EP To Be Released March 9th
On the upcoming Si*Sé Gold EP, singer/DJ Carol C’s voice evokes a sophisticated sensuality, singing in English and Spanish over producer Cliff Cristofaro’s post-trip-hop grooves. The band also includes drummer Ryan Farley, bassist Morgan Phillips, percussionist Neil Ochoa and violinist Nicole Arena. For the single “This Love,” Carol turned to Cristofaro for a “Motown-ish track.” He was ready for the request, pulling out a sweetly spaced rhythm with plenty of room for Carol’s dream-like vocals to fly over: her heartfelt convictions, one which has caused innumerable fans to connect to her with, is in full force here. “I was talking to many different people around the same time,” she says, “and they all seemed to be in search of the perfect love. This song came out of those conversations.” The producer Cliff, also known as The Crystal Pharoah, provides a divine slice of disco cut with trilling string trimmings.
Ilhan Ersahin’s Istanbul Sessions with Erik Truffaz The four-piece band featured on Istanbul Sessions started off as a hand-picked group for a one time show Ilhan Ersahin, the noted saxophonist/composer did in Istanbul three years ago. “We didn’t play a “Turkish” sound, but a more open sound true to who we are, but of course the spirit of Istanbul is in there when we play,” says Ersahin. The group is regularly joined by European jazz star, French trumpeter Erik Truffaz, who performs on nearly all tracks on the this great fresh jazz record.
Featured Mixes at Mixcloud
Posted on 15. Feb, 2010 by mundovibe in ARCHIVE
Bullion Mix for Benji B (BBC 1Xtra)
Off the back of his latest single Say Goodbye to What? London boy Bullion steps up with a scorching mix for Benji Bs BBC 1Xtra show.
Long a fan of 70s disco and afro funk, Bullion has garnered worldwide recognition with twisting samples into layers of melodic clarity paired with brash percussion. Pure gold.
Afro Funk / Beats / Soul
Indian Novelist And Musician Amit Chaudhuri Releases ‘This Is Not Fusion’
Posted on 14. Feb, 2010 by mundovibe in ARCHIVE
Following a series of sold-out live performances in 2009 that culminated at the London Jazz Festival, Amit Chaudhuri releases his first album ‘This Is Not Fusion’ on the Babel Label on February 22nd 2010.
Amit Chaudhuri is a trained and critically acclaimed singer in the North Indian classical tradition; he has received high praise for his singing from various newspapers and journals, including the Times of India, the Hindustan Times, Ananda Bazar Patrika and India Today. He learned singing from his mother, the well-known exponent of Tagore songs and devotionals, Bijoya Chaudhuri, and, extensively, from the late Pandit Govind Prasad Jaipurwale of the Kunwar Shyam gharana. He was then guided in Hindustani music by Pandit A. Kanan.
‘This Is Not Fusion’ brings together the major threads of twentieth-century western popular music: blues, jazz, rock, techno and disco with Indian classical music in an original and eclectic way that explores the many similarities between the genres to produce a wholly uncontrived, natural musical language. The music on ‘This Is Not Fusion’ emerges from Chaudhuri’s multiple lineages: as a trained and recorded singer in the Indian classical tradition; his experience as a guitarist and singer in the American singer/songwriter mould; and as an internationally acclaimed, award-winning novelist and critic.
Amit Chaudhuri writes: ‘At the age of sixteen when my immersion in Indian vocal music grew more intense there came a gradual but seemingly irrevocable rejection of the western music I had grown up with and it would take me seventeen years to start listening again to my old record collection. When I did I began to hear doubly; to hear the raga in the blues and the blues in the raga. What brought the two together was the pentatonic scale and the bent notes used in both traditions, which now struck my ears anew. It was in this receptive mood that I heard one morning as I was practising raga Todi, the riff to Clapton’s ‘Layla’ in a handful of notes I was singing. Soon after, I thought I heard, in a hotel lobby, a santoor playing Auld Lang Syne, although it was actually a phrase from raga Bhupali. Those moments of ‘mishearing’ also contained within them both my past and moments in the history of Bombay converging with the present. From these convergences began the musical project I have been working on and travelling with for the last four years which has resulted in this album.’
Sample the music:
The ‘Layla’ Riff to Todi – click here for audio clip
Dotara – click here for audio clip
Summertime – click here for audio clip
Shree in Two Keys – click here for audio clip
Moral Education – click here for audio clip
Freewheeling Jog – click here for audio clip
Trucker – click here for audio clip
All India Radio – click here for audio clip
Berlin –click here for audio clip
Motz – click here for audio clip
Free Music
Posted on 12. Feb, 2010 by mundovibe in ARCHIVE
Free MP3s from Rahel, Silhouette Brown,Omar Sosa, Mark Weinstein, Mark Farina, John Brown’s Body, Dub Gabriel
Mark de Clive-Lowe presents Rahel — HOPE
RAHEL has collaborated with Dudley Perkins, Georgia Anne Muldrow and Eric Lau. One of the UK’s next generation of soul artists, here’s the result of hitting studio with MdCL for some piano-laden head-nod. Download here
Silhouette Brown — Constant Questions
After half a decade, Silhouette Brown – the original production and songwriting team of broken beat/nu jazz vocalist Bembe Segue, Kaidi Tatham (Agent K / Bugz In The Attic) and Dego (2000black / 4hero / dkd) – return with their aptly titled sophomore album, two. This time they are joined by Philadelphia’s Lady Alma (of 4hero’s “Hold It Down” fame) and delve into an array of subject matters. (Mundovibe will post its in-depth interview with Lady Alma soon). Download here.
Omar Sosa, Mark Weinstein
“Forest Journey” (mp3)
from “Tales From The Earth”
(Otá Records)
Mark Farina
“That’s How” (mp3)
from “Geograffiti EP”
(Great Lakes Audio)
Buy at iTunes Music Store
More On This Album
John Brown’s Body
“The Gold (Dubmatix Runnin’ Remix)” (mp3)
from “Re-Amplify”
(Easy Star Records)
Buy at iTunes Music Store
More On This Album
John Brown’s Body
“Give Yourself Over (GoldieLocks Vs. Synth Girl Remix)” (mp3)
from “Re-Amplify”
(Easy Star Records)
Buy at iTunes Music Store
John Brown’s Body
“Conquering Heart Dub (Blue King Brown’s Be At Peace Remix)” (mp3)
from “Re-Amplify”
(Easy Star Records)
Buy at iTunes Music Store
Dub Gabriel feat. U Roy — Luv n’ Liv ( Ming vs. Subatomic Sound System Remix)
Destroy All Concepts
Brooklyn’s Subatomic Sound System teams up with Ming, of Ming + FS to remix the Dub Gabriel track “Luv n’ Liv” featuring U Roy on vocals and David J on bass.
DOWNLOAD HERE
