Англичане King Crimson - хрестоматийный пример классической прог-рок-группы, само воплощение прогрессив-рока. Под предводительством гитарного виртуоза Роберта Фриппа (Robert Fripp) за первые - решающие в их карьере - пять лет существования King Crimson значительно расширили музыкальный словарь и границы рока, прирастив к нему территории, традиционно принадлежавшие джазу и даже классической музыке. И при этом всегда старательно открещивались от удобств поп-музыки и всяческой психоделии. Принципиальное нежелание подыгрывать вкусам публики, в конце концов просто пошутить с ней, обернулось против King Crimson. Им пришлось довольствоваться амплуа культовой команды, известной своей неизлечимой текучкой кадров и фанатичной преданностью гитарному року. Зато статус главных героев эпохи прог-рока они сохранили в неприкосновенности.
Названный по программной песне Синфилда альбом "In the Court of the Crimson King" совершил огромный рывок во всем прог-рок-движении. Фрипп продемонстрировал органически присущую ему страсть к контрастам, противопоставляя интенсивные электрические вещи, агрессивную перкуссию и эфирные баллады, пронзительные соло на флейте, изящные вокальные гармонии. И несмотря на отстраненность от тогдашнего мейнстрима, издание появилось в нужном месте в нужное время и нашло своего слушателя.
Открывающая альбом запись "Шизофреник 21-го века" / "21st Century Schizoid Man" оглушала слушателей лавиной звука, а на таких вещах, как "Эпитафия" / "Epitaph" и заглавная композиция альбома для создания оркестрового эффекта, был широко применен меллотрон - крайне редко используемый и невероятно сложный в настройке инструмент.
Второй кримзоновский альбом "На поводу у Посейдона" / "In the Wake of Poseidon" был записан в период ожидания серьезных "кадровых" перемен: Грег Лэйк собирался уйти, чтобы участвовать в создании "супергруппы" EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER; МакДоналд и Джайлз готовились выступать дуэтом (МакДоналд в конце концов, остановился на группе FOREIGNER). Для работы в студии были приглашены басист Питер Джайлз / Peter Giles (второй Giles из GILES, GILES & FRIPP), пианист Кейт Типпетт / Keith Tippett, вокалист Гордон Хэскелл / Gordon Haskell (бывший партнер Фриппа по группе THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN) и Мел Коллинз / Mel Collins, игравший на саксофонах и флейте в группе CIRCUS. Рассматривался вопрос о приглашении в качестве основного вокалиста Элтона Джона / Elton John или Брайна Ферри / Brian Ferry, но Фриппу не понравились результаты прослушивания.
Большая часть "Посейдона", даже общая компоновка и звук, имела много общего с дебютным альбомом. Первая сторона завершалась заглавной вещью альбома: обвинительным меллотронизированным опусом по стилю, во многом схожим с композицией "Эпитафия" с первого альбома. Вторая сторона содержала замечательную и стильную вещь "Корм для кошек" / "Cat Food", в которой музыка и текст слились, создав произведение, не похожее ни на что из ранее слышанного. Добавьте к этому "Дьявольский треугольник" / "The Devil's Triangle" - продолжительную инструментальную запись, практически оркестровую, и вы поймете, что успех альбому был гарантирован.
Помимо всего прочего, "Посейдон" был интересен образами и сюжетами, взятыми из мифологии. В основном это была концепция Питера Синфилда, которая нашла отражение даже в оформлении обложки альбома. Идея состояла в том, чтобы провести параллели между античностью и современностью и использовать античные мифы в качестве контекста, причем настолько серьезно, как это ранее никогда не делалось в популярной музыке. Подобная тенденция охвата грандиозных тем объединяет KING CRIMSON с несколькими другими британскими группами того времени (YES, EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER, GENESIS) в музыкальное направление, которое может быть названо "Art Rock" / "Художественный рок", или "Progressive Rock" / "Прогрессивный рок".
1. Peace-A Beginning
2. Pictures of a City
3. Cadence and Cascade
4. In the Wake of Poseidon
5. Peace - A Theme
6. Cat Food
7. Devil's Triangle: Merday Morn/Hand of Sceiron/Garden of Worm
8. Peace - An End
[Japanese, World] VA -Improvised Music From Japan [10 CDBox]
VA - Improvised Music From Japan [10 CDBox]
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In honor of the fifth anniversary of his website, Yoshiyuki Suzuki compiled this massive, often spectacular collection of work from dozens of Japanese improvising musicians (with several European and American collaborators), spread out over ten CDs and 73 tracks.
The stylistic range of the production is enormous: While much of the music resides in the post-AMM and electro-acoustic continuum, it also touches on quirky pop (Haco), ambient music, free jazz, and adapted forms of traditional Japanese music for koto and shamisen, all beautifully presented in a handsome paulownia box and sturdy dual-CD sleeves, and accompanied by an 80-page book offering biographies and program notes.
The music runs from ultra-quiet and serene to overwhelmingly, almost obnoxiously noisy, from dead serious to coyly joking. In any venture of this size, it would be easy to argue that the cream of the music could have been winnowed down to six or seven discs, but that would be both a minor quibble and also take away from the more "realistic" picture of the Japanese improvising scene, excesses and all.
Highlights abound, but they include Yasuhiro Otani's ferocious "Music for 50 iMacs," Toshimaru Nakamura's stunningly pristine pieces for no-input mixing board and sine waves, Otomo Yoshihide's gorgeous, blues-drenched guitar solo "The Blue Kite," Aki Onda's spectrally altered cassette recordings of everyday occurrences, and shamisen master Michihiro Sato's fiery improvisations.
The least successful pieces tend to be those that include overt references to rock (especially of the fusion variety) or jazz, but nothing really slips below the level of at least interesting.
This is arguably not a good place for newcomers to this sort of music to begin; aside from the steep price for this limited edition, it would be better to sample individual releases by some of the artists involved.
But for fans of this scene, this compendium of previously unissued music is an absolute jewel and will come to be seen as a major and wonderful release.
1. Yoshihide Otomo - Cathode #4: Sound check version (5:22)
Composed by Yoshihide Otomo
Taku Sugimoto (electric guitar); Tetuzi Akiyama (turntable without records, contact microphone); Sachiko M (sine waves); Yoko Nishi (prepared 17-string koto); Mari Furuta (snare drum); Kumiko Takara (snare drum); Yasuhiro Yoshigaki (waterphone with bow); Yoshimitsu Ichiraku (cymbal with bow); Itoken (crotales); Masahiro Uemura (Vietnamese bells)
Recorded and mixed by Yoshiaki Kondo at GOK Sound in Kichijoji, Tokyo, May and June 2001
No edits or overdubs
2. Tetsuro Yasunaga - two organs (9:59)
3. Tetsuro Yasunaga - four organs (2:42)
Tetsuro Yasunaga (computer)
Recorded by Tetsuro Yasunaga in Tokyo, August 2001
4. Tetsuro Yasunaga/Utah Kawasaki - Disk Review 3 (3:14)
Tetsuro Yasunaga (computer, MD player); Utah Kawasaki (analog synthesizer, MD player)
Recorded live at Tonpu in Kichijoji, Tokyo, May 2001
5. Yasuhiro Yoshigaki - Italians and JC & R (8:10)
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki (electronics, trumpet)
Recorded by Yasuhiro Yoshigaki in Tokyo, August 2001
6. Tetuzi Akiyama - T.T. (25:49)
Tetuzi Akiyama (turntable, DJ mixer, contact micropone)
Recorded live by Taku Sugimoto at Gallery Off Site on March 29, 2001
7. Yasuhiro Otani - Music for 50 iMacs (16:36)
Yasuhiro Otani (50 iMacs)
Recorded live at Xebec Hall in Kobe on March 11, 1999
1. Haco - High/Low (3:32)
Haco (vocal, sampler)
Recorded live by Arnovah at Kafe Myzik in Lyons, France, May 2000
2. Mescaline Go-Go - 12 String Revy (4:10)
Haco (guitar); Christopher Stephens (guitar)
Recorded live at Big Apple in Kobe, October 1999
3. Hoahio - Marimo II (4:34)
Haco (vocal, sampler); Michiyo Yagi (koto)
Recorded live at Xebec Hall in Kobe, November 2000
Mixed by Haco at Mescalina in Kobe, 2001
4. View Masters - Fluorescent lamp on the fritz (1:59)
Sound spotting and trimming by Haco at Mescalina house in Kobe, June 2000
5. Happiness Proof - Isolated Mix (3:45)
Haco (vocal, guitar, synthesizer); Atsushi Tsuyama (bass, acoustic guitar); Christopher Stephens (guitar); Bill (drums)
Recorded live at Bears in Osaka, December 2000
Mixed by Haco at Mescalina in Kobe, 2001
6. Skist - Pondlife 4 (2:47)
7. Skist - Pondlife 3 (2:06)
8. Skist - Pondlife 1 (2:45)
Haruna Ito (samples, electronics); Samm Bennett (samples, electronics, piano)
Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Skist at Polarity, Tokyo, 2000-2001
9. Big Picture - BP010806.bgp (4:34)
Phew (vocal, sampler); Hiroyuki Nagashima (sound direction); Masateru Terai (EMS AKS, Casio SK-1)
Recorded on July 18, 2001 and mixed between July 18 and August 6, 2001 by Hiroyuki Nagashima at GE Studio in Roppongi, Tokyo
10. Mitsuru Nasuno - Motai (7:30)
Mitsuru Nasuno (bass, keyboard, voice, programming, etc.); Samm Bennett (wave drum)
Recorded and mixed by Naoaki Kose at Earth Studio in Asagaya, Tokyo
11. Mitsuru Nasuno - Karamel (4:13)
Mitsuru Nasuno (bass, programming, etc.); Osamu Isoda (guitar, voice); Yasuhiro Yoshigaki (percussion)
Recorded and mixed by Tatsuki Masuko at Earth Studio in Asagaya, Tokyo
12. Ground-Zero - Feb 1992 (3:17)
Composed by Yoshihide Otomo and Eye Yamatsuka
Yoshihide Otomo (turntables); Eye Yamatsuka (voice)
Recorded by Yoshiaki Kondo at GOK Sound in Kokubunji, Tokyo, February 1992
Mixed by Yoshihide Otomo at A-102 Studio in Tokyo, August 2001
No edits or overdubs
13. Astro Twin - Rehearsal at Uplink Factory (4:42)
Ami Yoshida (voice); Utah Kawasaki (analog synthesizer)
Recorded at Uplink Factory in Shibuya, Tokyo on March 17, 2001
14. Ami Yoshida/Masahiko Okura - Improvisation@ArtLand (11:31)
Ami Yoshida (voice); Masahiko Okura (alto sax)
Recorded live by Taku Sugimoto at Artland in Musashikoganei, Tokyo on August 25, 2001
15. Ami Yoshida - Hooooooooon (8:26)
Ami Yoshida (voice)
Recorded by Ami Yoshida in Tokyo, August 2001
1. Toshimaru Nakamura - oosslloo (17:52)
A composition by Toshimaru Nakamura for the workshop at the Oslo National Academy of Fine Art
Performed by Arne Borgan (LISA), Sergio Frazao (percussion, microphone), Unn Fahlstrom (Nordlead), Tonny Kluften (double bass), Hakon Kornstad (sax), Kai Mikalsen (Arp, contact microphone), Are Mokkelbost (LISA), Mathias Oygard (Sound Forge), Alexander Rishang (LISA)
Happened on May 30, 2001 at the National Academy of Fine Art, Oslo, Norway
Thanks to Kjell Bjorgeengen
2. Tamaru - Bifu Sekai (Zephyr World) (19:21)
Tamaru (bass guitar)
Recorded by Tamaru in Tokyo on July 22, 2001
3. Yoshimitsu Ichiraku Cymbal Orchestra - Method for the Fourth Note, which is Not Actually Played (20: 29)
Yoshimitsu Ichiraku (12-inch bell, A-440 chime, 16-inch China cymbal)
Recorded on July 12, 2001 and mixed between July 13 and 26, 2001 by Yoshimitsu Ichiraku at Freak Tone Freaks Studio in Yamaguchi
4. Taku Sugimoto/Martin Siewert/Burkhard Stangl - SSS (13:15)
Taku Sugimoto (six-string bass guitar); Martin Siewert (guitar, electronics); Burkhard Stangl (guitars)
Recorded live by Martin Siewert in the basement of plag dich nicht in Vienna on April 25, 2000
Mixed by Martin Siewert
Thanks to akoasuma & plag dich nicht for organizing the concert
1. Sachiko M - 13072001 (7:16)
Sachiko M (2 oscillators)
Recorded by Sachiko M at A-102 Studio in Tokyo, July 2001
2. Toshimaru Nakamura - nimb #19-1 (8:44)
Toshimaru Nakamura (no-input mixing board)
A solo performance at the Cornerhouse gallery, Manchester, UK on June 18, 2001
Thanks to Daniel Weaver
3. Toshimaru Nakamura - nimb #9.1 (8:21)
Toshimaru Nakamura (no-input mixing board)
A solo performance at Rhiz, Vienna, Austria
Recorded by Silvia Faessler on May 18, 2000
Thanks to Silvia Faessler
4. Taku Sugimoto/Annette Krebs - 24/01/01 (14:41)
Taku Sugimoto (amplified guitar); Annette Krebs (electro-acoustic guitar)
Recorded at Chez Lulu in Liège, Belgium on January 24, 2001
Thanks to Michel Henritzi
5. Atsuhiro Ito - Acousmatic 9 (3:25)
6. Atsuhiro Ito - Radio O.P.T. (10:51)
Atsuhiro Ito (optron)
Recorded by Atsuhiro Ito in Tokyo, August 2001
7. Yoshihide Otomo - The Blue Kite (18:35)
Composed by Yoshihide Otomo
Yoshihide Otomo (electric guitar, turntables, percussion)
Original composition for the 1993 Chinese film The Blue Kite
Recorded live at Cinemaskhole in Nagoya on September 15, 2000
Concert organized by Cinemaskhole and Ririko Mio (Asia Super Cine Center)
Edited from a 40-minute live MD recording by Asayo Horiguchi
No overdubs
1. Kazuhisa Uchihashi - Invisible Guitar (21:45)
Kazuhisa Uchihashi (electric guitar)
Sampled musicians: Gene Coleman (bass clarinet); Kazuhisa Uchihashi (guitar, daxophone)
Recorded at Big Apple in Kobe on July 27, 2001
Special thanks to Yatsuse Saijo, Gene Coleman, Tetsumasa Kondo (Big Apple), and my family
2. Utah Kawasaki - Object Tracking (9:49)
3. Utah Kawasaki - Socket (9:35)
Utah Kawasaki (synthesizer--track 2 / electronics--track 3)
Recorded by Utah Kawasaki in Tokyo, June (track 2) and July (track 3) 2001
4. Tsuguto Tsunoda - October 26, 2000 (18:26)
Tsuguto Tsunoda (guitar, samples)
Recorded by Tsuguto Tsunoda in Tokyo on October 26, 2000
Mixed by Tsuguto Tsunoda in Tokyo on July 28, 2001
5. Seiichi Yamamoto - Approach 1 (4:49)
6. Seiichi Yamamoto - Approach 2 (2:27)
7. Seiichi Yamamoto - Approach 3 (5:15)
Seiichi Yamamoto (electric guitar)
Recorded by Seiichi Yamamoto at Studio Puzzle in Osaka, August 2001
1. Aki Onda - Two Women (10:30)
2. Aki Onda - Take Me to the Water (8:54)
3. Aki Onda - The Last Day of Summer (2:20)
All cassette compositions by Aki Onda
Aki Onda (cassette recorder, effectors)
Recorded in Hanover and New York, 2001
Thanks to Kenta Nagai (track 2)
4. Kazuo Imai - Ephemera 24-2 (12:37)
Kazuo Imai (stone board, brass board, stainless steel ball, wooden blocks, bamboo blocks, springs, small stones, shells, chain, egg cutter, bell, superballs, toy Theremin, voice, etc.)
Recorded live by Kazuo Imai during the concert Solo Works Vol. 24, at Usagigoya in Tsukiji, Tokyo on September 26, 1997
5. Kazuo Imai - Ephemera 22-3 (8:52)
Kazuo Imai (electric guitar)
Recorded live by Kazuo Imai during the concert Solo Works Vol. 22, at Usagigoya on April 11, 1997
6. Hado-ho - Stereo Action Suite 2001 (8:31)
Takehito Nakazato (effector)
Recorded in Tokyo, August 2001
7. Incapacitants - Forest in Noise 20010721 (20:19)
Toshiji Mikawa (electronics, voice); Fumio Kosakai (electronics, voice)
Recorded live at 20000V in Koenji, Tokyo on July 21, 2001
1. Brett Larner - Improvisation 1 (6:50)
2. Brett Larner - Improvisation 2 (8:21)
3. Brett Larner - Improvisation 3 (6:07)
Brett Larner (koto, laptop computer)
Recorded live by Wataru Matsumoto at Barber Fuji in Ageo on November 2, 1998
4. Yumiko Tanaka - Music for a Four-and-a-Half-Tatami-Mat Room, Fragment 1 (4:42)
5. Yumiko Tanaka - Music for a Four-and-a-Half-Tatami-Mat Room, Fragment 2 (1:57)
6. Yumiko Tanaka - Music for a Four-and-a-Half-Tatami-Mat Room, Fragment 3 (4:23)
7. Yumiko Tanaka - Music for a Four-and-a-Half-Tatami-Mat Room, Fragment 4 (6:21)
8. Yumiko Tanaka - Music for a Four-and-a-Half-Tatami-Mat Room, Fragment 5 (8:53)
Yumiko Tanaka (gidayu shamisen, voice)
Recorded by Yumiko Tanaka in Yashiro, Hyogo prefecture, August 2001
1. Michiyo Yagi & Paulownia Crush - Godan Ginuta (11:23)
Composed by Kengyo Mitsuzaki
Koto honte: Hiroko Takahashi; Madoka Nakano
Koto kaete: Michiyo Yagi; Yasuyo Takeuchi
Recorded in Tokoname, Aichi prefecture on September 9, 2001
Thanks to Office Sound Pot and Yuka Sumino (of Paulownia Crush)
2. Michihiro Sato - Improvisation (26:39)
3. Michihiro Sato - Nikata Bushi (5:24)
Michihiro Sato (Tsugaru shamisen)
Recorded live at Nakano Geino Shogekijo in Nakano, Tokyo on March 6, 1996
1. Ryoji Hojito - Kaiyu (7:49)
Ryoji Hojito (grand piano, marbles, wooden blocks, battery-powered toothbrush handle, remodeled toy reed, voice)
Recorded live at Con Cariño in Sapporo on February 13, 2001
2. Junji Hirose - Duo 1 (8:13)
3. Junji Hirose - Duo 2 (3:30)
Junji Hirose (self-made instrument--track 2 / soprano sax--track 3); Shuichi Chino (piano)
Recorded by Yoshiaki Kondo at GOK Sound in Kichijoji, Tokyo on May 16, 1998
*These tracks were originally recorded for the CD Guillotine Kyodai Presents Meetings with Remarkable Men Featuring Hirose Junji (Tag Rag, TRCD-026), but were not included on the CD.
4. Gnu - Meteora (8:05)
Composed by Masahiko Okura
Masahiko Okura (alto sax); Shinichi Tsukamoto (organ); Yukiya Taneishi (bass); Itoken (drums)
Recorded live by Tetuzi Akiyama at Manda-la 2 in Kichijoji, Tokyo on December 7, 2000
5. Masahiko Okura - ittcc (3:01)
6. Masahiko Okura - dvvv (1:43)
7. Masahiko Okura - Magnet Sour (4:31)
8. Masahiko Okura - Fiasco (for Fuutaro Yamada) (0:49)
Masahiko Okura (bass clarinet--tracks 5, 6, 8 / alto sax--track 7)
Recorded at Pink Sky in Tokyo on July 29, 2001
9. Shoji Hano/Werner Lüdi/Peter Brötzmann - Dedicated to (14:26)
10. Shoji Hano/Werner Lüdi/Peter Brötzmann - Werner (8:17)
11. Shoji Hano/Werner Lüdi/Peter Brötzmann - Lüdi (7:51)
Shoji Hano (drums); Werner Lüdi (baritone sax, alto sax); Peter Brötzmann (tenor sax, tarogato)
Recorded live at Kunsthaus Aarau in Aarau, Switzerland on June 4, 2000
*The earnings of Shoji Hano and Peter Brötzmann from this CD boxed set will go to Werner Lüdi's widow, Anita.
1. Kyoko Kuroda/Kazuhisa Uchihashi - A Reflection on the Beimlein (9:55)
2. Kyoko Kuroda/Kazuhisa Uchihashi - Song and Improvisation (8:44)
Kyoko Kuroda (piano, voice, glocken, recorder, synthesizer); Kazuhisa Uchihashi (guitar)
Recorded live by Koichi Kishida at Minoya Hall in Osaka on December 5, 1997
Mixed by Kazuhisa Uchihashi at Jutema Studio in Kobe on September 1, 2001
3. From Marginal Consort 1998 (19:12)
Kazuo Imai; Yasushi Ozawa; Tomonao Koshikawa; Kei Shii; Masami Tada
Recorded live at Hosei University Student Hall in Tokyo on September 12, 1998
4. Tetsu Saitoh/Michel Doneda - Clé de voûte (25:12)
Tetsu Saitoh (contrabass); Michel Doneda (soprano sax)
Recorded live by Pierre-Olivier Boulant in Saint-Etienne, France on June 8, 2001
For the 5th consecutive year Union Square Music releases the excellent official album that accompanies the BBC Radio 3 Awards For World Music – the most prestigious event in the 'world music' calendar and a perfect guide to what's happening in the world of 'world music' today.
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CD1:
1. Camille - Ta Douleur (Europe)
Camille Dalmais is in the avant-garde of French Chanson and grew up on a diet of soul, R&B and folk music. She was one of the vocalists with French cult sensations Nouvelle Vague before leaving to record her astounding second solo album Le Fil. “My music is about opening frontiers,” and her startlingly inventive and hugely engaging live shows have received rave reviews and a large devoted following. She really is one of a kind and won the French equivalent of the Mercury Award – the Prix Constantin.
2. Bongo Maffin – Kura Uone (Grow Up And You Will See) (Africa)
Bongo Maffin is one of the biggest bands to come out of South Africa's post apartheid music scene. The award winning group's particular brand of Kwaito - a potent homegrown mix of house, hip hop and South African rhythms and melodies - is spiced up with ragga, r ‘n’ b and strong Township grooves. Socially aware lyrics are conveyed through a number of different South African languages by Appleseed’s inciteful rapping and the soulful vocals of lead singer Thandiswa, who was herself nominated for these awards in 2006.
3. Think Of One - Fiera De Mangaio (Culture Crossing)
Listening to Think Of One is like having a festival in your front room. This collective of outward-looking musicians, musical explorers from Antwerp, mix Belgium roots music with a staggering array of genres ranging from Moroccan, Inuit, Congolese and now with the latest album ‘Trafico’ they are exploring the music of north-eastern Brazil.. They have teamed up with musicians from Recife, lead by the charismatic singer, Dona Cila.
4. Balkan Beat Box - Cha Cha (Club Global)
Tamir Muskat and Ori Kaplan used to be in Gogol Bordello, also nominated for this years awards. They are 2 Israeli-born musicians who relocated to N.Y. and met while playing in Brooklyn's mainly east European underground music scene. Producing Balkan inspired 'electronic urban folk', they mix ethnic musicians and samples, clarinets and brass with the latest studio technology to create a vibrant blend that Kaplan calls Mediterranean dancehall.
5. Toumani Diabaté’s Symmetric Orchestra – Single (Africa / Album Of The Year)
Toumani Diabaté comes from of a long line of famous griots and Boulevard De L'Independence, the second in the Hotel Mande trilogy of releases on World Circuit, is the result of 10 years of experimenting with traditional and modern musical formats.. Recorded over 14 all-night sessions, this is Toumani's innovative kora playing strategically placed in a seething, full on dance-band setting.
6. K'naan – Soobax (Newcomer)
A Somalian refugee now based in Canada, K’naan grew up in war torn Mogadishu learning to fire a gun by the age of 8 and living off his wits in the neighbourhood known as the “River of Blood”. With a start like that no wonder he asks the gangsta rappers of the world – ‘So what is hard core - really?’ K'naan can be an eloquent and powerful rapper with an uplifting and positive world view "It's better to light a candle than curse the dark" He has an enormous stage presence and his band of ngoma drummer and guitarist produce a powerful and rivetting live show with their earthy brand of Somali infused global hip hop.
7. Natacha Atlas – Hayati Inta (Mid.East & N.Africa)
Born in Belgium of Egyptian, Palestinian and Moroccan descent, Natasha has lived in Greece and is resident in the UK. She is an accomplished belly dancer and blessed with a voice which she's been utilizing to great effect on her own and other peoples’ projects since the late 1980s. She has sung with Jah Wobble, Nitin Sawney and Indigo Girls and was a core member of global fusion pioneers Transglobal Underground. It is Natacha’s voice on the Stargate and Die Another Day sound tracks and her ability to bring diverse cultures together was instrumental in her being appointed as a UN Goodwill Ambassador.
8. Mahmoud Ahmed – Bèlomi Bènna (Africa)
This soul-man from Addis has been at the forefront of Ethiopian music for more than 30 years. Mahmoud was one of the first artists from the country to be released in the West, and is a legend in Ethiopia, in such demand to perform to his countrymen around the world that he’s hardly had the time to cultivate a western audience. More recently he’s been rediscovered through the excellent Ethiopiques series of compilations and he was the surprise hit at the 2005 Womad festival, enthusing the crowds with his arresting stage personality, his haunting fluid voice undulating over pulsating rhythms and swinging horn arrangements. This track is from 1975, one of his ‘golden years’.
9. Mercan Dede – Napas (Club Global)
Mercan has been shortlisted four years running – more than any other artist. Rather like his country - Turkey - Mercan Dede is a gateway, a dervish, between East and West. He has two separate artistic personas: as Mercan he is a highly rated spiritual sufi instrumentalist who works with sufi musicians around the world, master of the bendir (frame drum) and ney (reed flute); his alter ego is Arkin Allen the hardcore techno DJ. Sufis believe that music is a means of uplifting and enlightening the soul, and Mercan finds a reflection of this in the rave and club cultures of the West.
10. Lila Downs – La Cumbia Del Mole (Americas / Album Of The Year)
Lila is of Mixtec and American parentage drawing on both musical traditions and was singing popular Mexican folk music including canciones rancheras, by the age of 8. Her musical career really started as a result of her work translating the personal testimonies of loss and death recounted by the desperate people trying to cross the Mexico / US border. Lila was moved to tell their stories through her vivid song writing. She has appeared in the film Frida, featured on Burn It Blue, sung a duet with Caetano Veloso and is the winner of a Latin Grammy.
11. Ska Cubano – Bobine (De Lata remix) (Culture Crossing)
Ska and mambo, reggae and son in a sunny fun-filled mash-up. Ska Cubano's second release, Ay Caramba, is rough and ready, raucous party music that combines the music from two islands known for their outstanding contribution to the worlds musical landscape - Jamaica and Cuba. Frontmen Natty Bo from London and sonero Beny Billy from Havana are two zoot-suited flash boys who deliver the songs with panache and compliment each others larger than life stage performance.
12. Gogol Bordello – Not A Crime (Americas)
Perhaps the best known of New York’s Gypsy Balkan underground music scene that includes Balkan Beat Box, also nominated for these awards. Gogol Bordello are a multi-cultural band of immigrants from Eastern Europe lead by the charismatic refugee from the Ukraine, Eugene Hutz, who performed in the film ‘Everything Is Illuminated’. Gogol Bordello’s Gypsy Punks Underdog World Strike is a collision of gypsy, klezmer and Russian wedding music, whizzed up with reggae, latin and caberet, in a punk fuelled mêlée. They deliver a frantic, demented high-octane live show that has promoters queuing up to book them.
13. Les Boukakes – A’Alawi (Mid.East & N.Africa)
Les Boukakes are a snapshot of multicultural France; their membership comprises French, Algerian, Tunisian, Corsican and Italian. They come out of the banlieus - the restless, edgy suburb estates and of the same punk inspired world-view that produced Rachid Taha and Manu Chao. Their name, Boukakes, is a combination of two racist slurs and chosen in defiance of the French far right. This is where North African grooves like rai and gnawa meet rock 'n' roll in a contemporary urban French setting.
14. Fat Freddy's Drop – This Room (Asia/Pacific)
A refreshing Polynesian take on dub reggae, jazz and funk, Fat Freddy's Drop are a multi-cultural mix of Samoan, Maori and Pakeha and are the biggest home-grown band to come out of New Zealand. ‘Based On A True Story’, their first studio album, independently recorded and released, has been eagerly embraced by the huge, loyal fan base they have built from years of playing live and touring the world. It went straight to number 1 in the charts on the day of release.
15. Cheb i Sabbah - Esh 'Dani, Alash Mshit (Constantine Remix) (Club Global)
Sabbah is an Algerian-born Berber of Jewish Ancestry. He started DJing in Paris in the 60's and by the 80's was an integral part of the San Fransisco dance movement. Instead of sampling old recordings he works with real musicians to create his fusion of Arabic and Indian club sounds, and is a deft mixer/producer of inspirational dance music. An appreciation of Sufism lies at the heart of his music-making.
16. Aida Nadeem - Khadri (Culture Crossing)
Born in Baghdad, Aida is a classically trained bassoon player who performed with the Iraq symphony orchestra. To be political and outspoken during Saddam’s reign was a recipe for increasing danger and she fled the country in 1991 to settle in Denmark. There she studied at the Royal Danish Academy Of Music and during this time her love of experimental music drew her to the burgeoning underground music scene. Here she found-like minded musicians to collaborate with in the creation of her 'ethnic synthetic' music that incorporates a vast musical spectrum, including trip hop, trance arabesque and Iraqi poems.
17. Ben Harper – Better Way (War Mix) (Americas)
A talented singer-songwriter and master of the ‘Weissenborn’ slide guitar, Ben grew up on the West coast of America with blues, reggae, folk and rock, and his music now entwines all those genres into his own unique style that defies categorisation. His latest release ‘Both Sides Of The Gun’ is full of insightful lyrics that let us in on his socially aware world view and was inspired by his work with the Blind Boys Of Alabama gospel band, with whom he recorded ‘Let There Be A Light’, a double Grammy award-winning album.
CD2:
1. Fonseca - Lagartija Azul (Americas)
Juan Fernando Fonseca was hooked on music early in his life. By the age of 12 he had already written and recorded and he went on to study music at Bogota University and then Berkley College. Fonseca uses the popular music of Colombia - cumbia and the accordian driven vallenato - as his musical foundation, which he blends with African drumming, salsa and latin pop to create an infectious sound that’s hit big in Colombia, topping the charts for months. Corazon, is his first album to be internationally released and was nominated for 3 Latin Grammys.
2. Nuru Kane – Çigil (Newcomer)
Hailing from Dakar, Senegal, Nuru Kane is a fine singer, songwriter and guitarist who also plays a mean guimbri, the north African version of the Malian ngoni or spike lute. It’s like a canoe-shaped acoustic bass and is the instrument of the Gnawas, the brotherhood of Moroccans and descendants of West African slaves taken north across the Sahara. Their spiritual trance music is renowned for its healing qualities and inspired Nuru to form his group Bayefall Gnawa to explore and bring together the rhythms and melodies of Senegal and Morocco. “Today I give you the music of Bayefall Gnawa, a blend of the rhythms and colours of traditional musics and Oriental and European sounds. This album is the result of all the meetings and reading that have inspired me. It is an open letter.”
3. Ojos de Brujo - Sultanas De Merkaillo (Europe)
This Barcelona based collective are at the forefront of a rich new wave of Spanish music. Popular winners of R3 AWM Europe category in 2003, this is their third nomination. Ojos de Brujo - Eyes of The Wizard - are a band of musical alchemists inspired by gypsy culture. Their unique magic is a potent blend of Catalan rhythms and melodies underpinned by flamenco and palmas, hip-hop, tabla and rumba.
4. Lo'jo - Un Grand Voyage (Europe)
Lo'jo are one of the pioneers of the global fusion movement in France and have a big-eared approach to their music. They are the musical wing of a community of poets, musicians, painters and street performers based in Angers and their music is rooted in chanson, street theatre and circus, and embraces the music of Europe, North and West Africa along with funk and dub. At the centre of this unique collective is the eccentric, gravel-voiced lyricist, Denis Pean, and the harmonies of the multi-instrumentalist Nid El Mourid sisters. Along with Touareg band Tinariwen, Lo’jo were a driving force in the creation of the Festival In The Desert in Mali.
5. Debashish Bhattacharya – Aanandam (Asia/Pacific)
Born into a musical dynasty, Debashish is of the gharana, or ‘school’, of Indian musical tradition that originated in Gwailor. He spent 10 years studying with the pioneer of Indian slide guitar, Pandit Brij Bhushan Kabra and has created 3 new types of slide guitar; the 22 string Chaturangi, the 14 string Ghandarvi and the 4 string Anandi, a type of slide ukulele. His ambition to serve as the bridge between raga's past and future is illustrated on his innovative new release ‘Calcutta Slide Guitar’.
6. Ali Farka Touré – Penda Yoro (Africa / Album Of The Year)
‘Savane’ is the posthumous release from Ali Farka Toure, an outstanding album that he believed was his best work. Ali believed that Mali was the home of the blues and when he first heard the U.S. blues man John Lee Hooker, he was convinced that 'this music has been taken from here'. He won two Grammys, the first in 1994 for ‘Talking Timbuktu’, his recording with Ry Cooder and the second for his scintillating release with Kora maestro Toumani Diabaté. The charismatic farmer and mayor of his beloved home of Niafunke, Mali, was one of the first superstars of World Music.
7. Yasmin Levy – Locura (Madness) (Mid. East & N. Africa)
Ladino is the virtually extinct Judeo-Spanish language of the Sephardim who lived in Spain until expelled by the Spanish Inquisition in 1492. Yasmin’s mother Kochava is an internationally renowned singer from Jerusalem and her father, Yitzhak Levy, is a leading ethnomusicologist and collector of Ladino songs; typically songs of longing, remembrance and hope. A classically trained pianist, Yasmin is blessed with a voice that moves even the most cynical of listeners as she sings age-old Ladino songs over the traditional instrumentation of the Sephardic Jews - oud, violin, cello and darbuka.
8. Maurice el Médioni meets Roberto Rodriguez – Oh! Ma Belle (Culture Crossing)
The pairing of a 77 year-old Jewish-Algerian pianist and a much younger Cuban American percussionist seems an unlikely combination, but Maurice El Médioni and Roberto Rodriguez have parallel life stories. Self taught, Maurice was born in the port city of Oran and was exposed to the jazz, boogie-woogie and Latin music brought in by the American soldiers during World War II. Roberto Rodriguez was born in Cuba but left as a child for Miami, where he discovered Jewish music, playing percussion in his father’s band that performed at bar mitzvahs. The album ‘Descarga Oriental’ is a delightful reflection of their combined musical stories.
9. Mariza – Primavera (Live) (Europe)
The Mozambican-born singer and style icon is a past winner of these awards; such is her popularity, unique talent and stunning appearance she has been nominated 3 times and brought Fado, the ‘Portuguese Blues’, centre-stage. Mariza is reshaping Fado by adding new instrumentation and rhythms to traditional arrangements that rekindle Fado’s links with Brazil. Her album ‘Concerto em Lisboa’ is evidence of an artist at the height of her career and has been hailed as one of the finest live albums ever produced. Recorded in front of an audience of 20,000, it has a vibrant sensual intimacy.
10. Sara Tavares – Balancê (Newcomer)
The roots of ‘Balancê’ are in Cape Verde, the home of her parents and the island that produced Cesaria Evora, 70's group Tavares, and Lura who was nominated for 2006 awards. Sara was born in Lisbon and is spearheading a talented generation of Afro-Portuguese who are finding their voice and identity in the diaspora. “Balancê is about taking life with a swing…balancing my history, my heritage, my daily life and my future, balancing emotion in my heart – the tears and the joy.” Balancê has earned her a gold record in Portugal.
11. Bellowhead – Jordan (Album Of The Year)
The Spiers and Boden led eleven-piece group is one of the most exciting English traditional bands around. Jon Boden is a fine fiddle player and the lead singer, blessed with a voice that is acknowledged as one of the best of his generation. John Spiers, steeped in folk music from early childhood, is an exhilarating squeeze-box player with a constantly evolving style. Their music is big, brash and beautiful, a little funky and at times a touch sinister. In just three years they have burst on to the festival scene and, in 2007, won two awards at the BBC Folk Awards which they added to a previous award won in 2005.
12. Dadawa - In The Setting Of The Sun (Asia / Pacific)
Winning a TV talent show launched Dadawa on her musical career but she is perhaps best-known on the world music scene due to her collaboration with Irish folk legends the Chieftans. Born in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, Dadawa has been dogged with controversy over her use of Tibetan folk music as the basis of her experimental recordings. Her latest recording ‘Seven Days’ focuses on Chinese folk melodies set to beautiful orchestral arrangements by her mentor, collaborator and producer He Xunyou.
13 Ghada Shbeir - Kom Bina Hana Al Humaya (Mid. East & N. Africa)
Al Muwashahat is poetic song first heard in Southern Spain back in the 10th century when the country was under Arab rule but today is dying out in its pure form. Ghada, a gifted singer and ethno-musicologist, is determined to bring it back to public attention. She is the author of 2 books on this Arabo - Andalusian singing tradition and is a leading authority on ancient Assyrian and Maronite chants. Ghada won first prize in the Third World Festival Of Arabic Music in 1997, and now appears frequently at festivals and conventions all over the world.
14. Etran Finatawa – Surbajo (Newcomer)
Etran Finatawa from Niger are in fact two bands who first came together at the ‘Festival in the Desert’ in Mali. Etran N’Guefan (‘the Stars of the Dunes’) played with the groundbreaking Wodaabe performance group, Finatawa, in 2004 and the result was so successful they decided to join forces permanently. Together they mix the rich heritage of North African and sub–Saharan traditions in an irresistible blend of traditional instruments, electric guitars and mesmerising polyphonic drum and clapping arrangements.
15. Gotan Project – Celos (Club Global)
(Philippe Cohen Solal / Eduardo Makaroff / Christoph H. Mueller) Science & Mélodie
(P) 2006 XL Recordings under exclusive license from Ya Basta ! / Science & Mélodie
Taken from the album ‘Lunatico’
Licensed courtesy of XL Recordings Limited
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Gotan's 2003 award-winning million-seller, ‘La Revanche del Tango’ is generally acknowledged as a modern classic. The combination of the collective's groundbreaking live shows and their winning formula of melding tango with Jamaican dub, unleashed tango into club-land and our living rooms. They’ve revitalised tango and sparked a worldwide ‘electro tango’ movement. Philippe Cohen Solal, Eduardo Makaroff and Christoph H. Muller, joined by top Argentinian musicians that include Gustavo Beytelmann and bandoneon player Nini Flores, take the latest release ‘Lunatico’ deeper, delving into the roots to create an earthier tango.
16. Anoushka Shankar – Naked (Asia/Pacific)
From one of the most highly successful musical families in the world, Anoushka is half-sister to Nora Jones and daughter of Ravi Shankar who took charge of her classical sitar training when she was 9 years old. Thus steeped in the classical music traditions of India, Anoushka is also an accomplished singer and piano player. She embraces new musical genres and ‘Rise’ is a self-written and produced album that reflects her desire to explore and create her own musical ideas.
Tracklist:
Disc 1:
01. Ta Douleur (Europe) - Camille
02. Kura Uone (Africa) - Bongo Maffin
03. Feira De Mangaio (Culture Crossing) - Think Of One
04. Cha Cha (Club Global) - Balkan Beat Box
05. Single (Africa/Album Of The Year) - Toumani Diabate
06. Soobax (Newcomer) - K'naan
07. Hayati Inta (Mid. East And N. Africa) - Natacha Atlas
08. Belomi Benna (Africa) - Mahmoud Ahmed
09. Napas (Club Global) - Mercan Dede
10. La Cumbia Del Mole (Americas/Album Of The Year) - Lila Downs
11. Bobine (Da Lata Remix) (Edit) (Culture Crossing) - Ska Cubano
12. Not A Crime (Americas) - Gogol Bordello
13. L'Alawi (Mid. East And N. Africa) - Les Boukakes
14. This Room (Asia/Pacific) - Fat Freddy's Drop
15. Esh 'Dani, Alash Mshit (Constantine Remix) (Club Global) - Cheb I Sabbah
16. Khadri (Culture Crossing) - Aida Nadeem
17. Better Way (Americas) - Ben Harper
Disc 2:
01. Lagartija Azul (Americas) - Fonseca
02. Cigil (Newcomer) - Nuru Kane
03. Sultanas De Merkaillo (Europe) - Ojos De Brujo
04. Un Grand Voyage (Europe) - Lo'Jo
05. Aanandam (Edit) (Asia/Pacific) - Debashish Bhattacharya
06. Penda Yoro (Africa/Album Of The Year) - Ali Farka Toure
07. Locura (Mid. East And N. Africa) - Yasmin Levy
08. Oh! Ma Belle (Edit) (Culture Crossing) - Maurice El Medioni, Robert Rodriguez
09. Primavera (Europe) - Mariza
10. Balance (Newcomer) - Sara Tavares
11. Jordan (Album Of The Year) - Bellowhead
12. In The Setting Of The Sun (Asia/Pacific) - Dadawa
13. Kom Bina Hana Al Humaya (Mid. East And N. Africa) - Ghada Shbeir
14. Surbajo (Edit) (Newcomer) - Etran Finatawa
15. Celos (Club Global) - Gotan Project
16. Naked (Asia/Pacific) - Anoushka Shankar
This is Zofka: An elegant and unique melange of french chanson and musette, electronic beats and pop-elements married with the remarkable and sublime soul-voice of the vocalist Myriam Russo combined to form a rare and exquisite musical delight. Get charmed!
Bikini
Country: Czechoslovakia + Swiss
Original Release Date: August 10, 2005
Label: Michael Ricar Records
Track List
1. Beignet Au Chocolat
2. Je Ne Suis Qua Moi
3. Parole
4. Bikini Lounge
5. Dire Adieu
6. Un, Deux, Trois
7. Oui Et Non
8. Chapeau Claque
9. Dans La Vie
10. Une Derniere Fois
11. Parfum Vanille
12. Lola Lola
13. Jalousie
14. Un, Deux, Trois (Bikini Mix)
15. Le Temps Passe (Reprise)
This compilation pays homage in 2CD to the guitar, an instrument which gave to the jazz some its greater geniuses. The first disc is devoted to the electric guitarists (Stalemate Metheny, George Benson, Pat Martino….) and the second with the acoustic guitarists (Paco de Lucia, Birelli Lagrène, Django Reinhardt).
Tracklist:
Volume 1:
01.James Blood Ulmer - On & on
02.Wes Montgomery - The joker
03.John Scofield - Boozer
04.Jerry Garcia & Howard Wales - South side strut
05.Django Reinhardt - Flèche d'or
06.George Benson - The cooker
07.Kenny Burrell - My favorite things
08.Karl Ratzer - Centerfold
09.André Ceccarelli & John Mc Laughlin - Tones for Elvin
10.Philip Catherine - Janet
11.Birelli Lagrène - It's alright with me
12.knut Vaernes - Super duper
13.Barney Kessel - Foggy day
14.Charlie Christian - Solo flight
15.Luis Salinas - Latin bebop
16.Barthélémy - Lidos
17.Chick Corea / Jack Dejohnette / Pat Metheny / Miroslav Vitous / Lee Konitz / Anthony Braxton - All blues (Live)
Volume 2:
01.Frédéric Belinsky - Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire
02.Sylvain Luc & Birelli Lagrène - Isn't she lovely
03.Rodolphe Raffalli - Les copains d'abord
04.Jean-Cahrles Capon / Christian Escoudé / Pierre Boussaguet - Indifférence
05.John Mc Laughlin - Goodbye pork pie hat
06.Ry Cooder - Paris Tewas
07.Tchavolo Schmitt - What a difference a day make
08.Boulou & Elios Ferré / Alain Jean-Marie - Ornithology
09.Django Reinhardt - Si tu savais
10.Ferenc Snetberger - Childhood
11.Dorado Schmitt - Samba Dorado
12.Romane - Destinée
13.Sylvain Luc - Light my fire
14.Andrea Terrano - Morning music
15.Alexandre Lagoya & Claude Bolling - Africaine
16.Raoul Bjorkenheim & Nicky Skopelitis - Sacrament (Edit)
17.Baden Powell / Phillipe Baden Powell / Benjamin Legrand - Berimbau / Bidonville
Год/Year: 1961
Стиль/Style: jazz, piano
Страна/Country: USA
Формат/Format: mp3
Качество/Quality: 192 kbps
Размер/Size: 90 MB
Tracklist
1 Take five
2 Unsquare dance
3 Worked nova the U.S.A.
4 Evenin'
5 All by myself
6 River, stay away from my door
7 You edge depends one me
8 Am I blue
9 Ain' T misbehavin'
10 I never know
11 Blues in the dark
12 My melancholy baby
13 There' ll Be some exchanges made
14 The duke
15 Flamingo
16 C jam blues
Часто называемый создателем стиля "nuevo tango", Пиаццолла был аргентинским мечтателем, который стойко переносил ярость многих своих сограждан, потому что интерпретировал их национальный танец в свои собственные музыкальные фантазии. Задушевный и искусный исполнитель на бандонеоне (разновидность аккордеона) Пиаццолла стал одним из ведущих мировых композиторов. Помимо своей собственной группы он записывался с джазовыми и классическими музыкантами. Астор Пиццолла родился 30 января 1921 года в аргентинском городе Мар де Плата. Вместе с родителями он переехал в Нью-Йорк, будучи ребенком, а в возрасте 13-ти лет - был приглашен бесспорным королем танго Карлосом Гардеакуте принять участие в записи музыки к фильму "El Did Que Me Quieras". Пиаццолла был настоящим музыкальным новатором, он очень удачно выбрал инструмент и музыкальный стиль (танго) для своей творческой реализации. Он попал на международную концертную сцену, не растворившись на рабочих танцплощадках и портовых ночных клубах Буэнос Айреса. Он вернулся из США в Аргентину, где играл в ансамбле, возглавляемом Анибалом Троакутелья. После смерти Троакутелья Пиацолла начал свою сольную карьеру, добившись впоследствии в 50-60-х годах грандиозного успеха. К этому времени он получил право на государственную стипендию и учился у Надя Буланде (Nadia Boulanger) в Париже. Буланде помогла ему раскрыть его собственные творческие возможности и понимание корней родной музыки; он полностью сконцентрировал свое внимание на танго. Модернизированное танго для новых поколений, жизнерадостный стиль исполнения('nuevo tango') вскоре привлекли к нему грандиозное внимание южно-американской аудитории (как и неприятие традиционалистов). В 80-х годах он был вынужден перебраться из Аргентины в Париж по причине взрывоопасного политического климата. Его международный прорыв с квинтетом Quinteto Tango Nuevo, сформированном им в 1976 году, пришелся на начало 80-х годов. Квартет представлял Фернандо Суареза Паза (скрипка), Пабло Зейглера (фортепиано), Хорацио Мальвисино (гитара) и Гектора Консоле (бас). Огромную популярность Пиаццолле также принесли два альбома, записанные с американским продюсером Кипом Ханраканом: "Tango Zero Hour" и "The Rough Dancer And The Cyclical Night".
Цитата:
It's not hyperbole to say that Astor Piazzolla is the single most important figure in the history of tango, a towering giant whose shadow looms large over everything that preceded and followed him. Piazzolla's place in Argentina's greatest cultural export is roughly equivalent to that of Duke Ellington in jazz -- the genius composer who took an earthy, sensual, even disreputable folk music and elevated it into a sophisticated form of high art. But even more than Ellington, Piazzolla was also a virtuosic performer with a near-unparalleled mastery of his chosen instrument, the bandoneon, a large button accordion noted for its unwieldy size and difficult fingering system. In Piazzolla's hands, tango was no longer strictly a dance music; his compositions borrowed from jazz and classical forms, creating a whole new harmonic and rhythmic vocabulary made for the concert hall more than the ballroom (which was dubbed "nuevo tango"). Some of his devices could be downright experimental -- he wasn't afraid of dissonance or abrupt shifts in tempo and meter, and he often composed segmented pieces with hugely contrasting moods that interrupted the normal flow and demanded the audience's concentration. The complexity and ambition of Piazzolla's oeuvre brought him enormous international acclaim, particularly in Europe and Latin America, but it also earned him the lasting enmity of many tango purists, who attacked him mercilessly for his supposed abandonment of tradition (and even helped drive him out of the country for several years). But Piazzolla always stuck to his guns, and remained tango's foremost emissary to the world at large up until his death in 1992.
The Soul Of Tango: Greatest Hits
Release Date: March 7, 2000
Label: Milan Records
Track List
CD 1
1. Introduction: Adios Nonno
2. Chapter 1 - Le Quintette: Milonga Del Angel
3. Chapter 1 - Le Quintette: Muerte Del Angel
4. Chapter 2 - Le Quintette De Tango Contemporain: Verano Porteno
5. Chapter 2 - Le Quintette De Tango Contemporain: Mumuki
6. Chapter 2 - Le Quintette De Tango Contemporain: Libertango
7. Chapter 3 - Le Sextette: Tres Minutos Con La Realidad
8. Chapter 3 - Le Sextette: Camorra II
9. Chapter 3 - Le Sextette: Luna
10. Chapter 3 - Le Sextette: Tango Ballet
CD 2
1. Sur: Vuelvo Al Sur
2. Tango, El Exilio De Gardel: Duo De Amor
3. Tango, El Exilio De Gardel: Ausencias
4. Tango, El Exilio De Gardel: Tanguedia I
5. Tango, El Exilio De Gardel: Tanguedia III
6. Tango, El Exilio De Gardel: Tanguedia II
7. Chapter 5 - Le Noneto: Buenos Aires Hora Cero
8. Chapter 5 - Le Noneto: Fuga Y Misterio
9. Concerto De Nacar:
10. Concerto De Nacar:
11. Concerto De Nacar:
12. Concerto Pour Bandoneon, Piano, Cordes Et Percussion: Allegro Marcato
13. Concerto Pour Bandoneon, Piano, Cordes Et Percussion: Moderato
14. Concerto Pour Bandoneon, Piano, Cordes Et Percussion: Presto
Эта известная прогрессив-рок-группа была сформирована в Эссексе (Англия) после распада ритм-энд-блюзовой команды "Paramounts".
Гэри Брукер (р. 29 мая 1945, Саутсэнд, Англия; фортепьяно, вокал),
Мэтью Фишер (р. 7 марта 1946, Лондон, Англия; орган),
Бобби Харрисон (р. 28 июня 1943, Лондон, Англия; ударные),
Рэй Ройер (р. 8 октября 1945; гитара)
Дейв Найтс (р. 28 июня 1945, Лондон, Англия; бас)
Procol Harum сделали свой дебют, выпустив в эфир композицию "A Whiter Shade Of Pale", ставшую хитом 1967 года. Сингл с этой песней теперь достиг классического статуса, продолжает продаваться во всем мире, а его тираж превысил многомиллионную отметку. Следующий сингл "Homburg" тоже имел неплохой успех, и попал в десятку лучших.
Еще одним, неофициальным членом группы был автор текстов Кейт Рейд (р. 10 октября 1946), чья склонность к морской теме проявилась на многих альбомах. Особенно сильным стал диск "A salty dog", тепло встреченный критиками. Самыми прекрасными песнями с него были заглавный трек "A Salty Dog" и "The Devil Came From Kansas". Однако, в "Procol Harum" опять произошли замены: ушли Фишер и Найтс, а к группе примкнул еще один бывший член "Paramounts" Крис Коппинг (р. 29 августа 1945, Саутсэнд, Англия; орган, бас). На "Broken Barricades" Трауэр стал играть в манере Джимми Хендрикса, чем утяжелил саунд группы. Однако это было несовместимо с самосозерцательными фэнтэзийными сагами Рейда. Это вопрос разрешился с уходом Трауэра, присоединившегося к "Jude". Состав же "Procol Harum" пополнился Дейвом Боллом (р. 30 марта 1950) и Аланом Картрайтом (бас) и группа опять взяла более симфоническое направление.
Неожиданным стал успех концертника "Live In Concert With The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra". Это событие вызвало волну популярности группы, невиданную с ранних дней ее существования. Альбом, содержавший сильные версии "Conquistador" и "A Salty Dog", попал в американский Топ 5, а его тираж перевалил за миллион.
Дальнейшие изменения в группе последовали с уходом Болла и приходом Мика Грэбхэма (экс-"Cochise"), присоединившегося в 1972 году. Этот состав оказался наиболее устойчивым, в котором "Procol Harum" просуществовали четыре года, в течение которых они выпустили три альбома. Наиболее успешным был "Grand Hotel", хотя оба последующих диска тоже имели сильные моменты. Так, на альбоме "Exotic Birds And Fruit" классными вещами были "Nothing But The Truth" и "The Idol", а хитом с "Procol's Ninth" стала композиция "Pandora's Box". Ко времени выхода "Something Magic" в 1977-м музыкальный климат драматично изменился, и "Procol Harum" были погребены под нашествием панка и "новой волны". Собравший к тому времени неплохой урожай Гэри Брукер устроил прощальный тур, и "Procol Harum" спокойно исчез.
Однако в 1991 году группа возвратилась на музыкальную сцену и, в отличие от многих преобразованных "динозавров", результатом стал хороший альбом "The Prodigal Stranger". Группа с тех пор иногда совершает гастроли, а в ее состав входят Брукер, Фишер, Матт Пегг (бас), Джеф Вайтхорн (гитара) и Грэм Брод (ударные).
Greatest Hits
Release Date: May 7, 1996
Label: A&M
Track List
1. Conquistador
2. A Whiter Shade Of Pale
3. Simple Sister
4. Whisky Train
5. A Salty Dog
6. Shine On Brightly
7. Whaling Stories
8. Power Failure
9. Boredom
10. Homburg
11. In The Wee Small Hours Of Sixpence
12. Repent Walpurgis
Сборник лучших песен одной из самых необычных групп российской рок-сцены 80-начала 90 годов.
Дикая харизма и оригинальность исполнения сделали "Аукцыон" самым ярким пятном в Истории Советского андеграуда. "Аукцыон"-это явление которое могло родиться лишь в России в очень непростые для страны времена.
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Год/Year: 1993
Стиль/Style: jazz, etno, traditional, world
Страна/Country: South Africa
Формат/Format: mp3
Качество/Quality: 192 kbps
Размер/Size: 79 MB + 73 MB
The background of the African Jazz Pioneers stretches back to the 1950’s, when jazz was the fashion and big bands were the name of the game. The late Ntemi Edmund Piliso, leader and founding member of AJP, nourished the group from their humble roots to their current international acclaim.In the early 1950’s Bra Ntemi and his Alexandra All Star band hit the cutting edge of South Africa’s music scene, blending American big band sound with traditional Majuba tempo’s and Marabi influences.The African Jazz Pioneers enjoyed enormous success and had a huge following in those days. Sadly, all this came to an end in the late sixties with the demolition of Sophiatown, when big bands went out of fashion.However, in June 1981, Bra Ntemi decided it was high time to re-unite the band and get them back on stage. African Jazz Pioneers were back on the road, their first performance was at a church in Alexandra. Despite the pass laws, discriminatory practices and censorship, African Jazz Pioneers survived apartheid and evolved their music.International fame came soon after their first overseas tour as part of the Casa conference in Amsterdam in 1987. After the easing of the boycott in 1990, the African Jazz Pioneers were among the first to travel all over the world and perform at festivals in France, Japan, Switzerland, England, Spain, Germany, Sweden and Holland. During these years they shared the stage with the likes of Youssou N’Dour, Quincey Jones, Gilberto Gil, Nina Simone and Chick Corea, to name but a few. Their music has been released in more countries than can be named here.Since that first performance in Alexandra, African Jazz Pioneers have evolved to a point where their invigorating concerts have become famous at venues throughout the country and neighbouring states. The band reaches everyone, from high society to liberation movements and political rallies, including the honour of performing several times for out country’s first democratically elected president, Nelson Mandela.The driving force behind the Pioneers has always been Bra Ntemi. Musicians have come and gone, but he was always at the core of the band, ensuring the continuance of its unique township jazz sound. But even he found it difficult to categorise the Pioneers’ music. It derives from Marabi and evolved to include the instrumental sound of the big swing bands of Duke Ellington, and Count Basie.
Tracklist
01. Sip 'n Fly
02. Bhod L'Umilo
03. Uyeyeye
04. Sgaxa Mabande
05. Front Page
06. Bra Ntemi's Kwela
07. Emalangeni
08. Way Back Fifties
09. Rondfontontein
10. Flying High
11. Uzozo
12. Sunrise - Mpumalanga
13. Hullo Hullo There - Sanibonani
A unique artist, Harry Manx has brought the sounds of India to the Blues. Combining lap-slide guitar and the blues with the Mohan Veena (a 20-string member of the guitar family created and named by Indian musical guru, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt) and his own distinctive vocals, Manx creates a new musical experience. His brand new album, Wise and Otherwise, released April 2nd, 2002 on Northern Blues Music, has been garnering positive attention across the country.
While most musicians are content to work within the accepted boundaries of their chosen style, lap-slide guitarist Harry Manx likes to color way outside the lines. His crayons? Soulful, raspy vocals, poetic lyrics, and the whining drones and mysterious melisma of Indian music. In addition to picking Hawaiian-style flat-top à la David Lindley, Ben Harper, or Kelly Joe Phelps, Manx plays the mohan veena—a 20-string archtop developed by Indian slide wizard Vishwa Mohan Bhatt. East/West fusions can sometimes sound forced or awkward, but Manx—who studied with Bhatt for five years—dodges that bullet. On Mantras for Madmen, mandolin, banjo, harmonica, tamboura, tabla, and haunting female voices swirl seamlessly around intricate slide melodies, creating an exotic, yet strangely timeless sound. Drawing from blues, ragas, and the story-telling heritage of British Isles folk music, Manx conjures songs that are as bewitching as they are unique.
Mantras For Madmen
Release Date: November 8, 2005
Label: Dog My Cat Records
Track List
1. Where Fools Die
2. San Diego-Tijuana
3. The Point Of Purchase
4. Never The Twain
5. A Single Spark
6. You Sweet Name
7. Afghani Raga
8. It Makes No Difference
9. Don't Take His Name Away
10. It Takes A Tear
11. Nothing Fails Like Success
12. Talkin' Turban
Французский мюзикл "Notre-Dame de Paris", в котором Гару (а именно под таким сценическим псевдонимом выступает артист) исполняет главную роль - уродливого горбуна Квазимодо. Но, само собой разумеется, известен он не только этим. Буквально все сольные композиции Гару заслуживают внимания, потому что исполнены они с такой самоотдачей, чувством и мастерством, что было бы просто кощунством их не послушать. Родился же Пьер Гаран (как вы понимаете, это настоящее имя певца) 26 июня 1972 года в канадском городе Шербруке, недалеко от Квебека и Монреаля. Сценическое имя певец получил от своих друзей, которые, заметив его страсть к ночной жизни, прозвали парня "Garou" (французское слово "loup-garou" означает "оборотень"). Когда малышу было всего три года, родители подарили ему гитару. Спустя два года он начал осваивать пианино, а потом орган. Очень странно, но в детстве Гару мечтал стать археологом, для того, чтобы открывать что-то новое.
Первый альбома певца - "Seul" ("Одинокий"), состоящего из 14 композиций. Во время одного из выступлений группы в 1997 году Люк Пламондон, создатель либретто оригинальной французской версии мюзикла "Notre-Dame de Paris", заметил артиста и понял, что нашел своего Квазимодо. Вскоре Гару предстает перед строгим судом Пламондона и композитора Ришара Коччианта, которые предлагают ему исполнить некоторые арии из мюзикла - знаменитую "Belle" и "Dieu que le monde est injuste" ("Боже, как несправедлив мир"). На следующий день они сообщили Гару, что он будет Квазимодо! На протяжении двух лет Гару блестяще играет Квазимодо в "Notre-Dame de Paris", переезжая из Монреаля в Парижа, из Лондона в Брюссель... В 1999 он получает несколько престижных премий за свою роль, в том числе и "World Music Award" за песню "Belle", которая, к слову, продержалась на первом месте французских чартов в течение 33 недель и была признана лучшей песней пятидесятилетия. В 2000 году Гару и несколько звезд французской постановки, в частности, Даниэль Лавуа и Брюно Пеллетье, приняли участие в английской постановке ставшего очень популярным мюзикла. После большого успеха "Notre-Dame de Paris" уже известный широкой публике артист Гару получает огромное количество различных предложений и становится по-настоящему знаменитым. В 1998 году он принимает участие в записи альбома "Ensemble contre le sida" ("Вместе против СПИДа"), а также поет песню "L'amour existe encore" ("Любовь еще существует"), написанную Пламондоном и Коччиантом для Селин Дион, в дуэте с исполнительницей роли Эсмеральды Элен Сегара. В самом конце 1999 года Гару вместе со всей труппой "Notre-Dame de Paris" принял участие в новогоднем шоу Селин Дион. В это же время шла подготовка к ее концерту, посвященному прощанию с Монреалем. Кстати, одну из самых лучших и красивых, на мой взгляд, песен из своего репертуара "Sous le vent" ("На ветру") Гару исполнил в дуэте с великолепной Селин. Сейчас эта песня находится на высших ступеньках хит-парадов во франкоязычных странах. Сейчас сольная карьера Гару развивается довольно неплохо. Его первый альбом "Seul", упоминавшийся выше, разошелся тиражом более 2 миллионов экземпляров. А благодаря популярности и успеху мюзикла "Notre-Dame de Paris", которая никогда не даст о себе забыть, он один из самых известных артистов в странах франкофонии. В 2001 году он дал более восьмидесяти концертов в некоторых из таких стран, а его альбом "Seul... avec vous" стал платиновым во Франции и золотым в Квебеке. В марте 2002 года Гару дал большой концерт на парижском стадионе "Берси". А весной 2003 года планируется выход его англоязычного альбома. Я надеюсь, что с течением времени Гару не утратит своего веселого настроения и обаяния, и еще долго будет радовать поклонников искренними песнями.
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French pop singer Garou vaulted to fame as Quasimodo in the 1998 stage musical Notre-Dame de Paris. Born Pierre Garand in Sherbrooke, Quebec, on June 26, 1972, he was a child prodigy who mastered piano and guitar while still in primary school. As a teen, he joined his classmates' rock band Windows and Doors, and later played trumpet in a Canadian military marching band. While working day jobs including fashion store clerk and produce picker, Garou continued moonlighting in Montreal-area clubs and busking on street corners. During the mid-'90s, he was a weekly fixture at the Sherbrooke nightspot the Liquor Store of Magog, and also fronted his own band, the Untouchables. In 1997 Garou met theatrical producer Luc Plamondon, who cast him in the starring role of Quasimodo in Notre-Dame de Paris, a musical adaptation of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. The production proved a box office smash, and after a run at Paris' Palais des Congres, Garou continued his performance during the show's French tour. On New Year's Eve 1999, Garou also joined Canadian pop icon Celine Dion on-stage during a Montreal concert, and with the help of Dion's manager/grandfather, Rene Angelil, he soon signed a recording contract, issuing his solo debut, Seul, in late 2000. "Sous le Vent," Garou's duet with Dion, proved an international hit and the singer went on to win four Adisq Gala Awards, including Best Male Singer and Best Pop-Rock Album. Reviens followed in 2004, and in mid-2006 Garou issued his self-titled third LP.
Seul
Release Date: 2000
Label: Sony International
Track List
1. Gitan
2. Que l'Amour Est Violent
3. Demande au Soleil
4. Seul
5. Sous le Vent - Celine Dion, Garou
6. Je N'Attendais Que Vous
7. Criminel
8. Calme Plat
9. Plaisir de Ton Corps
10. Moitié du Ciel
11. Lis Dans Mes Yeux
12. Jusqu'a Me Perdre
13. Gambler
14. Adieu
Одна из самых известных немецких групп Element of Crime была создана в 1985 году в Западном Берлине. Два года группу не замечали: ее музыка оказалась совершенно не ко времени. Расслышать нежную скрипку, деликатную гармошку и мелодичную трубу Element of Crime сквозь тяжелый рок, постпанк, жесткий индастриал и нарождающееся техно было невозможно. Но в 1987 году в Лондоне музыканты познакомились с Джоном Кейлом и Дэвидом янгом и записали совместную пластинку “Try To Be Mensch”. После выхода диска группа привлекла к себе внимание критиков, да и меломаны с тех пор не упускают ее из виду.
Музыка Element of Crime исполняется в подчеркнуто архаично меланхоличной манере. Называть это рок-музыкой как-то не вполне корректно. Скорее здесь больше подходит определение «построк». Element of Crime звучит неизменно сухо, иногда несколько театрально. Печальные тексты Свена Регенера, вокалиста и трубача группы, написаны непривычно хорошим для рока литературным языком. Хоть Регенер и поет по-немецки, национальный колорит он не подчеркивает. Его стихи вполне интернациональны. В аранжировках проступает что-то ретробалаганное, слышатся зонги Вайля и баллады Лу Рида.
Мягкие ритмичные аккорды, кажущиеся (при первом прослушивании) бесхитростными, более напевающий, нежели поющий вокал без особых претензий на богатство голосовых данных, неторопливость гитарно-басового ритма, растворённого в скрипично-духовом сопровождении, минимализм пристукивающих где-то на заднем плане ударных. Впечатление лёгкости и ненавязчивости уже с первых минут прослушивания. Такая музыка неспособна «давить». Всеми перечисленными компонентами Element of Crime отдалённо напоминают своих франко-английских коллег Tindersticks, при полном отсутствии предельно элитарной «академичности» коллектива Стюарта Стейплса. В Mittelpunkt Der Welt «жизнеутверждающие» интонации внешне преобладают над «умной депрессивностью». В целом, это своеобразный вариант немецкой меланхолии, «традиционная», старомодная (на альбоме почти не оставил отпечатка круговорот стилей и ритмов 90-х), но, кажется, вечно актуальная музыка, улавливаемая на уровне не слова, но настроения, какой-то душевности, струящейся поверх чуждых (увы, всё ещё) российскому уху немецких оборотов. И благодаря ней суровая немецкая речь обретает способность ласкать слух не хуже французского шансона. Возможно, нечто подобное мог напевать по вечерам под гитару великий Бликса Баргельд (если, конечно, представить его молодым, неагрессивным и никогда не создававшим "Einsturzende Neubauten").А ещё возникает вопрос – так ли уж проста эта немецкая незатейливость и только ли из-за «милой задушевности» эта музыка способна манить к себе, подталкивать ко второму и третьему прослушиванию? В музыке «Элементов» сквозит некоторая усталость от жизни (но отнюдь не пресыщенность ею). Спокойные песни спокойных людей. Скромное обаяние «среднего возраста». Об этих музыкантах говорят как о «поживших людях». Не пожилых, а именно «поживших». Ведь не случайно название коллектива – «преступный элемент». Они пережили своё «тёмное прошлое» и, вероятно, тоскуют по нему в «светлом настоящем». Этому и посвящён альбом называющийся «Центр вселенной».
1. Delmenhorst
2. Wenn der Winter kommt
3. Strassenbahn des Todes
4. Im Himmel ist kein Platz mehr für uns zwei
5. Nur mit dir Reinhören Reinhören
6. Finger weg von meiner Paranoia
7. Still wird das Echo sein
8. Weit ist der Weg
9. Die letzte U-Bahn geht später
10. Mittelpunkt der Welt
Gare du Nord kicked off in the summer of 2000 as a musical partnership between two guys. They didn’t really consider Gare Du Nord as a “group”. It was more the shared love for words, pictures and music that the two had recognized in each other on their first meeting in Paris, two years earlier. Inca, a passionate traveller, was adding the music of Miles Davis, Nina Simone and Serge Gainsbourg to his daytime occupations while Lance, nicknamed “The Doctor”, was into sixties rock and pop. They met on and off over a period of two years to share those musical influences before they decided to team up to start writing and composing together. And, within weeks, they started recording in The Dr.’s small studio in Bruxelles. This slowly continued until the winter of 2000 when they were asked to deliver a soundtrack for a fashion and life style event, that was going to be held in the spring of 2001 in Belgium. Instead of just producing some moody sounds and atmospheres, they decided to go beyond synths and beats. Inca and The Dr. composed fifteen songs to express their contemporary interpretation of traditional jazz and blues. A copy of the soundtrack, released on the Gare du Nord record-label Moving Coil Music, was sent to the Bruxelles-based record-company Play It Again Sam which immediately claimed the initial release through an exclusive license-deal. Nine of the fifteen songs are now available on the “(in search of) Excellounge” album that is now set for a European release on January 28, 2002.
The album offers a wide variety of musical styles and influences. Most of the songs reflect memories from Paris: ‘How Was It For You’, the bluesy ‘Room 69……Moi?’. and the jazzy, George Benson-like ‘Taxi Au Moulin’. There’s French Disco on the track ‘Disco-Tec (Boogie All Night Long)’ and you can experience a very authentic blues-atmosphere in the song ‘Pablo’s Blues’. This track actually features an original blues-sample by the legendary Robert Johnson. There’s a kinky, erotic touch to that sound. The track ‘Searching Gainsbourg’, in which Serge Gainsbourg smokes away at least half a package of Gitanes, is a tribute to the controversial French singer. The last song on the album, ‘Poem Rouge’, features French, Japanese and Italian female singers, all in their own language. It’s very spiritual and again very erotic and sensual.
Both the album “(in search of) Excellounge” and the single ‘Pablo’s Blues’ were released to high critical acclaim in Holland
In Search of Excellounge
Release Date: February 12, 2002
Label: F Communications
Track List
1. How Was It for You?
2. Taxi au Moulin
3. Tune Up
4. Pablo's Blues
5. Excellounge Bar
6. Disco-Tèk (Boogie All Night Long)
7. Room 69... Moi?
8. Searching Gainsbourg
9. Poem Rouge
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