Category: MUSIC NEWS
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Orchestre Poly-Rythmo Return With ‘Cotonou Club’
The band’s first new album in over 20 years, recorded in Paris Orchestre Poly-Rythmo are national institutions in Benin, West Africa. Formed during the late’60s, they documented the years following Benin’s independence under Kerekou’s Leninist – Marxist regime, whipping up a groundbreaking fusion of traditional highlife, Afrobeat, soul, funk and the indigenous styles and voodoo-led…
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UNSOUND FESTIVAL NEW YORK “LABS” OPENING, APRIL 1
COLLABORATIONS 1 on Friday April 1st brings together seven experimental musicians including Dawid Szczesny, Anna Zaradny and Z’ev Opening the bill is Warsaw‐based sound artist Dawid Szczesny who works with samples from tapes and vinyl, switching between turntables and his laptop to create sound. Szczesny will be performing in collaboration with duo Merce featuring Brooklyn‐based…
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Mary Anne Hobbs Joins Xfm
Saturday evenings from the 9th of July on tour in the united states and canada in april Xfm is proud to announce that renowned radio DJ and music journalist Mary Anne Hobbs will be joining its presenter line-up this summer, in a primetime Saturday evening slot. Hot on the heels of a coast to coast…
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Art Bleek Weaves House, Funk & Jazz on ‘Art Supplies’
Parisian producer Arthur Pochon AKA Art Bleek has studied music since he was six years old and enrolled in music conservatory at the tender age of eight, learning piano & saxophone and after twelve years he graduated. During those years Arthur listened to a mix of classical, jazz and electronic music and started composing original…
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“Phreek Party” With Phreek Plus One
Phreek Plus One are Italy’s most kept secret luminaries in the world of disco. They don’t play at Berlusconi’s secret VIP partys, but they like the Bunga Bunga funk. All in here. Well, they are also associated with jazz, in fact they are jazz connoisseurs and rare record collectors, and approved selectors, as a matter…
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Global SoulJah & BBE Records Radio Show – March 18, 2011 Cloudcast by Global Souljah
Global SoulJah & BBE Records Radio Show – March…, posted with vodpod
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Nicola Conte Presents Viagem 3: Lost Gems of Bossa Nova and Samba Jazz
Balancing a mix of instrumentals and sung bossas expertly sequenced Viagem 3 is an almost classical take on Brazilian pop music Travelling back to 1960’s Brazil the Viagem series takes its third voyage. Digging further still Brazilophile and Italian jazz don Nicola Conte has re-discovered eighteen choice rarities 1963 – 1970. As the global centre…
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Musical Missionary — Helping Underprivileged Youth With Dope Tunes
Musical Missionary is a Miami based nonprofit charity and music label dedicated to providing music and arts education to underprivileged youth. The label accepts donated music from accomplished electronic music producers and release it under the Musical Missionary label to raise money for this cause. You can check out our releases on their Music page…
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The Solar Sonics of “Rise”
2011 sees the release of the debut Rise album “Messages” on the Futuristica Music label, as well as forthcoming EPs from Mecca:83 and REdefinition. Rise is a twentysomething beat technician/crate digger/musician from Manchester. Currently recording for the Futuristica Music label, Rise has worked with and produced for artists such as Deborah Jordan, Replife, Jazz Chronicles,…
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Burial Single ‘Street Halo’ Released Monday, March 28
Burial’s newest single “Street Halo” will be released next Monday March 28th. It features three cuts – A1. Street Halo, B1. NYC, B2. Stolen Dog. Digital download of the single will be available to purchase from hyperdub.net soon Radio rips of the new Burial 12″, Steet Halo, from BBC Radio 1’s broadcast: Burial “Ghost Hardware”…
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