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SHEETAH & LES WEISSMULLER ¤¤¤ RELEASE PARTY au GIBUS ¤¤¤ 07 JUIN

noreply@blogger.com (Loaded To The Gills) — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 00:58:00 +0000

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SHEETAH & LES WEISSMULLER : RELEASE PARTY

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Sheetah & les Weissmuller : Release Party
Les Terribles / les Bof!

19h // 10€

Une soirée Yéyé exceptionnelle le 7 juin prochain, à l'occasion de la sortie du nouvel album de Sheetah & les Weissmuller, Évolution Française!
Au programme : de la pop sixties et du rock'n'roll psychédélique. Avec une sacrée affiche, puisque Sheetah & les Weissmuller seront accompagnés pour cette soirée un peu spéciale, des Terribles de Paris et des BOF! venus d'Édimbourg, soit la crème de la scène Yéyé du moment!
En bref, un bel hommage aux sixties françaises et une parfaite occasion de sortir ses dancing shoes!

- SHEETAH & LES WEISSMULLER -
Sheetah et les Weissmüller est un groupe de rock’n’roll psychédélique aux prestations explosives. Guitare fuzz ou 12 cordes, orgue envoûtant, chœurs pop et rythmique chromée propulsent les hymnes du groupe jusqu’à la transe convulsive des musiciens.
Deux albums salués par la presse et les radios internationales, des contributions à de nombreuses compilations et des tournées dans toute l’Europe participent au rayonnement de la réputation de ces héritiers gonzo des swinging sixties.

- LES BOF! -
Après des années en tant qu’ennemi musical numéro un du conseil municipal de Marseille, Laurent Mombel a estimé que ses talents étaient ignorés et injustement punis. En exil au Royaume-Uni, Laurent s’est mis en tête de trouver les musiciens de Garage les plus doués des alentours - malheureusement ils étaient tous occupés et décida ainsi de s'arranger de quelques vieux casse-cous rencontrés dans les contrées sauvages de l'Ecosse – Ainsi Les BOF! furent formés et après cela, une série de concerts les a laissés dans la situation peu enviable de premier garage rockers de langue française en Grande-Bretagne.

- LES TERRIBLES -
Les Terribles sont un peu le groupe de rock'n'roll psychédélique qui a tant fait défaut en France dans les années soixante. Avec un mix de reprises de pépites french-pop oubliées, de versions françaises inédites de classiques anglo-saxons, et une poignée de compositions originales , le set des terribles est clairement orienté vers un seul et unique but: danser!
Les Terribles, c'est une chanteuse talentueuse, un orchestre méticuleux, et un groove impeccable en toutes circonstances, soit tout ce qu'il faut pour faire secouer les planchers au rythme du Swim, du Jerk et du Hully Gully!

Sheetah et les Weissmuller : Evolution Francaise

noreply@blogger.com (Loaded To The Gills) — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:35:00 +0000

French beat maestros Sheetah et les Weissmüller are back with their new psychedelic album Evolution Française. Filled with 11 original compositions recorded at Circo Perrotti Studios (Gijon, Spain) by Jorge Explosion and Mike Mariconda, this LP explores the acid side of the combo : sitars, fuzz, horns, strings, tablas and strange effects surround bitter-sweet songs paying tribute to Love, Bonniwell Music Machine, the Beatles or les Fleurs de Pavot. Containing garage anthems (la Mauvaise Graine, Yin Yang Young, Elle n’aime qu’elle-même), acid daydreams (Lundisamedimache, Alone in the Sun, Coffee and Tea) or a lysergic tango (Suzanne ouvre-toi), Evolution Française is an hallucinating kaleidoscope of addictive sounds.

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Going To A Gogo at Paradiso, Amsterdam

noreply@blogger.com (Loaded To The Gills) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:56:00 +0000

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Going To A Gogo at Paradiso, Amsterdam

noreply@blogger.com (Loaded To The Gills) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:40:00 +0000

Amsterdam BeatClub-productions presents: 18-02-12 Going To A Go-Go! at Paradiso Bovenzaallive: 2 great 60's bands: Sheetah et les Weissmüller + Working Voodoo Club 60's Fashion-show and d/vj-duo The Scopi-Tonics & guest-deejay Marquee pre-sale for this FAB party at AUB Ticketshop, Concerto & http://www.paradiso.nl/!tickets only E10 - open: 22:00 - 04:00 - Paradiso Bovenzaal - Weteringschans 6-8 - Amsterdam

Tickets: http://www.paradiso.nl/web/Agenda-Item/Going-to-a-GoGo-1.htm

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Expo Force Noire : Lemi Ghariokwu, Pierre Terrason

noreply@blogger.com (Loaded To The Gills) — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:07:00 +0000

Exposition Force Noire. « La musique est l'arme du Futur » - Fela Kuti, du 3 janvier 2012 au 4 février 2012, galerie 59 RIVOLI , Paris

Force Noire est une exposition en hommage au roi de l’afro-beat Fela Kuti. Fela est une Force Noire, une Force de la Nature, l’icône de la contre culture aFricaine.

En 1974 à Lagos au Nigeria Lemi Ghariokwu rencontre le grand musicien Fela, s’établit dès lors un lien quasi mystique suivi d’une riche collaboration artistique. L’univers de Lemi aura fortement contribué à l’iconographie du mouvement musical Afrobeat. Proche de la vie personnelle et professionnelle de Fela, il assiste son évolution musicale au sommet de sa gloire. Lemi a fortement contribué l’iconographie du mouvement musical Afro beat. Il conçoit pour Fela vingt-six de ses pochettes d’albums illustrant parfaitement son expression musicale devient témoin d’une contestation sociale qui allait faire date, en diffusant travers le prisme de illustration le message populaire et unificateur de Fela.

L’exposition parisienne FORCE NOIRE présentera pour la première fois en France sous un angle éclectique le parcours de Lemi Ghariokwu, allant de ses débuts d’illustrateur de pochettes de disque et de son travail pour la presse au Nigéria, jusqu’à ses travaux récents de « Digital AfroPopArt ». Cet événement consacrera le talent de l’artiste de l’AfroPopArt en explorant les nombreux aspects de son travail visionnaire. Des dessins aux formes vibrantes et aux couleurs vives incrustées d’assemblage de textes satiriques, où mots et slogans sont inscrits comme des « tags ». Son Tmuvre inspiré du quotidien de la rue, des news et des medias, comporte également des photomontages au fort impact visuel. « Mon inspiration me vient de l’intérieur et de la connaissance de ce qui se passe dans mon environnement immédiat, de la société en général et de tout l’univers et de ses vibrations. Le mouvement quotidien des gens, l’interaction des émotions, le contre-courant des idées. »

Roi de la pochette de disque et maître de la caricature, Lemi peint sa propre vision de la négritude, une célébration de « Héros Noirs ». Son réalisme pictural s’exprime à travers une forme narrative ironique, musicale, urbaine et érotique. Quand Lemi quitte l’Afrique pour lapremière fois en 2003, c’est lors d’un voyage à New York aux Etats Unis où il se retrouve propulsé au-devant de la scène lors de l’exposition collective en hommage à Fela : Black President: The Art and Legacy of Fela Anikulapo Kuti. Il vit un temps à NYC et réalise ainsi une fresque murale pour la ville : Everybody’s Gotta Be Somebody, décrivant sa vision du rêve américain. Dans cette Tmuvre, le tag « Somebody wants a nigga as a president » s’inscrit come une prophétie. On ne peut s’empêcher de considérer cette inscription comme un message visionnaire faisant allusion à la provocation de Fela « Black President » et de faire le rapprochement avec l’élection historique du premier président noir de l’histoire des Etats-Unis, Barak Obama. Lemi dessine des « vanités » pour la marque de fringues Stussy (Etats-Unis) qui lui confie, à l’occasion de leur 25 anniversaire, la réalisation d’une collection de Tee-Shirts. Digital AfroPopArt est le nom par lequel Lemi définit ses travaux récents. Ces Tmuvres numériques à la forte empreinte publicitaire veulent amener une réflexion sur l’art actuel et la pertinence d’un message « politique » dans un contexte contemporain en Afrique et dans le monde. Se décrivant « panafricaniste intéressé par toute sorte de progrès qui soit pertinent pour le soi-disant Homme Noir », Lemi a donc centré son Tmuvre sur la célébration des héros noirs de l’Histoire (Barak Obama, Michael Jackson, Fela Kuti, Femi Kuti), qu’il portraiture dans un état contemplatif empreint de symbolisme. L’art de Lemi, annonciateur d’un art africain contemporain, se veut un des vecteurs d’une pensée panafricaine, volontairement explicite et fédératrice d’une pensée humaine universelle.

A cette occasion, deux photographes exposeront leurs clichés documentant l’effervescence de l’univers de Fela Kuti. Pierre Terrasson présentera son témoignage visuel. Pierre Terrasson a passé cette décennie à prendre des photos « par curiosité, un âge d’or, celui des années 80, où être photographe ne s’improvisait pas. », s’est embarqué par pure passion dans l’univers excentrique du hard-rock, du rock et du punk. Pierre a rencontré le roi de l’Afro-Beat lors de son premier passage à Paris. Il a eu le privilège de le photographier lors de ses concerts et de festivals en France avec ses danseuses affichant fièrement leurs maquillages Yoruba et parures aux perles flamboyantes. Ces photos sont inédites et n’ont jamais fait l’objet d’une exposition. Fela Anikulapo-Kuti (1938-1997) était un musicien révolutionnaire, Chef d’orchestre charismatique et leader controversé, dont la célébrité atteignit des niveaux à peine imaginables dans son pays natal, le Nigeria. Fela invente dans les années soixante dix un nouveau genre musical, l’Afrobeat, une fusion de jazz, d’innovations funk de pur style James Brown, avec les musiques traditionnelles Yoruba, Highlife (Nigéria et Ghana), Tony Allen en fut l’architecte. Son exceptionnelle ouverture d’esprit le conduit à expérimenter une musique qui puisait sa force dans une vision universelle. Il rencontrera de prestigieux musiciens tel le grand xylophoniste Roy Ayers , le trompettiste du Art Ensemble Of Chicago Lester Bowie, ou le génial batteur des Cream Ginger Baker avec lesquels il jouera e enregistrera un rock africain et psychédélique. Au cours des années soixante-dix il fonde son propre territoire au Nigeria à Lagos, la République de Kalakuta (« vaurien » en Swahili) comprenait un studio d’enregistrement, un lieu de concert (le Shrine) et une commune. En 1974 et en 1977, Kalakuta est pris d’assaut par un millier de soldats qui pillent, violent et incendient la communauté. Lors de cette dernière agression, sa mère Fummilayo Ramson Kuti, militante des droits de l’homme et féministe, est mortellement blessée et Fela envoyé en prison. En 1978 lors d’une grande cérémonie en hommage à sa mère, Fela « Ramson » Kuti change son nom « Anikulapo » « celui qui porte la mort dans sa poche », se convertit au culte Yoruba et épouse ses 27 danseuses. Il En 1979, il forme son parti politique « Movement of the People » et s’autoproclame « Black President ». Durant une décennie il se propose à la présidence du Nigeria en défiant un gouvernement corrompu et oppressif qui ne prendra jamais en compte sa candidature.

A Lagos, un nouveau Shrine a ouvert ses portes sous la direction de son premier fils Femi Kuti. Femi et Seun Kuti marchent sur les traces musicales de leur père, assurant la postérité de son message musicale l’ Afrobeat. En 2009, sur l’initiative du label new-yorkais Knitting Factory et des sommités Jay Z et Will Smith, Fela le héros de le contre culture africaine est ressuscité en super star à Broadway avec la comédie musicale FELA ! Mis en scène par le chorégraphe Bill T. Jones et affichant à son casting notamment Patti Labelle. Dix fois primés aux « Awards » en 2010 le show affiche complet pendant un an. En 2011 le spectacle continue de tourner dans le monde (Angleterre, Nigeria, Pays-Bas...) et une tournée américaine dans plus de 200 villes pour 2012.

La vie de Fela est exceptionnelle. Il représente ce symbole de Force de la nature, cette Force Noire. Leader en lutte contre la tyrannie et l’injustice, il consacrera sa vie pour la liberté d’expression et la dignité humaine. Icone moderne de la contre culture africaine, sa forte personnalité, son audace et son énergie justifieront la puissance de son originalité musicale. Son charisme et sa créativité l’ont conduit au succès international. A sa mort, plus d’un million de personnes assisteront à son enterrement.

Joni Haastrup / MonoMono / Give The Beggar A Chance / The Dawn Of Awareness

noreply@blogger.com (Loaded To The Gills) — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:30:00 +0000

Joni Haastrup was vocalist for Orlando Julius Ekemode & his Modern Aces' Super Afro Soul 1966 which is consider as a formative afro-beat records. Joni is known to be the Afro-Funk Father, his nickname "Number One Soul Brother". Last Soundway Records releases focused on Joni Haastrup early 70s career, deeply rooted with Afro-Beat international spread. After Blind Faith demise, Ginger Baker wanted to create a big band, while Steve Windwood wanted to reform Traffic. Early 1970, Ginger Baker's Air Force was founded, with former musician of Traffic, Graham Bond, Moody's Blues, Blind Faith, Donovan, Jeanette Jacobs (ex-The Cake and vocal on Jimi Hendrix's Electric Ladyland), and Remi Kabaka on drums. The band was essentialy touring in the UK. Still in 1970, Ginger Baker went to Ghana and Nigeria, where he met Fela Kuti, Joni Haastrup among others. Remi Kabaka give him the idea to build a recording studio here. Soon after, Joni Haastrup toured with Ginger Baker's Air Force UK Tour in 1971 replacing Steve Winwood on guitar and keyboards. Four members of MonoMono also played with Ginger Baker's Salt band. In the vain of the Osibisa's success, written in London, Haastrup returned to Nigeria to set up MonoMono and recorded Give The Beggar A Chance. One year later was released Aiye-Keta Third World project with Steve Winwood and Remi Kabaka. Released in 1974, The Dawn Of Awareness is blend of Afro-Funk, Psych and fuzz effects.

Black Joe Lewis and The Honeybears - Scandalous

noreply@blogger.com (Loaded To The Gills) — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 08:38:00 +0000

Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears - Austin garage soul band - new album sound like Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings, Eli Paperboy Reed. Black Joe Lewis took it all in-Delta and Chicago blues, Memphis soul, Detroit garage punk. Crossover between Howlin' Wolf, Wilson Picket, James Brown and MC5 or Stooges, such like Rolling Stones Exile on Main Street, or even Betty Davis's hard-funk. Released on the same record label, Lost Highway, Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears 2009 first album Tell 'Em What Your Name Is!, was bluesy, and Stax-influenced. Scandalous was produced by Jim Eno (Spoon's drummer) sounds Garage, Soul, Funkey with punchy horn section and raw guitar.

Fatoumata Diawara - Fatou

noreply@blogger.com (Loaded To The Gills) — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:19:00 +0000

Fatoumata Diawara worked as an actress before writing songs. Fatou, by Fatoumata Diawara, is another great release album of 2011. Raised in Mali and resident in Paris, Fatoumata Diawara just released first album deeply inspired by her Wassoulou roots. Fatou's debut album sounding in the like of Ali Farka Touré, Rokia Traore, is signed on World Circuit (Toumani Diabaté, Tony Allen...) . Ex-actress and singer, already work with Malian musician, Oumou Sangare. She has recently featured on Imagine Project and AfroCubism's Herbie Hancock, or guest appareance for Orchestre Poly-Rythmo's Cotton Club "Ou C'est Lui Ou C'est Moi".

Kitty, Daisy and Lewis - Smoking In Heaven

noreply@blogger.com (Loaded To The Gills) — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 06:49:00 +0000

New album from Kitty, Daisy & Lewis entitled “Smoking In Heaven" will be released October 25th and is a very cool collection of ska, classic R&B, blues and rock ‘n’ roll.
Set for an October 25th release on Verve Forecast / DH Records, “Smoking In Heaven” is not only an exciting, self-penned studio album of original material that delves in and out of genres and displays a penchant for multiple styles and tempos, it represents Kitty, 18, Daisy, 22, and 20-year-old Lewis’s evolution from talented young enthusiasts to bona fide musicians. As with all of the tracks on their critically acclaimed debut, “Smoking In Heaven” was produced and recorded by brother Lewis (who was cutting 78rpm discs at the age of 12) and his father Graeme Durham in their vintage home studio (modeled after the studio at Sun Records) using ribbon microphones and analogue tape formats. Here's a fun inside look at the multi-instrumental trio: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm-koG5RHPM ** At the three minute mark, you get an idea of their recording process. “Smoking In Heaven” has been catching the attention of many worldwide for what The UK Times raves “is infused with so much energy, freshness and standard teenage moaning ... these songs take on the style and language of classic R&B, blues and rock ‘n’ roll tunes from New Orleans, Memphis and Chicago” with a genuine authenticity. Art Rocker goes on to say “taking their cue from the summery ska of The Skatalites with a twist of Etta James, this North London trio really stand out from the crowd” and new song I’m So Sorry “is the ultimate beer garden song; uplifting, crisp and dippy.” Watch the I’m So Sorry video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyKmukkJTVQ Since their formation, the trio has mesmerized fans and critics with their multi-instrumental capabilities and frenzied live shows - which took place anywhere from pubs to amphitheatres (KDL were Coldplay’s main support on their 2009 US Summer tour.) From ska-tinged rock ‘n’ roll crafted upon seductive trumpet solos, luau guitar riffs and exotic vocals, to boldly pulsating rhythms that connote ‘60s soul and blues, Kitty, Daisy & Lewis have created an album that is rooted in the past but entirely original.

“Don’t Make A Fool Out Of Me” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogqcc0CkMIo
“I’m So Sorry” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyKmukkJTVQ
“Messing With My Life” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJg8RoJzXcs&feature=relmfu

Tour : Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears

noreply@blogger.com (Loaded To The Gills) — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 09:39:00 +0000

Austin band Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears are proud to announce tour dates in November and December. The band will kick off the tour Friday, November 11 in Santa Fe, New Mexico before making their way up the west coast, including a stop in Los Angeles on November 11. The tour will head to the Midwest to wrap up in Chicago, Illinois for a New Year's Eve party on December 31. For a complete list of tour dates, please see below. Growing up in Austin and Round Rock, Joe took it all in-Delta and Chicago blues, Memphis soul, Detroit garage punk-and what came out the other end was, and is, unlike anything else out there. "I don't know, man-I just kinda dove into it," Lewis said. "These neighbors of mine were in this country band and they got to go on tour all the time, and I had to go to work in this stupid factory. I was like, 'Man, I gotta get in on that.' So I pulled a guitar down off the wall of a pawnshop where I was workin' at the time and learned stuff as I went along. The people I was playing with wanted to practice all the time, and I was like, 'No, man, let's get out there-I wanna try to do this shit.' I pretty much learned on stage." Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears have had an incredible year full of highlights. Just last week the band was featured on the PBS stalwart Austin City Limits with Raphael Saadiq. Earlier in the year, they had one of the year's most buzzed-about performances on The Late Show with David Letterman. The group also released a hip-hop-infused mixtape, Livin' in the Jungle, which was named after the Scandalous single. The mixtape was put together by Mad Decent's DJA and featured choice verses from some of the industry's hottest Southern rappers. After years of struggle to get heard, things started moving fast for Lewis after he and bandmate Zach Ernst put together the earliest incarnation of Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears, naming themselves after a crusted container of honey they found on the floor of their "disgusting" rehearsal room. They went out with Spoon after Britt Daniel caught a set, and their subsequent, Eno-produced EP caught the ear of Lost Highway's Kim Buie, who signed them to a record deal. Eno then helmed their 2009 debut album for the label, Tell 'Em What Your Name Is!, much of it cut live off the floor. "The album manages to maximize every incendiary second of sonic sexuality the band is putting out," raved PopMatters' Christel Loar. "Make no mistake, Lewis knows his history, but he also knows his moment, too, and it's now. The Honeybears aren't afraid to mine the past to make music for the future." Lewis writes from direct, often bitter experience with unflinching veracity. The songs of Scandalousare littered with the debris of age-old issues: hard times and one-night stands, lying and cheating, redemption and revenge. Gritty, raunchy and real, his music is not for the squeamish, but experiencing it fully can be genuinely cathartic.

Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears Tour Dates: 11/8 Santa Fe NM @ Sol Sante Fe 11/9 Phoenix, AZ @ The Crescent Ballroom 11/10 Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up 11/11 Los Angeles, CA @ The Echoplex 11/12 Fesno, CA @ Fulton 55 11/14 San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore 11/16 Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom 11/18 Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre 11/20 Bozeman, MT @ The Filling Station 11/22 Boulder, CO @Fox Theatre 12/31 Chicago, IL @ Double Door

New York Dolls "Lookin' Fine On Television"

noreply@blogger.com (Loaded To The Gills) — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:50:00 +0000

In the early 70's, Rock photographer Bob Gruen and his wife Nadya purchased a portable video recorder. In a period of three years, they shot over 40 hours of New York Dolls footage. This footage became the critically acclaimed documentary "All Dolled Up". For "Lookin' Fine On Television" more footage has been edited to create fifteen live music video-style clips.

These fifteen clips include footage from the Dolls' early shows in NYC at clubs such as Kenny's Castaways, and Max's Kansas City as well as their West Coast tour: Whisky-A-Go-Go, the Real Don Steele Show, Rodney Bingenheimer's English Disco, and more.

All the fan favorites are here including ripping versions of "Personality Crisis," "Who Are the Mystery Girls?" "Babylon" and more. See the incredible early days of the band that influenced generations of punks and rockers.

Bob Gruen has photographed some of the most famous names in Rock and Roll including John Lennon, Led Zeppelin, The Sex Pistols, The Clash, David Bowie, Tina Turner, Rolling Stones, and most major rock acts from Muddy Waters to Green Day. He has just published a monograph of his 40 year career titled Rock Seen and has frequent gallery exhibits.

CharlElie Couture à la Galerie Naclil, Lille, le 20 octobre

noreply@blogger.com (Loaded To The Gills) — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:52:00 +0000

Le jeudi 20 octobre 2011, La Galerie Naclil, 6 rue Thiers à Lille, inaugure en la présence de CharlElie Couture, son nouvel espace dédié à l'art sous toutes ses formes.

Les déambulations urbaines de CharlElie ont confronté sa démarche artistique : saisie l'ordonnacement de la ville, accentuer sa partition constructiviste, la ponctuer sans la grimer.

Son répertoire d'images "photo-grafs" "peintures" agit comme un révélateur de poésie, où l'activité humaine y est célébrée.

Radiation City - The Hands That Take You

noreply@blogger.com (Loaded To The Gills) — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 10:20:00 +0000

Portland 60's dream-pop quartet Radiation City just released their debut album The Hands That Take You, september 27th on their own cassette-only record-label Apes Tapes, partnership with Portland record label Tender Loving Empire (Typhoon, Loch Lomond). Radiation City, composed by Cameron Spies (guitar/vocals) and Lizzy Ellison (co-founder and keyboardist), is self-described as a "soothing siren-lullaby". All Music Guide describing their sound as "influences that range as far as 60's girl groups, 50's doo wop, classic indie (sweet) pop and (crunchy) rock, and 70's singer/songwriters." And Rollo & Grady featured them as one of the "Top 21 Artists of 2011".

Oscar Peterson : Unmistakable : Contest

noreply@blogger.com (Loaded To The Gills) — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 03:18:00 +0000

Virtuose jazz pianist, Oscar Peterson Unmistakable new album (Sony Masterworks), collaboration with Zenph Sound Innovations, fourth release of the serie (Glenn Gould, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Art Tatum, his mentor and idol). Unmistakable is available since september 20. Peterson was enthusiastic about the Zenph implications of Zenph technology on his legacy. Zenph uses computer software to transform live recorded music. All tracks of the album are reissued from unreleased recordings Peterson made during the seventies and eighties, from video recordings and several unreleased private recordings of exceptional performance. Oscar Peterson died on 2007, he was one of the world's greatest pianist of all the time.

Question : where was born Oscar Peterson ?

Answer : loadedtothegills@gmail.com

Winner is C. Kindschy (California)

Eliot Lipp's How We Do: Moves Made Drops Today

noreply@blogger.com (Loaded To The Gills) — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 08:48:00 +0000

Brooklyn-based producer/musician Eliot Lipp today releases How We Do: Moves Made (October 4, 2011 / Old Tacoma Records). In support of the new release, Lipp announces more than 10 additional tour dates including stops in San Francisco, Los Angeles and the Midwest. The complete list of tour dates is included below.

How We Do: Moves Made is borne out of a longtime friendship between Eliot Lipp and Jasia 10, and hearkens back to when they were kids, digging for grooves at House of Records in Tacoma, a meeting point that happened to be halfway between each of their childhood homes. They waded through countless stacks of obscure records in search of that one best moment to swipe and loop into a hip-hop beat, learning a lot about jazz, funk, G-funk, and other pillage-worthy sounds along the way.

Lipp’s seven-year strong discography includes releases for the Eastern Developments, Hefty, Metatronix, and Mush labels as well as his own label Old Tacoma Records, named after his hometown. Unlike the typical Old Tacoma release, which atypically pushes forth future frontiers with artists Dark Party, Leo 123, Mike Bubbles, and Sir Charles, as well as the label’s next release from Samples, How We Do: Moves Made exists in its own reminiscent funked-out space.

In that respect, various colorful threads of ideas for the album have been sewn for years, but when it came to How We Do: Moves Made, they wanted to make a record that sounded like those records they sampled, rather than the rap records that sampled those original cuts. And at one point, its creation was also based on a funny game.

“For each song, we were making these little jingles — kind of like the jingle or intro music at the beginning of a newscast,” Lipp explains. “We were making all of these little commercial-sounding tunes; all of them were like 20 seconds long, just little keyboard sketches. And that’s the way each one of these songs began. We got to a point where we didn’t need to include it in the album, but it turned into a thing where we’d begin each song with a little cheesy line, like a little synth melody, and then the challenge was to see if we could turn it into a full-length track that we were stoked on listening to it.”

Lipp has lived in New York for six years now, where he’s a part of a vibrant music community, and has lived in a lot of different cities, but he’s found that his travels have had an even greater impact on his art than his home base.

“I’ve been touring more often and further out over the last eight years and I feel like that’s influenced me in a big way. And getting involved in different scenes that I never set out to be a part of, that’s definitely opened me up to letting go of some of my [biases]. As a producer, I had such a long list of stuff that I wouldn’t do; I was really into one specific sound and wanted to really zoom in, and that can be really good for finding your sound. But breaking away from that was the best thing that ever happened to me.”

Look for Eliot Lipp’s first solo album in three years to be released in the early part of 2012.

Joni Haastrup - Wake Up Your Mind

noreply@blogger.com (Loaded To The Gills) — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 09:43:00 +0000

Joni Haastrup, Wake Up Your Mind, is his unique solo studio album recorded in London in 1978. Joni Haastrup is known as Soul Brother Number One in Nigeria since he sung for Orlando Julius Ekemode and his Modern Aces’ Super Afro Soul's album recorded in 1966. In 1971, Ginger Baker (ex-Cream drummer) replaced Steve Winwood by Joni Haastrup on UK for Ginger Baker's Air Force UK Tour, and Salt. Back in Nigeria, he formed MonoMono. Give The Beggar A Chance, MonoMono first album has been released recently on Soundway Records.

World-Jazz-Rock-Fusion. Miles Davis interest for Santana, Sly Stone and Jimi Hendrix sounds was spread enough during his "Call It Anything" performance at 1970 Isle of Wight Festival. Early 70s, african musicians were received by british rock scene. Demon Fuzz was invited for British Festival such like Coldhams Common August (1970) or Hollywood Festival (1970), and Jade Warrior recorded with Osibisa in 1971...

Ólafur Arnalds Launches 'Living Room Songs' Series

noreply@blogger.com (Loaded To The Gills) — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 07:22:00 +0000

Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds has announced the launch of his new 'Living Room Songs' series today, where he will create and release one new song per day, for one whole week. Following in the spirit of Arnalds' 2009 critically acclaimed 'Found Songs' where he wrote, recorded and released a free song every day for 7 days, he takes the idea further, inviting the audience into the comfort of his living room of his Reykjavik apartment. The first song, cleverly titled 'Fyrsta,' debuted at 11am (GMT) today, Monday, October 3rd. Go to livingroomsongs.olafurarnalds.com or click the image below to download 'Fyrsta,' and stay tuned every day this week for the rest as they are released instantly for FREE as streamed videos and MP3 downloads.

'Living Room Songs' will also receive a physical release (CD/Vinyl/High Quality Digital Version as well as Special Edition CD & DVD) before the year is out. Fans can already pre-order it from the Erased Tapes online store.

LeMouv : Concert de Poly-Rythmo en direct

noreply@blogger.com (Loaded To The Gills) — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:30:00 +0000

Concert de Poly-Rythmo en direct sur LeMouv

Concert diffusé en direct sur Le Mouv' ce dimanche 2 octobre de 16h à 18h

Le Mouv’ part à la rencontre d’une formation de légende mariant depuis les années 60 et 70 le funk, la soul et l’afrobeat avec les rythmiques vaudous. A l’occasion de leur venue au festival d’Ile de France (partenariat du groupe Radio France) – salle du Pavillon Baltard, le Mouv’ diffusera en direct et en exclusivité le concert du Tout Puissant Orchestre Poly Rythmo. C’est dans le cadre de l’émission World Tour animée par Hervé Riesen que sera présenté le live de l’orchestre phare de Cotonou. En ce dimanche après-midi à l’écoute du Mouv’, venez partager un moment rare et captivant et laissez-vous guider par les esprits de la danse !

Le Poly-Rythmo, fondé à la fin des années 60, accompagne les plus grandes stars du continent noir, de Fela à Myriam Makeba. L’orchestre s’imprègne peu à peu des influences portées par les voix de l’Amérique, de James Brown à Aretha Franklin, et de la variété française de l’époque. Cette combinaison unique, matinée de jazz, de soul, de funk et d’afrobeat, en fait très rapidement l’une des formations les plus en vue. Quarante-deux ans après sa création, c’est une pépite qui se laisse redécouvrir avec le même émerveillement et nous entraîne dans le groove hypnotique et enivrant qui résonna dans les cabarets d’Afrique occidentale et bien au-delà.

le site officiel de Poly-Rythmo

Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa) and Live At The Cheetah

noreply@blogger.com (Loaded To The Gills) — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:03:00 +0000

Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa) & Live At The Cheetah

40th anniversary of New York's latin music : Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa). Video salsa documentary footage remastered from analog tapes combining live-stage at the Cheetah and - a documentary - about real life and street culture in the Spanish Harlem at the time. Wax Poetics magazine helped to rerelease the tapes. From the barrio to the world. The cameras visit a rumba in a vacant lot, a singing front-stoop cajonero (box drummer), a domino game, a cockfight in an illicit ring, a santería ceremony, and a free show in the street by Larry Harlow with Ismael Miranda.

At the time, there had been little documentation of the burgeoning salsa scene in New York, despite its massive popularity. The stars of the movie were already international celebrities at the time of the concert, and they subsequently became even more famous. The restored film offers footage from a veritable who’s-who of the New York salsa world in this edition of the Fania All-Stars performing-live on a single night at the Cheetah Nightclub on 52nd Street in Manhattan on August 26, 1971. This is the film that started the salsa craze in America and across Europe.

Featured artists Ray Barretto, Santos Colon, Willie Colon, Bobby Cruz, Cheo Feliciano, Larry Harlow, Hector Lavoe, Ismael Miranda, Johnny Pacheco, Ricardo Ray, Pete 'El Conde' Rodriguez, Roberto Roena, Adalberto Santiago, Bobby Valentin

Bonus track "Cocinando" and "Abran Paso Part 1 & 2"

Live At The Cheetah Vol. 1 & 2 + DVD Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa)

Dusty Wright - If We Never

noreply@blogger.com (Loaded To The Gills) — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 19:19:00 +0000

Dusty Wright, new-York based veteran and self-styled "metaphysical cow-boy" above all known for hosting US TV show The Dusty Wright Show, Culturecatch.com founder and ex-editor of Creem Magazine and Prince's NPG Magazine.

Guitarist, composer and writer, (ex-GiantFingers, Dusty Diamonds, Wright Brothers), Dusty Wright released his fourth solo album "If We Never" (Petrock Records) - folk-rock, roots-rock, country's influenced - sounding in the likes of the early Velvet Underground, Nick Cave, Grant Lee Buffalo, or even Patti Smith, Americana as well.

From the album "If We Never...". the video Winner Best Music Video, 2011 LA Film & Script Festival

Sheetah et les Weissmuller new EP on Tryptic Records

noreply@blogger.com (Loaded To The Gills) — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 10:13:00 +0000

Released on Tryptic Records, a French label specialised in groovy transworld Garage-Mod-Beat sounding from Yesterday to Today.

Sheetah et les Weissmuller digs 60s French Beat. About 4 years ago, some of those 4 tracks attracted international Djs attention such like Les 5 Gentlemen, Si Tu Reviens Chez Moi. Check out Sixties French Freakbeat by Aquarium Drunkard or Down In The Grooves - BBC Radio Leeds, specialised in international 60s Beat.

Bringing a new impulse to that music, which however, nobody really sulked...

<a href="http://tryptic-records.bandcamp.com/album/i-need-you-ep">I need you EP by SHEETAH & LES WEISSMULLER</a>

Bambara Mystic Soul The Raw Sound of Burkina Faso 1974-1979

noreply@blogger.com (Loaded To The Gills) — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:03:00 +0000

For its commemorative 10th release, Analog Africa indulges in Burkina Faso, one of the jewels of the Sahel, a harsh and arid strip that straddles the southern Sahara, stretching from Dakar in the west to Djibouti in the east. Formerly known as Haute Volta, Burkina Faso's sound was organized and nurtured during the country's time as part of a vast patchwork making up French colonial West Africa.

The rise of a post-independence urban middle class willing to invest in the Burkinabe arts spawned a cadre of singers, bands, orchestras and, most importantly, competitive record labels who all played their part in ushering in a golden age of music in their landlocked nation during the 1970's - a decade marred by political instability in the country and an era of artistic enlightenment empowering the whole of Africa.

The Sahelian climate fortunately bore no influence on the Burkinabé sound, which is cosmopolitan as it was raw. West Africa was and continues to remain deeply interconnected. In search of better gigs, well-to-do producers and sufficient recording equipment, Burkinabe musicians ventured across the surrounding region, returning home with a wealth of knowledge of their neighbors' distinctive styles.

The raw sound of Burkina Faso combined Afro-Funk, traditional Islamic rhythms and subtle Afro-Latin sounds brought over by visiting Cuban ensembles. Mandingue melodies and guitar techniques from Mali and Guinea, however, were by far the most defining traits of a potent African mix that distinguished the Voltaic style between 1974 and 1979.

Beginning with L'Harmonie Voltaique and Super Volta (both featured in this compilation), the pioneering orchestras from the capital Ouagadougou, several groups followed suit. Regional orchestras outside of the capital proudly boasted the contemporary sound through ensembles such as Echo del Africa National and Volta Jazz, and exported much needed skilled musicians back to the capital.

Record labels across Burkina Faso sprung up to capture the newly born mystic and soulful sound taking over the country. Volta Discobel and Club Voltaique du Disque (CVD) emerged in 1974 and competed for the modern music of their people. Despite its humble beginnings as a record shop, CVD came to dominate the industry. Both labels worked with the heavyweights of the time, such as the majestic Amadou Ballaké, a national icon who is featured extensively on this compilation.

By the mid 70's, Ouagadougou had become a hotbed for African music, filled with touring bands, gifted instrumentalists and hypnotic vocalists. Talent was abound, to say the least. Bamogo Jean Claube, the founder of Afro-Soul System, went from being a "musician's tailor" to a celebrated singer. Ballaké himself jumped from job to job before being recognized for his graceful voice.

While it might be Analog Africa's venture into possibly the most obscure of African sounds thus far, the sounds of the golden age of Burkinabé music deserve to be heard and the varying styles that came to define the era are completely covered in this 16-track release due on October 10, 2011.

Anthony Joseph & The Spasm Band - Rubber Orchestras

noreply@blogger.com (Loaded To The Gills) — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 06:07:00 +0000

Anthony Joseph & The Spasm Band, Rubber Orchestras (Heavenly Sweetness/Naive) new album, to be released on october 10th, third album by Carribean poet and novelist Anthony Joseph whose title album is inspired by lines from african-american surrealist poet Ted Joans. This one specially focused on 70s afro-sounds.

Sometimes inspire by Ginger Baker's Air Force, Demon Fuzz, ethiopian jazz, free jazz, obviously funky... cool connection with producer Malcom Catto from The Heliocentrics. The decision to use producer Malcolm Catto came about through a mutual love of 70s music and Catto's extensive knowledge of analogue sound.

It begins by killer afro-funky-beat as Anthony Joseph & The Spasm Band's Bird Head Son second album, ending by - in a sense - some heady jazz take-off that recalls Heliocentrics's Out There album. Anthony Joseph is probably the worthy successor of Gil Scott Heron, making political and social commentary as it's the rule since Sly Stone. First track opening words: "The griot is the sound of universal cultural" and continues with guitar wah-wah effects on Griot - first tune - recalling some tracks Nigeria Disco Funk Special (Soundway Records) compilation. With "Started off as a dancer", Ghanean's Bukom Mashie is not so far. "Speak The Name" clearly Jimi Hendrix influenced and the voodooist "Damballah" sounds like the track Sankofa by Tony Allen & The Hypnotic Brass Band, in a broader sense check out also Malia 70s as ethio-groove - à la - Whitefield Brothers, Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics.

Anthony Joseph & The Spasm Band - She Is The Sea

Winner Jimi Hendrix Winterland Contest

noreply@blogger.com (Loaded To The Gills) — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:38:00 +0000

Win a Jimi Hendrix Winterland release

October 1968, two year anniversary of the Jimi Hendrix Experience, with bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell, while Electric Ladyland was just recorded. The act took place at San Francisco's historic: Winterland Ballroom, for 3 three-nights, six-live performance from October 10-11-12. Sharing the bill alongside with Buddy Miles Express and Dino Valentino. This Box-Set remind us San Francisco scene 43 years ago. Legacy Recordings and Hendrix Experience just released a four-set CD-Box deluxe-edition about these events. It will be released worldwide Tuesday, September 13. In addition of Winterland, will be also released Hendrix In The West, Jimi Hendrix Live At The Isle of Wight Festival (DVD), and live-TV appearance Dick Cavett Show.

Rare live versions of "Manic Depression", "Are You Experienced?", "Tax Free", "Little Wing", Cream's "Sunshine Of Your Love", Howlin' Wolf"s "Killing Floor" (with Jack Casady, Jefferson Airplane bassist) and Bob Dylan's "Like A Rolling Stone". Include 36 page liner-notes book with previously unpublished photos and commentary.

Question :

Who was Jimi Hendrix Experience drummer ? Mitch Mitchell

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The winner is A. Lindhagen (Sweden)

Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds

noreply@blogger.com (Loaded To The Gills) — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:04:00 +0000

Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds Video

Kid Congo Powers website