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CIBELLE 'ABOUT A GIRL'

"About A Girl EP" is a DualDisc EP by Cibelle, featuring 4 new tracks and 4 videos. Her debut album established her as one of the most original and seductive young artists to come out of Brazil.

Out in May

Cibelle is about to do a giant leap forward with the new album she’s now working on. This limited-edition EP points to the new directions she’s exploring (more folk, more microbeats, more sonic inventivity...). The CD side contains four new songs, including the title track, a cover of an early Nirvana song. The DVD side contains four videos made by young filmmaker Elsa Dahmani (Tony Gatlif’s daughter) and by Cibelle herself.

KONONO Nº1 hits the Blogosphere

Last weeks Konono Nº1 took the blogosphere by storm. Just do a simple Konono search on Google and check for yourself. 

Some excellent blogs helped building the craze starting with ‘burb killa’ Christopher Porter.

Monday Christopher reported about some early recordings of Konono No. 1 from back in 1978. "Glad all of us finally got to catch up."

Another cool blog is the Can’t Stop Won’t Stop from Jeff Chang.

But most of all, Konono’s Congotronics kicks mad bass pressure. The effect is not far from say, the b-boy throb of “It’s Just Begun”. When on “Masikulu”, the bassline drops out, you take a deep breath, because you know it’s coming back. It’s like ducking a big wave on the inside while you’re paddling furiously back out to lineup and you know the big sets are still rolling in. Huge rollers of blissful noise. If Lubuaku was raw power, Congotronics is high drama. You won’t be able to remain motionless.

ZUCO 103 Exclusive on iTunes!

An exclusive album sampler will be available next week throughout Europe on iTunes Music Store, ahead of the physical release of the new Zuco 103 album “WHAA!". 

It will contain the following 4 tracks:

© Stijntje de Olde

1. It’s A Woman’s World (feat. Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry)
2. Duele Le Le (feat. Dani Macaco)
3. Vivente
4. Whaa !

More Details About Bebel Gilberto's 'Remixed' Album

BEBEL GILBERTO REMIXED

1. Céu Distante remixed by DJ Spinna
2. Simplesmente remixed by Tom Middleton
3. O Caminho remixed by Guy Sigsworth
4. Aganjú remixed by Latin Project
5. Winter remixed by Nuspirit Helsinki
6. Baby remixed by Yam Who?
7. All Around remixed by Telefon Tel Aviv
8. Cada Beijo remixed by Thievery Corporation
9. Jabuticaba remixed by Stuhr
10. Aganjú remixed by Spiritual South
11. Next To You remixed by Steve Hillier
12. Every Day You’ve Been Away remixed by Monoaural
13. River Song remixed by Grant Nelson

BONUS DISC

1 Aganjú (John Beltran Mix)
2 Simplesmente (Tom Middleton Balearic Mix)
3 Baby (Yam Who? Dub Mix)
4 Aganjú (Spiritual South Bontempi Repercussion)
5 Winter (Nuspirit Helsinki Dub)
6 All Around (Bombay Dub Orchestra Mix)

Bebel Gilberto‘s debut album Tanto Tempo became a worldwide phenomenon, selling a million copies around the globe and captivating audiences with its mix of classic bossa nova updated with cool electronica.

Her second release, simply titled Bebel Gilberto, further consolidated Bebel’s status. It showed a more mature, more confident Bebel, an artist in full bloom whose songwriting skills and inimitable, magical voice had ascended to new heights. The album was received with enthusiasm, and earned a string of awards and nominations, including a Mobo Award (UK), an Adlib Award (Japan), nominations for a Grammy and for a BBC Radio Award for World Music, etc.

Now here comes Bebel Gilberto Remixed, a collection in which all the tracks from the ‘Bebel Gilberto’ album are given fresh, electronic interpretations by an international cast of dance / hip hop / electronica producers.

The list includes well-known masters such as DJ Spinna, Thievery Corporation, Yam Who?, Nuspirit Helsinki, Tom Middleton, Spiritual South, Dubstar’s Steve Hillier, Telefon Tel Aviv, Stuhr and Monoaural.

While several of these remixes are definitely very dancefloor-friendly, Bebel Gilberto Remixed is first and foremost aimed at providing a great home listening experience, and offers an alternative way of discovering the already-classic songs from Bebel’s second album.

The initial pressing will be a limited edition including a second, bonus CD containing 6 additional remixes.

More About The Tracks & The Remixers

1. Céu Distante remixed by DJ Spinna
One of the most original and eclectic figures to come out of the US underground hip hop scene, DJ Spinna has done remixes for Michael Jackson, Mary J.Blige, Ronny Jordan, Mos Def, Zero 7, George Michael and De La Soul. He’s released albums under his name and as part of his Jigmastas crew. Spinna’s rendition of Bebel & Pascal Gabriel’s song transforms it into a super laid-back jazzy hip hop jam.

2. Simplesmente remixed by Tom Middleton
An uplifting remix by the man who helped shape dancefloor techno (with Reload) and ambient techno (with Global Communication) in the early ‘90s, and then went on to spark off the electro revival with the Jedi Knights (who influenced everyone from The Prodigy & The Chemical Brothers to Daft Punk). Tom Middleton has recently put out a string of successful dancefloor tracks & mixes under his Cosmos alias. This remix features additional Rhodes piano by Tom ‘Shur-I-Kan’ Szirtes.

3. O Caminho remixed by Guy Sigsworth
Guy has written and produced tracks for Seal, Bomb The Bass, Lamb, Talvin Singh, and Madonna. He’s also produced songs for Björk, and served as her musical director. His own project with vocalist Imogen Heap is called Frou Frou. He co-wrote and produced ‘Cada Beijo’, one of the outstanding tracks on the ‘Bebel Gilberto’ album (remixed in this set by Thievery Corporation), and has produced here a beautiful, cinematic new version of “O Caminho”.

4. Aganjú remixed by Latin Project
This summery, smile-on-your-face version of Aganjú has already been requested for inclusion in several compilations. Latin project are Jez Colin and Matt Cooper, two British musicians/producers who have worked with acid jazz greats like Incognito, Solsonics and D*Note. They moved to the U.S., formed the Latin Project and released their “Nueva Musica” album, a combination of electronic dance beats and Latin rhythms.

5. Winter remixed by Nuspirit Helsinki
This multi-talented Finnish collective of DJs, producers and musicians have used a team of 7 musicians (including a string quartet) to create and record this new arrangement of Bebel’s “Winter”. NSH have done remixes/production work for Yoko Ono, Astor Piazzola Nicola Conte, and have ascended to the forefront of the European neo-jazz scene on the strength of their productions for Jazzanova/Compost, Guidance and Ubiquity.

6. Baby remixed by Yam Who?
Beside their daily occupation behind the counter of Reckless (the famous Soho record shop), Andy Williams and Desmond Morgan aka Little Rico form an almighty pair of hot producers and remixers, and have done reworks of tracks by Raphael Saadiq, Little Brother, Allison Crockett, Nas, Pharell Williams and Zero 7. Their off-the-wall rendering of Bebel’s “Baby” features keyboard and guitar playing by ‘80s new wave/funk hero Chaz Jankel (who used to be part of Ian Dury & The Blockheads).

7. All Around remixed by Telefon Tel Aviv
With their latest album, New Orleans-based band Telefon Tel Aviv have earned themselves a reputation by hovering between textural, ambient electronica, song structures and classical instrumentation. They first reached a wider audience by remixing Nine Inch Nails. Their subtle remix of All Around features interesting harmonies and additional guitars.

8. Cada Beijo remixed by Thievery Corporation
There’s no need to introduce Thievery Corporation, major purveyors of quality downtempo music, who have just released their 4th album, and who have already collaborated a couple of times with Bebel (she sang and co-wrote a track on one of their earlier albums, they produced and co-wrote “Lonely” on Bebel’s ‘Tanto Tempo’).

9. Jabuticaba remixed by Stuhr
A pleasant and relaxed rework of the Bebel Gilberto/Carlinhos Brown tune, by up and coming U.S. mixers Stuhr have done remixes for Tito Rodriguez, for the upcoming solo album by The Cranberries’ Noel Hogan, and for Patti Labelle and Kay Starr, among others.

10. Aganjú remixed by Spiritual South
One of the most highly-rated production/remix teams in the UK, Spiritual South have been releasing their Latin/house/funk/break bombs on labels such as Afro Art and Ubiquity. Their ‘Sub Rub’ mix of Aganjú sounds like a brisk walk through a dark yet humorous electronic alley… while their (totally different) ‘Bontempi Repercussion’ remix, which is included in the limited-edition bonus disc, is much more typical of their usual percussive & festive style.

11. Next To You remixed by Steve Hillier
Producer/songwriter Steve Hillier was the main creative force behind the alternative pop band Dubstar, who have had a string of top 40 hits and two gold albums in the UK. Steve has remixed tracks for Dubstar, Heaven 17, Hooverphonic, Billy Bragg and Backyard Dog, amongst many others. His sometimes quasi-psychedelic rendition of “Next To You” manages to be even more dreamy than the original.

12. Every Day You’ve Been Away remixed by Monoaural
... aka Berna Ceppas and Kassin, a young producer from Rio de Janeiro who has worked with the likes of Lenine, Marisa Monte, Arto Lindsay and Caetano Veloso and who, together with Moreno Veloso and Domenico, forms the acclaimed “+2” trio, who have released two interesting and charming albums (as “Moreno +2” and “Domenico +2"). This whimsical, mad remix features João Donato’s son Donatinho on keyboards.

13. River Song remixed by Grant Nelson
Already a dancefloor favourite, the album’s energizing finale is a crafty and exciting remix courtesy of Grant Nelson, a man who has produced some of the most club-friendly techno, house and UK garage records (a.o. under his Bump&Flex moniker) in Britain, runs his Swing City label, and has remixed everyone from Thelma Houston, Roy Ayers and Evelyn ‘Champagne’ King to Mousse T and Jodeci.

Videoclip Konono N°1

Watch the videoclip of the well acclaimed album of Konono N°1

Konono N°1 is the first volume of Crammed’s new series Congotronics, which is devoted to electrified traditional music from the Congo.

New Tour Dates added

Check for latest added tour dates and updates on Crammed LIVE website section.

New Tour dates added for DJ Dolores, Cibelle, Konono N°1, Zuco 103, Taraf de Haïdouks, Mahala Rai Banda and Koçani Orkestar

Dreams That Money Can Buy

Cibelle will be performing with The Real Tuesday Weld new dark and decadent Live Music Premiere Film Score to Hans Richter‘s 1946 American Freudian Surrealist Drama: "Dreams That Money Can Buy", a film by Hans Richter, Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, Max Ernst and Fernand Leger.

"Are you a dream dealer? I will sell one to you, for I have so many, you see.”

REALITY & THE NATIONAL FILM THEATRE PROUDLY PRESENT 21st CENTURY PSYCHOANALYTICAL CABARET WITH THE REAL TUESDAY WELD LIVE ON STAGE - INTRODUCED BY PEEP SHOW NABOB DAVID PIPER AND HIS BURLESQUE BEAUTIES - PERFORMING THEIR NEW DARK AND DECADENT LIVE MUSIC PREMIERE FILM SCORE TO HANS RICHTER’S 1946 AMERICAN FREUDIAN SURREALIST DRAMA: “DREAMS THAT MONEY CAN BUY” .

PRODUCED BY MAREK PYTEL

NATIONAL FILM THEATRE. SOUTH BANK
SATURDAY 30th APRIL 2005. 8.45 pm
TICKETS: £ 15.50 MEMBERS: £ 14.50

Advance Bookings: 0207 928 3232 / http://www.bfi.org.uk/nft

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Surrealist painter and Dada film-theorist Hans Richter wrote, produced, and directed the experimental exercise Dreams That Money Can Buy, one of the most significant contributions to the 20th-century “avant garde” movement.

The project began in 1944, while Richter was director of the Institute of Film Techniques at City College in New York. Combining short scenarios written by world-renowned artists Max Ernst, Marcel Duchamps, Man Ray, Alexander Calder and Fernand Leger, Richter came up with a full-colour, feature-length study in dreamlike “wish fulfilment.”

The film’s only nod to continuity is the presence of a self-styled heavenly psychiatrist, whose patients purportedly visualize the images which play across the screen. Described by one observer as “surreal yet somewhat Jungian,” Dreams That Money Can Buy cost $25,000 and was three years in the making.

Its New York premiere was greeted with a mixture of bravos and bewilderment, especially when the projectionist elected to show the film on the wall and ceiling rather than the screen. 

Dreams That Money Can Buy won a special prize at the 1947 Venice Film Festival. 

Tuxedomoon in Wire Magazine (UK)

Tuxedomoon gig at Colegio Mayor San Juan Evangelista in Madrid
reviewed by John Gill in Wire Magazine (UK)

I don’t remember a Tuxedomoon concert this raw and visceral, not least the full-on Situationist funk of “Luther Blisset” - imagine Miles Davis and Wayne Shorter jamming with A Certain Ratio with some Charles Ives-like intertextuality at work.

Bebel Gilberto Remixed

CD out in May

An album in which all the (predominantly acoustic) tracks from Bebel’s eponymously-titled second album are given new interpretations by a great cast of dance, hip hop and electronica remixers including hip hop and electronica remixers including DJ Spinna, Thievery Corporation, Yam Who?, Nuspirit Helsinki, Tom Middleton, Spiritual South, Dubstar’s Steve Hillier, Telefon Tel Aviv and more… ... The initial pressing will be a limited edition including a second CD with 6 additional remixes.

Mahala Rai Banda in Japan

Mahala Rai Banda will perform 03 & 04/05 in Roppingi Hill, Tokyo.

Check also the Mahala Rai Banda video live in Clejani (Romania)

More Tour dates here:

03/03 FRANCE PARIS NEW MORNING
06/03 GERMANY ESSEN (tbc)
11/03 SWITZERLAND LES CAVES MANOIR MARTIGNY
03/05 JAPAN TOKYO ROPPINGI HILLS ARENA
04/05 JAPAN TOKYO ROPPINGI HILLS ARENA
28/05 HOLLAND TILBURG GYPSYFESTIVAL
29/05 HOLLAND TILBURG GYPSYFESTIVAL
17/06 SWITZERLAND ZÜRICH (tbc)
07/07 CANADA QUEBEC FESTIVAL D’ETE
08/07 CANADA QUEBEC FESTIVAL D’ETE
10/07 FINLAND KAUSTINEN (tbc)
11/07 FINLAND KAUSTINEN (tbc)
13/07 FRANCE LA TESTE DE BUCHE
20/07 FRANCE ROCHEFORT
07/08 AUSTRIA HAAG (tbc) M.OST FESTIVAL
09/08 FRANCE LE MONASTIER FESTIVAL DES CUIVRES
13/08 HUNGARY BUDAPEST SZIGET FESTIVAL
15/08 HUNGARY SAROSPATAK

DJ Dolores & Aparelhagem Band Tour Dates

DJ DOLORES & APARELHAGEM BAND (* = DJ SET)

01/04 BELGIUM BRUSSELS ANCIENNE BELGIQUE
02/04 HOLLAND AMSTERDAM PARADISO
12/04 BRASIL SÃO PAULO CC BANCO DO BRASIL *
16/04 BRASIL SÃO PAULO SKOL BEATS *
17/04 BRASIL RECIFE ABRIL PRO ROCK 2005
28/04 BRASIL SÃO PAULO VIVO OPEN AIR
13/05 BRASIL SÃO PAULO FESTIVAL HYPE, SESC POMPEIA
24/05 BRASIL BRASILIA VIVO OPEN AIR
03/06 FRANCE ANGOULEME MUSIQUES METISSES
04/06 FRANCE LYON AUDITORIUM
05/06 FRANCE SAINT BRIEUC ART ROCK FESTIVAL
09/06 FRANCE PARIS NEW MORNING
10/06 MARTINIQUE FORT DE FRANCE (tbc)
11/06 MARTINIQUE FORT DE FRANCE (tbc)
12/06 MARTINIQUE FORT DE FRANCE (tbc)
17/06 SWITZERLAND RUBINGEN
18/06 FRANCE MEYLAN MAISON DE LA MUSIQUE
19/06 HOLLAND TILBURG
21/06 FRANCE TOUOUSE RIO LOCO
24/06 FRANCE VENISSIEUX NUIT METISSE
25/06 UK GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL
30/06 FRANCE PARIS TRIPTYQUE
02/07 FRANCE BOBITAL TERRE NEUVAS
08/07 ESPAÑA CARTAGENA
09/07 PORTUGAL LISBON MECO FESTIVAL
10/07 SWITZERLAND MONTREUX FESTIVAL JAZZ CAFE
13/07 FRANCE SAINT MALO (tbc)
14/07 FRANCE NANTES FESTIVAL D’ETE (tbc)
15/07 FRANCE VITROLLES THEATRE DE VERDURE
03/08 ILE DE LA REUNION SAINT LEU (tbc)
04/08 ILE DE LA REUNION SAINT LEU (tbc)
05/08 ILE DE LA REUNION SAINT LEU (tbc)
06/08 ILE DE LA REUNION SAINT LEU (tbc)
07/08 ILE DE LA REUNION SAINT LEU (tbc)
14/08 BELGIUM BREDENE (tbc)

Audio previews of Zuco 103's forthcoming 'WHAA!' album

Preview ‘Real’ audio samples available at Crammed website.

Direct previews here of the forthcoming ‘WHAA!’ album:
“It’s A Woman’s World" and “Na Mangueira".

Konono No. 1: Congotronics: Pitchfork Review

Great Congotronics review on Pitchfork!

"It is entirely possible that an amplified, slightly distorted likembe creates the most awesome sound on earth. There’s no other sound quite like it, and there’s no other band like Konono No. 1, the assemblage of Bazombo musicians, dancers, and singers from Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) that makes the likembe the center of their sound. It’s something of an accidental update on Bazombo trance music, and it’s thrillingly unique stuff, a torrent of kinetic sound that straddles the line between the traditional and the avant-garde."

... and more:

"Konono No. 1 are the kind of band that remind us that music still possesses vast wells of untapped potential, and that there’s virtually no limit to what can be developed and explored. There’s little precedent for a record like Congotronics, even as the music at its core goes back many generations and predates the discovery of electricity by some time. It’s important to note that these are not pop songs in any sense of the word-- this is traditional trance music with an electric twist, and should be approached as such. That said, it’s among the most fascinating music I’ve heard and deserves a listen by anyone with even the remotest interest in the possibilities of sound."

Zuco 103 Live Dates!

Following their forthcoming album ‘WHAA!’ (to be released in May) Zuco 103 Live dates:

(check also Crammed web for more detailed info)

15/04 HOLLAND LEEUWARDEN MC SCHAAF
16/04 HOLLAND DORDRECHT BIBELOT
22/04 HOLLAND AMSTELVEEN P60
23/04 HOLLAND ZWOLLE HEDON
05/05 HOLLAND S’HERTOGENBOSCH BEVRIJDINGSFESTIVAL
05/05 HOLLAND WAGENINGEN BEVRIJDINGSFESTIVAL
06/05 ESPAÑA ALHAMA DE MURCIA MUSICA DE FRONTERAS
07/05 HOLLAND EINDHOVEN DE EFFENAAR
11/05 BULGARIA SOFIA NATIONAL PALACE OF CULTURE
14/05 HOLLAND OSS DE GROENE ENGEL
19/05 HOLLAND NIJMEGEN SPEVE STUDENTPARTY
20/05 HOLLAND BREDA MEZZ
21/05 HOLLAND AMERSFOORT JAZZDRIEDAAGSE
26/05 HOLLAND DEN HAAG SHOW PAARD
28/05 HOLLAND DEN HAAG SHOW A.PHILIPSZAAL
29/05 HOLLAND DEN HAAG SHOW A.PHILIPSZAAL
04/06 ESPAÑA SEVILLA FESTIVAL TERRITORIOS
10/06 FRANCE PARIS CABARET SAUVAGE
18/06 HOLLAND BROEK OP LANGEDIJK INDIAN SUMMER FESTIVAL
19/06 HOLLAND TILBURG MUNDIAL
22/06 ESPAÑA BARCELONA SALA APOLO (CD presentation)
24/06 ESPAÑA MADRID METRO ROCK FESTIVAL
26/06 BELGIUM EUPEN EUPEN MUSIK MARATHON
15/07 GERMANY KOBLENZ HORIZONTE FESTIVAL
16/07 GERMANY BIELEFELD WELTNACHT
30/07 HOLLAND MARSEVEENSE PLASSEN ROCKIT FESTIVAL

DJ Dolores interview in Cucamonga program on VRT Radio

Read and listen to the interview (a bit in Dutch, a bit English and a lot of Portuguese!) of DJ Dolores in the Cucamonga program on VRT Radio on 21-03-2005.