CRAMMED is the N°1 world music label in Europe for 2005
One year after receiving the 2004 Womex Award (*) “for 25 years of pioneering label work in the field of world music”, Brussels-based eclectic label CRAMMED tops the 2005 World Music Charts Europe, an airplay chart compiled by the World Music Workshop of the European Broadcasting Union which, according to the Womex press release, is “the leading reference point for artistic impact and commercial success alike”.
The Top 30 of the 525 labels which appear in the World Music Charts Europe for the year 2005 are the following:
1 Crammed/Ziriguiboom (B)
2 World Music Network/Riverboat (UK)
3 Network Medien (D)
4 Six Degrees (USA)
5 World Circuit (UK)
6 Piranha (D)
7 Because Records (F)
8 Wrasse (UK)
9 Lusafrica (F)
10 Doublemoon (TR)
11 EMI (Intl.)
12 Universal (Intl.)
13 World Connection (NL)
14 Galileo Music (D)
15 Syllart/Cantos (UK/USA)
16 Asphalt Tango (D)
17 Tradition &Moderne (D)
18 Virgin/Realworld (UK)
19 Triloka (USA)
20 Cantini (GR)
21 Essay Recordings (D)
22 V2 (Intl.)
23 Nonesuch (USA)
24 Putumayo (USA)
25 Westpark (D)
26 Ether Music (UK)
27 Kirkelig Kulturverksted (NO)
28 Indigo (D)
29 Indies Records (CZ)
30 Forrest Hill (I)
The main world/electronic/ rock artists signed to Crammed and its Ziriguiboom and SSR divisions are Bebel Gilberto, Zuco 103, Taraf de Haïdouks, Konono N°1, Tuxedomoon, Cibelle, Celso Fonseca & more.
(* Womex : “World Music Expo”, the world’s premier annual trade fair for world music)
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Exclusive video preview of «Congotronics 2 - Buzz'n'Rumble In The Urb'n'Jungle»
The KONONO N°1 album (Congotronics 1) has started giving worldwide exposure to the strange and spectacular electro-traditional mixtures which are being concocted in the suburbs of Kinshasa, Congo. World music, electronica and avant-rock aficionados have been equally amazed by this otherworldly music, which has driven the international press to come up with extremely surprising comparisons (from Can and Krautrock to Jimi Hendrix, Lee Perry and proto-techno !...).
Hot on the footsteps of Congotronics 1, here comes a fresh selection of even more amazing sounds, courtesy of no less than seven electro-traditional bands from Kinshasa, which have all been especially recorded and produced by Crammed’s Vincent Kenis
Included here are excerpts of videos by the following bands :
Technorati tags: Congotronics Konono N°1
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