JULIAN URIGOITIA (Spain) - Founder-Producer // PASCAL LEBLOND (France) - Drums // CARLOS LÓPEZ (Spain) - Drums // MAX WRIGHT (France) - Percussion // FRANÇOIS COLPIN (France) - Percussion // FRANK FIEDLER (France) - Percussion // AZIZ KHODARI (Morocco) - Percusion // GYAN SIGNH (India) - Percusion // CHRISTIAN RAYMOND (Argentina) - Bass // JOE LEWIS (USA) - Bass // GASTÓN SALAZAR (Argentina) - Cello // VESOLIN MITEV (Bulgaria) - Cello // FERNANDO MORESI (Argentina) - Violin // MOHAMED SOULIMANE (Morocco) - Violin // HUSSEIN ERADI (Morocco) - Violin // VICENTE MARTINEZ (Spain) - Spanish Guitar // FRANCISCO GUISADO (Spain) - Electric Guitar // NACHO TORRES (Argentina) - Electric Guitar // PITURRO RODRIGUEZ (Argentina) - Electric Guitar //DAVID BOURGUIGNON (France) - Electric Guitar // ANTONIO RESTUCCI (Chile) - Mandolina,Spanish Guitar // YANNIS PAPAIOANNOU (Greece) - Laud // JOAN SURRIBES (Spain) - Keyboards // FERMIN DURAN (Spain) - Keyboards // ABDELAZIZ ARRADI (Morocco) - Vocals // LYRICSON (Guinea) - Vocals // ADLEN KLOUFI (Argelia) - Vocals // OLI SILVA (Guinea Bissau) - Vocals // JEAN JOSEPH CAPELL (France) - Vocals // CHAB SAMIR (Morocco) - Vocals // NIKOL KOLLARS (USA) - Vocals // PALOMA POVEDANO (Spain) - Vocals // FOUAD EL HAYANI (Morocco) - Vocals // STORMY (UK) - Vocals // CLARENCE BEKKER (Netherlands) - Vocals // LINA JOHANSON (Palestina) - Vocals // MATI FERNÁNDEZ (Spain) - Vocals // JOSE DE CANIBALA (Spain) - Vocals //BC MANJUNATH (India) - Vocals // SRIHARI RANGAFWAMI (India) - Vocals //
08001. This is all of us, everyone who has collaborated in the project so far at different moments. The project grows and evolves. People's music stays with us live and on record.
Influences
08001 brings the influences of all its collaborators and stems from the cultural cauldron of the neighborhood of Raval, in the heart of Barcelona. Musically, the project is based on the mix of electronica and live instrumentation colored with glimpses of middle eastern sounds (rai, gnawa,...) in the modern context of dub, reggae, soul, pop...
VORÁGINE NUNCA ES PRIVADA
VORÁGINE ES CÓMPLICE ALIADA
DE LOS HIJOS DEL DESORDEN
VORÁGINE HACE DEL GUETO SU HOGAR
Y LA CONFUSIÓN SE ILUMINA....
VORÁGINE NEVER IS PRIVATE
VORÁGINE IS THE ALLIED ACCOMPLICE
OF THE CHILDREN OF THE DISORDER
VORÁGINE MAKES THE GUETO ITS HOME
AND IT ILLUMINATES CONFUSION...
"VORÁGINE"
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According to Julian Urigoitia, creator of the 08001 project, “life is a voragine” [hustle and bustle, in Spanish]. This is true not only from the perspective of an individual, but also of a neighborhood and even the entire globe. The worst misfortune can come together with the greatest joy.. the script is written in many different ways. The voragine daily invades, surrounds and floods the Raval - 08001’s home neighborhood and also the first postal code digit of Barcelona . We explore its limits and in those situations, one can find the climax, the voyage without return, the last leg of a road towards a new, unknown, unpredictable and changing world..
Listening to the entire album is indeed a trip with no return ticket. The paths opened by 08 (as friends call the project) lead to a progress with a firm direction, constructing new ways to create and interpret music.
08’s second effort, Voragine, could very well be a motion picture soundtrack thanks to the hypnosis it induces. The tracks flow as if they were scripted, narrating melodies while the lyrics provide a multi-cultural and musical dialogue.
The listener is submerged in a stream of trans-ethnic beats based on the fusion of electronica and organic instruments, sonically adorned with middle-eastern flavors like the North African raï and gnawa styles. All these textures are framed in the more modern context of dub, rock, soul, pop and even flamenco. The end result of this concoction is a record with a definite urban sound and stories told from the guts of one of the most cosmopolitan areas in Europe, the district of the Raval, in Barcelona, Spain.
The lyrics, recorded in 3 different languages as seen on the project’s website [www.08001.org], are inspired by the survival of humanity in a confused planet.
The catalyst that made the making of Voragine a reality has been an intense period of rehearsals and work carried out in 08001 Studios, run by Julian. Various minds have put their unique talents in every single track of the record through great doses of spontaneity and eclecticism, which defined the creative process. The commitment of every musician in the project varies naturally, depending on the persons who come and go. Thus, we find artists who appeared in 08001’s first work Raval ta Joie, and who are in Barcelona and now come with renewed energy and creativity.
Who knows if the next album will see more changes due the new directions people take, and maybe new names will appear next to the ones already on there. This risk is what makes the project more exciting and interesting. It also make the project impossible to get into a rut, as new ideas constantly enter and flow into the melting pot, reinventing track after track. It’s a labor of research and love of music.
Co-production and Mixing
Julian counted on the expertise and experience of Laurent Guéneau [Flam], to co-produce this record in Julian’s own 08001 studio set in the Raval. Laurent came to Barcelona and lived in the Raval district for 3 months, getting his feet wet in the essence of this charismatic part of town so he could reflect its spirit through the music on the new Voragine album. With over 20 years of experience, Laurent has worked on and recorded albums for renowned artists such as Khaled, Natasha Atlas, Les Negresses Vertes, The National Orchestra of Barbes, Faudel, Ismael Lo or Africa Bambataa.
Mastering
The final record making process fell into the hands of Mike Marsh from The Exchange, in London (UK). He is one of the pioneers in design and construction of music recording studios as we know them today. Over two decades of experience in the industry have put Mike in the position to master albums of top artists such as Björk, Oasis, Depeche Mode, Massive Attack, Chemical Brothers or U2, just to name a selected few.
BIO
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This project, conceived as a workshop or work in progress, is defined as a collective of musicians in constant change and evolution. It is opened to all artists from different parts of the World, who cross paths in the Raval, the most ethnically diverse district of Barcelona.
It has been 5 years since the inception of 08001, a number that refers to the first area code of Barcelona and also the one corresponding to the emblematic district of the Raval. The headquarters of the project is the 08001 studio, where all rehearsals and recording take place. It has been so since the very beginning as the idea was to forge and maintain a genuine sound.
They continue to work slowly at “home”, which is where the best dishes are cooked. Over a dozen artists from different ethnicities and cultures pass through Julian’s studio to meet, find, try, taste, exchange, fuse, create and blend… resulting in a distinct and unmistakable 08 sound, which encompasses the essence of the surroundings. In 08001, bios and CVs don’t matter. What is important is the creativity and the music that flows free, full of life.
The live staging combines a show which blends the performance of numerous artists together with a visual screen show. 08001’s made its debut in the very heart of district that saw their birth, during the SONAR, the International Advanced Music and Multimedia Art Festival in Barcelona. Right after, they embarked in an intense tournee around Spain and various parts of Europe, which spawned numerous reviews including coverage in Time magazine, which highlighted 08001 as one of the more interesting and prominent bands coming out of Spain at the moment.
They also received the Impala award after selling over 30.000 units of their independently released first record Raval ta Joie, which received critically acclaimed accolades from the press such as these…
“This flock of ‘other Barcelonians’ has hit upon something very serious (…) which leads to a sound that explores territories, that discovers an authentic global rock-pop that bows to a soul- raï, and bends towards hip-hop. This smells like a worldly-world goodie!”
Mingus Formentor – LA VANGUARDIA [9-23-03]
“The cool thing about 08001 is that their fusion escapes the typical patterns exhibited here up until now in ethnic fusion.”
Luis Hidalgo – EL PAIS [9-23-03]
“A stateless tapestry of lush musicality, which handles the sway of ethnic influences with reliability and modernity…”
Nando Cruz – EL PERIODICO DE CATALUNYA [2004]
“Besides being a multi-group of many ethnicities, colors and feelings, it’s a way of conceiving Barcelona music in the millennium: self-managed and in constant transformation…”
Esteban Lines – LA VANGUARDIA [2004]
“08001, that musical artifact conceived at embroidery speed by Julian Urigoitia, is something of great value. I dare to say that we are before one of the strongest and most creative groups ever seen in Europe within their style. One of the highest exponents of the popular-music-right-now planet.”
Mingus Formentor – LA VANGUARDIA [6-17-06]
VORAGINE (WorkinProgress Records) is 08001’s new album, soon to be commercially released in record stores and iTunes at the end of June 2007. Stay tuned!
Me parece muy interesante vuestro proyecto soy amigo de aziz gran musico y mejor persona nadie como el con el sentir dadle un fuerte abrazo de mi parte... mucha suerte!!!!!!!!
Estoy impaciente por que llegue el 5 de junio, me voy de cabeza al loco aunque sea yo solo. Joder estoy impaciente por veros en acción.
No recuerdo cuando os escuche por primera vez pero recuerdo que fueron voragine y jungle y mis timpanos se resintieron. Queria ir al festival de Salobreña pero me pilla un poco lejos desde valencia, me quede rabiando. En serio lo haceis muy bien tios, el mestizaje y la ensalada de idiomas, es el mensaje que dais haciendo referencia al barrio del raval, heterogenidad sin limite.
Hola 08001, muchas gracias por añadir los amigos. estoy contento!!
me encanta vuestra musica!! primera vez lo escuché en concierto de merce 2007,
estaba sorprendido y feliz!! Gracias y deseo ir a tu concierto!! hasta un dia!!
Kaze
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