Karl Haas
Curved Star
Artist Management, Booking, and Promotion
PO Box 8191
Essex, VT 05452
617-797-4055 CurvedStar@gmail.com
skype ID: karlcurvedstar
Label and Promotion
Cumbancha Records
413 Carpenter Road
Charlotte, VT 05445
TEL (802) 425-2118
FAX (866) 340-0054 www.cumbancha.com
Europe Booking (except Benelux):
Anke Links
CODA MUSIC AGENCY LLP
229 Shoreditch High Street
London E1 6JP
United Kingdom
TEL: 020 7456 8888
FAX: 020 7456 8800
Email: anke@codaagency.com
Web: www.codaagency.com
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Sounds Like
Clearly the work of a terrorist organization, Extraordinary Rendition promotes dangerous anti-American notions such as multiculturalism, internationalism, and exuberant dancing--UTNE Reader
If local singer Rupa were a movie, she would be Amélie meets Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown meets Latcho Drom meets Do the Right Thing. She'd be set in India and Berkeley...She would be (and, in fact, is) an instant cult classic among the smart, idealistic, international set.--SF Weekly
++ Rupa & the April Fishes "GLOBAL AGIT-POP"--TimeOut Chicago++
This is the sound of a new era---where global ties are strengthened through human contact, ideas and inspiration rather than trade agreements and tightened borders. Rupa & the April Fishes create music that busts through boundaries of musical genre, language and time making a fresh sound that must be experienced rather than pigeonholed.
Their rousing and intimate performances have earned them comparisons as encompassing as Lhasa to Gogol Bordello and Beirut to Manu Chao. Drawing from her nomadic childhood in India, France and the US as well as her work as a physician in San Francisco, Rupa's songs explore a wide swath of human experience in a multitude of languages drawing upon inspiration from songs from the streets around the world arranged for cello, accordion, trumpet, upright bass, drums and guitar.
The band is based in the lotus-eaters land of San Francisco and has toured in the US, Mexico, Canada and Europe. They have traveled to Tijuana where they stayed with deported migrants and learned more about the humanistic impact of the US-Mexico border. In 2008, they played the Montreal Jazz Festival, Central Park Summerstage, Grand Performances, SXSW, the inaugural epic Outside Lands Festival and toured in the US, Europe and Canada in support of the release of their debut album "eXtraOrdinary rendition" on Cumbancha in April 2008.
the shining embodiment of globalization-gone-good...Rupa and the April Fishes remind me of those festive convergences in which folks from all over the world would get together to kick it up, regardless of language barrier --SF Bay Guardian
++ Debut album EXTRAORDINARY RENDITION available worldwide++
conjures words like slinky, fevered, hypnotic and intoxicating.--Aquarius Records Review
a bit of much-needed magic realism--SF Bay Guardian
one of the most imaginative releases to hit American shelves in the past few years--popmatters.com
be ready to have your minds blown--John Shelton Ivany
"extraordinary rendition" is the euphemism to define our times, an example of the horrific language play that pushed me to start writing in several languages in an attempt to show that what is true is communicated between the syllables, under the words. "extraordinary rendition" is the term used by the us government to describe the practice of moving folks in captive to other nations where torture is allowed in order to interrogate them with impunity.
we must shed a bright light in the dark places in order that things can get better.
Un placer encontraros aqui y disfrutar de vuestro magnifico trabajo. Un fuerte abrazo desde Extremadura, España, de vuestros amigos de Aulaga Folk. Juan Carlos
maintenant: A group Hug.The earth needs the TOUCH. NOW. Thank You and your Mates. Let us Hum and Dance to this song. Please come to middle earth-Ames -Iowa USA
just wanted to let you guys know that i am showing your video to everyone i know b/c i love your music (and was only introduced to it a week ago through NPR's The Story). already bought the album and am anxiously awaiting its arrival!
Le myspace des Anges Maliciens a été remis à neuf ! Venez découvrir de nouvelles photos des Anges Maliciens ainsi qu'un nouveau titre : Ostinato Salsa Madness, à écouter jusqu'au bout...
I hope you can come check out some of our shows that are coming soon!
Upcoming Austin Shows:
DAMIAN LAZARUS @ Light Bar Thursday, June 11th TITTSWORTH @ Barcelona Saturday, June 13th 12TH PLANET @ Barcelona Saturday, June 20th GARETH EMERY @ Light Bar Saturday, June 20th DJ MARK FARINA @ PANGAEA Thursday, June 26th THE SWERVE Djs @ Barcelona Saturday, June 27th AUDIO FLY @ Light Bar Thursday, July 9th MAJOR LAZOR @ STUBB'S Friday, July 10th
