Akron/Family -
Aksak Maboul -
Allá -
Apollo Nove -
Balkan Beat Box -
Bebel Gilberto -
Bel Canto -
Benjamin Lew -
Bossacucanova -
Buckfunk 3000 -
Carl Craig -
Celso Fonseca -
Cibelle -
Circadian Rhythms -
Congotronics -
DJ Dolores -
DJ Morpheus -
Electric Gypsyland -
Flat Earth Society -
Freezone -
Hector Zazou -
Honeymoon Killers -
Hugo -
Juryman/ Ian Simmonds -
Kasai Allstars -
Koçani Orkestar -
Konono N°1 -
Lonely Drifter Karen -
Mahala Rai Banda -
Megafaun -
Meira Asher -
Minimal Compact -
Mocky -
Ramuntcho Matta -
Shantel -
Snooze -
Sonoko -
Staff Benda Bilili -
Suba -
Sussan Deyhim -
Taraf de Haidouks -
Tartit -
Tek 9 -
Think Of One -
Trio Mocoto -
Tuxedomoon -
U-cef -
Wise In Time -
Zap Mama -
Zeep -
Zuco 103 -
4hero
Influences
Out on July 15: "BLACK (Theme From The Film)"
by MC Jean Gab'1 and Tony Allen
"BLACK", a great neo-Blaxploitation film set in Dakar and starring rapper MC Jean Gab'1, is opening in French cinemas on July 15. Described as "a modern update of Shaft in Africa… Gloriously lunatic", the film was warmly welcomed at SXSW.
Released as a single in July, the theme song is a driving Afrobeat track written & recorded by Tony Allen and featuring the inimitable vocal stylings of MC Jean Gab'1.
The full soundtrack album (featuring gems from the '70s as well as contemporary tracks) is due for release in September
More info HERE
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you must watch this:
Wild American psychedelic global folk rock visionaries Akron/Family performing the opening track from their new album, due out on Crammed (Europe only) on May 5.
The album can be ordered here,
Is this what Animal Collective would sound like if Avey and Panda turned down the synth faders and slapped on a fresh coat of Americana?... this psychedelic track is Freaking/Awesome (Pitchfork)... With a rubbery groove and motormouth chanting, opening track "Everyone Is Guilty" is the album's schizophrenic monster jam (Stereogum)… Akron is fifty bands in one. There's psychedelic rock, folk, free-jazz, hip-hop, punk, dance, gospel and heaps more... absolutely impossible to cage up and put into a category box (Jambase)
"The Mockumentary" seeks to illuminate the conspiracy theories surrounding the musical identity of Mocky. Featuring interviews and appearances by some of the musicians who know him best, Gonzales, Jamie Lidell, Feist, Peaches, Taylor Savvy, Kevin Blechdom, and hosted by the musicologist Dr. Thomas Strauss, " The Mockumentary " is a hilarious short film announcing "Saskamodie", Mocky's new album "Saskamodie" on Crammed Discs .
Unlike the US version, the Crammed edition of this exciting double-pack contains 11 audio tracks (10 remixes and a new song), a music video, and a 26-minute film. More info here .
Lonely Drifter Karen : "Grass Is Singing"
A captivating voice, a fiery piano, a gentle folk guitar wandering into an expressionist cabaret, melodies, melodies and more melodies, words, emotion and magic: welcome to the unique world of Lonely Drifter Karen, a new band revolving around Viennese singer-songwriter Tanja Frinta and Catalan pianist Marc Meliá Sobrevias. Be prepared: this is dangerously bewitching.
still fresh:
"Disko Partizani" by Shantel
a blueprint for a new brand of festive Balkan pop!
out Sept 17 on Crammed and Essay
Disko Partizani! sees Shantel successfully synthesizing his experiences as a producer, musician and DJ to create catchy, energetic and festive pop songs, full of hooks and surprises.
After pioneering the concept of Balkan clubbing with his now-legendary Bucovina Club parties and albums, Shantel now lays the groundwork for a new brand of pop music, incorporating vibrant influences from the emerging new frontier which stretches all the way to Mitteleuropa, the south east, Greece, Turkey and beyond.
Essay Recordings (Shantel's label) and Crammed have joined forces for this very special album.
Shantel has been touring extensively with the Disko Partizani project, accompanied by his Bucovina Club Orkestar, a full 8-piece band.
Watch the lovely animation video for CIBELLE's "Green Grass":
Kocani Orkestar + Beirut performing together in Paris:
To celebrate the upcoming release of KONONO N°1's "Live at Couleur Cafe" CD, here's the "Lufuala Ndonga" music video (off their Congotronics album):
Seen this short film about Crammed & its artists ?
for those who missed the previous episodes:
"25 YEARS CRAMMED INTO 7 MINUTES"
The story of the label since its inception in 1981...including sound & video clips on/by the label's main artists, from Tuxedomoon, Minimal Compact, Carl Craig, Dj Morpheus to Zap Mama, Taraf de Haidouks, Bebel Gilberto, Suba, Konono N.1 and Cibelle
We at Crammed have this strange phobia about being trapped in a box, pinned down, categorized, forbidden to cross boundaries... about belonging only to one place, one culture, one genre... or simply about getting bored by churning out the same stuff over and over again... in other words, we're irrepressibly eclectic, and have been indulging in the delights of genre-b(l)ending... Too bad for the musical churches who won't recognize us as their obedient disciples... we like it like that... and we can't be doing everything wrong, as Crammed appears to be recognized worldwide as one of the most exciting & adventurous independent labels, en toute modestie.... The label has kept reinventing itself, and has been coming up with new blends, freely mixing elements of world music, alternative rock & pop, jazz and electronica ever since its inception in the early '80s, and retrospectively seems to have often been a trailblazer in many ways... although "trailblazing" isn't an occupation per se (not since the wild west), just a byproduct... something that can happen when you simply keep looking for freshness, beauty, surprises, emotions, playfulness, thrills... but let's calm down: we're only a label, and (although we do play our part) it's down to the artists...
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Every Wednesday evening at 21h30 you can hear on VOLUBILIS"Votre Accent Est Charmant Mademoiselle". A selection of french songs sung by Japanese, English, Italian, Indian...
Thanks for the add, Great label ! Nice sound & tunes, other tracks on : http://www.myspace.com/complotbronswick http://www.myspace.com/ertremix All the best, Jogleor aka Ert, Complot, End of Data...
Hi, Hope you're Well ! Pending the new release "Melotonine" (release date coming soon), i decided to offer you a part of my best recent works in a free EP, "Cupboard Replacement", downloadable in all numeric formats with special graphic art works by Flint on Music AutOmatiK's Website : musicautomatik.com
After you've finished here, you may like to hear this poem sung on myspace...
Poem 162 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse (please see my blog): TEES TO TYNE: FIRST IMPRESSIONS - SUMMER 2001
Where traditions are not so rare; Sea, country and works scent the air; A multitude of monuments, Planted tubs and patterned pavements.
The longish pedestrian malls; The remnants of defensive walls; Historic buildings are a gauge Of the respect for heritage.
Wheat, rape and pines in the fields; Estuaries guarded by shields; Long sandy beaches and wide scenes; Romantic-ruin go-betweens.
Rivers in parts licked by trees, Or fringed by boat clubs, wharfs, gantries, And crossed by practical delights - Varied spans, forming pleasing sights.
Fine churches headed at Durham; Football kits ad infinitum; Kept castles - one for study; Masonry behind masonry.
And, with moulding-works out that way, It’s somewhere for a longer stay..?
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