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Electric Kulintang
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EK- Susie Ibarra, Roberto Juan Rodriguez



New York, New York
United States

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   Electric Kulintang: General Info
Member Since7/15/2006
Band Websitewww.electrickulintang.com
Band MembersSusie Ibarra (acoustic & electric kulintang, drum set, vocals & keyboard)
Roberto Rodriguez (beats, claypot, cajon and drum set)

Guest Artists:
Thurston Moore (guitar)
Sean Lennon (guitar)
Oz Noy (guitar)
Craig Taborn (electronics, keyboards)
Trevor Dunn (bass)
InfluencesTriphop, Electronics, Experimental Jazz, Trance, World Beat
Sounds Likesonic images of the Phillipines with western twists...
Record LabelPlastic Records
Type of LabelIndie


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The Wire Magazine - Top 10 of 2007- Electric Kulintang's Dialects (Plastic Records) Jazz&Improv!

Visit our new EK page now on WOMEX!

EK's Dialects now on iTunes!


EK a 2008 JAZZIZ pick!

About EK

With acoustic and electronic soundscapes, EK weaves melodies and rhythms that evoke Filipino folkloric trances through the melding of electronics, electric guitar, bass, loops, ambient grooves, dance beats, and Filipino kulintang....

Electric Kulintang is the musical pairing of percussion duo Roberto Juan Rodriguez and Susie Ibarra. Their music revolved around the Kulingtang, a traditional Phillipine instrument, which is a series if eight gongs, played with sticks. The kulintang sound is both dense and ethereal. surrounding this tonal resonance are electronics, percussion, field recordings and for the first time on record, the vocal styling of Susie Ibarra.

Samples on Myspace are from their debut album DIALECTS, available December 2006 from Plastic Records.

REVIEWS and ARTICLES
NY Times- Bang a Gong (or Eight) in Pan-Cultural Fusion

All About Jazz - "with expansive soundscapes, funky/jazz rhythyms and exquisite melodies, Ibarra has a created a Kulintang for the new millenium..."

Jazzreview.com- "...Ibarra is moving to join the cultures of the world in a manner in which each culture can maintain its integrity."

American Composer's Orchestra: Susie Ibarra: Exploring Aural-Visual Symbiosis -"Inspired by visuals and drawing from a broad range of musical influences--from classical and opera to punk, free jazz, and Asian gong music--she has forged a sound as both a percussionist and composer that is unique."

OTHER MEDIA
NY Times - Photographers Journal: An Elegy for an Icon
World Trade Center Tribute 2006 with music by EK, The Ancients

SUSIE IBARRA
Composer and Percussionist Susie Ibarra is known for her individual artistry on percussion and genre-defying music. " In the past decade, her willingness to step out from behind the kit and embrace non jazz forms- opera, poetry, experimental sound, dance-has taken her from that initial buzz from below Houston Street to international reknown as a composer, performer, and proponent of folkloric music." Catapano, NYTimes.
Recent pieces include: solo drumset and percussion Optical Illusion - 4 meditations in Light; solo piano Dancesteps; opera Shangri-La in collaboration with Pulitzer Prize poet and librettist Yusef Komunyakaa; opera Golden Phoenix, a work in progress in collaboration with Poet and Librettist Wang Ping; and Dreams, etudes for violin, piano and percussion.
www.susieibarra.com

ROBERTO JUAN RODRIGUEZ
Born in East Havana, Cuba, percussionist and composer Roberto Rodriguez draws upon his influences of world music, pop, rock, jazz, electronic, avant garde and classical, making him one of the most versed performers as well as a unique artistic voice.
Rodriguez, a Grammy nominee and American Music Award Recipient, has performed with notable artists such as: Rufus Wainwright, Joe Jackson ,John Zorn, Marc Ribot , Celia Cruz ,Israel “CACHAO” Lopez, Paquito D’Rivera, Julio Iglesias, Miami Sound Machine, Paul Simon, Lloyd Cole, Dr. L Subramaniam, Kavita Krishnamurti, Lester Bowie and Wadada Leo Smith. Rodriguez can be heard on recordings: Maurice el Medioni meets Roberto Rodriguez Descarga Oriental (Piranha Records); Septepto Roberto Rodriguez Baila! Gitano Baila! and El Danzon de Moises (Tzadik Records); Joe Jackon Live Two Rainy Nights (Sony ); Marc Ribot & Los Cubanos Postizos (Atlantic Records); w/ John Zorn, Taboo & Exile (Tzadik Records); w/ Miami Sound Machine, Into the Light (Epic Records)
www.robertojuanrodriguez.com


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Chief Stockton (New Songs ft Trey Songz & Rihanna)





Oct 8 2008 5:49 AM

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Chief Stockton (New Songs ft Trey Songz & Rihanna)





Oct 8 2008 5:37 AM

..FREE DOWNLOAD



"Thinkin of You" ft.
Trey Songz





Simply go to our page and download our newest single for FREE...100% Free...Jus us wantin to say thank ya for bein a fan.....







BLACK N MILD
..
Bruno Galindo





Sep 7 2008 11:07 PM

salud amigos! me fascina el trabajo de ek, ojalá pueda verles a mi paso por allá.
son más que bienvenidos a nuestros shows. best regards, from spain, bg
BRUNO GALINDO & GARY LUCAS
4 oct - Casa del Lago (México DF)
11 oct - Bowery Poetry Club (New York)
14 oct - Gershwin Hotel (New York)

Bruno Galindo & Gary Lucas
Kevin Bowers





Apr 17 2008 12:26 AM

your music is fantastic! thank you for checking out my music & being my friend. stay in touch.
your friend,
kevin bowers
Clea





Mar 31 2008 1:59 PM

I came to your concert in Birmingham on the 7th of march....impressive, I really liked it! Compliments! clea
sprut





Feb 24 2008 9:20 AM

I am happy to have you as my friend
-very attractive your music compliments-
Nickolai D. Nickolov





Feb 20 2008 10:21 PM

thanx for the add!
ur music sounds great...really diggin it!

peace,
niCk
yahvé





Feb 17 2008 11:06 PM

Me muero de ganas de veros actuar en san sebastian!! Saludos desde españa!!
Duarte





Feb 12 2008 4:29 AM

Thanks for the add! Nice music! Hope to see you performing here in Lisbon, Portugal sometime soon.

All the best,


Duarte
Kulintronica





Feb 11 2008 8:48 PM

Congratulations on the Wired. I hope they put EK on the #1 spot. FYI I will be in NY May 31 with Palabuniyan Kulintang Ensemble w Master Kalanduyan performing at World Music Institute.

P.S. I love the Lakbay suite!
Jean-Marc Grassler





Feb 10 2008 10:48 PM

Great sound and atmospheres!
Thanks for connecting!
JMG
Nathan Alexander Pape





Jan 6 2008 3:59 AM

Thanks for adding me. I've been enjoying the music. I hope to hear more soon.

Nathan
Roy





Dec 26 2007 5:24 PM

Merry Christmas Emanuel!!!! Te qiero
Chris Thompson





Dec 11 2007 2:56 AM

Hello Electric Kulintang! "Dialectics" is the best CD of 2007!!! Thank you Susie and Roberto for the amazing music! Peace. --Chris
Marafanyi Drum, Dance & Song





Dec 2 2007 6:06 AM

The Marafanyi ladies send Susie BIG LOVE. We are honored by your request!

Merci,
Lara & Yael
Marafanyi Percussion
ineedgroove





Nov 12 2007 10:20 AM

Thank you for the request ! And for showing me those sounds


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Trio Tarana





Nov 9 2007 7:27 PM

Hey Susie & Roberto!
So awesome to hear from. Honored to be included amongst your friends. I love this concept! I'd see you guys in action on a youtube clip a while back, and dug it! Hope you're doing great! Miss you guys!
Take care,
Ravish
Seal Pool/John Pod





Nov 6 2007 10:59 PM

SHAMANS OF SIQUIJOR





Oct 25 2007 7:53 PM


Draining. The 100-foot-high bathtub ring left by the dwindling waters of Lake Mead, behind Hoover Dam, US. nytimes.com
Der Tom





Oct 3 2007 7:47 AM

Myspace Graphics - Cheers For The Add
Roy





Aug 8 2007 4:45 AM

hello from Miami. Yeah for Emanuel!!!
KADRO





Jun 28 2007 8:15 PM

Electric Kulintang of the finest sorts such as yours, rules my world
Klezshop





Jun 16 2007 9:12 PM

Hi guys,
Thanks for be-friending....
Our 5 new tracks are on their way to your mailbox.... watch out....
See you soon!!

KLEZSHOP
Tim





May 30 2007 9:20 PM

You two turned the MFA on its ear monday! Thanks for coming and putting on such a great show for us, come back soon.
Johan Sundberg





May 5 2007 3:22 PM

Such lovely music, thank you!
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