LAL is a collective of musicians representing Uganda, Bangladesh, Barbados, and India featuring vocalist Rosina Kazi, laptop musician, Nicholas “Murr” Murray, and bassist Ian de Sousa. With a strong belief in the link between art and social change, the group has developed their own unique sound over the last decade, fusing South-Asian roots, West Indian fruits, and melancholic vocals with jazz sensibilities, hip hop influences, down tempo grooves, broken soul, and electro. Weaving their distinct sound with lyrical, socially conscious poetry, LAL has produced two full length albums, Corners (2002), and Warm Belly High Power (2004), which was awarded the best soul album in 2004 by Exclaim, Canada’s premier music magazine. They have also performed in a wide variety of festivals and impressive venues across Canada, Europe, and Pakistan, and have been recognized with support from the Canada Council for the Arts for composing and recording in 2006 /2007. LAL continues to bring you even more captivating material with the release of their latest record, Deportation (spring 2008), which may be their most impressive work to date.
Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money. ~Cree Indian Proverb
Thanks for the add. It's STARBELLY JAM MUSIC FEST'S 10th anniversary this year! July 18-19, 2009. Crawford Bay, BC, Canada. Online early-bird tickets available now & ticket hotline open. THANKS FOR SUPPORTING OUR FEST WITH YOUR PERFORMANCE IN 2008! PEACE
BEEN AWHILE, EY?........ TOOOOOOOOO LONG. HOPE YOU ARE DOING WELL MY FRIEND. JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR STAYING WITH ME DURING MY HYBERNATION STAGE. IT WAS SO APPRECIATED.
Nice write-up on 'Deportation' in the State Of The World article in the March issue of Exclaim Magazine 'These songs confront the most acute problems wrought by Canada's demographic changes'
Hey hey! this is abdullah.. Just went through the new album again.. AWESOME! Specially the spoken word artists.. and London Bridge! "drive your taxiiii" -love it:P
We're now accepting submissions for our next mixtapes, please submit your info at www. coast2coastsubmissions. com for your chance to get a spot on the next mixtape!
Thank you for the add...I've been loving your music for about 3 or 4 years now. It's about time that we should be friends on myspace...lol. Have a good week.
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