Me, myself, and I ...
My new compilation: Waltzes, Glitches & Brass: The New Sounds Of Vaudeville
I'm appearing at this event
Influences
Almost too numerous to mention. I'm influenced by music from all over the world, whether it be rock, pop, arabic, afro-beat, balkan brass, asian underground, funk, soul, alt.country ... my policy is that if if sounds good to my ears then that's good enough for me.
Best look at my discography and also check out the features I've written for various publications.
Sounds Like
This is the excellent Al Jazeera English music show The Playlist. I'm interviewed about the band Balkan Beat Box in this episode
Record Label
Six Degrees,Union Square,Ark 21,MELT 2000,Nascente
Thanks for dropping by. I've been a music journalist for many years now covering a wide variety of genres and acts, although I do specialise in crate-digging for funky music from all around the world. I've also interviewed many rock and dance artists, including Massive Attack, Placebo, Moby, Rufus Wainwright, KT Tunstall, Gogol Bordello, Balkan Beat Box, Air, Zero 7, TV On The Radio, The Bees, Herbie Hancock, David Byrne, Gilberto Gil, Natacha Atlas, Nitin Sawhney, Steve Reich, Khaled, Rachid Taha, Carla Bruni, etc. So I'm open to all kinds of influences (check my blog above).
I've compiled thirty compilations to date, of various styles that people would likely place under either 'world/chill/or beats' ... *sigh*. We all love a good pigeonhole don't we? Music is music and you either like it or you don't....
MySpace seems a great place to advertise my comps as I don't think I've ever seen them in one place before, and also it's a great place to be able to network and catch up with old buddies and maybe a few bands that I've interviewed in my other capacity as freelance music journalist for the likes of The Independent, Observer Music Monthly, Songlines, HMV Choice etc etc. If we've met before please check in and say hello!
olla muchachos we hope yu enoy us,,,we luv to entertajn yu,so please vote for us at mtv-rookie (and yu can do it every 20 minutes ;) like a psycho : if yu want of course) give us 5 points and we will be thx-full,yes and if we win we will come and sing and dance for yu also,every 20 minutes,,,
Promoting, just for bookings this year! Am building our 2009 tour, releases/distribution all sorted and moving forward. We really must meet some time hombre. Cheers, M.
Thanx for the add & support KASBAH ROCKERS WITH BILL LASWELL feat. Maghrebika, Amira Saqati, B-Net Marrakech, Dar Beida 04, Makale and more , out now on iTunes with two exclusive bonus remixes.
yay to bell tents, I'm taking it to the beach this weekend to camp before heading off to Taiwan. Thanks for having me in yer crew, I look forward to the next time!!!
