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please email me at nwsi@nwsi.demon.co.uk if you fancy one. Please see the gig section of this site for forthcoming performances and watch out for out new double african guitar section of Dems Ndume and Beriso Lutonda and our new baritonist John Calvert.

The ..single.. track from the album will be ..Weekily.. This features special visitors ..Black Voices.. on backing vocals and & Mutandi drumming ensemble providing additional rhythm. For more about the fabulous Black Voices Acapella choir from Birmingham please go to our friends section. SOZNAK MUSIC WINS FIRST AND SECOND PRIZE...a one minute edit of one of the tracks on Esperanto was used for two films. Breather has won first and the other film using this track came second.. so friends thanks for the votes. Peter Snowdon has just finished a second film with the title ..Bewicks Mambo.. featuring another track of the album entitled ..Mambo Jambo.. Breather by peter snowden and soznak

NEWS ............YOU CAN NOW BUY SOZNAK TUNES ON LINE

from our Home Made records virtual super store. Sugar stick and Tyne

Tigris confluence are available... more to follow.

Soznak's HOME MADE RECORDS DOWNLOAD SHOP

Or you can get in touch by email

nwsi@nwsi.demon.co.uk

to purchase our

HOME MADE short album entitled ..7 Rough mix pre-releases..

This will be a collectors item one day!

You can hear more of our original tunes on this SonicBids link

Soznak's SonicBids electronic press kit EPK

please check out this link for more of our music and another solo from Adrain Longo

neighbourhood watch stilts international site

The hand painted images below and on ..Dear Dad Tango.. are the work of my

lovely dad Lionel Miskin who left planet earth a while back. To see

more of his work please visit the following delightful site created by

my brother John Miskin

Lionel Miskin site

Band description

Soznak is based in Newcastle upon Tyne, and named after a middle eastern

scale. Soznak plays rhythmic dance music from all over the world. At the

core are a driving rhythm section of drums bass keyboards guitar

congas and timbales and a brass section of trumpet trombone and

saxes. Soznak often welcome visiting brass players and surprise

celebrity guests. Firas Kirala features on the oud in Tyne Tigris

confluence a tale of two rivers. Penny Callow ..o and Tim Dalling on

accordian in Dear dad tango sung by Ulises Dias. Adrain Longo plays

trumpet in Breath which is proving very popular with short filem makers.

Paco Bethencourt gave us a lovely falsetta introduction for Madrugada

go to the friends section and visit his band electro flamanco blending

flamanco and geordie rap It is wild. I n ..The Morrocan.. Ulisess Diaz

sings and plays percussion and percussion with Fergus paton on guitar.

Nkosana Mpofu performs Zulu poetry on ..sugar stick.. and Simon Tarant

adds his african thumb piano to this track

The Soznak emphasis is eclectic:- funk, jazz, Latin middle- eastern

fusions and Spanish and Caribbean and Afrocuban. Many of the

tunes are original compositions in cross genre forms. We have avoided

hip hop so far as we do not want a mulch of styles appropriated into the

hip hop machine But it is tempting. So who knows

These Soznak tunes on myspace music are original work in progress for the

album so do not be surprised to see them evove. Also they are NOT our

party set. Please see below for our ever expanding list of party

tunes.

clients and reviews

• With a substantial leaning towards world music, particularly Afro-

Cuban styles, you’ve got any enjoyable musical experience that might

have problems getting past the jazz police, but makes for a foot-tapping

Saturday night. Paul Bream Jazz North

• http://www.vamosfestival.com/event_main.php?event_id=15

ref Green Festival Will 01912724635 07792073801

• SOZNAK were really good fun, great play list. People old and

young were dancing to the music. Loved the version of Stormy

Weather, All musicians incredibly talented and solos section were always impressive. I was very pleased

Helen Moore (01670 542267) Blyth Valley Borough Council Cultural development officer

re open air performance of Soznak Blyth in a new light festival 5th Nov 2006

• I would like to thank you and the band for a memorable evening

of entertainment. I received many positive comments about my choice

of band. Your percussive entrance was nothing short of sensational I will

be happy to recommend Sosnak as the perfect band for a ball or party.

Matthew Goode President, Civil Engineering and Geosciences Society (CegSoc)

University of Newcastle upon Tyne 07986933878

• I just wanted to say a HUGE HUGE thank you to you and all of the

guys for the prom last night. You were really amazing! I couldnt believe

how many people you managed to get dancing before the night had

even really began... People were dancing sober!

David Gardner ilikebluestiltoncheese@hotmail.com

The players

Paul Miskin Trumpet band leader composer

Adrian Longo visiting trumpet virtuoso

Nkosana Mpofo visiting zulu poet

Firaz Kirala visiting Oudi oud viruoso

Ulisess Diaz visiting flamenco vocalist

Fergus paton visiting Flamenco guitarist

Penny callow visiting cello

Tim Dalling visiting accordian

Graham Robinson Tenor Sax

Andy Strong Tenor Sax

Ralph Bossingham Baritone

Nuala Dalton vocalsit and flute

Beriso Lutonda vocals and guitar

Steve Mounter Trombone

Chris Dobson Bass

Russ Stamp drums

Nick Alevroyiannis percussion

Jose Escobar visiting percussion

Jezen Thomas percussion

Steven Brown keyboards guitar

Soznak music list

1) Jazz and swing

2) C Jam Blues Duke Ellington

3) All blue Miles Davis

4) Mood Indigo Duke Ellington

5) Night in Tunisia Frank Paperelli and Dizzie Gillespie

6) St James Infirmary Anonymous

7) Caravan Juan Tizol

8) Senor blues Horace Silver

9) Mingoids (home grown)

10) Blue Train John Coltrane

New Orleans

11) Mardi Gras traditional

Funk

12) Pigbag Mamas gotta brand new pigbag

13) Pick up the pieces Average white band

14) Bingo Bango

15) Watermelon man Herbie Hancock

Latin

16) Bailar (home grown)

17) Tequila Chuck Rio

18) Fondula (home grown)

19) Los Chuco Suaves

20) Desire (home grown)

21) Traffic jambo (home Grown)

22) Maysita (home grown)

Spanish

23) Madrugada (home grown)

24) Breath (home grown soleare) featuring Adrain Longo

Ska/dub

25) Alley Cat (home grown)

26) The Jungle beat Rico

27) My boy lollipop?

28) Free Nelson Mandela AKA special

29) Summer time George Gershwin

Middle eastern

30) Newcastle baghdad (home grown)

31) Desert rat (home grown)

Afro beat

32) Sugar stick (home grown) 33) Township(traditional)

34) Tuneship(home grown)

Argentinian

35) Dads Tango (home grown)

BAND PLAN

The main current project is assembling an album (working title) ..Esperanto..

This features the band at the

core but will also include many other

friends and virtuosi accross a

wide mixture of forms and genres including eg Iraqui Oud playing and

Zulu poetry to mention two. The aim is to create a musical esperanto

issuing from the multicultural society of Newcastle and the North east of

England. To fuse Arabic, Jewish, African, latin Spanish and American

Jazz styles in a new home made unique global style that brings all

peoples together, especially those whose cultures have become

polarised., and those who have become dislocated outsiders or political

refugees. When the outsiders meet each other they can forge a new

culture and enjoy a new home. Let hijaz meet montuna. We enjoy

human variety and making the sound of Culture Clash. We attract an

audiences of all ages for our home made street music.

In Durham we were joined by Tim Johnston on kit subing for Rus

who is away on his hols. Thanks Tim and well done! We are feeling very

excited about Berison Lutonda the lovely Angolan African vocalist and

guitarist who has just joined the group. He sings beautifully with Nuala.

This time of making is the best. We love it