With Pretzelplex Bohemia, the Carpet Mafia have challenged themselves to bring an authentic live jam feel into a studio album. They've enhanced their sound with high-end production, additional instrumentation and collaborative composition in an effort to deliver a variety of rich musical textures.
Recorded, mixed & mastered at LMX studios in Constantia, this 68 minute / fourteen track debut album includes guest vocal and instrumental performances by HC, Julio Siguaque (freshlyground), Nhosa Sitsholwama (Alanfunk), Jabba (Napalma), Galina Juritz (Mama Know Nothing), Ben Badenhorst, Ben Amato and more.
Included in the group's original repertoire is a healthy array of genres, from roots reggae to rock & roll, blues to cuassa-cuassa, even the odd Russian jig. From this extensive live repertoire, the band has fused, mixed and experimented to further engage the audience with this album. Major Carpet Mafia influences include Pink Floyd, the Allman Brothers, Toots & the Maytals, Frank Zappa, the Police and many, many more.
The Carpet Mafia are all proudly South African resident foreigners, with 4 members from the US, Mozambique, Portugal and Switzerland. Formally established at the beginning of 2005, the band has played shows at Obzfest, Mannenbergs, Festival of Lights, Hermanus Whale Festival, Zula, Rafiki's, ROOTS, toured Mozambique and released two live albums independently, BOOTLEG UNO & DEUCE.
For more information, please email thecarpetmafia@gmail.com, or call +27 84 695 7456 or +27 79 180 6454
Hey guys! I wanted to let you know about the psychedelic new experimental hip-hop/electronic EP i just dropped on Lab Beat UK!
HipGnosis's first release on Lab Beat, a label out of Cambridge UK specializing in "deservedly fashionable, relentlessly sideways electronic music, also known as glitch hop, IDM and jungle."
The album is titled Scientific Illuminism (Is For Sissies), and is available as an exclusive Juno Download until May 8.
From the Lab Beat page:
With his deliciously clinical, woozy, bassy instrumental "Scientific Illuminism (Is For Sissies)," HipGnosis embarks in a different direction, more usually working with some remarkable vocalists, to fit their visions together.
With this outing, HipGnosis stretches into new territory, incorporating elements of glitch, drum n bass, ambient, and ever more experimental sounds. It is a continuous-mix, nonstop head-nodding, mind-blowing journey from beginning to end. Get it now exclusively through Juno Downloads. The album will be hitting iTunes and other major digital distribution points on May 8. Thanks for your support!
WE HAVE FINALLY COMPLETED FOUR ALBUMS FOR OUR FOUNDATION TO HELP THE NEW ORLEANS MUSICIANS IN NEED FEATURING LOUIE BELLSON, PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND, EARL PALMER, HUBERT SUMLIN, LEVON HELM, DR. LONNIE SMITH, JIMMY COBB, CHUCK E. WEISS, JAVON JACKSON, CLEM BURKE, LARRY CAMPBELL, AIRTO MOREIRA, COUGAR & RUBEN ESTRADA, WASHBOARD CHAZ, MIKE WATT, STEVE JORDAN, DANNY 'KOOTCH' KORTCHMAR, JOHN BOUDREAUX, JAMES GADSON, TANMOY BOSE, CLIVE BUNKER, IRA COLEMAN, PETER ERSKINE, JERRY JUMONVILLE, PETE LOCKETT, SANTA DAVIS, JOHNNY VIDACOVICH, SAM CARR, BILL BRUFORD, KEITH CARLOCK, STANTON MOORE, SOUHAIL KASPAR, AFRICAN MUSICIANS, NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES, GOSPEL CHOIRS, CLASSICAL ENSEMBLES, TAP DANCING, LATIN ENSEMBLES, MARDI GRASS INDIANS, STREET MUSICIANS, DJ RE-MIXES, ETC. . . Currently looking for the right record company to release these wonderful gems. Please, help us support thee cradle of modern music!!! Regards, Fabian Jolivet
heyyo listening to the new material really digging it wow! so amped for the new album hope we can get hold of it up here in jozi. im gonna be in cape town during december will be rad maybe will get to check you guys out. aaah digging hydroelectric!!! grrrrooovvvy
After almost three years of being a band, we've finally knuckled down
to release an album. To celebrate this momentous occasion we're throwing three parties. It would be nice to have you there.
18 July - Johannesburg - Alexander Theatre 1 August - Cape Town - EVOL 2 August - Stellenbosch - Klein Libertas Theatre
yoh i just been listening to yur bootleg cd, its so sick! im loving it! its so encouraging to see bands playing the same style of music as us but totally shredding it. keep it up!
Yo ! Glad i heard you guys play! I go back to Montreal in a couple of weeks...but i play the BarleyCorn in Rondelbosch on monday ! think you guys would dig it !! peace !
happy new year Los Mafiosos! pity i missed your gig @ zula bar last month by just one day, cape town rocked nevertheless. hoping to catch you guys next time i come thru. muchluv
After almost three years of being a band, we've finally knuckled down
to release an album. To celebrate this momentous occasion we're throwing three parties. It would be nice to have you there.
18 July - Johannesburg - 
