Once known as Solesides, Quannum has been a prime destination for indie-hop, thanks to its star chamber,which includes DJ Shadow, Blackalicious and more. In October, it will splice some laid-back Sao Paulo funk into its DNA with the release of Curumin's JapanPopShow . Just watch out for those Os Mutantes comparisons. To be sure, the chilled croon of Curumin sometimes resembles Jack Johnson more than it does Los Bros Baptista , especially on the streamed version of "Compacto" below. But stick around for the psychedelic guitar solo on the hyperactive "Magrela [...]
São Paulo, Brazil’s bright-eyed musical prodigy Curumin (KOO-roo-mean) is set to release JapanPopShow on Quannum Projects on October 7, 2008. The album, which had originally been scheduled to come out five months earlier, follows up Curumin’s debut, Achados e Perdidos. The 13 tracks combine dense instrumentation with a modern beat-conducting approach, topped off with [...]
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"Pelas janelas vejo sombras nas equinas, vejo a vida indo e vindo" With only 6% of the world's population*, I hardly ever have a reason to stray into the Southern Hemisphere, and whenever I do cross that equatorial border, I end up in Australia. When it comes to South America, I've only learned things from three people - Samantha Brown, Anthony Bourdain, and one substitute teacher that taught us the all-important lesson of Chile being pronounced as "Chee-ley." If the Travel Channel is to be believed, Curumin [...]
Photo by Frank Yang The Mae Shi (Los Angeles, CA) Photos: The Mae Shi @ The Fader Fort - March 12, 2008 MP3: The Mae Shi - "Run To Your Grave" Video: The Mae Shi - "Run To Your Grave" Video: The Mae Shi - "Megamouth" MySpace: The MySpace: Mae Shi Catfish [...]
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SXSW One Helluva Recap: Day One March is definitely one month I always look forward to, and I contribute that entirely to SXSWeek - Austin's favorite time to show some love to film, music and technology. Buried into that schedule are five days dedicated to music, and it is in those five days that I really live. I apologize ahead for somewhat quickened recaps but there's just too much to really get into individual sets of all those days. So let's get to it - day one! [...]
Curumin "Compacto" (mp3) from "IODA SXSW Opening Day Bash Sampler 2008" (ioda) More On This Album...
Heather (from I AM FUEL...) put together a double disc of driving music. I made this mix for my wife, who likes to drive fast. Figured now's a good time to share as driving music is whizzing thru the blogsphere. It's a nice collection of tunes that goes from Latin to mashup to "heavy metal" back to Latin, some smooth electronic, then toss in some hippity-hop and finish off with a Minnesota classic (yes, I am a Gearhead). Sidebar: Is there anything worse than driving to work on slushy/salt-drenched roads when you're out of windshield [...]
DOWNLOAD: Curumin - Guerreiro (MP3) "Sao Paulo's Curumin (aka Luciano Nakata Albuquerque) will be making his first major New York performance tonight performing songs from his debut album Achados e Perdidos (Quannum Projects/2005), and backed by his band from Brazil. His music recalls 70s samba funk at its best, peppered with afro-beat, dub and modern flourishes of jazz, funk, and hip hop." [ Joe's Pub ] CURUMIN | 2006 TOUR DATES Oct 2 - Joe's Pub-New York [...]
I don't know if anyone noticed, but I have been refraining from my usual pattern of rhetorical ranting lately... I used to open up a newspaper or the days headlines on the interweb and just get all riled up about the state of things & spew some vitriol... This started with me in earnest after Katrina rolled through a year ago and we saw just how bad things had gotten here in the states... Not only are billions of dollars raked out of the hard working paws of the working classes each year in [...]
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