Whether it be Nick Zinner vibing in Etiopia or Damon Albarn tripping out with the likes of Kwes., Actress and Richard Russell in the Democratic Republic of the Congo the concept of hurling propulsive musical spearheads out into grounds scarcely blemished by the guilt-burdened weight of the so-called Western world is incontestably en vogue contemporarily. Subversive indie RVNG (the discographic home to ravetastic NYC duo Blondes) has united previously acquainted experimentalists Cameron Stallones (aka Sun Araw ) and M. Geddes Gengras with legendary reggae stalwarts The Congos for the ninth and [...]
There are few people in this world that have a musical taste I can truly trust. After working with him for years now on Potholes, our Art Director Theodore Taylor III has become one of those people. Not only does he have a great taste for music, but his design and art is on another level. Since he puts so much hard work into the site on a regular basis, we thought it would be a good idea to let you all get to know him a little better. Along with a killer mix of tracks that he put [...]
Damon Albarn è una fucina di idee. Il mio rispetto quasi reverenziali nei suoi confronti, in un decennio in particolare, ha comportato il mio sempre vivo non-amore (non sempre oggettivo) per i fratelli Gallagher: insomma tra Blur e Oasis non c’è mai stata partita. Per me vincevano a mani basse i primi. Non devo divagare troppo. “Kinshasa One Two” nasce da un nobilissimo scopo: supportare Oxfam, un’associazione che sostiene la Repubblica Democratica del Congo, colpita ormai da troppo tempo, da una terribile quanto nota, crisi umanitaria. Non si tratta di [...]
I don't mean to be a prude when I do this, but we all had favourite albums last year, you can't deny that, and I had too many. In fact, so many that I loved that it was difficult to decide between them all, and I had been reading endless 'trendy choice' end-of-year lists before the year had even gone out. So I thought I might deliver some kind of personal justice by posting one that people can sneer at all they want, but might actually pick out something they overlooked and think "Hey, I might actually try that now, [...]
In a musical sense, at least, the charity album is usually a pretty underwhelming affair — while the idea of releasing music to raise money for a good cause is a laudable one, a lot of charity records end up as hand-wringingly sappy affairs involving a) all-star bands that are less than the sum of their parts and/or b) Bono. Happily, though, this isn't always the case. With the release of the Blonde Redhead-curated We Are the Works in Progress compilation this week on February 6 — a 13-track collection of unreleased [...]
CLICK IMAGE TO VIEW VIDEO French producer 20syl's Remix of the week # 09 - DRC Music (Damon Albarn) - Hallo ft. Tout Puissant Find Out more about DRC Music Initiative on their site Previous Posts on 20Syl 20Syl: Twitter • Facebook •J• Tags: 20syl , damon albarn , drc music , facebook , [...]
We've long been seriously in love with Damon Albarn's Mali Music , so when a friend at New Year's asked if we had heard about the Blur and Gorillaz frontman's African project, we knowingly smiled and knowingly informed them that they were about eight year's late to a seriously awesome musical experience. Well, allow us to stand corrected. It turns out, in fact, that we were about two months late. Albarn returned to Africa and released a new record in October, this time from the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital city of Kinshasa. The result is [...]
Looks like Damon Albarn is getting the band back together. Boy, remember when that would’ve been met with just “Blur’s coming back?!” Well, with the future of Blur uncertain , Gorillaz currently on pause (but still kicking ), and An Honest Jon’s Chop Up serving as a launching pad for Rocketjuice and The Moon , Albarn is repeating what he did with The Good, The Bad & The Queen just a few weeks back by reuniting the collective DRC Music for a one-off performance on December 6th. To refresh, [...]
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, cats and dogs, welcome to Monday Music: the one blog a week where Some Of It Was True! doesn't just focus on London-based music. Let's do this... Tennis - Origins Loveable South Carolinan duo Tennis are back with a roughed-up sound to introduce their new EP. Where before went delicate, daisychain pop ditties now come grunty guitars, backing vocals and a faster pace, evidence that the fact Black Keys' Patrick Carney is producing. But the key ingredient - Alaina Moore's milk-pure voice - remains thankfully [...]
De prime abord, on ne peut que se féliciter qu'un projet comme DRC Music ait vu le jour : comment pourrait-on sérieusement tirer à boulet rouge sur un disque initié pour le compte d'Oxfam, ONG œuvrant pour mettre un terme à la pauvreté et l'injustice auprès des populations les plus défavorisées dans le monde ? Et il faut bien l'avouer, dans la longue liste des pays traversés par des tragédies et horreurs en tous genres, la République Démocratique du Congo squatte souvent les premières places. C'est donc là-bas que Damon Albarn, l'ex-Blur aux commandes de Gorillaz, a décidé [...]
Damon Albarn is best-known as the leader of Blur and then multi-media act the Gorillaz, but he’s also an experienced globe-trotter. In 2002 he put out Mali Music after traveling through that country, recording the music of artists he found along the way, and adding keyboards and drums ‘n’ sich back in London. The result was a surprisingly sedate album that really did sound like Albarn’s take on Mali, not just something Malian or something Albarn. The guy’s got a pretty unique sound, which you can pretty much love or feel indifferent to-don’t think it’s striking enough to [...]
I'm proud to announce I'll be supporting T.E.E.D on Friday November 4th at Mod Club's Arcade night! All of the live shows I've seen at Mod - Trentemoller, Miami Horror, and The Makeover - have been absolutely stellar. This one should be no different, if this video from T.E.E.D's performance at Bestival is any indication! (not sure if this is the live arrangement, but looks like the crowd is having fun!) I think the last time I was at Mod was when I closed down the Miami Horror show, so suffice it [...]
Altruism aside, musical charity records are usually giant creative busts. "We Are the World" may have helped starving Africans, but I'd rather listen to 30 Rock 's "Kidney Now!" Proving these efforts can actually sound good, Gorillaz/Blur head Damon Albarn organized DRC Music , comprised of himself, hip-hop producer extraordinaire Dan the Automator, and over 50 local musicians out of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Don't let the names attached fool you, though; this is a mere minor musical distraction. The record's musical aesthetic is primarily African [...]
"World music" and "collaboration" are usually two words which, when used together, point to a midlife crisis. There’s only been one album that I can honestly say has triumphed in this field and it was The Hour Of Two Lights by Terry Hall and Mushtaq. However in my mind, Terry Hall can do no wrong so it’s a bit of a biased opinion if I’m honest. It really is brilliant though and well worth a listen. Anyway, when I heard the deafening news that Damon Albarn was to embark on that same treacherous journey venturing across [...]
"World music" and "collaboration" are usually two words which, when used together, point to a midlife crisis. There’s only been one album that I can honestly say has triumphed in this field and it was The Hour Of Two Lights by Terry Hall and Mushtaq. However in my mind, Terry Hall can do no wrong so it’s a bit of a biased opinion if I’m honest. It really is brilliant though and well worth a listen. Anyway, when I heard the deafening news that Damon Albarn was to embark on that same treacherous journey venturing across [...]
The first video from DRC Music , the week-long project for Oxfam fronted by Damo Albarn in the Congo with Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Dan The Automator, Jneiro Jarel, Richard Russell, Actress and more. Listen to the album here .
Damon Albarn y el colectivo DRC Music (conformado por el mismo Damon, Dan the Automator, Actress, Richard Russell, Kwes y TEED, entre otros), publicaron un video grabado en Kinshasa, donde muestran un poco lo que han estado haciendo: ensayando nueva música con artistas locales de esa localidad africana. Este es el resultado: (si no les guató, aún nos queda el próximo recopilatorio de Gorillaz)
Damon Albarn , uno de los personajes más prolíficos de la música, no solamente acaba de anunciar una salida de grandes éxitos de su banda Gorillaz . También estrenó video para el proyecto caritativo DRC Music , que recientemente editó su disco grabado en el Congo, Kinshasa One Two . El clip pertenece a la canción Hallo , en la que además participaron artistas locales como [...]
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Con ustedes el video de “Hallo” primer sencillo del proyecto DRC Music, el nuevo proyecto de Damon Albarn y 11 productores importantes. En el video podemos ver cómo fueron las sesiones durante los 5 días que estuvieron en el Congo grabando. Enjoy. ♩ DRC Music - Hallo (feat. Tout Puissant Mukalo and Nelly Liyemge)
what is drcmusic ? it's a collective of producers and musicians organized by damon albarn to produce an album for oxfam. Kinshasa One Two was recorded in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo over 5 days this past July. DRC Music (a collective of producers gathered by Damon Albarn) set out to make an album with contemporary Congolese musicians and worked with more than 50 local performers including Jupiter and the Okwess International, Bokatola System and Nelly Liyemge. DRC Music is comprised of producers: T-E-E-D (Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs), Dan The [...]
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