She had liked the young man's looks, and his short-sighted eyes, and his odd way of speaking, that was abrupt yet soft, just as his hands were sun-burnt and sinewy, yet with smooth nails like a woman's. His hair was sunburnt-looking too, or rather the colour of bracken after frost; his eyes grey, with the appealing look of the shortsighted, his smile shy yet confident, as if he knew lots of things she had never dreamed of, and yet wouldn't for the world have had her feel his superiority. But she did feel it, and liked the feeling; for it [...]
Serão 10 mais 10 em palco. 10 congoleses, provenientes de projectos como os Konono nº1 e Kasaï All Stars e 10 outros provenientes da música independente dos EUA e da Europa e integrantes de projectos como Deerhoof, Skeletons, Wildbirds & Peacedrums, e ainda Juana Molina e talvez a simpática Micachu. 20 músicos, ao todo. E a tocarem em conjunto. A digressão com que a Crammed vai celebrar o seu 30º
This little taste of Tradi-Mods vs Rockers: Alternative Takes On Congotronics made us dance so fiercely at the L.A. Record office, we smashed our computers. This posting is coming from the ether. Record label Crammed Discs invited 26 bands like Animal Collective, Megafaun, Andrew Bird, Au, and Micachu & The Shapes to reinterpret songs written by Congotronics bands, mostly Konono No 1 and Kasai Allstars. Here's Deerhoof! MP3: Deerhoof vs Kasai Allstars "Travel Broadens the Mind" (from Tradi-Mods vs Rockers: Alternative Takes On Congotronics) [...]
Another track from Animal Collective 's album Merriweather Post Pavilion has gotten the video treatment. This time it's the sombre "Bluish." Related Articles Animal Collective, Andrew Bird, Deerhoof, Optimo Rework Congotronics on New Compilation (pitchfork.com) Animal Collective and Danny Perez: Oddsac | Pop review (guardian.co.uk) Video: Animal Collective: "Guys Eyes" (pitchfork.com) New Deerhunter Album: Halcyon Digest (wbru.com) [...]
Effortlessly funky and mesmerizing... Reveals the depth of a music scene as vibrant and unique as any in the world (Pitchfork, USA) In the 7th Moon, The Chief Turned Into a Swimming Fish and Ate the Head of His Enemy By Magic
I've been told by a few people who don't live here that "London is no place to bring up children", which has always struck me as an odd thing to say. The park? The zoo? The river? The lido? For a start, If I'd had those things as a child, and the weather to enjoy [...]
by ryan s. I'm feeling worldly this Sunday morning after taking in some Brazilian rock last night with a host of eclectic and attractive people. To keep the beat moving, here are some notable tracks that passed through the QC inbox last week. Starting us off is a remix by Anglo-Brazilian chanteuse Cibelle . Enjoy more music we didn't post on (until now) volume 10. [...]
Ok, so it's been a few weeks since I dropped my opinions on the best albums of 2008 , and I'm having some issues. There was so much music that was listened to, and loved in the past year....I feel like I've misrepresented some great albums. Now, I'm perfectly content with my top 30. I just feel like some albums just didn't have a chance in HELL of seeing the top 30, but shouldn't they be recognized too?? I'm not talking about an honorable mention list or a 'listened to' list, I'm talking [...]
Ok, so it's been a few weeks since I dropped my opinions on the best albums of 2008 , and I'm having some issues. There was so much music that was listened to, and loved in the past year....I feel like I've misrepresented some great albums. Now, I'm perfectly content with my top 30. I just feel like some albums just didn't have a chance in HELL of seeing the top 30, but shouldn't they be recognized too?? I'm not talking about an honorable mention list or a 'listened to' list, I'm talking [...]
Ok, so it's been a few weeks since I dropped my opinions on the best albums of 2008 , and I'm having some issues. There was so much music that was listened to, and loved in the past year....I feel like I've misrepresented some great albums. Now, I'm perfectly content with my top 30. I just feel like some albums just didn't have a chance in HELL of seeing the top 30, but shouldn't they be recognized too?? I'm not talking about an honorable mention list or a 'listened to' list, I'm talking [...]
Here's an exclusive mix from Jack Beats which was done for Fabric in anticipation of Fabriclive's New Years Eve party. This one should have you going from Christmas all the way to NYE for sure :) Make sure to check out who is playing as the line up in bonkers awesome! Jack Beats Fabriclive Mix Here's the tracklisting... digitalism - home zone (proxy remix) laid back luke & atrak - shake it down hot chip - touch too much (fake blood remix) dj mujava - township funk (boy [...]
Our lovely online buddy James from Fabric gave us a link to Crammed Discs which has a compilation giveaway to its customers. Crammed Crash Course is a free download compilation, given away through the label's < http://crammed.greedbag.com> online shop, which offers an exhilarating 13-track taster of the musical journeys Crammed has undertaken: from the Balkans to North and Central Africa,
Here are my 50 favourite songs of 2008: the ones I really, really, really, really like. I decided not to include any artist twice, nor any songs from albums I heard last year. I made similar lists in 2005 , 2006 and 2007 . The best way to browse this list is to click the little arrow beside each song and then listen as you read. The things you like you can then download by right- or ctrl-clicking with your mouse. Please buy albums, singles and [...]
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As has been mentioned in several recent year-end wrapup posts , the merits of putting together arbitrary listings of the year's "best" musical phenomena are somewhat negligible beyond their ability to create some controversy among music nerd types. For me, the ideal when I'm filling out one of the ballots proffered to me is that someone out there might check out one of the albums listed that the world at large hasn't shared my particular enthusiasm for up to that point (The Myriad's You Can't Trust A Ladder , now in stores!). What I'm wondering is this: Has [...]
Kasai Allstars - Mpofu (The Blind Man) From Congo , comes another Congotronics band a la Konono No.1 : Kafuulu Balu is from their incredibly titled debut, In the 7th Moon, the Chief Turned Into a Swimming Fish and Ate the Head of His Enemy by Magic on Crammed . myspace / listening party / buy Kasai Allstars - Kafuulu Balu
The Kasai Allstars is a musical collective including up to 25 musicians from six bands, all from the Kasaï region of the Congo. Their debut album is the third of a series of Congotronics which also included the debut album from Konono No 1 , all on Crammed Discs . The Allstars' music is intricate and driving, psychedelic and raw. They blend acoustic instruments with electric guitars, distorted thumb pianos and soulful vocals and chants. In [...]
I can't imagine the process of moving all your shit from one location to another as anything less than traumatic, but I made the serious mistake some years back that acquiring Stuff was an Adult thing to do. For some reason it became important to have a full complement of domestic trappings at the ready. It's not, though. Having nice things might seem nice, but it's far from necessary. Stuff is for stooges, fings are fo' fools. Everyone should only own five things, including a toothbrush and a change of underwear. Libraries! [...]
by marc amigone In the 7th Moon, the Chief Turned Into a Swimming Fish and Ate the Head of his Enemy by Magic , the debut full-length album from Kasai Allstars , is an unabashedly raw, aggressive explosion of sound, soul and color. Out July 15, 2008 on Crammed Discs Records as the third edition of the Congotronics series, its deep trances and winding rhythms tap into the primal essence of why music is a universal language. [...]
How many times have you tasted wine? I mean really experienced it? Now, I'm not asking how many glasses of wine you've had. What I'm asking is, "How many times have you felt that anxiousness , that eagerness as you watch the first burgundy drop slowly roll its way down the glass, past your pursed lips as you start to feel dizzy, your legs wobbling , your tongue delighted , hysterical with the wild, succulent flavors it's [...]
Kasai Allstars - "Quick As White" . I like magic. I have always liked magic. I like the magic of wardrobes, opals, old groves, secret passages . I remember the disappointment I felt one morning, age 7 or 8, realising I would never touch a magic sword. There's even some magic in the book I'm writing (and there's magic in most of the favourite books I've read). The magic of my childhood, the magic I still listen for at the trunks of willows or in the cries of birds, was a northerly magic. I was born in [...]
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