Crammed Discs Remix Contest
Creative Commons weblog and Crammed Discs anounced the Crammed Discs Remix Contest.
The Creative Commons remix contest is organised in conjunction with Crammed Discs over at the Creative Commons community remix site, ccMixter. Crammed artists Cibelle, DJ Dolores, and Apollo Nove—some of Brazil’s most innovative contemporary musicians—are offering new sounds online under a Creative Commons BY-NC license, so people throughout the world can legally use them in remixes, mash-ups, and new compositions. Nine winning remixes will appear on a Crammed/ccMixter EP project to be sold online through digital music stores.
Participating is easy: read the official rules of the contest. (Also available for download as a PDF), download the audio sources, make your remix and upload your mix to ccMixter under a CC BY-NC license between April 26, 2006 and May 24, 2006.
Go to the Crammed Discs Remix Contest pages for all details and separated audio elements downloads of Cibelle’s “Noite de Carnaval,” DJ Dolores’s “Sanidade,” and Apollo Nove’s “Yage Cameras”.
Check the artists view on remixing content on the Crammed Discs Remix Contest pages:
“The whole process of making music has changed. The very concept of composition now extends to the creation of sounds and textures. I’m very curious to see how other people will use and manipulate my sounds and how they will use them as tools to create new music.” — Cibelle
“I like the idea of giving people the opportunity to hear what I hear when I’m producing — a separate candomblé percussion track or some painstakingly constructed soundscape. If mixing is part of the compositional process, it’s only natural that I try sharing the compositional responsibilities with anyone interested in taking them on.” — Apollo Nove
“This is what every intelligent musician should do. The idea is to share and allow one’s work to be cut up, reinvented and — who knows — transformed into something even better than the original. This isn’t about generosity; it’s about inventing new ways of creating musical products that go well beyond the world of physical carriers like vinyl and CDs.” — DJ Dolores
The nine winning remixes will appear on a Crammed/ccMixter remix compilation, to be sold online through digital music stores. Your chance to engage in a creative dialogue with Crammed Discs artists Cibelle, DJ Dolores, and Apollo Nove and get your mix of their work on the Crammed/ccMixter remix EP!
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'06 SPRING FEVER AT CRAMMED !
Think Of One ‘Tráfico’
The ebullient Belgian combo see themselves as musical explorers, and have previously travelled around the globe to record with Moroccan, Brazilian and Inuit artists, blending ‘exotic’ elements with their own jazz/funk/punk/reggae roots to create new, original and always very festive music. Tráfico is a collaboration with 4 musicians from the Brazilian Northeast, including veteran cocô singer Dona Cila do Cocô. Brazilian rhythms abound, yet this is really a trip to Thinkofone-land… T.O.O. have previously released albums on their own tiny label, managing along the way to garner a devoted international fan base, and to earn a BBC Award for World Music. “Like Manu Chao, they have their own distinctive sound, but are able to create music built around openness and collaboration” (UK magazine fRoots).
Release date: March 20 - Genre: world
Tuxedomoon ‘Bardo Hotel Soundtrack’
A “Road Movie Of The Mind” by the mythical band which so successfully reformed to put out the superb Cabin In The Sky album in 2004. Last Spring, Tuxedomoon traveled back to San Francisco (where the band was formed in the late ‘70s) in order to start writing material for their next album. But the atmosphere of the place had unexpected effects on them, and drove them to record a series of “spontaneous compositions” (as Mingus would have put it) instead, which soon formed the basis of this side project, intended to be the soundtrack for a film the band is currently shooting with Greek visual artist George Kakanakis. Consisting of inspired instrumentals interspersed with various vignettes and found sounds, the album will be released under the Made To Measure imprint, Crammed’s legendary instrumental/soundtrack series from the 80s/90s, which is symbolically being resurrected just for this occasion….
Release date: March 27 - Genre: alternative
Cibelle ‘The Shine of Dried Electric Leaves’
Like nobody else you can think of, Cibelle makes use of a variety of elements to create unique, imaginative and enchanting pieces of music. Combining rootsy acoustic instrumentation & electronic processing, noise guitars & children’s toys, fascinating textural soundscapes & pure melodies carried by her unmistakable, moving voice, her second album is a masterpiece. 14 songs ranging from limpid, simple gems (such as her rendition of a Tom Waits song) to genuine mini-symphonies bursting with ideas. Produced by Cibelle, Mike Lindsay (from UK folktronica act Tunng) & Apollo Nove, and featuring appearances by Devendra Banhart, Seu Jorge (of ’City Of God‘ and ’The Life Aquatic‘ fame), and CocoRosie human beatboxer Spleen.
Release date: April 4 - Genre: alternative
Wiseintime ‘The Ballad of Den the Men’
A highly inebriating mixture containing equal doses of jazz tangents, folk guitars, electronica and captivating vocals, Wiseintime is the new brainchild of the prodigious Ian Simmonds (the visionary UK artist whose previous, largely-instrumental nu-jazz albums as Juryman were unanimously acclaimed). To create this new project, Ian has moved to the easternmost part of Germany and settled in the small town of Jena (which, appropriately, was both the cradle of the German Romantic movement - Goethe and Schiller lived there - and of precision optics), where he recuited four very young & talented musicians to form the Wiseintime band. “One of Britain’s most vital talents” (Mojo, UK) - “A glimpse into as-yet-unexplored worlds” (Les Inrockuptibles, France).
Release date: April 24 - Genre: alternative
Tartit (tba)
Nothing is more evocative of the fascinating expanses of the Sahara desert than the music of Tartit, a Tuareg band consisting of five women and four men residing in the Timbuktu region (in northern Mali). Unlike the other renowned Tuareg band, Tinariwen, Tartit play quiet, hypnotic music: the women sit down, sing, and play cyclic rhythms on their tinde drums, while the men accompany them on string instruments. uThe men are veiled, the women aren’t. Tuareg society is one of the few throughout Africa in which women are allowed to choose (and divorce) their husbands. Tartit have already toured Europe (a.o. as part of the Desert Blues shows alongside Afel Bocoum & Habib Koité). The album was recorded in the desert by Vincent Kenis on his mobile studio.
Release date: May 15 - Genre: world
Various Artists ‘Roots of Rumba Rock: Congo Classics 1953-55’
The long-deleted, essential collection documenting the early days of Congolese pop is finally being re-issued, this time as a double CD including both of the separate, original volumes. Lovingly put together by (Congotronics man) Vincent Kenis, Roots of RR contains 40 delightful tracks and chronicles the birth of what was to become Africa’s most popular musical style. The origins of Congolese rumba, its strange links with traditional music, with salsa piano styles, French crooners and Belgian brass-bands… the social context, the lifestyle of early Fifties Congolese musicians, all of that and much more is extensively described in the liner notes written by Kenis and based on interviews with musicians from that era.
Release date: May 29 - Genre: world
Cibelle-Devendra Banhart duet
(click an image for each snippet)
These barely listenable, lo-fi 3gp snippets (filmed with a mobile phone from the side of the stage) only give a very vague idea of what happened when Cibelle joined Devendra Banhart on the stage of the Paris Olympia to perform a version of Caetano Veloso’s « Lost In Paradise ». This was during the Inrockuptibles Festival, in front of a packed hall. Antony & The Johnsons and Arctic Monkeys also performed that night. On clip #2 you can just about see Cib & Dev sitting on the same chair, to the left of the bass amp. A very sweet & inspired performance….
News From The Studios!
CIBELLE is putting the finishing touches to her second album, due for release in April 2006. The tracks were recorded mostly in São Paulo and London, and were coproduced by Cibelle, Apollo Nove and Mike Lindsay (from up and coming UK folktronica act Tunng). Final takes and mixes are taking place in Paris with engineer Yann Arnaud.
TARTIT: Crammed are about to start recording the new album by this Tuareg band who live in the Sahara (in northern Mali), and recently took part in the Desert Blues shows alongside Afel Bocoum & Habib Koité. The album will be recorded in the desert by (Congotronics man) Vincent Kenis on his mobile studio, and in collaboration with Michel Winter, who has been looking after the career of Tartit (with his management company Divano, which also takes care of Taraf de Haidouks, Mahala Rai Banda and Konono N°1 among others).
BEBEL GILBERTO has been writing and recording songs for her 3rd album.
TUXEDOMOON are working on a largely instrumental soundtrack album.
THINK OF ONE: the ebullient Belgian combo have just signed a recording agreement with Crammed, and are working on their new album, due out in late March 2006. Entitled « Chuva em pô 2 », the album was recorded with several musicians & vocalists from the Brazilian northeast, including legendary veteran singer Dona Cila do Côco. Their first « Chuva em pô » project had come out on their own, tiny label, yet had managed to obtain a BBC Award for World Music. Think Of One think of themselves as musical explorers, and have previously travelled around the globe to record with Moroccan and Inuit artists.
CONGOTRONICS 3 : watch this space for more news on the recording of the forthcoming volume in the series !
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Cibelle at MuLiMob Event
Cibelle has come a long way since the release of her 2003 debut album, which had established her as one of the most imaginative and original young artists to come out of Brazil. Deeply involved in sound research, and true to the motto of the Anthropophagists (the 1920s arts movement which inspired several generations of artists in her native country - Tropicalia to name but one), she’s been absorbing sounds and ideas from all over to create her own, even more personal brew. Cibelle likes to use her life as a lab, and claims to be the hamster and the scientist all at once…
Now based in London, Cibelle is currently producing her new album (due out in April 2006), along with a couple of co-producers including Mike Lindsay (from UK folktronica act Tunng), Apollo Nove, and guests such as Seu Jorge (of ‘City Of God’ and ‘The Life Aquatic’ fame) and CocoRosie collaborator Spleen. The album features acoustic instrumentation and electronic processing, noise guitars and children’s toys, textural soundscapes and pure melodies carried by her unmistakable voice.
This Wednesday at the MuLiMob Event in London, Cibelle will be showing us yet another aspect of her multi-faceted personality, as she’ll be playing an eclectic DJ set of exotica, swing, cabaret & assorted oddities.
Meanwhile you may watch this video extracted from Cibelle‘s “About A Girl EP” Dualdisc, which includes 4 new songs on the audio side and 4 videos on the DVD side.
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Congo Band Finds an International Voice in a Junkyard
Excellent article on Konono Nº1 in NYTimes.
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Konono Nº1 nomination for BBC Awards
Konono Nº1 has been nominated for the BBC World Music Awards.
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CRAMMED is the N°1 world music label in Europe for 2005
One year after receiving the 2004 Womex Award (*) “for 25 years of pioneering label work in the field of world music”, Brussels-based eclectic label CRAMMED tops the 2005 World Music Charts Europe, an airplay chart compiled by the World Music Workshop of the European Broadcasting Union which, according to the Womex press release, is “the leading reference point for artistic impact and commercial success alike”.
The Top 30 of the 525 labels which appear in the World Music Charts Europe for the year 2005 are the following:
1 Crammed/Ziriguiboom (B)
2 World Music Network/Riverboat (UK)
3 Network Medien (D)
4 Six Degrees (USA)
5 World Circuit (UK)
6 Piranha (D)
7 Because Records (F)
8 Wrasse (UK)
9 Lusafrica (F)
10 Doublemoon (TR)
11 EMI (Intl.)
12 Universal (Intl.)
13 World Connection (NL)
14 Galileo Music (D)
15 Syllart/Cantos (UK/USA)
16 Asphalt Tango (D)
17 Tradition &Moderne (D)
18 Virgin/Realworld (UK)
19 Triloka (USA)
20 Cantini (GR)
21 Essay Recordings (D)
22 V2 (Intl.)
23 Nonesuch (USA)
24 Putumayo (USA)
25 Westpark (D)
26 Ether Music (UK)
27 Kirkelig Kulturverksted (NO)
28 Indigo (D)
29 Indies Records (CZ)
30 Forrest Hill (I)
The main world/electronic/ rock artists signed to Crammed and its Ziriguiboom and SSR divisions are Bebel Gilberto, Zuco 103, Taraf de Haïdouks, Konono N°1, Tuxedomoon, Cibelle, Celso Fonseca & more.
(* Womex : “World Music Expo”, the world’s premier annual trade fair for world music)
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Exclusive video preview of «Congotronics 2 - Buzz'n'Rumble In The Urb'n'Jungle»
The KONONO N°1 album (Congotronics 1) has started giving worldwide exposure to the strange and spectacular electro-traditional mixtures which are being concocted in the suburbs of Kinshasa, Congo. World music, electronica and avant-rock aficionados have been equally amazed by this otherworldly music, which has driven the international press to come up with extremely surprising comparisons (from Can and Krautrock to Jimi Hendrix, Lee Perry and proto-techno !...).
Hot on the footsteps of Congotronics 1, here comes a fresh selection of even more amazing sounds, courtesy of no less than seven electro-traditional bands from Kinshasa, which have all been especially recorded and produced by Crammed’s Vincent Kenis
Included here are excerpts of videos by the following bands :
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Crammedblog On Your Mobile
The Crammedblog News is now also available for cell phones through WINKsite.
If you have a 2.5 GPRS or 3G connection on your mobile phone, bookmark the following URL in your mobile browser to stay tuned anytime, anywhere: winksite.com/crammed/blog
WINKsite works on any web-enabled mobile phone running a WML v1.x, xHTML Mobile Profile (WML v2.0) or i-mode compatible HTML (cHTML) browser. Browsers currently supported include:
+ Openwave Mobile Browser (v4.0 and up)
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Les Nuits de la Bossa Nova in Paris
Celso Fonseca plays this weekend at “Les nuits de la Bossa Nova” festival in Cirque d’ Hiver Bouglione in Paris.
Check the website of Festival d’Ile de France for details and ticket info.
New Zuco 103 Video
“Na Mangueira”, the video for the new single by Zuco 103, has just been completed.
The single is extracted from the band’s latest album “Whaa!“.
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KONONO N°1 American Tour Dates
04/11 SEATTLE, WA EARSHOT JAZZ FESTIVAL
06/11 SAN FRANCISCO, CA SF JAZZ FESTIVAL
10/11 MINNEAPOLIS, MN CEDAR CULTURAL CENTRE
11/11 CHICAGO, IL LOGAN SQUARE AUDITORIUM
12/11 COLOMBUS, OH WEXNER CENTER FOR THE ARTS
13/11 DAYTON, OH BOLL THEATER
14/11 ANN ARBOR, MI THE ARK
15/11 PITTSBURGH, PA THE WARHOL MUSEUM
16/11 NEW YORK, NY JOE’S PUB
17/11 NEW YORK, NY S.O.B’S
18/11 SOMERVILLE, MA SOMERVILLE THEATER
20/11 PHILADELPHIA, PA WORLD LIVE CAFE
Check the images below fore some steaming live footage from their first European concert in Paris on Sunday, May 29, at a special event organized by daily paper Liberation. Video images by Césarine Bolya.
Congotronics on iTunes
(click here icon for direct Congotronics acces to the iTunes US store )
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APOLLO NOVE
‘RES INEXPLICATA VOLANS’
The amazing young producer/musician/singer from São Paulo who produced Cibelle‘s first record has come up with an exquisite album: modern yet retro, electronic yet folk, and definitively Brazilian, groovy and sexy. He has invited some seductive voices to sing with him: Cibelle, Céu, Tita Lima and Seu Jorge.
More information soon.
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