http://www.crammedblog.org/index.php/weblog/index/ Crammed Label blog featuring news on our new releases, artists, tour dates etc. en rudy@randomone.com 2006-04-13T11:44:17Z http://www.crammedblog.org/index.php/weblog/crammed_discs_remix_contest/ Creative Commons weblog and Crammed Discs anounced the Crammed Discs Remix Contest. News, New Releases, Artists, Labels, Cibelle, DJ Dolores, Crammed, Ziriguiboom Crammed 2006-04-13T11:44:17Z http://www.crammedblog.org/index.php/weblog/06_spring_fever_at_crammed/ News, New Releases Crammed 2006-01-24T17:27:02Z http://www.crammedblog.org/index.php/weblog/itunes_best_25_world_music/ News Crammed 2006-01-11T23:44:28Z http://www.crammedblog.org/index.php/weblog/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, Artists, Labels, Cibelle, Ziriguiboom Crammed 2005-12-15T18:37:46Z http://www.crammedblog.org/index.php/weblog/news_from_the_studios/ News, New Releases, Artists, Bebel Gilberto, Cibelle, Konono, Mahala Rai Banda, Taraf de Haïdouks, Tuxedomoon Crammed 2005-12-12T14:59:53Z http://www.crammedblog.org/index.php/weblog/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… News, Artists, Labels, Cibelle, Crammed Crammed 2005-11-29T12:55:11Z http://www.crammedblog.org/index.php/weblog/congo_band_finds_an_international_voice_in_a_junkyard/ Excellent article on Konono Nº1 in NYTimes. News, Artists, Projects & Series, Konono, Congotronics Crammed 2005-11-17T19:59:12Z http://www.crammedblog.org/index.php/weblog/konono_nr1_nomination_for_bbc_awards/ Konono Nº1 has been nominated for the BBC World Music Awards. News, Artists, Projects & Series, Labels, Konono, Crammed, Congotronics Crammed 2005-11-03T10:00:23Z http://www.crammedblog.org/index.php/weblog/crammed_is_the_n1_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”. News, Labels, Crammed, Ziriguiboom Crammed 2005-10-18T11:48:49Z http://www.crammedblog.org/index.php/weblog/exclusive_video_preview_of_congotronics_2_buzznrumble_in_the_urbnjungle/ 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 !...). News, New Releases, Artists, Projects & Series, Konono, Congotronics Crammed 2005-10-09T17:47:50Z