16-10-2018 # WORLD:MUSiC:MiX # 33 selected ETHNiC FUSiON tracks # WmW

16-10-2018 # WORLD:MUSiC:MiX # 33 selected ETHNiC FUSiON tracks # WmW   Kiran Ahluwalia, Luis Peixoto, Rim Banna, Checkpoint 303, Bugge Wesseltoft, Kodjovi Kush and Afrospot All Stars, La Santa Cecilia, Angélique Kidjo, Simo Lagnawi, Gipsy Kings, Rodrigo Y Gabriela and C.U.B.A., Jozef Van Wissem, Luísa Maita 

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Kiran Ahluwalia is a modern exponent of the great vocal traditions of India and Pakistan which she honors intensely yet departs from in masterful, personal ways. Her original compositions embody the essence of Indian music while embracing influences from Mali and Western blues, rock, R & B and nuances of jazz. With her 5-piece group of electric guitar, accordion, organ, tabla and drum kit, Ahluwalia creates boundary-breaking songs that invite us to explore the human condition, transcending the self by losing ourselves in a trance of groove and melody. Born in India, raised in Canada and currently living in New York City – Ahluwalia has long been on a path to master the art of singing and composing.
Kiran Ahluwalia
Kuch Aur [Something Else] (Kiran Ahluwalia) 5:17
Khafa (Up in Arms) (Kiran Ahluwalia) 3:46
from 7 Billion 2018
Kiran Ahluwalia occupies a very special place in the vocal music of the Indian subcontinent. Her chameleonic versatility enables her to move seamlessly between classical, traditional (folk), Sufi and contemporary styles... Like her other highly successful recordings this 2018 one, 7 Billion comes with an aesthetic that is wonderfully expressed in an easily accessible aesthetic. However, unlike much music by stars similar to her who rule the roost in India, Miss Ahluwalia expresses a wider world view and also inhabits a more universal sound-world. She has, for instance, been expressing her music in a sharply socially-conscious manner longer than anyone else on the music scene. Her Indian sensibility has long-since prompted her to tackle issues such as brother-and sisterhood between the fractious elements of the Indian subcontinent (her husband, producer and guitarist Rez Abbasi is of Pakistani-American heritage)...

Luis Peixoto started his career in the folk music. Like others of his generation, he grew up with the club culture and gave in the temptation to merge these two styles. Assimétrico is his debut solo album presented in 2017, where the acoustic plucked instruments and powerful sampled traditional and electronic drums are together. 
Luis Peixoto
Habemus Plectrum 4:13
Repara Bem Que Afinal Feat. Fabíola Augusta 3:40
from Assimetrico 2017

Palestinian vocalist and composer Rim Banna has made a career out of leveraging respect and dignity for her people using her unmatched artistic expertise and integrity. Banna studied singing and conducting at the High Institute for Music in Moscow, one of the world's more challenging conservatory environments...
Rim Banna, Checkpoint 303, Bugge Wesseltoft 
Checkpoint 303 is a non-profit musical collective from the emerging Arabic and Middle-Eastern underground electronica scene. The activist musical project was launched by Tunisian SC Mocha and Palestinian SC Yosh in 2004 and has secured an avant-garde position on the Arabic underground music scene...
Norwegian jazz pianist who made a smooth transition to the techno and dance music scene. Bringing a thoroughly contemporary sound to the piano and keyboards, Bugge Wesseltoft made a huge impact in his homeland of Norway during the '90s. After that, he toured internationally, working in both jazz and rock contexts. In the early '90s he was a member of Arild Andersen's band, and played on Jan Garbarek's Molde Canticle, a commission from the Molde Jazz Festival. 
Langaue Of Silence 4:02
Daughter Of The Desert 3:41
Maryam 5:24
from Voice of Restistance 2018
...The 15 songs on this album are an explosive mix of iron-willed and moving spoken word, experimental sound art, complex beats and powerful provocative and heart-warming piano melodies. In the final recordings completed in Oslo in January 2018, Rim actually managed to sing on some of the songs despite her weak vocal cords. Rim’s lyrics on the album range from being defiant and bold to being heartbreaking and endlessly deep. However, her courage, humanity and incredible positivity transpire from every word she pronounces...

Led by the charismatic singer and musician Kodjovi Kush, this band is all about the joyous sounds of West African music: highlife, afrobeat and ‘agbadjazz’ - a fusion of the traditional 6/8 agbadja music of the Ewe people from Togo, Ghana and Benin with jazz and reggae influences. 
Kodjovi Kush and Afrospot All Stars
Nutifafa 4:29
Love In Africa 4:46
Agbadjazz 3:32
from Love in Africa 2017
...Eventually Kodjovi created the Afrospot club night, named after Fela Kuti’s first nightclub in Lagos. It was frequented by some of London’s finest musicians, and soon the Afrospot All Stars were born: a collective of seasoned players from all over West Africa and the UK.  "Love In Africa" is their debut album.

Los Angelino pop band that marries styles from cumbia, bolero, tango, and rumba with rock, ska, soul and blues. Los Angeles-based La Santa Cecilia is a "new thing" Latin rock group that draws musical inspiration from across the globe, utilizing Pan-American rhythms from cumbia, bossa nova, rhumba, bolero, and tango and marrying them to rock, soul, R&B, ska, jazz, and even klezmer. All children of immigrants, they began their musical journey singing in backyards and alleys in L.A.
La Santa Cecilia
Sacudo la Pereza 3:54
Calaverita 3:20
Vámonos 3:35
Sucede 3:27
from Buenaventura 2016
...During the past two years, these Los Angelinos have become road warriors, playing clubs, concert halls, and festival stages across the U.S., Latin America, Canada, and Europe. They've gotten married and had children. The maturity from these experiences is revealed panoramically on the produced by Sebastian Krys-produced Buenaventura. La Marisoul Hernández (vocals), José "Pepe" Carlos (accordion and requinto), Miguel "Oso" Ramírez (percussion), and Alex Bendana (bass) have become purveyors of "Pan-American Music," a sound that spreads across Latin genres, rock, pop, Caribbean styles, and R&B...

Beninese singer whose Fon-language dance music and percussive rhythms earned her acclaim beyond her homeland. After rising to international success with the release of her chart-topping 1991 album, Logozo, West African singer Angélique Kidjo became a fixture of world music, pairing her unique multilingual fusion of Afrobeat, pop, jazz, reggae, and various African traditions with collaborators who span multiple genres of music, from Philip Glass and the Kronos Quartet to Peter Gabriel, Alicia Keys, Dr. John, and Branford Marsalis.
Angélique Kidjo 
with the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg
Malaika (Fadhili William) 3:33
Kelele (Jean Hébrail / Angélique Kidjo) 3:37
Samba Pa Ti (Carlos Santana) 3:49
from Sings 2015
Sings finds the great Beninese vocalist Angélique Kidjo fronting the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, conducted by Gast Waltzing. This is a studio offering that reflects the highlights of a series of now legendary 2011 concerts between them. Recorded at the Philharmonie Luxembourg, in New York, and in France, the program is a lively and unusual retrospective from Kidjo's career. Along with the orchestra, Kidjo is joined by her own band and guest musicians including guitarist Lionel Loueke, bassist Christian McBride, and backing vocalists...

...Since his arrival in the U.K in 2008 he has performed at Glastonbury Festival, V&A, BBC 6Music (Cerys Matthews Show), BBC World Service, British Museum, Leighton House, Larmer tree, Secret garden party, Roundhouse, Ritzy, Rich Mix, Hootananny, Hackney Attik, Passing Clouds, Cecil Sharp House, Shambala, Komedia, Wilderness festival, Boom Town Festival, The Third line Dubai, 5.0 Refuse Kuwait, Film Middle East Now Italy, Tabernacle, Troxy, Momo London and Dubai among many others. Playing traditional Gnawa (sacred trance music from Morocco) and Gnawa Fusion with, Electric Jalaba, Gnawa Griot, and Gnawa Blues Allstars...
Simo Lagnawi
Bolami (Traditional) 4:43
Tagna (Traditional) 6:30
Sma (Traditional) 4:13
from The Gnawa Berber 2014
Based in the U.K., but inspired his Moroccan-Berber origins, Simo Lagnawi presents us with an exciting and entrancing album of a dozen songs that successfully and faithfully adheres to North African gnawa traditions. There is some improvisation of sorts, which cover Saharan folk songs and ceremonial compositions. All of the songs are diverse and feature the guimbri -- a plucked lute that is native to North Africa. The authentic and tribal sound of the guimbri is haunting and natural with vocals, flute, fiddle, and banjo accompaniment in spots. Hassan Hakmoun fans will find some similarities, but the music is not electronic or rock-oriented. This is for fans seeking unadulterated gnawan trance music. Find your inner gnawa today! ~ Matthew Forss

Family act from southern France whose Afro-Spanish take on flamenco launched them to worldwide fame in the 1980s. The Gipsy Kings are largely responsible for bringing the joyful sounds of progressive pop-oriented flamenco to the world. The band started out in Arles, a village in southern France, during the '70s when brothers Nicolas and Andre Reyes, the sons of renowned flamenco artist Jose Reyes, teamed up with their cousins Jacques, Maurice, and Tonino Baliardo, whose father is Manitas de Plata. They originally called themselves Los Reyes...

Gipsy Kings 

Caramelo (Tonino Baliardo / Nicolás Reyes) 3:32

Samba Samba (Tonino Baliardo / Nicolás Reyes) 3:11

Savor Flamenco (Tango Flamenco) (Tonino Baliardo / Nicolás Reyes) 3:40

from Savor Flamenco 2013

It has been seven long years since France's groundbreaking Gipsy Kings have issued a recording of new material. Savor Flamenco, the group's debut for Knitting Factory, still features the band's original lineup of two groups of brothers -- the Reyes (Nicolas, Canut, Paul, Patchai, and Andre) and the Baliardos (Tonino, Paco, and Diego) -- with guest players filling out the cast. The set was produced by Tonino Baliardo and Nicolas Reyes. Musically, Savor Flamenco looks simultaneously backward and forward. The single "Samba Samba" commences with a breezy bossa nova before spiraling out, wedding both fiery flamenco and driving Brazilian samba...

Mexican guitar duo that plays an appealing amalgam of classical, Latin, world music, and heavy metal.  Before they became the most visible flamenco duo of the early 2000s, guitarists Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriela Quintero bonded over heavy metal while growing up in Mexico City. They combined their talents for a time in the metal group Tierra Acida, playing around D.F. in the roughest clubs the city had to offer. Though they recorded some material, Tierra Acida never hit it big, and an album was never released. Instead, Sanchez and Quintero concentrated on learning more guitar styles, teaching lessons during the day and playing bossa novas in hotel bars at night. Bored and frustrated with their chances in the Americas, the two decided to try their luck in Europe instead.

Rodrigo Y Gabriela and C.U.B.A.
Santo Domingo 6:31
Ixtapa 8:11
Diablo Rojo 5:09
Tamacun 6:55
from Area 52 2012
From Re-Foc, their very first release in 2002, post-nuevo flamenco guitar duo Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriela Quintero thumbed their noses at purist notions of flamenco. Having initially come from heavy metal, they wedded their new music to metal's pyrotechnics and the various folk styles of their native Mexico, creating a new genre in acoustic music. That said, Area 52 is unlike anything they have recorded before. The album began as simply an orchestral overview of tunes from their catalog to issue while they wrote new material, but it became something wholly other. Along with producer Peter Asher and arranger Alex Wilson (whose charts here are almost too fantastic to believe), they employed C.U.B.A., a 13-piece Cuban orchestra, and the diverse talents of several guests. Recording mainly in Havana, the duo, with C.U.B.A., set about completely reinventing RyG's songs...

Lutenist and post-minimalist composer who has brought his instrument's sound into the 21st century and collaborated with many artists. Jozef Van Wissem is a Dutch lutenist and post-minimalist composer who has been adapting via tablature and improvising on music written for his instrument circa 1600 A.D. 
Jozef Van Wissem ‎
The Joy That Never Ends (Jozef Van Wissem) 3:19
Concerning the Precise Nature of Truth (Jozef Van Wissem) 3.51
The Great Joy (Jozef Van Wissem) 5:24
from  The Joy That Never Ends 2011
There are lots of composers out there, and more than a few lutenists, but very few people still alive today who are both, and even fewer who write contemporary music for that ancient instrument. Jozef Van Wissem is one of those very few, and on this album, he plays six original compositions on a 13-course Baroque lute. In the past he has written and performed music for lute and electronics, but here he is accompanied only by the occasional electric guitar of filmmaker Jim Jarmusch and the mumbled vocals of Jeanne Madic. The titles of the pieces and the lyrics sung by Madic are taken or adapted from the Revelations of Divine Love of 14th century mystic Julian of Norwich, and the music itself tends to be rather minimalist, with lots of repetitive arpeggiated figures, sometimes consisting of overdubbed parts...

Since the moment she was born on April 27, 1982 in the Bela Vista neighborhood of São Paulo, Luísa Taubkin Maita has been surrounded by music. In fact, it was a love of music that brought her parents together, helping them cross the divide of their different family backgrounds. Luísa's father, Amado Maita, was a working class musician of Syrian Muslim roots and her mother, Myriam Taubkin, came from a wealthy family of European Jewish heritage, and has been an important concert producer and cultural advocate for over thirty years.
Luísa Maita
Lero-Lero [DJ Tudo Remix] (Luisa Maita) 4:18
Alento [Tejo Remix] (Luisa Maita) 4:18
Fulaninha [Da Lata Remix] (Luisa Maita) 6:07
from Maita Remixed 2010
A good remix can be a work of art, and there are seven of them on Luísa Maita Remixed. The original versions had a brash joy, but these versions take Maita's music in different directions, while still respecting the roots... Perhaps the best part of all is that the remixers never forget that this is a singer's album. She might be chopped about a bit, but Luísa Maita Remixed remains about her, rather than the egos of those behind the boards. A stunning success of imagination meeting content.