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| Gipsy Kings |
12-11-2018 # WORLD:MUSiC:MiX # 33 selected ETHNiC FUSiON tracks # WmW 2014-2004 Gipsy Kings, Simo Lagnawi, Rodrigo Y Gabriela and C.U.B.A., Jozef Van Wissem, Luísa Maita, Lila Downs, Rajery, Ballaké Sissoko, Driss El Maloumi, Imam Baildi, Edgardo Acuña, Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté, Ana Moura
2014-2004
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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...
Caramelo (Tonino Baliardo / Nicolás Reyes) 3:32
Samba Samba (Tonino Baliardo / Nicolás Reyes) 3:11
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...
Simo Lagnawi
Bolami (Traditional) 4:43
Tagna (Traditional) 6:30
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
Rodrigo Y Gabriela and C.U.B.A.
Santo Domingo 6:31
Ixtapa 8:11
Diablo Rojo 5:09
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...
Santo Domingo 6:31
Ixtapa 8:11
Diablo Rojo 5:09
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...
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...
