http://www.myspace.com/rogalltheelectriccircussideshow

Origine du Groupe : Germany   

Style : Nu-Jazz , Lounge , Lo-Fi

Sortie : 2008

From http://www.earitnow.com



Ok. Of the twelve tracks on this Rogall album (only one there is I think) there is only one track I truly enjoy and it's the one I'm going to pass along. I can get really into the beats on this
LP and if there was an instrumental version I would pick it up in a heartbeat. But personally I don't like the vocals of Sideshow Bob (go to their myspace and you'll see an almost obnoxiously
long scroll-down bio of the band). Not to say it's not everybody's bag but I am a bigger fan of chicks singing over this kind of music. I'll keep an ear out for these guys and maybe it will grow
on me. Either way listen to the one I like, venture out and listen to their other stuff. Publicity is always good.

Note : this is a continuous performance by the following :

Earl Zinger - "Sideshow Bob" : voc

Hugo Race - "The Man Who Laughs" : voc / guit

Steve Moss - "The Mudman": sax

"Gypsy" Bev Lee Harling : voc / violin

Achim "the Tapdrum Monk" Färber : drums

Farda P. "the Hierophant"

Rogall "the Electric Mysterious Wonder"

San Ra on Baritone Saxophone

and - as a very special guest:

Henry Rollins - "The Strongest Man Alive" : poem



Tracklist :

01. Nuts 'N' Bolts

02. Underground

03. Drive Into The West

04. Widllife

05. After Last Night

06. Foreign Woman

07. Beyond Garden Walls

08. Crime Baby

09. 10 Ft. Tall

10. Telephone Call

11. Rising Star

12. No Deposit

http://www.anuradhapal.com

Origine du Groupe : India   

Style : World Music , Instrumental

Sortie : 2006

From Official Website :



“Bangkok’s 9th International Festival of Dance and Music, was graced by the presence of HRH Princess of Thailand, Mahachakri Sirindon where Anuradha Pal, one of India’s leading and most
innovative percussionists presented Stree Shakti, Asia’s much acclaimed all female percussion ensemble. Anuradha Pal kept the audience spellbound playing the Tabla at a mind blowing speed
mesmerizing all those present with her rhythms using traditional instruments like Mridangam, Kanjira, Ghatam and moorsing along with Sitar. The ensemble producing some really powerful beats
performing expertly, with vigorous energy and with amazing coordination. A memorable performance!”

- The Bangkok Post, 2007.

Anuradha Pal (Tabla & Vocal Percussion),

Sukanya Ramgopal (Ghatam, Konnakol aka Vocal Percussion),

Latha Ramachar (Kanjira) &

Shubhadra Paradkar (Vocals)



Tracklist :

1. Coming Together

2. Celebration

3. Raga Tala Yatra

4.Tala Vadya Kacheri In Jhaptaal

http://www.myspace.com/soulscreamhiphop

Origine du Groupe : Japan   

Style : Hip Hop Jazzy

Sortie : 1996

Par Vicman pour http://vicman-hiphop.blogspot.com



Soul Scream est un groupe de hiphop japonais Composé ici des MC's Hab I Scream et Shiki, des producteurs E.G.G. Man et ALG a.k.a. Allergy et du DJ Celory. Premier album du groupe, The "Deep"
affiche des production jazzy old-school le tout assez calme pour une ambiance feutré a l'image de l'océan. 100% bonnes vibes.

Tracklist :

01 - INTRO

02 - 魂の叫び

03 - 字幕

04 - 15丁目

05 - COMATUS

06 - 0番線

07 - 追われてる

08 - 無限の次元

09 - PHAT JAM

10 - 闇ノ我レ

11 - THE WATERS

12 - 緑

13 - BRAND NEW

14 - 黒い月の夜

15 - 自由街道

16 - 君だけの天使

http://www.myspace.com/francoispeglaudemos

Origine du Groupe : Peru , U.K

Style : Alternative , Indie , Pop Rock , Lo-Fi

Sortie : 2011

Pour http://www.the-discoverialist.com



Avec un nom pareil on s'attendrait à un français. Mais non, Françaois Peglau vient du Peru et est parti passé deux belles années à Londres. Une voix agréable dans toute son irrégularité, une
musique pop lo-fi aux accents dub par moments, François Peglau amène aisément le mouvement de tête de gauche à droite. L'artiste est éclectique, non seulement dans la langue mais aussi dans
l'instrumentale. On retrouve des morceau plein de synthé comme des plus simples où il est seul avec son ukulélé. Au final, tout cette multiplicité pop se rejoint pour ne nous fournir qu'une seule
et même chose: un immense sourire et une envie de taper dans nos mains.

Tracklist :

1.Who wants to go? 03:07    

2.One minute to midnight dream [So sad] 04:07        

3.I'll never be Alain Delon 03:49    

4.IF you want their way of life 04:40    

5.Spring Lovers Song (si tu quieres) 03:40    

6.God & the unconscious want me dead 03:20    

7.I'm down 03:43        

8.We know we won't make it 03:51    

9.Everybody loves me 04:33    

10.Sundays Ukelele Song 03:27

FREE DOWNLOAD

http://tijuanacartel.com

http://www.myspace.com/tijuanacartelband

Origine du Groupe : Australia

Style : Alternative , Electronic , Downtempo , Flamenco

Sortie : 2011

By Andrew Hazard Hickey 
from http://www.beat.com.au



The original Tijuana Cartel is a Mexican drug operation which has kept a tight grip on the South American underworld since the late '80s. This Tijuana Cartel has been spreading musical narcotics
from the Gold Coast since their well-received 2009 debut They Come. With its exotic sensuality,



Tempest perfectly encapsulates both the band and new album M1. The airy British-flavoured vocals of Paul George gracefully glide over a warbly dubstep-style drum pattern as flamenco guitar and
trumpet weave in and out. The band has a unique cultural make-up with Aussie, Irish and Latin among the mix. For the People further basks in the flamenco madness. Verbal Masturbation ends up
being a little too self-explanatory as George churns out some forgettable half-spoken rhymes. It's saved by a wacky Latin breakdown halfway through. The cohesion and skills of each band member is
pretty damn tight throughout. Tijuana Cartel's trumpet player gets his own instrumental showcase, on Mr Joshua Sinclair. Never Grow Old and Anxious Sin are perfectly listenable as mainstream
dance-pop confectionary but could have been performed by any faceless outfit. Like their contraband-dealing namesake the band need a perfect balance. If the group can find more organic way to
combine their cultural roots with dance music, without going into overkill or dumbing it down, they will be on to a winning formula.

Tracklist :

01. White Dove

02. Tempest

03. Run Away

04. For The People

05. So Many Nights

06. Anxious Sin

07. Letting It Go

08. Take A Trip

09. Mr Joshua Sinclair

10. Never Grow Old

11. Verbal Masturbation

12. Need To Be

13. Keep Off The Chemicals

http://www.myspace.com/yosebu

Origine du Groupe : Greece

Style : Abstract Hip Hop , Downtempo , Ambient

Sortie : 2007

By BEAT FACTOR from http://www.myspace.com



Very deep ambient called Chemisphere and continues with the melodic breaks Macrocosm , a really peaceful and profound track which unlashes some spiritual energies hard to be described in simple
words. The third track featured on the album is Floating Mythodia , consisting in a deep and quiet progressive work, very atmospheric as well. Looks like the forth Silver Butterfly brings some
energy and wakes up the listener, warming up the scene with some nice breaks, very mentally and sophisticated produced, and later it's time for Prism of Essence to calm down the spirits focusing
on the mellow and deep break beat with ambient melody. Soulcolours is a beautiful ambient track, very hypnotic and nostalgic, but there's the great drum and bass called Airfield that takes the
listener up, at least spiritual if not physical. The last but not the least is Nanosphere a cosmic and strange breaks tune, with some long and dizzy strings of melody.

Reflecting two personalities, so many various and complicated music tastes, mentalities, way of living and of perceiving the world, this album concentrates upon different things than the usual
electronic kick ass monster party. It goes further, beyond the mind and the spirit, penetrating the consciousness and infiltrating in the feelings that we have regarding music in our way of
understanding the concept. This album really enters "beyond the unknown".





Tracklist :

01 Monogramm

02 With You

03 Finding A Cloud To Ride

04 Soulsin

05 Love Letter

06 Divine Form

07 Treat Me Right

08 Symbosium

09 You Will See

10 Sky Pilot

11 My Garden

12 No Styl' Gia

13 Rosetta Stone

14 Last Contact

http://www.brassrootsmusic.com

http://www.myspace.com/brassroots

Origine du Groupe : U.K

Style : Alternative , Acid Jazz Funk , Brass Fusion , Instrumental

Sortie : 2010

From http://dorightmusic.com



Born on the streets of East London, autumn 2008, this explosive 8 piece horn & percussion ensemble ooze an energy fed by incredible musicians from the UK, France, Greece, America &
Israel. With the noble aim of establishing a flourishing brass band scene in Britain, Brassroots bring an unbelievable real, live instrumental sound back into mainstream music by presenting pop
music in a unique format.



Having unleashed knock-out shows to sold-out audiences at Scala, Glastonbury, Secret Garden Party & Bestival, the summer ended with Brassroots being the first band ever to play live on
Channel 4’s Big Brother. Blazing a trail through the music scene, Brassroots have been played by both Gilles Peterson and Rob da Bank on BBC Radio 1, Sean Rowley, Magic, Choice FM and LA’s
legendary radio station KCRW.



Brassroots are firmly on track to change the way you experience live music, leaving fans screaming for more whilst they rock the festivals and towns across the nation. It’s a wonder that they
found time to record their self-titled EP and rehearse for the Big Brother show.



This is an exclusive digital only release for now, with the vinyl edition expected in November.

Tracklist :

01. Good Life

02. Karma Police

03. Seven Nation Army

04. Gemini Rising

http://www.shufflebrain.net

Origine du Groupe : Russia

Style : Abstract Hip Hop , Abstract Electro , Downtempo , Ambient , Beatmaker

Sortie : 2011

 

From http://www.shufflebrain.net



«Так хорошо обретать братьев. Душа поет и сердце спокойно. Музыка вплетается в жизни и направляет в нужную сторону. Я опускаюсь на уровень глубже и соединяюсь с единым потоком. Здесь мы все
едины, здесь мы все одна семья. Я возвращаюсь обратно и музыка льется из меня. Пальцы рождают ноты. С губ слетают слова. Душа заполняет каждый новый звук. Моя музыка - моя религия. Моя религия -
моя свобода. Моя свобода - я сам.

Закрываю глаза и с детской доверчивостью погружаюсь в окружающий мир. Любовь и покой - мои кислородные балоны в этом океане эмоций"

Tracklist :

01. Она как воздух (Вступление) (2:48)

02. Disposition (5:56)

03. He cant walk (4:48)

04. Kassiopea (5:18)

05. Metroplex (6:18)

06. Nuguria Island (4:16)

07. Глаза Кошки (5:41)

08. Sorrow (4:37)

09. Tenderness of stars (3:44)

10. Unfinished Symphony (4:16)

11. Voltage compensator (5:34)

12. Осень(Live Cut) (3:47)

13. Синтезатор(Slow ver.) (5:48)

14. Формат пространства (4:11)

15. Вспоминаю с теплом (5:02)

16. Я не буду ничего говорить (2:31)

FREE DOWNLOAD FROM NETLABEL

http://www.bandaolifante.it

http://www.myspace.com/bandaolifante

Origine du Groupe : Italia

Style : Alternative Fusion World Music , Afro Jazz Funk , Brass Fusion

Sortie : 2009

By George De Stefano  from http://www.rootsworld.com



Brass bands became popular in Italian towns and villages in the 1800s, performing for funerals and religious processions and rituals. The bande also brought the music of opera houses and symphony
halls - albeit in easily digested excerpts - to the workers and peasants who hadn't the means or inclination to enter those temples of high culture. Italian immigrants formed bande in North
America, often under the auspices of Catholic parishes, and the tradition still endures. On religious feast days and other holidays, the marching band of St. Mary's Church parades through the
streets of my Queens, New York neighborhood, playing their repertoire of hymns, marches, arias and Neapolitan songs.



In Italy, some noted jazz and pop artists have turned to banda as a vehicle for new forms of expression. Sicily's Roy Paci, who started out as a trumpeter in jazz bands, has collaborated with two
groups, Banda Ionica and Banda D'Avola. The latter, which specializes in secular marches, is a typical Sicilian marching band, full of brassy exuberance. Ionica, especially on their Paci-produced
album "Matri Mia" (2002), are far less traditional and much more irreverent - check their madcap version of folksinger Rosa Balestreri's lament, "Mi votu e mi rivotu." With its cabaret cum banda
arrangement and vocal in Sicilian and German, it sounds like Paci's channeling Kurt Weill.



With his band Aretuska, Paci made something wonderful out of that cheesy bit of americanata called "Mambo Italiano." Paci's "Cantu sicilianu" opens with the horn section playing a slow and solemn
intro before the full band bursts into rollicking ska, as if the coffin being carried through the streets of Palermo in a funeral procession suddenly popped open and the corpse leapt out and
started dancing.



The debut CD of Banda Olifante isn't as innovative as Paci's work with Ionica and Aretuska. But Olifante has made a well crafted and thoroughly enjoyable recording that is grounded in the Italian
banda tradition but isn't limited to it, either in repertoire or instrumentation. Besides brass and woodwinds, the 13-piece ensemble includes double bass and drum kit, as well as African and
Afro-Cuban percussion. Led by two veteran jazz players, Stefano Bertozzi and Massimo Eusebio, this self-described "brass fusion band" exudes an infectious energy and joy in music-making.



The band's name refers to a medieval carved ivory horn - hence the rendering of an elephant on the CD jacket - celebrated in the Chanson de Roland. Most of the medieval olifants made in southern
Italy were the handiwork of Arab craftsmen, according to the Oxford Companion to Musical Instruments. Perhaps in homage to this lineage, Banda Olifante serves up several Maghrebi-influenced
numbers. But the record, which deftly straddles jazz and world music, also has the Balkans, Jewish Eastern Europe, Spain and Latin America, India, New Orleans, and Africa in the mix.



The album opens with a folksy touch - the creaky but jovial voice of an elderly Italian man offering a blessing of "pace and fortuna" (peace and good luck). That nicely sets the tone - warm and
ebullient - for the twelve tracks, most of them original compositions, which follow. The band kicks in with "La Madonna dell'Uso," a stirring, echt-Southern Italian number that sounds traditional
but was written by reedman Stefano Bertozzi. The players don't hang around the Mezzogiorno for long. The next track, the misleadingly titled "Casbah Funk," evokes Manu Dibango and the Average
White Band. "Los Peces," a Christmas carol popular in Spain and Latin America, is of unknown authorship, but the melody has definite Arabic qualities. Olifante's rendition, however, brings the
song closer to klezmer.



There's a pronounced klezmer flavor throughout the record - Italians are crazy for shtetl soul - and one of the best tracks, "Biba Zoom," features The Klezmatics' trumpeter Frank London. The band
turns to India with "Man Chali," the theme of a popular 1970s Hindi film of the same name, while "Big Noise" is Latin jazz, complete with the rhythmic scrape of a guiro and a clave heartbeat.
Saxophonist-composer Oliver Lake's "Africa" is the album's only other straight-up jazz number. It's well played, but I wish the soloists had been given a little more space to cut loose.



The members of Olifante are all strong players - it's no secret that the level of musicianship in Italian bands tends to be quite high - and their guests are pretty impressive, too. Besides Frank
London, there's accordionist Simone Zanchini, whose solo heats up "Le Moko," its Gallic-North African ambiance inspired by "Pépé le Moko," the 1937 French film about a Marseille gangster hiding
out in Algiers. "Eclipse," the only track with vocals, features Vincenzo Vasi, a self-described practitioner of "musica eterodossa" - we can call him an avant-gardist - whose wordless, percussive
chant is reminiscent of Tuvan throat singing.



Banda Olifante reminds me of another Italian big band, the Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio. Led by an Italian, Mario Tronco, formerly of Avion Travel, but composed of immigrants to Italy, the
orchestra's material reflects its members' musical cultures - Indian, Arabic, African, and Latin American. Olifante, though an all-Italian band, has a similarly multicultural repertoire. And both
bands, their strengths not withstanding, suffer from the same weakness: so much eclecticism makes for a diffuse group identity. What is Banda Olifante, besides a group of highly proficient
musicians playing various "ethnic" musics? Maybe their next record will give us a better idea.

Tracklist :

1. La Madonna dell’Uso (S. Bertozzi)

2. Casbah Funk (S. Bertozzi)

3. Le Moko (S. Bertozzi)

4. Big Noise (Blood Brothers)

5. Man Chali (trad.)

6. Africa (O. Lake)

7. Eclipse (S. Bertozzi)

8. Los Peces (trad.)

9. Biba Zoom (L. Militi)

10. Ksar el Souk (G. A. Coatti)

11. Barab (F. Tassani)

12. Grecale (S. Bertozzi)

http://theblackbelles.com

http://www.myspace.com/theblackbelles

Origine du Groupe : North America

Style : Alternative Rock , Garage

Sortie : 2011

Par Eddie Williamson pour http://www.lechoix.fr



Cet album est une friandise garage-rock. Je ne vois pas d’autre métaphore. C’est une petite demi-heure de rock sauvage, par quatre jolies filles aux chapeaux de sorcières, produit, ou plutôt
propulsé par Jack White (le papa des White Stripes, Dead Weather, Raconteurs), inspiré par le rock des sixties, rempli de riffs de guitare et de piano simples et efficaces.



« Honky Tonk Horror », le seul morceau qui dépasse les trois minutes, aurait eu sa place dans la bande-son de Death Proof de Tarantino. Et s’il y avait eu une scène dans Mars Attack où un groupe
de filles bizarres jouait un concert de rock avant de se faire dézinguer par les aliens, ç’aurait été les Black Belles. Si Robert Rodriguez avait décidé de faire un nouveau film de série B pour
Halloween, avec une scène de concert rock, le groupe n’aurait pu être que les Black Belles. Je comprends pourquoi Jack White s’est fait ensorcelé. Elles ont une attitude et elles sont
suffisamment talentueuses pour que ça ne fasse pas flop. En deux mots : elles assurent.



Mais rien de plus. En même temps, que demander de plus ? Dans leur veine de garage-rock, tout a été fait et refait cinquante fois. Tout ce dont j’ai envie en mettant en route un album pareil,
c’est une musique plein de riffs croustillants, une batterie musclée et une voix qui a suffisamment d’allure pour rendre tout ça crédible. Après, ça accroche ou pas. Et il y a souvent une date
d’expiration, jusqu’à ma prochaine dose, qui vient souvent d’un autre groupe.



Dans le cas des Black Belles, je suis à peu près sûre que « In a Cage » (qui ravira les fans de The Dead Weather), « Honky Tonk Horror », « Pushing Daisies » (qui ravira également les fans de The
Dead Weather) et « Not Tonight », devront faire un sacré bout de chemin avec moi. J’aime particulièrement cette dernière, et plus généralement les morceaux où l’orgue de Lil’Boo (c’est son nom) a
le beau rôle et où la guitare électrique se fait plus discrète. J’trouve que le groupe se détache ainsi plus de leurs influences les plus évidentes. Et puis il y a « Hey Velda », où l’orgue rend
le tout encore plus étrange qu’il ne l’est déjà. L’orgue me fait penser à une musique de fête foraine, ce qui, dans le contexte de la chanson, est assez chelou. J’ai envie de vous ressortir une
référence cinématographique, mais je pense que vous avez compris qu’avec leur look, les Black Belles attisent mon imagination.



L’influence de Jack White est absolument partout. Impossible de ne pas penser à lui comme le cinquième membre du groupe, tant sa présence est palpable derrière tous les morceaux de ce disque. Et
tant mieux, bon sang, il n’y aura jamais assez de musique dans laquelle Jack White a mis son grain de sel !



Quelque part entre les Cramps et les White Stripes se trouvent les Black Belles. Leur premier album est délicieux et je ne serais pas étonnée qu’une fois posé sur votre platine, elle ne puisse
s’en séparer ! (jusqu’à la prochaine perle garage-rock que vous découvrirez ici, bien entendu)

Tracklist :

1. Leave You With A Letter

2. In A Cage

3. Wishing Well

4. Honky Tonk Horror

5. The Wrong Door

6. Breathing Down My Neck

7. The Tease

8. Howl At The Moon

9. Pushing Up Daisies

10. Not Tonight

11. Hey Velda