Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra - World Of Funk

http://www.shawnlee.net

http://www.myspace.com/shawnleemusic

Origine du Groupe : U.K

Style : Funk , Alternative

Sortie : 2011

From http://www.parisdjs.com



Here's the first listen to a new Shawn Lee record, set for release in Feb 2011. Lee says he lives in a World of Funk, and invited friends from around the globe to make his point; Brazilian
singer-multi instrumentalist Curumin (Hailing from Sao Paulo, and of Japanese/Spanish Brazilian background,) British/Egyptian singer Natacha Atlas, Chhom Nimol - singer with the band Dengue
Fever, Bardo of Chicano Batman and Cava, from LA, plus Truth and Soul Recording artist Michael Leonhart, NOMO bandleader Elliot Bergman, and Lee's mother-in-law (aka Nanny Jee)!



Info :

Multicultural and multi-talented composer and performer Shawn Lee lives in what he calls a “World of Funk.” His mother is half Lebanese and a quarter Native American Indian. His wife is Indian,
born in London from parents who are from Tanzania, East Africa. Their daughters (Mela & Seela) are half British/Asian and half American with the family roots to American Indian and Lebanese.
As an American living in London he has his ears open to sounds from around the world, and all the spin-offs, mash-ups and fusions that pop-up. “Turkish Psych, Thai Funk, African Disco, Cambodian
rock, Brazilian soul,” lists Lee. “If you can say it, it exists.”



Lee has as an uncanny ability to pick-up and play any instrument he can lay his hands on (his studio is like a candy-store for curious musicians) and for World of Funk he went global playing
sitar, ektar, Balaphone, Tanpura, kalimba, Steel drum, Guitarron, Moroccan castanets, Cithare, vibraphone, Xylophone, Bulbul tarang, Charango, Bouzouki, talking drum, and Udu.



But it wasn’t just geography, family roots, and a well-stocked studio that fueled this album. Lee is a massive fan of worldly-funk. The Turkish psych of Selda and Ersen, early 1970s Bollywood
soundtracks by RD Burman and Asha Bhosle, the Brazilian soul and disco of Tim Maia, Ethiopian Jazz great Mulatu Astatke and the Afro funk of Pat Thomas and Marijata were all big influences on
World of Funk.



“Like many western musicians, my ears have been seduced by the exotic sounds of the East and beyond.

By the same token, many musicians from around the world have been inspired by the music of America

and England as well. What we've got here is a universal language,” says Lee. “When we bastardize each other’s sounds/ music and get it wrong - we get it so right. It mutates and becomes
something

extraordinary. Now that is funky!”



Adding to Lees melting pot of sounds are guests from around the world. Brazilian singer-multi instrumentalist Curumin (Hailing from Sao Paulo, and of Japanese/Spanish Brazilian background) and
British/Egyptian singer Natacha Atlas completely embody the spirit of World of Funk. While on-tour in Los Angeles this Summer Lee locked down three very special collaborations. The first was with
Chhom Nimol the LA based Cambodian singer with the band Dengue Fever. Lee made an instrumental track with Clutchy Hopkins (which includes the sound of a 1960's Smith and Corona typewriter!) for
Dengue Fever member Paul Smith who recorded Chhoms haunting vocal. A chance meeting with Bardo of Chicano Batman on Sunset Boulevard led to some garage-y flavored West Coast Latino-funk. And then
both Willie McNeal and Money Mark suggested Lee work with Cava.



The album also features Truth and Soul Recording artist Michael Leonhart, NOMO bandleader Elliot Bergman, and Lee’s mother-in-law (aka Nanny Jee)!

Tracklist :

01. Bina

02. Ghost In The Rain feat. Clutchy Hopkins & Chhom Nimol

03. Ethio feat. Michael Leonhart

04. Cairo Cairo feat. Natacha Atlas

05. Nao Vacila feat. Curumin

06. La Eterna Felicidad feat. Bardo Martinez

07. Nanny Jee feat. Nanny G

08. Iceberg feat. Elliot Bergman of NOMO

09. Booya feat. Michael Leonhart

10. The Mighty Atlas feat. Natacha Atlas

11. Mi Ilusion feat. Cava

12. Accelerate

13. Tablacadabra

14. Hairy Krishner