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Witchdoctor's Son

Magwaza (feat. John Tchicai, Dudu Pukwana, Alfredo do Nascimento, Luez "Chuim" Carlos De Sequaira & Mohamed Al-Jabry)

Obscure Songs

Fantastic Light

The innovative, radical soul of Guadeloupe explored across thirty years of contemporary gwoka music.

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As Guadeloupean vocalist and composer Marie-Line Dahomay writes in her liner notes to the compilation, gwoka is more than a style of music, it is “a way of living and thinking.”

Rooted in the social, musical and ritual practices of enslaved African people and their descendants on Guadeloupe, gwoka has always sought to express the spirit of independence and resistance authentic to the island.

Building on its traditional call-and-response form and the ideas of pivotal figures like Gérard Lockel and Christian Laviso, modern gwoka evolved throughout the second half of the twentieth century to include funk, jazz and electronic influences.

Defined by its propensity for innovation and experimentation, this compilation charts the most radical changes to modern gwoka, capturing a sensory riot of traditional répertoires, rhythms and makè techniques fused with a rich seam of genre-defying experimentation.

Whether heard in the deeply cosmic, spiritual music of Dao, Freydy Doressamy and Gaoulé Mizik, or the jazz funk inflections of Gui Konket and Horizon, the music here is united by the feeling of santiman ka, crucial not only to gwoka music but the identity of Guadeloupe at large.

As co-curator Cédric Lassonde writes: “What unifies these selections is the depth of the compositions, the experimentation around the santiman ka, and the spirit of resistance and liberation against slavery, be it modern or ancestral. With a thirst for innovation typical of the island’s creole culture, the ka spirit is deeply rooted in collective history and in a quest for identity.”

Co-curator Brandon Hocura continues: “The creative energy of these musicians is powerful and demonstrates a universal pursuit of resistance, freedom and identity. Their voices are distinct, but the chorus rises high and carries their message far across the sea.”

Released on double LP, L’Esprit Ka: New Directions in Gwoka Music from Guadeloupe 1981-2010 is the first compilation of its kind to bring the sound of modern gwoka to a wider audience, with many of the musicians features still active today.

Presented with typical attention to detail, the release features a specially commissioned essay by Guadeloupean musician Marie-Line Dahomey, and extensive liner notes from Cédric Lassonde and Séance Centre’s Brandon Hocura. 

True to the hybrid nature of the music, the compilation seeks not to provide a definitive sound, but express the variety of contemporary forms gwoka has grown to take. Just as Guadeloupean trailblazers Kassav fused gwoka with funk and cadence to create zouk, so did the musicians on this collection push gwoka in new directions rarely heard beyond its shores.

In the words of Gérard Lockel, “gwoka is the soul of Guadeloupe”.

Lèspri Ka : New Directions in Gwo Ka Music from Guadeloupe 1981-201

Horizon - Ti Malo

Lucky

STRIKE

Here I Am

Marina Herlop - Pripyat
Label: PAN
Cat.No. PAN 128
Format: DL
Release Date: 20 May 2022
Purchase: pan.lnk.to/Pripyat

Marina Herlop is often described as a pianist, a lingering remnant of her classical training. But what strikes the listener on Herlop’s breakout track miu is the intricate trickery of her voice, tracing rhythmical clusters around the subtlest of musical beds, in a technique inspired by Carnatic music of Southern India. 

miu, the opening track of Herlop’s new studio album Pripyat, was among the first songs that the young Catalan artist made on a computer, after two albums - 2016’s Nanook and 2018’s Babasha - that brought spectral elegance to the sound of piano and voice. This spirit of adventure continues into Pripyat, Herlop’s first full album produced on a computer, and her most intensely emotional work to date. 

Listening to Pripyat you can feel the emotional toil and creative endeavour that went into the record. Fans of Nanook and Babasha will recognise the combination of melancholic piano and elegant vocal lines that is found on Pripyat tracks like abans abans. But Pripyat has a far fuller, almost chaotic sound when compared to Herlop’s previous work, with the addition of electronic drums, electric bass lines and a wealth of sublime production effects. 

Added to this production expertise are songs of incredible grace and poise. Kadish is a spectral torch song rendered in emotional 3D by Herlop’s gorgeous voice; ubunto has a feeling of deep longing and lingering sorrow; and shaolin mantis is like a pop song refracted through disorienting production effects and percussive vocal cut ups. Pripyat is the perfect combination of computer production trickery and intimate emotional release. 

Songs composed, produced and performed by Marina Herlop. 
Mix: James Ginzburg 
Mastering: Joker 
Mix and mastering of 'miu (choir version)': Borja Ruiz 
Ukulele and ending synth in 'shaolin mantis': Adri González 
Electric guitar in ‘lyssof’:Òscar Garrobé 
Electric bass in ‘ubuntu’ and ‘miu’: Òscar Garrobé

shaolin mantis

B̸̨̤͙̟̟̣̩̖̊̿̓̀̆̍̔̀ȏ̸̡̯̹̫̻͙̤͆̆̃̕ͅn̵̹̈́̈͋͌j̴̨̢̢̡͈͓̬̳͑͒̽̆̎o̴̧̠̼̰̣͌͜͝u̷̹͔̻̠͊̾̃̄̓̔̎̉͌̕͜ṛ̴̡̨͉͎̩̊͐̎̏̕͝͝,̷̝͇̞̪͖̟̐̃̃̍̈̿́ ̷͎̟̟͉̟̺̰͛̈́͂J̸̨̲̟̞̦̻̅e̷̲̥͗̈́̌̈̌̾̕͘ ̴̨̣̗̬͖̯̔ͅm̷̻̾͑̽̒̽͗͑̌͜’̸̛̲͔́̑̾̒̔̎̚͝ͅa̷̞͉̞̾͐p̴̟̉̈p̸͖̣̌̏̾͌͛̅̎͗ͅë̶̛̬̩́͛̍͗͗̅̿͠l̵͔̣̳̲͈̮͎̯̀̿̽͆̊͜͝ͅl̸̡̝̮̫̬̞͖͒̋̓͂̏e̸̢̳͕̦̞͈̒̆̐͜ͅͅ ̷̨̨͙̳̜̙̞̼̻͈̌͝W̵̛͚͊̈́̉͊̉̇͠͠E̶̡͊͂L̴̟̏̄͌̍̓Ĺ̸͔̖̱͔̤͉̱͐̂̈́̔̄̋͊ ̷̛͎̫͕͕͖̦̋́̍̀!̷̤̞͇̭̗̯̗́͛̀͒̎̏͆͠͝
ᴶᵉ ⁿᵉ ᵐᵉ ˢᵒᵘᵛⁱᵉⁿˢ ᵖᵃˢ êᵗʳᵉ ᵃʳʳⁱᵛᵃᵉ ⁱᶜⁱ… ᵐᵃⁱˢ ʲᵉ ˢᵘⁱˢ ᵗʳèˢ ʰᵃᵖᵖʸ ᵈᵉ ᵗᵉ ʳᵉⁿᶜᵒⁿᵗʳᵉʳ ! ᴶ’ᵃⁱ ᵇᵉᵃᵘᶜᵒᵘᵖ ᵐᵃʳᶜʰᵃᵉ ᵃᵛᵃⁿᵗ ᵈᵉ ᵗᵉ ᵗʳᵒᵘᵛᵉʳ ᵉᵗ ʲᵉ ˢᵘⁱˢ ᵘⁿ ᵖᵉᵘ ᶠᵃᵗⁱᵍᵘᵃ.ᵉ. ᴶᵉ ᵛᵃⁱˢ ᵐ’ⁱⁿˢᵗᵃˡˡᵉʳ qᵘᵉˡqᵘᵉˢ ˢᵉᶜᵒⁿᵈᵉˢ ᵉᵗ ʳᵉᵍᵃʳᵈᵉʳ ˡᵉ ᵛⁱᵈᵉ ᵃᵘᵗᵒᵘʳ ᵈᵉ ᵐᵒⁱ. ᴬʰ ᵐⁱⁿᶜᵉ… ʲᵉ ⁿᵉ ᵖᵉᵘˣ ᵖᵃˢ. ᵀᵘ ᵉˢ ˡà ᵉᵗ ⁱˡ ⁿ’ʸ ᵃ ᵖᵃˢ ᵛʳᵃⁱᵐᵉⁿᵗ ᵈᵉ ᵛⁱᵈᵉ ˡà ᵒù ⁿᵒᵘˢ ˢᵒᵐᵐᵉˢ ᵉⁿˢᵉᵐᵇˡᵉ, ᵖᵃˢ ᵛʳᵃⁱ ?
ᶜᵉ ⁿ’ᵉˢᵗ ᵖᵃˢ ᵍʳᵃᵛᵉ, ʲ’ⁱʳᵃⁱ ᵐᵉ ʳᵉᵖᵒˢᵉʳ ᵖˡᵘˢ ᵗᵃʳᵈ.

Il y a une émeute sentimentale qui envahit nos sons, nos pensées, nos langages… Comment imaginer nos mondes à travers ce sentiment ?
« Numéro Well » constitue pour nous une première forme de réponse.

Notre monde vu des écrans, depuis les pixels entre lesquels se cache Well, lui semble devenir puissant.
Dans un bain de pixels multicolores, Well surnage pour trouver un moment où rassembler les voix variées et éclatées qui y résonnent.
Well apprend à écouter, toutes les voix ensemble, comme la mélodie d’une grande fête.

Artwork - Philippine Bordeaux ( @dusk_club_ )
Mastering for all tracks - Adrien Bugeaud ( @minencial )
"6 AM Eternal" - mixed by Adrien Bugeaud
"If u feel it let me know" / "Bird Feather" / "Kway sous mon Kchmir" - mixed by Raphaël Bugeaud ( @trefl777)

"Shrine" (Tristan Bründler), sample by Pablo Altar.
"Bise bizarre" (Anemone), bassline by Leonard Thiébaut.

Tous les droits reviennent aux artistes.

Doux George - Cry Well

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Spell Blanket - Collected Demos 2006 - 2009

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Ballad Of Billy

there are empty water bottles all over my room

1
[ Il sole dentro il giorno
Il freddo dentro il sole ]
Strade senza nessuno
macchine ferme
Non c’è neve ancora
c’è vento vento
Arde ancora
nell’aria gelida
un alberello rosso
Parlo con lui quando parlo con te
2
Sono in una stanza abbandonata del linguaggio
Tu sei in un’altra stanza identica
O entrambi siamo
in una via resa deserta dal tuo sguardo
Il mondo
impercettibilmente si sfascia
Memoria
sgretolata sotto i nostri passi
Sono fermo a metà di questa riga
non scritta
3
Le porte si aprono e si chiudono da sole
L’aria
entra ed esce dalla nostra casa
L’aria
parla da sola quando parla con te
L’aria
senza nome nel corridoio interminabile
Non si sa chi c’è dall’altro lato
L’aria
gira e gira nel mio cranio vuoto
L’aria
trasforma in aria tutto quel che tocca
L’aria
con dita d’aria dissipa quel che dico
Sono aria che non guardi
Non posso aprire i tuoi occhi
Non posso chiudere la porta
L’aria è diventata solida
4
Quest’ora ha la forma di una pausa
La pausa ha la tua forma
Tu hai la forma di un fontana
non d’acqua ma di tempo
In cima allo zampillo della fonte
saltano i miei pezzi:
fui     sono     non sono ancora
La mia vita non pesa
Il passato si assottiglia
Il futuro è un po’ d’acqua nei tuoi occhi
5
Adesso hai la forma di un ponte
Sotto i tuoi archi naviga la nostra stanza
Dalla tua spalletta ci vediamo passare
Ondeggi nel vento più luce che corpo
Sull’altra sponda il sole cresce
alla rovescia
Le sue radici affondano nel cielo
Potremmo nasconderci nel suo fogliame
Con i suoi rami facciamo un falò
Il giorno è abitabile
6
Il freddo ha immobilizzato il mondo
Lo spazio è di vetro
Il vetro è d’aria
I rumori più lievi erigono
sculture improvvise
L’eco le moltiplica e disperde
Forse nevicherà
L’albero acceso trema
È già circondato di notte
Parlo con lui quando parlo con te

Octavio Paz, Trowbridge Street (trad. Franco Mogni)

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