In their 6 years of existence, Akalé Wubé have never stopped widening the canvas onto which they lay their music, which keeps becoming richer and deeper just like the their primary source of inspiration: the popular Ethiopian repertoire of the 60s and 70s. The band started off covering music from the “Ethiopiques” series, after which they immersed themselves deeper into Ethiopian music, all the while multiplying their collaborations with musicians and dancers from Ethiopia, Africa and Europe. Slowly but surely, clocking in at around 200 concerts in Europe, Asia and Africa, the band has become one of the world’s leading ambassadors of Ethiopian groove.

Band members are :

Etienne de la Sayette: tenor & baritone saxophone, bansuri flute, washint
Paul Bouclier: trumpet, percussions, krar
Loïc Réchard: guitar
Oliver Degabriele: electric bass
David Georgelet: drums
Pierre Dachery: sound

 Frix is a Parisian band performing original jazz-groove music. The quartet builds on the raw sounds of bands without hamonic instruments  + the use of samplers and vintage electronics...

Frix’s music is influenced by musicians such as Sex Mob, Soul Coughing, the Bloomdaddies, Medeski Martin & Wood...

Frix radiates an energy which enables them to reach non-specialist audience. Frix has performed more than two hundred concerts in Paris and all over France. Frix's creative drive has been fed by their experiences abroad on the road close to local cultures : the quartet have notably performed four tours in Eastern Europe countries. The first Frix album was a live album recorded in Monte Negro and released during Marsh 2005 by “Petit Label”. Second album, "Girls Inside" has been released during 2007. Third album "the Show Was Not Good" has been released in april 2010.

Zelalem is out everywhere now
Digital/Streaming: http://smarturl.it/zelalem-digital
RVNG Store: http://smarturl.it/zelalem-rvng
Bandcamp: http://smarturl.it/zelalem-bcamp

In a career spanning thirty years, Phish became one of the most significant live music phenomena of all time. On the basis of word-of-mouth about their performances—with virtually no radio or video support—the band grew from playing club gigs along their native East Coast to drawing 100,000 music fans to remote corners of the country. At every turn, Phish managed to win over newcomers and casual fans as well as maintain the loyalty of their devotees with a singularly broad repertoire, virtuosity, and by making a unique event of each show.

Electronic Azmari 
Pan-African / Pro-People

EXRAY’S is a lo-fi electronic band from San Francisco, CA. They enjoyed early success when their song Hesitation was included in the soundtrack to David Fincher’s 2010 blockbuster, The Social Network. This led to numerous tours of the country with high profile national acts like Matthew Dear, LCD Sound System, and Toro y Moi. Between 2010 and 2012, Exray’s released three albums, and each received critical acclaim from Variety, Pitchfork, Spin, the Washington Post, Rolling Stone, Daily Kos, Bandcamp, and more. Rather than expanding on the promise of their early albums, Exray’s developed an obsession for astrophysics, extinction events and terraforming. They quit touring and spent two years outside of the public eye. This led to speculation by Stereogum in 2014 that “the band had disbanded.” Later that year, Wire reported sitings in Jaipur, India on a low budget film set. In the final months of 2015, the band released an EP called The Dome and then in 2016 played three live shows in support of Twelve, a full-length album, that was based on Vessel XII. Replacing rumors of a breakup, new speculation focused on Astrid Bly, Exray’s unlikely guru, patron and collaborator.

We are on hiatus. In the meantime please check out: http://soundcloud.com/the-dirty-banks

Jon Heinz - Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
Brett Kadrie - Drums
Mark Perkins - Guitar, Vocals
Holly Rud - Bass, Vocals

Produced  by Jon Heinz
Mastered by Corey Bracken

Email: whipwave@gmail.com

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