Name: Calypso Dream by MIAUX
Duration: 3 min 35 s
Description: released in 2016 on a JJ funhouse compilation

FKR113
Miquela E Lei Chapacans
Miquela e Lei Chapacans

Released 14th October 2022

The first progressive girl group of the French Occitan language pop scene bring you folk funk, sun-baked bossa, Coltrane jazz and their own brand of punky “Dizco rural” against an untouched French Balearic backdrop spanning the late 70s and 80s.

If even the most assiduous of European record collectors consider the Occitan language music scene to be France’s best-kept secret then it’s as fair to say that the incredible multifaceted recordings of langue d’oc prog girl group Lei Chapacans has spent the last four decades hiding in plain sight. In all fairness this overlooked treasure chest of minority language excursions into folk funk, Balearic, bossa, John Coltrane penned jazz, baroque psych, Palestinian poetry, comedic synth skits (and even the rawest form of femme-fronted multiingual punky disco) has been stowed away in inconspicuous photographic record sleeves, falsely evoking something closer to contemporary C&W while oft-misplaced in record shop cassette racks alongside “traditional” spoken-word and scholastic albums. So for the uninitiated, don’t be too hard on yourself.  The fun starts here.  For those who are familiar with the rare and sought-after one-off solo album by Occitan singer Miquela and have craved for more, then you’ve come to exactly the right place. Lei Chapacans (a name that roughly translates to The Vagabonds) is the all-girl vocal group assembled by Miquela herself just two years after her debut release, having toured the word and snubbed major label record deal offers with a steadfast allegiance to the protection of the Occitan language in which this album is primarily penned and performed (minus a small amount of German and sarcastic English in one rebellious instance). For European collectors with a penchant for French savoir faire, but have further yearnings for folkloric femme funk, then it’s time to look towards the Occitan sunset where you will meet Lolo, Miquela, Sophie, Irena and Denise.

These amazing, and undeniably culturally important recordings might have taken some time to find a wider audience, but for music lovers, crate diggers and vinyl vultures alike there are still a lot of tasty morsels out there to be scavenged and devoured, ask any self-respecting Chapacan and they’ll concur wholeheartedly.

Miquela e Lei Chapacans

Dizco Rural

Miquela e Lei Chapacans - Dizco Rural

Oliver Coates cover of Bryce Hackford's Another Fantasy. all played on Cello

Oliver Coates - Another Fantasy (Bryce Hackford)

cuban jam

Out Now! http://bit.ly/1PYEm7M; iTunes http://apple.co/1JceTlK

From the album "Songs of Paapieye"—Out Now on Awesome Tapes From Africa.

Guun—This is the last song played at a funeral, after all the others have been done. It is meant to get all the dancers on their feet and into a dancing mood. The focus is on women and how they run around the gyil players and off into the surrounding area. It is the hottest, most intense part for the performance, where the player is expressing himself as a xylophonist. Guun is rapid-fire music, and it signals the end of the performance for that particular player. Other players will come and perform as well, from the beginning. And the more people dance, the more the deceased will rest happily.


SK Kakraba — Gunn

From the forthcoming compilation 'Suso Sáiz ‎– Odisea' 2016 © Music From Memory

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Suso Saiz - Hombre Oscuro (4:24)

Excerpt from NNA88: Jake Meginsky "Seven Psychotropic Sinewave Palindromes"
Available March 18, 2016 on Cassette & Digital formats.
http://nnatapes.com

Seven Psychotropic Sinewave Palindromes

Jake Meginsky  "Seven Psychotropic Sinewave Palindromes" (excerpt)

Taken from the album 'Too' released as LP / CD / Download

Klara Lewis 'Us' (EMEGO 210)

FLOAT launches their new label with first signing Berlin-based artist Andrea Belfi. Titled Ore, the album places drums as its centre of a listening experience where rhythm is combined with electronic textures and haunting sonic details.

Pre Order LP/CD/LTD ETD: www.wearefloat.co.uk/andrea-belfi-ore
Pre Order Digital: http://phonofile.link/ore

26/05/2017

Andrea Belfi - Lead

Sylvia Monnier - "Dennis Hopper"

Fahmi Mursyid - Lautan

released in 2016 on a JJ funhouse compilation

Calypso Dream

14/7/2023: Live soundtrack for Carnival of Souls, Curtis Film Festival, Vila do Conde
24/2/2023: Atelier 210, Brussels
2/2/2022: Festival Face Z, Genève
1/2/2022: Association du Salopard, Lausanne
20/10/2022: Live soundtrack for Carnival of Souls, Videodroom at VierNulVier during Film Fest Ghent
5/8/2022: Micro Festival, Liège
21/6/2022: Les Ateliers Claus, Brussels
19/6/2022: Midsommar Fest, Copenhagen
7/5/2022: Sala Estúdio_Perpétuo, Porto
11/2/2022: w/ Peaking Lights, St-Joriskerk, Antwerp
22/10/2021: Torup Spisehus, Dyssekilde, DK
21/10/2021: Mayhem, Copenhagen
8/10/2021: De Carroussel, Antwerp
12/9/2021: KRAAK at De Koer, Ghent
5/9/2021: Onze Ambassade Festival, West Den Haag
15/8/2021: 24y Ultra Eczema, De Nor, Antwerp
18/6/2021: Beursschouwburg, BXL
22+29/5/2021: on Saint Catherine's organ, Hoogstraten
17/10/2020: STROBO, Antwerp
24/9/2020: AB Club, BXL
13/8/2020: STUK, Leuven
24/1/2020: Les Ateliers Claus, BXL
12/10/19: Vooruit, Gent
5/9/19: album release, Table Dance, Antwerp
15/6/19 - Organ Sound Art Festival 2019, Copenhagen
16/5/19 - Wiener Festwochen, Vienna
17/8/18 - w/ Alvarius B at De Nor, Antwerp
28/5/18 - AB club, Brussels
13/5/18 - w/ U.S. Girls , Vooruit, Ghent
16/5/18 - w/ U.S. Girls, Scala, London
4/4/18 - w/ No Age, Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club, London
27/3/18 - w/ No Age, Point Ephémère, Paris
26/3/18 - w/ No Age, Bitterzoet, Amsterdam
24/3/18 - w/ No Age, Beursschouwburg, Bxl
23/3/18 - w/ No Age, Neu, Kaputt, Cologne
22/3/18 - w/ No Age, Urban Spree, Berlin
21/3/18 - w/ No Age, Hafenklang, Hamburg
18/3/18 - KRAAK festival, Beursschouwburg
3/11/17 - Mayhem, Copenhagen
13/10/17 - church organ of Sint-Romboutstoren, Mechelen
1/7/17 - Gare des Mines, Paris
16/5/17 - church organ at Groot Begijnhofkerk, Brussels
21/4/17 – B-Swap, Les Brigittines, Brussels
15/4/17 – LAN Party, Melkweg, Amsterdam
14/4/17 – More Music Festival, Brugge
6/4/17 – BRDCST festival, AB, Brussels
14/3/17 – w/Thurston Moore, Dennis Tyfus, Cameron Jamie, De Studio, Antwerp
5/3/17 – Artefact Festival, Stuk, Leuven
23/2/17 – Vooruit, Gent
11/2/17 – We Are Open, Trix, Antwerp
10/11/16 – Les Ateliers Claus, Brussels
5/11/16 – Stadslimiet, Antwerp
4/11/16 – NZZN festival, de player, Rotterdam
17/2/16 – Café OTO, London
8/11/15 – schiev festival, Beursschouwburg, Brussels
7/11/15 – Extra City, Antwerpen
19/9/15 – Festival of Endless Gratitude, Copenhagen
16/6/15 – Sonic Soirée, Brakke Grond, Amsterdam
6/6/15 – release Above The High Rays LP, BOZAR, Brussels
28/5/15 – release Above The High Rays LP, Het Bos, Antwerp
2/1/15 – bar with cockatoo, Sydney
27/12/14 – Ancient World, Adelaide
19/12/14 – The Tote, Melbourne
29/11/14 – Fylkingen, Stockholm
31/10/14 – MIMA, Rotterdam
17/10/14 – Off Off Filmfest, Gent
11/9/14 – Live at The Lake Radio, Copenhagen 
28/8/14 – Feeërieën, Warandepark, Brussels 
15/8/14 – Himmelhieflers und Weisenblasen, Schloss Damtschach
9/8/14 – Flow Festival, Helsinki
20/6/ 14 – Bruismelk Festival, Trans Pecos, Queens, NYC
1/6/14 – Dive LP release, Stadslimiet, Antwerp
24/5/ 2014 – Dive LP release, Het Bos, Antwerp
19/4/14 – Sounds of the Underground, Amsterdam
26/3/14 – w/ Felix Kubin, Beursschouwburg, Brussels
22/2/14 – Cassette van Antwerpen, Les Ateliers Claus, Brussels
26/1/14 – The sound of the Belgian underground, AB, Brussels
11/11/13 – Ice Cream Truck, Leuven
26/10/13 – Hunters Moon Festival, Carrick on Shannon
3/8/13 – Sejero Festival, Sejero
14/6/13 – Out Loud! Beursschouwburg, Brussels
20/4/13 – Titanik Galeria, Turku
19/4/13 – Lal Lal Lal Festival, Helsinki
14/4/13 – De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam
22/3/13 – Aeronaut 7” release, Stadslimiet, Antwerp
20/3/13 – UE Aeronaut 7” release, Les Ateliers Claus, Brussels
15/12/12 – Les Ateliers Claus, Brussels
1/12/12 – 15 jaar Ultra Eczema, LLS387, Antwerp
27/10/12 – KRAAK: Tweeklank, KASK, Gent
15/9/12 – Incubate Festival, Tilburg
7/7/12 – P’tit Faystival, Petit Fays
23/6/12 – KRAAK: Naast de kwestie, Gent
30/4/12 – w/ US Girls, DOK, Gent
30/3/12 – tape release, Gunther, Antwerpen
2/2/12 – Strangelove Festival, Antwerpen
17/12/11 – State X New Forms Festival, Den Haag
12/10/11 – KRAAK in Renold, Brussels
3/10/11 – Boutique: Raum für temporare Kunst, Köln
3/9/11 – Ultra Eczema’s Fever Nightmare,  Ostend
14-15/4/11 – UE 7" presentation, Kunst Im Tunnel, Düsseldorf
13/4/11 – MIAUX 7" release on Ultra Eczema (UE) – Gunther – Antwerp
13/3/10 - Ultra Eczema’s Popcorn Nightmare, Scheld’Apen, Antwerp

Calypso Dream

MIAUX

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