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Copenhagen, Denmark, 2015.
Passive agressive article and track list/liner notes.
http://passiveaggressive.dk/tag/epic-vinyls-from-brazil/
Complete track list and extensive liner notes: https://www.facebook.com/notes/epic-vinyls-from-brazil/pab-1-mixtape-info-liner-notes-track-list/847907435317489

ABOUT THE MIX.
This mix is a 100% vinyl 25-track blend of native indian music, experimental 1970’s sound, capoeira songs and afro brazilian ritual music and chanting. Some of these elements are present in the three MPB songs that are placed in the mix to balance out the listening experience keeping the mix fresh and the sound evolving.
The intention with this mix is to enhance the experience of the beautiful and simplistic indian tribal music by placing it together with contemporary music and religious afro-brazilian styles. The process of the EVFB mixes are a long selection process of filing through hundreds of records. Along the way comes ideas for mix tapes - often inspired by two or three songs. The dogma rules are only vinyl owned by EVFB, only Brazilian composed music - or music recorded by Brazilian artists. The mix must be under 1 hour. Effects and scratches are allowed during the recording process.
Often hours of work are put aside because the mix does not “stick together” after the initial recording. It often happens that I discover new tracks or albums I want to buy during the research and mix selection process. Depending on price and availability I might buy these records, but they never make it to the mix, they are used as fuel and inspiration for the coming EVFB projects - thus ensuring an ongoing project that never ends.

Featured artists: Tom Zé, Hermeto Pascoal, Airto Moreira, Djalma Corrêa, Paulo Diniz, Wando, Milton Nascimento, Dorival Caymmi, Camafeu de Oxossi, Elza Soares.

EVFB MIX: PAB - 1 - Passive/Agressive Blog - Primeiro - Experimental Brazil Vinyl

Delighted to contribute to the programme of Radio Cómeme, Guy Dermosessian from Kalakuta Soul Records pulls out a selection of his favourite cape verdian coladeras trying to evoke the start of spring in the German Ruhr Area and hoping you all enjoy it!!

Radio Cómeme - “Cabo Verde” Mixtape by Guy Dermosessian (Kalakuta Soul Records)

(OtCRLP006) Tenesha The Wordsmith - B4 - Again - Carvery Mastered

Back with another edition of Tudo Bem, with the unmistakable sound of Sao Paulo's DJ Tahira! One of the finest diggers and tastemakers on the planet, and one of our favorite humans as well!

Tudo Bem is one of the best new DJ shows out there featuring tons of music you didn't know you needed in your life but now can't live without!

Tracklist

TUDO BEM #04 - Hosted by Tahira

B1 Clive From Accounts - Moon Buggy (OtCR12018)

Something is cooking. Afro-Venezuelan rhythms meet James Brown inspired funk on “Cafunga” by Raúl Monsalve y los Forajidos. Over hip-shaking bass guitar, big brass chords and the beat of the clarín drum, we hear how to make the best cafunga, a very old Afro-Venezuelan recipe made with plantain and cheese.

Taken from Raúl Monsalve y los Forajidos exhilarating ‘Bichos’ album, forthcoming on Olindo Records. A potent stew of raw funk, jazz, afrobeat and Afro-Venezuelan rhythms, it features an all-star ensemble of musical trailblazers including “the voice of Venezuela” Betsayda Machado, singer Luzmira Zerpa (Family Atlantica) and drummer Dave De Rose (Agile Experiments, Electric Jalaba).

Due for release on October 16, 2020 on vinyl, CD and digital, ‘Bichos’ is available to pre-order from Bandcamp as of today with an instant download of “Cafunga”, to coincide with Bandcamp waiving their fees until midnight PST today (August 7th).

With producer/engineer/drummer Malcolm Catto (Heliocentrics, Quantic, Yussef Kamaal) behind the recording and mixing desk, Raúl brought together a like-minded cast of friends from Venezuela, Paris and London, to help him create a fresh sound, capturing the essence of both the African and indigenous roots of Venezuelan music, and the forward-looking sounds of afrobeat, gritty Latin jazz and experimental electronic music. 

‘Bichos’, Spanish for ‘vermin’, ‘bugs’, ‘beasts’ but also used in Venezuela to refer to someone as a “nasty piece of work”, draws all these strands together. The album uses a variety of animals, among them the mosquito, butterfly, pig, snake, rooster and flea, to represent a wide range of human qualities, such as greed, hate, love & compassion, and their impact on Venezuelan and worldwide corruption & division, the strengths of friendship, family, collaboration, rebellion and survival.

Monsalve previously released two celebrated albums with his first Caracas-based incarnation of los Forajidos before moving to Europe, where a new line-up toured Europe, were invited to play David Byrne’s Meltdown Festival, and released a sought-after 7” on Olindo. 

Aside from touring and recording with los Forajidos’, Raúl has shared stages with legendary Nigerian saxophonist Orlando Julius, the Heliocentrics, Venezuelan master percussionist Orlando Poleo and members of Fela Kuti’s Afrika 70, and as a member of Venezuelan avant-folk quartet, Insólito UniVerso, he has enjoyed the support of BBC 6 Music, Songlines, Wire & The Vinyl Factory for their debut album, also on Olindo Records.

On "Cafunga", los Forajidos are: Raul Monsalve on guitars & FX, Edgar Bonilla on keys, Julien Matroz on trumpet, Andres Vela on tenor sax, Christine Roch on baritone sax, Baldomero Verdú, Joel Arriaga & Ernesto Marichales on cumacos and clarín, and Dave De Rose on drums.

The cover of 'Bichos' is illustrated by Gustavo Dao, a Venezuelan native working in NYC.

Exclusive Premiere: Raúl Monsalve y los Forajidos "Cafunga" (Forthcoming on Olindo Records)

Son Palenque - Yo Me Voy [Indus Mix] .Indus Meets Palenque Records

from the forthcoming debut LP High Protection and the Sportswear Mystics
https://OnTheCorner.lnk.to/HighProtectionAndTheSportswearMystics

The Diabolical Liberties - Sliders

The Diabolical Liberties - High Protection (feat Emma-Jean Thackray)

“ let music loosen our deafness to spirit,
play and let play“ Mevlana Rumi


JISR جسر
too far away (FreeSoulInc.006)

Dear Listener,
Welcome to the first part of the new SPIRITS HIGH ABOVE anthology on FREE SOUL INC., a series focusing on the deeper, spiritual side of World Jazz & beyond.
Some time ago my friend and sOund vOyage partner Niko Schabel (Radio Citizen, Embryo etc.) introduced me to a band he plays for and that he produces: JISR جسر (Arabic for „bridge“).
Building bridges with music:
JISR جسر is a collective from Munich led by the charismatic linguist, singer, percussionist and Gembri player Dr. Mohcine Ramdan. He gathered some of Bavaria´s finest musicians to share his vision of an emotional Pan-Oriental sound that is deeply rooted in the tradition of his family of musicians in Marrakesh, Morocco.
Their live performance offers an unique fusion of Arabic Maqam, the polyrhythm of Gnawa music, World Spiritual Jazz & a bit of Afro Kraut and sets a new landmark in how to unite the diversity of diasporic music in Europe in a one stage set. Truly mesmerizing & a must see.
JISR جسر Band leader Dr. Mohcine Ramdan follows the path of musical exchange like a post modern Ibn Battuta of sound. The result on their debut album „too far away“ (freesoulinc/enja, yellow bird) is a ethnographic snapshot of polycultural musical traditions that breaks down boundaries, unconventionally arranged & orchestrated with a great longing for exotic athmospheres.
Modern Pan-Oriental Afro Jazz at it´s best with a strong focus set on the instruments „Oud“ (the Arabic lute) plus „Gembri“ (the North African bass) and on the ancient traditions of the Gnawa and Arabic music behind them. Healing music for the heart, mind &soul.
Band members are the Oud Virtuoso Roman Bunka (Embryo), Argentinian guitar maestro Luis Borda, Marja Burchard (Embryo, Karl Hector & the Malcouns), Wolfi Schlick (Express Brass Band, Poets of Rhythm),
Niko Schabel (Radio Citizen, sOund vOyage), Dine Doneff (ECM) and many more.

Mohcine Ramdan I daf, gembri, voice
Roman Bunka I oud, guitar
Gergely Lukács I trumpet, cornet
Luis Borda I guitar
Marja Burchard I piano, fender rhoads
Niko Schabel I saxophones, clarinets
Wolfi Schlick I flute, saxophones, sousaphone
Matthias Gmelin I drums
Vladislav Cojocaru I accordion
Ehab Abou Fakher I viola
Severin Rauch I drums
Ayman Mabrouk I tabla, daf, percussion
Dine Doneff I double bass


Feel the spirit

Tom Wieland ٱلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ

ps. SPIRITS HIGH ABOVE originally is a deep listening Jazz DJ mixtape series established back in 2005 . What started as a crate digger exchange with my Vienna vinyl lover friends Alfred, Volker & Christian soon became one of the most prolific mixtape series in the genre that is still going on strong today: soundcloud.com/freesoulinc/sets/spirits-high-above-mixtapes
Expect more goodness to come on FREE SOUL INC. in 2021 
credits
released October 2, 2020

produced by Niko Schabel (sOund vOyage / Radio Citizen / Express Brass Band / Embryo & JISR..) & Mohcine Ramdan

too far away

for the love of music

JISR جسر too far away LP medley FREE SOUL INC. 006 spirits high above series I

Modal Jazz to Griot House. Keep the JazzRave burnin.

The Diabolical Liberties - Sliders

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