My name is Adam Ragusea, I'm an American journalist and educator who used to—and sometimes still does—make music.


What's up and welcome to my little orange cloud that spits out mediocre music made by an anime addict. I do a lot of remakes of video game OSTs and anime stuff, so that's what this page will mostly be dedicated to.

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Sometimes, Mitski feels life would be easier without hope, or a soul, or love. But when she closes her eyes and thinks about what’s truly hers, what can’t be repossessed or demolished, she sees love. “The best thing I ever did in my life was to love people,” she says. “I wish I could leave behind all the love I have after I die, so I can shine all this goodness, all this good love that I’ve created onto other people.” She hopes her newest album, The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We, will shine love long after she’s gone. That’s precisely how it feels: like a love that’s haunting the land.

“This is my most American album,” she says. The music feels like a profound act of witnessing this country, in all of its private sorrows and painful contradictions. Sonically Mitski’s most epic and wise album, the songs introduce wounds and then actively heal them. Here, love is time-traveling to bless our tender days, like light from a distant star.

It's full of the ache of the grown-up, seemingly mundane heartbreaks and joys that are often unsung but feel enormous. It’s a tiny epic. From the bottom of a glass, to a driveway slushy with memory and snow, to a freight train barreling through the Midwest, and all the way to the moon, it feels like everything and everyone is crying out in pain, arching towards love. Love is that inhospitable land, beckoning and then rejecting us. To love this place, this earth, this America, this body takes work. It might be impossible. The best things are.

Yoann Lemoine aka Woodkid, is widely regarded as one of the most creative and exciting artists working in the contemporary music, as witnessed by his hugely acclaimed videos for Global superstars Lana Del Ray and Drake & Rihanna amongst others. Woodkid is the musical artist, the songwriter/singer/lyricist/producer, who has made this beautiful record. The visual aspect remains hugely important with Woodkid directing all his own videos and turning his live performances into a spectacle rarely seen in the world of pop music. Together with a 30-piece orchestra, he turned the venerable Le Grand Rex theatre in Paris into a place of ecstasy in front of 3,000 adoring fans last September. “When I started playing my own music, I wanted it to be as tall as a skyscraper. Images can achieve that. A really big orchestra can also achieve that.” 

This creative ambition and artistic freedom have allowed Woodkid to make such a unique sounding and powerful album as The Golden Age.  “It’s all about that time of passage between adolescence and adulthood, into that confusing hyper-reality,” Woodkid notes. 

Woodkid "The Golden Age" - out March 18th 
https://itunes.apple.com/fr/album/the-golden-age/id596461150

Minervuh are a DIY indie rock band that formed in Boston, Massachusetts but are now based in London, UK. The trio consists of Olly Liu (guitar), Frank Giampietro (drums), and Taylor Pollock (bass and vocals). With influences such as St. Vincent and Foo Fighters, Minervuh experiments with the sonic qualities of their instruments while singing and playing catchy melodies over top. As upbeat and captivating as their songs are, the lyrics touch on issues such as mental illness, loss, and finding happiness when fighting depression. Although they are only a trio, Liu's shoegaze guitar playing fills up any empty spaces as Giampietro holds down the rhythms and Pollock belts over the soundscape. They are a force to be reckoned with when playing live, and there is never a dull moment on stage. As newcomers to the scene, they are making their own space with their unique and edgy sound.
Lead Vocalist and bassist: Taylor Pollock
Guitarist: Olly Liu
Drummer: Frankie Giampietro

Africa Express was set up to promote artistic collaboration between African and western musicians and to widen the appreciation of African music and culture. 
"Africa Express Presents: Maison Des Jeunes" is out now: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/id740674305. 
Pre-order the physical release (coming April 21st) here: http://www.roughtrade.com/albums/81652


EVENTS: We have hosted a series of highly-praised events in the UK and Europe, including Brixton Jamm (2006), Glastonbury Festival Park Stage (2007), London Koko (2008), Liverpool Olympia (2008), Paris (2009), Africa Express UK Train Tour (2012), Marseille (2013). 

TRIPS: We have also organised four trips to Africa - Bamako, Mali (2006), Kinshasa, DRC (2007),  Lagos, Nigeria (2008) and Bamako, Mali (2013). This last trip resulted in the recording of "Africa Express Presents: Maison Des Jeunes", a collaborative album featuring artists such as Brian Eno, Ghostpoet, Songhoy Blues, Damon Albarn, Lobi Traoré Band, Bijou and many more.

"melodic, defiant stuff" - Metro 4/5
“the one album you should hear this week” - The Guardian 4/5

ARTISTS WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH AFRICA EXPRESS: Amadou & Mariam, Damon Albarn, The Aliens, Baaba Maal, Fatboy Slim, Oumou Sangare, Billy Bragg, Massive Attack, Get Cape Wear Cape Fly, Tony Allen, De La Soul, Martha Wainwright, Tinariwen, Johnny Marr, The Good The Bad The Queen, Hard-Fi, Rachid Taha, Flea, Mehdi Haddab, Sway, Ms Dynamite, The Specials, K'naan, The Hypnotic Brass, Rokia Traore, Muntu Valdo, VV Brown, Kano, Franz Ferdinand, Salif Keita, Bashy, Reverend & The Makers, Corinne Bailey-Rae, Bassekou Kouyate, Martina Topley-Bird, Ba Cissoko, Eslam Jawaad, Kasse Maddy, Adrian Sherwood, Femi Kuti, Mathieu Chied, Scratch, Kasai Allstars, Souad Massi, Shlomo, Mo-DJ, Nitin Sawhney, Daara J, Rosie Wilson, Staff Benda Bilili, Gang of Four, Radioclit, Juldeh Camara, Turin Brakes, Justin Adams, Wasis Diop, Ayo, The Magic Numbers, Konono No 1, Gruff Rhys, Terri Walker, Vieux Farka Toure, Mark Ronson, Speech Debelle, The Kooks, Holy Other and many others.


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