Usually more visible along the coast of the Mediterranean or the Baltic, legendary band Tuxedomoon will be making a rare appearance stateside in New York City for one show only at Le Poisson Rouge - a brand new multimedia art cabaret founded on the former site of the historic Village Gate.

Don't expect to see them repeat poses from their youth as Tuxedomoon seldom look back and, if so, more often than not, choose to refine and distort their past in terms concurrent with their muses of the moment. No room for '80s nostalgia here, their recent compositions feature a wide and surprising variety of styles, influences and themes gathered along their varied journey through space and time. Appearances of Tuxedomoon in the USA are unusual occurrences, there having been only 4 others in the last 21 years.

If you're in that part of the world, come witness this unique event.

Tuxedomoon, Gutbucket,
Wednesday September 17 at 10pm

(Le) Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, New York, NY 10012
www.lepoissonrouge.com
phone: 212.505.FISH
fax: 646.478.9197

As a reminder... Tuxedomoon's latest releases are the new "Vapour Trails" album and the "77o7 : 30th Anniversary Box" limited-edition set (containing 3CDs + 1 DVD, incl. Vapour Trails, a wealth of previously-unreleased audio & video material, and a live CD recorded in 2007). Both came out in February 2008.

Press quotes on "Vapour Trails"

"As vibrant and inventive in their 30th year as they were when they first came together in the late Seventies" (The Independent, UK)

"Vapour Trails is, quite simply, the best album they've ever produced. It comprises everything that makes the group a special proposition… A crucial set from a group who operate entirely on their own terms. Cherish them." (The Wire, UK)

Tuxedomoon

Vapour Trails

Tuxedomoon

77o7 - 30th Anniversary Box

1. HECTOR ZAZOU & SWARA In The House Of Mirrors
2. CIBELLE White Hair EP
3. V.A. Arriba La Cumbia! (compiled & mixed by DJ Russ Jones)
4. KOÇANI ORKESTAR The Ravished Bride
5. U-CEF Halalwood

1.

HECTOR ZAZOU & SWARA In The House Of Mirrors
The ever-innovative Hector Zazou invites four outstanding instrumentalists from India and Uzbekistan to step into a virtual hall of mirrors. A fresh take on classical Asian music, which nods to some of the music produced in the '70s by Terry Riley and Fripp & Eno. Feat. Toir Kuziyev (tambur & oud), Milind Raykar (violin), Ronu Majumdar (flute) and Manish Pingle (Indian slide guitar), plus guests such as Diego Amador and Nils Petter Molvaer.

Out September 15



2.

CIBELLE White Hair EP
To coincide with her September UK tour, the marvellous multi-talented Cibelle is back with her first brand-new material since her much-loved ‘The Shine Of Dried Electric Leaves’ album. The "White Hair" EP will come out as a limited-edition 7" vinyl and digital EP, incl. reworks by No Kids, Lykkemosen & Kwes.

A special offer will be exclusively available to Crammed Shop subscribers, watch this space!

Out September 15

3.


V.A. Arriba La Cumbia! (compiled & mixed by DJ Russ Jones)
Colombian cumbia finally crosses over by spreading across Latin America and cross-breeding with hip hop, reggaeton, ragga etc. Mixed by London's key cumbia evangelist Russ Jones, this wildly exotic, irresistible album covers the various new Latino hybrids (from cumbiaton, housed-up bangers, gangsta-style ragga hits) and also contains vintage cumbia classics, and European takes on this new craze (incl tracks by Mo'Horizons and Basement Jaxx).

Out September 29

4.

KOÇANI ORKESTAR The Ravished Bride
The long-awaited new album by the funkiest of all Balkan brass bands (and darlings of the indie rock scene ever since Beirut's Zach Condon repeatedly sang their praise and covered some of their songs)… A powerful, romantic, inventive opus, full of epic love songs, and sometimes tilting towards oriental surf music or some kind of mutant Eastern rock, with the help of guest guitarists Uri Kinrot (Balkan Beat Box) and Vincent Kenis.

Out October 13

5.

U-CEF Halalwood
First there was Hollywood… then Bollywood… and now…Halalwood, Morocco's first and foremost digitalizer's debut album for Crammed, a tour-de-force which puts gnawa music, dub, sinuous classic Arabic arrangements, electronic beats, MCs, big drums and crunchy rock guitars into a giant blender. Featuring Damon Albarn, Natacha Atlas, Rachid Taha, Steve Hillage/Miquette Giraudy, UK Apache, Amina Annabi, Justin Adams and Moroccan rap duo Dar Gnawa.

Out October 27

To inaugurate this, the brand-new Crammed Discs shop, we're offering a free, 13-track downloadable compilation entitled:

featuring tracks by Konono N°1, Lonely Drifter Karen, Suba vs Zero dB, Allá, Tuxedomoon, Cibelle vs Kocani Orkestar, Shantel, Kasai Allstars, Taraf de Haidouks, DJ Dolores, Think Of One, Mahala Rai Banda and Balkan Beat Box.

We'll be releasing 2 of these tracks every ten days, throughout the Summer.

The only requirement to receive these tracks is to become part of our mailing list.

If you haven't subscribed yet, click this link:
http://crammed.greedbag.com/freedownload ,
and you'll get your own personal crammed download area to grab the freebies from.