your greedbag08 Aug 2008 - new releases on Crammed / autumn 2008
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, R.E.M. drummer Bill Rieflin/> 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
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