NICKODEMUS / ENDANGERED SPECIES
GIVE THE DRUMMER SOME featuring Stimulus and Dionysos & Nappy G
RT 3:44 Collage Animation
ESL / Wonderwheel Recordings
FORRO IN THE DARK / BONFIRES OF SAO JOAO
ASA BRANCA featuring David Byrne
RT 3:33 Animation
Nublu Records
Bonfires of Sao Joao, Forro in the Dark’s first album on Nublu Records, features Byrne making a guest vocal appearance, singing his English version of “Asa Branca”—a permanent smile of a song. The rest of the album spans the breadth of Forro history. Cibo Matto’s Miho Hatori joins the band to sing “Paraiba”, a Japanese version of a song originally recorded in the fifties by Forro founder Luis Gonzaga. On the album’s sublime climax, Bebel Gilberto joins the band to sing a version of “Wandering Swallow”, a song originally released by Peggy Lee in 1951. This video was produced in Madrid in cooperation with Forward.
BILLIE HOLIDAY REMIXED & REIMAGINED
Swingsett & Takuya's Mighty Fine Remix
I HEAR MUSIC
RT 5:09 Animation & Archival Footage
SONY BMG / Legacy Recordings
"Before Billie Holiday, pop and jazz vocalists were actors, emoting their songs from an imaginative perspective. Only the blues valued singers who sang as if they'd lived the trials and tribulations of their lyrics. Holiday changed all that, marshalling a memorable amalgam of infallible technique, indubitable spirit, and what would come to be called "soul". Born in Baltimore in the 1910s, she caught early breaks with Benny Goodman, Count Basie, and Artie Shaw in the 30s, and by 1941, she'd arrived in full force with her own composition "God Bless the Child". Peppered by drug problems, jail time, failed marriages, and heart trouble, Holiday's personal life was anything but enviable, but the catalogue of music she left is essential in the whole, bolstered regularly by huge reissues, film portrayals like 1972's Lady Sings the Blues (starring Diana Ross as Holiday), and an enduring cult of personality." Soundunwound
LOVE TRIO
THE DARK MIXES EP
HARD LIVIN' featuring U*Roy
RT4:04
Nublu Records
Love Trio in Dub featuring U-Roy is all at once a return to the best times of reggae and dub while a window into the future of the genres. U-Roy solidifies his status as a reggae legend and originator with Murphy, Wollesen and Ersahin, bringing his classic toasts and squeals to the future with high-tempo instrumentation of unearthly electronic jazz contorted by nuanced tributes to King Tubby and Lee Perry. Montreal native, Deadbeat, contributes a stunning remix of Lovers Rock to the full-length, demonstrating his powers in minimal dub and bass. DJ Cil 's mix of Flight in Dub is an organic banger with rolling bass lines that build the track into the stars.
ZEB
FROM A DISTANCE
THE CIRCLE
RT 6:18 Super 8
IRMA RECORDS
From interesting people comes interesting music! Zeb, born of Italian & Gypsy parents, moved to England at an early age of 16 & played guitar with the band "The Indians" at 18. After moving to NYC, Zeb helped start the great party Organic Grooves & has been a key contributor to IRMA Records (Italy), Codek Records, Rhythm Love Records, Turntables on the Hudson & WONDERWHEEL Recordings. Therefore, Zeb has been a key producer behind the enormous Global, Dub, Funk movement since 1995!
SWIMIN'
Compilations by Joystick
Barcelona, Spain
Rojo.miho is a CD Rom curated by Joystick based in Barcelona and published as a special edition of rojo magazine as compilation of digital audio, video and applications.