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Thursday, March 30, 2006 ◦
It's desk cleaning time here at Weirdomusic HQ. One of the CDs we found in our 'to review' pile is Careco by Zeek Sheck.
To quote Electronicmusicworld.com:
With titles like "Ocean in Skin Pitchers" and "Rebrainwash Center" the content oozes with extraordinary inventiveness and perseveres in its rich, unpredictable collage of seemingly haphazard sounds. The exception being Track 4 where the vocals sound tinny and weak without effects and they never quite stick with the background sounds. Long after listening to these songs, I found myself daydreaming about ghostly trifectas of forlorn females and looking for the source of moose-like horn drones. This album should be shelved somewhere between fever dream catalysts and lulling, subversive swan songs.
Get it while you can!
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Sunday, March 26, 2006 ◦
Kava Kon is an electronica lounge duo, heavily influenced by exotica, bossa nova, electronic, cocktail lounge, western, and 1950s-60s hollywood sound. They make music for the lounge crowd and all of the Tiki heads. Their new cd Departure Exotica is available now.
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Saturday, March 25, 2006 ◦
Out now on Radioactive Records: The Unicorn - Peter Grudzien
"Originally released in 1974 (P.G. 101), The Unicorn is considered to be one of the prime examples of what is now known as 'Outsider Music'. Its creator, New Yorker Peter Grudzien, grew up in the '50s listening to Hank Williams, Johnny Cash and other country music artists. By the '60s he was writing and recording his own country styled tunes and had added rising star Bob Dylan to his list of performers to aspire to. Comprising a selection of lo-fi home recordings made over several years (the earliest being from 1960), The Unicorn has songs of religious visions and redemption, life's struggles, and tales of romance gone wrong (brief references are made to Grudzien's own gay affairs, he 'came out' in song in the '60s). Predominantly rooted in country and bluegrass picking, the music also features electronic experiments, and borrows a few 'classic' tunes here and there in an early attempt at sampling. Intense, claustrophobic, eccentric, challenging, overwhelming, but about all, honest. These are all words that have been used to describe this album. You can add 'unique' too... for all those who prefer their country music with a twist."
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Thursday, March 23, 2006 ◦
Pio Leyva, a singer and composer in the Buena Vista Social Club band of veteran Cuban musicians, died on Thursday of a heart attack. He was 88.
Leyva, who won a bongo contest at the age of six and made his singing debut in 1932, had suffered a stroke on Sunday and died early Thursday morning in hospital, his daughter Rosalia said. The colorful improviser of traditional Cuban "son" music was the latest of the famed band's stars to pass away.
Its oldest member, guitarist Compay Segundo, and pianist Ruben Gonzalez died in 2003, aged 95 and 84. Singer Ibrahim Ferrer died last year at the age of 78.
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Tuesday, March 21, 2006 ◦
The new studio album from Ursula 1000, "Here Comes Tomorrow" is in stores worldwide today, March 21st! The new album explores a mind meld of jazz, electro, Latin, swing, ska, bossa nova, hip hop, psychedelia and glam rock. Featuring guests Los Amigos Invisibles, Cristina (Ze Records), Federico Aubele, Members of the Gentle People, Qypthone, Cabaret Noir, Misty Roses and so much more!
To celebrate the release of the album Ursula 1000 will be playing a clutch of shows at Winter Music Conference in Miami, and then embarking on what will turn into many jaunts around the globe. Full tour dates are below with more coming!
3/22: Madiba, Miami, FL (NuBlu WMC Showcase)
3/23: Cafeteria, Miami Beach, FL
3/25: Poplife at the Disctrict, Miami, FL (w/ Farid & Fort Knox Five)
3/31: Bossanova Zanzibar, Santa Monica, CA
4/1: Boca, San Francisco, CA
4/6: Cezayir, Istanbul, Turkey
4/7: Capri Bar, Essen, Germany
4/8: Lindenkeller, Munich (Freising), Germany
4/11: Favela Chic, London, England
4/12: Jelly Jazz, Plymouth, England
4/13: 603 Club, Saarbrucken, Germany
4/14: Sugar Factory, Amsterdam, Holland
4/15: Venue Camelot, Santa Pola, Spain
4/16: Kraftwerk, Krummenau, Switzerland
4/19: A38, Budapest, Hungary
4/20: Club Paptrowka, Warsaw, Poland
4/21: Ministers Two, Krakow, Poland
4/22: La Paloma, Barcelona, Spain
4/24: Tinkoff, Samara, Russia
4/25: Tinkoff, Kazan, Russia
4/27: Tinkoff, Ufa, Russia
4/29: Persona Club, Kiev, Ukraine
4/29: Oranzereya Club, Kiev, Ukraine
4/30: Walden, Frankfurt, Germany
5/4: Chop Suey, Seattle, WA
5/5: Masu, Portland, OR
5/13: Mosaic, Baltimore, MD
5/19: Zu bar, Dallas, TX
5/20: Halo Lounge, Atlanta, GA
6/2: Next Door, Honolulu, Hawaii
6/3: Hi-Fi Club, Calgary, Canada
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