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RELEASE DATE: 7/4/2025
The Malian Dogon ethnic group are notorious worldwide for their animal masks and ritual dances. Their incredible astronomical knowledge -- important festivals are based on the orbit of Sirius B, a planet that cannot be seen with the naked eye -- has puzzled Western researchers for over a hundred years. But has anyone ever heard of the music of this myth-enshrouded people? Petit Goro was the first musician to adapt the traditional Dogon rhythms for a young, modern audience, indeed he is the very first Dogon pop star. When he straps on his guitar on one of Bamako's open-air stages, thousands of dancers kick up the dust. It's a sound that sometimes sounds as if Junior Kimbrough, R.L. Burnside and the one-chord vamps of Mississippi Hill Country Blues have moved to the Niger. Pentatonic chords. Dogon chants. And the pull of his band -- which rides towards trance with bass, guitar and traditional percussion. Petit Goro sings about the struggle for their own culture and identity. The pop star is the figurehead of a new movement: in the face of the threat -- almost every week a Dogon village is attacked by jihadists -- the young Dogon have rediscovered their endangered animist traditions. Everywhere in Bamako, young people can be seen proudly wearing their Dogon costumes. Petit Goro, however, carries their message out into the world, rocking archaic traditions with a Dogon blues that has never been heard before.
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A big band from Berlin travels to Mali to experience the legendary Malian musicians of the '70s. That is the amazing genesis of The Omniversal Earkestra and the Le Mali 70 project. The Omniversal Earkestra is a big band from Berlin, consisting of 12 brass musicians, accompanied by bass and drums, who have made a name by gigging almost weekly for eight years now in their hometown Berlin. Their program consists of an eclectic mixture of compositions by huge influences such Duke Ellington, Sun Ra, and Fela Kuti, to which the group adds their own songs. Also exploring the music of the by now legendary Mali-based big bands of the '70s such as the Railband, it became clear to the group's members that a trip to Mali would be necessary to meet the old masters. Supported by the TURN culture fond, the Omniversal Earkestra made its pilgrimage to Mali where they met legendary artists such as Cheick Tidiane Seck, Sory Bamba, Abdoulaye Diabaté, and Salif Keita. Traveling all of Mali they visited the homes of by now almost forgotten bands such as Mystère Jazz de Tombouctou, Der Kanaga de Mopti, Super Bitons de Segou, and the Railband of Bamako. The results of this amazing trip are modern big band arrangements of old Mali songs that were recorded at the end of the road trip during an intense week in the Moffou studio together with Salif Keita. During the trip and the recording sessions, the group was joined by a film crew that documented the events. Live performances of The Omniversal Earkestra and Le Mali 70 now consist of live concert by the group and a showing of the movie of the same name.
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LP version. A big band from Berlin travels to Mali to experience the legendary Malian musicians of the '70s. That is the amazing genesis of The Omniversal Earkestra and the Le Mali 70 project. The Omniversal Earkestra is a big band from Berlin, consisting of 12 brass musicians, accompanied by bass and drums, who have made a name by gigging almost weekly for eight years now in their hometown Berlin. Their program consists of an eclectic mixture of compositions by huge influences such Duke Ellington, Sun Ra, and Fela Kuti, to which the group adds their own songs. Also exploring the music of the by now legendary Mali-based big bands of the '70s such as the Railband, it became clear to the group's members that a trip to Mali would be necessary to meet the old masters. Supported by the TURN culture fond, the Omniversal Earkestra made its pilgrimage to Mali where they met legendary artists such as Cheick Tidiane Seck, Sory Bamba, Abdoulaye Diabaté, and Salif Keita. Traveling all of Mali they visited the homes of by now almost forgotten bands such as Mystère Jazz de Tombouctou, Der Kanaga de Mopti, Super Bitons de Segou, and the Railband of Bamako. The results of this amazing trip are modern big band arrangements of old Mali songs that were recorded at the end of the road trip during an intense week in the Moffou studio together with Salif Keita. During the trip and the recording sessions, the group was joined by a film crew that documented the events. Live performances of The Omniversal Earkestra and Le Mali 70 now consist of live concert by the group and a showing of the movie of the same name.
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Double LP version. The Express Brass Band is a Munich based group of international musicians. It has been influenced by the second line marching bands of New Orleans, as well as experimental jazz formations, such as the Sun Ra Arkestra and the Art Ensemble of Chicago. The band's repertoire reaches from jazz, soul, and Afrobeat tunes, to Eastern European and oriental music creating a unique and very own style. Who's Following Who is the fourth album by the Express Brass Band and it offers 13 new tracks.
"The sound of the Express Brass Band not only is in search of freedom. It is synonymous with freedom. A freedom, by the way, that is not free of something but free for something." --Dirk Wagner
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The Express Brass Band is a Munich based group of international musicians. It has been influenced by the second line marching bands of New Orleans, as well as experimental jazz formations, such as the Sun Ra Arkestra and the Art Ensemble of Chicago. The band's repertoire reaches from jazz, soul, and Afrobeat tunes, to Eastern European and oriental music creating a unique and very own style. Who's Following Who is the fourth album by the Express Brass Band and it offers 13 new tracks.
"The sound of the Express Brass Band not only is in search of freedom. It is synonymous with freedom. A freedom, by the way, that is not free of something but free for something." --Dirk Wagner
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Two voices, an upright bass, an e-guitar is all that Textor and Holger Renz need to create their very own minimal sound. Textor and Renz have listened to a lot of Johnny Cash and Hank Williams, but The Days Of Never also comprises the melancholy of Nick Drake, Neil Young, or Townes Van Zandt. Their music evokes the atmosphere of an Aki Kaurismäki movie. Strange, yet compelling. Includes CD.
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Double LP version. Includes CD. 100 years of dada and a half-century of Embryo - Two good reasons for Embryo to celebrate and a perfectly good reason for a new record. "Do It", one of the slogans of the beatniks and hippies of the sixties, has been and still is a statement enormously important to Embryo. Inspired by dada, the group has changed the slogan to "It Do" and has named their new album accordingly. The Embyro collective has been active for almost fifty years, always led by their musical leader and visionary Christian Burchard. That Burchard energy has doubled now, as his daughter Marja, who stood on stage with the group the first time when she was only 11 years old, has now stepped into the spotlight. The multi-instrumentalist lives and breathes the "Do It" concept with the same conviction as her father Christian. On It Do the group for the first time has recorded songs composed by her. Embryo played right after Jimi Hendrix at his last live show at the Fehmarn Open Air in 1970. They founded the first artist-run independent label in Germany, Schneeball. They played with international musical legends such as Charlie Mariano and Mal Waldron. Embyro were one of the first European bands to combine jazz and rock music. Later they became pioneers of the then still un-named world music genre, with countless travels through Africa and Asia where they were joined by local musicians. Always on the move, always incorporating new players, the band has been a force in the music scene for almost 50 years now. "Embryo - real krautrock based in Germany, connected worldwide." -- John Peel. "Embryo is not so much a musical style, but an attitude. It's about the serious study of traditional music. And it's the wish to bring the world together via music." -- Nick McCarthy, Franz Ferdinand (with Embryo from 1999-2002). "Embryo - they are these crazy creative musicians playing really weird stuff." -- Miles Davis.
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100 years of dada and a half-century of Embryo - Two good reasons for Embryo to celebrate and a perfectly good reason for a new record. "Do It", one of the slogans of the beatniks and hippies of the sixties, has been and still is a statement enormously important to Embryo. Inspired by dada, the group has changed the slogan to "It Do" and has named their new album accordingly. The Embyro collective has been active for almost fifty years, always led by their musical leader and visionary Christian Burchard. That Burchard energy has doubled now, as his daughter Marja, who stood on stage with the group the first time when she was only 11 years old, has now stepped into the spotlight. The multi-instrumentalist lives and breathes the "Do It" concept with the same conviction as her father Christian. On It Do the group for the first time has recorded songs composed by her. Embryo played right after Jimi Hendrix at his last live show at the Fehmarn Open Air in 1970. They founded the first artist-run independent label in Germany, Schneeball. They played with international musical legends such as Charlie Mariano and Mal Waldron. Embyro were one of the first European bands to combine jazz and rock music. Later they became pioneers of the then still un-named world music genre, with countless travels through Africa and Asia where they were joined by local musicians. Always on the move, always incorporating new players, the band has been a force in the music scene for almost 50 years now. "Embryo - real krautrock based in Germany, connected worldwide." -- John Peel. "Embryo is not so much a musical style, but an attitude. It's about the serious study of traditional music. And it's the wish to bring the world together via music." -- Nick McCarthy, Franz Ferdinand (with Embryo from 1999-2002). "Embryo - they are these crazy creative musicians playing really weird stuff." -- Miles Davis.
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Double-LP version. Includes download code. Trikont presents the second volume of the compilation series Beyond Addis, celebrating the music of Ethiopia as played by contemporary bands from all around the globe. Compiled by JJ Whitefield aka Jan Weissenfeldt, the mastermind behind the bands Poets Of Rhythm, Karl Hector & The Malcouns and the Whitefield Brothers. Features: Karl Hector & The Malcouns, The Daktaris, The Sorcerers, Debre Damo Dining Orchestra, Jungle By Night, Onom Agemo & The Disco Jumpers, Tezeta Band, Akalé Wubé/Manu Dibango, Transgressors, Les Frères Smith, Whitefield Brothers, Cosmic Analog Ensemble and Anbessa Orchestra.
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Trikont presents the second volume of the compilation series Beyond Addis, celebrating the music of Ethiopia as played by contemporary bands from all around the globe. Compiled by JJ Whitefield aka Jan Weissenfeldt, the mastermind behind the bands Poets Of Rhythm, Karl Hector & The Malcouns and the Whitefield Brothers. Features: Karl Hector & The Malcouns, The Daktaris, The Sorcerers, Debre Damo Dining Orchestra, Jungle By Night, Onom Agemo & The Disco Jumpers, Tezeta Band, Akalé Wubé/Manu Dibango, Transgressors, Les Frères Smith, Whitefield Brothers, Cosmic Analog Ensemble and Anbessa Orchestra.
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2014 release. Trikont presents Beyond Addis: Contemporary Jazz & Funk Inspired By Ethiopian Sounds From The 70's, a compilation celebrating the Ethio-jazz of Addis Abeba. From the liner notes by compiler JJ Whitefield: "While mixing the debut album of my band The Whitefield Brothers in New York, master digger and funk aficionado Philip Lehman played me a tape of Mulatu Astatke's LP called Mulatu Of Ethiopia (1972). The muted sound didn't really hit a spot at first. But shortly after, when Mulatu's very rare albums Ethio Jazz (1974) and Modern Ethiopian Instrumentals (1972) were re-published on vinyl in Europe, I fell in love with it. Those recordings had been made in the early '70s in Addis Abeba together with local musicians. They sounded rough and funky, and they focused on traditional elements of Ethiopian music. A typical feature of the Ethiopian modes is their oriental sound. The music of 'Swinging Addis' of the '70s was a clash of opposite elements: western instruments (drums, bass, guitar, horns) and the stylistic influence of jazz, soul, R&B and rock'n'roll bumping into traditional techniques of singing and composing - a legacy of Ethiopian popular music. Jazz and Ethiopian music actually do have much in common - from polyrhythms to special intervals within the scales. Backpacked with North American jazz and funk rhythms, [Astatke] spiced up the nightlife of Addis Abeba and created the basis for Ethio-jazz. Ethio-jazz bands recruited a lot of their musicians from the abundant police and army ensembles - a tradition rooted in a decision the Ethiopian Emperor Haile Slassie had made: He had an orchestra from Armenia come to his court, and the conductor of this orchestra composed Ethiopia's national hymn and trained musicians for the army, the police and the Imperial Guard. A bubbly nightclub and party scene developed in the late '60s in Addis Abeba. 'Swinging Addis' had been born. When communist rebels overthrew Haile Selassie during a coup in 1977, most musicians went into exile and 'Swinging Addis' came to a sudden end. This couldn't dampen the power of Ethio-jazz, though. This compilation gives an overview of the work of young bands around the world inspired by Ethiopian music." Features: Akale Wube, The Heliocentrics, Imperial Tiger Orchestra, Budos Band, Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra, Woima Collective, Les Freres Smith, Karl Hector & The Malcouns, Zafari, Whitefield Brothers, Transgressors, Tezeta Band, The Shaolin Afronauts and Debo Band.
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