Monday, July 2, 2018

Belleruche - Eletronic Soul (UK)


Belleruche was a three-piece electronic/soul band from the United Kingdom. They were signed on the Brighton-based Tru Thoughts label. The members of the band were Kathrin deBoer, Ricky Fabulous, and DJ Modest. The band was formed in North London in 2005. Belleruche released a series of three limited 7" records on their own Hippoflex Recording Industries label before signing with Tru Thoughts, which sold out in British independent record stores and attracted a cult following in Europe, having been hand-distributed by the band at their gigs.

In 2007 Belleruche signed to Tru Thoughts and their debut album Turntable Soul Music was released in July of the same year, becoming the fastest-selling debut album in the label's history. They have played at venues as diverse as Montreux Jazz Festival, Glastonbury Festival, and many more. In October 2008 The Express, the band's second album, was released. Their first single, "Anything You Want (Not That)", was awarded the Single Of The Week spot on iTunes. The Express has gained major daytime radio support, being played in rotation by Nemone on BBC 6Music radio. BBC Radio 2's Mark Lamarr brought them in for a live session for his God's Jukebox show in May 2009.



Khan Tengri - Psychedelic, Space Rock (Canada)


The follow-up to 2016's "Aeons" finds Canada's Khan Tengri delving even deeper into the cavernous worlds of dark psychedelic music, space rock, progressive rock and ambient. Sixties and seventies influences abound in an extremely eclectic collection with a brooding, meditative, wryly cynical lyrical focus that often contains caustic commentary on humanity's failings. It's music to cheerfully accompany the apocalypse.



Flyin' Saucers Gumbo Special - Blues (France)


Louisiana Wild Dancin' Party. A rockin' soulfull experience mixed with zydeco, blues, funk & more...

FABIO IZQUIERDO Harmonica, squeeze box, vocals
CEDRIC LE GOFF Organ, Piano, vocals
LUCAS GAUTIER Guitar, vocals
CHARLIE DUCHEIN Bass, vocals
STEPHANE STANGER Drums, vocals




Sunday, July 1, 2018

Low - American Indie Folk Rock


Low is an American indie rock group from Duluth, Minnesota, formed in 1993. As of 2010, the group is composed of founding members Alan Sparhawk (guitar and vocals) and Mimi Parker (drums and vocals), joined by Steve Garrington (bass guitar). Previous bassists for the band include John Nichols from 1993 to 1994; Zak Sally from 1994 to 2005 and Matt Livingston from 2005 to 2008.

The music of Low is characterized by slow tempos and minimalist arrangements. Early descriptions sometimes referred to it as a rock subgenre called "slowcore" often compared to the band Bedhead, who played this style during the 1980s and early 1990s. However, Low's members ultimately disapproved of the term.

Parker and Sparhawk's striking vocal harmonies represent perhaps the group's most distinctive element; critic Denise Sullivan writes that their shared vocals are "as chilling as anything Gram and Emmylou ever conspired on—though that's not to say it's country-tinged, just straight from the heart."



SMALLTAPE - Crossover Prog • Germany


SMALLTAPE was formed as the solo project by a musician / sound designer Philipp NESPITAL. He always works in his studio in collaboration with some guest musicians such as Otis Sandsjö (tenor saxophone, ex-Lucia Cadotsch Trio), Christopher Zitterbart (guitars, ex-Mt. Amber) or Stephan Pankow (guitars, ex-Toxic Smile), and on stage with Manuel Humpf (drums), Alexandra Praet (bass, keyboards, backing voices), and Flavio De Giusti (guitars, backing voices). His first album "Circles" has been released in 2011, and his second one "The Ocean" in 2017.




Pitchfork - Rock (USA)


Pitchfork was an American post-hardcore band formed in 1986 in San Diego, California and disbanded in 1990. They are most well known as the first "real" band (after high school effort Conservative Itch/Coitus Interruptus) of guitarist John Reis, who would later gain fame as the frontman in Rocket from the Crypt, and as the first collaboration between Reis and singer Rick Froberg (the two would later form Drive Like Jehu and Hot Snakes). As an aspiring visual artist and illustrator, Froberg provided most of the band's artwork while Reis developed his studio skills by acting as producer on their records.

Band members:
Rick Froberg (aka Rick Farr, Rick Fork) - vocals
John Reis - guitar, piano
Don Ankrom - bass (1986–1989)
Nick Frederick - bass (1989–1990)
Joey Piro - drums


Bebo Best & Super Lounge Orchestra - Bossa Jazz Groove


THE SUPER LOUNGE ORCHESTRA LIVE is an enjoyable mix of bossa grooves, where jazzy vocals and '60s-'70s lounge and soundtrack flavours, brasilian music, Italian-styled groove and jazz dance plays together in the Swingin' Bossa, with coreographic and black n white video performance, and virtuoso musicians from Brazil and Italy using their unique creativity and intensity.

A fresh groovin' sound that combine jazz, dance, lounge and bossa-nova creating a new sound definition: the SWINGIN' BOSSAABOUT US

BEBO BEST is the force behind THE SUPER LOUNGE ORCHESTRA greatest project - After over 180 cds with personalities as David Torn and Gilberto Gil, and appearing in projects with artists as Jon Hassel, Michael Nyman, Wim Mertens, Nitin Sawhney, Trilok Gurtu, Sinead O' Connor, Mario Biondi, Ruichy Sakamoto, Frank Zappa, Marisa Monte, Bebel Gilberto, Nicola Conte, Norah Jones, Fabrizio Bosso, many soundtracks for films and TV, and has international recognition for the wise and original use of electronics and ethnic music that distinguished his works.

THE SUPER LOUNGE ORCHESTRA :
BEBO BEST guitar, vocals, whistle, bass, piano, organ, 
DR. CICCIZ vocals, piano, 
FARIDA vocals & dancing, 
ANDREW PRIVATE sax, 
HANNAH flute, 
TOM BRAGA sax,
JULIO trumpet, 
PAULINHO ZE drums, BINA percussion



Sitar And Bossa (2007)



D'Jazzonga (2008)