BalkanBeats, A Night in Berlin (Piranha Musik) BalkanBeats, A Night in Berlin (Piranha Musik), The crowd is dancing wildly. Suddenly the rhythm stops, the drums fall silent. Only the trumpet moans, then changes into a looping oriental melody. The drums start again. The crowd jumps up, dancers shout in desperate ecstasy...This is BalkanBeats 01/12/09 >> more

Boban i Marko Markovic, Devla (Piranha Musik) Boban i Marko Markovic, Devla (Piranha Musik), Markovic and his son and prized protégé Marko are the bomb in Balkan brass dance music, harnessing the absolute flexibility of Miles Davis and the cool funk of Herb Alpert in the ultimate expression of their Southern Serbian Rroma roots. 01/12/09 >> more  Written by FlipSwitch icon

EarthRise SoundSystem, The Yoga Sessions (Yoga Organix/White Swan) EarthRise SoundSystem, The Yoga Sessions (Yoga Organix/White Swan), When EarthRise SoundSystem’s Derek Beres and David “Duke Mushroom” Schommer first joined together to remix a song by popular mantra singer Deva Premal, they set out to create a new paradigm as to what ‘yoga music’ meant. The result was a percussively rich, organically spacious and dubby soundscape. This approach laid the foundation for their full length album, The Yoga Sessions (Yoga Organix: January 1, 2010), a collection of 21st century electronically inspired yet organically grown original music that will redefine one’s notions of “yoga music.” 01/01/10 >> more

Jerry Leake, Cubist (Rhombus Publishing) Jerry Leake, Cubist (Rhombus Publishing), It is no coincidence that the music in Cubist reinvigorates the concepts presented by the Cubist movement in the early 20th century. Like Picasso, Leake set out to represent each musical object—each theme, instrument, and influence—from all sides, in relation to the listener. As a result, a more profound musical awareness and aesthetic evolved with sounds that intertwine human experience with global music experience. 01/01/10 >> more  Written by FlipSwitch icon

Joyful Noise (I Grade Records) Joyful Noise (I Grade Records), The urgency of the messages on Joyful Noise is plain to see. Each artist delves into their chosen topics with intense passion and skill. From spiritual anthems like “Everlasting” by the Nazarenes to sufferers anthems like Duane Stephensons “Hard Times”, this album is chock-full of songs that the earth needs hear – songs that will make you tune in and take notice as these sixteen different artists make a Joyful Noise unto the Lord 01/12/10 >> more

Kartick & Gotam, Business Class Refugees (EarthSync) Kartick & Gotam, Business Class Refugees (EarthSync), The world is a swirling arrangement of sand and water, elements that sing and crash. From the deserts of the Sinai to the drowned islands of Indonesia, these fluid forces of life and destruction guide the emergence of a new post-cataclysm harmony of people and music, serenity from out of the deluge. Kartick and Gotam pull the threads of this microcosm and weave them into a new tapestry as a gift to the world on their latest creation, Business Class Refugees (U.S. Release: March 9, 2010), from Chennai-based EarthSync. 03/09/10 >> more  Written by FlipSwitch icon

My Name is Khan, Soundtrack (SIN/Sony India) My Name is Khan, Soundtrack (SIN/Sony India), My name is Rizwan Khan. I might seem a little different to you. That is because I have Aspergers Syndrome. It is named after Dr. Hans Asperger who first noticed the traits in children. Having Aspergers does not mean I am stupid. I am very intelligent, but I don't understand people. I don't know why people say things they don't mean. For example, they say come to my house any time, and when I go to their house they say why have you come at this time? Sometimes people think I am rude. I don't mean to be rude, being rude is not good. My mother said there are only good people and bad people in the world and I am a good person 02/16/10 >> more  Written by FlipSwitch icon

Sweet Electra, When We Abandoned Earth (Sweet Electra) Sweet Electra, When We Abandoned Earth (Sweet Electra), In 2005, Giovanni relocated to Mexico City to join in on that enormous metropolitan's exciting art and music scene. When he was auditioning young women to fill the role of Sweet Electra's new singer, someone urged him to call a student at the city's prestigious Fermata conservatory named Nardiz Cooke. As soon as she opened her mouth to sing for him, Giovanni knew he wanted to collaborate with her. They immediately recorded the group's second album, CAMA. 03/16/10 >> more

The Spy from Cairo, Secretly Famous (WONDERWHEEL) The Spy from Cairo, Secretly Famous (WONDERWHEEL), The album "Secretly famous" is an effort by The Spy from Cairo to consolidate as much Middle Eastern music as possible. Every track focuses on a particular style of music from the arab countries... all with his signature Afro, Dub, electronic sound. The spy from Cairo tries to introduce the beautiful, emotional, deep ( and sexy at the same time...) music from Arabia to a western dance crowd. 02/10/10 >> more

Tito Gonzalez, Al Doblar la Esquina (www.titoysusondecuba.com/) Tito Gonzalez, Al Doblar la Esquina (www.titoysusondecuba.com/), Tito Gonzales possesses the sweet, confident eyes of an amorous gentleman of a certain age. Accordingly, Tito’s lyrical poetry embraces love and the lack thereof. Al doblar la esquina opens with “Buscar a alguien,” a cheer-up song that Tito wrote for his lovesick pianist, whom he found one evening, saddened for his lack of a companion. This upbeat hello to the sound of the son, featuring Tito’s frank poetic voice, is unworried and upbeat, like “Cuando tu te fuistes,” another song for a comrade in heartache. This one is for the young man who painted the album’s perky cover art, a landscape of Havana in rich Caribbean colors. Somewhere in that tangle of golden alleyways, Tito waits to meet you, just around the next corner. 03/01/09 >> more  Written by FlipSwitch icon

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