Aksak Maboul -
Allá -
Apollo Nove -
Balkan Beat Box -
Bebel Gilberto -
Bel Canto -
Benjamin Lew -
Bossacucanova -
Buckfunk 3000 -
Carl Craig -
Celso Fonseca -
Cibelle -
Circadian Rhythms -
Congotronics -
DJ Dolores -
DJ Morpheus -
Electric Gypsyland -
Flat Earth Society -
Freezone -
Hector Zazou -
Honeymoon Killers -
Hugo -
Juryman/ Ian Simmonds -
Kasai Allstars -
Koçani Orkestar -
Konono N°1 -
Lonely Drifter Karen -
Mahala Rai Banda -
Meira Asher -
Minimal Compact -
Ramuntcho Matta -
Shantel -
Snooze -
Sonoko -
Suba -
Sussan Deyhim -
Taraf de Haidouks -
Tartit -
Tek 9 -
Think Of One -
Trio Mocoto -
Tuxedomoon -
Wise In Time -
Zap Mama -
Zuco 103 -
4hero
Influences
New releases
Balkan Beat Box
Nu Made (remixes & videos)
Released in conjunction with Balkan Beat Box's Spring/Summer 2008 tour, this exciting double-pack contains 11 audio tracks (10 remixes and a new song), a music video, and a 26-minute film. More info here .
Lonely Drifter Karen : "Grass Is Singing"
A captivating voice, a fiery piano, a gentle folk guitar wandering into an expressionist cabaret, melodies, melodies and more melodies, words, emotion and magic: welcome to the unique world of Lonely Drifter Karen, a new band revolving around Viennese singer-songwriter Tanja Frinta and Catalan pianist Marc Meliá Sobrevias. Be prepared: this is dangerously bewitching.
Disko Partizani! sees Shantel successfully synthesizing his experiences as a producer, musician and DJ to create catchy, energetic and festive pop songs, full of hooks and surprises.
After pioneering the concept of Balkan clubbing with his now-legendary Bucovina Club parties and albums, Shantel now lays the groundwork for a new brand of pop music, incorporating vibrant influences from the emerging new frontier which stretches all the way to Mitteleuropa, the south east, Greece, Turkey and beyond.
Essay Recordings (Shantel's label) and Crammed have joined forces for this very special album, which comes out in September 2007.
Shantel will be touring extensively with the Disko Partizani project, accompanied by his Bucovina Club Orkestar, a full 8-piece band.
Watch the lovely new animation video for CIBELLE's "Green Grass":
Get the digital-only "Green Grass EP" ..
Kocani Orkestar + Beirut performing together in Paris:
To celebrate the upcoming release of KONONO N°1's "Live at Couleur Cafe" CD, here's the "Lufuala Ndonga" music video (off their Congotronics album):
Seen this short film about Crammed & its artists ?
for those who missed the previous episodes:
"25 YEARS CRAMMED INTO 7 MINUTES"
The story of the label since its inception in 1981...including sound & video clips on/by the label's main artists, from Tuxedomoon, Minimal Compact, Carl Craig, Dj Morpheus to Zap Mama, Taraf de Haidouks, Bebel Gilberto, Suba, Konono N.1 and Cibelle
We at Crammed have this strange phobia about being trapped in a box, pinned down, categorized, forbidden to cross boundaries... about belonging only to one place, one culture, one genre... or simply about getting bored by churning out the same stuff over and over again... in other words, we're irrepressibly eclectic, and have been indulging in the delights of genre-b(l)ending... Too bad for the musical churches who won't recognize us as their obedient disciples... we like it like that... and we can't be doing everything wrong, as Crammed appears to be recognized worldwide as one of the most exciting & adventurous independent labels, en toute modestie.... The label has kept reinventing itself, and has been coming up with new blends, freely mixing elements of world music, alternative rock & pop, jazz and electronica ever since its inception in the early '80s, and retrospectively seems to have often been a trailblazer in many ways... although "trailblazing" isn't an occupation per se (not since the wild west), just a byproduct... something that can happen when you simply keep looking for freshness, beauty, surprises, emotions, playfulness, thrills... but let's calm down: we're only a label, and (although we do play our part) it's down to the artists...
Our latest projects include albums by innovative Brazilian artists DJ Dolores and Apollo Nove, by Mahala Raï Banda (the new Romanian Gypsy band which, alongside Taraf de Haïdouks, the Koçani Orkestar and the Electric Gypsyland project, came to strengthen the label's roster of bands from the Balkans), the Congotronics series (with the Konono N°1 album and Congotronics 2, featuring six other bands playing electrified traditional music), and new albums by the equally (but differently) wonderful Wise In Time (aka Ian Simmonds), Cibelle, Tuxedomoon, Tartit and Think Of One.
Une petit peu de promo en passant Kebous + Bebly Seront Le 28 Mai au Zèbre de Belleville (Paris 11eme) 63 , Bd de Belleville (Métro Belleville) Prévente 10€ + frais de loc. Sur place 12€
The next Tilt party brought to you by the Trafik crew at Bazaar is taking place on the 2nd of may with another Soul/Funk and House double bill, featuring this month, Soultastic Funk who are the dj's behind the "Vibe Funktion" radio show on Radio Vibration 89.9 FM . They will be playing a hot selection of Soul, Funk, Latin, Boogaloo, Jazz-Funk & Rare Groove to start things up. On the house side of things, we got a special set up from the Sweatshop guys (Dirty Dancing, Lucy Lee) playing some killer electronic and minimal funky house music, all brought with special fx and especially LIVE synths by Fred Donche and of course our usual residents Samy & Acoustix...Be there ! And be sure to re-listen all the sets on www.trafik.be the next monday on... Special guest Matieu
Next party 6th June ONDA SONORA & GEOFFROY MUGWUMP !!! TILT @ Bazaar Rue des Capucins, 63 1000 BXL
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