DakhaBrakha, Gonzo, Animal Chuki

Three new releases!

The Ukrainian group DakhaBrakha keep it tight och strict, with meditative drones and a great stage presence. DakhaBrakha means to “give and take” in an ancient Ukrainian dialect. The group was formed on the initiative of the Russian director Vlad Troitsky, as a houseband for his avant garde theatre in Kiev. DakhaBrakha work with stories, songs and styles which still today are alive on the Ukrainian countryside, which is from where they originate both musically and geopraphically.

Gonzo is the portugese London-based sound artist Gonçalo F Cardoso, who under the pseudonym Gonzo creates playful musical collage of samples, original and found music compositions, field recording and his own humorous version of musique concréte; the aim being to challenge people’s conceptions of “music listening”.

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Animal Chuki come from the boiling underground scene in Peru’s capital Lima. The duo, consisting of Andrea Campos and Daniel Valle-Riestra, were united by a will to explore music and sounds from their subconscious as well as the past: ancient folk music from the Andes is what constitutes the foundation for the danceable song constructions.

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BITORI, GOAT, MIDNIGHT RAVERS, JAMBINAI

Four new releases!

Bitori is today considered to be one of the greatest bands in the genre funaná. The name of the band comes from Victor “Bitori” Taveres who in the 1950’s embarked on a journey to the island Sao Tomé & Peincipe and returned to Cabo Verde with an accordion. Self taught he developed a completely new style with a passionate sound and honest lyrics about the tough life of the working class.

Despite the rather traditional combination of instruments this is i a highly original band who’s music completely lacks lyrics and melody. Goat’s music is meticulously organized, techno without drum machines or sequenzers, carried out with impressive precision, perfectly reflected in the name of their latest album: “Rhythm & Sound”.

With one foot in Mali and the other in France, Midnight Ravers want to introduce the world to a new kind of elektro-mandingo. But it’s not about world music, nor ethnic sampling. The group, consisting of musicians from French and Mali, strive through their artistic expression, which contains both music, drawing and video, towards a globalisation free from economic structures and instead based on real, human exchange.

Creating some of the most innovative sounds in East Asia’s underground scene, Jambinai are an award-winning post-rock/world music hybrid act that was formed in Seoul, South Korea in 2009 by guitarist and piri (oboe) player Ilwoo Lee, haegum (a fiddle-like instrument) player Bomi Kim, and geomungo (zither) player Eun Youg Sim. Ushering Korean traditional music into the 21st century, Jambinai’s stunning sonic compositions mix mesmerizing sounds from the past with elements of folk, metal, and electronic music.

ASTROEKOLOGI, NEGAR NASEH, CHRISTINA OUZOUNIDIS

The artist and poet Johannes Heldén is one of Sweden’s most interesting, experimental poets. Now he meets the duo Wildbirds & Peacedrums, consisting of Mariam Wallentin and Andreas Werliin, in a unique combination of music, poetry and art.

Negar Naser is the writer who at age 29 released her novel debut Under all denna vinter the same year she finished medical school. The critically acclaimed, award winning writer is now out with her second novel: De Fördrivna.

Glänta presents Christina Ouzounidis, one of the most interesting and renowned playwrights in Sweden right now. She is known for her melodic, rhythmical, original language that questions societal norms and often draws on themes from ancient Greek myths. Currently directing Winterreise by Elfride Jelinek at Teater Galeasen in Stockholm.

MATANA ROBERTS

The internationally renowned composer, band-leader, saxophonist and sound-experimentalist Matana Roberts has by critics been called a “giant talent” and the “spokesperson for a new, politically aware jazz scene”.

Matana Roberts is probably best known for Coin Coin: an ongoing music project which through improvisation explores America’s history by touching upon themes such as narrative, history, ancestry, memory and political expression.

ERIK LUNDIN

In his passport it says Ibrahim Erik Lundin Banda, but as an artist he goes under half his name: Erik Lundin. That was the half that worked best during his previous day job, a phone salesman; the name that on paper hides the fact that Erik Lundin’s father is from Gambia.

The verses seem to spring out of him with no effort at all, rhyme after rhyme like a poetic machine. When he rapped a capella for ten minutes in Swedish television he immediately became a phenomenon and moved the host Hiba Daniel to tears.