South African/Dutch artists Skip&Die were featured on Radio Milwaukee’s Sound Travels as some of the best new world music! SKIP&DIE are at radio now!
Going for Adds 5.14
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Baptist Generals - Jackleg Devotional to the Heart (Sub Pop)
Yasmine Hamdan - Ya Nass (Crammed)
Dungeonesse - Dungeonesse (Secretly Canadian)
Secret Colours - “Blackbird (Only One)” (Self-Released)
SKIP&DIE - Riots In The Jungle (Crammed)
Tunng - Turbines (Full Time Hobby)
The Virgins - Strike Gently (Cult)
Maïa Vidal plays at Joe’s Pub on November 30th at 7:30! Let us know if you’d like to attend, and spin her latest God Is My Bike at radio now!
Going for ADDS on 10.30
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Erica Elektra - That’s Intense (Self-Released) - DIGITAL ONLY
Neomythics - New Corporate Resistance (Ex-Fed)
Tilly and The Wall - Love Riot Remixes (Team Love)
Maïa Vidal - God Is My Bike (Crammed Discs)
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Going for ADDS 8.14
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Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra - Theatre Is Evil (8 Ft.)
Staff Benda Bilili - Bouger Le Monde! (Crammed Discs)
Vybz Kartel - Kingston Story: Deluxe Edition (VICE)
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Going for ADDS on 6.26
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The Archives - The Archives (ESL)
Delicate Steve - Positive Force (Luaka Bop)
Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra - “Want It Back” (Eight Foot)
Slowdance - “Boyfriend” b/w “Airports” (White Iris)
So Many Dynamos - So Many Dynamos EP (Self-Released)
Staff Benda Bilili - “Osalie Mabe” (Crammed Discs)
Bibi Tanga & The Selenites - 40° Of Sunshine (Nat Geo)
Going for ADDS on 3.20.2012
Céu - Caravana Sereia Bloom (Six Degrees)
La Chiva Gantiva - Pelao (Crammed Discs)
Esperanza Spalding -Radio Music Society (Heads Up International)
Rocky Votolato - Television Of Saints (Self-Released)
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Going for ADDS on 2.28.2012
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Baloji - Kinshasa Succrsale (Crammed Discs) [WORLD]
The Funk Ark - High Noon (ESL) [TOP 200 & WORLD]
Guards - “Do It Again” b/w “Feels Like That” (White Iris) [MODERN ROCK SPECIALTY]
Amy Ray - Lung of Love (Deamon) [TOP 200 & AAA]
Going for ADDS on 9.13: Staff Benda Bilili - ‘Tres Tres Fort’ (Crammed Discs)
GOING FOR WORLD ADDS
One of the great global success stories of the past two years, Staff Benda Bilili, have become an unstoppable force in international music. A group of street musicians who live in and around the grounds of the zoo in Kinshasa, Congo, they make music of astonishing power and beauty. The band’s mesmerising rumba-rooted grooves, overlaid with vibrant vocals and extraordinary tin-can guitar solos, have been dazzling audiences and media the world over, on record, on stage and on the big screen.
Four paraplegic singer/guitarists form the core of the band, assisted by a ‘hype man’ on crutches who whips the crowd into a frenzy, and backed by an all-acoustic rhythm section pounding out tight grooves. Then, on top of everything, are those inimitable and infectious solos performed by a teenage prodigy on a one-string electric lute he designed and built himself out of a tin can.
Staff Benda Bilili ripped through Europe for the first time in late 2009, spreading the word about debut album Très Très Fort with one of the most talked-about tours of 2009. The continent’s media responded in a chorus of praise, with top TV shows (including BBC Newsnight), broadsheet newspapers and world-renowned radios lavishing the band and their album with attention and end-of-year plaudits.
Now it’s 2011, and Benda Bilili, a documentary film on the band shot over the past few years by French filmmakers Florent de la Tullaye and Renaud Barret, premiered at the prestigious “Director’s Fortnight” event at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. The band proved to be one of the sensations of the festival, with reviews describing them as “The Kinshasa social club” (The Times), and the film as “a rousing depiction of unimaginable poverty and transcendent résolve” (Hollywood Reporter) as well as “”a remarkable documentary and an amazing music film” (Telegraph).
And now, another chapter in this remarkable story begins… The film will be released in the United States on the 30th of September, with a corresponding tour, the first time Staff Benda Bilili will cross the Atlantic to share their unique sounds on American shores.
Staff has gained world-wide recognition including the 2009 WOMEX artist of the year award and voted as “Best Group” in the Songlines Music Awards 2010. Since 2009 Staff have been touring extinsively in Europe, playing many summer festivals that include Glastonbury, WOMAD, Roskilde among numerous others.
Staff Benda Bilili’s recording Très Très Fort is released and distributed worldwide by Crammed Discs, known for artists Konono No. 1 and the Congotronics series.
Focus Tracks: 1, 5, 7
FCC: CLEAN
