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Barb�s Records presents Nation Beat's Growing Stone

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 22:49:00 GMT

Barbès Records sent you a copy of Nation Beat's new album, Growing Stone. We just wanted to know if the album had had any spins yet. If you didn't receive a copy, please let me know, and I will send another. Many thanks, Olivier Conan Barbès Records Info@barbesrecords.com <a href="http://www.barbesrecords.com/NationBeat.html">Nation Beat: Growing Stone - An Album From Two Americas</a> The American/Brazilian collective Nation Beat plays a 21st century mash-up inspired by Brazilian maracatu drumming, New Orleans second line rhythms, Appalachian music, funk and country-blues. They're the first American group to record in Brazil with the legendary Mestre Walter & Maracatu Nação Estrela Brilhante - and the first Brazilian band to perform with Willie Nelson who called Nation Beat "just a fantastic group". After nine years of experimenting with Northeastern Brazilian music, Nation Beat has released an album that is as deep as their mixed roots - and is their best album to date. Far from being a fusion album, Growing Stone is a record with a complete unity of sound and style. From forró to swamp rock, maracatu and funk - the rhythms are grounded by the musicians' own history and years of collaboration. The group is a regular of both merican and Brazilian festivals - and heir new release Growing Stone on Barbes Records should propel them to new heights. * * * <a href="http://www.barbesrecords.com/NationBeat.html">Read more..</a> You may automatically unsubscribe from this list at any time by visiting the following URL: <a href="http://barbesbrooklyn.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/u/Radio/"> http://barbesbrooklyn.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/u/Radio/ </a>

Slavic Soul Party Taketron

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:27:00 GMT

Greetings, Barbès Records recently mailed you a copy of Slavic Soul Party new release: Taketron <a href="http://barbesrecords.com/SSPTAKETRON.html">http://barbesrecords.com/SSPTAKETRON.html</a> We just wanted to make sure you had received it and see how it was doing. The CD was recently reviewed on NPR's All Things Considered - should you want to listen: <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113934670">http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113934670</a> We'd love to hear back from you. Olivier ================================== The new Slavic Soul Party! is the culmination of a ten year journey which has taken these Brooklyn pioneers of Balkan and Gypsy music from the backroom of Barbès to Turkey, Serbia, and Carnegie Hall. Taketron is a perfect balance of their mix of New York, New Orleans and Macedonian funk. Think Parliament mixed with Gogol Bordello and a dash of Beirut and youll have a fairly clear benchmark by which to judge Slavic Soul Party! blending a wide range of sounds into a thematically constant, but stylistically varied, masterpiece. [9 out of 10] - Popmatters A magnificent, daring ride that broadens the group's horizons, and consolidates their previous glory. All Music Guide <a href="http://barbesrecords.com/SSPTAKETRON.html">http://barbesrecords.com/SSPTAKETRON.html</a> Barbès Records www.barbesrecords.com <a href="mailto:info@barbesrecords.com">info@barbesrecords.com</a> You may automatically unsubscribe from this list at any time by visiting the following URL: <<a href="http://barbesbrooklyn.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/u/Radio/&gt">http://barbesbrooklyn.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/u/Radio/&gt</a>;

Barbes Radio List Message

Sat, 09 May 2009 17:56:00 GMT

Dear all, A few weeks ago Barbès Records sent you a copy of the <a href="http://barbesrecords.com/WVB.html">Warsaw's Village Band's new CD 'Infinity</a><a href="http://barbesrecords.com/WVB.html">"</a>. We just wanted to make sure you had received it and were wondering whether you were playing it. Best, Olivier Conan Barbes Records www.barbesrecords.com barbes@earthlink.net "Musical and mesmerizing" - The Washington Post "Though there's no electric guitar to be heard, Infinity is just as driven and pounding as the Modern Lovers, VU, or the Clash."- SF East Bay Express "Infinity" isn't world music so much as it's otherworld music" - Knoxville News "The Polish Pogues" - Songlines     You may automatically unsubscribe from this list at any time by visiting the following URL: <a href="http://www.barbesbrooklyn.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/u/Radio/"> http://www.barbesbrooklyn.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/u/Radio/ </a>

From Barbes Records: Chicha Libre's Sonido Amazonico!

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:20:00 GMT

<div align="center"> <a href="http://barbesrecords.com/chicha.html">CHICHA LIBRE's SONIDO AMAZONICO! The Debut CD by Brooklyn's Own Chicha Band </a> Now available from barbès records </div> When journalists in Lima want to write about Chicha, the psychedelic-meets-Amazon music once popular in Peru, ironically, they place a call to Brooklyn's Chicha Libre. The group is reviving the style that was popular among Peruvian indigenous and mestizos migrants in the 1970s, but frowned down upon by the middle class and mainstream. Chicha Libre's debut album, <a href="http://barbesrecords.com/chicha.html">Sonido Amazonico</a> (released by <a href="http://barbesrecords.com">Barbès Records</a> on March 25, 2008), features cover songs from the era alongside originals arranged not only in the sound of the time, but using the spirit of Chicha's syncretism. The result is a slightly updated take on the genre: a sound indebted to the Amazonian pioneers, but relevant to 21st century Brooklyn. The name Chicha comes from a type of corn liquor favored by the Incas in pre-Colombian days – It is also the name given to a new wave of Peruvian cumbias, which started out in the 70's. Cumbias Amazonicas, as they were first called, were loosely inspired by Colombian accordion-driven cumbias but incorporated the distinctive pentatonic scales of Andean melodies, some Cuban son, and the psychedelic sounds of surf guitars, farfisa organs and moog synthesizers. Chicha Libre uses a similar instrumentation an draws on most of the same sources. Barbès Records is proud to have been the first label to promote Chicha outside of Peru -<a href="http://barbesrecords.com/rootsofchicha.html"> The Roots of Chicha</a>, which documents the best Peruvian groups of the 70's has proven to be a success in the US and is now being released in Japan, Australia and Europe. Mainstream Peruvian publications have written about the cd, shedding light on a subculture they had never before acknowledged. Barbès Records intends to continue promoting the genre with the help of Chicha Libre, and with further releases, including a cd of Juaneco y su Combo which should be available in August of 2008. Chicha Libre includes musicians associated with the <a href="http://www.barbesbrooklyn.com/">Barbès</a> scene (a club co-owned by two of the musicians in the band: Olivier Conan and Vincent Douglas) and includes Joshua Camp (One Ring Zero) on Electravox; Olivier Conan (Las Rubias del Norte) on Cuatro and vocals; Nicholas Cudahy (Combustible Edison) on bass, Vincent Douglas (Bébé Eiffel) on guitar and veteran percussionists Greg Burrows (Andy Statman) and Timothy Quigley (Romashka, Zagnut Orkestar). Check out some recent press <a href="http://www.villagevoice.com/music/0813,the-brooklyn-per,389067,22.html%20%20">VILLAGE VOICE </a>: 03/26 - http://www.villagevoice.com/music/0813,the-brooklyn-per,389067,22.html <a href="http://prod1.cmj.com/articles/display_article.php?id=61547427">CMJ</a> : 03/27- http://prod1.cmj.com/articles/display_article.php?id=61547427 If you haven't received your copy of Sonido Amazonico! contact us at Barbes@earthlink.net You may automatically unsubscribe from this list at any time by visiting the following URL: <a href="http://www.barbesbrooklyn.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/u/Radio/"> http://www.barbesbrooklyn.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/u/Radio/ </a>