Crammed has released over 250 albums and 250 singles by artists from all over the world, ranging from Aksak Maboul to Bel Canto, Carl Craig, DJ Morpheus (& the Freezone series), Eddie Fowlkes, Flat Earth Society, The Gruesome Twosome, The Honeymoon Killers (let's skip some letters) ... to Snooze, Suba, Tek 9 & 4hero, Zap Mama, Hector Zazou and Zuco 103 ...
Crammed's sub-labels have included the Made To Measure composers' series, world music collection Cramworld, electronic music imprints SSR, Language & Selector, and Ziriguiboom, a collection devoted to new Brazilian music. Nowadays, Crammed would like to believe that borders between genres are no longer indispensable, so most releases tend to come out under the simple "Crammed" banner.
Crammed's current roster includes Konono N°1, Cibelle, Koçani Orkestar, Taraf de Haidouks, Bebel Gilberto, Balkan Beat Box, DJ Dolores, Tuxedomoon, Shantel, Kasai Allstars, Think Of One, Mahala Rai Banda, newcomers Lonely Drifter Karen & Allá, and more.
Cibelle and Lonely Drifter Karen celebrate the release of their respective albums
Cibelle Launch Party in London & shows in Spain and Portugal. Lonely Drifter Karen on tour in Central Europe, Munich & Amsterdam
Come celebrate the release of Lonely Drifter Karen's marvelous album Fall of Spring* and of Cibelle's trippiest opus to date, Las Vênus Resort Palace Hotel **:
Tuesday 11 May: Lonely Drifter Karen at l'Européen, Paris (F)
Thursday 13 May: a Crammed Night at the Nuits Botanique festival in Brussels (B),
with both Cibelle and Lonely Drifter Karen performing in the Museum Room @ Botanique
Saturday 15 May: Cibelle at The Great Escape in Brighton (UK),
and Lonely Drifter Karen in Vienna (Austria)
18 + 19 May: Cibelle in Madrid and Barcelona (ES),
and Lonely Drifter Karen in Warsaw and Wroclaw (PL)
20 May: Cibelle Launch Party in London, Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen
21 to 23 May: Lonely Drifter Karen in Slovakia and Austria
24 May: Lonely Drifter Karen in Munich (DE)
26+27 May: Cibelle in Lisbon and Porto (PT) with Grizzly Bear
28 May: Lonely Drifter Karen at Paradiso in Amsterdam (NL)
Click here for more details on the dates
*
"Couching romantic tales in a menagerie of musical idioms. Impeccably arranged, grounded in nagging melodies and rendered genuinely moving by Tanja Frinta's beautiful croon" (Q, UK / 4 stars)
"La délicieuse Lonely Drifter Karen fête le printemps avec un disque plus pop et électrique, tendrement psychédélique, qui donne envie de se rouler dans un champ de fraises forever" (Les Inrockuptibles,F)
**
"The divine Miss C... A rich and romantic, velvet-swathed world with a soundtrack that encompasses exotica, '60s surf instrumentals, Cambodian garage rock, Bond movie themes, retro space-pop... " (Time Out, UK)
"Cibelle n’est plus. La chanteuse brésilienne a pété un câble, largué les amarres qui la retenaient à la réalité d’ici et maintenant. Elle est devenue Sonja Khalecallon (en hommage à Frida Kahlo et Sophie Calle), hôtesse du dernier cabaret d’hôtel (le Las Vênus Resort Palace Hotel) de la terre, perdu dans une jungle post-apocalyptique. Un peu comme Régine, mais plus sexy. Coproduit par Damian Taylor, le Géo Trouvetout de Björk (dont Cibelle est un peu l’avatar tropical), Las Vênus Resort Palace Hotel est un voyage haletant et inédit dans un espace-temps déréglé, déboussolé." (Les Inrockuptibles, F)
Lonely Drifter Karen video: "A Roof Somewhere" (live on a roof)
Cibelle video: "Man From Mars"
