Kasai Allstars x Khalab x Nihiloxica
A unique collaboration between legendary Kinshasa DRC-based collective Kasai Allstars and Italian maverick producer, artist & DJ Khalab.Entitled I Need a Modem, this digital EP contains the original version of the song, written and recorded over the net in Kinshasa and Rome, as well as a remix by mighty UK/Ugandan band Nihiloxica. It’s out now on Khalab’s label, Hyperjazz.
This is the second encounter between these artists, after their 2021 collaboration, when Khalab remixed Kasai Allstars The Large Bird, the Woman and the Baby for Kasai Allstars’ Black Ants Remixes EP (which also included reworks by members of Nihiloxica, as well as Deerhoof, Ekiti Sound and Martin Meissonnier.
ACID ARAB
DROP A NEW VIDEO FOR A REMIX BY R3HABExpertly directed by the talented Jean-Charles Charavin and brought to life by the dedicated team at Incendie Films, the newest music video from Acid Arab aspires to offer a uniquely immersive experience.
Embark on a subtle journey of the senses, where the threads of love, rhythm, and connection delicately weave together as two souls meet, dance, and find themselves entranced by the spell of music.
BOBVAN RELEASES ”FULANIIZE” MUSIC VIDEO
Discover Bobvan's artistic finesse as he unveils a new video for 'Fulaniize', to mark the first digital issue of his 1991 album ”LoonyChip Classics”Here is what Bobvan says about the track and the music video: Fulaniize was born from the reminiscence of my encounter, 15 years earlier, with a little girl on a dusty road in West Africa. She taught me the first two lines of a ditty about nomad children and their love for beans. I developed the track around my vocals. In view of this new release of LoonyChip Classics, Crammed suggested that I create a video for Fulaniize. I took great pleasure in weaving a visual poem to the music, centred on shape of the circle, in celebration of the Solar System, our home.
Ekiti Sound's New Video
Is About Love and RelationshipsAfter the electro-Juju of Chairman and the strange world of aLAcarte pt.2 , here come Home.
This 3rd excerpt off his new album unveils a third aspect of Ekiti Sound’s imaginative, boundary-pushing, multi-faceted world, displaying a pop dimension spiced with funky afrobeat horns & backing vocals, and captivating lyrics (“This is the tears you have to uncry / This is the death you have to undie/…)
The video is set in a fairytale cottage with Leke Awoyinka (aka Ekiti Sound) as the vocal lead protagonist, French movie actress Shemss Audat as his blushing bride, and a child version of Leke —played by William Timeo Mendy Gomis— mapping the vision that his older self completes through time and dedication to his dreams of living a peaceful life all while being in love. The acts of service, love and reality are laid out in the verses, as Leke keeps it real, quirky and cute with his new bride on the perils of his lifestyle.
Amid life's whirlwind, the video offers a tranquil kitchen ballet, a symbol of love's playful and unpredictable nature.
Crafted under the guidance of the multidisciplinary Franco-American artist Oriane Playner, the video paints vivid strokes on the canvas of "Drum Money," showcasing Ekiti Sound's distinctive storytelling blended into his unique production.
"Drum Money”, Ekiti Sound’s wildly kaleidoscopic second album, blends Nigerian music, electronic beats and hip hop influences. It was released on 23 June 2023 by Crammed Discs.
This 3rd excerpt off his new album unveils a third aspect of Ekiti Sound’s imaginative, boundary-pushing, multi-faceted world, displaying a pop dimension spiced with funky afrobeat horns & backing vocals, and captivating lyrics (“This is the tears you have to uncry / This is the death you have to undie/…)
The video is set in a fairytale cottage with Leke Awoyinka (aka Ekiti Sound) as the vocal lead protagonist, French movie actress Shemss Audat as his blushing bride, and a child version of Leke —played by William Timeo Mendy Gomis— mapping the vision that his older self completes through time and dedication to his dreams of living a peaceful life all while being in love. The acts of service, love and reality are laid out in the verses, as Leke keeps it real, quirky and cute with his new bride on the perils of his lifestyle.
Amid life's whirlwind, the video offers a tranquil kitchen ballet, a symbol of love's playful and unpredictable nature.
Crafted under the guidance of the multidisciplinary Franco-American artist Oriane Playner, the video paints vivid strokes on the canvas of "Drum Money," showcasing Ekiti Sound's distinctive storytelling blended into his unique production.
"Drum Money”, Ekiti Sound’s wildly kaleidoscopic second album, blends Nigerian music, electronic beats and hip hop influences. It was released on 23 June 2023 by Crammed Discs.
EKITI SOUND
new music video ”aLAcarte pt. 2After a fiery, devastating initial single & video, London/Lagos artist Ekiti Sound unveils another corner of his upcoming, multi-faceted new album Drum Money (out June 23 on Crammed Discs). Shot in Paris with directors Léonard Porche & Patricia Gloom, this intriguing, surreal video shows that Ekiti Sound’s boundary-pushing world encompasses a lot more than funky neo-afrobeat!
Here’s the story:
aLAcarte pt.2 tells the story of a reclusive masterchef who, after a period away from the public, has returned with a new tasting delight. A cast of curious dinner guests arrives in a variety of fabulous entrances, akin to gourmet food served, a plank walked or a catwalk slayed. They arrive on the stroke of midnight at the iconic "Le Bouillon" bistro in the Republique district of Paris. France.
All the while, like the white rabbit in Alice in Wonderland, the hostess and tanned angel hovering over (Ekiti Sound aka) Leke’s shoulder is the enigmatic waitress Vanessa swirling through the scenes ushering and dancing. With the submerged drums bringing us into the world as we come up for air, we go again. We're back, doing the two step shuffle in the back of the back.
Leke is Willy Wonka welcoming in this curious melee of people as the broken beat Ekiti drum pattern beats tapdances the groove, and minor rhodes chords chorus out with a gleeful melancholy, comparable to watching that weird circus leave your town... or come back to town. Again, the sense of urgency remains, the heavy tom hits like an elephant beating through the jungle. Somethings coming. Drums are thundering
Shot by Patricia Gloum & Léonard Porche, the music video was a testament to the power of collaboration, the thrill of improvisation, and the magic of bringing diverse personalities together. They say: “Ekiti Sound's abstract and spatial electronic production of aLAcarte pt2 immersed us in a floating sensation making us feel as if we were hurtling through a black hole in the universe at high speed."
Patricia and Leo embarked on a surreal creative journey, fueled by their passion for the song, and inspired by the vibrant Parisian atmosphere around them.
AKSAK MABOUL RELEASE ”TALKING WITH THE BIRDS”
first excerpt off upcoming new 'audio play' albumIn this first excerpt off Aksak Maboul’s upcoming audio play “Une aventure de VV (Songspiel)”, the protagonist (played by Véronique Vincent, who is also the lyricist) enters a forest and has a conversation with a talking heron (played by Alig Fodder). She then speaks with a robin (Faustine Hollander), and the voices of the woods comment in the background. Composed by Marc Hollander, solely based on vocals, keyboards and electronics, the track evolves through different sections (while playfully nodding to American minimal music from the ‘70s).
Une aventure de VV (Songspiel) is the fifth album by the seminal band helmed by Crmmed Discs founder Marc Hollander. It’s a 63-minute, continuous suite of fifteen pieces.The central thread is an enigmatic philosophical-poetical tale unfolding through monologues, dialogues, spoken and sung by a series of characters. The album weaves strands of electronica, pop, jazz, techno, ambient, improv and more.
ACID ARAB UNVEIL NEW MUSIC VIDEO Leila
The video illustrates the 3rd single off the French-Algerian collective's upcoming new album ٣ (Trois) - (due out on Feb 3, 2023).Featuring vocals and lyrics by raï singer Sofiane Saidi, Leila narrates an impossible love story between an unhappy immigrant and a woman he met somewhere in the north of Paris.
Starring Sayyid El Alami, this beautiful music video was directed by Jordan I. Cardoso and produced by P92.
BATIDA RELEASES NEW MUSIC VIDEO FOR ”BEM VINDO" OFF HIS ALBUM ”NEON COLONIALISMO"
A couple of weeks after his new 𝑵𝒆𝒐𝒏 𝑪𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒎𝒐 album, Angolan/Portuguese artist Batida releases a new music video, which he describes as follows:
“𝐵𝑒𝑚 𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑜” 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑠 “𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒” 𝑖𝑛 𝑃𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑔𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑒. 𝐼𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝐼 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑏𝑢𝑚, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑢𝑝 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟. 𝐵𝑒𝑚 𝑉𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑜 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 𝑗𝑎𝑚 𝑠𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑚𝑦 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝐿𝑢𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎 (𝐴𝑛𝑔𝑜𝑙𝑎) 𝐷𝐽 𝑆𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝐿𝑖𝑠𝑏𝑜𝑎, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑒𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑚𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑟. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑚 𝐺𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑠’ 𝑑𝑒𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐 𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑜 𝑑𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟, 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝐿𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑘𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑉𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑜 𝑅𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔.
“The boldly transnational Neon Colonialismo features lusophone luminaries. Underlying the club-ready bangers is Batida’s ongoing mission of creative anti-colonialism, here taking the form of transatlantic sounds that flow together with irresistible force.” (Pop Matters, US)
CRAMMED ELECTRONICA ARCHIVES
'A Byte of AMC' - vintage music video by Bleep (1989)Bleep aka Geir Jenssen was a member of Bel Canto. After several EPs and a debut solo album on SSR (as Bleep), he went on to become a leading ambient electronic composer under his Biosphere moniker. This track pays tributeto Manchester hip hop duo Kiss AMC and their cheeky track A Bit of U2… and also includes an -authorized- sample from the Sussan Deyhim/Richard Horowitz album Desert Equations (recently reissued by Crammed).
The track is part features on "Rare SSR Electronica ’88-94 (Crammed Archives 1)” recently released on digital.
Noteworthy fact: the debut singles by Geir Jenssen and Per Martinsen on SSR are considered as the first Norwegian techno tracks ever.
The track is part features on "Rare SSR Electronica ’88-94 (Crammed Archives 1)” recently released on digital.
Noteworthy fact: the debut singles by Geir Jenssen and Per Martinsen on SSR are considered as the first Norwegian techno tracks ever.
