BALOJI joins the Crammed roster
"Kinshasa Succursale", the latest opus by the Belgo-Congolese artist, will soon be released worldwide by Crammed.The album features contributions from some of the finest musicians from the capital of the DRC, including KONONO No 1 & Zaïko Langa-Langa, as well as three brand-new remixes.
BALOJI has just returned from his whilrwind tour of the United States & Canada, where he was featured as Artist of the Week on MTV IGGY.
Crammed Discs 30th Anniversary Sale !
To celebrate our 30 years we have a special offer for you: We have chosen some prime examples from our 30 years of quality music and are offering them to you at 30% off!That's right, we are marking down your favorites (by 30% or more!) such as:
AKRON/FAMILY - "SET 'EM WILD, SET 'EM FREE"
ALLA - "ES TIEMPO"
APOLLO NOVE - "RES INEXPLICATA VOLANS"
BALKAN BEAT BOX - “NU MED”
CHICHA LIBRE - "SONIDO AMAZONICO!"
CIBELLE - "THE SHINE OF DRIED ELECTRIC LEAVES”
CIBELLE - “CIBELLE”
CELSO FONSECA - “NATURAL”
BEBEL GILBERTO - “BEBEL GILBERTO”
BEBEL GILBERTO - “TANTO TEMPO”
BEBEL GILBERTO - “TANTO TEMPO REMIXES”
BEBEL GILBERTO “REMIXED”
COLIN NEWMAN - “COMMERCIAL SUICIDE”
JURYMAN - "THE HILL"
KOCANI ORKESTAR - “ALONE AT MY WEDDING”
KONONO N°1 - “CONGOTRONICS”
LONELY DRIFTER KAREN - “GRASS IS SINGING”
MEGAFAUN - "GATHER, FORM & FLY"
MOCKY - "SASKAMODIE"
MINIMAL COMPACT - “DEADLY WEAPONS”
SHANTEL - “DISKO PARTIZANI”
SHANTEL - “PLANET PAPRIKA”
SNOOZE - "THE MAN IN THE SHADOW"
SUBA - “SAO PAULO CONFESSIONS”
TARAF DE HAIDOUKS - “BAND OF GYPSIES”
TARAF DE HAIDOUKS - “DUMBALA DUMBA”
TARAF DE HAIDOUKS - "HONOURABLE BRIGANDS"
TARAF DE HAIDOUKS - “MUSIQUE DES TZIGANES”
TEK 9 - "SIMPLY"
TRIO MOCOTO - “SAMBA ROCK”
TUXEDOMOON - “DESIRE”
TUXEDOMOON - “HALF-MUTE”
U-CEF - "HALALWOOD"
ZAP MAMA - “SABSYLMA”
ZAP MAMA - “ZAP MAMA”
ZEEP - "PEOPLE & THINGS"
&
ZUCO 103 “OUTRO LADO”
These discs are available for a limited time at this special price. As an added bonus, if you buy 2 of these albums, we will offer you your choice one of the first two "Mr Crammed" albums, from our new series of compilations which explores the gems of our back catalogue:
Crammed Walks With The Animals - A visit to songs and artists that feature our furry (and not so) friends
Crammed Goes To The Movies - Tracks written for or inspired by films.
Plus:
Order 5 discs and receive both compilations!
That makes for a lot of quality music as autumn approaches !
Enjoy the sounds and best wishes,
Crammed Discs
THE REAL TUESDAY WELD single "Tear Us Apart" Premieres
The first video from the upcoming album "The Last Werewolf" is here at last!Something worth writing home about! A new stop-animation video to tease you about the upcoming Crammed Discs release "The Last Werewolf" by THE REAL TUESDAY WELD. This deluxe hardcover CD book includes extracts from the novel, lyrics, original illustrations by Catherine Anyango and bonus tracks. This 19 track hommage (soundtrack) to the best-selling book ("The Last Werewolf" by Glen Duncan) is available at the following site:
Frightfully good.
MEGAFAUN Give Chills On New Single “STATE/MEANT” From New Album Out This Fall
Megafaun are giving away a free download of “State/Meant,” the new single from their forthcoming self-titled album.On “State/Meant,” Megafaun reach new emotional depths blending ghostly harmonies, banjo and other traditional instruments with noise and electronics. Recorded entirely in just one afternoon, “State/Meant” transports listeners to another end of the near limitless sonic spectrum the band explored at April Base in Fall Creek, WI. Brad Cook explains, “This song was a passing thought that erupted into such a complete piece of music in an afternoon. This was the one song where we essentially added nothing after the first day of recording.”
Photographer: Graham Tolbert
(For download, please choose the arrow pointing down on the right of the Soundcloud interface.)
Maïa Vidal: Upcoming Release and Tour dates
We are pleased to announce the addition of Maïa Vidal to our roster, her upcoming debut "God Is My Bike" and associated tour.This young artist has charmed us with her songs and will surely charm you as well.
Her debut recording "God Is My Bike" Is an intimate look into the creative world of Ms Vidal. Composed and played mostly by her on instruments as diverse as the violin, accordion, guitar and toy piano, she has two notable guests, Giuliano Gius Cobelli on trumpet, and the guitarist that needs no introduction, Marc Ribot.
Please take the time to enter into this compelling musical world by attending one of these upcoming concerts:
July 24 - Felicia’s Atomic Lounge, Ithaca, New York , US
July 30 - Pianos, New York, New York, US
Aug 20 - Living Room, New York, New York, US
Sept 01 - Le Silo, Verneuil sur Avre (France)
Sept 14 - La Boule Noire, Paris (France)
Sept 24 - BAM Festival, Barcelona (Spain)
Oct 05 - Botanique, Brussels (Belgium)
Oct 07 - Festival Nördik Impakt, Caen (France)
Oct 08 - Teatro Municipal São Luiz, Lisbon (Portugal)
Nov 11 - Festival Rendez-vous Sonique, St Lo (France)
Dec 16 - La Gare, Maubec (France)
More info about Maia Vidal and her album "God is my Bike" here
Congotronics vs Rockers Tour = 30 day discount at 30%
30% discount on selected Congotronics CDs & LPs ! Only until July 30th!We here at Crammed Discs have gone completely crazy about Congotronics vs Rockers! This amazing project bringing together members from Konono No1, Kasai Allstars, Deerhoof, Juana Molina, Wildbirds & Peacedrums, Skeletons and Hoquets (for four of the concerts), is how we choose to celebrate our 30th anniversary.
We are so absorbed in the tantalising sounds coming out of the rehearsals and concerts that we think it is a good idea to share the "roots" of this project, by offering a special discount during the Congotronics vs Rockers tour.
30/06/2011 NL Utrecht Le Guess Who
02/07/2011 DK Roskilde Roskilde Festival
03/07/2011 DE Berlin HKW (Haus der Kulturen der Welt)
06/07/2011 FR Metz Place de la Republique
09/07/2011 FR Paris Cafe de la Danse
12/07/2011 GB London The Barbican
14/07/2011 ES Benicassim Fib
17/07/2011 FR Carhaix Les Vieilles Charrues
21/07/2011 CH Nyon Paleo Festival
23/07/2011 PT Sines Festival Musicas do Mundo
30/07/2011 JP Yuzawa-machi Fuji Rock Festival
So from the 30th of June to the 30th of July, we are offering a 30% discount on the following releases from our Congotronics Series:
Konono N°1 - Congotronics - The disc that started it all!
Konono N°1 - Live at Couleur Café
Konono N°1 - Assume Crash Position
Kasai Allstars - In The In The 7th Moon...
Congotronics 2 - Buzz'nRumble in the Urb'n'Jungle
Tradi-mods vs Rockers - Alternative takes on Congotronics
& last but not at all least The Congotronics Vinyl Box Set
And to make the cake even sweeter, we will trow in a free Congotronics vs Rockers pin if you order 3 or more discs!
Our present to you!
Hope to see you at one of the concerts and happy listening!
MEGAFAUN: Free single off the forthcoming album!
MEGAFAUN is back and better than ever ! New Album, New Tour.This September, Crammed Discs will release 'Megafaun,' the self-titled follow-up to MEGAFAUN's critically acclaimed, 'Gather, Form & Fly,' which Pitchfork called "ingeniously ramshackle" in a rave review.
MEGAFAUN's first single off the album is entitled "These Words". It was premiered on Pitchfork on July 7, and is available for download below. This song encapsulates the Megafaun we know and the Megafaun we’ve yet to hear... with its indelible piano melody, hypnotic beats and gorgeous vocals, underpinned by loops of field recordings made by Joe Westerlund during his travels in Bali and rural North Carolina: a round-robin of gamelan, ambient sounds, frogs, and cicadas...
MEGAFAUN will be on tour this fall in a select number of cities:
And if you were wondering what to expect, here is a video teaser for the new disc!
Exciting debut shows for Congotronics vs Rockers
The first 2 concerts (in Brussels and Madrid) have been amazing!Enthusiastic audiences... great reviews (see below)... and 22 ecstatic band members*, who can't wait to get together again for the tour, which starts on June 26.
Watch the first live excerpts from the premiere at Cirque Royal.
(Konono No.1, Deerhoof, Juana Molina, Kasai Allstars, Skeletons' Matt Mehlan and Wildbirds & Peacedrums).
All dates and more info here
review + plenty picture here:
http://blog.lesoir.be/frontstage/2011/05/13/congotronics-twelve-points/
and here:
http://www.gonzocircus.com/12895/fotoverslag-congotronics-vs-rockers-les-nuits-botanique-12052011
And here's an excellent live review in the NME:
Follow the writing sessions for Congotronics vs Rockers !...
10 Congolese and 10 indie artists in 6 countries are currently swapping files to prepare this incredible project.Follow this (almost) in real time, by visiting the blog which documents the rehearsals for the show. At this very moment, members of Kasai Allstars & Konono No.1 (in Kinshasa, Congo), Deerhoof (in New Mexico and elsewhere), Skeletons (in NY), WIldbirds & Peacedrums (in Sweden), Girls in Hawaii (in Belgium) and Juana Molina (in Argentina) are recording sketches, emailing them back and forth, and adding ideas onto each other's contribution.
Everyone will then get together in Brussels for rehearsals, prior to the world premiere of the Congotronics vs Rockers project, on May 12 at the Cirque Royal in Brussels, on the opening night of the Nuits Botanique Festival.
Band of Gypsies is on the move!
Supporting the release of "Band of Gypsies 2", the Balkan Gypsy supergroup hits the road!The much anticipated release "Band of Gypsies 2", featuring Taraf de Haïdouks & Koçani Orkestar is out now! So is the group! They will play a number of high profile concerts and festivals.
The first dates have been announced:
With more to come !
