HOQUETS find a home at Crammed Discs
From the wood shop to the record store, Crammed welcomes Hoquets to the label !From their workshop in Brussels, Belgium, we are proud to introduce you to HOQUETS. Strongly influenced by our Congotronics groups and their instruments made out of recuperated materials, the members of HOQUETS use a similar attitude: this trio exclusively play with instruments that they invent & construct out of wooden boards, broken strings, tin cans, etc. They play music which is at times strange, overflowing with energy, and like no other: inspired by indie pop, punk, funk & their use of unusual instruments, this music is both without precedent & strangely familiar at the same time.
Their debut album is scheduled to be released early this April.
Special Holiday offer to launch 30 years of Crammed Discs
Buy one cd album & get one cd album for free. And that is just the beginning !The end of the year is a great moment to share your favorite music with friends & family.
To make this easier, we at Crammed Discs are happy to share with you this special offer:
Buy one cd album & get one cd album for free.
If that is not enough, here is an added bonus:
As we begin to celebrate our 30th year in 2011, we would like to give a present to you:
If you buy two albums * (+ one album for free!), we will give you a surprise disc,
one of our golden moments from the Crammed Discs catalogue.
This offer ends January 31st.
So here's to you and yours: Happy Holidays !
The Crammed Family
Band of Gypsies: Live in Brussels 12/12!
Sometimes we document history, sometimes we make history.
Taraf de Haïdouks, the wildest of all Balkan Gypsy bands, celebrate their 20th anniversary by getting together once again with mighty, funky Macedonian brass band Koçani Orkestar for a new "Band Of Gypsies" show: an irresistibly festive extravaganza which will see the two bands play TOGETHER and combine music from all over the Balkans and Turkey.
Just like the Taraf's original "Band of Gypsies" (which was recorded exactly 10 years ago in Bucharest and became their milestone album), this very special show will be recorded, filmed and released on CD in the Spring of 2011. This concert will be the premiere of a new series of BAND OF GYPSIES show around the world.
DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS HISTORIC EVENT!
12/12 BRUSSELS - ANCIENNE BELGIQUE 8pm
Tradi-Mods vs Rockers: Tickling Ears & Taking Names
A fervent buzz has erupted around the release of "Tradi-Mods vs Rockers: Alternative Takes on Congotronics"First there were rumors, and then these turned out to be true!
"Tradi-Mods vs Rockers: Alternative Takes on Congotronics" is cauzing a "Buzz'n'Rumble" in many urban and digital jungles. We are pleased to report that "Hoy Supe Que Viajas” from Juana Molina Vs. Kasai Allstars will be featured as the daily download: Today’s Top Tune on the radio station KCRW's site this coming Monday the 29th of November.
In addition the 2xCD will be featured as the "Album of the Month" in the top British music magazine "MOJO".
BBB Back in EUROPE !
That's right, they're BBBack ! With concerts and a new video !
They are also finalizing an amazing music video for "Move It", the trademark track from their last album Blue Eyed Black Boy.
SECOUSSE African Dance Music Anthems - LAUNCH PARTIES!
Join us at the launch parties at Club Secousse wherever you are in Europe (click to see the dates)05/11/2010 GB London Notting Hill Arts Club - featuring JUSA DEMENTOR
11/11/2010 FR Paris Le Divan du Monde
19/11/2010 DE Cologne Club Bahnhof Ehrenfeld
22/11/2010 FR Paris La Bellevilloise
Cibelle's massive installation for Melissa Shoes
Cibelle has been asked by Melissa, the well-known Brazilian shoe brand, to collaborate on a special limited edition shoe called Sapato Azul ("Blue Shoe"), after Cibelle's song from her last album "Las Venus Resort Palace Hotel".Cibelle has shot a wild video and prepared a huge installation for the Melissa art gallery in São Paulo, to be launched on October 19th in São Paulo!
The installation will give life to some of the imaginary "Products For A Better Life" created by Cibelle's doppelganger Sonja Khalecallon, in the parallel universe of the Las Venus Resort Palace Hotel…
(as scifi novelist Bruce Sterling recently wrote on the WIRED blog: "When you’re a diva like Cibelle, and you’ve got a scifi nutcase apocalyptic diva as your avatar, man, that sure fertilizes your eccentricity. It’s like Bowie doing Ziggy Stardust.").
Here's a shot from the video (to be viewed here soon):
"BENDA BILILI", the feature film about STAFF BENDA BILILI, out in cinemas now!
In France and several European countries!
After the amazing success encountered at the Cannes Film Festival, the film "BENDA BILILI", by Renaud Barret & Florent de la Tullaye, is officially released in France, the Netherlands, Switzerland and soon in Belgium and Greece.
So far, the media's response is fantastic!
UK and Germany will release the film in Spring 2011, when Staff Benda Bilili will be back on tour in Europe.
Staff Benda Bilili are catching a bit of rest with their families back in Kinshasa, and are getting ready for an extensive tour of Japan starting September 25th!
More news on these exciting events soon!
Pitchfork announces: MEGAFAUN does LOMAX at DUKE
Americana-folk warriors MEGAFAUN, have been chosen to curate, perform, and record songs/interpretations of Alan Lomax's classic recordings "Songs of the South" at Duke University this September.Invited guests feature Justin Vernon (Bon Iver), singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten and jazz big band Fight the Big Bull, more details are posted here on Pitchfork.
MEGAFAUN are currently supporting their new mini-album Heretofore.
They wrap up their European tour with three dates in the Netherlands and two in England: Concert details here !
Their appearance at Green Man (including a duet with Tallest Man On Earth, which can be seen here ) is rumoured to have been one of the highlights of the festival.
Congotronics Vinyl Box Set has arrived !
This strictly limited edition contains 7 vinyls (incl. the new Konono) and downloads of all Congotronics albumsWe have decided to create this extravagant Congotronics package, containing vinyl versions of the albums by all the Congolese artists featured so far in the Congotronics series.
The box set includes 6 vinyl LPs, 1 vinyl 7", a re-usable Congotronics USB pen drive with videos & mp3s and a book. It is available exclusively from the Crammed store.
More details on the contents of the box:
- Konono No 1: "Congotronics" (1x vinyl LP)
- "Congotronics 2 /Buzz'n'Rumble From The Urb'n'Jungle" feat. five different Kinshasa bands: Sobanza Mimanisa, Kisanzi Kongo, Basokin, Masanka Sankayi and Kasai Allstars (1x vinyl LP)
- Kasai Allstars: "In The 7th Moon, The Chief Turned Into A Swimming Fish And Ate The Head Of His Enemy By Magic" (1x vinyl LP)
- Staff Benda Bilili : "Très Très Fort" (1x vinyl LP)
- The brand-new Konono No 1: "Assume Crash Position" (2x vinyl LP)
- a Congotronics book with exclusive photos from Kinshasa, Congo.
- a customized, re-usable 2Gb USB pen drive containing 9 videos, and mp3s (in 320 kbps) of all 5 albums.
- a 7" with 2 exclusive tracks:
"Coupe-Jarret" by Kasai Allstars + Akron/Family
"Bana Mbende" by Kasai Allstars
Each vinyl LP (180 gr) comes in an original sleeve, and an inner sleeve of a different colour, reproducing the Congotronics fabric which will be on the box (with a design resembling that of the fabrics used for dresses & robes in the Congo, based on the Congotronics logo).
This is a strictly limited pressing, orders will be fulfilled on a first come, first served basis.
Pre-order + more details here
