on tour: ISWHAT?! (USA)

"Hip Hop is dead. Jazz smells. The world is flat. Bullshit! MC Napoleon Maddox inspires HipHop heads and Jazz-connoisseurs." [LAUT / Artist Of The Week] In September/ October 2010 iSWHAT?! will present the new LP Big Appetite (Discograph / Alive) with Hamid Drake on stage.  On 3rd of October ISWHAT?! will play their final gig on the Opening Party of Enjoy Jazz Festival in Heidelberg!

TOURDATES 24.09.Wien A Porgy & Bess / 25.09. Salzburg A Jazzit / 26.09. Minden D Jazzclub  27.09. Hamburg D Fabrik / 29.09. Berlin D Quasimodo / 03.10. Heidelberg D Enjoy Jazz Festival

new project: Kimmo Pohjonen's UNIKO

Kimmo Pohjonen's UNIKO is a Pohjonen / Kosminen composition performed by Kimmo Pohjonen on accordion and Proton String Quartet with samples of accordion and strings manipulated, treated and reproduced by sampling maestro Samuli Kosminen.

UNIKO explores further the possible sounds from the combination of accordion samples, strings, string samples and surround sound and lights expand the program to a full-dimensional experience.  [artistInfo]

CD: The Pohjonen, Samuli Kosminen & Proton String Quartet - Uniko // Bedroom Community // Feb 2010

new project: SERGENT GARCIA

The creator of Salsamuffin is back! Inspired by the traditional Columbian music and dance style Cumbia Sergant Garcia recorded 5 new versions of his hits like Amor pa' mi and named the EP Cumbiamuffin. With Jamaican beats, Cumbia Sounds and a 5-piece acoustic band El Sargento will be on tour in autumn 2009.

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new artist: Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara

'JUSTIN ADAMS IS ONE OF THE MOST INTRIGUING AND ENTHUSIASTIC MUSICIANS IN BRITAIN' [The Guardian]   

'IT IS EXTRAORDINARY WHAT ONE CAN DO WITH A SINGLE STRING. THIS SOUND IS MORE EXCITING THAN A LED ZEPPELIN REUNION'  [The Times]

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on tour: Madera Limpia (Cuba)

From may 29th till june 26th the Cuban HipHop sensation Madera Limpia will present their new album La Corona [Outhere] in Europe. NPR music quotes La Corona: "Life is hard for young locals poised between the Castro regime and the Americans, and Madera Limpia's members sing and rap about that life on their debut album, La Corona. In doing so, the group has created one of the freshest new sounds coming out of the Caribbean." [read on]

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