Culture Clash on Radio 1190: June 2006

6.21.2006

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6.20.2006

Playlist for 6/20/06

"Foxy Lady" - 하리수
"Take Me Back to Piaui" - Juca Chaves
"Dankbar" - DJ Tomekk feat. Tatwaffe G-Style
Teri Jhanjar" - A.S. Kang
"パーティーキャロネイド" - Coltemonikha
"Street Signs" - Ozomatli
"Romantica" - Robertino
"Amareen Dyab" - DJ Nader
"Teenie Weenie Boppie" - France Gall
"Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuss auf Liebe eingestellt (Falling in Love Again) - Marlene Dietrich
"What else is there? (Thin White Duke Remix)" - Röyksopp
"난 대기중, 넌 부재중(Remix)" - 하리수
"Skin" - Ratcat
"Tokyo I'm On My Way" - Puffy AmiYumi
"Anna (El Negro Zumbon) (Paco Rivaz Mix)" - Parada
"Xamanh/Fiz'n" - 3 Mustaphas 3
"Dance of Eagle" - Sainkho Namtchylak
"Heroes/Helden" - David Bowie
"Dilbar" - Die Hard 5
"Go Down Emanuel Road" - Harry Belafonte
"Vostok 6" - Swinghammer
"Shab el baroud" - Cheba Zahouania
"Electronica" - Galactica
"Drum 'n Boogaloo (Full Vocal Mix)" - Mo'Horizon
"Ich zieh' mich vor dir aus" - Etwas
"왜" - 하리수

Artist of the Week: 하리수

This week's artist artist of the week is transgender Korean actress/singer, 하리수 or Harisu.

I went to Har Mart in Denver a few years back to check it out. Har Mart is a big Korean grocery store that has not only food but also clothing, DVDs, VHS, and music. After wandering around for a bit, I made my way to the CDs and started looking. Not finding any of the Korean artists I knew, I asked an employee what he recommended. He looked through the CDs and pulled one out and handed it to me, "This one. Was man, now woman. VERY popular in Korea." I looked at the beautiful woman on the cover, "huh?". He tried to explain, "Harisu very popular. Was man, got operation and all that, now woman." I had to buy the CD.

When I got home, I listened to it and did a bit of internet research. He was right, Harisu is VERY popular in Korea. She is the first openly transgender Korean artist. Starting out doing commercials, she got into singing but still acts and models. Harisu was in a popular Korean soap opera and most recently she was in a Korean film, Toh Sik (2004). She developed the name Harisu from an english adaptation of the phrase "hot issue".

"Harisu is the first transgender who debuted in the local pop music world. A man-turned-woman, Harisu first appeared before the Korean public through a television commercial for a local cosmetics company. As soon as she got herself familiar to the general public by appearing on various television shows, she released her debut album entitled “Temptation” introducing a new genre of dance called “the trans-dance.” She also made her debut as an actress in July, 2001 by acting the leading role in the movie “I Wanted to Become the Moon.” In October 2002, Harisu released her 2nd album entitled “Liar” focused on dance and R&B music. The next year, Harisu announced her master plan on advancing into overseas entertainment market and entered the showbiz markets in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan. Meanwhile, Harisu legally changed her name from Lee Kyung-yeop to Lee Kyung-eun and officially re-registered as a female on her family registry documents." - From KRS World Radio

Harisu's Video for "Foxy Lady" on YouTube.com
SockStop commercial on YouTube.com

6.13.2006

Playlist for 6/13/06

"Bible" - Gogol Bordello
"Rocket Hanabi" - Tujiko Noriko
"Semos Unos Mostruos" - Los Mojinos Escozíos
"Ch Ching (Cheque 1-2 Remix)" - Lady Sovereign
"Mari Niça Swing" - Triton
"Alles klar" - Truckstop
"Bat Macumba" - Gilberto Gil
"Infinite Collapse Pt. One: I Blew It (Infinite Undo)" - Y0ko Solo
"Dierpmesbákti - The Rock Of The Thunder God" - Wimme
"Alkher Illa Doffor: The Nectar Remix" - Cheb i Sabbah
"Chunari Chunari" - Mychael Danna
"American Wedding" - Gogol Bordello
"Oxygene 7" - Jean Michel Jarre
"Introduction (Remix)" - Sun Electric
"Done Dem Career" - Junior Kelly
"Forever (Japanese)" - Fantasy Twins
"Take It Easy" - Sajada Al Ubaid
"Azzurro (Radio Edit)" - Fiorello
"Mon Manege A Moi" - Edith Piaf
"Mal Sehen (Live in Helsinki, Feat. Bo) - Fettes Brot
"Carolina" - Bucovina Club Vs. Taraf De Haidouks
"Lulu Visa" - Sondre Lerche
"Kvasa Kvasa" - Markscheider Kunst
"Yala Habibi" - Sabu & Arabian Fantasy
"Not a Crime" - Gogol Bordello

Artist of the Week: Gogol Bordello

This week's artist of the week is Ukranian punk rock group, Gogol Bordello

Live at the Bluebird theatre
I first heard about Gogol Bordello from a fellow DJ, Kathy, who used to do the Americana show Skip Pop Scratch. She told me one day, "There is this band you might like, we have one of thier CDs here. Give it a listen. And if you ever get the chance, you MUST see them live." I picked up their album MultikontraCulti vs. Irony and was hooked with the first song "When a Trickster Starts a Poking". I've seen them live three times and each show is amazing. I did see the movie "Everything is Illuminated" and Eugene does a great acting job, plus the band makes a cameo. They came to 1190 and did a in-studio session back in April. It was great meeting them and hearing brand new music from them.

"Gogol Bordello is led by their charismatic singer, Ukrainian immigrant Eugene Hütz (DJ Hütz), who plays the role of a translator in the movie version of Everything is Illuminated. The band formed in 1996, when Hütz moved to New York City.

Their first single was released in 1999, and several full-length albums have followed since then, as well as a European tour. According to the New York Times, "Gogol Bordello has become an underground phenomenon in New York with its brand of contrarian globalism.

Their sound is raucous, sweaty, tuneful and recklessly vibrant, like the punk and Gypsy music that inspired them. Iggy Pop meets Kafka. A weird blend of the Dead Kennedys, Flogging Molly, and the Decemberists (only the instrumental sound can be related to the Decemberists.)" In an interview with NPR, Hütz cites Jimi Hendrix and Parliament-Funkadelic as among the band's musical influences, and Nikolai Gogol, the band's namesake, as an ideological influence. Their song "My Strange Uncles From Abroad" is representative of their folksy Eastern European sound. The band also had a song, "Occurrence on the Border", on the 4th Punk Rock Strike compilation.

Some of the band members also take part in a side project entitled J.U.F. (Jewish-Ukranian Freundschaft), whose sound is similar to that of Gogol Bordello. They have more recenty been announced as one of the many bands playing at the Reading and Leeds music festivals in the UK. 'Start wearing purple' being the song that has pioneered their UK success." - From Wilkpedia

Links:
Gogol Bordello's Offical Website
Music and videos of Gogol Bordello on Myspace.com

Gogol Bordello at Radio 1190 on 4-3-06

6.06.2006

Playlist for 6/6/06

"Chrome" - VNV Nation
"Failure" - Crash
"Aajkal Ki Ladkiyan" - Chal Mere Bhai
"Albi Htar" - Ragheb Alama & Faudel
"Sonne" - Rammstein
"Camels (German Radio Edit)" - Santos
"Dolkaren/Dafur & Gildur" - Hedningarna
"Omgs" - Green Milk From the Planet Orange
"Changuich A La Chichona" - Molotov
"Joy" - VNV Nation
"Rush" - :Wumpscut:
"Coban Yildizi" - Ozcan Deniz
"Galang" - M.I.A.
"Spring Garden on Fire" - Ras Iley
"Haus Der Luege" - Einstürzende Neubauten
"Rodent" - Skinny Puppy
"Hellsing Opening Theme Song (Long Version)"
"Hunter" - Björk
"El botellón (The Jug)" - Grupo Naidy
"Wairoon (Teenager)" - Kabuan Moogda
"Jesus Christ Superstar" - Laibach
"Unknown Dreams" - Front Line Assembly
"Standing" - VNV Nation

Artist of the Week: VNV Nation

This week's artist of the week is the British industrial duo, VNV Nation.

In honor of 6/6/06, I thought I would pick an artist of the week that represented a darker side in world music. I really didn't get into VNV Nation until their most recent release in 2005, "Matter + Form", but after listening to one track I was hooked. I had heard one or two tracks before and liked them but it was this was album that really stuck with me. It is my favorite industrial album. They were in Denver in June 2005 but I was unable to go to their show, I've heard that they are even more amazing live. I hope that they continue their great music.

"The electronic project VNV ("Victory Not Vengeance") Nation was conceived in London in 1990 by Ronan Harris, debuting in May of that year with the 12-inch "Body Pulse." "Strength of Youth" followed a few months later, and at the end of the year Harris relocated to Toronto, where VNV Nation opened for Nitzer Ebb on their Canadian tour. After moving back to Europe, Harris released only a handful of compilation tracks in the years to follow before signing with the German label Discordia in 1995 to issue the full-length Advance and Follow. Three years later, VNV Nation resurfaced on another German label, Off-Beat, an alliance which generated the LP Praise the Fallen as well as the EP Solitary. Empires, which was issued with another European distributor Dependent, and on Metropolis in the U.S., followed in the spring of 2000. Singles such as "Standing" and "Dark Angel" were club mainstays, boasting Ronan Harris' love for pulsating club rhythms and his developing seascapes of dark ambient waves. Mix projects Genesis.1 and Genesis.2 followed that format in 2001, giving a sneak preview to VNV Nation's Futureperfect." - From AllMusic.com

Video of VNV Nations' "Further" on Youtube.com

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