Playlist for 7/25/06
"Chicky" - Oojami"Samba Da Minha Terra" - Bossacuaonova"A Summer in Saint-Valery" - Ye-Ye"Ein Kompliment" - Sportfreunde Stiller"You" - Jun Hyun Lee"El profe" - Miranda!"ウワサの真相" - RHYMESTER Feat. F.O.H."Hip Hop 2000" - Soul Scream feat. Rino"Janejana Janejana" - Krodh"Dilruba" - Niyaz"Tuva Groove (Thievery Corp. Remix)" - Ondar"Blind Ulof' - Hoven Droven"Changuich A La Chichona" - Molotov"Dragostea Din Tei (Mandarin Version)" - Furusato"Istanboogie" - Oojami"Jogando Capoeria" - Beatfanatic"Aya Benzer (2003 Midnight Mix)" - Mustafa Sandal feat. Guelcan"Dinnertime (Multi-Bait Remix)" - Spiderbait"Jump in the Line" - Harry Belafonte"Kliener Dicker Junge" - Electrocute"Bongos and Burgers" - Bikini Machine"Billo" - Mika"Parisien du Nord (remix)" - Cheb Mami & K-Mel"Track 2" - DJ Mix Nation"Rashiku Ikimasho" - Pretty Cast"Minor Swing: To Django" - Children of the Revolution
Artist of the Week: Oojami
This week's artist of the week is UK/Turkish group, Oojami.
I first learned about Oojami when I first started taking bellydance and heard the techno turkish beats calling me. I fell in love with their album "Bellydance Breakbeats" with the song 'Chicky'. I have yet to preform to the fast-paced, hip-shaking tune, but I will eventually. It is still hard to get concrete information about the band and they are bit in the underground of music in the US but I expect great things from Oojami."Oojami fuses Turkish elements with a myriad of cultural traditions, providing a whirling dervish cyclone of sound with an uncompromising attitude towards musical freedom of expression.The success of Oojamis last album Bellydancing Breakbeats culminated in sexy French actress Audrey Tatou gyrating her hips to Oojamis Fantasy in the cult film Dirty Pretty Things. As if life couldnt get any better, new release Urban Dervish has upped the musical stakes considerably. The freshness and childlike enthusiasm of previous albums remain, but production quality and composition just keep getting better and better, leaving no doubt that Necmi Cavli is of the most exciting, innovative and groundbreaking producers in todays vibrant global beat scene.In its live incarnation Oojami combines male and female belly dancers with mesmerising Sufi dancing, providing a vivid musical experience for the eyes. Therefore it is no wonder that the band is building up a strong fan base of open-minded music fans eager to appreciate new and exciting global sounds. Oojami once again provide the definitive soundtrack for this multicultural generation." - Oojami Website
Playlist for 7/18/06
"Sundance Kid" - Kent"Kapathi (Dhol n' Tumbi Mix) " - D/I/P"Happy Together" - The Lenigrad Cowboys feat. the Alexandrov Red Army Ensemble"Mit Viel Glück" - 2raumwohnung"Take Me I'm Yours" - Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford (formerly of UK Squeeze) and Lafita"Shushan (feat. Shushan)" - Balkan Beat Box"You Must Learn All Night Long (SWAMP Mix)" - Fantastic Plastic Machine"Pavaroty" - MC Jack E Chocolate"Tabatha" - Toma"(There's Not Enough Songs About) Squash" - Darren Hanlon"Робот (The Robot)" - t.A.t.Y (t.A.t.U.)"Astahel" - Nabiha Yazbeck"Brimful of Asha (Norman Cook Original Radio Edit Remix)" - Cornershop"Dimdanana" - Jasmon"Come Together (Venir Juntos)" - Tito Puente, Celia Cruz & Familia RMM"King is Dead" - Kent"Bed and Breakfast" - Peppermoon"A Beauty" - Jung Hyun Shin"Turkish Delight" - Harem"Rhythm (Funky Bomb)" - Nicoromano feat. Sunflower"Tew Ante Sew" - Gigi"Cranberry Classic" - The Emeralds"Electronica" - Galactica"Kunst Und Wahnsinn (Art and Insanity)" - Pankow"Modern Art" - Art Brut"Take Me Back to Piaui" - Juca Chaves"Nessuna Razza" - Caparezza"FF" - Kent
Artist of the week: Kent
This week's artist of the week is Swedish rock group, Kent.
I first learned about Kent through a discussion about Scandinavian music with my friends while we were having dinner at the posh French resturant, Le Central, in Denver. At this point in Scandinavian music I loved the group Hedningarna and most bands on the North Side label. So I tended towards folk/pop/rock and didn't know that bands like Kent exsisted. Not sure when she'd see me again, my friend gave me 'Vaspen & Ammunition' and told me I must hear it. I love it the minute the air raid siren blarred at begining of "Sundance Kid".Several years later in college, when they were doing a test of the air raids sirens in Boulder, one of my friend turns to me and goes "there is this band I love that uses an air raid siren at the begining of one of their songs, but I don't have it". I found someone else who was a Kent fan. He gave me 'Isola' and 'Hagnesta Hill' (both the English versions) and I gave he finally got the song he had missed. Although still amazing, I was so used to Kent in Swedish that hearing them in English threw me for a loop.
The recently released some more EPs so hopefully another full length will be out soon.
"Kent is a Swedish rock band founded in Eskilstuna in 1990, with the name Coca-Cola Kids, later Jones & Giftet (Jones & the Poison), and Havsänglar (Angel sharks, lit. Sea angels). The band's logo is distinctive, using a lowercase "k" and the ITC Avant Garde Gothic Book typeface. Kent have had several big Swedish radio hits since the breakthrough single “Kräm (så nära får ingen gå) ”. As of 2005, they are probably the most popular rock band in Sweden, but are more or less unknown outside Scandinavia. They have tried an international career with English versions of the albums “Isola” and “Hagnesta Hill” with accompanying US tours for the former, but gave up after not reaching the breakthrough they had hoped for." - From WilkipediaOfficial Website for Kent (in Swedish)Video for "VinterNoll2" on YouTube.comVideo of Kent live on YouTube.com
Playlist for 7/11/06
"Sueno Latino (1991 Remix)" - Sueno Latino"ST-NÉANT" - François Pérusse"Magia (Faze Action Horny Mix)" - Banda Black Rio"Bamba Cha Cha 2005" - Burt Latino"Odo Hankerchief" - Okyerema Asante"Tag Am Meer" - Die Fantastischen Vier"Git It Up" - H.O.T."The Tide is High (Spanish Pop Version)" - Angelina"Heavensent" - Killing Heidi"Umeboshi Plums - Big Seeds" - TsuShiMaMiRe"Banano's Bar" - Plastilina Mosh"Footprints" - OST "SUD""Staffansvisa from Orust" - Triakel"Foto Viva" - Mo'Horizons"Baile Funk Medley" - Iva Meirelles & Funk N Lata"Sympathique" - Pink Martini"Ala Ya Ayyohal Saghi" - O-Hum (و بابك رياحي پور)"Shiva's Daughters" - Arling & Cameron"Sous le Soleil (Cuba Mix)" - Major Boys feat. Aurélia"Rain" - TY"Postales" - Federico Aubele"Fanfare Local For..." - aQua"When the Trickster Starts a Poking" - Gogol Bordello"Mango" - Los Mojinos Escozíos"Venus Nebelera" - Mau Mau
Artist of the Week: The World Cup
Artist of the Week: The World Cup 2006
In honor of the final game of the World Cup on Sunday, I decided to go with a World Cup theme. Playing music from the countries represented in the World Cup, with special attention to the top 8 and of course the winner, Italy. I secretly wanted the final game to be Germany and Australia, and at the very least seen Spain or Ghana get up there a bit more. Country loyalties aside, it seems everyone around the world was watching the World Cup.
NPR: World Cup Information
Official Site of the FIFA World Cup
Playlist for 7/4/06
"Introduction" - Señor Coconut"Mambo Numerique/Simoon" - Señor Coconut"Santa Maria" - Gotan Project"Attention" - Rouge Rouge"Track 5" - The Jadu 3"Abantwana Basethempeleni" - Ladysmith Black Mambazo"Black Night" - Badar Ali Khan (DJ Baba G & Dan the Automator Remix)"El Estuche" - Aterciopelados"Nogo" - Issa Bagayoyo"Schlacht mich Baby, noch ein mal" - Wise Guys"Pop Muzik" - Ex-girl"Ces bottes sont faites pour marcher" - Eileen"Smoke on the Water (ChaChaCha) - Señor Coconut"Agua De Beber" - Montefiori Cocktail"Hou ons niet tegen" - X!nk"Chali Ayee" - Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon Soundtrack"Sreet Music" - Dr. Didg"Together With Us" - People Crew"Compositor Confundido" - Ibrahim Fetter"Golbelängdrömmar / Tapestry Dreams " - Groupa"Chereko" - Nyota Ndogo
"Instintive Traveler (Funked Up Mix)" - Dissidenten
"One Thousand & One Nights (Alf Leyla We Layla) [Club Version]" - Said Mrad"Dance with You" - Willie & Lobo"Supertropical" - Señor Coconut
Artist of the Week: Señor Coconut
This week's artist of the week is German DJ/Producer, Señor Coconut
I first heard about Señor Coconut when his album "El Baile Alemán" was released in 2000 and it featured Kraftwerk covers to a calypso beat. I was hooked. For a long while, I couldn't find much on Señor Coconut other than he was a German DJ that had moved to Chilie. It wasn't until another 1190 DJ told me about his projects under the name 'LB' that I wa able to listen to his older work. I decided to pick Señor Coconut, aka Atom Heart, aka LB, aka Uwe Schmidt, as the artist of the week because his newest album "Yellow Fever!" will be realeased later this week. Happy 4th of July, Culture Clash style."German DJ and producer Uwe Schmidt (aka Atom Heart) had released dance music in his homeland under a number of different aliases during the first half of the 1990s. But he'd become bored with the European music scene and in 1996 transferred his base of operations to Chile in order to begin exploring the possibilities of Latin music, which was, he said, "a pretty much undiscovered planet to me. It unveils lots of interesting musical worlds to me." Adopting the ridiculous Señor Coconut moniker, he first cooked up El Gran Baile, a distinctly Latin-flavored groove-a-thon, and did a remix for former Deee-Lite turntablist Towa Tei. Then he began to ponder the possibilities of a German-Latin fusion, and found his material in the unlikeliest of places -- the greatest hits of man-machine band Kraftwerk, best-known for their very inhuman, unemotional approach to music -- the very opposite of Latin passion. The result was El Baile Alemán. Although credited to Señor Coconut y Su Conjunto, it was purely the work of Schmidt and three vocalists, who took the Kraftwerk machine ideal and tipped it on its head, putting in programmed cumbia, merengue, and salsa rhythms to flavor the Teutonic stew. Released as a one-off in 2000, it received a fair amount of critical acclaim in the U.S., more than Schmidt had received for any of his other work. In March 2001, Señor Coconut -- now a real eight-piece band -- was set to undertake a short headlining tour in North America, but visa problems for some of the Chilean musicians forced a cancellation. Two years later, however, the band released Fiesta Songs, which was followed up in 2005 with Coconut FM, a collection of Latin club tunes. Their next album, Yellow Fever, which not only covered songs by Yellow Magic Orchestra but included all three members as well as other guest artists, came out in 2006." - Billboard.comVideo for "Showroom Dummies" on YouTube.comVideo for "Tour de France" on YouTube.com
