Malian duo’s music reflects wedded bliss
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- Malian duo’s music reflects wedded bliss
- Electronic dance music moves to a new beat in night clubs’”the tabla
- Electric Zoo New York Kicks ff Inagural Festival
- AP Technology NewsBrief at 3:23 pm EDT
- Chicago’s 75-year-old sonic asset
Malian duo’s music reflects wedded bliss
Philadelphia Inquirer
Thanks partly to these collaborators there are plenty of new ears joining the old listeners. "Americans understand our music because all our new influences are in place" Bagayoko says of the mod pop and electro strains in Welcome. "Africans can hear the roots of where we’ve been and the tradition of who we are. "And while there are new sounds and ideas to be heard throughout Welcome to Mali its most riveting song "Ce N’est Pas Bon" looks at an age-old worry: hypocrisy and corruption in politics. "We live these songs where some guy from government wants to keep the power and to keep the power they tell lies and refuse to keep their word" Bagayoko says. "In Africa there’s always been a lot of examples to inspire us to these types of songs.
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Electronic dance music moves to a new beat in night clubs’”the tabla
Indian Express
The musicians recently travelled across nine cities in the country to promote their latest album Hello Hello. Their gigs featured a jugalbandi with New York-based tabla maestro Karsh Kale who has been playing the tabla for over a decade now. “Playing the tabla with a DJ set is not about layering its beats over electronic music. It is an entire process of adapting to the sound and adding to the overall attitude. There is a musical interaction that goes on between two musicians doing two different things at the same time” says Kale. Acts like Blot and Jalebee Cartel have also taken to such live jamming.
Electric Zoo New York Kicks ff Inagural Festival
Glide Magazine
The principals of Made Event Mike Bindra and Laura De Palma explain their vision for the festival “We have been inspired over the years by what happens in Europe each summer and we’re very excited to be bringing our version to America; Electric Zoo New York’s first electronic music festival. ur intention is to showcase the top artists in each of the sub-genres there will be something for everyone – a literal ‘zoo’ of electronic music. For us this is the culmination of many years of dedication and hard work. The realization of this goal is another step forward for electronic music here and we’re laying the foundation for many years to come. Special introductory ticket prices for Electric Zoo end on 12 midnight June 18th. Use promo code EZNY for $45 single-day passes and $80 double-pak two-day passes for General Admission.
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Chicago’s 75-year-old sonic asset
Chicago Tribune
Experiencing music in the city’s front yard as you picnic with attendees across a wide variety of ages and ethnicities with the futuristic steel curls of architect Frank Gehry’s Jay Pritzker Pavilion soaring in harmony with the sounds coming off the stage you have to believe this spectacular 24 -acre $475 million cultural playground is one of the great perks of living in or visiting downtown Chicago. Now that Millennium Park’s star tenant the. What began as a test project to help out-of-work musicians during the Great Depression has become a vibrant populist festival that remains the only free city-funded outdoor classical concert series in the nation.
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