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Michael Evans' Swirling Lotus Blossom Bandits Band live at P.S.1 Warm Up 23 August 2008 listen |
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First broadcast September 22, 2008
Michael Evans'
Swirling Lotus Blossum Bandits Band performed at P.S.1 Warm Up on August 23, 2008.
Musician and composer
Jimi Tenor
performed with Kabu Kabu at P.S.1 Warm Up on August 23, 2008,
presented by Fimic, Artists Association of Finland and Ministry of Education.
The Black Rock Coalition (BRC)
was founded in 1985 by
guitarist Vernon Reid, journalist Greg Tate and producer
Konda Mason. Comprising a collective of artists,
writers, producers and an active fan base, the BRC works
to maximize exposure and provide support for Black
artists whose work
defies convention
and resists easy
categorization.
Earl Douglas is the Executive Director
of BRC's New York Chapter.
Twin brothers Danny and Daniel Chavis, originally of the
band The Veldt, formed
Apollo Heights
in New York City's
Lower East Side in 2002. The band's line-up has since
evolved to include rhythm guitarists
Honeychild Coleman
and Monk Washington, bassist and programmer Hayato
Nakao, keyboard player Micah Gaugh and Marvin Levy on
drums. The band's debut album White Music for Black
People was released on the Manimal label in October
2007.
agnès b presents Au Revoir Simone live at PS1 Warm Up July 19 2008 listen |
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First broadcast August 4, 2008
Best known for her
theremin style, composer/musician
Dorit Chrysler also has a prolific recording and performing career as a vocalist, guitarist, keyboardist, producer, and engineer.
Art Radio's Shama Khanna interviewed Dorit Chrysler after her performance at P.S.1. on July 19, 2008.
CX KiDTRONiK played a few DJ sets at Warm Up on August 2, 2008, the day hosted by the Black Rock Coalition, and was joined by colleague INF-ONE here and there. His next album on StonesThrow will be under the band name KRAK ATTACK - which is his first album's title - and the album will be called KRAK ATTACK 2 - BACK KRAK WITH A VENGEANCE starring CX KiDTRONiK and Tchaka Diallo.
Underground Resistance DJ and Producer Dex aka Nomadico began
his musical journey in East Los Angeles. He learned the art of
DJing in backyard house parties, small clubs, warehouses and
various events in the deserts and mountains around Southern
California. Detroit Techno became his calling after years of
studying electronic music, fusion, latin funk and technology.
In 2002, Dex journeyed to Detroit and studied techno theory
with the Underground Resistance. As part of the UR crew he has
applied his engineering skills to releases such
as "Transition", "Return of The Dragons", "Ma Ya Ya",
"Quetzal", "Babylon's Gifts" and contributed original
productions on Interstellar Fugitives 2, Electronic Warfare 2.0
and his very own Nomadico EP.
Tracklist:
Sun Ra Arkestra - Say - Celestial Recordings
Love Trio - Goth Dub - Nublu
Beat Pharmacy - Drifter - Deep Space Music
Two Armadillos - Patience - Four:Twenty
Nublu Orchestra - Sketches of NYC (UR 7th Tunnel mix) - Nublu
Tob Jona - Metro 501 - A.R.T.Less
Rhythm Is Rhythm - Kaotic Harmony - Transmat
Christian Prommer - I Came To Play - Compost Black Label
Laurent Garnier - Back To My Roots - Innervisions
Franck Roger - The Journey - Real Tone
Ican Productions - Caminos Del Nino - Ican
Nina Simone - Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter - BMG
Herbie Hancock - Hang Up Your Hang Ups - Columbia
MARRS - Pump Up The Volume - 4AD
Grandmaster & Melle Mel - White Lines - Sugar Hill
Underground Resistance - Timeline - UR
Red Z-Track - UR
Ruben Blades & Willie Colon - Plastico - Vega Records
Dragons of Zynth
are twin brothers Aku (vocals and
keyboard) and Akwetey (vocals and guitar), Bizza (drums)
and Fon-Lin (bass). The Dragons describe how their
unique sound is informed by strong psychic connections
across the band and with their audience. Their debut
album Coronation of Thieves was released in September
2007 on the Gigantic Music label.
agnès b presents Egill Sæbjörnsson & Flis live at PS1 Warm Up July 19 2008 listen |
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First broadcast August 4, 2008
Originally trained as a fine artist in her native Tokyo,
composer / improvisor
Ikue Mori
moved to New York City in 1997 and began her
musical career playing drums for the No Wave band DNA.
Mori has since continued to work collaboratively with
leading experimental musicians, her style evolving
alongside technological advances in electronic sound.
Art Radio's Shama Khanna interviewed Ikue Mori after her performance.
