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Looking back on 2007 might be a good way to start the new year. It has been a pretty exciting one, and a pretty exhausting one, too. With the music industry structures changing, there are a lot of gaps to be filled for the artists - while the freedom of the new media make them enthuse, the lack of professionalism in the business does not help them to find their path, not necessarily creatively, but in terms of their careers. While it is wonderful to be able to record almost anywhere and put your music on the internet for general consumption, it might well be frustrating for a creative person not to find the one producer that could make a difference to the arrangements and the sound, the one person once to be found in a record company that was actually able to help focus the development o...find out more... |
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May 2008
Posted by Thomas on 2008-05-05 11:38:42
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New signings : Métisse is proud and happy to have been able to sign the sub-publishing for France to a share of Youssou N'Dour’s compositions on his current album, as well as a good part of the back catalogue of African Broadband and African Hypertext, his American based publisher.
Miss Li, a young Swedish pop/folk phenomenon, who has recently brought the house down in Paris with her jolly and very efficient performance has also been signed for France. Take a look at myspace.
Jon Hassell has been recording a new album at La Buissonne in France recently. This will be a 2009 release on ECM. The release will be accompanied by a major US tour.
Meanwhile, Jon is also contributing his creativity and unique trumpet sound to the project SIWAN by Norwegian musician John Balke. And definitely last not least, Jon Hassell is busy preparing the premiere of “IN TSEGIHI (The Night Chant)” a Navajo text of a nine nights healing ritual translated by Washington Matthews, which will be presented on May 17, 2008 in the 12th Century Norwich (UK) Cathedral with the Voice Project and a 100 voice choir, as well as, of course, Jon on trumpet and keyboard, Peter Freeman on bass and laptop, Jan Bang from Norway doing live sampling and Peter Lockett on drums. Arnaud Mercier from France is the technical director of this ambitious event.
Dixiefrog artist NuBlues is in the process of finishing the production of a new album, to be released in the autumn.
Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois are finishing the production of the forthcoming U2 album mid june for an autumn release. Brian Eno, whose publishing interest Métisse Music has been presenting for more than 20 years now, has co-written all the compositions on this album. Brian has also co-written with David Byrne for his forthcoming album, and is in the process of composing another film music – more details to follow.
Darko Rundek, who has had two albums out on Piranha with his band Cargo Orkestar, will have a movie about his life on the road out at the beginning of 2009, directed by Biljana Tutorov and containing a lot of the music recorded for the Piranha releases, but in a life context. To coincide with the movie release will be the release of a live recording.
Oumou Sangare, the wonderful voice of Mali, finished recording a new album on World Circuit label which should be out in 2008. |
April 08
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March 08
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January 2008
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Brad Mehldau - Brad Mehldau Trio Live
Posted by Adrien on 2008-04-22 11:06:22
Nonesuch - NONESUCH 7559-79956-5
Distribution in France: Warner
Release date: March 24, 2008
The twelve titles of this double album, produced by Brad Mehldau, were all recorded at the Village Vanguard within a period of four days, from October 11 to 15, 2006.
The ...find out more...
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