MAÏA BAROUH
Maïa Barouh is a vivid and eclectic young singer with origins in France and Japan. In 2005,
at the age of 22, she created a troupe of eccentric Japense artists called Cabaret Shinjuku and toured France,
and in 2007 produced a compilation album entitled Kusamakura to introduce this new Japanese scene.
She has performed extensively in Japan with her electric band
and has played with artists Shimizu Yasuaki, Arto Lindsay, Kip Hanrahan and many others.
Her latest project with producer Martin Meissonnier mixes the power and resonance of traditional Japanese chants
with electronic music and a contemporary, manga esthetic.
Maïa is
a very original artist whose new show blends music, dance and
highly original video effects.
AZIZ SAHMAOUI & UNIVERSITY OF GNAWA
"Sahmaoui’s exploration
of the Gnawa Cosmos is some of the best gnawa you will hear… The
trip of a lifetime."
Tim
Cumming - The Independent
"There is not only passion aplenty but a lifetime of curiosity and learning on this debut album."
Andy
Morgan - Songlines
"The album is an intoxicating affair, visceral and groove-centric yet also nuanced and multilayered." Chris May - All about Jazz
KHALED - Liberté
"Liberté matches Khaled's rasping, soulful and attacking voice
against a variety of mostly acoustic settings(...) The result is an
intense, emotional, but often subtle album, with songs ranging from
the angry and passionate Raikoum to Gnaoui, a chanting, blues-edged
piece influenced by the music of the Gnawas, whose ancestors were
brought to North Africa as slaves."
Robin Denselow - The Guardian
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FELA KUTI
Black President
DON CHERRY
Music - Sangam
KING SUNNY ADE
Juju Music
AMINA
Yalil
RAY LEMA
Medecine
ALAN STIVELL
Brian Boru
SEUN KUTI & EGYPT 80 - Many Things
"This is a must-have for anyone with even an inkling of an interest
in the fascinating wild yet intricate genre of
afrobeat."
Sarah Chapman - Notion
"Since Fela Kuti's death in 1997, few musician's have stepped forward convincingly to either recreate the original root style or recalibrate it for a new era.
Until now that is, and Kuti's son Seun's magnificent, floor
shaking Many Things."
Chris May - All About Jazz
PAPA WEMBA
Papa Wemba
AMINA
Wa di yé
MANU DIBANGO
Abele Dance
ARTHUR H
Arthur H
KHALED
Kutché
TONY ALLEN
Two Many Prisoners
BIG MEN - Raï Meets Reggae
featuring Sly & Robbie, Horace Andy, Khaled, Gregory Isaacs, U Roy, Chaka Demus & Pliers...
"Whoever experienced the sudden flash of the inspirational
lightbulb that resulted in this series of collaborations deserves a
warm handshake and a thumping pat on the back.
The bringing together or Algeria and Jamaica's finest works a
treat, the low heavy beats of reggae and the dub culture setting
the high singing
of rai off to perfection.
And the names are indeed those of the Big Men: Kaled, U Roy, Horace Andy,Tarik, Chaka Demus and Pliers. Add Robbie Shakespeare and Sly Dunbar in the rhythm section and who could ask for more. Deserves to be the chill-out album of the summer."
Peter Bacon - The Birmingham Post
JIMMY PAGE & ROBERT PLANT - No Quarter
(Preproduction)
"With No Quarter the idea was to reopen doors. Page notes that 20 years ago they recorded Four Sticks and Friends (both reconsidered on No Quarter) with Indian musicians in Bombay, and Plant indicates that after sessions with the Meissonnier tapes they could hear possibilities opening up."
Graham Reid - Elsewhere