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Shantel - Planet Paprika

Friday 28 August 2009, 21:44

Shantel Planet Paprika
Shantel - Planet Paprika
(CD) Essay Recordings/Crammed AYCD23, 2009-08-28

Shantel's new album Planet Paprika has its own set of values: the pursuit of genuinely European pop music. This is where north meets south and east meets west and they are all equal in the mind of the musician. Shantel is driving on deeper into the creation of a truly Central European pop music. Its roots are in the past, in the popular music that has fired the imagination of generations for centuries - and yet it is something totally new and different. Planet Paprika is taking the concerts halls, clubs and festivals of Europe by storm. The first, long-awaited single will be released in July to blow the cobwebs out of your ears. At the same time, Shantel will be touring with his Bucovina Club Orkestar. And then, with a big brass fanfare comes the grand finale: Shantel releases his new album at the end of August!

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Figli Di Madre Ignota - Fez Club

Monday 12 January 2009, 15:48

Figli Di Madre Ignota Fez Club
Figli Di Madre Ignota - Fez Club
(CD) Eastblock Music EBM013, 2009-01

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grant phabao and djouls 21st Century Balkanese

Grant Phabao & Djouls - 21st Century Balkanese

Monday 18 February 2008, 13:39 2

Grant Phabao & Djouls - 21st Century Balkanese(MP3 Podcast on ParisDJs.com) T.I.M.E.C., 2008-02-18 [comment faire?/how to?] Tracklisting : 01. C-mon & Kypski - Shitty Bum (from 'Static Traveler' album, 2006 / Supertracks) » more info on djouls.com or on myspace.com/cmonandkypski « 02. OMFO - Jok De Doi (from 'We Are The Shepherds' album produced by Atom Heart, 2006 / Essay Recordings) » more info on djouls.com « 03. Fanfare Ciocarlia - Born To Be Wild (from 'Queens and Kings' album, 2007 / Asphalt Tango) » more info on myspace.com/fanfareciocarlia « 04. Danny Breaks - Hand Exercise #2...

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OMFO - We Are The Shepherds

Sunday 12 November 2006, 17:22

Omfo We Are The Shepherds
OMFO - We Are The Shepherds
(CD) Essay Recordings AYCD12, 2006-11-12

Tracklisting :
01. Choban in Space 5:18
02. Shepherd Disco 3:46
03. Jok de doi 4:24
04. Drunk'n'Space (Mad Volinka) 2:33
05. Orbital Hora 4:43
06. Neobiknovennije Glaza 3:36
07. Azerbaidjan 3:16
08. Tequila Gang Bang 1:23
09. Dagistan 3:40
10. Utomljonnoje Sontse 3:44
11. Oxamit 3:33
12. Voskresenie 3:04
13. Flujerash 2:19
14. 2007 Baran Odissey 5:05

Credits : 06, 07 trad./arr. by German Popov
08 Chuck Rio / Windswept Pacific Entertainment Co
10 Music: Jorge Petersburski/Lyric Zenon Ludwik Friedwald
All other tracks music & lyrics by German Popov/Edition Essay
Produced by Atom™ & OMFO

Links :
omfo.net
essayrecordings.de/a_omfo.htm
fotolog.com/atom_tm_news/20914362

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Shantel - Bucovina Club

Thursday 28 August 2003, 03:21

shantel bucovina club
Shantel - Bucovina Club
(Essay Recordings, Ref. AYCD1) Selected by Shantel

Passionnés des films de Goran Bregovic, voici enfin un mix "world" qui s'adresse à vous. Shantel, qui nous avait "loungeusement" enthousiasmé avec ses deux albums "Higher Than The Funk" en 1998 et "Great Delay" en 2001 (tous deux sortis chez Essay Recordings, en license chez !K7 Records), s'affranchit désormais du label américano-allemand !K7 pour sortir les productions de son label Essay Recordings en distribution chez Universal. Résultat: tous les médias interdépendants d'Universal vont crier au génie des balkans, les autres, pudiques, ne parleront plus jamais de Shantel, devenu un sale vendu, condammé à l'extinction, tout comme son distributeur... Ce serait bien dommage, en effet, de passer à côté du "Baro Foro" de Gogol Bordello, qui évoque ici un Tom Waits moustachu et bulgare, ou le ska venu du froid de "Bucovina" (signé par Shantel lui-même, disponible aussi en version dub à la fin du disque), ou le zouk-raï des balkans (!) de la Fanfare Ciocarlia, remixée par Shantel ("Iag Bari")... et pourtant c'est immanquablement ce qui va se passer. En espèrant que Shantel change de crèmerie (de distributeur) et qu'il arrête de se la jouer trop puriste, nous continuerons alors à jeter une oreille sur ses prods.
Note trop puriste des balkans: *½ (Havanito)

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