Kutiman video Karolina - Smile 2 Me

Kutiman and his good friend karolina walking around the streets of Tel Aviv with a guitar and a pocket camera - this is what came out of it...

Grant Phabao and Djouls - 21st Century Afro Vol.4 (MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) T.I.M.E.C., 2009-02-21 What's African music today besides the many incredible reissues and compilations and a small 'afrobeat' rack? Here's a little deeper digging, with electronic afrojazz from France (Minimoogli), electronic afrosoul from Netherlands (thru England: AIFF reinterpreted by Diesler and Laura Vane), Afropunk Slam from Trinidad (Anthony Joseph on France's leading jazz label Heavenly Sweetness), funky Afrojazz from Germany (The Boogoos), American Afrofunk (Kokolo) remixed by Israelian funkmeister...

Various - We Love Afrobeat!
(CD) Comet, 2008-10-06

"I'm on several afrobeat projects these days, after a wicked UK tour with my Smith brothers, I'm proud to announce the release of a compilation on Comet Records, WE LOVE AFROBEAT! I have been selecting the tracklisting with Eric Trosset, a blend of afronewbeats!!! The new generation of afrobeat bands: We Love Afrobeat, due to release on Oct 6th 2008 on Comet Records"
(Source : Martin Smith's MySpace page)

Tracklisting :
01. The Souljazz Orchestra - Mista President
02. Nomo - Better Than That
03. Ramses Revolution - In Control
04. Cafe-Creme & les Freres Smith - La Marche Des Smith
05. Saravah Soul - Arroz Con Feijao
06. Ocote Soul Sounds & Adrian Quesada - La Reja
07. Tincan - Leave The Keys
08. Oghene Kologbo & Afrobeat Academy - Open Your Eye
09. The Afrorockerz feat. Ruth Tafebe - Corrupt
10. Akoya Afrobeat Ensemble - Pelotera
11. Kutiman - Losing It
12. Kaleta & Zozo Afrobeat - Bab Nla Iya
13. Minimoogli - A Funk For Fela (Afro Jam)

Links :
myspace.com/elvismartinez
myspace.com/cometrecords

Press Release (french) :
Depuis que l'immense Fela (& fils) et ce fantastique batteur qu'est Tony Allen ont créé le mouvement, celui-ci se répand largement hors du continent africain, de France aux Etats-Unis, d'Israël au Canada, allant même jusqu'à toucher des pays où un éléphant n'oserait même pas y poser sa trompe comme la Suède. Comet Records est surtout connu pour l'album culte de Tony Allen, "Black Voices", de son projet Psyco On Da Bus avec le bricoleur Doctor L. , ou pour ses rééditions de classiques des années 70. We Love Afrobeat ressemble curieusement à une compilation anniversaire masquée qui réunit les artistes afros modernes et underground.

Ceux qui pensent que la vraie musique black, c'est Magic System, je vous invite vivement à vous mettre ces treize morceaux entre les oreilles, ne serait-ce que pour votre culture. Ici, la technologie rejoint la tradition, les machines répondent aux djembés et il est surprenant de voir que ce son si roots qui commence à avoir de longues racines se mélange si aisément à d'autres styles.

Le jazz s'évapore à travers les cuivres de Nomo ou Ramses Revolution, les français Cafe-Crème et les Frères Smith font des figures downtempo, presqu'abstract hip-hop, les Ocote Soul Sounds tentent de passer la frontière mexicaine, Tincan pourrait être pressé sur un vieux 45 tours poussiéreux, les folles percus d'Akoya Afrobeat (récemment chroniqué dans ces pages) annoncent un grand soleil dans les cœurs, l'Israëlien Kutiman signe l'alien de la compilation avec sa rythmique radicale et ses délires expérimentaux, et on termine sur un excellent jazz enfumé de Moog avec le bien nommé Minimoogli.

Ces afro-beatmakers ne cherchent pas forcément à sonner nouveau, mais plutôt à créer une approche plus ou moins électronique qui tient à préserver la substance instrumentale originelle, dans une mouvance souvent accusatrice d'un système politique africain pourri mais toujours festive !
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The debut Kutiman Show on Dec. 1st in the city of lights – Paris!

This aspiring young artist from Tel Aviv is taking his psychedelic funk sound live on stage for the first time! Joining him for this major event will be Karolina, the Israeli groove diva & Chaka Moon, the legendary bass player and vocalist. They will be backed by the funky Parisian band - Les Freres Smith. Join in for a colorful-uplifting-groovy journey that will take you higher!
myspace.com/kutiman (check also the interview on ParisDJs.com)

Also playing at the event two funky-ass DJs:

DJ Soulist (Résident What the Funk)
myspace.com/djsoulist

DJ Olski (Melting Pot Music Head Honcho)
myspace.com/djolski

Entry : 12 Euros w/ free entry to the Trojan Party afterwards >>> 06h

Kutiman - Kutiman
(CD/LP) Melting Pot MPM047, 2007-10-26

Info :
Ophir "Kutiman" Kutiel is a newcomer from Tel Aviv. The afro beat anthem "No Groove Where I Come From" caught the attention of MPM and people like Gilles Peterson or Diplo. His first album is just phenomenal music touching afro beat, west indian grooves, psychedelic funk and soul.
Melting Pot Music wil release Kutiman's self-titled debut album on 26 October. The whole record is written, arranged, played and produced by Kuti and features Elran Dekel, Karolina and Chaka Moon as singers. The artwork has been done by Mike Davis. Stay tuned for more info.

Tracklisting :
01. Bango Fields
02. No Reason For You (feat. Elran Dekel)
03. Take A Minute
04. No Groove Where I Come From (feat. Elran Dekel)
05. Losing It (feat. Karolina)
06. Skit
07. I Just Wanna Make Love To You (feat. Chaka Moon)
08. Chaser
09. Once You're Near Me (feat. Elran Dekel)
10. Escape Route
11. Trumpet Woman (feat. Karolina)
12. Music Is Ruling My World (feat. Karolina)
13. And Out

Links :
Exclusive interview + free MP3 virtual release available on ParisDJs.com
myspace.com/kutiman
mpmsite.com
myspace.com/mpmworldwide

Kutiman - Music Is Ruling My World (feat. Karolina)
(12" virtual release/MP3 Podcast on ParisDJs.com)
Melting Pot/ParisDJs MPM042V/PARISDJS010, 2007-12-25



Tracklisting :
A1. Music Is Ruling My World
(feat. Karolina)

Links :
About the "Kutiman" album
myspace.com/kutiman
mpmsite.com
myspace.com/mpmworldwide

Kutiman interview - summer 2007:
Now Kutiman, how did you come to Afro-funk? And did you choose that name because of Fela Kuti?
I first heard Funk music 5 years ago, when my good friend and soon to be musical partner on various projects, DJ Sabbo, introduced me to the amazing world of Funk and Afro Music. I have to admit that growing up in a small town in the north of the country, at the pre-internet era, made it nearlay impossible to know most of these genres.
As for the name Kutiman -My name is Ophir Kutiel and Kuti is the nickname of almost everyone in my family- my grandfather, father, brother and sister are all nicknamed Kuti... It was many years later when I came to know the amazing work of Fela Kuti.

Do you realize that you have created a new kind of Vintage Funk & that it was the aim of this project?
No, I hadn't realized... I was simply trying to make music... But Thanks very much for the compliment! Like I mentioned earlier, this was shortly after I first listened to music by legends like Fela Kuti, Soft Machine, King Crimson, James Brown, Jimi Hendrix as well as some other icons, all of whom I discovered all of a sudden and was amazed by their music.
This may also be the reason that the sound is vintage... I was so excited discovering these music treasures, I recorded my music without any bit of cynicism, just emotions.


If in a nightmare you were elected president for a year in your country, what would radically you change?
Indeed a nightmare... First I would try to quit... The truth is I try to stay out of politics as much as I can, I don't believe any politician... But I'll play along - I guess if I had to do something I would've been focusing on science and culture. Two fields I don't think our government is doing enough to support. I guess it wouldn't helped anyway, and then I would have quit...

Your first 12 inch ("No Reason For You" b/w "No Groove Where I Come From") is a great underground hit over here, could you tell me about your live project and hopefully when we will have the chance to see you play in Europe?
Actually the Kutiman project started as a solo studio project. I did it with the help of some amazing local musicians, not knowing where it would take me. Luckily my music is getting noticed outside my own laptop, so I have recently started to plan and work on the Kutiman show and hopefully we can take this project live in October, a month after the album is released. I was blessed to collaborate on this project with the crème of the local groove scene and I can't wait to take it live on stage.


There is so much feelings in your music, that's why so many DJs love your music straight away, now today they have more power than ever on choosing who to promote on the radio, so who are your favorite DJs?
I have to admit I'm not so familiar with the work of many international DJs. Believe it or not, I have only heard of Gilles Peterson a month before my first single was released... I can only recommend some DJs I have seen in Israel recently: Marc Hype, Kid Koala, Diplo, DJ Food. I was also blessed to get to know the Paris DJs team thanks to myspace and discover some cool DJs over there.

Have you ever thought of creating your own label in the past?
I never really thought about it. My wish is to get my first two albums released and than take it from there. Unfortunately, despite the fact that there are some amazing musicians around, the music side of the business is not easy these days, especially this side of the globe.
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Diesler - Podcast Adventures #11 (september 2007)

Better late than never... here is the brimming full of goodness Diesler podcast adventure with Diesler & Stan navitigating through the choppy waters of presenting and talking at the right points in the records to bring you another fun filled show of humour and music. Ch-ch-ch-checkit!!

Tracklisting :
01. Umberto ft. Wally Warning - Let Them Free (Enja)
02. QSO - Panama City (Tru Thoughts)
03. Paul Murphy & Marc Woolford - Jazz Rooms [Spiritual South Remix] (Afro Art)
04. Hanna & Beatr8 - Better Than Nothing [Bakura Remix] (Mukatsuku)
05. Kutiman - Music Is Ruling My World [Sabbo & Kuti DJ Mix] (MPM)
06. The Hi Fly Orchestra - ???? [Dysty Remix] (Tramp Records CDR)
07. Pete Rodriguez - I Like It Like That [Aaron Jerome Remix] (Fania)

Links :
Subscribe to podcast : XML link
Download MP3
Official Site : dieslermusic.com
Diesler on MySpace : myspace.com/diesler
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Kutiman - Music Is Ruling My World feart. Karolina
(12") Melting Pot MPM42, 2007-06-08

Tracklisting :
A1. Music Is Ruling My World (Original Mix)
A2. Music Is Ruling My World (Sabbo + Kuti DJ Edit)
B1. Music Is Ruling My World (DJ Day Remix)
B2. Music Is Ruling My World (DJ Day Beat Edit)

Links :
mpmsite.com
myspace.com/kutiman

Various - More MPM Sound
(CD/LP) Melting Pot MPM030, 2006-11-30

Tracklisting :
01. Breakout - Planet Rock pt.1 4:33
02. DJ Day - Gone Bad 3:51
03. DJ Adlib feat. Med - Everyday 4:11
04. The Phobos Peepl - Bike Ryder 2:37*
05. Kutiman - No Groove Where I Come From 5:05*
06. Imperial Breed - On The Run 3:43
07. Devil McDoom - Watching Sleazy UFOs Passing By 1:57*
08. The Soul Scapes - Soul Summer 2:51*
09. A-ko - Chicago 2:30
10. Le Scratchfunk - The Go Off! 4:15
11. Lefties Soul Connection - Organ Donor (Hawkeye Hyphy edit) 4:52*
12. Hawkeye - Meet Me At The Roosevelt 4:23*
13. Marc Hype & Jim Dunloop - The Mexican (radio version) 5:25
14. DJ Day - Lovebug 2:44
15. Upskiboo - Search Song 4:41
(* = never heard before)

Links :
mpmsite.com
myspace.com/mpmworldwide
nocturne.fr