Member Since: 08/01/2007
Band Members: "Timeslice" ... Dodo Nkishi .. Flute / Tom Chant ... Soprano Sax /
Charles ... Gtr, Piano solo ( using that Brasilian technique of whistling in unison with a right hand line or solo)
"Aea" ... Gwenael Jamois ... Drum Programming etc
"Communion" ... Is a remix of the band "Killer Bees" which was Airto Moreira with Herbie Hancock
Influences: THE BASICS ....
AIR to Breathe, WATER to drink, FOOD to eat, WOMAN to love, PEOPLE ..( what are people for ??) ...
After these, everything else that one can list is "just" "Culture" or "Art" ...
But, of course , for me MUSIC is the most important of these ....
Trans-Categorical-Music ....
all music that transcends its category or genre...
Including....
John Coltrane ..... Miles Davis .... The maestro Moacir Santos .... Antonio Carlos Jobim ..... David Ze .... Hermeto Pascoal .... Fela Kuti.... Claus Ogerman ... Mahmoud Ahmed
Drummers ...
Elvin Jones ... Tony Williams ... Jacki Liebezeit .... Christian Vander .... Tony Allen .... Airto Moreira ... Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace ....
Bassists
Charlie Haden ....
Guitarists ....
Early Influences include .... Steve Cropper...... Sly Stone....
Mclaughlin ( pre-Mahavisnu).... Wes Montgomery..... Jim Hall....
Singers.....
Cesaria Evora.... Oumu Sangare.... June Tabor...
Recent Discoveries....
Waldemar Bastos.... Gigi..... Loysa Lenn (found her on myspace .... Check her out in my "friends" ) ... Tengir Too.... Lura....
Producers...
Lee Scratch Perry...... Teo Macero...
And all sorts of .........
Urban/Village/Rural/Desert/Forest/Jungle/Valley/Mountain music from around the planet
Non-Musical.....
George Oshawa..... Alexander.... Feldenkrais.......... Vandana Shiva ........ Moazzam Begg
Books ... "Sugar Blues" by William Dufty .. Read It !!
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And of course lots more ...
PLEASE WATCH ( or especially LISTEN TO !) THIS VIDEO !
PODCAST: Organic farming CAN feed the world
A new study by the University of Michigan has shown that organic farming in industrialised countries can produce comparable yields to conventional farming, and up to three times the yields currently obtained in less-industrialised countries.
This is groundbreaking research, and adds weight to environmentalists' arguments that the world certainly wouldn't starve if we all farmed organically.
Listen to one of the lead authors explaining her group's findings in this podcast.
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Record Label: Circadian is on Language/Crammed Discs
Type of Label: Indie