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About Me

The Nag Champayons are a six man audio-visual musical collective best described as "afro-psychedelic jazz practice" or as the New Times Broward/Palm Beach edition puts it; "It's Frank Zappa and Serge Gainsbourg wrestling Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra. It's SonicYouth's plane crashing into Fela Kuti's boat in the Everglades on the hottest day of summer. - New Times ..

My Interests

making groovy music out of chaos...or was it chaos out of groovy music? something like that...

I'd like to meet:

You would be interesting.

Music:

influenced by the deep primitive groove. somewhat dark...but with a DIY punk aesthetic coupled with a kind of free jazz noise thing happening.

Movies:

Talk to the Carol City Film Appreciation Society about that.

Television:

Kill your television! Instead The Nag Champayons T-shirts are now available at shows for $10. They are beautiful and thought provoking and Cheech owns one! Impress your friends and lovers!

Books:

The Politics of Ecstacy...the rest are banned.

Heroes:

Creative people that have infiltrated the machine. Also: John Lennon, Bob Marley, Timothy Leary, Allen Ginsberg, Terrence McKenna, R. Gordon Wasson, Albert Hoffman, Aldous Huxley, Gilligan, Marcel Duchamp, John Coletrane, Nobuyoshi Araki, Peter Gabriel, Bill Laswell, Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock, King Suny Ade, The Beatles, Fela & Femi Kuti, Jimi Hendrix, Moondog, The Clash, Radiohead, Flaming Lips, Stereolab, Dizzy Gillespie, Medeski Martin & Wood, Bloque, Konono No. 1, Noam Chomsky, Sun Ra, The Police, The Muppets...

My Blog

Free Concert...The Nag Champayons open the main stage at Fete de la Musique!

Don't miss this! Fete de la Musique this Wednesday. June 21. Come celebrate the Summer Solstice with the Refugee All Stars of Sierra Leon, the Nag Champayons, Jesse Jackson and much more. P...
Posted by The Nag Champayons on Mon, 19 Jun 2006 02:19:00 PST

**BREAKING NEWS*

It's confirmed,the Nag Champayons will be performing at the Medeski, Martin & Wood afterparty and ... anything can happen!!! The party is at the Sand Bar on 67th and Collins on Friday, May 19...
Posted by The Nag Champayons on Thu, 11 May 2006 02:59:00 PST

NAG CHAMPS @ JAZID 6/17/05

Thanks to everyone who came out and supported the Nags @ Jazid on Friday night...ese noche si fuera pa los dioses....amazing night!!! Check out this sick line-up: Nags: Ed Cardona - Bass Jose Elias -...
Posted by The Nag Champayons on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

THE NAG CHAMPAYONS BLOG>>> SEPTEMBER 2004

What's up Naggins...crazy days are upon us...US elections draw near...the recovery from hurricane Charley is shadowed by the approaching hurricane Frances...it just keeps getting hotter and wetter and...
Posted by The Nag Champayons on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

The Nags blog - October 2004

HA! These storms just keep coming...don't matter to the NAG ensemble...we thrive on tropical force winds and knee-deep residential flooding...we might have had to cancel the first EARTHNOIZE - but hel...
Posted by The Nag Champayons on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Let's Get Weird! The Nag Champayons fill the room with a positive vibe!

The Nag Champayons fill the room with a positive vibe BY AUDRA SCHROEDER / Broward Newtimes In the intimate practice space of the Seventh Circuit in North Miami, six guys with varying amounts o...
Posted by The Nag Champayons on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

100 Acts of Support - The Concerts for Banda Aceh

Some of the local Miami musicians are getting together with the Miami Virgin Megastore as part of their 100 Acts Of Support - The Concerts For Banda Aceh. This is a benefit concert to raise money for ...
Posted by The Nag Champayons on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST