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Shazam

ethnotronica

About Me


SHAZAM is a DJ and a musician from Berlin. He is sometimes DJing with live musicians in a club situation, at other times he's a live DJ with a band (Nomad Soundsystem) onstage. Or both. He likes music with three EEEs: Electronic, Eastern & Eclectic.
If u dig this, why not invite him to play at your Club night / Party / Event/ Festival / Incentive ? Just ask.
the song clips you are hearing are collaboration works with other people and NOT a dj mix tape.
''While spinning, i don't have musical limitations other than my personal filter : i like a tune - or not.''
So you might get a DJ set of his that combines styles like these: Asian Underground, NeoArabic Clubfusions, Global Dub, Afrobeat, BalkanBrass Dancehall, vintage Bollywood Breaks or Brazil Drum&Bass, Lounge Exotica or or or..
..My moon rises in the East...
15 seconds Shazam & Latrama live at Espantapitas 07 in Andalucia:
türkische version:
DJ Shazam Hindu tap--naklar--ndan Bat-- Afrika köylerine, Brezilya varo--lar--ndan Ortado--u mistisizmine do--ru elektronik titre--imlerin bulu--tu--u kozmopolit bir performans ile, dinleyenleri e--siz astral bir seyahate ç--kar--yor. Shazam'--n DJ seti asian breakbeat, neoarabic clubfusion, bollywood funk, ethnic dubreggae, electroBalkan, afrobeat ve brasilian drumNbass, gibi geni-- bir ufuk sunuyor dinleyicilere. Bu iddial-- DJ set, Shazam'--n sektördeki en derin dünya müzi--i DJlerinden biri olarak, uzun y--llard--r olu--turdu--u birikimin bir yans--mas--.90'l-- y--llarda Berlin müzik sahnelerinde oryantal renkler yans--tan bas gitarist Shazam takip edilen bir müzisyendi. 1998 y--l--nda ünlü "Asian Underground Party" serisi ile "So--uk ve steril" buldu--u house ve club türlerine farkl-- dünya müzi--i örneklemeleri ile "ruh" kullanarak özgün bir tarz yaratt--. 1999 y--l--nda Japon müzisyenler Aki Ueda (sitar) ve Yuji Tei (tabla) ile birlikte çok etkilendikleri klasik Hint ezgilerinden esinlenerek Chandra Pulse grubunu kurdu. Grup, Berlin'de büyük bir be--eni ile kar----land--.2000-2002 aras-- müzisyenler Mcler ve Djlerden olu--an Culture Clash adl-- grupla "bas gitarist" ve "sampler" olarak çal----t--. 2002 y--l--ndan bu yana New Yorklu elektronik müzik sanatç--s-- Adam Chalk, MC Sufferah, Gnawa Impulse grubundan udi Nomad Sound System ile çal----arak kendi parçalar--n-- üretmeye devam ediyor. 2003 y--l--nda WOMEX'de sahne ald--.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/24/2006
Band Website: dj-shazam.com
Band Members: me.

i..ve been taking part in DJ events & created several Clubseries since 1997 in Berlin or abroad

i do play bass and turntables with the live musicians of

NOMAD SOUNDSYSTEM

not forgetting about the *SPARK* project with Adam Chalk(NYC) where we produce and remix nice tunes trying to combine power and beauty.

eventually we are going to take this to the stage more in 2008.
Influences:

Halloumi Sandwich, Miso Soup, Thai Curry, Palak Paneer, Börek, Splitter Brötchen and lots of coffee & some cigarettes plus Mango-Soya Lassi or fresh Mint Tea or Club Mate or, err, errr.. street noise and trams passing by my window, subway around the corner, walking thru dark wet nights alone.

ah , you want some names, doncha? here goes a list in no special order:

Oum Kalthoum, Syd Barrett, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Jimmy Page, Mohandas Gandhi, Stanley Kubrick, Claude Debussy, eno, Zakir Hussain, Bo Diddley, Igor Stravinsky, the Velvet Underground, Billie Holiday, Lennon & Harrison, my teenage daughter, Marlon Brando, Ludwig van Beethoven, John Bonham, Akira Kurozawa, Asha Bhosle & Lata Mangeshkar, the Stooges, Lee Hazlewood, Albert Hoffmann, Arundhati Roy, Tom Robbins, Fritz Lang, William S. Burroughs, Herrmann Hesse and sooooo many others.

Sounds Like: eastern ethnodelic breakbeatz with some vinyl crackling noise
Record Label: it´s about time to start one, right?
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Interview with TIME OUT New York

Time Out Magazine from NYC asked a couple of questions before Nomad SoundSystem went onstage at Carnegie Hall. Here´s the complete (email) interview:>>>> Wow! Electronic dance music at Carnegie Hall, ...
Posted by Shazam on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:39:00 PST

PIRANHA Records - Download Compilation by Shazam

Berlin based world music label PIRANHA were kind enough to ask me to contribute to their 20 year anniversary by selecting a dozen tunes out of their amazing repertoire. So, under the title of RHYTHM T...
Posted by Shazam on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 06:53:00 PST

DOUBLEMOON REMIXED

COMING SOON!! There is a SPARK Remix on the new DOUBLE MOON REMIXED album, we are happy to be the first ones to remix Mr. Selim Sesler´s unmistakable clarinet sounds (have you seen ´Crossing The Brid...
Posted by Shazam on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 08:10:00 PST

German interview with Shazam about Nomad Soundsystem

Hier ist ein kurzes Interview Shazam über Nomad Soundsystem: http://nouamane.de/?p=42
Posted by Shazam on Thu, 31 May 2007 01:35:00 PST

Bosch Don Bosco

when i was in Madrid a few weeks ago, walking thru the park in the sunshine and all was quiet for a change and the world felt right for some time, i suddenly remembered that i once was interested in a...
Posted by Shazam on Sat, 09 Dec 2006 05:04:00 PST

Short Interview for Zitty Magazine ( In German)

Hey DJ / Interview aus ZITTY / Berlin - Magazin July 2005 DJ Shazam ( Nomad SoundSystem) Was ist dein Stil? EasternAsianArabicLatinBalkanAfro+X Sounds, mit funky Drum&BassDubHipHop etc. Ich nenn...
Posted by Shazam on Sun, 16 Jul 2006 12:07:00 PST

an interview for www.kickass.karosh.net

DJ Shazam! is taking his audiences on a unique aural trip: ... from ancient Indian temples thru African villages and Brazilian Jungle to the Oriental desert, only to find himself surrounded by one cos...
Posted by Shazam on Sun, 16 Jul 2006 11:54:00 PST