Xango Music local music from all over the world Office: Singelstraat 1, 3513 BL Utrecht, NL www.xmd.nl - [email protected] - +31 6 260 263 60 Warehouse: Berenkoog 53 C, 1822 BN, Alkmaar (NL) e: [email protected] t: +31 (0)72 - 567 3030 NEW RELEASES NO. 7 - 2018 Sonido Gallo Negro: Mambo Cosmico GBCD 56 / 4030433605622 / label: Glitterbeat Records / format: CD / Mexico – Cumbia-Fusion GBLP 56 / 4030433605615 / label: Glitterbeat Records / format: LP / Mexico – Cumbia-Fusion Hailing from Mexico City, Sonido Gallo Negro's exhilarating third album continues their exploration into the psychedelic richness and rhythmic pulse of cumbia while at the same time reaching for new sounds and textures – such as mambo, cha cha, porro and danzon. Mambo Cósmico is a sonic collage that is not only musical, but also cultural and historical. This combo of nine musicians, seek out a new and unexpected musical cosmos that goes beyond their well-honed Mexican and Latin American influences. Listen to a track. Toko Telo (D’Gary, Monika Njava & Joel Rabesolo): Diavola AR 18001 / 0192914098546 / label: Anio Records / format: CD / Madagascar – Popular Following up the highly acclaimed Toy Raha Toy, this Malagasy supergroup returns with a new album. In Diavola (Moon) the trio reinvent traditional musical styles – tsapiky, jihe, beko – with unequalled artistry. Madagascar’s most well known musician, D’Gary splashed onto the world music scene in the early 90s in a famous collaboration with musician/producers David Lindley and Henry Kaiser. Celebrated across Madagascar as the national diva, Monika Njava is singing in several Malagasy dialects. Joël Rabesolo grew up playing the traditional four-stringed kabosy. Now the most celebrated guitarist of his generation in Madagascar, he interprets the island’s rich array of regional styles with sophistication and extraordinary inventiveness. Listen to a track. The Celtic Social Club: A New Kind Of Freedom 10H 10 / € 0889854277321 / label: 10H10 / format: CD / France-Scotland – Neo Folk Sharpened like a gang behind Jimme O' Neill's exceptional voice and Ronan Le Bars and Pierre Stéphan's "pipe et fiddle", the seven Franco-Scottish musicians reinvent the articulation between modernity and tradition, refreshing ancient Celtic melodies from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, deliberately skipping the traditional Celtic melodies of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. In this random geography that sails between New York, Glasgow, Dublin, London, New Orleans, Kingston and Brittany, they create a popular, danceable, inventive and elegant music, whose name will only have to be found: folk-rock, celtic-punk, neo-folk, post- trad? Doesn't matter. Listen here. Markku Lepisto Trio: New Voices RAPU 1 / 6429990000632 / label: Rapusaari Records / format: CD / Finland – Folk Markku Lepistö is one of the most respected Finnish folk accordionists with over 30 years of music career. His skills on both diatonic and chromatic accordions are recognized worldwide. At the moment, Markku is involved with the successful trans-European accordion ensemble the Samurai, the Markku Lepistö Trio as well as his solo projects. In addition to Markku’s playing can also be heard on many tracks by Finnish top artists. Listen here. Emirhan Tuga & Edzo Bos: Turkish Recital ANTRCD 1 / 7110935962670 / label: Antre Music / format: CD /Turkey – Traditional Emirhan Tuga combines Western Classical and Balkan Music cultures in his musical interpretations to create his own musical identity in performances on podiums internationally. Tuga gives solo concerts and performs with various European chamber music ensembles and orchestras in the Netherlands, Belgium, Turkey, Japan and the USA. The Dutch pianist Edzo Bos is a passionate player of chamber music and song- accompaniment. ‘Turkish Recital’ is a project of works for clarinet and piano by Turkish composers. Listen to a track Roger Mas: Parnas SATKCD 230 / 8435307605252 / label: Satelite K / format: CD / Spain – Popular Roger Mas embodies like no one else the prototype of a singer-songwriter, combining music and poetry, authorship and interpretation, but also novelty and tradition. He has shown it on each album, reinventing himself as a troubadour, crooner, bluesman and pop star with a deep voiced sound. All embodied in the most diverse themes, styles and groups. Poet between musicians and musicians between poets, now, with a voice in full maturity, he brings 'Parnas', in the poets' garden, where he insists on emotion with the voices of others and new music. On the album are new songs, adaptations of traditional or ancient songs and poems. Listen Xango Music Distribution Release #7 – 2018 Pagina | 1 Son Del Barrio: Quiero Volar HDR 5 / 8435383643742 / label: T-sunami / format: CD / Spain – Flamenco-Pop Son del Barrio is made up of brothers Christian and David Mínguez Martínez. The beginnings of Son del Barrio were neither easy nor perhaps premeditated. A song created by David and Christian and uploaded to Facebook was the fuse for this group. They began to "like" the video, to share it, to play it on social networks... and what they didn't expect: for fans and friends to encourage them to form a group. Son del Barrio began their journey in the world of music. A band that day by day learns, absorbs from new trends, from the big ones and who give their all for their audience. Of course, Son del Barrio has come to stay and is sure to be a hit. Listen here. BraAgas: O Ptacich A rybach MAM 5962 / 8595026659629 / label: Indies Scope / format: CD / Czech Republic – Folk The female band BraAgas offers beautiful rivers and dreamy skies on their new album called 'O ptácích a rybách' (i.e. About Birds And Fish). On this sixth album, the ladies explore new ground thanks to these Czech songs. After a long musical hunt, the band finally returns home from other parts of Europe. They produced all thirteen songs, which come from the Czech-Moravian BraAgas song books, with their original approach and that has brought them many awards already in the past. In the role of silent witnesses to all the sad stories, the birds and fish gave the whole recording a name. Listen to a track. Kvety: Komik Do Pul Osme MAM 5782 / 8595026657823 / label: Indies Scope / format: CD / Czech Republic – Folk The new album, 'Komik do pul osme' (i.e. Comedian until half past eight) presents the rituals of the city. The band Kvety (i.e. Flowers) shows with this recording that there's no doubt that even after a radical change of the line-up and sound, it has the power to look for new ways and at the same time keep its own unmistakeable style. The urban rock poetic words of Martin Kysperksy and Ales Pilgr are on the new album influenced, sound-wise, by a new band member, the multi-instrumentalist Ondrej Kyas. And thanks to him, Kvety has an amazing drive and groove. The songs sound great. Listen here. Letizia Fuochi: Inchiostro MASOCD 99138 / 8012957991388 / label: Materiali Sonori / format: CD / Italy – Popular After eight years as an interpreter and author for theatre, Letizia Fuochi returns with an album. 'Inchiostro' has a new, more conscious, self-mocking, passionate, autobiographical look: each song is a story lived intensely in a constant confrontation with reality. At her side is guitarist Francesco Frank Cusumano, with whom Letizia has been collaborating since 2011, he also made all the arrangements of the project. Listen. Rummage (Mark Mulholland): Somewhere Else CRR 1621 / 0826863162125 / label: Cannery Row Records / format: CD / Scotland – Popular Rummage is one of the many projects of Scottish musician Mark Mulholland, in which he teamed up with a couple of friends and long-time musical collaborators, James Finch Jr. and Rusty Miller, to record a dozen of his songs at a studio near San Francisco in 2014, for an album entitled ‘Somewhere Else’, released in 2016. The resulting 12 songs range from raw rock'n'roll, catchy pop-rock, laid-back blues and grooves up-tempo country to wistful folk and late night melancholy, with both Rusty and James turning their hands to drums, bass, guitars, keyboards, vocals and percussion as required by the song. Listen here. David Tavares: Alone Again YOUKALI 139 / 8904304312710 / label: Youkali Music / format: CD / Brazil – Guitar In his fourth album, "Alone Again", the Brazilian guitarist David Tavares, one of the most important exponents of flamenco fusion music on the current scene, looks back to the songs that marked his childhood and adolescence in a fascinating and intimate melodic, stylistic and personal introspection exercise. Accompanied only by his mestizo guitar, David Tavares prints his unmistakable flamenco, classic and Brazilian sound recordings to a handful of absolute successes from the 60s, 70s and 80s up to 11 delicately minimalist versions, full of sentiment and melancholy, which describe a surprising sentimental journey. Listen to a track. Marcelo Gueblon: Dias Que Fueron YOUKALI 138 / 8904304312727 / label: Youkali Music / format: CD / Spain – Jazz One of the qualities that distinguishes Gueblon's music is that it cannot be categorized. On the one hand, it blends into multiple cultures and synthesizes them in their purest, most essential expression. On the other hand, it can be as convincing with subtle hints or it unleashes all its power like the drums in a big band. In this kind of metamorphosis, the drummer and the musician coexist, which is no small fact, considering that drummers are rarely invited to the "musicians" table. He transcends this prejudice, from his instrument comes music, not just rhythm, and his compositions are the perfect example. Watch him live. Sebastien Texier & Christophe Marguet 4tet: For Travellers Only CR 260 / 0190758191027 / label: Cristal Records / format: CD / France – Jazz The tuba, a rare instrument in a jazz quartet, brings a great originality; both bassist and soloist, it is a nod to the brass bands, the Marching Band and the music of New Orleans.