NEW RELEASES Jazz & World 20th September 2010 call-off: 10th September harmonia mundi labels: world village, le chant du monde distributed labels: accords croisés, airmail, act, alpha, american jazz classics, asphalt tango, aum fidelity, bd jazz, black eye, black saint, blues beacon, british library national sound archive, cadillac, camjazz, camoci, casequarter, contre jour, cristal, deda, edition, ellipsis arts, emanem, enja, evidence, fedora, fmp, foghorn, hatology, hi 4 head, highnote, high two, hippo, home made rekords, iaso, institut du monde arabe, iris music, itm, jaro medien, jazz wax, jazzwerstatt, konimusic, long distance, lusafrica, maik maier, makasound, marabi, network, ocora, ogun, otrabanda, pi recordings, playasound, plus loin, poll winners, ponderosa, poo productions, psi, q-rious, raki, rare music, regardless, riti, savant, smalls live, soul note, tiptoe, token, totolo, wergo, winter & winter, yellowbird harmonia mundi UK Ltd, 45 Vyner Street, London E2 9DQ (tel) 020 8709 9500 (email) [email protected] PRIORITY NEW RELEASE 20th September File under: World / Egypt / UK Natacha Atlas Mounqaliba 479048 >> 794881956029 >> CD 1. Intro 0’55 2. Makaan 4’17 3. Matrah interlude 1’00 4. Bada al Fajr 2’01 5. Muwashar Ozkourini 3’43 6. River man 5’39 7. Batkallim 5’57 8. Mounqaliba 3’39 9. Le cor, le vent 3’43 10. Direct solutions interlude 1’38 11. Lahazat nashwa 3’04 12. La nuit est sur la ville 3’35 13. Fresco’s interlude 2’08 14. Ghoroub 2’24 15. Evening interlude 1’09 16. Taalet 3’11 17. Egypt interlude 2’13 18. Nafourat el anwar 2’57 Live dates: Globally celebrated singer Natacha Atlas has been building 7th Oct - Cadogan Hall, London towards the subtle beauty of her brand new album ever since 9th Oct - Turner Sims, Southampton 2008’s internationally acclaimed acoustic, orchestral album Ana Hina. Recorded with guests including pianist Zoe Rahman, Press coverage: a 20-piece Turkish ensemble and a chamber orchestra inte- Reviews confirmed in Guardian, Daily Tele- grating western and Arabic styles, Mounqaliba – ‘being in a graph, Independent, Independent On Sunday, state of reversal’ in classical Arabic - is a stunning set of origi- Sunday Express, Times, Sun, Daily Mirror, nal new songs, evocative interludes, and a limpid, lucid reading Daily Express, Daily Mail, Morning Star, New of Nick Drake’s The Riverman. Internationalist, Uncut, Q, Mojo, Songlines, R2 (Rock N Reel), fROOTs The music spans a broad range of styles and sounds; Riverman nestles snugly alongside classical arabic standard Muwashah Features confirmed in Middle East magazine Ozkourini, the utopian epic sweep of Makaan (tempering wist- and R2; tbc in Guardian and Independent. fulness with a fragile sadness) and the post-modern glitchiness of Batkallim (the most electronic sounding song on the album, Natacha will record a session for BBC Radio 3 a scathing denunciation of the growing tide of hypocrisy that “World on 3” seems to have stricken the world’s media and politics). UK PR by John Crosby / Press Promotions ADVERTISED IN FROOTS AND SONGLINES harmonia mundi UK Ltd, 45 Vyner Street, London E2 9DQ (tel) 020 8709 9500 (email) [email protected] PRIORITY NEW RELEASE 20th September File under: World / France Moussu T e lei Jovents Putan de Cançon 2741877 >> 794881972920 >> CD digipack 1. Putan De Cançon 3.28 2. Empêche-moi 2.45 3. Lo Dintre 3.43 4. Mon Ouragan 2.38 5. Ciutat De L’Ersa 3.25 6. Alba 7 3.01 7. Bon Baisers De Marseille 3.14 8. La Marraine 3.58 9. Quand Je La Vois, Je Fonds 1.35 10. L’Horloge 3.54 11. Dins La Nuech De Mon Astre 3.56 12. Seradas De La Mar 5.14 13. Comme 2 Mouches 2.04 Tatou - vocals, bronzinaire Blu - guitars, banjo, berimbau, vocals Jamilson - drums, percussion Zerbino - drums, percussion Deli K - percussion Moussu T e lei Jovents consists of the founder of Massilia Sound System together with its guitarist and a famous Brazilian percussionist. The group takes its inspiration from Marseille in the thirties, a veritable musical melting pot, where Provençal songs could be heard alongside local operettas by Vincent Scotto or the black music bursting onto the scene at the time (i.e. blues and jazz, with music from the West Indies and Brazil too). This provides the background for the group’s new, up-to-the minute songs, sea and harbours shanties that reek of the briny air, shipyard cranes and rocky inlets. A new also available: repertoire to match the coastline of this part of the world, from 2741325 Mademoiselle Marseille Marseille or La Ciotat, a true blend of old and new, local and 2741441 Forever Polida universal, full of nostalgia and foot-tapping rhythms ! “Surely the year’s quirkiest release, this artfully crafted set blends primitive blues with guttural Marseilles dialect, throwing in a range of under- stated global references and all the Gallic roman- ticism you could possibly want. Poignant, funny and surprisingly tuneful.” Daily Telegraph Top 10 world albums of the year 2741549 Inventé à La Ciotat CD/DVD 5741576/78 Complete Collection (incl. three albums above) 2741600 Home Sweet Home harmonia mundi UK Ltd, 45 Vyner Street, London E2 9DQ (tel) 020 8709 9500 (email) [email protected] PRIORITY NEW RELEASE 20th September File under: World / Cuba Septeto Nacional Ignacio Piñeiro Sin Rumba, no hay Son! 468105 >> 713746810528 >> CD 1. Embale tiene la llave 4’19 2. El plato roto 3’47 3. Bella criolla 3’57 4. Arrolla Cubano 4’22 5. Recapacita 3’39 6. La Rumba no es como ayer 4’38 7. Mueve la cintura 5’26 8. En tus ojos yo veo 3’38 9. La Mulata rumbera 3’36 10. El Discreto 4’32 11. Me dieron la clave 4’21 12. Se te acabo la pared 3’44 13. Donde andabas anoche 2’21 14. La fiesta de los animales 3’48 Cast : Eugenio Rodríguez Rodríguez “Raspa” - lead vocals, direction Francisco David Oropesa Fernándes “El Cuba’s Septeto Nacional was formed in 1927 by the Matador” - bongos, administration legendary bassist/singer/composer Ignacio Piñeiro. Enrique Collazo Collazo - tres Now composed of its fourth generation of players, Dagoberto Sacerio Oliva - guitar, vocals Agustín Someillan García - trumpet, vocals the Grammy-nominated ensemble remains a sophis- Raúl Acea Rivera - bass ticated, arrestingly inventive exponent of son haban- Crispín Díaz Hernández - maracas, vocals ero, as can be heard on this new recording of rum- bas, boleros and guarachas. Sin Rumba, no hay Son! - Without Rumba there is no Son! The opening tune, Embale tiene la llave, cuts to the chase with lead singer Eugenio Rodríguez Rodríguez, who is known as “Raspa” for the agreeably rough timbre of his voice, trading close-harmony licks with his cohorts. Number six, La Rumba no es como ayer, a percussive beauty, finds all hips in motion. The ninth tune, La Mulata rumbera, spotlights guest artist Bertha Portuondo’s plangent tone, high spirits and exquisite phrasing; she often toys with the beat, playfully lagging a touch behind while kicking up her heels in joyous abandon. On the eleventh track, Me dieron la clave, another great rumbero, Emilio Moret wields his lustrous tenor with a youth’s directness and a master’s subtlety. Each of the 14 selections unfurls like rum-tinged cigar smoke, swooning, exuberant, sexy and plaintive; as intricate as chamber-music, as liltingly sensual as a slow-dance, as sweetly guileless as a lullaby, as primal as the throbbing heart of a conga drum. harmonia mundi UK Ltd, 45 Vyner Street, London E2 9DQ (tel) 020 8709 9500 (email) [email protected] NEW RELEASES 20th September File under: World SABOR DE GRÀCIA Sabor Pa’ Rato World Village 498037 8427592001338 CD World/Spain/Catalan The Catalan rumba is a popular musical current of Gypsy roots which arose in Barcelona in the mid-fifties. It emerged as the confluence of two western music traditions: flamenco and Afro- Cuban. It was combined by Catalan Gypsies into a new style of urban folklore through the assimilation of Afro-Latin patterns into their flamenco musical tradition. Sabor de Gràcia comes up as the Catalan rumba band most abreast of its time thanks to this magic formula. After mov- ing closer to Latin American traits in later years, it wishes now to go back home to the roots of this crossbred, provocative and hedonist style that used to set everybody dancing wherever it was played. The town of Gràcia is now a genuine Gypsy quarter. This is indeed where the true nature of the Catalan rumba represented by Sabor de Gràcia (Taste of Gracia) is to be found. They are a young though experienced band who know how to connect with a faithful public eager to enjoy the rumba. Sabor pa’rato is their fourth album, a vibrant recording that marks the first collaboration with World Village. JOÃO BOSCO & NDR BIG BAND Senhoras Do Amazonas Yellowbird YEB77162 767522771626 CD digipack World/Brazil First discovered by Tom Jobim and Vinícius de Moraes, the brilliant composer/vocalist/guitarist Joao Bosco is one of the main figures of MPB (Música Popular Brasileira). His 2006 release Obrigada Gente! Ao Vivo (Universal Brazil) has sold over 100,000 copies in his homeland. In Europe he is one of the “secret pearls” of Brazilian singer-songwriter music still to be discovered by a larger audience. Admired as a versatile vocalist and a dynamic performer, Bosco has been noted for his singular fusion of Arab culture, Afro-American music and Brazilian styles bossa nova influenced by American jazz. This studio album with Germany’s NDR Big Band stemmed from a joint Brazilian tour in 2007.