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MiDIval Punditz release soundtrack to Let's Enjoy

Bob — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:27:08 GMT

The MIDIval Punditz apply their beautiful blend of Indian tradition and electronic innovation to the soundtrack to this Bollywood film. The music to "Let's Enjoy" features a wide range of styles from atmospheric textures to banging electro-bhangra beats.

More info and sound samples at www.sixdegreesrecords.com

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Nomadiqa Ethnic Fusion - Repost

nomadiqa — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:12:54 GMT

Hi Folks,
We recently released our debut album. It's a mix of electronic and ethnic/arabian styles, some downtempo, and some eastern european influences also. Just thinking it might be of interest to the folks in this tribe who like this kind of material and vibe. Especially if you like the RealWorld, AfroCelts stuff, etc.

There's four full tracks available to listen online.

http://www.myspace.com/nomadiqa

Have a listen and see what you think. Sorry for the self promotion.

Many thanks,

Nomadiqa
http://www.nomadiqa.com

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Save Internet Radio from Corporate Money Grab

WorldFusionRadio_com — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 15:19:49 GMT

Independent voices will be silenced by big corporations---listeners will have fewer choices, the artists won’t get any more money for the creativity, and the corporations will gain more money and control if the record label’s royalty increase is allowed to stand. Please help stop it.

Save Independent Internet Radio from Being Silenced

Independent voices will be silenced by big corporations---listeners will have fewer choices, the artists won’t get any more money for the creativity, and the corporations will gain more money and control if the record labels royalty increase is allowed to stand. Please help stop it.

For the past four years I have Webcast World Fusion Radio (WorldFusionRadio.com), bringing unique artists in the emerging genre of world fusion music to thousands of listeners world-wide. I have paid thousands of dollars in royalties to artists, several times more than I have made in revenue. Unfortunately, it’s not enough money for the big corporate music labels who want to more than triple the royalties paid to them (though not to the artists). Unless something is done, I and hundreds of other independent Webcasters will by May 14, 2007 have to shut down the radio stations we have spent years building.

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) wants to tax me and hundreds of other independent Webcasters out of business. The Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) has rubber stamped a royalty hike demanded by SoundExchange, a subsidiary of the RIAA. SoundExchange and the RIAA seem determined to destroy independent Internet radio and will do so unless there is an immediate public outcry big enough to reach Congress and persuade them to pass legislation to stop the royalty increase and save Internet radio.

To explain what all this means and how you can help, first I will explain what independent Webcasters do, and then what the royalties really are and the effect they will have.

What Webcasters Do
Everyone who runs an Internet radio station is an unpaid marketing rep for the record labels. We promote their music 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We promote their music to new listeners who go out and buy that music. We buy the music first before we play it because we seldom get the free CDs that the labels give to broadcast FM radio. So we make money for the record labels and the artists.

Not only do Webcasters increase music sales, we also pay to play music. Webcasters must pay ASCAP, BMI, SESAC (who distribute those royalties to artists), and SoundExchange (yes we already pay them royalties) for the reasonable and fair songwriting and publishing royalties that artists deserve. I have found that artists are appreciative of what we do as Webcasters and understand the importance and value of Internet radio. It is only the corporate label bureaucrats who don’t appreciate Webcasters. Which brings us to SoundExchange.

What SoundExchange Does
SoundExchange is a corporation set up by the RIAA (the major record labels: EMI Music Group, SONY BMG Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, and Warner Music Group) to collect a new royalty on music recordings created by the Republican Congress in 1998. That new royalty is above and beyond the royalties long paid to songwriters and musicians. The new royalties are for the “sound recording copyright” of the song, i.e., the actual recording that is the CD track or MP3. This royalty must be paid by anyone who plays a song through a digital medium, usually the Internet.

The specific “sound recording copyright” is usually not owned by the songwriter or the artist, it is owned by the record label so the actual artists and performers usually do not share in this money. SoundExchange does not reveal to whom they distribute the royalty payments but many artists report not receiving a penny of it (www.boycott-riaa.com/facts/truth).

The royalty is specifically directed at Internet radio and is effectively an anti-competitive tax on Internet radio. It is NOT charged to broadcast FM radio (soundexchange.com/faq.html#a6). Satellite and cable radio corporations worked out a deal with SoundExchange to pay a substantially lower rate than what is charged to Internet radio.

All Webcasters, independent ones like World Fusion Radio and corporate ones like Yahoo and AOL, have dutifully paid the new royalties to SoundExchange, making millions of dollars of pure profit for the record labels. We have played by the rules and SoundExchange doesn’t dispute that. However, SoundExchange wants more money. SoundExchange falsely claims that Internet radio stations made $500 million in advertising last year. That claim is beyond ridiculous and has been proven to be inflated four to five times higher than actual revenues for the industry (webcastersunite.net/). Almost all of that revenue is earned by corporate Internet radio sites such as Yahoo and AOL from advertising and sales revenue they receive from the major record labels.

What the Royalty Increase Will Do
The RIAA knows that the royalty fees will kill all independent Webcasters. They know that if the CRB ruling is not reversed the number of Internet radio stations will go from several hundred to several dozen or even fewer.

How Draconian are the fees? Well, for starters, SoundExchange wants every single Webcaster to pay a retroactive $500 fee per channel for royalties for 2006. This is an additional fee for Webcasters who obeyed the existing royalty rules and already paid what they were asked to pay. So they will be paying royalties twice for 2006.

Then, starting on May 15, 2007, the rates shoot up astronomically! Under the old royalties, an Internet radio station paid about $500 a year in royalties (to all sources: BMI, ASCAP, SEASAC, SoundExchange) through LoudCity or $600 a year through Live365. Under the new royalty system, a Webcaster broadcasting 15 songs an hour to 500 listeners would pay SoundExchange $72,270 a year (www.live365.com/choice/sxreply.live), in addition to the other costs for artists royalties (remember, the SoundExchange royalties aren’t for the artists), hosting, bandwidth, and other costs. SoundExchange claims that an increase in fees from $500 to $72,000 a year is “fair value.”

Fair value?!? Independent Webcasters usually earn less than $1,000 a year because their only sources of revenue are free-will donations from listeners and maybe pay-per-click ads. Most independent Webcasters pay more than that in streaming costs and of course royalties.

How is it “fair value” to pay more than you earn? No industry in the world could survive with that formula. At World Fusion Radio, I already pay 187 percent of my revenue in royalties to artists and labels and I do better financially than most Webcasters. Like most Webcasters I do it for the love of music, not for profit. Yet SoundExchange wants to raise our royalties 600%-1200%.

An Internet Radio station will owe SoundExchange $155/listener/year just for licensing in 2007 and that amount will increase to $267/listener/year by 2010 (www.savenetradio.org/blog.html). Independent Webcasters will not be able to pass a fee that high onto their listeners. Independent Internet radio will die.

So why is the RIAA doing this? Control. The major labels have enjoyed an undercover relationship with radio for decades as the two colluded on who got played and who didn't. (Can you say “payola?”) The RIAA cannot control independent Webcasters. We decide what we play (that’s why you love us). Independent artists can come to us and promote their music on our stations, circumventing the record labels entirely. I believe that is the RIAA’s biggest fear.

What You Can Do
On May 15, 2007, hundreds of Internet radio stations will fall silent, unless there is an immediate and unmistakable public outcry to force Congress to change the unfair SoundExchange royalty increase.

Please go to www.savenetradio.org/act_now/index.html and take action. Share this letter with your friends and urge them to also take action. Together we can save Internet radio--not just World Fusion Radio, but all of the many wonderful Internet radio stations out there. SoundExchange says they want feedback from consumers, so write their Executive Director, John Simson at jsimson@soundexchange.com. Contact your favorite artists and labels and let them know how you feel.

Together we can save Internet radio; not just World Fusion Radio, but all of the many wonderful Internet radio stations out there.

What Artists/Musicians/Singers & Songwriters Can Do
Tell your label or licensing company that you value Internet radio and do not want to see RIAA tax it out of existence. Tell them that you oppose the ruling of the Copyright Royalty Board. Tell those at SoundExchange that they do not represent you and your interests. Spread the word to other artists/musicians/singers & songwriters Get more information at webcastersunite.net

What else can you, the Artists/Musicians/Singers & Songwriters do so that internet radio doesn't go the way of the dinosaur? Become vocal! How? you ask? If you have a MySpace site and a Webpage, there are banners, both animated and non-animated available for download at webcastersunite.net. All artists/musicians/singers & songwriters, both independent and well known, can make Public Service Announcements about how you value Internet Radio, a valuable source to discover new artists/musicians/singers & songwriters. If you decide to make a Public Service Announcement about this, they can be submitted at webcastersunite.net and then they will be made available for download to all the broadcasters at webcastersunite.net.

Every artist/musician/singer & songwriter was unknown at one time. To this day Internet Radio stations are eager to expose new talent, if they have to shut down because of the new royalty rates, this avenue of exposure will cease to exist, it will become increasingly difficult once again to get your music to the public. That is not something internet broadcasters want to see happen, for we know that today's independent artists are the popular names of tomorrow.

In Solidarity,
Douglas Giles
World Fusion Radio
WorldFusionRadio.com
worldfusionradio@yahoo.com

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Bollywood/Bhangra Traveler

Bob — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 17:12:09 GMT

The new installment of Six Degrees' weekly internet radio broadcast is now up on i-Tunes' Radio Section (Under the Eclectic or Electronica headings) or at

http://www.live365.com/sixdegrees

We are also now on www.jazzizradio.com at

http://www.jazzizradio.com/jazziz_vip/vip_lounge.html?email=

On this week's edition of Six Degrees Traveler we spin a variety of music that has been influenced by the world of Bollywood and Bhangra Beatz! From hip-hop to electronica to actual Bollywood classics, it's a South Asian influenced Traveler dance-party!

Check out the full playlist at

http://www.sixdegreesrecords.com/radio/playlist.php?week=02_28_07

Don't forget to explore our music only channel which streams the entire Six Degrees Records catalog at

http://www.live365.com/stations/sixdegrees3

Our last four Traveler programs are always archived and available for listening at

http://www.live365.com/stations/sixdegrees2

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Taruna: World Fusion 3

psytrancedancer — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 06:26:39 GMT

Taruna: World Fusion 3

Shaman Electro is proud to present the much anticipated “Taruna: World Fusion 3”, the final installation in the World Fusion Trilogy, available now at psyshop: http://www.psyshop.com/shop/CDs/shn/shn1cd001.html

If you are already a fan of Taruna, aka Jürgen Eppinger, you have probably been waiting patiently for the newest album of psychedelic-ambient-electronica, rich with ethnic atmospheres from all over the globe – and if so, you will not be disappointed. If you are new to the global sounds of Taruna, you are in for an amazing voyage to new destinations…

Begin your journey with a glorious Sunrise in Varanasi - complete with original recordings on the streets of Varnasi, tabla, sarod and sarenghi samples, along with the sweet sounds of bells, xylophones, female vocals and a mixture of psychedelic synths and jazzy influences….Then allow yourself to wind through The Dogon Mystery, find an Invisible Word, glide through Shamballa and Listen to the Shamans of the Amazon rainforest. Each song carries you deep into the heart of a new place within yourself, wraps you in the sights, sounds and smells of faraway lands, and calls you to awaken to the beauty of all of humanity.

World Fusion 3 showcases rich, textured instruments from all over the globe: sitars, xylophones, flutes, tablas, bongos, shakers, Tibetan singing bowls, Chinese Zeng harp, Javanese gongs, Balinese Rejong Gamelan (the list goes on an on and on) mixed with thick bass lines, beautiful ethnic melodies and psychedelic synths to create globally rich atmospheres of feeling, depth and dance….all while delivering only the most positive of messages:

This incredible power inside the brain is ready to be activated…
Respect Nature, Respect Life…
There’s an invisible world around you…
There is going to have to be a radical transformation…transformation…transformation
The human future will be designed on how conscious we are able to make ourselves…

Travel through the streets of India, climb the Himalayas of Tibet, sing with the choirs of Bali, visit African villages in prayer, chant with long forgotten tribes, soar with the eagles and walk with the jaguars (and meet Timothy Leary and Terrence McKenna along the way!)…World Fusion 3 will guide your mind into a global perspective of enlightening authenticity…through a balance of male and female, yin and yang…to the possibilities of self and world… Awaken to the world around you…

World Fusion 3: an aural global guide…

"Music is an International Language beyond Borders." - Jürgen Eppinger

For a full review visit: http://taruna.tribe.net/thread/b33db0f9-ccd7-400e-8cdb-7adc2a5c5395

For a 24 minute sample visit: http://shamanelectro.com/music/4/4_1.mp3

1. Sunrise in Varanasi
2. The Dogon Mystery
3. Dewas
4. Invisible World
5. Angkor Vat
6. Namaste
7. Shamballa
8. Raja Ampat
9. Listen to the Shamans

Available at psyshop: http://www.psyshop.com/shop/CDs/shn/shn1cd001.html

All Tracks written and produced by Taruna – Jürgen Eppinger
Contact Jürgen at: Taruna23@web.de

Audio Mastering by Benno Ruhdorfer
Graphics by Samuel Bubat

Join the Taruna Tribe: http://taruna.tribe.net

World Distribution by Shaman Electro
http://www.shamanelectro.com
shamanrecords@gmail.com

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Global Space Traveler

Bob — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 22:29:52 GMT

The new installment of Six Degrees' weekly internet radio broadcast is now up on i-Tunes' Radio Section (Under the Eclectic or Electronica headings) or at

http://www.live365.com/sixdegrees

We are also now on www.jazzizradio.com at

http://www.jazzizradio.com/jazziz_vip/vip_lounge.html?email=

Strap on your headphones because on this week's edition of Six Degrees Traveler we spin a set of globally influenced space music. Electronica, psychedelia, dub and world sounds all meet on featured tracks by such artists as Sheila Chandra, Midival Punditz (another sneak look at their upcoming Remixed project), Kumba Mela Experiment (featuring Youth collaborating with members of the Orb and Suns of Arqa), Solar Quest, Abacus, Issa Bagayogo (remixed by Adham Shaikh) and a collaboration between Bluetech & Schulman.

Check out the full playlist at

http://www.sixdegreesrecords.com/radio/playlist.php?week=11_15_06

Don't forget to explore our music only channel which streams the entire Six Degrees Records catalog at

http://www.live365.com/stations/sixdegrees3

Our last four Traveler programs are always archived and available for listening at

http://www.live365.com/stations/sixdegrees2

Six Degrees Traveler: Free-form radio with a global edge

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NUMANOID PLAYLIST for JULY 06 ( elektro/house/rock ) *JOUJOUKA ( DON'T TOUCH ME,I'M ELECTRIC ! )[

massivevibrations — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 08:17:51 GMT

NUMANOID PLAYLIST for JULY 06 ( elektro/house/rock ) *JOUJOUKA ( DON'T TOUCH ME,I'M ELECTRIC ! )[MADSKIPPERS] *JOUJOUKA ( ARE YOU ELOVETRIC?-NUMANOID rmx-)[MADSKIPPERS] *PRODUCT01 ( ACCESS )[FRESHLY SQEEZED] *THE KNIFE ( WE SHARE OUR MOTHER's HEALTH - TRENTEMOLLER rmx-)[BRILLE REC.] *SPEAKER PUNKS vs JIMI HENDRIX ( FOXY LADY )[bootleg] *ROB MOONEY ( FEELIN' ELECTRO-VALENTINO KANZYANI rmx-)[PUNCH FUNK REC.] *MATHEW DEKAY & MICK BOSCAMP(WEEKENDER)[AUDIOTHERAPY] *SLOT MACHINE ( DIRTY BOMB )[unreleased] *PROTECTION ( ROCK STAR -FUNKY GONG rmx-)[unreleased] *MMDC ( LOVE YOUR SISTER-ASCII DISKO rmx-)[BOM BOUTIQUE]

http://groups.myspace.com/madskippers

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South Asian Traveler

Bob — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 21:26:31 GMT

The new installment of Six Degrees' weekly internet radio broadcast is now up on i-Tunes' Radio Section (Under the Eclectic or Electronica headings) or at

http://www.live365.com/sixdegrees

We are also now on www.jazzizradio.com at

http://www.jazzizradio.com/jazziz_vip/vip_lounge.html?email=

On this week's edition of Six Degrees Traveler we spin an extended set of South Asian fusion music. Featured artists include Karsh Kale (another of the new "Manifest" remixes), Bill Laswell, Makyo, Cheb i Sabbah (Remixed by Fun Da Mental), Dhol Foundation and many more. We also play new electro remixes of classics by Yaz, Pink Floyd and U2, new music from BT and more...

Check out the full playlist at

http://www.sixdegreesrecords.com/radio/playlist.php?week=09_20_06

Don't forget to explore our music only channel which streams the entire Six Degrees Records catalog at

http://www.live365.com/stations/sixdegrees3

Our last four Traveler programs are always archived and available for listening at

http://www.live365.com/stations/sixdegrees2

Six Degrees Traveler: Free-form radio with a global edge

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Space City Gamelan Live August 19th @ 8pm!

freerangestudios — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 15:57:50 GMT

This evening is a fundraiser for Space City Gamelan; Free Range Studios will be hosting an evning program of music by Antaress, Kairos & Space City Gamelan. Beverages sponsored by St. Arnold's, cuisine sponsored by Art Institute of Houston's Culinary Department. Support Space City Percussion's world music community project for a night of great eats, great sounds & home town brew!

Visit us on the web:

http://spacecitygamelan.googlepages.com

http://www.myspace.com/houstongamelan

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THIS MONDAY IN NY-DEEP SPACE W/ FRANCOIS K., DUB GABRIEL, UMAR BIN HASSAN (LAST POETS), SATISH!!!!

dubgabriel — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 11:20:11 GMT

Hey everyone, I just arrived back in New York to visit and to kick off a tour doing 20 shows around the United States.
For the last 8 months I have been living in Berlin and it has been a total trip.
It feels good to be back in the states and I am hoping to see all my New York friends together this Monday at Deep Space where I will be doing my only NY show.
It will be a special night doing an all-live global dub soundsystem with Last Poets legend Umar Bin Hassan, who also was on the last Common record as well as Trumpet playing madman Satish on horn and electronics.
And of course resident DJ, Francois K.
Please come and join me, catch up with good friends in a fun night!!

DEEP SPACE AND BROOKLYN MASSIVE
PRESENT
DUB GABRIEL' S BROOKLYN MASSIVE SOUNDSYSTEM (FIRST
TIME BACK IN NY SINCE MOVING TO BERLIN, DUB GABES ONLY
LIVE NY SHOW!!!! A NIGHT NOT TO MISS!!!)
FEATURING
UMAR BIN HASSAN (LAST POETS)
SATISH (TRUMPETS AND ELECTRONICS)
DUB GABRIEL (LIVE SOUNDSYSTEM)
RESIDENT DJ
FRANCOIS K.
MONDAY, JUNE 12TH
930pm (DUB GABRIEL ON AT 10PM!!!)
@
Cielo
18 Little West 12th Street
between Washington Street and 9th Avenue NYC
Admission is $10, $5 before 10pm
For additional information visit:
www.deepspacenyc.com

Step back, all ye wannabe rappers and check out one of
the originals who made hip hop possible. Before Africa
Bambaata was throwing parties in the Bronx, before
Prince Whipper Whip was rocking with the Fantastic 5
and before the Rock Steady Crew ever attempted their
first windmills, Umar Bin Hassan and the Last Poets
were making rhythm and poetry live on the streets of
Harlem.
Thirty years later a number of the more socially and
politically conscious emcees are planning a tribute
album to the Last Poets featuring Common, Dead
Prez, Chuck D, Keith Murray, Buckshot, Kanye West,
Erykah Badu and others.
Since 1999, Brooklyn Producer/DJ Dub Gabriel and Last
Poets’s founder Umar Bin Hassan have collaborated in
many ways.
First with Umar’s now legendary appearance on Dub
Gabriel’s Baraka Orchestra album, Then with Dub
Gabriel and Prof. Shehab releasing Umar’s album
produced by Bill Laswell. Gabriel’s Current album
“Bass Jihad” is a modern Middle Eastern Dub
masterpiece being compared by Billboard magazine to
Brian Eno as well as on the best of 2005 list from
many magazines and radio stations from around the
world.
The night will be a celebration of not only the return
meeting of these two artist, but also it will be the
first time Dub Gabriel is in New York since moving to
Berlin Germany 8 months ago.
This legendary night will feature Dub Gabriel\s
Brooklyn Massive soundsystem doing all live dubbing
and music creating. as well as Trumpet maestro Satish
on the dub trumpet and surprise guest!!
and of course your host and pilot for the evening on
the ones and twos Mr. Francois K.!!

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PUMA/WORLD CUP PARTY TONIGHT IN BERLIN=JAZZANOVA,DUB GABRIEL, GENETIC DRUGS, SUZY WONG, MARK HYPE=CAFE MOSKAU

dubgabriel — Mon, 29 May 2006 14:55:02 GMT

PUMA PRE OPENING PARTY FOR WORLD CUP/AFRICA
TONIGHT
FEATURING

Jazzanova
Dub Gabriel
Genetic Drugs
Marc Hype
Suzi Wong
Sick Girls
Kiss FM DJ\s
and many others

CAFE MOSKAU
KARL MARX ALLEE 34
BERLIN
29/5/2006
DOORS AT 22HR

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DUB GABRIEL LIVE=BERLIN/NEW YORK/WASHINGTON DC/TUSCAN/PORTLAND

dubgabriel — Wed, 24 May 2006 17:05:07 GMT

DAWN OF THE JUGGERNAUTS
massive bass gathering: crooked dancehall, heavy
dubvibes, drums, bass, turntables, vocals, live
dubbing .... it's all there, kids!

DAWN OF THE JUGGERNAUTS
live: sun ra bullock (postjunglist rudebwoy mutations)
live: dub gabriel brooklyn massive sound system (outrnational dubstyles)
live: x.a.cute (harmolodic dub)
live: "das aaron" (lunatic dancehall & crumbled hip-hop)

djs: massaka (klangkrieg) & wolfgang noise (x.a.cute sound system)

FRIDAY, MAY 26TH
10PM
@
BASTARD
KASTANIENALLEE 7=9
BERLIN
MORE INFO
http://www.myspace.com/xacutesoundsystem
http://www.myspace.com/dubgabriel
http://www.clubbastard.de

DEEP SPACE AND BROOKLYN MASSIVE
PRESENT
DUB GABRIEL' S BROOKLYN MASSIVE SOUNDSYSTEM (FIRST
TIME BACK IN NY SINCE MOVING TO BERLIN, DUB GABES ONLY
LIVE NY SHOW!!!! A NIGHT NOT TO MISS!!!)
FEATURING
UMAR BIN HASSAN (LAST POETS)
SATISH (TRUMPETS AND ELECTRONICS)
DUB GABRIEL (LIVE SOUNDSYSTEM)
PLUS SPECIAL GUEST
RESIDENT DJ
FRANCOIS K.
MONDAY, JUNE 12TH
930pm (DUB GABRIEL ON AT 10PM!!!)
@
Cielo
18 Little West 12th Street
between Washington Street and 9th Avenue NYC
Admission is $10, $5 before 10pm
For additional information visit:
www.deepspacenyc.com
http://www.myspace.com/dubgabriel
www.umarbinhassan.com/

WASHINGTON DC
DUB GABRIEL ( DJ SET)
WED. JUNE 14TH
10PM
@
SCIENCE CLUB
1136 19th STREET NW
WASHINGTON DC
MORE INFO
www.scienceclubdc.com
http://www.myspace.com/dubgabriel

TUSCAN, AZ
DR. ISRAELS DREADTONE INTERNATIONAL
DUB GABRIELS BROOKLYN MASSIVE SOUNDSYSTEM
THUR. JULY 6TH
8PM
SOLAR CULTURE GALLERY
31 EAST TOOLE
TUSCAN, ARIZONA
www.solarculture.org

PORTLAND OREGON
DR. ISRAELS DREADTONE INTERNATIONAL
DUB GABRIEL AND HIS BROOKLYN MASSIVE SOUNDSYSTEM (LIVE SOUNDSYSTEM)
JULY 13
9PM
DOUG FIR
830 E BURNSIDE
PORTLAND
http://www.dougfirlounge.com

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Pls make some Suggestions

massivevibrations — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 06:25:46 GMT

What Artists , Musicians,Producers fit and should be mentioned here in this Tribe ?

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Balawan & Ethnic Fusion -Jazz from Bali /BIO

massivevibrations — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 12:14:59 GMT

http://www.wayanbalawan.com
I Wayan Balawan was born at Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia on 9 th of Sept. 1973.

He started playing music at the age of 8 and founded a group at elementary school. He played songs by Deep Purple and Beatles. Bored by rock music, when he graduated from high school he moved to Sydney to study jazz guitar & vocals at the Australian Institute of Music.

He achieved a scholarship for 3 years(Diploma of Music). He became a well-known guitarist for 5 years in Sydney until he came back home to Bali in 1997, then formed Batuan Ethnic Fusion.
( Ethnic Balinese Music combined with Jazz, modern Worlbeats ), one album followed in 1999 : “GLOBALISM” , 2 more Solo Albums , the newest Album will be released on Sony/ Indonesia very soon .
He is a versatile guitarist that play many styles of music, and also a great solo performer , invited by many Festivals worldwide , performs also as a Trio with Guest Vocalists ( see Presskit : Songs / released CDs of his versatile Styles with various Guest Vocalists and himself singing )
Balawan is an immensely talented guitarist with his very personal style. He is a specialist of the so-called touch tapping style (like Stanley Jordan): with the fingers of his left and right hand tapping on the guitar neck he plays simultaneously bass, chords and melody, as if he were playing a piano. As if that weren’t enough he is able to play 2 guitars at the same time with great agility.

Extremely virtuoso he doesn’t neglect smoothness in his melodic performances.

In Indonesia Balawan is considered as the best Indonesian Jazz guitar player,
he plays at Tv-shows. He’s a guitar teacher and often performs at the Music School in Indonesia, he does promotion tours for Ibanez guitars and Laney amplifiers.

He has toured Europe and Australia in the past:
- East Meet West Gitarren Festival Edenkoben Germany 2000
- Tour in 20 Cities in Germany 2001
- Hell Blues Festival in Norway September 2001
- He has released a solo album produced in Germany in 2001.

"Balawan is a very talented Balinese musician who in his debut album with Batuan Etnic Fusion, Balawan blends Balinese music with the modern music smoothly" - Reza (Indonesian Pop Singer)
"It's always exciting to find new things in art and Batuan Ethnic Fusion is a perfect example of artist who explore into the great spectrum in art with passion, love, beauty and freedom..." - Indra Lesmana (Indonesian Jazz musician)
Fresh and catchy...! It doesn't look like this when we first met in 1997. Congratulation young man...! you make the world of Indonesian guitarist more colorful." - Ireng Maulana (Indonesian Jazz musician)
He performs regularly in the Jazz Café, Ubud, Bali with the Batuan Ethnic Fusion and his Trio / Jazz Band

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