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The
Skye Steele Quintet
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The
music of this band creates a bridge between Skye's eclectic experiences
as a side-man and the strident individualism of his approach to the
violin. His arrangements bring American popular songs of his own
generation crashing head-on with influences ranging from Turkish Gypsy
music, to Afro-Brazilian, to French Impressionism, all with a rigorous
Modern Jazz aesthetic (he taps Simon and Garfunkel, Sesame Street,
Satie, and Willy Wonka). Skye's own compositions combine driving,
angular rhythms and darkly nuanced harmonies with an infectious sense
of lyricism. With an evolving cast that has included of late: Harel
Shachal, Andrew D'Angelo, Ben Holmes, Matt Darriau, Ben Cassorla, Satoshi Takeishi, John
Hadfield, Mike Savino, and Solomon Dorsey. |
| E-mail:
info@skyesteele.com |
Listen:
Evalynn (mp3 - partial track) |
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Scott
Kettner's Nation Beat
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Bringing
you the Big Beat from Brazil. The Nation Beat plays eclectic world-groove
music inspired by the Afro-Brazilian rhythms of Maracatu, Chico Science
& the Mangue Beat movement of Recife, Brazil as well as New Orleans
second-line funk, Honky-Tonk, and jazz. We're the first American group to record in Brazil
with the legendary Maracatu Nacao ("nation") Estrela Brilhante
("brilliant star"), led by Mestre Walter and rhythm master Jorge
Martins.
Buy the CD! |
| Visit
the Nation Beat Website |
Listen:
Cheguei Meu Povo (mp3 - partial track) |
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Harel
Shachal and Anistar
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Anistar
plays an innovative blend of Jazz, Mediterranean and Traditional Middle-Eastern
music. By mixing traditional instruments, forms and harmonies together with
a modern Jazz conception, Anistar melds the sounds of the desert with the
contemporary urban landscape of New York City. |
| Visit
Anistar's Website |
Listen:
Esh (mp3 - partial track)
Buy the CD |
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Jay
Vilnai's Vampire Suit
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Vampire
Suit draws on Jay's unique musical heritage as a Russian-Romanian-Polish
descendant raised in Jerusalem around a mix of contemporary and traditional
Jewish and Arab music. The result is a musical texture infused with ideas
and harmonies from jazz, 20-century music, blues and rock'n'roll, that takes
you on a journey around the world from the tribal dances of North Africa
to the marshes of the Balkans. |
| Visit
Vampire Suit's Website |
Listen:
Lullabye
(mp3 - partial track)
Buy the CD |
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EthnoEccentric
String Trio
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Drawing
on scrapbooks from their various travels in the New York music scene and
around the world, the members of EST bring a globe-spanning variety of music
into focus through the prism of the improvisational string trio. Expect
Bulgarian dances, Greek Rembetika, original compositions and Bartok. |
| E-mail:
EE3@skyesteele.com |
Listen:
Monkey
See (mp3 - partial track) |
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M-LAB
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RockDrama
at its finest. Oh you know you love it. Piano and electric violine are the
backbone of M-LAB's first CD, "From Baser Elements." If you think
you're hearing a guitar, guess again. Composer Derek Gregor and lyricist
Drew Brody are creating some really different and beautiful music with this
band. |
| Visit
M-LAB's website |
Listen:
Better
Company (mp3 - partial track)
Buy the CD |
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The
Manhattan Ragtime Orchestra
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The
Manhattan Ragtime Orchestra was formed by Orange Kellin to play classic
rags and other related forgotten American popular music from the ragtime
era, approximately 1900-1920. The band's slogan, "Radical Pop Music
From the Ragtime Era," sums things up neatly. The ragtime era was a
freewheeling, tremendously exciting time in American music, full of wild
invention and surprise. Ragtime, ragtime-flavored pop songs, blues, Latin
American dance rhythms, jazz, and various faux exotica are just a few of
the ingredients. |
| E-mail:
Orange Kellin |
Listen:
The
Cannon Ball (mp3 - partial track)
Buy
the CD |
