Uber Lingua & Ku Promotions are proud to present DUOUD (Istanbul) Friday January 16 at Mullumbimby Civic Hall alongside the GYPSY DUB SOUND SYSTEM (Syd)
Tickets $20 at the door Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=51664761981 Here's some video
DuOud (Istanbul/Paris/North Africa) DuOud consist of two oud playing Istanbul based musicians; Tunisian born Jean-Pierre Smadja, already noted for two albums he issued as Smadj on MELT 2000, and Algerian born master oud player Mehdi Haddab, known for his work with the acclaimed French based trio, Evoko, and more recently Speed Caravan. Blending their Nth African heritage with the latest Western technology, the pair build a musical cycle that looks to their African roots while absorbing and morphing contemporary music styles - break beats, jazz grooves and metal guitar. While DuOud are not the first to mix the North African lute with electronic technology, they do it with such an imaginative freedom that sets them apart from their contemporaries; their debut album Wild Serenade saw them nominated for the Best Newcomer award in the 2003 BBC Music Awards. Their 2005 album Sakat, on which they collaborated with Abdulatif Yagoub (Yemen) further cemented their reputation, receiving high critical praise across Europe. Fans can expect a new release, Ping Pong, in 2009. Uber Lingua's multi-lingual music specialist DJs and Live acts support DuOud as they travel around the country. A standout event is the 4-stage laneway space in Sydney's CBD. Angel Place on Festival First Night is currated for the second time by Uber Lingua with a high concentration of video projection built in to compliment the continuous sonic musical aspects of the event. The evolution this time round is to incorporate high calibre international acts. Electronic music producers Filastine (Barcelona) and Maga Bo (Rio de Janeiro) also perform in this back alley environment. On the 11th of January, UL & Top Shelf present a super-sonic French double-bill at Melbourne's The Corner Hotel, where DuOud play alongside Java. A wildly popular Parisian four-piece outfit, Java describe their style as French 'chanson' mixed with hypnotic black music of African origining community, deconstructing the exotic, making collaborations in a fair and respectful way - the music speaks for itself.
Merchants of the sublime Gypsy-scape... Gypsy Dub incorporate Eastern
European and electronic composition, combining Bulgarian strings, traditional
brass and the skankiní riffs of a reggae guitarist. A favourite of the
Uber Lingua summer series of 2006/07, GDSS has grown out of a search to
bring the passion, excitement, skill and juice of European music into a
fat and funky club and festival context.
Trevor Brown (Syd) Trevor Brown is a multi-instrumentalist/composer. Heís currently performing with bands Waiting for Guinness and Gypsy Dub Sound System and singers Kath Ellis and Liz Martin. Trevor will put down his instruments and put on his headphones to expose the vast array of sonics in his collection that influence his musicianship. more info on Sista Ray shortly... email: info@uberlingua.com to be on our email list... Demos can be sent
to Uber Lingua PO Box 2613 Fitzroy 3065 Australia
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