Xango Music Distribution

Xango Music
local music from all over the world
Office:
Singelstraat 1, 3513 BL Utrecht, NL
www.xmd.nl - info@xmd.nl - +31 6 50 999 123
Warehouse:
Berenkoog 53 C, 1822 BN, Alkmaar (NL)
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NEW RELEASES NR. 1 – 2016
Ayub Ogada: Kodhi
LTR 1501 / 0859714187473 / label: Long Tale Rec. / format: CD / Kenya - Popular
Ayub Ogada is a descendant of the Luo people of western Kenya and was influenced by their musical
heritage by his parents who were musicians. After leaving school he formed the African Heritage Band and
started to perform in the UK. Ayub was invited to take part in one of the ‘recording weeks’ at Peter Gabriel’s
Real World Studios, where he recorded his first album En Mana Kuoyo (Just Sand) in 1993 and he toured
extensively with Peter Gabriel and WOMAD. Ayub’s music is on the soundtracks of films such as ‘I Dreamed
of Africa’ (2000), ‘The Constant Gardener’ (2005) and ‘Samsara’ (2011). Trevor Warren visited Ayub Ogada
in Kenya in the Spring of 2012 with the ambitious goal to record an album together in just two weeks. Trevor touched down in
Nairobi and met up with his old friend Ayub and the Kenyan musician, Isaac Gem. The three set to work on songs
for Kodhi, meaning ‘seed’ in Luo, and this grew rapidly into a fully fledged album. Listen to the title song.
Amadou Diagne: Ligéey
LTR 1502 / 0643157435925 / label : Long Tale Recordings / format: CD / Senegal – Popular
Amadou sings from the heart in this beautiful, soulful record. Stories inspired by his early life in Senegal and
his last decade in the UK wind their way through the songs, and Wolof proverbs sit comfortably in a modern
context. Ligéey is the Wolof word for ‘work’ and Amadou uses it in his musical world to mean ‘practice’ and
‘working together’. In Ligéey, Amadou chose to work with artists from a wide range of cultural and musical
backgrounds, led by the Israeli/British platinum and gold winning producer, Mark Smulian. The result of these
collaborations is a powerful album that moves the soul and works beautifully. Listen here !
Alma Afrobeat Ensemble: It’s Time
SLW 105 / 8433391029176 / label: Slow Walk Music / format: CD / Spain – Afrobeat
‘It’s Time’ is Barcelona based Alma Afrobeat Ensemble’s third album, the second on Slow Walk Music
records, and first with the Nigerian singer Joe “Olawale” Psalmist (Lagos, Nigeria) singing in English, Yoruba,
and Broken English. ‘It’s Time’ features songs that hearken back to the origins of afrobeat; extended, elegant
arrangements, socially and politically charged lyrics, and irresistibly danceable grooves. Add in a dose of
trance, some unique improvisational solos, plus a modern feeling, and you have ‘It’s Time’. Listen to their live
presentation of this album.
The Cape Jazz Band: Musical Democracy – Cape Jazz Series Vol. 4
MOU 4747 / 4026702474723 / label: Mountain Records / format: CD / South-Africa - Jazz
This release is the 4th in a series of Mountain Records albums under the Cape Jazz banner. This time,
unlike the previous records which featured numerous groups, this album is basically the work of one band,
called The Cape Jazz Band (CJB). The CJB is a loose collection of top Cape Town based musicians under
the leadership of veteran drummer Jack Momple, who come together to perform some of the better known
works in the genre. The compositions of Basil Coetzee, Abdullah Ibrahim (Dollar Brand), Robbie Jansen,
Tony Schilder, Jonathan Butler and others, are in their program. This album is a collection of works written
by the band members and now gives them some “original” works to add to the set. Listen to CJB live.
Marina Rosell: Cancons de la Resistencia
SATKCD 169 / 8429085441393 / label: Satelite K / format: CD / Catalonia – Popular
In this album, Marina Rosell brings together and adapts songs of resistance from the Second World War and
the struggle against nazism. These are songs that form part of a landscape at a key moment, a historic time.
Included are “Bella Ciao’ (a song of the Italian partisans, performed in collaboration with Grup Manel), ‘Lili
Marlen’e, ‘Grândola Sun-kissed Town’ (with Enric Montefusco), The Hymn of the Deportees, ‘If you want to
write me’, ‘Song of the French Partisans’ (with Paco Ibáñez) and ‘So Much War’, written by the singer
herself. These are songs to build resilience and never forget the calamity and misfortune of war. Listen to Lili Marlene.
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Dani Lanca: Cidade Loca
SATKCD 158 / 8429085441300 / label: Satelite K / format: CD / Portugal - Popular
Daniel Lanca, musician, self-taught researcher, composer and singer (Lisbon/1976). From a very young age
on, he started showing a great interest in music and free expression deepening his singing studies with
African and Hindu, and lyric and voice craft masters. Using different rhythms in his compositions, he is totally
engaged with African cadences, to which he gives a modern and personal touch. His lyrics speak about the
invisible world, about the will of life, magic and of a new world. Lyrics about humanity, about the ability to
travel with your conscience, of love and hope. Check it here!
Murat Usanmaz: Yol
AHENK 4940854 / 8680114940854 / label: Ahenk / CD / Turkey – Flamenco
Turkish guitarist-composer Murat Usanmaz reflects the melodic and rhythmic wealth of flamenco and Latin jazz,
as well as the Mediterranean music in the songs he writes. Accompanied by talented Spanish and Turkish
artists, and guest performances of kemence-player Derya Türkan and singer Sevval Sam. Listen to the title
song Yol.
Laura Vital: Tejiendo Lunas
LV 2015 / 8429085263957 / label: Music Pendulo / format: CD / Spain – Flamenco
Laura Vital is an excellent singer who belongs to a family with a particularly rich flamenco tradition. She
comes from Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Cadiz. Her characteristic style of singing is the "melismas" in the
voice (singing more notes on one syllable), and her great love for singer "La Niña de los Peines" (18901969), one of her most important examples. ‘Tejíendo Lunas’ is a flamenco album inspired also by other. She
is accompanied on guitar by Eduardo Rebollar and Sócrates Mastrodimos, on violin by Jamal Ouassini, and
David "Chupete" on percussion. Listen to her music here.
Michele Marini Organic Trio: Changemood
VM 3005 / 8012957991166 / label: Visage Music / format: CD / Italy – Jazz
Changemood is the debut album of Michele Marini Organic Trio, cranked out straight from the artistic
workshops of Pistoia. A record full of new colors and flavors. Thanks to the mixture of distinctive and multicolor sounds you have the chance to listen to some unusual execution of jazz standards, and innovative
interpretations of wider phrasing, coming from the international musical scenario, ending with allusions to
world music and waltz musette. Listen to a piece here.
Oboman Fillon: Echoes of Freedom
BUDA 860283 / 3341348602837 / label: Buda Musique / format: CD / France - Jazz
At the crossroads of jazz and improvised music, “Echoes of Freedom” is a project for which the different
musical aesthetics brought by each member of the group is the determining factor: classical and
contemporary music for some, Indian music, flamenco or Arabic-Andalucían music for others. The group’s
identity is built on a gathering of strong musical personalities, talented improvisers and remarkable leaders.
Listen to the title song.
Fawn Wood: Kikawiynaw
CR 6520 / 0729337652026 / label: Canyon / format: CD / USA – Native American
Award-winning Cree/Salish singer Fawn Wood sings with a voice that is deep and true. Infused with a
feminine perspective, her Round Dance, Hand Game and traditional songs convey the strength of
indigenous women. ‘Kikawiynaw’ (Plains Cree meaning ‘our mother’) is a collection of Fawn’s soul-tingling
songs honoring the female spirit. Listen to one of the songs.
Recent Etnisk Musikklubb releases:
Various: Spelemannsmote
Leif Aasana: Djervt
Lendmenn: Den Fyrste
Sigurd Brokke: Munnharpe II
Ulf-Arne Johannessen: Einpikkar’n
Poemus: Progenitor vol. 1
Gard Nergaard: Seint var det om kvelden
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EXPECTED IN 2016
Expected 5 February:
Chimurenga Renaissance: Girlz with Gunz
GBEP 30 / 4030433603079 / label: Glitterbeat / format: 12” EP / USA/Zimbabwe – Hiphop/world
Otherworldly hip-hop meets Shona rhythms, Congolese guitar ambiance and political resistance.
Chimurenga Renaissance is a Seattle-based duo made up of Tendai Maraire and Hussein Kalonji (in Shona
“Chimurenga” means revolutionary struggle). Tendai is one-half of the visionary hip-hop group Shabazz
Palaces and has family roots in Zimbabwe while guitarist Hussein’s family hails from the Congo. The 11track EP “Girlz With Gunz” will be their debut release with Glitterbeat Records and will be followed by a fulllength album in autumn of 2016. Listen to the teaser
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Expected 4 March:
Aziza Brahim: Abbar el Hamada
GBCD 31 / 4030433603123 / label: Glitterbeat Records / format: CD / Western Sahara – Popular
Aziza Brahim: Abbar el Hamada
GBLP 31 / 4030433603116 /label: Glitterbeat Records / format: LP / Western Sahara - Popular
Western Saharan musician/activist Aziza Brahim’s new album Abbar el Hamada (Across the Hamada), is a
commanding and compassionate musical statement about, and for, the tumultuous age in which we live.
Raised in a Saharawi refugee camp in the Algerian desert, and living in exile for more than two decades (first
in Cuba and currently in Barcelona), Brahim’s life and music embodies both the tragedies and hopes of the
present-day migrant and refugee experience. Recorded with Soutak producer Chris Eckman (Bassekou
Kouyate, Tamikrest), Abbar el Hamada, is a wholly persuasive example of Brahim’s pan-musical vision and
is her most compelling and varied album to date. Listen to a track.
REVIEWS
Songlines
Te Vaka: Amataga
Laraaji: Ambient 3 – Day of Radiance
Dizu Plaatjies & Friends: Ubuntu
Ale Möller: Bouzoukispelman
Per Gudmundson: Sackpipa
fRoots
Sahra Halgan Trio: Faransiskiyo Somaliland
Tesi e.a.: Bella Ciao
#114 Jan 2016
WMCD 1010
GBCD 27 / GBLP 27
MOU 4554
CAP 61000
CAP 61001
#391 Jan 2016
BUDA 4758652
BUDA 4759288
Volkskrant
Sekou Kouyate: Sabaru
39 December 2015
SKCV 123
Transglobal World Music Charts
Dizu Plaatjies & Friends: Ubuntu
Bixga 70: III
Oratnitza: Folktron
Sahra Halgan Trio: Faransiskiyo Somaliland
Best of 2015!
MOU 4554
GBCD 26/GBLP 26
World Music Charts Europe
Bixga 70 : III
Sekou Kouyate: Sabaru
January 2016
GBCD 26/GBLP 26
SKCV 123
BUDA 4758652
LIVE
Vardan Hovanissian & Emre Gültekin
15 January
Cultuurcentrum Ter Vesten – Beveren
22 January
CC La Vénerie - Watermael-Bosvoorde
23 April
Chapelle de Verre - Ronquières
21 May
Handelsbeurs – Gent
12 June
Eupen
BKO Quintet
15 January
16 January
17 January
23 January
Korzo – Den Haag
RASA – Utrecht
Bitterzoet – Amsterdam
De Centrale - Gent
Zakouska
16 January
18 January
21 May
Ferme de la Dime – Wasseiges
Art Base – Brussels
Kokopelli Festival – Gullegem
Melissa Fortes – Radio performances
22 January 22.30 Opium radio 4
2 February 22.00 LloydRTV Rijnmond
15 February 20.00 Latin Life RTV West
Oratnitza
4 February
6 February
RASA – Utrecht
Mezrab - Amsterdam
Bixiga 70
3 February
4 February
5 February
6 February
De Roma - Antwerp
Vera - Groningen
Paradiso Tolhuistuin – Amsterdam
RASA – Utrecht
Orchestre International du Vetex
6 February
CC Berchem – Antwerp
26 February
De Kreun – Kortrijk
Duo Bottasso
20 February
De Doelen – Rotterdam
Canteca de Macao
25 February
Korzo – Den Haag
27 February
Melkweg – Amsterdam
28 February
Tivoli de Helling – Utrecht
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