CD Review: ZOO (India)…making the caged primordial instinct of humanity into something beautiful

ZOOArtist: ZOO
Title: Atoms & Combinations
Label: Metal Postcard  Rec
Genre: trip hop/electronics/alternative rock

CD review by Dawoud Kringle

When one thinks of Calcutta, trip hop, electronica, and alternative rock somehow don’t spring to mind. Yet, ZOO, the Calcutta based quartet featuring Tanya Sen (vocals, live triggers), Bodhisattwa Ghosh (programming, synthesizers, guitars, vocals), Prosanto Mahato (bass), and Rohit Nandi (drums & interference) provide an intriguing example of a shattered stereotype.

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Introducing Iran’s KIOSK: interview, live information and new video

Being the pioneer of Iran underground music movement, Kiosk is praised for its quite unprecedented yet unpretentious lyrics – described by BBC as “stinging political satire hidden within the blues and folksy sound” – that highlight the paradoxes of Iranian society and the incompetent political system. Its unique blend of musical styles, from rock n’ blues to gypsy jazz to Iranian folk, keeps Kiosk an inexhaustible force of the alternative in contemporary Persian music.

Catch Kiosk’s 2014 north American tour premiere on Sunday September 28th (live information below), where you will have the chance to experience the band’s live performance of their fresh released album, Call a Cab (Zang Bezan Azhans).

Ali Kamali (bass)
Arash Sobhani (vocals, guitar)
Ardalan Payvar (accordion, keys)
Mohammad Talani (guitar)
Tara Kamangar (violin)
Yahya Alkhansa (drums)

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Music Listings – 6/23 through 6/28/2014

1. Are We Already Gone? Artists On the Art of Leaving

Date: Monday, September 22 through Sunday, September 28, 2014
Time: 11am to 7pm
Studio: FlickerLab (78 Crosby Street, Suite: #203, NY, NY 10012)
Ticket: free
Genre: exhibition and music

Animation and technology studio FlickerLab is leaving their studios in SoHo and headed to Dumbo, Brooklyn. In celebration of this transformation and farewell, FlickerLab is sponsoring the exhibition Are We Already Gone? Artists On the Art of Leaving, a Time-Mark after their 15 years in Manhattan. Read more here: https://doobeedoobeedoo.info/?p=21614&preview=true

2. New York Gypsy All-Stars

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People’s Climat March updated information

People's Climate MarchFriends,

I can’t believe the People’s Climate March is less than 48 hours away. And I can tell you, without a doubt, that it’s going to be absolutely beautiful on a scale that we’ve never seen before.

These numbers don’t tell the whole story, but they definitely give you an idea of what’s coming on Sunday:

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