Date: June 18, 2010
Location: The Carlton Arms Hotel
Interviewed by Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi & Jim Hoey
Exclusive interview: Lo’Jo = French Yin/Yan
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PandA System – Dub Techno Sessions With Live Electric Cello!
Text by Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi
photo courtesy of PandA System
Two weeks ago when I interviewed the German percussionist and electronica performer Sven Kacirek in a Turkish restaurant in the West Village, he wanted to recommend musicians from Hamburg, Germany who might be interesting for me to cover. So a couple of days ago he surprised me with an interesting project from his hometown, PandA System with cellist Andreas Otto and DJ Prashant from Bangalore, India.
DJ Prashant uses recordings of Indian instruments to create beats with two turntables. And Andi Otto plays short, minmal melodies and rhythm patterrns, over the top with an electronic cello he calls a Fello. – his own unique performance instrument combining a cello with his ” magic” bow and a computer.
Tinashé – have you heard of him?
Selected by Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi
Singer/songwriter Tinashé who spent his childhood in his native Zimbabwe, based now in London, created in this city an uplifting, intensely personal music. His debut album, Saved. just came out. Enjoy his music!
Tinashe introducing himself
Don Van Vliet, better-known as Captain Beefheart died yesterday!!!!
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Text by Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi
Yesterday one of my music heroes died !!! Don Van Vliet, better-known as Captain Beefheart, has died from multiple sclerosis in California, aged 69. He leaves behind his wife of more than 40 years.
The first time when I heard of him was in Osaka,Japan in 1976 when my French buddy had a cassette of Trout Mask Replica which was released in 1969 on Frank Zappa’s newly formed Straight Records label. Some time later, when I toured California for the first time I bought the album in LA, which I gave as a present to my Japanese girlfriend. Listening to Capatain Beefheart in Japan was like a foreigner eating umeboshi for the first time. It was satori!!!
“Is America A Part Of The World?” Part 3: challenging the way we think about American and World Music!!
Date: Friday, December 10, 2010
Venue: Littlefield (Brooklyn, NY)
Text by Jim Hoey and Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi
