another article that i decided to write for The Enfield Advertiser after getting thoroughly excited about discovering a new band, followed by the bitter taste of hindsight.
i don't know if the Advertiser will have the balls to print this, but i also submitted it to Glasswerk who i am considering renewing my journalistic 'career' with...
if Richard D. James ever had a nightmare about Aqua and Vanilla Ice after gorging himself on cheese all evening and watching District 9, it would be just like this.
as comparisons make easy reference for the uninitiated to understand an unheard musical artist, this is perhaps by far the weirdest yet. but when you have seen and heard the band you will truly understand.
Showing posts with label Buraka Som Sistema. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Buraka Som Sistema. Show all posts
Wednesday, 17 February 2010
Sunday, 15 February 2009
One drop, two drop, three drop, four
Expectation can be a heavy burden to bear, so I tried to approach Buraka Som Sistema with none. I’d seen the articles in magazines and I’d even downloaded one track of theirs, but that was enough for me, to go in with an open mind and a lack of information and still pay full price for a ticket may be too much to ask of some people but I was willing to give it a go.
A collective that for live duties consists of a DJ, 2 drummers (one for the live drum kit, another for the drum machine and other percussion) and 3 MCs doubling up as dancers has to be a perfect recipe for a good time, doesn’t it? Buraka Som Sistema are the next step in the rebirthed and fashionable fascination with World Music that follows in the footsteps of acts like M.I.A and Bonde Do Role, transplanting the sounds that have been reverberating global ghettoes into an energetic live shows.
You may doubt that February is the perfect time for a water fight but when a large super-soaker style gun is produced on stage and turned on the crowd, it splashes afew heads but does absolutely nothing to dampen the party mood, and even tho it’s snowing outside, inside Kings Cross’ Scala, things are really heating up, every track keeps the crowd moving as if carnival season has arrived early to defrost the harsh winter weather for everyone.
Friday, 13 February 2009
communique
it frustrates me to click back at websites i like to follow only to find that they haven't been updated, in this fast paced world we always want more information and after you've checked your emails and your myspace/facebook/twitter/bebo, the internet can be such an exhaustingly overwhelming chasm that the only thing you can manage to do is check the same five websites that you only checked half an hour ago.
so here's my update, a brief one at that, i checked out Buraka Som Sistema live last night (which may make its way to becoming a full post), Ian Byford Art has unveiled the second installment of the Sound/Art project (which i will definetly be dedicating a full post to in the near future), i have started work on SoundArt3 and am also piecing together the parts for another two tracks which i intend to be a kind of single release.
'til anymore substantial posts come along, feel free to download SoundArt2 or perhaps head over to my myspace where both SoundArt1 and 2 are in the player for you to sample.
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