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Justice - DVNO - Ed Banger. Directed by So Me/Machine Molle.

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mondomedeusah music recommends: Robert Owens

It's time again for Robert Owens, the buttery voice on epic classics “I'll Be Your Friend” and Fingers Inc.'s “Can You Feel It,” who defined the soul of vocal house, to bless us with a collection of tunes built in collaboration with producers as varied as Kirk Degiorgio and Jimpster. Owens' graceful, transcendent voice and an insistent house pulse weaves these tracks together, even as the productions sashay from the trappings of Germanic techno (“Merging”) to the futuristic R&B of “Now I Know.” Those in the know will remember Owen's DJ and production chops are nearly the equal of his legendary voice, and his self-produced piano mover “Press On” will remind any who forgot.

By Rob Geary, XLR8R Magazine

Label: Compost Records
Release Date: March 25, 2008

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mondomedeusah music: Bonde Do Role

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The inimitable Marina parted ways with her Bonde Do Role bandmates back in December, but Gorky and Pedro D'eyrot have soldiered on, and now announce the addition of two female singers and some tour dates.

Auditions for the two coveted spots in the band were held in conjunction with MTV Brasil. Winners Ana Bernardino and Laura Taylor will now help the boys cover old songs, as well as prep new material, some of which will hopefully be unveiled on the road this spring.

- Xlr8r

upcoming tour dates:

04/24 Miami, FL: Studio A
04/26 Indio, CA: Coachella
04/28 Tucson, AZ: Plush
04/30 Austin, TX: Emo's Jr.
05/01 Dallas, TX: Palladium Loft
05/02 Baton Rouge, LA: Spanish Moon
05/03 Tallahassee, FL: The Beta Bar
05/05 Gainesville, FL: Common Grounds
05/07 Jacksonville, FL: TSI
05/08 Orlando, FL: The Club at Firestone
05/09 Atlanta, GA: Drunken Unicorn
05/10 Chapel Hill, NC: Local 506
05/12 Baltimore, MD: Sonar
05/13 Philadelphia, PA: Johnny Brendas
05/14 Brooklyn, NY: Europa Nightclub
05/15 New York, NY: Bowery Ballroom
05/16 Montreal, QC: Les Saints
05/18 Toronto, ON: The Social

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mondomedeusah recommends: Connie Price and The Keystones

"Connie Price and the Keystones are to be praised for their originality and brilliance."
- Lalo Schifrin (Grammy Award Winning, Oscar Nominated Composer - Mission: Impossible, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, Cool Hand Luke, Bullitt, Enter the Dragon, THX 1138)

"Connie Price has the 'Key' to success and a sound that's solid as 'Stone'"
- Big Daddy Kane

"Connie Price and the Keystones live sounded just like our records..."
- Lord Jamal (Brand Nubian)

"...the cast of top-notch, mostly West Coast guests thrives, rhyming atop the rich, cinematic productions of CPK’s Dan Ubick and Co. No doubt, these beats can be enjoyed vocal-free on the accompanying instrumental version of this album...Tell Me Something is the rare live hip-hop project where neither the MCs nor the band gets outshone."
- XLR8R

"West Coast hip-hop has ventured into the urban and the suburban communities, taking with it a flavor that is undeniably its own. Connie Price & The Keystones have reached this level of authenticity...offering a unique mixture of live instrumentation, hip-hop heads can appreciate the relationship between MCs and the beats that inspire them..."
- Vapors

"...the ultimate formula for a hit record has been found..."
- Slug Magazine

On the follow-up to their Now-Again/Stones Throw album, Connie Price and the Keystones step-up with a heavyweight dynamic soundtrack-inspired hip hop album. While their debut was instrumental, Tell Me Something is the opposite, featuring a marquee-filling list of quality MCs. The legendary Percee P, Wildchild from the Lootpack, Ubiquity-labelmate Ohmega Watts, Soup from Jurassic 5, Blood Of Abraham, Mykah 9 from the Freestyle Fellowship and Project Blowed, plus vocalist Aloe Blacc provide lyrics n’rhymes.

Having recently recorded an EP for Scion with Big Daddy Kane, and backing-up Slick Rick, Brand Nubian and Too $hort live, CPK decided to take their live hip hop exploits into the studio. Channeling Wu-Tang and Madlib in equal parts to Schiffrin and Morricone the album bobs and weaves through the head-nodding mellower bpms of “Put Your Weight On It” and “Pirates of The Mediterranean” to the more frantic chase-scene tunes like “Hoagies Revenge” and “Master At Work.” “Funk revivalist” and “retro” were apt tags for the music of CPK when they started out five years ago, fleshing-out raw funk 45s that rivaled the old-school collectible nuggets they were inspired by. But “Tell Me Something” incorporates much broader influences and is a product of a deeper vision.

“We have thrown all our influences into the mix, not just funk. We love funky music but to us that could mean Jorge Ben, Can, Dennis Coffey, or the Upsetters. I see us more as Hip-Hop influenced cinematic soul music,” explains Dan Ubick, one half of the main duo behind CPK. “Also, the MC’s and vocalists just make it all that much more dimensional and interesting.”

To achieve the desired fuller sound, fat bottom end and hard-hitting drums all the music was played live, then sampled, looped-up and processed to be gritty as possible. Dramatic strings, brassy horns, and a driving percussion section pack a musical punch and leave a bigger impression often missing from “live” rap records. “I approached this project as a Hip-Hop record, it was more about sounds recorded rather than full performances from the musicians. I got to use instruments that were new to me on this album, like tympani, an old ‘60’s organ with fuzz, acoustic piano, and most importantly real strings,” says Ubick. “Todd wrote some funky string arrangements for four of the tracks which our good friend Steve Kaye played to perfection. We also had some really unique percussion instruments that make each track really stand out. Most of my equipment was made 30+ years ago, but instruments just sound better to me with a little age on them. Sounds that have been good for 30+ years don’t have to be “retro”, used the right way they’re really just invincible,” he adds.

Connie Price and The Keystones was conceived as a recording project, and features music written solely by Dan Ubick, whose recording credits include Breakestra, Madlib’s Sound Directions, along with Todd M. Simon, of Macy Gray, Antibalas, and El Michels Affair fame. A revolving cast of characters from the incestuous and bustling Los Angeles music scene add flavor, including drummers: Sean O’Shea (Orgone, Plantlife, Breakestra), Pete McNeal (DJ Z-Trip, Breakestra, Cake), Davey Chegwidden (RRAS, David Holmes), Alan Lightner (RRAS, David Garibaldi), Ricardo Rodriguez (RRAS, Cecilia Noel).

“Tell Me Something” is a double CD, including one disc of vocals, and an additional of instrumentals.
Connie Price and the Keystones will play dates following their album including a Ubiquity showcase at the upcoming 2008 SXSW.

Disc: 1

1. International Hustler - download sample mp3
2. Put Your Weight On It - download sample mp3
3. High Life - download sample mp3
4. Tell Me Something - download sample mp3
5. Hoagies Revenge - download sample mp3
6. Pirates of the Mediterranean - download sample mp3
7. Master At Work - download sample mp3
8. Thundersounds - download sample mp3
9. Catatonia / Across the Board Again- download sample mp3

Disc: 2

1. International Hustler - (instrumental)
2. Put Your Weight On It - (instrumental)
3. High Life - (instrumental)
4. Tell Me - (instrumental)
5. Hoagies Revenge - (instrumental)
6. Pirates - (instrumental)
7. Master At Work - (instrumental)
8. Thundersounds - (instrumental)
9. Catatonia - (instrumental)

Connie Price and The Keystones
Tell Me Something
Release Date: March 4, 2008
Label: Ubiquity Records

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mondomedeusah music recommends: The Lions

Tracklist:

01. Thin Man Skank
02. Ethio-Steppers
03. Jungle Struttin'
04. Sweet Soul Music
05. Hot No Ho
06. Cumbia Del Leon
07. Lankershim Dub
08. Tuesday Roots
09. Fluglin' at Dave's
10. Think (About It)
11. Givin Up Food For Jah

The Lions @ The Troubadour (Antibalas Release Party)
The Lions opening up for Antibalas at The Troubadour in Los Angeles, California.
Song: Ethio-Steppers from The Lions' debut LP "Jungle Struttin"

The Lions is a unique Jamaican-inspired outfit, the result of an impromptu recording session by members of Breakestra, Connie Price and the Keystones, Rhythm Roots All-Stars, Orgone, Sound Directions, Plant Life, Poetics and Macy Gray (to name a few). Gathering at Orgone's Killion Studios, in Los Angeles during the Fall of 2006, they created grooves that went beyond the Reggae spectrum by combining new and traditional rhythms, and dub mixing mastery with the global sounds of Ethiopia, Colombia and Africa. The Lions also added a healthy dose of American-style soul, jazz, and funk to create an album that’s both a nod to the funky exploits of reggae acts like Byron Lee and the Dragonaires and Boris Gardner, and a mash of contemporary sound stylings.

The Lions are an example of the ever-growing musical family found in Los Angeles. There is a heavyweight positive-vibe to be found in the expansive, sometimes artificial, Hollywood-flavored land of Los Angeles. Many of the members of the Lions met through the LA staple rare groove outfit Breakestra and have played in many projects together over the past decade. It was through discussions about The Lions taking place between band conductor Todd Simon and Ubiquity that recent releases by Orgone and Connie Price came to be.

Ubiquity

"One of the best blends of global funky elements we've ever heard...Great stuff all around, and a record that's almost more funkily exciting than all those old Jamaican platters you've sorted through trying to get a sound like this!"
- Dustygroove

"Get ready to get your skank on with the Lions' new LP...With an admirable cast of musicians, the Lions are sure to make an impression on reggae enthusiasts."
- Vapors

"The L.A. collective emerges with an outstandingly distilled, urban sound that mines dub reggae in a vintage yet completely fresh way by tastefully blending it with soul and funk."
- Orlando Weekly

"...cohesive, rhythmic, and cinematic–hardly cheesy modern reggae, and definitely worth a listen."
- XLR8R

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