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...is
what the Warsaw Village Band call their sound. Fastforward-and-rewind-able realPlayer
live set here.
(Jah bless the BBC, one of the few British institutions that doesn't
systematically overcharge and underserve you). Hadn't heard WVB before this but their
rebuilt
Eastern European folk approach packs a wallop, particularly the
biting full-bodied female vocals. I recognize a trad tune they
cover, I think; I think Boiled In Lead versioned the same one.
Pleased
to announce Warsaw and I will be playing a show together at Bristol's Venn
Festival in Bristol early June! Super-interesting
lineup/curation--us, Matt Elliott (also doing a special Third Eye
Foundation set!!), Acid Mothers Temple, Mark Stewart, Oneida, Z'ev,
Adrian Sherwood, Mu & maybe
even DJ Scotch Egg.
All too rare, the summer music festival that actually takes risks &
asssembles an unexpected, noncommercial lineup. (not just whoever happens to be juiced by press/promo-power and on tour)
I was gonna write something about Warsaw Village Band vis-a-vis patriotism versus
nationalism via my accidental Harpers subscription and
dark/ironic/distanced contemporary musical reclamations or
reconstructions, but typing in those silly band links took up all
my time... Not sure if the problem is me or the intrinsic nature of the
world wide web.
Matt Elliott
gave the most moving live performance I saw last year, mindblowing
use of loopers and pedals as he & partner strolled off the path
between spare sorrow-scented melodies and walls of skeletally tuned,
liberatory noise. Plus, hes taller than me.
Part of the Warsaw Village Band in action, cameras always chop people off, it's unavoidable--
Ephrem () (URL) - април 15 2005
Thanks for posting this, it's absolutely incredible! One of the best finds I've had in a while.- - - - - - - -
[ragudave] - април 20 2005
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/networks/.. - the BBC also do a great line in techno around Berlin with Mary Anne Hobbs on R1.- - - - - - - -