http://www.methodofdefiance.com

http://www.rarenoiserecords.com

Origine du Groupe : North America , Japan
Style : Alternative Fusion , Experimental , Electro Dub
Sortie : 2009

From http://www.rarenoiserecords.com :
Investigations into the collision of Drum'n bass with jazz, dub and electronica and a modicum of funk - this might be an appropriate, albeit restrictive description of the ethos behind the Method Of Defiance project.

METHOD OF DEFIANCE

A REVOLUTION IN SOUND PERSPECTIVES

Iconoclast Drum & Bass, Massive Dub, Avant Funk, Black Noise, Hardcore Electronica, Futurists Rock, Ambient, Metal, Roots Reggae, Mutant Dancehall and much more…

Beyond Fusion, Hybrid, and Recombinant: A true detonator of sonic and aesthetic borders.

Designed by: Bill Laswell

Grammy-Winning electric bassist/Producer/Reconstructionist/SoundAssassin. A universe unto himself, creating from an unsanctified palette, marginal instruments, new technology and iconoclastic written texts alongside established traditions from around the world. Creator of Herbie Hancock’s Rockit/Future Shock, bringing Proto-Turntablism and Electronica to a mass audience and since then working with an unimaginable range of musicians, artists and thinkers, among them, William S. Burroughs, Afrika Bambaataa, John Zorn, George Clinton, Mick Jagger, Rammellzee, Zakir Hussain, Paul Bowles, Hakim Bey, The Last Poets, John Lydon, The Dalai Lama, Ryuchi Sakamoto, Motorhead, Brian Eno, Tony Williams, Sting, Carlos Santana, Pharoah Sanders, Bootsy Collins and hundreds more from the Americas, Africa, the Caribbean, Europe, the Middle East, China and Japan.

Always displaying a revolutionary spirit and consistently charting innovative paths leading to the most creative processes possible.

Method of Defiance are

Keyboard Master Bernie Worrell of Parliament Funkadelic, Talking Heads, Black Uhuru, Rolling Stones and countless others.

Dr. Israel – Voice and Electronics - Has worked with Mad Professor, Jah Shaka, Sepultura and others, various solo projects and collaborations with Wordsound and Baraka Collectives. He is a true innovator of Brooklyn’s urban underground.

Hawk/Hawkman – Vocalist - Jamaican born, he’s collaborated with Tricky, Sly and Robbie, Live, Tool, Praxis and others. He’s a new voice of power.

Toshinori Kondo – Electric Trumpet - Japanese Trumpeter, Writer, Actor, Cultural Critic

Guy Licata – Drums - Post Modern rhythm destroyer

Additional Guests:

DJ Krush – Turntable legend / Beat icon

Tracklist :   
01. Woobou/Volunteer Slavery (B. Worrell, R. Kirk) - 3:58
02. Method Plan One (Worrell, Laswell, Israel, Licata, Kondo) - 3:25
03. Black Rain (Worrell, Laswell, Israel, Licata, Kondo) - 5:49
04. Chamber Seven (Worrell, Laswell, Israel, Licata, Kondo) - 5:19
05. Dark Heat (Worrell, Laswell, Israel, Licata, Kondo) - 8:06
06. Wootwo/Cosmic Slop (B. Worrell, G. Clinton) - 7:14
07. Method Exit Dub (Worrell, Laswell, Israel, Licata, Kondo) - 13:00

http://www.myspace.com/lionturfmusic

Origine du Groupe : North America
Style : Alternative Fusion , Reggae , Hip Hop , Experimental
Sortie : 2010

From Official Myspace :
~ is an ever-evolving college park based community of musicians, currently operating in its fifth incarnation. we've shared the stage with gym class heroes, saigon, immortal technique, tyga, mambo sauce, jah works & many others.

for booking information please contact:

mike

mikeg610@gmail.com

Tracklist :   
1. No More Crying
2. Interlude
3. Fruit Looped
4. Nyquil Remedy
5. Strawberries
6. Mia
7. Still Haunts 

Ricky Alexander - saxophones, clarinet
Alec Climer - bass
Joel Sephy Gleiser - keyboards
Mike Gutierrez - drums, sampling
Evan "Easy" Hall - vocals
Marcell Horváth - guitar
Kirk Kubicek - percussion
Carly Wade - vocals

ALSO IN THE FAMILY:

Dane Galloway - bass, organ, melodica
Ilia Kobrinsky - k-studios wiz

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Features:

No More Crying - Dane Galloway - bass
Interlude - Scott Selman - Recording; Mukul Sharma - bass; Drew Delgado - percussion
Fruit Looped - Johnny Graham - trumpet
Nyquil Remedy - Brianne Wade - back up vocals
Strawberries - Mukul Sharma - bass; Drew Delgado - percussion
Still Haunts - Dane Galloway - bass

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http://www.myspace.com/sequencetheoryproject

Origine du Groupe : Grece
Style : Alternative , Electro , Experimental , Trip Hop , Indie
Sortie : 2010

Sounds Like:
Sequence Theory Project is a non commercial band which represents our feelings for this world. In the modern way of living Man humiliates every living creature in the name of money , power , authority and order .We resist at this directed situation with our music ideas , thoughts and actions .We attempt to have altered states of consciousness respect to every living creature, species , and plants .We fight with our own way against the power of acceptance to strong policies who oppress weak people unfairly … Social,racial discrimination and models of a way of living and thinking such as Capitalism , Sexism , people who pollute the earth , Racists , violate the principle diversity of humans and species' equality .... Our music has a trip-hop-experimental-classical expression witch we make with our own equipments and thoughts..... Moensa at the melodies and Orfeus at the rhythm . We "marry" our diversity and this is what comes out ! .... Music should be free as We should… ....

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Tracklist :   
1. Erasers
2. The missing children theme
3. Elina
4. Birthday song
5. Toyland
6. Spend money on your misery
7. On board
8. Dream on a bike

http://www.asa-official.com

http://www.myspace.com/asaofficial

Origine du Groupe : Nigeria , France
Style : Alternative , Soul , Folk , Pop , Blues , Reggae
Sortie : 2010

En dépit de l'air un peu grave et énigmatique qu'a fixé Jean-Baptiste Mondino sur la pochette de Beautiful Imperfection, Asa a décidé de ne plus s'inquiéter sur son sort et de prendre du bon temps. Elle nous le confie dès le morceau d'ouverture," Why Can't We ", et le prouve tout au long de cette belle imperfection.

Suave, très varié et le plus souvent rayonnant, ce deuxième album de la chanteuse nigériane joue harmonieusement avec des influences soul, pop, folk, blues, reggae et même twist. Les radios vont être contentes et bien de gens devraient avoir envie d’organiser des surprise-parties cet hiver. Mais ces références sont davantage des clins d'oeil que des exercices de style : guitares grasses à la " Thriller " au coeur de " Bimpé ", orchestration de cordes et pied de grosse caisse réminiscents du  " Wonderwall " d'Oasis sur " Ok Ok ", claquements de doigts extraits de " West Side Story " pour " The Way I Feel ", et cuivres et choeurs façon Tamla Motown ici et là.

Heureusement, les arrangements de Benjamin Constant, déjà à l'oeuvre sur le premier album, sont assez malins pour ne pas laisser ces emprunts en première ligne et leur offrir des contre-champs plus personnels. Il avait de quoi se régaler car les mélodies apportées par Asa sont d'une élégante évidence et d'une efficacité naturelle. Mais le ciment de cette ludique architecture tient avant tout à sa voix. Elle conjugue la douceur du lait et le piment du poivre et vole sur chaque mot avec une agilité nonchalante. Elle ajoute à ces chansons d'apparence légère comme un double sens d'une grande sensualité, d'une immense tendresse, d'une infinie humanité.

Finalement, la photo de pochette ne ment pas : la gravité comme la frivolité d'Asa sont imparfaites et c'est ce qui en fait la beauté.

par Benjamin MiNiMuM pour Mondomix

http://www.tarapriya.com

http://www.myspace.com/tara.priya

Origine du Groupe : North America
Style : Alternative , Pop , R&B , Jazz
Sortie : 2010

From Official Site :
Art isn’t limited to Tara Priya’s soul: it’s in her blood. The great-niece of the renowned Persian poet, Sohrab Sepehri, Tara was singing, playing the piano, and writing her first book of poetry at the tender of age of 4. Born to a Persian mother and an Indian father, Tara was exposed to a diverse mix of music and dance from birth.

The Bay Area native loved to perform and quickly found her way onstage through community theater. Starring in the California Theater Center’s “Thumbelina” convinced Tara’s parents to put her in voice lessons. By the time she was 11, she was playing the drums in her school jazz band and training opera on the weekends.

That same year, her mother passed away from cancer, leaving Tara to find comfort in writing and music. Performance—whether as a member of the Peninsula Teen Opera Company, as a voice major at The Harker School’s Conservatory Program, or as a jazz singer in local lounges and cafés—served as both escape and expression. “My teenage years were some of my darkest,” Tara admits, “but they were also my most creative. Poetry, prose, songs—I couldn’t stop writing.” Her talent didn’t go unnoticed by the prestigious Scholastic Art and Writing Awards: at 16, Tara won its National Gold Award. At 18, she received the Writing Award from the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts.

Tara trekked on to Columbia University, where she continued jazz and classical voice while majoring in Economics. But despite loving her classes, interning at Merrill Lynch, and performing throughout New York, the evocative singer couldn’t shake the feeling that her path lay elsewhere. “I kept waiting for that ‘aha!’ moment, when you’ve finally settled in and feel like you belong ,” she explains. “New York and Columbia exposed me to so many new things, and I definitely grew as an artist. But every time I heard young female artists like Amy Winehouse or Rihanna on the radio, I felt like crying. My heart knew what it wanted.”

Fatefully, Tara discovered that in trying to keep herself busy, she had nearly finished her BA by her second year. In 2009—a year and a half ahead of schedule—she graduated magna cum laude and left Columbia to pursue a singing career.

The path to stardom is far from straightforward—post-grad, Tara spent months backpacking around the world and did a brief stint in finance to help fund her EP—but if anyone can make the journey, it’s Tara Priya. Gifted with the remarkable ability to compose a song on the spot, the “retro-soul” singer quickly built up an impressive catalog of blues-tinged songs; her September 2010 EP has received praise from radio DJs nationwide, garnering airplay on stations such as KTUH, KALX, WGTB, WKCR, and WHAP. She continues to perform in New York and Hollywood’s hottest venues, was showcased at Nashville’s The Bluebird Café, and, most recently, was honored as one of three Pop finalists in the international John Lennon Songwriting Contest.

So what does the future hold for this bright-eyed young songstress? We can’t say, but we know what’s in ours. Soulfulness, creativity, determination, and ambition, all wrapped up in one irresistible, irrepressible force of nature: Tara Priya.

Tracklist :   
1.Rollin' 02:52
2.Wounded 03:15
3.Expectations 03:29
4.Memories 03:43   
5.For Love 03:16   
6.Rollin' (Reprise) 04:11

released 08 September 2010
Voice: Tara Priya
Guitar: Jason Cirimele
Production: Andre de Sant'anna
Cover Art: Sharon Her