Global Roots Festival 2009 presents Watcha Clan and Huun Huur Tu with Carmen Rizzo
Watcha Clan (France): Watcha Clan are a fierce posse of musical nomads, their multi-ethnic, multi-groove infusions whip audiences into a dance frenzy, regardless of where in the world W-Clan happen to be on their never-ending tour trail. Along the way they've met talented DJs, fellow musical travelers on dance floor journeys. Friendship and mutual inspiration blossomed, communicated in the languages of dub, ragga, reggae, drum'n'bass and electro, sung to melodies traditional or modern, with Arabic and Mediterranean flavorings.
Huun Huur Tu & Carmen Rizzo (Tuva, U.S.): Huun Huur Tu come from Tuva, a republic of the Russian Federation, a sparsely settled Siberian land of grasslands, boreal forests, and mountain ridges. Huun Huur Tuʼs music features rare instruments and preserves and develops some of the world's oldest forms of music making. The best-known genre of Tuvan music is xöömei (throat-singing) in which naturally produced vocal sounds create astonishingly unique textures and harmonics. The bandʼs past collaborations range from Ry Cooder to The Kronos Quartet & Frank Zappa. The new album Eternal is a collaboration with electronic musician & record producer Carmen Rizzo
(Niyaz, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Paul Oakenfold, Seal) who transforms this ancient music into an enticing blend of ambient electronic, exotic rhythms and lush acoustic textures. This wonderful album takes you through a dream-like sequence featuring bowed ancient strings colliding with low-end keyboards while the haunting voices of Huun Huur Tu howl through the mesmerizing pulses. A musical journey for all looking to escape. Tonight's performance will feature a string quartet accompaniment!
Tickets are on sale now from Cedar Ticketline (612-338-2674 ext 2), Cedar outlets, and online at Ticketweb
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Festival passes (admission to all six Global Roots Festival shows, plus opening night beer and sushi reception) are available for only $79 from The Cedar Ticketline (612-338-2674 ext 2), and Ticketweb.
Carmen Rizzo is a Two time Grammy nominated producer, engineer and remixer who has worked with Seal, Coldplay, Alanis Morissette, Paul Oakenfold, BT, Azam Ali, Kate Havenvik, Jem, and Esthero. He is also one-third of the electonica group Niyaz, along with...
Correct name: Huun-Huur-Tu (Tuvan: Хүн Хүртү Khün Khürtü) is a music group from Tuva, a Russian republic situated on the Mongolian border.
One of the distinctive elements of their music is throat singing, in which singers sing both the note and the note's...
Watcha Clan are a French quartet that fuses together influences as diverse as its members' heritages. Drawing on North African, Spanish, Arabic, Hebrew, French, and modern electronic musical styles for inspiration, the Clan claim a nomadic ethic, calling no...
