Region: Balkan, USA
www.slavicsoulparty.com
www.myspace.com/slavicsoulparty
Fiery Balkan brass, throbbing funk grooves, killer Gypsy accordion, and virtuoso jazz chops make Slavic Soul Party! NYC’s official #1 brass band for Balkan Soul Gypsy
Slavic Soul Party: “Teknochek Collision (Bellyhouse Remix)”
Region: USA, Nigeria
www.chicagoafrobeatproject.com
www.myspace.com/chicagoafrobeatproject
The nine members of Chicago Afrobeat Project individually donate various influences and skills — funk, rock, jazz, afro-Cuban, high life and juju music – that help settle the group’s music into a hypnotic, dance-compelling pulse that is equal parts high-energy rock and experimental jazz.
Chicago Afrobeat Project: “Jekajo”
Region: Iran, USA
www.haale.com
www.myspace.com/haale
Haale (as in halle-lujah), is a Bronx-born woman of Iranian descent whose songs are trance-inducing, rhythmically propulsive, and lyrically engaging tapestries that draw on both Persian mystical and American psychedelic musical traditions.
Haale: “Ay Dar Shekasteh”
Region: Brazil
www.celia-mara.net
Célia Mara is a guitarist and singer-songwriter from Brazil, now residing in Austria, who combines funk, samba, rock, electric-tango, and Nu-bossa into sophisticated, vibrant and socially aware pieces.
Celia Mara: “Brigada Rosa”
Region: Brazil
www.nationbeat.com
www.myspace.com/nationbeat
At the heart of Nation Beat, a 6-piece group from Brooklyn, lies a totally original 21st century fusion between thunderous Brazilian maracatu drumming and New Orleans second line rhythms, Appalachian-inspired bluegrass music, funk, rock, and country-blues.
Nation Beat – “Sobe A Poeira”
Region: Portugal
www.dazkarieh.com
www.myspace.com/dazkarieh
Dazkarieh is a four-piece experimental folk rock band from Lisboa, Portugal, whose work suggests a never-ending search for acoustic sounds which merges into a powerful electric discharge through which an invigorating path is drawn in the “traditional root” of Portuguese music.
Dazkarieh: “Senhora Da Azenha”
Region: Guyana, Jamaica, USA
www.noblesocietymusic.com
www.myspace.com/noblesociety
Noble Society is a trio broadcasting, from Brooklyn, New York, a musical hybrid of dancehall and hip hop, with a whole lot of reggae thrown in.
Noble Society: “The Swarm”
Region: USA (rock-hiphop)
www.youngbloodbrassband.com
Youngblood Brass Band is a 9-piece experimental jazz and hip hop group from Madison, Wisconsin, who destroys convention by focusing on consistently creating progressive, acoustic and groundbreaking music.
Youngblood Brass Band: “Nuclear Summer”
Region: Middle East, USA, West Africa
www.maxzt.com
www.myspace.com/maxzt
Max ZT, a hammered dulcimer player born in Chicago but currently living in Brooklyn, combines fast hands and an ear for African rhythms into a style of music that merges the influences of the East and West seamlessly.
Max ZT: “Turquoise”
