Likely the first music – people the world over stomp, clap, sing, snap and chant – music you can see, dance you can hear. The first gathering of it’s kind, The International Body Music Festival Concert is an evocative and visceral performance of traditional and contemporary artists exploring the sonic possibilities of the human instrument. The IBMF was founded by Keith Terry and produced in the Bay Area by Crosspulse, an Oakland, California arts organization.

The Third IBMF is November, 2010 in São Paulo, Brazil, hosted by Barbatuques, directed by Fernando Barba.

06-17-2010, San Jose, CA, Music in the Park
06-19-2010, Boonville, CA, Sierra Nevada World Music Festival
06-20-2010, San Francisco, CA, Stern Grove
06-23-2010, Santa Cruz, CA, Moe’s Alley
06-24-2010, San Diego, CA, World Beat Center
06-25-2010, Pasadena, CA, Levitt Pavillion
06-26-2010, Encenadas, Mexico, Culture Beat
07-02-2010, Dornbirn, Austria, Oregano Festival
07-09-2010, Middlebury, VT, Middlebury College
07-10-2010, Cabot, VT, Festivus for the Restivus: The Manifestivus
07-11-2010, New Haven, VT, Tortourelle
07-14-2010, New York, NY, SOB’s
07-15-2010, Philadelphia, PA, The Kimmel Center
07-16-2010, Montreal, QC, Nuit’s D’Afrique
07-17-2010, Vancouver, BC, Vancouver Folk Music Festival

“Simply good pop/rock and reggae songs with enough exoticism and class to stand out from the crowd.” – Allmusic.com

“A vibrant, bubbly mix of reggae, funk, hip-hop, even raï…it’s quite catchy!” – Pop Matters

“Reggae, but not quite like any reggae you’ve heard before (although some of Manu Chao’s music comes close).
Relentlessly upbeat, totally cool.” – Boston Herald

MAY 2010 – Based in the high Andean mountains of Quito Ecuador, Sarazino is the brainchild of Lamine Fellah, a musician, songwriter and producer whose nomadic life is reflected in the multicultural influences in his songs. Fellah is a true child of a globalized world and Sarazino’s music draws on reggae, Latin and African grooves, Arabic music and catchy, international pop to create an upbeat celebration of the diverse world we all share.

This summer, Sarazino tours North America for the first time, performing at celebrated venues including San Francisco’s Stern Grove Festival, the Sierra Nevada World Music Festival, and Montreal’s Nuits d’Afrique as well as sharing bills with superstars such as Mos Def, Angélique Kidjo and the Skatalites.

Born in Constantine, Algeria, Fellah’s father was a diplomat who brought the family to live in Spain and Switzerland as well as the African countries of Burundi and Burkina Faso. The young Fellah was inspired by the music that surrounded him, from Spanish flamenco and North African raï, to Afrobeat and roots reggae. Fellah moved to Montreal for college and made the musically active Canadian city his home for fifteen years. His global travels eventually led him to Quito, Ecuador where he fell in love with Latin America and its music and decided to settle there to focus on recording and producing.

Ya Foy! (which means “no problem” in the Dioula language of West Africa), the acclaimed album that was released last year on Cumbancha Discovery, includes guest appearances by Jamaican reggae legend Toots Hibbert of Toots and the Maytals fame, as well as toaster Blanquito Man from the Latin ska/rock band King Chango. With a mix of African vocals, jamming electric guitar riffs, dancehall shout outs and fun, funky reggae Sarazino’s musical mélange is a savory stew of catchy, upbeat songs that offer a soundtrack for a true world party.

See the complete short film here:
http://www.isuma.tv/hi/en/tungijuq/tungijuq720p

Orquestra Contemporânea de Olinda brings together some of the best musicians of Pernambuco, – a state already known for its colorful rhythms and innovative music pioneers like Alceu Valença, Nana Vasconcelos and Chico Science – who were not satisfied with the traditional bass-drums-guitar formation – and decided to recruit members of the regions high energy Frevo orchestras to mix into their brew of Latin grooves, Afro beats and the rhythms of Pernambuco. Orquestra has built its own concise identity and a huge following in only a couple of years. While touring throughout Brazil the band recorded its first album, released in 2008 and distributed by Som Livre, the country’s largest label. Hailed by the Brazilian press for their incredible live energy, music critic Ben Ratliff of The New York Times also took notice, as did the Latin Grammy Awards, who nominated them for Best Tropical Brazilian Roots Album for 2009. Orquestra Contemporânea de Olinda now embarks on their US debut tour in March, which includes SXSW in Austin, Lincoln Center and also the Heineken TransAtlantic Festival in Miami Beach.

They both loved music and skiing

He graduated in maths * She graduated in engineering.
He taught computer science and played the blues * She did graphic design and photography
He found some wrecked guitars and rescued them * She left some old friends.

They met and became friends

He went to Cleveland to study jazz * She stayed in Bratislava
He missed her * She missed him

They met again in the US
They fell in love
They returned home

He discovered bow * She got bass guitar
He wrote songs * She wrote songs
They moved to a beautiful place on a hill called Dlhe Diely (Long Yards)
They formed the band Dlhe Diely with some friends
They started their record label Slnko records (www.slnkorecords.sk)
They quit their proper jobs
They recorded few albums and lost few drummers
They discovered electronics and started to use ambient sounds and loops
They discovered that the hill Dlhe diely was previously called Longital
They formed the new band Longital

And finally came the dream of White Tiger telling them the SECRET

A short video from last year’s International Body Music Festival. The 2nd International Body Music Festival is happening from December 1st to the 6th all over Bay Area. We are also touring the festival in some key cities in North America on August/ September 2010.