Sen Kumpa – New Album!
April 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment
SEN KUMPE “FREEDOM!” DISPONIBLE SUR LE MARCHE!!
Composé aujourd’hui de Bourba Djoloff et de son frère Books, Sen Kumpë à l’origine fut la rencontre de deux rappeurs ( Bourba Djoloff et Baay Sén) et d’un concepteur musical ( Ama Diop). Tous originaires du populeux quartier de la Médina, ils marquèrent dès leurs débuts en 1996 l’ensemble du rap sénégalais par leur esprit revendicatif et des textes fortement ancrés dans un contexte social fait de pauvreté, manque d’éducation, chômage et autres. En moins de trois ans en effet, ils purent attirer l’attention du public et des professionnels de la musique au point de participer en 1999 à « D-Kill Rap », la compilation la plus controversée de l’histoire du rap sénégalais à cause de son engagement socio-politique et du fait que le rap hardcore après le premier album de Rapadio (produit par le même label- Fitna Productions) venait de s’installer définitivement au Sénégal. Grâce à son titre Nii Rék La (C’est comme ça que ça se passe), Sen Kumpë se fit sa place dans un mouvement où il devenait de plus en plus difficile de percer et fit ainsi partie, de l’avis de la majorité des fans de hip-hop, de la bonne graine de l’underground sénégalais avec laquelle il fallait compter.
C’est en 2000 que le groupe fit sa seconde apparition discographique, toujours sur une compilation, « Politichien », à l’occasion des élections présidentielles de la même année. Avec Lu Deuk Bi Laac (La Demande du Peuple) le groupe met les pieds dans le plat et s’engage résolument à parler pour un peuple qui avait été mis à genou par quarante années de gestion d’un régime qui semblait d’année en année incapable de répondre aux nouveaux besoins de la population. Après ses deux sorties très remarquées, Sen Kumpë était prêt à partir à l’assaut d’un public quasiment conquis. Mais intervint hélas la séparation avec les départs successifs de Baay Sén et Ama Diop en 2003. Cependant, le deuil ne fut pas de longue durée avec l’arrivée de Books, jeune rappeur qui à l’unanimité a été décrit comme l’un des plus innovateurs de sa génération. Avec lui, le groupe prend une autre dimension et son rap fortement teinté du lexique de la rue ne cesse de faire des émules dans l’underground dakarois…
Depuis maintenant plus de deux ans, Bourba et Books travaillent sur leur album qu’ils s’apprêtent à mettre sur le marché. Un album qu’ils ont voulu à leur image, pur et vrai, dans le moindre mot, le moindre flow, le moindre son. Et comme une prémonition de l’onde de choc que va créer ce premier effort discographique, Nike USA vient de signer en licence de six mois un des sons devant figurer sur l’album par l’intermédiaire de Benny Herson de Nomadic Wax.
Plus d’une décennie après sa création et moult péripéties, Sen Kumpë est aujourd’hui sur le point d’occuper la place qui lui revient de droit sur la scène rap sénégalaise, celle de leader. Retenez donc bien les noms : Bourba et Books.
Infos online: http://www.myspace.com/senkumpe1
Democracy in Dakar at the Media That Matters Festival
April 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Eighth Annual Media That Matters Film Festival WORLD PREMIERE!
Arts Engine is pleased to announce the world premiere of the
EIGHTH ANNUAL MEDIA THAT MATTERS FILM FESTIVAL
in New York City!
WORLD PREMIERE
@ IFC Center
Join us for the world premiere of the eighth annual Media That Matters Film Festival! Be among the first to see the 12 inspiring short films we selected this year. There will be Take Action tables AND a chance to meet the festival filmmakers!
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
7-9 pm
IFC Center
323 Sixth Avenue at West 3rd Street
New York, NY
See map
Buy your tickets today at movietickets.com!
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SECOND SCREENING
@ Tribeca Cinemas
We are pleased to announce that due to popular demand, this year we have added a second screening to our growing festival event line-up! Don’t be left without a ticket for Wednesday’s Premiere at the IFC!
Book your tickets for the Friday evening screening at Tribeca Cinemas.
There will be Take Action tables AND a chance to meet the festival filmmakers!
Friday, May 30, 2008
7-9 pm
Tribeca Cinemas
54 Varick Street
New York, NY
See map
Buy your tickets today at brownpapertickets.com!
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OFFICIAL FESTIVAL PARTY
@ Rose Live Music
Join us for the official Media That Matters after-party as festival winner Democracy in Dakar: Hip Hop In Senegal’s filmmaker and featured artists spin tracks and lay down beats at the Rose Live Music center in historic Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Rose Live Music & Nomadic Wax Productions presents:
The Waaw Band – Live Senegalese Afro Beat
& DJ Ben Herson spinning Global Hip Hop, Afrobeat, Reggae & more
Saturday, May 31st, 2008
10pm – 4am
Rose Live Music
345 Grand Street between Havemeyer & Marcy
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
View map
There is no cover charge but you must be 21+ to attend!
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YOUTH PREMIERE
@ Paley Center for Media, NYC
June 6th there will be an additional free screening for youth as part of the annual Media: Overseas Conference, an international celebration of youth and film.
A three-day event, the conference will include screenings and panels from a host of international participants, brought together to discuss today’s current media landscape. Panelists from Afghanistan, Australia, China, Egypt, Korea, Kuwait, Spain, Sweden, UK, and the USA will lead the conversations. Attendees will include media industry professionals, educators, students, and the general public.
Friday, June 6th, 2008
6-8 pm
The Paley Center for Media
25 West 52nd Street
New York, NY
See map
While this event is free for youth, participants will not be admitted without sending an RSVP to: rsvp@mocnyb.org.
This event will also be a part of Internet Week NY!
For more details visit internetweekny.com or click the image to the right!
Benny Beats to DJ on New Global Music Radio show – Mo’ Glo
April 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Benny Beats to DJ on New Global Music Radio show – Mo’ Glo – TONIGHT – on WNYE 91.5 FM
Space Needling
By Nina Roberts Published Apr 7, 2008
A show called “Mo’Glo” recently started airing at midnight on WNYE 91.5 FM, New York’s city-owned radio station. Tune in, and you’ll hear its “modern global” music—the baile funk from Rio de Janeiro’s favelas or the Afro-Peruvian electronica of Novalima or the Sri Lankan–British rapper M.I.A.’s off-kilter dancehall. “Mo’Glo” fits the station’s mission to provide programming for the city’s “diverse immigrant communities”—but it’s coming from Seattle, thanks to a deal with public-radio station KEXP. Nina Roberts spoke to Darek Mazzone, the “curator” of “Mo’Glo,” about what he plans to teach us in the big city.
What’s “Mo’Glo”?
It’s kids making music outside the studios, on their laptops, mixing their parents’ music with what they hear on the streets. New York is actually one of its epicenters, from all the different populations coming in and out of the city.
So why don’t we hear it?
A lot of radio in New York I find very nostalgic. I mean, how many times have I heard Led Zeppelin going into Frankie Valli going into Eddie Money? When you look at the history of radio and music, punk rock and hip-hop were around for years before radio jumped on it.
Do you think New York music fans don’t experiment enough?
Yes, and it’s sad. I equate it to cuisine. If you are willing to try Tibetan, Thai, French, Greek, Japanese, Chinese food, why don’t you try it with music? People get lost in their four blocks. Sometimes it takes stepping back to see the bigger picture. New York has such a richness of arts, culture, music, but New Yorkers seem to be lazy, like, “Eh, whatever, they’ll be back.” When I visit my friends, I’m like, “Let’s go here,” and they’ll say, “Oh, no, it’s too far away.” I say, “What are you talking about? It’s fifteen minutes on the subway!”
DJ Laylo and Nomadic Wax Present: The WAAW Band @ Rose Live Music,
April 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment
DJ Laylo and Nomadic Wax Present: The WAAW Band @ Rose Live Music, this Friday, April 25th at 10pm!
Come and get down for a night of music from Senegal, West Africa with the WAAW Band, directed by legendary bassist Thierno Camara and special guest singing sensation Alioune Guisse! The band will be preforming 2 sets starting at 10pm, DJ Laylo on the 1′s and 2′s!
The WAAW Band is the first NYC-based group to present authentic and original M’balax music of the Wolof people from Senegal, West Africa! Popularized internationally by renowned singers Youssou N’Dour andBaaba Maal, M’balax is a highly danceable music style characterized by the staccato hits of the Sabar drums (national drums of Senegal) and dramatic vocal harmonies sung in Wolof (Senegal’s largest language group). The WAAW Band’s original and fresh approach to M’balax reflects the diverse talents of the group’s members, and how they infuse the musical traditions of their homeland with the popular styles they have absorbed as young musicians living inNew York City.
The WAAW Band is:
Thierno Camara (bass and vocals)
Arona N’Diaye (Marimba Keyboards)
Mahanta Faye (drumset)
Raja Kassis (Guitar)
Samba Guisse (Sabar and Talking Drum)
Mohammed Guisse (sabar)
Rose Live Music
345 Grand St (btw Havermeyer and Marcy)
Brooklyn, NY 11211
FREE!!
(J train to Marcy, L train to Lorimer or G Train to Metropolitan)
Nomadic Wax in B-More!
April 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment
AFRICAN UNDERGROUND EVENTS WORLDWIDE!
African Underground: Hip-Hop Music and Film from Africa and the Diaspora
Friday, April 18, 2008
5:00 PM – 1:00 AM
All Ages
cover: $12.00
Contact Email:
rsvp[at]nomadicwax.com
RSVP:
http://nomadicwax.com/events-and-news/rsvp/
Venue Information:
The Patterson (Bmore)
3134 Eastern Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21224
410.276.1651
http://www.creativealliance.org/
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Other Screenings:
April 10th-20th – New Orleans Human Rights Film Festival
April 10th – 20th – Montreal International Film Festival
April 11th – Tufts University
April 18th – Creative Alliance – Baltimore MD
April 19th – John’s Hopkins Film Festival
April 21 – George Mason University
Apeil 26th – Nomadic Global Underground Event
May 11th – Santa Cruz Film Festival
** Best Documentary Award at the Texas Black Film Festival!**
“The intersection of hip-hop and activism gets a lot of lip service in the U.S., but the reality is that popular rap music is still mostly about the bling, not the political ring. That’;s not the case in Senegal, where political hip-hop thrives.”
-Christopher Porter, The Washington Express
“The ‘Democracy in Dakar’ documentary follows the 2007 election and gives a down to earth perspective on the public opinion on the current leadership alongside interviews and performances from Senegalese rappers, giving their honest, undiluted stand point on the state of the country. The documentary alone is an intriguing insight into the sociopolitical structure of Senegal….If you are looking to get a deeper outlook on what’s happening in Senegal both musically and politically or if you just want to listen to some fresh African hip-hop, then you must take a look at this highly motivated, politically conscious project.”
-Luke Branston, BBC NEWS
“The documentary project, ‘Democracy in Dakar; highlights the impact hip hop artists have had on the democratic process in Senegal, shedding light on the politics of one of francophone Africa’s more stable democracies and showing the contradictions that lie just below the surface.”
-Msia Kibona Clark, AllAfrica.com
Nomadic Wax at Tufts!
April 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment
AFRICAN UNDERGROUND EVENTS WORLDWIDE!
Tufts Hip Hop for Social Change Festival
Friday, April 11, 2008 at 12:00pm
Cabot 204, Eaton 206, Hotung – Tufts University
tuftshiphop@gmail.com
Description
TUFTS HIP HOP FOR SOCIAL CHANGE: a global discussion and performance
April 11th, 2008 – FREE and open to members of the TUFTS community
12:00pm-1:30pm (Location: Cabot 205)
Panel discussion: Hip Hop Evolution: Historical, Social, and Global Impacts of the Culture
(Panelists include Marc Sommers, Fletcher Professor of Humanitarian Studies; Kevin Johnson, multicultural educator and program manager at the Office of Cultural Diversity, Berklee College)
4:00pm-7:00pm (Location: Eaton 206)
Film screening of “Democracy in Dakar” (Sol Productions & Nomadic Wax) followed by panel discussion featuring the co-producers and directors and artists featured in the film.
9:00pm Performances by Tufts student group BEATS, as well as hip hop artists and activists from Africa, Latin America, and Asia, representing different countries, genders, and religions. (Location: Hotung)
Performers:
DJ Boo (Philippines) | Baye Musa (Senegal) | Bocafloja (Mexico) | Blitz the Ambassador (Ghana) | Koba (Filipino-American)
Eternia (Canada) | African Underground All Stars:
Other Screenings:
April 10th-20th – New Orleans Human Rights Film Festival
April 10th – 20th – Montreal International Film Festival
April 11th – Tufts University
April 18th – Creative Alliance – Baltimore MD
April 19th – John’s Hopkins Film Festival
April 21 – George Mason University
Apeil 26th – Nomadic Global Underground Event
May 11th – Santa Cruz Film Festival
** Best Documentary Award at the Texas Black Film Festival!**
“The intersection of hip-hop and activism gets a lot of lip service in the U.S., but the reality is that popular rap music is still mostly about the bling, not the political ring. That’;s not the case in Senegal, where political hip-hop thrives.”
-Christopher Porter, The Washington Express
“The ‘Democracy in Dakar’ documentary follows the 2007 election and gives a down to earth perspective on the public opinion on the current leadership alongside interviews and performances from Senegalese rappers, giving their honest, undiluted stand point on the state of the country. The documentary alone is an intriguing insight into the sociopolitical structure of Senegal….If you are looking to get a deeper outlook on what’s happening in Senegal both musically and politically or if you just want to listen to some fresh African hip-hop, then you must take a look at this highly motivated, politically conscious project.”
-Luke Branston, BBC NEWS
“The documentary project, ‘Democracy in Dakar; highlights the impact hip hop artists have had on the democratic process in Senegal, shedding light on the politics of one of francophone Africa’s more stable democracies and showing the contradictions that lie just below the surface.”
-Msia Kibona Clark, AllAfrica.com
Global Underground Film and Music Fest in NYC!
April 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment
International Hip-Hop Film & Music Mini-Fest to Take Place in NYC’s Lower East Side
12 hour Global Hip-Hop music and Film to Take Over the Lower East Side
Just as hip hop reached out to the world in the 80s and 90s, the world has taken hip hop and is reaching back into America. The influence of non-American hip hop culture is evident and celebrated is music, film and activism. The Global Underground Film and Music Mini Fest will celebrate this international spirit in an all day/all night day global hip hop event on April 26, 2008, on the Lower East Side of Manhattan that will last from 2 PM to 2 AM.
From global hip hop label Nomadic Wax and sponsor World Hip Hop Market, the Global Underground Film and Music event will celebrate world culture and positive hip hop with film screenings drawn from the global Diaspora. The films will be shown from 2:00 PM until about 9:00 PM at The Performance Project at University Settlement, 184 Eldridge Street, New York, NY. This event is free and open to the public. Free Wine will be served from 5 PM – 9 PM.
The films shown will include:
African Underground: Democracy in Dakar (Follows the controversial 2007 elections in Senegal from the perspective of youth and Hip Hop artists)
Peduo Hablar (Documenting the career of Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez)
Diamonds in The Rough (A group of young people from Uganda use Hip Hop to spread their revolutionary message of hope and change.)
Chocolate City (Explores the rapid gentrification of Washington, DC, through the eyes of a group of local women displaced from their city center homes to make way for massive reconstruction)
Benign Eleven (Film adaptation of an absurdist play exploring American society’s issues and the reasons behind the 9/11 attacks)
Estilo Hip-Hop (Hip Hop in Latin America as a voice and an agent of social change)
African Underground: Democracy in Paris (The attitudes and concerns of France’s immigrant and Hip Hop communities during the elections of 2007)
Nomadic Wax will then host the official Global Underground after party at Drom, 85 Avenue A (between 5th and 6th), New York, NY. The live music event will feature MCs,
DJ and live percussionists from countries including, Senegal, Mexico, Brazil, Sierra Leone and more. The performance will begin at 10:00 pm. Entrance to the after party will be $10 to the public or $5 for those who attended the free film event.
For more information, contact Ben Herson ben@nomadicwax.com
Sponsors Include: Nomadic Wax, World Hip-Hop Market, Sol Productions, The Performance Project, Drom, Lima Chips, Annansi Clothing, Kamhuri Wear, Zol Lab, H2A, Fusicology,
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April 26th – Global Hip-Hop Mini Fest
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African Underground Events Worldwide!!
April 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment
AFRICAN UNDERGROUND EVENTS WORLDWIDE!
Up and Coming African Underground Film Screenings, Lectures and Concerts..
Watch the trailer for the full program here..
Next Event!!
What: Showing of the documentary “Democracy in Dakar”
Who: Harvard College Alliance for Africa, the Harvard Breakers, and the SOCH
Where: SOCH Cinema at Hilles (below the Quad library)
When: Tuesday, April 8 at 7 PM
Map to the event!
April 10th-20th – New Orleans Human Rights Film Festival
April 10th – 20th – Montreal International Film Festival
April 18th – Creative Alliance – Baltimore MD
April 19th – John’s Hopkins Film Festival
April 21 – George Mason University
Apeil 26th – Nomadic Global Underground Event
May 11th – Santa Cruz Film Festival
** Best Documentary Award at the Texas Black Film Festival!**
“The intersection of hip-hop and activism gets a lot of lip service in the U.S., but the reality is that popular rap music is still mostly about the bling, not the political ring. That’;s not the case in Senegal, where political hip-hop thrives.”
-Christopher Porter, The Washington Express
“The ‘Democracy in Dakar’ documentary follows the 2007 election and gives a down to earth perspective on the public opinion on the current leadership alongside interviews and performances from Senegalese rappers, giving their honest, undiluted stand point on the state of the country. The documentary alone is an intriguing insight into the sociopolitical structure of Senegal….If you are looking to get a deeper outlook on what’s happening in Senegal both musically and politically or if you just want to listen to some fresh African hip-hop, then you must take a look at this highly motivated, politically conscious project.”
-Luke Branston, BBC NEWS
“The documentary project, ‘Democracy in Dakar; highlights the impact hip hop artists have had on the democratic process in Senegal, shedding light on the politics of one of francophone Africa’s more stable democracies and showing the contradictions that lie just below the surface.”
-Msia Kibona Clark, AllAfrica.com
