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| Artist : Radio Citizen |
| Album : Berlin Serengeti (Advance) |
| Bitrate : VBR kbps |
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| Label : Ubiquity Records |
| Year : 2006 |
| Genre : Jazz+Funk |
| Rip date : Aug-23-2006 |
| Store date : Sep-12-2006 |
| Size : 76,10 MB |
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|Track Listing: |
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| 01 - The Hop 03:34 |
| 02 - Mondlicht 04:38 |
| 03 - Everything 04:03 |
| 04 - Night I 04:28 |
| 05 - Night II 03:44 |
| 06 - El Cielo 03:04 |
| 07 - Birds 04:20 |
| 08 - The Prophets 03:47 |
| 09 - Roads 01:37 |
| 10 - Voices 02:12 |
| 11 - Black Forest 03:26 |
| 12 - Championsound 03:56 |
| 13 - Dust 02:16 |
| 14 - Density 03:39 |
| 15 - Nightingale 04:11 |
| 16 - Love Serenity Blues 01:37 |
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| 54:32 min |
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| 27 year old Niko Schabel was brought to our attention by Quantic. ôHave |
| a listen, you might like this,ö he said handing over a CD-r to Ubiquity |
| A+R rep Andrew Jervis after a gig in San Francisco. He was right. |
| Schabel hails from Berlin and, thanks to Quantic, now records for |
| Ubiquity as Radio Citizen. His sound ranges from slack dub, moody |
| folksy-soul, to adrenalin infused and spiritual cinematic jazz. The |
| sound of Radio Citizen comes from Schabels ability to loosely glue |
| together a collage of sampled textures which are embellished with gifted |
| musicians and often topped-off with the seductive vocals of the worldly |
| Bajka. It sounds complicated, but the end result is actually very simple |
| and addictive. |
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| Schabel is the main force behind Radio Citizen and in addition to the |
| sampler and mixing desk he plays alto saxophone, clarinet and bass |
| clarinet, kalimba and small percussion, plus rhodes, flute and |
| synthesiser. He is regularly assisted by vocalist Bajka and flute and |
| sax man Wolfi. Bajka was born in an Indian temple and grew up in |
| Afghanistan, Nepal, Pakistan and on a catamaran in South Africa. She has |
| traveled the world with a music commune called Embryo that her uncle |
| founded and father was a member of, and which coincidentally Schabel was |
| also a latter day guest. Bajka has recorded with Compost act Beanfield |
| and released solo records on the Jazzman label. In addition Schabel has |
| played and performed with the Niko Schabel Quartet, the Express Brass |
| Band, the Poets of Rhythm, Jojo Kuo (ex-Fela Kuti), Nik McCarthy (Franz |
| Ferdinand), the Last Poets, and many more. |
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| Schabel chose the name Radio Citizen because it allows for a wide range |
| of musical connotations. He also read and was influenced by the Rem |
| Kohlhaas book ôDelirious New Yorkö which is about Radio City Music Hall. |
| Completing the circle, Radio Citizen music is being used in a German |
| documentary about Berlins famous communication towers and is providing |
| stills from the documentary for the album artwork. |
| Schabel is currently sorting through about 30 tracks to pick the best |
| selection for the Radio Citizen album. ôI have a about 50 CDs worth of |
| material recorded over my various projects!ö remarks Schabel. ôIÆd like |
| my album to fulfill some unkept promises of the 1990s. For me, many |
| ideas didnÆt reach their full potential and we entered a period of |
| boring programming, lounge-overkill, and bad acid-jazz,ö he adds. |
| Schabels influences are wide and deep. ôI think Radio Citizen has shades |
| of my love for sixties jazz, funk 45s, soul, dub and reggae, hiphop, |
| afrobeat, electronica, trippy stuff, d&b, early eighties avantgarde, |
| surf, the old school, the new school, Arabian music, Latin, boogaloo, |
| rocksteady, whatever,ö rolls out Schabel. ôBut the artist I admire most |
| is John Coltrane. I probably have about 30 of his albums.ö |
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