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September.11.2002 - #1037
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artist : Dzihan and Kamien
album : Stiff Jazz-Ford Transit
year : 2002
label : Couch Records
genre : Lo-Fi
catalogue : CR 20132
url : www.couchrecords.com
quality : CD 192k HQ True Stereo
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01.Stiff Jazz (Short Version) 03:59
02.Ford Transit (Short Version) 04:04
03.Stiff Jazz Zuendapp Dub (Dorfmeister Vs Hunter Rmx) 06:30
04.Ford Transit (Howie B Mix) 07:20
05.Stiff Jazz (Album Version) 05:53
06.Ford Transit (Album Version) 04:53
06 tracks | 32:39 mins | 44,9 MB
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Vlado Dzihan grew up surrounded by music: his father's drum-kit,
his brothers piano and a bunch of Revox tapes. Expansion of his
musical horizons took place by the speed of light. He soon became a
respected musician in former Yugoslavia, but his curiosity
requested more of him.
Mario Kamien - prototype of Future European. Born in Switzerland,
German and Italian parents, even some Polish ancestors. He
discovered his passion for music at an early age. He has been a
keen manipulator of sound since completing his musical studies.
Two guys met each other in Vienna in the early 90s, as music
students. Soon after they became friends and formed the group MC
Sultan, it became obvious that their music reflects that city's
position as the crossroads of East and West. The band released one
CD, Super Ethno Astronaut, which featured the club classic Der
Bauch, hailed as an 'epic' by the press.
In 1998 they established themselves as Dzihan & Kamien and set up
their own label - Couch Records. Their first EP, Code: No Pork
Please excited interest from tastemakers everywhere on its release
in 1999. With two more EPs to follow the same year, Before/After
and Tearoom 2004 they definitely anounced the birth of a fruitful
and interesting label. Freaks and Icons, their debut album, bursts
forth in 2000. Their brew of cool jazz and pulsating Eastern
rhythms captured imaginations around the world. Result: tens of
thousands of albums taking up residence on turntables and CD
players across the world. Tracks from Freaks and Icons have been
licensed for over seventy compilations worldwide, including Cafe
Del Mar, Freezone and Hed Kandi. Remixes of this album appeared as
Refreaked in 2001, including UFO, Hefner, Herbert, Fauna Flash,
AtJazz and Mum among others.
Remix requests also came in thick and fast, among others HOMELANDS
for Nitin Sawhney and Busenfreund for Richard Dorfmeister's Tosca
project.
Equally historical projects were the remixes of Billie Holiday's
sublime Don't Explain for the landmark Verve Remixed project, and
Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin's sultry Je T'aime, Moi Non Plus
for I Love Serge, a compilation of Gainsbourg remixes issued on the
tenth anniversary of his death.
In the last couple of years, - inspired by both their fathers, jazz
musicians of the 60s and 70s - D&K shifted their focus towards an
even more organic sound, retaining the advantages of digital
techniques. After working around Vienna, London and Istanbul with
guesting vocalists and musicians, they present us now with Gran
Riserva, a magical blend of sparkling cool jazz, groovy dancefloor
beats and compulsive Eastern spices.
--couchrecords.com
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greetings to kw, diss, dps, dh, ms, tr & ube
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