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█▀║ Date..........: 31.10.2003 ║▀█
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█▀║ Sonic Weave ║▀█
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█▀║ Sonic Weave, an initiative of the Canada Council for the Arts, is a ║▀█
█▀║ showcase of the best of contemporary Canadian folk and world music. ║▀█
█▀║ ║▀█
█▀║ The artists featured as part of Sonic Weave were selected in a ║▀█
█▀║ national competition. The six groups or solo acts provide an ║▀█
█▀║ up-to-the-minute snapshot of the talent, diversity and breadth of folk ║▀█
█▀║ and world music in Canada today. ║▀█
█▀║ ║▀█
█▀║ Sonic Weave is but a sampling of the many Canadian artists performing ║▀█
█▀║ folk and world music today. It is the first joint presentation between ║▀█
█▀║ the Canada Council for the Arts and European festivals designed to ║▀█
█▀║ profile Canada's best folk and world artists to European audiences. ║▀█
█▀║ ║▀█
█▀║ Sonic Weave gives vibrant testimony to the fact that Canadian music is ║▀█
█▀║ in a state of continual change and development. The line-up of artists ║▀█
█▀║ shows that there are exciting sounds to be heard - now and in the ║▀█
█▀║ future. ║▀█
█▀║ ║▀█
█▀║ Featured Artists: ║▀█
█▀║ Zubot and Dawson ║▀█
█▀║ ║▀█
█▀║ Critics have despaired of trying to label the music of Jesse Zubot and ║▀█
█▀║ Steve Dawson. With all its rich influences û everything from jazz and ║▀█
█▀║ bluegrass to ethnic, swing, experimental, groove and pop û it ║▀█
█▀║ literally defies description. Fortunately, the duo has come up with ║▀█
█▀║ its own name for their unique sound. They call it "Strang." ║▀█
█▀║ ║▀█
█▀║ Saskatchewan-born Zubot started his musical career at the age of 12 ║▀█
█▀║ when he played for his father's country and rock band at country ║▀█
█▀║ dances. He met Dawson in 1993, the year that he dropped out of the ║▀█
█▀║ jazz program at Vancouver's Capilano College to play electric violin ║▀█
█▀║ with a Vancouver rock band, The Spirit Merchants. The Vancouver-born ║▀█
█▀║ Dawson "who had played blues and rock guitar from the age of 14 and ║▀█
█▀║ studied jazz at Boston's Berlee Music College û was already playing ║▀█
█▀║ electric guitar with the band. The two musicians realized that they ║▀█
█▀║ had musical interests in common that transcended rock. ║▀█
█▀║ ║▀█
█▀║ When the band eventually folded, the pair joined forces and, in 1998, ║▀█
█▀║ recorded their adventurous and melodious first album, Strang, which ║▀█
█▀║ was dazzling enough to please the critics but accessible enough to ║▀█
█▀║ guarantee it a broad and favourable reception in circles that ranged ║▀█
█▀║ from bluegrass and rock all the way to country. The album was ║▀█
█▀║ nominated for CanadaÆs prestigious Juno award, and it won the Best ║▀█
█▀║ Roots/Traditional Album Award at the West Coast Music Awards. A second ║▀█
█▀║ album, Tractor Parts: Further Adventures in Strang, appeared in 2000 ║▀█
█▀║ and represented a refinement of their original voice. It won the ║▀█
█▀║ Canadian Independent Music Award for Best Album of the Year. On the ║▀█
█▀║ strength of this double success, Zubot and Dawson were able to found ║▀█
█▀║ their own label, called Black Hen Music, and recently launched their ║▀█
█▀║ third album, called Chicken Scratch, in September 2002. ║▀█
█▀║ ║▀█
█▀║ Tanya Tagaq Gillis and ║▀█
█▀║ Michel Deveau ║▀█
█▀║ ║▀█
█▀║ The collaboration of Tanya Tagaq Gillis and Michael Deveau takes ║▀█
█▀║ traditional music from Canada's North and blends it effortlessly with ║▀█
█▀║ an underpinning of urban music to create something quite new and ║▀█
█▀║ breathtaking. ║▀█
█▀║ ║▀█
█▀║ Gillis was born in the remote Inuit town of Cambridge Bay (population ║▀█
█▀║ 2,500). Coming south in the 1990s to study visual arts at the Nova ║▀█
█▀║ Scotia College of Art and Design, she was heading, she believed, for a ║▀█
█▀║ career as artist and art teacher. While living in Halifax, Gillis was ║▀█
█▀║ exposed to a whole new world of music, including electronica, dance ║▀█
█▀║ music and rave. Homesick for the sounds of the Arctic, she began to ║▀█
█▀║ teach herself traditional Inuit throat singing. This is an ║▀█
█▀║ unaccompanied pattern of improvised vocalization, usually sung in ║▀█
█▀║ harmony by two women and emulating the sounds of nature û the crash of ║▀█
█▀║ breaking ice, for example. Soon, Gillis was performing solo at ║▀█
█▀║ festivals and clubs in Canada and Europe. In 2001, she toured with ║▀█
█▀║ Icelandic phenomenon, Bjork, and won favourable reviews of her own. ║▀█
█▀║ ║▀█
█▀║ Michel Deveau û the other half of this unusual collaboration û started ║▀█
█▀║ DJing as a hobby but gained professional momentum in the context of ║▀█
█▀║ the rave scene. In 1996, his career exploded when, as well as playing ║▀█
█▀║ house music at the Velvet Olive in Halifax, he was hired to play for a ║▀█
█▀║ series of events in Halifax and Montreal, including shows by Fred ║▀█
█▀║ Everything, Krista and Glenn Underground. Turning to the production of ║▀█
█▀║ electronic music, one of Deveau's first projects was a remix for the ║▀█
█▀║ band Mir. ║▀█
█▀║ ║▀█
█▀║ When Gillis met Michel Deveau, she began to jam over the beats that he ║▀█
█▀║ supplied and laid her voice down over a dynamic mΘlange of recordings ║▀█
█▀║ in what has proven to be an exciting meld of primitivism and ║▀█
█▀║ sensuality. Her first album "Tagaq" will be released in October 2002. ║▀█
█▀║ ║▀█
█▀║ Les Batinses ║▀█
█▀║ ║▀█
█▀║ "Batinses" is a Quebec vernacular expression that derives from the ║▀█
█▀║ word baptism and is a mild and irreverent profanity. It seemed the ║▀█
█▀║ perfect name for this lively, tongue-in-cheek group from Quebec City, ║▀█
█▀║ when it was formed in 1994. The group came into existence when six ║▀█
█▀║ university students were studying Quebec folklore and happened to pick ║▀█
█▀║ up some acoustic instruments and started experimenting with ║▀█
█▀║ traditional sounds. Soon, they were performing for live audiences and ║▀█
█▀║ finding themselves more and more in demand on the touring circuit. ║▀█
█▀║ ║▀█
█▀║ Today, with instruments that range from the acoustic guitar and ║▀█
█▀║ soprano sax all the way to the bouzouki, whistles and "angelic ║▀█
█▀║ vocals," the six-member group specializes in what they call "Made in ║▀█
█▀║ Quebec" world music. They note with pride that their work has been ║▀█
█▀║ variously described as "funklore" or "trashditional," underlining what ║▀█
█▀║ they see as their success in revitalizing QuebecÆs traditional music ║▀█
█▀║ for the 21st century. ║▀█
█▀║ ║▀█
█▀║ The music of Les Batinses draws its strength from traditional ballads ║▀█
█▀║ and its energy from old-fashioned reels and polkas, but it is also ║▀█
█▀║ capable of erupting into salsa and rumba, and it even drags Balkan ║▀█
█▀║ rhythms into the musical net. The musicians themselves cite influences ║▀█
█▀║ as varied as Nina Hagen and Hedningarna and, in performance, are proud ║▀█
█▀║ to claim "the energy of The Pogues in their glory days." In all its ║▀█
█▀║ variety, this is music made for dancing, and the group has taken it to ║▀█
█▀║ audiences everywhere in the course of what they call ║▀█
█▀║ "take-no-prisoner" touring. ║▀█
█▀║ ║▀█
█▀║ Les Batinses opened the show at the 1999 Quebec City International ║▀█
█▀║ Summer Festival. They also opened for La Bottine Souriante, with whom ║▀█
█▀║ they share a label (Mille-Pattes Productions), and in the last few ║▀█
█▀║ years have performed at a range of clubs and festivals. Their first ║▀█
█▀║ album, Charivari, appeared to critical acclaim in 1998, and their ║▀█
█▀║ second, Tripotages, in 2000. ║▀█
█▀║ ║▀█
█▀║ Kid Koala ║▀█
█▀║ ║▀█
█▀║ Eric San might have become a teacher except, as he says, "I have a lot ║▀█
█▀║ of noise in my head that I've got to get out." As "Kid Koala," San is ║▀█
█▀║ now recognized as an exceptionally innovative and experimental ║▀█
█▀║ musician whose instrument is the turntable. Born in Vancouver, San ║▀█
█▀║ moved from studying classical piano in his youth to become a kind of ║▀█
█▀║ world-travelling DJ who plays with the effect of "scratches" and "mad ║▀█
█▀║ mixes" to produce outstanding combinations of sound. ║▀█
█▀║ ║▀█
█▀║ While studying at Montreal's McGill University in the 1990s, San first ║▀█
█▀║ began appearing in local clubs, where he presented a mixed tape ║▀█
█▀║ entitled "Scratchcratchratchatch." His humour, skill and lively ║▀█
█▀║ performance style began to attract attention and, even more ║▀█
█▀║ significantly, caught the ear of the British label, Ninja Tune. In ║▀█
█▀║ 1995, the Koala Kid became Ninja Tune's first North American signing ║▀█
█▀║ and û putting plans to teach elementary school on hold û San launched ║▀█
█▀║ out on a series of North American tours with such bands as Coldcut. ║▀█
█▀║ Since the release of his debut album û Carpal Tunnel Syndrome û in ║▀█
█▀║ 2000, he has gone on touring with the like of Bullfrog and Deltron ║▀█
█▀║ 3030 and has opened for international stars such as Radiohead. ║▀█
█▀║ ║▀█
█▀║ Koala Kid's first release, says one critic, has "a theme that ║▀█
█▀║ transcends the madness of voices scratching up against each other." ║▀█
█▀║ Always surprising and multi-talented, the artist accompanied the ║▀█
█▀║ recording with a video game and a 32-page comic book illustrated by ║▀█
█▀║ himself. He has also produced a soundtrack of original, piano-based ║▀█
█▀║ compositions and this, along with his second album, is scheduled for ║▀█
█▀║ release in 2003. He is also working on an illustrated book, called ║▀█
█▀║ Nufonia Must Fall û "Nufonia" being a coded reference to "no fun." ║▀█
█▀║ "The second I stop having fun," saying the musician, "it's time to do ║▀█
█▀║ something else." ║▀█
█▀║ ║▀█
█▀║ Alpha Yaya Diallo ║▀█
█▀║ ║▀█
█▀║ Guinean-born guitarist and singer Alpha Yaya Diallo, whom critics ║▀█
█▀║ describe as "one of the most inspired and inspirational artists on the ║▀█
█▀║ World Beat circuit today,"has been based in Vancouver, since his ║▀█
█▀║ arrival in Canada in 1991. During that time, he has toured extensively ║▀█
█▀║ in Canada and the United States, winning critical acclaim both for the ║▀█
█▀║ excellence of his musicianship and the excitement of his performances, ║▀█
█▀║ both solo and as part of an Afro funk group called Bafung. Diallo came ║▀█
█▀║ to North America as a member of the Dutch-based West African group, ║▀█
█▀║ Fatala. Since then, he has recorded three albums featuring his own ║▀█
█▀║ compositions. In 1999, he won Canada's most prestigious prize for ║▀█
█▀║ music when his CD, The Message, won the Juno for Best Global Music ║▀█
█▀║ recording. An earlier album, Futur (also nominated for a Juno award) ║▀█
█▀║ won the Music Africa Award for National Recording of the Year and the ║▀█
█▀║ Pacific Music Industry Award for Best World Music Album. His latest ║▀█
█▀║ recording is The Journey. ║▀█
█▀║ ║▀█
█▀║ An expert player of the guitar, both acoustic and electric, Diallo ║▀█
█▀║ produces music that, in the words of one reviewer, "is a remarkably ║▀█
█▀║ fluid current of notes, framed within a timing at once precise and ║▀█
█▀║ free."Perhaps the fluidity comes from the seamless uniting of many ║▀█
█▀║ musical streams resulting from the way that Diallo, in his youth, ║▀█
█▀║ explored the varied musical traditions in Guiana and Senegal. "I was a ║▀█
█▀║ hungry little boy trying to learn different rhythms, different ║▀█
█▀║ styles," Diallo remembers. Those influences û along with a fascination ║▀█
█▀║ with the music of George Benson and James Brown -- still mark Diallo's ║▀█
█▀║ work as he combines Guinean instruments (a traditional drum called the ║▀█
█▀║ djembe, for example, a wooden xylophone called the balafon and the ║▀█
█▀║ kora, a kind of large harp-lute) with the Western guitar, bass and ║▀█
█▀║ drum set. ║▀█
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█▀║ Tasa ║▀█
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█▀║ This five-member ensemble draws its musical strength from the rich, ║▀█
█▀║ ancient traditions of the Indian Raga and Tala but blends them with ║▀█
█▀║ world music to create an extraordinary tapestry of sound. The ║▀█
█▀║ inspiration for Tasa came from musician Ravi Naimpally, who in 1999 ║▀█
█▀║ brought together this small group of extraordinarily versatile ║▀█
█▀║ instrumentalists ûJohn Gzowski, Ernie Tollar, Chris Gartner and Alan ║▀█
█▀║ Hetherington û to create a new amalgam. Each member of the group ║▀█
█▀║ brings his own special contribution to the whole, with specialization ║▀█
█▀║ in musical fields as distinct as Afro-Peruvian, Arabic, Greek and ║▀█
█▀║ Brazilian. The result is music without boundaries, music that is both ║▀█
█▀║ contemporary and timeless. ║▀█
█▀║ ║▀█
█▀║ Group leader and player of the tabla, Ravi Naimpally grew up in ║▀█
█▀║ Thunder Bay, Ontario, and later migrated to Toronto. He composes ║▀█
█▀║ original works for Tasa to perform. Though only three years old, Tasa ║▀█
█▀║ has already released two recordings. The first was the highly ║▀█
█▀║ acclaimed Bhakti, in 2001, which immediately caught the attention of ║▀█
█▀║ reviewers and members of the music community. The Canadian ║▀█
█▀║ Broadcasting Corporation did a documentary on the group for the show, ║▀█
█▀║ Band Width, in 2001, and later featured it on Global Village. The ║▀█
█▀║ debut album went on to national distribution and, in 2001, was a ║▀█
█▀║ finalist at the Montreal Jazz Festival, which features Canadian bands ║▀█
█▀║ playing original music. ║▀█
█▀║ ║▀█
█▀║ The group's second recording, Soma, was similarly well received in ║▀█
█▀║ 2002. Since then, Tasa has performed to acclaim at jazz, folk and new ║▀█
█▀║ music festivals across the country. It was nominated for an award for ║▀█
█▀║ World Music at the Toronto Urban Music Awards and for the online ║▀█
█▀║ people's choice award, Mybindi.com. They also appeared in Vrushka, a ║▀█
█▀║ dance and theatre show in Austin, Texas, where 14 dancers from the ║▀█
█▀║ Indian, Flamenco and Modern traditions performed pieces choreographed ║▀█
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█▀║ 01. Tanya Tagaq - Creature 03:53 ║▀█
█▀║ 02. Kid Koala - Drunk Trumpet 02:56 ║▀█
█▀║ 03. Tasa - Megh 08:10 ║▀█
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█▀║ 05. Alpha Yaya Diallo - Freedom 05:05 ║▀█
█▀║ 06. Les Batinses - Jobber 03:37 ║▀█
█▀║ 07. Kid Koala - A Night at the Nufonia 03:53 ║▀█
█▀║ 08. Zubot and Dawson - Hoedown 04:09 ║▀█
█▀║ 09. Alpha Yaya Diallo - Massibodji 05:05 ║▀█
█▀║ 10. Les Batinses - La Chevre 04:34 ║▀█
█▀║ 11. Tasa - Amravati 06:14 ║▀█
█▀║ 12. Tanya Tagaq - Sinnatuq 02:52 ║▀█
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