Culture Pop

Release: May 30st. 2008

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Culture Taxi Records continues with their mission of bringing the music of Africa to a wider audience by revealing it in a wider context. High-end technology and tradition coexist in a world of perfect harmony as your Culture Taxi-driver takes you on another musical excursion. This time round, he conducts you via the jazz-tinged thickets of Afro-Latin swing, picking up fellow-travellers from the world of hip-hop as you go.

Tracklist:

01: Khamelien (Trinidad/USA) - Shorty

Khamelien is a Reggae/Hip hop/Pop artist from New York via Trinidad who now resides in Orlando. Khamelien combines the feel of tropical easy living and innocence with the harshness and reality of the streets. His catchy hooks and hot beats make his songs stick in your mind as if you wrote them yourself. His genuine sensitivity for all those who suffer and his wish for world peace can be felt in the majority his songs.

02: Muna Mingole (Kamerun/Kanada) - Makossa Ma Kwa

Winner of the 2006 Indies Awards for the “Favourite World Artist” at the Canadian Independent Music Awards. Cameroonian composer and vocalist Muna Mingole will amaze you with her dynamic and colourful performances, her contagious joy for life, but most of all the exceptional intensity of her incredible harmonious voice inflected with 'African Soul'.

03: Moussa Diouf (Senegal) - Moytoul

Moussa Diouf is a musician unlike many others. He is acting with Bass, Guitar, Piano, Percussion ... He is a one man Orchestra. Moussa is a genius Keyboard player in all Music-Styles, from Jazz to Funk, from Mbalax, Afrobeat, Reggae to HipHop and although in Rai music. He is primarily a well known and respected Bassist who has collaborated with some of the biggest names on the pop and world music scenes, regardless his true home remains the vivid music of his native Senegal.

04: Deodato Siquir (Mozambik/Dänemark) - Ao Meu Po

04: Deodato Siquir (Mozambik/Dänemark) - Ao Meu Povo 03:44
Deodato Siquir, drummer, singer, composer and bandleader from Maputo, Mozambique. His music has warm, grooving pulses from Mozambique such as Marrabenta, Muthimba, and Muganda, coloured with influences from Brazil, New York and Afro Jazz, resulting in a sophisticated vibrant sound. Topped with soft poetic singing in a mix of Portuguese, English and Ronga. His lyrics focus on universal themes which all listeners can relate to.

05: Jean Paul (Chile/Dänemark) - No Se Porque

Jean Paul Espinosa was born in Santiago de Chile. His parents were forced to abandon their native country in order to find opportunities in France where they decided to stay. Marching in the streets screaming for justice, parties where Chilean musician were playing anti-dictatorship songs, is what Jean Paul was exposed in his youth. For many years, he focused his attention on musicians he had the privilege of encountering, using every chance he got to play whenever he could find an instrument around. He formed a band called "jazz 4 Fun", performing jazz standard in a funky Brazilian style... Once the band split up after many months together, Jean Paul formed his own band as a solo Artist performing to adoring and loyal fans all around Europe. His music is considered a high class act by all who experience it....

06: Sasha (Dominica/USA) - Sino Es Contigo

Sasha Doble was born in the city of New York. Her parents are natives of the Dominican Republic. In her first years, Sasha was raised in New York, and then she went on to reside in the Dominican Republic together with her mother. In 2001 Sasha decided to move to Florida in a town called Bordering. She began her career as singer specializing in secular music where she shared her passion for the “Lord” with other top Artists in this field. In the year 2005, she opened up her heart & Spirit to receive the Jesus as her Saviour. Sasha is currently completing her solo album with the assistance of her Goin' Native Records.

07: Alain Nkossi Konda (D.R. Kongo/Deutschland) -

Na ndimaki te

Alain Nkossi Konda is a versatile Multi Award Winning singer and songwriter born in heart of Africa (the Democratic Republic of Congo), bred in New York City and now resident among the Bavarian mountains in Southern Germany. Alain also serves as a Goodwill Ambassador for the Munich based Water Foundation as well as “Special Envoy for Germany” on behalf of the Permanent Observer mission of the United Nations “CISRI-ISP”, he was appointed for the Fight Against Global Malnutrition & poverty which claims 45.000 Innocent lives daily.

08: Rohan Reid feat. Sisaundra Lewis (Jamaika/USA)

Let's Stay Together (radio edit)

Rohan Reid serves smooth Jazz with R&B, Mento (that's Jamaican before Ska), Latin and Reggae (including Dance Hall) flavourings. In the Jamaican vernacular, “must bus” means something that will inevitably break out - and that’s how Rohan Reid, one of the most gifted musicians of his generation, is being described. Known for numerous live performances in Jamaica during which his confidence and dexterity impressed audiences, Reid brought an effortless, natural feel to bass, guitar, piccolo, and banjo.

Sisaundra Lewis always knew she wanted to be a singer. The youngest of eight children, the Florida native got her start singing in her father’s church at the age of five. Lewis packed up that talent, along with her life-long desire to sing, and moved to Atlanta where she unpacked her desire and began singing with a band, and the band began touring the East Coast States. With that introduction, and her considerable talent, she took another step toward the next level of success in her career when she was introduced to Grammy and Oscar Award winner Celine Dion. Lewis then began working with Dion during breaks from touring and soon, she began touring and recording with Dion as a background vocalist. She also became vocal director and choreographer for Dion’s group. When Dion began winding down her touring schedule to start a family, Lewis took advantage of the break in the action to return to Central Florida and put together her own group. Combining both a glorious vocal instrument and performance skills, she approaches her love for music with an incredible assurance. Her soul is filled with music.

09: Cuarteto Folk Peru (Peru) - Ticó Tico no Fubá

The musicians Riber Oeé, David Salas, Enderson Herencia and Ricardo Silva, are the finest you will find in Peru. With the region's traditional instruments, styles and technical features they present the modern Peruvian musical perspectives.

10: Taj Weekes & Adowa (St. Lucia/USA)

- Orphans cry

Taj Weekes & Adowa introduce a brand new experience in classic roots Reggae. With wry trenchant lyrics, a haunting dusky quiver in his voice and the knock-down sound of his band Adowa, Taj has managed to weave a rare social consciousness with an unforgettable reggae groove. Taj Weekes & Adowa new album “Deidem” will be released on June 3th 2008 on Culture Taxi Records.

11: Ndioba (Senegal/Finnland) - Teranga

Ndioba Gueye was born in Senegal, West-Africa. Growing up in Dakar's Sicap Mermoz his musical frame was set at an early age. Ndioba's first instrument was guitar, bought with the money earned from a summer job. After a while he also started to learn bass guitar. Following successful years in Paris, Ndioba returned to Senegal in 1989, to join a band called “Tabala”. Later during the same year Youssou Ndour contracted “Tabala” as warm up formation for his concerts. At that time Ndioba had to switch from guitar to bass, because the original bassist left the band. The year 1992 was a significant turning point for Ndioba, as the well known Finnish guitar player Hasse Walli arrived in his town to audition musicians to join his European Tour, Ndioba was picked and the rest is history. Since 1998 Ndioba has been concentrating on developing his own band performing materials from his original compositions. Currently based in Finland, Ndioba long awaited first album symbolically titled “Mermoz” will be released on June 13th 2008 on Culture Taxi Records under Exclusive License from Afrikool Entertainment GmbH.