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03 August 2013

A NIGHT OF SUBLIME FREQUENCIES Feat. Alvarius B. (Alan Bishop) LIVE and 2 Films By Hisham Mayet

SUBLIME FREQUENCIES COMMUNIQUÈ
SUBLIME FREQUENCIES PO BOX 17971 SEATTLE WA 98127 USA


http://www.sublimefrequencies.com


AUGUST 6 - 7:30 PM



Cinefamily

 611 N Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles 90036

(323) 655-2510


A night celebrating one of the most unique record labels ever: SUBLIME FREQUENCIES, a collective of explorers recording obscure sights and sounds from traditional urban and rural frontiers all over the world including field recordings, international folk and pop music, sound anomalies, and other forms of human and natural expression. Join us for an evening featuring two new films directed by label co-founder Hisham Mayet (appearing in person) plus a live performance by “Alvarius B”, the alter ego of label co-founder Alan Bishop of Sun City Girls! Join us for this night of celebratory music, followed by a party on the Spanish patio with hot tea, African snacks and Sublime Frequencies DJs spinning rare and beautiful tunes from around the world!
THE MUSIC:
Alan Bishop (aka Alvarius B) is a founding member of Seattle’s avant-garde and genre-defying Sun City Girls, whose career spans 27 years and over fifty releases. From their telepathic free jazz/post rock psychedelic trio roots, to gorgeous outer-national Arabic and Asian inspired folk music, Sun City Girls performances were wildly unpredictable, sometimes verging on performance art, with elaborate costumes, kabuki-inspired makeup, and the creation of a festive, ritualistic atmosphere with audience participation. As Alvarius B, Bishop has penned hundreds of his own original folk songs in a primitive “out” style informed by an obsessive love of psychedelic rock, free jazz, exotic music from beyond borders, Italian film soundtracks, and an extraordinary sense of humor. Join us for this special one-night-only live performance.
THE FILMS:
The Divine River: Ceremonial Pageantry In The Sahel (Dir. Hisham Mayet, 2012)
Highlights include intimate views of ecstatic dance in the painted houses of the island-dwelling Wogo; the seductive courtship rites and trance vocals of young Wodaabe men; a mesmeric Tuareg and Zarma duet for guitar and molo; Hausa griots enchanting with comsaa strings; Zarma spirit possession ceremonies; and heart-stopping footage of the Dogon mask ritual atop the Bandiagara Escarpment in the village of Endele.
Vodoun Gods on the Slave Coast (Dir. Hisham Mayet, 2012, PREMIERE SCREENING!)
This film, shot during the country’s rich Vodoun celebrations, is an impressionistic lens on the myriad ceremonies that this rich and diverse culture has to offer. Showcasing intimate observations of a variety of Voodoo ceremonies: The cult of Sakpata (god of Pestilence and healing), Egoun dramas shrouded in magisterial costumes and the Zangbeto night watchmen, among other highlights. This will be the premiere screening of this visual feast.
- See more at: http://www.cinefamily.org/films/cinespia-salon/#cinespia-salon-a-sublime-frequencies-celebration-feat-live-set-by-alvarius-b-alan-bishop-from-sun-city-girls

SUBLIME FREQUENCIES is a collective of explorers dedicated to acquiring and exposing obscure sights and sounds from modern and traditional urban and rural frontiers via film and video, field recordings, radio and short wave transmissions, international folk and pop music, sound anomalies, and other forms of human and natural expression not documented sufficiently through all channels of academic research, the modern recording industry, media, or corporate foundations. SUBLIME FREQUENCIES is focused on an aesthetic of extra-geography and soulful experience inspired by music and culture, world travel, research, and the pioneering recording labels of the past including OCORA, SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS, ETHNIC FOLKWAYS, LYRICHORD, NONESUCH EXPLORER, MUSICAPHONE, BARONREITER, UNESCO, PLAYASOUND, MUSICAL ATLAS, CHANT DU MONDE, B.A.M., TANGENT, and TOPIC.

OUT NOW! 2013 CD REPRESS: GROUP BOMBINO Guitars From Agadez (Music of Niger) Vol. 2

SUBLIME FREQUENCIES COMMUNIQUÈ
SUBLIME FREQUENCIES PO BOX 17971 SEATTLE WA 98127 USA


http://www.sublimefrequencies.com

OUT NOW! 

2013 CD REPRESS: GROUP BOMBINO 

Guitars From Agadez (Music of Niger) Vol. 2


SF 046 CD
 

2013 repress, originally released 2009. Led by the guitar virtuoso Omara Mochtar (Bombino), the group's debut LP -- volume two in the Guitars From Agadez series, represents the latest chapter in the modern sound of the Tuareg revolution. As of 2008, the Tuareg rebellion is in full force again, and Bombino is in exile to parts unknown. Agadez has been cut off from the rest of the country. The only road that connects this legendary city with the rest of the country is littered with land mines and the only escorts are the military. This music and its messages of hope, justice, and desire for validation of the Kel Tamachek way of life ring louder than ever. Group Bombino are gaining mythic status in and around the Tuareg community for their incendiary live performances. Coming from the same scene as Group Inerane and sharing some of the same musicians, Group Bombino showcase both sides of the Tuareg guitar style. The first half of this CD features the "dry guitar" sound, an unplugged selection of songs sung among the dunes, camels and stars of the Tenere desert. The last five tracks demonstrate the electric fury of the full band, a melding of heavy, psychedelic guitar heroics with a raw, garage sound, back beat percussion, all swirling in extended trance rock moves. Recorded live and unfiltered in Agadez and the surrounding desert in early 2007, with the band's equipment powered by generators and an unflinching dedication to the rebellion, Group Bombino's music transcends any influence and ignites the raw passion of its message to the outside world. Includes liner notes by Hisham Mayet with great photos of the musicians.

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SUBLIME FREQUENCIES is a collective of explorers dedicated to acquiring and exposing obscure sights and sounds from modern and traditional urban and rural frontiers via film and video, field recordings, radio and short wave transmissions, international folk and pop music, sound anomalies, and other forms of human and natural expression not documented sufficiently through all channels of academic research, the modern recording industry, media, or corporate foundations. SUBLIME FREQUENCIES is focused on an aesthetic of extra-geography and soulful experience inspired by music and culture, world travel, research, and the pioneering recording labels of the past including OCORA, SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS, ETHNIC FOLKWAYS, LYRICHORD, NONESUCH EXPLORER, MUSICAPHONE, BARONREITER, UNESCO, PLAYASOUND, MUSICAL ATLAS, CHANT DU MONDE, B.A.M., TANGENT, and TOPIC.