Post by matt on Mar 21, 2006 12:01:36 GMT
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Hey guys,
There's been a little bit of talk about the Red Hot series of records over the last day or so. Which is a great coincidence because I happen to be working with Paul Heck (the guy behind much of Red Hot's output) to put together the next instalment, tentatively titled "Red Hot & Afrika!".
The concept behind the record may seem obvious to everyone, and it is obvious, but I'd very much appreciate some input at this very early stage because I know I'll have all of you to answer to if I f**k this up!
Here goes:
The goal behind this record is to pull African icons and their material into the limelight in a big way. Working off unconfirmed examples here, imagine...
Tinariwen & Tom Waits
or
Mahmoud Ahmed & Bjork
or
Abdullah Ibrahim & Lenny Kravitz
or
Issa Bagayogo & The White Stripes
These are just examples out of thin air, but you get the idea?
When I was first told the concept I did shudder at first - but then I thought - well why hasn't anything like this worked before? And I think the reason is that the artists paired together didn't really understand where the other one was coming from. And that's something that I'd really like to avoid here. I only want musicians that can express and interpret some empathy the with artist they're paired with. Also all the core material will be written by the African artists, but reinterpreted together with their counterpart.
So no Dido-N'dour debacles here!
I think that a record like this realy does go along way to help African music "virgins" to realise that there is so much great, funky and beautiful music coming out of Africa.
It may sound really cliched and sell-out to us, but sometimes you've got to bring the music to the people, y'know?
And so to the point ---- I'd like to hear all your thoughts about what shape this record should take. From the songs performed to the artists involved. This is a total blank canvas. In fact the organizational work doesn't begin until March 2006.
So there's plenty of time for us to throw some ideas around. And argue about what will work, and what won't.
www.soundoftheworld.com/
Hey guys,
There's been a little bit of talk about the Red Hot series of records over the last day or so. Which is a great coincidence because I happen to be working with Paul Heck (the guy behind much of Red Hot's output) to put together the next instalment, tentatively titled "Red Hot & Afrika!".
The concept behind the record may seem obvious to everyone, and it is obvious, but I'd very much appreciate some input at this very early stage because I know I'll have all of you to answer to if I f**k this up!
Here goes:
The goal behind this record is to pull African icons and their material into the limelight in a big way. Working off unconfirmed examples here, imagine...
Tinariwen & Tom Waits
or
Mahmoud Ahmed & Bjork
or
Abdullah Ibrahim & Lenny Kravitz
or
Issa Bagayogo & The White Stripes
These are just examples out of thin air, but you get the idea?
When I was first told the concept I did shudder at first - but then I thought - well why hasn't anything like this worked before? And I think the reason is that the artists paired together didn't really understand where the other one was coming from. And that's something that I'd really like to avoid here. I only want musicians that can express and interpret some empathy the with artist they're paired with. Also all the core material will be written by the African artists, but reinterpreted together with their counterpart.
So no Dido-N'dour debacles here!
I think that a record like this realy does go along way to help African music "virgins" to realise that there is so much great, funky and beautiful music coming out of Africa.
It may sound really cliched and sell-out to us, but sometimes you've got to bring the music to the people, y'know?
And so to the point ---- I'd like to hear all your thoughts about what shape this record should take. From the songs performed to the artists involved. This is a total blank canvas. In fact the organizational work doesn't begin until March 2006.
So there's plenty of time for us to throw some ideas around. And argue about what will work, and what won't.