Appropriate appropriation - Sophie Darling & Quinton Scott

Sophie Darling

Appropriate appropriation with musician/radio producer Sophie Darling & Strut Records CEO Quinton Scott on this A World in London!

Click here: https://www.mixcloud.com/SOASradio/awil-308-sophie-darling-and-quinton-scott/

AWIL producer, Sophie Darling, has just compiled a fantastic and innovative chapbook in conjunction with superlative artist Alban Low, titled ‘Darling’s Global Record Labels’. It’s an essential & beautifully illustrated guide to uber-cool labels like Habibi Funk, AnalogAfrica, Teranga Beat, Glitterbeat, and  Far Out Recordings, based on Sophie’s groundbreaking interviews & dissertation for her degree at SOAS. Catch the AWIL team roundtable discussion about crate-digging, vinyl revival, record-collecting, and the unprecedented success of independent labels that are propelling world grooves into the mainstream! Also on this AWIL, an exclusive sneak preview of the forthcoming Strut Records vintage compilation ‘Alefa Madagascar’, brought in by special guest Quinton Scott from Strut Records! Darling’s Global Record Labels chapbook is available from Sampson-Low publishers https://sampsonlow.co/2019/07/08/darlings-global-record-labels-sophie-darling/

Quinton Scott

Also on AWIL this week virtuoso violinist JooYeon Sir at Resonance FM - Listen here: https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/a-world-in-london-10th-july-2019/

Next week Hanitra at SOAS Radio and Samba Azul at Resonance FM.

10/7/19 - AWIL 308. #AWorldInLondon is podcast on #Itunes & #Mixcloud:   http://www.mixcloud.com/SOASradio/playlists/a-world-in-london/ A World In London – #thesoundofdiverselondon#connectingculturesthroughmusic - THIRTEEN YEARS! Live on Wednesdays, 4pm, from SOAS Radio: https://soasradio.org/  and AWIL at Resonance 104.4fm at 6.30pm, repeat Monday 8am, online, DAB & on Resonance Extra 5pm Wednesdays. https://www.resonancefm.com/  Production by #DJRitu, Norman Druker, Sophie Darling, Lucas Keen, and artist Alban Low. Join us on Twitter & Instagram @aworldinlondon @djritu1 http://www.djritu.com   https://www.facebook.com/DjRitu

Samaïa - Polyphonic Wanderlust

Luna Silva

Samaïa

Luna Silva

Noémie Nael

Eléonore Fourniau

A tryclone of unaccompanied voice with Samaïa on this A World in London! 

Click to listen: https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/a-world-in-london-1st-may-2019/

Eléonore Fourniau

Vivacious vocal trio Samaïa are in town for the London leg of their European tour. Their debut album is a rich powerhouse of women’s voices reinterpreting folk songs from across the globe, gilted with unique harmonies. On this AWIL they gifted us with treasures from Sweden, Turkey, and Bulgaria, and we learned about their unconventional warm up exercises that include massage and yoga! ‘We sing with our whole body’ explains Luna Silva, going on to describe the athletics of intertwining melodies through three voices. Samaïa weave a rich tapestry of polyphony, mostly accapela, but with minimal touches of percussion, that add to the primal feel of their songs. In fact they met at a Georgian polyphonic workshop, which hints at how extraordinary they are. Luna is the daughter of a Spanish clown and English actress, studied ethnomusicology at SOAS, plus Hindi, ukulele, and jaws harp. Noémie Nael comes from a theatre background. Eléonore Fourniau, studied in Istanbul, plays the saz, and is a queen of Anatolian ornamentation. The three might all have been raised in France but when it comes to music, possibly even The World Is Not Enough to contain their wanderlust! Samaia take their name from a Georgian dance performed by women which originated in the 12th century. Sample a glorious tricolour of harmony, magic, and shakti with the 21st century Samaïa now - three wonderful voices dancing in one superlative body of sound! 

Find out more here: https://www.facebook.com/SamaiaGroupe/ See Samaïa live across France in June & July, and back in the UK at Shambala Festival Aug 25th & Campfire Club Aug 30th!

Noémie Nael

1/5/19 – AWIL 208. Online: https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/a-world-in-london-1st-may-2019/ Production & pics by Norman Druker, Sophie Darling, Lucas Keen, artist Alban Low, and Jess Low. Also this week Nina Swann from Live Music Now at SOAS Radio, click: https://www.mixcloud.com/SOASradio/a-world-in-london-298-live-music-now/ Next week Janine Irons & Gary Crosby from Tomorrow’s Warriors at SOAS Radio and glam-pop singer Jason Kwan at Resonance. Download the AWIL Album Wonderland 2018 from #Spotify! Top 50 global CDs handpicked by #AWorldinLondon – Click here: https://open.spotify.com/user/34igi7n6p14p56303se0gtkyj/playlist/5hjexMuYohZ6d4zjuoGIfm?si=Gy0ckfI_QaWw4xqKQ-VGhw  #TheSoundofDiverseLondon #ConnectingCulturesThroughMusic – thirteen years - #DJRitu. Live on Wednesdays 6.30pm Resonance 104.4 https://www.resonancefm.com/ & 4pm SOAS Radio https://soasradio.org/  Online worldwide at #Mixcloud. Join us on Twitter & Instagram @aworldinlondon @djritu1 http://www.djritu.com  

Addictive TV - Orchestra of Samples

Mark Vidler

Addictive TV

Graham Daniels

Mark Vidler

Date: 30th May 2018

Venue: A World In London, Resonance FM, London, UK

Current album: Orchestra of Samples (2017)

Future: 2018

Jul 13 - Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis, Dorset, UK

Jul 23 - Milton Keynes International Festival VERY SPECIAL GUEST: Performing with Addictive TV for a special one-off show with be world-famous percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie.

Jul 27 - People's Production Lab, Preston, Lancashire, UK

Jul 28 - Storyhouse, Chester, Cheshire, UK

Sep 26 - The Junction, Cambridge , UK

Oct 04 - Constellations, Liverpool , UK

Oct 19 - Phoenix Arts Centre, Bordon, Hampshire, UK

Nov 17 - Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast, UK

Click to Listen: https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/a-world-in-london-30th-may-2018/

Fantastic music on DJ Ritu's #AWIL with audio visual sound scientists - Addictive TV, who played new tracks, as well as tracks from there album ‘Orchestra of Samples’. Graham Daniels and Mark Vidler spoke to Sophie Darling and Norman Druker in the Resonance 104.4fm studio about piecing together their 200+ puzzle of human musical samples.

Graham Daniels

Together they travel the world gathering global snippets from various improvisations, visiting countries, schools, villages, individuals to collect, cut up and re-connect various improvisations and musical clippings. The result: the Fantastic ‘#Orchestra Of Samples’ released last year, and now they’re touring with an all-out tech filled show.

Normally accompanied by multiple live musicians, and a large immersive video depicting the musicians playing their improvisations as they appear in the songs, the audio - VISUAL elements become imperative in their live performances, as you’re treated to the 5th element of the band: the screen, that clarifies what samples and instruments you hear in each piece.

They have just embarked upon an exciting UK tour, Addictive TV are continuously creating, collecting and producing new and exciting mash ups. If you go on their website: http://www.orchestraofsamples.com/ you can download a collection of the samples they have collected FOR FREE as part of a ‘remix’ initiative.

Be sure to catch them on their coming dates in: Poly Arts Centre, Capitol Theatre, Harwich Festival, Marine Theatre, Int’l Festival, Prod’n’lab, Storyhouse, Junction 12, Constellations, Pheonix Arts Centre, Cresent Arts Centre.

Special thanks to Norman Druker Sofia Gaetani Morris Alban Low Francoise Lamy Graham Daniels Mark Vidler DJ Ritu Resonance 104.4fm SOAS Radio

#addictivetv #OrchestraofSamples #awil #DJRitu #SOASRadio #SophieandNormanTakeover #SoundsLikeLondon

Son Yambu - A World in London

Alberto 'Muziquito' Savigne

Son Yambu
Dunia Correa - vocals

Frank Portuondo Ortiz - trés
Rene 'Menique' Savigne - percussion
Javier Fioramonti - bass
Toby Herschmann - percussion
Alberto 'Muziquito' Savigne - trumpet

Date: 11th April 2018

Venue: A World in London, Resonance FM, London, UK

Current album - La Maravilla (2012)

Rene 'Menique' Savigne

Future performance 2018

21st April: Etchingham Village Hall
26th April: Broadwell Green, Glos
5th May: Century Club, London
1st June: Jazz Cafe
2nd June: Devizes Carnival
9th June: Subscription Rooms, Stroud.
23rd June: The Stables, Milton Keynes
11th July: Lichfield Festival
12th July: Henley Festival
15th July: Hampstead Heath
10th August: Chilly Festival
2nd September: Norden Farm Arts Centre
22nd September: The Theatre, Chipping Norton

A World In London (AWIL) saw a Sophie Darling take-over, as DJ Ritu and the AWIL team are spread across the world.

Frank Portuondo Ortiz

A high energy performance from Afro-Cuban London based SON band: Son Yambu.
LISTEN HERE: https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/a-world-in-london-11th-april-2018/

Son Yambu play SON music: the fusion of Spanish and African rhythms that together, many years ago in the Oriente Province of Cuba, came together to form the very bread and butter of the world’s latin music scene today. It is the predecessor to salsa, to rhumba, to latina… we are speaking about … son Cubano! (of course!).

Dunia Correa

Created in the depths of Eastern Cuba in the mid-19th century, son music arose from the thousands of African slaves who were forced to work in the sugar cane fields in Cuba. Here they continued their African musical traditions, playing their rhythms in their communities, and fusing it with the hispanics who were also enslaved on the island. From this melting pot of cultures and rhythms sprung the birth of son. Then came the explosion of this characteristically Cuban music, followed later by the Buena Vista Social Club popularising Cuban music, placing it on the “world-music” map and into the spotlight. It’s an influential music which has hit every part of the globe.

Javier Fioramonti

On this AWIL we have London’s finest son band accompanying us in the Resonance studio. Toby playing Timbales and cowbells, the Savinge cousins on congas and trumpet, Frank on tres, Javier on bass and Dunia on vocals and güiro were all packed into the resonance studio. We on AWIL were treated to some new tracks from their up-coming, as yet, untitled album.

Toby Herschmann

Son Yambu formed in 2011 with the debut album ‘La Maravilla’ which was released in 2012. After this they toured profusely playing all manner of festivals and concerts throughout the world, and a short seven years after their inception, they returned to London to record their second album. On AWIL Son Yambu talk us through the structural and historical elements to the infamous SON genre. They tell us about playing concerts in our capital city of London and of the Latin and Cuban communities of which they find themselves a part. From the bomba to the timba, the rhumba to the son, we explore a musical madness that’s infectiously happy….and irresistibly danceable.