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Modern Dance 2:56, 3:05, . . . 4:38 , 1:03 - Great strength and control, beautiful shots .
From the ballet movie " Amelia " . Music by Marco Aldendorff.
La La La Human Steps is a leading Québécois contemporary dance group in Canada, known for its energetic, acrobatic style that often involves fast-paced and athletic physical contact. Its signature move is the barrel jump, which is like a horizontal pirouette in the air.
The troupe has collaborated with rock musicians, including David Bowie, Frank Zappa, Skinny Puppy, Einstürzende Neubauten and Carole Laure. It was formed in 1980 by Édouard Lock under the name Lock-Danseurs and showcased for many years Louise Lecavalier. The group appears regularly in its hometown of Montreal, Quebec and all over the world. ( Wikepedia )
Reblogged from " Acedia ".
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Medeski, Martin & Wood -- "Junkyard"
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Jazz / Electronica / Experimental
Loyal Earth Festival : April 2009, upload by turtlepace72
Medeski Martin & Wood (or MMW) is an American jazz trio formed in 1991, consisting of John Medeski on keyboards and piano, Billy Martin on drums and percussion, and Chris Wood on double bass and bass guitar.
The band draws on influences from a number of musical traditions, from funk to Hip Hop, and is known for an unconventional style sometimes described as "avant-groove".
Billy Martin on Improvisation - In The Band.Tv
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Jazz / Electronica / Experimental
Loyal Earth Festival : April 2009, upload by turtlepace72
Medeski Martin & Wood (or MMW) is an American jazz trio formed in 1991, consisting of John Medeski on keyboards and piano, Billy Martin on drums and percussion, and Chris Wood on double bass and bass guitar.
The band draws on influences from a number of musical traditions, from funk to Hip Hop, and is known for an unconventional style sometimes described as "avant-groove".
Medeski Martin & Wood's live performances are renowned for their exploratory nature. Their concerts usually involve extended improvisations, which may be both arrhythmic and atonal , an aspect of their musicianship that is rarely documented in the studio. They occasionally tour using only acoustic instruments, reverting back to the instrumentation that they began their career with. Their album " Tonic " is an example of these more contemporary acoustic performances. They have also done short tours of entirely improvisatory performances. These shows usually consisted of two sets of improvisation, followed by an encore of a song from an album.
Their song "End of the World Party" was featured on the show " Grey's Anatomy " and can be found on the show's soundtrack.
Billy Martin on Improvisation - In The Band.Tv
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Oumou Sangare Live in Berlin - " Seya"
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Mali:
Oumou Sangare live at House of Worldcultures (Berlin ) : "Seya" . . . 3:39 Dance to djembe . Look for the backup singer -- on the right . Upload by madakous Sept. 2009.
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Mali:
Oumou Sangare live at House of Worldcultures (Berlin ) : "Seya" . . . 3:39 Dance to djembe . Look for the backup singer -- on the right . Upload by madakous Sept. 2009.
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Flook : " Wrong Foot Forward "
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Irish Folk/ acoustic
Flook is an Anglo-Irish band playing traditional-style instrumental music, although much is penned by the band themselves. Their music is typified by extremely fast, sometimes percussive, flute and whistle atop complex guitar and bodhrán rhythms. The band was formed in 1995, originally by Becky Morris, with three flute-playing friends Sarah Allen, Brian Finnegan and Michael McGoldrick, (who left in 1997 to join Capercaillie). The band was briefly known as Three Nations Flutes. Disbanded 2008.
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Irish Folk/ acoustic
Flook is an Anglo-Irish band playing traditional-style instrumental music, although much is penned by the band themselves. Their music is typified by extremely fast, sometimes percussive, flute and whistle atop complex guitar and bodhrán rhythms. The band was formed in 1995, originally by Becky Morris, with three flute-playing friends Sarah Allen, Brian Finnegan and Michael McGoldrick, (who left in 1997 to join Capercaillie). The band was briefly known as Three Nations Flutes. Disbanded 2008.
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Ze Manel Fortes - "Afrika Unite"
Audio Track - Afro-beat / Jazz / Acoustic : Guinea -Bissau ( former Portuguese colony )
In 1982, Z.. released his first solo album "Tustumunhos di Aonti" (Yesterday's Testimony), which sounded the alarm over the formation of a new repressive ruling class in Guinea-Bissau. The album was a national event (people in Guinea-Bissau today still sing the songs ), but the political environment was heating up and Manel's fans were concerned for his safety. Manel fled Guinea-Bissau. This self-exile took him to Portugal, France and, finally, the United States.
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The Cat And The Moon: Animation
It tells the story of a cat with an impossible dream: he's in love with the moon. For years he tries to reach her, to no avail. Then he sets up house, hoping she'll agree to move in, but she won't. Finally he just waits every night for her to show up in the sky. Will he get his wish?
. . . This is a tale about someone who tried to make the dream come true. This is the hopeless love ,IMPOSSIBLE sensation ,it's The tale about the cat and the moon. ( uploaded by fatcat74 )
A 1995 short animation by Portuguese artist Pedro Serrazina.
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Photojournalism: Jonas Bendiksen : "The Place We Live "
Photojournalism/Soundscapes/Narration
Multimedia exhibition about life as a slum dweller :
- Venezuela: Caracas.
- Kenya : Kibera, Nairobi.
- India: Dharavi, Mumbai
- Indonesia : Jakarta.
Life size images and audio segments in the exhibition help create the experience of a personal encounter with the slum dwellers. Each slum is represented by one room, where four walls are built out of rear projection canvas. Each room contains a cycle displaying five households. For each one, a sound recording containing statements from the inhabitants is showered down from the overhead speakers. Between each display of a household, images and soundscapes of the environment surrounding the visitor.
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Marcus Miller : " The Panther "
Modern Jazz / Bass Guitar: solo 02:38
. . . " I love how Marcus can not only lay down a bassline and solo at the same time, but he also provides a fantastic amount of percussion throughout the song. Thats one thing that will always define him (and the rest of amazing bass players) from being just good. Man he's a beast on the bass." ( a comment from Marcus' fan ).
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Bobby Mcferrin improvisation with Richard Bona
Highlights: 06:38
RICHARD BONA : Electric bass guitar player, from Cameroon , bases in New York. –Newsweek "Imagine an artist with Jaco Pastorious's virtuosity, George Benson's vocal fluidity, Joao Gilberto's sense of song and harmony, all mixed up with African culture. . . . His flowing style blends a horde of influences, including jazz, bossa nova, pop, afro-beat, traditional song and funk. This unique combination has given Bona’s music a new dimension, one that is unexplored yet genuinely universal. As Bona puts it, “I play the bass, but I am not just a jazz bass player.” Bona’s fans around the world have their own moniker derived from his unique style, referring to him as “The African ‘Sting.’ ”
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