ELECTRIC BARBARIAN
Mmm. I thought I knew a little bit about hiphop, about jazz, about that big mistake many rappers make thinking that hiphop could be something like bebop, while
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Variations of Hope Variations of Hope
Play in the Dark feat. Omni Play in the Dark feat. Omni
Left or Right Left or Right
Baby Cry Baby Cry
Track from upcoming NEW CD by Electric Barbarian. Due: October 2006 check: www.electricbarian.com
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"MINIROCK from the SUN" (EXCO / EB 0406)
Second Future Jazz / Turntablism album by ELECTRIC BARBARIAN. BART MARIS on trumpet, GRAZZHOPPA on turntables, HARRY ARLING on drums and FLORIS VERMEULEN on electric bass.
Ten tracks coming straight to you, like a piece of the sun! The Low-lands collaborating with the top of the bill from the US. The album features special appearances by New York saxophone player ANDY LASTER, OMNI (L.A. based BLX-crew), KAIN the Poet, DJ’s KYPSKI and LAMONT and feedback specialist PETER v/d HEIDE (Whipster) on guitar.
Brazilian poet Luanda Casella performs on three tracks and will be touring with Electric Barbarian in 2007.
The artwork contains a specially designed cartoon by famous New York Graffiti artist QUIK supporting the track “Shuffle-O-Five”.
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I figured the guys from Electric Barbarian would give me a decent roadmap to guide me to the essential crossroads of their music, so I could write some real impressive liner notes about the scales and patterns these freaks use for their music. But they just gave me the record. Oh, yeah, there were some funny smiles too.
Mmm. I thought I knew a little bit about hiphop, about jazz, about that big mistake many rappers make thinking that hiphop could be something like bebop, while in fact the only chance hiphop ever had of sounding anything like jazz was at some fine New York Underground Moments Of Cool. But then what the fuck were these Barbarians up to? O, don’t get me wrong: I recognised some stuff. The instruments, a few scary beats, a legendary voice rhyming about things to come, but that was it.
Okay. I do know a few things about ‘jazzy hiphop’. And it’s dead. Even in New York loosing your cool is the hip thing to do in the underground.
Yes, yes, hold your horses. This is all just a temporary congestion in the majestic evolution of beats & rhymes, but while you’re all watching your favourite dj’s giving up soul for soundeffects I took a chance and sank into something smooth.
Cause these Electric Barbarians sound smooth. Cool and calm like gangsters in a black & white movie (You don’t wanna fuck with that cliché. No really. You don’t.), warm like a bathtub full of freshly poured blood, and hot at the same time. Hot as a shot of bourbon on an empty stomach? No. I’m sorry. I’ve got to stay honest about this stuff. Hot as that 16 year old booty that lives across town, that piece of ass you know you cannot touch, so all you can do is spill your horny notes. On a sidewalk perhaps, wearing a hat, while it’s raining. When all of a sudden someone or something joins in, whispering.
You ever been whispered to in a dark alley by a thing that might have been a monster, but could have been an angry god too, disguised as the wino from hell? Did it make you wonder about the company you’re keeping? I mean: what were you doing in that alley in the first place, huh? Looking for some barbarian entertainment? And don’t these whispers haunt you like your biggest childhood nightmare?
Heh. Wanna know how they sound on music? O, come on, you know you do. No, there’s no comforting explanation for these whispers. I would be lying now, wouldn’t I, if I’d call them ‘urban’ or ‘jazz’ or ‘hiphop’ or ‘fusion’. And you want the truth. The truth and the scare. Well, all right then. I cannot put my finger on this stuff. I cannot classify this music. It’s your problem now. Deal with it!
February 2004 by Nanne TepperBand/artist history
www.electricbarbarian.comHave you performed in front of an audience?05/12/2007 Plus Etage - Baarle Nassau (NL)
04/15/2007 Grand Theatre - Groningen (NL)
04/08/2007 SJU - Utrecht (NL)
06/30/2006 Future Music Festival Island Muhu (Est)
06/28/2006 47th Int. Jazz Festival - Ljubljana (Sl)
06/08/2006 Brakke Grond 25years Amsterdam (Nl)
05/12/2006 La Labbra Nude Festival Rome (I) live broadcast Rai Radio 3
Belgium Tour 2006
01/28/2006 CC Poorthuis Peer
01/27/2006 Rataplan Antwerpen
01/26/2006 CC de Meent Alsemberg
01/25/2006 Vooruit Gent
01/19/2006 Kortrijkse Schouwburg Kortrijk
01/18/2006 CC Strombeek Strombeek-Bever
01/14/2006 CC Middelkerke - Middelkerke
01/13/2006 De Werf Brugge
01/12/2006 Foyer de Spiegel Sint-Niklaas
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CHARLES MINGUSAnything else?
CD "Minirock from the Sun" available
http://www.electricbarbarian.com
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I listened to your track "Baby Cry"...very different, you have a unique sound goin on and i like it....keep up the good work and let your mind go free...I voted this song HOT to help you out in the charts...let us know when you have new material...I would like for you to listen to my song "If You Could" sometime when you get the chance...thanks and much respect
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"Track from upcoming NEW CD by Electric Barbarian. Due: October 2006 check: www.electricbarian.com "
oy jongens, wat is het laatste nieuws?
dug baby cry, nubian and massive 2000. miles davis kinda trumpet thing was cool.
--stockwrock
nu ook npco hiero
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