News Update:
After earning a reputation for blowing out American sound systems during his
September tour opening for Telefon Tel Aviv, T.Raumschmiere's "Anti"
full-length has finally arrived. The release marks Marco Haas' (aka
T.Raumschmiere) official US and Hefty debut. Based in Berlin, Haas has
released music on Cologne¹s well-respected Kompakt label, as
well as Sender and his own critically acclaimed label, Shitkatapult, (which
he co-founded). He was also featured on Hefty's "Immediate Action" 2xCD and
Slicker's "FrustRache" EP.
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Telefon Tel Aviv is back home from touring and are currently hunkered down
in
their Chicago studio, where they've begun work on their highly anticipated
2003
full-length release for Hefty. Expect to see their 12"/CD EP contribution to
the Immediate Action series (Red) before year's end. In keeping with the
"immediate" theme, no release date has been set. As soon as we have it,
you'll have it. It features "Sound in a Dark Room", (a vocal track debuted
during the recent tour), two remixes from "Fahrenheit Fair Enough" by
Slicker
and Prefuse 73, and an unreleased track pulled from the original demo sent
to Hefty. The art for the EP was illustrated by Broken Wrist Project
member,
Kevin Christy, and laid out by Graphic Havoc. A previews of the artwork can
be found in the news section of the Hefty site.
Dan Boadi's "Money is the Root of Evil" 12"/CD EP from Aestuarium Recordings
is now available. Boadi's music drips with sweat,
swinging
with a tight, static Afro-Beat/disco/funk-fused propulsion. With four
decades of recording, writing, and performing behind him, Dan Boadi has
become a fixture in contemporary world music. He first rose to
prominence in the mid-70s, topping the national charts of his native Ghana
with an LP titled, Abrabo, which, according to the liner notes, "sold like
apples". Riding this regional success, Boadi decided, with a little coaxing
from his entrepreneurial friend Robert Minta, to try his luck in the United
States. In 1978, he and Minta released "Money is the Root of Evil" in a
limited run of 500 copies. Finally reissued, it truly deserves to be heard!
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Thanks to all those who came out to see Telefon Tel Aviv, T.Raumschmiere,
and
Dabrye (Eastern Developments) during their recent tour. It was a huge
success!