This book is a collaborative project put together by anthropologists, journalists, designers, illustrators, poets, musicologists, and photographers to capture the essence of the Boom Festival. The Boom Book includes essays, interviews, visionary art by Alex Grey, Robert Venosa or Android, and innovative texts about psy-trance. It is a cultural record of striking importance, capturing the beauty of Boom and also the role of subcultures in a modern world.
visit http://www.boomfestival.org/boombook/ for information about the Boom Book, or http://www.boomfestival.org/ for details about the festival.
the 2008 Boom Festival will be held from 11-18th August. you can virtually visit the Boom Festival location in google earth. ]]>
This book is a collaborative project put together by anthropologists, journalists, designers, illustrators, poets, musicologists, and photographers to capture the essence of the Boom Festival. The Boom Book includes essays, interviews, visionary art by Alex Grey, Robert Venosa or Android, and innovative texts about psy-trance. It is a cultural record of striking importance, capturing the beauty of Boom and also the role of subcultures in a modern world.
visit http://www.boomfestival.org/boombook/ for information about the Boom Book, or http://www.boomfestival.org/ for details about the festival.
the 2008 Boom Festival will be held from 11-18th August. you can virtually visit the Boom Festival location in google earth.
Olam Qatan is a spiritual books and world music store in Emek Refaim St, Jerusalem, Israel. I spoke briefly with it's owner Ya'qub ibn Yusuf, who explained some of the music and books available in his store. Sounds like there's a fusion of East meets West happening in Israel and Turkey, which is really interesting to hear. It's great to speak with Independant store owners - their passion for music & books is contagious and it's great to discover new sounds and genres.
If you can't make it personally to the store, take a look at their website, http://olamqatan.com/. From September (2007) the music will be available to preview online. The Articles and About Us sections are of particular interest as they explain more about the store and it's history. They used to run classes after hours, at the "Olam Qatan School" at the store, where people could hear lectures, attend workshops and listen to concert performances. Now the store is branching out to publishing books and spreading the word of the local music releases and performers. So if you're not familiar with Israeli, Turkish and Middle Eastern sounds, check them out.
The videos below are of Ya'qub ibn Yusuf, the store owner, explaining the music & books that can be found in the store. He also gives a brief summary of independent music in the region today which is interesting to hear. And he gives plenty of recommendations if you're looking for some sounds to listen to or books to read.
There are 3 videos discussing music and some of the music releases, and one discussing the books.
(I had to lower the video quality slightly to make the file sizes more managable so apologies for the quality of the video. I have higher res versions)
You can find out more about these books & music albums by visiting the Olam Qatan website or emailing info@olamqatan.com
video part 1 : music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPc_RyRjw0w
video part 2 : music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5hkF6BtnJ8
video part 3 : music
http://youtube.com/watch?v=CG3m5GS4Wrc
video part 4 : books
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jffklfWlL-4 ]]>
Olam Qatan is a spiritual books and world music store in Emek Refaim St, Jerusalem, Israel. I spoke briefly with it's owner Ya'qub ibn Yusuf, who explained some of the music and books available in his store. Sounds like there's a fusion of East meets West happening in Israel and Turkey, which is really interesting to hear. It's great to speak with Independant store owners - their passion for music & books is contagious and it's great to discover new sounds and genres.
If you can't make it personally to the store, take a look at their website, http://olamqatan.com/. From September (2007) the music will be available to preview online. The Articles and About Us sections are of particular interest as they explain more about the store and it's history. They used to run classes after hours, at the "Olam Qatan School" at the store, where people could hear lectures, attend workshops and listen to concert performances. Now the store is branching out to publishing books and spreading the word of the local music releases and performers. So if you're not familiar with Israeli, Turkish and Middle Eastern sounds, check them out.
The videos below are of Ya'qub ibn Yusuf, the store owner, explaining the music & books that can be found in the store. He also gives a brief summary of independent music in the region today which is interesting to hear. And he gives plenty of recommendations if you're looking for some sounds to listen to or books to read.
There are 3 videos discussing music and some of the music releases, and one discussing the books.
(I had to lower the video quality slightly to make the file sizes more managable so apologies for the quality of the video. I have higher res versions)
You can find out more about these books & music albums by visiting the Olam Qatan website or emailing info@olamqatan.com
video part 1 : music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPc_RyRjw0w
video part 2 : music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5hkF6BtnJ8
video part 3 : music
http://youtube.com/watch?v=CG3m5GS4Wrc
video part 4 : books
]]>nearby music store Music House (mostly classical & jazz, but a smaller
section on other styles) in Jerusalem ]]>
nearby music store Music House (mostly classical & jazz, but a smaller
section on other styles) in Jerusalem
dj Markey Funk
Agitpop Records
http://www.agitpoprecords.com
- I bought his "Beats!!! AMN Manifesto Sound! Vol 1" cd
Beats from AMS Manifesto shows 2003-2004
nice collection of beats. sort of ninja tune / turntablism style if
you're into that. he has some other radio shows recorded & available
for download on the site @
http://agitpoprecords.com/go_ask_alice/index.html. just downloading
now to take a listen.
his myspace page is http://myspace.com/markeyfunk - songs there also & info
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The Apples
- funk / jazz / beats
http://www.theapplesmusic.com/
http://myspace.com/theapplesmusic
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Radio Trip
http://www.myspace.com/radiotrip
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follow some of the myspace friends links there's probably more like this
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The Voice of Peace radio station
my friend from work told me about the Voice of Peace pirate radio
station which was broadcast from a ship which sailed just outside
Israeli borders during 70s-90s. it was a non-profit station and didn't
have ads but had peace messages / jingles. there's a double cd with
some of the jingles and songs from the station. it was really popular
with the youth at the time - some stats say 40% of the population
tuned in, and it reached other countries over certain periods when
they ran off dual transmitters/higher power transmission. my friend
was working/living on a kibbutz at the time and remembers hearing this
station all the time and he has very fond memories of it. he can still
say all the jingles - must have heard them all a thousand times! it
was run by Abie Nathan who has a really interesting history also
including illegally flying over the boarder to present peace messages
to the political leaders. the station had support from around the
world - the djs were mostly British djs.
there's a film about the station called "Abe Nathan – As The Sun Sets"
by Eytan Harris - I haven't seen this but I think it'd be really
interesting
http://www.offshore-radio.de/VOP.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_of_peace
http://www.israelradio.org/history/history.html
http://www.abie-nathan.com/about-en.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abie_Nathan
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=323074&contrassID=...
(a story mentioning they were going to start the station up again)
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ambient music:
Morphlexis
AMB works vol 1 - A Music for Art, Dreams & Fine Hearts
http://myspace.com/morphlexis
Music House Records
- nice lo fi ambient / sound art release
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world music:
Idan Raichel
http://www.idanraichelproject.com/en/index.php
http://www.myspace.com/theidanraichelproject
Mima'amakim - Out of The Depths is the album I bought but he has a new
one out also
- world music, ethiopian influence
Sahara Lounge
"entrancing fusions of middle eastern melodies and rhythms with cutting edge electronica and remixes"
www.putumayo.org
- I think I have others in this series, the Indian one. I think it's in storage in the UK somewhere so I'll find out when I get back.
Hammam Cafe
"the finest oriental lounge"
www.helicon.co.il