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it's great work. very playful in its way. from what i understand the Atlas Group is essentially Walid Raad's solo project. Bidoun magazine did a piece on him recently, and I think the NYTimes or somewhere had a blurb as well, several months ago.

Dubai is a very interesting place. i played there. the island/achipelago is ultra-luxury resort, it basically offers very rich people the chance to own their own little island. i´m pretty sure they´ve already given away bungalows free to people like the Beckhams. ´Dubai Internet City´ is...

Late 2003 The Economist ran a great article on Congolese music, with plenty of historical context. online: http://www.economist.com/world/africa/displayStory.cfm?story_id=2281725 many sharp details. like: "During the past five years of war, Congo's economy has collapsed, and the recording...

I agree with Redcrescent: Hillbilly Tape Music is a stunning, gorgeous piece of music. really quite special, especially the first 5 tunes, starting with 'Violin Strobe'. My only complaint is that the best songs are too short ...

The Ex recently toured France with Konono, and I'm pretty sure they covered a Konono tune on their last album. I have a few CDs and the stuff is nice; it's basically badly amplified Congolese thumb piano music. Congotronics is a bit of a misnomer, implying electronic instrumentation or some...

Yes. and not exactly. We were discussing it a lot last year. At the end it was sort of like -- they were really busy but also supportive of me figuring out the tracks & writing new liner notes & whatnot for a (euro?) re-release on my label soot, or split release or whatever,-- Alan was...

I know the Sublime Frequencies folks, and they mean well basically, but -- for example-- on the RADIO MOROCCO CD, they use the image of a friend of mine on the cover without his knowlege or consent, in lurid photoshopped colors to boot (Maalem Mahmoud Gania, one of the country's eminent gnawa...