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Mondomix 2010 top 20
22/12/2010
As the year comes to an end, we reflect on our favourite reviews, videos, interviews and reports. Check out the Mondomix 2010 highlights:
REVIEW PICKS:
Angola Soundtrack - The Unique Sound of Luanda 1968-1975
On the brink of independence and a protracted civil war, Luanda’s musicians were creating an extraordinarily rich music scene…
Tumi And The Volume - Pick A Dream
Turn up the volume! Johannesburg’s TATV deliver world-class political hip hop with poetic power.
Oi! A Nova Musica Brasileira! - Underground Brazil
With 40 tracks by underground artists from across Brazil Oi! is a stunning collection of under-exposed sounds. Open your ears to calypso-marchinha, punk-forró and fuzz-carimbó…
Chucho Valdés - Chucho’s Steps
Chucho’s Steps is Cuban pianist Chucho Valdés’ tribute to John Coltrane, and to jazz, the sound he calls “freedom, made into music”.
Fancy a psychedelic road trip to Patagonia with Gruff Rhys? We review his film Separado!
Jerry Dammers and the Spatial AKA Orchestra - Live review
The band, all dressed in robes and masks, create their own otherworldly atmosphere, a kind of energetic force field...
Exit Through The Gift Shop - A Banksy Film
Film debut by the world’s most famous graffiti artist: shot on the run in the streets of LA, Exit Through The Gift Shop has all the wit and humour of a Banksy classic.
VIDEO PICKS:
Systema Solar fuse Afro-Colombian rhythms with sound-system culture. Watch the video for Bienvenidos.
First Aid Kit - I Met Up With The King
Swedish sisters First Aid Kit release their debut album. Watch the video for I Met Up With The King.
Meet Me At The River - Spirits of South Afreeca
Elsa Dahmani’s documentary film shot at Rio Loco Festival in Toulouse – dedicated to South Africa and featuring Thandiswa Mazwai, Hugh Masekela, Blk Jks and many more.
INTERVIEW PICKS:
Globalist pop star, chic rebel, political activist. We meet up with Maya Arulpragasam, better known as M.I.A. as she releases her new album.
Searching for roots, finding the future: Kinshasa Succursale is Baloji’s stunning Congolese reinterpretation of his first album, a gift to the mother he had not seen for 25 years.
Kanaval is Leah Gordon’s new book of extraordinary photographs of Haiti’s Jacmel carnival. Crucially, it also contains oral testimonies revealing the narratives behind the masks.
Mariachi El Bronx - Hardcore x folklore
When Los Angeles punk band The Bronx recorded a traditional mariachi album they were just being themselves. Guitarist Joby J. Ford explains.
No One Knows About Persian Cats - The Tehran Underground
Award winning Kurdish-Iranian director Bahman Ghobadi tells us about his new film, shot illegally, about the underground music scene in Tehran.
REPORT PICKS:
Ye Fre Mi Richy Pitch - Ghana Gold
UK producer Richy Pitch digs deep in Accra on a collaborative album cooking up the future sound of Ghana with Wanlov, M3NSA, M.anifest and many more.
City sounds: Lima - Chicha boom
The intoxicating sound of chicha has dominated urban popular culture in Peru since the 1960s. Olivier Conan reports from Lima.
Sweet Reggae Music - JA roundup
Paul Bradshaw reflects on the glowing embers of resistance in reggae music and fans the flames of some blazing new releases.
Ugandan dancehall created its own Ghetto Republic of Uganja while the actual president has inadvertently had a rap hit. Harry Johnstone reports from Kampala.
Ayobaness! The Sound of South African House
The biggest sound in South Africa right now is house. Andy Thomas reports.
What were your cultural highlights of 2010? We’d love to know your favourites - send us your comments!
22/12/2010
2010 HIGHLIGHTS REVIEWS INTERVIEWS VIDEOS REPORTS
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// ALSO
- Womad 28–31 July 2011
- Dj Floro - Chart
- Television
- WOMAD 2010
- Womad 2011
- 2011 Cannes Film Festival
- Darbar Festival 2010, Darbar Festival 2010
- City Sounds : Bogotá, City Sounds: Bogotá
- Froots Awards 2008, fRoots 2008
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