Radio Contrabanda: Entrevista

Hoy haré una entrevista con el gran connoisseur y melómano Antonio Narváez en su programa Bona Tarda Noctámbulos en la emisora Radio Contrabanda.
La programa se emite de 1600 a 1800, pero si no te va bien esta hora, lo puedes bajar como podcast. Aquí tienes el feed:
http://nosolojazz.contrabanda.org/?feed=rss2

Shark a Barcelona y Terrassa

¡Aprovecha la ocasión! Ven a oir la banda en directo:

28/5/09 2100hrs Shark al club Robadors 23 (carrer Robadors, 23 al Raval)

05/06/09 2300hrs Shark a la Jazz Cava de Terrassa (Ptge. Tete Montoliu s/n - 08221 - TERRASSA)

Con: Martí Serra, Guim Garcia Balasch, Giulia Valle, Ramon Rabinad

Make the most of a rare and precious thing! See and hear Shark live.

Another review for Shark

…an interestingly different project which turns on the axis of jazz and funk, combining in a surprisingly natural way an exquisite lyricism with energised pure rhythm. On the one hand, beautiful arrangements and arresting melodies. On the other, deep funk, drawing you closer to contemporary club culture. Daringly personal, (and) completely accessible.
Santiago Tadeo Cervera, acidjazzhispano.com

Dos nuevas críticas para Shark

Este verano pasado oí una banda fabulosa a Platja d’Aro. Estaba entusiasmado con este sonido vital y crujiente, que por cierto, reproducen perfectamente en su nuevo cd. Nunca he oído nada parecido…Shark te agarran y no te sueltan. Sus ritmos tan secos son hipnóticos, te obligan a mover el cuerpo. Compruébelo ustedes mismos – no se arrepentirán.
Thomas Gallion

…un proyecto con identidad propia…El jazz y el funk son los principales ejes,… combinando, con inusitada naturalidad, un exquisito lirismo con los más vitamínicos pasajes de puro ritmo. Por una parte, propone intensas exploraciones del jazz en su vertiente más melódica, con unos arreglos bellísimos. Por otra, nos sumerge en el funk…e, incluso, nos acerca a los ritmos de la música de club contemporánea, …Atrevida y personal, (y) del todo accesible.
Santiago Tadeo Cervera, acidjazzhispano.com

As one satisfied customer said...

Thanks to Thomas Gallion for the review he left on the CD Baby webpage:

I've heard this fantastic jazz band live on stage at the beach of Platja d'Aro in Spain in summer 2008 and I was absolutely enthusiastic about that lively and crunchy sound which - by the way - is reproduced on CD in facsimile.
Never heard such a rousing and funky jazz band before and so I'm was happy to get this CD from CD-Baby-Nice-Guys-and-Gals. Thanks a lot !
But back to the band. Shark seize you and never lets you go. These mesmerizing drum beats - dry as a bone - force you to move your body. Check it out for yourselves, you' ll not regret.

Pandillero's First Single: Peineta

Peineta is the first single from the new Manero blockbuster, Pandilleros and refers to a street gang that are gradually taking over the hi-rise housing estates that line up along Barcelona's ring road, breaking up the communities and reeking havoc.

Ray, one of the brothers central to the Pandilleros' story line, after seeing that he has no other options, ends up joining the gang in a desperate attempt to get ahead. Soon he will become the right-hand man of the gang's degenerate leader, the merciless Cucamonga

Spanish Funk Goes One Step Beyond

La Fundación Tony Manero, Spain's leading reference in funk has just brought out PANDILLEROS. This is a sound track for the best action thriller you've never seen. Never? Well, yes. The film doesn't exist. But the sound track most definately does. This is the story of two brothers in a Barcelona sink estate, who get tangled up with the gang violence that riddled Spanish society in the late 70's. Dialogues included in the music and a comic which come with the cd keep you up with events as they unfold in the music. The band are currently working on a simulation of the story in a tour of Spanish theatres, later this year...