Music for the Revolution

Monday June 10, 2002 00:01

by Emcee Lynx

'The goal of the revolutionary is to make revolution irrisistable....'

Bay-Area Celtic Hip Hop artist Emcee Lynx has gained global recognition in the last two years for his militant revolutionary lyrics and his groundbreaking production. His second album, Soundtrack for Insurrection Volume Two is currently being distributed for free via his website (http://circlealpha.com) as a protest against the comodification of music and culture.

On May 20th 2002 Bay-Area anarchist Hip Hop musician Emcee Lynx released his second album of all-original music online, free to download off his website. New songs disect the war on terrorism, patriarchy, class and race systems, and a wide range of other topics from a left-autonomist perspective.

The album is called Soundtrack for Insurrection Volume Two, and it marks a major turning point for not only the artist, but for the conscious hip hop scene as a whole. For far too long many artists have claimed to be "conscious," but failed to actually say much of anything at all with their lyrics - and quite frequently found themselves mired in their own sexism and homophobia. (Common, for instance is a well-known "conscious" underground hip hop artist in the States who is notorious for his homophobia)
Lynx tackles the internal hypocrisies of the Hip-Hop scene, the various radical scenes, and the corporate-fascist state with an incredible energy and finesse. The flows are some of the smoothest around and the instrumental work is dramatically different from the accepted 'norm.' Instead of the pounding drums and huge bass-hits that are common for so much of Hip Hop today, listeners will hear music based on melody as much as rhythm. Stylistically this is a turning point for Lynx as an artist, Soundtrack Volume 1 was filled with hard industrial-based beats and lyrics full of rage. The rage is still there on volume two, but there's hope as well - taken together the two albums express the dichotomies of love and rage that drive our efforts for liberation.

Standout tracks include:
- "Microphonin'" - where he tackles the conections between patriarchy, anorexia, the GATT, and homelessness.
-"Truth is the Power" - which tackles indoctrination in the public school systems, organized religion, and government surveilance and repression of activists.
- "You Are" - which is dedicated to the memory of Revolutionary Womyn like Emma Goldman and Lucy Parsons and speaks directly to the sexism and patriarchy that exist in even the most "radical" circles.
and
- Cold Dreams - about the abuse of the homeless in San Francisco and other major urban centers.

All tracks are free to download and distribute in MP3 and Real Audio formats. Soundtrack Volume one was released in Prague as a Benefit for the Anarchist Black Cross Federation there, and organizations interested in printing and selling either album as a fundraiser for their work are encouraged to contact the artist.

The url for lyrics and for links to places to download both albums is http://circlealpha.com/soundtrack.html

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Another commercial

by Carlos

Mon Jun 10, 2002 00:09

When Cristina Branco sings, she makes the pleasures of heartbreak and the aching beauty of desperation seem like something to long for. Her smooth alto has a timeless, haunted quality, marked by a vibrato that sounds like it's stifling a torrent of grief. Her emotive reading of fado classics has brought new life to the genre, a ballad form often called the Portuguese blues. Fado, like the blues, was born when African workers in Portugal adapted the guitar to their own music. The term probably comes from the Portuguese fadiado--"tired"--because this mournful, minor-key music was usually heard in the ghetto after sundown. When Europeans adopted fado they added elaborate lyrics to a style already full of unfulfilled passion. Branco's yearning vocals here are complemented by the melancholic work of guitarists Alexandre Silva and Custódio Castelo, who add unbearable tension to songs already dripping with overwrought emotion

Oh,Nuno

Mon Jun 10, 2002 00:15

Ala Dos Namorados - One of the most innovative groups of Portuguese music. Its repertoire includes different styles, ranging from rhythms from Cape Verde and reminiscences of medieval singers to music-hall with taste and jazz, although its music is born from the melancholy of fado and from the urban traditional Portuguese folk songs, a mixture of troubadour songs, and contemporary music.

One of the most striking aspects of the band is the unbelievable melancholic voice of singer Nuno Guerreiro, who many would mistake for a feminine voice. It goes beyond the sounds of a tenor into the range of a contralto.
Ala Dos Namorados are:

Joao Gil, acoustic guitar and vocals

Manuel Paulo, piano, accordion and vocals

Nuno Guerreiro, lead vocals

Accompanying musicians:

José (Zé) Antonio Santos, clarinet

Zé Nabo, acoustic bass

André Rocha, percussion.

Discography:

Ala Dos Namorados (EMI-Valentim de Carvalho, 1994)

Por Minha Dama (EMI-Valentim de Carvalho, 1995)

Alma (EMI-Valentim de Carvalho, 1996)

Solta-se o Beijo (EMI-Valentim de Carvalho, 1999)

Cristal (EMI-Valentim de Carvalho, 2000)

Fado

Mon Jun 10, 2002 00:20

Caravan Music Search Results

Rating : E = essential ,G = good buys, N = new, R = recommended New Search Titles Underlined in Blue link to CD Cover Liner Notes, and Sound Sample.

Rating Artist Title:Description Country Style Year Price ($US) Format

ALA DOS NAMORADOS ALA DOS NAMORADOS
Reissue of debut album from popular Por PORTUGAL FADO
$10.0 CD
N ALA DOS NAMORADOS CRISTAL
PORTUGAL FADO 2000 $14.0 CD

ALA DOS NAMORADOS SOLTA-SE O BEIJO (AO VIVO)
PORTUGAL FADO 1999 $14.0 CD

ANABELA ORIGENS
Modern fado singer. PORTUGAL FADO 1999 $18.0 CD

BESSA, MARGARIDA FADO
PORTUGAL FADO
$18.0 CD

BEVINDA (FERREIRE) ALEGRIA
Modern fado singermixes traditional and PORTUGAL FADO 2001 $19.0 CD
R BRAGANCA, PAULO AMAI
Fado is a a kind of Portuguese "blues" PORTUGAL FADO 1996 $16.0 CD

MADREDEUS AINDA / Soundtrack to "Lisbon Story"
PORTUGAL FADO 1995 $15.0 CD
R MADREDEUS ANTOLOGIA
Anthology compiled from recordings rele PORTUGAL FADO 2000 $16.0 CD
S MADREDEUS EXISTIR
PORTUGAL FADO
$12.0 CD
S MADREDEUS O ESPIRITU DA PAZ
Portuguese group plays and sings fados PORTUGAL FADO 1994 $13.0 CD

MADREDEUS O PARAISO
PORTUGAL FADO 1998 $16.0 CD

MADREDEUS O PORTO (2CDs)
Live recording of 1998 World tour PORTUGAL FADO 1999 $28.0 CD

MADREDEUS OS DIAS DA MADREDEUS
PORTUGAL FADO
$17.0 CD
N Madredeus Palavras Cantadas
A compilation of greatest hits of this Portugal Fado 2002 $12.0 CD
N MISIA RITUAL
PORTUGAL FADO 2002 $17.0 CD

PAREDES, CARLOS GUITARRA PORTUGUESA
PORTUGAL FADO
$16.0 CD

PAREDES, CARLOS O MELHOR DE… (2CDs)
Virtuoso of the "guitarra potuguesa" si PORTUGAL FADO 2001 $22.0 CD

PONTES, DULCE A BRISA DO CORACAO (2CD'S - LIVE)
PORTUGAL FADO
$27.0 CD
S PONTES, DULCE CAMINHOS
PORTUGAL FADO 1997 $14.0 CD
E PONTES, DULCE LAGRIMAS
We discovered this artist by accident w PORTUGAL FADO 1993 $20.0 CD
S PONTES, DULCE LUSITANA
PORTUGAL FADO 1992 $16.0 CD
R PONTES, DULCE O PRIMEIRO CANTO
Latest CD has Wayne Shorter, Kepa Junke PORTUGAL FADO 2001 $18.0 CD

RODRIGUES, AMALIA AMALIA RODRIGUEZ
PORTUGAL FADO
$16.0 CD

RODRIGUES, AMALIA FADO LISBOETA
PORTUGAL FADO
$12.0 CD

RODRIGUES, AMALIA LES PLUS BELLES CHANSONS DE
PORTUGAL FADO
$19.0 CD

RODRIGUES, AMALIA O FADO
PORTUGAL FADO
$17.0 CD

RODRIGUES, AMALIA QUEEN OF THE FADO
PORTUGAL FADO
$12.0 CD

RODRIGUES, AMALIA THE ART OF AMALIA
PORTUGAL FADO 1998 $16.0 CD
R RODRIGUES, AMALIA THE BEST OF FADO (2CDs)
PORTUGAL FADO
$18.0 CD

VARIOUS FADO
PORTUGAL FADO
$14.0 CD
R VARIOUS FADO TODAY
A very good compilation of the contempo PORTUGAL FADO 1999 $22.0 CD
N VARIOUS FADOS & FADISTAS (2CDs)
PORTUGAL FADO 2002 $22.0 CD
N VARIOUS GREAT VOICES OF FADO
New Fado series featuring the major Fad PORTUGAL FADO 2002 $10.0 CD

VARIOUS MENSAGEM DE FERNANDO PESSOA
The poetry of Portuguese poet Fernando BRAZIL FADO 1997 $14.0 CD

VARIOUS MUSIC FROM PORTUGAL
PORTUGAL FADO
$10.0 CD

VARIOUS QUEENS OF FADO
Amalia Rodrigues, Maria Ana Bobone, Cri PORTUGAL FADO
$10.0 CD

VARIOUS QUEENS OF FADO VOL.2
Following very successful Vol.1 in this PORTUGAL FADO
$10.0 CD

VARIOUS RAICES DO FADO
PORTUGAL FADO 1997 $13.0 CD
R VARIOUS ROUGH GUIDE TO PORTUGAL
CD companion to the highly acclaimed tr PORTUGAL FADO 1997 $13.0 CD
R VARIOUS SERENADA-ROMANTIC FADO & CLASSIC GUITAR
Carlos Paredes, Jose Alfonso, others. PORTUGAL FADO 1997 $11.0 CD
R VARIOUS STORY OF FADO , THE
PORTUGAL FADO 1997 $12.0 CD

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um, if this is an ad

by Eric

Mon Jun 10, 2002 00:24

then so is every flyer you pass out to tell people about a protest or a rally and every peice of political literature you give away and most of human communication for that matter...

if he was trying to sell you something it'd be an ad, he's not. he's a musician trying to tell people about his music - and you act like it was somehow "counterrevolutionary" or some bullshit. besides, how the hell else are those of us who enjoy intelligent music going to hear about new stuff if people who try to pass the word on get shouted down? the bbc sure as hell isn't going to be running ads for anarchist hip hop music anytime soon...

fucking chill out!

Not an ad...

by D

Mon Jun 10, 2002 11:15

"All tracks are free to download and distribute"

What's wrong with that?

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