Brownout Latin Funk

Brownout is on a West Coast Tour appearing at the Elbo Room this Friday with support by DJ Oz & Chucha Santa Maria. I caught some of their set at the Roxy. They sound real good & tight together which can be hard for six or more musicians to accomplish. If funk is your thing you will probably dig Brownout.

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If you have ever gone to a Pow Wow and ever wanted to remix the Pow Wow drummers, this is the album for you!

Below is the video to one of the tracks from the new album called ‘Shock’.  It is a song in support of the Chilean student protest in 2011. The video has been out for a bit. Students are protesting (and have been protesting for years, starting during Bachelet’s tenure) the educational system.  Secondary and higher education available in Chile is mostly private making education accessible to those with money.  I think it is a good idea to take a look at the educational system in Chile especially for us here in the US and in particular California. As the tuition – excuse me – fees at the UC and CSU system continue to skyrocket as state and federal funding disappears. (Repeal Bush tax cuts for the rich now damn it! Hello occupiers!?) Education and knowledge is an amazing luxury and privilege. The right to an education is a human right.  It is what makes a society strong. Instead people languish, we miss out on a new genius and innovations. As our educational system continues to slowly devolve, we will continue to limp into the 21st century with no vision.

First check out the video!

Now that the archive is no longer available on the KPFA site, I am updating this post with the interview as originally aired.

Zuzuka Interview_Part1

Zuzuka Interview_Part2

Here is a bit of the interview with Zuzuka that didn’t air on Oct 31st. The first part, she talks about the cover of Katia Flavia she performed at Tormenta Tropical in September 2011.  The song is by Fausto Fawcett, a man with a mad crush on Farrah Fawcett. She talks about her love of Fernanda Abreu. In the second one she shares her musical influences.

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Here is the Fausto version:

And Fernanda’s version (this is the semi official version and not the unofficial soft porn version also available on youtube:

Check out this video, a remix of material from Natacha Atlas’  “Mounqaliba”.  Natacha and her producer, Sami, were inspired by the recent news coming from Tahrir Square to put this remix together.

Here’s a translation :

« Mubarak : “My fellow citizens..A fine line lies between freedom…and chaos.” »

Natacha :

Let us stand together and awaken ,

Let us question, learn and study;

Listen, understand and think.

Let us understand,

Permit us to know-

Permit us to know freedom.

Let us know there is a land

where words are the purveyors of truth,

heads are held high,

And human will is regarded above all.

Where the world is not split into a thousand fragments,

Under siege, forgotten, or lost -

Let us perceive of it,

Let us know that place.

Let us know our land,

where words are the purveyors of truth.

« Mubarak : “My fellow citizens..A fine line lies between freedom…and -” »

«Crowds: “MAY HOSNI MUBARAK FALL !!”»

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