Best Compilation 2011

OBLIQUA VOL. 00
Various Artists (2011)
An oblique world-music collection from all over the world.

Tracklist
DISCRETA (Stefanie Ringes & Michele Ascolese)
The French-Argentinian singer Stefanie Ringes and the guitarist Michele Ascolese, who featured on Fabrizio De Andrè’s last albums, have reinterpreted the atmosphere of the milonga and the tango in a contemporary way. Discreta is a track in which the Mediterranean and Latin touch of Michele Ascolese’s guitar gracefully accompany the modern sensuality of the voice of Stefanie Ringes.
WE ALREADY KNOW (Elisabeth Cutler)
Elisabeth Cutler is a singer songwriter from Boston who belongs to the best American song writing tradition. Her style is permeated by jazz and the blues and is enriched with a profound European taste and mood thanks to the arrangements of Filippo De Laura.
BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS (Peppe Sannino)
The explosive rhythms of Peppe Sannino and his group of drummers and percussionists have transformed the atmospheres and the colours of Jamaican ragamuffin, giving them a Neapolitan flavour. Black Consciousness is the preview single of Onde di Terra (Waves of Earth), an album that takes us on a journey through the variegated world of percussion and the traditional folk music of the world.
AU DEHORS/AMOR VIOLAPROFONDO (Turkish Café)
Turkish café are an acoustic trio. It was founded in 2008 near the Turkish quarter of Brussels, by the Italian-Argentine guitarist Julian Corradini. Their repertoire of intense and engaging songs is perfectly interpreted by the splendid voice of Veronica Ponzo and the double-bass of Simone Giorgini, and is in the tradition of the most refined Italian, French and Latin-American songs.
AMABURON (Loveth IPC Okoro)
The Nigerian singer Loveth IPC Okoro is an exponent of the African "new spiritual". In the autobiographical song Amaburon – which means "revelation" in Nigerian in nigeriano – the beautiful intertwining vocal harmonies and distinctive poly-rhythmic textures lead us back to the roots and the purest essence of the spirituality of African music.
FINO IN FONDO (Miriam Netti)
The sensual and elegant songs and music of Miriam Netti – here accompanied by a formidable quintet of musicians from various different countries who are active in the new jazz scene of Berlin – is a blend of styles with a Latin flavour that is expressed through a boundless love for the bossa nova, jazz and Italian songs of the ‘60s.
YEMAYA' (Yemaya')
Yemayà is a Latino music band specializing in salsa, mambo and fusions of cultures and rhythms. The small orchestra was founded by two Argentine brothers who moved to Italy in the ‘80s: the singer Henry Flores and the percussionist Kayro Flores. The music of Yemayà, supported by a formidable wind and horn section, transmits pure energy.
BARCO NEGRO (E102)
A classic of the "fado" repertoire is revisited in the visionary style of E102, one of the most original trip-hop bands of the independent Italian scene in the last decade. The vocalist Claudia Bidoli, who has rightly become one of the best non-Portuguese fado singers, expresses the purest essence of Lusitanian song with great intensity.
THE JUMPING CLOWN (Marco Testoni & Hang Camera / feat. Billy Cobham)
This is the sunniest song from the album Impatiens by Marco Testoni and his Hang Camera ensemble of percussionists. The magical and evocative sound of the Hang and Caisa Drum features prominently in a track where the poetry of rhythm and song intermingle with the fantastic rhythmic textures of the drums of Billy Cobham, the father of modern drumming.

La compilation “Obliqua vol. 00” mantiene la filosofia della label omonima e la sua visione libera verso tutte le culture musicali, l’album segue un percorso musicale interpretato da artisti di tutto il mondo che fanno dell’obliquità e della contaminazione la propria cifra stilistica. Partendo da “Discreta”, il primo brano prodotto dalla label romana, scritto da Michele Ascolese (straordinario chitarrista e collaboratore dei migliori dischi di Fabrizio De Andrè) e Stefanie Ringes (eclettica voce franco-argentina molto attiva sulla scena barcellonese) l’album si dispiega nelle atmosfere musicali di artisti di diversa provenienza: Elisabeth Cutler (Usa), Loveth IPC Okoro (Nigeria), Miriam Netti (Germania), Yemayà (Argentina), Peppe Sannino, Turkish Café, E102, Marco Testoni & Hang Camera (Italia). 

Various Compilations

WAG World Acoustic Guitars vol.1
Various Artists
WAG is a journey around the world of the acoustic guitar with great musicians of the contemporary scene : Billy McLaughlin, Alex De Grassi, Dominic Frasca, Peter Finger, Forastiere, Luis Salinas & Tomatito, Don Ross, Antonio Forcione, Franco Morone, Steffen Basho-Junghans, Sergio Altamura, Vicenç Solsona, Beppe Gambetta & Glen Moore, Del Vezeau, Michele Ascolese, Mats Hedberg & Christer Haggner, Jordi Bonell & Dani Perez
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BILL WIMAN'S BLUES ODYSSEY
Various Artists
A look at the history of blues music. Bill Wyman: Blues Odyssey follows the rise of the blues in America with: Mamie Smith, Bessie Smith, Charlie Jackson, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Luke Jordan, Blind Blake, Frank Stokes and many others blues artists.
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SOUNDS & FLOWERS
A Musical Tribute to Dr Bach
Marco Testoni / Marco De Angelis / Mats Hedberg / Federico Mosconi  
A collection of original instrumental music inspired by the Dr. Bach's flowers. The Cd contains 9 tracks of relaxing music dedicated to 7 basic negative states of mind discovered by Dr. Bach.
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ALL CHILDREN IN SCHOOL
Various Artists   
The Audrey Hepburn Children’s Fund and the U.S. Fund for the Unicef to give over 120 million children in developing nations, two-thirds of whom are girls, access to quality basic education presents an extraordinary compilation including artists as Teresa Salgueiro & Caetano Veloso, Susheela Raman, Uxia, Gabin Dabire, Dulce Pontes, Omara Portuondo, Nuova Compagnia di Canto Popolare, Luigi Cinque & Tarantula Hypertext Orchestra, Ani Di Franco, Susana Baca, Marlevar, David Tayorault, Sainkho, Lino Cannavacciuolo & Auli Kokko.
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THE LAYA PROJECT
Various Artists   
The Laya Project (2 Cds + 1 Dvd) is musical and visual journey of folk communities in the 2004 tsunami affected regions of Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar and India. Local folk musicians were recorded and filmed, mostly in make-shift on-location studios. While based on regional folk music traditions, the Laya Project mixes and enhances the original recordings, crossing boundaries of genre while still preserving the music of the people.
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