Check this out: 1773 straight out of Chicago have just finished their new video called The Goodness, which actually consists of two songs, the second part called So Clear featuring Ezekiel38 of Vertual Vertigo. Nice one fam! Enjoy.

EDIT: Because it fits: Just got another freebie in, and it's a burner too: Check out this Trishes (FM4 Tribe Vibes) production in a Remix version of 1773 x Bill Withers called Make A Smile, available for FREE download here:

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Our dear friend and Ford Brother Sebastian Brameshuber has spend the last couple of years creating a very delicate full-feature documentary about the muezzin in Turkey. It's an in-depth view on the work and art of chanting the ezan, the call to prayer, and the corresponding annual muezzin competition, whose background is often misinterpreted and sometimes remains a mystery to the outsider, even within Turkey. This feature does a very good job in sheding some light on this often overlooked artform and does so without ever being judgmental. After being invited to some renowned film festivals this year and last, Muezzin finally hits the box office starting June 18th. Here's the trailer to give you a hint of what to expect:

Célia Mara Band
“…this is the sound of Nu-Brazil by way of Vienna… Brash, confident and assured" (Songlines, UK)Genre: Nu Brazil, Dub, World, Ska, Latin-Funk; with Célia Mara (vc, g), Dieter Stemmer (kb), Sandra Lawson(eb), Harry Tanschek(dr), DJPhilta(e)

Nothing is pure. Rebel yourself.
Célia Mara makes music with a big smile. Singing about new, interesting times. Célia Mara‘s Bastard Sound is an exciting, high quality dance-mix with thoughtful lyrics, illustrated by impressive live-visuals. „This is one for the hostels and student halls of Europe and South America; Manu Chao meets Yerba Buena meets Carlinhos Brown meets…“ states Fly global music culture, London;

Célia Mara is an engaging front woman, giving her soul to the audience - dancing, grooving, entertaining. She never fails to impress with her strong voice, the amazing vocal improvisations, which she quickly switches over to beat boxing and sometimes even ascend to trumpet solos. She plays her acoustic guitar with glamour, Brazilian rhythm and fun.
As a songwriter, Célia Mara focuses on playing her own songs. Célia Mara disrespectfully surfs between musical styles and rhythms, plays effortlessly with Retro-Brazil, Tango and traditional Afro-Brazilian grooves, mixes Nova MPB and Samba with Funk, Reggae, Balkan-folk, Glamour Rock and Hip Hop…
At the root of her music lies a marriage between Brazilian Music, Latino-folk, Funk and Viennese underground instrumental grooves. The lyrics, sung in Portuguese, English, German, Spanish and French, are urban poems that sing the voice of migrations and provide communication without any borders. Groovy, surprising, defying categorization.

On stage, you‘ll get an awesome band, transmitting this urban Brazilian feeling, groovy, funky underground … with an explosive frontlady and a lot of rebellion!
"Globalization never felt so sensual" writes Sebastian Fasthuber in the Viennese falter…

Tourdates:
30.04.10    Austrian Cultural Forum, Washington DC 
03.05.10    Austrian Cultural Forum, New York City, USA
04.05.10    Joe's Pub, New York City, USA
15.05.10    Wiener Festwochen,Vienna, Austria (details tba)
29.05.10    Festival, Schlachthof Kassel, Germany
30.05.10    Festival, Vienna, Austria (details tba)

don't miss this. "How it Should Sound 2LP" by "Damu the Fudgemunk" - Washington DC Beatmaker - available on Vinyl, CD and as Digital Download from April 16th 2010 on Redefinition Records. Until then, an excerpt of the album for free download. "Buy this record, ... don't make me loose my temper!!"

And as we speak about Redefinition Records (digg a little deeper there); if you haven't got the "Y Society - Travel At Your Own Pace Instrumentals"...  get them. They must be somewhere out there, ahhh, hmmm here they are, and they're dope ... +++ another goodie for you people: "Damu vs Joe Buck - Madvillain ReVisions". More of that later this year, aswell as another record, called "Collisions" (announced for December 2010) watch out!

Enough from the Music-front for now. Now, for real! I got work to do!