Antonio Sanchez - Lines In The Sand - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

2018 . After reaching the bar setting artistic peak with InchBad HombreInch in 2017, the multifaceted Antonio Sanchez continues his evolution with InchChannels of EnergyInch, featuring the WDR Big Band with arrangements by world renowned great Vince Mendoza, to satisfy the aspect of his musical personality that is a forum for his astute compositional panache. This album should be thought of as a trio in a sense between Sanchez, the scope of Mendoza's arranging and the WDR Big Band. Vince Mendoza for decades has been one of the most in demand arrangers and composers whose stylistic brush is incredibly wide from pop to jazz.

The kings of Cumbia are back! Chilean Inchworld-class party bandInch (NY Times) Chico Trujillo is celebrating their 20th anniversary with a new record, ready to make the world dance once again to the infectious sounds of cumbia! Formerly a side-project for South American punks at the turn of the century, they have evolved as the leaders of the new cumbia movement, first spawning dozens of next generation cumbia bands in Chile, and then helping spread the beat around the globe. As they their 5th studio album, they could now be called the forefathers of this 21st century Cumbia resurgence. Their new record is aptly titles InchMambo MundialInch as they share the fun with collaborators from Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, and USA. It follows the mix of styles they've come to be known for - fast cumbias, psychedelic breakdowns, catchy instrumentals, dramatic ballads -while at the same time expanding into uncharted territories with varied collaborations and even a hip-hop song. The album was laid down at the legendary Funkhaus studios in Berlin following their European tours, where the band would stay and record what they had been working on in their live sets. Pieces were also assembled on tour at the Rauchhaus in Berlin (with Stereo Total's recording guru, Brezel), at Árbol Naranja in Bogotá, at the studios of Panteón Rococó in Mexico City, and at their own Perros con Tiña studio in Santiago, Chile, making it a truly global album.

'Waiting for the Sirens Call', the hotly anticipated new album from New Order, one of music's most innovative groups, is diverse and devastating. With influences from electro and rock to dance-hall and punk, all bound together by New Order's cool romance, diamond-hard mondernity and wild, unparalleled musicality, Waiting for the Sirens Call both shakes the dance floor and rocks hard. No one else makes such pop music for clever people that hits the heart as well as the head. When up-and-coming bands cite New Order as inspiration, New Order answers the sirens call. Warner. 2005.