Idrissa Soumaora Et L'Eclipse - Nissodia (Mike D Edit) (Orange) - 12-INCH SINGLE [12 inch Vinyl Single]

Exclusive Edit by Beastie Boys' legend, Mike D of the electronic-African club banger track 'Nissodia'. 'Legend' is lofty praise that is often used lightly, however, Mike D from the Beastie Boys certainly is one in the truest of spirits. We are delighted after over 30 years of being involved in music to finally a project involving such a hip-hop pioneer and icon as Mike. In keeping with the maverick attitude of the Beastie Boys, you don't always get what you expect. For this there isn't a hip-hop beat, instrumental-funk or hardcore-punk joint in sight, rather an electronic-African club banger. Mike took it upon himself to rework Malian artists Idrissa Soumaoro and L'Eclipse de L'I.J.A. and their track ?'Nissodia', which is taken from the 'Le Tioko-Tioko' album originally released in 1978 on the German Democratic Republic (GDR) tag ETERNA. The song was also featured on 'The Original Sound Of Mali' compilation released on Mr Bongo back in 2017. It was November 2019 and the day before a Mr Bongo 30 years celebration event in Paris at the Pedro party in the 'New Morning' club, when out of the blue the remix landed in Dave Mr Bongo's inbox. We loved it straight away and decided to road test it the next night in the club. Whether it be a remix/re-edit/rework, it doesn't matter, what does matter is that it works spectacularly in the club and had people jumping on the stage to dance at the party. A sensational track and one which leaves a beautiful memory of good-times from a night out in Paris (and one which is in retrospect is even more poignant as the late-great maestro Tony Allen was in the club that night), and we are sure it will light up many more dancefloors to come. Album Tracks 1. Nissodia (Mike D Edit) 2. Nissodia (Original)

The Norwegian Soloists' Choir and Grete Pedersen have made acclaimed recordings of music spanning a millennium - from chants by Hildegard of Bingen (1098 - 1179) to the most recent compositions - and in styles ranging from folk songs to Bach motets and Berio's Coro. On their new album, the focus is on contemporary Norwegian music, with three works which all originate in words and challenge the relation between language and music. For his Lament from 2015, Lars Petter Hagen has chosen to set a short text by E. E. Cummings, written when the poet was 6 years old. The words of the poem are split up and stretched out into pulsating waves of grief, at once mysterious, beautiful and painful. Awarded the Nordic Council Music Prize in 2018, Muohta (Snow) consists of 18 sections, each setting a single word in Sámi, the language of the indigenous people in the north of Norway. The words are all related to snow, and composer Nils Henrik Asheim has found inspiration in how indigenous peoples live with nature, as opposed to seeking to control it.

Album Tracks 1. Sinfonia No. 1, Op. 3 2. No. 1. Moderato 3. No. 2. Allegretto 4. No. 3. Allegretto 5. No. 4. Andante Cantabile 6. No. 5. Allegro 7. No. 6. Andante 8. No. 7. Allegretto 9. No. 8. Allegro 10. No. 9. Lokk Lento 11. No. 10. Andante Sostenuto 12. No. 11. Halling Allegro Moderato 13. No. 12. Andante Con Moto 14. No. 13. Allegro Con Spirito, Ma Non Troppo Vivace 15. No. 14. Troll Largo 16. No. 15. Tussar Allegretto Giocoso 17. No. 16. Nykk Andante Malinconico 18. No. 17. Huldr Andante 19. No. 18. Draug Allegro Feroce 20. No. 19. Draun Andante Movibile 21. No. 20. Allegro Leggiero