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Transpacific Sound Paradise
Saturday, April 8, 2017
New Music, Mixed Bag, Artists in the Area

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This Week's Playlist:

(* = new)

Cem Karaca: Emmoglu / Cem Karaca 2 / Yavuk Plak (0:00:00 Pop-up)

The Devil's Anvil: Hala Laya / Hard Rock From the Middle East / Columbia Records (0:04:16 Pop-up)

Ouzo Bazooka: Clouds of Sorrow / Simoom / Setalight Records / * (0:06:55 Pop-up)

Emel Mathlouthi: Thamlaton / Ensen / Partisan / * (0:12:02 Pop-up)
GIG: Saturday May 6th at Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker St

Niyaz: Beni Beni / Best of Niyaz / Six Degrees / * (0:16:33 Pop-up)
GIG: April 29 (Sat) at Roulette, 509 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn (night 2 of 3 in Robert Browning's World In Trance Festival.)

Gaye Su Akyol: Fantastiktir Bahti Yarimin / Hologram İmparatorluğu / Glitterbeat / * (0:23:28 Pop-up)

Yasmin Hamdan: Ta3ala / Al Jamilat / Ipecac / * (0:46:34 Pop-up)

DakhaBrakha: Карамисли (Karamisli) / Шлях (Shlyakh) / DakhaBrakha (0:33:54 Pop-up)
GIGs: April 15 (Sat) Pace University Schimmel Center, 3 Spruce Street, Lower Manhattan (presented by Live Sounds); also playing the Clearwater Festival, Croton on Hudson NY in mid-June.

Mariana Sadovska & Christian Thomé: Vola / Vesna / Flowfish (0:39:39 Pop-up)

Dagadana: U Poli Bereza (A Birch in the Field) / Meridian 68 / Karrot Kommando / * (0:47:25 Pop-up)

Dalava: Okolo Hradišča Voděnka Teče / He's Bringing Something For Me / The Book of Transfigurations / Songlines / * (0:57:43 Pop-up)

Sainkho Namtchylak: Erge Chokka To / Like a Bird or Spirit, Not a Face / Ponderosa (1:04:30 Pop-up)
With Members of Tinariwen

Colter Wall: Sleeping on the Blacktop / Various Artists: Hell or High Water Original Motion Picture Soundtrack / Milan / * (1:12:58 Pop-up)

Tinariwen: Arhegh / Arhegh Ad Annàgh / Wedge / Anti- / * (1:13:02 Pop-up)

Kel Tangawal: Yayela / Various Artists: Agrim Agadez – Musique Guitare De La Republique Du Niger / Sahel Sounds / * (1:15:33 Pop-up)

Mdou Moctar: Jagwa / Adounia Ayassohen / OTOroku / * (1:19:55 Pop-up)

75 Dollar Bill: Cummins Falls / Wood Metal Plastic Pattern Rhythm Rock / Thin Wrist Recordings / * (1:25:03 Pop-up)

Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara (JuJu): 100 Kele Kele / Tell No Lies / Real World (1:29:35 Pop-up)

Mokoomba: Muzwile / Luyando / OutHere / * (1:39:31 Pop-up)
GIG: May 3 (Wed) Subrosa, 63 Gansevoort St (7:30 and 9:30 pm shows)

Siama Matuzingidi: Bolingo / Rivers - from the Congo to the Mississippi / Siama Music (1:44:16 Pop-up)

The Four Brothers: Rudo Imoto / Various Artists: Zimbabwe Frontline / Earthworks (1:50:00 Pop-up)

Kwame Anokye-Toku and his Paradise Gospel Band: Obere Yi, Beko Awiee / Obere Yi, Beko Awiee / Namco Ltd. (1:54:27 Pop-up)

Ondatrópica: Bogota / Baile Bucanero / Soundway / * (2:04:00 Pop-up)
GIG: Mario Galeano & Will Holland (Ondatropica masterminds) will be in NYC for a DJ gig at the Good Room, Brooklyn, NY on April 20th

Américo Brito: Babylon 79 / Various Artists: Synthesize the Soul: Astro-Atlantic Hypnotica from the Cape Verde Islands 1973-1988 / Ostinato Records / * (2:09:54 Pop-up)

Les Shleu-Shleu: Carnaval 77 / Crapaud / Dada Records (2:15:54 Pop-up)

Les Loups Noirs: Pele Rien / Various Artists: Tanbou Toujou Lou: Meringue, Kompa Kreyol, Electric Folklore, Vodou Jazz from Haiti 1960-1981 / Ostinato / * (2:17:03 Pop-up)

Lakou Mizik: Is Fa Ti Bo / Wa Di Yo / Cumbancha (2:20:36 Pop-up)
GIG: April 22 (Sat) Roulette, 509 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn: Robert Browning Associates Present: Lakou Mizik. 8 pm.

Juana Molina: Cosoco / Single / Crammed Discs / * (2:26:35 Pop-up)

Filastine & Nova: Chatarreros / Drapetomania / Jarring Effects / * (2:31:25 Pop-up)

Detty Kurnia: Pras Pris / Coyor Panon / Wave (2:36:41 Pop-up)

Group Gentra Madya: Sambal Lada - Sambal Pedas / Various Artists: Malam Minggu - Saturday Night in Sunda / Blue Vision ‎ (2:42:43 Pop-up)

American Gamelan. Chamber Chorus Of The University Of California At Berkeley: La Koro Sutro: Kunsonoro Kaj Gloro / La Koro Sutro / New Albion (2:44:48 Pop-up)
GIG: April 23 (Sun): Trinity Church, 75 Broadway: Rutgers Percussion Ensemble and Rutgers Kirkpatrick Choir perform works by Lou Harrison: Lou Harrison: La Koro Sutro, Song of Quetzalcoatl, and Suite for Violin and American Gamelan. Patrick Gardner and Joseph Thompkins, conductors. Part of Trinity’s Lou Harrison Centennial Celebration, a collaboration with Rutgers University. Note event time: 5 pm.

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Organizations supporting the rights of immigrants and refugees:

National Immigration Law Center: Established in 1979, the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) is one of the leading organizations in the U.S. exclusively dedicated to defending and advancing the rights of low-income immigrants.

National Immigration Forum: The National Immigration Forum is one of the leading immigrant advocacy organizations in the country, with a mission to advocate for the value of immigrants and immigration to the nation.

New York Immigration Coalition: The New York Immigration Coalition aims to achieve a fairer and more just society that values the contributions of immigrants and extends opportunity to all. The NYIC promotes immigrants’ full civic participation, fosters their leadership, and provides a unified voice and a vehicle for collective action for New York’s diverse immigrant communities.

Arab American Family Support Center (New York City): The Arab-American Family Support Center is a 501(c)3 non-profit, non-sectarian organization that provides culturally and linguistically sensitive services to immigrant communities throughout New York City.

Action NYC: ActionNYC connects New Yorkers to free, safe immigration legal help. You can make an appointment to learn your immigration legal options and get immigration application assistance. There are ActionNYC sites in all five boroughs. Appointments are required. Your appointment will be in your language.

Immigration Equality is the leading LGBTQ immigrant rights organization in the country. It provide s advice and legal services to thousands of LGBTQ and HIV-positive immigrants seeking refuge, fair treatment, and freedom in the United States. The work is truly lifesaving because there are nearly 80 countries around the world where it is a crime to be LGBTQ, with consequences up to and including the death penalty. For this reason, Immigration Equality fights to obtain asylum in the United States for LGBTQ and HIV-positive refugees - with a remarkable 99% win rate.

International Refugee Assistance Project: The International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) organizes law students and lawyers to develop and enforce a set of legal and human rights for refugees and displaced persons. Mobilizing direct legal aid and systemic policy advocacy, IRAP serves the world’s most persecuted individuals and empowers the next generation of human rights leaders.

International Rescue Committee: The International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future.

Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF): AALDEF is a national organization that protects and promotes the civil rights of Asian Americans by combining litigation, advocacy, education, and community organizing. Issues / focus include immigrant rights, civic participation and voting rights, economic justice for workers, language access to services, educational equity, housing and environmental justice, and the elimination of anti-Asian violence, police misconduct, and human trafficking.

Make the Road New York (MRNY): MRNY builds the power of Latino and working class communities to achieve dignity and justice through organizing, policy innovation, transformative education, and survival services.

Make the Road New Jersey (MRNJ): Make the Road New Jersey builds the power of immigrant and working class communities in New Jersey to achieve dignity and justice through community organizing, legal and support services, transformative education and policy innovation.

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