I was born in the city of light, (Paris, France) to a family of musicians. When my mother was pregnant in my mom’s stomach she was singing on the stage and would always be standing between the bassist and the drums, which is why I guess I took a liking to those rhythmic vibrations. As a child I studied guitar, piano a bit and drums, but did not really emotionally connected with them.
I finally came across Indian Classical Music and realized that I wanted to immense my self in it. I went in India and got a scholarship from the French Foreign Ministry as an artist to study Indian Music, Tabla a cultural exchange and bilateral program. I stayed in my master’s house several years in the city of Lucknow and also in Calcutta. I studied tabla with one of the best tabla master of the moment named Pandit Anindo Chatterjee. I lived there for 7 years of my life there and more out of that period of study.
I came back a bit out socially…practicing a drum 10 to 12 hours a day with the hot and all for 7 years makes you having a complete different life and when you’re back to the society it is really tuff. I continued maintaining my instrument level anyway.
In parallel of that I have always been singing so when my Indian experience met my voice as well as electronic arrangements am doing since now 10 years, it became what am doing today. A blend between Indian, voice, electro, complicated rhythmic crossed patterns…and Im bringing it to you through my video clip i produced few days back named “Noisy City“.
Then you’ll have the pleasure to discover my new tracks in auto production and totally auto-realised : “Fatality“, “The Grace” .
My goals are clear : to make live performances with my music. I have got two albums ready. I wish to all of you a nice discovering of what I am doing and hope you’ll enjoy.
It’s one thing for bloggers or editors to write their own self glorified opinions about artists, who struggle day in and and day out to live their dream by reaching people emotionally for about 210 at a time one song at a time. GrooveTap strives to bring you closer to musical artists on every level, from their songs, shows and even contacting them directly. “WORDS” is one more step that aims to bring you closer to an artist. “WORDS” is an artist autoblography featured on the main GrooveTap blog.
This series will allow artists to introduce themselves in their own words to the GrooveTap community and music lovers worldwide. If you are a registered artist with GrooveTap you can submit your autobiography to words@groovetap.com
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When you first think of modern Norwegian music, perhaps you are thinking a sound similar to that of Franz Ferdinand. But hold that thought. How about a group with a more electro-jazz feel? Can’t think of one? Well then check out Proviant Audio.
A group of nine men from Norway, they are young and ready to share their sense of today with their take on yesterday. Stemming from the leader of the group, Mathias Stubo, their music mixes today’s popular electro beats with jazz, soul, and funk from the seventies.
And now is the time for their big break. They are scheduled to perform at two of the biggest music festivals in Norway. These festivals have attracted almost 60,000 people over the last few years, giving them the power to make or break an artist. Musicians including Sonic Youth, Franz Ferdinand, and Dinosaur Jr. have all appeared at the same festival.
Mathias Stubo, now seventeen, began this dream back in 2005 when he created Proviant Audio. Just thirteen at the time, he balanced this project while studying at the Norwegian Jazz Conservatory. He met the other eight this year while attending school in Sandefiord.
Mathias alone has accomplished more than many of us can say we have. In 2005 he began uploading his music onto the biggest website in Norway for unsigned artists. Just one year later, and he was already named Artist of the Week.
Before long he began making jingles for all sorts of television programs, and now, he is currently working on an iphone game, which is to be released this autumn.
Mathias has been a child prodigy in the making for some time now. If the rest of Proviant Audio is nearly as talented as young Mathias, then this group is surely destined for greatness. We are eager to see how many heads they turn at the upcoming festivals. And perhaps one day, they will be whom you first think of when it comes to Norwegian music!
June 25th, 2009 marks the death of the biggest musical prodigy the world has come to know. Despite Michael Jackson’s controversial and often misunderstood behavior, one can not deny the amount of success, influence and global reach this one man has achieved in his short 50 year life span. Everyone form the likes of Justin Timberlake to Bjork, have all been influenced in one way or another by this major pop icon. Below is an interesting chart showing other artists who have also been influenced by some of his songs.
With the continuous decline of music sales and the transition of the music distribution to more of a sponsored, ad-based, subscription or even free promotional base model, it is very possible that Michael Jackson will forever be one of the top musical selling artists along with The Beatles and Elvis Presly.
It is truly a sad day to see such talent leave us. However, the affect and influence he leaves behind will continue to live through generations of music to come. In tribute to his pop legend I have created playlist on youtube, consisting of some of his top hits.
With the sincerest of condolences and love to the Jackson family, may he rest in peace and his music continue to inspire artists for decades to come.
L’été est arrivé! In other words, summer is here. What better way to celebrate it than listening to some fine tunes next to the beach with your favorite drink in your hand? DJ La Foux, who is based in St. Tropez, has the specific touch that has made French electronic music famous all over the world, especially with Daft Punk as its most representative.
Songs by DJ La Foux are Mediterranean to the bone, pure summer tunes. This artist tries to cover different styles, from house music to minimal techno, like in some parts of Aller Papa. La Foux emanates club culture for a good reason, having been able to play at many of the most clubs in the South of France such as the Papagayo, the Dovecote, the V.I.P ROOM St-tropez, the Red Sail or the Cellars of the Roy.
Dance, dance, dance…that seems to be DJ La Foux’s ideology and philosophy. By listening to his elegant, yet carefree, songs the sun will appear shinier and brighter, even by night.
Not often do you find a band that personally strikes a chord of excitement mixed with anticipation and still is capable of chilling you out. However, when that happens you want to tell everyone you know about it. Plumsucker has definitely struck a chord in my humble opinion.
They are a two-person music group based out of Washington D.C., New York City, and New Jersey according to their profile on groovetap. I still can’t figure out how two people can be from three places, but that’s besides the point. The band formed in March of 2009, which is around the same time groovetap launched into private beta.
They list themselves as playing “blues/experimental/rock” music. The band consists of Andrew McInerney, who currently plays “strings and throat”, and José Ginarte, who plays “skins and back-up throat”. Get with it kids, it’s not called vocals anymore. So as I fingered this blog post while listening to their song Martin Berler I came to the mental image of Depeche Mode’s Personal Jesus being beaten over the head by Jim Morison’s swinging microphone in a southern blues arena. You’ll just have to hear the song to eye what I’m talking about.
It can be downloaded for free on their profile at http://plumsucker.groovetap.com/. If you don’t have an account yet, you can pass the pearly gates easily by requesting an invitation at www.groovetap.com . Be sure to look out for their demo EP coming out soon.
In case you were wondering what was up last Thursday or in a more likely case, you weren’t even paying attention, either way I’d like to let you know that groovetap will now begin to publish the top 20 charts on Mondays in stead of Thursday. I know what next, right? the earth might changes it’s axis or something.
I would also like to officially state that the move was in no way influenced by twitter’s growing trend of #MusicMonday and was more of a secret cover up inspired by the Illuminati secret underground society. For all those who watched Angels and Damons this past weekend and who can’t read sarcasm, yes its because of Music Monday.
As for this weeks charts it looks like there is a new top position held by Years of Rice and Salt with their Occasional Flashes of Warmth. It’s a great instrumentally chill track. The next eight spots are dominated by Anton’s Feral’s Project, by the way keep an eye out for an upcoming featured article on this chart topper and active member of the groovetap community.
I still can’t put my finger on it, but #10 A Night At the Dirty Pearl by Alternative CarPark has a rockish core with swing jazz influences that just want me to put that song on repeat. (oh wait we don’t have the functionality yet) Other new groovetap comers include the 9-piece funk ‘n’ soul reggae band resident to Washington, DC’s Eigthenth Street Lounge (ESL) everyWednesday night. Check’em out See-I.
Also make sure to see what else is on the charts and feel free comment on your favorites or at least favorites depending on how great or crummy your Monday is going. If you are member to groovetap, just wanted to remind you that you can add any of these embedded songs to your favorites or playlists by clicking on the “+” sign on any of the songs. It does require you to be logged in which can also be done from the the widgets.
As for me, some Bayleys in this coffee would do the trick.
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Here are the top twenty songs for this week! It looks like Anton Feral’s Project has SWEEPED the board clean, taking spots 1-8. See-I follows with spot number 9, and Antonymes also had a solid presence on this week’s list. Years of Rice and Salt, our Featured Artist of the Week, took spots number 10 and 19. Newcomers to the list are Alejandro Castro, Acoustic Minds, and Deadbeat. Check it all out for yourself. Enjoy!
Good musicians possess conflicting qualities. That’s the hardest of facts, having been proven over and over again throughout music history. And I believe that Years of Rice and Salt are keeping up with this tradition: balancing two extremes of their music, both as different as rice and salt.
It’s hard to describe exactly how their music sounds. On their Groovetap profile they explain that it is “a themed collection of songs navigating the timeline of a shipwreck through music.” After really taking that to heart, I realized that it was indeed a great metaphor for what they sound like. The image of a submarine slowly sinking to the bottom, with all its dissonant glory, leads to again the pairing of contrasting sounds: Lunatic ambience, subdued chaos, with all the uncertainty and fervency of an uninhibited jam sesh. Guitar chords that loiter around in the air, bleeding harmonies, haunting refrains: it’s calculated, beautiful lawlessness.
I recommend listening to all their tracks but my favorite is “Occasional Flashes of Warmth.” It actually repeats the same lyrics of “Service Bell,” Feist/Grizzly Bear’s duet in the Dark Was the Night Album that just came out recently, which I’ve been listening to obsessively. Yet I think Years does it better - harmonies don’t overwhelm but rather intensify, gleaming guitar rifts that don’t curdle in the air, and there’s just simply more to love.
In the same vein as Explosions in the Sky, Radiohead and fellow Groovetap member Spaces, Years of Rice and Salt embody a sort of colorful storm of sounds, building layer upon layer of guitar lines, just to break it all up in the end, all the while holding on to their soulful, folky roots. It’s amazing how one band can accomplish so much.
I was born in the city of light, (Paris, France) to a family of musicians. When my mother was pregnant in my mom’s stomach she was singing on the stage and would always be standing between the bassist and the drums, which is why I guess I took a liking to those rhythmic vibrations. As a child I studied guitar, piano a bit and drums, but did not really emotionally connected with them.
When you first think of modern Norwegian music, perhaps you are thinking a sound similar to that of Franz Ferdinand. But hold that thought. How about a group with a more electro-jazz feel? Can’t think of one? Well then check out 
June 25th, 2009 marks the death of the biggest musical prodigy the world has come to know. Despite Michael Jackson’s controversial and often misunderstood behavior, one can not deny the amount of success, influence and global reach this one man has achieved in his short 50 year life span. Everyone form the likes of 
L’été est arrivé! In other words, summer is here. What better way to celebrate it than listening to some fine tunes next to the beach with your favorite drink in your hand? DJ La Foux, who is based in St. Tropez, has the specific touch that has made French electronic music famous all over the world, especially with Daft Punk as its most representative.
