14. februar: Ny single fra/ new single from Alright Mela

Publisert 14/02/25

Alright Mela (original ‘orrajt mela’): a Maltese expression that can be translated as All’s well’, sums up their Arab-European music and, like a mantra, expresses the hope of a better world. After leaving confinement, Markus and Cheb Xavi formed an electro oriental dub duo in 2021, inspired by the tape music of the 70s, with a real desire to escape. The group was quickly spotted and played all over France. On tour, the musicians often bumped into each other but rarely exchanged more than a few words. But between Jaouad El Garouge, a gnawa singer and guembri player from Morocco, and the Angevin duo, the meeting was a simple one, and the desire to share the stage even more natural.

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With strong lyrics on contemporary themes (migration, war, discrimination, poverty in the big megalopolises, ecology, etc.), their music invites reflection but also trance.

Anchored by bewitching electronic beats and hallucinatory oldies synths, the oud and guembri sound the revolt so that Alright Mela’s songs give you an irresistible urge to dance with your fist raised. A militant commitment to a groove for all!
The trio have escaped across the Mediterranean, drawing on their inspirations as they meet new people to explore new lands of sound between Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, inviting you to step onto the dance floor in the midst of a ‘Global Guinche’ compass rose. After nearly two years of collaboration, creations and concerts, and the release of a first EP in 2024, the trio has announced the release of two singles this winter, offering a way to warm up with a clear conscience.

The first single : Releasing 2025 February 14th
Tajarib Nawawiyyah تجارب نوويه
In 1971, African oil and gas producing countries (OPEP: Algérie, Nigeria, Libye, Congo…)signed the Tehran and Tripoli agreements. Then began the great plundering of this wealth to build the developed world we know today, to the detriment of the poples of these producing countries and by ravaging their landscapes and natural resources. Today, at a time when the world is turning to natural and renewable energies, African countries are realizing that underground resources are exhaustible. So they said no to nuclear testing on their soil to avoid the stuttering history of seeing themselves destroy the few natural and wild territories that our planet still has, and prove that the conscience of African populations has evolved a great deal since then. «They have betrayed the word, obscured the sun. Burnt our oasis with oil and petrol…Today, African countries stand together for a world free of nuclear testing»…

2025 Global Sonics

22. mars: Sheldon Blackman

Publisert 22/01/25

Vi inviterer til matinékonsert på Deichman Tøyen med sangeren og låtskriveren Sheldon Blackman, kjent for karibisk varme som alltid omgir ham.
Fra Trinidad og Tobago er Sheldons musikk preget av karibiske tradisjoner som beskrives som både oppløftende og uimotståelig dansbare.

@Deichman Tøyen, Hagegata 28 / kl. 13’00 / fri entre

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Vi inviterer til matinékonsert på Deichman Tøyen med sangeren og låtskriveren Sheldon Blackman, kjent for karibisk varme som alltid omgir ham.

Fra Trinidad og Tobago er Sheldons musikk preget av karibiske tradisjoner som beskrives som både oppløftende og uimotståelig dansbare.
Sheldon Blackman ble født inn i en musikalsk kongefamilie. Hans far, Garfield Blackman Ras Shorty I – aka Lord Shorty – skapte den nå populære socamusikken og grunnla familiebandet The Love Circle. Etter at han gikk bort i 2000, ledet Sheldon bandet i 3 år for deretter å startet en solokarriere som har resultert i syv studioalbum. Hans siste utgivelse er “Grow Your Food Mind and Love” (20/21). Musikken hans trosser sjangere, men har blitt beskrevet som soca, reggae og calypso i møte med jazzy blues.
Sheldon har turnert i store deler av verden og bodd mellom Trinidad og Tobago og Norge de siste 26 årene.