July 17, 2009
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July 9, 2009
CD Release Concert in Ojai
On FRIDAY JULY 10th ---> USA debut of our new album Granada Doaba will be hosted at Farmer + the Cook in Ojai, CA.
The show is free!
The concert will feature live performances by:
Russ Baggerly (Flamenco guitar)
Stanislov's Dog (Middle Eastern music with Daniel Eshoo, Rod Martinez, Raymond Powers)
Twin Trip (indie rock with Felix Penny and Micah Van Hove)
Gnotes + Teddy Jack (electro-acoustic guitar)
Gnawledge (global hip-hop with Granada Doaba)
Music will start at 7pm. Before the concert at 6pm, Canyon Cody will give a talk about his Fulbright research project about multi-cultural music in Spain. There will be drinks and delicious organic food. For more info, email canyon [at] gnawledge [dot] com
April 13, 2009
Granada Doaba remix project
First, a peek into the kitchen of French rapper Kaya while she practices lyrics over the Granada Doaba instrumental "Nunca Fui A Granada" [featuring Gnotes on the guitar + cajon]. Video recorded in the Albaicín (Granada, Spain)
Gnawledge - "Nunca Fui A Granada (Kaya Remix)" Download MP3
Second, we got a wicked bilingual dance track from Moses, an MC from the nuAi tribe.
Gnawledge - "Bohemia Al-Andalus (Moses Remix)" Download MP3
anyone else down for a collab?
Murs "Everyday" (Gnotes Remix)
Gnotes contributed a beat to the Murs remix contest. Always a dutiful rule-abider, Gnotes' instrumental contains no samples (as per stipulated); Gnotes plays live bass, guitar, accordion, bongos and MPC.
Murs - "Everything (Gnotes Remix)" Download MP3
James Blunt? really?
March 6, 2009
Knaan + Granada Doaba [Music Video]
music video smashup silliness to fill the time before Granada Doaba's April 21st release.
much thanks to knaan, chubb rock, carlos saura, el niño de las pinturas, sunny marley, afro dz ak, mohammad dominguez and tú también.
February 24, 2009
Knaan "ABCs" (Gnawledge Remix)
The first Granada Doaba mash-up is from El Canyonazo, who hadn't done a proper smashie since "Emergency Xxplosives". The vocals are from Knaan's "ABCS" [feat. Chubb Rock] from his new album Troubadour.
- Free Download: Knaan "ABCs" [Gnawledge Remix]
While in Granada, we were lucky enough to work with Juan Habichuela' grandson, an amazing 19 year old guitarist of the same name, but we'll have to save that story for another day . . .
BUY --> Knaan's new album Troubadour
February 3, 2009
Bohemia Al-Andalus [Yanng Remix]
The first Granada Doaba remix is from a Spanish MC named Yanng, who sharpened his canines performing every week with a live band at the Sunday JamSessions at BoogaClub in Granada (Spain).
- Free Download: Granada Doaba - "Bohemia Al-Andalus" [Yanng Remix]
Yanng came by the Gnawledge studio with his compañero Asis (video below) and freestyled over the instrumental "Bohemia Al-Andalus." Yanng went home with the beat his brain and scribed us a Doaba anthem:
"Eso no son rumbas de feria,
es una fusión de músicas serias.
Música antigua, ahora hecha nueva."
Much respect to Yanng for breaking the seal on the Granada Doaba remix project.
Anyone else interested? We got strumentals --> doaba@gnawledge.com
January 23, 2009
Kaya - Metaform Crush Remix
The producer Metaform is working with Gnotes and Elemental Zazen on both of their upcoming albums, but this here's just a likkle bootlegd remix of his track "Crush" from Standing on the Shoulders of Giants, one of my favorite albums of 2008.
Metaform - "Crush (Kaya Remix)" Download MP3
Kaya [aka Cat Gomez] is a French MC based in Granada (Spain) who collaborated with Gnawledge on Granada Doaba. For the anglophonos in the room, she's rappin in français until 1:38 and then reboots into espangñol for the finish.
Metaform's blenditure of instrumental hip-hop and old-school funk is right up my cup o'tea alley. Support the artist.