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World 'n' Bass |
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| Location: | Marseille, |
| Country: |  France |
| Last Login: | Oct 17, 2008 (406 days back) |
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| EUROPEAN TOUR 2008: 14/02 DUSSELDORF (DE) - ZAKK 15/02 HALLE (DE) - LA BIM 16/02 JENA (DE) - KASSABLANCA 19/02 LEIPZIG (DE) - NATO 21/02 HAMBURG (DE) – HAFENKLANG 22/02 LUBECK (DE) – TREIBSAND 23/02 BERLIN (DE) - GLASHAUS 28/02 KARLSRUHE (DE) - TOLLHAUS 29/02 WIEN (AT) – OSTKLUB 14/03 BUDAPEST (HU) - MILLENARIS 16/03 OSTRAVA (CZ) - TEMPL CLUB 18/03 BRNO (CZ) – ALTERNA CLUB 19/03 PLEZN (CZ) - DIVADLO POD LAMPOU 20/03 PRAGUE (CZ) - PALAC ACROPOLIS 21/03 EBENSEE (AT) - KINO EBENSEE 03/04 MARSEILLE (FR) - ESPACE JULIEN 04/04 LA GRAVE (FR) – DERBY DE LA MEIJE 05/04 MANOSQUE (FR) – CAFE PROVISOIRE 11/04 LYON (FR) - MARCHE GARE 16/04 PARIS (FR) – LA MAROQUINERIE 26/04 VILLEFRANCHE D’ALLIER (FR) – FESTI’CONCERT 29/04 MONTPELLIER (FR) – L’ANTIROUILLE 30/04 RIBERAC (FR)– FESTIVAL 03/05 LEEUWARDEN (NL) – POP PODIUM ROMEIN 05/05 WAGENINGEN (NL) – OPEN AIR 06/05 BRUXELLES (BE) – AB CLUB 08/05 MACON (FR) – FESTIVAL LE BAL VI 10/05 NIJMEGEN (NL) – MUSIC MEETING 15/05 BARCELONA (SP) - SALAMANDRA 16/05 MADRID (SP) – TEMPO CLUB 17/05 ALICANTE / SANTA POLA (SP) - SALA KARISMA 30/05 HANNOVER (DE) – MASALA FESTIVAL 31/05 KOLN (DE) – ODONIEN 06/06 PARIS (FR) – FESTIVAL NEW BLED 07/06 VITRY LE FRANCOIS (FR) – L’ORANGE BLEUE 14/06 TILBURG (NL) –MUNDIAL FESTIVAL 15/06 AMSTERDAM (NL) – ROOTS FESTIVAL 18/06 MINSK (BR) - PHILHARMONIE 20/06 PALANGA (LT) – RAMYBE CLUB 21/06 VILNIUS (LT) – OPEN AIR 22/06 DAUGAVPILS (LV) - OPEN AIR 27/06 REIGNIER (FR) - FESTIVAL LES ROCKAILLES 28/06 LARZ (DE) – FUSION FESTIVAL 05/07 HRADEC KRALOVE (CZ) - ROCK FOR PEOPLE 10/07 NOVI SAD (SR) – EXIT FESTIVAL 18/07 DAUMAZAN (FR) – FESTIVAL TERRE DE COULEURS 24/07 MEYTHET (FR) - FESTIVAL 31/07 TRONDHEIM (NO) – STORAAS FESTIVAL 02/08 NASAKER (SE) - URKULT FESTIVAL 03/08 MALMO (SE) – SOMMAR SCEN, PILDAMMS PARKEN 06/08 LEUCATE (FR) – FESTIVAL LES MEDITERANEENES 30/08 PAVIE (FR) - FESTIVAL PLEIN LES FEUILLES 06/09 TONNAY BOUTONNE (FR) – FESTIVAL TONNAY BON 18/09 MARSEILLE (FR) – CONCERT DE SOUTIEN AU BALTHAZAR 20/09 PARIS (FR) – LA BELLEVILLOISE 01/10 NEW YORK (US) – DROMA GYPSY FESTIVAL 03/10 MONTREAL (QC) – POP MONTREAL 04/10 SHAWINIGAN (QC) – OKTOBERFEST WATCHA CLAN presents : Diaspora Hi-Fi Live electro-world It’s been ten years since the music of Watcha Clan started moving to the rhythm of the waters of the Mediterranean. The ten year watershed has marked a new start for the band. After contemplating the idea of changing their name as a form of rebirth to revitalise their creativity, the reunited clan is still with us to present Diaspora Hi-Fi, their new project. The party continues… This fluid scene’s distinctive electro sound powers the clan into new territory. Speeding forward through frenetic rhythms or rendering homage to their roots, the clan, a real family embodied in the voice of Sista K, never forget their destiny or their mission, their search for space and freedom. Above all, they are true nomads in the world of music. Nomadic means independent, and it has always been crucial for this clan to make their own decisions, go forward at their own pace and set their own agenda. As they go out on the road again Sista K, Clem, Matt and Soupa Ju – who has moved his talents from the sunlight to the comparative obscurity of management to great effect – met the independent Berlin label PIRANHA Musik. By a happy calendar coincidence, this is PIRANHA's 20th year in business, and so this fusion of worlds and meeting of generations came at the perfect time. In a buzz of mutual esteem, the two parties decided to nurture the Diaspora Hi-Fi project together. Always on the move, Sista K’s family history is intimately entwined with her music. She’s Ashkenazi through her mother and Sephardic and Berber through her father, an Algerian independence fighter who was French before he was born (an 1870 decree gave French nationality to the Jewish population of Algeria). She could have been born in the land of Israel, where her parents met, but saw the light of day in the shadow of Marseille’s Bonne Mère. La Belle de Mai, La Busserine, Le Merlan are all inextricably part of her personal geography; her own Bermuda Triangle in which she could never loose herself and which helped forge the consummate woman she is today. “Back then,” she says, “in the northern quarters of Marseille, no-one cared who was Jewish and who was Muslim. We all lived together, and life was always stimulating.” Jewish, Muslim, Catholic or atheist? It doesn’t matter, she seems to be saying, as long as you have faith. Faith in man and woman, for no other reason than brotherhood, Sista! This expansion of the heart denies the very idea of borders. Whether free to move or driven to do so, these men and women represent a possible future, a plausible future, even if Théodore Monod, the wise man’s wise man whom they sample generously, once said: “For the State, a free man is unacceptable…” Altruistic dealers in cultures and humanities, they juggle rhythms and languages (French, Arabic, Hebrew, English) to the beat of the memories they have, the people they meet and the places they see. From the Eastern European melodies Karine’s mother sang to her when she was little to the chaabi, the Algerian blues Nassim the “khouya” (brother) from Oran, a friend and collaborator since 2003, introduced them to, from the cherifian grooves of Amarg Fusion to the burning lyrics of the Bourbia brothers, the MCs of Tox from Oran, to the hip-hop kick that appeals to Clem, the clan’s music man and sampler extraordinaire; Diaspora Hi-Fi, their new album, sings with the freedom of spirit of travelling people. “It gets us involved, it motivates us,” Ka and Clem say in chorus. “We saw where our road was leading, and we’ve been on that road since.” They’re free and committed, and above all, they are nomads. Squaaly.
WATCHA CLAN présente : Diaspora Hi-Fi Live electro-world Dix ans déjà que la musique de Watcha Clan joue avec la bande sur le tapis vert de la Grande Bleue. A l’heure de l’anniversaire, ils ont su rebondir, avec force, casser le jeu comme on dit au billard. Ce renouveau a même failli les amener à déposer leur nom sur le bord de la route pour repartir plus léger encore, comme neuf. Finalement, le clan recomposé est toujours là. C’est lui qui présente Diaspora Hi-Fi, leur nouveau projet. La «party» peut recommencer. Clairement électro, le son de ce monde en mouvement propulse le clan dans de nouvelles sphères. Qu’ils grapillent ici une accélération subite du temps ou déposent là, un hommage enraciné, le clan, véritable famille incarnée par la voix de Sista K, n’oublie jamais son sort, sa mission, sa quête d’espace et de liberté. Nomades avant tout ! Nomades, donc indépendants ! Décider par eux-mêmes, avancer à leurs rythmes, fixer leur propre cap est vital pour ce clan. A l’heure de se remettre en route, Sista K, Clem, Matt et Soupa Ju, qui par souci d’efficacité est passé des sunlights à la pénombre, ont rencontré Christoph Borkowsky Akbar, figure mythique des musiques du monde et boss du label indépendant berlinois Piranha Musik. Hasard des calendriers, Piranha fête cette année son vingtième anniversaire. Choc des mondes, des générations, cette rencontre ne pouvait mieux tomber. Mutuellement séduits, ils décident de porter ensemble ce Diaspora Hi-Fi. Jamais en place, Sista K rejoue à chaque instant son histoire familiale. Ashkénaze par sa mère, sépharade et berbère par son père, un militant indépendantiste Algérien qui, avant même de naître fût reconnu français (en 1870, le décret Crémieux concéda la nationalité française à la population juive d’Algérie), elle aurait pu naître en Israël où ses parents se sont connus. Sista K a vu le jour à l’ombre de la Bonne Mère. La Belle de Mai, La Busserine, Le Merlan ; c’est sa géographie intime, son triangle des Bermudes. Elle ne s’y perdra jamais, bien au contraire. Elle reconnaît même, des années après que cet univers a forgé la femme qu’elle est aujourd’hui, l’a aidée à se trouver. «A l’époque, dans les Quartiers Nord, on ne se souciait pas de savoir si l’on était juif ou musulman. On vivait ensemble» souligne-t-elle, «et cette vie était très stimulante !». Juif, musulman, catholique ou même athée ? Qu’importe pourvu qu’on ait la foi, semble-t-elle affirmer. Pourvu qu’on ait la foi dans l’homme, la femme sans autre motif que celui de la fraternité, Sister ! Cet élan du coeur anéantit la notion même de frontière. Libres de circuler ou contraints de le faire, ces hommes et ces femmes constituent un avenir possible, un futur plausible, même si selon Théodore Monod un sage parmi les sages qu’ils samplent en grande largeur : «Pour les ministères, pour les bureaux, un homme libre, c’est inacceptable…». Passeurs de cultures et d’humanités, ils jonglent avec les rythmes, avec les langues (français, arabe, hébreu, anglais) au gré des souvenirs, des rencontres, des haltes. Des rengaines d’Europe de l’Est que chantait à sa fille la mère de Karine; au chaâbi , ce blues algérien transmis par Nassim le «khouya» d’Oran rencontré en 2003 et revu depuis régulièrement, au groove chérifien des Gadiriens d’Amarg Fusion, aux lyrics enflammés des frères Bourbia, les deux MCs du groupe oranais Tox ou au kick hip-hop qu’affectionne Clem, le musicien du clan et virtuose du sampleur ; Diaspora Hi-Fi, leur nouvel album, revendique la liberté d’esprit des gens du voyage. « Ça nous engage, nous motive » assurent en choeur Ka et Clem. «Depuis qu’on a compris par où passait notre chemin, on l’arpente dans tous les sens.». Libres, nomades et engagés ! Squaaly. |
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The 30th of September, the Watcha clan was for the first time in the United States Of America.
So after an endless trip by train and plane... Posted by WATCHA CLAN on Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:47:00 PST |
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MARSEILLE / PARIS c'est la rentre! |
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| Hola everybody !
On ne pouvait pas y couper, cette fois a y est, c'est la rentre...Chacun a fait ses valises , et est de nouveau prt partir par monts et par vaux , de camion en avion d'avion en ... Posted by WATCHA CLAN on Fri, 26 Sep 2008 03:07:00 PST |
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NORWAY and SWEDEN TOUR |
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| 31st of July:
We were in summer and the temperature was 17 degrees , it was 23 pm and the sun was here!! no doubt we were in Norway!
&nbs... Posted by WATCHA CLAN on Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:35:00 PST |
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EXIT FESTIVAL |
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| 10th of July:If you want a cool description of the term "huge festival" : go to EXIT. In the Petrovaradin Fortress (near Novi Sad in Serbia) you 've got in four days , 600 gigs , 25 stages and 60000 p... Posted by WATCHA CLAN on Tue, 29 Jul 2008 04:36:00 PST |
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ROCK FOR PEOPLE FESTIVAL |
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| Saturday 5th of July :
If I say "Hradec Kralove" what does it mean for you? ... nothing?... a clue: it's a festival's place where Watcha Clan and Massive Attack played on the same stage....so?
F... Posted by WATCHA CLAN on Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:28:00 PST |
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FUSION FESTIVAL 2008 |
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| Saturday 28th of June:
If someone doesn't believe that we really wanted to play at the Fusion Festival, read this lines...
After a very short night in Reignier, we took the bus to go to Switzerl... Posted by WATCHA CLAN on Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:39:00 PST |
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FESTIVAL LES ROCKAILLES |
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| Vendredi 27 juin:
Toute l'quipe du clan mit tout en Suvre pour arriver dans les temps au Festival des Rockailles 2008 Reignier
&nbs... Posted by WATCHA CLAN on Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:23:00 PST |
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Latvia, Lithuania and Bielorussia!!! |
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| Friday 20th of June :
We are in Palanga , it's raining outside (it's normal because Lithuania is the country of the rain....) and we are waiting for the sound check at the Kultros Centras Ramyb....
... Posted by WATCHA CLAN on Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:33:00 PST |
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HOLLAND TOUR 2 |
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| We are in the plane, going to Vilnius from Amsterdam , 3 hours to try to understand why this take off was so strange and abnormal...
Well, we arrived by plane in Tilburg on&... Posted by WATCHA CLAN on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:34:00 PST |
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PARIS/VITRY-LE-FRANCOIS |
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| Vendredi 6 juin :
Ce ne sont pas les 776670 mtres sparant notre Bonne Mre de la tour Eiffel qui allaient empcher toute l'quipe du Watcha Clan de dbarquer dans les temps au Nouveau Casino. Bien q... Posted by WATCHA CLAN on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:57:00 PST |
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