MOHAMED SOULIMANE

Mohamed Soulimane from Arab Orchestra de Barcelonaon a cold day in november we record violin tracks with Mohamed from the Arab Orchestra de Barcelona. His parts will be layered and fragmented over the same track that features Selva De Mar and Max Wright, and in keeping with a disjointed and dislocated theme (and the fact it's cold outside)...

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JUANLU AND DAVID FROM CALIMA

we took a couple of days to drive up to Cap de Creus and Cadaquez to shoot David and Juanlu from the latin grammy nominated band Calima. cold and windy but amazing views and some stunning shots... and the sun came out right on cue. some technical problems made it hard work but it was well worth it. thanks guys!JuanLu 'el Canijo' Leprevost...

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SHOOTING SELVA DE MAR

we made a trip up to Breda, a town on the edge of Montseny Natural Park. Our friends, Sasha and Pablo, from the improvisation group Selva de Mar, have a workshop and rehearsal space there in the countryside. They play baroque Cello and Hang (an unusual metallic percussion instrument that looks like a U.F.O.)Next to their workshop is a scrap...

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SENEN FLORENsA, DIRECTOR OF ieMED

We arranged a meeting with Senen Florensa, the general director of the ieMed - (instituto europeo mediteraneo) that promotes and fosters collaboration and coordination between artistic and cultural organizations to find out more about what is being done at a political level to promote intercultural understanding. We interviewed him about...

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GAMBEAT DE MANU CHAO, RADIO BEMBA

Gambeat, Bassist with Manu Chao and Radio Bemba as well as producer with bands such as Che Sudaka, popped down to the studio and we made a plan to record the bassline for the misperceptions dub track on Rambla de Raval, in Barcelona. He brought down his old upright bass "Big Lady", which has a long history (from before the II world war)...

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NO BOUNDARY ON THE RADIO

Descobreix el documental "No Boundary" Ayesha was interviewed on Radio 3 about the project. you can also hear the latest versions of the trac...

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MAX MOYA WRIGHT DE "Ojos de Brujo"

Ayesha persuades all round percussionist and random noise man to join in the fun. He comes round to Simon's studio to work on the material, as we will create a new track with him. The plan is a chopped up, spliced video, odd-time-signature floating track about finding your place in the world, searching for an identity. We map out a track...

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OKONKOLO TRIO

Okonkolo, the percussion trio we met during the journey, come up to Barcelona to record. Having sent them the music already to listen to, they come prepared with an arrangement of claps and cajon. A luxury...We meet the day before the shoot in order to do a technical run-through (another luxury!) and simon discovers its quite hard to get...

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