Leslie Shill gave us the lowdown on...
> 4/. There is an Italian group by the name of Agricantus that is
> well worth
> a gander! i have a greatest hits cd and the first one that I bought was
> called Taureg and it has some great tracks. The bass player is a killer in
> the group and they have a pretty unique sound, even if they are
> not quite in
> the league that the ones I mention above are concerned.
These guys are really a trip! Their music incorporates so many different
"world music" influences that they sound almost...otherworldly! In fact,
much of the music on the Italian CNI label falls into this
"ethno-experimental" category. There's also a great Italian dub band named
Almamegretta, who have several albums out and who've worked with people like
Bill Laswell and Adrian Sherwood, to name a few. And there's an early Bill
Laswell/Eraldo Bernocchi project on CNI called ASHES...very cool. Most of
this stuff isn't very jazzy...but it is different and pretty obscure. If you
like stuff like Transglobal Underground and Talvin Singh, you should
definitely check this label out: www.cnimusic.it.
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Mark Turner
nugroove@pacbell.net
www.jazzadelica.com
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