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From Mexico City : Radio 21 Million
Sharing creative music from mighty magic Mexico City, the center of the world - 2,400 meters high, 21 million hearts big, 100 thousand taxis, a cold and often wicked politic, and a thriving but oft under-appreciated arts scene, it's a city that's alive and vibrant and emerging into the international creative music conscience. With Radio 21 Million, Mexico City based musician Todd Clouser (A Love Electric, Ropeadope Sur) highlights the creative music happening in his adopted hometown by visiting with its artists. Here, musicians become the programmers as we uncover a bit of Mexico City’s jazz past, its eclectic present, and its promise of a future as Latin America’s creative epicentre.
Episode V
Pop and rock artists have long turned to jazz and experimental musics when reinvention, or a bit of artistic evolution, is called for. In this episode, we celebrate visionary new music from the late David Bowie from his celebrated album 'Blackstar'. His band on the record? A group of noted jazz and beyond musicians. JT Bates’ new release is 'Open Relationships', a record of pieces and sonic explorations produced entirely by the drum set; we share two tracks. We also celebrate new music from Mexico City with Centarvs, Amada Tovalin, and Daniel Zepeda. The texture, experimentation and embrace of emotion, the challenge - we will not settle for the predictable - I find, often uninhibited, in the best of jazz and improvisation, also has a place in popular music as we hear with Porcupine Tree, Wilco, and a classic soul track from the Contours. Episode V concludes with Beck’s mix of the heartbreaking but triumphant “Seven” from David Bowie’s “Hours”. Music is possibility.
Enjoy!
Todd
Radio 21 Million
5th March 2016
Artist - Track - Album - Year
Henry West / Ana Ruiz / Robert Mann / Claudio Enríquez Clapping Hand
Cold Drinks, Hot Dreams 1979
Tonos Lep Continuo Ipho 2005
Sense Datum Gis Mostaza Sense Datum 1995
Yells At Eels + Remi Álvarez Intensidad Contenida
Live at Cha'ak'ab Paaxil 2008 2008
Poc Chuc Trío (Mario de Vega + Rogelio Sosa + Juanjosé Rivas) Pieza 1
Live at Cha'ak'ab Paaxil 2008 2008
La Cocina Esos no son modos Música para bailar 2015
Angélica Castelló + Burkhard Stangl + Mario de Vega Pieza 1
Live at Cha'ak'ab Paaxil 2008 2008
Henry West / Ana Ruiz / Robert Mann / Claudio Enríquez Hanne IV
Cold Drinks, Hot Dreams 1979
Zero Point (Germán Bringas, Itzam Cano y Gabriel Lauber) Pieza 3
Live at Cha'ak'ab Paaxil 2008
Sense Datum Zig Zag Sense Datum 2005
Jimi Hendrix Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
Blue Wild Angel: Live at the Isle of Wight 2002
Ornette Coleman Peace The Shape of Jazz to Come 1959
David Bowie Blackstar Blackstar 2016