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A special hour on Editions Syliphone Conakry, the Guinean state-funded record label that ran from 1967 to 1986, across the tenure of President Sékou Touré. The purpose of the label was to support and promote Guinean traditional and national music, at home and abroad. Since its independence from France in 1958, Guinea's artists had been radicalised by an official cultural policy that sought to modernise the arts while still being faithful to the traditional roots. It was a policy called authenticité, and music was its prime focus. Under the policy each region in Guinea, some 34 in total, were represented by artistic troupes. These consisted of an orchestra, a traditional music ensemble, a choir, and a theatrical group. The government purchased new musical instruments for the orchestras, at a huge cost, and encouraged the groups to write songs about topics such as African nationalism, anti-colonialism, and anti-imperialism. The Syliphone label thus captured a moment in African history when a new nation asserted its voice and placed music at the forefront of its cultural identity. Their’s is a story that is intertwined with the political struggle for independence in Africa.
Clandestine record label, The Trilogy Tapes, tear up the NTS studios once a month, ripping through the grittiest and muddiest tracks. No words on this one, just tunes.
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Collaborative project between Russell Haswell and Florian Hecker. They released three records together : Blackest Ever Black (Electroacoustic UPIC Recordings) on Warner Classics & Jazz in 2007, followed by UPIC Warp Tracks on Warp Records in 2008 and finally Kanal GENDYN on Editions Mego in 2011. All three recordings were made using Iannis Xenakis's UPIC visual composing system.
The duo also put out a remix of Popol Vuh's Aguirre I on Editions Mego in 2008, but it did not make use of the UPIC system.
More information about the collaboration can be found on the duo's blog, http://haswellhecker.blogspot.fr/
Collaborative project between Russell Haswell and Florian Hecker. They released three records together : Blackest Ever Black (Electroacoustic UPIC Recordings) on Warner Classics & Jazz in 2007, followed by UPIC Warp Tracks on Warp Records in 2008 and finally Kanal GENDYN on Editions Mego in 2011. All three recordings were made using Iannis Xenakis's UPIC visual composing system.
The duo also put out a remix of Popol Vuh's Aguirre I on Editions Mego in 2008, but it did not make use of the UPIC system.
More information about the collaboration can be found on the duo's blog, http://haswellhecker.blogspot.fr/
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