UP, BUSTLE & OUT PRESENTS REBEL RADIO - Master Sessions 1 Calle 23, Havana

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UP, BUSTLE & OUT PRESENTS REBEL RADIO WITH RICHARD EGUES
Master Sessions 1: Calle 23, Havana
(ZENCD46) Ninja Tune 2000
13 Tracks. 54mins55secs.
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Up, Bustle & Out first appeared on the trip hop scene in the early nineties, alongside bands such as Massive Attack, Smith & Mighty and Portishead. However, their work, unlike their peers', has always been spiced-up by ethnic flavours, from Indian ragas to salsa.
Master Sessions 1: Calle 23, Havana is the first in a two part series, composed both in Bristol, England, and Havana, Cuba, and recorded in the SonoCaribe studios, situated… Calle 23 in Havana, in April and May 1998.
So, is it a Buena Vista Social Club kind of record? Up, Bustle & Out’s Rupert Mould declares on the band’s web site, that, if the project led by Vim Wenders and Ry Cooder desperately avoided controversial issues, the Master Sessions actually deals with political and social concerns, using, amongst others, recordings of Kennedy and Castro. “Among the twenty musicians [involved in the recording of the Sessions], it would be quite a debate: economic issues, the government, the blockade, the Cuban equation of their situation”. Referring to the Buena Vista project and to Wenders in particular, Mould continues “To record a whole project on film, present it to the world on that scale, and never to have covered any of that is a bit superficial.” The album also features a CDRom, showing footage of the sessions, together with archive images, and their even is a book associated with this release.
It would be too easy to simply stick to the political issues raised by Calle 23, though. And it would mean missing the artistic performance of one of the leading Cuban musicians that is flautist Richard Egües. Together with his own band, Orquesta Richard Egües, he is the essence of this record. Egües, born in Cruces in 1926, has played a key role in the Orquesta Aragón, formed by Orestes Aragón Cantero in 1939, until his departure, in 1984, to form Orquesta Richard Egües. Egües brings the flavours and ambiances of his native island to the smokier, darker Bristolian atmospheres created by UB&O, creating a mix of dub and heavy beats (The Educators, Kennedy’s Secret Tapes, Havana Streets), and Caribbean salsa (Mamí, Descarga Con Café, Por Eso Quiero), the album culminating with the magnificently groovy Rebel Satellite.
Up, Bustle & Out’s Master Sessions 1 is a breath of pure fresh air, refusing any compromise, showing the picture as it is, and, by all means, creating the most interesting piece of musical work in recent times.

TRACK LISTING

01	The Educators	08	Descarga Con Café
02	Hip Hop Barrio - Who's Gonna Take The Weight	09	Por Eso Quiero
03	Los Locos Cubanos	10	Havana's Streets
04	Mamí	11	Back The Deal Smith & Mighty Remix
05	Rebel Satellite	12	Carbine 744, 520... Che Guevara
06	Kennedy's Secret Tapes	13	Made In Cuba, Part 1
07	Estudio Sonocaribe - 1

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THE BREEZE THAT MELLOW AS THE GUNS COOLED IN THE CELLAR Ninja Tune 1993	Track listing not available
ONE COLOUR JUST REFLECTS ANOTHER Ninja Tune 1996 Buy it on line now	Aqui No Ma The Revolutionary Woman Of The Windmill Pt 1 (La Bandolera Del Molino) Running Rude Bicycles, Flutes & You 1, 2, 3, Alto Y Fuera An African Friendship 12 Penny Apples Three Drunk Musicians Poncho Café Hand Of Contraband Mr Pavement Man Ninja's Principality Unmarked Grave Discoursing Drums The Revolutionary Woman Of The Windmill Pt 2 The Streets Of Huancayo, Peru
LIGHT 'EM UP, BLOW 'EM OUT Ninja Tune 1997 Buy it on line now	Clandestine Operation Emerald Alley Rain In Tibet Silks Perfume & Gold Beautiful Lure Apple Strudle Compared To What Y Ahora Tu Radio Madrid Dance Of The Caravan Summer Lazy Daze Hearty Do Lallies Coca Conga Coffee At Señor Rudi's Illusion Party With The Raj

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MASTER SESSIONS 1: CALLE 23, HAVANA - BOOK
Ninja Tune 2000
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