Sonia
06-07-2006, 12:00 AM
Peace ALL.....
ON FRIDAY JUNE 9, 2006 AFRICA HI-FI'S RESIDENT MASTER DEE-JAY SELECTOR, RON TRENT WILL BE THE SOURCE OF MUSICAL INSPIRATION FOR THE EVENING...WHILE AFRICA HI-FI'S MOTHER/HOST WILL BE MAKING SURE EVERYTHING IS JUST RIGHT.
THIS MONTH AFRICA HI-FI'S EVENT IS RECOGNIZING THE POLITICAL/SOCIAL IMPORTANCE OF THE RELEASE, "CEASEFIRE" BY EMMANUEL JAL AND ABDEL GADIR SALIM
(WORLD MUSIC NETWORK).
We are spreading the news/ knowledge (below)
"Emmanuel Jal, from child soldier to rap superstar"
-The Observer
" rising star of African hip-hop"
-The Guardian
"The Sudanese hip-hop star, The Independent ex-child soldier now Kenya¹s hottest rapper"
-USA Today
"attracting growing attention from the music industry around the globe"
-The Scotsman
EMMANUEL JAL is one of the hottest rappers to explode out of the African
music scene. A former child-soldier from war-torn Sudan, Jal recently
entranced the audience at Africa Calling/Live 8 at the Eden Project,
Cornwall. Ceasefire brings Jal (a Christian rapper from the south) and Abdel
Gadir Salim (a Moslem musician from the north), two musicians from opposite
sides of the bloody Sudanese conflict, together for the first time. After
twenty-one years of civil war, the 2005 peace deal between the Sudanese
government and the Sudan People¹s Liberation Army (SPLA) brings a fragile
truce between the Moslem north and the predominantly Christian south. The
Sudanese people have suffered from the cultural, ethnic and religious
friction between the north and the south, and this collaboration is a
symbolic and peaceful contribution to the ongoing peace process.
Born in southern Sudan, after the death of his mother aged 7, Jal was taken
to one of the SPLA¹s military training camps in Ethiopia. After several
years as a child soldier and following the failure of the assault on south
Sudan¹s capital Juba in 1991, Jal trekked for hundreds of miles to join a
rival rebel group in Waat. It was here he met Emma McCune * the British
relief worker whose marriage to the rebel commander Riek Machar made
international headlines * who demobilised, adopted and smuggled Jal into
Nairobi. (Deborah Scroggins¹ book, Emma¹s War, examines her inspiring story
and Ridley Scott (Gladiator, Bladerunner) is currently making the screenplay
into a film, starring Nicole Kidman in the lead role.) After Emma¹s tragic
death in 1993, Jal attended school and started rapping. His music has given
a voice to Sudan¹s Olost boys¹, a generation of children affected by the
civil war. Now a spokesperson for the Coalition To Stop The Use Of Child
Soldiers, Make Poverty History and the Control Arms campaign, Jal recently
gave a storming performance at Live 8.
ABDEL GADIR SALIM is a singer, composer and oud player from the Kordofan
province. A venerated master of northern Sudanese music (Ohypnotically
stunning¹ The Guardian), Salim¹s powerful voice and dynamic arrangements
make innovative and vibrant music. Salim¹s organic rhythms and vast musical
knowledge would have intimidated many rappers, but Jal rises and excels at
the challenge.
Recorded in Nairobi and London, Ceasefire was produced by Paul Borg, who is
uniquely placed to bridge popular rap culture and African music. He has
worked for artists such as Naughty By Nature, MC Solar and Urban Species,
and has earned an excellent reputation within the world music scene working
with Cheb Bilal and Mory Kanté.
Musically, Ceasefire is an album of two parts. Abdel Gadir Salim composed
OYa Salam¹ * a tribute to peace that Jal guest raps on * OLemon Bara¹,
OHadiya¹ and OGamearina¹. Jal composed OAiwa¹, OElengwen¹, ONyambol¹, OBaai¹
and OGua¹, performed with his rap crew, the Reborn Warriors. Salim and his
band, Merdoum All Stars, feature on some of Jal¹s compositions, bringing
oud, electric guitar, saxophone, accordion, bass guitar and percussion
playing to the mix, while Jal and his rap crew, the Reborn Warriors, add
raps to Salim¹s innovative compositions. OAsabi¹ was co-written by both
artists and all the material featured on Ceasefire focuses on the central
theme of peace and reconciliation. The album includes a re-recording of
OGua¹ (meaning Ogood¹ in Nuer and Opower¹ in Arabic), Jal¹s Kenyan
chart-topper, and the lyrics discuss his aspirations for peace in Sudan.
Despite different musical traditions, Ceasefire brings out the common links
between the Sudanese traditions and creates a captivating musical fusion.
Both artists have been scarred by the violence (Salim was brutally stabbed
by a fundamentalist campaigning against music in Khartoum) and this
incredible collaboration brings together a Sudanese music maestro with a
young rapper capturing the world¹s attention, and produces music bursting
with talent and intricate melodies. As Jal is fond of repeating: OIt is
better to build bridges than to burn them.¹
World Music Network
6 Abbeville Mews, 88 Clapham Park Road
London SW4 7BX
Tel: 0207 498 5252
www.worldmusic.net (http://www.worldmusic.net)
:DOORS OPEN 9PM-2AM
$10 COVER
:AFRICA HI-FI SUPPORTS:
NEXTAID , an LA based non-profit that uses music events to raise money for children in South Africa orphaned by the horrendous AIDS EPIDEMIC.
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, working diligently to raise awareness and action against Human Rights Violations all over the world.
http://www.amnestyusa.org/regions/africa/index.do
:LINKS FOR YOU TO VISIT:
Prescriptionworld.org
(AFRICA HI-FI PHOTO GALLERY)
http://www.myspace.com/rontrent
(Ron Trent)
http://www.myspace.com/egyptiansoul
(Sonia H.)
www.worldmusic.net (http://www.worldmusic.net)
Nextaid.org
Amnesty.org
Sonotheque.org
"OUR ABILITY TO REACH UNITY IN DIVERSITY WILL BE THE BEAUTY AND TEST OF OUR CIVILIZATION."
Sonotheque
1444 w. chicago
312.226.7600
www.sonotheque.org (http://www.sonotheque.org)
ON FRIDAY JUNE 9, 2006 AFRICA HI-FI'S RESIDENT MASTER DEE-JAY SELECTOR, RON TRENT WILL BE THE SOURCE OF MUSICAL INSPIRATION FOR THE EVENING...WHILE AFRICA HI-FI'S MOTHER/HOST WILL BE MAKING SURE EVERYTHING IS JUST RIGHT.
THIS MONTH AFRICA HI-FI'S EVENT IS RECOGNIZING THE POLITICAL/SOCIAL IMPORTANCE OF THE RELEASE, "CEASEFIRE" BY EMMANUEL JAL AND ABDEL GADIR SALIM
(WORLD MUSIC NETWORK).
We are spreading the news/ knowledge (below)
"Emmanuel Jal, from child soldier to rap superstar"
-The Observer
" rising star of African hip-hop"
-The Guardian
"The Sudanese hip-hop star, The Independent ex-child soldier now Kenya¹s hottest rapper"
-USA Today
"attracting growing attention from the music industry around the globe"
-The Scotsman
EMMANUEL JAL is one of the hottest rappers to explode out of the African
music scene. A former child-soldier from war-torn Sudan, Jal recently
entranced the audience at Africa Calling/Live 8 at the Eden Project,
Cornwall. Ceasefire brings Jal (a Christian rapper from the south) and Abdel
Gadir Salim (a Moslem musician from the north), two musicians from opposite
sides of the bloody Sudanese conflict, together for the first time. After
twenty-one years of civil war, the 2005 peace deal between the Sudanese
government and the Sudan People¹s Liberation Army (SPLA) brings a fragile
truce between the Moslem north and the predominantly Christian south. The
Sudanese people have suffered from the cultural, ethnic and religious
friction between the north and the south, and this collaboration is a
symbolic and peaceful contribution to the ongoing peace process.
Born in southern Sudan, after the death of his mother aged 7, Jal was taken
to one of the SPLA¹s military training camps in Ethiopia. After several
years as a child soldier and following the failure of the assault on south
Sudan¹s capital Juba in 1991, Jal trekked for hundreds of miles to join a
rival rebel group in Waat. It was here he met Emma McCune * the British
relief worker whose marriage to the rebel commander Riek Machar made
international headlines * who demobilised, adopted and smuggled Jal into
Nairobi. (Deborah Scroggins¹ book, Emma¹s War, examines her inspiring story
and Ridley Scott (Gladiator, Bladerunner) is currently making the screenplay
into a film, starring Nicole Kidman in the lead role.) After Emma¹s tragic
death in 1993, Jal attended school and started rapping. His music has given
a voice to Sudan¹s Olost boys¹, a generation of children affected by the
civil war. Now a spokesperson for the Coalition To Stop The Use Of Child
Soldiers, Make Poverty History and the Control Arms campaign, Jal recently
gave a storming performance at Live 8.
ABDEL GADIR SALIM is a singer, composer and oud player from the Kordofan
province. A venerated master of northern Sudanese music (Ohypnotically
stunning¹ The Guardian), Salim¹s powerful voice and dynamic arrangements
make innovative and vibrant music. Salim¹s organic rhythms and vast musical
knowledge would have intimidated many rappers, but Jal rises and excels at
the challenge.
Recorded in Nairobi and London, Ceasefire was produced by Paul Borg, who is
uniquely placed to bridge popular rap culture and African music. He has
worked for artists such as Naughty By Nature, MC Solar and Urban Species,
and has earned an excellent reputation within the world music scene working
with Cheb Bilal and Mory Kanté.
Musically, Ceasefire is an album of two parts. Abdel Gadir Salim composed
OYa Salam¹ * a tribute to peace that Jal guest raps on * OLemon Bara¹,
OHadiya¹ and OGamearina¹. Jal composed OAiwa¹, OElengwen¹, ONyambol¹, OBaai¹
and OGua¹, performed with his rap crew, the Reborn Warriors. Salim and his
band, Merdoum All Stars, feature on some of Jal¹s compositions, bringing
oud, electric guitar, saxophone, accordion, bass guitar and percussion
playing to the mix, while Jal and his rap crew, the Reborn Warriors, add
raps to Salim¹s innovative compositions. OAsabi¹ was co-written by both
artists and all the material featured on Ceasefire focuses on the central
theme of peace and reconciliation. The album includes a re-recording of
OGua¹ (meaning Ogood¹ in Nuer and Opower¹ in Arabic), Jal¹s Kenyan
chart-topper, and the lyrics discuss his aspirations for peace in Sudan.
Despite different musical traditions, Ceasefire brings out the common links
between the Sudanese traditions and creates a captivating musical fusion.
Both artists have been scarred by the violence (Salim was brutally stabbed
by a fundamentalist campaigning against music in Khartoum) and this
incredible collaboration brings together a Sudanese music maestro with a
young rapper capturing the world¹s attention, and produces music bursting
with talent and intricate melodies. As Jal is fond of repeating: OIt is
better to build bridges than to burn them.¹
World Music Network
6 Abbeville Mews, 88 Clapham Park Road
London SW4 7BX
Tel: 0207 498 5252
www.worldmusic.net (http://www.worldmusic.net)
:DOORS OPEN 9PM-2AM
$10 COVER
:AFRICA HI-FI SUPPORTS:
NEXTAID , an LA based non-profit that uses music events to raise money for children in South Africa orphaned by the horrendous AIDS EPIDEMIC.
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, working diligently to raise awareness and action against Human Rights Violations all over the world.
http://www.amnestyusa.org/regions/africa/index.do
:LINKS FOR YOU TO VISIT:
Prescriptionworld.org
(AFRICA HI-FI PHOTO GALLERY)
http://www.myspace.com/rontrent
(Ron Trent)
http://www.myspace.com/egyptiansoul
(Sonia H.)
www.worldmusic.net (http://www.worldmusic.net)
Nextaid.org
Amnesty.org
Sonotheque.org
"OUR ABILITY TO REACH UNITY IN DIVERSITY WILL BE THE BEAUTY AND TEST OF OUR CIVILIZATION."
Sonotheque
1444 w. chicago
312.226.7600
www.sonotheque.org (http://www.sonotheque.org)