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TheFlyingCarpet Special flight on voices, poetry & music.
A new special edition flying trought voices & poetry and their influence in music.
We start from the beginning of 70's in New York City, where Gil Scot-Heron, accompanied with a percussions, explains that Revolution will not be televised. We stay in the U.S. and in the beginning of the 70's with the Last Poets, similar style of flows and percussions, with two political pieces: Related to What and Run Nigger Run. We follow the excursion with Amiri Baraka (kown also as Leroy Jones) accompanied by a jazz band, with a record of a live performance of his text Somebody Blew Up America, After that we rest in 1970 but we flight to France, where the african and francophone poet Alfred Panou meets the Art Ensemble of Chicago . The result is the wonderful and very ironic piece Je suis un sauvage, originally edit in a rare 7“. We rest in France, where we meet the voice of Arthur H, with is afroinspired piece Salammbo, flirting with jazz. More in the same mood, we move to Italy, where Paolo Conte guide us with his deep voice in a Dancing. Moving again. We come back to US to meet Slam poetry, with Marc Smith the goodfather of the genre. From US to France, where Slam is equally popular, and we meet GRand Corps Malade, a guy from paris' banlieu, with Je dors sur mes deux oreilles. Finally, we meet the velvet voice of Ursula Rucker, with a pice dedicated to Supa Sista.
Enjoy this flight and come back soon on TheFlyingCArpet airlines!