I have mentioned Baba on global whirled African bands and more thread. Gonna see Dwarfs of East Agouza tomorrow night
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 19 October 2023 14:34 (seven months ago) link
Would have loved to see Baba Commandant, just finally picked up their most recent album and absolutely loving it.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 19 October 2023 14:40 (seven months ago) link
Because US promoter of Baba C tour in US is Washington DC based they have done a bunch of gigs locally including free ones at a park and one at lunchtime at a library
― curmudgeon, Friday, 20 October 2023 15:08 (seven months ago) link
Saw the Dwarfs of East Agouza last night. Good Egypt meets motorik meets Velvets groove at times. But also distorted vocals, falsetto ones & some improv noisy sax solos.
Alan has also done solo gigs on this tour, and has solo albums out. I haven’t heard him solo live or recorded yet.
Found out that the Bishop brothers are related to Washington DC rockabilly and honkytonk guitarist Ratso who has played with Kinky Friedman and Tex Rubinowitz.
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 21 October 2023 14:57 (seven months ago) link
What type of venue did you see Dwarfs of East Agouza? I saw them in a kind of stale setting in Europe this spring and it didn’t seem quite right.
― bbq, Saturday, 21 October 2023 23:31 (seven months ago) link
I saw them in a former car repair shop looking place, where you had to enter in from a hard to find entrance in back in an area of Baltimore with warehouses and just a liquor store nearby selling single cheap beers. The crowd was standing and some dancing and enthusiastic. Maybe some were there to see the members of Animal Collective (Deakin & Geologist) who opened, but they mostly stuck around for Dwarfs. Plus since Baltimore gets less events than DC, I think that helped draw more people too. Ian Nagoski who runs Canary Records was there, Tonal Park Studio in Takoma , MD guy too
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 22 October 2023 17:24 (seven months ago) link
https://www.sublimefrequencies.com/store
Some items only available in mp3, but they have vinyl, cd, and dvds for some still
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 22 October 2023 17:35 (seven months ago) link
wtfffffff
https://www.instagram.com/p/C0HuZH0P1mL/
i'm gutted. one of the best shows i've seen in years.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Monday, 27 November 2023 00:38 (six months ago) link
Yep, damn malaria . RIP Baba Commandant
― curmudgeon, Monday, 27 November 2023 16:21 (six months ago) link
Cool new Egyptian music release by The Handover on Sublime Frequencies
https://sublime-frequencies.bandcamp.com/album/the-handover
― curmudgeon, Friday, 12 April 2024 17:06 (one month ago) link