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Veo La Marea
Soulico Feat. Ceci Bastida & Pigeon John - SOS
I think our entire office can agree that one of our favorite LA artists (and crush!) is without a doubt Ceci Bastida Amityville II: The Possession divx , of the now-defunct Tijuana No!. Though I’ve loved her music for a while now, I waited until March to see her perform live at SXSW–inside of a massive Presbyterian church. It was a great set, and between the intoxicating rhythm of her music and her killer asymmetrical haircut, I knew this Mexican siren was destined for greatness. Looks like LA Weekly has just caught on:
“When Tijuana No! broke up earlier this decade, many observers assumed that Bastida would immediately march into the spotlight with a solo career. Instead, she stepped back into the shadows, playing keyboards for Venegas for much of the past 10 years. But in 2006, Bastida finally let her own sweetly birdlike voice out of its cage and released a debut solo EP,
Front BC, revealing her talent for penning breezily sophisticated Spanish folk-pop songs. Since then, her range has expanded further into electronica, hip-hop and new wave in collaborations with Soulico Crew & Pigeon John (”SOS”) and Rakaa Iriscience (”Como Sera”), as well as a wonderful English-language remake of Bow Wow Wow’s “Do You Want to Hold Me?” The beats harden and the layers deepen on the breathy electronic workout “Controlar,” the psychedelic pop of “Como Soy” and the shadowy rocker “Muevete” (with guest Hilsyde and remixed by Legion of Doom), from her upcoming full-length CD, Veo la Marea. Don’t be surprised if the slow-starting Bastida ends up as popular as her pal Julieta. Also at the Echo, Mon.”
Of course the Soulico namecheck doesn’t hurt! Above I’ve included “SOS” so you can hear what has LA Weekly all excited. Full article here New World Order hd .
Golem in LA Weekly 3/12/09
“GOOD CITIZEN Los bastardos buy - Golem are a New York City band who take klezmer and Eastern European folk strains and bash them out with a punky fervor, which aligns them philosophically with Gogol Bordello and such JDub labelmates as Balkan Beat Box and Matisyahu. Accordionist-bandleader Annette Ezekiel Kogan and Aaron Diskin trade off lyrics in English, Yiddish and Ladino as trombonist Curtis Hasselbring and violinist Alicia Jo Rabins stitch the songs together with frantic tempos and madcap melodies on their latest album, Citizen Boris. But Kogan’s lyrics don’t ape the surreal bohemianism of Gogol Bordello singer Eugene Hütz’s wild-eyed tales. Instead, her tunes are more overtly sensual, such as “Tucheses and Nenes,” where Diskin frankly lists his favorite types of women (”I like them dirtier than clean”). Even more intriguing is “Come to Me,” which unwinds with mesmerizing, serpentine weaves of Rabins’ violin as Kogan sighs and screams with orgasmic delight. The song pulls off that rare trick of being sexually thrilling without being crass or juvenile. Diskin and Kogan are also delightfully whimsical on the title track, where they grill each other with questions lifted directly from a citizenship test. - Falling James”