4 September 2010 | /span

Flying Sparks 2010-08-13: The Ramadan Orchestra

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After Ascension it’s Ramadan now. Because of this, there is the The Nights of the Ramadan festival in Berlin. The first event of this festival was a concert of the first big band of the Arabic world. The Syrian Big Band played some classic Big Band tunes more or less in an Arabic style, but the band also covered some well-known Pop or Rock tunes, for instance by Led Zeppelin. Being a bit too sedate at first, they became quite impressive afterwards, especially after the break because of the sunset, and after the rain shower. The darling of the [...]

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16 May 2010 | /span

Flying Sparks 2010-05-02: On a Sunday Night in May

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On a Sunday night in May I listened to some new (mostly) Dubstep stuff. In the following some information about this. Last week, Balkan Beat Box were again in Berlin to present their third album Blue Eyed Black Boy. My first impression was that the predecessors had more catchy tracks. Anyway, I like their fusion of different cultures and music styles because it represents the more innovative approach of Balkan music in my opinion. Same place (Festsaal Kreuzberg) two days later, there was the record release party of the Berlin band Jahcoozi‘s third album Barefoot Wanderer. My current favourite [...]

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15 May 2010 | /span

Flying Sparks 2010-04-11: On a Sunday Night in April

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I’ve just browsed through some nice music on a Sunday evening in April… It resulted in a mix between cool jazzy, Latin, Balkan and Bollywood tunes, I hope. One of my all-time favourites is the track I Love My Baby by the United Future Organization, here in a Norman Cook & Ashley Slater remix. The track got a new reverence by the The Jivers on the Jazz & Milk-Compilation Jazz & Milk Breaks Vol. 3. Recently, I listened to the remix compilation I Like It Like That of Fania Latin classics in more detail. I already had put the [...]

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23 March 2010 | /span

Flying Sparks 2009 Review

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Finally, I managed to finish my little work about a music-oriented review of the year 2009. It’s been a while since New Year’s Day, but good music keeps to be good music, doesn’t it? Let us review some of the highlights of music, I caught in 2009. The focus is set on Dubstep as well as on Global Beats music somewhere between Baile Funk, Cumbia, Balkan, Asian Beats, Pop, Funk, and Electro. The review is split into three parts. The first part is mainly in German language only. Culture & Politics 2009, Dubstep 2009, and Global Beats 2009. [...]

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23 March 2010 | /span

Flying Sparks 2009 Review, Part 3: Global Beats

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We leave the Dubstep world by this set and slow down under 140bpm. The feeling keeps faster. Here some of my highlights between Tango, Baile Funk, Cumbia, Balkan, Asian Beats, Pop, Funk and Electro. What I like to call Global Beats. Here the links for a listening @ Mixcloud: Flying Sparks 2009 Review, Part 3a: Global Beats by Iskra on Mixcloud Flying Sparks 2009 Review, Part 3b: Global Beats by Iskra on Mixcloud [...]

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