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Nomo Invisible Cities CD (2009) Top Seller
Serie Platino album for sale Nomo's 2008 debut, GHOST ROCK, introduced the band's forward-thinking, world fusion aesthetic, one that draws on Afrobeat, avant-garde jazz, krautrock, and a fascination with texture and instrumental layering. The group's sophomore effort, INVISIBLE CITIES, pushes that vision even further, sounding like nothing less than a plugged-in, postmodern Fela Kuti. The description may sound theoretical, but Nomo's music is anything but. Immediately accessible and relentlessly rhythmic, INVISIBLE CITIES makes the most of Nomo's powerful horn lines and shifting sea of percussion. And while its ingredients include Eastern European sounds ("Elijah"), African folk ("Crescent"), shoegaze and post rock ("Banners on High"), and jazz-funk ("Patterns"), not to mention left-field covers (including versions of tunes by Moondog and Tom Ze), it all comes together with organic beauty.
Personnel: Erik Hall (vocals, guitar, Fender Rhodes piano, congas, kalimba, log drum, tambourine, temple blocks, percussion); Elliot Bergman (vocals, bamboo flute, bass clarinet, saxophone, tenor saxophone, Fender Rhodes piano, synthesizer); Justin Walter (vocals, trumpet); Natalie Bergman, Jamie Register (vocals); Joey Dosik (alto saxophone); Dan Bennett (baritone saxophone); Ingrid Racine (trumpet); Quin Kirchner (drums, congas, percussion); Dan Piccolo (drums); Jason Murdy (congas, bells); Hitoko Sakai, Warn Defever (percussion).
Arranger: Elliot Bergman.
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Harryman Smith Red, White & Blue CD (2003)
Serie Platino songs Live Recording
Harryman Smith: Y.T. Smith (vocals, guitar); John Heinrich (pedal steel guitar); Dennis Wage, J.T. Oglesby (Hammond b-3 organ); David Harryman, Terry McGregor, Tony Sisk, Barbara Harryman.
Personnel: David Harryman (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, background vocals); Y.T. Smith (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar, lap steel guitar, harmonica, background vocals); John Heinrich (tenor saxophone); Dennis Wage (piano, keyboards); Terry McGregor (bass guitar); Tony Sisk (drums, background vocals); Barbara Harryman (background vocals).
Recording information: EMI Studio; Thelma's East, Nashville, TN.
Photographer: Larry Gambill.
Arranger: Harryman Smith.
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