Sumo con crema, la banda que escuche por primera vez en la Sala Assaig, cambio de nombre y ahora se llaman After Chabon como el último disco de Sumo. El cambio de nombre me parece acertado. Pero el nombre da igual, lo importante es la energía que sacan en vivo. Y lo importante es que los escuchare de nuevo, asi que les dejo los detalles:

AFTER CHABON
26 de JULIO, 11.30 en el segundo de los molinos de la calle Industria.

(Si no recuerdo mal, hay estaba antes el Zambezi, una cueva donde recuerdo vagamente haber bailado como si estuviera poseido)

Por esas cosas de la vida, cuando escuchaba Sumo hace unos 10 o 12 años siempre me hubiese gustado haberlos vistos en vivo pero era demasiado tarde. Asi que ahora tengo una nueva oportunidad ;)
Se los recomiendo a todas aquellas almas felices, seguidoras del buen rock & roll y/o amantes del funk y el reggae, de seguro no saldran decepcionadas.

Si quieren escuchar como suenan, aqui tienen algunas de sus canciones.

Tiken Jah is a reggae singer from the Côte d’Ivoire. This country in West Africa was a French colony from 1893 till their independence in 1960.

In the latest years, where xenofobic politics and discrimination reign on Côte d’Ivoire, Tiken Jah has been living on the exile, in Bamako (capital of Mali) where many people comes to his concerts. In December of 2007, Fakoly was declared persona non grata in Senegal after criticizing president Abdoulaye Wade. To read more about him and hear his music visit his official site.

Fakoly, in my opinion an authentic revolutionary in his own rule, afirms:

I make music to “Wake up the conciences”

For sure he has woke up mine. And his lyrics reflect the injustice of his people, the africans, and the opressing political power in that continent where a few hold the power and the rest lives to the limit.  For this reason he has been threatened to death many times and had to move to another country.

Les Hommes

London based three piece centered around the Hammond and Lowrey organ’s of keyboardist Rory Moore.

John Beltran

The NME once reckoned there was a clock inside John Beltran’s head stuck fast at 5 am. It was because his music appeared to inhabit a pre-dawn state between the dancefloor the soon to be sex or dream-soaked duvet, a special area where soft rhythm and ticking sensuality were neatly intertwined.

Miguel Migs

Miguel (real name Michael Steward, also known by the pseudonym Petalpusher) is a Deep House Disc jockey and producer from San Francisco, California.

Minus 8

Minus 8 masters the whole spectrum of Downbeat, Drum & Bass and Nu-Jazz. There are only a few internationally known DJs, producers and remixers from Switzerland. Robert Jan Meyer, aka Minus 8, is one of them.

Sven van Hees

Early 90’s , Sven recorded for labels such as Wonka and Atom/Elektron. ‘Drumattack’ by Jambo ( Wonka records ) turned into one of the most popular club anthems in 1992.

Towa Tei

Towa Tei is a Japanese-born DJ, who first earned notice for his production work on the Jungle Brothers’ 1989 LP Done by the Forces of Nature. In 2005, Towa Tei released a new album dubbed Flash and a new single with Kylie Minogue, “Sometime Samurai”, which reached number six in Japan.

S-Tone Inc.

S-Tone Inc. has been for over ten years the primary music project of Stefano Tirone, musician from Milan, whose first music experiences date back to the early 80’s, during the new wave era.

Jaffa

Mr. David Kakon aka Jaffa was discovered by Nude Recordings (Canada), then cared by StereoDeluxe in Europe. David was born in Montreal 1976, has an honours degreee in Pure Mathematics, 15 years of classical piano training behind him and besides that became a complete organ maniac, collecting vintage keyboards and producing his own music.