Earthman:
What happens when you blend the sensuality of Sade, the spiritual resonance of Enya, the power of a mesmerizing live performer and genre pioneer, whose seductive masculine voice is already well-known around the world? The phenomenon is known as THE EARTHMAN EXPERIENCE! Earthman is receiving amazing reviews from fans and industry alike. Heard most recently on his entire original score of HBOs Pledge of Allegiance, music for the History Channels History Mystery and numerous TV and radio commercials from The Goodwill Games, to Oil of Olay and Citibank, to Win Dixie, and Click Radio, his newest live performance was filmed at NYCs MAKOR by French Television and broadcast on CUNY-TV. Captured on tape was a rapturous audience response to a collection of powerful, original tonal music that immerses the listener into polyphonic vocal sounds, creating vibrations actually shown to promote healing.
Lach:
In the early 80's, after reading a Dylan biography while blaring The Sex Pistols, Lach came to Greenwich Village. He went to Folk City figuring they'd flip over him. They flipped all right: kicking Lach right out onto the street! So did the other folk clubs. It seemed Lach's form of punk/folk was not at all welcome. Fuck 'em, he thought, and moved to the Lower East Side, opening his own illegal after-hours club, "The Fort". The same week Lach opened The Fort, Folk City held the New York Folk Festival, and so, Lach held the first New York Antifolk Festival. Thus, the first wave of Antifolk was born.
A year later the cops finally told our hero to move on. The Fort became a mobile club inhabiting various New York hotspots. Lach's Antifolk sound became the inspiration for many artists such as Beck, The Moldy Peaches, Jeff Lewis, Hamell On Trial, Michelle Shocked and countless others.
Gino Sitson
Award-winning, New York-based vocal virtuoso Gino Sitson is from the Bamileke region of Cameroon, Central Africa. He comes from a long line of musicians, known as Ntontas, ("players of horns") and his mother is a vocalist and choir director. He and his siblings were introduced to blues, jazz and African traditional music early in life.
Before embarking upon a professional career in music, Gino Sitson divided his time between music studies, the Sorbonne University and Paris 8 University in Paris, where he studied languages and ethnomusicology.He was gradually drawn into the multi-cultural Paris music scene, initially as a drummer, then as a singer.
Mr Sitson’s four-octave voice plus his skills as a composer and arranger put him in high demand for recording sessions and for commercials and radio / television jingles (Danone, Peugeot, Vahine, etc). The versatile young vocalist performed in a musical and co-composed part of the music (Jeanne et le Garçon Formidable). He has laid down tracks or shared the stage with Manu Dibango, Ron Carter, Papa Wemba, Wally Badarou, John Scofield, Geri Allen, David Gilmore, Haruko Nara, Bobby McFerrin, Frank Wess, Ray Lema, Craig Harris, Roy Ayers, James Hurt, Antoine Roney, Luisito Quintero, Jorge Ben, John William, Mario Canonge, Wallace Roney, Brice Wassy, Oliver NGoma, Exile One, Steve Potts, So Why? (featuring Youssou NDour, Papa Wemba, Wally Badarou, Jabu Khanyile & Bayete, Lourdes Van-Dunem, and Lucky Dube), La Compagnie Creole, among others.
Pianist and composer Helio Alves has received high praise as an in-demand sideman with Joe Henderson, Yo-Yo Ma, Claudio Roditi, Paquito D’Rivera, Gato Barbieri, Hendrik Meurkens,Dave Samuels, Airto Moreira & Flora Purim and Oscar Castro-Neves, to name but a few. And now, with more than 40 recordings as a sideman and two at the helm of his own ensembles, this incomparable musician is quite deservedly earning respect as a leader, too. Alves’ second recording as leader, Portrait in Black in White (Reservoir Music, 2004), once again displays his impressive mastery of both straight-ahead and Brazilian jazz styles. The release is highlighted by four Alves originals, "Frenzy," "Sambetinho," "Loose Samba" and "Song for Anna," and features his longtime musical friend Santi Debriano on bass and Matt Wilson on drums. Alves is from São Paulo, Brazil.
Caligagan:
Passion, love, and hard-won wisdom show in Anthony Caligagan's eyes and in his music.
He is the lead singer, composer, and rhythm guitar of the musical group Caligagan based
on the French Riviera.
Caligagan has won countless fans on both sides of the Atlantic, touring with Europe
and North America's finest artists and musicians. Their unique sound blends Anthony's
rich vocal talents mixed with Enrico Calandrelli's flawless harmonies, background vocals,and rhythm guitar, surrounded by the unforgettable signature solos of lead guitar Leo Giannola who has earned the title "O Maestro"!
The three are all involved in the music, often collaborating on arrangements and sharing ideas for new compositions. With performances called "electric" and "intimately breathtaking" Anthony Caligagan on stage is a bold artist with a complete range of performance.
Charismatic, sexy, sensitive, and vulnerable, his warmth and smile are contagious.
International by definition, there's still a reach-out-and-touch feeling to the group.
Caligagan remains true to its roots by coming back to the Cote d'Azur to play for
its legion of fans.
Caligagan is pleased to announce the release of the album "Seven Languages" featuring
10 original songs, with an added personal tribute to Bob Marley with their version of
"Natural Mystic", produced by Phillipe Delmas, "Seven Languages" is sent by Anthony,
Enrico, and Leo with a special thanks to all their friends and supporters.
Remember: The album is "Seven Languages". The group is "Caligagan".
The music will open your heart and touch your soul.
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