Last month on 9-14-2014 Boiler Room hosted a special stream event in Marrakech, Morocco featuring spiritual folk musicians playing a style called Gnawa. The featured music ensembles were lead by two Maâlems (master musicians): Mohamed Kouyou & Mahmoud Guinia (who has played and recorded with saxophonist Pharaoh Sanders, saxophonist/clarinetist Peter Brötzmann, and drummer Hamid Drake). Electronic musicians James Holden, Floating Points, Vessel and Biosphere assisted in mixing the live audio of the two bands. Below are videos from two separate sessions and two Boiler …
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Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa) (1972) is a documentary that captures the Latin/Salsa music scene in NYC in the 1970s. This documentary features a lot of artists from the famous Latin/Salsa record label Fania (the Fania All-Stars) – a kind of “Latin Motown.” The artists in this documentary include Cheo Feliciano, Hector Lavoe, Adalberto Santiago, Ray Barretto, Willie Colón, Ismael Miranda, Johnny Pacheco, Larry Harlow and many others. Our Latin Thing is a time capsule that captures a moment in NYC’s Latin music scene, with the artists and musicians expressing the …
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 to October 15) enjoy this four part PBS documentary on Latin American music – Latin Music USA (2009) narrated by Jimmy Smits. The documentary touches on genres such as Salsa, Mambo, Rumba, Cha Cha, Merengue, Boogaloo, Latin Jazz, Tejano, Chicano Rock, Eastside Sound, Latin Pop, Reggaeton and a lot more. Latin Music USA tries to capture the numerous and diverse stories of Latin American music in this four part series. Latin Music USA (2009) …
I’m surprised Boiler Room hasn’t done a showcase on Baltimore club music before. This past August 15, 2014 Boiler Room NYC played host to a special Baltimore club music line up that includes some of Baltimore club music’s pioneers and younger artists such as James Nasty, Mighty Mark & TT The Artist, Scottie B., DJ Technics, and Rod Lee. Baltimore club music is a style of dance music that incorporates sped up breakbeats (heavily uses Gaz “Sing Sing” and Lyn Collins “Think (About It) …
Sriracha (2013) is a documentary about the history (and herstory in this case) of the famous Thai chili sauce, the Huy Fong brand of the Sriracha chili sauce and it’s founder David Tran, and the growing popularity of Sriracha chili sauce in the west. In 2013 the Huy Fong factory in Irwindale, CA received complaints from its neighbors about the smells from the factory, and a lawsuit to shut down the factory was filed with the city of Irwindale. The …
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