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 The fourth album in Strut’s Inspiration Information series is a mouth-watering head to head between Finnish maverick Jimi Tenor and Afrobeat drumming legend, Tony Allen.
Jimi Tenor remains a fascinating enigma in modern day music. Consistently one of the best and most unpredictable live artists around, his work since his breakthrough album ‘Intervision’ (Warp, 1997) has involved open-minded projects ranging from live film soundtracks and orchestral pieces to a series of Afro-based albums with his band Kabu Kabu. Tony Allen continues to attract new fans as one of the greatest drummers alive today. Celebrated as the creator of the Afrobeat rhythm and a lynchpin of Fela Kuti’s Africa 70 band, his recent work has included The Good, The Bad & The Queen collaboration with Damon Albarn and his first album for World Circuit Records released earlier this year, ‘Secret Agent’.
Recorded at Lovelite Studios in Berlin during November 2008 with further sessions this year in Finland and Paris, the Tenor / Allen collaboration whips up a raw, heavy analogue sound mixing the full range of Allen’s Afrobeat repertoire with Tenor’s off-kilter brew of dark humour, tongue-in-cheek lyrics and tight, firing musicianship. The sessions involved key members of Tenor’s Kabu Kabu band and Berlin-based guest MC Allonymous with tracks evolving from jamming ideas together over five intense days of recording, fuelled by plenty of African food and whisky. Tenor’s trademark range of home-made instruments rub shoulders with vintage keyboards and traditional African percussion.
Watch the Inspiration Information promo video here and check out the microsite at www.inspiration-information-4.com
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 A Jimi Tenor-Tony Allen collaboration is being released soon on Strut Records as part of their Inspiration Information series which "brings together current artists and producers with their musical heroes for a
mouth-watering one-off collaboration."
Preview Inspiration Information Jimi Tenor/Tony Allen here!
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 The world's first real electric flute is here!
The prototype was completed in 5th of May 2009 and has since been played at dozens of gigs by Jimi Tenor
all over Europe!
Check it out here!
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 Jimi Tenor has finished work on his latest album 4th Dimension, which is out now on Sähkö/Puu.
On 4th Dimension, Jimi Tenor continues his exploration of Afrobeat music with Kabu Kabu, a group of West African musicians based in Germany, who debuted on Tenor's 2007 album Joystone. 4th Dimension's Afrobeat is highlighted with Tenor's jazzy, bohemian touches and ability to write irresistible tunes. Tenor's catchy-yet-challenging arrangements are reminiscent of the legendary Fela Kuti, and perhaps one can also sense the influence of the likes of Lalo Schifrin, Charlie Mingus and Sun Ra. Tenor's trademark high-pitched vocals are heard less this time around as the maestro concentrates on tooting his tenor sax, playing the flute and synth.
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 Jimi
Tenor continues to explore West African rhythms with Kabu Kabu,
the group that first appeared on his latest album Joystone. The
new 7" single contains two heavy Afro Funk floorfillers, Mystery
Spot, taken for Tenor's forthcoming album
4th Dimension, and Black January. Check them out...
Mystery Spot 
Black January
... and get your copy at www.sahkorecordings.com/sahco-002.php
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 Arctic
Hysteria: New Art from Finland is currently on view at P.S.1
Contemporary Art Center, New York. In conjunction, their music
series Warm Up presents Jimi Tenor & Kabu Kabu on Saturday August
23rd. Also on stage are Op:l Bastards.
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 Helsinki
in Berlin - After having been the capital of something or
the other for hundreds of years now, Berlin will also be the capital
of Finnish music this spring. The Finnish invasion, appropriately
fuelled by Koskenkorva,
brings along a wide range of acts including Jimi Tenor, Rinneradio,
O:pl Bastards, M.A. Numminen and Pepe Deluxé, just to name
a few.
HELSINKI IN BERLIN 17-30 April 2008.
Check www.myspace.com/helsinkiinberlin
for full listing, sounds and more.
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Jimi Tenor & Kabu Kabu's show from Cargo, London is now available
on demand at Red
Bull Music Academy Radio!
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 Jimi
Tenor & Kabu Kabu are live on stage at Cargo,
London, on 20th March 2008. This is the third instalment of "Karen
P presents... Broad Casting" night and will be recorded especially
for Red Bull
Music Academy Radio.
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 Under_score
presents a special screening of Sähkö
The Movie, a documentary of Sähkö Recordings directed
by Jimi Tenor. Sähkö the Movie at Cube
Microplex, Bristol, Sunday 17th February at 7 pm.
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 Reykjazik
Jazz Festival's Grand Finale at NASA on September 1st 2007 features
Samúel Jón Samúelsson Big Band with special
guests Jimi Tenor and Antibalas.
>> Reykjavik
Jazz Festival
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 The
awaited new Jimi Tenor album Joystone
is out now on Sähkö. Jimi, teamed up with with Kabu Kabu,
special guest Nicholas Addo Nettey and top players from the Finnish
jazz scene, serves us a tasty plateful of cool afrobaltic underground
jazz.
Visit www.sahkorecordings.com
to order the Joystone cd or vinyl. Now also available
digitally!
Joystone is licensed to Ubiquity
Records for US & Canada, UK, Australia & New Zeland,
the release date is April 24th.
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Kitty-Yo release
a digital download album on April 20th. Jimi Tenor and Rhythm Taxi
Live in Berlin, is Jimi's first
live album, and was recorded at Club Maria during the "Beyond
The Stars" tour on 27 May 2004.
A free mp3 download, Moon Goddess, is now available at Kitty-Yo.
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