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RETOUCHED! promo mix by San Proper

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Released: Jan 1, 2009

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RETOUCHED! promo mix by San Proper
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Back Home ((Kraak & Smaak Disco 103 Remix))
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Begrimed ((Nobody Beats The Drum Remix))
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Longing Saudade radio edit
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Nunca Mais
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General Info

Genre: Club / Electronica / Latin
Location Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL
Profile Views: 250997
Last Login: 5/31/2011
Member Since 6/22/2006
Website www.zuco103.com
Record Label Dox Records
Type of Label Indie
Bio
..65bbe740db141b94d6e79a157c64180e.. .. .. ................ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .... The bond between Rio-born vocalist/lyricist ..Lilian Vieira.., keyboard man/producer ..Stefan Schmid.. (Munich) and drummer/producer ..Stefan Kruger.. (Amsterdam) goes back to 1998. .. They’ve been on a rollercoaster since. Ten years of Zuco 103. Seen it all: from North Sea Jazz, Bumbershoot Seatle to Rock Werchter, playing everywhere: from Moscow to Tokyo. Quite a carnival. .. The band did not just invent ..Brazilectro.. – jazzy, Brazilian and electronic components combined. The characteristic Zuco 103-sound lies in their choice of additives (Afro-Cuban, drum ’n bass, Ethiopian, West-African and dub) they’ve mixed along the way. Three musicians on a quest for brilliance inspire and enrich each other; they clash, there’s firework. It’s happening! .. So again – of course – Zuco 103’s magical music cocktail adopts a new flavour on their latest album ..After the Carnaval... A remarkably peaceful album. How they manage? By not taking anything for granted... ..Lilian Vieira..: .. “In between tours and the birth of my son, Stefan, Stuv and I spent time in Brazil. Here I wrote part of the lyrics. Rio is full of little worlds: garbage dumps, favela’s, healthy wealthy barrios… There’s music everywhere, in every hole, every drop, in every smile. Though we’ve been all over the world, we were touched and inspired by that trip. Songs welled up: it’s a direct, honest musical transformation. I think that’s part of the warmth people hear .. the Carnaval.”.. ..Stefan Kruger.. (Stuv):.. “After ten years of touring and producing – a fascinating time – we’re proud to be back home. At our own label Dox Records. Ready for the next carnival!”.. ..Stefan Schmid..:.. I am confident that we managed again to consolidate the different influences into one Zuco world. I am very satisfied as concerns the sound of this record. It will be such a great pleasure to play the music live!.. ‘After the Carnaval’ is Zuco 103's sixth album, partially recorded in ..Rio de Janeiro..... Zuco 103 has moved away from sample-based music, which gives this album a natural, acoustic sound. Peaceful. Produced almost with a tough kind of carelessness. In March 2007 the band went to Brazil for an extensive project... In cooperation with charity organisation Ibiss they produced demos for several Favela based bands, mostly composed by unfavored streetkids... Additionally, Stefan, Stefan and Lilian did a tour for the Brazilian release of their previous albums, and started recording for 'After the Carnaval' in the beautiful Rio de Janeiro studio 'Toca do Bandido'... Inspired by Brazil, this famous studio, and full of new ideas the band collaborated with multitalent Sergio Cavazzioli (Gilberto Gil) on guitar, banjo and cavaquino, and the brilliant Marcos Suzano on percussion... Mutual respect, joy, virtuosity and open-mindedness: components that resulted in an instant excitement from the moment they met. Spontaneously they invented a new combination of sounds. 'Country samba for instance. How much straight up fun was that! Back in Amsterdam they compressed the sounds into the sprezzatura essence of songs that go straight to the heart. And again: there's Lilian Vieira's touching voice, together with the noisy glitter synths of Stefan Schmid and the cleverly pounding beats of Stefan Kruger.
Members
We officially released a remix album of ..After the Carnaval... The album is called ..RETOUCHED! After The Carnaval remixes... .. Young breakbeat dogs ..Nobody Beats The Drum.., filterdisco collective ..Kraak & Smaak.., Brazilian drum&bass producer ..DJ Patife.., Spanish pumping house ensemble ..Wagon Cookin’.., globalsound specialists ..Streamerpilot.., the junglists of ..Deformer.., ..Lesley 'YOGISP' Kühr.. feat. ..A.K.I.R.., the Brazilian group ..Bossacucanova.., ..Human Factor.., Amsterdam underground clubber ..San Proper.., newdubber ..Johan Méndez.., ..Waft Corp... and ..Primal View.. transformed and retouched the orginal Zuco 103 tracks like you have never heard before. ..Zuco 103 put two new originals on the album as well... ..All these ingredients combined make Retouched! an album that makes you dance, dance, dance! .. Check the video below to listen to the promo mix made by ..San Proper... .. Click ..HERE.. to buy the CD. The album has also been released on ..Beatport.. & ..iTunes.. ..(if you buy the album on iTunes, you get San Proper's promo mix for FREE)... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ....
Influences
Zuco 103 LIVE:.. ......Lilian Vieira.. - Vocals, ....Stefan Kruger.. - Drums, ....Stefan Schmid.. - Keys. .. ..On stage there's also:......Paul Willemsen.. - Guitar, ....Claus Tofft.. - Percussion, ....Alex Oele.. - Bass .. ........ Click cover to buy .. ...... ..Click above to download Zuco 103 tracks .. Or download them from iTunes. ........ ..
Sounds Like
..Zuco 103 Soundsystem live @ Mezz, Breda (by Bluewine).... .. .. .. .. .... ..NEW video 'Longing' by L.Inc Design...... .. .. .. .. .. Nunca Mais.. .. .. .. .. ......Zuco 103 - Nunca Mais.. from ..Dox Records.. on ..Vimeo..... .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ........ Na Magueira.. ...... .. .. .. .... Futebol.. ...... .. .. .. .... Treasure.. .. .. .. .. ..