Tibet2Timbuk2

Tibet2Timbuk2 will be playing at QPAC’s Cascade Court along with a range of Indian and Tibetan acts as part of “Melting Pot Festival” organised by BEMAC.

Here’s the schedule:

Saturday 13th February 2010 –
1.00pm  Bollyfunk
2.00pm  Vijaya  & Co  (including Shen)
3.00pm Swara Mohini Inc
4.00pm Tibet2Timbuk2

Sunday 14th February 2010 –
1.00pm Brisbane Babas Band
2.00pm Tenzin Choegyal
3.00pm Tashi Lhunpo Monks of Tibet
4.00pm Bollywood Dhamaka

Saturday 13 March:
1.00 – 1.15 pm.         Saman Indonesian Dancers
1.30 pm – 2.15 pm.      Silk Girls Ensemble
2.30 pm. – 2.45 pm      Saman Indonesian Dancers
3.00 – 3.40 pm.         Swara Mohini Inc.
3.50  – 4.00 pm.        Saman Indonesian Dancers
4.10 pm – 4.55 pm       Bollywood Dhamaka

Sunday 14 March:
1.00 – 1.40 pm.                  Bollyfunk
1.50 pm – 2.10 pm.      Shamani & Co
2.25 – 3.15 pm.         Brisbane Babas Band
3.30 pm – 3.50 pm.      Shamani & Co
4.10 – 5.00 pm.         Tibet2Timbuk2

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Hey everyone,

We haven’t posted any news here in a while…  Sorry!

Tenzin and Shen had a great tour in Japan Sep/Oct.  Check out Shen’s blog for photos and stories: 1, 2, 3, 4.

In other news, “Daway Wola” recently won “Best Fusion” at the Music Tibet Awards in Dharamsala.

Shen’s off to India from late November til mid-February, so Brisbane folks should definitely not miss these two Tibet2Timbuk2 shows:

Fri Nov 20: World by Night – Tibet2Timbuk2 and others

Sat Nov 21: ‘An Evening of Spiritual Song’ – Tibet2Timbuk2, Pearly Black

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Tibet2Timbuk2 is a trio consisting of Tenzin Choegyal (vocals, dranyen, flute), Marcello Milani (vocals, guitar, keyboard) and Shen Flindell (tabla and percussion). On the nine track CD, “music is life”, they are assisted by Peter Hunt (trumpet), Lansana Camara (vocal, kora) and Taro Terahara (bansuri).

One of the most astonishing things about “music is life” is the fundamental simplicity of the parts played by, in particular, the guitar and dranyen. Mostly uncomplicated and repeated phrases, they nevertheless combine with the tabla to produce an extraordinarily interesting and detailed sound that is intensely hypnotic and enchanting. This is a combination of Africa, India and Tibet, that, for all its unlikeliness, has resulted in a musical masterpiece.

The CD was recorded by trio member Marcello, and reveals his mastery of the technical as well as the musical. This is a clean, spacious and tasteful recording, capturing the essence of the instruments while using the technology to elevate the drama and interest of each.

From the opening sparse and seductive notes of the first track (“Beautiful Girl/Bhumo Zhema”) this CD had me ensnared, and I’ve played it almost non-stop since. It is relaxed, yet energising; ambient yet vigorous. There is something of interest in every bar, and even after having played it many times, I keep finding something new to listen to. Included on this CD is the “Crane Song” (“Ngagpey Sungkey”) which was the 2008 Qsong BMEC Music Award winning piece. It lopes along easily in a slow seven-four, and features the highly acclaimed bansuri player, Taro Terahara.

But my personal favourite is “Lotus Born”, a ten minute tonal landscape that looms through the mist with haunting flute; in which other instruments insinuate themselves almost unnoticed until you bump into them. After about four minutes we hear Peter Hunt’s trumpet: just a long C before it fades, to reappear a little while later. I often clatter away on the keyboard while I am listening to the CD I’m reviewing, but this is a track that stills my fingers and draws me into the music; I have to pay attention, and it won’t let me be distracted, specially by something as mundane as a review.

“Little Things” follows “Lotus Born”, and is lively track that takes you straight to dusky dancers on the Serengeti, with “Dawey Wola” following in similar vein. Featuring Lansana Camara on kora and vocals, the CD is rounded off with the anthemic mantra, “Music is Life”. This track summarises everything that has gone before; there is a particularly special life breathed into this CD by these gifted musicians. Like any self-respecting mantra, it is reversible: “music is life”, but “life is music” for Tibet2Timbuk2.

Mike Raine for indie-cds.com 2009

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The latest C-Realm episode, “145: Pushing Chaos into the Future” (show notes here), features Tibet2Timbuk2’s “Little Things” for the musical interlude. Here’s the blurb on the main show:

KMO concludes his C-Realm conference call with Charles Eisenstein, author of The Ascent of Humanity: Civilization and the Human Sense of Self. Are exponential advances in technology providing diminishing returns? What new economic system might follow the demise of our currently over-built and tottering ediface? Charles Eisenstein explains what he means when he says that we are facing “a revolution in human beingness.”

Music by Tibet2Timbuk2

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Lucky Oceans will feature Tibet2Timbuk2‘s “Music is Life” CD on the Daily Planet, Radio National, this Monday Feb 23 (which also happens to be Mahashivaratri – Shiva’s Night).  The show is on at 220pm and 1120pm.  Please tell your friends.

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Just before I flew over to India I had a little gig with Tibet2Timbuk2 and some other EthnoSuperLounge friends at my housemate’s cafe down in West End, Cafe Checocho. I haven’t had any gigs in the last couple of months so I wanted to play some music and have a kind of party before going away. It was a free gig in a small friendly cafe so the show was pretty loose and jammy. Thanks to Mayuresh Sathe for the photos of me below – you can see the full set on his Facebook photos page. (But Mayuresh wrongly called it “Tibet2Timbuk2 CD Launch”, which was a much slicker event at the Brisbane Powerhouse back in November.)

First act: Feridun Avar and Francis Gilfedder (with a bit of Shen at the end)

Second act: Lansana Camara (kora – right) and Tony Magambo (bass) (with a bit of Shen at the end)

Shen with Tibet2Timbuk2

Tibet2Timbuk2 – Shen, Tenzin and Marcello

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Just before Shen flies off for 2 months in India, Tibet2Timbuk2 have an intimate cafe gig at Cafe Checocho, 69 Hardgrave Rd, West End, this Friday 23rd January, 7pm to 11pm.

ENTRY IS FREE!!!

Likely program:
1) Feridun Avar – Turkish music solo set, blending into group jam session
2) Lansana Camara and Tony Magambo – African music, blending into group jam session
3) Tibet2Timbuk2, featuring Tenzin Choegyal, Marcello Milani and Shen Flindell
4) EthnoSuperLounge Jam Session

Confirmed guest: Ravi Welsh (jazz guitar)

Please come along and enjoy the best of Brisbane’s world music artists, and buy a Tibet2Timbuk2 CD while you’re there! 🙂

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So, now that Tibet2Timbuk2‘s new CD “Music is Life” is now on iTunes etc, as well as having pages all around the web including Facebook and Myspace, I thought I’d put out a request to all our friends to help us get our name out to the world.

Here are 20 easy ways to help Tibet2Timbuk2 get our name out there:

ONLINE STORES:

1. Buy a track or the album from iTunes, Amazon, eMusic or Napster.
2. Write a nice review at iTunes, Amazon or eMusic.
3. Give the album 5 stars at eMusic
   
4. “Tell a friend” about us at iTunes, eMusic or the EthnoSuperLounge Store.
5. Share a track or the album at Napster.

FACEBOOK:
There are loads of helpful things to do at our Facebook band page:

1. Become a fan
2. Add to your page’s favourites
3. Share the page with your friends
4. Click on “iLike this Artist” (and add iLike to your profile if you don’t have it already)
5. Scroll down to the My Band application, and
   • Become a Fan via My Band
   • Play some songs to boost our playcount
   • Share songs with your friends
6. Write on our Wall or Discussion Board, post photos, videos and notes if you can

OTHER SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES:
Here’s a list of social networking sites we’ve got pages on. Please be friends with us! At the time of writing, I’ve done a bit on ReverbNation and iLike (which are related to Facebook apps) and MySpace, and almost nothing on the others, but I hope to get to them all eventually…

1. Myspace – Add to friends, Add a song to your playlist
2. ReverbNation – Become a fan, Join the street team, Share songs with friends
3. iLike – Click “iLike this band”, Play some songs, Click “iLike this song”, Add to friends
4. Bebo
5. purevolume
6. Virb

SPREAD THE WORD:

1. Put links to tibet2timbuk2.com all around the place – on your website, in your email sig, on social networking sites and forums
2. Add our ReverbNation widget to your Myspace, LiveJournal, anywhere you like – easiest found at tibet2timbuk2.com on the right hand side – click on “SHARE”
3. Write a nice message at our website’s Guest Book

Comments and suggestions most welcome!!! 🙂

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Tibet2Timbuk2’s “Music is Life” CD and individual tracks are now available on iTunes, Amazon, eMusic and Napster. However, please note that if you buy from our partner store at EthnoSuperLounge, more of your hard-earned cash goes to support the artists and the Tibetan Children’s Village in Dharamsala.

Prices at the EthnoSuperLounge store are currently introductory specials – expect them to go up to match iTunes in the next few weeks.

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