PEGASUS - Live STB JAPAN 2009 (ISSEI NORO & TETSUO SAKURAI)
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Wonderful Live Acoustic from Issei Noro (Guitar Player of CASIOPEA) & Tetsuo Sakurai (1st Bass Player of CASIOPEA) at STB 139 JAPAN 23th December 2009. "Very Recommended DVD !!!"
CASIOPEA - Act One Live History
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First Live Concert from JAPAN FUSION Band CASIOPEA, Issei Noro : Guitar, Minoru Mukaiya : Keyboards, Takashi Sasaki : 1st Drums, Akira Jimbo : 2nd Drums, Tetsuo Sakurai : Bass. "Only For Fans of CASIOPEA !!!"
DJABE - The Slice of Life (Fusion Band from HUNGARY) (DVD9) DVD-Video+DVD-Audio
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Djabe - the Hungarian Music Award, eMeRTon and PRinceAward winners band, which has become one of most popular Hungarian invited bands to foreign festivals in the last years, has published its new CD. The band has further improved the sound of the successful Dancing Sheafs. The listener can hear a more dynamic material with more momentum. Next to the usual Djabe band's lineup, its' English music friend, Ben Castle (Sting, Marillion, Jamie Cullumn) can also be heard. A further colourful patch of the CD is the closing piece, which is played by the Echo String Quartet. Apart from two songs, the whole of the album was composed and arranged by the bass guitar player, Tamás Barabás.
What makes DJABE a good band? (from : djabe.com)
Its music has to be honest, can give something to the audience. Has a tendency to be original, but its' only aim should not be separation at all cost. The members should be masters of their own instruments with a musical education background; musicians who can professionally perform anywhere and in any circumstances. They should be inspiring towards each other not only as an artist, but also as private people as the unified sound of a band is not the simple sum of the instruments, but it is the musical synthesis, which raises the experience of playing in a band to a higher level. A good band is able to revive but in a way, that it can deliberately keep its' previous basic values of music and with saving them, refresh them. This is the reason, why Djabe is a good band, as it is able to meet these demands. I write about the latest DVD & CD (Slices of life) of the band in the spirit of taining the existing values and also refreshing the music. I feel, even After several sessions of listening, and what is more I feel to a continuing greater intensity, that with this album Djabe has once and for all made it to the international front line. As far as I am concerned Djabe was already there anyway, but after this CD even those who were making faces before will have to admit defeat and replay it. This record reflects freshness, momentum, intellectual demand and professionalism in the best meaning. After even the first beat of Doromb it is clear for the listener that he or she has found an extraordinary piece of music material. The original introduction is followed all the way through by vibrating joyful music, beating, dynamic. To sum up, Djabe can be happily congratulated for this excellent musical performance. Through the personal touch as well, the music atmosphere of Dancing Sheafs is definitely lyrical and especially intellectual. It has certainly set the standard, to a very high level. With this new music material the band has managed to step forward once more. The direction is right, heading for world renown! The cover of the album was made with fine taste, for it fits finely to the music content of the CD.
DJABE - Take On (DVD-Video+DVD-Audio)
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The new album of Djabe is a worthy continuation of the band’s traditions and the values represented by them so far. The composing ability of Tamás Barabás integrates all the talent of the members of the band, creating a new quality by that. The compositions are fresh, unique, still sound familiar. World music form Hungary, Azerbaijan, approaching jazz from different ways in a specific execution. The members of the band play in their finest fettle. This album is the final work of András Sipos, singer and percussionist, since he almost entirely finished the recordings before his death. His singing misses from three songs... As we could get used to, great guest artists regularly participate on the Djabe albums. Herewith there are even two sax-players perform on the album. One of them is Ben Castle from England, who is a regular participant of the Djabe albums, and John Nugent from USA, who plays together with the band for the first time. A particular variety is the play of the world-famous master of tar-player, Malik Mansurov from Azerbaijan in the tune Kilinama. The composition Wind and Bell converts into Gipsy music at the end. Sándor Budai and his band represents a surprising turn in the world of Take on. The album summarizes all the knowledge that Djabe have learned and showed from music for 12 years. The DVDA format of the album contains the whole music in Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 - Video extra is: 50 minutes concert footage, recorded at the Debrecen Jazz.
