[FA Worldmusic] WOMEX NEWSletter # 11/2006

[WOMEX Newsletter]

SHOWCASE CHANGE: ORANGE BLOSSOM - SHOWCASE DAYS - ANNOUNCEMENT: THE 
WOMEX & WMCE TOP LABEL AWARDS - THE 'UN-FAIR' GUIDE

Dear WOMEXicans,

Only six weeks until WOMEX Sevilla! Here's the latest news.


SHOWCASE CHANGE: ORANGE BLOSSOM IS IN

Good news and bad news to report. The good is that Orange Blossom 
(Algeria/Mexico/France) have just been added to the showcase 
programme. The bad is that this is because Mabulu (Mozambique) had to 
cancel. Orange Blossom are four musicians from different backgrounds 
and cultures converging to create an amazing mix of European
electro-beats, West African polyrhythms, Arabic and Middle Eastern
melodies and all-stops-out rock. Laced with infectious Arabic
choruses, lifted by lush strings and tempered by dark, driving beats.
Sweet-smelling, street-smart dance music.
More info on www.orange-blossom.fr


SHOWCASE DAYS

If you have not booked your flight to Sevilla yet, have a look at the 
Showcase Days and schedule your travel dates accordingly. Don't forget 
that Sunday is WOMEX Farewell Day - with the Trade Fair open until 
14:00 - offering one last chance to all hardy WOMEX survivors for a 
relaxed get-together before it's time to leave. 

* Thursday 26 October

Afel Bocoum & Alkibar (Mali)
Aterciopelados (Colombia)
Baba Mirzayev (Azerbaijan)
El Tanbura (Egypt)
Guadiana (Spain)
KAL (Serbia)
Kassao Allstars (Congo)
Los Rumbers (DJs) (Spain)	
Niyaz (Iran/Canada/USA)
Orange Blossom (Algeria/Mexico/France)
Salsa Celtica (UK)

Daycase: The Silk String Quartet (China/UK)

offWOMEX Showcases
Sound of Taiwan:
The Sound of Flying Clouds (Taiwan)
The Hohak Band (Taiwan)
A Moving Sound (Taiwan)


* Friday 27 October

Boom Pam (Israel)
Brina (Slovenia)
DJ Awal (France
Hamilton de Holanda (Brazil)
La Etruria Criminale Banda (Italy)
Menwar (Mauritius Island)
Petrona Martmnez (Colombia)
Sergent Garcia (France)
X Alfonso (Cuba)

Daycase: Homayun Sakhi (Afghanistan/USA)

offWOMEX Showcases
Sounds from Spain:
Los Delinq|entes (Spain)
La Kinky Beat (Spain)
Caqaman (Spain)


* Saturday 28 October

Aynur (Turkey)
Calypso at Dirty Jims (Trinidad & Tobago)
Darko Rundek & Cargo Orkestar (Croatia/France)
DJ Click (France)
El Gran Silencio (Mexico)
Free Hole Negro (Cuba)
Juan Carlos Caceres (Argentina/France)
Los Patriarcas de la Rumba (Spain)
Nomo (USA)
Tcheka (Cape Verde/Portugal)
Tomas San Miguel + Txalaparta (Spain)

Daycase: Adjagas (Norway)

offWOMEX Showcases
Jabier Muguruza (Spain)
Juan Mari Beltran (Spain)
Karl Seglem (Norway)
Mungal Patasar & Pantar (Trinidad & Tobago)


THE WOMEX & WMCE TOP LABEL AWARDS

A new Award, a new logo, a framed disc... In past years, together with
our partners the World Music Charts Europe, weve honoured chart-
topping world music CDs. This year weve decided to shift the
emphasis, awarding instead the labels themselves. In these challenging 
times for music producers, we thought it right to highlight those 
labels with the greatest chart success, making them the deserved 
center of attention. And, thankfully, in our field chart and artistic 
success so often go hand-in-hand. 

How the selection is made: Since we are awarding chart success in 
creative production, we are counting the work of A&R teams from 
individual companies. Two or more labels in the same overall company 
under one direction are counted together. Different, autonomous A&R 
teams from different company locations are counted separately. In this
way, Crammed Discs and their sub-label Ziriguiboom are counted as one.
The World Music Network (The Rough Guides) and Riverboat are counted 
as one, since all releases are created by the same team. But Virgin, 
Real World and EMI, though the same overall parent or marketing 
company, are counted separately, since they function as different 
companies with different A&R teams. (The period covers the time since 
the last WOMEX, 10/2005 until 9/2006.) 

The WOMEX & World Music Charts Europe framed Award goes to each of the
top three world music labels. They are:

1) World Circuit
Chart-topping CDs: Cheikh Lt: Lamp Fall; Toumani Diabati & Symmetric 
Orchestra: Boulevard de lIndipendance; Ali Farka Touri & Toumani 
Diabati: In the Heart of the Moon

2) World Music Network/Riverboat
Chart-topping CDs: Emmanuel Jal & Adbel Gadir Salim: Ceasefire; Daby 
Balde: Introducing Daby Balde; Etran Finatawa: Introducing Etran 
Finatawa
 
3) Sterns
Chart-topping CDs: Kikili: Kinavana; Thione Seck: Orientation; 
Various Artists: Midnight in Mali

Here are this years remaining top-20 labels, each with their 
chart-topping CDs. All 20 winners are entitled to use the WOMEX & WMCE
Award logo on ads, in brochures, on CDs  wherever theyd like to 
advertise their accomplishment. 

4) Piranha Musik
Chart-topping CDs: Maurice el Midioni Meets Roberto Rodriguez: 
Descarga Oriental/The New York Sessions; Boban Markovic Orkestar: 
The Promise

5) Wrasse Records
Souad Massi: Honeysuckle/Mesk Elil; Amparanoia: La Vida Te Da
 
6) Asphalt Tango
KAL: KAL; Ion Petre Stoican: Sounds from a Bygone Age

7) Network Medien
Various Artists: Golden Afrique, Vol. 2; Samba Sunda: Rahwanas Cry

8) Essay Recordings
Balkan Beat Box: Balkan Beat Box; Amsterdam Klezmer Band: Remixed

9) Doublemoon
Mercan Dede: Breath; Project Smadj: S.O.S.S.O.S

10) Peregrina/Narada
Lila Downs: La Cantina; Various Artists: Dreamworld

11) Ya Basta
Gotan Project: Lunatico; David Walters: Awa

12) Palm Pictures
Gigi: Gold & Wax; Ernest Ranglin: Alextown

13) Crammed Discs/Ziriguiboom
Various Artists: Congotronics 2; Think of One: Trafico

14) Nonesuch
Kronos Quartet & Asha Bosle: Youve Stolen My Heart; 
Ry Cooder: Chavez Ravine

15) Realworld
Vdrttind: Miero; Los de Abajo: LDA vs the Lunatics

16) Out Here
Various Artists: African Rebel Music; 
Various Artists: Lagos Stori Penti

17) Aito
Maria Kalaniemi: Bellow Poetry; Jouku Kyhdld: Saalas

18) Six Degrees
Various Artists: Latin Travels 2; Karsh Kale: Broken English

19) Eastblok Music
Haydamaky: Ukraine Calling; Various Artists: Cafe Sputnik

20) UPE
Ilgi: Ne Uz Vieni Dienu; Ainars Mielavs: Paruni ar Sevi

TOP WORLD MUSIC MAJORS

1) Universal
2) EMI/Virgin
3) Sony/BMG
4) Warner


'Un'FAIR GUIDE

We've warned you in the past about a company in Austria who got hold 
of our addresses and sent out requests for 'address updates.' They 
believe that signing it means you are making a contract with them and 
that they are entitled to a vrey large fee. They've got a new tactic, 
and have recently referred one WOMEX delegate who signed in the past 
to a collection agency. Please be careful.

All our contracts and forms are available online, and commitments are 
made with WOMEX only via online or downloaded forms. Don't sign 
anything else. And if you aren't sure, write to us for confirmation. 

Best regards from your WOMEX team in Berlin.

www.womex.com
womex at womex.com
tel +49 30 318 614 30

WOMEX Sevilla 2006: Do business, catch up, and get ahead.

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