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| How can one describe a band that
mixes middle eastern drum beats, deconstructed dance music, pop culture samples,
transcendental remixes, ambient jungle rhythms and more chanting than the monks of
Tibet? There are only two words: LOOP GURU. If ever a band embodied the term "Global
Village", it is Loop Guru. Using a deft combination of old world instruments
& vocals with new technology, Loop Guru create a collage of sound that are somewhat
familiar yet still unprecedented. Like an aural vacation, Loop Guru are more of a
guide to higher consciousness that is part celebration, part history but 100% fun.
More succinctly, Loop Guru are a protein shake for your head. In the blender are
the literary works of William Burroughs, the films of Satyajit Ray, the philosophy
of spiritual leader Ram Dass, the music of Brian Eno and the satiral landscape of
a Philip K. Dick novel. Called the "Godfathers of global fusion" by Melody
Maker, Loop Guru core members, who go under the Pseudonyms Salman Gita and Jamuud,
have been working together for about ten years. Their first recorded collaborations
were the singles "Mrabet" in 1992 and "Paradigm Shuffle" in 1993.
Both were voted Single of the Week by the British weeklies NME and Melody Maker.
Following the release of a third single "Sus-san-tics," Loop Guru recorded
their first full-length release "Dunlya" in 1994. "Dunlya" reached
#4 on the UK Indie charts and was named to Melody Makers Top 40 albums of 1994. Loop
Guru gained widespread UK and European exposure due to massive air-play, as well
as amassing a legion of die hard fans due to thier highly stimulating live shows.
While Loop Guru's recorded output has garnered rave reviews, the bands live show is equally, if not more impressive. Having played over 100 dates in the UK alone in 1995, they also played shows in clubs from Tokyo to Switzerland to New York. On a larger scale, Loop Guru have played for enthusiastic crowds at massive outdoor shows like the Glastonbury festival and Peter Gabriel's WOMAD festival at Reading in the United Kingdom. For the stateside release of Loop Guru's second full-length release entitled "Amrita...all these and the Japanese Soup Warriors", Loop Guru once again reached thier ever expanding bag of tricks that are sure to open your mind and soul. Tracks like the techno-dance hybrid "Yayli" and the ambient slow burn "Fumi" are fine examples of the desperate yet cohesive element that makes up Loop Guru's unique sound. According to Jamuud, "There are tunes you can hum but you have no idea what you are humming." You've never heard anything like then before, nor will you ever hear anything like them again. can, brian eno, deep forest, 'sgt pepper', don cherry, the orb, steve reigh, de la soul, benjamin brittan, thomas mapfumo, pil, vivian, stanshall p.g. wodenhouse, avro part,the dahli llama, african headcharge, jacques tati.'head', stockhausen, javanese court gamelan... Elmer Thudd : Earthquake Drummer, sometime tree-dweller and road protestor. Pinnacle of the Vendetta Percussion Orchestra Eskimo Bob : Crazy Bob or any of his other 7129 names. Mad as a pink balloon. Plays an astonishing number of non-western instruments. Usually wants to play them all at once, all day and all night. Never sleeps. Nidahl Bulbul : Chantreuse magnificat and whirling mermaid. Brought sense and sensuality to the loops. Also known as Linda Goldfinger. Sam Gita : Lead live guru. Avant gardener and inventor of the paint tin marimba. Expert at guiding beyond the sensible. Composer of the most extraordinary and sensual bass-lines known to man. Used to use sellotapes on his twisted tape loops. Also known as Salman, Samu and No Odd Mass. Grand Master of vegetarian cooking. Mad Jym : Two loops short of a picnic. Always looks like he's about to take off... Inventor of Quantum Metallics. Builds all his own percussion monsters. Wonderful painter. Creator of the EBD cartoon for Musik magazine. Several dimensions beyond everyone else Muud : The elusive one. Never plays live. Prefers to sit in his bubble of chaotic laughter ruminating the cosmos and making noises. Sometime co-editor of World Music: The Rough Guides and generative music composer. Often found taping frogs in far flung places. Inventor of the Transynthesised Molecular Construction Kit. |
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