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My session for the SBS Chill digital radio station earlier this April is now downloadable on Soundcloud. A minimal, spacious Franco/Latin electronica mix, woven through with poetics ranging from Français, Español, Québécois, to Iraqi poet Nazik Al-Malaika and US pioneer Laurie Anderson…

SBS Chill Resident Session

April 17, 2013

This month’s Groovalizacion dance takes us into the heart of mother Africa. Voices beating the skin of the drum, calling it jazz, hip hop and afrobeat rhythms, poets calling from the heart of the heart … Poets, hip hop artists and musicians from South Africa, Cape Town, Senegal, Burundi, Cameroon, Uganda, Nigeria, The Congo, via Canada, the US and the UK…

La Danza Poetica 007 The Heart Of The Heart

April 14, 2013

A set of favourites, focus on Africa, ranging afar … spoken word and poetry in French and English from Africa, France, Nederlands, Canada, Australia. For both the rabbit and the lion – the lion may be fierce but the rabbit has fierce skill!

LAPIN ET LION mix

March 23, 2013

The sixth dance for Radio Groovalizacion covers a bit of ground in the great northern american landmass we know as Canada. Français Canadien, Québécois, Acadien, English, Inuit, Huron, Algonquin, Métis, Cree … the French and English heritage, the African heritage, the Inuit and the First Nations heritage – this is the rich turmoil of Canadian cultures.

La Danza Poetica 006 Canada, Northern Soul

March 8, 2013

Va faire ta guerre (Go make your war) was written in 2011 for Amnesty International project Partners for Peace. A letter to the fat cats, to the warmongers, to “M. le Grassouillet / Le Souillé / Le Suprême de Poulet”…..

Spoken Word Artistry ~ Ivy ‘Va faire ta guerre’

February 20, 2013

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Turned onto this today in a somewhat random-discovery-kind-of-way, via Yas (of the Lightmotiv) - L’Afrique from Cameroon poet Faithfull Baana Enono Arnaud, with Samy Labrute. I just wanted to share this brilliant track, great video. More about Faithfull (“le Chirurgien“) … bientôt! http://youtu.be/wICUt2yOrTM

Spoken Word Artistry ~ Faithfull feat. Samy Labrute, Dark Spirit: “L’afrique”

January 16, 2013

Posted up yesterday, a clip from Gwendal Ledevedec, of the Paris, France quartet on a hot August beach. Word addict Yas is a soft and lovely kind of crazy, powerful without the need to shout it, profound in her vocal simplicity. Benoit Prisset, Benjamin Thuau…

Spoken Word Artistry ~ “Poétry” de Yas and the Lightmotiv

January 16, 2013

Out of Vancouver, Tanya Evanson brings her third ‘spoken wor.l.d’ music album exploring concepts of family, mythology, dialect, silence & technology… Poet, Spoken Word Artist, Vocalist, Whirling Dervish Dancer, Arts Educator and Director of Mother Tongue Media, Director of Banff Centre of Spoken Word .. Tanya…

Spoken Word Artistry ~ Tanya Evanson

November 25, 2012

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On Groovalizacion, La Danza Poetica 002 trips through the Paris underground, or underbelly. Á voix basse, the poetry and melody of Français, Occitan, and English, to the tune of recordings made on my many travels on the Métro last month. New spoken word from France, and some honoured ghosts.

La Danza Poetica 002, voix basse

November 6, 2012

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Happy to announce a new monthly podcast for Groovalizacion Radio!

Groovalizacion has been my web radio of choice for a while now. With a refreshing diverse global playlist and generous attitude Groovalizacion is “a music lab, a meeting place and one of cultural exchange.” Groovalizacion’s doors “are wide open to the curious…” – the perfect place for a curious Lapkat!

Lapkat on Radio Groovalizacion – La Danza Poetica 001

October 10, 2012

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I wasn’t planning to make much of this set here, but events of this week have made me feel it’s important to honour the powerful women in my life.

Tell Our Daughters

September 28, 2012

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So I was dubbed “dj chill littéraire” by the proprietor of au Chat Noir – not to be in any way faux-chic, you understand – just in explaining to someone what it is that I do.If Paris is anything, it is a place that looks you square in the eye and tells you plainly what it is that you do.

‘DJ chill littéraire’ warming up Brussels

September 21, 2012

Arrived in Berlin this week after a road trip through the Brenner Pass from Italy, via München. From the dry hot peninsula to the sultry gritty end of summer northern city. On my first day in town I saw dachshund racing, had satay, caipirinha and a…

Berlin Gigs & Inspirations

September 4, 2012

I’m late for a date with my blog! Someone flicked the winter switch while I wasn’t watching, and meanwhile March and April slipped the selections by. Better late than never … There are albums to talk about, as well as strolls through Soundcloud. I’m wandering…

March, April selection ~ in May! Ghosts of the near future

May 10, 2012

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Words fall Like feathers on the sand I did not plan the poem I only obeyed its rhythm (from The Dice Player, Mahmoud Darwish) A live set, recorded in a secret cave at Melbourne’s Half Moon Bay, which faces West across Port Phillip Bay…

Half Moon Bay mix – beats & voices from the Middle East

March 21, 2012

Some Melbourne Lapkat news. First, I’m very excited about next month, where I get to let my hair down and play with some of my very favourite things at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Here’s a preview:

Les hommes comédie + Cherchez la femme + Señor BBQ!

March 2, 2012

There was no January selection from Lapkat as I was busy on the beach and in the bush, toe-gazing I guess … so in February, it’s harvest time. A rich haul of multilingual spoken word and music tracks and videos, sound collage, cultural and activist…

February selection

February 11, 2012

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December, Melbourne, the end of a crazy year. Fairly typical yo-yo weather, with the added bonus of more intense tropical-style lightning storms (do we give thanks yet to climate change?) Total eclipse of the Gemini moon, so it’s not only me going crazy with the urge to…

December Selection

December 13, 2011

What’s new on the Lapkat playlist … discoveries and rediscoveries from the online audio world, collaborations taking place around the globe that I’m inspired to share. November, Melbourne. Finally! Warm, tempestuous and wet spring weather, bright blue skies and teasing storms, perfect for the adolescent…

November selection

November 12, 2011

Campecho - a Colombian project - photo by Roberto Ochoa, design by Lauragrafica, Colombia.. (Canalh)

A chat with Toulouse musician, dj, producer Canalh about his cumbia mix for a recent episode of Dialectic, took me on an unexpected tangent this month! Canalh spoke about his adventures searching for original cumbia vinyl in Colombia, as well as the inspiration behind the “Campecho” mix, being the…

Dialectic Radio 182: An interview about cumbia leads me to a journey in occitania

November 11, 2011

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Posts from the ‘Français’ category

SBS Chill Resident Session

La Danza Poetica 007 The Heart Of The Heart

LAPIN ET LION mix

La Danza Poetica 006 Canada, Northern Soul

Spoken Word Artistry ~ Ivy ‘Va faire ta guerre’

Spoken Word Artistry ~ Faithfull feat. Samy Labrute, Dark Spirit: “L’afrique”

Spoken Word Artistry ~ “Poétry” de Yas and the Lightmotiv

Spoken Word Artistry ~ Tanya Evanson

La Danza Poetica 002, voix basse

Lapkat on Radio Groovalizacion – La Danza Poetica 001

Tell Our Daughters

‘DJ chill littéraire’ warming up Brussels

Berlin Gigs & Inspirations

March, April selection ~ in May! Ghosts of the near future

Half Moon Bay mix – beats & voices from the Middle East

Les hommes comédie + Cherchez la femme + Señor BBQ!

February selection

December Selection

November selection

Dialectic Radio 182: An interview about cumbia leads me to a journey in occitania

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