It's been four years of intense touring since the last time Batucada Sound Machine / B2KDA released an album (Dont Keep Silent) and this October, we get to hear the culmination of that effort. The band has changed from Batucada Sound Machine to B2KDA. It's lost old members and gained new. It's been exposed to the best and worst of what life as a musician can throw at you but has emerged stronger, more determined and yet still true to what has made this band the force it has been for 12 years now.

B2KDA is Rising once again.

A new sound has been developed over the years drawing on the hundreds of different experiences the band has had. The lessons of the road and the highs of meeting great people around the world to share their music. From the clubs of Berlin to the night markets of Seoul, jam nights in London to festivals in the bush in Australia, sharing the stage with giants to meeting a new school of artists. All of this has combined into what the band has spent a year crafting. The new album "Rising".

RIMA is the 5th major album by Moana and is due out on September 26. The album was produced by dubmeister Paddy Free (Pitch Black, Nga Tae) who joined Moana & the Tribe for the first time in 2013 when the band played Europe, Korea and Australia. The 11 tracks were recorded in Piha, on the shores of Lake Rotorua and in Blair Castle (Glasgow).

Can't Give You (What You're Asking For) is the first teaser from B2KDA`s - Batucada Sound Machine's album due out later this year.

Finally "The Best of Moana & the Tribe" has officially been released in Europe. We are very proud to welcome Moana and the Tribe, this legendary singer and group from New Zealand, on GMO The Label.

New Live-Album from Izzy & the Catastrophics "Live in Parma, Italy" available now!
(deutsche Version des Artikels hier)

GMO -The Label has released the album „Live in Parma“ of exceptional musician Izzy Zaidman and his band The Catastrophics on May 10, 2013 europeanwide as CD and download album.

The album is distributed in physical and digital form by GMO's partner Rough Trade Distribution.

Stitching together rock n’ roll, swing, surf, honky-tonk, and bebop, Izzy and the Catastrophics are a profoundly exciting and challenging group. Often compared to rockabilly greats of the past, Izzy and his boys are carrying the tradition into the 21st century with flair and frenzy.