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Afro Celt Sound System
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The Afro Celt Sound System is a musical group which fuses modern dance rhythms (trip-hop, techno, etc.) with Celtic and African influences. It was formed by Grammy-nominated producer-guitarist Simon Emmerson, and is considered to be somewhat of a world music supergroup, often having a wide range of guest artists on their albums.
Their albums have been released through Peter Gabriel’s Real World Records, and they are also reportedly the best-selling band on the label, only exceeded in sales by Gabriel himself, and their striking live performances have often become the highlights of the WOMAD concert festivals. They signed a contract with Real World obliged to release five albums, of which the 2005 release Anatomic is the last; at this writing it is unclear what path the band will take in the future.
In 2003 they changed their name to the simpler Afro Celts; however, two of their latest albums, Pod, a compilation of new mixes of songs from the first four albums, and their fifth studio album Anatomic uses the long and familiar form. This decision is apparently affected by the fact that they seem much more well-known as Afro Celt Sound System around the world.
From: Wikipedia.org
Their albums have been released through Peter Gabriel’s Real World Records, and they are also reportedly the best-selling band on the label, only exceeded in sales by Gabriel himself, and their striking live performances have often become the highlights of the WOMAD concert festivals. They signed a contract with Real World obliged to release five albums, of which the 2005 release Anatomic is the last; at this writing it is unclear what path the band will take in the future.
In 2003 they changed their name to the simpler Afro Celts; however, two of their latest albums, Pod, a compilation of new mixes of songs from the first four albums, and their fifth studio album Anatomic uses the long and familiar form. This decision is apparently affected by the fact that they seem much more well-known as Afro Celt Sound System around the world.
From: Wikipedia.org
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Afro Celt Sound System - Persistence of Memory
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Afro Celt Sound System - Dark Moon, High Tide
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Release
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Big Cat
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Riding the Waves
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Hypnotica
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Even in My Dreams
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Urban Aire
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Amber
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House of the Ancestors
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Colossus
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I Think Of...
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Shoutbox
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animaniaxpro wrote:
teleia mousikh ta paidakia:D
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AKDoc wrote:
Grrrr ...oooovy stuff !!
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glastonburytor wrote:
I have everything of theirs and use quite a bit in my indoor cycling classes, expecially the remixes.
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InflatableMouse wrote:
5 albums and it's all good. Looking forward to the new album, hopefully with some more vocals from Dorothee Munyaneza (she did the vocals on 'When I Still Needed You' and 'Mother' too).
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Obliv_owns wrote:
LOVE
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b4t0u wrote:
Some of the most inspired and inspiring music in existence in my opinion, I could listen to them all day... and in fact i often do! Please keep it up :)
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Rhenium_Atman wrote:
тумба юмба
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pudmanx wrote:
Afro Celt Sound System are amazing on so many levels
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closedmouth wrote:
http://blog.last.fm/2007/08/29/audio-fingerprinting-for-clean-metadata
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Zdenda_K wrote:
Finally the right name of Afro Celt Sound System. Unfortunately my previous 100 tracks scrobbled as Afro Celts, so now it will be doubled in the charts :-(
News
Hello
11 Oct 2008 | from realworldrecords.com/forums
Hi to all my Real World friends Have great day Mowgli:-) To reply to this post visit the thread at WOMAD.
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Dub Colossus
3 Oct 2008 | from realworldrecords.com/forums
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- myway1, talerka, anoukadel and 2 other people added Afro Celt Sound System to their libraries. 11 hours ago
- IanAR connected Afro Celt Sound System to the group World Music Network. yesterday morning
- animaniaxpro, Lady_Tayto, ryzykudla and 5 other people added Afro Celt Sound System to their libraries. Saturday afternoon
- lukelin created the Chinese wiki page for Afro Celt Sound System. Friday morning
- mpjorgens, diymike, Vixymusic01 and 20 other people added Afro Celt Sound System to their libraries. Friday morning
- aurike tagged Afro Celt Sound System with ‘electronic’ and ‘world’. 11 days ago
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- Rugiewit1 tagged Afro Celt Sound System with ‘electronica’ and ‘world’. 12 days ago
- elenazitiridou, GarlicMyfi, jarmotuisk and 1 other person added Afro Celt Sound System to their libraries. 12 days ago
- jpblack tagged Afro Celt Sound System with ‘world’ and ‘celtic’. August 2008
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