OUTERGLOBE WINTER WARMERS .... WATCH THIS SPACE!

UDATING THE DATES:
DECEMBER 23rd - TUESDAY - JUWON OGUNGBE's SOLO CONCERT at THE VORTEX, LONDON
JANUARY 17th SATURDAY - JUJU! Ebola Task-Force Fundraiser UPSTAIRS AT THE RITZY,  
                                              BRIXTON (DJ Debbie and maybe Mosi Conde and Juwon Ogungbe)
JANUARY 24th SATURDAY - DJ DEBBIE at Maurice ONe Jah's EARTHDAY Celebrations at 
                                             PASSING CLOUDS, HACKNEY
JANUARY 25th SUNDAY  -   MOSI CONDE (& Full Band) + DJ DEBBIE at HOOTANANNY BRIXTON 

CAROLINE TRETTINE'S GAY DEMO WILL BE ON LINE SOON - WATCH THIS SPACE!

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Here's some highlights upcoming for OUTERGLOBE ARTISTS:  Scroll down .... ;-)

November 27th Caroline Trettine - Farrago Poetry at Poetry Cafe, London
December 6th    DJ Debbie          - Chilli Fried DJ Relay Upstairs At The Ritzy, London
December 10th  Mosi Conde        - Frome Jazz Club, Frome
December 23rd  Juwon Ogungbe - The Vortex, London   

MOSI CONDE - an outstanding master musician Griot from Guinea

From 28th November the Africa Express concert rendition of In C Mali goes live on www.thespace.com  to celebrate 50 years since Terry Reilly's In C with a fabulous mix of African and Western musicians .... MOSI CONDE played balafon on this - check it out

On 10th December - MOSI CONDE is at FROME JAZZ CLUB for a solo set and some intriguing collaborating on the spot with fine local musicians and fellow headliner Anglo American Saxophonist Craig Crofton  ... All the details are HERE Old Bath Arms, Palmer Street, Frome, BA11 1DS  

Recording a new album as we speak!

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JUWON OGUNGBE - a distinguished distinctive composer respected worldwide 

December 23rd - solo concert - just JUWON OGUNGBE, a mic and a grand piano , and a salon full of people - a delightful and exploratory journey through Juwon's distinctive and different compositions .... baritone voice and mellifluous  piano .... Buy your advance tickets HERE     
The Vortex, 11 Gillett Square, London N16 8AZ 

There will be an interesting announcement about Juwon Ogungbe's Progress Ceremony here soon - be ready!

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CAROLINE TRETTINE - fabulous guitar, voice - and rainbow lyrics of life experience

After her illustrious and fabulous GAY DEMO album launch CAROLINE TRETTINE has some more gigs lined up. The album is available from Outerglobe and at all events and is also now online too at CD BABY

November 27th CAROLINE TRETTINE plays a set at Farrago Poetry London Slam Champion Qualifier at The Poetry Cafe, 22 Betterton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9BX

Instore Rough Trade performances are in the pipeline. And the CD is in Rough Trade shops and catalogue

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DJ DEBBIE  - fabulous selection DJ Cheb i Sabbah (RIPP), brilliant broadcaster

December 6th DJ DEBBIE (C'est Moi) plays a set at the legendary Chilli Fried DJ Relay  Upstairs At The Ritzy, Brixton Oval, London SW2 1JG alongside Grupo Lokito  and a full house of others enjoying their 15 minutes on the decks. It's FREE as well!!

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OUTERGLOBE NEWS UP!!D8  

OUTERGLOBE ARTISTS ARE EXCELLING THEMSELVES: AND A NEW ARTIST IS ON BOARD.  THERE IS SO MUCH TO SHARE SO KEEP ON SCROLLING           

                         MOSI CONDE: JUWON OGUNGBE: CAROLINE TRETTINE

MOSI CONDE:

THURSDAY 30th October: 9am (invite only)  BHM at the HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT with key speakers and performance from Mosi Conde . The event will be streamed live and direct on Pamtengo Radio

 THURSDAY 30th October: 7.00pm at Kings Place, York Way, London N1  at LIFEM London International Festival of Exploratory Music - solo opening for AMI KOITA.         Ami Koita is the most renowned Djeli Mousso - Mandinka griot who pioneered new productions of the most traditional music. This is her first UK visit for 23 years since I brought her here with my then Half the Sky company. MOSI CONDE will excel in his half hour opening slot - he has become one of the best musicians here.  

Tickets HERE

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  FRIDAY 31st OCTOBER - WORLD MUSIC CONFERENCE AT CHARLTON HOUSE           MOSI CONDE & Cheng Yu play as part of this conference to look at the 'WORLD MUSIC INDUSTRY' and ways to access, create and make the most of opportunities.       7-10pm FREE Charlton House, Charlton Road, Charlton SE7 8RE

SUNDAY 2nd NOVEMBER Mosi Conde joins other distinguished international musicians at TATE MODERN for AFRICA EXPRESS presents Terry Riley's in C - Mali  This is invite only however the performance will be filmed by Tate Media - details soon!

SATURDAY 15th NOVEMBER - MOSI CONDE KAIRA KORA AFRIKA FULL BAND SPECIAL UPSTAIRS AT THE RITZY, BRIXTON OVAL, BRIXTON, SW2 1DJ  8.30-1am      £7/£6 advance  JUJU NIGHT with Afro Palace DJs - what a night is in store! Enjoy

 Tickets HERE

                      

                                                       

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JUWON OGUNGBE 

JUWON OGUNGBE is currently takes part in BFI/WOMAD BREAKING THE SILENCE tour of SILIVA THE ZULU - a remarkable silent film made in 1927 by Italian explorer and filmmaker Attiliao Gatti. The unique live piano score is composed and performed by Juwon as the film rolls . The film is a dramatised fictional narrative of romantic rivalry set within rural Zulu life and culture in the late 1920s. Filmed on location in South Africa, Siliva the Sulu adopts documentary techniques to present impressions of everyday life, rituals and beliefs. Juwon takes part in Q&As throughout the tour.

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 1st Watershed, Bristol; SUNDAY 2nd Phoenix, Exeter; SATURDAY 8th Magic Lantern Cinema, Tywyn, Wales; SUNDAY 9th Midlands Arts Centre (MAC), Birmingham. (London in 2015) (Cardiff & Edinburgh already shown)

TUESDAY DECEMBER  23rd at VORTEX, 11 Gillett Square, London N16 8AZ                    JUWON OGUNGBE SOLO EVENING - Juwon and a Grand Piano and a microphone     Tickets HERE   More about all Juwon Ogungbe's activities and music HERE

Watch this space for news of PROGRESS CEREMONY and how you can get involved in exciting new plans. Meantime HERE is a showreel from the Brixton show 

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CAROLINE TRETTINE

IN AN EXCITING NEW and yet also continuous new direction CAROLINE TRETTINE joins - or rejoins - the OUTERGLOBE.CO.UK world. Way back in 1990 my former company Half the Sky presented an International Women's Day event with several great women artists including Caroline Trettinem whose music I have always loved, so I am very pleased to be linking with Caroline again on a new venture as she launches her unusual album GAY DEMO ... which was recorded completely inside one day.

 

Caroline Trettine has a brilliant career with her solo singer/songwriter/performer works and having been part of the amazing Blue Aeroplanes. There's a deep honesty and at the same time a great storytelling strength in her songs that take you on an emotional yet abstract journey where you arrive enriched somewhere you didn't know before.

WEDNESDAY 19th NOVEMBER  CAROLINE TRETTINE at                    HACKNEY ATTIC                  270 Mare Street, Hackney, E8 1HE   7.30pm        £5 for entry and a surprise treat .... Finely and wryly crafted songs and superlative guitar sharing all the 'rainbow colours' of gay life in a sequence of beguiling songs. Poetry set to open.   More HERE 

                     

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OUTERGLOBE UP!!D8 Autumn 2014

Greetings - it's been a minute - lots gone on .... catching up to bring you right up to the minute ...

Currently I work primarily with 2 artists - they both happen to be men, tho I do hope to bring forward at least one magnificent woman artist in the next season true to my passion of supporting Women in Music - tho of course every artist I work with has to be the right one regardless of gender - and I am delighted with the brilliance and professionalism of my chosen Outerglobe crew! Namely Juwon Ogungbe and Mosi Conde!

Firstly Coming UP!!:

Mosi Conde supports the great Malian Mandinka powerhouse AMI KOITA as part of the LIFEM - London International Festival of Exploratory Music on Thursday October 30th at Kings Place, London - You can find out more and buy your tickets HERE

Juwon Ogungbe is creating a unique score for a pioneer African silent movie - SILIVA THE ZULU which goes on tour during the early part of November. I will update you with the tour details very soon and the first date is Saturday November 1st at the Watershed, Bristol . Find out more and get your tickets HERE

Mosi Conde in action recently playing Kora with the Golden Voice of Guinea SEKOUBA BAMBINO as part of the London Festival of African Music. He also played Balafon in a fantastic concert which left us all with smiles on our faces! A mixture of hearty favourites and bold and beautiful new songs including 'Love' and 'Accusation' - an indictment of why Ebola is prevalent in so many African countries were performed in such a wonderful way.  Mosi Conde played with true style and added some fine vibes showing what a master musician he is. In his own concert at St Thomas's Hospital lunchtime series recently he shared the deep meaning of his music prompting guitarist Kari (Alfred) Bannerman to say he is a master musician and philosopher....

Juwon Ogungbe also took part in the LAMF with a fabulous solo concert. He was interviewed recently by Alexander Mcclean about his particular and special music which crosses all known boundaries with African roots, Western Classical notations, Art music and funk with sheer musicality. Juwon has a clear view of how he wants his music to be and is very articulate developing it ... Listen to part of the interview on the Rockumentally site HERE

Juwon Ogungbe in action with Progress Ceremony which is now ready to tour ....

Find out more about these great musicians on their pages in this site ....

OUTERGLOBE - LONDON BASED - RESPECTED WORLDWIDE

OUTERGLOBE ARTISTS JUWON OGUNGBE & MOSI CONDE IN CURRENT ACTION

OUTERGLOBE IN ACTION: OUTERGLOBE ARTISTS IN ACTION

EXCITING AND ESSENTIAL NEWS .....

MOSI CONDE (KAIRA KORA AFRIKA) & JUWON OGUNGBE

Juwon Ogungbe and Mosi Conde are Outerglobe's main artists currently. Lately and coming up they have excelled and are excelling in brilliant events and projects. For more information on both of them and just how great they are see their pages in this website!

Juwon Ogungbe recently presented and performed his outstanding and very spiritual Progress Ceremony with some of London's finest musicians - Euston Liburd (Drums), Roger Allottey (Percussion), Greg Sanders (Guitar), Rotem Haguel (Bass) with stunning evocative visuals by Derek Nisbet of Talking Birds. it is a music driven theatrical narrative conveying a Yoruba social ritual for our times. Follow the links below to enjoy some of the elements from the performance at The Forge in Camden where the space, acoustics, sound and audience made an almost perfect night of it!

Progress Ceremony July 9th 2014 1   Progress Ceremony July 9th 2014 2    
Progress Ceremony July 9th 2014 3   Progress Ceremony July 9th 2014  4

We want to tour Progress Ceremony to Festivals and selected venues in the New Year - here is a promo clip which we will circulate. Where do you think would be good places to tour - email Outerglobe

Juwon Ogungbe is the commissioned composer and music director for two momentous BBC Radio 3 drama productions to celebrate Wole Soyinka - Nigeria's Nobel Laureate and distinguished incisive  playwright's 80th birthday. Death and the Kings Horseman went out on 13th July and is available til the 20th on BBC i-Player  and Document of Identity is to be broadcast on 20th July and will stay up a week after that. Links where you can listen - remember to listen :
Death and the Kings Horseman  Document of Identity  

More is in store so come back to this page when you have a moment again!

Mosi Conde (Kaira Kora Afrika) made a tremendous contribution recently  to the innovative jazz re:freshed collective's PR Foundation awarded New Music Bienalle commission with a 5 piece ensemble composed by Awasi Mensah to animate Bunny Bread's Film 'The Dynamics of Perception' at London's South Bank . The amazing production goes to Glasgow to the Commonwealth Games New Music Bienalle weekend on Saturday 2 August - full details .

Mosi Conde Kaira Kora Afrika solo and band filled Camden's Green Note with wonderful music and a capacity crowd in May .... so many instruments .... and so many musicians - here are some clips from that event - on fire! They are on a colleague's youtube and eventually will be on Mosi Conde's youtube also when some gliches are refined .... Have a look

Mosi Conde will be sharing a concert date at Kings Place, Kings Cross, London on 30 October with none other than Ami Koita - Mali's revered Djelli Mousso - griot. It is part of the LIFEM Festival. As well as the wonderful music in store, the beauty of this evening is the connections as Ami Koita always seeks out Mosi Conde's distinguished griot family when she goes to Guinea and Mosi's brother Petit Conde has produced music for Ami Koita. Petit Conde is respected as one of Africa's finest guitarists - the new Diamond Fingers sharing the title with their uncle Sekouba Diabate ...

See more here and book your tickets too: Ami Koita and Mosi Conde

 SUNDAY 11th MAY 2014

OUTERGLOBE'S JUWON OGUNGBE HAS A WHOLE EVENING AT VORTEX, 11 GILLETT SQUARE, DALSTON, LONDON N16 8AZ

On Sunday evening the  11^th May  the only place to be is  the Vortex, Gillett Square, Dalston, London N16 8AZ  for Juwon Ogungbe & The Life Force Band.  The most recent time world acclaimed composer Juwon Ogungbe  & Life Force Music played their African popera  tinged jazz funk at the Vortex  it was standing room only and  the appreciative audience was vociferous in their request for encores.   

Tickets are £12.50 and are available from the Vortex  Box Office on 020 7254 4097 and online via  We Got Tickets .

Juwon Ogungbe‘s  music is a rich tapestry of so many strands as he draws in Western Classical, Art Music, Yoruba cultural heritage and the Life Force of Funk, Jazz, Blues and Latin beats topped with his mellifluous deep baritone voice.  Juwon’s music is finely composed with scope nevertheless for his widely experienced, supremely talented musicians to contribute their own improvisations and special styles.  There is always a narrative in his songs, something he gives full range to in his music theatre productions as well and so skilfully conveys in his opera roles.  The Vortex evening promises a feast of sounds to listen to and be seduced into dancing to as well.

On Sunday 11^th May the music presentation is unusual . Juwon Ogungbe will be solo for the first part of the evening sharing voice and piano in music that will be classic, classical, funky, jazzwise, supremely vocal  and African rooted. Then the band will go full tilt in the second half.  Between them Juwon Ogungbe’s musicians have played with a festival ‘s worth of top artists. Each one brings unique elements to The Life Force Band and together they make a tight and lyrical whole. Juwon Ogungbe comes to this event hotfoot from University of Richmond, Virginia where he composed music for ‘Threshold’  - a musical inspired by one of Nigeria’s most intriguing writers, Amos Tutuola’s ‘Palm Wine Drinkard’. His major current project is ‘Progress Ceremony’ – an artistic exploration of his Yoruba roots placed in a simultaneously ancient and futuristic context with a message of hope for our times. What influence will all that have?  The only way to find out is to attend!

 

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FRIDAY 23rd MAY 2014

MOSI CONDE KAIRA KORA AFRIKA  - SOLO & BAND - EVENING  @ GREEN NOTE, 106 PARKWAY, CAMDEN, NW1 7AN

Fast becoming a Green Note favourite, Guinean master Griot, Mosi Conde returns with an uplifting evening's entertainment. The first set will showcase Mosi's outstanding solo prowess and compositions with more revelations from his forthcoming solo album. The second set will raise the roof with Mosi Conde and his fabulous Kaira Kora Afrika full band.

Here is the ticket link on We Got Tickets

Immensely skilled and talented,Mosi Conde is from Guinea Conakry's leading Griot family whose members are key to most of West Africa's vital traditional and contemporary related music scene. Mory Kante is amongst his closest maternal uncles and called Mosi to join him as part of Baaba Maal's Africa Utopia finale concert at the Royal Festival Hall. Lately he has expanded his repertoire and was part of the musically challenging and innovative Love Supreme Re-envisioned Kings College Chapel concert as well as being part of major Festivals including The Shimmy and London African Music Festival.

Mosi Conde's compositions are steeped in tradition with a global sonic awareness, growing from his fierce love and awareness of his original culture and reflecting his strong involvement and commitment as a Londoner. Master of every instrument he learnt as a young child, he is a kora virtuoso, a searingly beautiful guitar player, vividly dextrous balafonist, an intricate and dynamic djembe proponent and a mellifluous singer. Whether solo or leading his matchless Kaira Kora Afrika crew Mosi is an engaging and popular performer delivering crisp exciting shows with the crowds more than willing to join in call and response and dance. Equally the more meditational pieces hold an audience spellbound.

Mosi Conde's debut album Kaira Kora Afrika garnered appreciative reviews, widespread radio coverage including BBC R3, Resonance FM, Colourful and international airplay. His second album is in progress and will be launched mid year – maybe even at Green Note .. watch this space.

“Utterly mesmorising and spellbinding, totally infectious! Truly great music” Rainlore’s World of Music;
“A mighty release ... great material, a pleasure to listen to” Russ Jones Hackney GlobeTrotter;
“... soundtrack of the summer” Flying Carpet "

New Year Greetings and all the lowdown on Outerglobe.co.uk Brixton TKO!

WISHING YOU THE VERY BEST FOR 2014

IF JANUARY IS ANYTHING TO GO BY IT'S A GREAT YEAR FOR OUTERGLOBE.CO.UK!

STAND BY FOR THE OUTERGLOBE.CO.UK BRIXTON TKO:

SATURDAY 4th JAN: UPSTAIRS AT THE RITZY FREE:           Sound of the World DJ Relay with Live band set from superb Ramon Goose Sounds of the Sahara & a whole host of DJs doing 15 minute sets including Outerglobe.co.uk's DJ DEBBIE Starts 8pm. Upstairs at The Ritzy, Brixton Oval, London SW2 1JG

FRIDAY 10th JAN: UPSTAIRS AT THE RITZY £5 Earlybird/ £8/£6

JUWON OGUNGBE & LIFE FORCE MUSIC IN PROGRESS CEREMONY Starts 8pm 

Address as above.                       Click here for tickets! 

Listen here for more info and a music flavour. A MULTIMEDIA CONTEMPORARY YORUBA RITUAL FOR OUR TIMES WITH SIZZLING AFRO POPERA JAZZ MEETS FUNK MUSIC & STUNNING VISUALS + DYNAMIC DJ MR K TIL MIDNIGHT. ESSENTIAL!

 

 

Photo courtesy Nadjib Le Fleurier

SATURDAY 26th JAN: DJ DEBBIE DELIGHTS WITH A HEAVYWEIGHT MIX AT PASSING CLOUDS, 1 RICHMOND RD, DALSTON, E8 4AA AT MAURICE ONE JAH'S ALBUM LAUNCH WITH A HOST OF LIVE BANDS INC ONE JAH  + MOSI CONDE KAIRA KORA AFRIKA

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