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a nublu documentary movie in two parts. butch morris take on the nublu orchestra, the nublu sound, scene and bands of 2007. produced by nublu records .
from the new album
on a ride
out now on nublu records .
... new york' s nublu nightclub and nublu records label have partnered with brazilian cachaça brand and ...
released on nublu records death of a party director: lenny tso lab urltoken www. kudu2u. com .
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on wax poetic' s first self - titled record. initially released on atlantic records in 2000, it was re - issued on nublu records in 2013 .
my underground take on the nublu sound, scene and bands of 2006. produced by nublu records. filmed by me, chantal ughi. additional photography by ...
directed by missing pieces. ssshhh is the single from latest album hits, by hess is more out now on nublu records .
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played by: lovemonk records, j. cub - e. a. r / cub records, doc martin, franz underwear, woody wood jr .
short promo video for nublu bar / lounge in nyc, also nublu records. featuring love trio feat. u - roy, kudu, wax poetic, brazilian girls, forro in the dark and ...
nublu records showcase 2018 nyc new york based music collective psychaudio' s debut album
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nublu reopened with a new beer and wine license in 2012. the club’s return featured one of the nublu’s key touchstones, the
many of these artists had either formed or built up their fanbase performing at nublu. among the bands most closely associated with nublu are :
also in 2006, ersahin played in and produced the nublu orchestra album under the direction of butch morris, the presiding genius of nublu .
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around it, nublu continued to be a haven for the nublu sound. the spirit of its community is such that even when the club briefly lost its license, the nublu family continued to function. after a closure of one year from 2011 – 2012, during which nublu events such as butch morris and the nublu orchestra were held downstairs at lucky cheng’s on 1st avenue .
magazine in 2008 that he
had more fun dj' ing records for 75 people at nublu than going on tour and performing in front of 10, 000 people a night. ”
such as wax poetic fed into the collectives that found a home at the nublu label. other ersahin ensembles that refined their sound at the nublu club are
mr. ersahin, left, the musician behind nublu, outside the club .
i spoke to petrit pula, the festival' s founder and curator, who is also an executive of nublu records, about why he became involved with brazilian music and his plans for the festival .
« wax poetic / tokyo black star remix – nublu orchestra cond. by butch morris…
... this recording of turkish music is reviewed (nublu)... .
on the ground floor, meanwhile, another nublu will open “eventually, ” according to ersahin .
onstage at nublu, from left, ilhan ersahin, kenny wollesen, juini booth and thor madsen .
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, the creator of conduction, who led the nublu orchestra from the opening of the club until his death in 2013. of butch, ersahin said, “i was playing with his orchestra before i opened up nublu, ” ersahin says. “butch is a huge influence on all of nublu and nublu bands. he’s such an open - minded master. he’s like the hidden master behind the whole new york city downtown scene .
the intense creativity that revolved around the nublu club prompted ersahin to start a nublu label in 2005 as a platform for his own groups and those of his fellow players who made the club their home from home. artists on nublu records include ersahin' s bands, love trio, our theory, istanbul sessions, i led three lives, wonderland and wax poetic; electronic dance - pop acts hess is more, aka danish musician michael hess, praised by urltoken for his cinematic sensibility ,
the club' s commitment to integrating turntablism into live action prompted moby to tell xlr8r magazine in 2008 that he
had more fun dj' ing records for 75 people at nublu than going on tour and performing in front of 10, 000 people a night .
red - hot reissue of 1981 epic party jam ‘equality’ by five points. the only record ever released on rissa chrissa records off - shoot label ...
underground percussive disco bullet! out - of - print for donkeys years, this 1979 classic on the amazing p & p; records should not be missed .
the nublu orchestra is assembled from the multifaceted range of musicians that call nublu home. band - members from brazilian girls, wax poetic, kudu, forro in the dark, i led three lives, and love trio and regular nublu guests graham haynes and eddie henderson all sit under the baton of butch morris, the inventor of conduction® .
new on soul jazz records, the second volume of delta swamp rock continues to journey into the heartland of the american south, exploring the musical links ...
redseal records unearth a forgotten classic from new york artist frank murillo. part reggae, part pop and all soul, ‘what jah give’ is a cautionary ...
different groups of wax poetic continue to perform and they are acknowledged nublu ambassadors, frequently performing at their international festivals .
, urban street music and original songwriting composition in an inclusionary way that became known as the
nublu sound .
. there, he secured a steady saturday brunch gig, and the musicians he performed with became the nucleus of the nublu collective. nublu club grew out of parties he was throwing at various spaces round manhattan, where friends would perform .
to capture the sound of his creative nublu community, ersahin founded nublu records in 2005. among their first releases were three releases under the name wax poetic; however, in that period, the band was not active and ersahin adopted the name for his experiments with local musicians in different countries. the result was a conceptual trilogy: “copenhagen” (2006), “brasil” (2007) and “istanbul” (2007. )
butch morris held a residency there from the club' s opening until his death in 2013 and led the nublu orchestra .
... the new york city nightclub nublu, run by saxophonist ilhan ersahin, has spawned singer norah ...
jones and the band brazilian girls. ersahin is leveraging the nublu name with a record label. its first ...
kornelia binicewicz is a polish dj and record collector who works between krakow and istanbul. she is the founder of the ladies on records: 60s and 70s female music at urltoken
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review: the nublu orchestra are assembled from the multifaceted range of musicians that call nublu home. band - members from brazilian girls, wax poetic, kudu, forro in the dark, and love trio and regular nublu guests. on
sciubba diving
butch morris builds a dense wall of sound around the vocals of brazilian girls singer sabina sciubba. this is a super release .
... nublu has become a sought out jazz club for the last eight years because of its reputation as a ...
kevin martin (aka the bug) and stuart baker (soul jazz records) have collaborated on a unique project bringing together new, exclusive and in - demand cutting - edge ...
... jazz saxophonist ilhan ersahin, and his jazz club nublu, is profiled. the place serves as a new ...
the club' s appeal as a haven for seriously creative and inventive musicians is evidenced by the list of artists who have either performed there, or simply popped by to participate in one of the club' s late - night jams. a label was a natural offshoot, and nublu records was founded in 2005 for the scene' s very different collective of musicians. the nublu club and label became the nucleus of another logical extension to ersahin' s boutique underground empire: live performance, particularly the development of festivals enabling a large number of musicians to meet and exchange ideas; and allows the nublu sound to become known and develop a following internationally. the nublu jazz festival is a yearly event happening in nyc, sao paulo and istanbul .
, long a downtown fixture. ersahin became part of different morris projects in the late 90s. when nublu began, they devised a new project that would apply morris' s conduction methods to the nublu sensibility. the result was a new direction for morris; within the context of
as morris resided on nearby east 7th street, nublu became not just a welcoming but a convenient laboratory for the creator of the conduction sound. from the club' s opening until his death a decade later, nublu was the creative home base from which morris was able to spread conduction globally .
... offering twice - weekly club gigs in new york city, alternating between nublu and joe' s pub. while in ...
in 2007, his eurasia mixes, which are a series of original and eclectic mixes, focusing intensely on turkey' s hidden psychedelic funk - disco - folk music heritage, received him global acclaim. his first solo release
show you love
, with his notable falsetto vocals came out on mad bros records, paris in 2008. later, his eurasia edits were released in “istanbul 70“ compilation on nublu records, new york, propelling him into the premier league of dance music, followed by the release of his remix for pollyester’s “voices” on permanent vacation, munich .
full skopje jazz fest from 2007 conducted by... butch morris. nublu orchestra conducted by butch morris, album available at all fine ...
mr. ersahin is also trying to expand the nublu brand abroad. he recently opened a sister club in istanbul, where he often plays and records and has booked music festivals, and is also looking for a permanent space in brazil, where he already sponsors an annual jazz festival in são paulo and has just made a record called “afternoon in rio” with brazilian singers and instrumentalists .
... grand reviews a recording of nu - jazz by trumpeter erik truffaz, tenor saxophonists ilhan ersahin, and quintet. (nublu) ...
released two years after the opening of the nublu club ,
wax poetic nublu sessions ,
2004, was equally a time capsule of the excitement and spontaneous energy of the club' s live shows and legendary jams. this incarnation of wax poetic had a strong spread of voices, including norah jones, soul - jazz diva ,
every monday through friday, we deliver a different song as part our song of the day podcast subscription. this podcast features exclusive kexp in - studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our djs think you should hear. today’s featured selection, chosen by afternoon show host kevin cole, is “house of ahmet” by i led 3 lives from the 2008 album peace now on nublu records .
the late - night jams at the heart of the nublu vibe became a crucible for a family of bands. some featured founder ilhan ersahin. effectively the house band was
the members of brazilian girls met in 2003, while jamming together at nublu. the downtown new york club that has served as their spawning ground. playing ...
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but at the end of the day it doesn' t really matter; what does is that our theory is a solid entry in the nu - jazz sphere, and proof that it' s not just going on in europe. recorded in manhattan and released on ersahin' s nublu recordsnamed after his new york city club our theory is evidence that music and technology are being successfully fused in north america as well .
“conduction is contingent on social and cultural structures but is not limited to or dependent on style or category, ” morris says, as he begins to explain his relationship to the nublu orchestra. “musicians, no matter what their musical background, under the baton of conduction play whatever it is that they play best. they give it to me and i reshape it. nublu orchestra is made up of, but not limited to, musicians from many different camps: jazz, funk, pop, fusion, brazilian, r & b, classical… but the music we make is none of these... if nublu means anything it means “inclusive nature” (rather than exclusive). it means we will find the center of balance and cosmology no matter whom is in the band… nublu reflects the music and the music reflects nublu. it’s a total encounter in the moment. ”
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nublu orchestra conducted by butch morris the question is simple, but the answer is an enigma. “what is nublu? ” if you can extract a response out of anyone who has anything to do with the club and label on avenue c, it’ll be a vague one. nublu is a force that exists seemingly without definition. one night forro in the dark is banging out hard - charging brazilian folk music, and two nights later i led three lives is entrancing the crowd with near - psychedelic tech - jazz. the tie that binds it all together is intangible and unnamable. but if there is any promise of an answer, the nublu orchestra conducted by butch morris holds the key to its unlocking .
review:' swing swing' is the single from ilhan ersahin' s newest incarnation of wax poetic,' copenhagen', the first part in a three - part series of records from the nublu founder and bandleader.' copenhagen' has a more singular approach than earlier wax poetic albums, with vocalist marla turner as the main focus of the record and a subdued northern european energy creeping through the rocky, garbage - esque tracks .
1 jigraw! (jack beats vs lady sovereign). midget records (2) ‎– none. trip hop. cd, single, promo, card sleeve. issued in a custom card sleeve with artwork on front and back. remix – jack beats .
, marcus miller, nicolas payton and many more. the nublu jazz festival dream finally came alive in 2009, and is now a yearly event in nyc, sao paulo and istanbul .
now 45, mr. ersahin founded nublu in 2002, and beginning friday the club will celebrate its ninth anniversary with a festival featuring performances by numerous bands associated with the club. in 2005 a nublu record label was born, initially as a d. i. y. vehicle for mr. ersahin’s own music and eventually also for that of other artists he likes .
... was released march 11, 2006, at nublu. the release party is highlighted briefly, and reynolds talks about his favorite bands and post - punk fans... .
while butch morris is the point to which all styles rush in the midst of the nublu orchestra, the club itself is at the heart of all the nublu bands. just as morris directs and uses the improvisations of individual musicians, so the club subtly influences the bands’ outputs, developing a common thread in the midst of one of the most diverse musical communities that has ever been .
turkish female music of the 1960s and 1970s is my passion. choosing turkey however, was not a coincidence. this type of music has been growing in popularity among european djs and music collectors. it' s difficult to pinpoint an exact date, but an important one was 2006 when eothen
egon
alapatt, founder of us label now - again records, created a turkish funk mix for the influential los angeles - based stones throw records. he paid tribute to the king of psychedelic anatolian rock - baris manco, who was unknown in europe .
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beatservice records - 2006 rare cardsleeve promo cd. free within australia. jewel case / digipak - perfect. cover / booklet - perfect. discs - very light marks. 12 back at dawn 6: 28. 11 lost 4: 20. 10 clayton ravine 5: 15 .
stop by nublu to jam or relax when they are in new york. david byrne, a prominent aficionado of music from south america, can be seen on youtube performing with forro in the dark .
w / david gilmore, sam barsh, adam klipple, joshua crumbly, mark whitfield jr. , jaimeo brown, ian young, elzhi, alita moses band, tl cross & more special guests @ nublu
a song from the album
peace now
. i led 3 lives is a band from new york city. the band was formed at nublu and the members are; ilhan ersahin on ...
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( emusica / fania); (7) forro in the dark :
bonfires of são joão
( nublu); (8) brian lynch / eddie palmieri ...
“i’m a guy from sweden with a turkish name, married to a brazilian and living in new york, ” mr. ersahin said. “nublu is what i am: everything is all mixed in together. ”
this is the rare promo spin spin sugar cd single from 1997, on virgin records, made in usa. spin spin sugar (radio edit). 2 spin spin sugar (armand' s dark garage mix). 3 spin spin sugar (farley & heller' s fire island vocal mix) .
angel romero y ruiz has been writing about world music and progressive music for many years. he founded the websites urltoken and musicasdelmundo. com. angel produced several specials for metropolis (tve) and co - produced “musica na”, a music show for televisión española (tve) in spain that featured an eclectic mix of world music, fusion, electronica, new age and contemporary classical music. angel also produced and remastered world music and electronic music albums, compilations and boxed sets for alula records, ellipsis arts, music of the world, lektronic soundscapes, and mindchild records. angel is currently based in durham, north carolina .
soon after, hip - hop and beat producers discovered turkish music - starting with dr no in 2007. then dr dre and mos def sampled selda bagcan' s songs. but the biggest credit should be given to record labels such as nublu records, finders keepers records and pharaway sounds, that shed new light on forgotten albums and compilations of turkish artists such as mustafa ozkent, bunalim, erkin koray, kamuran akkor, selda bagcan and cem karaca. turkish music then started to be picked up by record collectors, musicians, djs and producers from around the world. its popularity can be explained by its fusion of familiar european sounds, popular american and british songs, and anatolian folk songs, which were then interpreted by turkish artists on electrified local folk instruments such as baglama. it reflected the duality of turkish culture of being oriental and european at the same time .
in 2014 a collaboration with turkish mega diva sezen aksu and young talent dj moguz was released in her
yeni ve yeni kalanlar
single. and he released two remix work in 2015, one for a field recording project for vox populi records and the other for ayyuka' s collaboration with legendary nigerian sax player orlando julius .
is, after all, kind of a big deal. “if somebody would ask me what was missing the last 12 years of nublu, i would say that i wish we had a studio, ” says the keyboardist and saxophonist, whose
innovative brazilian singer, songwriter, multi - instrumentalist and producer otto, one of the most compelling figures of the new generation of young rock musicians exciting fans in brazil, returns with his captivating new album “ certa manha acordei de sonhosintranquilo, ” to be released worldwide sept. 1 on nublu records. with an album title inspired by the franz kafka classic
the metamorphosis ,
otto’s new album follows suit, mingling rhythms, textures, words and emotions on an album rich in lush orchestrations and new sonic creations - as otto states ,
it’s like it is my first album .
remix – roc raida (r. i. p .) 3: 28. 2 far out (rasmus version). remix – rasmus 7: 07. 3 rockin' it (roc raider rockin' it remix). this is the rare promo far out cd single from 1998, on independiente / epic records, made in usa .
the moment of which morris speaks sheds light on that simple “what is nublu? ” question. the nublu orchestra’s music is an amalgamation of sounds from free jazz to techno just as the club and label’s sound as a whole is the same. when the swirling sounds of blowing wind and horns give way to an almost punk - funky bass line on ‘sketches of nyc’, the common thread of nublu begins to show its face; and as a free jazz horn line contorts around a solid four on the floor beat (complete with a disco high hat) in ‘we are the ones’, it starts to make sense how a club responsible for releasing an electro - pop record could host a steel guitar player every sunday night without batting an eye .
. it was a perfect space: the rent wasn’t too expensive, it had a beautiful garden, it had this organic club feel to it. ” he later came up with the term “nublu” to convey his eclectic aesthetic. “i just thought nublu was the proper name for the type of music we were doing, ” he said. “it comes from the thinking of jazz — the miles davis - type thinking — using new york city elements, being open to different types of music. ”
at two o' clock on a chilly january morning, about 80 people were crammed cheek by jowl into nublu, a tiny club in the east village, to see a performance by brazilian girls, the club' s de facto house band .
this isn’t the typical indie rock coming out of manhattan these days. i led 3 lives is something of a multigenre supergroup — comprised of ilhan ersahin on saxophone and keyboards, jochen rueckert on drums, and juini booth on bass — each with a diverse musical resume. this masterful trio adeptly navigates a layered landscape of sound and fusion on peace now, their debut record released on nublu records, an east village label connected to the nublu club, owned by ersahin himself and home to a wide range of musicians including forro in the dark, 3 na massa, and wax poetic. within the first seconds of “house of ahmet, ” you get the sense of the album’s range of sounds — electronica, techo, jazz, funk, blues, hip hop, house, and even psychedelia — and its ability to slash through any preconceived genre restrictions and examines how far these established stylistic ranges can be pushed .
ersahin had already been developing festival programming from new york since moving there from sweden when he was 20 years old, and packaging performance for festivals in turkey, his father’s homeland. prior to opening nublu, ersahin had worked for a decade in various capacities at the venerable
many more projects emerged from nublu club' s creative crucible. ersahin released two albums as part of the love trio, together with californian bassist jesse murphy (who went on to play with the brazilian girls ,) and drummer kenny wollesen who plays with tom waits and john zorn, among many others. the improvisational trio gave ersahin the opportunity to explore his roots in reggae and dub, along with turntablism and the new electronica, which dub had inspired in a generation, mixed with dance music. they released two albums on nublu records ,
love trio
( 2003) featuring contributions from ersahin' s longtime partner, legendary trumpeter eddie henderson, vocalist marla turner, kenny wollesen, brazilian girls bass player jesse murphy and dj logic; and
love trio in dub with u - roy ,
( 2006 .) the voices of the brazilian girls' sabina sciubba and marla turner are featured on this album as well .
review: nublu presents' asa branca'. forro in the dark makes people dance like they forgot they could. they sweat, stomp, roll their eyes and don' t stop for hours. for the past four years, they' ve packed their home base and birthplace at nublu well beyond capacity every wednesday night. when a band makes you feel like this, you keep coming back. on this follow - up to their debut twelve inch with seu jorge, forro in the dark present three versions of their acclaimed single with david byrne .
on its 10th anniversary the club’s namesake festival was able to showcase the loose collective of bands whose eclectic aesthetic, reflecting ersahin’s own, has come to be known as the nublu sound, a mix of improvisational jazz with african, south american, caribbean, electronic and dance sounds .
nublu is one of those definitively downtown places, a chic oasis hidden behind an unmarked storefront. the room was packed with stylish young men and women - - white, black and otherwise - - speaking a babel of languages. in center of the scrum (nublu has no stage) was the slinky figure of sabina sciubba, brazilian girls' frontwoman, singing
die gedanken sind frei (thoughts are free) .
the song' s lyric was lifted from a 13th - century german poem; a bassline pulled the song toward the spacey languor of dub reggae; various electronic blips drifted up through the mix; ms. sciabba' s talk - singing nodded both to hip - hop and weimar cabaret. stepping into nublu from the winter cold, it was possible to believe you' d arrived in the world' s hippest musical melting pot .
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review: the tracks from the recently released full - length of nublu orchestra beg for remixes, and the underground resistance militiamen take up the task for' sketches of nyc'. the i - 80 mix is a big - room thumper, using a scatted vocal line and dissonant horns .
nublu is the creation not of a showbiz impresario but of a saxophonist and keyboard player, ilhan ersahin, and reflects his cosmopolitan background and approach to music. its name is meant to evoke forward - looking music in a blues framework, but the programming philosophy obviously goes way beyond that .
new york has a long history of nightspots that build a following and then, amid rising rents or zoning issues, disappear, a phenomenon that has claimed clubs from slugs, just around the corner from nublu, to cbgb. but that’s less likely to occur in mr. ersahin’s case .
, all regulars at the nublu club. the trio formed as a result of many late - night jam sessions at nublu. their track ,
house of ahmet ,
from the album ,
peace now ,
( 2008) was selected as song of the day by washington university' s wkexp who described
the album' s range of sounds – electronica, techno, jazz, funk, blues, hip hop, house, and even psychedelia – and its ability to slash through any preconceived genre restrictions and examine how far these established stylistic ranges can be pushed .
adding to a busy 2006, ersahin also launched another project, our theory. ersahin described the our theory sound to all about jazz magazine as
nu - jazz .
the group began when ersahin met french trumpeter, erik truffaz on the road. deciding to record a few sessions together, they formed our theory with matt penman, a young bass player from new zealand; at the time wax poetic' s guitarist and drummer, thor madsen and jochen rueckert, the latter also an accomplished electronica man. their experimental, ambient jazz self - titled album on nublu records was improvised and recorded in the studio over a period of two days; then ersahin and madsen cut and pasted the tapes over the next two years .
i am interested in music that was once very important and reflected the spirit of the times but which is now just a shadow of the past. it can be heard on dusty records found in turkey' s old record shops. the scratched, sleeveless black gold that i collect very often looks like trash. many of the artists have passed away or are very old. in most cases, they live but are long forgotten .
when was the first time that you began to use brazilian phrasings or rhythms in your playing? when i was a teenager i would play along to the radio and records a lot. i was trying to branch out from rock and play some jazz. there was a lot more brazilian influence in popular music in the 70s and many bands (from chick corea to stevie wonder) all had strong brazilian elements creep into their sound .
in 2002, it captured the budding synergy between hiphop turntablists, the avant - garde jazzers who were still in the lower east side, and dj' s and players from europe, jamaica, africa and brazil. nublu' s jam sessions captured the freewheeling rivalry of cutting sessions at clubs like the legendary
. along with a performance at summerstage in central park, shows took place throughout the city. those with enough stamina to stay until the wee hours of the morning at nublu' s marcelo d2 launch party were treated to an intimate performance by seu jorge, who also played briefly at several other summerfest concerts .
“all of the money i make at the bar goes to the record company, ” mr. ersahin said. “i wish i had more money, so i could do it properly, so we could sign more bands and do more records. there are so many artists passing by that we could do a record a week, but until now it’s been a self - generating thing, like: sell 200 beers and then do a recording. ”
on monday nights when he’s not traveling mr. morris conducts a big band called the nublu orchestra, in which mr. ersahin plays tenor saxophone. the orchestra has a rotating membership of about a dozen, depending on who is in town, and plays in an eclectic style, mixing free jazz and electronic beats .
the nurturing environment mr. ersahin creates has also produced some pop - oriented performers who have gone on to have successful careers. when norah jones first came to new york, it was to be the singer in wax poetic, and groups born on the nublu stage include the brazilian girls and forró in the dark .
growing up in stockholm in the early' 80s / late' 70s, the city was so connected to london - - still is i guess. so it was like the clash played one day in london and two days later they were playing in a small club in stockholm. i was always at shows, saw iggy pop in 1979, sex pistols, the clash, peter tosh, and then all synth bands... the smiths, bowie - - all that influenced me obviously. at the same time, my father, being turkish, used to take my family to turkey for summer vacations so that arabesque and turkish funky sounds from the' 70s also stuck with me. we actually released a real cool istanbul compilation on nublu records two years ago .
throughout the decade, ersahin worked at the jazz club sweet basil, where he formed a band that played for sunday brunch. ersahin gained experience by leading both a trio and a quartet at sweet basil and began performing in international jazz festivals. in 2002, ersahin opened the club nublu on avenue c. nublu is regarded as the last hold - out of the free - wheeling spirit that the lower east side was known for, pre - gentrification. more than simply a club, it has become known round the world as a workshop and breeding - ground for musicians interested in trans - cultural, uncharted and multi - disciplinary music .
after nublu opened back in 2002, it became a late - night destination for an eclectic array of djs and live acts playing experimental jazz, electronica, and world music. lately, it’s had its share of ups and downs: in 2011, it temporarily shuttered after an anonymous tipster told the state that nublu was operating with a liquor license too close to a jehovah’s witnesses hall. it eventually rebounded and returned to its original location, but with just a beer and wine license. a year later, just before its 10th anniversary, noise complaints lodged against the club forced it to cancel some weeknight shows and spend money on additional sound - proofing .
ivy' s records have earned critical raves but only modest sales; the band has stayed afloat by licensing its songs to television and movies, and pursuing an impressive array of extracurricular musical endeavors. mr. chase has produced records for like - minded bands, including the french pop combo tahiti 80, and plays in two side groups, brookville, a solo project, and paco, a collaboration with ms. durand and the composer michael hampton. mr. schlesinger, meanwhile, is a prolific songwriter - producer who is currently composing songs for the forthcoming john waters musical
cry baby
and is co - founder of the band fountains of wayne, pop poet laureates of the new jersey suburbs, where mr. schlesinger grew up. (in fountains of wayne and ivy, he has perfect outlets for his bifurcated muse: one band for cheeky bridge - and - tunnel anthems, the other for sophisticated manhattan songs. )
atmosphere that it has inevitably lost along with “development”; still, around the world, nublu is known as the area’s creative, independent - minded nightlife survivor. “my aim was not to do a big club; my first aim was to do a little café and have friends hang out and play, ” ersahin told christopher port of
the owner of nublu [ an nyc nightclub ] started the label in 2005 and i' ve been at the forefront of it since early on. the label started as need to record a lot of the bands that were naturally forming at the club which back then included the brazilian girls, forro in the dark, kudu, wax poetic, etc. the label signed and released a lot of the bands that were coming out of the club and later branched out to signing artists outside of our clubhouse including bands from other parts of the world like brazil. the record label doesn' t focus on a genre, but more on sound or spirit that feels like nublu .
the nublu orchestra is: butch morris (conduction), ilhan ersahin, jesse murphy, aaron johnston, mauro refosco, sabina sciubba, sylvia gordon, chantal ughi, kenny wollesen, graham haynes, eddie henderson, jochen rueckert, doug wieselman, jonathan haffner, kirk knuffke, didi gutman, zeke zima, michael kiaer, daniel jodocy .
“i like being here for the spirit it has brought back to the neighborhood, ” mr. morris, 64, said of the nublu scene. “i go from city to city, so it’s great to have a place around the corner to practice my craft, and it’s always interesting to see who’s going to walk in the door. ”
because of that atmosphere, nublu has also become a spot where well - known musicians can just hang out and relax it’s the kind of place where ms. jones celebrates her birthday, thievery corporation or sigur ros can let off steam at after - show parties and moby can d. j. a few sets when he’s in the mood .
“we bought the building, three friends together, back when it was still affordable, ” he said. “otherwise it would have been difficult to keep this scene going. but it’s my dream to move the club into a larger space nearby and then make nublu into a recording studio. that’s what we need to be even more productive. ”
in 2005 i started thinking ,
why shouldn' t we have our own label ?
so we did. since then we have had around 25 full albums released and many remixes and 12
s as well. and then five years ago i started up nublu jazz festival here in nyc just because i thought it was needed and since i knew lots and lots of musicians i thought it was a cool idea. then i suggested this idea to a great institution in sã£o paulo, brazil, and we are now also doing a yearly jazz festival there as well. we are also doing a nublu jazz fest every year in istanbul and we have done some events in paris as well .
to the composer, cornetist and conductor butch morris, a nublu regular, the club brings back memories of the jazz loft scene he encountered when he first came to new york in the 1970s. nowadays, he lamented, there are few clubs, even in the east village, willing to give musicians a home base and let them experiment as they wish .
from the outside the club appears to be just another shuttered and somewhat grotty east village storefront, and the interior, with its scarred wooden floor and graffiti - daubed walls, isn’t any more impressive. instead, it’s what happens onstage that has made nublu’s reputation as an incubator of musical talent, with some of the most adventurous and varied offerings in the city .
he has achieved this impact through positioning his creativity at the heart of what has become known as the nublu aesthetic, creating a cultural space for not only himself, but also a generation of like - minded trans - cultural fellow musicians. as a musician, ersahin has spread his sound and ideas through performing and recording with various musicians as well as his own projects / bands ,
review: nublu presents' indios do norte' from forro in the dark. both of these cuts are taken from their full length album' bonfires of sao joao'. the a side is like a spaghetti western chase scene hot for the dancefloor, while the b side is an excellent dubby forro flavoured track with great piano playing. file under: dub / brazil / fusion .
in recent years, there have been many attempts to combine dance beats with globe - trotting lounge music, often with disastrously tacky results. brazilian girls succeed, in large part because they are a real band. the group formed in april 2003 at nublu, when they began playing together at late - night jam sessions. instead of rehearsing, the band allowed its songs to evolve out of weekly improvisations in front of the nublu audience. brazilian girls quickly refined a sound built around ms. scuibba' s voice and an inventive rhythm section: didi gutman, playing a d. j. - style mix of loops, samples and keyboard vamps; jesse murphy' s loud, busy bass; and the remarkably fluid drumming of aaron johnston. soon the band was nipping into recording studios to capture its songs while they were fresh .
( return from germany) we can recognise some of the sorrows from the women left behind :
what did you promise me when you went to germany? how dare you make fool of me for all those years? when you arrived in germany you forgot about us all. when you arrived in germany you forgot your lover and friends. you wrote lies in those letters and made fools of us. your children grew and asked' where' s my father?'
after many years on stage and the recording of many records, sabah eventually quit music and devoted herself to her family .
morris, who began his career as a free jazz cornet player and composer of notated music, invented conduction twenty - one years ago as a means to unite musicians regardless of their technical, theoretical, stylistic or cultural differences. since its inception, butch has conducted over 5, 000 musicians in twenty - two different countries. now, with the nublu orchestra, it’s almost as if a composite of all those nations and players have come together .
the first edit of the ep is from tai, who also made this podcast. could you tell us more about him and why you choose his edit to be on the first release? tai share is the man of basel when it comes to finding rare and obscure records. we have been exchanging knowledge about music for a few years. he digs very wide and very unusual underrated music from all over the world and all kind of genres - always pulling something great out of nowhere. in a way, his edit for the record is ridiculous, but reflects that what he does - diggin' only the best out of a crappy tune .
how did you get involved with forró in the dark? i was an original member. rob curto, mauro refosco and i started the band in 2002. i even named it after a gonzaga song. mauro had been playing with smokey and miho. it was his birthday and there was a party at nublu. mauro, rob and i played. everybody loved it, so we started doing it every week. pretty soon it was packed with a line out the door .
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last week ilhan ersahin opened a new club just a few blocks up from nublu, the east village institution he launched back in 2002, and tonight he’s celebrating with a party. the second - floor space is called studio 151, which, yes, is meant to invoke studio 54. “there’s a little word play of course, because it’s also going to be a great hangout place, ” ersahin says. “it’s inspired by andy warhol’s factory and the glory days of the ’70s. ”
nublu’s location at 62 avenue c will stay open and continue to host parties. once it moves over to 151, ersahin has more tricks up his sleeve. “something new will happen at the old location, ” ersahin says. “maybe a sushi place. i have a friend who’s one of the best sushi chefs in new york. we haven’t really talked too much about it, but i like the idea. ” he adds with a laugh, “i like the idea if he does the food. ”
review :
playing house
is the next instalment from nublu' s kudu, the gothic, electro dance duo that has risen out of the little club on avenue c in new york' s lower east side. the ep features the darkly suggestive, gothic pop track ,
playing house
, as well as a rumbling, slow builder of a remix from output and get physical artist, lopazz, and an acid - tinged, full - on dancefloor remix by the juan mclean and dfa studio man eric b .
it' s in those funny, world - weary, occasionally profane lyrics about sex, marijuana, eating ice cream in the park, all - night dancing and street corner bodegas, that a distinct new yorkishness shines through: brazilian girls plunder sounds from the four corners of the globe, but the world they describe exists nowhere north of 14th street .
we' re really try to capture the vibe of nublu in our music ,
mr. murphy says .
we' re trying to keep that downtown aesthetic alive .
while still in his teens, ersahin came to the us to study at the berklee college of music, but soon dropped out and plunged into the new york jazz scene playing with a lot of artists in various styles. meanwhile, ersahin founded a jazz club called nublu in the east village, and that later led to the formation of a record label of the same name. ersahin was involved with a band called wax poetic. norah jones was also a member in the late 1990s. in 1999, she and ersahin co - wrote the song
i developed an appreciation of brazilian music once i started discovering it when i was in college. and once i started working with nublu, there' s a lot of brazilian influences there which we all absorbed over the years. getting to work with a lot of artists, making a lot of friends, multiple trips to brazil are all part of how i was nurtured in getting to know and appreciate brazilian music and culture. i am still an outsider and still have a lot to learn about brazil, but this is great because we learn as we do.
nublu records is an independent recording company founded by swedish – turkish musician , composer , cultural activist and entrepreneur , ilhan ersahin , in 2005 . it was a natural extension of the " nublu sound " that developed at the club , nublu , on new york 's lower east side , founded by ersahin in 2002 . capturing the cross-cultural fusion of the times , and embracing the beatnik jazz tradition for which the area has been known since the 1950s , an unofficial family of bands soon congregated around the club , which was known for its freewheeling late night jams . as more and more outfits formed , setting up nublu records was a logical progression . 
nublu records is an independent recording company founded by swedish – turkish musician, composer, cultural activist and entrepreneur, ilhan ersahin, in 2005. it was a natural extension of the " nublu sound " that developed at the club, nublu, on new york's lower east side, founded by ersahin in 2002. capturing the cross-cultural fusion of the times, and embracing the beatnik jazz tradition for which the area has been known since the 1950s, an unofficial family of bands soon congregated around the club, which was known for its freewheeling late night jams. as more and more outfits formed, setting up nublu records was a logical progression.
nublu records is an independent recording company founded by swedish – turkish musician, composer, cultural activist and entrepreneur, ilhan ersahin, in 2005. it was a natural extension of the " nublu sound " that developed at the club, nublu, on new york's lower east side, founded by ersahin in 2002. capturing the cross-cultural fusion of the times, and embracing the beatnik jazz tradition for which the area has been known since the 1950s, an unofficial family of bands soon congregated around the club, which was known for its freewheeling late night jams. as more and more outfits formed, setting up nublu records was a logical progression.