Halleluwah 2007 festival August 31, 2007

Advance tickets available at
brownpapertickets.com
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{ Friday 8.31.07 }
PANTHER
THE JOGGERS
CHOW NASTY
THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON'T THEY?
ALEXIS GIDEON
VALET
MODERNSTATE
Plus very special guests ...

Sublime Frequencies presents::
Niger: Magic and Ecstasy in the Sahel
a film by Hisham Mayet
{70 minutes}
A celebration of life in the Sahel region of Africa, this film showcases many of Niger¹s venerable music styles. Tuareg Electric Guitar trance rock, Bori cult dance ceremonies, Fulani Folk, and Roadhouse Gospel Rave-ups are some of the segments included in this latest "Folk Cinema" classic from Sublime Frequencies! Filmed in December of 2004 on location in Niger, Hisham Mayet delivers a spontaneous, raw, and inspiring collection of images, music, and ceremony (again with a single camera presentation) from a nation mired in poverty and continual post-colonial disappointment. Quoting from Mayet¹s liner notes: "This is not music as commodity, this is music as survival. There is a saying in Niger that goes, "when we die we know we are going to heaven because we already live in Hell" well I think its more like the purgatory that we all live in and they sure have managed to transcend with an incredible natural resource: Music.
Dig it!"

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{ Saturday 9.1.07 }
CALIFONE
DARK MEAT
BOWERBIRDS
PLANTS
ETERNAL TAPESTRY
BUILDERS & BUTCHERS
WHIP
STRANGERS DIE EVERY DAY

Sublime Frequencies Presents::
PALACE OF THE WINDS
a film by Hisham Mayet - filmmaker in attendance
(45 minutes/color)
An entrancing look at the culture and music of the Saharawis from the Western Sahara and Mauritania. This film explores the rich heritage of a culture that is cloaked in mystery and mired in struggle. Journey from the northern fringes of the Western Sahara to the Mauritanian capital of Nouakchott. Explore the intoxicating tapestry of sight and sound that this obscure region has to offer from some of its most legendary musicians.

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{ Sunday 9.2.07 }
DAMO SUZUKI (of Can) with EMIL AMOS, ADAM FORKNER,
YELLOW SWANS & special guest musicians
MASTER MUSICIANS OF BUKKAKE
CLIMAX GOLDEN TWINS
THE SEA DONKEYS
TARA JANE O'NEIL
EVOLUTIONARY JASS BAND
CEXFUCX
ILYAS AHMED
KATHARINA TUNICATA

Sublime Frequencies Presents::
MY FRIEND RAIN
a film by Robert Millis - filmmaker in attendance
(45 minutes/ Color)
A collage of musical segments, tropical backdrops, and mysterious celebratory events from rainy mornings in the lowlands of the Ayerwaddy river to the humid nights of Java's Dangdut scene. Captured live and in the moment by Robert Millis and Alan Bishop on location in Thailand, Burma, Indonesia and Laos.

Official Website: http://www.halleluwah.org/