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27 year old Niko Schabel was brought to our attention by Quantic. “Have a listen, you might like this,” he said handing over a CD-r to Ubiquity A+R rep Andrew Jervis after a gig in San Francisco. He was right. Schabel hails from Berlin and, thanks to Quantic, now records for Ubiquity as Radio Citizen. His sound ranges from slack dub, moody folksy-soul, to adrenalin infused and spiritual cinematic jazz. The sound of Radio Citizen comes from Schabels ability to loosely glue together a collage of sampled textures which are embellished with gifted musicians and often topped-off with the seductive vocals of the worldly Bajka. It sounds complicated, but the end result is actually very simple and addictive.
Schabel is the main force behind Radio Citizen and in addition to the sampler and mixing desk he plays alto saxophone, clarinet and bass clarinet, kalimba and small percussion, plus rhodes, flute and synthesiser. He is regularly assisted by vocalist Bajka and flute and sax man Wolfi. Bajka was born in an Indian temple and grew up in Afghanistan, Nepal, Pakistan and on a catamaran in South Africa. She has traveled the world with a music commune called Embryo that her uncle founded and father was a member of, and which coincidentally Schabel was also a latter day guest. Bajka has recorded with Compost act Beanfield and released solo records on the Jazzman label. In addition Schabel has played and performed with the Niko Schabel Quartet, the Express Brass Band, the Poets of Rhythm, Jojo Kuo (ex-Fela Kuti), Nik McCarthy (Franz Ferdinand), the Last Poets, and many more.
Schabel is the main force behind Radio Citizen and in addition to the sampler and mixing desk he plays alto saxophone, clarinet and bass clarinet, kalimba and small percussion, plus rhodes, flute and synthesiser. He is regularly assisted by vocalist Bajka and flute and sax man Wolfi. Bajka was born in an Indian temple and grew up in Afghanistan, Nepal, Pakistan and on a catamaran in South Africa. She has traveled the world with a music commune called Embryo that her uncle founded and father was a member of, and which coincidentally Schabel was also a latter day guest. Bajka has recorded with Compost act Beanfield and released solo records on the Jazzman label. In addition Schabel has played and performed with the Niko Schabel Quartet, the Express Brass Band, the Poets of Rhythm, Jojo Kuo (ex-Fela Kuti), Nik McCarthy (Franz Ferdinand), the Last Poets, and many more.
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claudia_l wrote:
Similar tunes : the hotel costes g r o u p > ☆ The Hôtel Costes Group Playlists ☆ : only: full tracks | free downloads > Volume 1, Volume 2
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Mad_Dingo704 wrote:
This guy any good? I accidentally downloaded one of his albums mistaking it for something else.
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Lunambul wrote:
upload the hop plz
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jazzquisite wrote:
the whole album is exquisite .. gnam ..
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RichardDonne wrote:
The album isn't all great, but The Hop is a tune, and there are one or two other great tracks on there too. I think he might well have a great LP in him....
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afrowolf wrote:
"an awesome cd for driving " Man, I was just thinking, "This would be great for a road trip." Great blend.
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dicksonstdigest wrote:
utterly cool above average
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Jakalope99 wrote:
an awesome cd for driving
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theoryjean wrote:
i thought it was pretty average... not really as good as people make it out to be.
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saft3000 wrote:
n1
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kuangeleven wrote:
aahh! The Prophets is rocking my world. omfg.
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skold5 wrote:
yummy relax :)
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labis wrote:
Does anybody remember/know the name of the song and/or composer, that is sampled as background base in Mondlicht. It greatly reminds me of Gil Evans orchestra or something but I cannot find it. And i'm positive I have it in my collection. This is self-torturing, I cannot take it any longer. Plz. anybody, any idea at all!!!
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fairwesr wrote:
SOOOOOO good. Holy shit.
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benthepirate wrote:
berlin serengeti is a nice album
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kristierules wrote:
so good.
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avg11 wrote:
Everything is a great song. The whole album is awesome!!
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3kilos wrote:
Yea! Cool!
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StefanHerzog wrote:
Great music! I especially dig Everything! Weiter so!
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einnorby wrote:
lad doch bitte deine Musik auf LastFM hoch! Mehr hier: http://www.last.fm/labels/
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Event-Empfehlung:: RADIO CITIZEN feat.BAJKA + ROGALL & THE ELECTRIC CIRCUS SIDESHOW…
13 Feb 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/radiocitizen
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