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Listen to Music from Noaccordion's latest LP out now, distributed worldwide
Noaccordion's LP "Love Warrior" just came out and is available at online stores worldwide. One of the best ways to support this LP is to purchase the music thru Bandcamp because they take very little commission and most of the money goes directly to the artists.
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New Music with Freak in C: noaccordion's Polyrhythmic Dance Tracks, Goddess-Loving Hip Hop, and Beautiful Contradictions New album Love Warrior releases Aug 18, 2016
Love Warrior LP art
Freak in C: noaccordion's Polyrhythmic Dance Tracks, Goddess-Loving Hip Hop, and Beautiful Contradictions
New album Love Warrior releases Aug 18, 2016
When multi-instrumentalist Onah Indigo first picked up the accordion, she had to put it down. It was heavy, awkward, annoying.
Yet eventually, she found an idiosyncratic stance that puts the instrument center stage, while defying its limitations. Like the push and pull of bellows, this tension generates a quirky blast of energy. Add club beats, underground MCs, freaky variations on deceptively familiar keys, a bit of surrealist wit, and a rebellious fight for greater openness, and you have noaccordion.
On Love Warrior (release date: Aug 18, 2016), noaccordion's first full-length album in five years, Onah digs deep into the polyrhythms and quirky phases of the heart. She taps MCs (Sunru, Chatterbox, Delwin G), beatboxers (Mastah Lock), and musical mavericks (guitar wizard Eenor) to get the party started–and to celebrate the glories of womanhood, from the elevated to the sensual.
"The tracks on this album mark a major milestone in my movement toward greater confidence and joy, something I think a lot of women can relate to," muses Onah, speaking of her journey through motherhood, divorce, renewed sexuality, and artistic transformation. "I feel I've grown musically stronger and set aside all my obsessions as an audio engineer. I've become a lot more open and playful. For me now, it's about juxtaposition, yin and yang. It's the light and the dark. We need to embrace both."
Embracing wide ranging influences comes naturally to noaccordion. Onah got hooked on club music during the first big wave of techno, drum 'n' bass, and jungle that swept Europe in the early 90s. She later turned to beatmaking after the death of her second child, as a way to cope with the grief. It became a musical fascination, one she honed over the years, in response to changing sounds on the electronic music scene, sounds that come through loud and clear on the trap-inspired instrumental "Frey".
Rhythmic experiences from other traditions and genres, from samba to jazz, have infiltrated her beats, expanding the 4/4 tendencies of many club tracks. "I want to feel the internal pulse in my body," Onah explains. "When you're in a samba band, you dance as you walk to the beat. You internalize the pulse and then lay your polyrhythms on top," an approach that creates intriguing tracks.
Like the club music and hip hop that inspired the album, noaccordion's music is made to get people moving, while delivering a message of liberation, self-love, and sheer delight. "I've got a huge connection with movement and sound," she says. "I can't sit still when I'm playing. I'm going to embody that pulse in some form of movement."
Hence the accordion, which, despite the project's name, pops up on several tracks ("Trouble" and "Mama Nature"): It allows a keyboard player to move. But the instrument has a charisma all its own, one that Onah does not want to overshadow her work.
"I call my project noaccordion for a reason. People have strong reactions to the instrument. Most people love it; it often reminds them of their cultural past. But some people can't stand it. It's a particular sound, designed to be played outdoors and loudly," she says. "I may not play it a few years from now. It may not appear in my repertoire. I don't want to be defined by it." But of course, sometimes noaccordion includes accordion: "I like to break rules," laughs Onah. "Even my own."
Though Onah's songs, performances, and engineering are the heart of noaccordion, she brings friends and kindred spirits into the mix, fellow musicians from the Oakland underground with distinct voices and visions. They include vocalists like Sunru, featured on Love Warrior's opening track. "He's phenomenal. I needed someone who could pull off a Rick James-style vocal. He was the only one I could think of. We had a blast. He has to be one of the most unique guys, and his freestyle ability is amazing, hip hop meets metal." Or Chatterbox, a puppeteer, MC, and environmental activist who connected instantly with Onah, thanks to his love of accordion. (He shines on "Mama Nature.")
There's a musical thread tying the tracks together, a harmonic choice that reinforces Onah's call for self-discovery, for finding extraordinary strength and new insights in the ordinary. "Conceptually, these ten songs were all written in C, but the modes are each different," she explains. "It adds to the strange harmonies that might sound a little unusual to some listeners. I've always had this weird relationship to C; I thought it was boring. But there are endless possibilities in each key. I'm finding the freak in the key of C."
Finding the freak in plain sight is part of accepting freakiness and growing in love. "I had a huge heart opening a few years ago," Onah recounts. "I've learned to that to keep my heart open I must maintain a fierceness. A warrior's love. Even if people are knocking me down, I fight to stay in that place of love, starting first and foremost with myself." It's a fight worth fighting, and one that resonates beautifully on the dancefloor.
Author onahPosted on 05/17/2016 05/06/2019 Categories Audio, Collaborations, Lyrics, Press, Songs, WrittenTags 2016, art, august, berkeley, california, community, east bay, eclectro, EDM, electronica, goddess, goddessloving, hip hop, listen to music, love, lovewarrior, loving, LP, Music, music video, new, new music, newrelease, no accordian, Noaccordian, Noaccordion, Noaccordion CD Release Party, oakland, Onah, Onah Indigo, release, san francisco, SFunderground, timetraveler, traphop, underground, warrior, weird, women accordion playersLeave a comment on New Music with Freak in C: noaccordion's Polyrhythmic Dance Tracks, Goddess-Loving Hip Hop, and Beautiful Contradictions New album Love Warrior releases Aug 18, 2016
Noaccordion's Latest Collaborators add new musical tastes
Introducing noaccordion's Latest Collaborators
Noaccordion is currently working on 10 new tracks that will be released this Summer 2016.
Past collaborators are being re-featured and new collaborators are joining in.
Welcome first time noaccordion contributors Eenor, Sunru & Delwin G
Welcome back returning collaborators Chatterbox and Mastah Lock
Here's a bit about each one of them:
EENOR
Eenor is a many dimensional multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, and performer who has been received enthusiastically by audiences all over Europe and America. he's enjoyed many musical adventures from touring Europe with Plainfield (an infamous S.F.punk band) , to studying with Indian Sarod master Ali Akbar Khan, to rocking the nation with Les Claypool's Frog Brigade. You've heard his guitar on the soundtrack of comedy central's Southpark for years. Eenor also recently toured worldwide for many years with The Yard Dog Road Show… an innovative cabaret cartoon ride through America's past and future.
Eenors Website
SUNRU
Sunru has lived 20 yrs in Oakland delivering a pure 333 vocal channel, unique fashion and handmade wearable art. He is also the co founder of Town Futurist, which creates future forward change using Music, Art, Dance & Media as a vehicle to heighten the senses of the people & the culture. Sunru is currently on Tour on Asia.
Town Futurist Website
DELWIN G
Delwin G is an urban Latin Poet, whose repertoire includes elements of Hip-Hop, R&B, Latin groves and Reggaeton. His innovative music and international appeal respond to today's multicultural urbanites with a new sound for the global age – one that is true to urban hip-hop and cuts across ages, races and cultures. Delwin G boast an extensive artistic resume and brings something unique to the table.
Delwin G's sound and performance is as dynamic as his energy, a wild reflection of rhythms, cultures, harmonies and flows. It would be foolish of the industry to sleep on this rare M C, one where all the elements are perceptible yet inseparable.
MASTAH LOCK
Louie Lock is Music. Bringing fluid, body moving rhythms that get people to their feet and onto the dance floor. With meticulous technical metronome timing and the improvisational skills he has earned as a seasoned drummer, hand-percussionist, and mouth-percussionist, (Beat Box) Louie Lock is a walking Drum Machine with marathon stamina and breath control, mids, highs, to lows. He demonstrates devastating delivery and precise, crowd-pleasing powerhouse output. Louie (aka "Mastah Lock" or "BeatZ") is literally a Living, Beat-Dropping Instrument, bringing syncopated variation to lift spirits in celebration
Mama Crow's Website
Sirraum Nash aka Chatterbox was born and raised in the South Bay Peninsula of the San Francisco Bay Area in CA. He developed a knack for writing & composition at a very young age beginning to write words in rhyme and poetry at age 7. At age 13, he began to hone his lyrical improvisation skills. In the early 2000's he became a founding member of Jazz Funk Hiphop band, Precise Device. Since 2009 he has been an integral member of Big Tadoo Puppet Crew & The PuppetPlex, based out of Berkeley, CA. He currently uses beat boxing, singing, character voice acting and Emcee skills for environmental activism, food and social justice issues, Self expression & Composition for adult and children's entertainment. He has traveled extensively across the USA with the Big Tadoo Puppet Crew and Sustainable Living Road Show.
Author onahPosted on 01/31/2016 08/30/2017 Categories Audio, Collaborations, Friends, Lyrics, Press, Songs, WrittenTags berkeley, california, chatterbox, community, delwing, east bay, EDM, eenor, electronica, hip hop, listen to music, louielock, mastahlock, Music, music video, new music, no accordian, no accordion, Noaccordian, Noaccordion, oakland, Onah, Onah Indigo, trip hop, underground, women accordion playersLeave a comment on Noaccordion's Latest Collaborators add new musical tastes
Behind the Scenes at the MFLS MUSIC VIDEO SHOOT
These are snaps of behind the scenes during the MFLS 12 hour video shoot. It took a production crew of 6 to make this happen with most people volunteering their time. Oliver de Lantsheere and I produced this music video.We brainstormed a week before the shoot and a couple of days before the shoot I collected 50 vases, 2 wedding dresses, copious amounts of white fabric/lace, tables and chairs while Oliver filmed, crushed, froze, burned flowers I had gifted him. The night before we set up most of the backdrop at the Super Natural Factory in West Oakland. On Friday Feb 6 we began to unload at 3 pm. The party started with mimosas and snacks. Jalua and Donna spent hours on my make up and hair while Max, Noah and Oliver finished the set dressing. Max stepped in to finish off my recycled wedding dress and head piece and then at 8 pm I was ready to go on set. We began to discuss and improvise what I would do up there. We began rehearsing while Oliver continued to projection map and experiment with new images. Around 1 am, after many rehearsals, we began filming live takes. I was allowed to do everything except break the vases so I had to pretend that until the last take. At 330 am, hours later, excited, blistered and exhausted, we opened the last bottle of champagne, toasted to the fun and insanity that comes with being creative and then took the last take. This time I was allowed to break glass which was exhilarating except I kicked my shoe off half way through the take and the floor was covered in broken class so I had to hop on one foot for the dancing scene. We ended up prefering the last take, no edits, and chose it for the music video. Thanks to Oliver de Lantsheere, Jalua Dell, Max Neuman, Donna Wood and Noizy Ark for helping me make this happen!!!
Author onahPosted on 02/13/2015 08/30/2017 Categories Collaborations, Friends, Press, Uncategorized, VIDEO, WrittenTags art, berkeley, california, community, Donna Wood, east bay, electronica, funny, hip hop, Jalua Dell, listen to music, Max Neuman, Music, music video, new music, no accordian, no accordion, Noaccordian, Noaccordion, Noizy Ark, oakland, Oliver de Lantsheere, Onah, Onah Indigo, one take, projection mapping, san francisco, super natural factory, surreal, valentines, valentines day, west oakland, women accordion playersLeave a comment on Behind the Scenes at the MFLS MUSIC VIDEO SHOOT
Accordion Babes Calendar 2015 featuring new music from many sexy female accordion players
CALENDARS CAN BE PURCHASED ON THIS WEBSITE'S SIDE BAR
Onah Indigo is featured in this years Accordion Babes Calendar
I am full participant of this project!! Although this is the most Beautiful, Sexiest, Eclectic, Accordion Babes Calendar yet with a set of original music from Bad Ass Female Accordion Playing Musicians, our release date was extremely delayed and we only have a few days before this year ends and the next one begins. Some of you have already received them as free gifts which is what I like to do but if I can cover my costs and then some that would cool. So if you wanna buy one or a few hit me up,
1 Calendar $15 + shipping
5 Calendars $60 + shipping
ORDER THEM ON MY WEBSITE (via the paypal sidebar)
www.noaccordion.com
$ 5 shipping any size order in the USA
$ 20 and up (International shipping varies)
Onah
Here's a message from Renee Della Prade founder of the Calendar:
Dear friends and family and fans,
2014, what a year. I've had metaphorical flaming hoops to jump through, geysers to contain, and mountains to climb. I've realized that I can't really handle the work-load, travel, and couch-surfing lifestyle which I adopted this year as a long-term plan. My body is starting to say, "Oh hell no! When do I get a break?" There is little rest for this ambitious, time-crunched Accordion Babe.
So, once again, I'm sending out an email to ask for your help. I have a huge stack of really sexy Accordion Babes Calendars standing by, and they need homes! This year's calendar is the best one yet; the first year we've had a Brazilian artist (Adriana Sanchez); and the first time I get to collaborate with a celebrated fantasy novelist (Peter S. Beagle) to produce a song together for the album. The calendar is also very sleek-looking because it's ad-free this year. I love the CD and I love our art.
The 2015 Accordion Babes Calendar release got delayed for a number of reasons this year; but what's bad for me is good for you because I am having an AWESOME HOLIDAY SALE which is going to last through December 25th. You can take advantage of great wholesale prices; and you can give the gift of Accordion Babes to your nearest and dearest. (Please order ASAP to ensure your delivery in time for Christmas; the post office is always slower this time of year.)
5 copies = $60 ($12 each)
Author onahPosted on 12/17/2014 08/30/2017 Categories Collaborations, Friends, MERCHTags 2015, accordion babes pinup calendar, art, berkeley, california, community, east bay, electronica, gypsy, hip hop, history, listen to music, Music, music video, new music, no accordian, no accordion, Noaccordian, Noaccordion, oakland, Onah, Onah Indigo, renne della prade, san francisco, underground, women accordion players1 Comment on Accordion Babes Calendar 2015 featuring new music from many sexy female accordion players