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RELEASE DATE9th + 16th APRIL 2012

CALL OFF: 23th MARCH + 6th APRIL 2012

JAZZ & WORLD MUSICNEW RELEASES

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Diabel Cissokho

Simcock / Garland / Sirkis

RELEASE DATE9TH APRIL 2012

Label: ACT MusicCatalogue No: ACT9525-2Barcode: 614427952523Format: 1 CDPackaging: digipackTim Garland / soprano & tenor sax, bassclarinetGwilym Simcock / piano, melodica on 01Asaf Sirkis / drums, percussion, hang drum

Lighthouse

Simcock / Garland / Sirkis

THE NEW ALBUM FROM ONE OF THE UK'S PREMIER JAZZ ENSEMBLES, AND THE FIRST GWILYM SIMCOCKRELEASE SINCE HIS 2011 MERCURY NOMINATION

Once upon a time … there was a lighthouse. When Tim Garland took on a job as composer-in-residence at nearbyNewcastle university he decided to buy a house - near St. Mary’s Lighthouse. For his CD “If The Sea Replied” Garlandrecorded several bass clarinet solos in the lighthouse which he later orchestrated. During his work he had the idea ofpresenting the project live and for this he needed fellow musicians - and the Lighthouse Trio was born.

Garland taught Gwilym Simcock at London’s Royal Academy of Music. The Welsh pianist, whose award-winning soloalbum “Good Days at Schloss Elmau” finally gave him star status, forms together with Garland one of the mostproductive partnerships around (they also work in Malcolm Creese's 'Acoustic Triangle'). The Israeli conjurer of sound -drummer and percussionist in one - Asaf Sirkis quickly became one of the most interesting trendsetters of the jazz andworld music scene after his move to London, including work as hand drummer in Gilad Atzmon's Orient HouseEnsemble. But it was for the Lighthouse Trio that he developed an especially composed drum set which is tailored formusic full of rhythmic surprises, and perfect to showcase his ability to create unusual sounds.

A celtic influence surfaces on some of the trio's material, unsurprising given Simcock's birthplace (Bangor, North Wales)and Tim's musical history (incl. British Folk/Jazz group 'Lammas' for many years). Strong, distinctive melodies andbounding folk-tinged rhythms underpin the music, along with many other influences from around the world and sometributes to a few of the great musicians of recent British contemporary music history. If St. Mary’s Lighthouse is a genuinesight, this Lighthouse is a major aural sight - a new chapter in lighthouse history.

01 Space Junk 4:29 / 02 Weathergirls 6:18 / 03 One Morning 8:59 / 04 Above The Sun 7:34 / 05 The Wind On The Water5:04 / 06 King Barolo 9:18 / 07 Wax Lyrical 7:48 / 08 Devilled 3:49 / 09 Tawel Nawr (Quiet Now) 3:16

UK TOUR DATES:Fri 20April Jazzahead, Bremen Germany / Wed 25 April Village Underground, Shoreditch, London / Thu 26 April RNCMManchester / Fri 27 April Assembly Rooms, Derby / Mon 7 May Cheltenham Jazz Festival / Tue 15 May The Forge,London / Thu 17 May Watermill Jazz Club, Dorking / Wed 23 May Queen's Theatre, Barnstaple / Thu 24 May Anvil ArtsCentre, Basingstoke / Wed 20 June Devizes Festival / Thu 19 July Guernsey Festival / Wed 3 Oct Grove Park Festival,Chiswick, London

RELEASE DATE16TH APRIL 2012

Label: World VillageFile Under: World musicCatalogue No: 450021Barcode: 3149026007420Format: 1 CDPackaging: cristalWorld Music : SENEGAL

Kanabory Siyama

Diabel Cissokho

“Groove , melody and soul, and those voices hitting you like an Atlantic wave, it's irresistible.”Justin Adams

Singer, songwriter, kora player, multi-instrumentalist, producer – another creative musical dynamo is emerging out ofWest Africa. For the last few years Diabel Cissokho has played in his family’s band Bannaya and alongside some ofAfrica’s greatest talents. Now his time has come, and Diabel presents Kanabory Siyama (“Don’t run from your ethnicity”),recorded with a fluctuating cast of superb musicians in Dakar and London. With a soulful sound of mesmeric Mandingmelodies, rooted in the musical traditions of Senegal and Mali, Diabel’s original songs express his thoughts on life, familyand the hardships and afflictions suffered across the world.

Sleevenotes by Justin Adams

* World on 3 (BBC Radio 3) session to be broadcast late March* Advertised in fROOTS and Songlines* Extensive promotion to national and local press/radio and specialist music press* Posters and tour flyers available* Facebook and Google campaigns and other online marketing

UK Tour 2012 (more dates tbc):

30th and 31st March: St Ethelburga’s, Bishopsgate, London 6th April: Ropetackle, Shoreham13 April: Lantern Theatre, Sheffield18 April: Carnegie Hall, Glenrothes21st April: ‘ALOMO!’ night at Hackney Attic, London26 April: The Canteen, Bristol27 April: Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis2 May: The Chichester Inn, Chichester11 May: Royal Court Theatre function, London24 May: Galeri Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales15th June: Green Note, London