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Six Degrees Records has a track record of ambitious thinking and modern sensibilities. Among the artists they've shone a spotlight on are some enduring favorites: Bobi Cespedes, Issa Bagayogo, Cheb i Sabbah, Ojos de Brujo, and Trio Mocot... Yes, there's a pattern to these artists: they all combine traditional roots with elements of electronic or dance music.
Not only does Zaman 8 do that, but their newest tunes are part of a new digital-only strategy by Six Degrees. Yup, no physical...
Another Six Degrees Emerging Artist based in San Francisco, the Zaman8 duo of Sanaz Ebrian and Dan Newman (each contributing programming and production skills, plus Ebrian on vocals and Newman on guitars) also seem to examine Middle Eastern and electronic music in mutual contexts.
Newman’s father was a part-time musician and part-time film producer who produced the extraordinary, extraterrestrial Sun Ra biopic Space is the Place. “We do have strong influences coming from jazz, in particular...
San Francisco's Six Degrees Records is giving Pop Beat readers first dibs at a free download from local world-tronic artists ZAMAN 8 and Hafez Modir's "Suryaghati" EP. For the song "Sani," the collaborators combine solid dub grooves with exotic African, Indian and Pakistani flourishes. The resulting blend is too bounce-inducing to be called "chill" and deserves a hit off the hookah and a slow grind on the dance floor with someone you lust after. To hear...
A Moroccan and Hopi couple honeymoon on an MPC in New Orleans