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play Extremities - Tantra-zawadi w/music by Dave Richards
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Women In Poem: Living, Loving and Reciting! at Corridor Art Gallery
March 21, 2009 from 6:30pm to 10:30pm
Danny Simmons and the Corridor Art Gallery Presents
A Women's History Month Celebration:
"Women in Poem: Living, Loving and Reciting"
Hosted by Tantra-zawadi
Featuring:
Autum Ashante
Alexis Caputo
Queen Godis
I'serene Oasis
Janis Nicole Townsen...
Profile Information
- What type of NWO artist are you
- writer, performer, actor, dancer
- Who refered you to join The NWO
- Roxanne Hoffman
- Tell us about yourself
- Performance poet, published author and CD recording artist. I believe in the transformative qualities of spoken word and strive to create new ways to promote healing through art.
"My work can best be described by the love that I make through my art to the vision of the unseen reality."
Poetry is the rhythm of life peering through the body for interpretation. It is breathing, walking, doing, loving and awakening. It is limitless in its ability to reach across genres and varying walks of life. Poetry is transforming. I create poems that expand boundaries through story telling, movement and breath. I have to write. Life calls herself “poetry.” From my first poem in grade school, I enjoyed painting pictures of my community through the written word. I wrote about, culture, music, family life, love and being a girl. My poetry didn’t always flow and it didn’t always rhyme. Sometimes it was broken and then sunny, laughing then crying; but it was always in the threads of my garments and in my teeth. Early on, I embraced wordsmiths such as Langston Hughes, Nikki Giovanni, Sonia Sanchez, S. Pearl Sharp and Haki Madhubuti because they captured the essence of the human spirit with credibility. As for me, I will not rest until my work touches.
Love Power,
Tantra-zawadi
Performance Poet/Published Author
www.myspace.com/tantrais
www.tantrasmasterwordplay.com
www.girlachoreopoem.com
www.sonicbids.com/tantra
Tantra-zawadi, spoken word artist and performance poet, is the author of
“alifepoeminprogress” by Pauline Publishing - A Spoken Word Black Press (Chuma Spirit Books).
'Lifewatcher", my new book of poetry is coming May 1, 2009!
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Jonny Montana, Neil Maclean, Dana Byrd and Tantra-zawadi are "Collective Spirits" – a melodious venture of like minds devoted to making deep and meaningful music for the dance floor.
Tantra-zawadi and Dana Byrd are both highly respected artists hailing from Brooklyn, New York and Newark, New Jersey respectively. Their lyrical fusion of spoken word and vocals are something the underground house scene has seldom witnessed.
Tantra-zawadi, an award-winning performance poet and the author of “alifepoeminprogress”, has been spreading her spoken word message to global, standing-room-only audiences for some time now. Her poetry was featured in Essence Magazine and she is the host and founder of WORDSPACE - A Spoken Word Series. Some of her performance credits include Def Poetry-Plugged In at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn NEXT, the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, the Guild Theatre, ‘When Sisters Speak’ in Toronto, and the Product(RED) video-wall.
Dana Byrd is a classically trained vocalist, whose talents embody previous underground smashes on Francois K's Wave Music ('Your Love' with the legendary Pal Joey, remixed by Danny Krivit) and Tony Humphries' Yellorange Label (I Wanna Be Free). He has
also worked with some of the biggest players in the business, including John Legend, Kool & The Gang and Mos Def.
The Love Planet EP has been produced and arranged by Jonny Montana & Neil Maclean. Jonny is the label owner of Camio Recordings responsible for releases and remixes from some of the scene's most talented producers (Jihad Muhammad, Reelsoul, Big Moses, Kenny Carvajal, Guy Robin, Dom Navarra, UPZ and Anto Vitale). Jonny is an in-demand remixer in his own right, with projects in the pipeline for 2008 for Noel Mckoy & Acid Jazz Records, Colonel Red, Alton Miller and Monique Henry, amongst others. Along with numerous original productions. Neil, already an established DJ in the UK, has also made a name for himself in the production arena with various edits and remixes with support from DJ's such as Timmy Regisford, Spen, Ian Friday and Patrick Wilson. Together, Jonny and Neil have previously remixed the track 'Broken Dreams' by Ceramic on NY Soul Records, which is currently riding high in the Traxsource top 10, under their Jazz Theory moniker.
The Love Planet EP is comprised of three tracks that are different in style yet perfect in complement.
"Let It Come" - is a Latin-style jam with subtle keys, deep bass and a classic organ solo perfect for the late night dance floor.
"People of the World" - Tantra & Dana spread a global message about people coming together, accompanied by a percussive groove with strings and infectious synths.
"Just Wanna Dance" - is a nod to those classic New York anthems where it’s all about losing one’s self on the dance floor. This track is more of a 4-to-the-floor piece with an infectious organ solo that is guaranteed to globally rock any club!
The "Love Planet" EP is on the top ten list at www.spiritofhousecom and available for purchase on-line at www.traxsource.com.
Lyrics and vocals by: Tantra-zawadi and Dana Byrd
Music written produced and arranged by: Jonny Montana and Neil Maclean at Montana Studio's.
Keys by: Bennett Holland
Additional Keys: Jonny Montana
Artwork by: Anto Vitale
Photo by: Cornel Christie
Mastered by: Benedict for Phuture Audio Mastering - http://www.phutureaudiomastering.co.uk/
Jonny Montana | Camio Recordings
Web: www.camiorecordings.co.uk
Web: www.myspace.com/camio_recordings
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Yours was the longest track we featured on a TWiN page (for both practical and technical reasons) but the beauty of the production and the message of "Dreams @ Stake" made all the difference.
Even though we had to reduce the quality of the audio encoding to keep within the MySpace filesize limits it still sounded magnificent.
It is a contemporary classic and I hope that it will raise the consciousness of everyone who hears it.
You put your heart and soul into this piece and it is incredibly moving as a result.
You lift us all up to a better place...
Here's a little reminder of one of our favourite tracks this year:
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We've just added the New Word Order poster to the TEC page and have sent you a message about this and at the same time you've sent us one here !
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I am reading that as a very favourable omen...
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