New show added!……TGU play as part of the Celebrating Sanctuary festival, the Old Print Works, Mosley Rd, Birmingham. Tickets are £8.00 in advance from www.theticketsellers.co.uk Celebrating Sanctuary brochure
Transglobal Underground Presents London Zulu featuring Ingrid Webster performing the songs of her late mother Doreen Thobekile & more On the Decks: Jamie Renton (Chilli Fried/Shout Collective) Alex Stewart (Flying Carpet) at Mau Mau Bar, 265 Portobello Road London W11 1LR 020 7229 8528 on Friday 11th May 2012, 8PM-12AM Read more…
New single out now on iTunes and Amazon…..’Gasbah Ya Moul Taxi’ is the debut single from Algerian born artist Sofiane Saidi, from the forthcoming album ‘El Mordjane’ It’s co-produced by Tim from TGU; Sofiane’s worked with Natacha Atlas, uCef, Naab, and a number of leading rai and French acts. The Read more…
Dubai ‘In Transit.’ An amazing line-up from Qatar to the Edgeware Road, the mountains of the Arabian peninsula and the streets of Paris…..no one can describe this music because, until yesterday, no one had ever made music like it. First show on Friday, a few photos to come too.
Just arrived in Dubai for 4 days rehearsal as part of the ‘In Transit’ performance somewhere in the city next Friday….we’ll find out where later on…..
Currently trying to think of a title for one of the tracks of the forthcoming single we’ve recorded with Fanfara Tirana. The original has two titles: ‘I will get my double barreled shotgun and go hunting’ and ‘Dear, dear, thin eyebrows.’ This could be a tough one…..
Here’s what’s confirmed for 2012 so far: Monday 4th June: Dorchester Festival, Dorset, UK http://www.dorchesterfestival.co.uk Sunday 1st July: Beyond the Border Festival, St Donats Castle, Glamorgan http://www.beyondtheborder.com Saturday 14th July: ArtPole Festival, Unizh, Ivano-Frankivsk region, Ukraine http://www.artpolefest.org/ENG/foto/Unizh.html Saturday 4th August: Urkult Festival, Namforsen, Sweden http://www.urkult.se Read more…
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A second preview of what you’ll be hearing much more of later in the year…. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGnA_ttjvTU&feature=share
Ce soir, Tim Whelan de TGU sera étrangler la langue française sur Beur FM, 21.00 – 22.00, «Café des Artistes” avec Mourad Achour http://www.beurfm.net/squelettes/webradio/beurfmlive.php