Muso | zh

Muso is the name of a German rapper from Heidelberg, as well as of an L.A. based garage pop band. --- L.A.: Muso weds jangly garage pop with foot-stomping rhythm. Transplanted from Austin and San Diego, the band met in Los Angeles in 2004, and instantly clicked. Sharing a love of the past, but weary of just being kitschy, Josh, Brian, and Parker started writing genre-bending songs, drawing from 60's pop, dirty blues, and punk rock, sometimes all at once. The result was usually under three minutes, and raw. As a trio, Muso's music is stripped to the bone. They...

Ramiro Musotto (born in Argentina) is known for his exceptional and innovative work on the Berimbau, a single-string percussion instrument (a musical bow) which often used in Capoeira (a brazilian folk art that ritualizes movement from martial arts, games, and dance). He was influenced by Naná Vasconcelos when he was teenager. He moved to Bahia, Brazil in his early 20s to perfect his technique in playing the Berimbau. He also started to play at Carnival Team of Bahia which Carlinhos Brown was one of percussionist. Ramiro's debut 2003 release Sudaka, was a gathering between Amazon Indian chant field recordings, Afro-...