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Saskia Laroo  &  DJ Buscemi

Saskia Laroo – trumpet (www.saskialaroo.nl)

DJ Buscemi (www.buscemi.be)
MC Firestorm - rap vocals (optional)

A Match Made in the Groove

From a kickin’ jam late in 2008, Dutch trumpet queen Saskia Laroo and stellar tune flipper DJ Buscemi of Blue Note Label fame find a musicial match. They will began burning the candle to collaborate at creating fresh, blazing sounds. Since 1993, Laroo has barnstormed with an A-list of DJs such as DJ Cinema Royal and Maestro. DJ Buscemi has hewn a high rep jammin’ with live music. Both are big fans of Miles Davis, and both favor a sultry Latin vibe in their grooves to invite a bachannal of frenzied dancing.

    Saskia Laroo

One of the few female trumpet stylists in the world, they don’t call her “Lady Miles Davis of Europe” for nothing. After all, Laroo’s nose for the new leads her to romp blithely into innovative fusions of hip-hop, jazz, salsa, funk reggae, and world, appropriately coined “Nu Jazz” or “Swingin’Body-music”. From her beginnings as a pro on the Amsterdam music scene, she has absorbed various styles and especially key to her palette is the rich stock of world music, namely, sounds from Hispanic, Carribean, Brazilian, and African roots. Now, with five CDs to her credit, she is working on CD number six.

    Laroo’s Short List of Festival Appearances:

Atlanta Jazz Festival, Autumn Jazz Festival Prague, Bali Jazz Festival, Bogota Theatro Jazz Festival, Burghausen Jazzwoche, Hamra Festival (Libanon), Java Jazz Festival, Kuwait Jazz Festival, Mama Jazz Festival (Lithuania), Mega Dance Festival (South Korea), Montreux Jazz Festival, North Sea Jazz Festival, Paramaribo Jazz Festival, Sofia Jazz Festival, Sunset Festival (Japan), Yatra Jazz Festival (India) etc.

    Recent Press Quotes about Laroo:

“She plays the trumpet with pleasant easyness” (Maartje den Breejen, Het Parool, 31 March 2008)

“With Really Jazzy Saskia accomplishes integration of different musical styles” (Angelique van Os, Jazz Nu, 2008)

“One of the few women trumpet stylists in the world, Laroo from the Netherlands has created her own edgy combination of jazz with rap and hiphop” (Audrey Perera, the Straits Times, 11 Mar 2008)

    DJ Buscemi (Dirk Swartenbroekx)

Since 1996, Dirk Swartenbroekx (Belgium) is making “warm” records under the name of one of his favorite actors, [Steve]Buscemi. Pinning down his style is no easy suduko: nu bossa, nu lounge, house music, brazilian grooves, afrobeat, drum ’n’ bass (Foh!)... perhaps DJ Buscemi’s sound is best termed “Paxmusique Au Latina`” or “El Danzmusicos”.

    Buscemi’s Tracks and Wax

DJ Buscemi has released 4 EP’s, 3 fully-fledged CD’s and two compilations for the prestigious Blue Note label. Buscemi’s skill at turning his hand to basically anything is born out by the way he manages to combine a wide range of musical styles. His fame as remixer is rapidly spreading, and besides top Belgian acts like Lais and Hooverphonic, he has also reworked tracks for foreign bands like Beach Boys, Suba, Madredeus and Calexico.

Buscemi is much in demand as a solo DJ act, but he also works with live musicians and together they serve up a steaming cauldron.

    Notable DJ Buscemi Public Appearances:

BE: Rock Werchter - I Love Techno - Axion Beack Rock - Ten Days Off - Pukkelpop - Dour Festival - Lokerse Feesten - Blue Note Festival; CA: Montreal Jazz Festival; FR: Le Batofar - L'Aeroneff; D: Popkomm; Japan: La Fabrique; ME: Exteresa Festival - Ixtapa (MTV Latin America) - Aca Sound Fest; Serbia: Refract Festival 2005; SP: Asparragus Festival - La Paloma; SAR: Oppikoppi Festival; SW: Montreux Jazz Festival; TR: Club Babylon; NL: Nighttown - Lowlands Festival - Beurs van Berlage - Melkweg; UK: The Crypt; USA: Artscape Festival 2005 - Burning Man Festival 2006.