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	Afro Celt Sound System: Maverick modulations
		You know, ultimately, a good Afro Celts album takes you on a voyage and you feel at the end that you’ve had a taste of many, many horizons and landscapes—different aspects of musical geographies and territories.
		You can trace the history of the Afro Celts through me back to the early ‘80s when there was a lot of experimentation going on.
		The Afro Celts are kind of the musical backdrop for the global village.
	www.innerviews.org /inner/afrocelts.html (5679 words)

	Afro Celt Sound System - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Afro Celt Sound System are a musical group which attempts to fuse modern dance rhythms (trip-hop, techno, etc.) with Celtic and African influences.
		They signed a contract with Real World obliged to release five albums, of which the 2005 release Anatomic is the last; at this writing it is unclear what path the band will take in the future when the concern is the record label.
		In 2003 they changed their name to the simpler Afro Celts; however, two of their latest albums, POD, a compilation of new mixes of songs from the first four albums, and their fifth studio album Anatomic uses the long and familiar form.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Afro_Celt_Sound_System (240 words)

	Afro Celts - Afro Celt Sound System - Vicar Street
		It is mainly a question of emphasis: the Sound System emphasised the sound itself, the samplers, beat boxes and other machines used in the process.
		When the Afro Celt Sound System started out, their blend of Mainstream and World Music with electronic beats and sounds was a new thing.
		Though they have shed some of their early trappings, the Afro-Irish fusion that defined the 'Sound System through the nineties is still present.
	www.dublinks.com /index.cfm/loc/12/pt/0/spid/F8DC07D9-4D8D-4166-A16261A525868170.htm (430 words)

	Afro Celt Sound System - Irish Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Afro Celt Sound System: The Afro Celt Sound System are widely acknowledged as one of the most innovative and pioneering groups to emerge from the increasingly eclectic cross-cultural experimentations at the cutting edge of "world music"in the 1990s.
		Afro Celt Sound System - Volume 3: Further in Time: Original Release Date: June 19, 2001, This album has to be heard to be believed, absolutely inspiring.
		The Afro-Celt Sound System brings together top-ranked musicians including traditional Irish vocalist Iarla O'Lionard, uilleann pipers Davy Spillane (Moving Hearts) and Ronan Browne, whistle player James McNally (the Pogues), Kenyan nyatiti player Ayub Ogada and Baaba Maal band members Kauwding Cissakho and Massamba Diop.
	www.virtualhebrides.com /music/irishmusic/afro.htm (574 words)

	Afro Celt Sound System -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In 2003, Afro Celt Sound System changed their name to the simpler Afro Celts; however, their latest album, (A several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g.
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		Afro Celt Sound System's albums have been produced and released by (Click link for more info and facts about Peter Gabriel) Peter Gabriel's (Click link for more info and facts about Realworld Records) Realworld Records.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/af/afro_celt_sound_system.htm (220 words)

	The Boston Herald : Afro Celt Sound System comes to 'Release' its sound in Hub. @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Start / T / The Boston Herald / September 23, 1999 / Afro Celt Sound System comes to 'Release' its sound in Hub.
		Afro Celt Sound System comes to 'Release' its sound in Hub.
		Afro Celt Sound System, which plays Sunday at the Paradise, has gone one giant step beyond fusing traditional Irish and African music.
	static.elibrary.com /t/thebostonherald/september231999/afroceltsoundsystemcomestoreleaseitssoundinhub/index.html (264 words)

	SORTED magAZine, Afro-Celt Sound System
		They have created a contemporary sound that spans the centuries by bringing together musicians with a wide range of musical backgrounds.
		The concept of the band is based on a theory that the Celts passed through North Africa before coming to Europe - leading to the existence of fl Celts.
		Jamie Reid's paintings were very influential in the formation of the band and his work adorns the cover of "Volume I - Sound Magic" as well as their stage set.
	www.sortedmagazine.com /archive/magazine/features/afrocelt.htm (891 words)

	RTE.ie Entertainment - Sounding off - Afro Celt Sound System
		The way he tells it, he figured the Afro Celts were a one off but told friends he was very impressed with what they'd done in the studio.
		Their story continues on 'Volume 3: Further in Time', the third stage of the Afro-Celt Sound System's cross-cultural journey and arguably their most complete album to date.
		Harry Guerin: The press release accompanying Volume 3 says that the first Afro Celt's record was a project and the second was by a band.
	www.rte.ie /arts/2001/0927/afrocelts.html (1193 words)

	Afro Celt Sound System
		Afro Celt is called POD (Real World 7243 597526 0 0) and itâs a collection of remixes.
		CELT, the Corpus of Electronic Texts, andquot;brings the wealth of Irish literary and historical culture to the Internet, for the use and benefit of everyone worldwide.
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	www.stargeek.com /item/240988.html (5719 words)

	Afro Celt Sound System Biography
		Not only is 'Pod' a personal collection of some of the very best remixes over the Afro Celt Sound System's amazing career, it also showcases previously unreleased material, and reinvents old classics with a driving new rhythm section that represents where the 'live' Afro Celt sound is now.
		The Afro Celts have an extremely loyal fan-base, prompting the band to win the 2003 BBC World Music Listeners Award (even though the band have received very little airplay on Radio 3) and nominations for the BBC Folk Music Awards.
		In the States their fan-base is even larger, meaning that the Afro Celts have been nominated for a Grammy on several occasions, and packed venues wherever they play.
	www.shopemi.com /bio.asp?artist_id=23 (1055 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Music: Sound Magic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In light of everything that has happened since Sound Magic's release--both inside Afro Celt Sound System (massive global success, the sad loss of founder member Jo Bruce, a patchy second album) and outside (a whole string of bands following in their wake) it's worth taking another look at that debut album.
		While the Afro Celts certainly weren't the first to combine the traditional instruments of Ireland and Africa (Sin E and Kila, to name but two, were also kicking around) they were the first band with the budget and inclination to bring the musicians together.
		Afro Celt Sound System's first album is, as their name says, a clever and in parts quite stunning mix of Celtic & world music that garnered huge praise and success on its release.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000007X26 (986 words)

	Afro Celt Sound System
		The Afro Celt Sound System deftly illustrate how to mix African and European music without destroying their essence.
		Whirl-Y-Reel is one of those wonderful bouncy folk tunes, inspired by the Afro Celts live appearance in the Whirl-Y-Gig tent at WOMAD - this one is full of summer festival vibes.
		The first single from the Afro Celts latest album (Volume 3: Further in time) explores new teritory, with English vocals from Peter Gabriel and jingly jangly strings sounding a little bit too much like Dario G's 'The Beach'.
	www.global-trance.co.uk /Afro_Celt_Sound_System.html (579 words)

	Afro Celt Sound System, Volume 1: Sound Magic
		Certainly the Afro Celt Sound System has managed to bring the two worlds together with a freshness and creativity which defies description.
		The Afro Celt Sound System isn't a band so much as a cooperative of musicians intrigued by an idea.
		That's the Afro Celt Sound System, but it doesn't begin to cover their sound.
	www.rambles.net /afrocelt_1.html (591 words)

	Afro Celt Sound System
		Featuring a casting call of world music session players — including two members of Baaba Maal's band, a Pogue, at least one WOMAD festival stalwart and a player borrowed from Riverdance — Afro Celt Sound System succeeds in merging distinct musical traditions in a pop context.
		The result is powerfully charged dance music based on the Jamaican "sound system," which lays down DJ grooves with the added jolt of live players on unique, folkloric, native instruments.
		Afro Celt Sound System is like Riverdance for the politically correct.
	www.citypaper.net /articles/070397/article041.shtml (203 words)

	The Afro Celt Sound System on Rhapsody Online
		Home > New Age > Ethnic Fusion > The Afro Celt Sound System
		Hear The Afro Celt Sound System and similar artists on this channel.
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	www.rhapsody.com /theafroceltsoundsystem (99 words)

	BBC - World Review - Afro Celt Sound System, Anatomic
		The many avid fans of Afro Celt Sound System will no doubt applaud this, the band's fifth album, as another daring sonic landscape and a new phase of their ground-breaking ten-year cycle.
		But the synth-driven incantatory sound goes back decades and this is essentially Deep Forest, Enya and Jean Michel Jarre mixed with some astute picking of guitars and pounding of exotic drums to produce a self-consciously globalised ethnic slush.
		But Afro Celt Sound System are not strict ambientalists and employ many of the musical tricks advanced by pop-synth whizzos like Moby and the Chemical Brothers (and all those long-lost rave DJs).
	www.bbc.co.uk /music/world/reviews/afroceltsound_anatomic.shtml (534 words)

	Amazon.ca: Music: Sound Magic 1 [Import] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		That's the Afro Celt Sound System, but it doesn't begin to cover their sound.
		The Afro Celt Sound System isn't a band so much as a cooperative of musicians intrigued by an idea.
		Sound Magic is a true union of two completely dissimilar musical genres.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000000HPO (861 words)

	Variety.com - Reviews - Afro Celt Sound System (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Afro Celt Sound System, which has been at it for the better part of a decade, makes good on an unlikely melange of cross-cultural influences only hinted at by the band's moniker.
		At this, their first Gotham show since 1999, the ensemble drifted between lilting bits of bucolic melody (generally anchored by the lovely uilleann piping of Emer Mayock) and unabashedly sensual rhythmic pulse (heightened by the contributions of Pete Lockett, who held court on more than a dozen different percussive implements).
		The former singer, possessed of a soaring classic tenor, quieted the rowdy crowd with a delicate, virtually a capella rendition of "Summer, Summer," while the latter (who also showed dexterity on the kora) provided a keening counterpoint, at once exotic and easily to relate to.
	www.variety.com /article/VE1117798632 (469 words)

	BBC - Radio 3 - Awards for World Music- Afro Celt Sound System;
		Long a festival favourite, The Afro-Celt Sound System have created a hybrid of West African kora music, Irish sean nos vocals, house beats and solid songwriting.
		Having quickly gained an international following - they are a fantastic live band - the Afro Celts third album Volume 3: Further In Time has proved their biggest hit yet: its first single 'When You're Falling' added to the play list of 300 US radio stations on its first week.
		Vocalist Iarla's O'Lionaird is obviously enthusiastic about this although he sounds a little apprehensive as he waits for the public and critical reaction to Volume 3.
	www.bbc.co.uk /radio3/world/awardsafrocelt.shtml (366 words)

	Afro Celt Sound System - Pod (Real World Records CDRW116) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The linchpins of the Sound System are Simon and James who between them muster an arsenal of musical weaponry from guitars and bouzoukis to keyboards and drum programming.
		The cacophony of sound is augmented by the vocals of Iarla O’Lionaird, acoustic percussion and additional instrumental colour such as Emer Maycock’s Uillean pipes and flute.
		If you haven’t got the message already this is seriously good music (even if you don’t count it as ‘folk’) and, as if to prove the point from the video shoots that are included it was born to be married as a powerful background to striking visuals.
	www.folking.com /reviews/reviews/481.shtml (407 words)

	AfroCelts, The Afro-Celt Sound System Audio CDs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In 1996, the Afro-Celt Sound System formed a sound clash that mixed Irish music, dance floor grooves, West African percussion, and the kora.
		Now the members have shortened their name to the AfroCelts for their forth album, declaring that the Sound System isn't applicable because they've evolved into a more conventional and fully formed group.
		The change sounds radical, but it's really just a refinement in their working relationship and songwriting skill.
	www.cultureplanet.com /afrocelt.htm (135 words)

	AFRO CELT SOUND SYSTEM : Volume 2:Release
		The Corrs har kanskje større suksess på hitlistene, mens Afro Celt Sound System går mer i dybden på det opprinnelige, og gjør sin greie med en komplett innlevelse og energi.
		Samtidig har jeg en følelse av at Afro Celt Sound System har forhastet seg litt med å få den nye plata ut på markedet (tre år til tross), da det virker som om de har tatt noen snarveier som de burde ha unngått.
		Afro Celt Sound System er garantert fremdeles en opplevelse i konsertversjon, mens på plate har de dessverre mistet litt av grepet.
	www.panorama.xio.no /Arkiv/plater/anmeldelser/A-E/Vol2Release.htm (466 words)

	RollingStone.com: Volume 3: Further In Time : The Afro Celt Sound System : Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The U.K.-based multicultural collective has been merging sounds from around the globe with posterior-motivating beats for nearly a decade, garnering kudos from all but the most rigid traditionalists.
		But the Afro Celts' own distinctive genre mash remains, rightly, the center of attention here.
		Yet when ACSS get the balance right -- as they do most of the time -- the results can be dazzling, particularly on tracks like "North 2" and "Colossus," where darting reel-like lines meet an unshakeable groove.
	www.rollingstone.com /reviews/album/_/id/101806/theafroceltsoundsystem?pageid=rs.ArtistDiscography&pageregion=triple4 (241 words)

	CNN Programs - Showbiz Today
		One of Gabriel's hottest acts is the Afro Celt Sound System, a 10-member band offering a fusion of West African and Irish music.
		When Simon first mentioned it, we thought it sounded very interesting and obviously this whole thing has grown up out of that idea so we're very happy.
		What's now happening with the Afro Celts is we're going out and we're doing European rock festivals and we're embracing a new generation of kids who are coming to hear rock music.
	www.cnn.com /CNN/Programs/showbiz.today/featured.story/0108/13.html (973 words)

	Afro Celt Sound System - Volume 2: Release, by Scotto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		I’ve had the pleasure of seeing the Afro Celt Sound System in concert twice: last year at the WOMAD Festival in Seattle, and later that year at the Showbox in Seattle.
		The combination of heavily programmed techno beats, and the live sound of the talking drum, the djembe, tablas, and other percussion, is the foundation upon which a blazing mixture of uillean pipes (similar sounding to the bagpipes), flutes and whistles, guitars, and keyboards are laid down.
		In concert, we began to feel as though we were hearing the same song more than once by the time the end of the shows drew near, but that wasn’t necessarily such a bad thing, because we couldn’t help but dance our happy asses off to the strange and wonderful fusion they’d created.
	www.tripzine.com /articles.asp?id=release (529 words)

	Afro Celt Sound System - Volume 1: Sound Magic Review
		This album came across my path a couple of years ago and has really never lost interest with me. Afro Celt Sound System is basically an extension of the already amazing Shooglenifty.
		This was the debut album (as if you couldn't tell from the "Volume 1" in the title) and they have a second album out of equal brilliance.
		The sound on Sound Magic really is like nothing you have ever heard before.
	www.musicemissions.com /display_review/722 (227 words)

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