Masahiro Shimba and Bill Laswell - Dubopera

[GA Russell]

AS PART OF THE INCUNABULA DIGITAL SERIES M.O.D. TECHNOLOGIES PRESENTS Dubopera Masahiro Shimba & Bill Laswell   AVAILABLE ONLINE AND THROUGH WWW.MOD-TECHNOLOGIES.COM. THIS IS A DIGITAL-ONLY RELEASE.       Masahiro Shimba Vocals Karl Berger Electronic Keyboard Rob Burger Electric Piano, Organ Yukari Fujita Piano Peter Apfelbaum Tenor Saxophone Graham Haynes Cornet Bill Laswell Bass Adam Rudolph Percussion Guy Licata Drums Hideo Yamaki Drums Sly Dunbar Drums     Produced & Arranged by Bill Laswell. Material Strings arranged & conducted by Karl Berger.

New York - A unique fusion of classic opera mixed with contemporary dub set in a progressive, futuristic, rhythmic environment.Masahiro Shimba is a leading Japanese opera singer, based in Milano and Tokyo. The tenor is the first Japanese artist to receive the "Maria Callas Award" from the International Maria Callas Foundation. He is highly evaluated by the Italian classical/opera world, has performed as a soloist at the Royal Opera Canada, Teramo City Theater, Lincoln Center (NY), Dal Verme Theater (Milano), Verdi Conservatory Puccini Hall (Milano), St. Paul's Outside the Walls (Vatican City/Rome) with Orchestra Sinfonica G. Rossini conducted by Daniele Agiman and more. TRACKS 1. Nessun Dorma dub / Bill Laswell 8:18 2. Moon dub / Bill Laswell 5:01 3. Tonight dub / Bill Laswell 8:03 4. I Pescatori di Perle (The Pearl Fishers) / Georges Bizet / Bill Laswell 5:18 5. Pagliacci (Clowns) / Ruggero Leoncavallo / Bill Laswell 5:24   Dubopera is a cross label project with ESP Disk.

Edited March 1, 2016 by GA Russell