Yam Yam have brought together a wealth of African influences to their music – blending Afro guitar hooks, dance floor friendly breaks and percussion. From Angola to Zimbabwe, Yam Yam’s lexicon of African influences spans the mighty continent, while other musical influences are drawn from dance to electronic and post punk to dub reggae.
In a world where globalisation is a dirty word, Yam Yam make the party music of the upside. If the IMF, the multi-national corporations and the G8 boil the blood of right-thinking people, then EATDUBAFROBEAT is an invitation to those who think such institutions are part of the problem, not part of the solution, to party together.
Yam Yam bring their love and respect for the likes of TPOK Jazz, Fela Kuti and a generation of artists who are often overlooked in their own countries by a youth culture hooked on hip-hop.
This isn’t a lazy fusion of a few world music samples stuck into techno house beats – EATDUBAFROBEAT is a celebration of an older generation of Africa’s popular musicians. The upside…? A new internationalism that means that both Africa and Europe can build a culture where we can all find common ground.
Yam Yam are Rick Turner and Guy Morley. Though currently residing in Vienna and Brighton they met on the Madchester music scene of the early 90s. Guy was one of Manchester’s most esteemed DJs spinning tropical funk in influential clubs alongside Gilles Peterson and Norman Jay. He was also a resident DJ with Mr Scruff at the leading One Tree Island club. Rick Turner cut his Afro teeth as guitarist and band leader for Nigerian master drummer Thomas Odeuso. He was also the engineer behind maverick ‘World Dub’ pioneers Suns Of Arqa – who influenced contemporary musicians from Adrian Sherwood’s ON-U Sound to the Orb.
Yam Yam had major success with their first single The Spectacle. Using Brazilian blocco break beats it became a club favourite, in particular Mr Scruff’s brilliant remix.
Until now Yam Yam’s recording output has been mostly U.S. based. New York’s influential Codek records picked them up for a number of releases. Based in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, Codek were part of the pre-Giuliani party scene hosting world clubs under their Organic Grooves banner. Yam Yam played at parties on the Hudson River and Bowery Ballroom.
Now comes Yam Yam’s first album featuring the single ‘Bahama Mama’ using a quirky looping vocal reminiscent of Del the Funky Homosapien’s Mr Doubleina. The album’s first track is a Congolese inspired love song Isabella’s Rhumba. It then goes via Mali to Nigeria for the Afrobeat dance anthem Banana Heater. It uses pounding 6/8 rhythms for Antelope and finishes on a Kraut Rock / Television influenced one chord rock out for the finale Aeroplane.
Yam Yam’s idea was to produce a record of diverse influences to genuinely do something new with the great African dance music of the 70s and 80s. Bands like the Bhundu Boys turned a generation of punks onto African music in the 80’s, Fela Kuti turned on a generation of Jazz Funk fans to Afrobeat.
Can Yam Yam do the same for the post-dance post-rave generation with EATDUBAFROBEAT? Make up your own mind…
EATDUBAFROBEAT by Yam Yam is released on 26th November on CD and mp3.
Dell Announces Intent to Acquire Datacenter Networking Leader Force10 Networks. here dell coupon code
Journal of India August 2, 2011 Force10 provides high-performance solutions designed to deliver new economics by virtualizing and automating conventional datacenter and cloud networks *Force10 technology complements and accelerates Dell’s datacenter solutions portfolio, enabling it to offer customers a broader range of enterprise offerings Dell announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Force10 Networks, Inc., a leader in high-performance datacenter networking. Force10′s networking capabilities complement Dell’s datacenter solutions portfolio, enabling it to offer customers a broader range of enterprise offerings.
Dell has taken significant steps over the past three years to expand its enterprise portfolio to offer customers a complete range of datacenter products and solutions. This includes developing an integrated stack of leading server, storage, networking and services resources to help customers streamline operations, reduce IT costs, manage data growth and simplify management. The acquisition of Force10 and investment in networking is a natural complement to Dell’s server strength. Dell is the leading x86 server provider in the United States and No. 2 worldwide, according to first quarter 2011 IDC data.
Force10 Networks Leadership Force10 is a global technology leader in datacenter, service provider, and enterprise networking. It is nearly a $200-million company, based on trailing 12 months revenue, with approximately 80 percent of its business in North America and operating in over 60 countries worldwide. Force10′s Open Cloud Networking is based on open standards, automation and virtualization and is very consistent with Dell’s design philosophy. Force10′s technology allows customers to transform their network infrastructures into an open, reliable and scalable datacenter and cloud computing fabric.
Force10 provides global service and support capabilities around the world through a direct sales force and an extensive network of channel partners and systems integrators. Much like past acquisitions of Compellent and EqualLogic, Dell is committed to maintaining and growing Force10′s channel program. Force10′s customers include leading Web 2.0 and Fortune 100 companies, Internet portals, global carriers, leading research laboratories and government organizations with some of the world’s most demanding network environments.
Distinguishing characteristics of Force10 include:
*Flexible, open automation and management *Massively scalable core datacenter network at a fraction of the cost *Automated policy configuration and mobility Dell Leadership in the ‘Virtual Era’ In the ‘Virtual Era,’ Dell delivers an open and integrated approach to datacenter solutions. As part of this approach, Dell’s networking philosophy drives performance that can radically reduce costs by significantly streamlining operations. Force10 solutions provide enterprise performance and resiliency while reducing overall total cost of ownership (TCO), simplifying network deployment, and supporting open, standards-based systems and management solutions. Dell and Force10 have had a successful partnership for more than six years, providing datacenter customers with open, capable and affordable networking solutions. go to website dell coupon code
Dell’s intelligent infrastructure management vision enables orchestration of the underlying server, storage, and network resources in an open fashion, agnostic of whether they are physical or virtual, local or remote, Dell or ecosystem-provided, while ensuring that automated control of those resources is responsive, economical, secure, and resilient.
Force10 was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in San Jose, Calif., with research and development operations based in Silicon Valley. Dell also plans to keep Force10′s existing operations in Chennai, India as it continues to invest in additional engineering and sales capability to grow this business.
The transaction was approved by the board of directors of each company. Additional terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The transaction remains subject to customary conditions and is expected to close in late summer.
Quotes “Today’s datacenter networks are too complex and require too much manual intervention. What worked in the past is no longer viable in the virtual era,” said Brad Anderson, senior vice president, Enterprise Solutions Group, Dell. “Dell’s approach of offering customers open, capable and affordable solutions aligns with Force10′s approach to offering customers new levels of flexibility, performance, scale and automation which is fundamental to changing the economics of datacenter networking.” “We are excited to work with Dell. Combining Dell’s global scale, reach and enterprise portfolio with our innovation in high-performance networking provides our customers the best end-to-end solution for today’s and tomorrow’s data centers,” said Henry Wasik, chief executive officer, Force10 Networks.
An analyst call with Dave Johnson, SVP, Corporate Strategy, Dell, Brad Anderson, SVP, Enterprise Product Group, Dell, Dario Zamarian, VP General Manager Networking, Dell, and Henry Wasik, CEO Force10 Networks, will be webcast live today at 8:45 a.m. CST and archived at www.dell.com/investor.
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