(Garaj Mahal Official Website) -- Garaj Mahal is in the top 3 finalist for the "Jam" Album Category for this years Independent
Music Awards. You can play a part by voicing your vote for Garaj Mahal.
Simply click on the "vote here" link above. Then click on "rate this" under Garaj Mahal. If you are not currently a member of he Musicians Atlas, you will have to sign up as a new user. Anyone can sign up to vote and you are not obligated to join any subscription or the magazine, it will just allow you to vote.
Unlike any other music industry contest or competition, The Independent Music Awards delivers real career opportunities for Indie artists, labels and releases.
Co-sponsored by Border's Books & Music, winners of this year's program are promoted to more than 9 million music fans and industry professionals via print, radio and online promotions.
The IMAs recognizes excellence in Music, Music Promotion, Packaging and Merch Design. The program's year-long marketing campaigns, partnerships and distribution alliances put IMA Winners and Finalists in front of millions of music fans and industry decision makers around the world.
A new category, Sing Out For Social Action, has been added to the 2007 IMA program.
Formed 6 years ago in San Francisco , the band unites four highly skilled players from across the physical and musical globe. Kai Eckhardt, Fareed Haque, Alan Hertz, and Eric Levy have spent their lives making music and becoming masters of their instruments. Together, they create a sound so singular and spectacular that it defies explanation. Eckhardt's globetrotting bass work, Haque's virtuostic guitar ability, Hertz' unfathomable drumming, and Levy's gymnastic keys meet in a spiritual coalescence of jazz-style improvisation, mystical middle-eastern atmospheres, and danceable American funk.
With Blueberry Cave , Garaj Mahal has achieved a new level of cohesion in the studio. Whereas their debut studio album (Mondo Garaj) was recorded within days of the band's formation, Blueberry Cave shows the positive effect of years spent honing their musical relationship on the road. The album's 10 tracks offer glimpses into the band's cavalcade of musical abilities, like exotic global sounds, breakneck fusion workouts, burbling funk, and their own signature style of songwriting.
The album presents the band's varied creations one by one with a masterful flow. Over the course of the disc, the listener will find that the band is equally adept at simmering grooves ("Alvin," "Bicycling In Bombay"), complex compositions ("The Paladin," " Blueberry Cave "), fun-loving funk jams ("No 'Spect," "Cosmic Elevator"), and raucous rhythms ("The Shadow," "Massive").
There's even some turntable work from DJ Fly that adds subtle accents to the band's percolating performances. The mystery of Blueberry Cave will be matched only by the fascination of those who hear it.
Independent Music Awards Program Benefits Winner and Finalists:
Will be featured in the 2007 edition of The Musician's Atlas, read by music press, talent buyers, label executives, promoters and other industry decision makers. Their winning tracks and artists info will be posted on the IMA online jukeboxes. The jukeboxes also include clickable links to artist websites. More than 9 million Borders Books and Music customers, music fans and industry pros will be directed to the IMA jukeboxes via targeted promotions throughout the year. Winners:
Are promoted in print, broadcast and online media campaigns. Their CDs will be available for sale at BordersStores.com. 10,000 copies of the IMA Winners CD will be distributed to music fans and industry movers and shakers at music conferences, festivals and other events throughout the year. The IMA CD compilation will be promoted to college radio stations throughout North America by leading radio promotion company, The Planetary Group.
