Buffetlibre – PEACE w/ Amnesty International (update)

15 March 2010

I’ve already waxed lyrical about how much I love the idea behind the PEACE musical atlas compiled by the Buffetlibre duo, but it gets released next month and we’ve got an update with the full and ridiculously impressive list of artists across the globe and a few more MP3s to share.

PEACE is conceived as the first musical atlas online, with more than 150 brand new songs by artists from more than 50 countries/territories. PEACE will be available digitally worldwide on April 12 …and the best part? All the proceeds go to Amnesty International and their campaign for human rights across the globe and you can choose how much you want to pay/donate (minimum €2) And you don’t have to listen to Bono’s whining!

But to get you thoroughly enthused here are a few samplers

Marissa Nadler – I Love My Man
The Antlers – Two (Buffetlibre Remix)
The Requesters – Breakin’ Up
Ivri Lider – Mike
Plushgun – Mixtapes
Bonde Do Role & DJ Chernobyl – Dolphins
The Toxic Avenger – NU 1553
Ryuichi Sakamoto feat Christian Fennesz – PEACE
Jeremy Fowler – Lost In This Garden
Wanlov The Kubolor – Just Like You

And the full line up is finally here – one hell of a mixture.
- JAPAN: Ryuichi Sakamoto
- BRAZIL: Bonde Do Role & DJ Chernobyl
- TIBET: Karjam Saeji, Loten Namling, Techung
- USA: Micah P Hinson, Steve Wynn, Crocodiles, Dan Deacon, Voxtrot, Marissa Nadler, A Place To Bury Strangers , The Antlers, Asobi Seksu, Spinto Band, Port O’Brien, Bart Davenport, Dent May, Ki:Theory, Mike Viola, Flashmen, Her Space Holiday, Pretty & Nice, Ra Ra Riot, Sic Alps, Blacklist, DeLeon, Gala, Jeffrey Lewis, United States of Electronica, Gregor Samsa, Thao + The Get Down Stay Down, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, Still Flyin’, Plushgun, Softlightes, Princeton, Odyze, This Will Destroy You, The Low Anthem, Cruel Black Dove, Avian X
- UK: Marc Almond, 4hero, Mogwai, Patrick Wolf, Dubstar, Rose Elinor Dougall , Si Begg, frYars, Gyratory System, Darren Hayman, Cicada, GoldieLocks, Lucky Soul, Official Secrets Act, Frankmusik, The Ultrasonics, Trouble Over Tokyo, A Certain Ratio, The Boy Least Likely To, You Love Her Coz She’s Dead, Gala, Catherine AD
- CHINA: The Pet Conspiracy
- SENEGAL: Malick Pathé Sow
- CHILE: Javiera Mena, Francisca Valenzuela, DJ Raff
- BURUNDI: Eric Baranyanka
- CANADA: Apostle Of Hustle, Buck 65, Malajube, The Hidden Cameras
- BELGIUM: Vive La Fête, The Neon Judgement, Girls In Hawai, King & Svenson
- TUNISIA/ALGERIA: DuOud
- AUSTRIA: Fennesz, A Life A Song A Cigarette
- AUSTRALIA: Jeremy Fowler, The Vines, Aeons, Sarah Blasko, Operator Please, Birds Of Tokyo, An Horse
- ALGERIA: MHD & Starlight, Maghrebika, Baäziz
- HONG KONG: Marshmallow Kisses, Tramgirl Karaoke Club
- NEW ZEALAND: The Veils, The Phoenix Foundation
- CUBA: Martha Galarraga
- REPUBLIC OF KOREA: EE
- GREECE: Marsheaux, Mikro
- NORWAY: Rockettothesy, Ane Brun, Ingrid Olava
- GHANA: Wanlov The Kubolor
- GERMANY: Stereo Total, Ascii Disko, Console, Escape With Romeo, Jeans Team, Kissogram, Maral Salmassi & Zero Cash, Kitbuilders, Locas In Love
- FRANCE: Tahiti 80, Black Strobe, The Toxic Avenger, Titi Robin, The Delano Orchestra, Amelie Les Crayons, Outlines, Saï Saï, My Broken Frame, Debmaster
- FINLAND: Jori Hulkkonen
- LEBANON: Abaji
- GREENLAND: Angu
- DENMARK: Cartridge, The Broken Beats
- COLOMBIA: Frankie Jazz
- MALI: Vieux Farka Touré
- ITALY: Dusty Kid, Amari, Amycanbe, Le Man Avec Les Lunettes, Perturbazione
- FRANCE/ISRAEL: Keren Ann & Shlomi Shaban
- ISRAEL: Ivri Lider, Tamar Eisenmann, Karni Postel, Nico Teen, The Biting Sheep
- IRELAND: Mundy, Hystereo
- UGANDA: Seby Ntege
- INDONESIA: Mocca, Efek Rumah Kaca, White Shoes & The Couples Company
- INDIA: Motherjane, menwhopause, Shaa’ir + func
- RUSSIA: Tesla Boy, Cut2Kill
- ICELAND: Amiina, múm
- HUNGARY: We Plants Are Happy Plants
- EGYPT: Bikya
- SWEDEN: I’m From Barcelona, Sally Shapiro, Peter Von Poehl, Lacrosse, Napoleon, Air France feat Jack Wilson
- SPAIN: Miqui Puig, We Are Standard, Olimpic, Boat Beam, The Requesters, After After Hours, The Pinker Tones, Triangulo De Amor Bizarro, Elastic Band, Undo, The Amplid, Mendetz, Niki
- SOUTH AFRICA: DJ Mujava, 340ml
- FINLAND/GERMANY: AGF/Delay
- SERBIA: sevdahBABY
- IRAQ: Aida Nadeem, Salaam, Aïwa
- PORTUGAL: X-Wife
- BOLIVIA: Surfin Wagner
- PALESTINE: CultureSHOC, Khalas
- TURKEY: Gooseflesh
- NEDERLANDS: Don Diablo, Marike Jager, a balladeer
- ARGENTINA: Entre Rios, Manosanta
- MEXICO: Mexican Institute Of Sound, Sussie 4, Hello Seahorse!
- CONGO: Kiala
- THAILAND: Cyndi Seui
- VENEZUELA: Kid 606, Fordelucs
- SINGAPUR: sonicbrat
- SWITZERLAND: Heidi Happy (feat. Paul Niehaus of Calexico), Low Motion Disco

New look Walrus

By: Tim

7 January 2010

In: Editorial

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2009 was a big year for us here at The Blue Walrus, as we took on more staff writers that lets us cover more new music more often whether that be indie, folk, electro, blues or anything else we think is awesome. But with that in mind, we have moved away from the simple musings of one man on music upon which the site was designed. Thus as we move forward into 2010 we have taken the plunge into a new design that will help us highlight some of the exclusives we manage to get, as well as some more personal interviews and the mixtape series, whilst also writing up the tour info and band updates that we may have scrimped on a little before.

So…have a look around. This is brand new, and whilst have been testing it for a little while I’m sure I will have missed something – if you find any problems let me know.

-Tim (Editor)