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Manu Chao Rainin In Paradize EP to be released on-line July 24th...
Manu Chao Rainin In Paradize EP to be released on-line July 24th...
EP is a sneak preview of the full LP "La Radiolina", Manu Chao’s first studio album in six years, coming Septemeber 4th on Nacional/Because
ONE OF THE MOST ACCLAIMED DOWNLOADS OF THE SUMMER, THE CMJ LATIN CHART-TOPPING
SINGLE "RAININ IN PARADIZE" WILL NOW BE AVAILABLE ON ALL DIGITAL SERVICES
Having just completed his first extensive North American tour—performing to capacity crowds and tremendous acclaim in such sizable venues as LA Sports Arena and the pre-Rage Against the Machine, penultimate slot at Coachella—Manu Chao is putting the final touches on his eagerly awaited first new studio album in six years, La Radiolina, which Nacional/Because will release September 4. To tide fans over, they will make available the Rainin in Paradize EP on Tuesday, July 24, via numerous digital retailers. The EP includes the single of the same name, which has garnered significant praise.
Among the many (underground and mainstream) outlets that have embraced the "Rainin in Paradize" single is The Guardian, who called it "a glorious, fist-pumping riot of driving beats and soaring punk guitar lines, with Chao's irrepressible spirit making it a defiant rallying call rather than a resigned grumble.
One of the singles of the year so far." New York Magazine warns, “This heartfelt reaction to institutionalized violence will seize you by the proverbial lapels—and make you dance.” Rolling Stone, Slate, Pitchfork and others have said something similar.
This summer has brought Chao equal praise from the likes of The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times, among others, for the explosive live show he performs with his Radio Bemba Sound System. Pitchfork wrote that Chao is "the ringmaster of a multicultural, cross-generational, genre-busting circus that can whip tens of thousands of people into a frenzy even if they don't speak the same language.” Reviewing one of Chao’s two sold-out Celebrate Brooklyn! shows (each to 6,000+), Gothamist described “something any music fan should experience at least once in their life, because
there is really nobody else like him performing today."
The forthcoming La Radiolina is Chao’s first since the live Radio Bemba Sound
System (2002) and his first studio release in the U.S. since Proxima Estacion:
Esperanza, which in 2001 topped the European charts and was named one of the best albums of the year by Rolling Stone. Among many critical accolades he garnered worldwide, Manu made the front page of The Wall StreetJournal. Proxima Estacion was preceded by equal fanfare for his debut album, Clandestino (1998), which The Los Angeles Times called "superb." Clandestino remains one of the best-selling albums in French music history, with more than 2.5 million copies sold to date.
Manu Chao is widely acknowledged as a pioneer of Latin alternative music, which he
was making as early as the 1980s as the leader of Mano Negra. His music is
multilingual and broadly multicultural, blending rock, reggae, punk, ska, found sounds, and more. The Paris-born, Barcelona-dwelling artist of Spanish descent finds inspiration in street cultures everywhere. Throughout his career, Chao has remained true to his anti-establishment principles and continues to mix music and politics by performing at events that promote anti-globalization efforts.
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