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CIDES/CUSHMA

02 Noviembre: Río Cuarto / Auditorio Hotel Menossi-Avda España 41-22 hs
03 Noviembre: Cordoba / Cine Club Municipal-San Juan 49-21 hs
04 Noviembre: Oncativo / Sala Chica del Teatro Municipal Victoria-21 hs.
05 Noviembre: Clinic para musicos en Córdoba / a confirmar
08 Noviembre: San Marcos Sierra / Bosque de Sherwood-San Martin 612-21 hs
09 Noviembre: Colonia Caroya / Esc. Sup. de Musica-Av.San martin 3700-21 hs
10 Noviembre: General Villegas / Cine Teatro Español, Calle Moreno-21 hs
11 Noviembre: Junin / Centro Empledos de Comercio-Saavedra 77-22hs
12 Noviembre: Santa Fé / Living 33-Belgrano 2719-21hs
16 Noviembre: Santiago de Chile / Clinic/ Centro Alameda-Bernardo O'Higgins 139-21hs
17 Noviembre: Santiago de Chile / Concierto / Centro Alameda-B. O'Higgins 139-21hs
23 Noviembre: Bs As / Teatro Carbonera-Balcarce 998-21hs
24 Noviembre: La Plata / Sala Ciudad Vieja-17 y 71-21:30hs
29 Noviembre: Rio Negro, Gral Roca / Casa de la Cultura, 9 de julio 1043, 22hs
30 Noviembre: Neuquen / La Curtiembre, Juan B. Justo 64, 22:30hs
01 Diciembre: Bariloche / Salón Araucanía-Av. Bustillo km 11,500-22hs
02 Diciembre: Festival de Jazz El Bolson / El Bolson-23hs
07 Diciembre: Comodoro Rivadavia / Sala Centro teatro 21hs.
08 Diciembre: Puerto Deseado / Teatro San José 21hs.
09 Diciembre: Pico Truncado / Auditorio Juan XXIII 21hs.
10 Diciembre: Los Antiguos / Casa de la Cultura 21hs.
13 Diciembre: Puerto Santa Cruz / Centro Cultural 21hs.
16 Diciembre: Rio Turbio / Sala Teatro 21hs.
19 Diciembre: Rio Gallegos, cierre de gira / Complejo Cultural 21hs.

2006.07.01

The new CD is nearing completion and we have samples in the music section. The CD features Tony Levin, Tim Alexander, Steve Parrish, Kiko King, Federico Miranda and Claudio Cordero.

2006.07.01

Exciting news - Oxygene8 is a real band again. The members are drummer, KIKO KING; guitarist FEDERICO MIRANDA; guitarist CLAUDIO CORDERO and Linda too.

2006.05.25

LINDA CUSHMA - OXYGENE8 returns to Spain! They will play in Madrid with really cool band and kind people, PSICOTROPIA, on September 15th at SIROCO [www.siroco.es]. We are also hoping that schedules work out to find friends CABEZAS de CERA also sharing the stage in Barcelona and Cantabria!

Stickist Guillermo Cides from Argentina, guitarist FEDERICO MIRANDA from Costa Rica, drummer KIKO KING from Mexico and guitarist Claudio Cordero from Chile will join Linda and OXYGENE8 for this and other concerts that are being planned in Europe. Linda would like to thank Kiko, Federico, Claudio, Guillermo, Luis Blanco and PSICOTROPIA for making it all happen.

LINDA CUSHMA - Oxygene8 travels to Chile and Argentina in August for the Santiago Art Rock Festival. Drummer KIKO KING from Mexico and Chilean guitar player CLAUDIO CORDERO will join Oxygene8 for SAR VI. Special thanks, Kiko and Claudio--for your talent and friendship, and to Juan Barranachea from MYLODON RECORDS for putting it all together.

2006.05.13

STING and CUSHMA are featured in the current issue of BAJISTA MAGAZINE (Bass Player Magazine with distribution in Spain, Mexico, Costa Rica, Argentina, Chile and other Latin American countries).

A new compilation CD of 22 artists of the Stick from different countries.
For the first time, Stick Center produces an album of Spanish-speaking Stickistas, including a bonus track with the inventor of the Stick, Emmett Chapman.

Linda is honoured to also be included on the album with vocals and Stick on "Amor de Bandoneón," with Guillermo Cides and Tim Alexander. This track will be on the forthcoming release by this trio, CCA - CUSHMA CIDES ALEXANDER.

Get it here

from Guillermo Cides:

I have the honor--historical honor--to present through the Stick Center, the first compilation of Hispanic Stick artists. 22 musicians reunited to give an answer to the question of "what music is possible with the Stick?"

When years ago, I founded the first Center of Stickistas in Argentina and The Stick Center in Spain, one of the premises was to try to present the art of an instrument, during its "freshness or newness."

The newness is something ephemeral in time, but the art I will live by always.

Without being "collectors" or "demonstrators," we have worked in the old traditional voices of music: composition, creation and the expression of people through a language.

This album represents all of this.

It would not be prudent to say that the selected musicians are the "best musicians" of the instrument. To be "the best one" has too great a weight and vainly short-sighted perception. It is, nevertheless, an album done by people who have something to say through a new language that is called Stick.

I am thankful to the artists of this compilation for their excellent dispositions and enthusiasm; to the designer Estitxu Moliner; to Emmett Chapman, inventor of the Stick and its current technique, for his consistent support and vision; to the sound engineer Guillermo Zuloaga; and to the public who bravely come to the concerts to listen to a music without history, done by musicians without history, playing an instrument whose history is being written in this same moment...

2006.02.19

We've added a new photo section, our first pics feature O8 friend Bart Nagel and Frank Zappa!

2006.02.07

Great news for eZoo, they have been signed by Mylodon Records! A show in the near future is planned in Chile, and Oxygene8 will be there when they do play. From the Mylodon website (translated):

Ezoo arrives Just at Mylodon signed in Mylodon Records is the mexicano/estadounidense band Ezoo. The quartet, integrated by the ex- ones Oxygenates 8, Pretty Cushma (Stick), in addition to Carlos Humarán (guitars), Flavio Jiménez (under) and Kiko King (battery), cultivates a progressive rock fusion in which they are lodged without I number of styles and musical concepts with the idea to flow in the good rate. A multicultural band whose habitat is not another thing that the world and its language is music. The exit of the first disc of Ezoo is programmed for the first semester of this year and will count on the executive production of Tim Alexander (Primus). More information in the new page of the band: www.ezooband.com

Progressive rock musicians have united to record "After The Storm". Our friends at Djam Karet have this information posted on their website:

The new "After The Storm" double CD is now on sale for $20 (plus shipping). Produced by Djam Karet's Gayle Ellett, this double CD contains 24 tracks by today's leading Progressive Rock artists. It includes 13 previously unreleased tracks by: Djam Karet, Echolyn, Happy The Man, Mike Keneally, Spock's Beard, IQ, FM, Kraan, The Flower Kings, Woodenhead, Neal Morse, The Muffins, Caravan, Arjen Lucassen, Sean Malone, and the California Guitar Trio. It also has great songs by Kansas (recorded with the London Symphony!), Anglagard, Mostly Autumn, Camel, IZZ, Nektar, Little Atlas, and Pendragon.

After the storm had passed, Gayle Ellett wanted to do something to help raise money for the victims of Hurricane Katrina, so he came up with the idea of organizing a charity fundraising CD. Through contacts with NEARfest Records (Rob & Chad), and many musical groups, this worthy project has recently been completed, resulting in a truly great collection of music! ALL of the proceeds go to Habitat For Humanity. All the musicians donated their music, the artist donated his artwork, and NEARfest Records kindly donated all the money to pay for the manufacturing costs. Many Thanks go to all involved, especially Rob & Chad, without who's help this would not have been possible.

To learn more about this project, and to purchase CDs, please go to: http://afterthestorm.nearfestrecords.com.