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Yes, worldOne lovs y’all  Yes! .. how do you fall in brotherly and sisterly love at first  s o u n d ? 1beat  that’s how  ! (Found Sound/ Bang on a Can)  presented a day~long celebration of its recent California residency at Montalvo, at PublicWorks SF, and then a pair of educational/youth performances and a final all~day concert at Montalvo Arts in Saratoga. 1beat Fellow Fidel + Corey .. 

 Wow.  WOW!  Wow! W O O W!   Congratulations  +   E n  c o r e ! 

Thank you and Appreciation to all Fellows and Co-Founder/Directors Jeremy Thal and Chris Marianetti and the directorial staff who moved so adroitly and kindly (Elena! 1beat  Leah! Montalvo ) around and behind the scenes. 1beat Co-Founder Jeremy + your friendly neighborhood dj worldOnelove ..

What a utterly refreshing and enthralling musical experience, the likes of which we have not enjoyed since WOMAD festivals. ( Why has WOMAD not returned to the USA in tooooo many years?! ) Real musicality realizes in all kinds of earthnic settings, rustic, desert dusty, cityscapes, or jungly countrysides, all regularly extraordinary, from which the 1beat fellows arise. In this elegantisimo setting, we wandered and followed our eyes and ears through multiple musical atmospheres… perhaps feeling more ourselves like a flock of happy brrds or bees: invited and treated to Interactive musical playgrounds on patios or tree-shaded lawn, roving concerts ( arresting and tender oud + invocals at the Love Temple/ Garden, a Colombian gaita-led parade, calls and response percussives, loops,  and lively dances, reaching a happy apogee in an afternoon Garden Amphitheatre showcase ( the finale /encore pictured above) of four 1beat Fellows’ (“pods”) ensembles .  The Love Garden, nicely spruced UP, below …

The Montalvo Estate venue is in itself, musical and quite classically beautiful, elegant, spacious, forest and garden encircled, and thus fragrant.  The fellows resided there for two weeks prior to offering the musicalfroots of their new collaborations in various pod-ensembles +smaller workshop rhythm, dance, and musical sections. 1beat Co-founder Chris + Corey ..

In its third annual iteration, a very passionate and open collective Spirit of 1beat’s mission was ever-present, in every interaction and musical moment. Intentional, from the heart of the musician as a person, and as a musicultural ambassador.  This Spirit was so Present, that days later I am chiming with it, feeling again just how P r e c i o u s it was to be in the midst, and IS. This Spirit IS , and it was invoked by 25 young musicians ages 19-35, visiting and collaborating from 17 countries. View/Meet all the fellows, click this !… 

Ultimately, we fell in love with everyone. Now that’s cultural diplomacy, thank you Department of State. 3 cups of tea …  you know, with a Daniela + Ahamed + Blessing +  a shimmy shimmy shake.

 

So, there is a deeper wave in the world, added dimensions of seeing and feeling, beyond land and resource grabs, cultural colonization and clan-clashing  .. we know this .. and its seems to blossom naturally in the presence of collective intentionality, open hearts +open minds … armature not armaments ? ..  pearls of water on the hips not gun ships ?  Life beyond national/ized fears and separatisms..

Around the ol worldOneradio corral … we ourselves believe in  B E A U T Y .. and the beats … the universe is vibratory .. vibz it UP with worldOnelove ! 

… and the stars make love to the universe … under blue skies, white clouds… musicalities from and for all earthnicities .. double rainbow higher fire …   que bebamos cultura !  and we’re like .. and we’re like ..  OOOoOoOooOo …. listen for the three discrete hours of worldOne whirligig 1beat field recordings, indemix on-air and online  … feel fine ! 

most definitely enjoy the video linx.. totally engaging and revealing of the feeling ..  http://www.1beat.org/#videos …  and listen to 1beat via soundcloud …

more soon  …   glocal listeners take us with you via tune in free app search “worldoneradio” or “keCg”

if you like what you hear and feel ? e como mai ..  tella friend to tella friend to tella friend about these blends ..  and if we rock you… rock us like a rockafella acapella … and if you are a po’lanthopist like us .. simply click our face?!book ..       Now ..  Gaita ! …  GaitON!  and turn the people on ! = : ) ~

 

 

 

 

 

In our very recent morning email, unedited..  Thank You Back ! = ; ) ~ 

Message: I don’t know how you guys suddenly appeared on my radio dial, but wow.

i listened for hours to radio brava yesterday and couldn’t believe my ears. i was afraid if i turned my dial away i would never find *that* station again. fortunately, i have found you here so i know you’re real and that i will be able to find you again. i haven’t been so excited about an fm station in a long long time. thank you thank you thank you…….

we understand, we know  .. the FMs are modest to say the least … and p r e c i o u s  … we did not intend worldOne to be a secret … we rather believe that this sound and feeling merits broad availability and wide o p e n appreciation and enjoyment .. it’s just that after talking to everyone we could think of ( local, a longish list of majors, coast to coast broadcasters, Artists and even Mr. Branson!),  and or get an audience with, nearly 2o years ago …  we found a modest home in little keCg which welcomed the Mission.. Thank you Prentice, Philip, and WCCUSD.  And since them we’ve just been doin it and bein it and doin it ( well, we hope).  Funnily enough? the station was indeed underground, in a oft-flooding basement/first floor at ECHS for the first 10 years or so of our nightly broadcasts … then we were in a portable for several years,   and now in a pair of much more dignified small studios in a classroom suite … please feel free to call to arrange a visit ! or pop in when you are on- site at El Cerrito High School and Performing Arts Center  … 

and another email…  quite on the heels of the missive above …

…or is this just serendipity? I just ran into you accidentally on my car radio yesterday and said, “Wow.” Now I go to your website and find “I don’t know how you guys suddenly appeared on my radio dial, but wow.” Something must be in the air. Keep it up. 

Thank you again ! Please enjoy !! = ; ) ~ 

an  overnight sensation?  after 20 years ? ! .. stop hey whats that sound ! yes somethin’s in the air .. I can feel it all around .. 

GO!  Serenedipity Go ! Go Radio Magic Go !  Go!  Logic ! Go !  Go ! Beauty ! GO ! 

We are still ringing with waves of Appreciation for all the pulsing,evanescing,shimmering gurgling Living Aloha, Arts, Foods, and Dance we absorbed n Kaua’i … and coming back to the Bay … we call it “reentry” ….as it is always a challenge, from traffic to just getting back in our respective saddles at home, school, and practice .. my particular entry was softened and charged up significantly by a few musical and art encounters … reconnecting with Carnaval King DJiJ

mingling among some lovely salseros at Yerba Buena’s free Thursday pm tardeada with Ricardo Lemvo + MaKINA LOCA .. and yes, recorded some sabrosos live vibz to broadcast .. listen for them in the mix !  One recording was made while dancing in a rumba line ! lol !

Shake Your Beauty with us at upcoming worldOne collabs/events : 

Sunday, September 14 LIVE BROADCAST @ Solano Stroll, interactive dancealong Santa Fe Stage with :  ECHS Dance Production (10 am) , ECHS JAZZ (Noon) , Sosakete (Round Dance),  Suhaila Salimpour(1PM) , Baile Folklorico, Del Mars Surf (2pm) , Kamakakehau Fernandez + Halau Makana Lani (3PM), Non Stop Bhangra (3:30),  Brasarte (5P)   

Saturday, September 20th at Ocean Beach San Francisco Coastal Cleanup ! the State’s largest volunteer event, California Coastal Cleanup Day. In 2013, over 58,000 volunteers removed almost 750,000 pounds of trash and recyclables from California’s beaches, lakes, and waterways. Families, friends, coworkers, scout troops, school groups, service clubs, and individuals come together to celebrate and share their appreciation of California’s fabulous coast and waterways. The event is part of the International Coastal Cleanup, organized by the Ocean Conservancy, which is the largest volunteer event on the planet! Learn more and find an event you can join nearby, at the link above.  

Join worldOne at Ocean Beach, San Francisco as we fan out from the foot of Golden Gate Park, (use the Beach Chalet and Windmill as your landmarks), and you can’t miss a few thousand folks+ these United Riddims  .. as we comb the beach and give Pachamama and our fabulous Ocean Beach a big XO ..   Waddayasay?! .. join Coastal Cleanup Day ..  A morning FoG? And a day in the Sun .. Everybody worldOne ! 

and our endless thanks to Jill Fressinier and Family / Spillart for an unforgettable and intimate evening with The Observer in the House of Stars what follows … ObeyJah/Ras Otis, Queen Jill + King Lee, 

The question + the answer .. Blue Space+Golden Clouds .. and YEES! … recorded … this time, adjusting constantly due to impromtu PA jankiness ( all good) … and all the while  alternately itching-scratching-jumping-like a-frog, as requested and required by the Celtic Charmer  … these too will be added to the sparkling loops and double rainbows of worldOneradio … for the Kaua’I N I’s ..

Following deep Kauai’an odyssey (Te Vai Ura Nui, above)  … we are arrived back to Cali, to Cali, to Cali  … our hearts are  naturally full, and h e a v y upon leaving Hawai’i, Kaua’i, family and cherished and new extended o’hana. Mahalo Nui Loa to All.. Aumakua, Aina and Kai … more will follow .. and importantly we wish to thank and worldOneXO Manea and Sally Joe and Heiva I Kauai (Nathan! Allen!) , Rick and Fa /Kauai Crafters, T.Huni (carver of tiki below)

, Kaylen, Stacey, Emma, Auntie Leilani and Waipa o’hana, Enrico, Catana (henna and fine artist).. Chongolio, Rose(grafittibikini), Steve and Infinity Surfboards.. Patrick at Hanalei Surf, Robert ( Smile, Be Nice!) Blake (Na Pali paleo), Michael and Auntie Angeline’s, Auntie Marie, Sandy, Linda and Commodore @KKCR, Ron Wiley /KONG, Daniel and Linda at Hawaiian Music Store, Seth Yamamoto… Sean and Simone , Doug and Sandy McMaster, John Dumas + Aki ( Joyful Noise Taiko), Farmer’s Marketers Linda, Sal, and Joshua and Luna (Aloha Fresh Macadamias)…Musical Master Michel Poroi (Tamarii Te Faatii), Toa Huhine ( a few handsome kane here pictured with beloved wahine Debra Sue),Kamakakehau Fernandez (reunited in Koloa), Preeta (album art)…
here with Sam and Mike Love at OAK …  

Our El Cerritmo back yard looks a bit like the happy clamor of Kapa’a art stroll .. lol … for drying out loud .. …our ears and hearts and muscles are still ringing with delight, and/or exertion …reverberations of drums, surf,smiles, and hips … all catalyzed by the Maestro, Kumu and Good Friend Manea Tapairu …Pairu + Allen + Corey at da jongul pahu shop  …

and l i s t e n for upcoming triple scoops of aloha, peppered with Auntie Kathy’s whoo-hoos + yeehaw’s + flirty innuendos +marurus …double anuenue mixology ..

Kaua’iNi radio sehsun One : walk and talk-abouts are quilted togeddah with interludes by :

Kamaka Kukona, George Helm, Michel Poroi, Kamakakehau Fernandez, Eddie Kamae + Sons of Hawaii, Israel Kamawiwo’ole, Dennis Kamakahi, Auntie Genoa Keawe,  Seth Yamamoto, Gabby Pahinui, Mike Love, and and Preeta (Make Love Not War) ..

press play above, right  .. or find us and take us with you via the mobile app tune in … search worldoneradio or keCg ..

from Queen Emma’s Summer Palace .. a good place to give thanks and even pick potent and tiny Hawaiian jalapenos with local kupuna,

and Hanakapiai stream .. yellow ginger flower … puhi land … have a ohi’a ‘ai and a smile …

and Waipa poi days … lovu Auntie Honey Girl !

More soon … bound in the cords of living Spirit of Aloha, the Life of the land musicartsdanculture   .. Ea ! … livealohalive …  = : ) ~

 Corazon original, reprise… reflection + remebrance of this journey .. 

Casa de Cultura / Lavagem /Brasarte … re~united and it f e e l s so g o o d !  especially when a cuica + batalla is goin off nearby ..  Bay Rim frequency modulators Dj Jose Luis + David McBurnie at  … that Midas toca ! listen li-li-listen ! 

and what is Music without Visual art you can wear .. Ester designs in Berkeley, support coops in Cameroon and ornaments you ! livin la vida glocal…

Mahalos All Around .. LIFE, Artists, City + Citizens, Sponsors, Vounteers … Now, si vous plez …pass along all the goodness vibrations and recommendations  … find more on FaceBook .. and do tune in glocally via Double Rainbow All the Way  88.1 keCg 97.7 or free app Tune In or via Radio IO.  

Kamakakehau Fernandez returned on Sunday to play a lovely and lively solo set in store at Down Home Music~ The World’s Juke Box .. below .. The Arrtist, Recordist, and Arhoolie Records Founder Cris Strachwitz. 

Thank you Fletcho for all of your great Qi and creative collaboration ! 

July 3 Images of Los Centzontles with Dj Jose Ruiz

July 4 Images of the entire holiday Event Day

Thank you Mark! for this lovingly offered set of images on Flikr …

Copa Musical  ~   H O P E  v. Despair  

 World Game !    WorldOne !  is Officially On ..

Click on the nav bar above, to  FEST 2014 if you seek a map and Main Stage line-up. Producer’s reflections and thank you’s follow .. 

Hope waits, and prays and sweats through days, nights, months, decades, lifetimes, and across centuries.  We are in the era of Rope~A ~Hope, socio-politically, ecologically, and psyche spiritually, while these spheres are largely congruent. 

worldOneradio + festival hopes, prays, and works and sweats.

Corey’s Beloved Wife Debra Sue hopes, prays, works, and sweats beside me. Thank you Debra Sue. This seedeejay + educator + producer is for you.  YES, I LOVE YOU! YES! 

Thank you .. deeply, thank y’all ..  to everyone who is patient and generous and kind and helpful towards resonant mission as glocal citizens of this Beautiful World.

 And We two are for ALL…  All LIFE ALL BEINGS ALL BEAUTY ALLWAYS ALLSTAR…   

While the festival is freely presented, you perhaps know what makes these things go~sustain~g r o w …and it takes a willing and active village to L I F T ! ..  please do your part … get in the mix … contribute to it .. We need allaya’ll to believe your eyes and help in some way that fits/works for you …

Feed the festival donation powerflower donation pots …. and we will pay it forward ..  bring $5-10. to take some worldOnefest vibzed-UP sunflowers home to your own table at the end of the day July 4^th .. as you stoke this–> you v o t e for it .. more events ?  encourage the kultimulchural Mission of worldOneradio + keCg / District ?

Love’s in need of love today .. send yours in right away ..

You can send a check donation directly to support keCg via :

keCg Public Radio / 540 Ashbury Ave. Suite B200 ,  El Cerrito CA,  94530 

worldOne mandala logo merch will be available: limited 2014 event tees , key chains,  necklace, bandanas, limited edition event stage art posters ( Fletcher Oaks, above )   ..

Please remember, only low back chairs and blankets in the infield/bowl .. we do happily set some shade, please defer to elders and special needs peeps . All shade structures must be set behind the plane of the sound tent, these areas and lanes will be clearly marked, as the need arises due to natural growth of one more cool thing in the unihood.

Again, Click  on the nav bar above, to  FEST 2014 if you seek a map and Main Stage line-up. Producer’s reflections and thank you’s follow .. 

Our sweet 16^th annual festival is rising right before our eyes, and these are krazi-bizidays as we still manage to manage classrooms, all things keCg Public Radio  station and a sole Traditional Healing practice  …  we call this part tongue-in-cheek ..stresstival .. it is so very, very demanding.. all day all night … requiring sacrifice of time and resources .. we are all in.. 

 Please support the festival and its participants to the fullest..

…if we have done it all right ..the Blesstival follows .. the music and invocations and joy goes UP .. and the skies listen … and the blessing come raining down… into our waking reality and our new heavy sleep and reflective revelatory dreams …

Speaking of sleep, our sleep is bustling … just enough, not really restorative, but it’s that season .. and those weeks of ramping up .. loading out to Cerrito Vista.  I awoke this am,  with a dream running,  showing me my own hands working the solution to a sign construction  task I had not yet consciously worked out..nice !

Thank you Main stage Artists and Carnaval performers  … Keepers of respective Culture and Arts .. worldOne and y’all do not have celebrity incomes… thank you for working within our volunteer, free setting, and artistic honoraria  …  Down Home reminds .. Real Musicicans Drive Tractors  (too!) Steveland , Shakira , Prince , Lauren, Ceelo, Carlos .. y’all are welcomed any time .. though you’d have to work with us on the budget. 

Alas, to our peril … the despair-depression-oppression-sexi-broody-vampire-penguin-antisocial-vanity-me-me-media- business seems to pay faaaar better in the short, brutish, ecocidal-spiricidal haul ..   

NO!  NO ! Keshagesh  … while we got LOV for ya …  you can’t do that no more no more no more no more .. ( Buffy St. Marie )

Thank you All Volunteers.. you are keenly aware how much work is required.. . Knuckle scraping, huffing and puffing. Stay hydrated and don’t forget to dance… do not let a dance or a new-friend-moment slip by… the music and dance gods + goddesses will be well pleased to see you dance! Me Too ! WaTCHE ME NOW ! LOL !

Thank you all to all like-minded sponsors  .. we Appreciate and thank you ! 

Endless thanks you’s City and Citizens of El Cerrito as we prepare to welcome all kindza folks, every kind of people, to our glocality, where we will Shine On! and Turn the People On to how Beautiful and Day In The Sun can Be .. as we watch a small world after all swirl before our eyes .. musiculture and texture ..smiles, lips and hips , elders and children, Red Tails , textiles and aromas …  

Now Gwan and Shake  Your Beauty !

Thank you critics and frenemies … seriously .. if it doesn’t kill us, it made us  stronger ..  and through virtually all of our genuine impassioned creative exchanges we learn and polish each other .. iron can sharpen iron .. while irie softens irie  ..  more peace in our area fari ..

Forward in One Imperfect yet Perfecting Love Galore ..

For those who I may have disappointed, or neglected in my passion to see this done, I apologize. please forgive me. To my family and friends, from whom I am too often absent, immersed, I ask for your understanding and forgiveness. If it’s not abundantly clear what motivates and drives me what have seen and see, I hope that time will GRACE and bear out the fruit of these particular ex-insperiences, works/offerings, and that you will feel proud. That said, time cannot be replaced, as it is a river. May we spend more time together loving and living and crying and laughing, on and in the River.  

Let’s make a Festival .. Everbody worldOne !  … Smile and be Happy!  …

Gracias a La Vida ! Giving Life Back to Life .. Give More than we take,  and Watch the World ReMake !

Ho’o make make .. Maka Kilo Kilo ..  Ojala !  O Mudupwe !