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Derek BeresAbout Derek Beres Derek Beres is the author of three books, including Global Beat Fusion: The History of the Future of Music, an insightful gaze into the new world mythology being created by global electronica. His photojournalism has appeared in dozens of magazines, focused on the international music scene. As part of GlobeSonic Sound System he has traveled the planet DJing with the top names in world music. He is also a Vinyasa yoga and Budokon instructor at Equinox Fitness in Manhattan. His next book, Sound Against Flame: The Process of Yoga and Atheism in America, will be published in June 2008. Features CulturePathways to Creation: Exploring Sacred Music in Fes, Morocco[21.Jul.08] :. PopMatters goes to Morocco for the Fes Festival of World Sacred Music to honor and share the world’s great spiritual music traditions. At this 14th annual festival, Derek Beres would hear the indigenous sounds of Vietnam, Tunisia, Norway, Pakistan, Belgium, America, and much more. Columns Global Beat FusionTen Years Dancing on the Hudson[16.Jun.08] :. For the last decade, Turntables on the Hudson has held gatherings of positive music -- funk, hip-hop, soul, dance; African, Latin, and Balkan beats -- that thrive on human connection.  Global Beat FusionThree Nights in France[12.May.08] :. Beres hits Paris and Bourges to take in the eclectic sounds of Transglobal Underground, Les Primitifs du Futur, Watcha Clan, and Fat Freddy's Drop, and gets pulled into the "sacred space" that solders the connection between sound and human.  Global Beat FusionWomen of the (Music) World[14.Apr.08] :. There is little in this world as beautiful as the female voice. Sometimes it’s necessary to stop and remind ourselves of this.  Global Beat FusionClassical Egypt in America[18.Mar.08] :. By shining the light on the vast, rich cultures of the Middle East, these musicians are bringing misconceptions and misunderstandings out of the darkness of the past, not to mention the dark corners of our present.  Global Beat FusionDevotion Through Music[20.Feb.08] :. Global spiritual traditions are being evolved by artists fusing the best of many worlds, electronic and traditional, into forms of devotion applicable to us all. Global Beat Fusion Bass Makes the World Go 'RoundGlobal Beat Fusion The Redistribution & Revival of RootsGlobal Beat Fusion Big Brass at the DiscoGlobal Beat Fusion Bachata: Generations Apart and TogetherGlobal Beat Fusion Passport to the FutureGlobal Beat Fusion New Ways to BreatheGlobal Beat Fusion The Evolution of Africa and Hip-HopGlobal Beat Fusion JourneymenGlobal Beat Fusion The Evolution of VintageGlobal Beat Fusion Emerging Ideas in Global Distribution: An Interview With Six Degrees' Bob DuskisGlobal Beat Fusion The Marleys and Mind ControlGlobal Beat Fusion Rumi-nating on a New AxisGlobal Beat Fusion Ali in the FamilyGlobal Beat Fusion A World Shares the StageGlobal Beat Fusion Desert Trance |
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