Track list
Hello
Musonsu
Ofakombolo
Benanga
Pondjo Pondjo
Emikele Ngamo
Nkoy
Nzele Momi
Le Temps Passe
Ekombe
Bengai Yo

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Database Theory, ICDT 2001, held in London, UK, in January 2001. The 26 revised full papers presented together with two invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 75 submissions. All current issues on database theory and the foundations of database systems are addressed. Among the topics covered are database queries, SQL, information retrieval, database logic, database mining, constraint databases, transactions, algorithmic aspects, semi-structured data, data engineering, XML, term rewriting, clustering, etc.

Popular music arranged for the bagpipes and recorded live in concert by the African Skye Pipe Band along with Celtic rockers, Ceol G'Brae, and the combined choirs of Jeppe High School for Girls and King Edward VII school. Traditional tunes like Danny Boy sit alongside great screen themes like that from Star Wars. Pink Floyd's great psychedelic hit from the seventies, Wish You Were Here, and Johnny Clegg's Africa are just two more great songs in this interesting collection.

Written entirely in Cornish, Le Kov is exploration of the individual and collective subconscious, the myths and drolls of Cornwall, and the survival of Britain's lesser known Brythonic language. As one of the language's few fluent speakers, Gwenno felt a duty to make her second album entirely in Cornish: to create a document of a living language, explore her identity and the endless creative possibilities of a tongue that has a very small surviving artistic output, despite having been around for at least 15 centuries.

She dove deep into research, learning about attempts to protect and progress the language and the role of women throughout Cornish history. When Gwenno considered the legends of sunken Brythonic cities Cantre'r Gwaelod, Kêr-Is, Langarrow and Lyonesse, she knew she had her starting point. These cities evoked her idea of language as its own form of psychological territory, a concept perfectly distilled by the Cornish title for the album, Le Kov - the place of memory.

But Le Kov isn't really a concept album--the city doesn't loom that large through these 10 songs, and you don't need the translation sheet to appreciate the gorgeous, sea-warped psychedelia that Gwenno has created alongside long-term collaborator and producer Rhys Edwards. Evoking the music of her childhood - Brenda Wootton, Alan Stivell, BUCCA -along with Broadcast, The United States of America, White Noise and Serge Gainsbourg, Le Kov is shimmering and tarnished, rust mingled with barnacles, moss entwined with weathered rope. It's a huge step up from her debut album, Y Dydd Olaf, featuring forlorn piano, crisp drums, and searching synth lines that seem to reach across the horizon. The sounds of the language are similarly gorgeous: "Dha wolow jy yw splann" ("your light is bright"), Gwenno marvels on Hi A Skoellyas Liv A Dhagrow (She Shed A Flood Of Tears).

Track list
Hi a Skoellyas Liv a Dhagrow
Tir Ha Mor
Herdhya
Eus Keus?
Jynn-amontya
Den Heb Taves
Daromres Y'n Howl
Aremorika
Hunros
Koweth Ker

Great album title, but can the music inside live up to it? The answer's a resounding yes as it celebrates very contemporary Jewish culture and shows that klezmer (and beyond) is not only alive, but also growing in the millennium. It's a global phenomenon, as the variety of music shows, whether in the U.S. (Hip-Hop Hoodios) or Europe (Amsterdam Klezmer Band, stunningly remixed). What this illustrates is that Jewish music works as well in a club as any other, but with a distinct identity that remains throughout, but one that defies easy stereotyping. Kudos to the compilers who've put together such an impressive disc. To be fair, it's made more for the dancefloor than sitting and listening at home -- it certainly lives up to its funky subtitle - but there's plenty hear to satisfy even the most demanding ears. ~ Chris Nickson