A fragrant glade and a babbling brook... The Nouveau Guinea Ensemble takes a sojourn from the land of office buildings and parking lots and drags us kicking and screaming into the land pf placid remembrance.  
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It clatters, it shakes it rattles and pops. The Old Jalopy comes sauntering down the street in a cloud of dust and a rhythm that make you think it might have the hiccoughs. It is a racket and a hazard and an eyesore to our town. But it owned by old Ms. Primbottom who has been driving it for 95 years and isn't going to stop now!

Yessir, all of the children come running and the cats scat in fear when Mrs Plumbottom and her jalopy shimmy down the street 'cause it's a little bit like a circus parade all by itself. One of the rear fenders is doing acrobatics, the radiator blows steam and her Jack Russel Terrier named Archie is bouncing all over the back seat barking at everything he thinks is a squirrel... and he has bad eyesight and a good imagination.  
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It's a day like any other. You're on your way back from the salon where you have just had your ears done so they are especially soft. The autumn air seems to sparkle and your nose twitches at the smell of carrot cake wafting down the street. Your ears stand up and turn round.

What's that you hear? "Thrump-de-dump... Pum-de-dum..."  
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The Nouveau Guinea Ensemble steps in again with Savanoia. Perhaps I should say they whistle in an introduction that keeps you guessing until you land in the lap of of the sustaining beat that lifts a dance between two cantankerous clarinets a couple of floating flautists and a whole ensemble that takes you there and back again and then leave you out in a field..  
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The Nouveau Guinea Ensemble lightens it up a little with "Les Baricades Misterieuses" (Also known with the spelling "Les Barricades Mysterieuses") This is a lovely arrangement of a harpsichord piece by the French composer François Couperin. The harpsichord piece was originally published in 1717. Now, nearly 300 years later, the Nouveau Guinea Ensemble brings it to you in a new light.  
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The Nouveau Guinea Ensemble strikes again with their new piece "Transcendental Blues". Reminiscent of songs that can be heard in Slovakian dive bars, pour yourself a glass of absinthe and dig into these solid lyrics.... What in the world are they singing about?!?  
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Why would a bumblebee carry a briefcase? What would you find in a bumblebee's briefcase?

Find out in The Nouveau Guinea Ensemble's inaugural recording "The Bumblebee's Briefcase." Our industrious bumblebee flies amongst the skyscrapers of Chicago on its way to important meetings... to discuss important business with distinguished people  
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