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Happy 2010 from Eccodek land. A big thanks to all the supportive music community out there who have kept the project scaling even greater heights each year - and last year was no exception!

Eccodek members Deliveryboy and Andrew McPherson join world fusion outift Jaffa Road for a Musical Melding on Wednesday January 27 at Toronto's Lula Lounge. Presented by Canada Council for the Arts, Koffler Center of the Arts and Small World Music, this is a rare treat where Eccodek's cinematic dub merges with Jaffa Road's Gypsy-inspired rhythms, jazz and global fusion instrumentalism. Topped of with the rich vocals of Aviva Chernick who sings in Persian, Spanish and Hebrew, and you've got a potent one-time live collaboration. Check the gig section for details.

In the spirit of that auspiciousness, here are a few things to tell you about. January 1st saw the release of fellow global fusionists EarthRise SoundSystem's Yoga Sessions album. I was invited to collaborate on the instrumental track 'Sombience', contributing flute, xaphoon and electric guitar. It's a beautiful record aimed at surprise, surprise, the yoga community - but yoga music with a difference. Bass. Lots of it.

We'll be seeing Eccodek tracks on a few new compilations, to be released later this year. Highly influential Six Degrees Records (Michael Franti, Bombay Dub Orchestra, Cheb i Sabbah) will feature the Shivaboom track 'Silent Song' on a yoga-centric comp, while further away Shivaboom track 'Behind the mask' will appear on Germany's Club Star imprint.

Eccodek leader Andrew McPherson released his 3rd solo album Lefty Singer in late 2009 and praise for the intimate suite of art folk songs keeps rolling in the door. CBC's 'Fresh Air' voted it one of the top 10 recordings of the year and Toronto's Now Magazine and Vancouver's World Beat Canada gave it sterling reviews. If you haven't yet heard the record, you're in for a treat. Take a wander over here and explore.

We've added recent remixes for Deva Premal and Koko Bonaparte, alongside the EarthRise SoundSystem collab 'Sombience' from the just released Yoga Sessions debut.

You'll also find teaser audio clips of the upcoming original soundtrack release, Metropolis Re:Scored created by Eccodek's Deliveryboy and Andrew for Fritz Lang's Metropolis, a silent classic from 1927. The album is complete and will be released in early 2010. Visit the Music page for audio and Photos page for pictures from recent performances. Watch the debut performance of their arresting score at Toronto's Yonge and Dundas Square here.

If you still haven't seen Eccodek's 2009 Juno Awards performance with Great Big Sea and Hawksley Workman you can now watch it in the Videos section. The live recording mixed by Mike Fraser (AC/DC, Metallica) is also available now on iTunes with all proceeds going to Music Counts, a music education charity.

Listen to Eccodek's live performance in collaboration with Kiran Ahluwalia from 2008's Vancouver Jazz festival show at Performance Works, recorded by CBC Radio 2.