Topic: MUSIK - on April 8, 2012 at 8:50:00 AM CEST
Groove Armada – Oh Tweak To Me
March sees the formidable Hypercolour deliver its most surprising output yet, an EP from none other than Groove Armada.
Tom Findlay and Andy Cato need little introduction as Groove Armada. Chart smashes, huge live tours and being part of the worldwide electronic music history aside, the duo have never lost touch with their acid house roots and have continued to be devoted to record buying, DJing and the much maligned promo trawl.
Tom and Andy have been avid followers of the label it seemed, since it's inception. It was through label head Jamie, meeting the guys back in 2010 at Space in Ibiza, and then continued communication via Hypercolour promos, that led to an out-of-the-blue email requesting an informal hook up in East London and, within just a few days, a release was scheduled.
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Topic: MUSIK - on April 7, 2012 at 4:51:00 PM CEST
Damon Albarn: Gorillaz, heroin and the last days of Blur
Do Blur have a future? Are Gorillaz gone for good? Is his feud with Noel Gallagher really over? The heroin issue… Damon Albarn answers some tricky questions
You get a good view from the top floor of Damon Albarn's west London studio: the uneven sprawl extending out towards Kensal Green and Wormwood Scrubs. The first thing you notice, though, is the huge elevated road celebrated by Albarn's band Blur, whose single For Tomorrow crystallised the queasy alienation of London living as a matter of being "lost on the Westway".
Soon enough, Albarn tells me, what we can see is set to be transformed by a 34-storey student hall of residence. He is not best pleased, and having registered a planning objection, his pain has been poured into a new song he plays me just before I go home, full of references to "men in yellow hats" and a world "where the money always comes first".
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Topic: MUSIK - on April 6, 2012 at 1:28:00 PM CEST
5000+ Artists Line Up For a Pirate Bay Promotion
Record labels and Hollywood have described The Pirate Bay as one of the biggest threats to their business, but thousands of artists clearly disagree with this view. In recent weeks more than 5000 independent artists have signed up to be promoted by the world’s largest torrent site. Those who were lucky enough to be featured are overwhelmed by the career boost and the positive responses from the public.
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Topic: MUSIK - on April 6, 2012 at 11:51:00 AM CEST
Jim Marshall, Founder of Marshall Amplifiers, Dies
Jim Marshall, the inventor who changed the sound of rock music, has died at age 88, according to a statement issued by the company that bears his name.
A drummer by trade, in the early ‘60s Marshall invented what became known as the Marshall JTM 45 guitar amplifier, seen by many guitarists as an improvement over the then-state-the-art Fender Bassman. In subsequent years, Marshall, who had been selling musical equipment out of a small shop in London, increased the effectiveness of the amps, which continue to be fitted with his name in white script against a black background.
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Topic: MUSIK - on March 29, 2012 at 9:29:00 AM CEST
Gilles Petersons letzte Show auf BBC Radio 1
Das Ende einer Ära: Gilles Peterson machte letzte Nacht nach fast 15 Jahren seine letzte Worldwide Show auf BBC Radio 1.
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Topic: MUSIK - on March 11, 2012 at 10:15:00 AM CET
“Leider geil”: Deichkind protestieren gegen Sperrung auf YouTube
Sooo, “Leider geil”ist jetzt auch gesperrt. Ob Plattenfirma, Youtube oder GEMA, egal wer dafür verantwortlich ist. Wir wollen, dass unsere Videos zu sehen sind. Regelt euren Scheiß jetzt endlich mal und macht eure Hausaufgaben.Ihr seid Evolutionsbremsen und nervt uns alle gewaltig..
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Topic: MUSIK - on February 26, 2012 at 11:16:00 AM CET
Unser Boykott für Baku
Der Eurovision Song Contest in Aserbaidschan wird zum Politikum: Nach dem Tod eines Soldaten droht Armenien mit einem Boykott der Veranstaltung, Weißrussland plagt sich mit Fälschungsvorwürfen und die gewählte Kandidatin für die Ukraine ist rassistischen Anfeindungen ausgesetzt.
Roman Lob, Favorit von "Unser Star für Baku", fährt im Mai für Deutschland zum Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) nach Aserbaidschan. Doch im Moment sieht es so aus, als würde der Industriemechaniker aus dem Westerwald dort mehr erleben als ein unbeschwertes Musik-Olympia: In der Ex-Sowjetrepublik Ukraine fordert eine Partei, dass die auserwählte Künstlerin, die Sängerin Gaitana, "das Land nicht vertreten dürfe" - aufgrund ihrer Hautfarbe.
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Topic: MUSIK - on February 25, 2012 at 12:04:00 PM CET
John Peels Record Collection becomes a Digital Museum
Die komplette Plattensammlung von John Peel soll digitalisiert und für eine Online-Ausstellung als Stream ins Netz gestellt werden. Für die zu spät geborenen: John Peel war legendärer BBC-Deejay, wahrscheinlich der Wegbereiter für Indie-Pop in England und seine Plattensammlung ist nichts anderes als legendär. John Peel ist eine der zentralen Figuren, die Popmusik zu dem gemacht haben, die sie heute ist (und damit meine ich nicht die Industrie, sondern Pop als Genre, Pop als popular Music, Pop als gute Musik. John Peel ist die Blaupause des unabhängigen Radio-Deejays. Der Mann hat mehr Bands entdeckt, als man zählen kann.
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Topic: MUSIK - on February 14, 2012 at 10:10:00 AM CET
Sony hebt Preise für Whitney Houston Alben
Nur dreißig Minuten nachdem der Tod der Sängerin bekannt wurde, hob die Plattenfirma die Preise um sechzig Prozent an. Auf Apples iTunes Store sorgte die plötzliche Preisänderung für Unmut.
Wie die britische Tageszeitung The Guardian berichtet, hob Apple am Sonntag nur 30 Minuten nach Bekanntwerden des Todes der Sängerin Whitney Houston die Preise für ihre Alben im iTunes Store deutlich an. So stieg der Preis für die "Ultimate Collection" von ursprünglich 4,99 Pfund plötzlich auf 7,99 Pfund. Viele Nutzer bemerkten diesen plötzlichen Preissprung, da sie das Album zum ursprünglich ausgewiesenen Preis erwerben wollten, und ließen auf Twitter ihrem Unmut freien Lauf.
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Topic: MUSIK - on February 14, 2012 at 10:08:00 AM CET
Shameful: Sony raised prices on Whitney Houston’s digital music 30 minutes after her death
As much criticism as record labels receive for how they treat artists, Sony Music might take the cake. The company pulled the ultimate in shameful activities this weekend by raising the price on Whitney Houston’s Ultimate Collection album on iTunes and Amazon within 30 minutes of her death on Saturday.
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Topic: MUSIK - on February 2, 2012 at 11:42:00 AM CET
Punkrock-Doku "The Other F Word"
The Other F Word is a raucous, eye-opening, sad and unexpectedly wise look at veteran punk rockers as they adapt to the challenges of fatherhood. To be sure, watching foul- mouthed, colorfully inked musicians attempt to fit themselves into Ward Cleaver's smoking jacket provides for some consistently hilarious situational comedy, but the film's deeper delving into a whole generation of artists clumsily making amends for their own absentee parents could strike a resonant note with anyone (punk or not) who's stumbled headfirst into family life.
The L.A. punk scene's leading men - among them Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Ron Reyes (Black Flag), Mark Hoppus (Blink 182), Tim McIlrath (Rise Against), and Fat Mike (NOFX) - open up about their troubled childhoods and how, today, they balance profane rage with being conscientious
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Topic: MUSIK - on January 26, 2012 at 8:02:00 AM CET
Chemical Brothers – the movie: do not adjust your eyeballs
The Chemical Brothers' famously psychedelic live act has finally been captured in film – with flying cutlery and clowns.
Adam Smith is the first to admit that his debut feature film is not the easiest sell in the history of cinema. "There's no real narrative strand," says the director. "It's 85 minutes long, it's got paintballs exploding – and clowns. I was saying to someone the other day, 'You'd never commission it, would you?'" He laughs. "It sounds rubbish, you know?"
Seated across the table from Smith in a west London pub, Tom Rowlands, one half of the Chemical Brothers, frowns. "There is," he says heavily, "some music in it is as well." But even taking into account the film's subject matter – the Chemical Brothers headlining Fuji Rock festival in Niigata, Japan, last year – Don't Think still seems on the face of it an unlikely candidate for cinematic glory. "It's quite a singular experience," admits Rowlands. "It's an hour and a half of …" He searches for the right word to describe the ferocious electronic psychedelia of the duo's live set. "Bosh," he decides, adding that the film has no scene-setting introduction, "just a load of cutlery falling in slow motion."
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