The conclusion is here! Watch part IV of Kerli’s interview series where you can finally find out the story behind “Love is Dead.” Kerli explains why she wrote the song and how its meaning has evolved over time. She’ll also tell you why she can’t watch the news. Stay tuned for a sample of the song at the end of the clip. In case you missed parts 1-3, check out the clips below.
Part 1: Musical Influences
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-13Cwcyan_g
Part 2: On Estonia
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkAzfMQwsiI
Part 3: Goals with the New Album
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVWwjxLBZyQ
Part 4: Story Behind “Love is Dead”
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNd1JqLfbso
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WatchMojo NewsletterMurk’s Oscar G. to release his debut original artist CD INNOV8 on legendary NYC House label Nervous Records.
Nervous Records
Release Date: April 22, 2008
www.nervousnyc.com
www.myspace.com/nervousrecords
www.myspace.com/djoscarg
www.djoscarg.net
Full digital press kits available on: www.rephlektorink.com/kits/innov8.zip
On April 22, legendary NYC underground house label Nervous Records will release Oscar G’s first-ever original artist CD, INNOV8.
As one-half of landmark Miami-based Murk (along with partner Ralph Falcon), Oscar G. is known as one of the most versatile talents in all of dance music. Over the years, he’s produced some of dance music’s all-time biggest hits while also fashioning a style all his own as a DJ. With DJing and producing holding an equal level of importance in defining Oscar’s talent, he created an artist CD that perfectly reflects both sides of the story. INNOV8 is an album of all original material that Oscar G personally wrote, but also arranged, mixed and programmed as a DJ set. It’s a spectacular mix of original song segments, loops, samples, edits, effects and mixed grooves created from the eight original songs featured on the album.
“I feel like dance music is better represented when it is served by a DJ, so this album is an attempt to showcase my original material while also wearing a DJ hat to put it together for the listener. Each track on this album is there not only because I feel it is strong enough as a song, but also because it serves a purpose in the overall DJ mix that binds the album,” Oscar G says.
Musically, INNOV8 reflects Oscar G’s dark side. It feels like a trip through a steamy jungle where the sweat just pours out and the heat never lets up. While there is definitely a tropical/ tribal vibe to the programming, it’s much different than anything you’ve ever heard from Oscar. Many tracks are minimal in nature and it requires complete attention to take in the experience that INNOV8 will provide to the listener. It’s not just about creating eight house tracks. This is about creating a story through house music filled with the up and down emotions of a DJ set.
The release of INNOV8 strengthens an alliance between two of the most influential names in modern electronic club music, Oscar G and Nervous Records. Launched in 1991 by Michael Weiss, Nervous Records has built its reputation through a willingness to take chances on new sounds and new producers. Nervous was the first American label to sign and release tracks from some of dance music’s most respected names. Oscar G’s 2007 mix CD/DVD release Nervous Nitelife: Space Miami was a huge success for both the label and artist with Nervous Nitelife branded events taking off across the country. Critically, the hard work has not gone unnoticed as DJ Times is set to profile the resurgent Oscar G. on the cover of its March issue.
INNOV8 is released April 22, 2008 on Nervous Records. Please check below for Tracklisting and Oscar G’s complete WMC event schedule
îTracklisting:
“Angel”
“Pimp”
“Danceflow”
“You”
“Miami”
“Chunky”
“Lookin”‘
“Crunchy Haze”
“Anxious”
Check out this track from Barry Adamson, former member of Nick Cave’s Bad Seeds and Magazine. It’s called “Spend A Little Time,” it’s from his new record Back To The Cat, and it’s great!
MP3 - www.centralcontrol.co.uk/media/audio/Spend A Little Time.mp3
Barry Adamson
Back to the Cat
(Central Control, April 22)
“Delivered with a bravura that makes it work a treat”
The Independent
A chaotic jazz-funk shuffle . . . brass-backed, sixties-style soul . . . breezy country-and-western . . . swampy Southern States blues –
[Adamson’s] new songs shone brightest”
The Times of London
Somewhere between Dan the Automater, Ennio Morricone, and Leonard Cohen, lies Barry Adamson. Over a wide-ranging career as a film composer, a founding member of both Magazine and Nick Cave’s Bad Seeds, and a solo artist, his music has continuously looked to the future. However, Back to the Cat, Adamson’s 7th record, finds him looking to the past, gaining inspiration from some of his favorite artists from the past 50 years.
Not that Adamson is aping anyone on this record; you can hear strains of Elvis or Jacques Brel, but it remains unmistakably Barry Adamson. Just one track, “Shadow Of Death Hotel,” manages to seamlessly stitch together the sounds of a guitar and flute from a ’70s funk song, Jackie Mittoo’s keyboards, the horn section from the Mike Hammer theme, and some Butch-Vig-ish fuzzed out guitars. By the next track, he’s on to channeling Al Green. Other touchstones include Curtis Mayfield, Leonard Cohen, Serge Gainsbourg, and more.
Barry premiered this album in full at the recent London Jazz Festival (the least “jazz” thing there, by far), headlining two sold-out nights at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. The album went over amazingly. Barry Adamson will be in New York City and available for press from February 28th to March 2nd.
M83 ANNOUNCES US TOUR
NEW ALBUM “SATURDAYS = YOUTH” OUT 4/15/08
DIGITAL SINGLE “COULEURS” OUT 2/26/08
Tue 5/20 - Los Angeles @ Echoplex
Wed 5/21 - San Francisco @ Great American Music Hall
Fri 5/23 - Portland, OR@ Doug Fir Lounge
Sat 5/24 - Vancouver @ Richards on Richards
Sun 5/25 - Seattle @ Neumos
Wed 5/28 - Minneapolis @ Triple Rock Club
Thu 5/29 - Chicago @ Empty Bottle
Fri 5/30 - Toronto @ The Mod Club
Sat 5/31 - Montreal @ Cabaret Music Hall
Mon 6/2 - Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Downstairs
Tue 6/3 - Brooklyn @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Wed 6/4 - NYC @ Bowery Ballroom
Fri 6/6 - Philadelphia @ First Unitarian Church
Sat 6/7 - Washington, DC @ Black Cat
M83 returns to North America! The French artist, Anthony Gonzalez, embarks on a North American tour this spring in support of his brand new album “Saturdays = Youth” which will be released April 15th on Mute. The first single from the album “Couleurs” will be released digitally February 26th and includes an exclusive remix by Jori Hulkkonen.
The live setup for this tour includes Gonzalez on vocals, guitars and keyboards, Loic Maurin on Drums, Pierre-Marie Maulini on bass and guitar and featured album vocalist Morgan Kibby (of LA-based band The Romanovs) on vocals and keyboards.
“I’m really thrilled about going back to North America!” says Gonzalez. “I have so many good memories of my previous tours there –craziness everywhere. This time, we’ve got a new vocalist, Morgan Kibby, and new musicians, and I expect the “Saturdays=Youth” tour will be even more fun than my previous US tours!”
“Saturdays = Youth,” is M83’s most explicit celebration yet of how it feels to be dazed, confused and 15 years old. Main influences for the album are English bands such as Tears For Fears and Cocteau Twins, as well as classic John Hughes teen movies. To realize his vision for the album, Gonzalez enlisted the help of producers Ken Thomas and Ewan Pearson. Thomas, known for his work with Sigur Ros, Sugarcubes, Cocteau Twins, Suede and Clinic cut his teeth on outré acts such as Psychic TV and Alien Sex Fiend more than 20 years ago. Berlin-based British dance producer Ewan Pearson, who has worked with Tracey Thorn, The Rapture, and Ladytron, came on board to give this album it’s smooth, modern edge.
M83’s last US tour – in support of the 2005 release “Before The Dawn Heals Us” – included appearances at the 2005 Coachella, Lollapalooza, and Austin City Limits festivals.
Coleurs (streaming audio)
http://mute.edgeboss.net/real/mute/m83/couleurs_160k.ram
http://mute.edgeboss.net/wmedia/mute/m83/couleurs_160k.wax
For more info check out
http://www.ilovem83.com
http://www.myspace.com/m83
http://www.mute.com
Acclaimed Southern California heavy fusioneers COSMOSQUAD,
featuring guitarist Jeff Kollman (GLENN HUGHES, MOGG/WAY), bassist Christopher
Maloney (DWEEZIL ZAPPA, HARDLINE), and drummer Shane Gaalaas (B’Z, DIESEL MACHINE),
have announced their first ever Japanese shows. The band will be playing a pair of double headers (showtime: 7pm and 9pm) in Osaka and Tokyo and also appear at the Musicians Institute in Tokyo (open to students only!). A Los Angeles area show has been booked for April 4 at the Baked Potato in North Hollywood. Exact dates and venues are as follows:
March 12 - Live Square 2nd Line, Osaka, Japan
March 14 - Shibuya Duo Music Exchange, Tokyo, Japan
March 15 - Musicians Institute, Tokyo, Japan
April 4 - Baked Potato, North Hollywood, CA
In other news, Kollman will be officially unveiling his new instrumental 70’s funk/rock/fusion venture THE BOMBASTIC MEATBATS, also featuring fellow Glenn Hughes alumni Chad Smith (RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS) on drums and Ed Roth on keyboards, along with bassist Kevin Chown, with two shows at the Baked Potato (showtimes are 9pm and
11pm) on Saturday, March 1. The MEATBATS are scheduled to head to Japan for a tour in late April where they will be playing the following dates:
April 21 - Live House enn, Sendai (Doors: 19:00 / Show Time: 19:30)
http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~enn/
April 22 - STB139, Tokyo (Doors: 18:30 / Show Time: 19:30) http://stb139.co.jp/
April 24 - Bottom Line, Nagoya (Doors: 18:30 / Show Time: 19:30)
http://www.bottomline.co.jp/
April 25 - Bigcat, Osaka (Doors: 18:30 / Show Time: 19:30)
http://www.arm-live.com/bigcat/
April 26 - Crazymama Kingdom, Okayama (Doors: 18:00 / Show Time: 19:00)
http://www.yumebanchi.jp/
April 27 - Gate’s 7, Fukuoka (Doors: 17:00 / Show Time: 18:00)
http://www.gates7.com/
The group’s upcoming 11-song debut CD is finished and mastered. Recorded analog and
live in the studio in a mere two days, the disc was co-produced by Jono Brown. Songs
include ‘Need Strange’, ‘Battle For Ventura Blvd’, ‘Night Sweats’, ‘Big Feet’, ‘Lola’, and ‘Roller Girl.’ Footage of the MEATBALLS’ inaugural live performance at this year’s NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA can be viewed here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RugsUPyayWs
3/13 Thurs Atlanta - Opera
3/14 Fri New York - Roseland Ballroom
3/28 Fri Miami, FL - Club Space (WMC)
3/29 Sat Miami, FL - ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL (main stage)
5/15 Thurs Charlotte, NC - The Forum
5/16 Fri Dallas, TX - Lizard Lounge
5/18 Sun Toronto, ON - Koolhaus
World-renowned DJ Paul van Dyk announces new US dates – including two headline performances at the 2008 Winter Music Conference in Miami; Friday 3/29/08 at Club Space and Saturday 3/29 at the Ultra Music Festival (main stage).
Van Dyk released his fifth artist album “In Between” on Mute in August 2007. . The album features a wide range of collaborations including David Byrne of the Talking Heads, Jessica Sutta of the Pussycat Dolls, Ashley Tomberlin from Luminary, Alex M.O.R.P.H, Lo Fi Sugar, Rea Garvey of Reamonn, Ryan Merchant and Wayne Jackson.
Last year also saw van Dyk come into his own as a coveted remixer. His remixing talents are featured on tracks such as Britney Spears’ “Gimme More”, Depeche
Mode’s “Martyr” and Justin Timberlake’s “What Goes Around…Comes Around.”
A tireless performer van Dyk’s touring schedule takes him around the globe more than 16 times a year –playing sold out shows to international audiences. His previous artist album “Reflections” was nominated for a Grammy (Best Dance/Electronic Album, 2005).
Check out the newly revamped PVD website here: www.paulvandyk.com
Paul van Dyk - Let Go (feat. Rea Garvey)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOoPMclabt4
Paul van Dyk - White Lies (feat. Jessica Sutta)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tgf5jScNzA&feature=user
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