Spiritualized

   
Artist: Spiritualized

   Genre(s): 
Alternative
   Trance: Psychedelic
   Indie
   

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Discography:


   
 The Complete Works, Volume Two (CD 2)

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 13


   
 The Complete Works, Volume Two (CD 1)

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 13


   
 The Complete Works, Volume One (CD 2)

   Year: 2003   
Tracks: 11


   
 The Complete Works, Volume One (CD 1)

   Year: 2003   
Tracks: 13


   
 Amazing Grace

   Year: 2003   
Tracks: 11


   
 Let It Come Down

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 11


   
 Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

   Year: 1997   
Tracks: 12


   
 Lazer Guided Melodies

   Year: 1992   
Tracks: 12


   
 Laser Guided Melodies

   Year: 1992   
Tracks: 12

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Formed from the ashes of the trance-rockers Spacemen 3, singer/guitarist Jason Pierce's group Spiritualized did not break in away from his prior band's earmark hypnotic minimalism; alternatively, they perfected it. Drawing on the continued influence of the Velvet Underground, La Monte Young, and Steve Reich, Spiritualized staked out a coarse ground between minimalism and succulent symphonics -- part powered by simple, insistent motifs, their songs at the same time blossomed into deep, shimmering transonic panoramas elysian by the olympian studio genius of Phil Spector and Brian Wilson. Such apparent contradictions were substantive to the group's interpersonal chemistry: spell the ill-famed Spacemen 3 tag of "pickings drugs to make medicine to take drugs to" remained a cornerstone of their craft, at the same time Spiritualized's identical distinguish acknowledged the creation of early forces, further reflected in their heavy debt to gospel and somebody music as well as an chemical attraction for mantras and devotional hymns.


Although Spiritualized fully emerged after the acrimonious detachment of Spacemen 3, in truth the band's roots extended back to the band's last LP, 1990's Revenant. A Spacemen 3 album in distinguish only, Recurring was rent equally 'tween independently recorded work from Pierce and alienated pardner Pete "Sonic Boom" Kember; as a termination, patch Kember's side presaged his eventual work with Spectrum, Pierce's half, recorded with nearly of the musicians world Health Organization would later contain Spiritualized (including guitarist Mark Refoy, bassist Willie B. Carruthers, and drummer Jon Mattock), predated the orchestral drones that became the band's authentication. The get-go true Spiritualized unmarried, a dramatic reading of the Troggs' "At any rate That You Want Me," was the final nail in the casket -- reportedly, Kember was so indignant by the Spacemen 3 logo which appeared on the disc's jacket that he disbanded the mathematical group for good.


In 1991, Spiritualized returned with a string of EPs -- Feel So Sad, Run/I Want You, and Smile/Sway -- earlier their long-awaited debut, Lazer Guided Melodies, last appeared the following year. The consummate, blissed-out result of Pierce's obsessive studio fine-tuning and endless remixing, the album was promoted by the band's slot on the high profile Rollercoaster duty tour, where they appeared with the Jesus and Mary Chain and Curve. An excellent limited edition live document, Fucked Up Inside, followed in 1993, trailed by another EP, Electric Mainline, later in the year.


In 1995, Spiritualized -- now a trine consisting of Pierce, keyboardist/guitarist Kate Radley, and bassist Sean Cook -- issued Pure Phase, a foolhardy, dumb production which boasted dissever mixes from each stereoscopic picture channel. With 1997's Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space, Pierce intentionally jettisoned many of the band's usual points of exit, including drones, tremolos, and phase tones; recorded with new drummer Damon Reece, it featured a cameo show from fabled New Orleans pianist Dr. John on one track, patch Memphis studio legend Jim Dickinson appeared on another. Other guests included the Balanescu Quartet (as well featured on Virginal Phase), the Greater London Gospel Community Choir, and Spring Heel Jack. The two-disc Royal Albert Hall October 10 1997 live album followed in previous 1998.


The following year, Pierce gutted Spiritualized's card, sacking Cook, Reece, and Mike Mooney, world Health Organization formed Lupine Howl soon after their pink slip; Radley apparently left before long after she married Verve frontman and solo creative person Richard Ashcroft. Only saxophonist Ray Dickaty and sometime keyboardist Thighpaulsandra (aka Tim Lewis) remained in the band. Pierce began writing and transcription material for the next Spiritualized album at George Martin's Air Studios and recruited percussionist Tom Edwards, bassist Martin Shallards, Echoboy drummer Kev Bales, and guitarist Dogan, from Julian Cope's band, for the sessions. The newfangled album, Let It Come Down, which featured an fifty-fifty lusher, more involved legal than Ladies and Gentlemen, was released in mid-2001. The follow-up, 2003's Amazing Grace, was more of a back-to-basics record.

Joss Stone's Company is �412k in The Red

British singer Joss Stone's company is in the red -- after she paid herself a whopping �2.2million ($4.4m) salary last year.

The 'You Had Me' hitmaker, who currently lives in Hollywood, saw her company, Joss Ltd, plunge �412,295 ($814k) into the red, according to accounts filed with Companies House.

Joss, 21, hasn't had a Top 10 hit since 2004, so her record company will be putting pressure on her to produce a new album.

A source tells Britain's Daily Mirror, "Joss bought a house last year, so a large chunk of money went on that. But she needs to rein in her spending before she gets in trouble."

Another of Joss' companies, Joss ROW Touring, ended the year �210,050 in the red and Joss Publishing Ltd lost �62,588.

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Serge Santiago

   
Artist: Serge Santiago

   Genre(s): 
Dance
   

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Discography:


   
 Gold Ep

   Year:    
Tracks: 2

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Marquess

Radcliffe to play war photographer

'Harry Potter' star Daniel Radcliffe is to play the late British war photographer Daniel Eldon in a new biopic.
The Guardian Unlimited website says that Radcliffe was chosen over Hollywood stars to play the lead role in the film 'Journey'.
Twenty-two-year-old Eldon was stoned to death by a mob in Mogadishu in July 1993.
Filming is expected to begin later this year.

Lily Allen - Lily Allen Close To Finishing Second Album

LILY ALLEN is reportedly close to completing her long-awaited second album.

The songstress, who also presents her own chat show for BBC3, LILY ALLEN AND FRIENDS and is rumoured to be working on a sketch show with JAMES CORDEN from GAVIN AND STACEY, has been hard at work in the studio and told reporters that she is almost finished.

Speaking to the Sunday Mirror, she said: "I've worked so hard. My next album is nearly finished. I'm on a two-week break and then I'm starting a massive promotional tour."

Lily, who is currently at the Cannes Film Festival where her father KEITH ALLEN is showing his documentary about Princess Diana, added that she is not sure when she will get a holiday next so is making the most of this break.

Recently two of the songs from Lily's new album were debuted on her MySpace page – I COULD SAY and I DON'T KNOW.

Meanwhile, the SMILE singer was recently caught by photographers as she posed topless on the beach in Cannes.

However, she remained unfazed, telling Bang Media International that she has nothing to be ashamed of.



19/05/2008 13:52:06

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M.O.S.K.W.A.

   
Artist: M.O.S.K.W.A.

   Genre(s): 
Industrial
   

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Discography:


   
 E=idm2

   Year: 2005   
Tracks: 18

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Klee

Centinex

   
Artist: Centinex

   Genre(s): 
Other
   

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Discography:


   
 Decadence - Prophecies Of Cosmic Chaos

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 9

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Although less expressive than Scandinavian scene giants like At the Gates or In Flames (maybe they also should have adopted a preposition), Centinex ar among the oldest death metal bands to issue from Sweden, having formed as early as 1990 but not real attaining significant life history momentum until many long time later. Starting with 1991's The End of Life demo, Centinex's semi-original line up of vocalist Mattias Lamppu, guitarists Andreas Evaldsson and Kenneth Wiklund, bassist Martin Schulman and drummer Joakim Gustavsson recorded a identification number of main sessions which were oddly only released in cassette form. These included ‘92's Subconscious Lobotomy L.P., ‘93's Under The Blackened Sky E.P., ‘94's Transcend the Dark Chaos E.P. and, after a few years of inaction, ‘96's Malleus Maleficarum, which capped this roiled coming of years by compilation rare and unreleased tracks. Centinex entered a new phase of their vocation with 1997's Reflections and its straightaway successor Reborn through and through Flames of a year later, both of which, scorn requiring the use of a drum simple machine (oddly credited on both albums as Kalimaa), power saw a far more than confident and mature band eventually sexual climax to grips with their position in the local scene -- that beingness a typically aggressive, but silent melodious Scandinavian death metal sound in the At the Gates nervure. A major personnel office reshuffling began pickings space over the course of action of 1999's Bloodhunt E.P. and 2000's Hellbrigade album, so that by the time they released 2002's Diabolical Desolation vocaliser Jonas Jansson, guitarists Jonas Kjellgren and Jonas Ahlberg and drummer Kennet Englund had coupled the ever-present Martin Schulman in the Centinex quintet.

New movie deal for wrestling stars

World Wrestling Entertainment has inked a first-look deal with 20th Century Fox, which will allow the movie giant the right to distribute films starring WWE stars.
From 2009, WWE Films plans to release one new movie in cinemas and four straight-to-DVD annually.
The first film under the new deal will be '12 Rounds', which will star wrestler John Cena and will be released in 2009.
Production on '12 Rounds' begins in New Orleans in March.
WWE wants to make films across all genres that will appeal to a broader audience.

Transformers Voted Best Film By MTV Viewers

Let the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and all of those film festivals hand out trophies for movies offering high drama and art. The folks who vote for the MTV Movie Awards appeared to have fun as their top criteria when they handed out their golden popcorn trophy Sunday night. They gave Transformers their top award for best film. Johnnie Depp accepted trophies for best comedic performance for Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End and for best villain for Sweeney Todd. Accepting the first award, Depp seemed as curious about it as anyone in the audience. "You can ask anybody," he said. "I'm not a very funny person. I'm not even remotely funny."


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Kanye West Blogs About Newly Leaked Videos For 'Flashing Lights'

Kanye West isn't one to do anything by half, and that's certainly the case with the video — make that the three videos — for "Flashing Lights."

After the first two videos for the song — which he had rejected — hit the 'Net this week, the MC wrote a post on his blog Thursday explaining his reasoning for rejecting the clips, lambasting the leakers and, er, some other stuff.

"I shot 3 vids for 'Flashing Lights' cuz I ain't like the first 2," he wrote. "I loved the 3rd one that I released with Spike [Jonze] and hit the world with that. I actually had Sam Speigal, Spike's brother and co-orchestrater of THE TOUR MUSIC, do a remix 2 the scary one 2 make the music fit. I planned 2 put it on a DVD later this year. No rants here just an explanation of why y'all getting those other vids rt now that I ain't approve and why I ain't finna post neither on my blog. So I hope whoever leaked them got the shine they was looking 4 cause that's all they'll get now. And I know that's incorrect english but that's how I talk when I want 2. Oh and I've just been 2 busy 2 get at the New York Times for all that his Ego BLAH BLAH BLAH bullsh-- so stay tuned. For fun, I want yall 2 read this whole post in the Grandma's Boy JP robot voice  LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Here's a look at all three videos.

Video #1

While it's not entirely clear what's going on in this clip, it seems that Kanye is invited to a dinner party at a spooky, European-looking house — and apparently the house is haunted and the MC finds himself in the middle of a murder mystery.

Video #2

The premise of this video is a bit clearer: A young woman gets wrapped up in the luxury, nightlife and flashing lights of New York City, but she is assaulted while staggering home from a night on the town and is left to fend for herself on the subway. The video cuts to Kanye looking on ominously, enshrouded in mist.

Final Version

This video, co-directed by 'Ye and Spike Jonze, has famously gone over a lot of people's heads. In it, we see a sexy temptress in the desert pull over her car, drop her fur coat to the ground and set it on fire. She walks back to her vehicle (wearing very little clothing), pops the trunk — and inside we see a bound-and-gagged Kanye. She then caresses West's face, reaches for a shovel and, out of view, begins to violently pummel the boastful rapper. The video abruptly cuts to black with only the words "Flashing Lights" written across the screen.

As video vixen Rita G, who plays the temptress, told MTV News: "It's whatever you want it to be."






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