Artist: Santos
Genre(s):
Breakbeat
Discography:
Abrasive Album Sampler Vinyl
Year: 2004
Tracks: 3
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Monday 30 June 2008
Teedra Moses, Keke Wyatt, and Lil Jon's Record Label Sells for 6 Million
New York-based record label TVT Records, home to R&B singers Teedra Moses, Keke Wyatt, Lumidee, producer Lil Jon, and a house full of rappers, has been sold to digital music company The Orchard for $6 million.
Recently TVT Records sparked fears of a complete closure after the label layed-off staff and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in February (08).
Under the terms of the purchase, The Orchard will take control of TVT's catalogue and artist contracts.
According to Contactmusic, The Orchard bosses have denied claims they are already on the look out to sign new artists, fuelling reports the firm will focus instead on looking after the disgruntled musicians already on the roster. Rapper Pitbull accused TVT bosses of not doing enough to promote his album The Boatlift earlier this year - and urged his fans not to purchase the LP.
The company was founded by Steve Gottlieb, who launched the label out of his New York City apartment in 1985. At its height, TVT was considered one of the top independent record labels in the United States.
The deal is expected to close next month.
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Wednesday 25 June 2008
Giorgio Moroder
Artist: Giorgio Moroder
Genre(s):
Soundtrack
Dance
Dance: Pop
disco
Discography:
Over The Top
Year: 1990
Tracks: 10
Flashdance (Motion Picture)
Year: 1983
Tracks: 10
Cat People
Year: 1982
Tracks: 10
Midnight Express
Year: 1978
Tracks: 8
From Here To Eternity
Year: 1977
Tracks: 8
Knights In White Satin
Year: 1976
Tracks: 6
E=MC2 / The Best
Year:
Tracks: 16
One of the principal architects of the disco sound, manufacturer and composer Giorgio Moroder was born in Ortisei, Italy, on April 26, 1940. Upon relocating to Munich, Germany, he conventional his possess studio, Musicland, and recorded his debut single "Looky, Looky" in 1969; his first LP, Son of My Father, was released in early 1972. Around that time Moroder was introduced to fellow wishful instrumentalist Pete Bellotte, with whom he formed a production partnership; in collaboration with isaac Merrit Singer Donna Summer, the duo was to get unitary of the most powerful forces in '70s-era dance music, their success beginning with the discharge of 1974's Gentlewoman of the Night. Summer's Love to Love You Baby followed in 1975; the title trail, clocking in at conclude to 17 transactions in length, was an international smash, its shimmering sound and animal posture much copied in the age to come after.
At their mid-'70s acme, Moroder, Bellotte, and Summer were inordinately prolific, releasing newfangled albums roughly once every six-spot months. Concept records like 1976's A Love Trilogy and IV Seasons of Love culminated with the acquittance of 1977's I Remember Yesterday, a tripper through clip which climaxed with the smash "I Feel Love." With its galloping bass parentage and futurist, computerized luster, the individual was among the watershed hits of the disco music earned run average, and helped prompt Summer to new extrusion as the regnant diva of the dancefloor.
In 1978, Moroder made his initial foray into film music, victorious an Academy Award for his score to Alan Parker's Midnight Express. Summer's double-LP Bad Girls followed in 1979, becoming a massive hit and spawning such chart-topping singles as "Hot Stuff" and the title cut. After one final studio LP, 1980's The Wanderer, the Moroder/Bellotte/Summer team disbanded, and the disco epoch began draftsmanship to a conclude.
In the other '80s, Moroder focussed in the main on films; after producing the soundtracks for pictures including American Gigolo and Cat People, he off to 1983's Flashdance, earning his second base Oscar for the hit "Flashdance...What a Feeling," performed by Irene Cara. In 1984, Moroder courted disputation from film purists for his modern-day electro-pop scotch to the restored departure of Fritz Lang's silent-era masterpiece Metropolis. After contributive to the soundtrack of the 1986 hit Whirligig Gun, he off progressively away from dance music to stress on stone, producing the album Flaunt It, the debut from the heavily hyped British flash in the pan Sigue Sigue Sputnik. In the long time to accompany, Moroder kept a low profile on the pop charts, although he remained a fixture on film soundtracks. In the 1990s, he as well off to remixing, debuting with a reworking of Eurythmics' "Sweet-flavored Dreams (Ar Made of This)" and expiration on to rig material from Heaven 17 and others.
Wednesday 18 June 2008
Rock: 'South African Killings Down To Poverty'
Comedian Chris Rock has condemned reports blaming a wave of killings in South Africa on racist violence - insisting they are motivated by poverty. More than 60 people have been killed and 100,000 foreigners forced from their homes in a series of unprovoked attacks by South Africans who accuse them of taking jobs and being responsible for the rise in crime. But the funnyman is adamant the murders are ultimately the result of a lack of wealth. He says, "It's broke-on-broke violence. It's broke people robbing each other. That's the sad thing."
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Monday 16 June 2008
Missy Elliott hosting a summer 'Block Party'
Hopes to release delayed album in August
NEW YORK -- Missy Elliott is eyeing an August release for her next studio album, "Block Party," on which she's presently putting the finishing touches. The oft-delayed set, which was originally slated for May, features production from Souldiggaz, Danjahandz, Pharrell, T-Pain, Pointguard and Timbaland.
Tracks on the album include the Jazmine Sullivan-assisted "Like When You Play the Music"; the drum-heavy "Hip-Hop Don't Die"; the sensual "Milk & Cookies," on which Elliott lightheartedly harmonizes about her capabilities in the bedroom; and "Best Best," the set's first single. A video for "Best Best" is in the works.
Elliott said she chose the album title "because there are a lot of dance joints on there. It's one of those albums you can play out in the streets."
"This album is probably more musical and melodic than my previous ones," she said. "A lot of my albums are really hip-hop-driven, with tinges of other music genres. But this album is hip-hop, with a sort of U.K. hip-hop sound to it."
Timbaland remains one of Elliott's major collaborators, and the artist admits "it's deeper than this music industry thing" for she and the veteran producer.
"There's a chemistry between us that will never leave. Like Janet (Jackson) and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Like Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones -- that kind of chemistry," she said. "Not to say it can't work if you get with someone else. But, just because a producer's hot, it doesn't mean it'll automatically work."
"People always ask if we're still working together, and the answer is we will always work together," Elliott said. "He's always going to be involved, even if it is just on one record. That's my brother. I respect and honor what he says."
NEW YORK -- Missy Elliott is eyeing an August release for her next studio album, "Block Party," on which she's presently putting the finishing touches. The oft-delayed set, which was originally slated for May, features production from Souldiggaz, Danjahandz, Pharrell, T-Pain, Pointguard and Timbaland.
Tracks on the album include the Jazmine Sullivan-assisted "Like When You Play the Music"; the drum-heavy "Hip-Hop Don't Die"; the sensual "Milk & Cookies," on which Elliott lightheartedly harmonizes about her capabilities in the bedroom; and "Best Best," the set's first single. A video for "Best Best" is in the works.
Elliott said she chose the album title "because there are a lot of dance joints on there. It's one of those albums you can play out in the streets."
"This album is probably more musical and melodic than my previous ones," she said. "A lot of my albums are really hip-hop-driven, with tinges of other music genres. But this album is hip-hop, with a sort of U.K. hip-hop sound to it."
Timbaland remains one of Elliott's major collaborators, and the artist admits "it's deeper than this music industry thing" for she and the veteran producer.
"There's a chemistry between us that will never leave. Like Janet (Jackson) and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Like Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones -- that kind of chemistry," she said. "Not to say it can't work if you get with someone else. But, just because a producer's hot, it doesn't mean it'll automatically work."
"People always ask if we're still working together, and the answer is we will always work together," Elliott said. "He's always going to be involved, even if it is just on one record. That's my brother. I respect and honor what he says."
Ali Akbar Khan and Mahapurush Misra
Artist: Ali Akbar Khan and Mahapurush Misra
Genre(s):
Other
Discography:
Morning and Evening Ragas
Year: 1966
Tracks: 2
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