Posts tagged "music"
  1. Notes: 1 / 2 years ago 
    Alan McGee on – Damien C Wilde Sometimes you need to rip it up, get uncomfortable, and start again to make it. Parisian singer-songwriter, Damien C Wilde left London and his band, and exiled himself to the sunny climes of California and Australia in order to perfect his songwriting craft. His return from pop exile to Paris resulted in the fascinating Avalon EP. You could read formalist references from the infamous and incestuous Versailles music scene of Daft Punk, Air, and Phoenix, but you would be wrong. Damien Wilde is far more than a retread of his own pop contemporaries. Produced by Jean Michel Gonnard (Phoenix, Cassius) it evokes a time frame and reference of music in the early 70s France, where musicians were pushing their own borders and the subsequent collision of David Bowie, glam, Scott Walker, psychedelia and their own illustrious musical past. Avalon can easily sit with the classics of that particular age such as: Michel Polnareff’s 1971 self titled epic, Jean Claude Vannier’s “L’Enfant Assassin des Mouches, and Alain Goraguer’s score to Fantastic Planet. The three track EP is excellent. ‘Ecstasy in a CastleField’ are one of many highlights on Avalon. ‘Seafarer’ echoes the remnants of a drugged up daydream morning, where rock stars were inspired by aliens, impressionistic paintings and Coleridge. Damien Wilde’s vocals are epic, re-enacting high drama within the grooves, until it becomes the epitome of cool. The vocals encapsulates the easy genius of the bygone era where the singer was king and the stamp of personality is sung and woven into the song. Alan

    Alan McGee on – Damien C Wilde

    Sometimes you need to rip it up, get uncomfortable, and start again to make it. Parisian singer-songwriter, Damien C Wilde left London and his band, and exiled himself to the sunny climes of California and Australia in order to perfect his songwriting craft. His return from pop exile to Paris resulted in the fascinating Avalon EP. You could read formalist references from the infamous and incestuous Versailles music scene of Daft Punk, Air, and Phoenix, but you would be wrong. Damien Wilde is far more than a retread of his own pop contemporaries. Produced by Jean Michel Gonnard (Phoenix, Cassius) it evokes a time frame and reference of music in the early 70s France, where musicians were pushing their own borders and the subsequent collision of David Bowie, glam, Scott Walker, psychedelia and their own illustrious musical past. Avalon can easily sit with the classics of that particular age such as: Michel Polnareff’s 1971 self titled epic, Jean Claude Vannier’s “L’Enfant Assassin des Mouches, and Alain Goraguer’s score to Fantastic Planet. The three track EP is excellent. ‘Ecstasy in a CastleField’ are one of many highlights on Avalon. ‘Seafarer’ echoes the remnants of a drugged up daydream morning, where rock stars were inspired by aliens, impressionistic paintings and Coleridge. Damien Wilde’s vocals are epic, re-enacting high drama within the grooves, until it becomes the epitome of cool. The vocals encapsulates the easy genius of the bygone era where the singer was king and the stamp of personality is sung and woven into the song.

    Alan

     
  2. 2 years ago 
    This week’s Top 10 tracks from The Hoosiers! Hi guys The time has come again..! Here’s the Top 10 tracks that The Hoosiers are listening to this week! Enjoy 1. Love you better – The Maccabees2. Dreams – Fleetwood mac3. Tonights the night – Jack penate4. Superman – The flaming lips5. Knotty pine – Dirty projectors and David byrne6. Agrophobia – Deerhunter7. Men’s needs – The cribs8. I’m on fire – Bruce Springsteen9. Useful daily expressions – Japanese for busy people, disk A.10. I told her on alderaan – Neon neon. Maxcast Team

    This week’s Top 10 tracks from The Hoosiers!

    Hi guys

    The time has come again..! Here’s the Top 10 tracks that The Hoosiers are listening to this week!

    Enjoy

    1. Love you better – The Maccabees
    2. Dreams – Fleetwood mac
    3. Tonights the night – Jack penate
    4. Superman – The flaming lips
    5. Knotty pine – Dirty projectors and David byrne
    6. Agrophobia – Deerhunter
    7. Men’s needs – The cribs
    8. I’m on fire – Bruce Springsteen
    9. Useful daily expressions – Japanese for busy people, disk A.
    10. I told her on alderaan – Neon neon.

    Maxcast Team

     
  3. 2 years ago 
    Del – Character Assassination Some fantastic records were torn to shreds upon initial release (U2 – The Unforgettable Fire, Kraftwerk – Electric Cafe , The Cult – Love). It’s a good rule that the best and worst reviews should cancel each other out. What about when a review borders on slander ? Given the viral nature of the internet, and the incestuous world of grudges, this could be as simple as a blogger writing an untruth that becomes a matter of national gossip. Character Assassination EP (Itunes 3/09) was inspired by an attack on a good friend. The concept for the song evolved into a discussion about how close to ruin we are, no matter how grand we think life is; most of what keeps us happy is often just an illusion. It is also a comment on the abuse media and its manipulation. On a personal level, we all do things that aren’t ok morally within society but OK in our private lives. Thanks to the Internet and twitter, that necessary world of privacy is close to destruction… Its tough to be a deviant these days. Click here to watch the video that my collaborators Embryoroom did for Character Assassination; My favorite song on this EP, Harmony Park, can be streamed here. http://delmarquis.com/pepsimax1 It was an anemic demo until the live drums were recorded…once inspired by that I added most of the electric guitar in the mix-room on a flawless Gretsch (I exclaimed, “this tone IS Soundgarden !”) The experience taught me to never discount a song, which can come together in the last moment. DelX P.S. – I’ve designing some guitar strap with an as-yet unnamed company, the prototypes should be back in October…so excited. Photo of my templates to the right along with an older strap I fashioned from a vintage belt.

    Del – Character Assassination

    Some fantastic records were torn to shreds upon initial release (U2 – The Unforgettable Fire, Kraftwerk – Electric Cafe , The Cult – Love).

    It’s a good rule that the best and worst reviews should cancel each other out. What about when a review borders on slander ? Given the viral nature of the internet, and the incestuous world of grudges, this could be as simple as a blogger writing an untruth that becomes a matter of national gossip.

    Character Assassination EP (Itunes 3/09) was inspired by an attack on a good friend. The concept for the song evolved into a discussion about how close to ruin we are, no matter how grand we think life is; most of what keeps us happy is often just an illusion. It is also a comment on the abuse media and its manipulation.

    On a personal level, we all do things that aren’t ok morally within society but OK in our private lives. Thanks to the Internet and twitter, that necessary world of privacy is close to destruction… Its tough to be a deviant these days.

    Click here to watch the video that my collaborators Embryoroom did for Character Assassination;

    My favorite song on this EP, Harmony Park, can be streamed here.

    http://delmarquis.com/pepsimax1

    It was an anemic demo until the live drums were recorded…once inspired by that I added most of the electric guitar in the mix-room on a flawless Gretsch (I exclaimed, “this tone IS Soundgarden !”) The experience taught me to never discount a song, which can come together in the last moment.

    Del
    X

    P.S. – I’ve designing some guitar strap with an as-yet unnamed company, the prototypes should be back in October…so excited. Photo of my templates to the right along with an older strap I fashioned from a vintage belt.

     
  4. 2 years ago 

    THE HOOSIERS WEEK 3 – IRWIN AND AL DISCOVER NEW SOUNDS…

    It’s week 3 of The Hoosiers time! Al and Martin discuss Al’s new sound, but is Martin convinced? He doesn’t sound it… Meanwhile, Irwin introduces his new “Irwin’s Vocal Booth”, and his own sound… on the small guitar

    Enjoy

    Maxcast Team

  5. 2 years ago 
    Tom Clarke on his smashed car & Oasis… Hey there Pepsi Maxcasters! So an eventful week I have had indeed… I managed to skid off the A90 in my brand new TVR! I was driving in the outside lane and before I knew it I’d wrapped the car around lamppost! Just look at the state of it! It’s all ok though, it’s in the garage now and should be back on the road in no time and I walked away without a scratch. Lucky. So the lesson here kids is : be safe and drive carefully in your TVR’s ;) Gutted about Oasis btw. Can’t actually believe they’ve split up. It always seemed to be something that was on the cards and that ever present threat kept their fans on their toes but I still never imagined it to actually happen- It’s so final. So with this in mind I have been blasting “Live Forever” (Ironic as that was what was playing when I crashed my car!) Tom

    Tom Clarke on his smashed car & Oasis…

    Hey there Pepsi Maxcasters!

    So an eventful week I have had indeed… I managed to skid off the A90 in my brand new TVR! I was driving in the outside lane and before I knew it I’d wrapped the car around lamppost! Just look at the state of it! It’s all ok though, it’s in the garage now and should be back on the road in no time and I walked away without a scratch. Lucky. So the lesson here kids is : be safe and drive carefully in your TVR’s ;)

    Gutted about Oasis btw. Can’t actually believe they’ve split up. It always seemed to be something that was on the cards and that ever present threat kept their fans on their toes but I still never imagined it to actually happen- It’s so final. So with this in mind I have been blasting “Live Forever” (Ironic as that was what was playing when I crashed my car!)

    Tom

     
  6. 2 years ago 

    Hey guys!

    We have a very cool video for you this Friday - the second instalment from The Hoosiers. This week, Irwin decides to drink Pepsi Max from a mug (as you do, right??), before performing a nice version of “Worried About Ray” on his small guitar.

    Does he always Pepsi Max before he sings? Have they given up on a life of Tractoring after all? Is Martin still alive? I couldn’t tell you the answers to any of these questions…

    Enjoy!

    Maxcast Team

  7. Notes: 4 / 2 years ago 
    Ok guys, the second Maxcast promotion is here! We’re offering you and 2 mates the chance to come to the Hoosiers studio, meet the band, and listen exclusively to the Final Mix-down of their new album! You’ll be the first to hear it… apart from Irwin, Alphonso and Martin (and maybe a few producers…). All we’re asking is that you share your best moments - Max It Moments - by giving us the story behind an amazing experience shared with your friends, and uploading a picture, or sending a video URL. The band will choose the best, and you’ll win this amazing opportunity. Travel, Hotel, we’ll sort it all out for you… Enter your best moments by clicking here! Get entering! This promotion will close on 11.59pm, Friday 4th September. Good luck! Maxcast Team P.S. The prize will be around Christmas, but as the album isn’t finished yet - this will be confirmed later P.P.S Terms and conditions are here

    Ok guys, the second Maxcast promotion is here!

    We’re offering you and 2 mates the chance to come to the Hoosiers studio, meet the band, and listen exclusively to the Final Mix-down of their new album! You’ll be the first to hear it… apart from Irwin, Alphonso and Martin (and maybe a few producers…).

    All we’re asking is that you share your best moments - Max It Moments - by giving us the story behind an amazing experience shared with your friends, and uploading a picture, or sending a video URL. The band will choose the best, and you’ll win this amazing opportunity. Travel, Hotel, we’ll sort it all out for you…

    Enter your best moments by clicking here!

    Get entering! This promotion will close on 11.59pm, Friday 4th September. Good luck!

    Maxcast Team
    P.S. The prize will be around Christmas, but as the album isn’t finished yet - this will be confirmed later
    P.P.S Terms and conditions are here

     
  8. Notes: 1 / 2 years ago 
    Kurt Vile Kurt Vile has demanded the impossible with his debut album ‘Childish Prodigy’. His sound encapsulates a diverse musical spectrum including the FM heartland rock territory of Bob Dylan; the spacey kraut rock of Can; the psychedelic rock of The Stones and the American primitive tradition of John Fahey. Remarkably, the end result still resoundingly sounds like Kurt Vile. And although ‘Childish Prodigy’ is Vile’s debut album it has a maturity about it, due mainly because it has been years in the making with CDRs. The immediacy of do-it-yourself CDR music culture has paid off for Vile, allowing him to emerge from the underground to produce the most propulsive, stone-cold classic album of the year. First track ‘Hunchback’ is a stone groove, as Vile summons up as much sneer as possible, and exorcises it with a heaviest-of-the-heavy solid rock action guitar attack. I am still stuck on the gentle ‘Blackberry Song’. A great title which immediately makes you think about technology, but as Vile sings a dusty blues ballad to a girl, you get it – he is current and timeless. ‘He’s Alright’ is a blunt look at childhood nostalgia and the subsequent struggle to find meaning in life. Juxtaposing refrains of ‘I Don’t Care’ and ‘He’s Alright’, Vile paints a unique picture of confusion (not heard since Kurt Cobain). ‘Childish Prodigy’ demonstrates that Vile is able to transpose entire archetypes of music. So much so that you believe his songs have been the soundtrack to your life for a long time. Alan

    Kurt Vile

    Kurt Vile has demanded the impossible with his debut album ‘Childish Prodigy’. His sound encapsulates a diverse musical spectrum including the FM heartland rock territory of Bob Dylan; the spacey kraut rock of Can; the psychedelic rock of The Stones and the American primitive tradition of John Fahey. Remarkably, the end result still resoundingly sounds like Kurt Vile.

    And although ‘Childish Prodigy’ is Vile’s debut album it has a maturity about it, due mainly because it has been years in the making with CDRs. The immediacy of do-it-yourself CDR music culture has paid off for Vile, allowing him to emerge from the underground to produce the most propulsive, stone-cold classic album of the year. First track ‘Hunchback’ is a stone groove, as Vile summons up as much sneer as possible, and exorcises it with a heaviest-of-the-heavy solid rock action guitar attack. I am still stuck on the gentle ‘Blackberry Song’. A great title which immediately makes you think about technology, but as Vile sings a dusty blues ballad to a girl, you get it – he is current and timeless. ‘He’s Alright’ is a blunt look at childhood nostalgia and the subsequent struggle to find meaning in life. Juxtaposing refrains of ‘I Don’t Care’ and ‘He’s Alright’, Vile paints a unique picture of confusion (not heard since Kurt Cobain). ‘Childish Prodigy’ demonstrates that Vile is able to transpose entire archetypes of music. So much so that you believe his songs have been the soundtrack to your life for a long time.

    Alan

     
  9. 2 years ago 
    Mr Hudson joins Maxcast! We’re pleased to announce the full line up is complete! Mr Hudson has now joined the artists on Maxcast… He doesn’t take much introduction, but here’s one anyway! Mr. Hudson is an alternative pop artist based in London (UK) who first caught the eye and ear of the public when he performed the track “Too Late, Too Late” on the BBC music television show ‘Later…with Jools Holland’. Mr Hudson’s debut LP (titled – ‘a tale of two cities’) was released in 2007 to strong reviews and received national airplay on Jo Whiley and Zane Lowe’s Radio 1 shows. Following the release of the album, Mr. Hudson toured with Paolo Nutini, Amy Winehouse, & supported The Police in Cardiff before headlining on his own tour.Mr Hudson is presently working on his sophomore album, which will be produced by the 10-time Grammy award-winning producer & singer, Kanye West.Mr Hudson supported Kanye West on the 2008 ‘Glow in the Dark’ UK & Ireland Tour. More to come from Mr Hudson over the next few weeks, and possibly something today… thanks! Maxcast Team

    Mr Hudson joins Maxcast!

    We’re pleased to announce the full line up is complete! Mr Hudson has now joined the artists on Maxcast…

    He doesn’t take much introduction, but here’s one anyway!

    Mr. Hudson is an alternative pop artist based in London (UK) who first caught the eye and ear of the public when he performed the track “Too Late, Too Late” on the BBC music television show ‘Later…with Jools Holland’. Mr Hudson’s debut LP (titled – ‘a tale of two cities’) was released in 2007 to strong reviews and received national airplay on Jo Whiley and Zane Lowe’s Radio 1 shows. Following the release of the album, Mr. Hudson toured with Paolo Nutini, Amy Winehouse, & supported The Police in Cardiff before headlining on his own tour.
    Mr Hudson is presently working on his sophomore album, which will be produced by the 10-time Grammy award-winning producer & singer, Kanye West.
    Mr Hudson supported Kanye West on the 2008 ‘Glow in the Dark’ UK & Ireland Tour.

    More to come from Mr Hudson over the next few weeks, and possibly something today…

    thanks!

    Maxcast Team

     
  10. 2 years ago 
    Introduction… Del Marquis I’ve never kept a blog before. I don’t twitter, and I’m sh*te at keeping up my personal web pages; Myspace, Facebook, etc. Too much information, too much being shared and not enough mystery. If I truly knew the artists who made the music I loved, I would probably love it less. I’ve met some heroes in my short pop career, but mostly I prefer to know them by the songs they sing, and not by their up-close faces, offstage drama or everyday realness. But here goes… I have spent the past year cultivating a project that is very close to my heart, and for that reason it is impossible not to take things personally. The low blows are especially low and the highs, thrilling. In Scissor Sisters, I can keep things at a distance, my offstage personality is a world away from my everyday one. Creating a stage personae was organic, the person onstage is still very much me, but someone who would otherwise be too bold in everyday life to fit in, you are allowed so much more liberties as a performer, and it is an amazing rush. So now that I have to get people up to date on what I’ve been doing , solo-wise, it’s important for me to make the distinction between these two musical beings. My output as a solo artist is through an independent label set up by my friends and I (Embryoroom). There isn’t one element that isn’t handled personally to completion by our small group of three people; artwork, video, production, and to a degree management and promotion. Why contribute more audio noise to an already saturated world ? Cause this project is goddamn important and needs to be heard, that’s why. More soon. XDel

    Introduction… Del Marquis

    I’ve never kept a blog before. I don’t twitter, and I’m sh*te at keeping up my personal web pages; Myspace, Facebook, etc. Too much information, too much being shared and not enough mystery. If I truly knew the artists who made the music I loved, I would probably love it less. I’ve met some heroes in my short pop career, but mostly I prefer to know them by the songs they sing, and not by their up-close faces, offstage drama or everyday realness.

    But here goes…

    I have spent the past year cultivating a project that is very close to my heart, and for that reason it is impossible not to take things personally. The low blows are especially low and the highs, thrilling.

    In Scissor Sisters, I can keep things at a distance, my offstage personality is a world away from my everyday one. Creating a stage personae was organic, the person onstage is still very much me, but someone who would otherwise be too bold in everyday life to fit in, you are allowed so much more liberties as a performer, and it is an amazing rush.

    So now that I have to get people up to date on what I’ve been doing , solo-wise, it’s important for me to make the distinction between these two musical beings. My output as a solo artist is through an independent label set up by my friends and I (Embryoroom). There isn’t one element that isn’t handled personally to completion by our small group of three people; artwork, video, production, and to a degree management and promotion.

    Why contribute more audio noise to an already saturated world ? Cause this project is goddamn important and needs to be heard, that’s why.

    More soon.

    X
    Del

     
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