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Various online posts and blogs from the band stress the importance that they place in local record shops, and this was something we chatted about for a while. Rod simply felt that the concept of the 'album’ is dying out fast, and that the internet holds a great responsibility for this. A way that both the band (with Post Electric Blues) and Rod on his solo album (A Sentimental Education) have tried to address this issue, is by offering fans the opportunity to have their name in the album sleeve once they pre-order the record. In theory, Rod thought this would bring music fans back to the days when they would 'anticipate’ the release of an album, because they had a level of commitment towards it. Rod also commented that the impact of the internet these days meant that looking for good music is like looking for a 'needle in a hayfield, rather than a haystack that it used to be like’.Having flirted with considerable levels of fame around the release of 'The Remote Part’ in 2002 (entering the charts at #3 behind the Chili Peppers and Oasis), the non-rock music fan was exposed to their music chiefly through top ten single 'You Held The World In Your Arms’ making an appearance on the soundtrack to FIFA 2003 Since 'Hope Is Important’ was released 12 years ago, an album that Rod 'cringes’ when he listens to now, the band have matured quite drastically from being a youthful outfit with a punk feel, to one that still knows how to thrash out a rock song, whilst producing the poetic and atmospheric number too Rod compared the relationship between himself and Roddy (vocalist) to a 'marriage’, which, together with new band members in the past few years (Allan Stewart-guitar, Gareth Russell-bass), was the reasoning behind the more collective song writing process on the recent record 'It’s quicker to write a song for your solo album, but it takes longer to be happy with it,this (solo) record took me 2 years to write’ Despite this, Rod revealed that he’d love to get another 2 solo albums out within the year.
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'Think of a Number' has featured on Best Of Myspace and the track has received national airplay on Vic Galloway's BBC Radio 1 Introducing show, Dan Hegarty's show on RTE 2FM and Eddy Temple-Morris' Remix show on XFM. Album track 'Ten 2 One' was played by John Kennedy on his X-Posure show on XFM last week.'Rap music that will appeal to jazz junkies, funk fans and hip-hop headz alike.' - The Skinny'One of the most thoughtful and entertaining acts of the Scottish hip hop scene" - The List. |
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The same could be said of French club culture; there is something about Paris that captures the imagination of the rest of Europe – when there is a hot party going on in the capital we want to know all about it.'So, Happy In Paris?’ is that event, the playfully named and highly successful international club night held at the famous Queens club. It is the place that is currently attracting the young, beautiful people of Paris and is spearheaded by the city’s most glamorous DJ and producer Michael Canitrot, a talented, good looking, well connected, ambitious 27 year old. If you are a Paris music-lover and socialite, this really is the place to be.'So, Happy In Paris?' is a musical party concept which was started in 2000, it is the epitome of Parisian's glam and chic It’s an all inclusive invitation for the people to join our party' Michael Canitrot. |
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Parisian DJ and songwriter Mademoiselle Caro has been a key resident DJ at the legendary Rex Club in Paris for over 8 years. She grew up playing Joy Division and Bauhaus records in Perpignan, before meeting Franck in a small local club in 2006 and deciding to write a new single. "Franck told me I should definitely have a new song or something to do with my DJing - it was our first single, 'Far Away', she explains. "It was our first song together, and my first song too." With Ivan Smagghe an early supporter and Damian Lazarus' label Crosstown Rebels signing it, it was only one more step for the duo to move to Ben Watt's Buzzin' Fly for a fully fledged album.While Caro cut her teeth on the underground, Franck Garcia found early success within the mainstream. "In Paris during the nineties I wrote a lot of pop arrangements for people. It was difficult for me because I had a lot of success in 1998, but it didn't feel like me - it was just me and a friend messing around. I left Paris in search of something new and real,' he states. Back home he discovered the young Caro breaking tracks on the Perpignan underground club scene.Distilling the downbeat but defiant dancefloor essence of their debut, 'Left' condenses their sound into sparkling, four-minute pop vignettes "I think the electronic structure in the new album have disappeared a little," agrees Franck, "It's more pop, more organic, also more acoustic - but always with a dense groove". |
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'Remember Me: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack’ is released on April 19 through Atlantic Records. The musical companion to the upcoming Summit/ E1 Entertainment romantic drama (staring Robert Pattison, Emilie De Ravin and Pierce Brosnan) gathers together a stunning collection of tracks from the likes of Sigur Ros, The Sea and The cake, Luscious Jackson, and Sparklehorse. The highly anticipated film opens across the UK on April 2.Tyler (Robert Pattinson) is a rebellious young man living in New York City who has lost his way ever since a family tragedy After meeting kindred spirit Ally (Emilie de Ravin) through an unusual twist of fate, life begins to look much better but the circumstances that brought them together threatens to tear them apart. |
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