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& Music - News 6th - 20th February 2001 - E: kensington@myvillage.co.uk |
| Moby
performing at the Nobel Peace Prize |
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Recording star MOBY, real name RICHARD
HALL who has always been outspoken about human rights issues, will
be appearing at the NOBEL PEACE PRIZE, which has been awarded to
KIM DAE JUNG, the South Korean president, in Oslo on December 11
(00).
The vegan star will be performing NATURAL BLUES, WHY DOES MY HEART
FEEL SO BAD and PORCELAIN.
Also amongst the artists appearing are BON JOVI, WESTLIFE AND NAT
KING COLE'S daughter NATALIE COLE.
MOBY'S PLAY is officially the year's (00) biggest selling album,
it has now gone quadruple platinum (sales in excess of 1.2 million).
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| UK's
First Lady of Drum & Bass takes on America |
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DJ RAP, the UKs leading female drum
& bass DJ, real name, CHARISSA SAVERIO, is currently wowing huge
audiences in America on her tour.
RAP who is infamous for the brief stint of topless glamour modelling
she did as a 14, year old rebel, is now label mates with the 'god
father' of drum & bass, GROOVERIDER, and widely recognised as a
talented DJ and recording artist.
Despite her experience RAP reckons she still encounters sexism from
male clubbers attempting to tell her what records to play, and attempt
to find fault with her techniques. She says, "There are top male
DJs out there who clang mix after mix. If I did that I'd beat myself
up for a month!"
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| Groove
Armada |
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London DJ/producers GROOVE ARMADA
aka TOM FINDLAY and ANDY CATO will end their year with a stunning
performance in a New York superclub.
The dance music duo who recently remixed MADONNA'S MUSIC single,
will finish their year by playing a 6 hour DJ set at New York's
legendary TWILO club on Saturday 30th December (00).
Other TWILO residents include JUNIOR VASQUEZ, SASHA & DIGWEED, DEEP
DISH AND TIMO MAAS.
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| Massive
Attack to collaborate with Damon Albarn |
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MASSIVE ATTACK's two remaining members:
3D and DADDY G alias ROBERT DEL NAJA and GRANT MARSHALL have been
busy recording their new album, the follow up to the platinum selling
MEZZANINE in locations from Barbados to Surrey.
BLUR singer DAMON ALBARN will be going into the studio with ROBERT
DEL NAJA to record a song he has written for HORACE ANDY. Del Naja
said, "When I mentioned the idea to Damon, he was really chuffed
to be writing for Horace." Damon and Del Naja previously worked
together on the track ONE DAY AT A TIME for the ORDINARY DECENT
CRIMINAL film soundtrack.
During their time at the RIDGE FARM STUDIO it is rumoured that the
band also worked on material with LUPINE HOWL, the new band featuring
ex-members of trendy rockers, SPIRITUALISED.
3D added, "With the amount of material we have for the new album,
it could go in a lot of directions. We want it to be different and
more exciting than the last album, but still carry the trademarks
forward."
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| Photek
Records are gold dust |
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The new single from world famous
drum & bass producer, PHOTEK, who recently surprised the music press
by recording house music, is rumoured to be amongst the most sought
after records in clubland at the moment
MINE TO GIVE, which will officially be released on February 5 (01)
is taken from his SOLARIS album. The original version of the single
sparked initial heat with a small amount of limited edition white
labels made available to a few selected DJs including: LAURENT GARNIER,
DANNY RAMPLING and GILLES PETERSON.
The track which features legendary house vocalist ROBERT OWENS has
now been given remixes from DAVID MORALES and SATOSHI TOMIIE. It
is already rumoured to be one of the most important dance records
for 2001.
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| Howie
B gets picked up by De La Guarda |
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Maverick Argentinean performance
artists DE LA GUARDA recently approached DJ/producer HOWIE B with
a view to securing his production talents for their new soundtrack
album.
After seeing their show in New York Howie proclaimed it "the freshest
f**king thing you've ever seen." He's due to begin work on it in
a couple of weeks time with the album to be released next year.
HOWIE B who owns his own label, PUSSYFOOT, DJ'd for U2 on their
POPMART tour and contributed to the soundtrack of the WIM WENDERS
film END OF VIOLENCE, he has also recorded for other labels including
Mo Wax and Polydor. (PBT/WN/-)
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| Propellerheads
back in the studio |
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The PROPELLERHEADS aka ALEX GIFFORD
and WILL WHITE are busy in the studio recording their new album.
Will has spent some time in New York with Alex and tracks have been
completed with vocalists KD LANG and RUFUS WAINWRIGHT.
The new album is said to take a more 'song based' musical direction
in contrast to the big beat of their last album DECKSANDRUMSANDROCKANDROLL.
The Bath duo who had a huge hit with their SHIRLEY BASSEY collaboration
HISTORY REPEATING will release their follow up album in early 2001.
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