The Honey Drippers

   
Artist: The Honey Drippers

   Genre(s): 
Rock
   

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Discography:


   
 Volume One

   Year: 1984   
Tracks: 5


   
 The Honeydrippers, Vol. 1

   Year: 1984   
Tracks: 5

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Franco Battiato

   
Artist: Franco Battiato

   Genre(s): 
Pop
   Rock: Pop-Rock
   Instrumental
   Ethnic
   Folk
   Rock
   Other
   

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Discography:


   
 Il Vuoto

   Year: 2007   
Tracks: 8


   
 Frequenze E Dissolvenze

   Year: 2007   
Tracks: 34


   
 Pollution

   Year: 2006   
Tracks: 7


   
 Un Soffio al Cuore di Natura Elettrica

   Year: 2005   
Tracks: 16


   
 The Platinum Collection cd3

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 18


   
 The Platinum Collection cd2

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 19


   
 Studio Collection

   Year: 2003   
Tracks: 31


   
 Ferro Battuto

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 10


   
 La Cura: Best of

   Year: 1999   
Tracks: 19


   
 Fleurs

   Year: 1999   
Tracks: 12


   
 Live Collection CD2

   Year: 1998   
Tracks: 14


   
 Live Collection CD1

   Year: 1998   
Tracks: 15


   
 Clic

   Year: 1998   
Tracks: 7


   
 L'imboscata

   Year: 1996   
Tracks: 10


   
 Caffe De La Paix

   Year: 1993   
Tracks: 8


   
 Gilgamesh

   Year: 1992   
Tracks: 24


   
 L'era Del Cinghiale Bianco

   Year: 1990   
Tracks: 7


   
 Giubbe Rosse

   Year: 1989   
Tracks: 16


   
 Fisiognomica

   Year: 1988   
Tracks: 8


   
 Genesis

   Year: 1987   
Tracks: 19


   
 Echoes of Sufi Dances

   Year: 1985   
Tracks: 9


   
 La Voce Del Padrone

   Year: 1981   
Tracks: 7


   
 Feed back (CD2)

   Year: 1976   
Tracks: 8


   
 Feed back (CD1)

   Year: 1976   
Tracks: 6


   
 Fetus

   Year: 1972   
Tracks: 8


   
 Patriots

   Year:    
Tracks: 7


   
 Orizzonti Perduti

   Year:    
Tracks: 8


   
 La Cura

   Year:    
Tracks: 19


   
 L'ombrello

   Year:    
Tracks: 9


   
 L'egitto Prima Delle Sabbie

   Year:    
Tracks: 2


   
 Gommalaca

   Year:    
Tracks: 10


   
 Fleurs 3

   Year:    
Tracks: 12


   
 Fisiognostica

   Year:    
Tracks: 8


   
 Campi Magnetici

   Year:    
Tracks: 8

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America's self-regarding vision of itself is such that artists world Health Organization are undisputed legends elsewhere are non seen to have made it if they have got no stateside success. That doesn't mean that they can't have an influence cosmopolitan, whether English-speaking or non, which is where longtime Italian wizard Franco Battiato comes into the moving picture. Avant-rocker Jim O'Rourke has named him as one of his favorites, Simple Minds' Jim Kerr has collaborated with him, piece an ever-expanding serial of reissues brought his early work to the attending of prog-psych fanatics around the world in the later '90s, regular as he pursues his current recording interests in other spheres.


Innate in 1945 in the small town of Jonio, Battiato's initial stabs into musical work in the sixties didn't go anyplace beyond a unmarried or 2, leaving his first real discover to occur in the early '70s when he began recording a series of albums for the underground label Bla Bla. Starting with Foetus in 1971 and last with L'Egitto Prima Delle Sabbie (Egypt Before the Sands) in 1978, he staked out his have claim in the high-ferment world of Italian prog rock. Musically complete if sometimes ailing recorded, and fearless to spoil in more than a small whimsy, these records covered the gamut from extreme experimentalism to more than song-focused efforts, the deuce almost noteworthy of which would be 1972's Pollution and 1973's Sulle Corde Di Aries (On the Ropes of Aries). Compared to other bands like Area and PFM, however, Battiato and his ring were cult figures more loved abroad than at home; performances in France and Germany as the chess opening pretend for Brian Eno and Nico pay a sense as to his invoke elsewhere. Battiato's oft exuberant appearance at this time make him something of an Italian Peter Gabriel, piece his lyrics eschewed then-fashionable Maoist/terrorist posing in favor of a deep merely humourous combination of Asian philosophies and literary reflection.


Shift labels to EMI's Italian branch, his fortunes in the Italian popular centre turned (besides in an unearthly line of latitude with Gabriel) in the '80s, specifically with 1981's La Voce del Padrone (The Voice of the Master). Embracing a more organise, synth-pop stylus -- not too surprising given that keyboards were constantly his primary musical musical instrument -- Battiato set up himself rewarded with an Italian smash up, enabling his star topology to rise up both at home and elsewhere in Europe. Since so, spell he has not specifically revisited his before style in broad, Battiato has continued to explore whatsoever number of musical styles and approaches in the present day. This includes a number of collaborations with orchestras and multimedia touring, notably including a visit with Virtuosi Italiani in 1993 to Baghdad to collaborate with Iraq's interior orchestra, as well as works commissioned by his native Sicily to celebrate that island's rich history. Something of an senior solon of Italian popular music as of the turn of the millennium, Battiato continues to phonograph recording and perform, following his muse wheresoever it leads him.

Da Juggernaut

   
Artist: Da Juggernaut

   Genre(s): 
Drum & Bass
   

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Discography:


   
 Absolute Evil CDS

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 1

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Iona

Discotronic

   
Artist: Discotronic

   Genre(s): 
Trance
   

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Discography:


   
 Tricky Disco

   Year: 2006   
Tracks: 4

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Ron Perlman cast in 'Bunraku'

Ron Perlman will play the bad guy in Snoot Entertainment's hybrid martial arts movie "Bunraku."

Simple Plan attack KISS for Download backstage ban

made their Download Festival debut tonight (June 13) as they headlined on the Tuborg Stage.

The pop punk five-piece whipped the crowd into a frenzy with an energetic show which saw their set lean heavily towards their recent self-titled third album.

With much of the festival descending on the Main Stage for Kiss, singer Pierre Bouvier was delighted with the small crowd that turned out to see the five-piece.

�Thank you for sticking around to see us especially with what�s going on over on the other stage,� he declared, before bassist David Desrosiers quipped: "We shouldn�t tell them what�s going on over there.�

Later in the set, the band also took a pop at the veteran rockers when Desrosiers complained about not being aloud backstage after the show.

�After the show we�re not allowed to go backstage over there,� he jibed. �But we don�t care because we�d rather be with you.�

�Hey man Gene Simmons is going to kick your ass,� Bouvier retorted before Desrosiers added: �Yeah and I�m going to film it and stick it on YouTube.�

As the band launched into �Addicted�, Bouvier, also started a call and response with the fans.

He later spotted a girl in the crowd and joked: �Are you having a good time up there on his shoulders? What�s that you want to have sex with me? Let�s do it up here onstage later.�

Throughout the set the band had the crowd moving as they were greeted with chants of �Simple Plan! Simple Plan! Simple Plan�.

Wrapping up the show, Bouvier strapped on an acoustic guitar for 'Perfect' as he performed the first part of the track alone before the rest of the band joined him at the end.

played:

'Take My Hand'
'Shut Up'
'Jump'
'When I'm Gone'
'Generation'
'Addicted'
'The End'
'Me Against The World'
'Your love Is A Lie'
'Say Goodbye'
'Welcome To My Life'
'Thank You'
'What If (I'd Do Anything)'
'Perfect'

Keep up with this weekend's (June 13-15) festival action as it happens on NME.COM. For news, pictures and blogs keep checking the NME.COM's Isle Of Wight Festival page and NME.COM's Download Festival page for live coverage from both sites.

Bernard Pretty Purdie

   
Artist: Bernard Pretty Purdie

   Genre(s): 
Soundtrack
   

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Discography:


   
 Super Funk Blaxploitation Lialeh

   Year: 1974   
Tracks: 7

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An all-time peachy soul, R&B, funk, and pop out drummer, Bernard Purdie's impeccable time and mastery of backbeats and grooves are famous. He stirred to New York from Maryland in 1960, and recorded with James Brown, King Curtis, and many others. He was CTI's business firm drummer in the late '60s and early '70s, and worked with Grover Washington, Jr. and George Benson among various others. Purdie toured with Curtis and Aretha Franklin in 1970, and was Franklin's music film director until 1975. During his studio apartment days in the early '70s, Purdie recorded with Louis Armstrong and Gato Barbieri along with numerous rock-and-roll, pop, and individual roger Sessions. He recorded with Dizzy Gillespie in 1980 at the Montreux Jazz Festival and toured with him in 1983. Purdie recorded with Hank Crawford during the early '80s, and has continued working steady into the '90s. He generated a firestorm of reaction in 1993 when he aerated it was his uncredited drumming instead than Ringo Starr's on some Beatles tracks. Purdie claimed proof was forthcoming, but none was presented. He made a rare engagement as a drawing card for Flying Dutchman in 1972, Pretty Purdie, that has prospicient since disappeared. But Purdie can be heard on multitudinous discs by Brown, Franklin, Curtis, Gillespie, and Crawford among many others.





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A new craze takes summer music festivals by storm: Peace and quiet

It is being hailed as the sound of summer 2008 but you might be forgiven for not having heard it. For this year the nation's festivals, clubs and concert venues are about to reverberate to a growing craze – the sound of silence.

This is not the kind of quietude that sent Paul Simon spiralling into a long, dark night of the soul, but instead, or so its fans say, it is a liberating and utterly joyful experience, though, to be fair, it is not entirely decibel-free.

The growing fashion for noiseless entertainment will reach its apotheosis at the Glastonbury festival later this month, where some 2,500 revellers will cram into the Silent World stage to party the night away to a series of DJs, bands and even chill out to the occasional speaker.

It follows the success of the Silent Disco movement in which dancers don a pair of radio-controlled headphones as they fling themselves around the floor for a few hours of shared, personal entertainment.

To add to the fun disco-goers may tune in to one of two music channels, creating the delicious sight of half an audience head banging to some heavy rock while the other half gets down to some cheesy disco.

Malcolm Haynes, co-ordinator of the Dance Village at this year's Glastonbury festival said the runaway success of last year's Silent Disco there convinced organisers to take the concept to a new level. Appearing alongside the likes of DJ Yoda will be bands including Alabama 3 and Malakai, while the former drug dealer Howard Marks will regale the crowds with tales from his colourful past.

"This is the first time that anything on this scale has been attempted at a UK festival or any other type of venue," Mr Haynes said. "As soon as you put on the headphones you are part of this incredible world. You feel as if the band or the person is playing or speaking directly to you – the sound is so dynamic, it really is an amazing experience."

To ensure that there really is nothing to hear above the singer's unamplified voice, musicians will be banned from playing acoustic instruments.

The Silent Disco concept, which is owned by a group of Dutch entrepreneurs, originally found favour at the festival as organisers sought to lay on entertainment through the night while still affording those already partied out, a decent night's sleep. This year Silent World will be strutting its stuff each night from 6pm until 7am. And the concept will not be confined to the West Country. A silent disco will be staged each night on the Riverside Terrace of the Royal Festival Hall in London next week as part of the Meltdown Festival curated by Massive Attack.

Meanwhile, more than 1,000 silent revellers will be joining the fun at the Download Festival at Donington Park, Leicestershire, at an event staged by the Welsh impresarios Silent Arena.

Kieran Russ, a co-founder of the company, said he had been touring British universities and playing to sell-out crowds. He has also helped introduce the phenomena to Estonia, where it was proving a major hit.

"It is the friendliest atmosphere you will ever be in," he added. "We have never had a single fight. Everyone dances really extravagantly – it as if they are dancing in their bedroom. When you take the headphones off you can have a normal conversation but when you listen to what everyone else is up to it is extremely funny with everyone singing away completely out of tune and out of time."

Nick Stevenson, news editor of Mixmag, added: "It is novel and something a little bit exciting and you don't know how it will work or whether it will be any good or not. It is also a very good way of getting round this country's ridiculous laws on playing music late at night."

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Ashanti's Bloody Online Promotion Sparks Anti-Violence Protest In L.A.

It's been a good four years since we heard from Ashanti. And like any artist hoping to get their career back on track after a poorly selling album — in her case, 2004's Concrete Rose — the Grammy-winning Inc. star needed to make some serious noise to announce her return with the recently released album, The Declaration.

But the blood-splattered video for her single "The Way That I Love You," and a related e-card that features fake news reports about a crime spree allegedly inspired by the revenge-minded clip, sparked a protest on Tuesday (June 10) in Los Angeles that called for the promotional stunt to be taken down.

The music video for the song implies that a spurned lover, played by Ashanti, exacts revenge on her cheating boyfriend by stabbing him to death, and the clip features images of blood-spattered walls, images that are repeated in an e-card promotion linked to from the official Ashanti homepage.

Visitors to the controversial site are greeted by a fake news headline from the UCN, the Universal Crime Network, which reports that, "police are investigating a recent wave of violence in New Jersey. The police commissioner has hinted that there may be a tie between the recent attacks and the music video for Universal/Motown recording artist Ashanti's single 'The Way That I Love You.' "

A fake news story on the site ends with the warning that police fear the prime suspect in the alleged string of killings, Victoria Jackson, "may be planning to open a big can of whoop-ass. Authorities have already expressed apprehension at the pending release of Ashanti's album, The Declaration, on June 3rd, fearful that the power of the album will lead to more violence. Only time will tell."

Less than 30 seconds after the site loads, a large knife, dripping with blood, carves out a box at the top of the page, and a menu pops up that lets users send a "Gotchagram" e-card/video to a friend or enemy. After putting in your name, the name of your friend and their "crime," a menu titled "Your Victim's Crime" drops down with such options as "sleeping around," "suspected sleeping around," "playing you like a fool" and "breaking your heart." The next drop-down menu, for "Weapon of Choice," features options such as "boot," "knife," "can," "sledgehammer," "rolling pin" and "guillotine." A glamorous shot of Ashanti in a tight gold mini-dress accompanies the "Gotchagram" box.

Once the information is input, users can click on a box to the left that launches a customized UCN news report featuring their information, including the victim's name splattered in blood on a wall, the weapon of choice, the sender's name in a fake newspaper headline and a reference to their home state. The clip ends with a plug for the album and a cartoonish voice reading the caveat, "Ashanti and Universal Music Group do not encourage or condone violence of any kind. This is for parody purposes only."

More than two dozen concerned parents and religious leaders gathered outside the Universal/Motown offices Tuesday afternoon in Los Angeles to mount a protest against the promotion, according to organizer Najee Ali. Led by civil-rights organization Project Islamic Hope and its leader, Ali, the group condemned the video and its message of using violence to settle disputes.

"There are a lot of outraged parents who feel that the type of message and imagery that promotes violence as a tool for solving domestic relation problems is inappropriate," Ali said. "Universal should recognize that they have corporate responsibility for promoting their artists and material that they want us to purchase."

Ali said he blames Ashanti and her label for the video and added that he felt it was a "career mistake" to attach herself to this type of imagery.

One of the other organizers of the protest, former radio veteran and BET staffer Paul Porter of the nonpartisan media justice think tank Industry Ears, said the video came to his attention on Monday, and he immediately called Ali. "I questioned not only the content of the video, but also why Universal/Motown would support this effort," Porter said. "The real shock is that Ashanti is squeaky-clean ... and the song has nothing to do with murdering someone, so the video is definitely constructed for shock value, and we feel there's enough violence in our inner cities without you picking your weapon of choice."

A statement released Tuesday through Ashanti's personal publicist, Michelle Huff, explained that "the Web site that Mr. Porter is referring to is not controlled by Ashanti nor is it her creative work. We respect what Mr. Porter is working to accomplish with his organization. But it is important to point out that Ashanti's history of creative expression does not glorify violence at all."

Huff said Ashanti did not come up with the Gotchagram concept — which debuted online more than two months ago — but that she supported the label's marketing concept. The video was intended to be a "Saturday Night Live"-style parody, Huff said, and while she reported that "95 percent" of the comments Ashanti has gotten so far have been positive, the singer plans to speak to her label in light of the controversy about possibly taking it down.

Porter said he sees the Gotchagram video as a blatant attention-grabbing stunt meant to shock and boost Ashanti's first-week sales numbers, a tactic he called "creative laziness" on the part of the artist and her label and one he predicted would not work. Porter and Ali are calling for Universal/Motown to pull down the video and the UNC site and issue an apology. The pair are planning another protest next week in New York.

In an interview with SOHH.com in February, Ashanti endorsed the violent imagery in the video. "It matches incredibly with the record," she told the site. "It's very cinematic as opposed to a regular music video. I found out my man is cheating on me, and cut to the story, you find him in a bloody tub." The message is simple, Ashanti told the site: "Don't cheat."






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Kim Cattrall: 'Children Should Not Watch Sex And The City'

Kim Cattrall has urged women not to let their children watch Sex And The City, because the content is not suitable for youngsters.

Cattrall's comments comes after 15-year-old teen sensation Miley Cyrus admitted to being a fan of the HBO series, and the 51-year-old is disturbed to hear that some parents have been letting their young daughters watch Sex and the City: The Movie.

Cattrall, who plays maneater Samantha Jones, insists the age restrictions are there for a reason, as the material in the film and TV show is too racy for youngsters.

She says: "This is not a show made for an eight-year-old, they don't need to know about this stuff... I want to say to women, this is not for all women.

"It's adult entertainment - it's an R-rated film."

And the actress admits that the only time she has vetoed a script was during the TV series, when writers created a storyline that involved her character taking tips on fellatio from a 13-year-old girl.

She adds: "I thought, no, stop - this would never happen unless a woman was insane. And I think that's the only time in the film and TV series that I said, I'm so sorry, but I can't make that work.' And they re-wrote it."

Guardian Lounge lineup revealed

The lineup for the Guardian's intimate Lounge tent at this year's Glastonbury festival has been confirmed today, with Kasabian, Estelle and Los Campesinos! all set to make an appearance.

The lounge, which will this year have an intimate "old mansion" theme, is set to host DJ sets from Hercules and the Love Affair and Guilty Pleasures. There will also be performances from Glastonbury stalwart Billy Bragg, Swedish pop star Annie, and Helsinki, the new side project from Babyshambles' bassist Drew McConnell. As with last year, the Guardian Lounge can be located on the path between the Pyramid Stage and the John Peel Stage.

Highlights of performances from the Guardian Lounge and interviews with the artists will be available on www.guardian.co.uk/music/festivals/glastonbury2008, where you can also find live coverage from festival including reviews, blogs and pictures.

The full lineup is as follows:

Friday 27 June

19:30 Estelle, 18:30 DJs X-Press 2 (Balearic Set), 18:00 Lightspeed Champion, 17:00 DJ-set Hercules & Love Affair, 16:30 Annie, 15:30 DJs Guilty Pleasures, 15:00 Das Pop, 14:00 DJs Horsemeat Disco, 13:30 Magic Wands, 12:00 The Golden Silvers, 11:30 DJ Matty J, 11:00 Kathy Diamond (Acoustic set), 08:00 DJ Toby Tobias

Saturday 28 June

19:30 Newton Faulkner, 18:30 Futureboogie, 18:00 Los Campesinos!, 17:00 DJs Futureboogie, 16:30 Young Knives, 15:30 DJ Ross Allen, 13:30 Billy Bragg, 12:30 DJs Lou & Nova, 12:00 Martina Topley Bird, 11:30 DJ Matty J, 11:00 Arthur Delany, 08:00 DJ Toby Tobias

Sunday 29 June

19:30 The Wombats & Special Guest, 18:30 DJs Lou & Nova, 18:00 British Sea Power, 17:00 DJ Trojan Sound System, 16:30 Helsinki, 15:30 DJ Trojan Sound System, 15:00 The Duke Spirit, 14:00 DJs The Heavenly Jukebox, 13:30 Lykke Li, 12:30 DJs The Heavenly Jukebox, 12:00 The Corrections, 11:30 DJs Lou & Nova, 11:00 George Demure, 08:00 DJ Toby Tobias


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