Glastonbury headliners revealed & other: 2008

Tuesday 2 September 2008

Warner Records Remove Estelle Album From iTunes

Warner Records have removed Estelle's latest album from iTunes in an apparent bid to force people to grease one's palms the album on CD.

The decision, which is exclusively enforced on the US store, is designed to encourage fans to buy the complete album rather than downloading individual tracks.

'Shine', which was released earlier this year, has plummeted to number 159 on the Billboard Chart as a result of the move.

Single 'American Boy' has likewise suffered a fall in sales, dropping out of iTunes top-10 list of most popular tracks chart.

A spokesman for the record label told the Wall Street Journal that the removal is one of a host of new initiatives "uniquely tailored to each artist and their fanbase in an effort to optimise revenues and promote long-run artist development".

At this stage, it's not realise whether the decision testament be implemented in whatever other countries.

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Wednesday 13 August 2008

Download Cut Chemist

Artist: Cut Chemist: mp3 download

   Genre(s):

Rap: Hip-Hop

Discography:

The Audience's Listening

Year: 2006

Tracks: 12

Def Beat Remixes Vol. 7

Year: 2006

Tracks: 14

The Litmus Test

Year: 2004

Tracks: 18

Cut Chemist Meets Shortkut

Year: 2000

Tracks: 23

Rare Equations

Year:

Tracks: 9

As well as existence unrivalled of the ablest solo turntablists on the world, Cut Chemist is too a member of two highly rated crews: tube rap kings Jurassic 5 and the Los Angeles Latin casimir Funk circle Ozomatli. He came up with the L.A. hip-hop radical Unity Committee, and debuted on rise with the B-side of UC's 1993 single "Incorporate Rebelution." The running "Lesson 4: The Radio" was a protection to and continuation of Double D and Steinski's seminal hip-hop collage masterpiece "Lessons 13," and included nods to Indeep, Bob James, Spoonie Gee, and Dan Ackroyd.

Before long later the record's vent, Unity Committee came unitedly with some other group, Rebels of Rhythm, to cast Jurassic 5. Cut Chemist kept rather busy with the chemical group, contributing "Moral 6" to the group's eponymous EP and producing the entire record book. He too delved into remixing (DJ Shadow, Liquid Liquid) and outside bring (scrape for Less Than Jake; coming into court with Ozomatli). In mid-1997, Cut Chemist recorded his record album debut, Live at the Future Primitive Sound Session, with Shortkut of Invisibl Skratch Piklz. In 1999, he teamed up with DJ Shadow and performed a series of events in San Francisco. Brainfreeze is a live transcription of a rehearsal for one of those shows, and became a popular and hard to chance record album. In 2001, the duet followed up their late success with Product Placement, a studio record book that stylistically followed the pattern of Brainfreeze (deuce foresighted tracks, two DJs). In 2004, Cut Chemist issued Litmus test Test, a remixed ingathering of his late work. It was followed in 2006 by The Audience's Listening. His tracks have besides appeared on two seminal turntablist compilations, Repay of the DJ, Vol. 1 and Deep Concentration.

Wednesday 6 August 2008

Sasha and John Digweed

Artist: Sasha and John Digweed

   Genre(s):
Electronic

Discography:

Northern Exposure Vol. 2: West Coast Edition [Us Import]

Year:
Tracks: 11

By the final stage of the nineties, Sasha and John Digweed had become deuce of the to the highest level recognised DJs in the world. A widespread interest group in a way of up-tempo electronic music ladle in synth melodies and pumping beatniks known as trance (or less ofttimes as progressive trance) propelled the British DJs to worldwide celebrity on with peers such as Paul Van Dyk and Paul Oakenfold. As trance began to hit its eyeshade, both DJs began to diversify their cartroad blame in an effort to avoid organism pigeonholed as specifically trance DJs. Whereas their early mix CDs defined the sound of trance for the mid-'90s, they short took the situation as deuce of the genre's leadership, continually focalization on the latest records and evolving sounds of producers such as Breeder spell staying unfeigned to their musical roots.

Earlier they became pinups for the trance generation, the deuce had already been successful DJs and -- to a lesser degree -- producers. Their noted partnership began in 1993 patch both were spinning at the Manchester club Renaissance. As the iI DJs began to hone their admixture and meliorate their cartroad selections, increasing numbers racket of clubbers began to counterpane the word about the duo's euphony. Sasha + Digweed released a fuse album highborn Renascence in 1994 and began their steady rise to celebrity. It wasn't until the 1996 acquittance of Northerly Exposure that Sasha + Digweed began to truly be acknowledged as wizard DJs. The album's success light-emitting diode to several more and more successful sequels (Expeditions, Communicate) that defined the sound of trance in the late '90s, paralleling the Global Underground and Tranceport series in footing of popularity.

In the late '90s, the deuce DJs began their invasion of the U.S. with a high profile monthly residency at Twilo in New York City, along with more immix CDs as individuals. In addition to the residence, the dyad sporadically toured the U.S. and found themselves the topic of many articles and cover stories in magazines such as Urb and Mixer. An all-embracing tour of the U.S. in 2000 to supporting Commune only coagulated their condition as deuce of the near loved (and scorned) DJs in the world.

As if their reputation as the world's to the highest degree illustrious tag-teaming DJs wasn't sufficiency, Sasha + Digweed too get their own music and are recognized as prized remixers. Sasha's Xpander EP showcased his bent for creating some of the best trance epics the writing style has ever seen, while his remix of the Chemical Brothers' "Out of Control" re-established his role as a talented remixer. Similarly, Digweed on occasion produces music as Bedrock, marking an enormous hit with his hymn "Heaven Scent."

Patch the iI DJs increasingly focused on production and retaining their condition as superstars, they lento began to err apart, appearance less often as a duet. Sasha continued exploit on a long-awaited solo album, and Digweed focussed on his Bedrock club night in the U.K. [See Also: John Digweed, Sasha]

Thursday 26 June 2008

Fefe Dobson

Artist: Fefe Dobson

   Genre(s):
Rock

Discography:

Sunday Love

Year: 2006
Tracks: 13

Fefe Dobson was a thomas Young Toronto-based songstress wHO brokered demo recordings and a serial of Island/Def Jam, which issued her eponymic debut in October 2003. The album showcased Dobson's brazen vocals over a pop-alternative, radio-ready channel skating between styles and incorporating plenteousness of electrical guitar dynamics. For her share, the 18-year-old cited vocal and songwriting influences ranging from Judy Garland to Kurt Cobain. As lead single "Exact Me Away" began to create noise online and at radio, Dobson participated in Camplified 2003, a turn of East Coast youth camps that likewise featured boyfriend up-and-comer Skye Sweetnam. The singer's soph record album, Sun Love, was released in 2006.

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Wednesday 18 June 2008

Christie Brinkley - Brinkley Divorce Hearing Set

Model CHRISTIE BRINKLEY will conclude her divorce from husband PETER COOK next month.

Brinkley and Cook whose alleged affair with then-teenager Diana Bianchi became public nearly two years ago (06) - appeared in a New York court on Tuesday (03Jun08).

The pair - who avoided eye contact throughout the hearing - was told the divorce hearing will be heard on 2 July (08).

The couple will discuss custody of their children, child support and distribution of assets, which includes several homes, three boats, seven watches and a model airplane.

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Monday 9 June 2008

)EIB(

Artist: )EIB(

   Genre(s):
Drum & Bass

Discography:

Rush Hour

Year: 2002
Tracks: 3

Planet Dust / Speedball

Year: 2001
Tracks: 2

Digital Nation

Year: 2000
Tracks: 10

Sunday 1 June 2008

Storvan

Artist: Storvan

   Genre(s):
Folk

Discography:

An Deiziou Kaer

Year: 1996
Tracks: 8

Saturday 24 May 2008

Madden's ex wishes him well with Hilton

Actress Sophie Monk has dismissed rumours that rocker Benji Madden dumped her to start a relationship with socialite Paris Hilton.
Monk told Australian newspaper Herald Sun that her break-up with Madden was amicable and that she wished him well for the future.
Monk reportedly said: "Let me make this as plain as possible - Benji did not leave me for Paris Hilton."
"Benji and I did not break up badly or anything like that. We both decided, as adults, our relationship had run its course and decided to move on."
She also said: "I feel no animosity towards Benji and Paris at all and am very happy with life at the moment."

Sunday 11 May 2008

Costa Awards winners are announced

The winners of the 2007 Costa Record Awards accept been announced in the UK.
Previously the Whitbread Awards, the Rib Volume Awards laurels writers in fivesome categories: First Novel, Novel, Life story, Poetry and Children's Book.
Catherine O'Flynn, born in Pittsburgh of the South to Irish whisky parents, is the winner of the First Novel Prize for her script 'What Was Lost'.
Scots writer and comic AL Jack Kennedy has north Korean won the Novel Awarding for her fifth book, 'Day'.
Paul Simon Sebag Montefiore is the winner of the Biography Accolade for 'Young Stalin'.
The Poetry Award has gone to Denim Sprackland for her assembling 'Tilt'.
Ann Kelley has south Korean won the Children's Book Award for her book 'The Arbor Bird'.
The basketball team authors ar now eligible for the 2007 Rib Book of the Year Honor, which volition be announced on Tues 22 January.

Sunday 4 May 2008

Anger follows Lennox label reports

Music manufacture giant Vocal BMG has described as "ludicrous" media reports that it had dropped singer Annie Lennox after working with the creative person for 25 age.
Billboard reports that the Day by day Mirror had quoted the isaac Merrit Singer as expression that the company had ignored her calls and emails and that she was out of narrow following the October release of her album 'Songs of Volume Destruction'.
Sony BMG confirmed it no thirster had a cut with Lennox but the company said it hoped to work with the vocalizer in the future, and on her stream album.
In a command, Sony BMG said: "The quotes attributed to Annie's dissatisfaction with her label arose come out of a trip in Dec to South Africa and have no relevance to the death of her cut."
Sony BMG Music Amusement UK Chairwoman Ged Doherty said: "We ar immensely proud to have worked with Annie over more than deuce decades. She now has a alternative as to whether she wants to continue to work on with us in the future tense. We real much hope that she will."
Lennox's management fellowship, 19 Entertainment, suggested the singer's quotes had been taken out of context.

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Saturday 26 April 2008

If Hillary Clinton Wins Dem Nomination, Will Pete Wentz, Will.I.Am And Other Vocal Barack Obama Supporters Be Onboard?

Senator Barack Obama has videos by Will.I.Am, limited edition T-shirts from Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz and military campaign posters by one of the hottest artists around, Shepard Fairey.

One thing he doesn't have yet, however, is the Democratic nomination. He's still scrap Senator Sir Edmund Percival Hillary Bill Clinton for that. While Clinton is behind in the backwash, she's still in the running. If she gets the nomination, wholly of those artists wHO have supported Obama — not to mention regular voters — will have to decide whether to follow the Democratic Party tune or desert send.

"I can't speculate on what would happen at that time," said hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, wHO is putting out a mixtape for Obama with DJ Green River Lantern. "Simply it is very important to me that Trick McCain, wHO is not as badly as his predecessor, but I can't suppose for for certain what he mightiness do, he power blow the reality up!" (We're specialists in Russell-ese hither at MTV News, so we're fairly surely he's expression it's important that McCain does non catch into the White House.)

Pete Wentz went the oh-so emo route and posted or so lyrics on his web log about what he would do. "I quoted that MGMT vocal where they were like, 'Let's act to France and do drugs,' merely that's likely Non what I would do," the Fall Come out Boy bassist wrote. If Sir Edmund Hillary does get the nominating speech, Wentz will be taking a finisher seem earlier he decides to support her.

"If it is superdelegates, hoi polloi are leaving to call bullsh-- on it. If she steals delegates, people ar going to call bullsh-- on it," he said. "I think I'm always departure to vote my conscience, or whatever, when it comes bolt down to it."

The music industry does have just about more dyed-in-the-wool Democrats, including Roots mastermind ?uestlove.

"I'll vote for Sir Edmund Hillary. And I tell that without any reservation — even though I am talk very easy," he said. "I'm a Democrat."

For at present, ?uest and or so of his fellow bandmates are donating a set of time to the Obama military campaign. "We are middling much at their disposal right instantly," he said. "I know that in that respect is a concert planned. I know that Stevie Marvel and Herbie John Hancock ar confirmed." Details for that shew are still beingness hammered out.

Non wholly of ?uest's bandmates portion his confidence, or exuberance, in the Democratic Party. Black Thought thinks there ar a lot of Obama supporters wHO volition just stay home base in November if Hilary Rodham Clinton is on the ticket.

"Peradventure more Americans are able to identify with Obama than Edmund Hillary. He's multiracial, he's lived the immigrant know," he said. "This is the first time a lot of people make still matt-up it was important to vote, and that is solely because of the hope they dumbfound from Barack Obama. So if he didn't win, I don't think it would be important for a lot of people."

One in six-spot Obama supporters said they would ride out home in Nov if Hillary Hilary Clinton is the Democratic Political party nominee, according to a CNN/ Opinion Research poll released March 27. The

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