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- BBC NEWS / SUTH F SCTLAND
- Gary Numan Added to Wickerman Festival Lineup
- Made in China: the singer poised to sweep the globe
- Illusion of Safety Schloss Tegal nde If Bwana
- Contemporary music festival sculpture
- Relentless maverick
BBC NEWS / SUTH F SCTLAND
BBC News – Apr 2, 2008
He is one of a number of acts now confirmed for the Kirkcudbright event which is in its seventh year. The electronic music pioneer enjoyed huge success with hits such as Cars and Are Friends Electric?. He is joined on the bill for the 25 and 26 July event by a wide variety of other acts including the bands such as Dodgy Sham 69 and the Alabama Three. The festival – staged on farmland near Dundrennan in Dumfries and Galloway – has been classified as being of international quality by Visit Scotland. It is estimated to generate economic activity worth about £1. 75m in the region and picked up the Grassroots Festival of the Year award in 2007.
Gary Numan Added to Wickerman Festival Lineup
Skiddle.com – Apr 2, 2008
Professional pilot Mr Numan may even fly over the picturesque rolling hills that characterise the Wickerman site at East Kirkcarswell Farm Dundrennan in the South West of Scotland. Fiery frolics are the theme and July the 25th and 26th are the dates for the "hottest" weekend on the festival calendar. Now in its seventh year it features eight stages alongside other attractions which include chainsaw juggling outdoor cinema mountain bike skills course children’s circus and the spectacular burning of a 25ft Wickerman at Saturday midnight. In addition to the emotive electronica of Gary Numan over 100 acts have been confirmed for the July jamboree.
Made in China: the singer poised to sweep the globe
Belfast Telegraph – Apr 2, 2008
But in one area of their Long March to global leadership the inheritors of Mao remain unreconstructed minnows: the world of pop music. Yet if some commentators are to be believed all that could be about to change. This summer a telegenic former Mongolian nomad who sings in Tibetan and fuses the sound of the zither and horse-head fiddle with appealingly dreamy electronic dance music is hoping to become the first Chinese pop star to crack the Western market. The initial staging post in Sa Dingding’s quest for international fame and fortune will be Britain. Already hailed as the oriental equivalent of stars ranging from the ethereal Hibernian crooner Enya to the fiery Icelandic chanteuse Bjork she will arrive in the UK next week where she is confidently expected to pick up a prestigious BBC Radio 3 World Music Award a move coinciding with the re-release of her first album Alive. The campaign to bring modern Chinese music to a mainstream British audience is being masterminded by the global music giant Universal. It will continue through the summer when the 25-year-old Buddhist performs at a televised Prom at the Royal Albert Hall then appear before a sell-out crowd at the Womad festival.
Illusion of Safety Schloss Tegal nde If Bwana
Prague Post – Apr 2, 2008
Founding the organization in 1995 Novak ushered in a Prague scene whose mottos include “industrial autonomy” and “this world is not our home. ” To some it may be telling that Ars Morta’s ongoing series at Bunkr Paruká?ka has recently hosted musical projects with names like Brutophilia and Napalmed. All of which is part of an agenda that Novak describes this way: “To promote and present the electronic industrial scene in the vast and colorful variety of its styles and sub-genres … ranging from heavy power electronics via dark-ambient death-industrial and orchestral-industrial turntablism and integrated music to subtle electronic microscapes. ”Since its inception in the shadowy corners of what Novak calls “the wolf-den underground” industrial has been one of rock music’s most prolific research and development facilities. In hindsight industrial’s impulse can be heard in synth-pop heavy metal post-punk ambient and techno. Yet industrial’s initial impact was not without serious misgivings.
Contemporary music festival sculpture
NEWS.com.au – Apr 2, 2008
Smart says the festival will concentrate on popular classical works of recent years world premieres and pieces by emerging and established Australian and international composers. The first concert focuses on Australian composers including Andrew Ford Roger Smalley and Cary. The second features two landmark electronic works – I Am Here and Dutch composer Henk Badings’ 1959 Violin and 2 track tape while the third includes new works by Adelaide composer Anne Crawse and Korean In-Sun Cho. Local and international musicians appearing at the festival include Smart Grainger Quartet Amsterdam-based Telesto Duo and Trio d’anche Suave with players drawn from Adelaide and Europe. The Adelaide Contemporary Music Festival is at the Adelaide Festival Centre from Friday to Sunday. Bookings are through BASS. Share this article… The second features two landmark electronic works – I Am Here and Dutch composer Henk Badings’ 1959 Violin and 2 track tape while the third includes new works by Adelaide composer Anne Crawse and Korean In-Sun Cho. Local and international musicians appearing at the festival include Smart Grainger Quartet Amsterdam-based Telesto Duo and Trio d’anche Suave with players drawn from Adelaide and Europe. The Adelaide Contemporary Music Festival is at the Adelaide Festival Centre from Friday to Sunday. Bookings are through BASS. Share this article.
Relentless maverick
Malaysia Star – Apr 2, 2008
Dim Mak has also got into a joint venture with New York’s Downtown Records which represents acclaimed acts like Gnarls Barkley and Spank Rock. As DJ for the last five years Aoki plays at various venues from hole-in-the-wall Hollywood after-parties to major Tokyo superclubs and US$10000 (RM35000)-a-gig corporate events. “I hate saying it but my music is electro. Although I think my sound lifestyle and culture belong to a bigger thing a youth movement. Even though I think I’m old but I still consider myself part of it. “At my gigs I usually select and rework top-notch songs. I also take on less-popular tracks… It must connect with the clubbers’ emotions. ” Fans can also check out Aoki’s debut mix album Pillowface and His Airplane Chronicles released in January. “It combines electro and hip hop music including remixes of tracks by Justice Mstrkrft Soulwax Kid Sister and Spank Rock among others. ” Soon Aoki with DJ Junkie Axel will be forming a band called Viagra. Currently Aoki with Timbaland is working on an “interesting and time-consuming” electro track a remix of a Duran Duran song. As a hip LA icon Aoki described it as “a question that people think is easy to answer but I don’t know how to. Perhaps it’s because I’ve been wearing a headband for the last seven years everyday (laughs).