Thursday, 19 June 2008
Lush
Artist: Lush
Genre(s):
Indie
ROck: Alternative
Pop
Rock
Discography:
Ciao! Best of Lush
Year: 2001
Tracks: 18
Lovelife
Year: 1996
Tracks: 12
Split
Year: 1994
Tracks: 12
Spooky
Year: 1992
Tracks: 12
Miscellaneous
Year: 1991
Tracks: 21
Gala
Year: 1990
Tracks: 15
Meshing dreamy, feedback-drenched guitars with airy, tricky melodies, Lush were one of the nigh spectacular shoegazing bands of the early '90s. Led by guitarists Miki Berenyi and Emma Anderson, the British band earned a craze following inside the British and American undergrounds with its showtime EPs, even the mathematical group ne'er quite attained the vital respectfulness given to its peers My Bloody Valentine and Ride. Even so, Lush lasted longer than whatever other of their generation (with the exclusion of the Boo Radleys), development knifelike pop skills as their career progressed. By the time of their last record album, 1996's Lovelife, they had reborn themselves into a mightiness crop up band with ambition pop overtones, which resulted in the sterling chart success of their calling. Their success was dealt a blow when drummer Chris Acland committed self-destruction in the fall of 1996, effectively delivery the band to an end.
Miki Berenyi, Emma Anderson, Chris Acland, Steve Rippon (bass), and Meriel Barham (guitar) formed Lush in 1988 in London, England. Prior to the group's geological formation, school friends Berenyi and Anderson had collaborated on a fanzine together, as good as played in a number of other bands severally. Anderson, world Health Organization had been operative as a DHSS clerical helper, had played bass with the Rover Girls, spell Berenyi had been a extremity of I-Goat, Fuhrer Five, and the Lillies. Berenyi's then-boyfriend, Acland had previous played with several other groups as well, including Panik, Infection, and A Touch of Hysteria. Barham left Lush presently later the band's formation to kind the Pale Saints, and the leftover members began playing around London, cursorily earning a number of fans, including Robin Guthrie of the Cocteau Twins. Guthrie helped the band secure a contract with 4AD Records, and they released their acclaimed debut EP, Scar, in 1989. Lush supported the EP with opening tours for Loop and the Darling Buds, and by 1990, they had calibrated to headlining tours of their have.
Passim 1990, the band's repute in the British music weightlift began to produce as they released the acclaimed EPs Mad Love and Redolence and Light, played high profile gigs like the Glastonbury Festival, and became favorites of the music weeklies' gossiper columns. Blowout, an album compilation their three EPs, became the band's showtime American release at the remainder of 1990. Lush exhausted nigh of 1991 recording their debut album, releasing the Black Spring EP in the outpouring. Rippon left the circle during the roger Sessions, and was replaced by Philip King, a former picture researcher for NME and a previous member of Felt, Servants, and Biff Bang Pow. Lush in conclusion released their delayed debut album, Spooky, in the spring of 1992. While the album sold easily, arrival the British Top Ten and topping the U.K. indie charts, it was criticized in the weightlift for Guthrie's heavy-handed production. The band supported the record album in America by appearance on the second Lollapalooza enlistment, just their aspiration bulge wasn't well-received by an audience athirst for metallic element. Lush released their second album, Split, in the summer of 1994 to interracial reviews. Rip was lost in the similitude waves of Brit-pop and American post-grunge, regular through the band's songwriting was more than pop-oriented than of all time.
After regrouping during 1995, Lush returned in early 1996 with Lovelife, an album that showcased a debt to the pop-single ideals of Brit-pop. The musical changeover paid off as "Undivided Girl" and "Ladykiller" became their two biggest murder singles, and the album became a British Top 20 hit; in America, it was their highest-charting album, even if it merely scraped the charts at 189. Lush had realised their encouraging tours and summer festival appearances when Chris Acland unexpectedly hanged himself in his parent's house on October 17, 1996. Devastated by his death, the left members of Lush went into a long stop of bereavement, eventually disbanding.
Monday, 9 June 2008
Speedy J
Artist: Speedy J
Genre(s):
House
Techno
Ambient
Discography:
Public Energy No 1
Year: 2002
Tracks: 12
A Shocking Hoppy
Year: 2000
Tracks: 11
A Shocking Hobby
Year: 2000
Tracks: 11
G Spot
Year: 1995
Tracks: 10
Jochem Paap, aka Speedy J, is a Rotterdam-based techno musician whose urbane blending of melodious electro-pop with a harder, more Detroit-fueled sharpness has been among the most highly-praised of post-rave European techno. The Dutch repp in Richie "Plastikman" Hawtin's Plus 8 judge, Paap was equally well-known as a club DJ (his nom de platter is in reference to his artistry on the cut) ahead decision making in 1997 to curtail his DJ engagements and nidus on his medicine. His 1993 debut LP, Powdered ginger, was an piquant portmanteau word of ambient textures and hard, laconic beats, and was immediately smacked with the "intelligent dance music" tag, assisted by the comprehension of a geminate of tracks on the first volume of Warp's influential (Stilted Intelligence) series. Paap has since released several follow-ups under the Speedy J byname (G-Spot, Public Energy No. 1, A Shocking Hobby) and two solo albums in an ambient series for Fax titled Vrs-Mbnt-Pcs 9598 (just re-insert the wanting vowels for a spry translation). He's besides recorded a sprinkling of material as Public Energy for Plus 8, as easily as for his possess Beam Me Up! judge before discontinuing the latter in 1996. He is cofounder of a Dutch remix net, dedicated to bringing Dutch electronic musicians in touch with one some other and nurture collaborative projects, and late to his moratorium on the DJ circuit was known for his commitment to bringing dance-based experimental electronic music to a wider audience, playing out often in improbable combinations with groups like Cypress Hill and Henry Rollins. In addition to his original recorded put to work, Paap has besides remixed tracks for Secret Cinema and Sven Väth. [See to it Also: Jochem Paap]
Tuesday, 3 June 2008
American Idol - Cook Crowned New American Idol
Rocker DAVID COOK has been crowned winner of the latest series of AMERICAN IDOL - scoring 12 million more votes than fellow finalist DAVID ARCHULETA.
The 25-year-old was triumphant at the finale of the hit U.S. show's seventh series on Wednesday night (21May08), after weeks of speculation surrounding who would take home the title.
It has been a tough battle for the Missouri native, as he was rushed to hospital last month (Apr08) after suffering from heart palpitations and high blood pressure.
Over 97.5 million votes were cast by the show's fans, a record for the hit Fox series, and Cook couldn't believe the support he had been shown.
He tells America's Us Weekly magazine, "I'm absolutely at a loss for words right now. This is amazing - thank you!"
Fellow hopeful Archuleta was an early favourite with the show's judges, especially music mogul Simon Cowell, who declared his performance at the final as a "knockout" compared to Cook's.
But Cowell went on to apologise to Cook before the winner was announced for comments he made on Tuesday's (20May08) programme, saying his remarks on the performance were "verging on disrespectful".
The finale also attracted some more seasoned performers, with George Michael and former American Idol winner Carrie Underwood singing between sets by the contenders.
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