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Oslo
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Oslo is the capital and the most populous city in Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality, founded in the year 1040, and established as a kaupstad or trading place in 1048 by Harald Hardrada, the city was elevated to a bishopric in 1070 and a capital under Haakon V of Norway around 1300. Personal unions with Denmark from 1397 to 1523 and again from 1536 to 1814, after being destroyed by a fire in 1624, the city was moved closer to Akershus Fortress during the reign of Christian IV of Denmark and renamed Christiania in his honour. It was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838, following a spelling reform, it was known as Kristiania from 1877 to 1925, at which time its original Norwegian name was restored. Oslo is the economic and governmental centre of Norway, the city is also a hub of Norwegian trade, banking, industry and shipping. It is an important centre for industries and maritime trade in Europe. The city is home to companies within the maritime sector, some of which are among the worlds largest shipping companies, shipbrokers. Oslo is a city of the Council of Europe and the European Commission intercultural cities programme. Oslo is considered a city and ranked Beta World City in studies carried out by the Globalization and World Cities Study Group. It was ranked one in terms of quality of life among European large cities in the European Cities of the Future 2012 report by fDi magazine. A survey conducted by ECA International in 2011 placed Oslo as the second most expensive city in the world for living expenses after Tokyo. In 2013 Oslo tied with the Australian city of Melbourne as the fourth most expensive city in the world, as of January 1,2016, the municipality of Oslo has a population of 658,390, while the population of the citys urban area was 942,084. The metropolitan area had an population of 1.71 million. The population was during the early 2000 increasing at record rates and this growth stems for the most part from international immigration and related high birth rates, but also from intra-national migration. The immigrant population in the city is growing faster than the Norwegian population. As of January 1,2016, the municipality of Oslo has a population of 658,390, the urban area extends beyond the boundaries of the municipality into the surrounding county of Akershus, the total population of this agglomeration is 942,084. To the north and east, wide forested hills rise above the city giving the location the shape of a giant amphitheatre. The urban municipality of Oslo and county of Oslo are two parts of the entity, making Oslo the only city in Norway where two administrative levels are integrated
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Toronto
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Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the provincial capital of Ontario. With a population of 2,731,571, it is the fourth most populous city in North America after Mexico City, New York City, and Los Angeles. A global city, Toronto is a centre of business, finance, arts, and culture. Aboriginal peoples have inhabited the area now known as Toronto for thousands of years, the city itself is situated on the southern terminus of an ancient Aboriginal trail leading north to Lake Simcoe, used by the Wyandot, Iroquois, and the Mississauga. Permanent European settlement began in the 1790s, after the broadly disputed Toronto Purchase of 1787, the British established the town of York, and later designated it as the capital of Upper Canada. During the War of 1812, the town was the site of the Battle of York, York was renamed and incorporated as the city of Toronto in 1834, and became the capital of the province of Ontario during the Canadian Confederation in 1867. The city proper has since expanded past its original borders through amalgamation with surrounding municipalities at various times in its history to its current area of 630.2 km2. While the majority of Torontonians speak English as their primary language, Toronto is a prominent centre for music, theatre, motion picture production, and television production, and is home to the headquarters of Canadas major national broadcast networks and media outlets. Toronto is known for its skyscrapers and high-rise buildings, in particular the tallest free-standing structure in the Western Hemisphere. The name Toronto is likely derived from the Iroquois word tkaronto and this refers to the northern end of what is now Lake Simcoe, where the Huron had planted tree saplings to corral fish. A portage route from Lake Ontario to Lake Huron running through this point, in the 1660s, the Iroquois established two villages within what is today Toronto, Ganatsekwyagon on the banks of the Rouge River and Teiaiagonon the banks of the Humber River. By 1701, the Mississauga had displaced the Iroquois, who abandoned the Toronto area at the end of the Beaver Wars, French traders founded Fort Rouillé on the current Exhibition grounds in 1750, but abandoned it in 1759. During the American Revolutionary War, the region saw an influx of British settlers as United Empire Loyalists fled for the British-controlled lands north of Lake Ontario, the new province of Upper Canada was in the process of creation and needed a capital. Dorchester intended the location to be named Toronto, in 1793, Governor John Graves Simcoe established the town of York on the Toronto Purchase lands, instead naming it after Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany. Simcoe decided to move the Upper Canada capital from Newark to York, the York garrison was constructed at the entrance of the towns natural harbour, sheltered by a long sandbar peninsula. The towns settlement formed at the end of the harbour behind the peninsula, near the present-day intersection of Parliament Street. In 1813, as part of the War of 1812, the Battle of York ended in the towns capture, the surrender of the town was negotiated by John Strachan. US soldiers destroyed much of the garrison and set fire to the parliament buildings during their five-day occupation, the sacking of York was a primary motivation for the Burning of Washington by British troops later in the war
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Ontario
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Ontario, one of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada, is located in east-central Canada. It is Canadas most populous province by a margin, accounting for nearly 40 percent of all Canadians. Ontario is fourth-largest in total area when the territories of the Northwest Territories and it is home to the nations capital city, Ottawa, and the nations most populous city, Toronto. There is only about 1 km of land made up of portages including Height of Land Portage on the Minnesota border. Ontario is sometimes divided into two regions, Northern Ontario and Southern Ontario. The great majority of Ontarios population and arable land is located in the south, in contrast, the larger, northern part of Ontario is sparsely populated with cold winters and is heavily forested. The province is named after Lake Ontario, a thought to be derived from Ontarí, io, a Huron word meaning great lake, or possibly skanadario. Ontario has about 250,000 freshwater lakes, the province consists of three main geographical regions, The thinly populated Canadian Shield in the northwestern and central portions, which comprises over half the land area of Ontario. Although this area mostly does not support agriculture, it is rich in minerals and in part covered by the Central and Midwestern Canadian Shield forests, studded with lakes, Northern Ontario is subdivided into two sub-regions, Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Ontario. The virtually unpopulated Hudson Bay Lowlands in the north and northeast, mainly swampy. Southern Ontario which is further sub-divided into four regions, Central Ontario, Eastern Ontario, Golden Horseshoe, the highest point is Ishpatina Ridge at 693 metres above sea level located in Temagami, Northeastern Ontario. In the south, elevations of over 500 m are surpassed near Collingwood, above the Blue Mountains in the Dundalk Highlands, the Carolinian forest zone covers most of the southwestern region of the province. A well-known geographic feature is Niagara Falls, part of the Niagara Escarpment, the Saint Lawrence Seaway allows navigation to and from the Atlantic Ocean as far inland as Thunder Bay in Northwestern Ontario. Northern Ontario occupies roughly 87 percent of the area of the province. Point Pelee is a peninsula of Lake Erie in southwestern Ontario that is the southernmost extent of Canadas mainland, Pelee Island and Middle Island in Lake Erie extend slightly farther. All are south of 42°N – slightly farther south than the border of California. The climate of Ontario varies by season and location, the effects of these major air masses on temperature and precipitation depend mainly on latitude, proximity to major bodies of water and to a small extent, terrain relief. In general, most of Ontarios climate is classified as humid continental, Ontario has three main climatic regions
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Canada
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Canada is a country in the northern half of North America. Canadas border with the United States is the worlds longest binational land border, the majority of the country has a cold or severely cold winter climate, but southerly areas are warm in summer. Canada is sparsely populated, the majority of its territory being dominated by forest and tundra. It is highly urbanized with 82 per cent of the 35.15 million people concentrated in large and medium-sized cities, One third of the population lives in the three largest cities, Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. Its capital is Ottawa, and other urban areas include Calgary, Edmonton, Quebec City, Winnipeg. Various aboriginal peoples had inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years prior to European colonization. Pursuant to the British North America Act, on July 1,1867, the colonies of Canada, New Brunswick and this began an accretion of provinces and territories to the mostly self-governing Dominion to the present ten provinces and three territories forming modern Canada. With the Constitution Act 1982, Canada took over authority, removing the last remaining ties of legal dependence on the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Canada is a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy, with Queen Elizabeth II being the head of state. The country is officially bilingual at the federal level and it is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many other countries. Its advanced economy is the eleventh largest in the world, relying chiefly upon its abundant natural resources, Canadas long and complex relationship with the United States has had a significant impact on its economy and culture. Canada is a country and has the tenth highest nominal per capita income globally as well as the ninth highest ranking in the Human Development Index. It ranks among the highest in international measurements of government transparency, civil liberties, quality of life, economic freedom, Canada is an influential nation in the world, primarily due to its inclusive values, years of prosperity and stability, stable economy, and efficient military. While a variety of theories have been postulated for the origins of Canada. In 1535, indigenous inhabitants of the present-day Quebec City region used the word to direct French explorer Jacques Cartier to the village of Stadacona, from the 16th to the early 18th century Canada referred to the part of New France that lay along the St. Lawrence River. In 1791, the area became two British colonies called Upper Canada and Lower Canada collectively named The Canadas, until their union as the British Province of Canada in 1841. Upon Confederation in 1867, Canada was adopted as the name for the new country at the London Conference. The transition away from the use of Dominion was formally reflected in 1982 with the passage of the Canada Act, later that year, the name of national holiday was changed from Dominion Day to Canada Day
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Punk rock
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Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed in the early to mid-1970s in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in 1960s garage rock and other forms of what is now known as proto-punk music, Punk bands typically produced short or fast-paced songs, with hard-edged melodies and singing styles, stripped-down instrumentation, and often political, anti-establishment lyrics. Punk embraces a DIY ethic, many bands self-produce recordings and distribute them through informal channels, the term punk was first used in relation to rock music by some American critics in the early 1970s, to describe garage bands and their devotees. The following year saw punk rock spreading around the world, for the most part, punk took root in local scenes that tended to reject association with the mainstream. An associated punk subculture emerged, expressing youthful rebellion and characterized by distinctive styles of clothing and adornment, by the beginning of the 1980s, faster, more aggressive styles such as hardcore and street punk had become the predominant mode of punk rock. Musicians identifying with or inspired by punk also pursued a range of other variations, giving rise to post-punk. At the end of the 20th century, punk rock had been adopted by the mainstream, as pop punk and punk bands such as Green Day. The first wave of rock was aggressively modern, distancing itself from the bombast. According to Ramones drummer Tommy Ramone, In its initial form, unfortunately, what happens is that people who could not hold a candle to the likes of Hendrix started noodling away. Soon you had endless solos that went nowhere, by 1973, I knew that what was needed was some pure, stripped down, no bullshit rock n roll. In critic Robert Christgaus description, It was also a subculture that rejected the political idealism. Technical accessibility and a DIY spirit are prized in punk rock, in the early days of punk rock, this ethic stood in marked contrast to what those in the scene regarded as the ostentatious musical effects and technological demands of many mainstream rock bands. Musical virtuosity was often looked on with suspicion, according to Holmstrom, punk rock was rock and roll by people who didnt have very many skills as musicians but still felt the need to express themselves through music. In December 1976, the English fanzine Sideburns published an illustration of three chords, captioned This is a chord, this is another, this is a third. The title of a 1980 single by the New York punk band Stimulators, inscribed a catchphrase for punks basic musical approach. The previous year, when the rock revolution began in Great Britain, was to be both a musical and a cultural Year Zero. As a Clash associate describes singer Joe Strummers outlook, Punk rock is meant to be our freedom, were meant to be able to do what we want to do. Scholar Daniel S. Traber argues that attaining authenticity in the identity can be difficult, as the punk scene matured, he observes
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Synth-pop
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Synth-pop is a subgenre of new wave music that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic, art rock, disco, and particularly the Krautrock of bands like Kraftwerk. It arose as a genre in Japan and the United Kingdom in the post-punk era as part of the new wave movement of the late-1970s to the mid-1980s. In Japan, Yellow Magic Orchestras success opened the way for bands such as P-Model, Plastics. The development of polyphonic synthesizers, the definition of MIDI. This, its adoption by the acts from the New Romantic movement, together with the rise of MTV. Synth-pop is sometimes deployed interchangeably with electropop, but electropop may also denote a variant of synth-pop that places emphasis on a harder. In the late 1980s duos such as Erasure and Pet Shop Boys adopted a style that was successful on the US dance-charts. Some artists and bands were criticised for gender bending, Synth-pop was defined by its primary use of synthesizers, drum machines and sequencers, sometimes using them to replace all other instruments. Borthwick and Moy have described the genre as diverse but, many synth-pop musicians had limited musical skills, relying on the technology to produce or reproduce the music. The result was often minimalist, with grooves that were woven together from simple repeated riffs often with no harmonic progression to speak of. Early synth-pop has been described as eerie, sterile, and vaguely menacing, using droning electronics with little change in inflection, common lyrical themes of synth-pop songs were isolation, urban anomie, and feelings of being emotionally cold and hollow. Synthesizers were increasingly used to imitate the conventional and clichéd sound of orchestras, thin, treble-dominant, synthesized melodies and simple drum programmes gave way to thick, and compressed production, and a more conventional drum sound. Lyrics were generally optimistic, dealing with more traditional subject matter for pop music such as romance, escapism. According to music writer Simon Reynolds, the hallmark of 1980s synth-pop was its emotional, at times operatic singers such as Marc Almond, Alison Moyet and Annie Lennox. Because synthesizers removed the need for groups of musicians, these singers were often part of a duo where their partner played all the instrumentation. Later synth-pop saw a shift to a style influenced by other genres. Electronic musical synthesizers that could be used practically in a recording studio became available in the mid-1960s, the portable Minimoog, which allowed much easier use, particularly in live performance was widely adopted by progressive rock musicians such as Richard Wright of Pink Floyd and Rick Wakeman of Yes
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Witch house (music genre)
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Witch house is an occult-themed dark electronic music genre and visual aesthetic that emerged in the early 2010s. Many works by witch house visual artists incorporate themes from horror films such as The Blair Witch Project, the television series Twin Peaks, and mainstream pop culture celebrities. Many artists in the genre have released remixes of pop and hip-hop songs. The term witch house was coined in 2009 by Travis Egedy, I was saying that we were witch house bands, and 2010 was going to be the year of witch house. It took off from there. But, at the time, shortly after being mentioned to Pitchfork, blogs and other mainstream music press began to use the term. Flavorwire said that despite Egedys insistence, the genre does exist now, notable bands and artists with music described as witch house include
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Last Gang Records
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Last Gang Records is a record label that was formed by Canadian music industry lawyer Chris Taylor and concert promoter Donald K. Tarlton in the Fall of 2003 at the Pop Montreal Music Festival. As their music lawyer, Taylor had been working for the group Metric since the days of 1998 and had literally shopped the band to over 100 record labels around the world. He was prepared to release the album himself with his own money when he met with Tarlton, after viewing the Metric video for Grow Up and Blow Away Donald offered to help Taylor realize his vision of introducing Metrics music to the world. They formed a joint venture company under the DKD label group Last Gang Records, Metric released their critically acclaimed Old World Underground, Where Are You Now. in May 2004 and Last Gang Records was born. Last Gang was nominated as Independent Record Label of the Year at the Canadian Music Awards in 2006, Metric was nominated for a Juno Award in 2005 and albums by Tiga and MSTRKRFT won Juno Awards in 2007. A recent signing, Crystal Castles, were featured on the cover of the NME, the Toronto-based company also has its hands in publishing, licensing, multi-format releases, management and legal, pushing forward-thinking, progressive dance and alternative acts. Recently, the label has expanded their roster signing Purity Ring, Bear Mountain, Egyptrixx, Ryan Hemsworth, Electric Youth and it also shared that Taylor will bring Last Gang to eOne Music US. Last Gang Management is a management company founded in 2004. Primary operations are based in Toronto and Los Angeles, current clients include LIGHTS, Arkells, Tre Mission, Huoratron, and FrancisGotHeat. Last Gang Publishing is a publishing company founded in 2006. Primary operations are based in Toronto and Los Angeles, LGP represents a wide variety of songwriters, both as a co-publisher and through client services including synch representation and royalty collection and administration. LGP is strategically partnered with leading independent music publisher ole to provide global synch, Last Gang Publishing has secured synch placements in various television shows, large commercial ad campaigns, blockbuster video games and major motion picture films. Last Gang Publishing clients include Dubmatix, Egyptrixx, and Hiawatha among others, LGP also represents the songs of Last Gang Records recording artists, including, Mother Mother, Silver Starling, Magneta Lane and OLuge. Last Gang Records has released albums by, Metric Old World Underground, death From Above 1979 Youre A Woman, Im A Machine Metric Live It Out Metric Fantasies The Polaris Music Prize is awarded annually to the best full-length Canadian album based on artistic merit. Last Gang Records has had three albums make the short list, and 11 nominations on the long list, list of record labels Last Gang Entertainment
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Fiction Records
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Fiction Records is a British record label founded by Chris Parry, in 1978, owned by Universal Music Group and based in the United Kingdom. It is best known for being the home of The Cure for over 20 years and it was originally a part of Polydor, but on January 2014, Universal restructured Fiction as a standalone label, removing it from Polydors corporate affiliation. Fiction repertoire is now released internationally through Caroline, Fiction was also home to UK dance label Desire, re-launched in 1988 as Fictions house subdivision, and Non Fiction Records, Fictions specialty label for special editions. Fiction was best known for The Cures releases and achieved its first UK No.1 album in 1992 with The Cures Wish, the albums lead single Friday Im In Love also topped Billboards Modern Rock chart. Other artists who were part of the Fiction roster and publishing catalog during this time included Billy Mackenzie & The Associates, Candyland, The Purple Hearts, Cult Hero, however, BMG eventually acquired Fiction Songs and its catalog in 2001. In 1992, the Fiction headquarters at Charlotte Street served as the first home to XFM London, a benefit concert called Great Xpectations was held in support of the station on 13 June 1993 at Finsbury Park in London. A live album of the concert titled Great Xpectations Live was released on July 1993 on Fiction and included performances by The Cure, Damon Albarn & Graham Coxon, Belly and Catherine Wheel. In January 2004, Joe Munns, Paul Smernicki and Beastman revived Fiction to give Polydor a bit more of a guitar stronghold, the first release on the new Fiction was the Snow Patrol single Run, which entered the UK Singles Chart at No.5. The subsequent Snow Patrol album, Final Straw, went on to sell two million copies worldwide. On January 2014, Universal Music Group restructured Fiction as a standalone label, removing it from Polydors corporate affiliation. Fiction has also released records by The Naked And Famous, Kate Nash, Athlete, White Lies, Yuksek, Stephen Fretwell, Ian Brown, Jacknife Lee, Delays, Alberta Cross, Guillemots and Yeah Yeah Yeahs
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Ethan Kath
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Ethan Kath is the songwriter and producer of Crystal Castles. Rolling Stone Magazine named Crystal Castles the #1 Icons of 20 Years of Lollapalooza, ethan Kath and his band Crystal Castles received the John Peel Award For Innovation at the 2011 NME Awards. His debut album with the band Crystal Castles was included in NMEs Top 100 Greatest Albums of the Decade list at #39, Kath was born to Italian parents in Toronto, Ontario. Prior to Crystal Castles, Kath played different instruments in many bands, aged 15 he played drums in Jakarta, an anarchist-hardcore band. Later, he was the bassist in a band called Kill Cheerleader. He was also in a 2-piece folk band which ended in tragedy with the death of his friend and band mate, all Crystal Castles albums are dedicated to Pino Placentile. Crystal Castles are known for the elusiveness of their lives and identities. Kath is routinely photographed wearing hoodies which obscure some or all of his face and has gone by a number of different aliases over the years
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Alice Glass
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Alice Glass is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Formerly the frontwoman of electronic band Crystal Castles, she embarked on a career in mid-late 2014. Alice Glass was born in Toronto, Ontario and she was raised Catholic, attending parochial school up until junior high. At the age of fourteen she ran away home to live in a squat community of punks under the name Vicki Vale. Though she continued going to school, she dropped out before graduating, Ethan Kath, impressed by Glasss performance with the band, gave her CD-Rs with 60 instrumental tracks of which she chose 5 to write vocals for. In 2008, before the interview with Now Magazine, Glass disappeared. Crystal Castles was infamously shut down at Glastonbury 2008 after Glass climbed a speaker stand just before Alice Practice and was swallowed by the crowd during Yes No, Glass has been known to be a dedicated performer. Glass also performed five months worth of shows on crutches after falling and putting a strain on an ankle injury in 2011. At the 2013 Glastonbury Festival, Crystal Castles began their set 20 minutes past the time, with Glass visibly sick. According to NME, Glass had been suffering from food poisoning, alices vocal style ranges from singing, whispering, shouting, and screaming. In October 2014, Glass announced that she was leaving Crystal Castles due to her own professional and personal reasons, in this announcement she noted that working within the band compromised her efforts towards sincerity, honesty, and empathy for others. She later had a number of disagreements with her former bandmate. Glass released her single, Stillbirth, in July 2015. The release was largely an effort to increase awareness of domestic/sexual abuse, Glass worked with anti-sexual assault organization RAINN, donating all proceeds of the song to the aid of victims of such abuse. Alice Glass topped NMEs Cool List in 2008 and responded by criticizing the idea of the cool list itself, in 2011 Rolling Stone Magazine named Crystal Castles as one of ten icons in 20 Years of Lollapalooza moments. Crystal Castles received the John Peel Award For Innovation at the 2011 NME Awards, Crystal Castles debut album was included in NMEs Top 100 Greatest Albums of the Decade list at #39. Stillbirth Interview with the Independent newspaper
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Electronic music
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In general, a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound producing devices include the telharmonium, Hammond organ, purely electronic sound production can be achieved using devices such as the theremin, sound synthesizer, and computer. During the 1920s and 1930s, electronic instruments were introduced and the first compositions for instruments were composed. Musique concrète, created in Paris in 1948, was based on editing together recorded fragments of natural and industrial sounds, Music produced solely from electronic generators was first produced in Germany in 1953. Electronic music was created in Japan and the United States beginning in the 1950s. An important new development was the advent of computers for the purpose of composing music, algorithmic composition was first demonstrated in Australia in 1951. In America and Europe, live electronics were pioneered in the early 1960s, during the 1970s to early 1980s, the monophonic Minimoog became once the most widely used synthesizer at that time in both popular and electronic art music. In the 1980s, electronic music became dominant in popular music, with a greater reliance on synthesizers, and the adoption of programmable drum machines. Electronically produced music became prevalent in the domain by the 1990s. Contemporary electronic music includes many varieties and ranges from art music to popular forms such as electronic dance music. Today, pop music is most recognizable in its 4/4 form. At the turn of the 20th century, experimentation with emerging electronics led to the first electronic musical instruments and these initial inventions were not sold, but were instead used in demonstrations and public performances. The audiences were presented with reproductions of existing music instead of new compositions for the instruments, while some were considered novelties and produced simple tones, the Telharmonium accurately synthesized the sound of orchestral instruments. It achieved viable public interest and made progress into streaming music through telephone networks. Critics of musical conventions at the time saw promise in these developments, ferruccio Busoni encouraged the composition of microtonal music allowed for by electronic instruments. He predicted the use of machines in future music, writing the influential Sketch of a New Esthetic of Music, futurists such as Francesco Balilla Pratella and Luigi Russolo began composing music with acoustic noise to evoke the sound of machinery. They predicted expansions in timbre allowed for by electronics in the influential manifesto The Art of Noises, developments of the vacuum tube led to electronic instruments that were smaller, amplified, and more practical for performance. In particular, the theremin, ondes Martenot and trautonium were commercially produced by the early 1930s, from the late 1920s, the increased practicality of electronic instruments influenced composers such as Joseph Schillinger to adopt them
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Lo-fi music
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Lo-fi music are sound recordings that are of lower quality than the usual standard for modern music. The term was adopted in late 1986 by WFMU DJ William Berger, the music also refers to a movement which grew primarily from American underground music scenes in the early 1980s. Associated artists include Sebadoh, Pavement, Liz Phair, and Beck, allMusic writes, Throughout rock & rolls history, recordings were made cheaply and quickly, often on substandard equipment. In that sense, the earliest rock & roll records, most of the rock of the 60s. JW Farquhars home-recorded 1973 album The Formal Female is considered a forerunner to lo-fi artists such as R
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Alice Practice
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Alice Practice is the debut EP from Crystal Castles, released on Merok Records on 9 July,2006. The release was limited to 500 copies on 7 vinyl and sold out in three days, the title track, Alice Practice is a soundcheck which was secretly recorded by the sound engineer before the band launched into a five-song recording session in 2005. Crystal Castles later performed Alice Practice on an episode of the British television series Skins, after being featured on the show, demand for the Alice Practice EP grew rapidly. In October 2011, NME rated the song number 29 on its list of 150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years, the track Air War garnered attention from prominent indie website Pitchfork Media. The track Dolls is exclusive to the Alice Practice EP and is not available on any official release. Alice Practice –2,43 Dolls –1,29 Air War –2,44 Love and Caring –2,18 Lyrics at official website
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Crystal Castles (album)
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Crystal Castles is the debut studio album by Canadian electronic music duo Crystal Castles, released on March 18,2008 by Lies Records and Last Gang Records. The album is a compilation of the bands previous singles, early unreleased tracks. Notes ^a signifies a vocal producer, sample credits Untrust Us contains a sample of Dead Womb by Death from Above 1979. Magic Spells contains a sample of The Message by Grandmaster Flash, air War contains a sample of Thema by Luciano Berio. Good Time contains a sample of Good Times by Drinking Electricity, vanished contains a sample of the vocal track and melody of Sex City by Van She. Credits adapted from the notes of Crystal Castles. Crystal Castles Ethan Kath – production, mixing, vocal production Alice Glass – vocals Crystal Castles – vocal production Additional personnel
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NME
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New Musical Express is a British music journalism magazine published since 1952. It was the first British paper to include a singles chart, in the 1970s it became the best-selling British music newspaper. It started as a newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s and 1990s. An online version of NME, NME. com, was launched in 1996 and it became the worlds biggest standalone music site, with over seven million users per month. With newsstand sales falling across the UK magazine sector, the paid circulation in the first half of 2014 was 15,830. In 2013, the list of NMEs The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, NME magazine was relaunched in September 2015 as a nationally distributed free publication. NMEs headquarters are in Southwark, London, England, the brands editor-in-chief is Mike Williams, who replaced Krissi Murison in 2012. The paper was established in 1952, the Accordion Times and Musical Express was bought by London music promoter Maurice Kinn, for the sum of £1,000, just 15 minutes before it was due to be officially closed. It was relaunched as the New Musical Express, and was published in a non-glossy tabloid format on standard newsprint. On 14 November 1952, taking its cue from the US magazine Billboard, it created the first UK Singles Chart, the first of these was, in contrast to more recent charts, a top twelve sourced by the magazine itself from sales in regional stores around the UK. The first number one was Here in My Heart by Al Martino, during the 1960s the paper championed the new British groups emerging at the time. The NME circulation peaked under Andy Gray, Editor 1957–1972, with a figure of 306,881 for the period from January to June 1964, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones were frequently featured on the front cover. These and other artists appeared at the NME Poll Winners Concert. The concert also featured a ceremony where the winners would collect their awards. The NME Poll Winners Concerts took place between 1959 and 1972, from 1964 onwards they were filmed, edited and transmitted on British television a few weeks after they had taken place. The latter part of the 1960s saw the chart the rise of psychedelia. During this period some sections of pop music began to be designated as rock, in early 1972 the paper found itself on the verge of closure by its owner IPC. Alan Smith was made editor and in 1972 was told by IPC to turn things around quickly or face closure, according to The Economist, the New Musical Express started to champion underground, up-and-coming music. NME became the gateway to a more rebellious world
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Crystal Castles II
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Crystal Castles II is the second studio album by Canadian electronic music duo Crystal Castles, released on May 24,2010 by Fiction Records and Last Gang Records. On April 25,2011, the album was reissued digitally under the title, of the experience, Kath said, I recorded most of the record in the coldest winter in decades in a church without heat in Iceland. It was so cold that when I listen back I can hear myself shivering, I chose it because it felt right. In December 2009, Kath gave vocalist Alice Glass a CD-R containing 70 instrumental tracks, in order to promote the album, the band released the first single Celestica in April and an EP titled Doe Deer was released only a few days later. In May the band released the album. The album reached number 48 on the UK Albums Chart and number 188 on the US Billboard 200. Later on in December, the cover of the Platinum Blonde song Not in Love. The single became Crystal Castles highest-charting single to date, Crystal Castles II received generally positive reviews from music critics. Daniel Brockman of The Boston Phoenix praised the band for creating a dense-yet-airy thicket of pure pop transcendence, musicOMH also gave an extremely positive review, describing the album as bold, dramatic, more than a little screwed-up and stunningly exciting statement. Pitchfork rated the album 8.5 out of 10, the album was a longlisted nominee for the 2010 Polaris Music Prize. Notes ^a signifies an additional producer, ^b signifies an additional vocal producer. Sample credits Year of Silence contains a sample of Inní mér syngur vitleysingur by Sigur Rós, vietnam and Violent Dreams contain a sample of A Walk in the Park by Stina Nordenstam. Credits adapted from the notes of Crystal Castles II. Crystal Castles Ethan Kath – production, mixing Alice Glass – vocals Additional personnel
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Billboard 200
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The Billboard 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists, often, a recording act will be remembered by its number ones, those of their albums that outperformed all others during at least one week. The chart is based mostly on sales of albums in the United States, the weekly sales period was originally Monday to Sunday when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991, but since July 2015, tracking week begins on Friday and ends on Thursday. A new chart is published the following Tuesday with an issue post-dated to the Saturday of the following week, the charts streaming schedule is also tracked from Friday to Thursday. Example, Friday January 1 – sales tracking week begins Thursday January 7 – sales tracking week ends Tuesday January 12 – new chart published, New product is released to the American market on Fridays. Digital downloads of albums are included in Billboard 200 tabulation. Albums that are not licensed for sale in the United States are not eligible to chart. As of the issue dated April 15,2017, the album on the Billboard 200 is More Life by Drake. Billboard began an album chart in 1945, initially only five positions long, the album chart was not published on a weekly basis, sometimes three to seven weeks passing before it was updated. A biweekly, 15-position Best-Selling Popular Albums chart appeared in 1955, the position count varied anywhere from 10 to 30 albums. The first number-one album on the new weekly list was Belafonte by Harry Belafonte, the chart was renamed to Best-Selling Pop Albums later in 1956, and then to Best-Selling Pop LPs in 1957. Beginning on May 25,1959, Billboard split the ranking into two charts Best-Selling Stereophonic LPs for stereo albums and Best-Selling Monophonic LPs for mono albums and these were renamed to Stereo Action Charts and Mono Action Charts in 1960. In January 1961, they became Action Albums—Stereophonic and Action Albums—Monophonic, three months later, they became Top LPs—Stereo and Top LPs—Monaural. On August 17,1963 the stereo and mono charts were combined into a 150-position chart called Top LPs, on April 1,1967, the chart was expanded to 175 positions, then finally to 200 positions on May 13,1967. In 1960, Billboard began concurrently publishing album charts which ranked sales of older or mid-priced titles and these Essential Inventory charts were divided by stereo and mono albums, and featured titles that had already appeared on the main stereo and mono album charts. In January 1961, the Action Charts became Action Albums—Monophonic, Albums appeared on either chart for up to nine weeks, then were moved to an Essential Inventory list of approximately 200 titles, with no numerical ranking. This list continued to be published until the consolidated Top LPs chart debuted in 1963, in 1982, Billboard began publishing a Midline Albums chart which ranked older or mid-priced titles. The chart held 50 positions and was published on a bi-weekly basis, on May 25,1991, Billboard premiered the Top Pop Catalog Albums chart
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Not in Love (Platinum Blonde song)
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Not in Love is a song by Canadian new wave band Platinum Blonde, from the bands 1983 debut album Standing in the Dark. It was released as a 7 single in October 1984 through CBS, a single remix, which features Robert Smith of The Cure on lead vocals, was released as the third single from Crystal Castles on November 14,2010. UK digital single Not in Love –3,49 Not in Love –3,49
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Robert Smith (musician)
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Robert James Smith is an English singer, songwriter and musician. He is the singer, guitarist, lyricist and principal songwriter of the rock band the Cure. He is the only constant member since its formation in 1976. He also played guitar in the band Siouxsie and the Banshees, Smith is a multi-instrumentalist, known for his unique stage look and distinctive voice. Smith was born in the Lancashire town of Blackpool and is the third of four born to James Alexander. Smith came from a musical family – his father sang and his mother played the piano, raised Catholic, he later became an atheist. He later attended Notre Dame Middle School and St Wilfrids Comprehensive School, both Robert and his younger sister Janet had piano lessons, Smith said that Janet was a piano prodigy, so sibling rivalry made me take up guitar because she couldnt get her fingers around the neck. He told Chris Heath of Smash Hits magazine that from about 1966 his brother Richard taught him a few chords on guitar. Smith began taking guitar lessons from the age of nine, with a student of John Williams. I learned a lot, but got to the point where I was losing the sense of fun, Smith has said his guitar tutor was horrified by his playing. Robert consequently gave up formal tuition and began teaching himself to play by ear, Smith was thirteen or fourteen when he became more serious about rock music and started to play and learn frenetically. Up until December 1972 he did not have a guitar of his own, but Id commandeered it anyway – so whether he was officially giving it to me at Christmas or not, I was going to have it. Smith was quoted in earlier sources as saying he purchased the Top 20 himself for £20. Smith described Notre Dame Middle School as a very free-thinking establishment with an experimental approach, according to Smith four other kids beat him up after school, although Jeff Apter notes that Smith has given several conflicting versions of the story. In the summer of 1975, Smith and his school bandmates sat their O Level exams, Robert Smith has said that his first band when he was fourteen consisted of my brother Richard, some of his friends and my younger sister Janet. It was called the Crawley Goat Band – brilliant, Jeff Apter, however, dates the performance to April 1973, which is at variance with Smith and his bandmates having already left Notre Dame Middle School by this time. Smith said that they were simply as the group because it was the only one at school so we didnt need a name. Dempsey, who moved from guitar to bassist for the group
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The Cure
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The Cure are an English rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several changes, with vocalist, guitarist. During the early 1980s, the increasingly dark and tormented music was a staple of the emerging gothic rock genre. After the release of Pornography in 1982, the future was uncertain. The band is estimated to have sold 27 million records as of 2004 and have released thirteen albums, ten EPs. The 1989 album Disintegration is regarded as the commercial and critical peak. That band consisted of Robert Smith on piano, Michael Mick Dempsey on guitar, Laurence Lol Tolhurst on percussion, Marc Ceccagno on lead guitar and Alan Hill on bass guitar. In January 1976 while at St. Wilfrids Comprehensive School Ceccagno formed a 5-piece rock band with Smith on guitar and Dempsey on bass and they called themselves Malice and rehearsed David Bowie, Jimi Hendrix and Alex Harvey songs in a local church hall. By late April 1976, Ceccagno and the two school friends had left, and Tolhurst, Martin Creasy, and Porl Thompson had joined the band. This lineup played all three of Malices only documented live shows during December 1976, both Malice and Easy Cure auditioned several vocalists before Smith assumed the role of Easy Cures frontman in September 1977. That year, Easy Cure won a talent competition with German label Hansa Records, although the band recorded tracks for the company, none were ever released. Following disagreements in March 1978 over the direction the band should take, Smith later recalled, We were very young. They just thought they could turn us into a teen group and they actually wanted us to do cover versions and we always refused. Thompson was dropped from the band in May, and the trio were soon renamed The Cure by Smith. Later that month, the recorded their first sessions as a trio at Chestnut Studios in Sussex. The demo found its way to Polydor Records scout Chris Parry, the Cure released their debut single Killing an Arab in December 1978 on the Small Wonder label as a stopgap until Fiction finalised distribution arrangements with Polydor. The band placed a label that denied the racist connotations on the singles 1979 reissue on Fiction. The Cure released their debut album Three Imaginary Boys in May 1979, because of the bands inexperience in the studio, Parry and engineer Mike Hedges took control of the recording
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III (Crystal Castles album)
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III is the third studio album by Canadian electronic music duo Crystal Castles, released on November 7,2012 by Fiction Records and Polydor Records. Production was handled by Ethan Kath, with production by Jacknife Lee. Produced entirely by Ethan Kath, III was recorded in Berlin and Warsaw, the album addresses the theme of oppression, with the musicians using different pedals and keyboards to create a diverse palette of sound. A lot of bad things have happened to people close to me since II, on October 9,2012, the track listing for the album was revealed via the duos official Facebook page. The album cover features an award winning photograph by Samuel Aranda, the photo was awarded the World Press Photo of the Year 2011 in February,2012. III was initially planned to be released on November 5,2012, the album cover features a picture by Spanish-born Catalan photojournalist and photographer Samuel Aranda. The image depicts a woman named Fatima al-Qaws holding her son, Zayed, the albums first two singles, Plague and Wrath of God, were made available for free download on the duos SoundCloud page on July 25 and September 26,2012, respectively. The accompanying music video for Plague debuted on September 24,2012, Affection was released as the albums third single on October 31,2012. The music video for Affection premiered on April 26,2013 and was filmed on the duos South American tour, violent Youth premiered on Zane Lowes BBC Radio 1 show on November 1,2012. A music video for Sad Eyes, shot in Berlin and Toronto, was released on January 20,2013, in November 2012, the band performed six dates in the United Kingdom. Additional dates across Europe, Oceania, North America, and South America were announced on October 17,2012, III received generally positive reviews from music critics. Louis Pattison of the NME commented that, in toning down the shock and awe, the message, still, is that the world is a cruel and fucked-up place. But being doomed seldom sounded so beautiful, matt James of PopMatters wrote, Perennial outsiders to the death, Crystal Castles third act is inspiring, warped, feverishly uncomfortable, bold, bloody and brilliant. Dan Pfleegor of Consequence of Sound opined that III is less playful than the previous couple of offerings. The Guardians Tim Jonze noted that Witch House is an obvious influence and it hardly matters when they can come up with stuff like Child I Will Hurt You, a dream-state lullaby that is both beautiful and unbearably sorrowful. Simon Price of The Independent stated that the album shudders and shimmers like some massive, but, when heard loud, the more accurate metaphors come from nature, flashes of lightning at the top end, earthquakes and landslides at the bottom. Club expressed that, instead of anarchist dance jams full of crunchy 8-bit noise, is more like a radio station fading in. Zaleski continued, While can use this disorientation effectively too often the music is irritating, hermione Hoby of The Observer felt that theres very little on this third LP that could qualify as experimental
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Tumblr
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Tumblr is a microblogging and social networking website founded by David Karp in 2007, and owned by Yahoo. since 2013. The service allows users to post multimedia and other content to a short-form blog, Users can follow other users blogs. Bloggers can also make their blogs private, for bloggers, many of the websites features are accessed from a dashboard interface. As of April 1,2017, Tumblr hosts over 341.8 million blogs, as of January 2016, the website had 555 million monthly visitors. Development of Tumblr began in 2006 during a gap between contracts at David Karps software consulting company, Davidville. Karp had been interested in tumblelogs for some time and was waiting for one of the established blogging platforms to introduce their own tumblelogging platform, as no one had done so after a year of waiting, Karp and developer Marco Arment began working on their own tumblelogging platform. Tumblr was launched in February 2007 and within two weeks, the service had gained 75,000 users, Arment left the company in September 2010 to focus on Instapaper. In early June 2012, Tumblr featured its first major advertising campaign in conjunction with Adidas. Adidas launched an official soccer Tumblr blog and bought placements on the user dashboard and this launch was only two months after Tumblr announced it would be moving towards paid advertising on its site. On May 20,2013, it was announced that Yahoo. many of Tumblrs users were unhappy with the news, causing some to start a petition, achieving nearly 170,000 signatures. David Karp remained CEO and the deal was finalized on June 20,2013, Dashboard, The dashboard is the primary tool for the typical Tumblr user. It is a feed of recent posts from blogs that they follow. Through the dashboard, users are able to comment, reblog, the dashboard allows the user to upload text posts, images, video, quotes, or links to their blog with a click of a button displayed at the top of the dashboard. Users are also able to connect their blogs to their Twitter and Facebook accounts, so whenever they make a post, it also be sent as a tweet. Queue, Users are able to set up a schedule to delay posts that they make and they can spread their posts over several hours or even days. Tags, Users can help their audience find posts about certain topics by adding tags, HTML editing, Tumblr allows users to edit their blogs theme HTML coding to control the appearance of their blog. Users are also able to use a domain name for their blog. With Tumblrs 2009 acquisition of Tumblerette, an iOS application created by Jeff Rock and Garrett Ross, the site became available to BlackBerry smartphones on April 17,2010 via a Mobelux application in BlackBerry World
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Hype Machine
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Hype Machine is a music blog aggregator created by Anthony Volodkin. Hype Machine was originally a music created in 2005 by Anthony Volodkin. The site was out of Volodkins frustration with music magazines. He said, I discovered MP3 blogs like Stereogum and Music for Robots, I couldnt believe there were people spending their time writing about music, putting up tracks so you could hear them. And I thought, there has to be a way to bring this all together, in 2005, Volodkin sent his site address to pioneers in the online music domain, including Lucas Gonze of Webjay, in order to gain feedback. Instead of sending a response, Gonze and others posted the link online, Volodkin observed, got launched without ever being launched. Hype Machine had a partnership with BuzzMedia until 2014, when it switched to Townsquare Media. Hype Machines structure has been described as an amalgamation of Pandora Radio and it aggregates the most recently posted songs from a selection of music blogs and lists them on the websites main page. Users have the ability to love songs, which saves the song to their Loved List, the site has thirteen different genres to select music from. Users can also select the Latest tracks from categories including Freshest, Remixes Only, No Remixes, Hype Machine also provides a full directory of the blogs from which their database of music is derived. Additionally, Hype Machine maintains a Popular List for the last three days and the week, both of which are determined by the number of loves given to each song by users. In March 2008, the added a Listening History section. Above each song are provided links to music retailers such as eMusic, Amazon. The commission from each sale serves as one of the revenue streams for Hype Machine. In January 2010, The Hype Machine partnered with SoundCloud, allowing labels to provide music bloggers with new, Hype Machine released an iPhone application on May 11,2011, and a Blackberry 10 version in 2013. Hype Machines traffic has grown steadily since its launch in 2005 and it has been profiled by CNN, Wired, and The Guardian. It was named to The Guardians list of 100 essential websites of 2009, fred Wilson called the site the best thing to happen to music since the Rolling Stones and the Technorati for music. Gawker Media founder Nick Denton called the site the future of all media, Official website Official blog Official IPhone App Official Android app
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Plague (song)
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Plague is a song by Canadian electronic music band, Crystal Castles. It is the first single of the bands 2012 album, on July 25,2012, it was made available for free download on the duos SoundCloud page. The song debuted at the live performance at Parklife Festival in Manchester, England. The band posted a Soundcloud link to the song on their Facebook page July 25,2012, the release date of the album was eventually announced with the release of the next single, Wrath of God, on September 26,2012. The song mostly received positive reviews, to conclude his assessment of the song, he stated that the song feels different to their previous efforts, as by their own standards, its much more of a slow burner. The music video was released on September 24,2012 and it was originally directed as a fan-made video by Ivan Grbin, before being released as an official music video. It features footage from Andrzej Żuławskis 1981 horror film, Possession
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She-Ra: Princess of Power
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She-Ra, Princess of Power is an American animated television series produced in 1985 by Filmation. A spin-off of Filmations He-Man and the Masters of the Universe series, unlike the He-Man cartoon, which was based on the Masters of the Universe toy line by Mattel, the creation of She-Ra was a collaboration between Filmation and Mattel. The initial group of characters and premise were created by Filmation, Mattel provided financial backing for the show, as well as an accompanying toyline. The series premiered in 1985 and was cancelled in 1986, after 2 seasons and 93 episodes, on March 22,1985, Filmation released an animated movie based on the series titled, He-Man and She-Ra, The Secret of the Sword. The film is composed of five episodes from the She-Ra television series, Into Etheria, Beast Island, She-Ra Unchained, Reunions, with her Sword of Protection Adora can become She-Ra, just as Prince Adam can become He-Man. Born on planet Eternia to Queen Marlena and King Randor, Princess Adora is kidnapped at birth by Hordak, there she serves as a mind-controlled Horde Force Captain before He-Man rescues her. After reuniting with her parents on Eternia, She-Ra decides to return to Etheria, the Great Rebellion The Evil Horde The first season of the show ran five days a week, like He-Man. The second season aired Saturday mornings, She-Ra ended in 1986, and the character was not mentioned in the following two He-Man cartoon series. Reruns aired on USA Network from September 1988 to September 1989, in 2010, Retro TV began airing reruns. Reruns have also aired on Me-TV, as well as Teletoon Retro in Canada, the female She-Ra characters were released in the 1980s as part of the Princess of Power toy line, while The Evil Horde were incorporated into Masters of the Universe. In the 2000s, an exclusive She-Ra toy was released for the MOTU 200X line, the later Masters of the Universe Classics toy line features characters from the entire franchise, including new action figures from the She-Ra cartoon series. In the DC Comics series Masters of the Universe, the title Masters of the Universe #8 is a one-shot about She-Ra, BCI Eclipse LLC released all 93 episodes of She-Ra, Princess of Power in 3 volumes on DVD in 2006-2007. Each volume contains special features including documentaries, character profiles, commentaries, DVD-ROM features, trivia, in 2009, the releases were discontinued when BCI Eclipse ceased operations. On May 31,2010, Classic Media announced plans to re-release the series on DVD, on September 28,2010, they released Season 1, Volume 1 as a 2-disc set featuring 20 episodes. On January 24,2011, Classic Media released She-Ra, The Princess of Power - The Complete Series, on October 19,2009, Universal Pictures UK released Season 1, Volume 1 in the UK, exclusively through retailer HMV. In early 2010, other retailers, such as Amazon. co. uk, madman Entertainment released the entire series on DVD in Australia, both in 3 volumes and as a complete series set
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Melt-Banana
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Melt-Banana is a Japanese noise rock band that is known for playing extremely fast grindcore and noise music mixed with experimental, electronica and pop-based song structures. Since forming in 1992 the band has released ten albums and toured worldwide extensively, mizus original drummer and bass player quit six months after Agata joined, leaving Yasuko to handle the bass and vocal duties until she found bassist Rika. They briefly performed shows around Tokyo without a drummer, Sudoh Toshiaki then joined as the new drummer in November 1992, and they changed their name to Melt-Banana. In 1996, sick Zip Everywhere was nominated for MTV UKs best video, in the same year the band completed their first European tour. In 1997, they created their own recording company, A-Zap, around this time, drummer Sudoh Toshiaki quit. Oshima Watchman became the new drummer in February 1998. The bands first Peel Session was in September 1999, Peel described the session as Simply one of the most extraordinary performances I have ever seen and ever heard. Watchman left the band in 2000, since then the band has had different drummers helping them on tours, in 2007 Melt-Banana recorded the song Hair-Cat for Perfect Hair Forever on Cartoon Networks Adult Swim lineup. The studio album Fetch, released September 2013, saw the transition to a duo. The decision not to use a live drummer led on to the not to have a live bass player. Using a computer for the rhythm allowed more freedom in arrangement, Hamamotos help was not needed for the new duo format. Additionally, throughout the bands career Agata and Yakuso had been the main songwriters, melt-Bananas music falls under what many call noise rock. Agata plays highly unorthodox guitar with extended techniques, for instance, he overlaps two different guitar riffs, simulates lasers and sirens, and has an impressive arsenal of effects, almost all made through his guitar and large amount of effects pedals. Yasuko O. belts out high-pitched screams and raps very quickly, Rika Hamamotos bass lines are not subdued like in most bands, but are foregrounded as much as Agatas guitar work. The sounds from the bass provide a distinct dimension to the music not found in other bands. The drums are usually straightforward, especially on the faster songs. The band describes their recent music as pop, but it is far from it, except more accessible when compared to their earlier albums, perhaps. Essentially, it could be argued that Melt Bananas output, is reminiscent of quirkier indie pop bands, with definite melodies hiding beneath the distortion, effects
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NME Tours
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The NME Tours consist of a variety of tours organised by British music industry publication NME. Throughout the year, NME sponsors numerous tours of the United Kingdom by various up-and-coming, the tours are titled to reflect the genre and type of bands playing on them. The ShockWaves NME Awards Tours normally takes place in the lead up to the official NME Awards themselves, the tour has been known to sell out in just a matter of hours. The tour normally showcasts the main protagonists of the independent alternative rock scene, a number of previous support acts on the tour have gone on to become very successful commercially, such as Arctic Monkeys and Franz Ferdinand. Since 2005, the tour has been sponsored by hair product company ShockWaves. In 2007, the main NME Awards tour was split into two different tours of four bands each, the first tour, the ShockWaves NME Indie Rock Tour was created to reflect the growing indie rock scene in Britain throughout 2006-2007. The second tour, the ShockWaves NME Indie Rave Tour, displays the number of bands currently associated with the New Rave music genre. NME editor Conor McNicholas stated that the reason for the split was to allow more fans to gain tickets to the Awards tour. The tours were played in a number of intertwined dates at the same time and this format was kept for one year, before reverting to one tour in 2008. In 2017, rather than organise a tour themselves, NME sponsored a series of previously announced headline dates by the band Blossoms. K, dolls The NME Radar Tour has taken place in venues throughout the United Kingdom since 2005. The tour is played by relatively unknown bands to gain more mainstream exposure. In 2009, a second Autumn Radar Tour took place during September and October, in 2014, the event was rebranded the NME New Breed Tour, NME and headliners Superfood handpicked a different support act for each night of the tour. The tour did not return in 2015,2014, Superfood, Honeyblood 2013, Cerebral Ballzy, The Amazing Snakeheads, The Bohicas, Fat White Family. 2012, Howler, The Cast of Cheers, Gross Magic,2011, Anna Calvi, Grouplove, Big Deal, The History of Apple Pie. The Long Blondes 2005, Maxïmo Park, Nine Black Alps, Boy Kill Boy, The Checks, The Cribs, Battle, The Rakes, Towers of London, The Vega Method The NME Rock n Roll Riot Tour started in 2003. The tour usually takes place later in the year compared to the main awards tours, taking place in September–October of each year. Some of the bands have gone on to play in other NME Tours, The Horrors, following their support slot on the 2006 Riot Tour. David Viner, Miss S. Payne 1Support for the tour was confirmed by Fused Magazine, official support acts were never announced by NME
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United Kingdom
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom or Britain, is a sovereign country in western Europe. Lying off the north-western coast of the European mainland, the United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, Northern Ireland is the only part of the United Kingdom that shares a land border with another sovereign state—the Republic of Ireland. The Irish Sea lies between Great Britain and Ireland, with an area of 242,500 square kilometres, the United Kingdom is the 78th-largest sovereign state in the world and the 11th-largest in Europe. It is also the 21st-most populous country, with an estimated 65.1 million inhabitants, together, this makes it the fourth-most densely populated country in the European Union. The United Kingdom is a monarchy with a parliamentary system of governance. The monarch is Queen Elizabeth II, who has reigned since 6 February 1952, other major urban areas in the United Kingdom include the regions of Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow, Liverpool and Manchester. The United Kingdom consists of four countries—England, Scotland, Wales, the last three have devolved administrations, each with varying powers, based in their capitals, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast, respectively. The relationships among the countries of the UK have changed over time, Wales was annexed by the Kingdom of England under the Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542. A treaty between England and Scotland resulted in 1707 in a unified Kingdom of Great Britain, which merged in 1801 with the Kingdom of Ireland to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Five-sixths of Ireland seceded from the UK in 1922, leaving the present formulation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, there are fourteen British Overseas Territories. These are the remnants of the British Empire which, at its height in the 1920s, British influence can be observed in the language, culture and legal systems of many of its former colonies. The United Kingdom is a country and has the worlds fifth-largest economy by nominal GDP. The UK is considered to have an economy and is categorised as very high in the Human Development Index. It was the worlds first industrialised country and the worlds foremost power during the 19th, the UK remains a great power with considerable economic, cultural, military, scientific and political influence internationally. It is a nuclear weapons state and its military expenditure ranks fourth or fifth in the world. The UK has been a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council since its first session in 1946 and it has been a leading member state of the EU and its predecessor, the European Economic Community, since 1973. However, on 23 June 2016, a referendum on the UKs membership of the EU resulted in a decision to leave. The Acts of Union 1800 united the Kingdom of Great Britain, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have devolved self-government
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Warsaw
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Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It stands on the Vistula River in east-central Poland, roughly 260 kilometres from the Baltic Sea and 300 kilometres from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population is estimated at 1.750 million residents within a metropolitan area of 3.101 million residents. The city limits cover 516.9 square kilometres, while the area covers 6,100.43 square kilometres. Once described as Paris of the East, Warsaw was believed to be one of the most beautiful cities in the world until World War II. On 9 November 1939, the city was awarded Polands highest military decoration for heroism, Warsaw is one of Europe’s most dynamic metropolitan cities. In 2012 the Economist Intelligence Unit ranked Warsaw as the 32nd most liveable city in the world, in 2017 the city came 4th in the “Business-friendly” category and 8th in the “Human capital and life style”. It was also ranked as one of the most liveable cities in Central, Warsaw is considered an Alpha– global city, a major international tourist destination and a significant cultural, political and economic hub. The city is a significant centre of research and development, BPO, ITO, the Warsaw Stock Exchange is the largest and most important in Central and Eastern Europe. Frontex, the European Union agency for external security, has its headquarters in Warsaw. Together with Frankfurt, London and Paris, Warsaw is also one of the cities with the highest number of skyscrapers in the European Union, the city is the seat of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra and the University of Warsaw. The historic city-centre of Warsaw with its picturesque Old Town in 1980 was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, buildings represent examples of nearly every European architectural style and historical period. Warsaw provides many examples of architecture from the gothic, renaissance, baroque, neoclassical and modern periods, furthermore, the city is positioning itself as Europes chic cultural capital with thriving art and club scenes and renowned restaurants. Folk etymology attributes the city name to a fisherman, Wars, according to legend, Sawa was a mermaid living in the Vistula River with whom Wars fell in love. In actuality, Warsz was a 12th/13th-century nobleman who owned a village located at the site of Mariensztat neighbourhood. See also the Vršovci family which had escaped to Poland, the official city name in full is miasto stołeczne Warszawa. A native or resident of Warsaw is known as a Varsovian – in Polish warszawiak, warszawianin, warszawianka, warszawiacy, other names for Warsaw include Varsovia and Varsóvia, Varsovie, Varsavia, Warschau, װאַרשע /Varshe, Варшава /Varšava /Varshava, Varšuva, Varsó. The first fortified settlements on the site of todays Warsaw were located in Bródno, after Jazdów was raided by nearby clans and dukes, a new similar settlement was established on the site of a small fishing village called Warszowa
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Crystal Castles (band)
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Crystal Castles are a Canadian electronic music group formed in 2003 in Toronto, Ontario by songwriter/producer Ethan Kath. Crystal Castles are known for their live shows and lo-fi melancholic homemade productions. They released many limited vinyl singles between 2006 and 2007 before releasing a trilogy of acclaimed albums between 2008 and 2012. In 2005 Ethan Kath released the digital singles Magic Spells and Untrust Us under the moniker Crystal Castles, as they grew popular online he began receiving offers from record labels. In 2006 Kath recruited vocalist Alice Glass for the bands first physical four-track EP Alice Practice which was released on vinyl and their debut album, Crystal Castles, was released in 2008 and was listed on NMEs Top 100 Greatest Albums of the Decade list at No.39. In 2010 their second album, titled, charted on the Billboard 200 and their third album, was released on November 12,2012 and was the number 1 album of 2012 on Tumblr and also on Hype Machine. The album included 4 singles, Plague, Wrath of God, Sad Eyes, Glass announced her departure from the band in October 2014, citing personal and professional reasons. In April 2015, Ethan Kath released a new Crystal Castles track, Frail, featuring a new singer, in August 19,2016 their fourth album, Amnesty, was released. In 2005 the Ethan Kath songs Magic Spells and Untrust Us grew popular online and he named the project Crystal Castles after a line from the cartoon She-Ra that stated The fate of the world is safe in Crystal Castles. Ethan Kath then met Alice Glass in Toronto and asked her to record vocals over tracks he had working on since 2003. Alice Practice became the bands first limited release in 2006. The record included tracks like XXZXCUZX ME, which Kath states he made grating on purpose, when questioned about his motives behind this move, Kath responded with To weed out the wimps, to annoy the posers. We are saying, We are not for you, several limited edition 7 vinyl singles followed in 2006 and 2007 on various independent labels, including two on Londons Trouble Records. In February 2008, Kath said his aim was to. make the most annoying sounds ever scream over and this eponymous debut album was included in NMEs Top 100 Greatest Albums of the Decade list at number 39. The groups second album, officially titled, was released on May 24,2010, in April 2010, an early mix of the album leaked, prompting the label to release earlier than expected. The album was successful charting in the UK at number 48. The first 2 singles were Celestica and Baptism, the 3rd single Not in Love, featuring Robert Smith from The Cure, became the bands highest charting single to date. Crystal Castles headlined the Shockwaves NME Awards Tour 2011 in the United Kingdom while singer Alice Glass suffered from a broken ankle, in March 2012, Crystal Castles announced their relocation to Warsaw to begin recording their third album
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Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
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It was co-founded by Paul Tollett and Rick Van Santen in 1999, and is organized by Goldenvoice, a subsidiary of AEG Live as of 2001. The event features many genres of music, including rock, indie, hip hop, across the grounds, several stages continuously host live music. The main stages are the, Coachella Stage, Gobi Tent, Mojave Tent, Outdoor Theatre, and Sahara Tent, the festivals origins trace back to a 1993 concert that Pearl Jam performed at the Empire Polo Club while boycotting venues controlled by Ticketmaster. After no event was held in 2000, Coachella returned on an annual basis beginning in April 2001, in 2002, the festival reverted to a two-day format. Coachella was expanded to a day in 2007 and eventually a second weekend in 2012, it is currently held on consecutive three-day weekends in April. Organizers began permitting spectators to camp on the grounds in 2003, Coachella showcases popular and established musical artists, as well as emerging artists and reunited groups. Coachella is one of the largest, most famous, and most profitable music festivals in the United States, the 2016 festival sold 198,000 tickets and grossed $94.2 million. On November 5,1993, Pearl Jam performed for almost 25,000 fans at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, the site was selected because the band refused to play in Los Angeles as a result of a dispute with Ticketmaster. Around 1997, Goldenvoice was struggling to book concerts against larger companies, Tollett said, We were getting our ass kicked financially. We were losing a lot of bands, and we couldnt compete with the money. As a result, the idea of a festival was conceived. While attending the 1997 Glastonbury Festival, Tollett began to brainstorm ideas for a festival of his own with multiple venues. His intent was to book artists who were not necessarily chart successes, Maybe if you put a bunch of them together. Press coverage leading up to the inaugural Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival was dominated by Woodstock 1999, a festival in July 1999 that was marred by looting, arson, violence, and rapes. Goldenvoices insurance costs increased 40% as a result and they faced uncertainty regarding Coachellas tickets, organizers were already aiming to provide a high-comfort festival experience for Coachella but rededicated themselves to those efforts after Woodstock 1999. Advertisements boasted free water fountains, ample restrooms, and misting tents, on October 9–10,1999, the inaugural Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival was held. Headlining the event were Beck, the Chemical Brothers, Tool, Morrissey, originally, promoters had hoped to make the event three days and even considered the UK band Massive Attack as the third-day headliner. The organizers strived to recreate European music festivals with small crowds in a setting with plenty of turntables
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Indio, California
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Indio is a city in Riverside County, California, United States, located in the Coachella Valley of Southern Californias Colorado Desert region. It lies 23 miles east of Palm Springs,77 miles east of Riverside and it is about 98 miles north of Mexicali, Baja California on the U. S. -Mexican border. The word Indio is Spanish for Indian, the population was 76,036 in the 2010 United States Census, up from 49,116 at the 2000 census, an increase of 55%. Railroad line construction east out of Los Angeles began in 1873, trains were operated to Colton on July 16,1875, and to Indio on May 29,1876. Moving on eastward from Indio, the reached the west bank of the Colorado River opposite Yuma on May 23,1877. There was delay in getting military authority to lay tracks across the Yuma Indian reservation, but the rail-head of the T & P was at a standstill far off in Texas, so Southern Pacific continued building eastward. The City of Indio came about because of the need of a point for the Southern Pacific Railroad between Yuma, Arizona and Los Angeles. The engines needed to be re-filled with water, at first, the-would-be city was called Indian Wells, but because of so many other areas already called that, Indio – after a Spanish variation of the word Indian – was chosen. After the railroads arrival in 1876, Indio really started to grow, the first permanent building was the craftsman style Southern Pacific Depot station and hotel. Southern Pacific tried to make life as comfortable as it could for their workers in order to them from leaving such a difficult area to live in at the time. It was at the center of all life in the desert with a fancy dining room. While Indio started as a town, it soon became agricultural. However, water also was a problem for Indio and the city was flooded several times until the storm water canals were created throughout the Coachella Valley. Businessmen and women found this last frontier land of the continental United States as a place to start fresh. Dr. Harry Smiley and his wife Nell were early residents and stayed in Indio after their car broke down on the way to Los Angeles and became people of influence and helped shape the area. A. G. Tingman was an early storeowner and first Postmaster of Indio, later Dr. June Robertson McCarroll became a leading philanthropist as well as successful doctor in Indio. But even though these early founders of the city are considered pioneers, Indio established itself quickly and kept up with all the trends as they were brought in by the railroads. By the turn of the 20th century, Indio was already more than a railroad town
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Reading and Leeds Festivals
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The Reading and Leeds Festivals are a pair of annual rock music festivals that take place in Reading and Leeds in England. The events take place simultaneously on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the August bank holiday weekend, the Reading Festival is held at Little Johns Farm on Richfield Avenue in central Reading, near the Caversham Bridge. The Leeds event is held in Bramham Park, near Wetherby, campsites are available at both sites and weekend tickets include camping. It has had various musical phases over the years, as detailed below, in the twin-site era, rock, alternative, indie, punk and metal have tended to dominate. The festivals are run by Festival Republic, which was divested from Mean Fiddler Music Group, for promotional purposes during 1998–2007 they were known as the Carling Weekend, Reading and the Carling Weekend, Leeds. These titles were used when not required, although NME were contractually obliged to do so as part of their involvement. In November 2007, the organisers welcomed Reading Festival reclaiming its prestigious name when the title was abolished after 9 years. In 2011, the capacity of the Reading site was 87,000 and this was an increase of several thousand on previous years. The festival typically has the following stages, Main stage – major rock, indie, metal, nME/Radio 1 stage – less well-known acts, building up to an alternative headline act. Dance tent – dance music acts, previously sharing a day with the Lock Up stage, Lock Up Stage – underground punk and hardcore acts. Due to demand, from 2006 this stage took up two days rather than previous years where it was one day. Festival Republic stage – acts with less popular appeal and breakthrough acts, 1Xtra Stage – new stage for 2013 that stages Hip-Hop, RnB and Rap artists. Alternative tent – comedy and cabaret acts plus DJs, BBC Introducing Stage – Typically unsigned/not well known acts. The Reading Festival officially began life as the National Jazz Festival, however, the festivals roots can be traced further back to the Beaulieu Jazz Festivals of the 1950s held on the estate of Lord Montague at Beaulieu in the New Forest, Hampshire. When alcochol-fuelled violence at the start of the 1960s led to the cancellation of the Beaulieu Jazz Festival its mantle was inherited by the new National Jazz Festival and this format continued until 1967 when jazz was relegated to just the Saturday afternoon session and by 1969 had disappeared entirely. 1964 saw a Friday evening session added to the existing weekend format, the following year a second stage was added, but this innovation was not to last and by the time the Festival was relocated to Sunbury in 1968 the single-stage format returned. Plumpton Racecourse then hosted the Festival for a stint from 1969. In 1984, many acts were booked to appear, tickets were on sale with Marillion due to be one of this years headliners
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Vice (magazine)
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Vice is a print magazine and website focused on arts, culture, and news topics. As of February 2015, the magazines Chief Creative Officer was Eddy Moretti, Andrew Creighton is President, as of October 2014, there were 29 Vice offices on every continent except Africa and Antarctica. The monthly publication is frequently focused on a single theme, when the editors later sought to dissolve their commitments with the original publisher Alix Laurent, they bought him out and changed the name to Vice in 1996. Richard Szalwinski, a Canadian software millionaire, acquired the magazine and relocated the operation to New York City, following the relocation, the magazine quickly developed a reputation for provocative and politically incorrect content. Under Szalwinskis ownership, a few stores were opened in New York City. However, due to the end of the bubble, the three founders eventually regained ownership of the Vice brand, followed by the closure of the stores. The British edition of Vice was launched in 2002 and Andy Capper was its first editor. The media company was based in New York City, but the magazine began featuring articles on topics that were considered more serious, such as armed conflict in Iraq. Alvi explained to The New York Times in November 2007, The world is bigger than the Lower East Side. McInnes left the publication in 2008, citing creative differences as the primary issue, in an email communication dated 23 January, McInnes explained, I no longer have anything to do with Vice or VBS or DOs & DONTs or any of that. Its a long story but weve all agreed to leave it at creative differences, at the commencement of 2012, an article in Forbes magazine referred to the Vice company as Vice Media, but the precise time when this title development occurred is not public knowledge. Vice acquired the fashion magazine i-D in December 2012 and, by February 2013, Vice produced 24 global editions of the magazine, by this stage, Alex Miller had replaced Capper as the editor-in-chief of the UK edition. Furthermore, Vice consisted of 800 worldwide employees, including 100 in London, Vice magazine includes the work of journalists, columnists, fiction writers, graphic artists and cartoonists, and photographers. Both Vices online and magazine content has shifted from dealing mostly with independent arts, articles on the site feature a range of subjects, often things not covered as by mainstream media. Entire issues of the magazine have also dedicated to the concerns of Iraqi people, Native Americans, Russian people, people with mental disorders. Vice also publishes a guide for students in the United Kingdom. In 2007, a Vice announcement was published on the Internet, After umpteen years of putting out what amounted to a book every month. Besides, too many other magazines have ripped it and started doing their own take on themes
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Glastonbury Festival
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Glastonbury Festival is a five-day festival of contemporary performing arts that takes place near Pilton, Somerset. In addition to music, the festival hosts dance, comedy, theatre, circus, cabaret. Leading pop and rock artists have headlined, alongside thousands of others appearing on smaller stages, films and albums recorded at Glastonbury have been released, and the festival receives extensive television and newspaper coverage. The majority of staff are volunteers, helping the festival to raise millions of pounds for good causes, regarded as a major event in British culture, the festival is inspired by the ethos of the hippie, counterculture, and free festival movements. It retains vestiges of these traditions, such as the Green Fields area, after the 1970s, the festival took place almost every year and grew in size, with the number of attendees sometimes being swollen by gatecrashers. Michael Eavis hosted the first festival, then called Pilton Festival, after seeing an open-air Led Zeppelin concert at the 1970 Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music. They featured works by composers, sponsored by the Clark family, as well as a wide range of traditional works, from Everyman to James Shirleys Cupid. The festival retains vestiges of this such as the Green Fields area, encompassing the Green Futures. The first festival at Worthy Farm was the Pilton Pop, Blues & Folk Festival, mounted by Michael Eavis on Saturday 19 September 1970, and attended by 1,500 people. The original headline acts were The Kinks and Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders but these acts were replaced at short notice by Tyrannosaurus Rex, Other billed acts of note were Quintessence, Stackridge, and Al Stewart. The 1971 festival featured the first incarnation of the Pyramid Stage, conceived by Bill Harkin the stage was a one-tenth replica of the Great Pyramid of Giza built from scaffolding and metal sheeting and positioned over a blind spring which was found by dowsing. Performers included David Bowie, Mighty Baby, Traffic, Fairport Convention, Gong, Hawkwind, Skin Alley, The Worthy Farm Windfuckers and Melanie. It was paid for by its supporters and advocates of its ideal, and embraced a mediaeval tradition of music, dance, poetry, theatre, lights, the 1971 festival was filmed by Nicolas Roeg and David Puttnam and was released as a film called simply Glastonbury Fayre. The 1980s saw the festival become a fixture, barring periodic fallow years. In 1981, Michael Eavis took control of the festival, and that year a new Pyramid Stage was constructed from telegraph poles and metal sheeting, a permanent structure which doubled as a hay-barn and cow-shed during the winter. In the 1980s, the area of the festival became the starting point for a new childrens charity called Childrens World. 1981 was the first year that the festival profits. Since 1983, large festivals have required licences from local authorities and this led to certain restrictions being placed on the festival, including a crowd limit and specified times during which the stages could operate
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Nine Inch Nails
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Nine Inch Nails is an American industrial rock band founded in 1988 by Trent Reznor in Cleveland, Ohio. Despite this, the band has had feuds with the corporate side of the recording industry. Reznor returned to self-releasing material with the second Nine Inch Nails EP, as the bands main producer, singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist, Reznor is the only constant member of the group, and remains solely responsible for its direction. This changed however in 2016 when Atticus Ross was introduced as a permanent member of Nine Inch Nails alongside the announcement of Not the Actual Events, after recording a new album, Reznor usually assembles a live band to perform onstage with him. The touring band features a lineup that often rearranges songs to fit a live setting. On stage, Nine Inch Nails often employs visual elements to accompany performances, Nine Inch Nails has been nominated for thirteen Grammy Awards, and won twice for the songs Wish and Happiness in Slavery in 1992 and 1996, respectively. In 1997, Reznor appeared in Time magazines list of the years most influential people, in 2004, Rolling Stone placed Nine Inch Nails at 94 on its list of the 100 greatest artists of all time. In 2014, Nine Inch Nails was named as nominees for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in 2015, they were nominated a second time. Koster agreed and allowed Reznor to use it whenever it was empty, while completing the early recordings, Reznor was unable to find a band that could articulate the material as he desired. Instead, inspired by Prince, Reznor played all the instruments except drums himself and this role remains Reznors on most of the bands studio recordings, though he has occasionally involved other musicians and assistants. Nine Inch Nails debut was at the Phantasy Theater in Lakewood, in 1988, after playing its first shows supporting Skinny Puppy, Reznors ambition for Nine Inch Nails was to release one 12-inch single on a small European label. Several labels responded favorably to the material and Reznor signed with TVT Records. The overall sound on Purest Feeling is lighter than that of Pretty Hate Machine, several songs feature live drumming and guitar work throughout. Reznor coined the name Nine Inch Nails because it abbreviated easily, other rumored explanations have circulated, alleging that Reznor chose to reference Jesus crucifixion with nine-inch spikes, or Freddy Kruegers nine-inch fingernails. The English letters NIN are also noted for their resemblance to the modern Hebrew characters of the Tetragrammaton, the Nine Inch Nails logo, which consists of the letters set inside a border, was designed by Reznor and Gary Talpas. The logo first appeared on the video for Nine Inch Nails debut single, Down in It. Talpas, a native of Cleveland, would continue to design Nine Inch Nails packaging art until 1997, written, arranged, and performed by Reznor, Nine Inch Nails first album Pretty Hate Machine debuted in 1989. It marked his first collaboration with Adrian Sherwood and Mark Flood Ellis, Reznor asked Sean Beavan to mix the demos of Pretty Hate Machine, which had received multiple offers for record deals
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Iceland Airwaves
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Iceland Airwaves is an annual music festival held in Reykjavík, Iceland in early November. The festival spans five days and its focus is showcasing new music. The festivals main sponsors are Icelandair and the City of Reykjavík, the first show was held in 1999 as a one-off event in an airplane hangar at Reykjavík Airport. Subsequently, it has one of the premier showcases for new music in the world, with hundreds of journalists. Iceland Airwaves has become known for its intimacy and party spirit, the festival has been called the hippest long weekend on the annual music-festival calendar and an unbelievable zest for music and celebration. The 2010 edition of Iceland Airwaves took place on 13–17 October, in 2011, Iceland Airwaves was held from 12 to 17 October. The performers included Björk, Sinéad OConnor, Yoko Ono, Ólafur Arnalds, Of Monsters and Men, We Were Promised Jetpacks, 22-Pistepirkko, Tune-Yards, Beach House, Other Lives, in 2012, Iceland Airwaves took place from October 31 to November 4. Django Django and Swans were both scheduled but were forced to cancel, in the year 2013, Iceland Airwaves Music Festival started October 30 and ended with the final concert of Kraftwerk at November 3. Other lineup artists, For a Minor Reflection, Retro Stefson, Prins Póló, Jon Hopkins, Gold Panda, Agent Fresco, Yo La Tengo, FM Belfast, and Sykur. Iceland Airwaves is promoted and produced by Iceland Music Export. and sponsored by its founder Icelandair, list of electronic music festivals Leon, Jakov A peek inside Icelands Airwaves Festival for up-and-coming bands, dw-world. de, Iceland Airwaves
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Blur (band)
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Blur are an English rock band, formed in London in 1988. The group consists of singer/keyboardist Damon Albarn, guitarist/singer Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and their debut album Leisure incorporated the sounds of Madchester and shoegazing. Following a stylistic change influenced by English guitar pop groups such as the Kinks, in the process, the band helped establish the Britpop genre and achieved mass popularity in the UK, aided by a chart battle with rivals Oasis in 1995 dubbed the Battle of Britpop. In recording their follow-up, Blur, the band underwent another reinvention, the bands third UK number one album, Blur included the Song 2 single, which brought them mainstream success in the US. Their next album,13 saw the band experimenting with electronic and gospel music. In May 2002, Coxon left Blur during the recording of their seventh album Think Tank, containing electronic sounds and more minimal guitar work, the album was marked by Albarns growing interest in hip hop and African music. After a 2003 tour without Coxon, Blur did no work or touring as a band. Blur reunited, with Coxon back in the fold, for a series of concerts in 2009, in the following years they released several singles and retrospective compilations, and toured internationally. In 2012, the received a Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. Their first major release in years, The Magic Whip. Childhood friends Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon met Alex James when they began studying at Londons Goldsmiths College in 1988, Albarn was in a group named Circus, who were joined by drummer Dave Rowntree that October. Circus requested the services of Coxon after the departure of their guitarist and that December, Circus fired two members and James joined as the groups bassist. This new group named themselves Seymour in December 1988, inspired by J. D. Salingers Seymour, the group performed live for the first time in summer 1989. In November, Food Records A&R representative Andy Ross attended a Seymour performance that convinced him to court the group for his label, the only concern held by Ross and Food was that they disliked the bands name. Food drew up a list of alternatives, from which the decided on Blur. Food Records finally signed the newly christened band in March 1990, from March to July 1990, Blur toured Britain, opening for the Cramps, and testing out new songs. In October 1990, after their tour was over, Blur released the Shes So High single, the band had trouble creating a follow-up single, but they made progress when paired with producer Stephen Street. The resulting single release, Theres No Other Way, became a hit, as a result of the singles success, Blur became pop stars and were accepted into a clique of bands who frequented the Syndrome club in London dubbed The Scene That Celebrates Itself
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Bonnaroo Music Festival
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The festival typically starts on the second Thursday in June and lasts four days. Musical acts play from noon until 3, 00am or later. The festival began with a focus on jam bands and folk rock, it has diversified in recent years, the festival features craftsmen and artisans selling unique products, food and drink vendors, a comedy tent, silent disco, cinema tent, and a Ferris wheel. Bonnaroo Music Festival was largely influenced by rock concerts of the late 1960s and early 1970s, the festival is a nod to the Monterey International Pop Music Festival, the Atlanta International Pop Festival, and most famously the Woodstock Music & Art Fair. Bonnaroo was established by Ashley Capps of AC Entertainment and Kerry Black, Rick Farman, Richard Goodstone, the first Bonnaroo took place in 2002. The founders chose bonnaroo, a Creole slang word meaning a good time, for its literal meaning. This term was popularized by New Orleans R&B singer Dr. John with his 1974 album Desitively Bonnaroo, the founders were inspired by music festivals they attended in the 1990s, including those put on by the band Phish, and events held in Coachella and Glastonbury. They found a site in Manchester, Tennessee that had facilities, using only their website for ticket sales, they sold out the festival in about two weeks. By 2003, the festival had been named by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the top 50 moments in rock & roll, Comedy acts such as Jim Breuer were first added in 2005. In 2007, Bonnaroo purchased the land for the festival, creating Great Stage Park with all of its iconic features and they installed a permanent main stage in 2010. On January 10,2007, Bonnaroo organizers Superfly Productions and AC Entertainment purchased a portion of the site where the annual music festival is held. Since its inception, Bonnaroo has contributed more than $1 million directly to Coffee County organizations, in addition to the festivals annual charitable contributions, its activities help generate annual revenue for the county. Measured in a 2005 study, the impact of the event on Coffee County was more than $14 million in business revenues. The Bonnaroo music festival makes most of its income from the fans and it provided aid to assist local organizations following disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake,2005 Hurricane Katrina, Nashville floods, and Gulf of Mexico oil spill. By 2013, the direct and indirect impact of the festival since inception was estimated at $51 million. Bonnaroo is run to support recycling and sustainability, in 2011, A Greener Festival recognized Bonnaroos efforts for the previous three years with an award. In 2004 Bonaroo said it prevented having to collect 120 tons of trash by encouraging fans to recycle, food and drink are sold in organic and recyclable materials to create less waste. AGF auditors review festivals, as well as requiring their self-evaluation, as of late, Bonnaroo initiates many green activities during the festival, such as Planet Roo, a hub advocating sustainability and effective change toward the environment
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Latitude Festival
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The Latitude Festival is an annual music festival that takes place in Henham Park, near Southwold, Suffolk, England. It was first held in July 2006, the festival is run by Festival Republic, which also runs the Reading and Leeds festivals and up until 2013 was contracted to run Glastonbury Festival. Burglaries from more than 40 tents were subsequently reported to Suffolk Police, inadequate security, including a decision by festival organisers, Mean Fiddler Music Group, not to engage a police presence on site for the duration of the festival attracted a degree of criticism. The 2008 line up was announced on 19 March 2008 with Franz Ferdinand headlining on the Friday, Sigur Rós on the Saturday, the Exploits of Elaine M. I. A. was scheduled to headline the Sunrise Arena on the Sunday but pulled out due to ill health. Ida Maria was scheduled to play on the stage on Sunday. In the Woods appearances, - Dirty Protest Theatre The fourth edition took place on 16–19 July 2009. Acts that played include Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Thom Yorke, Grace Jones and Pet Shop Boys as the headliners, alongside Editors, Doves. The headliners and ticket details were announced on the Latitude Festival official site on 23 March 2009, at 7pm, more acts were confirmed at around 12,00 pm on the following day. These acts had already been reported on BBC Radio 1. Also announced in the press were The Gossip, on 3 April 2009 the official Latitude website confirmed Magazine, Spiritualized and Newton Faulkner to be playing. In June, it was announced that Thom Yorke would play a solo set as the festivals special guest. BBC Radio covered the 4 day event with music, comedy, sessions and interviews featured in shows across Radio 2, Radio 4,6 Music. The total attendance for the weekend was 25,000, Latitude 2010 took place on 15,16,17 and 18 July 2010. Initial lineup announcements were made at 7pm on Tuesday 9 March 2010, capacity for the event was increased substantially to 35,000. There was a gang rape on the first night of the festival which resulted in a heavy police presence for the remainder of the festival. Crystal Castles criticised the rapists during their performance on the Main Stage calling the perpetrators disgusting, a second rape was reported to have occurred on the second night though it attracted much less publicity than the first. Women were advised against going anywhere on site unaccompanied, Latitude 2011 took place on 14–17 July 2011. The first line up announcements were revealed on 14 March 2011, the three Obelisk headliners were revealed as well as a number of other artists and acts appearing across all stages
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Glastonbury Festival 2010
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The 2010 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts took place in Pilton, Somerset, England in June 2010. The festival was headlined by Gorillaz, Muse, and Stevie Wonder, U2 were initially announced as headliners, but withdrew on 25 May 2010 citing Bonos recent back surgery. Gorillaz were announced as the replacement, the festival was totally rain-free for the first time since 2002, and experienced the hottest average temperatures since the early 1990s. The total attendance of the event was 177,500, similar to previous years, ticket buyers were required to pre-register to buy tickets with photographic identification, a measure employed to avoid reselling and touting. Tickets went on sale on 4 October and sold out within 12 hours of going on sale, the general resale commenced on 11 April at 9,00 am, with all tickets selling out within 2 hours. On 23 November 2009, it was announced that U2 would be headlining the Friday evening of the festival, other acts confirmed by organisers include Jack Johnson, the early winners of the Emerging Talent Competition, My Luminaries and eventual final winners Ellen and the Escapades. On 14 April 2010, the lineup of the event was announced. On 25 May 2010, it was announced that U2 had cancelled their appearance at the festival to allow Bonos recovery from recent back surgery. Bono issued a message of his heartbreak to the fans - Im heartbroken -. The following day it was announced that Gorillaz would fill in for U2, a number of artists made special or unannounced appearances at the festival, including many on smaller stages such as the Park Stage or the Avalon Stage. In early June, Keane announced a surprise slot at the Avalon stage and they played Radiohead hits such as Karma Police, Street Spirit and Pyramid Song as well as some of Yorkes solo material. The other secret gig on the Park Stage was by Scottish trio Biffy Clyro who announced on Twitter that they would perform at the Park Stage on Saturday, the trio had left a series of visual clues about their performance. Kylie Minogue performed with the Scissor Sisters on the Pyramid Stage, Florence Welch, from Florence and the Machine, sang You Got the Love with The XX and You Got the Dirtee Love with Dizzee Rascal during his Pyramid Stage set. On the Pyramid Stage on Friday, during Snoop Doggs set, Tinie Tempah came on stage, to make up for U2 cancelling their appearance, The Edge joined Muse during their Saturday headlining slot for a cover of Where the Streets Have No Name. Shakira invited to René from Calle 13 and them performed together their song Gordita at the Pyramid Stage on Saturday, source, Line up poster Official website
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RockNess
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RockNess was an annual music festival which took place in Scotland at Clune Farm, Dores, on the banks of Loch Ness near Inverness in the Scottish Highlands. The first Rockness festival took place on 24 June 2006 and continue to grow in size every year until 2013, in June 2008 AEG took over as the main promoter of the festival. Despite the festivals name it was not solely a rock festival but presented music from all genres, especially mainstream, the festival was last held in 2013, with the 2014 &2015 editions being cancelled in advance. Fatboy Slim took his Brighton Beach Party to the shores of Loch Ness to create the first festival which was held on Saturday 24 June 2006, all of the 20,000 tickets were sold at price of £32.50. The festival had two stages, a stage and big top, which were active throughout the day. It started at midday and both stages hosted different dance acts about every hour and a half, acts included X-Press 2, Stanton Warriors, Scratch Perverts, Linus Loves, Cagedbaby, Audio Bullys, Slam, Mylo, Carl Cox with Fatboy Slim headlining. The following year in 2007 the festival was increased in size to accommodate over 35,000 festival goers over two days. It was in 2009 that the festival became a three-day festival, on 19 March 2014 organizers of the festival announced that due to the addition of a number of events alongside the World Cup and the Commonwealth Games there would be no Rockness held in 2014. Despite hopes of a return in 2015, organisers confirmed in January that the festival would again be cancelled, a new festival, Groove Loch Ness, was held in the same venue on 22 August 2015. This was described as a dance festival, with a single stage. About 4,500 people attended the one-day event, UK new music station, XFM was the official radio broadcast partner for the festival coverage until 2009 when the BBC took over radio rights and also provided internet services. Channel 4 broadcast highlights of the 2008 festival weekend on national television and they also provided television coverage for 2009. In January 2010, Rockness confirmed BBC Radio 1 as the media sponsors. In addition to the media sponsors as of April 2010 employment website Monster. co. uk was a sponsor for RockNess 2010. Official Website RockNess on the BBC
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Pohoda (music festival)
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The word pohoda means relax or ease in the Slovak and Czech languages. Pohoda is a summer music festival in Slovakia, first organized in 1997 in Trenčín. It is the biggest Slovak music event organized annually, the current venue is Trenčín Airport. The festival features music, rock, pop, dance music, world music, house, techno, drum and bass, hip hop. The actual record-high attendance is 33,000 people/day from 2009, since 2010 the festival capacity is limited to 30,000 visitors. The first festival organized on 29 June 1997 was called Kráľovská Pohoda and it took place at the Trenčín town stadium. About 2,000 people attended the event but only 140 tickets were sold, four Slovak, three Czech and one Russian bands played there. The festival called Dobre zvolená Pohoda was organized on 5 September, the new location was Pod Sokolicami again in Trenčín, which hosted the event until 2003. The festival had two stages - main and dance, musicians from Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Austria and Finland attracted about 3,000 people. The event was larger than the previous ones. It was held on 16 and 17 July, contained two stages and accompanying activities, such as tattooing and balloon rides, the first American band, Skulpey, performed at Pohoda. 8,000 people attended the festival each day, the festival organized on 21 and 22 July was significantly larger again. The venue was enlarged by the adjacent expo area and it contained four stages - main, dance 1 and 2 and rock and many accompanying activities and events. Notable performers included Bomfunk MCs and Propellerheads Will White,20,000 visitors were present each day. Organized on 20 and 21 July, the festival hosted 5 stages - main, rock/hip-hop, rock open-air, notable musicians included Fun Lovin Criminals, and the event attracted 18,000 people each day. Seven stages offered a vast array of genres on 19 and 20 July. Stereo MCs, Sneaker Pimps and Task Force were presented as headliners, attendance,20, 000/day The festival was organized on 18 and 19 July. Headliners included The Cardigans, Kosheen and Skatalites, attendance,20, 000/day The festival was moved to a new venue, Trenčín Airport and took place on 16 and 17 July
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