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Kings of Leon
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Kings of Leon is an American rock band that formed in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1999. The band is composed of brothers Caleb Followill, Nathan Followill and Jared Followill, the bands early music was a blend of Southern rock and blues influences, but it has gradually expanded throughout the years to include a variety of genres and a more alternative, arena rock sound. Their third album, Because of the Times, also reached the one spot. After the release of Only by the Night in September 2008 the band achieved success in the United States. The singles Sex on Fire, Use Somebody, and Notion all peaked at one on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart. The album was their first Platinum-selling album in the United States, the bands fifth album, Come Around Sundown, was released on October 18,2010. Their sixth album, Mechanical Bull, was released on September 24,2013, the seventh studio album, WALLS, was released on October 14,2016. The group has 12 Grammy Award nominations, including 4 wins, the three Followill brothers grew up in Oklahoma and Tennessee with their father, Ivan Leon Followill, a United Pentecostal Church preacher, and their mother, Betty-Ann. Matthew and Nathan were born in Oklahoma, and Jared and Caleb were born in and around Memphis, Jared attended Mount Juliet High School, while Matthew was born and reared in Mississippi. They were either home-schooled by their mother, or enrolled in parochial schools at this time. When the boys father resigned from preaching and their parents divorced in 1997, Nathan and Caleb relocated to outside Nashville and their youngest brother, Jared, who had briefly attended public school, was more influenced by the music of the Pixies and The Velvet Underground. When he and their cousin Matthew also moved to Nashville in 1999 and they named the band after their grandfather Leon, who died in January 2014. By 2002, Nathan and Caleb had received interest from a number of labels and eventually signed with RCA Records. In an interview with Billboard, however, Nathan outlined how they told RCA, We dont want to be Evan, were going to buy our little brother a bass, hes a freshman in high school. Caleb will teach himself the guitar, Matthew played guitar when he was 10 and they said, All right, well come down in one month and see you guys. Later in the interview Caleb admitted to the brothers kidnapping their cousin Matthew from his hometown in Mississippi for him to join the band and they told his mother that he was only going to be staying for a week but never allowed him to return home. We locked ourselves in the basement with an ounce of marijuana and my mom would bring us food down, added Nathan. And at the end of month the label people came and we had Mollys Chambers, California Waiting, Wicker Chair
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Rock music
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It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by blues, rhythm and blues and country music. Rock music also drew strongly on a number of genres such as electric blues and folk. Musically, rock has centered on the guitar, usually as part of a rock group with electric bass guitar. Typically, rock is song-based music usually with a 4/4 time signature using a verse-chorus form, like pop music, lyrics often stress romantic love but also address a wide variety of other themes that are frequently social or political in emphasis. Punk was an influence into the 1980s on the subsequent development of subgenres, including new wave, post-punk. From the 1990s alternative rock began to rock music and break through into the mainstream in the form of grunge, Britpop. Similarly, 1970s punk culture spawned the visually distinctive goth and emo subcultures and this trio of instruments has often been complemented by the inclusion of other instruments, particularly keyboards such as the piano, Hammond organ and synthesizers. The basic rock instrumentation was adapted from the blues band instrumentation. A group of musicians performing rock music is termed a rock band or rock group, Rock music is traditionally built on a foundation of simple unsyncopated rhythms in a 4/4 meter, with a repetitive snare drum back beat on beats two and four. Melodies are often derived from older musical modes, including the Dorian and Mixolydian, harmonies range from the common triad to parallel fourths and fifths and dissonant harmonic progressions. Critics have stressed the eclecticism and stylistic diversity of rock, because of its complex history and tendency to borrow from other musical and cultural forms, it has been argued that it is impossible to bind rock music to a rigidly delineated musical definition. These themes were inherited from a variety of sources, including the Tin Pan Alley pop tradition, folk music and rhythm, as a result, it has been seen as articulating the concerns of this group in both style and lyrics. Christgau, writing in 1972, said in spite of some exceptions, rock and roll usually implies an identification of male sexuality, according to Simon Frith rock was something more than pop, something more than rock and roll. Rock musicians combined an emphasis on skill and technique with the concept of art as artistic expression, original. The foundations of music are in rock and roll, which originated in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s. Its immediate origins lay in a melding of various musical genres of the time, including rhythm and blues and gospel music, with country. In 1951, Cleveland, Ohio disc jockey Alan Freed began playing rhythm and blues music for a multi-racial audience, debate surrounds which record should be considered the first rock and roll record. Other artists with rock and roll hits included Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Fats Domino, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis
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Pop music
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Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form in the United States and United Kingdom during the mid 1950s. The terms popular music and pop music are used interchangeably, although the former describes all music that is popular. Pop and rock were synonymous terms until the late 1960s, when they were used in opposition from each other. Although pop music is seen as just the singles charts, it is not the sum of all chart music. Pop music is eclectic, and often borrows elements from other such as urban, dance, rock, Latin. Identifying factors include generally short to medium-length songs written in a format, as well as the common use of repeated choruses, melodic tunes. David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop music as a body of music which is distinguishable from popular, jazz, according to Pete Seeger, pop music is professional music which draws upon both folk music and fine arts music. Although pop music is seen as just the singles charts, it is not the sum of all chart music, the music charts contain songs from a variety of sources, including classical, jazz, rock, and novelty songs. Pop music, as a genre, is seen as existing and developing separately, pop music continuously evolves along with the terms definition. The term pop song was first recorded as being used in 1926, Hatch and Millward indicate that many events in the history of recording in the 1920s can be seen as the birth of the modern pop music industry, including in country, blues and hillbilly music. The Oxford Dictionary of Music states that while pops earlier meaning meant concerts appealing to a wide audience. Since the late 1950s, however, pop has had the meaning of non-classical mus, usually in the form of songs, performed by such artists as the Beatles. Grove Music Online also states that, in the early 1960s pop music competed terminologically with beat music, while in the USA its coverage overlapped with that of rock and roll. From about 1967, the term was used in opposition to the term rock music. Whereas rock aspired to authenticity and an expansion of the possibilities of music, pop was more commercial, ephemeral. It is not driven by any significant ambition except profit and commercial reward, and, in musical terms, it is essentially conservative. It is, provided from on high rather than being made from below, pop is not a do-it-yourself music but is professionally produced and packaged. The beat and the melodies tend to be simple, with limited harmonic accompaniment, the lyrics of modern pop songs typically focus on simple themes – often love and romantic relationships – although there are notable exceptions
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Spain
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By population, Spain is the sixth largest in Europe and the fifth in the European Union. Spains capital and largest city is Madrid, other urban areas include Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, Bilbao. Modern humans first arrived in the Iberian Peninsula around 35,000 years ago, in the Middle Ages, the area was conquered by Germanic tribes and later by the Moors. Spain is a democracy organised in the form of a government under a constitutional monarchy. It is a power and a major developed country with the worlds fourteenth largest economy by nominal GDP. Jesús Luis Cunchillos argues that the root of the span is the Phoenician word spy. Therefore, i-spn-ya would mean the land where metals are forged, two 15th-century Spanish Jewish scholars, Don Isaac Abravanel and Solomon ibn Verga, gave an explanation now considered folkloric. Both men wrote in two different published works that the first Jews to reach Spain were brought by ship by Phiros who was confederate with the king of Babylon when he laid siege to Jerusalem. This man was a Grecian by birth, but who had given a kingdom in Spain. He became related by marriage to Espan, the nephew of king Heracles, Heracles later renounced his throne in preference for his native Greece, leaving his kingdom to his nephew, Espan, from whom the country of España took its name. Based upon their testimonies, this eponym would have already been in use in Spain by c.350 BCE, Iberia enters written records as a land populated largely by the Iberians, Basques and Celts. Early on its coastal areas were settled by Phoenicians who founded Western Europe´s most ancient cities Cadiz, Phoenician influence expanded as much of the Peninsula was eventually incorporated into the Carthaginian Empire, becoming a major theater of the Punic Wars against the expanding Roman Empire. After an arduous conquest, the peninsula came fully under Roman Rule, during the early Middle Ages it came under Germanic rule but later, much of it was conquered by Moorish invaders from North Africa. In a process took centuries, the small Christian kingdoms in the north gradually regained control of the peninsula. The last Moorish kingdom fell in the same year Columbus reached the Americas, a global empire began which saw Spain become the strongest kingdom in Europe, the leading world power for a century and a half, and the largest overseas empire for three centuries. Continued wars and other problems led to a diminished status. The Napoleonic invasions of Spain led to chaos, triggering independence movements that tore apart most of the empire, eventually democracy was peacefully restored in the form of a parliamentary constitutional monarchy. Spain joined the European Union, experiencing a renaissance and steady economic growth
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Madrid
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Madrid is the capital city of the Kingdom of Spain and the largest municipality in both the Community of Madrid and Spain as a whole. The city has a population of almost 3.2 million with an area population of approximately 6.5 million. It is the third-largest city in the European Union after London and Berlin, the municipality itself covers an area of 604.3 km2. Madrid lies on the River Manzanares in the centre of both the country and the Community of Madrid, this community is bordered by the communities of Castile and León. As the capital city of Spain, seat of government, and residence of the Spanish monarch, Madrid is also the political, economic, the current mayor is Manuela Carmena from Ahora Madrid. Madrid is home to two football clubs, Real Madrid and Atlético de Madrid. Madrid is the 17th most liveable city in the according to Monocle magazine. Madrid organises fairs such as FITUR, ARCO, SIMO TCI, while Madrid possesses modern infrastructure, it has preserved the look and feel of many of its historic neighbourhoods and streets. Cibeles Palace and Fountain have become one of the monument symbols of the city, the first documented reference of the city originates in Andalusan times as the Arabic مجريط Majrīṭ, which was retained in Medieval Spanish as Magerit. A wider number of theories have been formulated on possible earlier origins, according to legend, Madrid was founded by Ocno Bianor and was named Metragirta or Mantua Carpetana. The most ancient recorded name of the city Magerit comes from the name of a built on the Manzanares River in the 9th century AD. Nevertheless, it is speculated that the origin of the current name of the city comes from the 2nd century BC. The Roman Empire established a settlement on the banks of the Manzanares river, the name of this first village was Matrice. In the 8th century, the Islamic conquest of the Iberian Peninsula saw the changed to Mayrit, from the Arabic term ميرا Mayra. The modern Madrid evolved from the Mozarabic Matrit, which is still in the Madrilenian gentilic, after the disintegration of the Caliphate of Córdoba, Madrid was integrated in the Taifa of Toledo. With the surrender of Toledo to Alfonso VI of León and Castile, the city was conquered by Christians in 1085, Christians replaced Muslims in the occupation of the centre of the city, while Muslims and Jews settled in the suburbs. The city was thriving and was given the title of Villa, since 1188, Madrid won the right to be a city with representation in the courts of Castile. In 1202, King Alfonso VIII of Castile gave Madrid its first charter to regulate the municipal council, which was expanded in 1222 by Ferdinand III of Castile
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Barcelona
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Founded as a Roman city, in the Middle Ages Barcelona became the capital of the County of Barcelona. Barcelona has a cultural heritage and is today an important cultural centre. Particularly renowned are the works of Antoni Gaudí and Lluís Domènech i Montaner. The headquarters of the Union for the Mediterranean is located in Barcelona, the city is known for hosting the 1992 Summer Olympics as well as world-class conferences and expositions and also many international sport tournaments. It is a cultural and economic centre in southwestern Europe, 24th in the world. In 2008 it was the fourth most economically powerful city by GDP in the European Union, in 2012 Barcelona had a GDP of $170 billion, it is leading Spain in both employment rate and GDP per capita change. In 2009 the city was ranked Europes third and one of the worlds most successful as a city brand, since 2011 Barcelona has been a leading smart city in Europe. During the Middle Ages, the city was known as Barchinona, Barçalona, Barchelonaa. Internationally, Barcelonas name is abbreviated to Barça. However, this refers only to FC Barcelona, the football club. The common abbreviated form used by locals is Barna, another common abbreviation is BCN, which is also the IATA airport code of the Barcelona-El Prat Airport. The city is referred to as the Ciutat Comtal in Catalan. The origin of the earliest settlement at the site of present-day Barcelona is unclear, the ruins of an early settlement have been excavated in the El Raval neighbourhood, including different tombs and dwellings dating to earlier than 5000 BC. The founding of Barcelona is the subject of two different legends, the first attributes the founding of the city to the mythological Hercules. In about 15 BC, the Romans redrew the town as a castrum centred on the Mons Taber, under the Romans, it was a colony with the surname of Faventia, or, in full, Colonia Faventia Julia Augusta Pia Barcino or Colonia Julia Augusta Faventia Paterna Barcino. It enjoyed immunity from imperial burdens, the city minted its own coins, some from the era of Galba survive. Some remaining fragments of the Roman walls have incorporated into the cathedral. The cathedral, also known as the Basilica La Seu, is said to have founded in 343
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Music festival
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A music festival is a festival oriented towards music that is sometimes presented with a theme such as musical genre, nationality, or locality of musicians, or holiday. They are commonly held outdoors, and are inclusive of other attractions such as food and merchandise vending, performance art. Many festivals are annual, or repeat at some other interval, some, including many rock festivals, are held only once. Some festivals are organized as for-profit concerts and others are benefits for a specific cause, another type of music festival is the educative type, organized annually in local communities, regionally, or nationally, for the benefit of amateur musicians of all ages and grades of achievement. The Pythian Games at Delphi included musical performances, and may be one of the earliest festivals known, during the Middle Ages, festivals were often held as competitions. Entrants perform prepared pieces in front of an audience which includes competitors and they also usually receive a certificate, classified according to merit, and some may win trophies. The competitive element is played down, however, as the important aspect is that participants can learn from one another. Such festivals aim to provide a friendly and supportive platform for musicians to share in the excitement of making music, for many, they provide a bridge from lessons and examinations to performing confidently in public. Milwaukee, Wisconsins 11-day event, Summerfest, promotes itself as The Worlds Largest Music Festival, operating annually since 1968, the festival attracts between 800,000 and 1,000,000 people each year, and hosts over 800 musical acts. The Woodstock Festival in 1969 drew nearly 500,000 attendees, the largest annual greenfield music festival in the world is Roskilde Festival in Denmark, which attracts about 135,000 spectators each year. Glastonbury Festival has a capacity of about 175,000 spectators, for a more complete listing of active and defunct festivals by region, see Category, Music festivals by country. Some sections may also have links to related lists of music festivals by country, L. my.1 Festival, Biddinghuizen Dekmantel, Amsterdam Festival Mundial, Tilburg Incubate, Tilburg Le Guess Who. Born 1985 Salas Principales Auditorio Alfredo Kraus, Las Palmas y Auditorio Adán Martin, Tenerife. com – The most extensive music festival listings
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Indie rock
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Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United States and the United Kingdom in the 1980s. Originally used to independent record labels, the term became associated with the music they produced and was initially used interchangeably with alternative rock. In the mid-1980s, the term began to be used to describe the music produced on punk and post-punk labels. Some prominent indie rock record labels were founded during the 1980s, during the 1990s, Grunge bands broke into the mainstream, and the term alternative lost its original counter-cultural meaning. The term indie rock became associated with the bands and genres that remained dedicated to their independent status, by the end of the 1990s indie rock developed subgenres and related styles including lo-fi, noise pop, emo, slowcore, post-rock and math rock. In the 2000s, changes in the industry and in music technology enabled a new wave of indie rock bands to achieve mainstream success. In the early 2000s, a new group of bands played a stripped-down. The commercial breakthrough from these scenes was led by four bands, The Strokes, The White Stripes, The Hives, emo also broke into mainstream culture in the early 2000s. By the end of the 2000s the proliferation of bands was being referred to as indie landfill. The term indie rock, which comes from independent, describes the small and relatively low-budget labels on which it is released, the influences and styles of the artists have been extremely diverse, including punk, psychedelia, post-punk and country. Allmusic identifies indie rock as including a number of varying musical approaches compatible with mainstream tastes, in fact, there is an everlasting list of genres and subgenres of indie rock. Many countries have developed a local indie scene, flourishing with bands with enough popularity to survive inside the respective country. However, there are still indie bands that start off locally, Indie rock has been identified as a reaction against the macho culture that developed in alternative rock in the aftermath of Nirvanas success. However, Cortney Harding pointed out that this sense of equality is not reflected in the number of women running indie labels. The BBC documentary Music for Misfits, The Story of Indie pinpoints the birth of indie as the 1977 self-publication of the Spiral Scratch EP by Manchester band Buzzcocks, Indie pop and indie were originally synonymous. In the mid-1980s, indie began to be used to describe the music produced on post-punk labels rather than the labels themselves. The indie rock scene in the US was prefigured by the rock that dominated college radio playlists. In the United States, the term was associated with the abrasive, distortion-heavy sounds of the Pixies, Hüsker Dü, Minutemen, Meat Puppets, Dinosaur Jr
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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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Roskilde Festival
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The Roskilde Festival is a Danish music festival held annually south of Roskilde. It is one of the largest music festivals in Europe and the largest in Northern Europe and it was created in 1971 by two high school students, Mogens Sandfær and Jesper Switzer Møller, and promoter Carl Fischer. In 1972, the festival was taken over by the Roskilde Foundation, in 2014, the Roskilde Foundation provided festival participants with the opportunity to nominate and vote upon which organizations should receive funds raised by the festival. The Roskilde Festival was Denmarks first music-oriented festival created for hippies, and today more of the mainstream youth from Scandinavia. Until the mid-1990s, the festival attracted mostly Scandinavians, but in recent years it has more and more international. The first Roskilde Festival was held on August 28 and 29,1971 and it was inspired by festivals and youth gatherings like Newport, Isle of Wight and Woodstock. It was characterized mainly by poor management but also great enthusiasm, in 1978, festival organizers acquired the Canopy Scene, an orange musical stage previously used by The Rolling Stones on a European tour. Since its beginning, the Canopy Scene and its arches have become a well-known symbol. In the 1990s, electronic music was introduced to the festival, in 1991, Club Roskilde was held, which was an electronic music dance club held in the evenings. In 1995, electronic music artists received their own stage, in the following years, even more room for electronic music was created by the establishment of the chill-out zone and the Roskilde Lounge. Since then, artists like Fatboy Slim, The Prodigy, Basement Jaxx, by the 1990s, the number of tickets offered for sale was restricted and later even reduced. Due to steadily increasing popularity of the festival, the number of visitors had increased to up to 125,000, in addition,90,000 tickets for about 25,000 volunteers,5,000 media people and 3,000 artists were added. In order to preserve the quality of the festival, the organizers decided to limit the number of participants. The distance from the rearmost part of the area to the stages of the festival management seemed to have become unreasonable. The festival had become so popular that the management decided in 1994 to expand the festival area to the west. The festival site was now on divided by the line into two parts. In 1996 was the festival had its own station, which should facilitate the arrival of visitors, in 1997, another tent called Roskilde Ballroom was built. The 2007 edition saw two new tents, replacing Ballroom which presented mainly World music, and Metropol which presented mainly Electronica, in 2010 two stages, Astoria and Lounge, did not return, due to a slight shift in focus towards fewer, but bigger bands
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Pinkpop Festival
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Pinkpop Festival or PINKPOP is a large, annual music festival held at Landgraaf, Netherlands. It is usually held on the Pentecost weekend, starting in 1970, at Burgemeester Damen Sportpark in the town of Geleen, PinkPop is the oldest and longest running annual dedicated pop and rock music festival in the world. Nowadays, Pinkpop is a festival, from Saturday through Monday, with a 60,000 people per day capacity. During 44 editions, more than 2 million people have attended Pinkpop, some 700 music acts have played at the festival. Acts that appeared at Pinkpop are Rush, Green Day, Paul McCartney, Rage Against the Machine, Pearl Jam, The Police, the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, U2 and Van Halen. From 2006 through 2011, Pinkpop sold out six years in a row, in 1994, it was decided to sell only 60,000 tickets, to prevent overcrowding due to the popularity of the festival. In 1995, it was made into a 2-day festival, two years later, in 1997, this was further expanded to three days. 2007 saw a spin-off, later in the year, on 11 August, called Pinkpop Classic, for a rock audience. This spin-off was held again in following years, with exception of 2011, in 2008, Pinkpop was for the first time in its history not held on Pentecost weekend, which fell too early that year for the convenience of fans and performers alike. This was decided following the 2005 edition, in which the Pentecost weekend also fell early, sales were disappointing in 2005, so by shifting the 2008 festival, the organisation hoped to solve these problems. Pinkpop 2008 turned out to have had the largest concert attendance to date, the dates for the 2010,2013,2015 and 2016 edition have been shifted as well, for similar reasons. The name consists of two parts, pink comes from the Dutch word for Pentecost and pop comes from pop music. But a later creative interpretation for the name combines the English word pink and the Dutch word pop, which means doll, thus forming the origin for the logo, the precursor to Pinkpop was held on Pentecost Monday in 1969. It was completely free, and called Pinknick because people were supposed to bring their own food, only a free pig roast and free apples were provided by the organizers. Inspired by the Monterey festival from 1967, a number of hip local bands were persuaded to come, almost 10,000 visitors were attracted, ranging from pop music lovers to grandparents and their grandchildren. And families with empty shopping bags, loading up on apples, Pinkpop 2007 was held on May 26,27 and 282007. It was the 20th time the event was held at the Megaland Park, on February 28, most of the line-up was revealed. Pearl Jam was announced to make their 3rd appearance on the Pinkpop stage, a Krezip replaced Amy Winehouse, because she had to cancel due to illness
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Oxegen
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Oxegen /ˈɒksɛdʒɛn/ was a music festival in Ireland, first held from 2004–2011 as a rock and pop festival and again in 2013 with dance and chart acts only. The event was cited as Irelands biggest music festival, and, by 2009, it was being cited as the greenest festival. It was previously called Witnness, which ran from 2000 and was sponsored by Guinness, the event is promoted by MCD and is sponsored by Heineken. Oxegen was originally a three-day festival, but from 2008 onwards, Oxegen has attracted significant attention from outside Ireland, with many of those attending travelling from overseas experiencing a mass exodus to the festival. Members of bands such as The Killers, Snow Patrol and R. E. M. have spoken positively of their experiences at the festival, the event has also attracted some negative publicity, particularly following the 2006 festival. This is attributed to such factors as the age of admission, Oxegen received a mention in the Colum McCann short story Aisling. In April 2014, organisers announced that the Oxegen festival would not be going ahead that year, Oxegen first took place in 2004 over the second weekend in July. The Killers, who went on to headline the festival twice in 2007 and 2009, were one of the bands to appear at the first Oxegen. Dave Keuning, in an interview with Hot Press prior to the 2009 festival, brightside—and were worried in case no one showed. But the tent was packed with people screaming out the words to songs we didnt think they knew and it was that night we thought, Hey, somethings happening here. Oxegen more so than Glastonbury even was the highlight of our summer, the original festival, Witnness, sponsored by Guinness, took place during the start of August with notable headliners, including Oasis, The Foo Fighters and Green Day. In its second and third year, running changed its dates to the weekend of July. In 2008 Oxegen became a three-day festival, rodrigo y Gabriela made their breakthrough after being asked by Damien Rice to perform with him at Oxegen 2004. The Japanese Popstars formed after viewing several dance acts at Oxegen 2006, R. E. M. members Michael Stipe and Peter Buck watched several shows from side stage at Oxegen 2007 before returning to headline the festival the following year. Stipe credits his 2007 visit with inspiring him to want to go on again, saying, I saw all these great bands. Muse, known for their light show and their reputation as one of the best live bands in the world. They returned to headline the mainstage on the Saturday night of the 2010 festival, battles played the biggest festival show of their career at that time in the Pet Sounds Arena during Oxegen 2008. The Prodigy played four new songs at Oxegen 2008, also in 2008, Interpol were sent champagne by U2 as they arrived for rehearsals
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T in the Park
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T in the Park festival is a major Scottish music festival that has been held annually since 1994. It is named after its sponsor, the brewing company Tennents. The event was held at Strathclyde Park, Lanarkshire but was held at the disused Balado airfield. In 2015 the festival moved to Strathallan Castle, Strathallan, Perthshire, originally a two-day event, the festival became a three-day event in 2007. Promoted by DF Concerts, the event attracts up to 255,000 people, the festival was founded in 1994 by Stuart Clumpas and Geoff Ellis, as part of a joint venture between DF Concerts and Tennents Lager with some help from Irish promotions company MCD Productions. Stuart Clumpas left as an organiser in 2001, selling his interests in the concert. Current festival director Geoff Ellis was involved from the start, Ellis came to Scotland in 1992 to manage King Tuts Wah Wah Hut in Glasgow. He organised the first T in the Park festival in 1994 with a smattering of bands playing to 17,000 people at its site at Strathclyde Park. The festival was held there for three years until 1997, where it was held at the disused Balado airfield, Kinross-shire. After moving to Balado the festival grew larger and by 2003, the festival was originally a two-day event until 2007, when the Friday became a mainstay event for live music. However, the 2007 festival was sullied for many festival-goers who missed acts on the Friday due to traffic jams of 10 miles on the A91. To prevent a repeat of the chaos, in 2008 organisers allowed a limited number of campers to pitch up on the Thursday in order to cut the number of cars on the roads on the Friday. As of 2013, it attracted up to 255,000 people over three days, drawing fans from across Britain and Europe, according to DF Concerts, 20% of the crowd is made up of visitors from outside Scotland, with about 2% attending from overseas. In recent years, the festival has shared much of its line-up with Oxegen, acts usually play T in the Park one day and Oxegen the next, or vice versa. In an attempt to boost ticket sales, the 2014 festival saw an extension of the duration on stage. On the Friday, the acts were scheduled to start around lunchtime as opposed to 5 pm, the 2014 festival was the last to take place at the Balado site. Despite having run on the site since 1997, safety concerns were expressed about the Forties Pipeline. In 2015 the festival moved 20.54 miles to the Strathallan Castle Estate in the county of Perthshire
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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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Leeds
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Leeds /liːdz/ is a city in West Yorkshire, England. Historically in Yorkshires West Riding, the history of Leeds can be traced to the 5th century when the name referred to an area of the Kingdom of Elmet. The name has applied to many administrative entities over the centuries. It changed from being the appellation of a small borough in the 13th century, through several incarnations. In the 17th and 18th centuries Leeds became a centre for the production. During the Industrial Revolution, Leeds developed into a mill town, wool was the dominant industry but flax, engineering, iron foundries, printing. From being a market town in the valley of the River Aire in the 16th century Leeds expanded and absorbed the surrounding villages to become a populous urban centre by the mid-20th century. The city has the third largest jobs total by local authority area with 480,000 in employment and self-employment at the beginning of 2015. Leeds is also ranked as a world city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. Leeds is served by four universities, and has the fourth largest student population in the country and has the fourth largest urban economy. After London, Leeds is the largest legal and financial centre in the UK, with over 30 national and international banks located in the city. Leeds is also the UKs third largest manufacturing centre with around 1,800 firms and 39,000 employees, the largest sub-sectors are engineering, printing and publishing, food and drink, chemicals and medical technology. Outside of London, Leeds has the third busiest railway station, Public transport, rail and road communications networks in the region are focused on Leeds and there are a number of twinning arrangements with towns and cities in other countries. The name Leeds derives from the old Brythonic word Ladenses meaning people of the fast-flowing river and this name originally referred to the forested area covering most of the Brythonic kingdom of Elmet, which existed during the 5th century into the early 7th century. An inhabitant of Leeds is locally known as a Loiner, a word of uncertain origin, the term Leodensian is also used, from the citys Latin name. Leeds developed as a town in the Middle Ages as part of the local agricultural economy. Before the Industrial Revolution it became a centre for the manufacture of woollen cloth. Leeds handled one sixth of Englands export trade in 1770, growth, initially in textiles, was accelerated by the building of the Aire and Calder Navigation in 1699 and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in 1816
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V Festival
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V Festival, often referred to simply as V Fest or VF is an annual music festival held in England during the penultimate weekend in August. The event is held at two parks simultaneously which share the bill, artists perform at one location on Saturday. The sites are located at Hylands Park in Chelmsford and Weston Park in South Staffordshire, the V represents the Virgin Group, with the event being sponsored by Virgin Media. The idea for V came in 1996 when Pulps front man Jarvis Cocker said that he would love to two outdoor venues in two days. Pulps promoters got together and came up with the idea of putting the gig into Victoria Park Warrington, then came the idea of adding more bands to the bill, putting on a second stage and letting people camp for the weekend. In the end Victoria Park was just too small for 3 stages, so in August 1996 there was one day of artists in Victoria Park and 2 days at Hylands Park with camping. The northern leg of V97 was switched to Temple Newsam, Leeds to provide room for camping, in 1999 the Northern leg of the festival was moved to Weston Park in Staffordshire, and has remained there since. Previously it had held at Temple Newsam in Leeds, before being replaced by Carlings Leeds Festival. Originally, the festival took the name of the current year, since 2003 it has been known as simply the V Festival. Its weekend format, low queuing times and professional organisation have given it a loyal audience, the festival sold out in record time in 2006. Mel C, Dido, and N. E. R. D. have all performed at the festival, girls Aloud also performed at the 2006 show, and received rave reviews for their performance. V97 was the first V Festival to be webcast and this was audio-only, and had about 30,000 unique listeners The first V festival took place on Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 August 1996, and had two stages and one tent. C, Matthew B Richard Ashcroft goes solo and Travis unveil their cover of Britney Spears, tickets for the festival went on sale on Monday 27 February, exclusively to Virgin Mobile customers, and went on general sale on Friday 3 March. Despite knowing the numbers attending, the print run of programmes was sold out, the Road To V competition for 2006 was won by Bombay Bicycle Club and Keith. Foo Fighters also performed a set under the name 606. JJB/Puma Arena, Damien Rice, Corinne Bailey Rae, Iggy Pop & The Stooges, Lemar, Willy Mason, Rilo Kiley, McFly, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Mutya Buena, Seth Lakeman. Primal Scream, Happy Mondays, Jarvis Cocker, Ocean Colour Scene, Dizzee Rascal, Sinéad OConnor, Beverley Knight, Martha Wainwright, Glenn Tilbrook & The Fluffers, Jesse Malin, amy Winehouse was supposed to play but cancelled due to admittance into rehab. She was replaced by Happy Mondays, babyshambles were four hours late for their set at Weston Park after being held up by traffic
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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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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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Lollapalooza
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Lollapalooza /ˌlɒləpəˈluːzə/ is an annual music festival featuring popular alternative rock, heavy metal, punk rock, hip hop, and EDM bands and artists, dance and comedy performances and craft booths. It has also provided a platform for non-profit and political groups, conceived and created in 1991 by Janes Addiction singer Perry Farrell as a farewell tour for his band, Lollapalooza ran annually until 1997, and was revived in 2003. From its inception through 1997 and its revival in 2003, the festival toured North America, in 2004, the festival organizers decided to expand the dates to two days per city, but poor ticket sales forced the 2004 tour to be cancelled. In 2011, the company Geo Events confirmed the Brazilian version of the event, the music festival hosts more than 160,000 people over a two or three day period. Lollapalooza is broadcast live and globally on Red Bull TV and its earliest known use was in 1896. In time the term came to refer to a large lollipop. Farrell, searching for a name for his festival, liked the euphonious quality of the term upon hearing it in a Three Stooges short film. Paying homage to the double meaning, a character in the festivals original logo holds one of the lollipops. The word has caused a slang suffix to appear in event-planning circles as well as in news and opinion shows that is used synonymously with other suffixes like a-go-go, o-rama. The suffix palooza is often used to imply that an event or crowd was made over that term, e. g. Parks-apalooza, Nipple-apalooza. Another key concept behind Lollapalooza was the inclusion of non-musical features, performers like the Jim Rose Circus Side Show, an alternative freak show, and the Shaolin monks stretched the boundaries of traditional rock culture. There was a tent for display of art pieces, virtual reality games and it was at Lollapalooza where Farrell coined the term Alternative Nation. Punk rock standbys like mosh pits and crowd surfing became part of the canon of the concerts, after 1991, the festival included a second stage for up-and-coming bands or local acts. Attendee complaints of the festival included high ticket prices as well as the high cost for food, grunge band Nirvana was scheduled to headline at the festival in 1994, but the band officially dropped out of the festival on April 7,1994. Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobains body was discovered in Seattle the next day, Cobains widow, Courtney Love, made guest appearances at several shows, including the Philadelphia show at FDR Park, speaking to the crowds about the loss, then singing a minimum of two songs. In 1996, Farrell, who had been the soul of the festival, decided to focus his energy to produce his new project, ENIT. Moreover, festival cofounder Farrell felt that Metallicas macho image violated his peaceful vision for the festival, Farrell quit the tour in protest. Responding to the controversial Metallica tour, Lollapalooza made efforts to revive its relevance to audiences, the festival booked eclectic acts such as country superstar Waylon Jennings in 1996, and emphasized heavily electronica groups such as The Orb and The Prodigy in 1997
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The Dandy Warhols
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The Dandy Warhols is an American rock band, formed in Portland, Oregon, in 1994 by singer-guitarist Courtney Taylor-Taylor and guitarist Peter Holmström. Keyboardist Zia McCabe and drummer Eric Hedford joined them, Hedford left in 1998 and was replaced by Taylor-Taylors cousin Brent DeBoer. The bands name is a play on the name of American pop artist Andy Warhol, the band gained recognition after they were signed to Capitol Records and released their major label album debut. The Dandy Warhols Come Down, in 1997. In 2001, the rose to new levels of fame after their song Bohemian Like You enjoyed extensive exposure thanks to it being featured in a Vodafone advertisement. The Dandy Warhols have released ten albums to date. The band was formed in Portland, Oregon in 1994 by Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Taylor-Taylor described the bands beginning as a group of friends who needed music to drink to. The Dandy Warhols performed in bars throughout Portland and became known for their nudity-filled live shows. At their first gig in 1994, they were approached by Tim/Kerr Records, the result was 1995s Dandys Rule OK, which combined elements of 1960s garage rock, the then-popular BritPop genre, and some of the earlier shoegaze music approach. Dandys Rule OK impressed Capitol Records, who decided to sign the band and it was their second attempt at a follow-up album, after their first attempt was rejected by Capitol, who claimed it didnt have any hits. Three singles were released for Come Down, all of which entered the Top 40 in the UK charts, in 1998, drummer Eric Hedford left the band after a dispute over royalties, and was replaced by Taylor-Taylors cousin Brent DeBoer. In 2000, the released their third studio album, Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia. It was a critical and commercial success, mainly due to the single Bohemian Like You being featured in a popular Vodafone advertisement, the song was also featured in the DreamWorks/Aardman animated movie Flushed Away in a chase scene. The album featured a matured, less sound, with less overt psychedelia. Around this time, Taylor-Taylor took out a loan to acquire an industrial space in NW Portland, dubbed The Odditorium. The Odditorium is the bands rehearsal space and recording and mixing studio. It also serves as an art space and clubhouse for parties and it opened on November 15,2001. Becoming a fan of the band after seeing them play at the Glastonbury Festival in 2000, Bowie and the Dandy Warhols played a rendition of White Light/White Heat together as an encore to the July 29 gig, which was billed as The New Heathens Night. The band also supported David Bowie on his 2003 A Reality Tour, in September 2001, the band began work on their next studio album
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Adam Green (musician)
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Adam Green is an American singer-songwriter, artist and filmmaker. Green is well known for his involvement in the Anti-folk music movement, Green has found success as a solo artist, enjoying increasing popularity in the United States as well as a number of European countries, particularly Germany. Green attended Emerson College for one semester in 1998 before leaving to concentrate on his music, in 2002, the Moldy Peaches went on hiatus, and both Green and Dawson embarked on solo careers. Green released several albums on Rough Trade Records, among his better known songs are Jessica, Novotel, Friends of Mine, Dance with Me, Carolina and Emily, and in the UK, his cover of The Libertines track What a Waster. Jessica and Emily both appeared in the UK Singles Chart, prior to Jacket Full of Danger in 2006, all of Greens albums had been released on the 22nd of the month. In January 2008, The Moldy Peaches began having a resurgence in popularity, due to their music being included in the hit indie film, the soundtrack album reached #1 on the Billboard 200 chart on its third week of release. In January 2010, Green released his solo album, Minor Love. Green says he wrote many of songs in a clearer style so they were easier for the listener to understand. He also says the album was more produced, creating a more offsetting sound, rather than being raw. Later in 2010, he released another album, Musik for a Play. For his next album, Green expressed interest in making a heavy metal-like album, following the release of these albums, Green took time off from making music, and focused his work as an artist and filmmaker. But he still performed during this time, even doing some shows with singer Binki Shapiro, in 2012, Green made references to an upcoming duet album with Shapiro, which was eventually announced in October 2012 on Greens website. The song Here I Am from the album was made available for download online. The album was released on January 29,2013, Green is recording his next album, the soundtrack to his film Aladdin. In 2005, Green entered the art world with his exhibition of a series of drawings titled “Animal Dreams” at Loyal Gallery in Stockholm. A portion of “Teen Tech’s” proceeds went to benefit Artists for Peace and Justice, on June 9,2012 Greens exhibition “Cartoon & Complaint” opened at Dustin Yellins art center and gallery The Intercourse in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Greens Houseface paintings and sculptures were featured in a Stuart Weitzman shoe advertisement directed by James Franco entitled Walking After Midnight, afterwards he formed an art collective named 3MB with Macaulay Culkin and Toby Goodshank. Their first exhibit Leisure Inferno opened at Le Poisson Rouge Gallery in October 2012, Green kicked off 2013 with “Medieval Businessmen, ” an exhibit of drawings and paintings at Loyal Gallery in Sweden
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Bell Orchestre
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Bell Orchestre is a six-piece instrumental band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In late 2003, they recorded their first album, at the same time, however, Arcade Fires popularity was just beginning to break when they asked Bell Orchestre to tour with them in the fall of 2005, delaying the release of their album. Regarding finishing the album, Bell Orchestre said, We regrouped and we actually finished there, we did a few overdubs and went home and sequenced it and mastered it. Recording a Tape the Colour of the Light was finally released in 2005, in March 2006, Bell Orchestre launched a tour of Europe and the US to promote the album. The band released a follow up to Recording a Tape the Colour of the Light and it was recorded in Soma Electric Studios in Chicago, Illinois. The album since won a Juno Award for best instrumental album, pietro Amato is a member of the Luyas and the three-piece instrumental band Torngat and part-time member of Arcade Fire. Stefan Schneider is also a member of the Luyas, sarah Neufeld and Richard Parry are full-time members of Arcade Fire. Mike Feuerstack makes music under the pseudonym Snailhouse, kaveh Nabatian is a member of Little Scream. com Bell Orchestre article March 2009 Collected Sounds article on Bell Orchestre Pitchfork article CTV article Videos Short film Les Lumières at NFB. ca
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Belle and Sebastian
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Belle and Sebastian are a Scottish band formed in Glasgow in January 1996. Led by Stuart Murdoch, the band has released 9 albums to date, much of their work had been released on Jeepster Records, but they are now signed to Rough Trade Records in the United Kingdom and Matador Records in the United States. Though often praised by critics, Belle and Sebastian have enjoyed limited commercial success. Belle and Sebastian were formed in Glasgow, Scotland in 1996 by Stuart Murdoch, as the band had a number of songs already and the label was extremely impressed with the demos, Belle and Sebastian were allowed to record a full-length album, which was titled Tigermilk. Murdoch once described the band as a product of botched capitalism, the band took their name from the television adaptation of the French novel Belle et Sébastien. Tigermilk was recorded in three days and originally only one thousand copies were pressed on vinyl and these original copies now sell for up to £400. After the success of the album, Belle and Sebastian were signed to Jeepster Records in August 1996 and If Youre Feeling Sinister. The album was named by Spin as one of the 100 greatest albums between 1985 and 2005, and is considered the bands masterpiece. Just before the recording of Sinister, Sarah Martin joined the band, following this a series of EPs were released in 1997. The first of these was Dog on Wheels, which contained four tracks recorded before the real formation of the band. In fact, the only band members to play on the songs were Murdoch, David, and Mick Cooke. It charted at No.59 in the UK singles chart, the Lazy Line Painter Jane EP followed in July. The track was recorded in the church where Murdoch lived and features vocals from Monica Queen, the EP narrowly missed out on the UK top 40, peaking at No.41. The last of the 1997 EPs was Octobers 3, the EP was made Single of the Week in both the NME and Melody Maker and reached No.32 in the charts, thus becoming the bands first top 40 single. The band released their third LP, The Boy with the Arab Strap in 1998, during the recording of the album, long-time studio trumpet-player Mick Cooke was asked to join the band as a full member. The This Is Just a Modern Rock Song EP followed later that year, in 1999 the band was awarded with Best Newcomer at the BRIT Awards, upsetting better-known acts such as Steps and 5ive. That same year, the band hosted their own festival, the Bowlie Weekender, Tigermilk was also given a full release by Jeepster before the band started work on their next LP. The result was Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant, a stand-alone single, Legal Man, reached No.15 and gave them their first appearance on Top of the Pops
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The Brakes
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The Brakes are a rock band formed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States in 2002. The original five members were Zach Djanikian, Matt Kass, Derek Feinberg, Josh Sack, in 2006, they performed at SXSW Showcase, as well as many festivals such as All Good, High Sierra and Wakarusa. Their national touring has also enabled them to share the stage with such as Dave Matthews Band. Willie Nelson, John Fogerty, Live, and Widespread Panic, the band has had multiple EP releases, regular rotation on station WXPN in Philadelphia, and near capacity headliners at TLA. In 2002, The Brakes set the record for highest ticket sales at The Point in Bryn Mawr, in early 2006, The Brakes joined forces with H&R Block and became the face of the companys TaxCut program advertising campaign. The advertisements were featured on national networks during shows like American Idol. The TaxCut Programs print campaign graced the covers of Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone. On Fathers Day 2006, Djanikian was chosen to sing God Bless America during the seventh innings stretch at the Philadelphia Phillies game, the album is a tribute to Sacks life and a showcase of his talents as a performer. Sacks successor, Spence Cohen, has been drumming with The Brakes since late April 2008, the Brakes are winners of the 8th annual Independent Music Awards Vox Pop vote for best Live Performance Album Tale of Two Cities. EP1,2004 EP2,20052006 Demo Tale of Two Cities 2008 The Brakes Myspace The Brakes Website The Brakes Tour Blog Jambands
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The Cardigans
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Their debut album Emmerdale gave them a solid base in their home country and enjoyed some success abroad, especially in Japan. It was not until their second album Life that an international reputation was secured and their popularity rose when their single Lovefool, from the album First Band on the Moon, was included in the soundtrack to the 1996 film Romeo + Juliet. Other singles included Erase/Rewind and My Favourite Game from the album Gran Turismo, after a two-year hiatus the band returned recording and releasing their fifth album Long Gone Before Daylight a mellower country-laden record. Their last album Super Extra Gravity, a continuation of the country music infused by pop sensibility, after a 2006 tour, the band embarked on a long five-year break from musical activities, before reuniting in 2012 to play several concerts. Overall the band sold over 15 million albums worldwide, living together in a small apartment, The Cardigans recorded a demo tape with Persson providing lead vocals on only one of the songs towards the end of the track list. A&R man Ola Hermanson heard the demo and signed the band to his Trampolene imprint, in 1994, they released their debut album Emmerdale in Sweden and Japan, it was re-released internationally in 1997. The album included the Swedish radio hit Rise & Shine, which was voted the best of 1994 in a poll in Slitz magazine. The remainder of 1994 was spent touring Europe and recording Life, Life became an international success, selling more than a million copies and achieving platinum status in Japan. In 1996, Life was released under the label Minty Fresh in the US, after their success with Life, The Cardigans signed to Mercury Records, under which they released First Band on the Moon worldwide in 1996. Lovefool was a hit worldwide, particularly in the US and Japan, the album also achieved gold sales status in the US. Lovefool was shown on MTV in the late 1990s as a video with clips from the 1996 hit film Romeo + Juliet starring Leonardo DiCaprio. It also featured in the film Cruel Intentions, the band performed Lovefool and Been It. 1998s Gran Turismo was followed by a hiatus during which the band members pursued solo side projects. The same year they released a compilation album of rare B-sides. The video of the song My Favourite Game was censored by MTV for showing reckless driving, despite this, it went on to become their second global hit song. My Favourite Game was featured on the soundtrack of the PlayStation video game Gran Turismo 2 in the movie on CD1. That year also saw their song Deuce appearing on The X-Files and their song Erase/Rewind was featured in the 1999 films Never Been Kissed and The Thirteenth Floor. In 1999 the Cardigans recorded a cover of Talking Heads Burning Down the House with Tom Jones for his album Reload
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Carl Cox
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Carl Cox is a British DJ, house and techno producer. In the 1980s, Cox was a hardcore/rave DJ, and became a mainstay DJ in the electronica industry and he has performed at numerous clubs and events worldwide and has served as a monthly DJ for BBC Radio 1s Essential Mix. He has hosted a residency known as Music is Revolution every summer season at the world renowned nightclub, Space Ibiza and he runs the record label, Intec Digital, which was founded in 1999 as Intec Records. Cox also has his own show, entitled Global which is syndicated across the world. He has featured his own Carl Cox & Friends stage at festivals, such as Ultra Music Festival. At the age of fifteen years, Cox began working as a mobile DJ and he began his music career around the same time that Chicago house music found its forefront in the world of dance music. He eventually became known as one of the founders of that sound, following the beginning of his DJ career, he became one of the only DJs known to utilize three-deck mixing. In the early 1990s, he decided that it was time to producing music. Cox became known as one of the best celebrity DJs in the world and he ran Ultimate Base at the now defunct Velvet Underground club on Charing Cross Road, London in the mid-to late 1990s. Cox also played the Millennium on New Years Eve twice, by performing in Sydney, Australia and he was also global resident DJ for BBC Radio 1s Essential Mix in 1998–99 and he has also broadcast over a decades-worth of Ibiza live mixes from Space. In 1997, DJ Magazine chose Cox as the first #1 DJ for its first top 100 poll, Cox formed his own record label, Intec Records in 1998. From 1999 to 2006, Intec Records released a myriad of underground hits, however, in 2006 he decided to put the label on a brief hiatus and relaunched it in 2010 as Intec Digital. Carl Cox is also known for shouting catchphrases during his sets such as Oh yes, Oh yes. In 2004, Cox debuted the Carl Cox & Friends arena at Ultra Music Festival, in the film, Can U Feel It. The stage is wildly popular with festival goers, and has featured artists like Laurent Garnier, Nic Fanciulli, Loco Dice, Marco Carola, Maceo Plex, in 2001, Cox began a yearly residency at the infamous nightclub, Space Ibiza located in Ibiza, Spain. He began playing on the terrace for Spaces We Love, following that, he was asked to play on Thursdays inside the club, which he was hesitant about at first. For fifteen years, Cox built his residency entitled Music is Revolution, in 2016, he decided to end his yearly seasonal residency at Space Ibiza. The final season of Coxs residency at Space Ibiza was entitled The Final Chapter, Cox finished his residency at Space Ibiza on 20 September 2016 by playing a vinyl and CDJ, ten-hour set
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The Chemical Brothers
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The Chemical Brothers are an English electronic music duo composed of Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons, originating in Manchester in 1989. Along with The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, The Crystal Method, in the UK, they have had six number one albums and 13 top 20 singles, including two number ones. Ed Simons was born in Herne Hill, South London on 9 June 1970 to a barrister mother, Simons two main interests when he was young were aeroplanes and musicals. Simons attended two South London public schools, Alleyns School and Dulwich College, during his school years, he developed a fondness for rare groove and hip hop music, having frequented a club called The Mud Club from the age of 14. By the time he left school, his two main interests were two Manchester bands, New Order and The Smiths. After finishing school with 11 O levels and three A levels, he continued on to history, especially late medieval history, at the University of Manchester. Tom Rowlands, a classmate of Simons, was born on 11 January 1971 in Kingston upon Thames. When Rowlands was very young, his family relocated to Henley-on-Thames and he later attended Reading Blue Coat School in Berkshire. In his early teens, his interest in music broadened to other genres and he described the first Public Enemy album as the record that probably changed his life, and commented that Miuzi Weighs a Ton was one of the most amazing tracks he had ever heard. Rowlands also started collecting hip hop records by artists like Eric B and Schoolly D. Rowlands left school with similar accomplishments to Simons, achieving nine O levels and three A levels. For university, he followed Simons to Manchester primarily to immerse himself in its music scene in general, Rowlands was also in a band called Ariel prior to meeting up with Simons. Ariel was formed in London by Rowlands and his friends Brendan Melck and their first single was Sea of Beats, which was essentially a white label. Before Philip Brown set up Echo Logik Records, their first promo was Bokadilo, other songs, released on 12, included Mustnt Grumble and their most well-known, Rollercoaster. After a year on Echo Logik they signed to the record label deConstruction and they insisted that they get a female singer and they recruited former Xpansions frontwoman Sally Ann Marsh, and after some disappointing songs like Let It Slide the band fell apart. One of the last things Ariel did was the song T Baby which was remixed by the pair, in regards to the remix, Ed stated that Ariel symbolically ended when Deconstruction asked us for a Dust Brothers remix of an Ariel track. That was the nail in the coffin. Tom would later say in a TV interview from 1995, One of the blokes went a bit mad, but now hes back at college, and the other one drives our van. Rowlands and Simons then started to DJ at a club called Naked Under Leather in the back of a pub in 1992, the pair would play hip hop, techno, and house
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The Concretes
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The Concretes are a Swedish indie pop band from Stockholm, composed of eight members. The Concretes began with Victoria Bergsman, Maria Eriksson, and Lisa Milberg, since their formation in 1995, they have grown into an eight piece band. They have a number of Honorary Concretes who play on their records, one of their songs from their debut album The Concretes, Say Something New, has been featured on a number of television advertisements in the United States for Target. You Cant Hurry Love, also from their album, has been used in major motion pictures. Their second album, In Colour, was released in 2006 and it was followed shortly after by the departure of lead singer Victoria Bergsman, who has since moved on to her solo project, Taken By Trees. Lisa Milberg now provides lead vocals for the band, both on stage and on the third album Hey Trouble, released early 2007. In 2007, The Concretes recorded a version of Take Thats Back for Good for Engine Room Recordings compilation album Guilt by Association. Maria Eriksson is also half of the band Heikki, with guitarist Jari Haapalainen and they released their self-titled debut, a mini-CD, in Scandinavia in 2002. The follow-up, Heikki 2, appeared in 2004, Lisa Milberg also makes music on her own, under the name Milberg. Her first solo album was released in 2009, in Colour, released 13 March 2006 in the UK,4 April 2006 in the US. Boyoubetterunow, released 2000, comprising their first two EPs, layourbattleaxedown, released 26 July 2005, b-sides/rarities compilation. Ychl Video at TV-Click Interview with Lisa and Ludvig from The Concretes - ZME Music, Jul 14
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Cut Copy
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Cut Copy are an Australian electronic music band formed in 2001 by DJ Dan Whitford. Initially a home-recording project, the band now includes Tim Hoey, Ben Browning, so far they have released four studio albums, an EP and a number of singles and remixes, all on Modular Recordings. They achieved breakthrough success in 2008 with their album, In Ghost Colours. Some of their most well-known singles include Lights & Music, Hearts on Fire, Cut Copy was established in 2001 in Melbourne, Australia as the solo project of Dan Whitford, a DJ and graphic designer. Whitford was educated at Scotch College, Melbourne and studied design at Monash University. During his studies he became interested in music and began DJing while hosting a radio-show. Around this time he bought a sampler and keyboards to experiment with, musically he was inspired by indie low-fi stuff as much as dance. Upon graduating Whitford co-founded the design-agency Alter, who continue to produce all of the material for the band. Whitford began producing music at his home-studio and submitted a demo-tape to Modular Recordings and he enlisted the help of veteran guitarist Harry Howard to record the debut single 1981, which was released on vinyl only. At the time it felt like a fairly abstract choice but now it feels very tied in with what we do, the name is often displayed as one word with a forward slash in between, Cut/Copy. With Howard filling in on guitar, Whitford asked his childhood friend Bennett Foddy to join on bass with the view to release an EP, the band was assisted by Robbie Chater of The Avalanches who produced the seven largely instrumental tracks that were leaning heavily on samples. I Thought of Numbers was released in September 2001 and spurred a number of remixes on vinyl, the following year saw Whitford remould the band with a view to take to the stage. Their live debut at the 2003 Livid festival was described by Foddy as our first show was in front of 5,000 people at a festival, which was sort of terrifying. In 2003, Howard was replaced by Tim Hoey, a student at the Victoria College of Art after he, prior to Hoey and Scott joining, a Cut Copy performance was essentially Whitford together with Joel McKenzie doing a DJ set that included sampling their own material. Throughout their career, the band has continued to do DJ sets, Whitford began working on the bands debut album in early 2003 and had written half a dozen songs when during a DJ gig, one of their samplers broke down. Together with Hoey, Scott and Foddy he began reinterpreting the material, in April 2004, Cut Copy released their debut LP, Bright Like Neon Love to moderate success and supported by the singles Saturdays and Future. The four-piece began rehearsing for a tour and began to play a band version of the material. At this stage Foddy left the group to study for his Ph. D, by playing a large number of shows their fan-base grew and three members became more proficient in their instruments
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Daft Punk
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Daft Punk are a French electronic music duo formed in 1993 by Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter. The duo were managed from 1996 to 2008 by Pedro Winter, the duo released their debut studio album Homework through Virgin Records in 1997 to highly positive reviews. The duos next album Discovery was even more successful, driven by the release of the hit singles One More Time, Digital Love, in March 2005, the duo released their third album Human After All to mixed reviews. However, the singles Robot Rock and Technologic achieved considerable success in the United Kingdom, Daft Punk toured throughout 2006 and 2007 and released the live album Alive 2007, which won a Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album. The duo later composed the score for the Disney film Tron, Legacy in 2010, in January 2013, Daft Punk left Virgin for Columbia Records, and released their next album Random Access Memories in 2013 to worldwide critical acclaim. The albums lead single Get Lucky became a success, peaking on top 10 charts in 32 countries. Random Access Memories won five Grammy Awards in 2014, including Album of the Year, Daft Punk later gained their first number one on the Billboard Hot 100 with the song Starboy, a collaboration with The Weeknd. Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo met in 1987 while attending the Lycée Carnot, the two became good friends and later recorded demo tracks with others from the school. This eventually led to the formation of the group called Darlin with Laurent Brancowitz in 1992. Bangalter and de Homem-Christo played bass and guitar, respectively, while Brancowitz performed on drums, the trio had branded themselves after The Beach Boys song of the same name, which they covered along with an original composition. Stereolab released both tracks on a multi-artist Duophonic Records EP and invited the band to open for stage shows in the United Kingdom, Bangalter felt that The rock n roll thing we did was pretty average, I think. It was so brief, maybe six months, four songs, a negative review in Melody Maker by Dave Jennings subsequently dubbed the music a daft punky thrash. Instead of dismissing the review, they found it amusing, as de Homem-Christo stated, We struggled so long to find Darlin, and this happened so quickly. Darlin soon disbanded, leaving Brancowitz to pursue other efforts with Phoenix, Bangalter and de Homem-Christo formed Daft Punk and experimented with drum machines and synthesisers. In September 1993, Daft Punk attended a rave at EuroDisney, the demo tape given to Macmillan at the rave formed the basis for Daft Punks debut single, The New Wave, a limited release in 1994. The single also contained the final mix of The New Wave called Alive, Daft Punk returned to the studio in May 1995 to record Da Funk. It became the duos first commercially successful single the same year, after the success of Da Funk, Daft Punk looked to find a manager. The duo eventually settled on Pedro Winter, who promoted them
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David Kitt
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David Kitt is an Irish musician. He has released six albums to date, Small Moments, The Big Romance, Square 1, The Black and Red Notebook, Not Fade Away. He is the son of Irish politician Tom Kitt, Kitt grew up surrounded by music, as his father and uncles formed a successful touring folk group when he was young. He began performing live sets while studying at Trinity College, Dublin and he then recorded and mixed the eight tracks of his debut release, Small Moments, in his bedroom, releasing it in August 2000. This album was followed up less than a year later with The Big Romance and this album achieved double platinum sales in Ireland. Following this, Kitts 2003 third album, Square 1, went straight to one in Ireland. Despite this success, the failed to make the same impact in the UK. In October 2005, Kitt released The Black and Red Notebook and his next album of original material, Not Fade Away, was produced by Kitt and Karl Odlum and was issued on 30 October 2006. Kitt also released a special limited CD, Misfits Volume 1, in 2007, in late September 2008, Kitt announced the title of his new album, The Nightsaver, and began promoting it by supporting Tindersticks on their Irish gigs and subsequent European tour in early 2009. In 2010 he toured with Tindersticks as a member of the band. Small Moments The Big Romance Square 1 The Black and Red Notebook Not Fade Away Misfits, Vol.1 The Nightsaver Official Site
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Dirty Pretty Things (band)
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Dirty Pretty Things were an English band fronted by Carl Barât, a member of The Libertines. The formation of the band was announced in September 2005, after a dispute between Barât and Pete Doherty led to the breakup of The Libertines in 2004, Barât had worked with Vertigo Records and had previously revealed that his new project was with the label. They played their first shows in October 2005 in Italy and Paris and they announced their split on 1 October 2008 and played their final shows during November. An Australian band had been playing under Dirty Pretty Things since 2003, the name was shared by Barâts club nights in venues throughout London, they assumed the name Bright Young Things to avoid confusion. Dirty Pretty Things began recording their first album in Los Angeles, California with high-profile producer Dave Sardy, and in Glasgow, Scotland with producer Tony Doogan. You Fucking Love It, a track from the debut album, was made available on a free CD with 1 April 2006 issue of NME entitled NME. The bands debut album, Waterloo to Anywhere, was released on 8 May 2006, the first single from the album, Bang Bang, Youre Dead, was released on 24 April 2006 and reached number five in the singles chart in its first week of sales. The second single, Deadwood, was released on 10 July 2006, the albums third single, Wondering, was released on 25 September 2006 and reached number 34. The band toured extensively in the UK during the first half of 2006 and they played their first American show at the SXSW festival in Texas. The band played with the Red Hot Chili Peppers at their concerts in Ipswich, the band were supported on their debut tour of the UK by Dublin band Humanzi. On 13 May 2006 Barât and Hammond appeared on the football show Soccer AM, however, the band recruited Josh Hubbard, the guitarist from Hull band The Paddingtons, to play guitar while Barâts injury healed. Barât, sans guitar and his arm in a sling, appeared on stage in Edinburghs Corn Exchange on 28 August 2006, on 16 October 2006, the band released a DVD, Puffing on a Coffin Nail, which featured more than two-and-a-half hours of concert footage and documentaries. On 25 October 2006, Barât appeared as a special guest at Paul Wellers set during the Electric Proms, duetting on Peacock Suit and In the City. The band supported Muse at their 16 June 2007 Wembley Stadium show and they also played at Glastonbury 2007 and performed several new songs. On 22 July the band supported Pet Shop Boys at the Eden Project in Cornwall, radio Song was released as part of the OST for Run, Fat Boy, Run, on 7 September 2007 for download, and on 10 September 2007 on CD. In October the band appeared on the Love Music Hate Racism CD,9 Lives was Dirty Pretty Things contribution to the free album and was in a finished studio form. On 2 May 2008 the band had completed 12 tracks for their second album, the name is a reference to the final line in Sakis short story The Open Window. Previously, the title This Is Where The Truth Begins had been circulated as the title of the album
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The Divine Comedy (band)
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The Divine Comedy are an orchestral pop band from Northern Ireland formed in 1989 and fronted by Neil Hannon. Hannon has been the only constant member of the group, playing, in some instances, to date, eleven studio albums have been released under the Divine Comedy name. The group achieved their greatest commercial success in the years 1996–99, during which they had nine singles that made the UK Top 40, including the top ten hit National Express. Neil Hannon has been the only ever-present member of the band, being its founder in 1989 when he was joined by John McCullagh and their first album, the heavily R. E. M. -influenced and now-deleted Fanfare for the Comic Muse, enjoyed little success. A couple of equally unsuccessful EPs – Timewatch, Europop – were to follow, after the commercial failure of the Europop EP, this line-up soon fell apart. Hannon, however, was not deterred in his efforts and re-entered the studio in March 1993, teaming up with co-producer/drummer Darren Allison, scott Fitzgerald, Three Sisters draws upon the play by Anton Chekhov, and Lucy is essentially three William Wordsworth poems abridged to music. This led to a degree of acclaim, but commercial success still proved elusive. Indeed, it was some minor success in France that really enabled Hannon to proceed to his second effort Promenade. Released in 1994, and co-produced, once again, with Darren Allison, Hannon himself acknowledged this when he apparently sent a copy of his new album to the composer, jokingly asking him not to sue. Essentially, an album about a day spent by two lovers, it also received similar critical acclaim to that which Liberation was afforded. Commercial success, though, was not forthcoming despite some of Hannons best songwriting to date, including Dont Look Down, The Summerhouse, soon after the release of the album the Divine Comedy went on tour with Tori Amos, supporting her during her European dates. Hannon resisted widespread requests from fans to release the track as a single for the Christmas market, but it was eventually released in 1999 as the third track on the CD-single Gin Soaked Boy. This would not be the time they would be responsible for a TV theme, as In Pursuit of Happiness was also used by the BBC science and technology show. Hannon also composed the music for the comedy series The IT Crowd and it was aptly released on Valentines Day in 1997. The foppish image, but not the suit, was ditched for the more sombre album Fin De Siècle in 1998, although its biggest hit, the jaunty National Express, belied its more intimate, soul-searching tone. Maintaining the balance between these poles, 1999s Secret History – the Best of The Divine Comedy included rerecordings of Liberation tracks, in the same year, the band also collaborated with Tom Jones on a cover-version of Portisheads All Mine, featured on his album Reload. A serious side to the band was also in evidence in 2000s collaboration with Ute Lemper on her album Punishing Kiss, most of which featured The Divine Comedy as Lempers backing band. Neil Hannon and Joby Talbot also contributed two songs and an arrangement of Brecht and Weills Tango Ballad, whilst Neil Hannon sang two songs as duets with Lemper
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Fatboy Slim
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Norman Quentin Cook, also known by his stage name Fatboy Slim, is an English DJ, musician and record producer/mixer. As a solo act, he has won ten MTV Video Music Awards. His records as Fatboy Slim also helped to popularise the big beat genre, Cook first rose to fame in the 1980s as the bassist of the indie rock band The Housemartins who scored a UK number-one single with their a cappella cover of Isley-Jasper-Isleys Caravan of Love. Cook then went on to numerous other acts, including Freak Power, Pizzaman. Cook adopted the Fatboy Slim moniker in 1996 and released Better Living Through Chemistry to critical acclaim, in 2008, Cook founded a project called The Brighton Port Authority. Cook has been responsible for successful remixes for Cornershop, Beastie Boys, A Tribe Called Quest, Groove Armada, Quentin Leo Cook was born in Bromley, raised in Reigate, Surrey, England, and educated at Reigate Grammar School. He played drums in Disque Attack, a British new wave-influenced rock band, when frontman Charlie Alcock was told by his parents that he had to give up the band to concentrate on his O levels, Cook took over as lead vocalist. At The Railway Tavern in Reigate, Cook met Paul Heaton with whom he formed the Stomping Pondfrogs. At 18, Cook went to Brighton Polytechnic to read a B. A. in English, politics, and sociology, in 1985, Cooks friend Paul Heaton had formed a guitar band called The Housemartins. Their bassist left on the eve of their first national tour, the band soon had a hit single with Happy Hour, and their two albums, London 0 Hull 4 and The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death, peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Albums Chart. They also reached number one just before Christmas 1986 with a version of Caravan of Love, however, by 1988 they had split up. Heaton and the bands drummer Dave Hemingway went on to form The Beautiful South and it was at this time that he first started working with young studio engineer Simon Thornton, with whom he continues to make records. All of Cooks records released from that point onwards have involved both of them to varying degrees, Cook achieved his first solo hit in 1989, featuring his future Beats International member MC Wildski, called Blame It on the Bassline. MC Wildski, the song followed the template of what was to come in the style of the music of Beats International. It became a modest hit in the UK Singles Chart, reaching number 29, Cook formed Beats International, a loose confederation of studio musicians including vocalists Lindy Layton, Lester Noel, D. J. Baptiste, rapper MC Wildski, and keyboardist Andy Boucher. O. S and this bankrupted Cook as he lost the case and was ordered to pay back twice the royalties made on the record. The 1991 follow-up album Excursion on the Version, an exploration of dub and reggae music, failed to repeat the success of its predecessor, Cook then formed Freak Power with horn player Ashley Slater and singer Jesse Graham. They released their debut album Drive-Thru Booty in 1994, which contained the single Turn On, Tune In, the cut was picked up by the Levis company for use in a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign
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The Feeling
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The Feeling are an English rock band from West Sussex and London. Following a limited release of their first single Fill My Little World in late 2005, the single was one of the years biggest radio hits, after being played first in the UK on the Dermot OLeary Show on Radio 2, along with their first live radio session. Their debut album Twelve Stops and Home was released in the UK on 5 June 2006 and their second album, Join With Us, which reached number one on the UK Charts, was released on 18 February 2008. Their third album, Together We Were Made, was released on 20 June 2011, the bands most recent album Boy Cried Wolf was released in 2013. In March 2016 the band released their self-titled 5th studio album and their name comes from a neon sign seen by bassist Richard on a bar in Paris. The majority of the band are from Horsham, West Sussex, with the exception of lead vocalist Dan Gillespie Sells, who is from London, and bassist Richard Jones, the Jeremiahs and Stewart met while attending St Wilfrids Catholic School, Crawley, West Sussex. Sells and Jones met as students at the BRIT School in Croydon. They were members of one of the schools most popular bands, other past students of the BRIT school include Jessie J, Adele, Tara McDonald and The Kooks. The band members worked as musicians for several years before coming together as a group. The Feeling has its roots in a band called Superfly, which Paul Stewart and Ciaran and Kevin Jeremiah played in. It was revealed in a podcast for The Times that the band had blagged their way into the La Tania residency, the last gigs in the Alps were in the winter of 2004. After these gigs they would sell demo CDs, which included the tracks Funny Cigarette, Sun is Shining, Still You Want More, Never Be Lonely, most of these tracks have since been released as singles, album tracks, or B-sides. According to Island A&R, Louis Bloom, a particularly underwhelming industry showcase gig prompted various record company representatives in attendance to pass on the band. However, following the performance their manager Adrian Jolly phoned up Bloom and persuaded him to ignore the disastrous gig and instead listen to the bands demos. The demos - which featured all the singles from the debut album - convinced the Island A&R to sign the band. On 5 June 2006, The Feeling released their album, Twelve Stops and Home. To celebrate the release, the record company, Island Records, took 120 British music journalists on the Eurostar to Paris for the day. This was in recognition of the fact the band took their name from a Parisian bar, the first single, Sewn reached #7 on the UK charts in March 2006, followed by the top ten hit Fill My Little World in May 2006
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Happy Mondays
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Happy Mondays are an English alternative rock band from Salford, Greater Manchester. Formed in 1980, the bands original line-up was Shaun Ryder, his brother Paul Ryder, Mark Day, Paul Davis, Mark Bez Berry later joined the band onstage as a dancer/percussionist. Rowetta joined the band as a guest vocalist in 1990, the groups work bridged the Manchester independent rock music of the 1980s and the emerging UK rave scene, drawing influence from acid house, funk, and psychedelia to pioneer the Madchester sound. They experienced their commercial peak with the releases Bummed, Madchester Rave On and they disbanded in 1993, and have reformed several times in subsequent decades. The first official release from Happy Mondays was the Forty Five EP and it was released on Factory Records in September 1985. Manchester music impresario Tony Wilson discovered them at a battle of the bands contest held at his Hacienda nightclub and their first album, Squirrel and G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile, debuted in 1987 and was produced by John Cale. This put the band firmly on the map as one of the most influential bands to come out of the UK in the early 1990s, the album was recorded at Capitol Studios in Los Angeles. Singles Step On and Kinky Afro from this album reached number 5 in the UK singles chart. Followed in 1992, produced by Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth, by the late 1980s, the Happy Mondays were an important part of the Manchester music scene and personified rave culture. Numerous world tours meant the band had success as well as massive success in their home country. Earlier that year, the band had appeared on the bill at the 1990 Glastonbury Festival, in late 1990, Paul McCartney stated, I saw the Happy Mondays on TV, and they reminded me of the Beatles in their Strawberry Fields phase. Musically, the band fused indie pop guitars with a style that owed much to house music, Krautrock, funk. Much of their music was remixed by popular DJs, emphasizing the dance influences even further, in terms of style and dress, they crossed hippy fashion and ideals with 1970s glamour. Sartorially and musically, the band helped to encourage the psychedelic revival associated with acid house, one of their most popular songs was Lazyitis, featuring a surreal duet between Ryder and Karl Denver. The Mondays also influenced many bands around the Northwest and beyond, including the Stone Roses, Oasis, a multi-city US tour followed with the group returning home early in May 1991. However, by July that year they revealed details of a fourteen track official bootleg album, Baby Big Head. The official record release, Live followed later in the year. Happy Mondays disbanded in 1993, and Shaun Ryder and Bez formed Black Grape with ex-Paris Angels guitarist Wags and ex-Ruthless Rap Assassins star Kermit
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James Murphy (electronic musician)
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James Murphy is an American singer, songwriter, DJ and record producer. LCD Soundsystem’s second and third albums, Sound of Silver. Both albums have reached the top 50 in the Billboard 200. In 2011, it was announced that LCD Soundsystem would disband with a show on April 11,2011 at Madison Square Garden. In the following years, Murphy continued to other artistic projects, some music related. In early 2016, the band announced a reunion as well as an appearance at the 2016 Coachella Festival, with a new album, Murphy was born and grew up in Princeton Junction, New Jersey and attended West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South. He has cited his influences as Liquid Liquid, B52s, Talking Heads, The Fall, Siouxsie, Murphy was a member of Falling Man from 1988 to 1989, Pony from 1992 to 1994, and Speedking from 1995 to 1997. He was also the engineer for Sub Pop band Six Finger Satellite. Murphy attended New York University, where he majored in English, at age 22, Murphy was offered a job writing for the sitcom Seinfeld which was then little-known. He did not expect the show to be successful and chose to continue with music instead, starting in 1993, Murphy used the name Death from Above when DJing, a nickname that was given to his signature PA setup while he was the sound setup for Six Finger Satellite. Murphy engineered Irish DJ David Holmes’ album Bow Down to the Exit Sign and was introduced to the record’s co-producer, Goldsworthy and Murphy would DJ together on the Lower East Side, doing so with diverse genres of music. They went on to found DFA Records with Jonathan Galkin in 2001, the name Death from Above led to a dispute with a two-man Canadian band also using the same name. In response to a threat, the Canadian group changed their name to Death from Above 1979. In 2001 Murphy started the electronic dance-punk band LCD Soundsystem, the band first came to attention with its first single Losing My Edge. The band released its first album, self-titled LCD Soundsystem, in 2005 to critical acclaim, murphys second LCD Soundsystem album, entitled Sound of Silver, was released on March 12,2007. In its aftermath, he quipped to Mojo, You dont have to very hard to write an article about us. Just use the words unlikely frontman, bear-like, unshaven, Talking Heads and he also has a CD in the Fabriclive CD series, Fabric Live 36, made in collaboration with LCD Soundsystem drummer Pat Mahoney, released in October 2007. In late 2009 Murphy moved into film scoring, writing music for Noah Baumbachs film Greenberg, the soundtrack was released on March 22,2010
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Keane (band)
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Keane are an English pop rock band from Battle, East Sussex, formed in 1995. The band currently comprises Tom Chaplin, Tim Rice-Oxley, Richard Hughes and their original line-up included founder and guitarist Dominic Scott, who left in 2001. Keane achieved mainstream, international success with the release of their album, Hopes and Fears. Topping the UK charts, the won the 2005 Brit Award for Best British Album and was the second best-selling British album of 2004. Their second album, Under the Iron Sea, released in 2006, topped the UK album charts and their third album, Perfect Symmetry, was released in October 2008. In 2009, Hopes and Fears was listed as the ninth best-selling album of the 2000s decade in the UK and their EP, Night Train, was released in May 2010. Their fourth studio album, Strangeland, was released in May 2012, Keane are known for using a piano as the lead instrument instead of guitars, differentiating them from most other rock bands. The inclusion of a piano effect in 2006 and various synthesisers were a common feature in their music which developed on the second. Keane have sold over 10 million records worldwide, Tom Chaplin and Tim Rice-Oxley became friends when very young. Chaplins father David was the headmaster of Vinehall School in Robertsbridge, East Sussex, for 25 years and they later attended Tonbridge School in Kent, where Rice-Oxley met Dominic Scott, both of them discovered rapidly their liking for music. Richard Hughes, Keanes future drummer, also attended Tonbridge, Chaplin had also learned to play the flute but none of them considered music as a proper career at the time. In 1993, while studying at University College London for a degree in classics, Rice-Oxley formed a band with Scott. The band, named Lotus Eaters, started as a band, playing songs by the members favourite bands, including U2, Oasis, and The Beatles. After listening to Rice-Oxleys piano playing during a weekend at Virginia Water, Surrey in 1997, however, Rice-Oxley declined because he did not want to leave The Lotus Eaters, stating, I was seriously interested, but Keane were already operational and Coldplays keyboard player idea was dropped. Chaplins recruitment also marked a change of name from The Lotus Eaters to Cherry Keane, after a friend of Chaplins mother and she took care of them and would tell them to go for their dreams. At her death from cancer, she had money for Chaplins family. Chaplin commented, I used some of the money to see me through the times with the music. The name was shortened to Keane soon afterward, Chaplin departed for South Africa in the summer of 1997 to work as a volunteer during his gap year
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Larry Tee
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In January 2014 he launched his clothing line TZUJI at London Fashion Week. TZUJI, is grabbing attention by taking the easy-to-wear and flattering qualities of sportswear and bringing an exciting graphic edge to its prints and silhouettes. After relocating and setting up production in Berlin in 2015, TZUJI is bringing the world of fashion together with music and Entertainment via appearances in festivals, new York magazine celebrated Tees electroclash credentials as well as his role in making RuPaul a star in the 1990s. Tee was born to two Canadian-born citizens in Seattle, Washington and he grew up in Seattle and then Marietta, Georgia. In 1986, Tee, along with RuPaul, Lady Bunny and he hosted nights at Michael Aligs infamous DISCO2000, which is featured in the movie Party Monster. He also DJed at the ROXY on a weekly basis, during the 1990s, he became a prominent DJ by playing at highly regarded venues such as Palladium, the ROXY, and Twilo. In 1992, Tee co-wrote the RuPauls top 40-hit Supermodel and he coordinated and managed the 2001 Electroclash Festival, which featured Scissor Sisters, Fischerspooner, and Peaches. He also created and managed the nouveau-music electro girl group, W. I. T, in 2007, he and Andy Bell released the single Matthew, an homage to Matthew Shepard, who in 1998 was killed for being gay. In 2009, Tee released the iTunes top 20 dance album Club Badd, featuring songs by Perez Hilton, Princess Superstar, Jeffree Star, Roxy Cottontail, Herve, Bart B More, and Christopher Just. Licky also appeared on the Steve Aoki mix album with Santogold rapping on it and in the Russell Brand movie, in 2010, Larry Tee released the single Lets Make Nasty featuring Roxy Cottontail, it was re-released in the UK in 2011. In 2010, Tee collaborated with celebrity blogger Perez Hilton and Amanda Lepore to produce Hiltons first music track and he has remixed artists like Sia, Iggy Azalia, Steve Aoki, REM, Lady Gaga, Roisin Murphy, Kele of Bloc Party, and Cher. In 2011, Tee moved to Shoreditch, London, in June 2015, Larry Tee moved to Berlin to run TZUJI from Germany and run KRANK parties in Berlin. Larry Tees website Larry Tees DJ Mix on DeathDiscoRadio. com Larry Tee on Discogs. com Larry Tee video interview NYC2008 on YouTube Larry Tee interview on Grooveeffect,2009
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The Long Blondes
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The Long Blondes were a five-piece English indie rock band formed in Sheffield, United Kingdom in 2003 by Dorian Cox, Reenie Hollis, Emma Chaplin, Kate Jackson and Screech Louder. After several critically acclaimed singles, they released their album, Someone to Drive You Home. Their second album, Couples, was produced by Erol Alkan, the band was formed in 2003 in Sheffield, United Kingdom. All the members were attending, or had attended university in the city, the following quote appeared on their website and served as an introduction to the Long Blondes, Our shared influences include The Mael Brothers, Marx Brothers and The Bewlay Brothers. We do not listen to The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix and we chose an instrument each and learnt to play it. The band have stated that the inspiration for The Long Blondes was to form a fantasy pop group, Nico, Nancy Sinatra, Diana Dors. Sexy and literate, flippant and heartbreaking all at once, singer Kate Jackson was inspired by bands with front women like Siouxsie and the Banshees and Blondie. In July 2004, The Long Blondes released their debut single New Idols on the local Thee Sheffield Phonographic Corporation label and this was followed by singles Autonomy Boy and Giddy Stratospheres. In 2005, they released singles, Appropriation and Separated By Motorways. These releases were met with a critical reaction and growing media attention. Still unsigned, in February 2006 the band were recipients of the NME Philip Hall Radar Award, further adding to their reputation, the band were named by The Guardian and Vogue as the best unsigned band in the UK. On 13 April 2006 they signed to Rough Trade Records and began recording their album over the summer with Steve Mackey. The album was preceded by the singles Weekend Without Makeup in July and Once and Never Again, the song was named the 15th best track of 2006 by NME. Someone to Drive You Home was released in November 2006, the music was written by the band collectively while the majority of the lyrics were written by Cox with Jackson completing the lyrics for Separated by Motorways and Madame Ray. Critical reception was positive with the NME calling it fantasy pop. Reviews picked up on the predominant themes of the album, outsider status, popular references from the 1950s and 60s. Other reviews indicated the numerous inspirations for the work, for example, a four-star review in The Guardian said that if talent borrows but genius steals. The Long Blondes should be taking their Mensa tests, comparing the style to Franz Ferdinand
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Massive Attack
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Massive Attack are an English trip hop group formed in 1988 in Bristol, consisting of Robert 3D Del Naja, Grant Daddy G Marshall and formerly Andy Mushroom Vowles & Adrian Tricky Kid Thaws. Their debut album Blue Lines was released in 1991, with the single Unfinished Sympathy reaching the charts, 1998s Mezzanine, containing Teardrop, and 2003s 100th Window charted in the UK at number one. Both Blue Lines and Mezzanine feature in Rolling Stones list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, the group has won numerous music awards throughout their career, including a Brit Award—winning Best British Dance Act, two MTV Europe Music Awards, and two Q Awards. They have released five albums that have sold over 11 million copies worldwide. DJs Daddy G and Andrew Vowles and graffiti artist-turned-rapper Robert Del Naja met as members of partying collective The Wild Bunch, One of the first homegrown soundsystems in the UK, The Wild Bunch became dominant on the Bristol club scene in the mid-1980s. Circa became a subsidiary of, and was subsumed into, Virgin Records. Blue Lines, was co-produced by Jonny Dollar and Cameron McVey, Geoff Barrow, who went on to form Portishead, was an intern and trainee tape operator at Bristols Coach House studio when the album was recorded. In the nineties, the became known for often not being able to easily get along with one another. Marshall returned to a role in 2005, having joined the touring line-up in 2003 and 2004. Unsigned, Mushroom, Daddy G and 3D put out Any Love as a single, 3D co-wrote Neneh Cherrys Manchild, which peaked at number 5 in the UK single chart. Cameron McVey and Neneh Cherry helped them to record their first LP Blue Lines, partly in their house, the album used vocalists including Horace Andy and Shara Nelson, a former Wild Bunch cohort. MCs Tricky and Willie Wee, also part of The Wild Bunch, featured. Neneh Cherry sang backing vocals on environmentalist anthem, Hymn of the Big Wheel, the group temporarily shortened their name to Massive on the advice of McVey to avoid controversy relating to the Gulf War. They went back to being Massive Attack for their next single, after Shara Nelson left, the band brought in Everything but the Girls Tracey Thorn as a vocalist and released Protection on 26 September 1994. With McVey out of the picture, Massive Attack enlisted the talents of former Wild Bunch Nellee Hooper to co-produce some songs on it. Other tracks were co-produced by The Insects and 3D, a dub version, No Protection, was released the following year by Mad Professor. Protection won a Brit award for Best Dance Act, the other collaborators on Protection were Marius de Vries, Craig Armstrong, a Scottish classical pianist, and Tricky. Trickys solo career was taking off at time and he decided not to collaborate with Massive Attack after this
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