According to The Times of London Bowie has a new album out : Black Star. The album was recorded in NYC's Magic Shop studio together with some local jazz musicians. A short excerpt from the title track recently was used as the theme song for the British TV series The Last Panthers, and the entire track will be used in Bowie's upcoming musical drama Lazarus.
The Times describes the rest of the seven songs as jazz jams, added with Can and Kraftwerk.
According to an insider who already has heard the album says it’s "completely crazy".
There is still no official confirmation, but Blackstar is supposedly released on January 8th , the day that Bowie will celebrate his 69th birthday.
Volgens The Times of London heeft Bowie een nieuwe plaat uit: Blackstar. De plaat werd werd opgenomen in de NYC's Magic Shop studio samen met lokale jazzmusici. Een kort fragment uit het titelnummer werd onlangs gebruikt als themanummer voor de Britse tv-serie The Last Panthers, en de volledige track zal ook in Bowie's aankomende muzikale toneelstuk Lazarus worden gebruikt.
The Times beschrijft de rest van de 7 nummers als jazzy jamsessies die verwanten heeft met Can en Kraftwerk.
Volgens een insider die de plaat heeft gehoord is het "helemaal te gek”.
Er is nog geen officiële bevestiging, maar Blackstar wordt vermoedelijk op 8 januari uitgebracht, de dag waarop Bowie' zijn 69e verjaardag zal vieren.
Beneath the surface of the UK lies a vast and secret network of abandoned nuclear bunkers. Sometime in the future the population of Great Britain has retreated into these bunkers. The reason for this exodus is not clear. Nuclear attack? Chemical attack? Germ warfare? Or perhaps even free will. What is known is that beneath the surface, in the bunkers, people live the utopian dream, communicating wordlessly via a highly developed new subconsciousness. There is no need for money and food is plentiful. The old gods have been forgotten. People now offer prayer to a piece of silverware, referred to as the 'New Pagan Sun', found in a bunker at Stoke on Trent, near to the location of the 1980 Darts World Championship final between Eric Bristow and Bobby George.
British Nuclear Bunkers is the new album by Luke Haines. It was recorded using entirely analogue synthesisers. Apart from an occasional vocal the only organic sound used is a recording of Camden Borough Control Bunker being attacked late at night by Luke Haines.
Maximum Electronic Rock and Roll.
British Nuclear Bunkers will be released by Cherry Red Records on CD on October 16th 2015 and on Vinyl (with a free 7' single) on October 23rd 2015.
Luke Haines has made many albums and written some books. Google him if you are interested. If you're not interested then don't bother googling him - do something else instead.
Luke Haines will be converting Bush Hall into a nuclear bunker for a Maximum Electronic Rock and Roll show on October 21st. He will then be touring nuclear bunkers around the UK.
The track listing of the album is as follows:
SIDE A
1. THIS IS THE BBC
2. BRITISH NUCLEAR BUNKERS
3. CAMDEN BOROUGH CONTROL
4. TEST CARD FOREVER
5. COLD FIELD MORNING UNDER BLISS
SIDE B
1. BUNKER FUNKER
2. PUSSYWILLOW (KIDS SONG)
3. MAMA CHECK THE RADAR AT THE DADA STATION
4. NEW PAGAN SUN
5. DEEP LEVEL SHELTERS UNDER LONDON
BONUS 7" VINYL
SIDE A
1. ELECTRONIC TONE POEM
SIDE B
2. HACK GREEN
The Zombies made their name in the 1960s with hits such as ‘She’s Not There’ and ‘Tell Her No’ and the legendarily majestic "Odessey And Oracle” LP.
• The band’s serene, sublime sound combines the subtle keyboard skills of Rod Argent with the beautiful vocals of Colin Blunstone.
• After Rod and Colin pursued their own successful careers for many years and the pair reunited in 2004.
• The follow-up to 2011’s Breathe Out, Breathe In, STILL GOT THAT HUNGER contains many brand new songs written by Rod Argent, plus ‘Never Get Over You’ by Colin Blunstone, and a new version of their 1965 single ‘I Want You Back Again’.
• The album was recorded at State of the Ark Studios in London with producer Chris Potter (The Verve, The Rolling Stones "Steel Wheels).
• The Zombies will be touring Spain, France and the UK in support of their new album.
• Rolling Stone Magazine: "Having influenced the likes of Nick Cave, R.E.M. and Foo Fighters, (The Zombies are) riding the wave of a heralded comeback album (2011’s), and chomping into a new generation of brains with their time-tested earworms.”
The new album Still Got That Hunger is now out on Cherry Red.
Track Listing:
1. MOVING ON
2. CHASING THE PAST
3. EDGE OF THE RAINBOW
4. NEW YORK
5. I WANT YOU BACK AGAIN
6. AND WE WERE YOUNG AGAIN
7. MAYBE TOMORROW
8. NEVER GET OVER YOU
9. LITTLE ONE
10. BEYOND THE BORDERLINE
Michael Giacchino Best Film Composer of the year at 15th World Soundtrack Awards
Best Original Film Score of the Year goes to Antonio Sanchez's music for 'Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)'
The World Soundtrack Academy announced the winners of the 15th World Soundtrack Awards, the closing event of the 42nd Film Fest Gent, on the evening of Saturday 24 October at Kuipke in Ghent.
This year’s Best Original Song written directly for a Film is ‘The Apology Song' from 'The Book of Life’, with music by Gustavo Santaolalla, lyrics by Paul Williams and performed by Diego Luna. Discovery of the year 2015 also goes to Antonio Sanchez for ‘Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)’. The Sabam Award for Best Young Composer goes to Peer Kleinschmidt and John Paesano's music for ‘The Maze Runner’ won the Public Choice Award.
After the annual presentation of the prestigious film music prizes, Brussels Philharmonic and the Flemish Radio Choir, conducted by Dirk Brossé, played a striking selection from the extensive oeuvre of the guest of honour, Alan Silvestri. He composed the score for 'The Walk', that had it's worldpremiere at the concert. The film music by Discovery of 2015 Daniel Pemberton, with the premiere of the score for 'Steve Jobs' was also given a well-deserved place in the concert, as was the music of Lifetime Achievement Award winner Patrick Doyle with the premiere of the music for 'Cinderella'.
The photos of the World Soundtrack Awards Ceremony & Concert can be downloaded in high resolution from the festival website.
OVERVIEW AWARDS
Best Composer of the year
Michael Giacchino
Best Original Film Score of the Year
'Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)' by Antonio Sanchez
Best Original Song Written for a Film
The Apology Song from 'The Book of Life'
Music by Gustavo Santaolalla, lyrics by Paul Williams, performed by Diego Luna
Discovery of the Year
Antonio Sanchez for ‘Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)’
Sabam Award for Best Young Composer
Peer Kleinschmidt
Public Choice Award
‘The Maze Runner’ by John Paesano
Lifetime Achievement Award
Patrick Doyle
The 16th World Soundtrack Awards will take place on the 22nd of October 2016.
Out of the blue Alfa Matrix has released “Feed Her To The Wolves”, the brand new 4-track download single from electropop act Ayria. The single - available now via Bandcamp, iTunes, Apple Music, Spotify,... - acts as a teaser for the first follow-up release since Jennifer Parkin’s successful “Plastic Makes Perfect” album from 2013. The new album will be titled “Paper Dolls” and will be out somewhere in 2016. The single was again produced by Sebastian R. Komor.
Included in this single are 2 original tracks (the title track and “Underneath The Water”) plus 2 remixed versions of the tracks.
Tracklist:
Underneath The Water
Feed Her To The Wolves
Underneath The Water (Sebastian Komor Mix)
Feed Her To The Wolves (Judgment Version)
