It's no secret that Claus Larsen from Leather Strip is a big Depeche Mode fan (he recorded various Depeche Mode covers for Alfa Matrix for instance under the Klutae and Leather Strip flag) and it's also no secret that he especially adores the production work done by Alan Wilder in the band for what were Depeche Mode's best albums.
Today he announces a vinyl, 'Fools: a tribute to Alan Wilder' holding 4 tracks written by Alan Wilder for Depeche Mode. Included in this vinyl release, which will be released somewhere at the end of April, are the following tracks: 'Fools', 'If you want', 'In your memory (Reminder mix)' and 'Fools (Quiet)'. It's sitll a mystery to us why Wilder didn't write more tunes for Depeche Mode because these were (and still are) real gems when they were released back in time.
Source: Side-Line
The first all new release on legendary Swedish Electro-label energy rekords in years! 19 tracks from 19 artists doing electronic versions of 1977 first wave punk rock songs. Songs from the Sex Pistols, Ramones, Buzzcocks, Damned, Generation X, Sham 69 etc. done in electronic synthpop, minimal, EBM versions by Page, Biomekkanik, Sista Mannen På Jorden, Compute, Counterfeit, Clark Gable, Independent State etc. Compiled by Eddie Bengtsson (Page, S.P.O.C.K., Last Man on Earth, Sista Mannen på Jorden etc.), the Godfather of Swedish synthpop!
The tracklist:
Biomekkanik - Young Savage 3:24
12th House - No More Heroes 3:46
The Future - Nervous Wreck 2:22
Counterfeit - Set Myself on Fire 4:04
Sista Mannen På Jorden - Actiontime Vision 2:46
Den Där Killen - Fan Mail 4:18
Clark Gable - Ready steady go 3:02
Compute - Hong Kong Garden 2:56
Arachnophobias - London Girls 3:52
Steelberry Clones - Watching the Detectives 3:46
Amusik - God save the Queen 4:56
Dvala - Problem Child 4:30
319 T - Don't push Me around 3:30
aKenny-1 - Ever fallen in Love 2:48
Angaudlinn - Just 13 3:38
DJ Man-Machine feat. Sleezy - Gary Gilmores Eyes 2:58
MrDoonut - The KKK took My Baby away 2:56
Independent State - Borstal Breakout 3:19
Page – Commando 3:06
Film composer Ennio Morricone will restart his European tour this February! The concert in Brussels on February 3rd is almost sold out but there are a few tickets left.
Ennio Morricone has conducted many orchestras worldwide, including the Orchestra of the Santa Cecilia Academy for many symphonic seasons. He also conducted the Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala Theatre, the Rome Opera House Orchestra, the Budapest Opera House Orchestra, the Orquesta Nacionales de España (ONE), the National Brazilian Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio Munich Rundfunk, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestra and Chorus of the Spanish Television.
Morricone often works with the Roma Sinfonietta Orchestra for many concerts both in Italy and abroad as well as for the recordings of film scores.
On 2nd February 2007 Maestro Morricone and the Roma Sinfonietta Orchestra held an important concert at the United Nations General Assembly Hall to celebrate the UN Secretary General Ban-ki Moon taking office.
In his long career, Ennio Morricone has received many awards other than the Golden Lion and the Honorary Oscar, among which 8 Nastri D’argento, 5 Baftas, 5 Oscar Nominations, 7 David Di Donatello, 3 Golden Globes, 1 Grammy Award and 1 European Film Award. In the 2009 the President of the French Republic, Nicolas Sarkozy, has signed a decree appointing M° Ennio Morricone to the rank of Knight in the Order of the Legion of Honor.
In the recording field, Morricone has received 27 Golden Records, 7 Platinum Records, 3 Golden Plates and the “Critica discografica” award for the music of the film “Il Prato”. The soundtrack from the film The Good, The Bad and The Ugly has been included in the list of inductees for the Grammy Hall of Fame 2009.
Film Fest Gent & Brussels Philharmonic proudly present a new album combining the best film scores by Cliff Martinez.
Cliff Martinez is a key figure in our time’s film scoring. In the 80’s, he began spending several years drumming with such acts as Captain Beefheart, The Dickies, Lydia Lunch and The Weirdos, and then joining the Red Hot Chili Peppers. His career is exemplary.
His experimental electronic music highlighted many cinematic masterpieces. He has been Steven Soderbergh’s regular composer (‘sex, lies and videotape’; ‘Traffic’; ‘Solaris’; ‘Contagion’) and he has been making a name for himself for a few years now scoring the two last films of visionary Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn, ‘Drive’ and ‘Only God Forgives’.
Cliff Martinez also scored the great ‘Spring Breakers’, ‘Arbitrage’ (Milan Records) and ‘The Company You Keep’ (Milan Records). We now hear about him as he has just scored the first Steven Soderbergh TV series ‘The Knick’ (starring Clive Owen), to be released by Milan Records as well.
This Film Fest Gent album combines the best film scores by Cliff Martinez (‘Solaris’; ‘Only God Forgives’; ‘The Company You Keep’; ‘Contagion’) arranged for orchestra and performed by the Brussels Philharmonic conducted by Dirk Brossé.
TRACKLISTING
SOLARIS (2002)
First Sleep
We Don't Have To Think Like That Anymore
À L’ORIGINE (2009)
Les Territoires Inconnus Appelez-moi Philippe
Vous Aimez Ces Couleurs ?
KAFKA (1991)
Eddie's Dead
ONLY GOD FORGIVES (2013)
More Hands
ESPION(S) (2009)
The Mission is Over
I Don't Know Any Nice People Mind if I Use Your Ladies?
THE UNDERNEATH (1995)
The Green Head
WICKER PARK (2004)
Following Daniel
THE COMPANY YOU KEEP (2012)
Father & Daughter Reunion Can't Say I'm Happy To See You
CONTAGION (2001)
Contagion
Bad Day To Be A Rhesus Monkey
For all you Philip Glass fans out there: there are still a few tickets left for his third full-length opera 'Akhnaten' at Opera Vlaanderen next month in Antwerp and in Ghent this March!
A new capital arose and a fresh wind also blew in politics, art and language. But the pharaoh, his wife Nefertiti and their families became increasingly alienated from the real needs of the population. After a reign of seventeen years, the pharaoh was overthrown by the masses and older, rigid power structures were restored.
Glass does not opt for a continuous storyline, but for an episodic and symbolic portrait of the legendary pharaoh, full of stylized scenes. His mesmerizing score is based on repetitive, rhythmic melody patterns that are gradually interwoven. Following Einstein on the Beach (1976) and Satyagraha (1980), Akhnaten (1984) is Philip Glass’ third full-length opera. The directing and stage set are the work of the imaginative British theatre-maker Nigel Lowery (Candide), and the controversial fashion designer Walter Van Beirendonck is responsible for the costumes.
