Pre-YES psychedelic-prog outfit Mabel Greer’s Toyshop have released new footage for Electric Funeral, the opening track of their upcoming reunion album "New Way Of Life" out on 9th March.
The video shows founding members Clive Bayley and Robert Hagger as they meet for rehearsal, two old friends finding each other again after 45 years, with the same chemistry and some terrific new songs. Smiles all around speak louder than words about the spirit of this reunion as they meet to jam in a bar in Nice, France.
Joined by Billy Sherwood, Hugo Barré and Tony Kaye, Clive and Bob have recently reformed Mabel Greer’s Toyshop – the 60s prog psychedelic outfit which sprouted the first shoot of YES – and created a record that brings new life into their trademark sound, aiming not only to rekindle their love affair with the old YES fans, but also to conquer a completely new breed of listeners.
The footage ends with a large amount of empty pints covering the bar; a good time was had by all and many more are still to come. This is just the beginning!
New Way Of Life will be available on CD and digital download from 9th March 2015. Electric Funeral will be available to download and on iTunes as an instant gratification track on album pre-orders from the beginning of February.
From 25th February in all theatres: SEVENTH SON
Director:Sergey Bodrov
Stars:Ben Barnes, Julianne Moore, Jeff Bridges
John Gregory, who is a seventh son of a seventh son and also the local spook, has protected his country from witches, boggarts, ghouls and all manner of things that go bump in the night. However John is not young anymore, and has been seeking an apprentice to carry on his trade. Most have failed to survive. The last hope is a young farmer's son named Thomas Ward. Will he survive the training to become the spook that so many others couldn't? Should he trust the girl with pointy shoes? How can Thomas stand a chance against Mother Malkin, the most dangerous witch in the county?
Vanaf 25 februari in de bioscoop.
Het enige overgebleven lid van een mystieke orde (Oscar© winnaar
Jeff Bridges) gaat op zoek naar de laatste Seventh Son (Ben Barnes), volgens de profetie een held met ongelooflijke krachten.
De spectaculaire avonturenfilm Seventh Son speelt zich af in een magische wereld vol betoveringen en legendes. Het enige overgebleven lid van een mystieke orde (Oscar© winnaar Jeff Bridges) gaat op zoek naar de laatste Zevende Zoon (Ben Barnes). De jonge held, die volgens een eeuwenoude voorspelling over een uitzonderlijke gave bezit, wordt weggerukt uit zijn rustige leven op het platteland. Samen met zijn keiharde mentor moet hij de Dark Queen (Julianne Moore) en haar leger van moordenaars met bovennatuurlijke krachten uitschakelen.
Tangerine Dream founder Edgar Froese has passed away at the age of 70 due to the effects of pulmonary embolism.
One of the pioneering figures of the electro music realm and the band's only constant member throughout its 48-year history, Froese has released over 100 records with Tangerine Dream alone, making him one of the most prolific artists of all time.
The official announcement reads: "This is a message to you we are very sorry for… On January 20th, Tuesday afternoon, Edgar Froese suddenly and unexpectedly passed away from the effects of a pulmonary embolism in Vienna.
"The sadness in our hearts is immensely. Edgar once said: 'There is no death, there is just a change of our cosmic address.' Edgar, this is a little comfort to us."
Born in East Prussia on D-Day (June 6, 1944), Froese began his musical journey at the age of 12. He founded Tangerine Dream in 1967 and rose to international fame during the '70s. Some of his other ventures include solo albums, film scores ad video game music, most notably for 2013's "Grand Theft Auto V."
HELL ON EARTH
MAN CREATED THE DEVIL AND THE DEVIL CREATED THE EXCUSE
TO JUSTIFY THE KILLINGS
THAT WE DON’T SEE ON THE NEWS
AND I WONDER:
WILL HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF?
WHEN THEY’RE NUMBERING YOU!!!
THEY’LL TRY TO HURT YOU
THROUGH THE GOOD THEY SEE IN YOU
DON’T LET IT BREAK YOU!!!!
DON’T LET IT BREAK YOU!!!!!
THEY’LL TRY TO PUNISH YOU
FOR THE GOOD THEY SEE IN YOU
THEY KNOW THEY NEED IT
DON’T LET IT BREAK YOU!!!
KNOCK KNOCK MOCKING BIRD STOP BANG! AND ANOTHER ONE’S DOWN FUCK YOUR 2 SECONDS AND WE LAY DOWN FLAT FACE TO THE GROUND; FACE TO THE GROUND, IF THEY HAD THEIR WAY WE’D BE FACE TO THE GROUND SO WE CAN’T BACK DOWN!
THE WORLD IS FAR FROM BEING SAFER
CYPHER SPEND YOU LIFE IN DANGER !
PROSECUTE ME
HOW CAN A MAN EXIST IN THIS AND STILL BE FREE
3RD EYE IS ETERNALLY ON STAND BY
THEY’RE NUMBERING YOU
THEY’RE NUMBERING YOU
THEY’LL TRY TO HURT YOU
THROUGH THE GOOD THEY SEE IN YOU
DON’T LET IT BREAK YOU!!!!
DON’T LET IT BREAK YOU!!!!!
THEY’LL TRY TO PUNISH YOU
FOR THE GOOD THEY SEE IN YOU
THEY KNOW THEY NEED IT
DON’T LET IT BREAK YOU!!!
DON’T LET IT BREAK YOU!!!
DON’T LET IT BREAK YOU!!!
DON’T LET IT BREAK YOU!!!
DON’T LET IT BREAK YOU!!!
The Washington DC-based band Retrogramme possess the rare ability to surprise us. Always. Whenever they unleash their creativity we have to wait for a result far above our expectations. The antecedent album "For Our Dearly Departed" of 2012 is still considerated as an object of cult, but the new double full-length "Feed" promises to go further. The band's style is a unique, multiform and sophisticated blend of synthpop, IDM, and darkwave, created through asymmetrical or linear rhythms, alienating consonances and sound abstractions that make Retrogramme one of the most important institutions of their music genre.
The new title track enumerates twenty-four songs divided into two separate volumes: each of them is hyper saturated with original sonorities that will drag you into a vortex of dance. The elements to solicit your interest are all there: pulsing bass-lines of drum-programming, robotic or lithe musicality, fascinating and amazing vocalizations. Moreover, the second disk includes exclusively a fantastic series of remixes elaborated by Halo Effect, Framework, DrMOllE, Citizen 16, Bites, Echoknocks, PDR, Poject K-11, Deadliner, Atropine, TourdeForce and Red This Ever. We welcome with true excitement the new Retrogramme and their "Feed", an album that we can define by only one, specific adjective: great.
