Liverpool singer/songwriter Tony Steele has returned to music with a new single 'Starting From Scratch', released on September 25th and showcasing a stripped down folk/rock sound.
Session musicians Charlie Landsborough Jnr, Laura Mackinlay, Peter Macparland and Grant Walker complete the line up of his band, The Massacre.
Tony's first band Monkey Steps, a psychedelic Scouse skiffle group, supported Alabama 3 and Pete Doherty. They also gave Catfish and the Bottlemen their first Liverpool gig when the young Welsh band opened for Monkey Steps at Liverpool's legendary Cavern Club.
Tony's lyrics are based on the three years he spent away from music drawing inspiration from the ups and downs that life has thrown at him. His new music was premiered at two gigs in London supporting Zak Starkey's band Penguins Rising and Inder Goldfinger's The Winachi Tribe, and was so well received that he has announced a UK tour, starting with a gig supporting John Power at Liverpool's Kazimier. Tony Steele and The Massacre will also be supporting Cast in Kendal, Alloa, and Paisley as well as headlining gigs in Birmingham, London, and Glasgow. The band will also be supporting John McCullough and the Escorts in Liverpool.
The Winachi Tribe have lifted a second single from their 'Time for Love' EP. 'Plant the Seed' will be released on September 25th on A1M records. The track sees the band collaborating with Julie E Gordon of Happy Mondays.
The Winachi Tribe is a collection of exceptional musicians and producers who have performed and toured with artists as diverse as Ian Brown, Black Grape, Happy Mondays, Massive Attack and The Stereo MCs. They bring together urban swagger, soul and funk to create unique electro-funk grooves; a sonic soul collective who are unrestrained by boundaries or formulas, either musically or culturally.
New single 'Plant the Seed' is featured in a new documentary 'We Own the Dance Floor', which tells the story of the Hacienda and was premiered at this year's Glastonbury Festival. The band will be embarking on a UK tour in October and in the meantime are set to play to the Portsmouth's Victorious Festival on 29th August alongside Basement Jaxx, Tinie Tempah & The Flaming Lips. The 'Time For Love' EP will be launched at Manchester’s Ruby Lounge on 27th August, with special guests, Tigerside, Ruby Tuesday & the Happy Fallen. Tickets available here.
A teaser for the video of The Winachi Tribe's performance of 'Plant the Seed' live in London's The Electric Carousel Club is available here:
http://goo.gl/h29vYE
The film captures the band giving a seminal performances in the nation’s Capital. West End glamour meets northern swagger in a melting pot of funk and soul in 100 degree heat!
OUR LITTLE SISTER
A film by Kore-Eda Hirokazu (Like Father Like Son, Afterlife)
With Ayase Haruka, Nagasawa Masami, Kaho and Hirose Suzu
Release in Belgium on November 18, 2015
Three sisters live together in a big house in the Japanese city of Kamakura. When their father dies, they go to the countryside for the funeral, even though the father had abandoned the family 15 years ago. There they first meet their half-sister Suzu.
OUR LITTLE SISTER
Een film van Hirokazu Kore-Eda (Like Father Like Son, After Life)
Met Ayase Haruka, Nagasawa Masami, Kaho en Hirose Suzu
Release in België op 18 november 2015
Drie zussen leven samen in een groot huis in de Japanse stad Kamakura. Wanneer hun vader sterft, trekken ze naar het platteland voor de begrafenis, ook al had de vader het gezin al 15 jaar geleden verlaten. Daar ontmoeten ze voor het eerst hun verlegen halfzus Suzu. Het klikt meteen tussen de vier zussen, en de drie oudere zussen besluiten Suzu te vragen om bij hen te komen wonen. Suzu stemt in, en voor de vier zussen begint een nieuw leven vol mooie ontdekkingen.
TELLUS
An exciting and intelligent Finnish crime series on the moral dilemmas of a group of young environmentalists8th September available on DVDWritten and directed by Jukka-Pekka Siili
With Minka Kuustonen, Lauri TILKANEN, and Pirkka-Pekka PETELIUS
How far are we willing to go for our beliefs?
A group of young eco-activists under the name 'Tellus' operates, are sabotage against environmentally unfriendly organizations. All their actions are carefully planned so no one runs danger. But when they make a mistake, accidentally there is a dead involved. A manhunt is launched to the members of the group.
Technical specifications
Finland, 2014 | 6 x 50 mins | Language: Finnish | Subtitles:Dutch
Format: 16: 9 | Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1
TELLUS
Spannende en intelligente Finse crime serie over de morele dilemma's van een groep jonge milieuactivisten
Vanaf 8 september op DVD
Geschreven en geregisseerd door Jukka-Pekka SIILI
Met Minka KUUSTONEN, Lauri TILKANEN, en Pirkka-Pekka PETELIUS
Hoe ver zijn we bereid te gaan voor onze overtuigingen?
Een groep jonge eco-activisten die onder de naam ‘Tellus’ opereert, voert al enige jaren succesvolle sabotage uit tegen milieuonvriendelijke organisaties. Al hun acties worden keer op keer zorgvuldig gepland om niemand in gevaar te brengen. Maar wanneer ze toch een fout maken en er per ongeluk een dode valt tijdens één van hun missies, wordt er een klopjacht op de leden van de groep gestart. Tellus staat voor de moeilijke beslissing om hun strijd te staken, of door te zetten - maar dan wel op een radicale manier…
Technische specificaties
Finland, 2014 | 6 x 50 min | Taal: Fins | Ondertiteling: Nederlands
Formaat: 16:9 | Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1.
Today the trailer of the opening film (The Ardennes) of FilmFest Gent is released!
A brutal homejacking goes hopelessly wrong. Dave, one of the two robbers, manages to run off, leaving his brother Kenneth behind. Four years later, Kenneth is released from prison and much has changed. Dave has his life back on track and is trying to help Kenneth whereever possible, but is witnessing how the highly strung Kenneth tries to win back his ex-girlfriend Sylvie.
Director: Robin Pront
Writers: Jeroen Perceval & Robin Pront
Cast: Jeroen Perceval, Veerle Baetens, Kevin Janssens, Jan Bijvoet, Sam Louwyck, Peter Van den Begin, Viviane De Muynck
Producer: Bart Van Langendonck - SAVAGE FILM (BE)
Co-producers: Peter Bouckaert - EYEWORKS (BE), Ellen Havenith - PRPL (NL)
With the support of: Creative Europe - Media programme of the E.U., the Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), Netherlands Film Fund, Telenet-STAP, VTM, Belgian tax shelter for film financing
Benelux Distributor: Kinepolis Film Distribution
Sales agent: Attraction
Genre: thriller / crime drama
Release in Belgium: October 14, 2015
