Since his first live performances in 2002, Sean McBride, aka Martial Canterel (who also performs as half of the duo Xeno & Oaklander), has crafted his electronic sound in a peculiar intersection between avant-garde and pop. Merging the influences of the first wave of relatively unknown minimal electronic bands in northern Europe, and seminal industrial noise bands such as Throbbing Gristle and SPK, with the smoothly stylish songcraft of early British New Wave, Martial Canterel records and performs using analogue synthesizers, sequencers and drum machines exclusively, molding electricity to fix the action of music creation in substance. The mastery of his composition technique, a second nature of harmonic complexity, along with a unique talent for melodies, enables him to manufacture gems of extreme noise pop, making use of all its unexpected ingredients.
Gyors, Lassù marks an important milestone in the evolution of Martial Canterel's music, progressing far beyond the cages of “minimal synth” and embracing the noisier qualities of its sound with a renewed urgency, a kind of thickness embodied in multiple layers using only eurorack, Serge and Roland 100 modular systems at his disposal and flushing out the entire session in one take. Sine waves are rendered into walls of guitar-like noise on songs like “And I Thought”, while the stretching out and liquifaction of what were once very precise pointillistic staccato synth arpeggios are marshaled into layers of violent bliss on “Gyors/Lassù”. The analogue labor and the density of sound highlight the character of continuous performance of the music, where the intertwining of the artist and his work is profoundly material in its quality. As in a modern embodiment of the potter's wheel…the hands, the texture of clay, with ceramic material. Translated lyrically and conceptually, music performance is for time what travel represents in space, and Gyors/Lassù is the sonic rendering of McBride's wanderings between Hungary (“Bulvàr”, “Budapest II”) and the South of Italy (“Teano”), between vibrant rhythmic structures and melancholic instrumentals, balancing its bodily intensity with abstract experimentation against the regression of the modern listener.
Edition of 500 vinyl copies and available digitally. Release due on October 28, 2014.
Stream "And I Thought", the first track off of the record below!
Soon The Dark Knight will enter the ring with Batman. Before this fight starts we can watch The Dark Knight Trilogy Limited Edition.
This luxe edition does not only contain all the movies on Blu-ray (of course!), but the three different batmobiles too! You know what to ask that man with the white beard and red suit!
DUTCH VERSION
Binnenkort neemt The Dark Knight het in een nieuwe film op tegen z’n collega Superman. Vooraleer we dat gevecht van de eeuw te zien krijgen, kunnen we Batman nog eens in volle glorie aan het werk zien in The Dark Knight Trilogy Limited Edition. Deze exclusieve uitgave bevat niet enkel alle films uit Christopher Nolan’s bejubelde trilogie op Blu-ray™ en DVD, maar ook de verschillende Batmobiles uit die 3 films. Ideaal om deze kerstdagen thuis mee over het parket te scheuren, en een uniek item voor alle fans van Gotham’s City grootste held.
Jersey Boys is out on Blu-ray™, DVD, Video on Demand en Digital Download on 5th November.
Director: Clint Eastwood
Stars:John Lloyd Young, Erich Bergen, Michael Lomenda
Jersey Boys is a musical biography of the Four Seasons-the rise, the tough times and personal clashes, and the ultimate triumph of a group of friends whose music became symbolic of a generation. Far from a mere tribute concert (though it does include numbers from the popular Four Seasons songbook), Jersey Boys gets to the heart of the relationships at the center of the group-with a special focus on frontman Frankie Valli, the small kid with the big falsetto. In addition to following the quartet's coming of age as performers, the core of the show is how an allegiance to a code of honor learned in the streets of their native New Jersey got them through a multitude of challenges: gambling debts, Mafia threats and family disasters. Jersey Boys is a glimpse at the people behind a sound that has managed to endure for over four decades in the hearts of the public
DUTCH VERSION
Jersey Boys is vanaf 5 november beschikbaar op Blu-ray™, DVD, Video on Demand en Digital Download
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow, Walk Like A Man, Can't Take My Eyes Off You, stuk voor stuk zijn het nummers die bij iedereen wel een belletje doen rinkelen. Weinigen kennen echter het verhaal achter deze pareltjes, een verhaal dat nochtans de zalen op Broadway meermaals liet vollopen. Met Jersey Boys brengt niemand minder dan Hollywoodlegende Clint Eastwood een unieke kijk op een van de meest spraakmakende groepen uit de muziekgeschiedenis: The Four Seasons. Ontdek de mensen achter deze tijdloze songs, en haal Jersey Boys vanaf 5 november in huis op Blu-ray™, DVD, Video on Demand en Digital Download!
Jersey Boys is een muzikale biografie van de wereldberoemde groep The Four Seasons: de roem, de zware periodes en persoonlijke vetes, en de uiteindelijke triomf van een bende vrienden wiens muziek symbool stond voor een hele generatie.
De film is meer dan alleen een muzikaal eerbetoon aan de legendarische songs uit het uitgebreide Four Seasons repertoire. Jersey Boys gunt ons een blik op de relaties binnen de groep met een speciale focus op frontman Frankie Valli, de kleine jongen die een grote falsetto bezat. Het is het relaas van de mensen die de wereld een unieke sound schonken, een geluid dat zich inmiddels meer dan 40 jaar in de harten van het publiek genesteld heeft.
BONUSMATERIALEN
"Oh, What A Night" To Remember (DVD, BD) - Beleef samen met Clint Eastwood en de cast hoe ze zich voorbereiden op de grote finale...
From Broadway To The Big Screen (BD) - Ga op zoek naar de oorsprong van Jersey Boys, van de bekroonde musical tot Clint Eastwood's baanbrekende film.
Too Good To Be True (BD) - De maffia hield van de jongens! Donnie Kehr vertelt hoe het was om te werken met Christopher Walken, wiens personage een soort godfather voor Frankie Valli was.
Celebrating 30 years of Alphaville, all 1980s 12" versions & b-sides remastered from the original master tapes! The new SO80S collection is curated by Blank & Jones and features a massive 36 page booklet including all original record artworks, private archive photos & track by track annotations by Alphaville. A MUST-HAVE for fans of synthpop and dance music!
This collection of 12" releases covers not only the A-sides but also the B-sides which Alphaville used as a field for experiments without any commercial commitments. The results represent more than just hidden treasures. With fan favourites like "Seeds" or "Next Generation" they open up a whole new dimension of Alphaville music that make you wish B-sides were still needed in todays music. Bernhard Lloyd searched many archives and found all master tapes well secured and ready for transfer. Together with him and Marian Gold, Blank & Jones carefully started the process of mastering the transfers from the tapes and let the musical diamonds shine once again.
Arjen Lucassen (Ayreon, Star One, Guilt Machine) & Anneke van Giersbergen (The Gathering, Devin Townsend Project) recently revealed that they had joined forces for new band The Gentle Storm, and they can now reveal that they have signed a deal with InsideOut Music for the release of their debut album early next year.
Arjen comments: "We are thrilled to be able to strengthen our relationship with InsideOut Music as The Gentle Storm's label.“ Anneke adds: "We're in the middle of recording these amazing new songs and are very excited the label shows an equal amount of faith in this release. We can't wait for people to hear it and are happy this superb team will help us spread the word."
Having originally worked together back in 1998 on Ayreon’s album ‘Into The Electric Castle‘, and reconvening again for the seventh Ayreon album ‘01011001‘, The Gentle Storm sees the duo collaborate for a full double-album that will see the light of day next year. Anneke will also take the music on the road in 2015, backed by a band of Dutch musicians; however Arjen himself will not take part.
Arjen Lucassen recently picked up the Virtuoso award at this year’s Progressive Music Awards in London, in front of an audience that included Peter Gabriel & Rick Wakeman amongst other progressive rock legends. Last year saw the release of the latest album from his Ayreon project entitled ‘The Theory Of Everything’ which featured guest appearances from the aforementioned Wakeman as well as Steve Hackett and Keith Emerson.
Anneke Van Giersbergen has also had an extremely busy 12 months following the release of her latest solo album ‘Drive’, playing live across the world with her solo band, Devin Townsend Project, and with Daniel Cavanagh of Anathema. She will also be playing a special anniversary show with former band The Gathering in November as well has having taken part in Devin Townsend’s forthcoming new album Z².
