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A new music festival coming up: Movement Torino Music Festival from October 27th to the 31st!
Movement Culture will present in association with Roland and Pioneer the new technologies applied to Electronic Music, and hosting some of the most interesting acts in electronic music.
For info go to: http://it-it.facebook.com/movementfestival?sk=app_208195102528120

jules

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MTV European Music Awards are coming up soon!
On November 6th from Belfast Selena Gomez will present the 2011 edition.
Stay ready, stay tuned!

For further infos go to http://it.mtvema.com/


jules

Beirut?? They definitively rock!

Probably you already know them, and you're gonna criticize me for this, but I've only recently found out this band..and..it's amazing..the way this guy (Zach Condon, from Santa Fe) and his band combine lots of instruments, lots of different sonorities and music elements: folk music from Europe, mainstream indie, western music and pop. 

During his journeys around Europe Zach discovered and picked up those different styles that changed his life and totally influenced Beirut Music

Ukulele, trumpet, drums, guitar, accordion are only some of the instruments played by this extraordinary band.

In a time where everyone tends to uniform the music to a specific public and mainstream demand, they're breaking every boundary playing very originally…they definitively rock!!  

I would like to suggest you some tracks: 

first of all "Nantes" from their third album "The Flying Cup Club"…and then "East Harlem" a song from their last album "The Tip Tide" (August 2, 2011) UK #49, CAN #48 US #80

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Lor

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Azari & III's song "Hungry For The Power" (Jamie Jones Ridge Street Remix) was awarded as ‘Track of The Season 2011’ at The DJ Awards in Ibiza.

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On October 24th British band Coldplay will release in physical and digital stores its new album "Mylo Xyloto".
The album will be officially presented on October 26th in Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas, in Madrid.
The live performance of the presentation will be streamed live on www.youtube.com/coldplayVEVO or through Youtube apps for iPhone, iPad, iPodtouch, and Android.
Here's song "Paradise", world's most played single at the moment.



jules


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The Guardian this morning has published an article regarding ten of the best clubs and music venues in Edinburgh. It features The Cabaret Voltaire, Electric Circus, Bannerman's and others.
To read the full story click here.

RATAWHAT?

Bella guys!
Welcome back to PlaySnack! Music 2 Eat.
The new post of today is about RATATAT!
Formed by guitarist Mike Stroud and producer Evan Mast (AKA E*vax) who met at Skidmore College the band formed during the first years of 2000.



Their first album "Ratatat" was released in 2004, a deep mixture of electronic music and rock, entirely instrumental except for some vocal excerpts which they define spoken interlude.
The most well known song on the album is "Seventeen Years". It was featured in a television advertisement titled "Accessorize" for the Hummer H2 in 2004 on the British television show Soccer AM as the original background music for "The Crossbar Challenge" segment, also in Level One Productions's ski movie "Shanghai Six".
In the same year the band released "Ratatar Remixes Vol.1" a collection of remixes made by the duo to a list of original songs played by American Hip Hop artists. This volume garnered the attention of Rolling Stone Magazine.
Second album came in 2006 and was titled "Classics" from which three singles were extracted: "Lex", "Wildcat", and "Loud Pipes". Few months later, in 2007 the band released the second volume of "Ratatat Remixes" titled in fact "Ratatat Remixes Vol. 2", 14 tracks full of electronic indie sounds backing famous Hip Hop artists' rhymes. Like the first volume, the second reached a good success among the scenes both Hip Hop and Electronic one.
Third album came in 2008, simply titles "LP3". Unlike the first two albums, this one was recorded just in a few weeks. Here the band experimented different genres using percussions, synthesizer patches, sound effects, and samples.Ratatat is as much prolific on production as on live shows, having been touring top cities in USA and Europe. Their shows are a mix of light shows, swirling colors, and movie clips that get projected onto a screen. Evan Mast is the creator and the editor of those videos. A peculiarity of their concerts is that cameras are usually not allowed inside.In 2009 Ratatat contributed on two songs of the debut album "Man on the Moon: The End of Day" by Kid Cudi. The two songs are entitled "Alive" and "Pursuit of Happiness" (featuring MGMT).One year later, on June 8 2010 Ratatat released "LP4" fourth band's album. In an interview the band stated most songs were concepted during the recording of the previous album "LP3".In this new album many new instruments were used, changing slightly the band's sound never appearing though "completely different".Three music videos were produced for the tracks "Drugs", "Mahalo", and "Neckbrace".

My personal opinion on this band is that they are an extremely interesting act of the industry, for their artistic side that combines sounds and videos in a perfect mix that often makes the viewer reflecting, and for the innovation in style, not only because they can easily approach different genres and artists, but also for the freshness and the attraction power of their live concerts.

I chose to post three videos, the first is "Drugs" from LP4, the second is "Shempi" from LP3, and the third is a recording of one live concert (Bonnaroo 2011).

RATATAT

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For info visit:

http://www.ratatatmusic.com
http://www.facebook.com/RATATAT
http://www.youtube.com/user/ratatatmusic

jules

Bjork is Innovating!!

"in biophilia you will experience how three different things fuse together: nature-music-technology"

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"We are on a bring of a revolution, that reunites human with nature, trough new technological innovation, until we get there, prepare, explore, biophilia…"

Bjork is Innovating!

Bjork, great artist of the alternative music scene, well known for her originality, always launched something new! but I think this time her idea is definitively outstanding! 

Yesterday, 10th October she released the first Applications-Album! made in collaboration with Apple and available for iPad and iPhone..

I don't have any of these devices to try, but as I understood, every song works like a little game, where you can experience the music, that changes depending on your choices.

It turn out to be not only a listening experience, 'cause people can actively play with every song, exploring not only the music, but also the nature (that's the main theme of the album) and the technological applications. She said that Biophilia was partially composed by using tablets, so involving, more than usually, a large amount of technological stuff, that also will be used during live performances! 

Don't worry! For the laziest guys or for who doesn't have any of the suitable devices, or for who just wants to relax by listening to music, there's also a normal version of the album, available for only £ 8.99 on Bjork official site (http://bjork.com/#).

Check it out!

Lor

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Weezer Ex-bassist Mikey Welsh was founded dead on Saturday  8th October, 
R.I.P.
Just to remember one of their most famous song, from their firs album, this is Buddy Holly 
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Lor

TKOL remix

E' stato rilasciato su w.a.s.t.e. il remix dell'album dei Radiohead. 19 tracce rielaborate tra gli altri da Jacques Greene, Mark Pritchard. L'album può essere acquistato al prezzo di 12 sterline su www.thekingoflimbs.com/store.


OnaF

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New Bjork album is out today! Biophilia! This is Moon..
Check it out and stay tuned with Playsnack! 

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Alborosie won the best reggae category at the 2011 MOBO award, his reaction:"I was shocked I can't believe it right now, I can't say anything about it right now..."
Alborosie, Italian artist, he moved to Giamaica about 10 years ago, this is "Kingston Town"
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Lor

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Brazilian Band CSS will perform at Estragon in Bologna, Italy on November 25th.
This is their unique date in Italy, so fans can't miss it!
Tickets available on Ticketone for € 17.25
Here's a few videos of them... PlaySnack 'em!

Single "Move" extracted from second album "Donkey":


From a live performance in Brazil:
 

jules

WOW Deluxe is out! Brief talk about Verdena!

Yea! we're talking about Verdena, great rock band from Bergamo (Italy).
On 18th January 2011 was released their 5th album called "WOW", a double album (27 tracks), on 20th september 2011 was released WOW Deluxe, a special edition where you can find also a dvd with a live performance, backstages and videoclips from their last tour!
Personally I consider this album a masterpiece, although it would sound strange when you hear it for the first time, especially if you're an old fan of this band, 'cause it's totally different from their first or second album (when they were defined the Italian version of Nirvana). Now they use the piano, lot of synth and choirs. In my opinion it's like the last step of an evolution path they've been going trough.

Their prior album (Requiem) was released in 2007, so they spent a long time working on it, in the "Henhouse" (their studio it's a restructured henhouse in the mountains near Bergamo), experimenting, "bearing Alberto's pedantry" (cit.) and having had also some hard time (especially on the financial side: Roberta, one of them started to do some little jobs, Alberto and Luca borrowed money from their parents), but at the end the product was fantastic. They made and they're still making great success (lots of sold out during their tour). I went to some of their live performances and I totally suggest you to go as well... they absolutely rocks! There could be so much to talk about them, but I think it would be better if we could listen to some of their music!


This is the first extract from WOW, "Razzi Arpia Inferno e Fiamme"… PlaySnack it!




Lor

ALIVE

1990, la provincia americana e una città che ha poco da offrirti oltre la pioggia. La passione per la musica di una generazione che non ha vissuto il ribellismo degli ultimi anni ’70 e non si è riconosciuta nell’esplosione pop degli ’80. Passione che trova le sue radici nei nostri sacri di 2 decenni prima , dai Led Zeppelin agli Who, dai Black Sabbath ai Grateful Dead. L’anomalia di tante bands che non si fanno la guerra per una serata in un club ma che invece amano ritrovarsi a bere birra insieme e a scambiarsi esperienze artistiche. E poi il ricordo commosso dell’amico Andy Wood che se ne è andato troppo presto; proprio colui che aveva mostrato più talento, colui che avrebbe avuto la capacità di portare quella passione fuori dalla provincia.

Comincia così Twenty, il lungometraggio che Cameron Crowe ha voluto dedicare ai Pearl Jam; un regalo di un amico più che una celebrazione di una rock band. Il film non è quindi una pellicola celebrativa del gruppo di Eddie Vedder, bensì  uno splendido, intenso omaggio al rock tutto. I Pearl Jam sono solo il mezzo  che conduce attraverso questo viaggio dentro la misteriosa catarsi della musica. Ne viene fuori dunque un lavoro che è riduttivo pensare come un tribute-movie, ma che invece andrebbe guardato da tutti gli appassionati di rock, qualunque fosse il gruppo di riferimento. Pochi altri fenomeni sociali hanno la capacità di aggregare esperienze e culture diverse e di riunire sotto un’unica bandiera centinaia di migliaia di persone in un alchemico “pulsare insieme”.  Può essere intrattenimento e impegno, sballo e arte, istinto e tecnica senza perdere neanche un grammo della sua capacità aggregatrice.

Non mancano messaggi contro la prepotenza  delle major come quando  Eddie, davanti al pubblico dei Grammy, ritirando il premio dice “tutto questo non ha senso”. Oppure la loro battaglia contro il caro biglietti di Ticketmaster.

Naturalmente nel film c’è anche tanta musica e inediti spezzoni delle prime performance realizzate in piccoli pub. C’è un doveroso omaggio all’amico-rivale Kurt Cobain ma, fuori dalla retorica, questo è più un passaggio a rappresentare l’incapacità di alcuni di accettare il successo.

Twenty è uscito nelle sale come data unica il 20 settembre scorso. Sono disponibili disco e libro, non per ora il dvd. Il giorno dopo Micheal Stipe annunciava lo scioglimento dei REM. 

Altri protagonisti abbandonano la scena ma Camerone Crowe ci ricorda che, come cantava Neil Young, Rock and Roll can never die.


Onaf

Face2Face: LULU

Welcome back guys! This is jules and today I am going introduce you a new PlaySnack! feature...
It's called Face2Face! Once week Face2Face will expose you a recent or historical collaboration between two artists, two bands, or one artist and one band to form what we like to call "Superbands"!
Hope you will enjoy it, please let us know in the comments what you think about it!
Now I let Masa introduce you the first Face2Face... PlaySnack it!

jules



For today’s F2F we are going to talk about two Divinities in their genres, all around artist with decades of experience on their shoulder.

Lewis Allan Reed was born on March 2, 1942 and is an American rock musician, songwriter, and photographer. He is best known as guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of The Velvet Underground cult band and for his subsequentely solo career (after 1971)

Metallica is an American Heavy Metal band from Los Angeles, California formed 30 years ago. The current line up includes the singer James Hetfielsd Lars Ulrich (drums), lead guitarist Kirk Hammett, and the bassist Robert Trujillo (since 2003). They had released nine studio albums, three live albums, five extended plays, 24 music videos, and 45 singles. The band has won nine Grammy Awards, and has had five consecutive albums debut at number one on the Billboard 200, making Metallica the first band to do so.

 

So about this absolutely non-conventional collaboration the site www.loureedmetallica.com says: 

The musical collaboration between Lou Reed and Metallica, "Lulu," is coming your way this Fall (Oct, 31st) and this space will be your spot for all things Loutallica(!).[...]
"Lulu" was inspired by German expressionist writer Frank Wedekind's plays "Earth Spirit" and "Pandora's Box," which tell a story of a young abused dancer's life and relationships and are now collectively known as the "Lulu Plays." Since their publication in the early 1900's, the plays have been the inspiration for a silent film ("Pandora's Box," 1929), an opera, and countless other creative endeavors. Originally the lyrics and musical landscape were sketched out by Lou for a theatrical production in Berlin, but after coming together with the 'Tallica boys for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame concerts in New York in 2009 all guilty parties knew they wanted to make more music together. Lou was inspired enough by that performance to recently ask the band to join him in taking his theatrical "Lulu" piece to the next level and so starting in early May of this year we were all camped out recording at HQ studios in Northern California, bringing us to today and ten complete songs.

Here you are the first revealed song from Lou Reed and Metallica upcoming album, "The View" a pure example of a 21st century rock opera. PlaySnack it!!!!

M.