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martedì 15 novembre 2011

Spank Rock (and Roll).



Spank Rock ha spaccato. Il culo a tutti i rapper del mondo, per la precisione.
Erissimaco, paragonando la musica all’amore, diceva che “la musica è l’unione tra ritmo e armonia”.
Così, Boyz Noize è armonia, Spank Rock ritmo, l’ultimo lavoro “Everything is boring and everyone is a fucking liar” è amore.
Il produttore tedesco di musica electro-techno Boys Noize è riuscito a iniettare agli Spank Rock, gruppo rap di Baltimora, quel pizzico di suono che era sempre mancato, pur avendo dimostrato di saperlo usare alla perfezione già in passato (come nella canzone “What it looks like” del loro primo album “YO YO YO YO YO”)
Ta Da, la prima canzone della tracklist, con un titolo quasi auto-introducente, dà fuoco alle polveri con una ninna nanna rap-minimal che si scontra con un testo dalla carica di un big bang in cui Naeem Juwan, il cantante, ci va sotto pesante con rime come “Every ghetto is a trap and all they chasing is the cheese then, every nigger is a rat”.
Ci si sofferma poi sugli ambienti aggressive e industrial di “Nasty”, per approdare alla voce paradisiaca della mitica Santigold in “The Car Song”, canzone con groove electropop, late-nite e uptempo, che evoca la stessa sensazione di scivolare in macchina sul tramonto del Sunset Boulevard.
Il viaggio continua, dal paradiso di “The Car Song” a un inferno di ritmi cinetici e metallici, echi dubstep e bassline lisergica di “Birfday”, lasciando il passo a “The Dance”, che ci riporta al pianeta Terra, più precisamente al Plastic tra hipster impazziti e scariche electro, per poi rimbalzare sulla dancehall sintetica di “Hit #1”, che con il suo fantastico video social decay, inscena la rovina di uno sfigato colletto bianco, entrato in un tunnel di follia, sesso, droga e rock ‘n roll.
Poi quattro pezzi, uno dietro l’altro: Turn it Off con una dose compressa di hypa hypa, Hennessey Youngman (Skit) , classico stile hip hop, quasi parlato, e infine si riprende il tipico “dirty rap” di Spank Rock con Hot Potato e Race Riot, un pezzo, quest’ultimo, che se arrivasse alle sue orecchie, farebbe andare Giovanardi in shock anafilattico ( “shake it till my dick turn racist”, canta il ritornello).
La penultima traccia, DTF DADT, che negli Usa sono gli acronomi di emanazioni politiche catto-bigotte come “Defend the Faith” e “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell”, viene accompagnata da un fantastico video in bianco e nero che sembra il rifacimento in chiave futurista de “Le Colline hanno gli occhi”. Un gruppo di aristocratici, nel mezzo di un baccanale, viene attaccato da tre figure geometriche comparse dal nulla, e reagisce, massacrando e stuprando, stile Arancia Meccanica, lo sventurato branco bidimensionale, con una voce sintetica di sottofondo accompagnata da echi minimal.
Infine Energy, la canzone con una deviazione standard di 1000, rispetto al solito stile di Spank Rock. Melodica, cantata, sembra quasi un Johnny Cash in versione nigga, skinny jeans e cappellino zebrato.
Album top, dunque. Il genio di Boys Noize, con la collaborazione di artisti come il fantastico Williams Pharrell, il fashionista Mark Ronson, il folle Sam Spiegel, ha condensato tutto in uno stile hipster hop, vestiti nu rave e occhiali alla NYC anni Ottanta, fanno di Everything is Boring and Everyone is a Fucking Liar una delle migliori produzioni dell’anno, sia nel mondo hip hop che in quello dell’elettronica.
Non ci si poteva aspettare di meglio da Spank Rock, continuando a sperare in una futura produzione che veda insieme Spank Rock, Santigold, Amanda Blank, M.I.A., Rye Rye e I Cool Kids.
Tutti artisti allineati a quell’hip hop alternativo , elettronico, colorato e auto-ironico, che rappresenta un po’ la terza via rispetto all’ hip hop pappone e pacchiano tipico degli Stati Uniti (Fifty Cent, Eminem, ecc.) e il Grime, ovvero quello ghetto-aggressive tipico della Gran Bretagna. L’hip hop italiano, con le sue emanazioni coatte, non lo consideriamo nemmeno.
E se qui in Italia i tamarri si consolano con il Time Warp e la sua minimal tech stantia, non ci resta altra alternativa che comprare al volo il primo biglietto per Baltimora. 

                       “I wanna go West, like Kayne” (cit. Spank Rock )



Flavio Ciabattoni
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martedì 8 novembre 2011

MiniSnack! MTV EMA 2011 WINNERS



Yesterday evening in Belfast took place the MTV Europe Music Awards 2011 Edition.
Many artists were featured during the show including Justin Bieber, Jessie J, Lady Gaga, or Queen right at the curtain's fall.
About 158 million people voted their favourite artists and bands. These are the 2011 winners:


Best Male - 
Justin Bieber
Best Female - Lady Gaga
Best Song -
 Lady Gaga
Best Video - Lady Gaga
Best Pop - Justin Bieber
Best Rock - Linkin Park
Best Hip Hop - Eminem
Best Alternative - 30 Seconds to Mars
Biggest Fan - Lady Gaga
Best Push - Bruno Mars
Best New - Bruno Mars
Best Live - Katy Perry
Best World Stage - 30 Seconds to Mars
Worldwide Act - BigBang
Global Icon - Queen


Congratulations to all the winners! See you for the 2012 edition!!



jules


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giovedì 20 ottobre 2011

MiniSnack!


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

martedì 18 ottobre 2011

MiniSnack!

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.



venerdì 14 ottobre 2011

MiniSnack!

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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mercoledì 12 ottobre 2011

MiniSnack!

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

lunedì 10 ottobre 2011

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

venerdì 7 ottobre 2011

MiniSnack!

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

mercoledì 5 ottobre 2011

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

giovedì 29 settembre 2011

Do you prefer Cats or Dogs?

Welcome back to PlaySnack! ---- Music 2 Eat ----

Today I'm gonna talk about Evidence, Italian American rapper from Los Angeles, California.
Born of an Italian father and a Polish-American mother as Michael Perretta on December 10, 1976, Evidence started his career in the late 1980's in the beautiful city of Venice Beach, doing both rap and graffiti.
In the early 90's he teamed up with producer DJ Babu and rapper Rakaa to form the group "Dilated Peoples", which reached great success in the underground circuit by the end of the decade especially after the releases of "Third Degree" and "Work The Angles" (under ABB Records).
Dilated Peoples has so far released 5 albums, within 2000 and 2007.
During his work with Dilated Peoples, Evidence became a champion of hip-hop culture. "This is for people who get what I do. If I'm going to come out independently and have the freedom to do what I want, there's no better way to represent. I want to be a leader and carve out a new path." his personal statement.
Apart from "Dilated Peoples" Evidence started his solo career in 2007 with the release of the album "The Weatherman LP" containing productions of The Alchemist, Jake One, DJ Babu, DJ Khalil, and Evidence himself.
The album reached #42 in Billboard Indipendent Albums!
Four years have passed since then, and Evidence has decided to release a new album... with a new label, the famous Minneapolis based "Rhymesayers".

The album I'm talking about is "Cats & Dogs" released two days ago, September 27th.
Available on iTunes in both normal and Deluxe edition, the album contains 19 tracks (17 in the normal edition) produced by The Alchemist, Twiz the Beat Pro, Evidence, Rahki, Sid Roams, DJ Babu, Statik Selektah, Charli Brown, and historical New York hip hop producer DJ Premier.
The peculiarity of the album is the reality of the arguments described, that fuse easily with the different beats, giving the whole concept an underground taste but with a mainstream sound clash.
Numerous artists feature the tracks starting with Aloe Blacc ("I Need a Dollar
) in the first track, and then continuing with Raekwon, Ras Kass, Roc Marciano, Prodigy, Slug, Aesop Rock, Rakaa, Lil' Fame, Termanology, and Fashawn.
My personal advice is to buy this album, and to listen it carefully, you won't ever get tired of it!
The first single extracted is "You" produced by DJ Premier.

What are you waiting for?

PlaySnack it!


Buy the album on: 
http://www.fifthelementonline.com/evidence-cats-and-dogs-cd.html
For other infos:

http://www.facebook.com/misterevidence
http://www.twitter.com/evidence



jules


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venerdì 23 settembre 2011

Let's talk about Belle & Sebastian!



Indie-pop band from Glasgow, they were born in 1996 as a school project, precisely a final music course assignment for Stuart Murdoch... Initially they didn't want to become a real group, but the success of their first album "Tigermilk", totally unexpected brought the members to think about being a band! 
Personally I really love their music, not the usually mainstream pop music, since they combine lots of instruments, trying to do something new, without using much modern or electronic sounds inside their songs… so simple, humble, just like their appearance! They have already done eight albums...  Check them out!
I'd like to suggest you guys some tracks that I like ti listen the most: "It Could Have Been a Brilliant Carrier", "Get Me Away From Here I'm Dying" or "Judy And The Dream of Horses".
Their last album "Write About Love" was released one year ago, and has reached position 8 on "UK Top 100 Chart".
The next song is an extract of the album, PlaySnack it!



Come on Sister from Belle & Sebastian on Vimeo.

Stay tuned on PlaySnack!

Lor

mercoledì 21 settembre 2011

This album is SuperHeavy!!

Have you ever imagined five top world's artist combining in one single band and releasing a massive hit album?
Well, if you have it's the case that you play SuperHeavy!
SuperHeavy is a rock supergroup consisting of Mick Jagger, Joss Stone, Dave Stewart, Damian Marley, and A. R. Rahman.
Just by reading the names you might understand the power and energy this band can release, but when you listen to the album "SuperHeavy" you might remain thunderstruck by its mixture of sounds and musical styles.
Ranging from Rock, to Reggae, up to Indian ballads this album will certainly thrill you.
The unmistakable Mick Jagger (The Rolling Stones) is perfectly adapted to all the sonorities of the tracks, while Joss Stone brings a touch of Soul music with her tremendous and electrifying voice. Dave Stewart (The Eurythmics) brings its experience on the guitar by making solos and riffs in both rock and reggae styles, never appearing out of the album's concept.
Damian Marley, son of the most famous reggae singer of all times Bob Marley, fills the gap between the reggae rhythm of the band and the rock dresses of their members. Absolutely amazing!
A.R. Rahman,
 Indian film composer, record producer, musician, singer and philanthropist is capable of bringing into the band the typical ballads of his country, giving the album also an ethnic taste.
In short, this album kicks as*!!

SuperHeavy. From left to right: Damian Marley, Dave Stewart, Mick Jagger, A.R. Rahman, Joss Stone

In my opinion this is a perfect example of how some mainstream artists can create a sound that varies from the industry's main one, packing up a product that is perfect from the musical point of view, highly interesting on the experimental side, and soft but definetely conscious on the lyrics.
The album is already out (released in September 16th, 2011).

Here's the first single extracted, titled "Miracle Worker"... What are you waiting for?

PlaySnack it!

venerdì 16 settembre 2011

New Background and Drake's upcoming album!


Hello everyone!
Thank you for joining PlaySnack!. This is our third post since yesterday and we'd like to start a new day with a new background! I chose to use DJ Mehdi's album "Lucky Boy". For those who don't know, DJ Mehdi passed away last Tuesday, the 13th. I thought this was a good way for remembering him.
Rest in peace, friend. 
Going back to us, I would like to talk about the upcoming album by Canadian rapper and singer Drake.

Drake
"Take Care" is the upcoming second studio album by the artist, scheduled for release through Young Money Entertainment and Cash Money Records on his 25th birthday, October 24, 2011. Drake's first album "Thank Me Later" was a big success in United States, selling around 1.5 millions copies. Also the album received many positive critics by the most famous magazines and music websites in the world, results that gave Drake a good visibility among the hip hop scene. In fact he recently featured with many American rappers's works in particular with top selling artist Nicki Minaj on her last album. In Drake's new record many producers will be present such as Noah "40" Shebib (who is also the main producer of the album), 9th Wonder, T-Minus, Jamie Smith from The xx, The Neptunes, and maybe Q-Tip (it is still unclear whether whether his tracks will be present). About the artists that will feature Drake in "Take Care" we will surely hear Phonte, T-Pain, Florence and the Machine, 8Ball & MJG, Soulja Boy, Stevie Wonder, Cher, Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, The Weekend, Justin Timberlake, Chris Brown, and Bruno Mars.
Though the album appears very promising, it is still unclear whether it will reply the success of Drake's debut record. We will just have to wait!Meanwhile PlaySnack! the first official single extracted: "Headlines".


Stay tuned.

giovedì 15 settembre 2011

Why I chose the Queen as the background..

You might ask yourselves why is there the Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" single's cover as the background of PlaySnack!
The reason why I chose it is that there is NO REASON!
Everyday, I will be changing the background, uploading a different album/single/LP/EP cover.
And the coolest thing is that you can choose what cover you would like to be uploaded!
Just post your suggestion for the cover by posting on the blog, and your choice will be awarded!


This is PlaySnack! Music for everyone, music to eat, music that knows no boundaries. Free Music!
Screw the limits.
Enjoy this trip.




jules




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