Pias news - CIVIC releases new single “Hourglass”
WATCH THE OFFICIAL VIDEO
CIVIC - Hourglass [Official Video] - YouTube
Electrifying Belgium Stages this winter!
New Studio Album ‘Taken By Force’ is out now
“Relentless, aggressive in-your-face punk jams. Think Shame, Fontaines D.C., and IDLES, but Australian.”
On the heels of their acclaimed album, Taken By Force, released earlier this year on ATO Records, CIVIC are thrilled to bring their blistering live show to stages across the US for the FIRST TIME ever this fall. One of the most exhilarating bands to emerge in recent years, the Melbourne-based act made their name as a captivating live act defined by masterfully controlled chaos, embarking on a European tour in 2019. Their frenetic live show will serve up a vital new energy, joyfully obliterating the line between furious catharsis and unbridled fun. The tour will include stops in New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Seattle and more as well as appearances at LEVITATION Festival and Gonerfest.
Hailed by Sterogum as “an unholy lo-fi pile-up of garage rock, punk, and ’90s-style noise-rock,” CIVIC have unleashed their blistering new single “Hourglass” alongside an official video today. Frontman Jim McCullough shares, “Off the back of Taken By Force we wanted to create something new, an evolution of sound for us. We’d dropped down to a 4 piece so already Lewis had more space to come through with his guitar parts, be more experimental, less chaotic; more defined. Lyrically I am touching on aspects of change, more specifically the process during change. Going through some kind of shit and sediment and coming out the other side; a hopeful development of a refined version. We start again”
BE TOUR DATES
04.12.23 Botanique, Brussels
06.12.23 La Zone, Liège
Even voorstellen – Masai JR, Manneto – I am officially depressed in Antwerp about to play the lotto
Manneto toont een boeiende mix van trap, elektronische en R&B-elementen. Fans maakten snel vergelijkingen met het vroege werk van The Weeknd en vonden de muziek nostalgisch herkenbaar. Manneto maakte niet alleen indruk op het publiek, maar opende ook deuren naar nieuwe horizonten.
Masai Jr's talent en charisma trokken de aandacht van de jury van De Nieuwe Lichting 2018, vooral met zijn elektrificerende nummer "Pegasus," dat hem naar de finale bracht. In zijn eigen woorden is muziek een integraal onderdeel van het leven van Masai Jr.
Zijn muziek draait om hip-hop/urban genres en haalt inspiratie uit verschillende muzikale invloeden. Zijn meeslepende en energieke optredens weten altijd het publiek te boeien en te betoveren.
"De in België gevestigde zanger/liedjesschrijver Manneto slaat de handen ineen met mede-artiest Masai Jr voor dit reflectieve en oprechte nummer getiteld "I am Officially Depressed…in Antwerp … about to play the Lotto." De titel zelf vat het samen, terwijl beide artiesten hun frustraties uiten. Over een zielvolle maar opgewekte soundscape delen ze hun dagelijkse herhaalde worstelingen en hoe ze een manier moeten vinden om ze allemaal te overwinnen. De mix van R&B en hip-hop op dit nummer is verfrissend, en de bewuste, inzichtelijke teksten zullen zeker luisteraars boeien. De muziekvideo is well-crafted en maakt gebruik van verschillende optreden shots met vloeiende naadloze overgangen."
Artiesten: Manneto, Masai Jr
Muziekgenre: Hip - Hop/ R&B
Label: Independent
Datum Single Release: 29/07/2023
Links
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M5Z7eW-aEk
Pias news - Actress announces new album, ‘LXXXVIII’
ACTRESS ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM ‘LXXXVIII’ OUT 3RD NOVEMBER ON NINJA TUNE
NEW SINGLE “GAME OVER ( e 1 )” OUT NOW
Welcome to ‘LXXXVIII’ – the ninth Actress album to be created by Actress (Darren Cunningham) and the very first presentation of Actress’ voyage into luxury sonics. A lifetime in the making, ‘LXXXVIII’ is the culmination of 25 years’ honing mind-shorting, soul-igniting audio infusions for dance floors, rave dens, festivals, and concert halls.
‘LXXXVIII’ pays dividends to meditate on an instrumental facet of its creation: game theory. Indeed, deep strategic thinking – more readily associated with economics and chess than artistic practice – was fundamental to Actress’ process as ‘LXXXVIII’ was channelled into existence.
‘LXXXVIII’ includes the recent avant-garde-influenced single “Push Power ( a 1 )”, a track which laid the groundwork for the coming album, acting as the first move in an intricate chess game. With each thoughtful move the game grows and develops over time - something we can hear reflected in the textured and delicate layers of the track. "( a 1 ) - The first move" comments Cunningham. Today he shares “Game Over ( e 1 )”, a new single from the album which signals the final, closing move.
For not only does chess reflect the precise physicality of the artist’s material interactions in his studio, it also illustrates the intricate and tactical, internal and aesthetic battles which brokered ‘LXXXVIII'’’s creation. Recently Darren challenged people to play a bullet round of chess against him online, which then led the opponent to a site that hosted a trailer of the forthcoming album.
The release follows 2022’s mesmerising 'Dummy Corporation', which placed Actress firmly back in the centre of underground club culture. Prior to that his 2020 album ‘Karma & Desire’ — which saw guest collaborations from Mercury Prize winner Sampha, Zsela and Aura T-09 — was received to widespread acclaim, with The Guardian commenting the album “cements his place as one of the great poets of club culture”.
Having first premiered ‘LXXXVIII’s lead single “Push Power ( a 1 )” on the iconic IICON stage at this year’s Glastonbury festival, where he played straight after Four Tet, the album release also arrives off the back of a recent live performance at Field Day in London, one of his largest live shows this year in which he showcased ‘Grey Interiors’ - an A/V project in collaboration with experimental creative studio Actual Objects who’ve worked with the likes of ShyGirl, Kali Uchis, LSDXOXO and have presented work at Coachella and 180 The Strand’s Futureshock exhibition.
Additionally, Actress was just announced as the official support for James Blake’s upcoming UK/EU tour, which includes Alexandra Palace in London (on 28th Sept), L’Olympia in Paris, Fabrique in Milan, UFO Im Velodrom in Berlin, and Forest National Club in Brussels, and is playing alongside Autechre in Australia across selected dates later this year.
‘LXXXVIII’ will be released 3rd November on Ninja Tune, with new single “Game Over ( e 1 )” out now.
Actress - 'Game Over ( e 1 )' (Official Audio) - YouTube
Actress Live:
Thurs 21 Sept — DJ @ Forest National Club — Brussels, BR (*)
*James Blake support
Metal Blade releases
14-07-23 Cognitive – Rot eterna (new single)
14-07-23 Daath – Where the slime live (cover of Morbid angel)
21-07-23 The zenith passage – Datalysium
28-07-23 Nuclear Power trio - Wet ass Plutonium
aug 23 A-Z (Mark Zonder(Warlock/Fates Warning) - Rise again (single) + window panes (single)
Wretched
Mantar – Valhalla hammering (new single)
Amon Amarth - Heidrun (4 single track)
Nuclear Power Trio - Critical bass theory (single)
Harm’s way – Devour (single)
aug 23 Daath – The Hinderers (heruitgebracht)
aug 23 Lizzy Borden - Death of me
Job for a cowboy - The agony seeping storm
Midnight – Complete and Total Hell – Shox of violence (2 lp)
Harm’s way – undertow (single)
13-09-23 Daath – The silent forazy ft Per Nilson of Scar Symmetry
sept 23 Whitechapel - Kin (single Without you/Without us)
22-09-23 Cannibal Corpse - Chaos horrifi (singles ‘blood blind’ + ‘summoned for sacrifice’)
29-09-23 Primordial – How it ends (single ‘Pilmigrage to the world’s end’)
29-09-23 Asinhell – Impii hora (Fall of the loyal warrior (single) + island of dead man (single)
29-09-23 Harms’s way – common suffering
06-10-23 Capra – Errors (single ‘human commodity’)
20-10-23 War curse – Confession
20-10-23 Cirith Ungol – Dark parade
Sony music news - Tyla - Water
Tyla - "Water"
Exciting news! Tyla's "Water" is making waves thanks to the viral dance challenge on TikTok and IG. With over 19 million views and 2 million likes on a festival performance post in Rwanda, the song's streaming numbers have soared to 6.7 million worldwide streams. Tyla currently dominates Spotify playlists and viral charts globally, while the TikTok dance trend has created 140,000+ unique creations and reached 41 million views on the #TylaWater hashtag. Plus, "Water" has cracked the UK's top 10 viral TikTok chart and gained recognition from popular blogs like Chop Daily and Hollywood Unlocked. Exciting times ahead!
Tyla - Water (Official Audio) - YouTube
About Tyla
Tyla’s music pushes boundaries. Infused with her vibrant personality, her songs offer an innovative take on pop and R&B, shimmering with the euphoria of South African amapiano, and an otherworldly approach to production that makes every track feel like something totally new. The Johannesburg native introduced herself internationally with her debut “Getting Late” featuring Kooldrink. Her promise in the chorus—“I won’t waste your time”—took on a double meaning. Suddenly, the passionate artist whose cold DMs to music industry power players had gone unanswered was a global lightning rod for bold self-expression. “Been Thinking” and “To Last,” her new singles via Epic Records, push her artistry forward and solidify her versatility as she bounds toward her ultimate goal.
“I once thought pop music was just straight-up radio music, that catchy music—which it is—but I feel like it’s just music that everyone can relate to, dance to, sing to,” the surging singer/songwriter says. “I’d love to be that pop star, especially that type of role model for other African artists because we have amazing, huge artists, but we need more people born in Africa to take that spot. When I was younger, I obviously had the dream to be the biggest pop star, but it’s not something that happens every day for an African artist.”
Still, despite her big dreams, Tyla is doing her best to remain carefree, an approach she demonstrated on “Getting Late,” hoping for the best but not expecting anything. She never anticipated that the song would permeate beyond South Africa, much less reach the U.S., but realized something was happening when people all over the world were making TikToks to the song, eventually resulting in more than 3.8 million Spotify streams and 5.4 million YouTube views. “I would show my parents every single new TikTok,” she says.
Tyla’s parents fostered a musically rich childhood home, playing the likes of Aaliyah, Boyz II Men, Brenda Fassie, Michael Jackson, Lira and Rihanna while she did chores. She often danced with her sisters—“I was that child that wanted to be seen by everyone”—and as soon as her mother told her she could sing, she never stopped. As a child, she made up songs for Father’s Day and Mother’s Day. She was 12 when she penned songs more seriously in her diary, which led to writing and singing originals to post to Instagram as a high schooler. She messaged any and everyone who worked in music, to mostly no avail.
Before catching the attention of a manager, Tyla was “on the verge” of studying mining engineering, because of the inherent uncertainty attached to artistic pursuits. “A lot of people in my family wanted to become musicians, and it didn’t work out, so that’s all my parents knew. They didn’t want that for me, and it was obviously out of love,” she says, noting she now has her parents’ undying support. “I had to make the decision: ‘Mom and Dad, I’m so sorry, but I’m gonna go for this.’”
Rihanna, an icon who had put Barbados on the map, served as a north star for Tyla as she scrapped to find her way. Tyla knew she had that potential in her, too—to “open a window to people in Africa.”
Tyla was determined to unlock what had always been inside her. “Getting Late” was the breakthrough, and her late 2021 song “Overdue” featuring DJ Lag and Kooldrink soundtracked the second-season trailer of Netflix’s South African teen drama Blood & Water, but “Been Thinking” and “To Last” find Tyla in full control of her own story, especially the emotional “To Last.”
“Making that song made me realize that I was born for this because I wrote the hook lyrics years ago in the shower,” she says. “I was just singing random words, and all of a sudden, I started singing, ‘You never gave us a chance / It’s like you never wanted to last.’ I grabbed my phone and recorded it.”
The piano-laced, pop-leaning track was inspired by her friend’s one-sided relationship, leaving her to wonder about feeling disposable. Tyla knows her worth now. By continuing to follow her intuition, Tyla is primed to build out her fan base and maximize her reach. She’s focused on the year ahead, performing and crafting her debut studio album, with the same intention from when she began. “I can’t wait for the day I perform in front of thousands of people outside of Africa,” she says. “And I just can’t wait for people to know that I’m the girl from South Africa that has songs playing on their radios.”
Signed to Epic Records through a joint venture with Johannesburg/New York based Fax Records, and co-managed by We Make Music and Africa Creative Agency, Tyla is poised to achieve international dominance with style, soul and spirit.
Pias news - Even voorstellen - Tuvaband - Rejuvenate
Tuvaband is de noemer voor de muziek van de Noorse zangeres/songwriter/muzikante Tuva Hellum Marschhauser. Op haar vierde album “New Orders” hoor je mystieke indie-pop; ‘delicate piano-led folk, softly-soaring ghostly soul-pop and slow magical post-rock, with Tuva’s vocals floating over densely textured soundscapes’. Muzikale vergelijkingen zijn er te maken met: Julia Holter, Zola Jesus, Kate Bush, Jenny Hval, Cocteau Twins, Bjork, A.A. Williams, Jessica Sligter, Chelsea Wolfe, David Lynch, Dead Can Dance en CocoRosie.
TRACKLISTING:
1 Rejuvenate
2 Something Good
3 Full Bloom
4 Karma Is A Beach
5 A Liquid Matter
6 A Liquid Matter / Attenborough
7 By The Time You Hear This
8 Miss Haze
9 Cross My Fingers
10 Your Ride To Be Free
11 Lost In Translation
12 New Orders
13 Breathe In
14 Breathe Out
Tuvaband - Rejuvenate - YouTube
Tuvaband - Ik duim dat sommige liedjes van me betekenisvol of zelfs nuttig kunnen zijn in een periode van iemand anders' leven (musiczine.net)
Pias news – Zimmerman kondigt nieuw album aan, ‘love songs’
ZIMMERMAN KONDIGT NIEUW ALBUM AAN
"LOVE SONGS" UIT OP 14 FEBRUARI 2024 VIA [PIAS] RECORDINGS BELGIUM
Zimmerman kondigt vandaag Love Songs aan, een gloednieuw album dat volgend jaar verschijnt op Valentijnsdag. De eerste single How Much I Love You is nu beschikbaar.
De meest romantische plaat van de eenentwintigste eeuw maken. Dat was, in een notendop, het plan dat Simon Casier met Love Songs voor ogen had. Het onderwerp van zijn liefde — Noémie Wolfs, u welbekend — had al eerder een love song cadeau gekregen. Ze was de inspiratie voor You won my heart op debuutplaat The Afterglow (2016). Maar dit keer mocht het nog directer, nog onverbloemder. En de nummers graven toch net iets dieper dan I love you en You’re beautiful.
Verliefdheid zonder humor is nooit een lang leven beschoren. Ook op dat vlak zit het snor. Een plaat vol liefdesliedjes is een delicate evenwichtsoefening. Het komt erop aan het evenwicht te bewaren tussen cheesy sentiment en oprechte schoonheid.
“Misschien heb ik die lijn zelfs een paar keer overschreden. Heel cool en rock-‘n-roll klinkt het natuurlijk niet, maar dat heeft me sowieso nooit geïnteresseerd. Ik wil gewoon de muziek maken die ik wil maken op het moment dat dat ook emotioneel klopt. Ik heb op de plaat gezegd wat ik te zeggen had, binnen de spanningsboog die ik voorop had gesteld. Bij Balthazar spelen is fantastisch en ik doe niets liever dan bas spelen. Maar bij Zimmerman kan ik mijn eigen ei kwijt. Die afwisseling houdt het verfrissend.”
Het resultaat is een bijzondere plaat met tien compacte, toegankelijke nummers die, door de fraaie strijkers-arrangementen meer dan eens aan de klassieke popsongs van Burt Bacharach doen denken. Tijdloos, maar toch modern. Lichtvoetig, maar nooit vrijblijvend. En altijd onverbloemd. Dat laatste is een uitloper van Wish You Were Here, het bloedstollende eerbetoon aan zijn overleden broer dat vorig jaar met lof werd overladen. Beide platen kwamen gelijktijdig tot stand, ook al kunnen ze qua vorm en en inhoud nauwelijks verder van elkaar liggen. Op ‘Wish You Were Here’ — één lange compositie van drie kwartier — was geen plaats voor beeldspraak of metaforen: het thema vroeg concrete taal. De dingen moesten bij de naam worden genoemd. Dat luchtte op, en daardoor durft Simon Casier het aan om zich ook op Love Songs van zijn meest kwetsbare kant te laten zien. “Vroeger interesseerden songteksten me niet zo. Nu weet ik dat een goeie lyric een nummer honderd keer beter kan maken.” En kijk: hij heeft op deze derde plaat romantiek tot kunstvorm verheven. Leve de liefde? Leve de liefde!
Album - How Much I Love You - YouTube
ALBUM TRACKLIST
Noémie
How Much I Love You
Perfect Guy
The Way To My Heart
Other Plans
Doing Nothing
Intro
Hold Me Closer
I Hope That It’s OK To Love You Anyway
Falling In Love
Garifuna news - Aftrap zeventigste verjaardagtour Jan De Smet
Op donderdag 21 september (20.15 uur) trapt Jan De Smet (ex-De Nieuwe Snaar) zijn zeventigste verjaardagtour op gang in Cultuurhuis De Warande, Turnhout.
Hij doet dat samen met de Grote Luxe, een groep muzikanten en zangeressen met een zeer eclectische muziekstijl.
The Bonnie Blues swingt en zingt driestemmig.
Les Guitares Magiques zijn meesters in het bespelen van snaarinstrumenten, van dobro en lapsteel tot exotische ukeleles en Hawaïaanse gitaren.
Stoy Stoffelen is de ritmische rots in de branding.
Jan De Smet brengt een selectie van zijn muzikale erfgoed, doorweven van herinneringen aan de gouden tijden van de Nieuwe Snaar. Maar hij kijkt niet enkel achterom. Met dit orkest krijgen we ook een nieuw luxerepertoire te horen.
Het Grote Luxe-octet verdiende zijn muzikale sporen bij Kris De Bruyne, Flip Kowlier, School is Cool, Olla Vogala, De Nieuwe Snaar, Raymond van het Groenewoud, Lieven Tavernier, Hugo Matthysen, Kapitein Winokio, Guido Belcanto en vele anderen.
Er zullen maar liefst 108 ‘Nieuwe Snaren’ aanwezig zijn op een 18-tal akoestische instrumenten.
Met: Jan De Smet (zang, diverse instrumenten), The Bonnie Blues (Nele Paelinck, Laura vanden Heede, Juno Kerstens - zang, viool, accordeon, gitaar, cello, contrabas), Les Guitares Magiques (Raf Timmermans, Gijs Hollebosch, Mathias Moors - diverse snaarinstrumenten), Stoy Stoffelen (drums, percussie)
SPEELDATA JAN DE SMET EN DE GROTE LUXE
15/sep/23 (20u00) Antwerpen, Het Oude Badhuis (try-out)
21/sep/23 (20u15) Turnhout, Cultuurhuis de Warande (première)
22/sep/23 (20u15) Mechelen, Stadsschouwburg Mechelen
23/sep/23 (20u00) Zottegem, CC Zoetegem
29/sep/23 (20u00) Waasmunster, GC Hoogendonck
07/okt/23 (20u00) Asse, CC Asse - Cultuurzaal Oud Gasthuis
18/okt/23 (20u00) Aalst, Cultuurcentrum De Werf
20/okt/23 (20u15) Beringen, Casino Beringen£
21/okt/23 (20u15) Heusden-Zolder, CC Muze
11/nov/23 (20u15) Lier, CC De Mol
17/nov/23 (20u00) Heist-op-den-Berg, CC Zwaneberg
24/nov/23 (20u00) Ninove, CC De Plomblom
25/nov/23 (20u15) Merksem, Schouwburg Noord
09/dec/23 (20u00) Beernem, OC De Kleine Beer
12/dec/23 (20u00) Leuven, 30CC/Minnepoort
03/feb/24 (20u00) Herentals, CC ’t Schaliken
23/mrt/24 (20u15) Duffel, Cinema Plaza
07/apr/24 (15u00) Brugge, CC Brugge/Stadsschouwburg
20/apr/24 (20u00) Waregem, CC De Schakel
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Even voorstellen - It it anita - Psychorigid single
Belgian noise rock tornado with a fearsome live reputation, It It Anita is ushering in a brand new era with “Mouche.” The quartet has transformed into a power trio, placing efficiency at the core of their art, and delivering an album of unapologetic freedom. As Michaël Goffard (vocals/guitar) emphasizes, “It’s not that we don’t care, it’s that we’re going all in!” This fourth album ventures into uncharted territory. It delves into structures of verse and chorus, juxtaposing light with aggression, adopting a Beastie Boys-like phrasing, and embracing storytelling. Here, It It Anita sings about the guilt of hungover mornings, the yes men who stop at nothing, those crypto-millionaire slackers, and even the act of staying on your feet and ready to make noise after a decade of activity.
Following John Agnello, Laurent Eyen, and Amaury Sauvé, the musicians from Liège once again pay tribute to an important figure in their circle. Important, but in an entirely different way. This new album owes its title to the adorable golden retriever featured on the cover. Fostered by Elliot Stassen (bass) for 2 years, who became the group’s mascot, Mouche is now in his forever home as an assistance dog. A true long-haired icon, whose story seems to echo the abundance of colors present in these 9 new tracks. This fulfills It It Anita’s desire to create an album that’s even more closely connected to their audience, breaking their own codes all the way through.
IT IT ANITA - PSYCHORIGID (Official Video) - YouTube
Pias news - Vince Clarke - debut solo album
VINCE CLARKE - DEBUT SOLO ALBUM
IVOR NOVELLO WINNING SONGWRITER SHARES DETAILS OF HIS FIRST SOLO PROJECT
SONGS OF SILENCE - OUT 17 NOV ON MUTE
VINCE CLARKE has announced details of his debut solo album, Songs of Silence, a 10-track lyric-less album of uncategorisable ambient beauty. The album will be available on vinyl, CD and digitally via Mute on 17 November 2023, and launches today with ‘The Lamentations of Jeremiah’, the first piece of music to be shared from the project.
Listen to the track and watch the moving video - one of the first to be directed by Turkish-born NY-based portrait photographer Ebru Yildiz (Laurie Anderson, Mitski, A Place to Bury Strangers, Algiers) - which finds Clarke in a liminal space:
https://youtu.be/OQK95AtGi0U
As the Ivor Novello winning songwriter behind countless chart-topping pop songs as co-founder of Erasure, Yazoo and Depeche Mode, Clarke has - unbelievably - waited until now to embark on a solo release.
Recorded in his home studio in New York, and featuring photography and artwork by the award-winning Magnum photojournalist Eugene Richards, work on the album began as a distraction during lockdown, a chance to finally get his head around the possibilities of Eurorack, a modular synthesiser format famed for its addictive and limitless configurations. “I could have gone on forever, I could have not stopped,” explains Vince, “I was enjoying the process so much and wasn’t thinking about anyone else hearing it. But hearing it develop in my studio, in my head, learning new tricks – that’s been the best thing about this. I was in a state of shock, actually, when Mute said they wanted to release this album.”
Alone in the studio, Clarke set himself two rules: first, that the sounds he generated for the album would come solely from Eurorack, and second, that each track would be based around one note, maintaining a single key throughout. “Nobody in my household is particularly interested in what I get up to in the studio” says Vince. “Even the cat used to leave after an hour or so of listening to drones.”
The resultant album’s mood of synth-generated, cosmic remoteness is interrupted by stark interventions, reminders of the human hand at work amid this machinery – a scrambled sample like a distressed transmission from a fighter pilot, the wordless operatic contributions of Caroline Joy, the sawing brimstone of composer Reed Hays’ cello on ‘The Lamentations of Jeremiah’, and the album’s centrepiece which builds around the 1844 anti-scab folk song ‘Blackleg Miner’, glowing with resonance and relevance. Elsewhere on the album Clarke manifests relentless sequencer patterns, gradual accelerations, Moog-style drones, glistening droplets of synth, and burgeoning swells of processed guitars, with Clarke describing the tracks as “having a sense of sadness, of things going bad, things crumbling”.
Not content to rest on his considerable pop legacy, Vince Clarke has instead opened up exciting new electronic vistas for himself, and for the rest of us, in which the permutations and possibilities are limitless, Clarke declaring “The infinite shades of sounds you can create with just the tiniest tweak of a knob or slider continues to fascinate me.”
SONGS OF SILENCE TRACKLISTING (CAT #STUMM500)
Cathedral
White Rabbit
Passage
Imminent
Red Planet
The Lamentations of Jeremiah
Mitosis
Blackleg
Scarper
Last Transmission
‘The Lamentations of Jeremiah’ video: https://youtu.be/OQK95AtGi0U
Seal - 30Y anniversary world tour, Koninklijk Circus, Brussel op 8 september 2023 - Pics
SEAL – 30th anniversary world tour 2023
Na zeven jaar keert Seal eindelijk terug naar Brussel voor een exclusief concert, met de spotlights op de iconische debuutalbums ‘SEAL I’ & ‘SEAL II’!
In een opmerkelijke carrière die meer dan twee decennia omspant, is de in Londen geboren multi-platina singer-songwriter Seal gefocust op slechts één creatief doel: Het gevoel van liefde uitdrukken door middel van muziek. Gekend om zijn unieke, hese bariton stem en klassieke songwriting, kende Seal al succes in vele muziekgenres. Met één van de meest herkenbare stemmen aller tijden heeft Seal een onuitwisbare stempel gedrukt op pop, R&B, soul en dansmuziek.
Als een veelzijdige en dynamische kracht in de populaire cultuur, omvat zijn uitgebreide muziekrepertoire iconsiche anthems zoals "Killer," "Crazy," en "Kiss From A Rose," die op #1 in de Billboard Hot 100 stond, GRAMMY® Awards scoorde voor ‘Record of the Year’en ‘Song of the Year’ en zijn viervoudig platina album Seal II (1994) sierde.
Zijn harmonieuze vocale kwaliteiten bevestigden al snel zijn status als een formidabele zanger, en door de jaren heen heeft hij zijn muzikale invloed uitgebreid met een brede catalogus aan originele muziek en soulvolle covers, waarmee hij meerdere Grammy Awards won en wereldwijd meer dan 30 miljoen albums verkocht.
Naast zijn verschijningen in films van iconische regisseurs zoals Spike Lee en wijlen Joel Schumacher, werd zijn muziek reeds gevierd door covers van o.a. Alanis Morissette, Bastille en George Michael. Daarnaast werke hij al samen met verschillende grote artiesten gaande van Jeff Beck, Joni Mitchell en Santana tot P!nk, John Legend en Gallant.Recent kreeg hij bovendien nog een knipoog op de GRAMMY® Awards bij de categorie ‘Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album’ voor zijn album 'Standards' in 2019.
Met deze 30th Anniversary Tour, die slechts enkele selecte concerten in Europa omvat, viert Seal het dertig-jarig bestaan van zijn debuutalbum 'Seal' en succesvolle vervolgalbum 'Seal II', een reis doorheen zijn ongelooflijke repertoire, waaronder zijn grootste hits en anthems zoals "Crazy", "Future Love Paradise", "Killer" en "Kiss From A Rose".
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Organisatie: Gracia Live
Even voorstellen - BeraadGeslagen - Rockvrij Europa
ons streefdoel: een Europa waar niet meer gerockt wordt
rockontkenners
alleen nog maar zeemzoetigheid en hiphopbeats
en zo weinig mogelijk daartussenin
een soort vertrouwdheid met jaren '80 films ontstaan uit een samenwerking tussen twee landen
Aldus Fulco en Lander
Rockvrij Europa dus! De tweede single van de nieuwe BeraadGeslagen-plaat Altijd Bewust Bewegen (release 27 oktober).
BeraadGeslagen - Rockvrij Europa - YouTube
Ottervanger en Gyselinck over de video:
tijdloos en verstrijkend als de aftiteling van een oude film
lichtjes weemoedig wandelen door
het einde van een tijdperk
dat zij al nabesprekend achter zich laten;
Europa zal het voortaan moeten doen zonder rockmuziek.
dat beseffen de inmiddels volwassen heren van BeraadGeslagen maar al te goed
zoals alles voortbestaat, gaat ook alles voorbij
Altijd Bewust Bewegen - albumrelease 27 oktober - De Werf records
Op dit album gaat het duo op zoek naar bewegingsredenen. Hoofd en lichaam harmonisch vertaald in Beraadtaal. De twee 2 improvisatie-atleten stretchen zich andermaal sierlijk uit tussen de grenzen van de zwaartekracht.
Bewondering voor de bewegingscultuur brengt hen van de gym tot renbaan, van apps tot abs. Een schoolslag hier, een backhand daar. Een doelloze doelman die mijmert over een verre kennis. Van dorp tot stad en terug ruist de tandem met Franse vaart naar de tennisles.
Altijd Bewust Bewegen is niet Nooit Nergens bij Stilstaan.
Op tour!
16-11-2023 try-out Hnita Jazz Club, Heist-op-den-Berg
17-11-2023 try-out Café Café, Hasselt
18-11-2023 Ancienne Belgique, Brussel
22-11-2023 Het Depot, Leuven
23-11-2023 Cactus Club, Brugge
25-11-2023 BRAND!, Mechelen
29-11-2023 Ha Concerts, Gent
14-12-2023 De Roma, Antwerpen
15-12-2023 Wilde Westen, Kortrijk
16-12-2023 Ekko, Utrecht
01-03-2024 Lantarenvenster, Rotterdam
08-03-2024 Gebouw T, Bergen Op Zoom
Even voorstellen - Ping O.D. - 'Silvia', single
Whirlwind Recordings - Release date: September 1
'The Vacuum' (album release: September 15)
“Silvia refers to my espresso machine, a Rancilio Silvia. There's a somewhat smooth passage in the middle of the track which reminded me of that "hipster coffee culture". The track itself starts of with an energetic pulse, which undergoes quite a few changes as we get further into the piece, both aggressive and smooth.” - Roeland Celis
Guitarist, composer and bandleader Roeland Celis refuses to allow convention to restrict the flow of his adventurous creativity as he channels his diverse musicality into the unique ecosystem that he’s called Ping O.D. and its debut release The Vacuum (release September 15). The name derives from the ‘Ping of Death’ cyber- attack strategy where the target is flooded with information, and also refers to the ‘ping’ of a submarines’ sonar exploring uncharted waters. Celis has gathered an all-star crew of musicians from the fertile scene in his native Belgium to join him on his sonic adventure into a land where the dynamics and freedom of improvisation can meet the power and intensity of progressive metal and the exciting rigor of twelve-tone theory. In a set of nine unique original compositions, storied rhythm team Cyrille Obermüller on bass and Gert-Jan Dreessen on drums join with pianist/producer Karel Cuelenaere to create a taught, rhythmically intricate foundation, upon which for Celis and sax player Sylvain Debaisieux create towering structures of improvisation. To complete the line-up, New Yorker John O’ Gallagher, whose daringly original approach to serialism helped inform Celis’ compositional approach, adds his unmistakable high-energy voice on alto sax. The results are a strikingly original fusion that’s challenging and accessible in equal measure.
Each of the tracks has a personal relevance for Celis. The stately, haunting ‘Mont Firmin’ is an introduction to the album and “a reference to my grandfather, who was called Firmin. At some point a building in his village was being demolished and the earth that was being extracted from the build became a pile of mud, resulting in a small hill on which children would play. My grandfather asked for this to happen, so the hill was jokingly named after him.” The metal influences emerge on ‘Night Liver’ which ‘refers to something a friend once said about staying up late at night and feeling more alive.’ The wide-ranging, dynamic ‘Heliocentric’, with its shredding solos, is dedicated to the fearless Copernicus, and Celis’ interest in science comes to the fore again as inspiration for The Vacuum’s title track: “A vacuum is intriguing to me because it’s the place where light can move easily while sound cannot exist.” ‘Bolbliksem’ is the Dutch word for ball lightning, and the track allows Celis to demonstrate his incendiary playing and fluid rhythmic concepts. “The music is quite dark and aggressive in a way, which made the title seem appropriate.” ’Where am I’ is “a little collage in which I took elements from Mont Firmin, together with structured tone clusters and a rigid bassline. It has a strange, disorienting vibe to it.” Celis has a simpler explanation for ‘Silvia’: “I’m a coffee geek. My espresso machine is a “Rancilio Silvia” – and that’s all.” ‘Surroundings’ is a structured group improvisation: “Being aware of what other people are playing, the surroundings, is necessary to create a good take of this piece”. Finally, the album closes with the hypnotic ‘Wind Farm’: “The constant rhythmical pattern in the guitar and drums made me think of a windmill.”
Each player brings their own personality to the music, but the overall concept and the flavor of the compositional approach are very much Celis’ own discovery. With its mixture of the subtlety of acoustic textures from the world of improvised music, the overwhelming power of electric rock, song-based structures alternating with compositional sophistication, and virtuosic high- octane blowing with precise, atmospheric arrangement, this album delivers an unforgettable holiday from the mundane and the predictable.
Tracklist:
1 Mont Firmin
2 Night Liver
3 Heliocentric
4 The Vacuum
5 Bolbliksem
6 Where Am I?
7 Silvia
8 Surroundings
9 Wind Farm
Silvia - YouTube Music
Line-up:
Roeland Celis: guitar
John O'Gallagher: alto sax
Sylvain Debaisieux: tenor saxophone
Karel Cuelenaere: piano/synth
Cyrille Obermüller: double bass
Gert-Jan Dreessen: drums
Live:
October 18, De Singer, Rijkevorsel - album release concert
April 27, 2024, GC De Maere, Tielt-Winge
Nekka news - Nieuwe concerten De Lage Landenliedjes
Met de start van het nieuwe cultuurseizoen kondigen we ook de nieuwe concerten van ons project De Lage Landenliedjes aan.
Vanaf vrijdagavond 15 september 2023 vinden er weer verschillende concerten plaats van het project De Lage Landenliedjes, met het koor van dirigent Hans Primusz.
Het koor van 40 zangers brengt een zeer fijne greep uit het rijke Nederlandstalige repertoire met nummers van Noord en Zuid, de lage landen. Liedjes die iedereen kent en die in een verrassend fris koorkleedje werden gestoken.
Gastzangeres en ook presentatrice van dienst is Nele Bauwens.
Het eerste concert is op 15 september is in CC De Steiger in Boom om 20.15u
Alle info over alle concerten in deze reeks vindt u op www.nekka.be
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