Nbc - Last But By No Means Least & other: June 2008

Monday, 30 June 2008

Die Krupps

Artist: Die Krupps

   Genre(s):
Industrial
   Rock: Electronic
   Electronic
   Metal
   Alternative
   Rock: Pop-Rock
   Pop: Pop-Rock

Discography:

Paradise Now

Year: 1997
Tracks: 13

Foundation (Best Of, Compilation)

Year: 1997
Tracks: 13

Fire

Year: 1997
Tracks: 4

Black Beauty White Heat

Year: 1997
Tracks: 3

Metalmorphosis Of Die Krupps '81-'92

Year: 1996
Tracks: 15

Scent

Year: 1995
Tracks: 4

Rings Of Steel

Year: 1995
Tracks: 17

Isolation

Year: 1995
Tracks: 3

Iii: Odyssey Of The Mind

Year: 1995
Tracks: 13

Fatherland

Year: 1995
Tracks: 5

Tho The Hilt

Year: 1994
Tracks: 3

The Final Remixes

Year: 1994
Tracks: 16

Germaniac

Year: 1994
Tracks: 3

The Power

Year: 1993
Tracks: 3

The Final Option

Year: 1993
Tracks: 11

Stahlwerksinfonie and Wahre Arbeit Wahrer Lohn

Year: 1993
Tracks: 5

Ii: The Final Option

Year: 1993
Tracks: 11

Entering The Arena

Year: 1993
Tracks: 10

Die Krupps

Year: 1993
Tracks: 10

Crossfire

Year: 1993
Tracks: 3

A Tribute To Metallica

Year: 1993
Tracks: 9

Metal Machine Music

Year: 1992
Tracks: 5

I

Year: 1992
Tracks: 10

Metal Machine Music

Year: 1991
Tracks: 10

Volle Kraft Voraus

Year: 1982
Tracks: 12

Stahlwerkssinfonie and Wahre Arbeit - Wahrer Lohn

Year: 1981
Tracks: 5

Odyssey Of The Mind

Year:
Tracks: 10

Along with Front 242, the German chemical group Die Krupps stands as one of the innovators of the subgenre of Euro-rock dubbed body music, a sound characterized by its dim electronic make-up as comfortably as its coarse, visceral murder. Die Krupps came together in 1981 as a pair comprised of vocaliser, guitar player, keyboardist, and mouthpiece Jurgen Engler, erstwhile of the German punk rock outfit Male, and ex-Propaganda member Ralf Dorper. Over the course of the group's first three records -- 1981's Stahlwerksinfonie, 1982's Volle Kraft Voraus, and 1984's Entrance the Arena -- Die Krupps continued to refine its lyrically bare, synth-based sound. (A two-record retrospective cover these three LPs, Metalle Maschinen Musik 91-81 Past Forward, appeared in 1991.)

The mid-'80s marked a fallow point for the band, and it was not until the 1992 button of the album One that it became clear precisely what Die Krupps had been doing all over the preceding eight age -- fundamentally, hearing to Metallica and other metallic element innovators. Both One and its 1992 follow-up Metal for the Masses Part II -- A Tribute to Metallica constitute the group's signature sound augmented by metallic element guitars, which enabled Die Krupps to bilk over to hard rock audiences spell soundless maintaining its electronic music fanbase.

1993's Die Krupps Box, a three-disc box arrange, preceded the same year's button of The Final Option, which constitute Engler and Dorper joined by ex-Heathen guitarist Lee Altus and drummer Darren Minter. In 1994, a remix album, titled The Final Mixes, featured contributions from artists like the Sisters of Mercy's Andrew Eldritch, Nitzer Ebb's Julian Beeston, Gunshot, and Jim Martin, erstwhile of Faith No More. A year by and by, Odyssey of the Mind constitute the chemical group moving fifty-fifty further from its electronic roots. Isolation, a accumulation of Odyssey of the Mind remixes and live tracks, appeared in 1996.

Ivan Noble

Thursday, 12 June 2008

Winehouse confirmed for Mandela gig

Amy Winehouse has been confirmed for Nelson Mandela's birthday gig in Hyde Park.

The singer will perform on June 27 at the 46664 Concert, which pays tribute to the former South African president.

Tim Massey, International Director of 46664 said: "We are delighted that Amy will be appearing at Hyde Park to celebrate Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday.

"Amy joins an illustrious list of names showing their support for 46664 and the fight against AIDS."

Other acts on the bill include Leona Lewis, Queen, Annie Lennox, Simple Minds, Razorlight and Sugababes.

Gordon Brown, Bill Clinton, Oprah Winfrey, Robert De Niro and Lewis Hamilton are among the celebrities who will appear at the event.

Tickets are still available for the concert.

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Tom Hanks - Hero Hanks Rescues Bride

Hollywood actor TOM HANKS played a real life hero this week (09Jun08) by halting filming on his new movie to help a stranded bride reach her wedding.

Hanks is currently filming Da Vinci Code sequel Angels and Demons in Rome, Italy and the crew were shooting outside the Pantheon church in the city when the actor spotted the stricken woman.

The bride, in her traditional white dress and veil, had arrived at the church - only to find her access blocked by the film crew, causing her to panic.

But Hanks immediately halted filming and rushed over to help - taking the woman on his arm, he escorted her and her father across the set to meet her groom at the altar.

The star even gathered the train of her dress, to stop the long gown dragging on the floor. And after his good deed was done, Hanks allowed the crew to complete the scene, reports America's Hello magazine.

The new movie is due for release next year (09).

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Stakka Bo

Artist: Stakka Bo

   Genre(s):
Rock
   Pop
   Dance

Discography:

Jr.

Year: 2001
Tracks: 14

The Great Blondino

Year: 1995
Tracks: 11

Supermarket

Year: 1993
Tracks: 10

Here We Go

Year: 1993
Tracks: 4

Stakka Bo is a dance-pop ring that fuses hip-hop with house and pop, a lot like their contemporaries Stereo MC's. Supermarket, their 1993 debut, contained the minor hit single "Here We Go." The ring released their second record album, The Great Blondino, in December of 1996.

K.Jarrett and Ch.Haden P.Mautian

Moonlight

Artist: Moonlight

   Genre(s):
Metal: Progressive
   Metal: Gothic

Discography:

Candra

Year: 2002
Tracks: 8

Yaishi

Year: 2001
Tracks: 11

Floe

Year: 2000
Tracks: 11

Inermis

Year: 1999
Tracks: 13

Meren Re

Year: 1997
Tracks: 14

Kalpa Taru

Year: 1996
Tracks: 15

Dies Irae

Bonnaroo Kicks Out the Jams

One hundred acts on 700 acres can mean only one thing.

It's time for Bonnaroo, dude.

The four-day festival of music, art, movies and comedy kicks off on Thursday in...

Wentworth Miller - Miller Will Only Cook For Love

PRISON BREAK star WENTWORTH MILLER knows when he is in love with a woman - because he will offer to cook for her.

The hunky actor, 35, admits he is a disaster in the kitchen, but he is willing to exercise his culinary skills - for the right woman.

He says, "Preparing a meal, because I don't cook. I'm afraid of the kitchen; when the stove's on it makes me nervous.

"If I actually leap over that hurdle and cook something simple, like spaghetti Bolognese, that would really show someone I'm into them."

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The Raconteurs announce US fall tour dates

The Raconteurs have announced a string of tour dates this fall, kicking off with two shows in Portland, OR on September 16.

The band, who last night completed a three-night sold-out run at Terminal 5 in New York City, will continue to support the release of their second album �??Consolers Of The Lonely�?? which was released in March.

Meanwhile, the band will perform on �??Late Night With Conan O�??Brien�?? tonight (June 2), playing the song �??Many Shades of Black�??. The show airs on NBC at 12:37AM EST/9:37PM PST.

The dates are:

Portland, Oregon Roseland Theater (September 16, 17)
Vancouver, BC Malkin Bowl (Stanley Park) (18)
Seattle, WA WaMu Theater (19)
San Francisco, CA Treasure Island Music Festival (21)
Los Angeles, CA Greek Theater (22)
San Diego, CA SDSU Open Air Theater (24)
Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara Bowl (25)
Austin, TX Austin City Limits Festival (28)
Memphis, TN Cannon Center (29)
Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium (30)
Atlanta, GA The Tabernacle (October 1)

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Canadian filmmaker turns to Internet to finance movie

TORONTO (Reuters) - An aspiring Canadian filmmaker is asking the public at large to help fund his first movie project, one frame at a time.

Casey Walker launched a Web site earlier this year to raise C$1 million ($988,457) and is selling frames of his yet-to-be-made film over the Internet for C$10 a piece.

In return, investors will receive a credit in his movie, advertisement rights on his site and a cut of the profits if the film makes money.

So far he has sold more than 17,000 frames, bringing in about C$170,000, including the biggest single sale at C$52,560. Walker also has attracted investors from the United States, Europe and Canada.

He hopes to reach a million in four months.

"I wanted to make a feature film since I got into this business 10 years ago, and it's not easy to finance an independent film in this country, especially for a first-time director," Walker said in an interview.

He had shopped his script around Hollywood unsuccessfully several times before returning to Canada. The idea for the Web site came to him in 2006 after he saw another site called the "Million Dollar Home Page." It was created by a man in Britain who sold pixels of his site to advertisers and made more than $1 million in five months.

"That's what inspired me to approach the public online to fund-raise because his success was so rapid," Walker said.