world of twist - the storm

The original line-up of the band consisted of James Fry (vocals), Andrew Hobson (bass), Gordon King (guitar), Tony Ogden (drums), Rory Conolly (saxophone), Nick Phillips (organ) and Andy Robbins (synthesiser). This version soon disintegrated, and some years later a new line-up emerged, this time based in Manchester.

A short lived 1986 version of World of Twist featured Gordon King (vocalist and co-songwriter), Tony Ogden (co-songwriter), Andy Hobson (Bass, Keyboards), Neil Drabble (Visuals).

The 1989 version of World Of Twist featured Ogden (now vocalist and co-songwriter), King (guitar and co-songwriter), and Hobson (synthesisers) joined by Alan Frost (visual effects, synthesisers), Julia aka M.C. Shells (swirls and sea noises) and Angela Reilly (visual effects). Nick Sanderson (drums) joined some time later.

A demo tape (featuring "The Storm", "Blackpool Tower Suite", "The Spring", and "She's a Rainbow") released in early 1990 drew attention to the band, and a recording contractwith Circa Records followed. The record label issued the singles "The Storm" (produced by Clif Brigden) that same year with "Sons of the Stage" also (produced by Clif Brigden) and "Sweets" following in 1991. A cover of The Rolling Stones' "She's a Rainbow", originally issued as the B-side of "The Storm", was reissued with new dance mixes by Fluke in 1992. The original B-side version had been one of the last tracks produced by Martin Hannett, who died in 1991.

The band's live show and Radio 1 sessions for John Peel and Mark Goodier, and the first two Clif Brigden) produced singles raised expectations, but their debut album, Quality Street (1991), met with little critical or commercial acclaim.

Whilst the World of Twist never toured in North America, "Sons of the Stage" was an indie/club hit in Toronto and New York. Oasis considered naming themselves after the song, and it was later covered by Oasis's successor group Beady Eye, as a B-side to their debut single, "Bring the Light".

Work began on a follow up album and there were plans for further touring, but problems emerged when Ogden decided that he no longer wanted to sing. This, coupled with creative differences within the band, contributed to the demise of the group in 1992.

Anthony William Ogden died on 26 July 2006, in Bramhall, Greater Manchester, on the verge of a return to the music industry with Bubblegum Secret Pop Explosion. He was 44. Few details on his death have been released.

Crustation 'Purple'

FLASHBACK FRIDAY


Crustation is a Trip hop band, formed by Ian Dark, Stig Manley and Mark Taylerthe, three producers from Bristol. In the 80s they played in bands with Adrian Utley of Portishead. For their late Crustation songs they used the collaboration of female vocalist Bronagh Slevin. In 1994 they released two EPs under Cup of Tea Records (label of Monk & Canatella, Statik Sound System and Purple Penguin). Released their only album Bloom in 1997, under the name of Crustation with Bronagh Slevin. They do a mellow and gloomy trip hop

The National - Graceless

FOR DOTT OF SKIES OF EMBER

The National embody what a lot of people love in rock bands. It has to do with the concept of paying dues -- a rite of passage we love to see bands earn -- and the National are the definition of it. The Ohio indie rockers have been fighting the good fight since 1999 and didn't start to actually make money until a half-decade had passed. Old school, right?

2007's zen-rock statement "Boxer" -- arguably the band's most enduring LP -- was the portrait of a band of 30-somethings learning their way around adulthood. Three years later, they followed with "High Violet," an album which found frontman Matt Berninger (then 39 years old) easing into that role, which included being a father for the first time. Along with bandmates the Dessner brothers (Aaron and Bryce) and the Devendorf brothers (Bryan and Scott), the National had reached a level of comfort very few indie rock acts achieve. That feeling of comfort permeates every part of their new album, "Trouble Will Find Me," due May 21 on 4AD.

The National Bring 'Trouble' to Tribeca: New Songs Pierce Film Premiere

A couple of years ago, R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe asked the National, "Why don't you guys just write a pop song? What are you afraid of? Don't be embarrassed." Whether or not they've tried to become more radio-friendly is not clear, although it's evident that the National are very satisfied at being the National, which includes few pop elements. They're a heady, dense, atmospheric rock band loved by many adults who are comfortable with being adults, and "Trouble" isn't likely to win them too many new fans. But that's fine -- the National already have plenty, and they've been trained to know that their records are always worth the time. 

By Chris Payne, New York | May 16, 2013 10:55 AM EDT

ERAAS - "Ghost" (Official Music Video)

A sense of place. It's a notion that has informed some of our most memorable works of art — everyone has a favorite book or painting or album that somehow has the power to immerse you completely in its world, so much so that you don't want to leave. 

This sense of creating art that can spirit you away somewhere else entirely is something that most definitely also informs the self-titled debut album from Brooklyn-based band ERAAS. In 2011, the band's founding members, Robert Toher and Austin Stawiarz, both ex-members of New England-based project Apse, were gravitating more towards ritualistic and darker themes not fully explored in their previous incarnation. In searching for a place to translate this mood to record, the duo settled on a rambling, atmospheric mansion in Western Massachusetts outside of Northampton. ERAAS decided to retreat to an area steeped in history and its own distinct atmosphere — all deserted hill towns and melancholy beauty — to make this record. The decision paid rich creative dividends — this is an album that's heavy with both an ominous mood and a certain orchestral grandeur. 

When you listen to these songs, the ambience of the house itself is palpable, its creaking boards and tenebrous hallways reflected in the claustrophobic, echo-laden production — from the mournful strings that introduce the opening "Black House" until the flurry of tribal percussion that brings final track "Trinity" to a conclusion, there's a real sense of mood that never relents. The album plays out more like a single coherent entity than a simple collection of songs, the tracks emerging ghost-like from the shadows and then receding into interludes of whispers and strange, abstract samples. 

The songs are built around insistent basslines and driving percussion, along with a distinctive, evocative vocal sound created with deft utilization of delays and reverbs. Tracks like "Briar Path" and "A Presence" sound like stumbling across secret rituals, all haunted vocal melodies and spidery guitar figures. Other songs see subtle elements drifting in and out of the mix— "Crescent" is adorned by a delicate piano melody that sounds like it was recorded from an old Victrola, strange whisperings lurk deep in the mix of "Ghost", while "Trinity" strips things back to percussion and an insistent, rasping vocal."

Tycho - Awake

Scott Hansen, professionally known as Tycho, is an American ambient music artist and producer, who is known as ISO50 for his photographic and design works. Tycho is currently signed to, and has released under, Ghostly International, but has also released music on Merck Records and Gammaphone Records. His song, Dictaphone's Lament, was used as the track on a music video entitled "Live Life to the Fullest", which was made by and featured on the action cartoon block Toonami. Additionally, his song "Cascade" (originally made for an Adult Swim/Ghostly International compilation) was played during the final moments of the original 11-year run of Toonami in 2008.

Chapel Perilous, Belbury Poly (+playlist)

PETTY SMILE PLENTY

Georges Vert - Jovan Freak

New on Melodic records this month we would highly recommend the cosmic disco odyssey long player by veteran French composer and synthesist, Georges Vert. Compiled and produced with the help of this parish's very own Jon Brooks and first re-issued digitally on his own Café Kaput label last year, this time round it gets a vinyl release (with free download codes included). There are a few of these very limited edition LPs here in the Ghost Box shop.

For other people named Jon Brooks, see Jon Brooks (disambiguation).

The Advisory Circle
Birth name	Jon Brooks
Also known as	King of Woolworths
Origin	England
Genres	Ambient Library Music Musique Concrete Hauntology
Occupations	Musician Songwriter
Years active	2005 – present
Labels	Ghost Box Music
Associated acts	Belbury Poly Eric Zann The Focus Group
Website	Ghost Box Music

The Advisory Circle is an alias of electronic musician Jon Brooks (along with King of Woolworths). His releases as The Advisory Circle are on the Ghost Box Music label.

An extensive feature in The Wire magazine explored Brooks' fascination with public information films from the 1970s. He describes his sound as "Everything's fine, but there is something not quite right about it."^[1]

Down to the Silver Sea ~ GASP!01LP (+playlist)

Daso - Meine

More long, snappy electro-house from Cologne's Daso Franke, and more 'Daybreak'. His recent 'Nightexpress' for Flash Recordings found him trying out novel chord patterns on three strong tracks, but for his Spectral debut he's returned to his debut My Best Friend hit, itself a suave Germanic take on 'Blue Monday'. Where the earlier version (or versions - 'Go Upstairs' did the same) aimed low, dark and bleak, 'Meine' is all candy-floss glee and sugar overload. Peter Hook's bassline is doused in E and sprinkled with confetti, but amid the French house surge and dizzying neon rush he stills finds time for a hint of melancholy. 'Idee' trades the stomp and swoon for tidy taps and tame blips, here and there dunked in deep pools of processing but not enough to work. The finale 'Deine Schuhe' plonks a two-chord ditty out on cheesy synth patches while a gruff bassline groans and telephone tones chime - almost wacky enough for Areal but too overtly repetitive, and simplistic, for that lot. Stick to the A and everybody's happy.

--- http://www.residentadvisor.net

LOVERDOSE - Tabula Rasa

LOVERDOSE are rapidly establishing themselves internationally as great electronic music producers.

Both these artists, Gepy & Levan aka LOVERDOSE have over 10 years experience in producing and playing all around the world: Ibiza, Tokyo, Moscow, Rome, Kiev and all main London clubs with fixed residencies at Cargo and Aquarium, the biggest clubs in East London.

Everything started casually after a cool Boat Party on the Thames.
After a few studio Sessions, they both realized that as a Duo they have a unique Sound, so LOVERDOSE was born during the Summer of 2011.
Their first release “Tabula Rasa” instantly became a classic of electronic music with support from music lovers around the World and more than half a million hits on Youtube.

After that... lots of Successful releases made them producers with “Big Balls”
Ranking between music without borders :) Thanks you all ?
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The idea was always to created quality music without stereotypes.

Right now the single "Alone In Silence" from the upcoming Album “Acoustic Visionaries” is supported by Betoko and No Artificial Colours (with two great remixes) And of course... from their amazing partnership “Nurvous Records Nyc” who supported them from the first moment ?

Their music influences are global, from the 80's pop-rock to Techno, Ethno-Folk and Jazz; the deep fusion of these musical ingredients has been like a Magic Potion of Melody and Rhythm that had as a result their Distinctive sound.

Now a Little bit of boring things if you have a time lol?

2013 started with a new successful release “Doors in The Storm” which went to N5 on Beatport Indie dance / Nu Disco Charts, on their own label Prison Entertainment (for demo submission prison.entertainment@gmail.com )

The latest live mix "Trip With LOVERDOSE" reached N7 on Beatport Top 100 Mixes.
http://mixes.beatport.com/mix/trip-with-loverdose/5539

2012 started off strong in the wide and wondrous world of House when LOVERDOSE went to N1 Deep House releases charts with the “Another Dimension” EP including “You Wanna Take Me” which was nominated as a track of the day on beatportal
http://news.beatport.com/blog/2012/02/13/track-of-the-day-loverdose-you-wanna-take-me/

Soon after, their new single "Full Moon" was charted by Beatport into their "Top 10 Ultimate Set Openers" featuring Dj T, Claptone, Louie Fresco, etc.

In May 2012 “Ready For Summer Chart" was included in the Top Recommended Dj chart by Beatport, together with some great names such as: Matt Tolfrey, Kate Simko and Marco Bailey.
http://view.beatport-email.com/view_email.aspx?j=fe6710737465007d7210&m=ff011171766005&ls=fdef13767366067477117373&l=fe57167970630c7d751d&s=fe2613757063027b741070&jb=ffcf14&ju=fe2416767d67037c741279&r=0

During this past summer 2012, two of their tracks “Full Moon” and “Alkapone” have been included in “Café Del Mar” and “Nassau Ibiza Beach Club” compilation’s cd.

Reached N3 on Beatport Nu Disco and N1 on Traxsource Deep House Charts, “I Remember" with Nurvous Records NYC from September still bouncing in the Top 100 after 6 mouths. Wow :)

They also have a unique djing style by using Traktor+Ableton and Guitar (Magic Prof), which gave them the possibility to create a live act on top of a dj set "FUN"
Loverdose – Trip-with-loverdose

See the link below:
Introducing LOVERDOSE, interview with Beatport http://news.beatport.com/blog/2012/02/16/introducing-loverdose/

P.S.
The most important thing is to see people enjoying, dancing and never get bored :-)
--- http://www.residentadvisor.net

GRAZE - "Ques"

Graze melds the musical mannerisms of Adam Marshall and Christian Andersen, members of a growing squadron of Canadian electronic ex-pats, in Berlin. But, both also have roots in Toronto’s scenes. Founder and curator of the New Kanada label, Marshall secured his trailblazer standing through a steady stream of lush techno constructions. For his part, Andersen was initially influenced by drum ‘n’ bass and metal, before taking to the choppy waters at the confluence of bass music and techno. Andersen brings his striking rhythms and warm bass beds while Marshall corrals it all into impeccable sequences. On their new EP, for New Kanada, they retain Berlin’s techno spirit while throwing in the best of London: a medley of garage and drum ‘n’ bass in small doses, propped up by ubiquitous basslines.

http://www.mutek.org

http://www.graze.cc/

Todd Terje - Snooze 4 Love - Running Back RBCR-78

Following a string of celebrated releases leaning on everything from kitschy euro sounds to deep funk and latin jazz, the relatively new to the scene Todd Terje has already made his mark within dance music circuits. Gems such as the cheese monster “Eurodans” and the latin disco-fuelled edit of Jacko’s “Can’t Help it” under his Tangoterje edit-moniker instantly made industry types and clubbers alike go bananas, and whatever the 25 year old Norwegian puts his fingers on, it always comes out with that crucial blend of musicality and playfulness.

Growing up in the rural village of Mjøndalen, dance music influences were scarce, and no, there was never any Diskoklubb there. Not a lot of obscure disco or acid house in his milk either. However, during the early/mid nineties dance culture sneaked it way into even the most remote parts of Norway, thanks to the popularity of acts like The Prodigy and national radio stations filling prime time slots with underground jocks Olle Abstract and Pål “Strangefruit” Nyhus. On the more personal level, Terje’s sister was a close friend of the late Tore “Erot” Kroknes, and the tapes she brought home to the young Terje became a major source of inspiration. Playing around in his early teens on a crap PC together with his mate Dølle Jølle, Terje made his first attempts on house and jungle, which they played from cassette tapes on junior high school-dances. Maybe too young for old music back then, Terje reckoned that disco was all a bit silly - until Bjørn Torske’s “Sexy Disco” caught his ears in 1999.

Training to become a pianist Terje enrolled at a local music school, but to his disappointment there wasn’t much jazz being taught there. Gradually leaving the musical career path, he later moved on to studying physics at the University of Oslo. Although not longer aspiring to become a pianist, he was by no means over music. In 2001 Terje got in touch with Prins Thomas, who was at the time working at HS Records in Oslo. Thomas soon recognized his potential, and helped pushing Terje in the right directions. Oslo is a small place where like minded folks tend to join forces, and with his thorough musical understanding and nerdy like interest in old and new records spanning from that new Idjut Boys 12” to experimental synth bands very few of us have ever heard of, he soon became one of the key players on the Oslo electronic disco scene. Besides working on his own projects, Terje’s played on some of Prins Thomas’ tracks, and not to mention his remix of the Lindstrøm 12” “Another Station”.

Is it house, funk, techno or disco? Terje is speaks of catchy rhythms, dubby sounds, dreamy synth layers, cinematic moods, a playful approach and searching for that one nerve when asked to describe his music, and the resistance to being pigeonholed is obvious. His next ambition is to make a concept album à la Voyage’s first “around-the-world” release, if he can find time between other projects, studies and DJ gigs. Terje has already played around Europe, and is looking forward to gigs in Japan and NYC this summer. “I both like playing big room/macho style, but at the same time it’s the girls I play for really. So I guess it’s a mixture of high octane, leather homo-disco done up with mambo, coconuts and lipstick”. Definitely one to look out for. --- www.Last.fm

The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored

The Stone Roses are an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1983. They were one of the pioneering groups of the Madchester movement that was active during the late 1980s and early 1990s. The band's most successful lineup consists of vocalist Ian Brown, guitarist John Squire, bassist Gary "Mani" Mounfield, and drummer Alan "Reni" Wren.

The band released their debut album, The Stone Roses, in 1989. The album was a breakthrough success for the band and garnered critical acclaim, with many critics regarding it as one of the greatest British albums ever recorded. At this time the group decided to capitalise on their success by signing to a major label; then, their current record label Silvertone would not let them out of their contract, which led to a long legal battle that culminated with the band signing with Geffen Records in 1991, and then releasing their second album Second Coming, which was met with lacklustre reviews in 1994. The group soon disbanded after several lineup changes throughout the supporting tour, which began with Reni first departing, followed by Squire.

Following much intensified media speculation, The Stone Roses called a press conference on 18 October 2011 to announce that the band had reunited and would perform a reunion tour of the world in 2012, including three homecoming shows in Heaton Park, Manchester. Plans to record a third album in the future were also floated.In June 2012, Chris Coghill, the writer of the new film which is set during the Stone Roses 1990 Spike Island show, revealed that the band “have at least three or four new tracks recorded.”  In June 2013, a documentary about the band's reformation entitled The Stone Roses: Made of Stone was released, directed by Shane Meadows.

Happy Mondays - Step On

Happy Mondays are an English alternative rock band from Salford, Greater Manchester. Formed in 1980, the band's original line-up was Shaun Ryder on lead vocals, his brother Paul Ryder on bass, lead guitarist Mark Day, keyboardist Paul Davis, and drummer Gary Whelan. Mark "Bez" Berry later joined the band onstage during a live performance after befriending Shaun Ryder and served as a dancer/percussionist. Rowetta Satchell joined the band to provide backing vocals in the early 1990s.

Ride - Today

Ride were a British shoegazing band that formed in 1988 in Oxford, England, consisting of Andy Bell, Mark Gardener, Laurence "Loz" Colbert, and Steve Queralt. The band were initially part of the "shoegazing" scene that emerged in England during the early 1990s. Following the break-up of the band in 1996, members moved on to various other projects, most notably Bell who became the bassist for Oasis. In 2001, the band members were briefly reunited for a one-off performance for a television show. Their debut album Nowhere has been named one of the greatest albums of the shoegazing genre, Nowhere was voted number 74 on Pitchfork Media's list of the Top 100 Albums of the 1990s, and closing track "Vapour Trail" was voted at number 145 on Pitchfork's Top 200 Tracks of the 90s. The album is also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.