10 MusicWeek 14.09.12 DATA DIGEST EXPRESS YOURSELF
September 8, Granary Square, London Fatoumata Diawara smiles wide as she per- forms as part of Damon Albarn’s Africa Express Photo: Jason Williamson @ The Line Of Best Fit
PICTURE OF THE WEEK THE TASTEMAKERS
Today’s opinion formers predict tomorrow’s headline acts 1 2 3 4
CHRIS BARRETT THE SABOTAGE TIMES Supafly . Happiness DRMA Productions
Cramming summer into a song is difficult, but Supafly nail it with their new single. Mixing house, hip-hop and a healthy dose of sunshine, the dance music stalwarts deliver a song destined for arms in the air euphoria and by side-stepping the formulaic and adding in the humour, Happiness seems about right.
DAVID MCCARTHY DJ MAGAZINE Vitalic . Stamina Different Recordings
‘The godfather of’ is a cliché far too liberally applied but when it comes to modern electro and Vitalic it's a worthy epithet . Taken forthcoming album Rave Age, Stamina blurs an old skool rave-up with Fake Blood-style bleeding edge techno.
ADAM REEVE ELUSIVE LITTLE COMMENTS Sonnymoon . SonnymoonPlug Research Records
Sonnymoon’s debut blends a number of genres to create a gorgeous soundtrack to a sunny day. Each track is full of colour and creativity, all displayed through the most organic of sounds to produce a relaxed yet exhilarating listening experience. It’s a joy to listen to, and one of my favourites.
JON SWAN KNOWLEDGE MAGAZINE / SCIENTIA MUSIC The Mike Delinquent Project feat. Lady Leshurr . Step In The Dance Champion Records
Pop sensibility underpinned with underground credibility, the Holy Grail that many aim for but something few manage to execute. Too far one-way leads to cheesy pop, too far the other loses mass appeal. S.I.T.D hits that sweet spot, a playlist con- tender equally at home tearing clubs apart - Solid!
SIGNS O’ THE TIMES
Hotly-tipped Dublin band Little Green Cars have become the first signing to BMG Ireland. The five-piece have signed a worldwide music publishing deal with BMG, which is the only major international publishing com- pany with a base in Ireland. Little Green Cars released
their first single on indie Young And Lost Club last summer, subsequently sign- ing a global record deal with Glassnote Records in the US. Their UK releases will appear through Universal/Island.
Reservoir Media has signed 2 Chainz to an exclusive worldwide publishing deal. This includes the Billboard 200 No.1 album Based On A T.R.U. and a catalogue of around 200 songs.
Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) extended its worldwide publishing agreement with Darius Rucker. The agreement encompasses his upcoming album, set to debut in early 2013, as well as his previous works such as Learn To Live.
Matt Cardle: on Fire...
Did record labels really sabotage vinyl on purpose? Mike Crawford: “I worked for Virgin at the changeover period and the retailer was given a bigger cut of the CD price whilst the artists’ percentage was halved as it was a ‘new and untried format’. Other incentives were special racks and major discounts.”
New Matt Cardle album to be released on SO What? label Anne Pat: “Wow! What a tracking list, this is wonderful. Pre-ordered The Fire, now want to pre-order the tickets to go to see Matt perform at Scala London 23rd October. Look at the list its got lovely surprise at the end.
Universal/EMI: has EC already reached a verdict? David Swallow: “Well it’s getting close folks and BMG may be the only winner in this fight for they might have Parlophon/Virgin and the Pink Floyd
catalogues. But I believe it is going through because if it doesn’t EMI will go bankrupt because Citibank will pull the plug on EMI just like GE Capitol pulled the plug on Montgomery Wards and now the named department store is just a memory for some of us who still remember. So I hope this doesn’t happen to EMI.”
Muse, The Beach Boys and Public Image Limited booked for next series of Jools Holland Andy Holloway: “Sweet. So much great music being released this autumn, so can’t wait.”
Kitchenware founder Ludford set to join Glastonbury team Siobhan Crampsey: “Go Lud!... have known him for 15 years yet only just discovered (on reading this article) that he was behind Kitchenware... even more of a LEGEND now! Glasto - you’re in safe hands!”
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