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Wednesday, December 20, 2006
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 Mavs ......"Too Loud & Offensive"
Last week the 12 Apostles Records latest signing, UK Hip Hop act ‘The Mavs’ tried to launch their debut 12” ep “Slightly Smutty” at two venues in London and failed. Cited As .....”Too Loud & Offensive”
Firstly they were locked out of the official launch venue, The Medicine Bar in Shoreditch, due to fire safety issues .. Yeah right !
The promoter then took the brave step of booking The Foundry ( owned by Bill Drummond of KLF fame) also in EC2 so that the Mavs could launch into their own version of suburban mayhem... But within 20 minutes they were hurled offstage with the Foundry management citing them as “loud & offensive”
At this time The Mavs are still looking for a London venue who’ll let them play for more than 15 minutes
Find Out More About The Mavs At:
http://www.myspace.com/mavericksounds
Debut 12” EP : “Slightly Smutty” featuring Dumpweed, No Balls, Smut By Numbers & Great Green Drought
More Information At:
http://www.12-apostles.com
http://www.myspace.com/twelveapostlesremixed |
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Friday, December 15, 2006
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ROC To Release First Release of 2007 and the First Ever MySpace Only Album Release
ROC LAUNCH WORLD'S FIRST MYSPACE ALBUM
http://www.myspace.com/rocuk
THE FIRST ALBUM OF 2007... THE ALBUM OF 2007
12 UNHEARD TRACKS, FREE
COLLECT ALL 12 TO REVEAL TITLE AND RECEIVE ARTWORK (AND FREE GIFTS!)
From New Year's Day 2007 you will be able to download a free album of entirely unheard ROC tracks, exclusively from this page.
12 tracks of previously unheard material will be available for download in pairs, changing every 3.5 days (making 4 tracks per week), with the entire album collectable over 3 weeks. The first pair of tracks will available for download at 00.01am (UK) on 1 January. The tracks will continue in rotation until further notice, so you can begin collecting the album at any time.
The album comprises completely unheard songs, alternative (in some cases better) versions of songs from previous albums, remixes of ROC by other artists, ROC remixes of other artists, soundtracks and live performances. The tracks date from the present back to ROC's first cassette demo in the '80s.
ROC's current album "Night Fold Around Me" was released in summer 2006 on 12 Apostles (please see details/reviews below). Several of the album tracks have found their way onto music download blogs. Both ROC and 12 Apostles know that trying to control this is futile, and instead value bloggers' comments, and are happy to offer some free ROC tunes for your mp3 player.
The album's title and track order are encoded in the mp3's. Each file contains a letter spelling the title. When all 12 are collected, the title and order will be revealed. Users sending a message with the title correctly identified will receive in return a lavish set of artwork to accompany the recordings. Plus the first 50 people to send the title will have a choice of free stuff from the ROC vaults - more details to follow.
http://www.myspace.com/rocuk
CURRENT ALBUM "NIGHT FOLD AROUND ME"
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"A terrific collection of lush, intelligent electro pop full of beauty, tempered optimism and gallows wit" 4/5 The Scotsman
"Urban paranoia and moody melody...ROC are an intriguing concern and this third album sees that continuing" 3/5 Q Magazine
"Pompous European bastards out to get somebody back for something and helping futurepop get a grip in the process" Hippo Press (Manchester NH USA)
"ROC are genuinely like nothing at all. And everything all at once" (NME) ROC are Karen Sheridan (vocals, music), Patrick Nicholson (music), Fred Browning (vocals, music)
ROC released their third album "Night Fold Around Me" in June 2006. It's the long-overdue follow-up to "Virgin" (Virgin Records 1998) and "ROC" (Setanta Records 1996), both acclaimed by press and musicians including Orbital and Radiohead. "Night Fold Around Me" was completed in 2005 with long-standing collaborators Danton Supple (Coldplay) and Gareth Huw Davies at the desk. Veering from pure pop to pure noise, ROC have baffled and delighted critics and fans since their first releases, with singles like "God Willing", "Girl With A Crooked Eye", "(Dis)Count Us In" and "Cheryl" becoming underground classics. The band has been branded 'perverse' for their refusal to stick to a pre-ordained musical genre. The late great John Peel said of ROC: "you never know what you're gonna get next with this lot - I'm all in favour of that"
http://www.myspace.com/rocuk
http://www.myspace.com/twelveapostlesremixed
http://www.12-apostles.com |
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