SPAS007: All new and original 8 track EP from Dsico That No-Talent Hack. No bootleges, no mashups. Raw Electronic Alt-Pop with guitars and vocals and stuff. Written and Performed by Luke Collison, recorded at Luke’s in Newtown/ Sydney. Great stuff!

http://plurn.com/play/161

Kingston, ON - Avril Lavigne’s heart-felt song, “I’m With You", has been selected as the first song to fill the skies over Toronto, Canada in an upcoming acoustic magic show developed by Reichen Minogue of IMXLabs.com. Dubbed as the “show to end all shows", Minogue prepares the Canadian population for a “grand event” which will “dazzle humanity".

“The concept is a magical performance unlike any other prior magic-based stage production. Using advances in acoustic broadcasting and quantum sonic mechanics, we have eliminated the need for speakers outright. Music will literally engulf the entire greater Toronto area leaving no space void of Avril Lavigne’s voice. Her song will be heard in the middle of the night by no less than five million people during a single daily broadcast to be repeated over fourteen subsequent days", he stated during a recent telephone interview.

The show has been titled as ‘The Gabriel’s Trumpet Project’ and is currently still within pre-production in Cairo, Egypt by Artist Group Agency (AGA) and Reichen Group Corp (RGC).

No show date has been released.

Source: popmusic.org
Project Website: www.musicfromthesky.com

Yeah, the Awesome Cool Dudes or ACD:

“Neon women’s jumpsuits, handcrafted basketball uniforms, perms, fake tans, we’re down for whatev’s when it comes to playing live. As far as recording goes we record ourselve and take our tracks into a real studio and fuck it up a little bit.”

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Michael Butler releases American Heartbreak -The Greatest Xmas Song. An RIAA-free song for download on his site.

Two Australian indie legends come to Ozmusicweed Australian Music site this week in the form of David Virgin from Sekret Sekret, and Dan Rumour from the Cruel Sea who have teamed up together for an album of new songs, which they are releasing in Weedshare format. These elder statesmen of the Australian underground music scene have been making music together since 1979 in various different bands, starting with seminal industrial noise band SPK. Read more and ownload tracks from their new album “Virgin & Rumour". Weedfiles from the Virgin & Rumour album can be downloaded from http://www.ozmusicweed.com

Virgin & Rumour are one of the increasing amount of artist’s releasing their music in the new Weedshare format.

Weedshare (as in the music “spreads like a weed”) is a relatively new digital music distribution model that pays people to share your music. Weedfiles are basically windows media files (so most people already have the software needed to play them) with a very clever form of digital rights management built in. You can download and listen to a Weedfile 3 times free before you have to pay for it, then if you buy it, the artist/label always get’s 50%, the last 3 people to pass the song around get 35% (split 20%,10%, 5% in order of who purchased song first) and SML, the Weed parent company get 15% for administering the system. So once you pay for a Weedfile, and pass it around to your friends, you get 20% of the sale price every time one of them pays for the song. It’s a natural thing to want to share music you like with people you like. Weedshare works on the principle that it’s better to reward people for doing the right thing, rather than punishing them for doing the wrong thing.

Southern California heavy-rockers System of a Down are to release a double album in two parts, six months apart. Hypnotize is due early next year, with Mesmerize to follow about six months later. “We mixed a lot of styles together without making them seem like they don’t belong together,” says guitarist Daron Malakian. “We’re going to give everybody the System of a Down rollercoaster, but don’t expect it to sound like it has before.” The band play at the Big Day Out in January.

Queens of the Stone Age release their Lullabies to Paralyze album on March 21. Guest performers include Shirley Manson (Garbage), Brody Dalle (the Distillers), Dean Ween (Ween), Chris Goss (Masters of Reality) and Jesse Hughes (Eagles of Death Metal). The Queens line-up now comprises singer-guitarist Josh Homme, multi-instrumentalist Troy Van Leeuwen, drummer Joey Castillo, guitarist Dave Catching and bass player Alain Johannes.

Vladimir Hropov and Andrew Kolochinsky might be familiar names under their “Randomajestiq” music project, with releases out on Subsource (De:Bug netaudio of the month) and Kikapu. The two artists describe themselves as two scientists hidding from civilization and exploring it from the underground perspective. On Autoplate they start our focus on the east-europe musicscene which will last for a couple of releases, and bring a 12 song ep which thematically deals with the exploration of Area 51. They express themselves with different flavours of either gentle flowing soundscapes, warm expanding space pads and harsh metallic beats. Although the album is produced completly digital, the sounds sound analogue to me in the majority, and therefore with classic reminisces to mid 90s electronica. Songs like “Nsomnia” or “Nikkl” dig deeply into emotional electronics while tracks like “R-Type” or “Green Fireball” have a more industrial approach.

http://www.thinnerism.com/apl/practical.php?release=apl011

First record in five years in progress

“We always work a little slower than others,” says Beastie Boy Adam Yauch. Five Years after Hello Nasty, the group is busy recording in a New York studio it built last year.

But have patience: The new CD is unlikely to be finished before 2004. According to the band, “it’s about fifteen percent done.” One completed track, however, was posted on the Beasties’ Web site this week: the anti-war tirade “In a World Gone Mad.” “We wanted to offer out help in the war-protest arena,” says Yauch. Over a herky-jerky beat, the song attacks President Bush, but it also flashes trademark Beasties humor, as when Mike Diamond addresses the president: “You and Saddam should kick it like back in the day/With the cocaine and the Courvoisier.""It’s a bit of a goof,” says Yauch. “The implication is, rather than involving everyone in the world in their problems, the two of them could go work it out somewhere.”

During a quick recording break, the Beasties have two live appearances scheduled: the Tibetan Freedom Concert in Japan, on April 19th, and the Coachella Festival on April 26th. “I don’t quite know how bands put out a record every year,” says Yauch. “It takes a year to make the record, a year to tour and then a year of vacation. We just happen to stretch that vacation part to two or three years.”

Release Date - Sept 16th 2002

CPEN AKA Chris Penny is not your average house producer. Relying on his heavy music background, CPEN is a true musician who can produce brilliant material while still pushing the house envelope. Based in Los Angeles, CPEN has worked alongside JT Donaldson as ‘Untitled Orchestra’, and with Lance Desardi as ‘Curb Feelers’. Also, Watch for the upcoming release from ‘Untitled Orchestra’ on Straylight. CPEN has also released tracks on Naked Music, Seasons and Glasgow Underground.

With his new release on Straylight, CPEN gives us an intense 2-track 12″. ‘Broken’ is a deep track with a throbbing bassline, addictive rhythm and smooth synth melody. ‘Hi-Tek’ is a well laid-out broken beat cut, with a good build, solid break and plenty of bass for the dance floor.

REVIEWS
“Hailing from Los Angeles, Penny has worked with both JT Donaldson as Untitled Orchestra and with Lance Desardi as Curb Feelers. This is Penny’s first solo performance. “Broken” is a deep aural soundfest of broken beats, meaty synths and sub bass in an outlandish, off-the-wall but nonetheless appealing dub. “Hi-Tek” mashes up vocal samples laid over stabby ethereal chords, melodic breaks and breakbeat rhythm boosted by punchy bass. 3/5.”
- Mark Moore, Blues & Soul, Issue 871
“Los Angeles, California is an area that boasts its fair share of musical talent, and Straylight are amongst their finest. This brilliant powerful two tracker from CPEN should send them soaring even higher. “Broken” sees hammered percussion, a sinister ‘chic’ bass, a beautiful synth and the title vocal line combine for an intense production to blow the rest out of the water. “Hi-Tek” is a slippery affair, with a cut break, a doped bass and a spider like synth that draws you in and will not let you go.”
- Jon Freer’s Reviews 26th June 2002

“No pigeonholing for the Los Angeles based label, with Chris Penny relying on a rump-shaking rezzy Detroit b-line and crisp house beats to power a sublime mix of styles on ‘Broken’. ‘Hi-Tek’s broken beat programming makes the track-listing seem slightly perverse, a deeper blend of chord patterns more in line with the warm-up stint. 4 (Floor Filler)”
- Alex Moran, 7 Update, 26 June 2002

CHARTS/PLAYLISTS
Jonene - Top Choons June 17th, 2002

CPEN * BROKEN * STRAYLIGHT
MIKE DIXON * COOL DOWN DADDY * G SWING (001)
JONENE & TOUCHDOWN * FEARS REMIX * TRONICSOLE (CDR)
LANCE DESARDI & WARIC CAMERON * LETS DO LUNCH * LOWDOWN
MARTIN VENETJOKI * HEARTBURN EP * PANHANDLE (014 WHITE)
MIKE DIXON VS. GREENSKEEPERS * YOU AIN’T SHIT * G SWING (002)
EASTCOAST BOOGIEMEN * SCRATCH N SNIFF * AROMA
??? * I NEED A FREAK * WHITE LABEL
MARTIN VENETJOKI * BABY * ELOGE
TIM DELUX * IT JUST WON’T DO * UNDERWATER
Mazi aka Audio Soul Project :.
Chart Return: August 5th 2002 :.

Sifter “Departed” (Departed Mix)/Honchos CDR
DJ Linus “Who Stole The Soul” (The Usual Suspects Rmx)/BR Traxx
CPEN “Broken” /Straylight
Mazi “Music As Communication” /Detour
Spectrum Is Green “Elephant” /Low Pressings
Shuffle Heads “Roll Call” (Asad Rizvi’s Silverlining Mix)/Fremont
Hanna “Time” (Doza’s LawnChair Generals Mix)/Viva
Fries & Bridges “Affiliated Drums Vol.1″ /Primal
J-Rod & Pat Nice “The Tuesday Nite Chronicles” /Roam
Derrick Carter & Red Nail “People” /Robsoul
Dani Mitchell (Gatecrasher uk) Chart 24/07/02 to 31

Haris & Dedan - Electro Ore (4/4 & Asad’s Silverlining Boggie Dub) (Laus)
Haris & Stubbs - My Love (Swag)
Haris - Chekeba (Special Needs)
Josh One - Contemplation (Alex Neri Mixes)(1Off)
Presslabboys - Ill Never Kick There Arse (Stella)
Sasha - Wavy Gravy (BMG)
Ernest St Laurent - Body Flowers (Cyber)
Nils Hess - Big Calm (Tide)
Royksopp - Remind Me (Zabelia Ingenborg Mix) (Wall Of Sound)
Lussan & Shukie vs Rich Medina - Dance For Life (Invincis)
Milk & Honey - U Me And The Music (Scumfrog mix) (Blue Black)
Julez - My Groove (Valentino Kanzyani Mix) (Premier)
Chris Lum & Jay J - Broken House Beats (Siesta)
Solaris - Midnight (Airtight)
Subtech - Soft Focus (Subtech)
Stefano Greppi - Freedom Is… (M.A.S Collective Mix)(Alternative Route)
Brett Johnson - Were Gonna Move (Hi Phen)
Cpen - Broken (Straylight)
Seig Uber Die Sonne - You’ll Never Come Back (Multicolour)
Seafoam - Dirty Sex (Lo -Rise)

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New hit single �Krazy� by Chicago�s sultry diva Nature Love a.k.a. Kacie Nemesis. The song can be described as smooth vocal house with an innovated twist of jazz sound. Gabriel Rodriguez, Dave Dirzo, Mike Saxon, and Jorge Perez of UNCOMMON are the producers behind the music and will be attending this year�s WMC to promote the song. The song has been aired on www.activefm.co.uk and is getting global recognition. This house anthem has made Frankie Knuckles top ten chart and is creating a buzz in the underground club scene. The 12� vinyl will be released by April of 2002. Your time is greatly appreciated. Visit http://www.Nuyoshi.com for more details and FREE mp3 (limited time only!).