#9 ON 'THE BILLBOARD 200' CHART
#3 ON BILLBOARD'S 'R&B/HIP-HOP ALBUMS' CHART
#9 ON THE 'BILLBOARD COMPREHENSIVE' CHART
SOL-ANGEL AND THE HADLEY ST. DREAMS PLEASES THE CRITICS
SOLANGE CELEBRATES TONIGHT WITH OFFICIAL ALBUM RELEASE PARTY AT NYC'S
BUTTER
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sept. 4 -- The multi-talented rising
lead, Solange (Singer, Songwriter, Artist, Choreographer, Video Director,
Executive Producer and more than), makes a splash with the release of her new
album, "SoL-AngeL and The Hadley St. Dream" (Music World
Entertainment/Geffen Records), entrance the Top 10 (#9) on "The Billboard
200 Chart." The album is Top 5 (#3) on Billboard's "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums"
chart and Top 10 (#9) on the "Billboard Comprehensive" chart.
Released on August 26th and musically compared to the likes of Gnarles
Barkley, Little Jackie, Dusty Springfield and Amy Winehouse, Solange's
"SoL-AngeL and The Hadley St. Dreams" has already produced two strike singles:
"I Decided" and "Sandcastle Disco." "I Decided" has enjoyed the top point on
industry charts including, #1 on Billboard's "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles
Sales" chart (presently #9), #1 on Billboard's "Hot Dance Singles Sales"
chart (currently #4) and reached #2 on Billboard's "Hot Singles Sales"
chart. In addition, "I Decided" has been #1 on iTunes' R&B Chart for 9
weeks in a row patch "Sandcastle Disco" has been #1 "Most Viewed Video" on
MTV.com.
The album reviews are pouring in from the critics:
-- LA Times tells us that SoL-AngeL is " ... an appealingly freewheeling
set of lightly psychedelic somebody music that shares the retro-futuristic
vibration of Gnarles Barkley"
-- NY Times says " ... it's impressive"
-- USA Today says Solange is "moving in a good management"
-- Entertainment Weekly heralds the record album as "Tasty" (B+)
-- US Weekly gives Sol-AngeL ... three out of tetrad stars
-- Houston Chronicle gives Solange three and a 1/2 out of four stars and
says there ar interesting twists in every song
-- Giant Magazine says its "[Solange's] fairness that makes [her medicine] so
relatable"
-- Newsweek calls Solange "Savvy"
-- Time Out NY says "The new disc's commingle of retro-cool beats, trip
electronica and straight-talking back talk relocates Solange somewhere in
the neighborhood of Gnarls Barkley (whose Cee-Lo Green co-wrote deuce cuts),
Raphael Saadiq, and Little Jackie, with admiring nods to Dusty
Springfield and Martha Reeves."
-- Perez Hilton writes he is "whole feeling the new Solange"
-- The Boston Globe states that "There's no way afterward this [acquittance] that
Solange won't be taken on her have terms because this sister can sing"
On "SoL-AngeL and The Hadley St. Dreams", Solange enlisted the who's
wHO of red-hot producers and songwriters. The dream team includes: The
legendary award-winning Lamont Dozier wHO teams up with the newest purveyor
of Soul, Mark Ronson on the sure to be classical, "6 O'clock Blues," the
forever eclecticist Cee-Lo lends a handwriting hand on the Jack Splash
produced 2nd single, "Sandcastle Disco," the constant hit-making Pharrell
Williams writes the kickoff single "I Decided" with production from The
Neptunes and remix by the Freemasons, and the formidable chart-topping Lil
Wayne shares the limelight on "ChampagneChronicKnightCap." Other dream
makers on "SoL-AngeL and The Hadley St. Dreams" include Boards of Canada,
Soulshock & Karlin, Shea Taylor, Bama Boyz, Bilal and more.
Solange will officially celebrate the release of "SoL-AngeL and The
Hadley St. Dreams", tonight, September 4, at the New York hotspot, Butter.
Be trusted to check for Solange performing on the following National TV
outlets:
-- Fashion Rocks (September 9 on CBS)
-- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (September 10 on ABC)
-- The View (September 17 on ABC)
-- The Tyra Banks Show (airdate TBA)
More info
Monday 8 September 2008
Friday 29 August 2008
Mp3 music: David Morales
 Artist: David Morales: mp3 download Genre(s): Other David Morales's discography:  How Would You Feel Year: 2004 Tracks: 3 Known (and often derided) for his occupation as remixer to the stars during the nineties, David Morales was one of the pioneers of sign music in New York, an original head from the 1970s world Health Organization weather-beaten the change over from disco to house and teamed up with Frankie Knuckles to mannequin the in the lead other remix team, Def Mix. During the '90s the dancing mainstream became aligned to many of his stylistic trademarks -- vocal breaks, uptempo piano riffs, plentitude of string section -- resulting in clichés attributed to both of them. Also, Morales hasn't been tortuous in own-name track record book product as a skilful deal as his few peers (Brass knucks, Junior Vasquez, Todd Terry), just Morales launch a dancefloor hit with the 1994 individual "In De Ghetto." His beginnings were certainly non so polished; born in Brooklyn to Puerto Rican immigrants, Morales lived his early aliveness in quite a pugnacious section of the Brooklyn projects and was once guessing while maturation up. He dropped out of senior high school shoal afterward ninth grade, and worked as a fudge piece supplementing his meagre living with a job as a DJ (he had been collecting records since the eld of 14). Turned on to discotheque at all-important clubs like the Loft and the Paradise Garage, Morales was shortly working at the Garage as well afterward draw up with For the Record, an early DJ management firms. His report spread during the late '70s and early '80s until he had DJed at every major nightspot in the New York area. One of the first resistance house hits in the New York area, "Do It Properly" (by 2 Puerto Ricans, a Black Man and a Dominican) was a production helmed by Morales, with Chep Nunez, Robert Clivilles and David Cole. Moving on to remix and production work during the '80s, he strung-out up with some other major house legend, Frankie Knuckles (through For the Record) to form the Def Mix Productions gang, and his Red Zone remixes became known as important sign-posts in the developing progressive house apparent movement. More and more though, as dance music began appealing to a wider patronage, Morales' mixes attuned themselves more to the mainstream of dance and his material often garnered airplay on daylight radio as well as in nightclubs. After making his name in the bulge out charts with an early Def Mix for Seal, he began working with a office call of the era's major pop stars: Mariah Carey, Madonna, Michael Jackson, U2, Janet Jackson, Tina Turner and Björk, among them. A major-label foreshorten with Mercury resulted in the 1994 single "In De Ghetto," a sane club strike, and Morales' debut record album, The Program. He's as well a top-flight DJ, known for pushing a sound much harder than that found on his possess remixes. |
Tuesday 19 August 2008
Take That, Bitch!
Looks like the Donnie Wahlberg divorce is nastier than we first thought.We broke the story a few hours ago that Wahlberg's wife, Kim Fey, filed for divorce last Wednesday. Right after the story went up, Donnie's rep contacted us and said Donnie actually filed the divorce papers, not Kim.
So here's where it gets good. We did more digging and we're right ... she filed for divorce in L.A. County Superior Court. The clerk stamped the papers at 1:29 PT. And then we found that Donnie filed his own divorce papers in Ventura County Superior Court the same day, at 3:46 PT.
So is this race to the courthouse a sign that each wants to make the point they're leaving the other? We're thinkin' so.
More info
Saturday 9 August 2008
Bleeding
Artist: Bleeding
Genre(s):
Other
Discography:
Dismorphomania
Year: 2000
Tracks: 9
John McLaughlin, Al DiMeola, Paco DeLucia
Monday 30 June 2008
'Jessica Alba Will Be Great Role Model To Baby Honor'
Jessica Alba will be an excellent mother and “role model” to her newborn daughter, believes her Sin City co-star Rosario Dawson.
The new mother and her husband Cash Warren became first time parents to little Honor on 7 June, and Dawson is sure the Fantastic Four star is coping well with her new responsibilities.
She tells People: "She'll be really attentive and really strong and she'll be a great role model. She's very smart and I like that about her.
"I don't know what people think about her on the outside or what their impression is, but Jessica is very strong and a very powerful woman.
"She'll probably be the disciplinarian more than Cash. I can definitely see that."
The new mother and her husband Cash Warren became first time parents to little Honor on 7 June, and Dawson is sure the Fantastic Four star is coping well with her new responsibilities.
She tells People: "She'll be really attentive and really strong and she'll be a great role model. She's very smart and I like that about her.
"I don't know what people think about her on the outside or what their impression is, but Jessica is very strong and a very powerful woman.
"She'll probably be the disciplinarian more than Cash. I can definitely see that."
Velvet Revolver - Sorum Guns N Roses Reunion Talks Could Be Underway Already
VELVET REVOLVER star MATT SORUM has fuelled reports of a full GUNS N' ROSES reunion, insisting "I'm sure it'll happen eventually."
Once tense relations between Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose and his ex-bandmates Sorum, Duff MCKagan and Slash - who are the founding members of Velvet Revolver - have eased recently, and now fans are hoping for a reunion.
Sorum tells MusicRadar.com he's not sure he'll be part of any reunion - but it will happen sooner or later.
He says, "They could be having meetings about it right now. They could be in a bomb shelter, with Axl and Slash and Duff (and) maybe (original guitarist) Steven Adler.
"I'd probably be the very, very, very last guy to get the call."
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Altar Bridge
Artist: Altar Bridge
Genre(s):
Metal: Heavy
Discography:
One Day Remains
Year: 2004
Tracks: 11
MyGrain
Sunday 29 June 2008
T.R. Knight: No Wedding Bells Yet!
Grey's Anatomy star T.R. Knight, along with his boyfriend Mark Cornelson, stopped by the Love and Pride Ceremony at West Hollywood to help celebrate the progress in the gay rights movement.
Although rumors were running rampant that the two would tie the knot at the party, as of now, they remain just dating. But, T.R. tells OK! just what he loves about Mark, 19, "Everything!"
The actor, 35, revealed that although he believes in marriage he's just not ready to take the leap. "We've only been together for six months," he told OK!. "I strongly believe in marriage though."
Mark got a little bit more specific about what he loves about his famous beau. "His humor. He's romantic too," he told OK!.
He continued, "We just went to see Sex and the City and we both thought it was great. I'm a huge fan of the show. He never really watched the show but he really liked the movie. It was a great experience for us."
By David Lasky
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O + Noto
Artist: O + Noto
Genre(s):
Other
Discography:
Wohltemperiert
Year: 2001
Tracks: 15
Mikro Makro
Year: 1997
Tracks: 4
Madonna, hubby sleep in separate rooms
Madonna and Guy Ritchie enjoyed a three-day break in Italy - but slept in separate rooms.
The couple - who this week have been dogged by reports their marriage is on the verge of collapsing - left their children, Lourdes, 11, Rocco, seven and two-year-old David with a nanny while they visited Milan at the end of last week.
However, the pair reportedly slept in separate rooms and are said to have spent very little time together.
A source close to the couple told Britain’s The Sun newspaper: “They had completely separate rooms, schedules, everything. It was all very well organized but it’s not a marriage the way most people understand it.
“They have this attitude like, ‘We’re not really a couple but we’re friends and we love each other and raise our kids.’ But the truth is they annoy each other, don’t agree on anything, don’t see each other or live ‘together’ as they did."
Madonna, 49, used the trip to visit fashion designers to source costumes for her forthcoming world tour, while Guy, 39, was working on a new commercial with actor George Clooney.
It was reported that Madonna had hired Fiona Shackleton, the lawyer who represented Sir Paul McCartney in his split from Heather Mills, to handle her and Guy’s alleged divorce.
A spokesperson for the singer has refused to comment on the claims.
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Aidan Baker
Artist: Aidan Baker
Genre(s):
Ambient
Dance
Alternative
Electronic
Industrial
Discography:
Green and Cold
Year: 2007
Tracks: 8
Candescence
Year: 2005
Tracks: 6
The Taste Of Summer On Your Skin
Year: 2004
Tracks: 3
An Intricate Course Of Deception
Year: 2004
Tracks: 4
Metamorphose (En Sept Stages)
Year: 2003
Tracks: 7
Dreammares
Year: 2003
Tracks: 6
Cicatrice
Year: 2003
Tracks: 4
At The Fountain Of Thirst
Year: 2003
Tracks: 4
Pretending To Be Fearless
Year: 2002
Tracks: 5
Letters
Year: 2002
Tracks: 2
An realized writer and musician, Aidan Baker has his artistic fingers in many pies. After graduating from Montreal's McGill University with a degree in Literature and Religious Studies, Baker released a four-song acoustic cassette as "Aodhan" (the Gaelic spelling of his name). He besides teamed up with two fellow Toronto musicians to create ARC, an ambient guitar-driven trio which garnered much praise for its design and integrity. The group released three albums, including Two in 2001. Having been promulgated in major literary magazines across the country and internationally, Baker released his debut album Element in 2000. In 2001, he released his follow-up, Letters, a concept album based loosely around letters from both Jack the Ripper and the Marquis de Sade.
They're So Gangsta!
There's a real tough side of Hollywood and some stars have been known embrace their inner tough guy. But not the posers in this gallery. It takes more than bandanna to gain street cred.
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