… bietet die wilde Musikszene in Suedafrika. Hier gibt es alles – ausser Umlaute!
Bittles’s Magazine Ah, cassettes! I remember them well! My first forays into the wonderful world of music listening was through tapes with the very first albums I bought being Whitney by Whitney Houston and Licensed to Ill by The Beastie Boys. Yes, even back then I was an eclectic adventurer and overly pretentious to boot! By JOHN BITTLES
Musik | Toms Plattencheck … brauch ich kein Meer mehr! Keine Sorge! Auf diesen Alben sind nur die Cover verwässert. Die Musik hingegen klingt reif und erdverbunden. Und gipfelt im Hochland-Jazz! Von TOM ASAM
Bittles‘ Magazine This month we have some absolutely above average music for your listening pleasure. If you are heading back to school, or just mourning the death of summer then we’ve got lots of goodies here guaranteed to cheer up your moody little face. We’ve got some epic rock from Glasvegas, a stunning collection of house music from Kompakt, skewed rock grooves from Franz Ferdinand, and loads more fantastically funky stuff. By JOHN BITTLES
musik | toms plattencheck Als Jackson Fourgeaud aka Jackson and his Computerband 2005 mit seinem Debütalbum Smash auftauchte, war er maßgebliches Link zwischen der French-Touch-Szene um Phoenix und Daft Punk und den bald einschlagenden Ed Banger Party-Krachern.
musik | toms plattencheck Isländer, die nach Trip-Hop und New-Soul klingen sowie Kinderlieder aus Korea – TOM ASAM auf einer musikalischen Entdeckungsreise jenseits des Mainstreams.
Bittles‘ Magazine | Interview Have you ever cried while listening to an album? And I don’t mean shedding the odd fickle tear! What I mean is, have you ever been playing a record when all of a sudden it gets too much for you and you find yourself racked with heart-wrenching sobs? Even after decades of loving music I can list on one hand the songs that have had such an emotional impact on me. The reason for this isn’t just that I am a tough as nails Irish man! No, it also has to do with the fact that
Musik | toms plattencheck Schon mal was von Henrik Jonback, Henrik Korpi, Tommy Spaanheden und Peter Agren gehört? Zusammen sind sie The Amplifetes – und auch das dürfte den wenigsten Menschen was sagen. Als Songwriter und Produzenten haben sie allerdings schon für Künstler wie Madonna, Kylie Minogue oder Britney Spears gearbeitet – oder aber für irgendwelche Gel-Werbespots.
Bittles‘ Magazine | Interview As future music historians will no doubt agree, there is a lot of derivative and unimaginative MOR-type music in the world right now. From the pop-dance of Avicii to the wet indie of Bastille there is enough rubbish around to make the average music purist’s ears bleed. What we really need is a record that hits the listener hard, like a well needed slap to the face. That not only alienates your ›nice‹ friends but makes your parents scream »What the fuck is that crap you’re playing? It’s not even music, you know!«
Musik | Toms plattencheck Neues vom Gipfeltreffen deutscher Gitarrenpop-Produzenten und akustische Souvenirs einer Island-Reisenden. Von TOM ASAM