C&C Music Factory starting to make waves in Ibiza
Watcha, I’m sure you’ll remember me updating you last week on the progress of a certain revamped house classic, namely C&C Music Factory’s Sweat.
Well if you don’t, the track which originally tore up dancefloors the world over in the early ’90s has been given the remix treatment almost 20 years on by a host of producers and dance acts.
And after proving a huge hit on Australian playlists, our man in Ibiza has just sent us an update from the White Isle on how the remixes are going down there. By all accounts New Jersey legend Cheyne Christian’s Tribal Mix and Mike Bennett’s and Steve Etherington's Disco Mix inparticular are getting plenty of airplays already and the season’s barely got underway yet - so it’s looking rosy for summer 2010 already.
On top of that another Mbop roster signing, Paul Roderick, is about to drop his debut offering People I.Q and two remixes - Electro and Techno - are proving a big hit with the Baleric island’s tastemakers.
You can check out some of the remixes, here.
Roll on July and August!
Big Top date for Bard fan Verona
Well - England are still in the World Cup then, just. And where there’s life, there’s hope - or so they say. Roll on Wednesday when hopefully the team will have pulled itself together and remembered they’ve actually got some decent players and shouldn’t be struggling to 0-0 stalemates with Algeria!
Thankfully one star who never fails to shine is very own jazz siren Verona Chard.
The West Country-raised singer launches her debut LP, Fever, on July 21 with a show at Chelsea’s 606 Club before heading out on a UK tour. And it’s just been announced the Ealing-based chanteuse will take her Shakespeare-themed album to the Bard’s ancestoral home, Stratford, on September 16 with a set at Jazz In The Big Top.
Layed on by UK Jazz Radio - who have been lavishing Verona with praise for months - the one-day festival will feature a host of artists, workshops, street performers and circus acts in one of Gerry Cottle’s traditional marquee tents, it should be a great way to round off the summer!
Finally, in other gig-related news Verona has also been booked to play London’s Cross Kings in August - more details to follow later in the week.
Enjoy the sunshine on the longest day of the year!
The Munroes confirm debut single
Due out at the end of August the fast-rising London quintet’s offering, Rainbow Sun, is the first inkling of what to expect from debut album Dying To Be Re-Born - set for release later this year.
Dripping in Ralph Tibber’s Byrdsian guitar licks, which shimmy over Italian ex-pat Michele Camasso’s breezy percussion, Rainbow Sun is a beguiling taster of what’s to come. Already acclaimed by Liam Gallagher and The Libertines – who drafted them in as support at their Rhythm Factory reunion last year – the indie-rock upstarts weave glam rock, punk, blues and old-style American R&B influences to make up their own musical tapestry.
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Rockabilly Legends gears up for UK launch
YOU can’t accuse us here at Mbop Promotions of not having eclectic taste that’s for sure! As, as well as plugging the latest in cutting edge dance, indie, jazz and pop music we’ve also got a huge soft spot for the music generation who were there at year dot of the rock ‘n’ roll revolution, the rockabilly stars
And thanks to a brand new deluxe package set to hit the UK later this summer entitled Jerry Naylor’s Rockabilly Legends, you too could be reliving those halcyon days when those seminal ’50s rockers Johnny Cash, Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis revolutionised the music industry. Lovingly pieced together by Naylor, the man who replaced Holly in The Crickets following his tragic death, the collection includes live performances, interviews, a rockumentary plus a glossy colour hardback guide through the ground-breaking genre.
Already a huge success in the US, this collection is a real treat for old hands and newcomers alike. And as promised, ahead of its big UK launch you can find out more about the release and check out a trailer, here
Rock on Tommys as Munroes’ night returns!
Fresh from a blazing mid-week set at Hoxton’s Macbeth pub last week, new Mbop Promotions’ signings The Munroes will return to another of the capital’s stages later this month.
As the scuzzy, garage rockers will head to Camden for the second of their monthly live band nights, Rock N Roll Aint Dead. Held at Camden High Street boozer Tommy Flynns on the last Friday of every month, the five-piece - led by the towering showman Robert Munro Runciman - kicked off the run with sets from Melody Nelson, The Dash and Bear Arms. They’ll be joined at the follow-up bash on June 25 by four other acts yet to be confirmed.
Of course, falling back slap in the middle of the World Cup, hosting nights can be a precarious business - fortunately, calamities aside, England won’t play their Second Round match until June 26 or 27.
Entry is a fiver and the action kicks-off at 8pm - it should be the perfect way to kick-start a (fingers crossed) triumphant weekend!
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C&C Music Factory going down a storm Down Under!
Well next year it will be 20 years since the New York producers first dropped the anthem, which has soundtracked many an epic gym workout since and to celebrate the release a host of remixes, including killer disco and Ibiza versions, have been cut by a host of producers ready for the clubbing season.
The track is, aptly, getting a great response with the Joy FM listeners in Australia plus a host of stations across the US, as the world prepares to Sweat it out once more!
Set for release in September and featuring the powerhouse vocals of Freedom Williams, prepare to be C&C’d this summer!
You can check out some of the remixes, here.
Verona Chard - presents own show 'Women in Jazz'
''We've probably heard there one of the best renditions of Fever. Anybody who takes on Fever and makes something like that out of it has got to be good''
Brian Soundy - UK Jazz Radio played Fever on Sunday 6 June
Mbop Promotions’ rising jazz star has had a great weekend on the airplay and press front.
Both UK Jazz Radio and Bay FM granted airplay to tracks off her debut album, Fever, due for release on July 21, and gave the release rave reviews to boot. With UK Jazz Radio’s Brian Soundy exclaiming her cover of the Peggy Lee classic title track is ’one of the best he’s ever heard’.
Now the Bristol-born, Ealing-based siren is set to be interviewed on the station next week and will also present her own show on the station entitled, Women In Jazz - more news on that when we have it. Finally, esteemed jazz blog, Bebop Spoken Here, has also showered the record with plaudits, check out the review here. All in all, it’s all coming together nicely ahead the album launch and UK tour!
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Fast Rising Rock 'n' Roll
Introducing...The Munroes!
Fast-rising rock'n'roll band The Munroes have played a host of gigs across the capital including a support slot with Babyshambles, whilst gaining a diverse range of fans including Liam Gallagher. They're set to release their debut offering later this year..
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BIG CITY - Debut release 'Light On'
BIG CITY are a West Yorkshire two-piece who release there debut single 'Light On' in August
Their youthful spin on the Motown Soul and Pop sound brought them to attention of Ivor Novello - winning and Grammy-nominated songwriter John Beck... Read more
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C&C Music Factory - "Everybody Dance Now!"
SWEAT: New 2010 Mix Collection - Due to be released in late summer.
Undoubtedly one of THE club hits of the halcyon early 1990s house scene – prepare to Sweat again this summer.
As, aptly, almost 20 years on, the remixers de jour responsible for the massive 1991 anthem ‘Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)’ C&C Music Factory have been given the remix treatment themselves.
Featuring seven brand spanking new cuts, Sweat: 2010 Mix Collection should send your memory racing nostalgically back to the days when the nation’s hippest dancefloors vibrated to the soulful rhythms of the New York house pioneers.
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Music Week Playlist Reviews
Latest release from Nightstylers 'No more Lies' & Tin Soldiers debut single '24 hours' featured in Music Week PlayList.
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myKey on FLY FM
myKey - Birmingham's fast-rising rapper interviewed on Northampton’s student station - FLY FM
myKey recently interviewed on his deeply infectious summer single Right Or Wrong which is set to drop on RokSolid Records early this spring. Gaining support from the likes of stellar tastemaker Trevor Nelson, this is one not to be missed!
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