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Hope Will Last (MASTER)
In the vein of the early Everly Brothers comes a tune with all the sensibilities of a classic 60's anthem. A pure male ballad about the hope for a new and a better world the track has an epic production behind it and it's message is uplifting and relevant to today's modern world.
Celebration Of Life
It has come as no surprise when No-Limitt gained critical acclaim for their debut World Music and African Styled album Gbakurumo (Hold On) back in 2011. That crossover from a pure Nigerian and African artist, to a Top 40 Pop artist is why the main duo of the group is set to release their sophomore release with Tropical Records is entitled,Let The World Unit.
The first single being worked to radio stations around the world is the hit song, 'Celebration Of Life.' With more than 533 spins last week (up from 395 plays in its first week at radio), two PD's have already rated the song at a perfect “10” score rating while Maurizio Santi and Dee Jay Santi at Radio Mela, Modena Radio City and at Radio Mela states the first single as the “Future Hit summer 2014?” Also, 100% of all revenues gained by the sales and plays at YouTube of the 'African Life' Song and Music Video, go direct to the Stop Wild Life Crime at the WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature). The video has already churned out more than 15,000 views before the street date and after about three weeks of being posted online.
The audacious duo is now set to release their second full length 10-track album "Let The World Unite", a fusion of straight up pop music along with a World Music base. The overall sound is traditional and accessible, especially if you won some type of sporting event or if you are just winning at life, the 'Celebration Of Life' single is an uplifting “It's A Small World” like vibe that is just righteous when it comes to living life happily. There are great hooks that will keep you singing along and the album is filled with songs and sounds with a steady bass line of African house rhythms known to be the “AfroLife Master” in the world of No-Limitt.
The entire album for that matter sends out great messages on so many levels. Its a very uplifting album keeping focused to their overall sound, however, most of the songs on this current CD are done in English which has been perfect for placement at radio and with regard to licensing (Debut CD was all sung in Nigerian and African). All songs are written by Skeldee and Danny who make up the main Duo part of No-Limitt. The entire new CD was Produced, Mixed and mastered by Emzreel Simeon at the Green Studio in Nigeria.
Songwriters/composers/singers Skeldee and Danny are the main vocalists and producer (Emzreel) Simeon no doubt went right at the mainstream to target the every listener and notably, the young, teenage and dance crowd - and so far, it has been great for the band. The result seen on this new CD is a fun and delightful collection of World Music and Pop Songs that reach out to ever walk of life that loves life. This album is an incredible way to show the true African form of expression which is great for music today.
No-Limitt's music and songs are about political issues, social issues such as abuse, poverty and the need for more education. It is their positive outlook on life that has given No-Limitt their individual quality in their music and that respect for life is what is heard in their music. More music and songs that round off the album are full of upbeat material with that steady bass line and wonderful melodies that has make up that great energy on this album. They also deliver songs with beautiful vocals and harmonies on the rest of the songs like “Keep Hope Alive”, “Asiko Mi (My Time)”, “Let The World Unite”, “African Life (Afrolife)”, “Oti Ya (It’s Happening)”, “Celebration Of Life”, “Ibadinijo (Wine Your Waist)”, “Happy Birthday”, “Enemies”, “Ore Te Se Funmi (Good Things You Have Done For Me)".
Klepsidra
Dreamdoktor to release its avante-garde sounds with Sunset Jazz!
There’s some serious method to the madness of this new record from Dreamdoktor, now being released with the Sunset Jazz record label. The prolific electronic artist has spent years constructing musical compositions, which evokes a soothing and ambient sound that is very much avante-garde showing off elements that are flowing, tonal, intense and magical in all of its songs. Dreamdoktor has applied the same approach it has done anytime they produce spontaneous and overly compelling musical works.
Conceptually, none of this is new for Dreamdoktor. The overall sound expands on its avante-garde feel that draw on influences from the likes of John Zorn, John Cage and Brian Eno. Dreamdoktor itself is made up with visual expressionists by Romania artist Cristina Handrabur and the Romanian composer Dan Handrabur making up what is Dreamdoktor.
Don Lichterman, the label head at Sunset (Sunset Jazz Recordings) states that “taking these avante-garde sound recordings and colorful musical concepts and working it to the clubs, dance formats along with electronic and DJ genres along with working them to the pop listener, is somewhat unorthodox and not normal in this part of the music industry. “The particular songs on this record are especially being worked to my licensing partners for projects across the board.” Dreamdoktor says on the band’s website that it “had composed many unique pieces music that is accompanied by artwork. Of those songs, (Don) Lichterman says that they “we chose 14 tracks that could best be worked this way and that was a battle in itself (we could have used dozens of songs).”
Even with Dreamdoktor’s pretty flexible concepts that are colorful, it's ability to reach the majority of listeners and viewers of avante-garde music and art, is a great approach that adds value to both the music and that artwork. The full length album is filled with an abundance of opaquely uniformed colorfully-drenched electronic sounds that has very accessible melodies, great structures and great sounds that flow nicely from song to song. Normal approaches to musical works like verses and choruses do not come into play here and, with the exception of the consistent rhythms in every song, the shunning of that norm bring the avid listener of this style of music an array of flowing paradox of colors throughout each track.
In reality, the greatest part of these sound recordings are the colorful feel to them. The sound with artwork works amazing as Dreamdoktor rev's up the avante-garde aspect of its energies towards more nuanced format and style of music. Moreover, the colorful, tintinnabulation and discord of songs like “Cervantes” has an incredible atmospheric piece and the sounds belong on film scores and anything drive by drama. “Telephatik Blackmarketers” and “Seven Billion Years To Go” both return to a magical, yet lighter-colored feel especially great film scores and for licensing in any way.
Dreamdoktor and the full length release entitled 'Seven Billion Years To Go' is a great balance for that avante-garde intellectual that is also an avid fan of colorful impressionism artwork. This new interactive concept of combing art and music is a brilliant one. More music artists will most likely follow suit in combing the two arts and the album is filled with the following named songs set to hit stores this month:
1 Seven Billion Years To Go
2 Cervantes
3 Telephatik Blackmarketers
4 Sore Kortex
5 Psy Lo
6 Fallen Flag
7 Breathe Shadows
8 Unthink
9 In Satya
10 Dust To Life
11 Klepsidra
12 Sinner G
13 Oh Lordy
14 I Mad
Sunset Jazz Recordings / Sunset Classics & Jazz (SC&J)
A world renowned jazz record label with old school styled and modern day smooth jazz artists signed to the label and with DJ's, Electronica, House, TripHop Music artists on its roster. Featuring the old school traditional Sunset Jazz Recording artist Woodcock Group, Electronica artists Dreamdoktor, DJ Zevzek and Weed, along with the guitar aficionado and genius Steve Tilelli along with avante-ggarde sounds and new age artist, Store Thousands. The label also features great jazz artists on the Lounge Party CD.
Vrelo
This Serbian jazz trio also composes and arranges its music for every one of the ten (10) songs on the full length CD. Woodcock Group’s new debut album, Water Stories (Sunset Jazz Recordings) gives jazz aficionados great evidence that there are new musical artists in jazz; that can carry a wide-range of music of original songs taken as conceptual, the album is now available to pre-order at Amazon and through the Sunset Jazz label. The full length CD is set for the May 3rd street day, with the Sunset Classics & Jazz (SC&J) division, Sunset Distribution Company and then via Republic Universal for digital distribution into stores.
Woodcock Group is a band that is no doubt aware of its mixing modern jazz with traditional jazz music influenced by, among others, Thelonious Monk, McCoy Tyner, Dizzy Gillespie, Bill Evans and Art Blakey. Born and raised in Belgrade, Serbia, in the spring of 2009 pianist and composer Aleksandar Jovanovic founded the "Woodcock Group." What is now a trio with (Aleksandar) Jovanovic, Marko Fabry is on the bass while Aleksandar Cvetkovic does the drum work on the ten (10) song CD. Their first performance was at the "Umbria Jazz Balcanic Windows" Music Festival 2009 in Belgrade, which they won over 28 bands from the south-eastern Europe regions. Not to mention, they were listed in the top six as best young jazz band in Eastern Europe this year. “I not only plan on using this album to springboard a new sense of direction at Sunset Jazz (Recordings),” says label head, Don Lichterman, “We are also in hope of using Alex’s (Aleksandar Jovanovic) A&R chops to gain more jazz acts for the label.”
The debut album being released at Sunset (Jazz) is inspired by “water” as in a state of a “form” and (Don) Lichterman says that he, “loves the concept” of it. He (Lichterman) goes on to say that he also “loves the deep traditional style of this band (Woodcock Group).” Woodcock Group’s debut recording entitled, Water Stories, has already gained international radio play with “Vrelo,” the first song being worked to radio this year. And the CD has received great critical acclaim after the label released its initial press to blogs and social networks. Look for the CD to be available in stores everywhere that sells CDs along with being made available at every retailer that sells downloads, ringtones and streams
Soldier's Blues
Great new Blues, Rock and BigBeat artist to release a nineteen (19) song LP entitled Delta Rezuwreckshan!
Han Drabur’s keyboards, slide and electric guitar bring together a traditional old school blues and rock sound on the debut Delta Rezuwreckshan album!
With an old school and down right fun feel on the Nineteen (19) song Delta Rezuwreckshan album, it has been released this month into stores all over the world. Han Drabur is a gritty and down home rock artist with a classic blues, modern day big beat and funky feel that is so much fun to hear this day and age. The entire CD flows wonderfully and perfectly from song to song and from the beginning of the album to the very end. The steady blues driven album fuses together the old with the new in perfect ways. The range of blues styled rock music brings listeners a steady and consistent album filled with many songs included that add value to the full length release.
All songs are written, mixed and produced by Dan Handrabur who is at the center of it all while presenting solid bass playing, extraordinary keyboard work, some of the best slide guitar heard today and he presents strong and seasoned vocals. Don Lichterman, the head of Sunset (Records) says about Han Drabur’s debut album with the label is that “it is a fun album and its a great album with that traditional blues feel that also pays homage to the music that we all grew up with listening to for decades now”.
(Don) Lichterman also points out that the songs were signed to Music Licensing Division and it evolved into the company being able to release what has now become the Delta Rezuwreckshan album to worldwide audience and to all stores that sell music at the Sunset Record label. “It is the soul and rock-n-roll spirit coupled with that traditional blues feel that makes this one of the best albums released in general” and “its filled with nineteen (19) songs now after three were added to it before the official release this month.”
That added value should garner the support of rock fans in general, with Blues Music fans and by gaining many new fans of all music from all over the world. The overwhelming success of timeless rock music is what most most characterizes Han Drabur. The music influences are obvious and the first single “Moonriser” is just a great song that is accessible for any fan of any music. The traditional Bluesy feel within every song is what makes the album by Han Drabur an exciting one!
Legendary music artists are also layered on many of the songs throughout the album. Han's appreciation is evident by him paying homage to these classic music artists on the first video of the hit song “Moonriser” and he also pays tribute to that old school blues style of music on every song. “It is a great video of a great song,” says (Don) Lichterman. He (Don Lichterman) also reminds us that “the video has been released to those video outlets at the end of the year and the entire CD is now being rolled out and released everywhere this month even though every song but three (3) have already been worked to our licensing partners.”
The complete list of great of classic blues artists that Han Drabur has included to pay tribute to on every song are:
1. Spoken intro by Howlin Wolf on “What The Blues Is (Rokk Me)”
2. Recording of prisoner's voice by Alan Lomax on “Rok Me”
3. Vocal by Odea Mathews on “Moonriser”
4, Vocal by Guitar Welch on “Dream Come True”
5. Vocal by Son House on “Look Ahead”
6. Recording of prisoner's voice by Alan Lomax on “Back Home”
7. Inmates recorded by Alan Lomax on “Tall Blonde Blooze”
8. Vocal by Lost John on “Tell Me Mama”
9. Inmates recorded by Alan Lomax on “Last 18 Years”
10. Vocal by Son House on “Bring My Baby Back”
11. Vocal by Clara Young on “Soldier's Blues”
12. Unknown Classic Blues Singer on “Wailing”
13. Vocal by One String Sam on “All I Need”
14. Vocal by Bill Sims Jr. [Heritage Blues Orchestra] on “Eyegotta Woman”
15. Vocal by Fred McMullen on “Butterflies In My Sight”
16. Unknown Spoken Word Vocals and Voice on “I'm Strollin”
17. Unknown Classic Blues Singer and Vocals on “Shiftpole”
18, Recording of Railroad Man by Alan Lomax on “Sliding Numbers”
19. Message from Son House on “Soundskam”
Sunset Records
Sunset (Records) is the alternative, rock and pop record label that is filled with great tradition to finding great new music and has great depth within all of the music it has released since its inception over the last five (5) years. Artists and releases at the label are Joe Atman (AAA, AC, Singer songwriter / Piano), Down From Zero (Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Sounds Like Rush), Federal Moguls (Quirky Side project by QBall (Bloodhound Gang)), House On The Hill (Funk Rock band from England), The Boy From Space (Euro Rock Prod. by Fran Achcroft (Dandy Warhals, Gorillaz, etc.)), Richtaste (Indie Rock Produced by Pat Aeby (Krokus)), 3 All Mighty (Female Vox, TripHop), Key Of X (Female Vocals, Trip Hop), M.R.S.B.L.K. (TripHop, Pop), Susan Schwartz (Children, Learning, Latin/Spanish) and Han Drabur (Blues, Rock)
01 Underground Dance
Ultimate Underground is a global music, arts and education project. The mission is to assist in bridging the gaps between Humanity using Arts & Education as tools. The project encompasses radio, tv, film, video, theater and music production.
