Love or hate her, she's hugely successful around the globe and brings a certain 'uniqueness' to the pop world. Personally I find her rather cold in an ice queen kinda way, but respect this whole persona she has created, hat off to her.
Unfortunately she does a have striking resemblance to a former employer of mine (no she didn't march round with boxes on her head, shoulder pads stopping door passage and a bejewelled face) but was someone I never found any common ground with or particularly warmed too.
I knew Lady Gaga was talented musically, able to play an array of instruments, yet this is an aspect we rarely see of her. Today I found a video to transform this opinion (nope, not of my ex-boss) but of Lady Gaga. Formerly known as Stefani Germanotta, this video shows her performing avec piano at Ultraviolet Live, NYU's annual talent show. Truly stunning. More please.
A few weeks ago I picked up on a quality little video from the very nice people at Defected Records. Now it's time to talk about its last 'Defected in the House' release of the year; Zuok Out - Singapore '10, mixed by djB and Simon Dunmore. Wow... does this remind me of good times in the early days. I think I might need to head to the 1210s tonight and work my way through my whole 1998-2003 collection of 'real' house records. This little gem of a 2CD part mix comp is released on 26th October 2009, but as with all digital downloads, can be pre-ordered by simply clicking the 'Buy' links below. Enjoy the samples [Feedback welcome as always].
Bonjour! I
have just returned from ‘Gay Paris’ what an amazingly beautiful city, it's safe to say all true
tourist duties were completed! However, it wouldn’t have been a ‘real’ trip
without hitting a club now would it? So, not only was I in Paris but I had also
managed to grab some tickets to see Cobblestone jazz at Un Reve (roughly
translated ‘a dream’), at the renowned Rex Club.
The night
warmed up with some long awaited French housethanks to Mike Shannon and despite having only slept for 2 hours, having
bags under my eyes that Touche éclat couldn’t fix and being slightly dazed from
drinking beer in the sun all afternoon, I instantly felt vivacious, something
told me it was going to be a good night.
After a few
drinks and attempting to speak French to the locals I took pride of place right
at the front of the crowd awaiting a performance from the almighty legends that
are;Mathew Jonson,Tyger Dhule & Danuel Tate. After dropping some new tunes they
threw in one or two oldies for good measure, it was when they played ‘Dump
Truck’ that I’m pretty sure the club came to a holt in amazement. I too found
myself at a standstill as I watched the improvising pianist with my mouth wide
open. The realisation of how talented these guys were started to sink further
and further in when they, mid-set looked as if they could have been taking a
walk through a park, effortlessly brilliant - is there anything more annoying?
There was
no denying that thejaw droppingly good trioabsolutely destroyed it, Rex went
off, there were overpriced drinks spilling everywhere! It was completely
different to any set I have ever witnessed, looped riffs and irregular chords thrown
together with techno beats was a perfectly synchronised recipe that completely
took my breath away. In one word...Genius!
The
night/morning was rounded up by French DJ Yakine with some more, good solid techno
followed by a spot more house, the perfect end to a perfect evening. There was
one more thing left to do before returning to the hotel...breakfast at a French
bakery, oui s'il vous plait!
There is just one burning
question on my mind... where on earth can I find other Cobblestone Jazz - esque acts or
are they one of a kind? Answers on the back of a postcard please! :)
Missed the gig? Check out their awesome set here!!
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