Thursday 20 November 2008
Wednesday 12 November 2008
Paul Tony Longland
The composer/songwriter/producer, Paul Tony Longland is currently residing in Swanage, located on Dorset's "Jurassic" coast, an area of incredible natural beauty and renowned for giving inspiration to creative people, musicians, writers, and artists, where he has set up a state of the art recording facility to produce world-class quality music productions of incredible diversity.
His professional base is London UK. Commuting regularly between these locations enables him to maximise the balance between the creativity and commercial integrity of his work.
Drawing on his valued experience as a top UK composer he is currently enjoying success as the writer and producer of the music for the major TV advertising campaign for Pantene Pro V Colour Essentials hair care product range. (Currently showing on all ITV networks and nine European countries). This key project was commissioned and coordinated by Jon Hall at Soho based music publisher Oomph Music.
Further demonstrating his musical diversity, he has successfully completed the production of tracks for Fransisca London's debut album for Miami based Sunshine Sound Records.
Monday 10 November 2008
Joey Negro / Z Records
He was headfirst into the studio making credible and outstanding British House music when many luminaries around him were still busy getting to grips with their decks and justifiably continues to be widely regarded as one of the founding Heroes of the international dance music scene.
Almost twenty years on and UK house pioneer and Z Records head honcho, Dave Lee aka JAKATTA, JOEY NEGRO, AKABU, SESSOMATTO, DOUG WILLIS, RAVEN MAIZE, Z FACTOR, THE SUNBURST BAND, etc is still at the forefront of the global scene but still isn’t committing himself to just one name!
Universally acknowledged as the MASTER of all things DANCE-FLOOR and CREDIBLE, Dave, under the pseudonym of JOEY NEGRO, was one of the first producers to sample disco music on his cult house imprint Republic Records and was largely responsible for giving meaning to the term ‘disco house’. However with a production and musical repertoire as varied as his infamous aliases are numerous, he has provided a wildly diverse stream of club and chart essentials. So despite his taking cover under a string of different aliases, we can confirm that its our very own Mr Lee behind everything from the huge ambient hit American Dream (Jakatta), the much lauded jazz meets house project The Sunburst Band and current electro club stormers such as Akabu.
A hugely respected PRODUCER and REMIXER first and foremost, Negro uses his DJ’ing talents as a sound-bed for tweaking his musical creations to perfection. His work ethic is legendary, having been involved in well over 200 productions, countless albums, and a healthy stack of hit singles. An acknowledged expert in all things funk, soul and disco, he’s the helpful “consultant” depended on by radio and TV producers. This same encyclopaedic musical knowledge has also made him the choice arranger of compilations ranging from Generic current Dance (Defected In the House etc) to the specialist Disco, Funk and Boogie compilations his many fans feverishly collect.
He has worked with a GALAXY OF Huge STARS from Lionel Ritchie, Mariah Carey to Seal and his own productions have been used to promote everything from Sex In The City, Chanel perfume to Euro 2004 footie coverage. Indeed his latest massive club must-have Make A Move on Me was first used in North America to promote a rather famous rubbery kind of birth control after attracting the marketing supremo’s attention when it first aired on an episode of titillating lesbian drama the L Word.
As a DJ he strives to reflect his extensive love of a massive variety of quality music by playing the kind of eclectic and mind-blowing sets which showcase the many edits and updates of old tracks he’s become famous for. The real skill of Joey Negro though, lies in his ability to make these tracks mix in seamlessly and stand alongside the very freshest cuts in his box, making him a favourite at Festivals worldwide.
“I’m forever chopping up new records in the studio to make them work better in clubs – I can’t help myself – I want dancers to experience the very best highs a record has to offer, even if it means I have to spend a few days in the studio re-arranging something. I couldn’t be a producer without being a DJ and certainly DJ’ing would be a whole lot less fun if I didn’t get to tweak the music I was playing out.”
Not content with being the most commercially successful house producer in the UK (this is the man who has had more TOP 10 HITS than any other UK house producer after all), compiling and mixing endless successful compilations and running the heavyweight successful house label Z RECORDS, Joey Negro continues to play out all over the world and make records, simply because he enjoys it.
And while he is frequently on the move, he always has time to bring us more huge dance hits, such as the storming Akabu “I’m Not Afraid of the Future”, the electro-gizmo of Tamarra’s World “Trampoline”, and a proper house anthem in the making Sessomatto “You’re Gonna Love Me” . A timely retort indeed to those doubters who have decried dance music as an endangered genre.
For more info and full discog please drop by www.joeynegro.com
Z RECORDS UK
Legendary UK producer Dave Lee/ Joey Negro founded Z RECORDS back in '91, as the natural successor to his highly influential first label, Republic Records, which remains for many, the foundation stone of the UK house scene. It was on Republic, that Dave first introduced the UK to such classics as Phase II's “Reachin'” and Turntable Orchestra's “You're Gonna Miss Me”. These tracks nestled snugly alongside his own early productions such as Raven Maize's “Forever Together”, still viewed as an unfading classic house track to this day.
Using Z primarily as an outlet for his own material, Dave has continued to champion all things funky and soulful with a consistently high level of quality underground releases. The last few years has seen the label establish its own successful production complex which has given rise to huge electronic anthems such as Jakatta’s “American Dream” and Joey Negro’s “Make a Move on Me” among its many commercial hits. Indeed, Dave's prolific quality output on Z is matched only by the innumerable aliases he adopts, with Jakatta, Joey Negro, Sessomatto, Akabu, The Hed Boys, Doug Willis, Mistura, Z Factor and The Sunburst Band being some of the more popular ones.
Though Z and its sister production house (Z Productions) still continues to showcase the prodigious production talents of Dave Lee, the label has also featured the work of other respected luminaries such as Masters At Work, Blaze, Basement Jaxx, Erro, Copyright, Jazz’n’Groove, Bini & Martini, The Blackbyrds, Osunlade, Motif and Mark Knight.
As a result, and not surprisingly, Z has become a byword for consistently great music among lovers of soulful electronic music across the World.
www.zrecords.ltd.uk
Friday 25 April 2008
Espion On Discogs.Com
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| Profile: | Stephen Arnold AKA Espion has produced a variety of styles of electronica since 1994. Skilled on many instruments, and with years of experience in sound production and audio engineering for TV/film as well as running several club nights, Espion is one of the hardest working artists we've seen, constantly into new innovative projects, delving into the music of tomorrow. After years as a promoter (notably Camouflage and Breakcore Extravaganza) and resident at various club nights (Super Scientists, Pogo Vogue, Dogma and more), Espion made his mark on the underground scene in 2005, with sell-out releases on Transparent Sounds label Orson Records. Since then, his diversity in his music has seen him progress into a well established artist, releasing with Scape One, John Selway, Paul Blackford, Vector Lovers and C-System on various labels around the world, while also being published by 2pointzero.tv in 2007 (under the names Espion and Error Response) for TV, film, games and other media. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| URLs: | http://www.hyperoctave.org http://www.myspace.com/espion http://www.virb.com/espion http://www.2pointzero.tv
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Monday 24 March 2008
2POINTZERO MUSIC ON MYSPACE
JANETTE MASON - NEW CD "ALIEN LEFT HAND"
‘Din and Tonic’ , her hit debut Album of original Jazz compositions and inspired improvisations, was shortlisted by Guardian Jazz Critic John Fordham as a contender for Jazz album of the year”
Spring 2008 brings the release of her eagerly awaited second album ‘Alien Left Hand’ featuring Julian Siegel, Tom Arthurs, Lea DeLaria, Dudley Phillips and New York Drummer Josh Guinta. On it she showcases her formidable talents as a composer /pianist/arranger/bandleader.
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