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Eple Trio Members
"Eple" (; "Apple") is a song by Norwegian electronica duo Röyksopp, released as their second single. In 2003, it was re-released as the duo's third single from their debut album ''Melody A.M.''. Commercial use The song's title comes from the Norwegian word for apple. The song was licensed by Apple and used as the introduction music for the Mac OS X v10.3 Setup Assistant. It was also used on Sky One's gaming show ''Gamezville'' as background music during the opening of the show. The track is also used as background music on the UK television programme ''The Kevin Bishop Show'', in which a man called Gary in one of its sketches pretends to be a radio announcer, only to the annoyance of his girlfriend. A small snippet of the song also is used for the station ID for American public television station KLRU, as well as for their identical production logo featured at the end of their productions such as Austin City Limits. The single was used to accompany a television TestCard in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Röyksopp
Röyksopp (), a Norwegian electronic music duo from Tromsø formed in 1998. The duo consists of Svein Berge and Torbjørn Brundtland. Berge and Brundtland were introduced to each other through a mutual friend in Tromsø, Norway. They enjoyed the same films and music, and shared an interest in electronics. The two experimented with various forms of electronic music, and bought a drum machine together during the Tromsø techno scene before going their separate ways. Several years later, the two met up again and formed Röyksopp during the Bergen Wave. After experimenting with different genres of electronic music, the band solidified their place in the electronica scene with their 2001 debut album, ''Melody A.M.'', released on the Wall of Sound record label. Röyksopp has consistently experimented with various genres pertaining to electronic music. Stylistically, the band makes use of various genres, including ambient, house music and synth-pop. The band is also known for it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sky One
Sky One was a British pay television channel operated and owned by Sky Group (a division of Comcast). Originally launched on 26 April 1982 as Satellite Television, it was Europe's first satellite and non-terrestrial channel. From 31 July 1989, it became Sky One and broadcast exclusively in the United Kingdom and Ireland as British Sky Broadcasting's flagship channel, being the most watched television service in history. It existed until 1 September 2021, when it closed down as part of a restructuring with its EPG position taken by Sky Showcase and much of its content library moved to Sky Max. Sky One included some very popular broadcasts both the original programmes such as '' An Idiot Abroad'', '' Brainiac: Science Abuse'', ''The Russell Howard Hour'', ''Battlestar Galactica'', and many imported from North America – including: '' 24'' (seasons 3–9, and its spinoff '' Live Another Day''), '' X-files'', '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'', '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shakedown (band)
Shakedown is a Swiss musical project, known internationally for its 2002 hit single, " At Night". By the time they started the group in 1999, Stephan Mandrax and Sebastien Kohler were two brothers who blended their knowledge to form their genre, a modified disco infused house crossed with electro. History The 1980s Stephan 'Mandrax' Kohler, a fan of new wave and punk, made his 1984 DJ debut in a notorious music club called Dolce Vita in Lausanne. While in England he discovered house music, and two years later started to promote illegal parties on his return to Switzerland in order to DJ and play for large crowds, thus pioneering this new sound nationally by playing all over the country and around Europe, especially Paris. Early 1990s Stephan moved to New York City in 1992, starting the labels, Liquid Groove and Boombastic and with the American DJ, Mike Delgado. The label Liquid Groove garnered its first success with the H2O project: H2O featuring Billie "Satisfied", H2O "L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatboy Slim
Norman Quentin Cook (born Quentin Leo Cook, 31 July 1963), also known by his stage name Fatboy Slim, is an English musician, DJ, and record producer who helped to popularise the big beat genre in the 1990s. In the 1980s, Cook was the bassist for the Kingston upon Hull, Hull-based indie rock band the Housemartins, who achieved a UK number-one single with their a cappella cover of "Caravan of Love". After the Housemartins split up, Cook formed the electronic band Beats International in Brighton, who produced the number-one single "Dub Be Good to Me". He then played in Freak Power, Pizzaman (band), Pizzaman, and the Mighty Dub Katz with moderate success. In 1996, Cook adopted the name Fatboy Slim and released ''Better Living Through Chemistry (album), Better Living Through Chemistry'' to critical acclaim. Follow-up albums ''You've Come a Long Way, Baby,'' ''Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars,'' and ''Palookaville (album), Palookaville'', as well as singles such as "The Rocka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bjørn Torske
Bjørn Torske (born 1971 in Tromsø, Norway) is a house music producer. He became involved with producing music and local radio before moving to Bergen, Norway. He has collaborated on many occasions with Röyksopp. Discography EPs *''Expresso'' - 1998 - Ferox Records *''Aerosoles'' - 2000 - Svek *''Disco Members'' - 2000 - Tellé *''Hard Trafikk'' - 2001 - Tellé *''As'besto'' - 2006 - Sex Tags Mania (feat. Crystal Bois) *''Ny Lugg (Kort Bak / Lang På Siden)'' - March 6, 2006 - Smalltown Supersound *''Kokt Kveite'' - 2007 - Smalltown Supersound *''Kan Jeg Slippe?'' - May 28, 2008 - Sex Tags Mania Albums *''Nedi Myra'' - 1998 - Ferox Records *''Trøbbel'' - 2001 - Tellé *''Feil Knapp'' - March 26, 2007 - Smalltown Supersound *''Kokning'' - November 2, 2010 - Smalltown Supersound * '' Byen'' - July 6, 2018 - Smalltown Supersound Smalltown Supersound is an independent record label, founded in Flekkefjord in 1993 and now based in Oslo, Norway. It is dedicated to new form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two (Bob James Album)
''Two'' is the fourth solo album by jazz keyboardist Bob James. Reception The album is the second of a series of jazz-funk classics (along with ''One'', ''Three'' and ''BJ4''). Released in 1975, the album charted at number two on the Jazz Album Charts. The track "Take Me to the Mardi Gras" is one of the most widely used tracks in hip-hop breakbeat samples. Track listing # "Take Me to the Mardi Gras" (Paul Simon) – 5:50 # "I Feel a Song (In My Heart)" (Tony Camillo, Mary Sawyer) – 5:26 # "The Golden Apple" (Bob James) – 7:20 # "Farandole" (Georges Bizet) – 8:24 # "You're as Right as Rain" (Thom Bell, Linda Creed) – 5:28 # "Dream Journey" (Bob James) – 5:55 Personnel * Bob James – electric piano, clavinet, ARP Odyssey, Yamaha YC-30 combo organ, arrangements and conductor * Eric Gale – guitar (1, 2, 4), bass (1, 2, 4, 5, 6) * Richard Resnicoff – guitar (3, 5) * Gary King – bass (3) * Andrew Smith – drums (1, 2, 4, 5, 6) * Steve Gadd – drums (3) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob James (musician)
Robert McElhiney James (born December 25, 1939) is an American jazz keyboardist, arranger, and record producer. He founded the band Fourplay and wrote "Angela", the theme song for the TV show ''Taxi.'' According to VICE (magazine), music from his first seven albums has often been sampled and believed to have contributed to the formation of hip hop. Among his most well known recordings are "Nautilus", "Westchester Lady", "Tappan Zee", and his version of "Take Me to The Mardi Gras". Early life and family James was born on Christmas Day of 1939 in Marshall, Missouri, United States. He started playing the piano at age four. His first piano teacher, Sister Mary Elizabeth, who taught at Mercy Academy, discovered that he had perfect pitch. At age seven, James began to study with R. T. Dufford, a teacher at Missouri Valley College. At age 15, James continued his studies with Franklin Launer, a teacher at Christian College in Columbia, Missouri, with more music instruction during high ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MTV2 Pop
MTV2 Pop was a German music channel. It launched on 1 May 2001, taking over the transponder left by the analogue service of MTV UK and Ireland when it closed down. It replaced VH-1 Germany. The channel mainly focused on Europop and eurodance music (uplifting house/uplifting trance, vocal trance, pumping house, progressive trance). It closed on 11 September 2005, being replaced by Nickelodeon Germany. MTV2 Pop also broadcast anime such as ''InuYasha'', ''Lupin III'', '' Golden Boy'', '' Cowboy Bebop'' and ''The Vision of Escaflowne''. When the UK version of TMF was hastily launched in October 2002, the channel used MTV2 Pop's presentation graphics, with the identifications re-badged to contain the TMF logo. These graphics were used until Summer 2005. History Since 1 May 2001, the channel has been broadcasting Europe-wide via satellite, in the German-language cable networks, partly terrestrial analogue and later also occasionally via DVB-T. It replaced the previously hardly suc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austin City Limits
''Austin City Limits'' is an American live music television program recorded and produced by Austin PBS. The show helped Austin become widely known in the United States as the "Live Music Capital of the World", and is the only television show to receive the National Medal of Arts, which it was awarded in 2003. It also won a rare institutional Peabody Award in 2011 "for its more than three decades of presenting and preserving eclectic American musical genres". ''Austin City Limits'' is produced by Austin PBS under the Capital of Texas Public Telecommunications Council. The show was created in 1974 by Bill Arhos, Bruce Scafe, and Paul Bosner. Beginning in season 15 (1990), ''Austin City Limits'' began broadcasting in Dolby Surround, and continued until season 24 (1999). From 1976 to 2004 (seasons 1-29), the show was broadcast in NTSC. From 2004 to 2007 (seasons 30-32), the show was broadcast in HDTV 720p. Beginning in season 33 (2007–2008), the show began broadcasting in widescr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Production Logo
A production logo, vanity card, vanity plate, or vanity logo is a logo used by movie studios and television production company, production companies to brand what they produce and to determine the production company and the distributor of a television show or film. Production logos are usually seen at the beginning of a theatrical movie or video game (an "opening logo"), and/or at the end of a television program or Television movie, TV movie (a "closing logo"). Many production logos have become famous over the years, such as the 20th Century Studios's 20th Century Fox Fanfare, monument and searchlights and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, MGM's Leo the Lion (MGM), Leo the Lion. Unlike logos for other media, production logos can take advantage of Motion (physics), motion and synchronized sound, and almost always do. History In the early days of Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, Hollywood, production logos and brands were simple and very much like their print counterparts, usually appear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KLRU
KLRU (channel 18), branded on-air as Austin PBS, is a PBS member television station in Austin, Texas, United States, owned by the Capital of Texas Public Telecommunications Council. In 2022, KLRU moved into its "Austin Media Center" studios located on the Austin Community College Highland Campus, which was redeveloped from the former Highland Mall. KLRU occupies in what was previously the mall's Dillard's department store. The station's transmitter is located in the West Austin Antenna Farm in unincorporated Travis County. In addition to airing program content from PBS, it produces original programming including the national music series ''Austin City Limits''. History When KLRN in San Antonio was built, it was designed to serve both San Antonio and Austin, as there was interest in building a public television station in Austin but not enough funding until the University of Texas got involved. It had studios in both cities (in Austin, at the Jesse H. Jones Communications Cente ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Television
Public broadcasting involves radio, television and other electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service. Public broadcasters receive funding from diverse sources including license fees, individual contributions, public financing and commercial financing. Public broadcasting may be nationally or locally operated, depending on the country and the station. In some countries a single organization runs public broadcasting. Other countries have multiple public-broadcasting organizations operating regionally or in different languages. Historically, public broadcasting was once the dominant or only form of broadcasting in many countries (with the notable exceptions of the United States, Mexico and Brazil). Commercial broadcasting now also exists in most of these countries; the number of countries with only public broadcasting declined substantially during the latter part of the 20th century. Definition The primary mission of public broadcasting is that of public servic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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