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Modjo (album)
''Modjo'' is the only studio album by French house duo Modjo. It was released on 18 September 2001 by MCA Records. Track listing Samples used * " Chillin'" contains several samples from "Le Freak" by Chic.''Modjo'' (liner notes). Modjo. MCA Records. 2001. * "Lady (Hear Me Tonight)" contains several samples from " Soup for One" by Chic. * "Music Takes You Back" contains several samples from "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" by Boney M. (uncredited). * "Rollercoaster" contains samples from "Give Me Love" by Cerrone. * "On Fire" contains samples from "Rocket in the Pocket" by Cerrone. Personnel Adopted from ''Modjo'' liner notes: * Modjo – writers, production, performers, mastering * Hervé Bordes – engineer, mixing * Matthias Leullier – management * Mandy Parnell – mastering * Fabrice Destagnol – album cover painting, illustration, photography Charts Remix album In 2013, the album was remastered and released on streaming services, alo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modjo
Modjo were a French house musical duo formed in Paris in 1999. The duo was made up of producer Romain Tranchart (born 9 June 1976) and vocalist Yann Destagnol (Yann Destal; born 14 July 1978). They had major success in 2000 with their hit single "Lady (Hear Me Tonight)". Biography Romain Tranchart moved with his family to Algeria and Mexico, to finally live in Brazil. There, he started learning the guitar, finding inspiration through jazz classics. At that time he became a fan of house music, influenced by DJ Sneak, Ian Pooley, and Daft Punk. He released his first house single as Funk Legacy titled "What You're Gonna Do, Baby" on Vertigo Records (FR) in 1998. Later, he decided to enter the American School of Modern Music in Paris, the French division of the Berklee School of Music. Also Parisian, Yann learned to play flute and clarinet when he was a small child. As he aged he became deeply influenced by the Beatles, the Beach Boys, David Bowie and other pop acts. He started to p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Freak
"Le Freak" is a 1978 funk / disco song by American R&B band Chic. It was the band's third single and first ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and R&B number-one hit song. Along with the tracks " I Want Your Love" and "Chic Cheer", "Le Freak" scored number one on the disco charts for seven weeks. The single achieved sales of 7 million and also scored number seven in the UK Singles Chart. ''Billboard'' magazine ranked it as the number 3 song for 1979. The song was ranked number 21 on ''Billboard'' magazine's top 100 songs of the first 55 years of the "Hot 100" chart. In 2018, it was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or artistically significant." Lyrics The lyrics mention "Stompin' at the Savoy", a 1933 song composed by Edgar Sampson. They also invite the listener to "Come on down to 54", that is, Studio 54, a popular nightclub in New York City at the time. This song is written in the key of A minor. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remix Album
A remix album is an album consisting of remixes or rerecorded versions of an artist's earlier released material. The first act who employed the format was American singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson (''Aerial Pandemonium Ballet'', 1971). As of 2007, the best-selling remix album of all time is Michael Jackson's ''Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix'' (1997). History and concept ''Aerial Pandemonium Ballet'' (1971) by Harry Nilsson is credited as the first remix album. It was released after the successes of "Everybody's Talkin'" and ''The Point!'', when he decided that his older material had started to sound dated. Neu!'s ''Neu! 2'' (1973) has also been described as "in effect the first remix album", as many tracks see the duo "speed up, slow down, cut, doctor, and mutilate the material, sometimes beyond recognition". In the 1980s, record companies would combine several kinds of electronic dance music, such as dance-pop, House music, house, techno, Trance music, trance, drum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Recording Industry Association
The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) is a trade association representing the Australian recording industry which was established in the 1970s by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers (AARM) which was formed in 1956. It oversees the collection, administration and distribution of music licenses and royalties. The association has more than 100 members, including small labels typically run by one to five people, medium size organisations and very large companies with international affiliates. ARIA is administered by a Board of Directors comprising senior executives from record companies, both large and small. History In 1956, the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers (AARM) was formed by Australia's major record companies. It was replaced in the 1970s by the Australian Recording Industry Association, which was established by the six major record companies operati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ARIA Charts
The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the official Australian music chart in June 1988, succeeding the Kent Music Report, which had been Australia's national music sales charts since 1974. History The ''Go-Set'' charts were Australia's first national singles and albums charts, published from 5 October 1966 until 24 August 1974. Succeeding ''Go-Set'', the Kent Music Report began issuing the national top 100 charts in Australia from May 1974. The compiler, David Kent, also published Australia's national charts from 1940 to 1974 in a retrospective fashion using state-based data. In mid-1983, the Australian Recording Industry Association commenced licensing the Kent Music Report chart. The first printed national top 50 chart available in record stores, branded the ''Countdown'' chart, was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mandy Parnell
Mandy Parnell is a British audio mastering engineer, founder and senior mastering engineer at Black Saloon Studios in London, England. Parnell has worked on projects with a wide variety of artists including Aphex Twin, The XX, Feist (singer), Feist, Sigur Rós, Sigur Ros, Bjork, The Knife, Frightened Rabbit and Brian Eno. Career Mandy Parnell studied music and music technology throughout her school, college and university years, training and working in recording studios, until landing an internship at a mastering studio where she worked her way up through the ranks. She has over 25 years of experience, with her work being nominated and awarded numerous prizes including Grammy Awards and Mastering Engineer of the Year 2015 at the Music Producers Guild (MPG) Awards. Mandy Parnell is an active member of the Audio Engineering Society (AES), and has lectured about mastering at international AES conventions in Los Angeles, Paris, New York and the UK. Awards and nominations * Short ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Pooley
Ian Pooley (born Ian Pinnekamp in 1973) is a German record producer and DJ. While incorporating samples of various musical genres, Pooley's creations are usually classified as house or tech house with Brazilian influence. Biography Pooley's music career began in 1993. Fascinated by producers in Chicago and Detroit, he brought his first machines and immediately started writing house and techno music, which kickstarted a multi-decade-spanning career playing to hugely diverse audiences. In 1998, Pooley made his sole appearance on the prestigious BBC Radio One Essential Mix, which featured tracks by Slam, Jeff Mills and his own productions. After a long stretch with V2 Records, in which Pooley released several very successful albums (''Meridian'' and ''Since Then''), Pooley left V2 and started his own record company, Pooled Music, in 2003. Ian Pooley has also cited on various albums (such as ''Brazilution 5.3'' and ''Souvenirs'') that he had an audible 'click' when listening to Bra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derrick Carter
Derrick Carter (born October 21, 1969) is an American DJ, record producer and musician from Chicago, Illinois, United States. He is regarded as one of the bestDERRICK CARTER is the Greatest DJ Of All Time... by RAF RUNDELL of TWO BEARS underground house key players currently active and is popular in . Biography Carter was born in , and raised in the ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Romero
Harry Romero, better known as Harry "Choo Choo" Romero, is an Americans, American Disc jockey, DJ and record producer. Biography Harry Romero is linked with the record label, label Subliminal (record label), Subliminal with Erick Morillo and Jose Nuñez (DJ), Jose Nuñez, with whom he also produced and remixed several tracks, as 'Constipated Monkeys', 'The Dronez' or 'Ministers De La Funk'. The trio won the ''Muzik'' Remixer of the Year award in 1999. When working alone, he also uses the pseudonyms 'HCCR' and 'Mongobonix'. Romero owns a sub label of Subliminal called Bambossa, in which he has released six tracks, including "Tania", "What Happened", "Son of Mongo" and "Warped". Romero has mixed several of the ''Subliminal Sessions'' series of mix albums, blending releases from the Subliminal stable with other current house tracks. His latest release was a remix of a Nick & Danny Chatelain track called "Me Resuelve". He continues to play at Subliminal session parties worldwide, incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boney M
Boney M. was a German- Caribbean vocal group that specialized in disco and funk created by German record producer Frank Farian, who was the group's primary songwriter. Originally based in West Germany, the four original members of the group's official line-up were Liz Mitchell and Marcia Barrett from Jamaica, Maizie Williams from Montserrat, and Bobby Farrell from Aruba. The group was formed in 1976 and achieved popularity during the disco era of the late 1970s. Since the 1980s, various line-ups of the band have performed with differing personnel. The band has sold more than 100 million records worldwide and is known for international hits including " Daddy Cool", "Ma Baker", "Belfast", " Sunny", "Rasputin", " Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord" and "Rivers of Babylon". 1970s German singer-songwriter Frank Farian recorded the dance track "Baby Do You Wanna Bump" in December 1974. Farian sang the repeated line "Do you do you wanna bump?" in a deep voice (entirely studio creat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Have You Ever Seen The Rain?
"Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" is a song written by John Fogerty and released as a single in 1971 from the album ''Pendulum'' (1970) by American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival. The song charted highest in Canada, reaching number 1 on the RPM 100 national singles chart in March 1971. In the U.S., in the same year it peaked at number 8 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart (where it was listed as "Have You Ever Seen the Rain / Hey Tonight", together with the B-side). On ''Cash Box'' pop chart, it peaked at number 3. In the UK, it reached number 36. It was the group's eighth gold-selling single. John Fogerty released a live version of the song on his '' The Long Road Home - In Concert'' DVD which was recorded at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles, California, on September 15, 2005. A music video was released for the band's 50th anniversary on December 11, 2018. Meaning In his review for AllMusic, Mark Deming suggests that the song is about the idealism of the 1960s an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
