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The Micronauts
The Micronauts are a Paris-based dance music act. They formed when Christophe Monier met Canada-born George Issakidis whilst working at the Parisian music fanzine eDEN. The first release was a 12 inch called "The Jazz." They continued to work throughout the 1990s, developing an acid techno style of their own. This attracted the attention of high-profile artists, such as The Chemical Brothers and Underworld. Indeed, their remix of ''Block Rockin' Beats'' appears on The Chemical Brothers' DJ mix album '' Brothers Gonna Work It Out'' and their remix of Underworld's ''Bruce Lee'' was also widely distributed. At the end of the decade they were signed to the Astralwerks label and soon after released ''The Jag''. One year later, in 2000, they released their debut EP, '' Bleep to Bleep''. However, soon after this, Issakidis left the project. Monier continues to record and work under the name. He notably remixed Mirwais' "Miss You" and Madonna's "Hollywood" in 2003. He set up t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economist Intelli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Underworld (band)
Underworld are a British electronic music group formed in 1987 in Cardiff, Wales and the principal collaborative project of Karl Hyde and Rick Smith. Prominent former members include Darren Emerson, from 1991 to 2001, and Darren Price, as part of the live band from 2005 to 2016. After briefly performing as a funk and synth-pop outfit, resulting in two albums between 1988 and 1989, Underworld gained prominence after reshaping into a alternative dance, dance and techno band, releasing albums including ''Dubnobasswithmyheadman'' (1994), ''Second Toughest in the Infants'' (1996) and ''Beaucoup Fish'' (1999), as well as singles "Born Slippy .NUXX" and "Dark & Long, Dark & Long (Dark Train)". Known for their psychedelic music, atmospheric, progressive house, progressive compositions, Hyde's cryptic lyrics, and dynamic live performances, Underworld have influenced a wide range of artists and have been featured in soundtracks and scores for films, television, and the 2012 Summer Olym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damaging Consent
''Damaging Consent'' was the second full album from The Micronauts, released in 2007. It is the first major work released by the group since George Issakidis left the group, leaving Christophe Monier as its sole member. It was released as a two-disc edition with the second disc featuring ten remixes as a retrospective. Track listing Disc 1 All tracks by The Micronauts # "Action (Intro)" – 0:24 # "Reaction" – 7:25 # "Distracted" – 5:30 # "The Beat emix – 7:44 # "Superstar" – 3:53 # "I Wanna Be Yours lbum Edit – 6:25 # "Sweat lbum Version – 6:55 # "Sweet emix – 7:48 # "Quaalude nterlude – 0:46 # "Cinecitta inale - 6:24 # "Altitude nterlude - 0:22 # "Get Down" - 5:46 # "Drug" - 0:25 # "High Rise" - 9:02 # "Eros utro - 0:28 Disc 2 All tracks remixed by The Micronauts # "Bruce Lee he Micronauts Remix - 8:56 (original by Underworld) # "Block Rockin' Beats he Micronauts Remix - 9:52 (original by The Chemical Brothers) # "Water Ride he Micronauts Remix - 9 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madonna (entertainer)
Madonna Louise Ciccone (; ; born August 16, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Widely dubbed the " Queen of Pop", Madonna has been noted for her continual reinvention and versatility in music production, songwriting, and visual presentation. She has pushed the boundaries of artistic expression in mainstream music, while continuing to maintain control over every aspect of her career. Her works, which incorporate social, political, sexual, and religious Religion is usually defined as a social system, social-cultural system of designated religious behaviour, behaviors and practices, morality, morals, beliefs, worldviews, religious text, texts, sacred site, sanctified places, prophecy, prophecie ... themes, have generated both controversy and critical acclaim. A prominent Cultural impact of Madonna, cultural figure crossing both the 20th and 21st centuries, Madonna remains one of the most "well-documented figures of the modern age", with a broad amount ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirwais Ahmadzaï
Mirwais Ahmadzaï (born 23 October 1960), known mononymously as Mirwais, is a French electronic dance music record producer and songwriter. Born in Switzerland to an Afghan father and an Italian mother, Ahmadzaï was a member of the defunct 1980s group Taxi Girl. He met Madonna in the late 1990s, when he submitted a demo to her then record label, Maverick Records. Life and career Early life Mirwais Ahmadzaï was born in Lausanne, Switzerland to an Afghan father and an Italian mother. The family lived in Kabul, Afghanistan for a while before relocating to Paris. Taxi Girl and Juliette et les indépendants Resultantly becoming known in France for this reason for the better part of two decades, Mirwais was a guitarist in the punk group Taxi Girl for eight years, before forming the acoustic outfit "Juliette et les Indépendants" with his then-girlfriend Juliette. Taxi Girl's first EP, "(S.O.S Mannequin)", was released in early 1980 on Pathé Marconi/EMI. "For a teenager, the lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bleep To Bleep
''Bleep to Bleep'' is the debut album by the Micronauts, released in 2000. It showcases the duo's raw, electronic and rhythmic style. Critical reception '' The Herald'' wrote that "the Micronauts are of prime interest to young rips who start dancing whenever a car alarm goes off, but ''Bleep To Bleep'' is OK for sentient humans, too." Track listing All tracks by The Micronauts The Micronauts are a Paris-based dance music act. They formed when Christophe Monier met Canada-born George Issakidis whilst working at the Parisian music fanzine eDEN. The first release was a 12 inch called "The Jazz." They continued to work ... # "Baby Wants to Bleep, Part 1" – 4:38 # "Baby Wants to Rock" – 2:35 # "Baby Wants to Bleep, Part 2" – 3:21 # "Baby Wants to Bleep, Part 3" – 1:55 # "Bleeper 0+2" – 7:10 # "Baby Wants to Bleep, Part 4" – 2:42 # "Bleep to Bleep" – 2:56 # "Baby Wants to Bleep – 8:19 # "Bleeper" – 10:51 Personnel * George Issakidis – Producer * Nilesh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extended Play
An extended play record, usually referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record.Official Charts Company , access-date=March 21, 2017 Contemporary EPs generally contain four or five tracks, and are considered "less expensive and time-consuming" for an artist to produce than an album. An EP originally referred to specific types of other than 78 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astralwerks
Astralwerks is an American record label primarily focused on electronic music owned by Universal Music Group. Its material is distributed via Capitol Music Group in the United States. The label was founded in 1993 and, in its early years, featured prominent British acts like The Future Sound of London, Fatboy Slim and The Chemical Brothers. In recent years, its roster has expanded to include acts like Halsey, Marshmello, Porter Robinson, Illenium, Zhu and numerous others. In 2018, Astralwerks' headquarters were moved from its original home of New York City to Los Angeles. History Astralwerks was founded in New York City in July 1993 by Brian Long as an electronic and dance imprint of Caroline Records. Long had previously helped curate an electronic music compilation that was released on Caroline called ''Excursions in Ambience''. Caroline's parent company, Virgin Records, sold the label to Thorn EMI soon after Astralwerks' foundation. The first album released on Astralwerks w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Lee (song)
"Bruce Lee" is a song by Underworld that appears on the album ''Beaucoup Fish''. The song did not chart (and only the 12" single was eligible to do so, as the CD format exceeded the time limit), but was notable for its remix by The Micronauts, which did have some minor success. Track listings CD: Junior Boy's Own; JBO5010116P (UK) # "Bruce Lee" – 4:42 # "Bruce Lee" ( The Micronauts Remix) – 8:56 # "Cups" – 11:45 # "Cups" (Salt City Orchestra's Vertical Bacon Vocal) – 9:23 CD: Junior Boy's Own; JBO5010033 (UK) # "Bruce Lee" (Short) – 3:00 # "Bruce Lee" ( The Micronauts Remix) – 8:56 # "Cups" (Salt City Orchestra's Vertical Bacon Vocal) – 9:23 # "Bruce Lee" (Dobropet) – 4:10 12": Junior Boy's Own; JBO5010036 (UK) # "Bruce Lee" ( The Micronauts Remix) – 8:56 # "Cups" (Salt City Orchestra Vertical Bacon Vocal) – 9:23 CD: V2 Records Japan; V2CI 62 (JP) # "Bruce Lee" (Short) – 2:59 # "Bruce Lee" ( The Micronauts Mix) – 8:57 # "Bruce Lee" (Buffalo Daughter Mix ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Block Rockin' Beats
"Block Rockin' Beats" is a song by British big beat duo the Chemical Brothers. Released in March 1997 as the second single and opening track from their second studio album, ''Dig Your Own Hole'' (1997), it topped the UK Singles Chart and peaked at number 40 on the US ''Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks chart. It received a Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance. Two different edits of "Block Rockin' Beats" exist: the version found on ''Dig Your Own Hole'' has an intro, while the version released as a single begins with the bass line. The B-side "Morning Lemon" is also available on the second disc of the limited edition ''Singles 93–03''. ''Blender'' listed the song on number 346 on its ranking of "Greatest Songs Since You Were Born" in 2005. ''LA Weekly'' put it at number 14 in their list of "The 20 Best Dance Music Tracks in History" in 2015. Samples The drums are sampled from "Changes" by Bernard Purdie. The vocals, "Back with another one of those block rockin' b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chemical Brothers
The Chemical Brothers are an English electronic music duo formed by Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons in Manchester in 1989. They were pioneers (along with the Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, the Crystal Method, and other acts) in bringing the big beat genre to the forefront of pop culture. After attracting Virgin Records, the duo achieved further success with second album ''Dig Your Own Hole'' (1997), which topped the UK Albums Chart, UK charts. In the UK, they have had six No. 1 albums and 13 top-20 singles, including two chart-toppers. Their name came about in 1995 after they dropped their original moniker the Dust Brothers due to the Dust Brothers, existence of a different band with the same name. In the United States, they have won six Grammy Awards including Best Rock Instrumental Performance, Best Dance Recording and Best Dance/Electronic Album of the year as recently as 2020. History 1984–1995: Formation and early incarnations Ed Simons was born the son of a barrister mother and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
