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Propellerheads
Propellerheads were an English electronic music duo, formed in 1995 in Bath by Will White and Alex Gifford. History Prior to Propellerheads' formation, Alex Gifford played as a backing saxophonist for The Stranglers appearing on the albums ''Dreamtime'' (1986) and '' 10'' (1990) as well as the live album '' All Live and All of the Night'' (1988). Their first release was an EP named ''Dive!'', released in 1996 through the independent label Wall of Sound. They gained fame the next year by providing a remix for James Bond movie composer David Arnold's Bond tribute album '' Shaken & Stirred: The David Arnold James Bond Project'' covering John Barry's "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", the theme song to the sixth James Bond film, re-orchestrated by Arnold. They also collaborated with Arnold on the track "Backseat Driver" for the soundtrack of the Bond film ''Tomorrow Never Dies''. The single " History Repeating" followed, a collaboration with Shirley Bassey (also well known for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Decksandrumsandrockandroll
''Decksandrumsandrockandroll'' is the only studio album by English electronic music duo Propellerheads. It was originally released by Wall of Sound on 26 January 1998 in the United Kingdom. In the United States, it was released by DreamWorks Records with a different track listing. Reception The album peaked at number 6 on the UK Albums Chart, as well as number 100 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart. It was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in 1998. As of 1999, it had sold 200,000 copies. Uses in media "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" has been previously released on '' Shaken and Stirred: The David Arnold James Bond Project''. " Take California" was selected by Apple for their iPod debut commercial in 2001. It features a man shaking his head while listening to the track on his Mac, then dragging the song onto the device including his "Favorites" playlist. He puts on his earbuds dancing to the song then leaves. It ends with the iPod wordmark and ''" Think different"'' slogan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Repeating (song)
"History Repeating" is a 1997 song written by Alex Gifford and originally performed by English electronic music duo Propellerheads featuring Welsh singer Shirley Bassey. It was released shortly before their only album, '' Decksandrumsandrockandroll'', released in 1998 by Wall of Sound in Europe and DreamWorks in the US and Japan. The single was a No. 1 hit on the UK Indie Chart, and was also Bassey's first top ten appearance on any US chart since 1973's "Never Never Never", making No. 10 on the US Dance Club Songs chart. According to Bassey, Gifford wrote the song especially for her. The sleeve cover, an illustration by Duke D. Jukes, takes its inspiration from classic album sleeve from the Capitol 1957 release '' Just One of Those Things'' by Nat King Cole. Composition The song is a fusion of several different styles of big beat, breakbeat and jazz combined with the vocals of Bassey. It samples from the soundtrack of the 1968 Russ Meyer film '' Finders Keepers, Lovers, Weep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spybreak!
"Spybreak!" is a 1997 single by the British big beat group Propellerheads from their album, ''Decksandrumsandrockandroll.'' There are two versions of this song, called "Spybreak! (Long One)" and "Spybreak! (Short One)". The former is approximately three minutes longer than the latter. Usage in media The "Short One" version of the song appears in the film ''The Matrix'' during the lobby shootout sequence, and was included on the film's soundtrack. This song was also in the 1997 film, '' Playing God'', the 1999 film, '' Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo'' and in the TV series ''Malcolm in the Middle'', ''Third Watch'', and ''Spaced''. "Spybreak!" was featured in ''The Simpsons'' episode " Lisa the Tree Hugger", played while Bart, wearing ninja clothes, posts a Thai restaurant's menus throughout Springfield, as well as during the end credits. The song was used as backdrop music on the Marvel Comic Heroes at Universal's Islands of Adventure theme park in Orlando, Florida. It was used f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Beat
Big beat is an electronic music genre that usually uses heavy breakbeats and synthesizer-generated loops and patterns – common to acid house/techno. The term has been used by the British music industry to describe music by artists such as the Prodigy, the Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim, the Crystal Method, Propellerheads, Basement Jaxx and Groove Armada. Big beat achieved mainstream success during the 1990s, and achieved its critical and commercial peak between 1995 and 1999, with releases such the Chemical Brothers’ ''Dig Your Own Hole'', the Prodigy's ''The Fat of the Land'', and Fatboy Slim's ''You've Come a Long Way, Baby'', before quickly declining from 2001 onwards. Style Big beat features heavy and distorted drum beats at tempos between 100 and 140 beats per minute, Roland TB-303 synthesizer lines resembling those of acid house, and heavy loops from 1960s and 1970s funk, Soul music, soul, jazz, and rock music, rock songs. They are often punctuated with Punk rock, pun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Arnold
David Arnold (born 23 January 1962) is an English film composer whose credits include scoring five James Bond films (1997-2008), as well as ''Stargate'' (1994), ''Independence Day'' (1996), ''Godzilla'' (1998), '' Shaft'' (2000), '' 2 Fast 2 Furious'' (2003), '' Four Brothers'' (2005), ''Hot Fuzz'' (2007), and the television series '' Little Britain'' and '' Sherlock''. For ''Independence Day'', he received a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television, and for ''Sherlock'', he and co-composer Michael Price won a Creative Arts Emmy for the score of " His Last Vow", the final episode in the third series. Arnold scored the BBC / Amazon Prime series ''Good Omens'' (2019) adapted by Neil Gaiman from his book '' Good Omens'', written with Terry Pratchett. Arnold is a fellow of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors. Career While attending a Sixth Form College in Luton, Arnold became friends with director Dann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (film)
''On Her Majesty's Secret Service'' is a 1969 spy film and the sixth in the List of James Bond films, ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions. It is based on the On Her Majesty's Secret Service (novel), 1963 novel by Ian Fleming. Following Sean Connery's decision to retire from the role after ''You Only Live Twice (film), You Only Live Twice'', Eon selected George Lazenby, a model with no prior acting credits, to play the part of James Bond filmography, James Bond. During filming, Lazenby announced that he would play the role of Bond only once. Connery returned to portray Bond in 1971's ''Diamonds Are Forever (film), Diamonds Are Forever''. In the film, Bond faces Blofeld (Telly Savalas), who is planning to hold the world to ransom by threatening to render all food plants and livestock infertile through the actions of a group of brainwashed "angels of death". Along the way Bond meets, falls in love with, and eventually marries Tracy Bond, Contessa Teresa di Vicenzo (Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jungle Brothers
Jungle Brothers are an American hip hop trio composed of Michael Small (Mike Gee), Nathaniel Hall (Afrika Baby Bam) and Sammy Burwell (DJ Sammy B). Hailed as pioneers of the fusion of jazz, hip-hop, and house music, they were the first hip-hop group to collaborate with a house-music producer. The trio released their debut album, '' Straight out the Jungle'' in July 1988. Their hip-house club hit single, "I'll House You" was added to the album in late-1988 reissues. Fostered by Kool DJ Red Alert, the Jungle Brothers' success paved the way for De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, and eventually the Native Tongues collective that they founded. History The group's first album, '' Straight out the Jungle'', was released in 1988 on Warlock Records, an independent record label. Soon after they were signed by Warner Bros. Records, with whom the group released '' Done By the Forces of Nature'' in November 1989. In 1990, the Jungle Brothers contributed the song "I Get a Kick" to the Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shirley Bassey
Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey (; born 8 January 1937) is a Welsh singer. Known for her career longevity, powerful voice and recording the James Bond music, theme songs to three James Bond films - the only artist to officially perform more than one - Bassey is one of the most popular vocalists in Britain. Born in Cardiff, Bassey began performing as a teenager in 1953. In 1959, she became the first Welsh person to gain a number-one single on the UK Singles Chart. In the following decades, Bassey amassed 27 top 40 hits in the UK, including two number ones ("As I Love You" and the double A-side "Climb Ev'ry Mountain"/"Reach for the Stars (Shirley Bassey song), Reach for the Stars") plus a number one on the Dance Chart ("History Repeating (song), History Repeating"). She became well known for recording theme songs of the James Bond films ''Goldfinger (film), Goldfinger'' (1964), ''Diamonds Are Forever (film), Diamonds Are Forever'' (1971), and ''Moonraker (film), Moonraker'' (1979). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wall Of Sound (record Label)
Wall of Sound is a British independent record label based in London, England, and was founded by Mark Jones in 1994. They were considered to be "at the center of the revolution" of the big beat movement in the mid- to late-1990s, releasing much of the UK material at the height of the scene alongside Brighton's Skint Records. The label is most known for introducing internationally renowned big beat acts such as Propellerheads, The Wiseguys and Les Rythmes Digitales. History The label's first release was the acclaimed compilation album Give 'Em Enough Dope Volume One, which featured many acts such as Mekon, Kruder & Dorfmeister, and The Wiseguys before they became more notable. The compilation is also considered to be foundational to the Big Beat movement of the mid- to late-90s. The label gained international recognition and residencies were set up in cities around the globe including a yearly summer residency at Ibiza's "Manumission" (an annual club party). Human Leagu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breakbeat
Breakbeat is a broad type of electronic music that uses drum breaks, often sampled from early recordings of funk, jazz, and R&B. Breakbeats have been used in styles such as Florida breaks, hip-hop, jungle, drum and bass, big beat, breakbeat hardcore, and UK garage styles (including 2-step, breakstep and dubstep). Etymology The origin of the word "breakbeat" is the fact that the drum loops that were sampled occurred during a " break" in the music – for example, the Amen break (a drum solo from " Amen, Brother" by the Winstons) or the Think break (from "Think (About It)" by Lyn Collins). History 1970s–1980s: Classic breaks and hip-hop production Beginning in 1973 and continuing through the late 1970s and early 1980s, hip-hop turntablists such as DJ Kool Herc began using several funk breaks in a row, using drum breaks from jazz-funk tracks such as James Brown's "Funky Drummer" and the Winstons' " Amen, Brother", to form the rhythmic base for hip-hop songs. DJ Koo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Live And All Of The Night
''All Live and All of the Night'' is the second live album by English rock band the Stranglers, released on 8 February 1988 by Epic Records. The release peaked at No. 12 in the UK Albums Chart in March 1988. Background By 1986, the band were onto their ninth studio album, ''Dreamtime'', and had added a horn section to the live presentation. Although there had been demand for a new live album for some time, contractual obligations to their former record label EMI had prevented them from releasing any live recordings of their earlier material until 1987, making ''All Live and All of the Night'' their first live album to be released since 1979's ''Live (X Cert)''. The concerts from which tracks were taken, span the period from April 1985 to August 1987. The live recording of "All Day and All of the Night" was dropped in favour of a "live" version specially recorded in the studio, as the true live recording was not considered to be up to the desired quality for this album. Criti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Matrix
''The Matrix'' is a 1999 science fiction film, science fiction action film written and directed by the Wachowskis. It is the first installment in the The Matrix (franchise), ''Matrix'' film series, starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, and Joe Pantoliano. It depicts a dystopian future in which humanity is unknowingly trapped inside the Matrix, a simulated reality created by artificial intelligence, intelligent machines. Believing computer hacker Neo (The Matrix), Neo to be "the One" prophesied to defeat them, Morpheus (The Matrix), Morpheus recruits him into a rebellion against the machines. Following the success of Bound (1996 film), ''Bound'' (1996), Warner Bros. gave the go-ahead for ''The Matrix'' after the Wachowskis sent an edit of the film's opening minutes. Action scenes were influenced by anime and martial arts films, (particularly Fight choreography, fight choreographers and wire fu techniques from Hong Kong action cinema). Other i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
