Goldrush

Artist / Band: Goldrush

Song (MP3): Heaven's My Destination
Album: The Heart Is The Place
File Under: Indie
Label: http://www.betterlookingrecords.com/
Info: With their new album, released throughout the world in late Jan/early Feb, Goldrush have pulled it back. With The Heart Is The Place they have created a stunning and defiant record that warms our hearts to the core. It’s a turning point for a band that were on the verge of throwing it all in… a record that signals triumph over adversity. When Goldrush started trying to work on the first couple of tracks (over a year ago) they felt utterly burned out. To them, none of the new material sounded powerful, emotional or original. They couldn’t get anywhere near where they wanted to be, and they had spent most of their recording budget. One member left the band, another moved to New York whilst the rest hid in their homes in Steventon Oxfordshire. For the first time in two years of constant touring, the band came to an abrupt halt.?Fortunately Goldrush had a ‘cowshed, turned studio’ to fall back into. They started from scratch, and hired producer / musician James Rutledge (has worked with Dangermouse, Kevin Shields etc) to work things out with them. Goldrush had previously worked with the legendary David Fridmann (Mercury Rev / Flaming Lips), but Rutledge took a different tag, and encouraged the band to be more sonically adventurous, whilst simultaneously helping them re-discover their supreme song writing ability.
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THE NATIONAL

Artist / Band: THE NATIONALSong (MP3): FAKE EMPIRE
Album: Boxer
File Under: Indie / Rock / Gothic
Label: Beggars Banquet
Info: The National are a band of New Yorkers transplanted from Cincinnati, Ohio: Matt Berninger, Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner, Bryan Devendorf, and Scott Devendorf. What each member of the band does is not that important, but what they do together seems increasingly more so… When last we heard from The National, they’d released and toured behind their Beggars Banquet debut, Alligator, an album whose reception closely mirrored the kind of sounds they made on record—it started out quiet, and ended up very, very loud. Alligator became one of the most widely discussed and critically acclaimed independent albums of 2005—“album of the year” to one Los Angeles Times critic. read more from the source...

WILLY MASON

Artist / Band: WILLY MASON

Song (MP3): WHEN THE RIVER MOVES ON
Album: If The Ocean Gets Rough
File Under: Rock / Blues / Country
Label: http://grandmas-basement.com/
Info: Willy Mason (born 21 November 1984) is an American singer-songwriter. He is the son of Jemima James and Michael Mason, both folk singers who - according to Willy - have influenced his music. When Mason was five, he and his family moved from New York to West Tisbury, Massachusetts on the island of Martha's Vineyard. He attended West Tisbury Elementary School and Martha's Vineyard Regional High School, where he participated in several local bands such as Keep Thinking, Cultivation, and Slow Leslie.

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COCOROSIE

Artist / Band: COCOROSIE

Song (MP3): RAINBO WARRIORS
Album: The Adventures Of Ghosthorse And Stillborn
File Under: Christian Rap / Black Metal / Disco House
Label: Touch and Go Records
Info: Sierra Rose and Bianca Leilani (a.k.a. Red Bone Slim) were born in Fort Dodge, Iowa and the big island of Hawaii respectively. They are the third and fourth daughters of spiritualist Timothy Casady and artist/teacher Tina Hunter. As a small child, Red writes, I was carried in a papoose around sacred Anasazi grounds by my mother and her partner, Brook Medicine Eagle. Periods of my adolescence were spent living in a trailer on the outskirts of Joseph City, Arizona with my father. We spent our time burning ants and hunting rabbits from the burned out chassis of a station wagon. I left at fifteen owing to a feeling of alienation caused in part by my reticence toward a formal education. As soon as I was able to garner the necessary means I sold both day-old flowers in restaurants and expired raffle tickets to the elderly I boarded a bus north to San Francisco.
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SLEEPING IN THE AVIARY

Artist / Band: SLEEPING IN THE AVIARY

Song (MP3): ANOTHER GIRL
Album: Oh, This Old Thing?
File Under: Rock / Classic Rock / Comedy
Label: Science of Sound
Info: Thanks to intense, highly entertaining live shows and their addictive, spastic pop songs, Sleeping in the Aviary has in short order become one of Madison, Wisconsin's most intriguing young bands. Their sound could be described as The Thermals vacationing with some Buzzcocked White Stripes, sharing hot tubs with The Kinks and saunas with Nirvana--often sounding frenzied or angry, but strangely good-natured about it. Flashes of rock and roll's history percolate throughout their authentic brand of catchy songs which are of the kind that immediately become implanted in one's brain upon hearing them.The band has also nailed down their ability to play acoustic sets that have proven to be quite intimate and intriguing to witness. read more from the source...

BUTTERFLY EXPLOSION

Artist / Band: BUTTERFLY EXPLOSION

Song (MP3): NEXT YEAR
Album: Turn the Sky
File Under: Alternative / Rock / Shoegaze
Label: Killing Pop Records
Info: The Butterfly Explosion came together in the latter part of 2004 with the full line-up completed as recording began on their debut EP "Vision" in the Spring of 2005. Championed by 2FM's Dan Hegarty, the EP has also received radio support from Glasgow(Jim Gellatly XFM) to L.A.(Nic Harcourt KCRW) and college stations throughout the US where they played several shows in NYC and at the SXSW music festival in Austin, March 2006.
In June 2006 they were one of eight artists selected to perform at the IMRO "Best Of Tour" showcase - an annual showcase featuring the best upcoming acts in Ireland.
Their new 5-track mini-album/EP, 'Turn the sky', was released in September 2006. With radio distribution from May, tracks from the EP have received airplay from XFM Scotland, XFM London, Ireland's 2FM, Phantom FM and Today FM where the track 'Sophia' earned them 'Rising Artist of the Week' at the end of May. Another of the tracks 'Car Park' featured in the Top Ten

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LOVEDRUG

Artist / Band: LOVEDRUG

Song (MP3): HAPPY APPLE POISON
Album: Everything Starts Where It Ends
File Under: Rock / Indie
Label: The Militia Group
Info: Like many great bands, there is something hauntingly spiritual and honest about Lovedrug. The Ohio-based rock band delivers a highbrow sound akin to Spiritualized, Sunny Day Real Estate, or Muse, crossed with the arena grandeur of Queen. A unique crossbreed of art and accessibility, powerful melodies are driven by smartly crafted lyrics of truth, intrigue, love, spite, death and damn near everything in between. Only those who have seen the band live can truly understand the growing phenomenon that is Lovedrug. Regardless of how clich? it may sound, Lovedrug live is truly less a show and more an experience. In playing to a variety of audiences (the band has shared the stage w/ The Killers, Robert Plant, Switchfoot, Sam Phillips, Creeper Lagoon, Eisley, Something Corporate, and Matchbook Romance, to name a few), Lovedrug have won over virtually every audience they?ve met. read more from the source...

Black Lips

ARTIST / BAND: Black Lips
SONG (MP3): Buried Alive
ALBUM: Los Valientes Del Mondo Nuevo
FILE UNDER: Flower Punk
LABEL: Vice
INFO: The Black Lips are what you could call true visionaries of a skeptical age. Even from their very first 7" EP, you could tell they were doing their own thing on their own terms, and of course it didn't sit well, even with the dawning of the 21st century and all it promised. Wildly cross-eyed broken stars destined to waver in their importance in the cosmos, they know no boundaries and they take no pretense. Like a volatile and teetering amalgamation of the SWELL MAPS trying to cover the SWINGIN' MEDALLIONS, it's just not right for this world. Unless you long for theunhinged freedom that comes with music that challenges everything without becoming an unlistenable mess of sound. It's a dazzling catastrophe that needs to be absorbed before it vaporizes into thin air. The fun these guys have is hard to hide either live or on record. Seriously slurred swashbucklers living out the ultimate teenage dream, yet breaking through another layer of remarkable idiocy, transcribed through hallucinations, exasperation, and perfectly casual dick fumbling. Such perennial sophistication causes the very foundation of "FLOWER PUNK" to be lysergisized, germinated, fertilized, and fully pollenated. Let it Bloom, and it's fruit, will feed the next generation of off-centered, slop-a-licious rock'n roll pioneers for years to come.
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PLAYLIST MUSICHALL 29 MARCH

RADIO MUZORAMA IS BROADCAST WEEKLY ON RADIO FORTUNA (FM106.9 , TBILISI, GEORGIA)

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DJ GERARD - ATYPICAL
PLUS DEVICE – BODY HEAT
GOLDLUST BONJELA - SANDWICH
FUNKSTÖRUNG - 1ST STROKE (FUNKSTÖRUNG REMIX)
SOI - SOSS
WORD - A DIFFERENCE IN LIFE
CHRIS HERBERT-SUASHI
KATE HAVNEVIK - NEW DAY ONLINE EDIT
POLE - SYLVENSTEIN
PLANET BLISS - NOMAD SOUL
JANNER – THE POWER OF SOUND
SYBARITE - CUT OUT SHAPE
SONIC WALLPAPER - AQUADUB

SECRETARY BIRD

Artist / Band: SECRETARY BIRD

Song (MP3): SOMEWHERE GIRLS
Album: Secretary Bird
File Under: Rock
Label: In De Goot Records
Info: Secretary Bird is the brainchild of Mike Semple who is mostly known for his work with Bill Elm in Friends of Dean Martinez (Semple is credited on 7 albums from 2000-2005). Semple and Elm co-wrote and recorded the score to the Richard Linklater’s new major motion picture, Fast Food Nation, starring Ethan Hawke, Bruce Willis, Patricia Arquette, Wilmer Valderrama and Greg Kinnear. Along with creating music in Friends of Dean Martinez, Mike Semple played in Los Angeles’ Campfire Girls and has circled the globe playing in Giant Sand. Howe Gelb recommends, “I play guitar just good enough, thank you. And when I don't, I call on Mike Semple to bolster. He's better than good enough, and he's a hoot to boot.” Mike Semple’s undeniably sincere songwriting is enhanced by a singing style that’s hypnotic and lackadaisically melodic like Lou Reed or Paul Westerberg. Add Semple’s distinctive guitar work, born of a 70’s British influence, and it is laid beautifully and softly down at the foot of your soul. Think Psychocandy meets The Days of Wine and Roses and add a bit of Wilco. Thomas Froggart (She Wants Revenge) and Eric Avery (Jane’s Addiction) also play on the album. Enlisted for the live touring band are Austin-based drummer, Kirke Jan and bass player, Einar Pedersen. Secretary Bird is a musical hybrid inspired by Mike Semple’s boyhood home of Tucson and his current home of Los Angeles. The album melds the countrified-influence of the desert and the rock and roll expanse of Los Angeles. They are songs that bring celebration and sadness, breaking your heart just for the pleasure of healing it.
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SARA CULLER

Artist / Band: SARA CULLER

Song (MP3): ARE YOU SLEEPING
Album: Miss Takes - Light The Night!
File Under: Indie / Electronica / Alternative
Info: Sara Culler was born in Sweden on July 23rd 1978 - The daughter of a Swedish mother and an American father. She grew up in Dallas, Texas, USA with an American citizenship. After two years of school, Sara moved back to Malmö, Sweden 1987 - pushed and mashed herself through more school - gathered "some" skills - got calluses in her head and in her heart thick enough to be able to write songs about 1996-97. Sara still lives in Malmö and is currently recording more songs than ever before -Very much hoping for a record deal...
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ASTRID SWAN

Artist / Band: ASTRID SWAN

Song (MP3): GOOD GIRL
Album: Poverina
File Under: Other / Pop / Rock
Label: www.mintyfresh.com
Info: ASTRID SWAN Who is Astrid Swan? She is from Finland. She writes songs, sings and plays instruments. Astrid asks of herself “Am I a conflicting figure, a radical annoyance with my own songs but also with my masquerades and games of beauty? Am I to be seen with the Marilyns or with the Jonis? Why can I not be with the Bobs or the Antonies?” She has enjoyed playing shows with Jose Gonzalez, Mew, Loney Dear, Jamie Cullum & Lou Barlow. None of these people look or sound like Astrid Swan. Poverina is the title of her debut album. People who have heard it love it. Now you have the chance to hear & love the record as well, when Minty Fresh Records releases Poverina this spring 2007. If you really want to experience who Astrid Swan is, listen to her music. Astrid Swan is not heavy metal.
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JARVIS COCKER

Artist / Band: JARVIS COCKER

Song (MP3): DON'T LET HIM WASTE YOUR TIME
Album: Jarvis
File Under: Alternative / Indie / Rock
Label: http://www.roughtraderecords.com/

Info: In 2006 Cocker appeared on albums Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited (song "I Just Came to Tell You That I'm Going", co-performed with Kid Loco) and Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys (song "A Drop of Nelson's Blood"). His song "Running the World" appeared over the closing credits of the film Children of Men. Also in 2006, along with Steve Mackey, he 'curated' the 2-CD Compilation, The Trip, which featured a wide selection of tracks by artists as varied as The Fall, Gene Pitney, The Beach Boys, and The Polecats. He also co-wrote lyrics on the Charlotte Gainsbourg album 5:55, with Neil Hannon and members of Air. On October 12th 2006, a fictional Jarvis Cocker was a lead character in a drama on BBC Radio 2, as part of their 'Imagine' competition.


DJ Jarvis. Cocker putting a palazzo through its paces during the opening week of the 2005 Venice Bienniale
Jarvis Cocker is now following a solo career, after his father Matthew Cocker-Logan, suggested he needed him to buy a retirement home - his debut album, Jarvis, came out in the UK on November 13, 2006. In March 2007 he appeared on French band Air's new album Pocket Symphony.
On Valentine's Day 2007, he was chosen to give the award for Best British Newcomer (awarded to the Fratellis) at the Brit Awards.
Jarvis and Beth Ditto (The Gossip) recently collaborated on a cover version of the classic 80s track Temptation by Heaven 17 at the NME Awards in London.
Jarvis is due to Curate this year's Meltdown Festival at the South Bank Centre in London this June. [3]

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EVERYBODY ELSE

Artist / Band: EVERYBODY ELSE

Song (MP3): IN MEMORIAM
Album: Everybody Else
File Under: Rock / Indie / Alternative
Label: The Militia Group
Info: In the olden days, before “pop” was a dirty word, there were rock bands imitating the punchy soul of Motown and Stax, playing something that was bubblegum but still raw, pop music that was not too polished or too dumbed-down. Every generation since the birth of rock ‘n’ roll has had bands in this tradition, on both sides of the Atlantic—the Rascals, the Lovin’ Spoonful, the Jam, Elvis Costello, Squeeze—but in the past decade or so, music in this vein has been conspicuously lacking.
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THE LITTLE HEROES

Artist / Band: THE LITTLE HEROES

Song (MP3): TEETH
Album: Cinematic Americana
File Under: Indie / Alternative / Rock
Label: http://www.wednesdayrecords.com/
Info: The Little Heroes are the new Promise Ring. It would be cool if they'd play the roof of the Oklahoma University parking garage while they're still little enough, before exploding into full-blown rock arena heroes. Cinematic Americana is the 12-track freshman disc from this all-male twentysomething San Jose guitar band quartet with keys. It's delightful. Bright and up-tempo, the songs are wonderful at high volume.
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DOLLYROTS

Artist / Band: DOLLYROTS

Song (MP3): BECAUSE IM AWESOME
Album: BECAUSE IM AWESOME
File Under: Rock / Punk / Pop Punk
Label: BLACKHEART RECORDS
Info: The Dollyrots are one girl and two boys. They're a fukin punk band but their CDs are very pop. Kelly is sugar sweet but mischevious and might sucker punch you if you're dumb enough to try her patience. Which she has a lot of, if she hasn't been visiting with her friends Jack, Jim or Jameson. She likes to do girl things like grow plants and sew up her t-shirts and crochet and make strawberry cakes. read more from the source...

RINGO DEATHSTARR

Artist / Band: RINGO DEATHSTARR

Song (MP3): SOME KIND OF SAD
Album: Ringo Deathstarr
File Under: Ambient / Shoegaze / Pop
Label: http://www.svcrecords.co.uk/

Info: Ringo Deathstarr: "Some Kind of Sad" [MP3] Austin, Texas' Ringo Deathstarr have a few things working against them. First, there's that almost too kitschy name. Then there's the fact that they meant to start a Jesus and Mary Chain fanclub, but started a band instead. But the winking self-awareness and punk throttle showcased on "Some Kind of Sad" bring toughness to their geeked-out moniker and put their Reid brothers fandom to good use. Their pulsing layers of feedback and those droll, deadpan vocals are ripped straight from Psychocandy, but the galloping, amphetamine rhythms are harder charging than even the most amped up track on that album. read more from the source...

PLAYLIST MUZORAMA 25 MARCH

RADIO MUZORAMA IS BROADCAST WEEKLY ON RADIO FORTUNA (FM106.9 , TBILISI, GEORGIA)

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HAIL SOCIAL - HEAVEN
JE SUIS FRANCE - THAT DON'T WORK THAT WELL FOR US
MAXIMO PARKS - YOUR URGE
VOXTROT - KID GLOVES
DATAROCK - FA-FA-FA
MODEST MOUSE - INVISIBLE
EL-P - FLYENTOLOGY (CASSETTES WONT LISTEN REMIX)
JAMIE T - OH MY GIRL
MANIC STREET PREACHERS - UNDERDOGS
THE LOCUST - WE HAVE REACHED AN OFFICIAL VERDICT: NOBODY GIVES A SHIT
THE STOOGES - MY IDEA OF FUN
CENTRAL SERVICES - 4 LETTER WORD
THE SAFES- PHONE BOOK FULL OF PHONIES
WALKER KONG - ANDY WARHO AND THE HONEY BEES
THE BOOK OF KNOTS - PRAY
THE RIFLES - PEACE AND QUIET [UNPLUGGED]

Hail Social

Artist / Band: Hail Social

Song (MP3): Heaven
Album: Modern Love & Death
File Under: Pop / Rock / Indie

Aereogramme

Artist / Band: Aereogramme

Song (MP3): Conscious Life
Album: My Heart Has A Wish That You Would Not Go
File Under: Rock / Electronica / Experimental
Label: Chemikal Underground
Info: Ensconced in Glasgow’s Nice N’ Sleazy, Aereogramme’s Craig B and Campbell McNeil are discussing all things related to their third full-length album while outside, the rain drums down in rhythmic, ice-cold sheets. It’s nearly four years since the release of their last long player, Sleep And Release and over two and a half since their six-track mini-album Seclusion, so it’s little wonder that the miserable conditions outside are not dampening their enthusiasm over the creation of “My Heart Has a Wish That You Would Not Go”
It’s an enthusiasm that’s both well placed and richly justified. Their new album is an intensely rewarding experience: the literate flair of the song writing, effortlessly matched by the project’s musical ambition and creative scope. Aereogramme are no strangers to ambition of course – an entirely self-sufficient collective who write, record and produce their own material, with a film and television composer in their ranks – their previous albums have always been visceral, emotional and inspiring affairs. It’s with their new album though, that Aereogramme have found their most compelling form and, through trusting their instincts and pleasing themselves first and foremost, have produced their most accessible work to date.

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The Book Of Knots

Artist / Band: The Book Of Knots

Song (MP3): Pray
Album: Traineater
File Under: Progressive / Other / Metal
Label: Anti
Info: The Book of Knots, a New York based studio-collective, was formed by Matthias Bossi (Skeleton Key, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum) Joel Hamilton (Shiner, Battle Of Mice, Sparklehorse, Elvis Costello, Unsane) and Tony Maimone (Pere Ubu, Frank Black, They Might Be Giants) in the spring of 2003. What initially started as an excuse to write songs for their friends, took a decidedly serious turn when Mauro Arrambide from Austin Texas' Arclight Records stepped in and offered to release their recorded ramblings. Halfway through the making of record #1, violinist and vocalist Carla Kihlstedt (Tin Hat, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, 2 Foot Yard) joined them, and what is now known as the core quartet solidified. Soon after, it was decided that the band would release 3 records, the first being an ode to the rotting seaside towns of Matthias and Joel's youth, the second a tribute to the American rust-belt, and the third, a praising of all things aeronautical. Anti Records has gracefully stepped in to bring to the world installment #2, "TRAINEATER."
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Artist / Band: The Locust

Song (MP3): We have Reached An Official Verdict: Nobody Gives A Shit
Album: New Erections
File Under: Punk / Experimental / Progressive
Label: Anti
Info: Here is New Erections, eleven tracks deep and somehow totally anthemic, throbbing in the void of those past limps crumbled by planes and bleak brains, blanketed by soft skulls with electric socket glory holes for eyes that worship the steel wool pulled over them. New Erections, a celebratory prost! to the old photos of you, mid-twenties, with friends pissing on GG's shallow grave now under-exposed by the current you, over-miserable hollow white-collar power-slave. New Erections, later Saddam, hey Gomorrah... read more from the source...

Artist / Band: El-P

Song (MP3): Flyentology (Cassettes Wont Listen Remix)
Album: I'll Sleep When You're Dead
File Under: Hip Hop / Rap / Indie
Label: Def Jux
Info: the following was written by people trying to make me look cool: To simply say that El-P is serious about his music would be an understatement. Upon first listen to his upcoming album, I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead, it's readily apparent that this record – a magnum opus 4 years in the making - represents a culmination of profound musical, personal, and political experiences reaching their tumultuous climax. This record is about the struggle faced by those living in a rapidly changing society, El himself calling this his post-traumatic stress album where he attempts to capture the political by representing the internal. Evoking vocals and production aesthetics so viscerally indicative of the current era, El-P has outdone himself yet again, effectively mastering his brand of cutting-edge head-nodders and pushing forward a genre that has long held him as an undisputed kingpin. I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead embodies everything that is El-P – a groundbreaking artist, virtuosic producer, profound lyricist, label founder, A&R maverick and underground icon reacting to the malignant societal changes occurring today – a very serious matter indeed. This record is an urgent document, a collective representation of a critical individual crossing their personal Rubicon, assessing the dismal reality inherent, and deciding to forge on despite the cost. With appearances by Trent Reznor, The Mars Volta, Cat Power, Aesop Rock, Cage, Matt Sweeney, Tame One, and others, this is an album poised to extend a genre into a new realm of artistic expression.
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Jamie T

Artist / Band: Jamie T
Song (MP3): Oh My Girl
Album: Panic Prevention
File Under: Rap / Reggae / Punk
Label: Pacemaker Recordings
Info: Jamie Treays, known by his stage name Jamie T, is a 21-year-old English singer/songwriter from Wimbledon, South London. He went to Reeds school in Cobham, Surrey until he was 18 and is currently signed to Virgin Records, but released his Betty and the Selfish Sons EP on his own Pacemaker Records label.
He has been tipped to be "the next big thing" by the NME[citation needed] and has often been compared to the likes of Bob Dylan and Mike Skinner (The Streets)[citation needed]. He has also been nicknamed "one man Arctic Monkey"[citation needed]. Canvas Magazine have described him as "like the bastard lovechild of Billy Bragg and Mike Skinner doing his best Joe Strummer impression" [1]

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The Rifles

Artist / Band: The Rifles
Song (MP3): Peace And Quiet [unplugged]
Album: "No Love Lost"
File Under: Rock / Punk / Ska
Label: 679/ Universal Publishing
Info: The Rifles are an English rock band from Walthamstow, London. They are heavily influenced by The Clash, The Jam and 90s Britpop. Their debut album "No Love Lost" was released on 17 July 2006 and was produced by Ian Broudie.
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Manic Street Preachers

ARTIST / BAND: Manic Street Preachers
SONG (MP3): Underdogs
ALBUM: Send away the tigers
FILE UNDER: Alternative / Indie / Rock
LABEL: Major
INFO: Manic Street Preachers (often known colloquially as "The Manics") are a Welsh rock band often associated (erroneously) with the Britpop scene, who gained mainstream popularity in the UK in the late 1990's. They are known for their intelligent and often political lyrics and have a dedicated cult following. Although during the early part of their career they were regarded as a punk rock band, their music is now often generally regarded as alternative rock, due to changes in their sound. Co-lyricist and guitarist Richey James Edwards (Richey James, as he preferred to be known) mysteriously disappeared in 1995; his whereabouts are unknown.
Politically, the Manics appear as a socialist group — a stance inflected by their working class upbringing in Blackwood, south Wales (they grew up during the miners' strike of the 1980s) as evidenced by their often highly politicised lyrics and actions (they once dedicated an award to Arthur Scargill, leader of the National Union of Mineworkers and later the Socialist Labour Party). The band also played a highly publicised gig in Cuba.[1]

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The Stooges

ARTIST / BAND: The Stooges
SONG (MP3): My Idea of Fun
ALBUM: The Wierdness
FILE UNDER: The Stooges and Iggy :)
LABEL: Major
INFO: The Stooges are an American rock band that was first active from about 1967 to 1974, and then reformed in 2003.
The Stooges sold rather few records in their original existence and often performed for indifferent or hostile audiences. Nevertheless, The Stooges are often regarded as hugely influential both on the nascent heavy metal and punk rock. Singer Iggy Pop and his wild onstage antics were often the focus of attention.

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WALKER KONG

ARTIST / BAND: Walker Kong
SONG (MP3): Andy Warho and The Honey Bees
ALBUM: Deliver Us From People
FILE UNDER: Pop / Folk Rock / Experimental
LABEL: www.magicmarkerrecords.com
INFO: Walker Kong was formed in the the spring of 1998 when Jeremy Ackerman called upon four musically untrained female friends to help perform a collection of simple pop songs he had written over the course of a long, hot New Mexico summer. Sounding like a cross between the Modern Lovers, Elvis Costello and the Shaggs, the band began a strange assent through the ranks of a Minneapolis music scene. During these early years there was a vital music community in the Twin Cities that shared a sense of purpose and encouraged many styles of music to coexist on the same stage. Minneapolis based groups of the time such as Smattering, Lifter Puller, Triangle, the Selby Tigers and Florida were all friends and inspirations to WK as they progressed into a more refined ensemble.
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The Safes

ARTIST / BAND: The Safes
SONG (MP3): Phone Book Full of Phonies
ALBUM: Well Well Well
FILE UNDER: Rock / Powerpop / Soul
LABEL: O'Brothers' Records
INFO: The Safes are the O'Malley brothers, Frankie, Michael, and Patrick. Growing up, these sons of Irish immigrants were surrounded by music. Their father Frank O'Malley, a working musician, record collector and all-around music lover, filled the house with live sounds, great records, and an array of musical instruments. His boys developed a similar love; if it had energy, conviction, and a killer hook, the O'Malleys could dig it. read more from the source...

Je Suis France

Artist / Band: Je Suis France
Song (MP3): That Don't Work That Well For Us
Album: Afrikan Majik
File Under: Indie Pop
Label: http://www.antennafarmrecords.com
Info: Je Suis France, a nine-piece, spread-across-the-country indie rock behemoth plans to release its latest and greatest LP, Afrikan Majik, on May 29th on Antenna Farm Records (the Donkeys, Still Flyin’). Based in Athens, Atlanta, Boston, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, and featuring members of Masters of the Hemisphere, Still Flyin’, the Mendoza Line, the Low Lows, Je Suis France was an Athens fixture before dispersing to various parts of the country, resulting in, strangely enough, the band’s most fertile period (10+ EPs!). Afrikan Majik finds the band at its most explorative, tapping into krautrock jams, indiepop, and even reggae with an inspired fervor.

PLAYLIST MUSICHALL 22 MARCH

RADIO MUZORAMA IS BROADCAST WEEKLY ON RADIO FORTUNA (FM106.9 , TBILISI, GEORGIA)

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ROOTS MANUVA - SEAT YOURSELF [BIG DADA]
TURBULENCE - NOTORIOUS [XL RECORDINGS]
BADMARSH AND SHRI - SIGNS (FEATURING UK APACHE) [OUTCASTE RECORDS]
LADY SOVEREIGN - THE BATTLE (FEAT FROST P ZUZ ROCK SHYSTIE) [CHOCOLATE INDUSTRIES]
TENOR FLY, COWBOY RANGER DEMOLITON MAN & TERRY T - LOYAL TO THE GAME [P-VINE JAPAN]
VISIONARY - IN THIS TIME [SHOUT]
SHIMON FT. DADDY FREDDY - HANDS UP [RAM]
YT - ENGLAND STORY (PHANTASY & SHODAN MIX) [SATIVA EASY PIC]
MR VEGAS - HOT WUK (CIGA MIX) [CDR] CHASE & STATUS - DISCO [RAM]
SUB FOCUS - SPECIAL PLACE [RAM]

CENTRAL SERVICES

Artist / Band: CENTRAL SERVICES
Song (MP3): 4 LETTER WORD
Album: Central Services
File Under: Pop / Powerpop / Indie
Info:
Seattle's Central Services is no stranger to the radio. In fact, with hardly any promo or outside push, the band managed to secure a 'Featured Artist' spot on NPR, not to mention being a KEXP favorite (7 out of 10 tracks on the latest release saw airplay). Central Services is a radio-ready act that maintains an indie hipness like Portastatic or Nada Surf. The pop-catchiness doesn't feel like a guilty pleasure, mostly because the music is so damn good. Melodies are a-plenty, and coupled with sweet vocals that recall younger days, crushes, and innocence. The band also shines on acoustic numbers with a 70's era melodic-focused simplicity. Central Services delivers genuine and genius tracks that remain with listeners indefinitely. Get onboard now-- this band is the next big thing.

Modest Mouse

Artist / Band: Modest Mouse
Song (MP3): Invisible
Album: We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
File Under: Indie / Rock / Alternative
Label: Epic Records
Info: Modest Mouse is an American indie rock band. They were formed in 1993 in Issaquah, Washington by guitarist Isaac Brock, drummer Jeremiah Green, bassist John Wickhart, and guitarist Dann Gallucci [2]. However, since their 1996 debut album This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About, their lineup has been centered around guitarist Isaac Brock, drummer Jeremiah Green and bassist Eric Judy. Since being signed to Sony's Epic Records in 2000, the band has attained significant popular success. Elements of Modest Mouse's sound have been likened to or have been inspired by those of Elliott Smith, Pixies, Built to Spill, and numerous other alternative rock bands.
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Voxtrot

Artist / Band: Voxtrot
Song (MP3): Kid Gloves
Album: Voxtrot
File Under: Pop / Indie / Rock
Label: Playlouder / Beggars Group
Info: The Austin, Texas-based 5-piece of Ramesh Srivastava (vocals, guitar, electric piano), Jason Chronis (bass), Mitchell Calvert (guitar), Matt Simon (drums), and Jared Van Fleet (keyboards) has caused quite a stir over the last several months with their two self-released EPs. Jim Gottlieb, co-founder of Playlouder said, “We were instant fans of Voxtrot after hearing the 'Raised By Wolves' EP and when the 'Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wives' EP came along it blew us away. We witnessed how good their SXSW shows were and when we saw them at New York’s Mercury Lounge, that was it!"Originally conceived as an outlet for vocalist Ramesh Srivastava to record a handful of songs he had written, it quickly became apparent that Voxtrot needed to be something more. The band will head into the studio this fall to record a full-length debut, which is tentatively scheduled for release in early 2007.
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Dan Deacon

Artist / Band: Dan Deacon
Song (MP3): The Crystal Cat
Album: Spiderman of the rings
File Under: Indie pop / Electronica
Label: Carpark Records
Info: Standing in a Greyhound Bus station, wearing a Sylvester t-shirt and huge duct-tape-covered glasses, Baltimore ’s Dan Deacon doesn't invoke the image of a composer to the other bus riders. The two suitcases he loads under the bus, which accompany him from city to city, hold the sweat-and-grime-soaked electronics that he uses to craft his raging, maxed-out party music and light show. After 12 tours and 300+ shows in little over 2 years, the gear is beaten and battered, but the show and the energy it produces is anything but.

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Girl Talk

Artist / Band: Girl Talk
Song (MP3): Pure magic
Album: Bone Hard Zaggin'
File Under: Samplin Pop
Label: 333 recordings
Info: A little something from last year that got overlooked amongst all the Night Ripper commotion, this 7" offering from mashup artist Gregg Gillis is a surprising departure into freak-folk that uses Appalachian harmonies to-- no, actually it's more spastic cut-up pop-rap-bounce-club-laptop business. By now you're probably in one of two camps when it comes to Girl Talk: either he's a sub-Diplo wigster who makes Real Street Music palatable to girl-jeans anglehairs by spoonfeeding it to 'em alongside a bunch of potential-punchline 80s pop debris, or he's a brilliant pop encyclopedia who hears sonic connections everywhere and does everything short of drilling a hole in his skull to let those ideas play off each other. (Can he be both? Only if you both love and hate irreverence in equal measure.)
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MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND

Artist / Band: MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND
Song (MP3): GOLDEN STAR
Album: Bring me the workhorse
File Under: Experimental / Rock / Indie
Label: Asthmatic Kitty Records
Info: My Brightest Diamond is Shara Worden, granddaughter of an Epiphone-playing traveling evangelist, fathered by a National Accordion Champion, and mothered by a church organist. Spanish tango, Sunday morning gospel, classical and jazz were the accompaniment to her home life. Her first song was recorded at age three and by age eight she was studying piano, performing in community musical productions and singing in her Pentecostal church choir, in Ypsilanti, Michigan, where she spent most of her childhood.
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DATAROCK

Artist / Band: DATAROCK
Song (MP3): Fa-Fa-Fa
Album: Datarock Datarock
File Under: Other / Pop / Classic Rock
Label: Young Aspiring Professionals
Info:
Turn of the century in Norway and two friends, Fredrik Saroea and Ket-Ill, have noticed how the musical landscape of their home city, Bergen, has changed. No longer are the truly alternative sounds flooding out from rock venues like they had been in the nineties. It's in the clubs that they're hearing the most inspiring songs and meeting the most interesting people. The Röyksopp guys become friends, as do the Kings of Convenience and pop starlet Annie. Fredrik and Ket-Ill like all the music they're making, as well as the electroclash tunes DJs are beginning to play. They were in the middle of a huge musical stew, and it was from there that their own band, Datarock, first sprang to life.People like Röyksopp had been making electronic pop under different names on their laptops since the mid-nineties.

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Maximo Parks

Artist / Band: Maximo Parks
Song (MP3): Your Urge
Album: Our Earthly Pleasures
File Under: Rock / Pop
Label: Warp
Info: A seeming pep talk for hedonism, "Your Urge," the latest track off Maximo Park's upcoming Our Earthly Pleasures (out May 8 via Warp), is rife with mentions of drunken stumbles and quivering ooohs. "You don't have to deny your urge / It doesn't make you bad," nervy frontman Paul Smith coos during the song's opening seconds.
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PLAYLIST MUZORAMA 18 MARCH

RADIO MUZORAMA IS BROADCAST WEEKLY ON RADIO FORTUNA (FM106.9 , TBILISI, GEORGIA)
PRODUCED BY KOMUNIKATORI

LISTEN TO THE SHOW

THE SHINS - KNOW YOUR ONION!
RA RA RIOT - EACH YEAR
MIDNIGHT MOVIES - CORAL DEN
CLOROX GIRLS - BOYS/GIRLS
PATRICK WOLF - THE MAGIC POTION
GET HIM EAT HIM - 2X2
MAPS & ATLASES - EVERY PLACE IS A HOUSE
THE TWILIGHT SAD - AND SHE WOULD DARKEN THE MEMORY
ALL SMILES - MOTH IN A CLOUD OF SMOKE
THE GO FIND - DICTIONARY
RADICAL FACE - GLORY
AU REVOIR SIMONE - FALLEN SNOW
SLARAFFENLAND - POLAROIDS
DAVID KARSTEN DANIELS - THE DREAM BEFORE THE RING THAT WOKE MEJANA HUNTER - BABIES

JANA HUNTER - BABIES

Artist / Band: JANA HUNTER
Song (MP3): BABIES
Album: there's no home
File Under: Folk / Experimental
Label: http://www.gnomonsong.com/

Info: In 1994, Jana Hunter was a 16 and a violinist in the Greater Youth Orchestra of Fort Worth (Texas.) This quickly and naturally led to smoking cigarettes, hanging out in a VW Van and joining local hippie band McGillicutty. Hilariously, this group soon disbanded due to creative differences, and Hunter began in earnest the pursuit of solo writing, performing at local open mics and house parties.

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DAVID KARSTEN DANIELS - THE DREAM BEFORE THE RING THAT WOKE ME

Artist / Band: DAVID KARSTEN DANIELS
Song (MP3): THE DREAM BEFORE THE RING THAT WOKE ME
Album: Sharp Teeth
File Under: Folk / Other
Label: fat-cat.co.uk

Info: After three albums recorded piecemeal on fourtracks and computers in three states and on two continents, DKD finally sat still in an old farmhouse and spent two years recording his fourth record. The result is the new album, Sharp Teeth, a potent discovery of moral ambiguity and unavoidable human disconnect that suggests some sort of modern American folk music in the Southern tradition - deathly slow like life in the South, haunted by religion but unable to find answers in its Bible. The sounds of the South are there as well - nods to Dixieland jazz, Nashville's slide guitars, molasses choirs of drums, horns, and voices, and massive whirring string orchestras that recall swarms of chittering insects. The recording is 19 persons strong and was mixed by Alex Lazara (the Prayers and Tears of Arthur Digby Sellers); Daniel Hart (the Physics of Meaning, the Polyphonic Spree) created giant string orchestras, one track at a time. DKD is traveling North America this spring with good friends John Ribo and Sara Morris. Look for them in Europe early summertime.

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SLARAFFENLAND - POLAROIDS

Artist / Band: SLARAFFENLAND
Song (MP3): POLAROIDS
Album: Private Cinema
File Under: Alternative / Rock / Folk
Label: Honningmand Records

Info: Slaraffenland was formed in 2002 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The band has published 2 cds on the indie label Honningmand Records: "Slaraffenland" (2004) and the ep "Jinkatawa" (2005). Slaraffenland is the scandinavian word for "the land of milk and honey". Slaraffenland's music is created in an interaction between composition and improvisation. ----------------------------------------

Our next album "Private Cinema" is out worldwide on May 15th 2007 through Hometapes and Rumraket Check out our photoblog from the studio. You can buy the cd's

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AU REVOIR SIMONE - FALLEN SNOW

Artist / Band: AU REVOIR SIMONE
Song (MP3): FALLEN SNOW
Album: The Bird Of Music
File Under: Indie / Pop / Electro
Label: Moshi Moshi Records

Info: we three play keyboards and drum machines too. we'll sing you a song, a lullaby, a tune. we're from brooklyn, new york but plan to visit you. please visit our website www.aurevoirsimone.com to buy our hand-screened cd or see what else is new in simone-land.

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RADICAL FACE - GLORY

Artist / Band: RADICAL FACE
Song (MP3): GLORY
Album: Ghost
File Under: Indie / Folk / Experimental
Label: Morr Music

Info: This record started with a simple idea: What if houses had memories? What if, when we lived in them, our stories bled into the walls and became a part of the house? What if our ghosts were always going to haunt the places we’ve lived, along with everyone else who’s lived there?
All of the songs are short stories; even if again and again the narrator's voice is transmitted to the instruments, the piano, the guitars, an accordion. And in comparison to the very song-oriented debut by Electric President, 24-year-old ,Ben Cooper’s alter ego (Radical Face) and second musical affair of the heart, Ghost, has become a songwriter-album. Or rather a song-writing album, the tracks as carefully arranged interiors, chamber folk, pocket symphonies, passionate melodies.

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THE GO FIND - DICTIONARY

Artist / Band: THE GO FIND
Song (MP3): DICTIONARY
Album: Stars On The Wall
File Under: Indie / Pop / Electronica
Label: Morr Music

Info: The Go Find is a side-project of Orange Black singer/guitarist Dieter Sermeus. Their first album was produced by fellow Morr artist, Styrofoam (Arne Van Petegem).The second album "Stars On The Wall" will be released on april 4th 2007, again on the German Morr Music-label.

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ALL SMILES - MOTH IN A CLOUD OF SMOKE

Artist / Band: ALL SMILES
Song (MP3): MOTH IN A CLOUD OF SMOKE
Album: Ten Readings Of A Warning
File Under: Indie / Acoustic / Rock
Label: http://www.dangerbirdrecords.com

Info: Jim Fairchild is the singer/songwriter and general creator of All Smiles, his first solo outing after his days in the band Grandaddy. His debut record was made along with drummers Janet Weiss (Sleater Kinney, Quasi), Joe Plummer (Modest Mouse, Black Heart Procession, Magic Magicians), Danny Seim (Lack Thereof, Menomena), and Solon Bixler (Great Northern).
The record was almost entirely created on 8-track, recorded in living rooms up and down the West Coast. "It was a no-budget record," says Jim. "There wasn't any backing yet. I just set up whatever gear I had in the kitchen of our borrowed house in Portland, and our living room in Los Angeles. It sounds like the places it was recorded in. You can hear the walls, and the floors, and the ceilings, and you can hear the cars, and the trees, and the guys selling drugs outside."
The album was mixed by Brian Deck (Iron and Wine, Modest Mouse). All Smiles is held together by Jim Fairchild's spare and decisive sounds, and a resistance to over-embellish. "It couldn't be any other way. I didn't want it to be bigger than it was supposed to be."

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THE TWILIGHT SAD - AND SHE WOULD DARKEN THE MEMORY

Artist / Band: THE TWILIGHT SAD
Song (MP3): AND SHE WOULD DARKEN THE MEMORY
Album: Fourteen Autumns And Fifteen Winters
File Under: Folk / Experimental / Other
Label: fat-cat.co.uk/

Info: Based outside of Glasgow, The Twilight Sad formed in late 2003. The band played a couple of gigs at the 13th Note in Glasgow, creating half hour-long pieces of music using guitars, bass, drums, theremin, tape loops from films and old folk/country songs, effects pedals, toy keyboards, thumb pianos, saws, computer games and a lot of noise in an attempt to try and discover a sound they could call their own and continue to develop. After these two shows, they rejected many gig offers, and became a more reclusive unit, spending any spare time they had in the studio focused on writing and sculpting away at new material.

In September 2005, they wrote four songs they thought gave a relatively good perspective of the band, and went into a local studio to record them, producing it themselves. Staying in the studio for many nights, they used a 24-track desk to build layer upon layer of sound, trying to get the best representation as possible. Thinking that the CD they came out with showed little more than some kind of raw potential, they posted it down to FatCat as a demo. After receiving a positive response and a request for more tracks, the band continued to expand on their song writing and kept regularly in contact with the label. Instead of paying for more studio time they began to make lo-fi recordings in bedrooms, bathrooms and their own rehearsal space, developing a more folk/experimental/noise sound. In mid-May the band came down to Brighton to meet the label and played on the bill of a FatCat night on the pier alongside The Mutts, Charlottefield, The Rank Deluxe, and fellow Glasgow band, The Frightened Rabbit.

Where the band’s recorded sound is layered with many melodies, their live sound is a more intense experience which replaces the intricacies of the recordings with a more visceral wall of noise.

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MAPS & ATLASES - EVERY PLACE IS A HOUSE

Artist / Band: MAPS & ATLASES
Song (MP3): EVERY PLACE IS A HOUSE
Album: Three, swallows, houses
File Under: Indie / Pop / Other

Info: Maps and Atlases offer songs that wrestle themselves from flailing, algebraic fits of spazzy guitar notes and drum ruptures to lulling, voice-driven melodies that speak stories using lyrical images strung together like soup cans chasing a Cadillac. Mostly influenced by experimental and technically adept musicians such as Hella, Don Caballero, and Psych-Folkies Devendra Banhart and Six Organs of Admittance, Maps and Atlases create a distinctive blend of the intricate and organic.

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GET HIM EAT HIM - 2X2

Artist / Band: GET HIM EAT HIM
Song (MP3): 2X2
Album: Arms Down
File Under: Indie / Powerpop / New Wave
Label: Absolutely Kosher Records

Info: Formed in February of 2004, Get Him Eat Him consists of five young men with passable small motor skills playing big, confusing music. Paroxysm-laden pop that balances gravity and gratuitousness, the music of Get Him Eat Him has been described as "a hybrid of The Wrens, Enon, and Weezer's pop sensibility." In July of 2004, Get Him Eat Him signed to Absolutely Kosher Records, home of The Wrens, Frog Eyes, and Sunset Rubdown (Spencer from Wolf Parade). Get Him Eat Him has played shows with Broken Social Scene, The Wrens, The Arcade Fire, The Constantines, Beirut, Black Dice, Xiu Xiu, and The Walkmen. The band released their debut album, recorded at John Vanderslice's Tiny Telephone Studios by Jay Pellicci (Deerhoof, Erase Errata), July 26, 2005 on Absolutely Kosher. Three tour EPs followed in late 2005 and early 2006. On June 5th, Get Him Eat Him will release their second full-length Arms Down, co-produced by former Dismemberment Plan guitarist Jason Caddell.

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PATRICK WOLF - THE MAGIC POTION

Artist / Band: PATRICK WOLF
Song (MP3): THE MAGIC POTION
ALBUM: The Magic Position

FILE UNDER: Pop

LABEL: www.loogrecords.co.uk

INFO: Patrick, now age 23, grew up in South London and began refining his precocious talents at the age of eleven when he escaped from school troubles by late night experimentation in the corners of his bedroom with his violin, voice and car boot sale organs on a four-track tape recorder. Although beginning his musical education a few years before with rigorous violin lessons and church choirs, it wasn't until Patrick's obsession for early twentieth-century electronics - which lead to a study and construction of a Theremin - that Patrick really developed a strong ambition to create new and innovative music and that has power and emotion enough to communicate directly to the heart.