Electronic - Twisted Tenderness
Electronic was a supergroup formed by New Order frontman Bernard Sumner on vocals, guitars and keyboards, and ex-Smiths guitar player Johnny Marr on guitars, bass and keyboards.
The group formed in 1989 for the song "Getting away with it", which would remain their most famous composition. Labelled as an "on/off" project because of their tendency for long absences between releases, Sumner and Marr occasionally worked with other artists, namely Pet Shop Boys singer Neil Tennant and Karl Bartos, formerly of Kraftwerk.
Electronic was the most commercially successful of the many New Order side-projects; their first single "Getting away with it", which featured Tennant on backing vocals, peaked at number 12 in the UK and also went Top 40 in the United States and Australia in 1990. Their self-titled debut LP reached #2 on the UK charts, and went on to sell over a million units worldwide. Their biggest UK hit was "Disappointed", (featured on the Cool World soundtrack) reaching number 6, this time with Tennant on lead vocals. However, despite these impressive numbers, Electronic never managed to reach the popularity of New Order, The Smiths or Pet Shop Boys, and their second album, Raise the Pressure sold only approximately 100,000 copies upon release.
After New Order reformed for the 1998 Reading Festival, Sumner returned to Electronic to record their third album Twisted Tenderness. The album did not return the group to their early nineties levels of popularity but was well received by the critics. Afterwards New Order reformed to record the comeback album Get Ready. Marr formed a new band Johnny Marr and the Healers and is currently a member of the band Modest Mouse. Since then status of Electronic remains a question mark, other than the release of the compilation album Get the Message - The Best of Electronic, released on September 18, 2006. Bernard nor Marr have not gone on the record with any formal dissolution of the band despite moving onto other projects.
This concert is the first electronic concert ever. They were Opening for Depeche Mode for 2 nights in Los Angeles.
SETLIST
01. Intro/Gangster
02. Try All You Want
03. Reality
04. Get The Message
05. Patience Of A Saint
06. Getting Away With It
07. Idiot Country
08. Tighen Up
09. Soviet
Electronic Discography
Labels: Depeche Mode, Electronic
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Leftfield were a duo of electronica artists and record producers, Paul Daley (formerly of A Man Called Adam and the Brand New Heavies) and Neil Barnes, formed in 1989 in London, England. The name Leftfield was originally used simply by Neil Barnes for the first single Not Forgotten but after this Paul Daley was involved firstly in remixing songs and then in the creation of following music. They pioneers in the fields of intelligent dance music and progressive house, being the first to fuse house music with dub and reggae [Release the Pressure (1995)]. They are well-known to the mainstream UK audience for their track "Phat Planet", which soundtracked the "Surfers" TV advertisement for Guinness, ranked number one in Channel 4's Top 100 Adverts list in 2000. "Phat Planet" was a song used in the TV series Beast Machines and the video game f1 2000. In addition their song "Release the Pressure" was used on adverts for the O2 mobile phone network at its launch and "A Final Hit" was featured on the Trainspotting soundtrack. They also released a series of singles and two acclaimed albums before breaking up in 2002 to focus on solo projects
At the very first Leftfield gig, in Amsterdam, the Dutch police were close to arresting the sound-man due to the sound system reaching illegal volumes. At the next concert, in Belgium, thirty people were given refunds after complaining that the sound level was too high, leading to a newspaper headline reading "Leftfield Too Loud". In June 1996, while the group was playing at Brixton Academy, the sound system caused dust and plaster to fall from the roof; subsequently, the group was banned from ever returning to the venue.
They worked the crowd, building us up with thumping sounds and then spent time sending deep deep vibrations through the arena - 'feel it' we were told repeatedly and he massaged his belly as if the sound would feed us. The ground reverberated beneath us as it got louder still and we were told to 'Let the music take control'. The track to do this was the pounding Afrika Shox from the latest album Rhythm and Stealth.
They began with a gentle mystic sound and there was great anticipation as they built up slowly, very slowly bringing in that deep thumping base. When the crowd did start moshing they warned us ' We'll take you higher, but first lower still' and came in with 'Chant of a Poor Man', but not just a copy of the album - this had a different angle and was played specially for us. Then everyone reacted when they heard 'Song For Life' and 'Storm 3000' from the first album, Leftism, which are mixed about and joined seamlessly together, the music flowed beautifully.
The Scratch Perverts are Tony Vegas, Prime Cuts and Plus One, undoubtedly three of the best turntablists in the world. They won the DMC World Mixing Championships after fierce competition in New York two years ago. At the same event Tony Vegas came second in the individual World Championship. Not to be outdone, Prime Cuts went to Hawaii and won the ITF World Scratching Champion award in 1999 and then repeated the feat in 2000. In 1999, they took out the DMC world champion team title with DJ Craze and The Allies, reclaiming the title in 2001 under the moniker of The Perverted Allies.
In the winter of 1990, U2 were hard at work in Hansa Ton recording studios in Berlin, Germany. The ultimate result of this effort would be the November 1991 release of their next album, Achtung Baby. However, in December 1990 that album was a great ways off, because U2 (unlike most other bands) entered the studio with very few lyric or song ideas.
In April of 1991, it was announced that the tapes had found their way into the hand's of bootleggers. Since then, the U2 working tapes have been pressed in a variety of forms:
There were now 5 LP's worth of material available, which came to a staggering total of 3 hours, 27 minutes, and 28 seconds.
Regardless of the superior polish of the finished material released as Achtung Baby, the material found on the bootlegs is fascinating in and of itself. The most compelling aspect of the bootleged material is that, rather than offering slightly alternative versions of tracks found on the finished record, they instead reveal the songwriting process itself. Familiar solos, bass lines, bridges and riffs abound, and there is also a host of interesting songs that didn't find their way onto Achtung Baby.
Formed in Newcastle-upon-Tyne during 1962 and 1963 when Burdon joined the existing Alan Price Rhythm and Blues Combo, the original line-up comprised Eric Burdon (vocals), Alan Price (organ and keyboards), Hilton Valentine (guitar), John Steel (drums), and Bryan "Chas" Chandler (bass). The Animals' moderate success in their hometown and a connection with Yardbirds manager Giorgio Gomelsky motivated them to move to London in 1964, in time to be grouped with the British Invasion. They performed fiery versions of the staple rhythm and blues repertoire (Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker, Nina Simone, etc). Signed to the Columbia Graphophone subsidiary of EMI, a rocking version of the standard "Baby Let Me Follow You Down" (retitled "Baby Let Me Take You Home") was their first single.
The Animals' two-year chart career, masterminded by producer Mickie Most, featured singles that were intense, gritty pop covers such as Sam Cooke's "Bring It On Home To Me" and the Nina Simone number "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood". In contrast their album tracks stayed with rhythm and blues, with Hooker's "Boom Boom" and Ray Charles' "I Believe to My Soul" being notable examples. Burdon's powerful, deep voice and the use of keyboards as much or more than guitars were two elements that made the Animals' sound stand out.
Many of The Animals' hits had come from Brill Building songwriters recruited by Most; the group, and Burdon in particular, felt this was too restrictive. As 1965 ended the group switched to Decca Records and producer Tom Wilson, who gave them more artistic freedom. In early 1966 MGM Records, their American label, collected their hits onto The Best of The Animals; it became their best-selling album in the U.S. In February 1966 Steel left and was replaced by Barry Jenkins; a leftover cover of Goffin-King's "Don't Bring Me Down" was the last hit as The Animals.
John Zorn (born September 2, 1953) is an American composer and saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist. Zorn was born in New York City, and as a child played piano, guitar and flute. He studied at Webster College (now Webster University) in St. Louis, Missouri, where he discovered free jazz. Dropping out of college and moving to Manhattan, Zorn gave concerts in his small apartment, playing a variety of reeds, duck calls, tapes, etc. He eventually became a major participant in the fertile "Downtown" experimental music scene. His breakthrough recording was perhaps 1985's The Big Gundown: John Zorn Plays the Music of Ennio Morricone, wherein Zorn offered a number of often radical arrangements of Morricone's famed songs from various movies. The Big Gundown was endorsed by Morricone, and incorporated elements of traditional Japanese music, soul jazz, and other diverse musical genres.
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The driving creative force behind the groundbreaking synth pop group Depeche Mode, composer and keyboardist Martin Gore was born in Basildon, England, on July 23, 1961. As a teen he joined French Look, a duo featuring schoolmate Vince Clarke; with the subsequent additions of keyboardist Andrew Fletcher and singer David Gahan, the group re-christened itself Depeche Mode, soon jettisoning all instruments excluding their synthesizers and honing a slick, techno-based sound to showcase Clarke's catchy melodies. Depeche Mode's 1981 debut LP Speak and Spell was a major British hit, its success spurred by the smash single "Just Can't Get Enough," but following the album's release principal songwriter Clarke abruptly exited to form Yazoo with singer Alison Moyet, leaving the group's future in grave doubt. In Clarke's absence, Gore grabbed the songwriting reins, and while 1982's A Broken Frame deviated only slightly from Depeche Mode's earlier work, his ominous songs grew more assured and sophisticated by the time of 1983's Construction Time Again. Some Great Reward, issued the following year, was Depeche Mode's artistic and commercial breakthrough, as Gore's dark, kinky preoccupations with spiritual doubt ("Blasphemous Rumours") and psycho-sexual manipulation ("Master and Servant") came to the fore. The egalitarian single "People Are People" was a major hit on both sides of the Atlantic, and typified the music's turn toward more industrial textures. 
1986's atmospheric Black Celebration continued the trend towards grim melancholy, and further established the group as a major commercial force. In 1989, Gore issued the solo EP Counterfeit; the following year saw the release of Depeche Mode's Violator, a Top Ten smash which spawned the hits "Enjoy the Silence," "Policy of Truth," and "Personal Jesus." Although 1993's Songs of Faith & Devotion entered the charts in the number one slot, internal conflicts resulted in a four-year wait for the follow-up, Ultra.
Joey DeMaio 
González was born in Sweden to Argentine parents. In 2003, he released his debut album, Veneer, in Europe. The album has since been released in the UK, on 25 April 2005, and on 6 September 2005 in the United States. His trademark sound is solo classical guitar with soft melody. His work, although mostly original, does include acoustic covers of such hits as "Heartbeats" by his fellow Swedes The Knife, "Love Will Tear Us Apart" by Joy Division, "Born in the U.S.A." and "The Ghost of Tom Joad" by Bruce Springsteen, "Hand On Your Heart" by Kylie Minogue, "Smalltown Boy" by Bronski Beat and "Teardrop" by Massive Attack.
Although quite a number of shows were recorded during the "Highway To Hell" tour of 79-80, the same 3 concerts seem to be constantly re-released by bootleggers. The famous Paris concert of December 79 was one of the first bootleg release with "Bon Scott's Last Oui Oui" in 1981, and finally released in official form and definitive sound quality in "Bonfire" recently. None of the CD or Lp release ever contained the full concert and the most complete is the above-mentioned. The Towson University show of October 79 has also been re-released many times. It was broadcast in the US on FM radio and the best version of this concert is the "Living In The Hell" CD & Double Lp. Finally the London Hammersmith Odeon concert of November 79 broadcast by the BBC and released as a Transcription Disc in 1980 has been issued more than enough time in various quality levels. The better sounding one, and only complete is the Double CD "Angus Cha Cha". Other interesting releases of the 79 tour include 2 German shows, Berlin December 79 ("Dirty Big Balls") and Nuremberg September 79 ("High Voltage On Stage").
One of the richest men in the world doesn't go to rock concerts. The shows come to him. This is one of the private performances that rock's superstars occasionally do for a huge fee. This one is estimated between US$15 and US$20 million. This show took place during Jackson's History Tour and over 60,000 Bruneians were invited. Finally, a copy sneaked out onto the internet.
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