Showing posts with label news. Show all posts
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Monday, 19 September 2011

David Guetta: Nothing But The Beat


I've not got round to a mention of the new David Guetta album Nothing But The Beat so far, time to put that right. Not that he exactly need my help in promoting an album that already seems like a greatest hits collection on account of several of the tracks already having had such a massive success as singles.

I expect that there will be more singles from the album, and I'm sure they'll be huge as well.

Meanwhile, in the latest chapter in the Guetta story, on Saturday the Grand Rex theatre in Paris hosted the premier of the film Nothing But the Beat, a documentary covering his career from underground DJ to international superstar.

The film is a collaboration between David Guetta and burn - an energy drink from Coca Cola - and it tells his story through interviews with him and with friends, family and collaborators.

Those involved include will.i.am, Kelly Rowland, Snoop Dogg, Ludacris, Taio Cruz and Usher, as well as dance music legends Norman Cook, Laurent Garnier, David Morales and Pete Tong.

It tracks the role Guetta played in the creation of the cross-over genre of house blended with pop, hip-hop and R&B, taking his music and the work of others to new audiences and new generations.

"Nothing But the Beat" the movie, is a burn production in association with What A Music, filmmakers Partizan (Be Kind Rewind, Part of the Weekend Never Dies) and innovation house Deviant Ventures.

David Guetta, who was at the screening with his wife Cathy, said: "Working with burn on Nothing But the Beat has given me the opportunity to share this journey and I hope it will inspire anyone who has talent or dreams to follow them. I have been chasing mine since I was a teenager, and it still feels like it's only the beginning for me."

Dan White, global group director for burn at the Coca-Cola Company said: "The burn brand believes in inspiring action with those who want to leave their creative mark on the world.

"David Guetta personifies this spirit in everything that he does and the more we got to know him and what he stands for, the more compelled we felt to share his story with fans across the globe."

Guetta has gone from the DJ booth at clubs to massive arenas and outdoor festivals. Since he produced I Gotta Feeling for the Black Eyed Peas and released his fourth studio album 'One Love' in August 2009, Guetta has sold over three million albums and 20 million singles,

Guetta's fifth album Nothing But The Beat came out last month, featuring tracks like Sweat (with Snoop Dogg), Where Them Girls At (With Flo Rida and Nicki Minaj) and Little Bad Girl (Featuring Taoi Cruz and Ludacris) has seen

Other tracks feature Usher, Akon, Chris Brown and Jessie J.

Needless to say though, the track that stands our for this listener is the track Glasgow, very much a Daft Punk flavoured electro work from disc two of the collection which has overall a less commercial flavour than the first disc which features the celebrity collaborations.

Guetta played at Glasgow's Braehead Arena in April 2011, and has played in the city several times in his career. Strange to think that the tune will now make more people around the world aware of the city than any marketing campaign ever could.

Wednesday, 8 June 2011

Festivals: Bruce Springsteen at Vieilles Charrues



Bruce Springsteen played the Vieilles Charrues Festival in Carhaix in Finistère, Brittany in 2009.

The festival - France's biggest music festival - is a four-day event, with 240,000 people attending last year.

It has been running since 1992, and was originally held in the village of Landeleau in Brittany, and has continued to grow ever since, attracting bigger audiences and bigger acts year after year.

In the same way that T in the Park retains a Scottish flavour, the Vieilles Charrues Festival retains a Breton character despite featuring both international acts and artists from across France.

The video shows how The Boss learned how to speak to the crowd in Breton, his teacher being asked if he spoke the language as Bruce wanted to address the crowd in Breton. He wrote phonetically the phrase he wanted to say: Hello Carhaix, how are you doing?

The 2011 Vieilles Charrues Festival takes place from July 14-17, and features Scorpions, Pulp, Kaiser Chiefs, David Guetta, Lou Reed and the Chemical Brothers and PJ Harvey.

Whether any of them take the time to learn some Breton remains to be seen.


Monday, 28 February 2011

News: César win for Gainsbourg film

This weekend was a major weekend for film awards, with the eyes of the world wondering who was going to take the big prizes.

While the Oscars grabbed the headlines, the César awards in Paris are the ones I am focusing on, with a big win for Gainsbourg (Vie Heroique).

Best film went to Of Gods and Men, which picked up three awards including best supporting actor and best cinematography. It wasn't even nominated for an Oscar.

The Ghost Writer, an English language film, picked up four Oscars including best director for Roman Polanski. It is the third time he's won a César for best director, having won for Tess in 1979 and The Pianist in 2002

Best foreign film was The Social Network.

I was particularly pleased to see the 'Best Animation' award going to The Illusionist, a great Franco-Scottish collaboration.

But the big winner, with the most interest here is Gainsbourg (Vie Heroique) which picked up three awards, best first film, best sound and best actor award for Eric Elmosnino. A well-deserved winner.

The film had a few other nominations, including best film and Laetitia Casta was nominated for best supporting actress.

Looking at the César awards this year in comparison to the Oscars is a strange parallel. No King's Speech in the French Republic, little outside the English-speaking world for the Oscars.

Anyway, today's video is Eric Elmosnino performing Gainsbourg's Nazi Rock from the film's soundtrack. On a weekend that saw Dior's head designer suspended for hurling anti-semitic insults in a bar in La Marais and saying how he loves Hitler, it seems fitting to celebrate a victory for a film marking the life and work of a Frenchman who was forced to wear the yellow star as a child during the Occupation.


Eric Elmosnino & Dionysos : Nazi Rock (BO Gainsbourg Vie...)
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