The resurrection of Hooj

Progressive house label Hooj Choons is preparing to make a comeback in 2007.

There's not a prog DJ out there who doesn't own at least one or more 12 inches released on Hooj Choons. In progressive's heyday the label was responsible for some of the genre's finest moments such as Space Manoeuvres 'Stage One', Pete Lazonby 'Sacred Cycles' and Lustral 'Everytime'. Its iconic logo of a stick figure DJ spinning on two decks was regularly seen jutting out of record crates.

Hooj was one of the victims of the slump in UK clubland a few years ago, eventually shutting up shop in September 2003. But good news for fans of the label -- it's firing up again in early 2007. Before they release any vinyl, however, Hooj are releasing new remixes and unreleased versions of back catalogue tracks on Beatport over the next six weeks with one release per week.

Appropriately, the first release is 'Resurrection' by Medway which originally came out in 1998, appearing on John Digweed's Global Underground Hong Kong compilation. This digital version will include a new ambient dub plus remixes by Chris & Kai and Delikate Imposters, which actually had a limited vinyl run on Release Grooves in November 2005.

Best start sending your demos to Hooj Choons now.

SOURCE:RESIDENTAVISOR.NET

http://www.residentadvisor.net/news.asp?ID=8221

NEWS/ FUTURE RELEASES
Latest Poker Flat comp includes discs from Steve Bug and Martin Landsky. ‘Poker Flat Volume 5 Bets'n'Bluffs’ also comes as a vinyl package including six new tracks...Poker Flat is the label owned by Steve Bug that is home to artists such as Argy, Martini Bros and John Tejada. Besides its regular vinyl output, this year the label has also released albums from Guido Schneider and Trentemoller. The next Poker Flat album to hit shelves however is a double CD label compilation.

CD1 is an unmixed disc compiled by Steve Bug, the other is a mix CD from up-and-comer Martin Landsky.

Bug's disc is his third for 2006, following on from ‘Bugnology 2’ and ‘Skin is In’ mixes, and it looks like he's saved the big-hitters until last. His CD includes some of Poker Flat's biggest releases from the last eighteen months such as the Luciano remix of Argy's 'Love Dose', John Tejada’s 'Asanebo' and latest Trentemoller single 'Always Something Better'. It also includes brand new tracks from Guido Schneider and Philippe Autuori. Landsky is one of Poker Flat's longest-serving artists who has already released ten 12 inches the label. He's also a capable DJ, mixing the second Poker Flat label comp released in 2002.

This summer, Landsky's '1000 Miles' blew up on dancefloors around the globe, and it features on the CD besides older label cuts from Chardronnet vs Afrilounge and Martini Bros plus new productions from Jamie Jones, John Tejada & Bilal Bashir and producer-of-the-moment Martin Buttrich.

'Poker Flat Volume 5 Bets'n'Bluffs' will be sold as a double CD and a double vinyl pack. The vinyl version includes the six tracks produced exclusively for the compilation.

'Poker Flat Volume 5 Bets'n'Bluffs' Tracklist

CD1: Compiled by Steve Bug

1. Argy – Love Dose (Luciano Remix)
2. John Tejada – Asanebo
3. Trentemoller – Always Something Better (Trentemoller dub remix)
4. Martini Bros – Spoonful of Lovin’
5. Dan Berkson & James What – If I Was a Man
6. Guido Schneider feat Florian Schirmacher – Transmission
7. Bug & Tanzmann – Shock
8. Martin Landsky – Back (Go for The)
9. Argy – Poke her Flat10. Philippe Autori – Petite Crique
11. Limacon – Catch (Sten Remix)

CD2: Bonus mix CD by Martin Landsky

1. Martin Buttrich – Cloudy Bay
2. Jamie Jones – Alien Experiments
3. Dan Berkson & James What – Cantina
4. Steve Bug & Cle – Onehundredandthree Eggs
5. John Tejada & Bilal Bashir – My Style is No Style
6. Chardronnet vs Afrilounge – Shake It
7. Steve Bug – Smackman
8. Dan Berkson & James What – Asteroids
9. Martin Landsky – 1000 Miles
10. Steve Bug – I-thought
11. Martini Bros – Joystick
12. Martin Buttrich – Snapshots13. Sian – Sei (Steve Bug Remix)

Vinyl tracklist

A1. John Tejada - My Style is No Style
A2. Dan Berkson & James What – Asteroids
B. Martin Buttrich – Snapshots
C1. Steve Bug & Cle – Onehundredandthree Eggs
C2. Philippe Autori – Petite Crique
D. Jamie Jones – Alien Experiments

The vinyl version of 'Poker Flat Volume 5 Bets'n'Bluffs' is released on October 30, 2006. The CD compilation is released on November 11, 2006.

SOURCE: http://www.residentadvisor.net/news.asp?ID=8180
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NEWS: IMOGEN HEAP

'Headlock', the new single from Imogen Heap's critically acclaimed album 'Speak For Yourself' is released on October 16th via Megaphonic / White Rabbit Recordings.
The single which includes Imogen's new radio mix of 'Headlock' and new vocal-only b-side 'Mic Check' comes in a stunning fold out panoramic digipak and will be available on CD, limited edition numbered vinyl and as a digital download.

++ 'HEADLOCK' DIGITAL DOWNLOADS ++
Imogen's new radio mix of 'Headlock' will be available to buy as a digital download from Oct 16th, as well as new vocal-only b-side 'Mic Check'. A breathtaking live version of 'Headlock' taken from a recent iTunes Toronto live session will also be available exclusively from iTunes UK.

++ BEHIND THE ARTWORK ++
Once again the man behind the artwork for 'Headlock', Ryan Oberemeyer has created a mini-site which shows how he created the stunning artwork for the upcoming single.

SOURCE: IMOGEN HEAP NEWSLETTER

NUEVO ALBUM/NEW ALBUM:

EMILY HAINES & THE SOFT SKELETON

El nuevo material de la vocalista de la banda canadiense Metric, Emily Haines nos presenta un álbum "KNIVES DONT HAVE YOUR BACK" este otoño.

Emily Haines Cuts Solo Album (Spin.com)

Four years and four cities later, Metric's Emily Haines is finally (almost) ready to release her debut solo effort.

Emily Haines is an artist that defies labeling. Frontwoman for Metric, she is proud to release her debut solo album, Knives Don’t Have Your Back this fall on Last Gang Records. Written and recorded over the past four years in Los Angeles, Montreal, Toronto and New York, the record sites contributions from the likes of Scott Minor from Sparklehorse, Broken Social Scene’s Justin Peroff, Stars’ Evan Cranley and Metric’s Jimmy Shaw. A distinct contrast from Metric’s bold, danceable sound, Knives is an intimate and subtle collection of mellow, piano-driven tunes complimented by soft string and horn arrangements.

SOURCE:SPIN.COM, EMILYHAINES.COM , MYSPACE/EMILYHAINES

NEW ALBUM/ NUEVO ALBUM:
Record Label
Last Gang Records
Type of Label
Indie

Nuevo album de la vocalista del grupo Metric EMILY HAINES con su proyecto SOFT SKELETON

REVIEW: Emily Haines Cuts Solo Album
Last Gang Records will release Knives Don't Have Your Back, which was written and recorded in Los Angeles, Montreal, Toronto, and New York over the last four years, and features contributors including Sparklehorse's Scott Minor, Broken Social Scene's Justin Peroff, Stars' Evan Cranley, and Metric's Jimmy Shaw.

Emily Haines is an artist that defies labeling. Frontwoman for Metric, she is proud to release her debut solo album, Knives Don’t Have Your Back this fall on Last Gang Records. Written and recorded over the past four years in Los Angeles, Montreal, Toronto and New York, the record sites contributions from the likes of Scott Minor from Sparklehorse, Broken Social Scene’s Justin Peroff, Stars’ Evan Cranley and Metric’s Jimmy Shaw. A distinct contrast from Metric’s bold, danceable sound, Knives is an intimate and subtle collection of mellow, piano-driven tunes complimented by soft string and horn arrangements.
SOURCES: EMILY HAINES WEB PAGE AND SPIN DOT COM (REVIEWS)

LABEL: Turbo 033 Tomas Barfod

A1: Basement Music A2: Charivari B1: GirlfriendsB2: Saturdaya
Download from iTunes or Beatport.Buy the 12" from Turbo.


In Tiga’s words :

“For most of my life, the only two Danes I knew were: GREAT Danes, those big dogs… and that big Danish goalkeeper. Then I started Djing all over and meeting lots of Danes. One of them was Tomas Barford, a genius, who makes so much good music I have trouble keeping track. He's involved in WHOMADEWHO, he is TOMBOY, and he does more solo stuff as well. When I got a demo CD I freaked out and tried to sign all the tracks… and this first 12inch on Turbo is the fruit of my labour (or I guess HIS labour).”
4 tracks of magic, groovy house music. Moody, building trance-house. Chopped up funk-disco.

I could try, like an idiot, to write more things like : funk-filled-groove-injected-modern-post-disco-house-bombs.... Or things like “aphex-twin shares a drum machine with etienne de crecy in a 70'd era duplex in chicago”.

Or I could just tell you a story about how I was at a hotel gym in LA, minding my own business, playing these tracks on the “ghetto blaster”, trying to decide which ones I liked best...when in walks......MICHAEL DOUGLAS!!!!! ....and after “grooving” for a few minutes tells me “this music is great, man”.

Don't trust me....trust Michael Douglas: movie-star, oscar winner and SEX addict.....he LOVES Tomas Barford.

Love
Tiga ( DJ TIGA)

Source: webmaster@turborecordings.com

NEW GROUP/ NUEVO GRUPO DE HIP-HOP:Zion I and The Grouch

LABEL:OM RECORDS

Zion I and The Grouch are 'Heroes in the City of Dope' Instores now featuring Esthero, Mistah FAB, Chali 2na and Deuce Eclipse!!!.

LABEL: JAGJAGUWAR
NEW RELEASES AND NEWS

* THE SKYGREEN LEOPARDS Release "Disciples of California", tour with WOODEN WAND, perform in SKY HIGH REVUE
* RICHARD YOUNGS "Sapphie" and "Advent" LP reissues now available
* JAGJAGUWAR and BRAH RECORDS co-host BRAHLOWEEN 2 - CMJ Showcase 2006
* SWAN LAKE mp3s available on Jagjaguwar website
* OKKERVIL RIVER tour USA in October, new single out in December
* OAKLEY HALL stay on the road, release LP version of "Gypsum Strings" in December
* LADYHAWK back in the USA for a fall tour, release Fader Magazine-sponsored 7-inch with M. WARD
* ONEIDA interview, live in-studo tracks featured on NPR'S Morning Edition
* ASPERA members start two new projects: FAVOURITE SONS and BLOODFEATHERS

SOURCE: JAGJAGUWAR RECORDS

JAGJAGUWAR and BRAH RECORDS co-host BRAHLOWEEN 2 - CMJ Showcase 2006
"Some Bands Were Never Meant To Be Heard"
Jagjaguwar and Brah Records proudly present....
Brahloween 2 - CMJ showcase and costume party extravaganza!

Featuring: OAKLEY HALL, PARTS & LABOR, LADYHAWK, DIRTY FACES, HOME, and ALEX DELIVERY. NYC DJs Knox Overstreet and Gumball Machine (aka Kid Millions of ONEIDA) will be manning the 1s and 2s in between sets, and after bands for a late-night dance party!
This will go down on Friday, November 3, at Tonic, NYC. The first band will take the stage at 7:30pm. Admission is free for CMJ badge-holders, $10 otherwise, and after-party admission is FREE to all!
Come bond with the Jag/Brah family and for heaven's sake, dress yourself up!

http://www.cmj.com/marathon/

OKKERVIL RIVER tour USA in October, new single out in December
Still recovering from some wicked jet lag from their tour in the land down under, OKKERVIL RIVER wowed the crowd on their hometown stage during two shows at last weekend's Austin City Limits Festival. It has been a busy month for the band - along with ACL Fest and touring Australia, Lou Reed was quoted in the Denver Post as well as on the on MTV's Video Music Awards endorsing Okkervil River as one of his favorite new bands. He's got great taste. And now the band is about to embark on a domestic tour in October playing mostly all-ages venues.
Also we're excited to announce the upcoming release of their new limited edition 12" single "The President's Dead". It will be the first release by Okkervil River since 2005's masterful Black Sheep Boy project. Having spent most of 2005 touring and writing, the band and Jagjaguwar wanted to get this single out before 2006 came to a close. Locked in the grooves of this limited-edition vinyl-only release is what might be Okkervil River's most accessible and most contentious song, "The President's Dead." A two-minute and forty-two second serving of alternative historical fiction camouflaged as a folk anthem tarted up as a pop single that never was, "The President's Dead" empathetically depicts the shock felt by a young Republican upon hearing news of an assassination over the radio, its lyrics shifting sneakily from images of public horror to those of private tenderness as its music performs a similarly schizoid leap. Meanwhile, sequestered away on side 2, the lyric that bobs atop the loping, twangy pop of "The Room I'm Hiding In" depicts a paranoid flight from vastly more powerful pursuers determined to exact
the most severe punishment.
We're so excited that we're making "The President's Dead" available as a free download on our site now:
http://www.scjag.com/mp3/jag/thepresidentsdead.mp3

Okkervil River Tourdates:
10/11/06 Columbus, OH - Little Brother's w/ Elvis Perkins
10/12/06 Buffalo, NY - Soundlab w/ Elvis Perkins
10/13/06 Northampton, MA - Iron Horse Music Hall w/ Elvis Perkins
10/14/06 New York City, NY - Bowery Ballroom
10/15/06 New York City, NY - Bowery Ballroom
10/16/06 Baltimore, MD - Ottobar w/ Elvis Perkins
10/18/06 Durham, NC - Duke Coffeehouse w/ Elvis Perkins
10/19/06 Athens, GA - Caledonia Lounge w/ Elvis Perkins
10/20/06 Asheville, NC - The Grey Eagle w/ Elvis Perkins
10/21/06 Memphis, TN - Hi-Tone w/ Elvis Perkins
10/22/06 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live w/ Oakley Hall
10/23/06 Austin, TX - Stubb's Outside w/ Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins (Will Sheff solo)
10/24/06 Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom w/ Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins (Will Sheff solo)
10/25/06 Dallas, TX - Ridglea Theatre w/ Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins (Will Sheff solo)
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OAKLEY HALL stay on the road, release LP version of "Gypsum Strings" in December
Having just finished a successful string of dates with CALEXICO and M. WARD, OAKLEY HALL soldier on, hitting the road again for all of October. They'll then pay a visit to the Jagjaguwar/Brah Records CMJ showcase on 11/3, head up to Canada, then make a triumphant return to their hometown with a show at Mercury Lounge.
Also, the LP version of Oakley Hall's "Gypsum Strings will be released on December 5.
Oakley Hall Tourdates:
10/12/06 Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland w/ Long Winters
10/13/06 San Diego, CA - Casbah
10/14/06 Pioneer Town, CA - Pappy and Harriets
10/16/06 Tempe, AZ - Modified w/ Damien Jurado
10/17/06 Tucson, AZ - Club Congress
10/18/06 Marfa, TX - Ballroom Marfa
10/19/06 San Antonio, TX - Limelight
10/20/06 Austin, TX - Emo's
10/21/06 Denton, TX - Hailey's
10/22/06 Houston, TX - Numbers w/ Okkervil River + Jenny Lewis
10/23/06 New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jacks w/ Thunderbirds Are Now
10/24/06 Atlanta, GA - The Earl
10/25/06 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506
10/26/06 Raleigh, NC - Kings
10/27/06 Greensboro, NC - Flying Anvil
11/03/06 New York, NY - Tonic w/ Jagjaguwar/ Brah Showcase
11/07/06 Toronto, ON - Lee's Palace w/ Micah P. Hinson
11/08/06 Montreal, QC - Green Room w/ Micah P. Hinson
11/09/06 Boston, MA - T.T. the Bear's Place w/ Micah P. Hinson
11/10/06 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge w/ Micah P. Hinson
You can listen to "Lazy Susan" from "Gypsum Strings" here:
http://www.scjag.com/mp3/jag/lazysusan.mp3
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LADYHAWK back in the USA for a fall tour, release Fader Magazine-sponsored 7-inch with M. WARD

LADYHAWK will hit the road for a 2-week U.S. and Canadian tour beginning in late October. They'll make a pit stop at the Jagjaguwar/Brah Records CMJ showcase in NYC, then they'll head west for another week.
They will also appear on a limited-edition split 7-inch with M. WARD. It's being released by Fader Magazine as a magazine/website giveaway, and will feature a previously unreleased track entitled "Soap". The 7-inch will be made available in mid-November.

Ladyhawk Tourdates:
10/21/06 Vancouver, BC - Columbia w/ Catfish Haven
10/22/06 Victoria, BC - Lucky Bar w/ Catfish Haven
10/27/06 Calgary, Alberta - Crescent Heights Community Center
10/29/06 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - Amigo's
11/01/06 Chicago, IL - Beat Kitchen
11/02/06 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom w/ Magnolia Electric Co.
11/03/06 New York, NY - Tonic w/ Jagjaguwar/Brah Records CMJ Showcase
11/06/06 Lexington, KY - The Dame
11/07/06 Nashville, TN - The End
11/11/06 Houston, TX - The Proletariat
11/12/06 Austin, TX - Emo's w/ Willow
11/16/06 San Francisco, CA - Hotel Utah Saloon w/ Dame Satan + Bound Stems
11/17/06 Portland, OR - Towne Lounge w/ Bound Stems
11/18/06 Seattle, WA - Sunset Tavern w/ Bound Stems
You can listen to "War" from their forthcoming "Mushroom Sessions" here:
http://www.scjag.com/mp3/jag/ladyhawkwar.mp3
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ONEIDA interview, live in-studo tracks featured on NPR'S Morning Edition
Recently, ONEIDA were invited to the NPR studios to chat and play some songs for a feature on their Morning Edition program. It originally aired on August 19 at 9:30 in the morning. For those of you sleepyheads who missed it, you can check it out here:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5671134
Like a "rack of ribs at a BBQ place"....
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ASPERA members start two new projects: FAVOURITE SONS and BLOODFEATHERS
THE FAVOURITE SONS (Vice Records) and BLOOD FEATHERS (Box Theory Records) are set to impress new listeners with debut albums that have been turning some heads.
Matthew Werth, Justin Tripp and AJ Edmiston teamed up with Ken Griffen (Rollerskate Skinny) to form The Favourite Sons. Their debut "Down Beside Your Beauty" is out this week and available at Vice Records. They are setting out for a small tour to support the new tunes.
16 San Francisco @ Cafe Du Nord
18 Los Angeles @ Spaceland
19 Los Angeles @ Safari Sams
22 New York City @ Mercury Lounge
Meanwhile, former Aspera lead singer/guitarist Drew Mills teamed up with Ben Dickey to form the VU-drenched Blood Feathers for their debut "Curse and Praise".
Check out
http://www.boxtheoryrecords.com/
http://www.myspace.com/bloodfeathersrockandrollband for other band info.
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OUT NOW:
THE SKYGREEN LEOPARDS - Disciples Of California cd/lp (JAG104)
RICHARD YOUNGS - Advent LP (re-issue) (JAG062)
RICHARD YOUNGS - Sapphie LP (first time as LP) (JAG019)
WILDERNESS - Living Through / Part Ways 7" (JAG102)
ONEIDA - Happy New Year cd/lp (JAG100)
LADYHAWK - Ladyhawk cd/lp (JAG97)
OAKLEY HALL - Gypsum Strings cd (JAGBR004cd)
WILDERNESS - Vessel States cd/lp (JAG093)
PARTS & LABOR - Stay Afraid cd/lp (JAG77)
PINK MOUNTAINTOPS - Axis of Evol cd/lp (JAG083)
COMING SOON:
SWAN LAKE - Beast Moans cd/lp (JAG098) - November release
SIMON JOYNER - Skeleton Blues cd/lp (JAG096) - November release
DIRTY FACES - Get Right With God CD (on Brah Records) - November release
OKKERVIL RIVER - The President's Dead 12" lp (JAG101)- December release
OAKLEY HALL - Gypsum Strings lp (JAGBR004lp) - December release
SINOIA CAVES - The Enchanter Persuaded cd (on Brah Records) - December release
JULIE DOIRON - Woke Myself Up cd/lp (JAG091)- January Release
NURSE & SOLDIER - Marginalia cd (on Brah Records) - January release
THE BESNARD LAKES - The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse cd/lp (JAG106) - February release

SOURCE:JAGJAGUWAR RECORDS

NUEVO GRUPO/NEW GROUP:

THE FEELING

LABEL:Interscope A&M Records

The Feeling "Four Stop and Home" In-stores Now !!!

NUEVO GRUPO/NUEVA PROPUESTA :

DRIVE BLIND

LABEL: GEFFEN RECORDS

"...A group like Driveblind comes along, which shows that not all mainstream rock is as bland and predictable as you think, as evidenced by their self-titled 2006 U.S. debut..." - AllMusic.com

LINKS:
http://www.myspace.com/driveland
http://www.driveblind.com/

NEWS:

Evanescence tops chart with third disc

Evanescence, the goth band from Arkansas, sold 447,000 copies of their third studio album "The Open Door" in the week ended Sunday to debut at No. 1, according to Nielsen SoundScan. SOURCE: VARIETY.COM

NOTICIAS:

EVANESCENCE , banda de rock gotico de Estados Unidos, ha vendido cerca de 447,000 copias de su ultima produccion "THE OPEN DOOR", de acuerdo a reportes de la empresa Nielsen Soundscan en la ultima semana.Esta en primer lugar de ventas en G.B., E.U.A., Australia, Alemania,Grecia, Holanda, Canada, Francia, Hong Kong, Italia, Suecia,Austria, Nueva Zelanda,Korea, Irlanda, Noruega.

FUENTES: variety.com, evanescence.com