Mok, the exec producer of "America's Next Top Model," will develop and exec produce a pilot for the zitgeist net possibly in the reality-competition category. MTV declined to specify the subject of the project; it's likely net will be choosing either from several ideas pitched by the creator or will have him oversee an existing project.
Deal reps a continuation of a long relationship. Mok created MTV aspirational reality skein "Making the Band," which was overseen for the net by Tony DiSanto, now MTV's programming chief.
SOURCE: Variety Headline Newsletter
The pairing of CSS and Tiny Masters Of Today is a typically improbable one, the bands have never met in real life but became friends via MySpace, corresponding for over a year before finally coming up with an appropriate project to collaborate on.
Adriano Cintra from CSS explains, "I first heard of Tiny Masters on MySpace. I got really crazy about them, I wanted to have younger brother and sister like them. Kinda of, hey, let's make party songs for when we get older... now I am older and I'm glad I got Tiny Masters as friends!"
The remix strips away the fuzz guitar stomp and re-invents the song as an electro-pop classic that you can imagine hearing blaring from boomboxes and car stereos... on other planets.
Label mates Liars take a more deconstructionist approach, creating a hypnotic and apocalyptic dub soundscape that is, frankly, kind of scary. In retribution, Tiny Masters of Today took a crack at remixing "Clear Island" from Liars' new album, the "Tiny Liars of Today" mix will appear the next Liars single release.
Debut Tiny Masters of Today album ‘Bang Bang Boom Cake' was recorded in New York with production duties handled by legendary Jon Spencer Blues Explosion drummer Russell Simins and the Elegant Too. Simins, who is also the band's live drummer, plays on most of the album alongside a number of artists from the diverse New York music community such as Kimya Dawson (Moldy Peaches), Fred Schneider (the B-52s), Gibby Haynes (the Butthole Surfers) and Karen O (Yeah Yeah Yeahs).
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| TIMBERLAKE TOPS MTV EUROPE POLL Music awards take place Nov. 1 Justin Timberlake heads the list of nominees for the MTV Europe Music Awards, the broadcaster’s most watched show around the world. | ||
| | THE KILLERS WORKING WITH LOU REED New track to be featured on B-sides compilation The Killers are working with Lou Reed in New York to complete a track for a compilation album that will be released on Nov. 13. | |
| | BOCELLI SCHEDULES SMALL U.S. TOUR Opera singer to visit eight cities in December Andrea Bocelli will do an eight-city U.S. tour in December in support of his "The Best Of Andrea Bocelli - Vivere," which Sugar Music/Decca will release on Oct. 30. | |
| STARBUCKS, ITUNES MAKE SONG DEAL Company plans to give away 50 million tunes Starbucks is readying to make some serious noise about its music deal with Apple, with the company planning to give its customers more than 50 million songs to download on iTunes. |
NEW MUSIC FROM SHINICHI
Holmes Ives Classic Shinichi Tune "8 Letters" is back with fresh, diverse remixes from the likes of Cedric Gervais, Starkillers, Kamisshake, Nick Terranova and Ori Morag and Dan Snazelle...
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NEW SCI + TEC MYSPACE PAGE LAUNCHED
Check out the new SCI + TEC Digital Audio MySpace page for all latest information about the new label and add SCI + TEC as a friend.
www.MySpace.com/scitec
"SCI + TEC was launched to reflect my core sound and the discovery of emerging and established talent. It is a true labor of love and a deeply personal new venture for me at this stage in my evolution and i sincerely hope that you will be moved, literally and figuratively by it's output."
- DUBFIRE
'RibCage', the second solo single from Dubfire, picks up where 'Roadkill' left off by further pushing the boundries of Dubfire's sonic pallette. It brings forth a deeper, hallucinegetic sound that has always been at the heart of Dubfire's core sound. It also employs the 'two parts in one' style he introduced on his much lauded Nic Fanciulli remix and the recent 'Transit Time' remix for Smith & Selway. Not only is 'RibCage' the sophomore effort on Dubfire's SCI + TEC imprint but is also the debut release on Loco Dice / Martin Buttrich's Desolat label.
| Date | Location | Venue & Details |
| 22 Sep 2007 | Atlanta, GA | Dubfire @ Fever |
| 27 Sep 2007 | Ibiza, ES | Dubfire @ Pacha |
| 28 Sep 2007 | San Diego, CA | Sharam @ Belo |
| 29 Sep 2007 | Los Angeles , CA | Sharam @ Nocturnal Wonderland |
West's "Graduation" (Roc-A-Fella) sold 957,000 copies in its first week, the highest total since March 2005, when 50 Cent's "The Massacre" sold 1.1 million copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
SOURCE: Variety Headline Newsletter and VARIETY.COM
LINK:http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117972259.html?categoryid=16&cs=1
