Florence Welch will create a "stranger" album with Dev Hynes (Lightspeed Champion)

Florence Welch, singer Florence and The Machine, confirmed by NME that sometime in the next few months will end up recording a "foreign disk" which will only Internet singer Lightspeed Champion Blood Orange: Dev Hynes . In fact, if we look at the musical history of Florence and Dev, we see that both figures worked long ago in both the B-side 'Bird Song' as in the version of Blink-182 hit 'Adam's Song'.

Such is the good feeling between Florence and Dev the London singer has decided to rotate together adored friend in the face later this year. "We will give concerts in America and Australia, and will be fun because we've been friends for several years." Now we can only hope that everything goes smooth sailing for both artists. Enjoy a collaborative album Face to November / December can be one of the best ways to finish well this present 2012.

So Not Berlin pres. 3rd Anniversary Part Two w / DJ Antention

Next week it goes on. After the great start with Owl Vision, three weeks ago, it continues now. So Not Berlin celebrates its third birthday for the second time and with one of the biggest electro DJs in the northern hemisphere. "DJ Antention" next to "proxy" of the hottest electro DJ of Russia. There is support from the So Not Berlin Residents "Ten Skirts" and "Julian Krause".

Here are the facts:

So Not Berlin pres. 3rd Anniversary Part Two w / DJ Antention
03.29.12 / Club Crux / 22 pm / 10 €

Line Up:
DJ Antention (Tuff Em Up! / Freakz Me Out / Moscow)
Ten Skirts (MMAN Recordings / So Not Berlin / Munich)
Julian Krause (So Not Berlin / Munich)

Among all the commitments to the event on Facebook, 10 x 2 guest list places will be raffled. Who would not want to trust his luck to get hold of one of the cheaper pre-sale tickets.

Jimmy Page rescues more unreleased tracks from the 70's

Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin's legendary guitarist, has returned to rescue some neglected issues to give us a sweet news: the release of "Lucifer Rising and Other Soundtracks", a collection of unreleased songs that can be downloaded over today to through the official website of artist. This pack includes music that tried to join at the time of the soundtrack of the film Lucifer Rising, which was completed production record in 1972 and had a small cameo of the famous rock icon.

In this small collection of topics include, among others, 'Damask', 'Unharmonics' and 'Incubus'. If you are a die-hard fans of this great guitarist you can not miss the opportunity to discover these oddities that have remained in oblivion for more than four decades.

CITIZENS! - Here we are

Martyn, Thom, Mike, Lawrence and Tom from London are CITIZENS!
Their paths crossed at a party. Among other things, after the painful failed attempt to impress a date, they found themselves again Hearing music in the corner and created a band very foolish: CITIZENS!

'It's us against the world. We make our own rules and we take them very seriously. But it works because we do not take ourselves seriously while we do it. '

From the outset it was clear that they will throw themselves brave heart and soul into the field of pop music, but also the clearest ideas bring surprises that you can not plan: "We all live in London. It was supposed to be an impression of the different experiences of living in the city. That was the plan, but now its finished all the songs seem to be about sex I wonder what that says about us? "Said Tom.
The recordings took the band into more playful attack, asking questions do not represent the other bands were arguing over lyrics, could be mistakes and errors mixed together elements that are not properly mixed.
But the thing is, they allowed each other not certain moments of past decades to imitate.

Maria Mena live in the boiler house

Maria Mena on 21 March recorded live matches in the boiler house in Munich fans of the Norwegian pop musician Maria Mena! On 21/03/2012, the young lady playing live in the boiler house in Munich. Since its echo nomination for "Best International Newcomer" in the spring of 2008, the name of Maria Mena in Europe on everyone's lips. This nomination was a logical result, as their first successes Maria Mena was already at the age of sixteen years to celebrate with song "My Lullaby" in Norway. With the song "Just Hold Me" and the album "Apparently Unaffected", then she succeeded in 2007 in Germany, including the commercial breakthrough. The single managed to make it to number 14 in the charts and stayed there for an incredible 103 (!) Weeks. The album has sold in the sequence in this country more than 170,000 times, brought her next to sold-out concert tours just mentioned above also echo nomination.

The successor "Cause And Effect" tied the 2008 high sympathetic musician seamlessly to their debut success: It reached the Top 20 for the first time the German album charts and was again awarded with gold. To date, the album was the identification of the top-15 hit single "All This Time" brought forth, in Germany alone more than 120,000 buyers. After three years, Maria Mena finished in October 2011 their last (album) Veröffentlichungspaus, because ever since this country is their third album "Victoria" is available! Reason enough, according to their festival appearances last summer in 2009, finally back on tour to Germany - to come - and also in Munich.
The new album "Victoria":

"'Victoria' is a direct result of the fact that I had drained my progress on previous drives a lot of anger," said Maria Mena, "and even though the new album here and there, has its dark side is, it nevertheless forgiveness of and of forgiveness, of knowing that everything will turn out well. When I was ten, my mother came home and said that I would get a new middle name: Victoria - by my great-grandmother. But nobody called me Maria Viktoria Mena. The name just disappeared again. After my last album I had the feeling that they have become a much calmer person. I thought, 'Maybe this is Victoria? A more lenient and more understanding Maria '. The name felt natural for me to never, but now it refers to a separation in me a new person, a new kind of triumph [dt. 'Victory'] "And it is also a brand new album..

For the second time the studio recordings found in collaboration with producer and former students of the "Liverpool Institute Of Performing Arts (LIPA)," Martin S place. His job was to Mary's great compositions in beds just such arrangements. The result is eleven stunningly beautiful songs, including the first single "Homeless".

Come and visit the Maria Mena concert on 21.03.2012 in the boiler house in Munich.

The Evangelists in Barcelona (Palau de la Música, March 1, 2012)

Dressed in black rigorous. With a straight face, well suited to the climate of honor and respect that was felt at the Palau de la Música. As priests willing to give his sermon from sacred material. Antonio Arias, Jack, and Eric Jimenez Muñoz Florent came on stage with this proposition, running his 'Homage to Morente'. Reinterpret some of their songs, in the most heartfelt and respectful as possible, but also experimenting with sound, and your teacher would have liked.

This began to sound the first notes of 'Glory to God', with his burial, his surround reverb and oozing requiem that air from the stage to the orchestra seats. Open the fire was the turn of 'Decline', where the boys track Granada started showing the instrumental repertoire that led up to. Florent's guitar left its mark and flash planetero, while Antonio Arias fidgeted and distort their sound to create atmospheres and as personal as music. The Evangelists began, despite everything, a little cold and mechanical. The audience kept waiting for the future correction of the recital. Also, some people began to leave the room. Most of them tourists who had arrived at Palau probably hoping to find pure flamenco, to meet in the middle of the festival of drawer. But last night the coordinates were different, and Mental GPS only needed the open-mindedness as the only travel guide.

A couple of songs on autopilot up to 'In a dream you came', where the Lizard singer Nick began to warm up and seemed contagious enthusiasm (always polite) to their colleagues. The vitality and strength of Eric on drums also helped to secure it. Thus, the tone was making an appearance on stage. The tranquility and pause feature Jack and company did not prevent the public convey the excitement and wonder of working with sensitive material such as songs they saw as a teacher, as was Henry. 'Above the ordinary' and 'The joys of Henry' continued to build this tribute. Later 'The Madman' filled with electricity and a high rate stage. The Evangelists were up a couple of speed and took all the juice to this kind of experimental rock liturgical postulate. Florent fidgeted in his guitar-saw fashion, shows how it was going well. A good prelude, then, to execute the hit of the 'Tribute to Enrique Morente', as is the beautiful 'Where you put the soul "in which Jack Arias and masterfully combine their voices and skills with the strings.

Thus closed the first part of the concert. To start the encore as well, with the exciting performances of Carmen Linares and Solea Morente, who participated in this tribute playing the three songs that work on the album, and providing the atmosphere of art and flamenco posture, turning out for their sense delight of all present. We come to the second encore, which the Evangelists left a small gap to their original formations playing 'I would not look out of the gate' of Planets and the adaptation of a poem by Lorca Lizard Nick did in 'Sleepless Town'.

And thus closed a short but intense concert. Perhaps too corseted, the stage and circumstances, but high quality music and, above all, artistic. Why many of the present yesterday did not know the figure of Enrique Morente but none of them doubt and his art.

After nearly 10 years, finally back again

The Flea Market at the East Station celebrates after nearly 10 years his ComebackAm 03.03.2012 from 9 clock has finally come: the legendary Flea Market East Station at returns. After nearly 10-year break, there are now regularly again the big flea market on the grounds of Munich's cult Factory (formerly Art Park East), Grafinger street 6! The flea market takes place every 1st Ostbahnhof Saturday of the month in any weather.

For a stand no reservations are necessary or possible. The construction starts from 7 clock, the actual flea market from 9 clock. Stands cost up to 3 meters 12 €, each additional meter costs 4 € additionally. A double desk costs 4 € extra. Parking at the site of the cult factory costs 3 € a day.

Here are the other, already fixed dates:
Saturday, 7 April 2012
Saturday, 5 May 2012
Saturday, 2 June 2012
Saturday, 7 July 2012
Saturday, 4 August 2012
Saturday, 1 September 2012

Intelligent Electro-Pop by Louis - # musicmonday No. 17

So here I am once more in the playground of the ... oh, wait, that's a different film. So, here I am again with my favorite, completely unknown # musicmonday-article series (according to hospital, Relocation, DSL free time, holidays), in which I like to imagine personal favorites from the wide world of free music.

The new year I will start with the German singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist Peter aka Dick Ludwig and his truly remarkable EP "Koltrast" (Col ... Huh?), On the Berlin a quite catchy (well, 'catchy' in the sense of 'not too inclined'), not the less intelligent mix of non-boring electro pop / rock presents, somewhere between Radiohead and the good indie stuff of the early 1980s. "Koltrast" surprisingly good, ten produced, well played and well sung numbers, as a free download with a CC license on the already very interesting digital label Aerotone.

The Phantom of the Opera at the Philharmonic

The Munich Philharmonic Orchestra presents The Phantom of the Munich Philharmonic OperDie Gasteig presented on 11/03/2012 a big gala concert with the best excerpts from "The Phantom of the Opera". With this Anna Maria Kaufmann, the original Christine German premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber and the 'phantom' Ethan Freeman, who has represented, among other things, the original in London. By Andrew Lloyd Webber, Ken Hill and Georges Bizet to Verdi: The audience can expect the biggest hits and best-known tunes from the musicals and operas around the legendary "Phantom of the Opera", where the famous chandelier is not missing. The successful actress Sonja Kirchberger is through the literary history of the phantom and into the world of the Paris Opera and its catacombs.

This musical event is the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the "Phantom of the Opera", the story of this gala evening with the finest musical excerpts from the success of musicals, operas, and the original book is told. What many do not realize: Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Phantom of the Opera" is by far not the only successful stage version of the substance. Note is the phantom version of Maury Yeston and the work of Ken Hill, all of whom put on a brilliant combination of the Faustian story with a spectacular and highly entertaining composition. The "Phantom of the Opera" Gala will present a century after the publication of the novel international musical stars, the unparalleled success story of a fictional character in literature and the stirring emotions of brilliant music from the musical versions.

The Phantom of the Munich Philharmonic presents a wide range of audiences OperDem literary and musical will be offered on the stage. The audience can expect the most beautiful melodies and biggest hits from the best-known works about the legendary story of the "Phantom of the Opera" with compositions by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Maury Yeston, Ken Hill, Georges Bizet, Giuseppe Verdi, and songs from the new musical "Love Never Dies "by Andrew Lloyd Webber, the continuing story of" Phantom of the Opera ", celebrating the 2010 London premiere.



Come and visit "The Phantom of the Opera" on 11.03.2012 at the Philharmonie in Munich. The team from Munich Blog wishes much fun.