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  • Genre: Folk Rock / IDM / J-POP

    Location London, UK

    Profile Views: 33091

    Last Login: 12/26/2009

    Member Since 9/30/2006

    Record Label unsigned / V2 / Trikont / Freemuse

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    .. ....Lemez Lovas .. .... Composition / Music Production / DJ .. .. ...... .. PRESS: .. .... ...... ‘KT Tunstall’s voice is the perfect accompaniment to Lovas’s heartfelt lyrics. The deluge of ideas leaves you breathless with wonder’ (Independent) ........ ‘Lovas is a songwriter of growing stature’ (HMV magazine) ........ ‘A contemporary sound – no other group is mixing things up as boldly and as brilliantly’ (amazon.com) ........ …takes you back to the most magical wistful summer's day you ever spent in the metropolis.’ (Songlines) ........ ‘Great tunes … a classic to rank alongside Everything But The Girl’s Walking Wounded.’ (Sunday Telegraph).. ‘The song Refugee… has hit written all over it’ (Songlines) ........ Nominated three times BBC Radio 3 World Music Awards 2003/2004; New York Times Top Ten Albums of 2003. .. ...... .. (For songs/arrangements on Laughter Through Tears, Oi Va Voi, Outcaste, 2003) .......... ‘Beautifully crafted and richly textured’ (The Sun) ........ ‘Memorable and melodic songwriting skills’ (Evening Standard) .. (For songs/production on Oi Va Voi, Oi Va Voi (V2, 2007) .. .. .......... ‘A far-reaching, revitalising, boundary-pushing compilation’ (Songlines) ........ ‘The most purely entertaining CD I’ve heard in a long time.’ (fRoots) ........ ‘One of the albums of the year,’, 20 Cent Magazine (Germany) .... .. (For Shtetl Superstars, vol.1, released on TRIKONT, 2006) ...... .. Selected Projects 2009: .. .. .. .. .. .. SHTETL SUPERSTARS ORCHESTRA .. .. .. with ..Yuriy Gurzhy ..(Russendisko Berlin), ..Yaniv Fridel.., Mayia James and guests. A follow-up to the critically acclaimed DJ release on TRIKONT (2006). New compositions in the style of Sgt.Pepper meets Fiddler on the Roof - a 21st century global village fable. New album coming soon! .. .. ..THE YIDDISH TWIST ALLSTARS .... In honour of Willy Bergman, the greatest London bandleader who ever struck a groove. .. Hard-dancing Pulp Fiction style '50s & '60s klezmer surf twist from an allstar UK band, featuring .. Ben Mandelson .. (guitars), .. Merlin Shepherd .. (saxes), .. Guy Schalom .. (drums), ..Polina Shepherd .. (organ), ..Paul Tkachenko .. (basses), .. Robin Harris .. (trombone). .. .... .. SCORE .. .. .. Live performance of a specially devised new electro-acoustic score for 'East and West', Sidney M. Goldin and Ivan Abramson's silent 1923 Yiddish movie, where streetwise New York flapper Mollie (Molly Picon) travels to her cousin's wedding in a traditional Polish shtetl with hilarious results. A piece of classic Yiddish kitsch lovingly ripped to shreds by Lemez Lovas (trumpet/keyboard/electronics) alongside .. Rohan Kriwaczek .. (accordion/violin/piano) and .. Moshikop .. (guitar/bass/drums). .. .. .. .. Radio GAGARIN .. .. .. with DJs Max Reinhardt and the Friends of Gagarin: "the Arts Club's most anarchic and enjoyable night - and that's saying something" (Time Out) Radio GAGARIN is a bi-monthly Sunday residency at London's finest club: the Notting Hill Arts Club, with Gypsy, Klezmer, Balkan, Soundclash, Performance theatre, Films, Stand-up, Sound Art, Painting, Installations, Bear-Baiting. .. .. .. .. ========================================================= ..NEWS: .. Music for fiction film The Ruth Affair (directed by Keren Abitan) just finished. More information on the film .. here .. ========================================================= .. ..

  • Members

    SHORT FILM ABOUT SCORE: EAST & WEST .. .. .. .. .. .. .. SCORE: EAST & WEST: MOCK WEDDING SCENE (RECORDED LIVE, MAHJ, PARIS 19th OCT 2008) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. YURI With OI VA VOI (OI VA VOI, V2, 2007) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. LIVE with OI VA VOI @ PARADISO, AMSTERDAM .. .. .. .. .. ....

  • Influences

    Goran Bregovic, Mickey Katz, Yusef Lateef, Hefner, Gilles Peterson, Leningrad, Isaak Babel, taamei hamikra (ask your bubby), Lajko Felix, Deacon Blue (Ok so you outed me now), Fine Young Cannibals, Cameo, Donald Byrd, Clifford Brown, Max Roach, John Coltrane, The Necks, Blackalicious, Brand Nubian, Tribe Called Quest, De La and lots early-mid 90s hip hop, Tamara Obrovac, Beshodrom, Elvis Ajdinovic Orkestar (the best gypsy trumpet band in Serbia no question), Luther Vandross, Mongo Santamaria, Petro Loukas Halkias, Radiohead, Alim Qasimov, Barry Sisters, Serge Gainsbourg, Nino Ferrer, Szaszcsavas Band, Balogh Kalman + Gypsy Cymbalom Orchestra, the sounds of Nachlaot as I wake up on Saturdays, Farid El Atrash, Oum Kulthoum, Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Fairuz, Aris San, NWA, Public Enemy, Keane's 1st single, MC Solaar early days, the Roots, Ergun Senlendirici & Gurup Jaguar, Haud 'Kesem haMizrah', Arabandi with Zohar Fresco, Amir Sha'asar and Taisir Elias, EastWest Ensemble, Eartha Kitt, Vace Zela, Dr Dre, Aphex Twin, Ghostface Killa, PJ Harvey, Dvorak, Vera Bila, Esma Redzepova, Klezmatics, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Enrico Macias, Maurice El Medioni, Russendisko, Georges Brassens, Hugh Masakela

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Bio:

..

Lemez Lovas

Composition / Music Production / DJ

PRESS:

‘KT Tunstall’s voice is the perfect accompaniment to Lovas’s heartfelt lyrics. The deluge of ideas leaves you breathless with wonder’ (Independent)

‘Lovas is a songwriter of growing stature’ (HMV magazine)

‘A contemporary sound – no other group is mixing things up as boldly and as brilliantly’ (amazon.com)

…takes you back to the most magical wistful summer's day you ever spent in the metropolis.’ (Songlines)

‘Great tunes … a classic to rank alongside Everything But The Girl’s Walking Wounded.’ (Sunday Telegraph) ‘The song Refugee… has hit written all over it’ (Songlines)

Nominated three times BBC Radio 3 World Music Awards 2003/2004; New York Times Top Ten Albums of 2003.

(For songs/arrangements on Laughter Through Tears, Oi Va Voi, Outcaste, 2003)

‘Beautifully crafted and richly textured’ (The Sun)

‘Memorable and melodic songwriting skills’ (Evening Standard)

(For songs/production on Oi Va Voi, Oi Va Voi (V2, 2007)

‘A far-reaching, revitalising, boundary-pushing compilation’ (Songlines)

‘The most purely entertaining CD I’ve heard in a long time.’ (fRoots)

‘One of the albums of the year,’, 20 Cent Magazine (Germany)

(For Shtetl Superstars, vol.1, released on TRIKONT, 2006) ..

Selected Projects 2009:

.. .. SHTETL SUPERSTARS ORCHESTRA .. with Yuriy Gurzhy (Russendisko Berlin), Yaniv Fridel, Mayia James and guests. A follow-up to the critically acclaimed DJ release on TRIKONT (2006). New compositions in the style of Sgt.Pepper meets Fiddler on the Roof - a 21st century global village fable. New album coming soon!

..THE YIDDISH TWIST ALLSTARS .. In honour of Willy Bergman, the greatest London bandleader who ever struck a groove.

Hard-dancing Pulp Fiction style '50s & '60s klezmer surf twist from an allstar UK band, featuring Ben Mandelson (guitars), Merlin Shepherd (saxes), Guy Schalom (drums), Polina Shepherd (organ), Paul Tkachenko (basses), Robin Harris (trombone).

.. SCORE .. Live performance of a specially devised new electro-acoustic score for 'East and West', Sidney M. Goldin and Ivan Abramson's silent 1923 Yiddish movie, where streetwise New York flapper Mollie (Molly Picon) travels to her cousin's wedding in a traditional Polish shtetl with hilarious results. A piece of classic Yiddish kitsch lovingly ripped to shreds by Lemez Lovas (trumpet/keyboard/electronics) alongside Rohan Kriwaczek (accordion/violin/piano) and Moshikop (guitar/bass/drums).

.. Radio GAGARIN .. with DJs Max Reinhardt and the Friends of Gagarin: "the Arts Club's most anarchic and enjoyable night - and that's saying something" (Time Out) Radio GAGARIN is a bi-monthly Sunday residency at London's finest club: the Notting Hill Arts Club, with Gypsy, Klezmer, Balkan, Soundclash, Performance theatre, Films, Stand-up, Sound Art, Painting, Installations, Bear-Baiting.

========================================================= NEWS: Music for fiction film The Ruth Affair (directed by Keren Abitan) just finished. More information on the film here =========================================================

Member Since:

September 30, 2006

Members:

SHORT FILM ABOUT SCORE: EAST & WEST

SCORE: EAST & WEST: MOCK WEDDING SCENE (RECORDED LIVE, MAHJ, PARIS 19th OCT 2008)

YURI With OI VA VOI (OI VA VOI, V2, 2007)

LIVE with OI VA VOI @ PARADISO, AMSTERDAM

..

Influences:

Goran Bregovic, Mickey Katz, Yusef Lateef, Hefner, Gilles Peterson, Leningrad, Isaak Babel, taamei hamikra (ask your bubby), Lajko Felix, Deacon Blue (Ok so you outed me now), Fine Young Cannibals, Cameo, Donald Byrd, Clifford Brown, Max Roach, John Coltrane, The Necks, Blackalicious, Brand Nubian, Tribe Called Quest, De La and lots early-mid 90s hip hop, Tamara Obrovac, Beshodrom, Elvis Ajdinovic Orkestar (the best gypsy trumpet band in Serbia no question), Luther Vandross, Mongo Santamaria, Petro Loukas Halkias, Radiohead, Alim Qasimov, Barry Sisters, Serge Gainsbourg, Nino Ferrer, Szaszcsavas Band, Balogh Kalman + Gypsy Cymbalom Orchestra, the sounds of Nachlaot as I wake up on Saturdays, Farid El Atrash, Oum Kulthoum, Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Fairuz, Aris San, NWA, Public Enemy, Keane's 1st single, MC Solaar early days, the Roots, Ergun Senlendirici & Gurup Jaguar, Haud 'Kesem haMizrah', Arabandi with Zohar Fresco, Amir Sha'asar and Taisir Elias, EastWest Ensemble, Eartha Kitt, Vace Zela, Dr Dre, Aphex Twin, Ghostface Killa, PJ Harvey, Dvorak, Vera Bila, Esma Redzepova, Klezmatics, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Enrico Macias, Maurice El Medioni, Russendisko, Georges Brassens, Hugh Masakela

Record Label:

unsigned / V2 / Trikont / Freemuse

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