The Starmaker (aka Mr Oliver Shaw): Songs, Vocals, All Instruments, Programming, Production. With Special Guest Stars: Amira Harb (Vocals), Adam Davy (Saxophone, Additional Production).
Influences
Lennon & McCartney, Goffin & King, Leiber & Stoller, Goldman & Sachs. Prince, Guy Chambers, Stuart Price, Fisher Price. Madonna, Britney, Girls Aloud, girls.
Sounds Like
Ordinary Decent Pop Music. Tunes the milkman can whistle. Grooves you can dance to without falling over. Or, Art meets Commerce down a dark alley, has a scrap with it and gets a damn good kicking.
Now that Indie music is mainstream and drenched in middle-of-the-road stadium navel-gazing and pretend-street urchin postering, perhaps Pop music is the new rock'n'roll. (It's far more credible, think of Girls Aloud - no, their MUSIC, you sleaze.) The musical boffin and repentant Rock artiste behind Starmaker thinks it is, and the fact that there is more money in it is naturally beside the point. Seeing that his own Woody Allen-meets-Oasis-who-bump-into-Noam Chomsky-who-is-having-a-pint-with-New Order offerings (at myspace.com/worldview) are proving an acquired taste, this multi-talented, single-celled bedroom maestro has now set himself the arguably greater and more worthy task of attempting to give the public what the public wants, whether they want it or not. He has painstakingly knocked out these deceptively simple Pop nuggets in a variety of well-known styles, putting them through the hitsongscience.com website just to be sure, which he now releases into the atmosphere F.A.O. all present and future pop svengali's, compilers of feelgood compilations, and airbrushed starlets of tomorrow singing into their hairbrushes while psyching themselves up for ritual humilation in front of post-modern panto villain Simon Cowell. The self-styled Starmaker may sound like he is joshing about a bit, but his perfect pop project is in DEADLY earnest. Starmaker's true identity is a closely-guarded secret; it is known only that he comes from Oxford and is not in Coldplay, but used to know someone who is. All correspondence and inquiries of a music biz nature via his close confidant, some say doppelganger, oliver@oliver-shaw.co.uk.
01 (01) Dilitant - Noone 02 (02) Dilitant - Fan 03 (03) Dilitant - Must remember 04 (10) The Messerschmitt Twins - Tibet 05 (--) The Messerschmitt Twins - Raving Mad 06 (14) Starmaker - Another Us (feat. Amira) 07 (--) Mr Magoo (Producer) - Dis Will Move Ya feat MC 4Rensick 08 (12) Experimental Feelings - Ahora mandas tu feat. Luiza Raez 09 (19) Cyberdread - Roots Music - Nu-Jazz Club Vers 10 (--) Starmaker - Dance All Night (feat. Amira) 11 (--) Mr Magoo (Producer) - Control Your Body 12 (04) Natalie West - Feel So Alive 13 (--) Experimental Feelings - LoveKiller feat. Mario 14 (16) Johnny House - Hey Sun 15 (18) Amy Hendrickson & the Prime Directive - Pancake Theory 16 (--) Fedra - Catch (radio edit) 17 (06) Artsy Pop - What's Wrong With Me (remix) 18 (--) The Messerschmitt Twins - Infant 9 19 (05) MikeWhitePresents - Leskovac (Original Mix) 20 (--) Cyberdread - Sax and bass groove (Africa Love vers)
01 (--) Dilitant - Noone 02 (--) Dilitant - Fan 03 (01) Dilitant - Must remember 04 (02) Natalie West - Feel So Alive 05 (03) MikeWhitePresents - Leskovac (Original Mix) 06 (10) Artsy Pop - What's Wrong With Me (remix) 07 (--) MikeWhitePresents - The Rising 08 (--) MikeWhitePresents - Shout It (Extended Mix) 09 (--) Johnny House - Mr Cumnio 10 (07) The Messerschmitt Twins - Tibet 11 (--) Cyberdread - Sax and Bass Groove 12 (12) Experimental Feelings - Ahora mandas tu feat. Luiza Raez 13 (--) Johnny House - Tadatada 14 (06) Starmaker - Another Us (feat. Amira) 15 (08) Sphinks - Fly With Me 16 (--) Johnny House - Hey Sun 17 (--) Scott Kerr - It's a Shame Radio Edit 18 (--) Amy Hendrickson & the Prime Directive - Pancake Theory 19 (--) Cyberdread - Roots Music - Nu-Jazz Club Vers 20 (15) Tribal Infinity - Sleep
01 (01) Dilitant - Must remember 02 (--) Natalie West - Feel So Alive 03 (--) MikeWhitePresents - Leskovac (Original Mix) 04 (12) MikeWhitePresents - God's Blues (The Same Mistake) 05 (14) MikeWhitePresents - Miss U Bad (edit) 06 (03) Starmaker - Another Us (feat. Amira) 07 (02) The Messerschmitt Twins - Tibet 08 (10) Sphinks - Fly With Me 09 (06) Experimental Feelings - LoveKiller feat. Mario 10 (--) Artsy Pop - What's Wrong With Me (remix) 11 (--) Tribal Infinity - Mortality 12 (--) Experimental Feelings - Ahora mandas tu feat. Luiza Raez 13 (--) A.K.A. E - Hell Lo 14 (--) A.K.A. E - Split 15 (--) Tribal Infinity - Sleep 16 (--) Johnny House - This is the Virus 17 (--) Tribal Infinity - Irreversible 18 (04) The Messerschmitt Twins - Raving Mad 19 (--) KND & DEE - Plants Talks 20 (19) Cyberdread - Do U Wanna Dance (original 2003 version)
01 (01) Dilitant - Must remember 02 (03) The Messerschmitt Twins - Tibet 03 (06) Starmaker - Another Us (feat. Amira) 04 (02) The Messerschmitt Twins - Raving Mad 05 (--) Mr Magoo (Producer) - State of mind 06 (10) Experimental Feelings - LoveKiller feat. Mario 07 (--) Starmaker - Dance All Night (feat. Amira) 08 (09) Johnny House - Mr Cumnio 09 (--) Mr Magoo (Producer) - Control your body 10 (07) Sphinks - Fly with me 11 (--) MikeWhitePresents - The Rising 12 (--) MikeWhitePresents - God's Blues (The Same Mistake) 13 (--) Johnny House - Hey Sun 14 (--) MikeWhitePresents - Miss U Bad (edit) 15 (--) DJ Blackfoot - Boef Baf Dance Feat. Jahlevi 16 (--) Soki2u - Madman 2009 remix 17 (--) Cyberdread - Sax and Bass Groove 18 (--) Cyberdread - Do U Wanna Dance (2007 remix) 19 (--) Cyberdread - Do U Wanna Dance (original 2003 version) 20 (--) Myranno - Empty Room ( Demo, short Edit )
01 (01) The Messerschmitt Twins - Tibet 02 (11) Artsy Pop - What's Wrong With Me (remix) 03 (03) The Messerschmitt Twins - Raving Mad 04 (02) Scott Kerr - Can't You See 05 (--) Experimental Feelings - Ahora mandas tu feat. Luiza Raez 06 (--) Emma Forman - Too Late 07 (--) Starmaker - Dance All Night (feat. Amira) 08 (--) Johnny House - This is the virus 09 (05) The Messerschmitt Twins - Infant 9 10 (10) Fedra - Catch (radio edit) 11 (--) Experimental Feelings - LoveKiller feat. Mario 12 (19) Amy Hendrickson & the Prime Directive - Pancake Theory 13 (--) Johnny House - Mr Cumnio 14 (--) Cyberdread - Jazzyfunk Mood 15 (--) Pixieguts - Sun Diviners (Voide Remix) 16 (--) Johnny House - Hey Sun 17 (12) Cyberdread - Revolutionary Poet 18 (--) Sphinks - Fly with me 19 (--) KND & DEE - Sigma 20 (--) Articahl3 - Hit Dem Hard
01 (05) MikeWhitePresents - Leskovac (Original Mix) 02 (01) Scott Kerr - Can't You See 03 (08) MikeWhitePresents - God's Blues (The Same Mistake) 04 (--) MikeWhitePresents - The Rising 05 (02) The Messerschmitt Twins - Tibet 06 (07) The Messerschmitt Twins - Raving Mad 07 (10) The Messerschmitt Twins - Infant 9 08 (12) Natalie West - Feel So Alive 09 (13) Johhny House - Hey Sun 10 (11) Artsy Pop - What's Wrong With Me (remix) 11 (04) Dilitant - Must Remember 12 (09) Scott Kerr - It's a Shame radio edit 13 (--) South Channel - Send Us 14 (--) Betty Newbag - Thyme on the Terraced View 15 (19) Cyberdread - Do U Wanna Dance (2007 remix) 16 (--) Johnny House - Mr Cumnio 17 (18) Betty Newbag - Planing the orange 18 (17) Starmaker - Dance All Night (feat. Amira) 19 (--) Starmaker - Another Us (feat. Amira) 20 (--) Psy'Aviah - Broken Child
01 (03) Scott Kerr - Can't You See 02 (01) The Messerschmitt Twins - Tibet 03 (10) MikeWhitePresents - Shout It (Extended Mix) 04 (02) Dilitant - Must remember 05 (07) MikeWhitePresents - Leskovac (Original Mix) 06 (--) Sphinks - Fly With Me 07 (04) The Messerschmitt Twins - Raving Mad 08 (14) MikeWhitePresents - God's Blues (The Same Mistake) 09 (--) Scott Kerr - It's a Shame Radio Edit 10 (--) The Messerschmitt Twins - Infant 9 11 (09) Artsy Pop - What's Wrong With Me (remix) 12 (06) Natalie West - Feel So Alive 13 (--) Johnny House - Hey Sun 14 (--) Fedra - catch (radio edit) 15 (17) Cyberdread - Revolutionary Poet 16 (11) Sebteix- Today is groove 17 (05) Starmaker - Dance All Night (feat. Amira) 18 (20) Betty Newbag - Planing the orange 19 (16) Cyberdread - Do U Wanna Dance (2007 remix) 20 (--) Cyberdread - Do U Wanna Dance (original 2003 version)
01 (02) The Messerschmitt Twins - Tibet 02 (06) Dilitant - Must remember 03 (--) Scott Kerr - Can't You See 04 (01) The Messerschmitt Twins - Raving Mad 05 (09) Starmaker - Dance All Night (feat. Amira) 06 (--) Natalie West - Feel So Alive 07 (05) MikeWhitePresents - Leskovac (Original Mix) 08 (07) Starmaker - Another Us (feat. Amira) 09 (10) Artsy Pop - What's Wrong With Me (remix) 10 (--) MikeWhitePresents - Shout It (Extended Mix) 11 (--) Sebteix - Today Is Groove 12 (--) KND & DEE - Sigma 13 (--) DJ Blackfoot - U Can't Run U Can't Hide feat Room 42 (Radio Version 14 (03) MikeWhitePresents - God's Blues (The Same Mistake) 15 (--) Soki2u - Madman 2009 remix 16 (20) Cyberdread - Do U Wanna Dance (2007 remix) 17 (--) Cyberdread - Revolutionary Poet 18 (--) Ego Malfunction - Seed from Chaff 19 (--) Johnny House - This is the Virus 20 (--) Betty Newbag - Planing the orange
01 (05) The Messerschmitt Twins - Raving Mad 02 (13) The Messerschmitt Twins - Tibet 03 (03) MikeWhitePresents - God's Blues (The Same Mistake) 04 (--) MikeWhitePresents - Miss U Bad (edit) 05 (01) MikeWhitePresents - Leskovac (Original Mix) 06 (04) Dilitant - Must remember 07 (08) Starmaker - Another Us (feat. Amira) 08 (11) Johnny House - Hey Sun 09 (06) Starmaker - Dance All Night (feat. Amira) 10 (16) Artsy Pop - What's Wrong With Me (remix) 11 (--) Tricycle - September Love 12 (07) The Messerschmitt Twins - Infant 9 13 (--) Tricycle - Kinetic J*unk 14 (19) South Channel - Tumble Forward 15 (--) ARTICAHL3 - Hit Dem Hard 16 (--) Pixieguts - Shot After Midnight (with Crimson Death) 17 (09) KND & DEE - Listenin' To Jazz 18 (--) Cyberdread - Do U Wanna Dance (original 2003 version) 19 (--) Sphinks - Fly with me 20 (--) Cyberdread - Do U Wanna Dance (2007 remix)
01 (02) MikeWhitePresents - Leskovac (Original Mix) 02 (03) MikeWhitePresents - Shout It (Extended Mix) 03 (04) MikeWhitePresents - God's Blues (The Same Mistake) 04 (01) Dilitant - Must remember 05 (06) The Messerschmitt Twins - Raving Mad 06 (12) Starmaker - Dance All Night (feat. Amira) 07 (--) The Messerschmitt Twins - Infant 9 08 (--) Starmaker - Another Us (feat. Amira) 09 (--) KND & DEE - Listenin' To Jazz 10 (07) Natalie West - Feel So Alive 11 (13) Johnny House - Hey Sun 12 (--) KND & DEE - Plants Talks 13 (05) The Messerschmitt Twins - Tibet 14 (--) KND & DEE - Curiosity (About Sex) 15 (11) Fedra - catch (radio edit) 16 (--) Artsy Pop - What's Wrong With Me (remix) 17 (09) Cyberdread - Sax and bass groove (Africa Love vers) 18 (--) Mr Magoo (Producer) - State of Mind 19 (--) South Channel - Tumble Forward 20 (19) Betty Newbag - Planing the orange
01 (--) MikeWhitePresents - Leskovac (Original Mix) 02 (01) MikeWhitePresents - Shout It (Extended Mix) 03 (18) MikeWhitePresents - God's Blues (The Same Mistake) 04 (--) KND & DEE - Sigma 05 (03) The Messerschmitt Twins - Raving Mad 06 (02) The Messerschmitt Twins - Tibet 07 (07) Artsy Pop - What's Wrong With Me (remix) 08 (--) ARTICAHL3 - Hit Dem hard 09 (04) Sphinks - Fly With Me 10 (--) Johnny House - Tonight 11 (10) Starmaker - Dance All Night (feat. Amira) 12 (--) KND & DEE - 24 - 34 Point 2 13 (--) Johnny House - Mr Cumnio 14 (--) The Messerschmitt Twins - Infant 9 15 (--) Cyberdread - Revolutionary Poet 16 (--) Fedra - Catch (radio edit) 17 (--) Mr Magoo (Producer) - State of Mind 18 (--) Pixieguts - Into The Sun (Voide Feat. Pixieguts) 19 (--) Mr Magoo (Producer) - Control Your Body 20 (--) Cyberdread - Cloacking (naked drum vers.)
01 (01) MikeWhitePresents - Shout It (Extended Mix) 02 (12) The Messerschmitt Twins - Tibet 03 (08) The Messerschmitt Twins - Raving Mad 04 (13) Sphinks - Fly with me 05 (--) KND & DEE - Listenin' To Jazz 06 (--) Soki2u - Madman 2009 remix 07 (16) Artsy Pop - What's Wrong With Me (remix) 08 (--) DJ Blackfoot - U Can't Run U Can't Hide feat Room 42 (Radio Version) 09 (02) MikeWhitePresents - The Rising 10 (04) Starmaker - Dance All Night (feat. Amira) 11 (17) Natalie West - Feel So Alive 12 (--) Johnny House - Bleeding Shadow 13 (09) MikeWhitePresents - MISS U BAD (edit) 14 (--) Cyberdread - Do U Wanna Dance (2007 remix) 15 (06) Johnny House - Hey Sun 16 (--) Johnny House - Tadatada 17 (07) South Channel - Tumble Forward 18 (05) MikeWhitePresents - God's Blues (The Same Mistake) 19 (--) Cyberdread - Jazzyfunk Mood 20 (--) Tricycle - September Love
01 (03) MikeWhitePresents - Shout It (Extended Mix) 02 (01) MikeWhitePresents - The Rising 03 (--) Starmaker - Another Us (feat. Amira) 04 (--) Starmaker - Dance All Night (feat. Amira) 05 (02) MikeWhitePresents - God's Blues (The Same Mistake) 06 (05) Johnny House - Hey Sun 07 (--) South Channel - Tumble Forward 08 (08) The Messerschmitt Twins - Raving Mad 09 (04) MikeWhitePresents - MISS U BAD (edit) 10 (--) Psy'Aviah - Broken Child 11 (--) Betty Newbag - Planing the orange 12 (09) The Messerschmitt Twins - Tibet 13 (13) Sphinks - Fly With Me 14 (--) Scott Kerr - It's A Shame (radio edit) 15 (19) Mr Magoo (Producer) - Control Your Body 16 (--) Artsy Pop - What's Wrong With Me (remix) 17 (--) Natalie West - Feel So Alive 18 (10) Fedra - catch (radio edit) 19 (--) Betty Newbag - Thyme on the Terraced View 20 (--) The Messerschmitt Twins - Infant 9
01 (--) I'll Quit Tomorrow - Already Dead 02 (--) Dilitant - Milky Dance 03 (01) Two Choices - Get Away 04 (--) Picturebox - Give It Up 05 (--) Lizzie B - Plasticine Man 06 (02) The Toronto Bust - The Best Of Me 07 (--) Steven Jackson - She Walks 08 (--) MikeWhitePresents - Shout It (Extended Mix) 09 (04) TAKNbySTORM - NEVER {velvet's groove} 10 (--) Strobegirl - Lonely Like Me 11 (--) Underworld Entertainment - Working That Pole 12 (--) Giulia Millanta - Little Girl 13 (10) Sol Skugga - Burn Her 14 (16) Ockums Razor - Shadow 15 (09) SuLE - 15 Years 16 (--) Artsy Pop - Hey Minh (radio edit) 17 (--) The Swipes - Nighthawk 18 (--) Starmaker - Dance All Night (feat. Amira) 19 (--) Worldview - Golden Boy 20 (19) Cecile Corbel - O Stor Mo Chroi
What's goin' on Starmaker? May you always have stables of horses to service your needs. Your sweet voice is like the application of aloe vera upon a sunburnt back. In your presence even my shadow acquires the sensation of touch. I love your eyes, I know they can stare through my thoughts. The elves that play in the toasters wash their drum sticks in honey and sing strikingly colored anthems in perfect harmonious pleasure. So charmingly silky, your skin is like a teardrop on a popsickle. The music that flows from your instruments overwhelms me with creativity. If I could have just one wish, it would be to wake up to your songs in the morning. Polished rock candy comes ever to mind when thinking of you. Panoramic aromavision is the future. The sand runes crossing your divided consciousness do speak of contemptuous monsters being slayed by flying phoenixes. Your beauty is equal to the smoothness of a polished gem. You are dressed with filaments and people take pains to make you fully incandescent this evening.
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