Peter Gabriel, Aim, Biosphere, Boards of Canada, Mike Oldfield, Tangerine Dream, Faust, Basement Jaxx, Miles Davis, Depeche Mode, Portishead, Cabaret Voltaire, Isau Tomita, Air, Quantic, Ravel, Brian Eno, Massive Attack, David Bowie, Aphex Twin, Kraftwerk, Pink Floyd
Sounds Like
Zero 7, Royksopp, Air, Lemon Jelly, Sigus Ros, Blue States, Ulrich Schnauss, Moby, Aim, Kinobe, Morcheeba, Jakatta, Four Tet, Bent, Ralph Myerz & Jack Herren Band, Lambchop, Mylo, DJ Shadow, Thievery Corporation, Sofa Surfers, Bonobo, Nitin Sawhney, Aim, Portishead, Nouvelle Vague, Brian Eno, Groove Armada, Quantic, Funky Lowlives, Mr. Scruff, Frou Frou, Peace Orchestra, Mint Royale, Cafe Del Mar, Sebastian Tellier, Maps, Goloka, Amon Tobin, Jazzanova, The Chemical Brothers, Beauty Room, Emiliana Torrini, Banco de Gaia, Delerium, St. Germain, Boards of Canada, Tosca, Jack Johnson, DJ Food, Fat Boy Slim, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Chris Coco, Quantic Soul Orchestra, Aphex Twin, Daft Punk, Burial, Digitalism, Björk, Honeyroot, Jon Hopkins, Gotan Project, Esthero, Fila Brazillia, I Monster, Frou Frou, Captain, Frgaile State, Enigma, Nightmares On Wax, Digitonal, Art Of Noise, The Avalanches, The Egg, Sneaker Pimps, Lamb, Trentemoller, Goldfrapp, Massive Attack, Cinematic Orchestra, Imogen Heap, Moloko, The Orb, Cinematic Orchestra, Kid Loco, Funki Porcini, Yonderboi, Future Sound of London, FSOL, Plaid, System7, Husky Rescue, Meat Beat Manifesto, Steve Roach, Global Communication, Alpha, Sven Van Hees, Vangelis & Urban Myth Club
Its not often that a band from England debut on North American radio, are confirmed for Glastonbury, The Big Chill festivals, gatecrash the iTunes Top 30 with their debut single, and all before anyone in their homeland has ever heard of them. With their critically-acclaimed and bestsellingdebut album, Helium, already hailed "as close to musical perfection as it gets," Urban Myth Club are one band that don't do things the traditional way.
"I Feel It", the debut single was pre-released on iTunes with no promotion and rooted itself in the Top 30 electronic charts. "Helium" has since hit the Amazon Bestseller chart, including No.1 on Amazon's dance/chill chart. The band have also reached No.1 in the MySpace Top Artist chart.
The Club formed when electronica artist Dezz met Hollywood film composer Stephen Barton, who had recently returned to the UK having worked on blockbusters such as Gladiator. The duo created the downtempo tracks that plotted the future course of the Club. When LA called with the offer to write the music for Shrek 2 and Narnia, Stephen took a sabbatical from the Club and the idea of a collective was born.
Dezz hooked up with enigmatic producer Ian Sanderson (whose infamous Cuckooland samples have been used by hundreds of artists including Massive Attack, Lemon Jelly, the Prodigy and Beastie Boys) and Urban Myth Club's rocket left orbit.
Additional members of the collective soon followed including downtempo legend Andy Dragazis (Blue States), and vocalists Clare Szembek (The Funky Lowlives, Captain) and Rowan Godel. Other celebrity members remain confidential. The Urban Myth Club was meant to be a secret, but a leaked album sampler found its way to a Canadian DJ who, in an unprecedented move by commercial radio, playlisted all six tracks on his show. Taste makers in the UK have not been far behind, with airplay including Radio 1, Radio 2, Xfm, Classic FM & Ministry of Sound and a growing army of trend-setting fans such as Big Chill founder Pete Lawrence, Adam Freeland, Bob Harris & Music Week.
After two years in the studio, Urban Myth Club have crafted an album of beautifully eclectic tracks, fusing organic electronica with anything that tickled their fancy, and the results are destined to become a million personal soundtracks. Drawing favourable comparisons from Air to Royksopp, the collective have been hailed as "the next Zero 7" by DJ Trevor Shand of Clear FM who told listeners:
"Breathtaking stuff - poised to become the hottest downtempo act ever from the UK."
Live, Urban Myth Club are a seven-piece outfit, joined on stage by vocalists including Niamh McNally, Clare Szembek and Rowan Godel, bassist Louis Thorne, Ben Gurney-Smith (Percussion) and Shannon Harris (Keys).
Ben Mynott of Blues & Soul Magazine is one of a number of journalists already hailing Helium as a classic. He wrote:
"Urban Myth Club have produced one of the finest, most complete, most beautiful and truly gorgeous albums my ears have heard for years. When I've first came across "Helium", I was blown away, just taken aback with the quality of the song-writing and the beauty of their arrangements. It's quite frankly stunning. One of the best downtempo albums ever released. Beautiful, stunning and simply adorable. Flawless."
The Urban Myth Club have appeared mysteriously but are spreading spontaneously.
The Big Chill House 257-259 Pentonville Road King's Cross London N1 9NL Tel: 020 7427 2540
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Nick Luscombe's forward thinking music night this month features a live show from Infinite Livez featuring DJ Dysu and DJ Tendraw (www.infinitelivez.com)
If you want to check out these totally out there funkin' groovsters in advance, giving more than a passing nod to Sun Ra and Funkadelic, then follow this link - http://www.grandcrew.com/videos/56 We can safely assume that they are gonna turn Wednesday night inside out and knock it into some weekend wonkiness of the highest degree. Wednesdays will never be the same again!
Plus resident DJs Nick Luscombe (Flomotion) & Grant Little
Visuals from Joanne Seale
Just to remind you all that Flomotion Live is happening on WEDNESDAYS from now on, instead of our usual monthly Thursday slot. Flomotion is presented by Nick Luscombe, a veteran of the club and DJ scene for many years. Flomotion is one of London's most established and respected shows, having broadcast for many years on XFM and more recently on Resonance FM. Always at the cutting edge of the new music scene, the show has consistently sought out the most innovate and exciting bands, artists and DJs from across the musical spectrum.
Come to our gig at Loom Club London! Saturday, 22 november. Show starts at 8 pm. We would Be happy to meet you there. Entry Before 11pm only 3 pounds! , Girls free before 8 o'clock. <a href="http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=46474410">Beat Milk Jugs LIVE</a><br/><object width="425px" height="360px" ><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/><param name="wmode" value="transparent"/><param name="movie" value="http://mediaservices.myspace.com/services/media/embed.aspx/m=46474410,t=1,mt=video,searchID=,primarycolor=,secondarycolor="/><embed src="http://mediaservices.myspace.com/services/media/embed.aspx/m=46474410,t=1,mt=video,searchID=,primarycolor=,secondarycolor=" width="425" height="360" allowFullScreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"/></object>
if you've ever wanted to ride a unicorn, exploderize something with lasers that shoot out of your eyes, or learn how to melt people's hearts with sweet music, then you'll love this video...take a look ;)
Here's the link: "http://vimby.com/video/music/us/all/detail/8194"
big thanks to VIMBY and Jon & Jeff Ray for making this happen...i love them
There is this contest thing and I just wanted to ask you to help me a bit :-) I usually don't take things like this too seriously, but this seems like fun and who knows what it is good for: Please vote for us on www.kultband.at and help us to win a professional video shooting! :-)
P.S. Soularia performed their unreleased track "Life Is Unbelivable"on a 2 square meter balcony on the Reeperbahn in Hamburg. Use the following link for the BalconyTV Music Video Awards nominated video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_jsLIo3zcg ,
and if you like, leave a comment and / or rate it on the utube site
EXCLU :
5 new songs of our first album online / 5 nouveaux titres de notre 1er album en écoute :o)
luv & rockn'roll
Cecile, Alice & Angee
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