Thursday, 26 June 2008
Full Force
Artist: Full Force
Genre(s):
Drum & Bass
Discography:
Full Force (FF001)
Year: 2004
Tracks: 2
Full Force rose to jut in the mid-'80s, committal to writing and producing popular R&B hits for Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam earlier embarking on a pretty successful solo vocation that in the end light-emitting diode them back to production run in the previous '90s. The six-man collective -- featuring Paul Anthony, Bowlegged Lou, B-Fine, Baby Gerry, Shy Shy, and Curt-t-t -- originated in Brooklyn, NY, where they in the beginning met up with Steve Salem in the late '70s, a business-savvy case-by-case wHO functioned as their manager. With a coach in place and plenteousness of talent between the assorted group members, Full Force struggled throughout the early '80s to chance a label willing to sign them. Eventually they got a break when they wrote and produced fellow Brooklyn mathematical group U.T.F.O.'s "Roxanne Roxanne," a whack song that would accomplish a certain degree of fame thanks to a serial of answer records. In early 1985, the single unwell at number ten on Billboard's R&B charts, proving a solid hit for both the blame chemical group and the output team. From thither, Full Force touched onto their next major success with Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, a dance-pop mathematical group lED by a 16-year-old isaac Merrit Singer named Lisa Velez. Originally Velez had auditioned for the production team, wHO and so went ahead and recorded "I Wonder if I Take You Home" with her, releasing the single under the soubriquet Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam With Full Force on an indie New York label, Personal. The song dynasty scored success ab initio abroad earlier finally organism released by Columbia in the U.S. after getting immense bring in New York clubs as an consequence single. Almost overnight, the song topped Billboard's dance chart and went on to meridian at number sixer on the R&B chart by summer 1985. Thanks to the momentum surrounding the off single, Full Force sign-language a deal with Columbia to departure solo material. Though they scored some minor R&B hits on their own ("Temporary Love Thing," "Unfaithful So Much," "All in My Mind"), their biggest success continued to be as a production team for Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam ("All Cried Out," "Head to Toe," "Missed in Emotion"). In 1988, Full Force produced James Brown's I'm Real, marking a real off for the struggling legend with the album's title path, and worked with a number of late-'80s dance-pop stars: Jasmine Guy, Cheryl Pepsii Riley, and Samantha Fox, among others. Throughout the early and mid-'90s, the production squad remained relatively still earlier once more turbulent out a number of late-'90s R&B-flavored pop hits with Selena, Backstreet Boys, and LFO, among others.
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Monday, 16 June 2008
Foals play first-ever LA gig
Foals played their first-ever Los Angeles gig last night (May 24), which culminated with frontman Yannis Philippakis stage-diving into the crowd.
The Oxford quintet drew a sold-out crowd to the Troubadour, even on a holiday weekend when many people typically leave town.
The band kicked off the night with the first two tracks from their debut album 'Antidotes'. The packed house thrived on the band's tremendous energy, pogoing and dancing throughout their hour-long set.
Philippakis led the charge, and threw himself into the crowd before returning to the stage to bang on the drums for the final tracks, which included an extended jam of 'Mathletics' during the two-song encore.
"We were really looking forward to our first gig in LA," Philippakis told NME.COM after their set. "The people were really warm. I enjoyed jumping into the crowd, I'm just glad I didn't take anyone's face off."
The band will continue their tour of the US with shows up and down the west coast until the end of the week.
Foals played:
'The French Open'
'Cassius'
'Olympic Airways'
'Balloons'
'Heavy Water'
'Two Steps Twice'
'Hummer'
'Red Socks Pugie'
'Electric Bloom'
'Mathletics'
--By our Los Angeles staff.
Find out more about NME.
Aug 9, 2008 at Victoria Park, London -
Sep 7, 2008 at Carling Academy, Newcastle -
Sep 27, 2008 at Civic Centre, Aylesbury -
More Foals tickets
The Oxford quintet drew a sold-out crowd to the Troubadour, even on a holiday weekend when many people typically leave town.
The band kicked off the night with the first two tracks from their debut album 'Antidotes'. The packed house thrived on the band's tremendous energy, pogoing and dancing throughout their hour-long set.
Philippakis led the charge, and threw himself into the crowd before returning to the stage to bang on the drums for the final tracks, which included an extended jam of 'Mathletics' during the two-song encore.
"We were really looking forward to our first gig in LA," Philippakis told NME.COM after their set. "The people were really warm. I enjoyed jumping into the crowd, I'm just glad I didn't take anyone's face off."
The band will continue their tour of the US with shows up and down the west coast until the end of the week.
Foals played:
'The French Open'
'Cassius'
'Olympic Airways'
'Balloons'
'Heavy Water'
'Two Steps Twice'
'Hummer'
'Red Socks Pugie'
'Electric Bloom'
'Mathletics'
--By our Los Angeles staff.
Find out more about NME.
Aug 9, 2008 at Victoria Park, London -
Sep 7, 2008 at Carling Academy, Newcastle -
Sep 27, 2008 at Civic Centre, Aylesbury -
More Foals tickets
Friday, 6 June 2008
Britney Spears gets more time with her sons
LOS ANGELES - Britney Spears will have expanded visits with her two sons following a low-key child-custody hearing in Los Angeles.
Mark Vincent Kaplan, lawyer for the pop singer's ex-husband Kevin Federline, said the longer visits...
Mark Vincent Kaplan, lawyer for the pop singer's ex-husband Kevin Federline, said the longer visits...
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