Zune.net | The Good, The Bad & The Queen - Artist Profile Page

The Good, The Bad & The Queen began life in the Aphrodisia Studios in Lagos, Nigeria, in 2004. Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz) and guitarist Simon Tong (The Verve) had travelled to Lagos to record with veteran drummer and Afrobeat pioneer Tony Allen (Africa 70, Fela Kuti). Working with local musicians, the trio recorded an album’s worth of material. Back in England, Damon was finishing off Gorillaz’ Demon Days album and the project went on the back burner.

By the time they came back to it−and when Damon gave the recordings to producer Brian ‘Danger Mouse’ Burton−feelings about the record had changed. “When Brian came on board it really started to become, The Good, The Bad & The Queen. I started writing about this area−West London−and coming to define here and why I think it’s such a special place to live,” said Albarn.

The final collaborator to come in to the studio was Clash bassist−and West London native−Paul Simonon, and the album was finished by early summer 2006.

The result is a record specific to a place and a time but with a background that is geographically wide-ranging and stretches far back into a glittering musical past. The Good, The Bad & The Queen traces a journey from the English music hall tradition, over to West Africa for Afrobeat, zigzagging through the West Indies and its reggae and dub, back to England and London’s punk scene, all the while taking in a strand of British beat music from the ’50s right through to Britpop.

Preview and download their self-titled album, The Good, The Bad & The Queen, on Zune Marketplace today.

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Zune.net | Animal Collective - Artist Profile Page

Friends and musical partners since 1992, core members Avey Tare (a.k.a. David Porter) and Panda Bear (a.k.a. Noah Lennox) came together in 2000 with the intention of moving pop music in a direction that would place heavy emphasis on sonic experience. Soon after this, they began operating as Animal Collective, an umbrella name now used for a grouping of four people.

Avey Tare, Panda Bear, Geologist (a.k.a. Brian Weitz), and Deaken (a.k.a. Conrad Deaken) play together under different names and in different configurations. Their releases are always prone to continual musical change: from beautifully skewed pop ballads to fiercely ruptured noise-squalls to tribal rhythmic work-outs to simple folk songs, to who knows where; from fully orchestrated group freak-outs to the intimacy of an acoustic duo.

In whatever formation, Animal Collective is a genuinely thrilling live unit, passionately committed and unafraid to put themselves on the line.

The Collective’s first offering was a stunning collaboration between Avey Tare and Panda Bear called Spirit They’re Gone, Spirit They’ve Vanished, released on their own label Animal in August of 2000. A second album, Danse Manatee was released by Catsup Plate in July 2001, which was accompanied by a month-long U.S. tour with their friends Black Dice. The next year they released a limited-edition, vinyl-only on St.Ives (a sub-label of Secretly Canadian) called Hollinndagain, which was made up of recordings from live shows.

In 2003, they released Campfire Songs, a collection of songs recorded live on a screened-in porch in rural Maryland on Catsup Plate, Here Comes the Indian on Carpark’s imprint label Paw Tracks, and three tracks from Avey Tare also appeared on a Split 12″ shared with David Grubbs. The next year, the group released their twisted yet masterly pop album, Sung Tongs, and followed it with the album Feels, which was released in October of 2005.

The group’s first release of 2007, People, features three previously unreleased tracks (plus one live version), which were recorded at the same sessions as the band’s hugely successful Feels album.

Preview and download Animal Collective’s songs on Zune Marketplace today.

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Zune.net | Rodrigo y Gabriela - Artist Profile Page

Rodrigo (Sanchez) and Gabriela (Quintero) are two fast-fingered, Dublin-based, Mexicans with a unique sound created on acoustic guitars. Their music is difficult to define, straddling both world and rock, and often filled with timeless Hispano−classical influences. The fire in it comes from their life-long passion for metal music.

The duo’s repertoire flies beyond familiar Latin folk guitarists’ styles because of the metal connection: their re-workings of Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” and Metallica’s “Orion,” and the presence, on “Ixtapa,” of the fiery Hungarian gypsy violinist, Roby Lakatos.

The musicians met as teenagers at the Casa de Cultura (Culture House) in Mexico City. Rodrigo was playing drums in a band that changed its name to Tierra Acida (Acid Earth) when Gabriela joined them on guitar. Tierra Acida played in Mexico City’s roughest clubs and lived off day jobs. They recorded an album but wouldn’t sign the record contract, planning instead to concentrate on learning more guitar styles. In fact, they just hung out with friends and survived by playing bossa nova, a style of Brazilian music, in hotel bars before they decided to travel to Europe.

Their first port of call was Dublin, Ireland, in 1999. The city was booming with new music venues, galleries, and a thriving rock scene. The two Mexicans found themselves jamming with local folk musicians in the bars. Next, they moved to Denmark, which inspired two numbers on their album, “Diablo Rojo,” a scary roller-coaster ride in the city, and “Viking Man,” their nickname for a homeless man they befriended, and then to Barcelona before returning to Dublin after they were asked to play the newly opened Sugar Club. Damian Rice, then a busking friend, invited them to support his shows, and in 2003, they released Re-Foc, and a year later, Live Manchester and Dublin, which both launched them onto the World Music circuit.

The duo’s influences range from family salsa records to Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, Queen, and Led Zeppelin. But, crucially, they grew up during Mexico’s “metal era.”

Mentions of flamenco influences raise sharp responses: “To many music fans, it sounds like flamenco, and we’re great flamenco fans, but we don’t play it,” says Gabriela. “The only similarity is that our music is guitar music and it’s very rhythmic.”

Rodrigo and Gabriela describe their style as “Fusion music.” “It’s mainly got Latin harmonies and rhythms but the structure is rock. It’s not jazz because it’s structured, and we don’t improvise; our solos are exactly what’s on the record, as a metal fan and guitarist you always want to hear the same solo,” the groups says.

Check out the duo’s latest album, Rodrigo y Gabriela, on Zune Marketplace!

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Zune.net | Every Move a Picture - Artist Profile Page

Childhood friends Brent Messenger (singer/guitar) and Joey Fredrick (bass) had been playing in various bands throughout the early 2000s (at times with drummer Dan Aquino), but Every Move a Picture wasn’t officially born until early 2004 when Allen Davis (guitar/keyboard) joined the band through a Craigslist posting.

Setting up in a friend’s rehearsal space and spending a grand total of $290, the band recorded three songs: “Signs of Life,” “Chemical Burns” and “12AM.” Suddenly they were blaring out of the radio in San Francisco and Los Angeles. The songs also filtered across the Atlantic to the U.K.−with XFM spinning the band’s tracks and Steve Lamacq playing “Signs of Life” on Radio 1.

Back home, the Every Move a Picture fan base was rapidly growing as they played various underground dance parties in lofts and bars, before moving on to San Francisco’s prestigious Popscene club, and support slots with the Kaiser Chiefs and Louis XIV.

Soon after, the band released the five-song EP Blink and You’ll Miss It, with those original three tracks along with two others (”You’re So Predictable” and “St. John’s Night.”) This made it into the hands of leading tastemaker Nic Harcourt on L.A.’s uber-hip KCRW station, who immediately took to the band’s energy, offering them their first live radio session. Next up, a slew of licenses for the band’s music, from TV shows such as One Tree Hill, to various computer games, as the band’s dance punk grooves were compared favorably to everyone from Interpol and The Rapture, to The Killers.

Before any official release appeared overseas, Every Move a Picture played their first U.K. gigs to overwhelming response. The London-based label Something in Construction then issued a 7″ containing the songs “Signs of Life” and “Chemical Burns,” which promptly sold out the week of release.

And somewhere amidst all this the 2005 Reading and Leeds Festival called, inviting the band for a slot on the Carling Stage. They also played the Live 105 B.F.D. radio festival in San Francisco alongside Foo Fighters, Hot Hot Heat, and Ash.

In July 2006, Every Move a Picture released their anticipated full-length debut album Heart=Weapon that you can preview and download on Zune Marketplace. You can also listen to their song “Signs of Life,” which is preloaded into every Zune.

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Zune.net | The Pierces - Artist Profile Page

Born and raised in Alabama but currently residing in New York, Allison and Catherine Pierce are the harmonizing sisters behind the duo The Pierces. Homeschooled by their painter mother and guitar-wielding father, the two girls were encouraged in the arts from a young age, and quickly learned to play guitar and harmonize.

In 2000 they released their full-length, self-titled debut album. After a couple of years of struggling with their first record label, the sisters decided it was time for a change. They ended the relationship and moved to New York City where they performed acoustically at clubs and residences around town.

The Pierces released their second album, Light of the Moon, in 2004 under a new label. Produced by Brian Sperber, the record is filled with radio-friendly melodies with touches of folk and country. The duo recently returned from Europe after opening for Albert Hammond, Jr., band member of The Strokes, on a tour for his solo project.

Their upcoming album, Thirteen Tales of Love and Revenge, released by Lizard King Records is scheduled to hit stores on March 20, 2007.

Check out the music video for their latest song “Boring.” And download their music on Zune Marketplace today.

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Zune.net | Natasha - Artist Profile Page

While working at a sandwich shop during her junior year in high school, Natasha was introduced to Grammy Award-winning super producer Rodney Jerkins.After seeing her sing and dance just once, Jerkins invited Natasha to his Darkchild studio to record what would ultimately become her first two smashes, “So Sick” and “Hey Hey Hey.”A short time later she was signed to Jive Records through Jerkins’ Darkchild Entertainment.

“This is a dream come true for me,” beams Natasha. After years of dancing in the family room of her parents’ home she finally puts her moves to work in her debut video for “Hey Hey Hey.”

Download Natasha’s biggest hit, “So Sick” for free on Zune Marketplace. Hurry up! Offer ends soon.

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Zune.net | Bloc Party - Artist Profile Page

Bloc Party is formed by Kele Okereke, Russel Lissack, Gordon Moakes, and Matt Tong. Inspired by Sonic Youth, Joy Division, Gang of Four, and The Cure, the South London art-punkers were once known as Angel Range and Union. Their first demo was released in early 2003. Later that year, they switched their name to Bloc Party.

After playing for a few months, the band started to attract attention from both the press and other musicians. Franz Ferdinand invited them to play at the Domino tenth anniversary party later in 2003. They released their first single, “She’s Hearing Voices” on Trash Aesthetics the next year.

During the spring of 2004, the band signed a contract to release their debut full-length album, Silent Alarm, in the U.K., which arrived in the United States in 2005. The British music weekly NME made it their Album of the Year in 2005 and Silent Alarm was on the U.K. album charts for 69 weeks. Bloc Party’s success has continued to grow ever since.

After being on tour for almost two years, the band has just released their second album, A Weekend in the City, which is an electrifying and staggeringly direct chronicle of post-millennial Britain, with bold lyrics and invigorating music.

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Zune.net | Vieux Farka Touré - Artist Profile Page

Since his childhood, Vieux Farka Touré has been deeply inspired by the music of his father, the two-time Grammy Award-winner Ali Farka Touré. Growing up in Mali’s capital, Bamako, as well as in his father’s hometown of Niafunké in the Sahara desert, Touré proved himself a precocious talent as a drummer and calabash player.

But, having long suffered in the music industry before finally finding a home with World Circuit Records, his father did not want him to face the same hardships. He forbid Touré to play music and decided that his son should become a soldier instead.

In 1999, Touré decided to take his destiny into his own hands. He enrolled in the National Arts Institute in Bamako, Mali, openly defying his father’s wishes. It was there that he truly discovered his musical calling, picking up the guitar and beginning to compose his own music. By the time he left the school, he was already a locally celebrated guitar virtuoso.

A few years later, Touré and producer Eric Herman started working on his solo, self-entitled debut album, released in early 2007 by Modiba Productions. The album also features the only existing recordings of father and son playing together, and is amongst the final recorded material of Ali Farka Touré before his death.

Touré has crafted a global-minded style all his own. With flourishes of rock and reggae amidst Saharan blues and traditional Malian melodies, the musician ushers in the next generation of Mali blues.

Download the debut album from Vieux Farka Touré on Zune Marketplace today.
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Zune.net | Thomas Dolby - Artist Profile Page

For over two decades Thomas Dolby Robertson has combined music and technology to great effect. The advent of MTV brought Dolby his initial exposure in the early 1980’s. His intelligent videos stood out from the pack, and his songs “She Blinded Me with Science” and “Hyperactive” became huge hits that have stood the test of time. His keyboard and production work put him in the studio with the likes of David Bowie, Stevie Wonder, Foreigner, Joni Mitchell, and George Clinton. Numerous awards and five Grammy nominations later, Dolby had achieved worldwide recognition as an artist.

Recognizing the opportunities for digital distribution of music via the Internet as early as 1994, Thomas became a spokesman for a generation of musicians eager to change the entrenched business models of the music industry. He was determined to make music a core component of the emerging World Wide Web. His startup company Beatnik wrote the audio layer of Java and created the first interactive music sites on the Web.

Now retired from Beatnik, Dolby is musical director of the annual Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED) Conference, and has returned to the stage taking his one-man Sole Inhabitant Tour around the U.S. and Europe. He released a live DVD and CD of the tour on Nov. 14, 2006. Dolby will play the famous SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas, in March 2007, while preparing material for his next studio album.

Download the music of Thomas Dolby on Zune Marketplace today. Check his tour dates and watch him live at SXSW.

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Zune.net | Kinto Sol - Artist Profile Page

Formed by three brothers−Manuel “Skribe,” Javier “DJ Playback,” and Eduardo “El Chivo”−, Kinto Sol speaks of emotion. Their Mexican pride comes through their lyrics, resulting in an original and powerful sound.

In this era of Latin influences, the emergence of Spanish language hip-hop is no surprise. The increasing popularity of the lyrical style has taken off and Kinto Sol is a major contender, making a name for themselves in a territory that is hard to conquer−the streets.

“When we first started out, the media refused to accept our music and spread the word about it, but we didn’t look back, because we believed in our work and that we were the voice of a lot of young people out there who were born in Mexico and grew up with the customs of the U.S.,” say the three members of the group.

Their first album, Del Norte al Sur, was released in 2001. Hecho en México, their second full-length record, arrived in stores two years later. With their third album, La Sangre Nunca Muere, they gained a loyal following among the Latin community and music lovers.

Released in February, Los Hijos del Maiz is the follow-up to their previous records. Exploring social problems confronting the world today and other important issues such as ignorance, corruption, and racism, Kinto Sol explores musical concepts beyond the limits of the Latin hip-hop genre.

Download Kinto Sol’s latest album, Los Hijos del Maiz, and all their previous work from Zune Marketplace today.

Popularity: 16% [?]

Zune.net | Logistics - Artist Profile Page

After exploding onto the drum and bass scene with his first Hospital Records release “Replay” in March 2004, Logistics went full steam ahead. Next up was “Together,” which is described as an anthem after smashing up dance floors across the U.K. It was finally released not only on the Future Sound of Cambridge EP, but also in VIP form as part of the mighty Spacejam EP.

The young prodigy behind Logistics, whose real name is Matt Gresham and brother of Nu:Tone, played a major part in the heavy Weapons Of Mass Creation 2 LP; not only producing four of the tracks, but also being the official selector for the mix on disk 2.

In October 2006, Logistics unleashed the 25-track monster debut album, Now More Than Ever, which showcases two sides of the boy wonder in one fantastic album.

Preview and download Now More than Ever on Zune Marketplace.

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Webpage: http://www.myspace.com/leftdisgusted
Location: Bayville, NJ, USA
Description: Hard Alternative Rock
Biography: After being in millions of bands, all of which have failed due to the incompetence of other band members, I have decided to do a solo project. I am in discussion with some labels and a few agents so I decided to create this page as a gateway to possible fans and labels. I have had the misfortune of playing guitar for 13 years, bass for 5 years, drums for 4 years, and singing for 10 years. I have three songs on my first demo: 1. Flown 2. My Selfish Acts 3. An Epidemic The Demo is titled Vent and is available for free, just let me know who you are and where to send it and its yours. Keep checking back for any and all updates and feel free to email me at LeftDisgusted@comcast.net.
Press Release: You can now hear the single “My Selfish Acts” on the Opie and Anthony Show Foundry Cams and maybe on air…check it out and sign up today at foundry music!!!!!!!

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Zune.net | Money Mark - Artist Profile Page

Money Mark is the alias of Mark Ramos-Nishita, a producer and multi-instrumentalist musician known by his funky, retro-flavored riffs, and irreverent keyboard skills. Born in Detroit to a Japanese-Hawaiian father and a Chicano mother, Money Mark started his career overdubbing keyboards for the Delicious Vinyl Label in the West Coast.

One of his most famous sounds is closely related to his collaboration with the Beastie Boys earning him the unofficial title of the fourth member of the group. He became a pivotal member of the hip-hop trio and performed on Check Your Head, released in 1992, and Ill Communication, from 1994.

Besides the Beastie Boys, Mark has also collaborated on crucial recordings with the likes of Yoko Ono, Beck, Jack Johnson, and Blues Explosion, to name a few.

His first solo debut, Mark’s Keyboard Repair, was recorded at his home studio between tour dates with the Beastie Boys, and released in 1995. A year later, the musician released Push the Button, an EP that combined aspects of rock’n'roll and pop with soul, funk, and hip-hop. Combining tropical sounds with a danceable disco and funk sound, Change Is Coming hit stores in 2001.

Money Mark’s latest album, Brand New by Tomorrow, released under Brushfire Records was produced by Mario Caldato, Jr. “This isn’t your typical jump up and down and have fun record like I usually make,” Mark reveals. “I was vulnerable at the time I was making the album. I was writing for therapy, just to get through my day.”

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Zune.net | Tokyo Police Club - Artist Profile Page

Dave Monks –Vocals, Bass
Josh Hook –Guitar, Percussion
Graham Wright – Keyboards, Vocals
Greg Alsop – Drums, Percussion

Tokyo Police Club started by accident one day when Greg Alsop, Josh Hook, Dave Monks, and Graham Wright decided that they missed playing music together after the breakup of their previous project. The four gathered in Hook’s basement, plugging in instruments and making up songs almost at random, with no goal but to recapture the magic that they felt making music together. During the summer of 2005, the band began to play shows in the Toronto area. And that fall they were invited to play at the Pop Montreal Festival.

After their sold-out concert in Montreal, the foursome agreed that it was time to pursue a career in the music business. They played a series of Toronto shows and earned a reputation for live shows that were exuberant, lively, and unrestrained.

In January 2006, the band signed up with the Toronto-based Paper Bag Records to release their debut EP, A Lesson in Crime, in Canada. A few months later, the record was re-released with wider distribution.

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New Artist Information

Instrumentation
Erin Harpe - lead vocals, guitar, production
Jim Countryman - bass
Devo Kosces - drums
Additional production by MicL PTVN.

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Biography
“Lovewhip knows what people are thirsty for and meets the need by quenching the soul track after track!”
-Theresa Orlando, www.femalemusician.com

� Boston Music Award winners and five-time nominees
� Independent Music Award winners (sponsored by the Musician’s Atlas)
� 5500+ fans on Myspace worldwide and growing every day!
� Rated #1 electro band in Boston on Myspace
� Their song “Virtual Booty Machine” was heard on the hit TV show Veronica Mars

Lovewhip is dance music. The Boston Globe exclaims “Lovewhip has a celebratory and upbeat feel that has kept crowds dancing everywhere they play!” Part of Boston’s underground but up-and-coming electro scene, Lovewhip creates a live show that is rooted in fun with the passionate vocals and dance moves of the “soulful electro-rock diva” (says the Boston Phoenix) Erin Harpe a.k.a. Empress Erin. Able to get any room going by shaking her infamous booty (see their myspace page), she also rips out screaming electric guitar riffs as she taunts and teases the crowd. Building on influences as diverse as Blondie, Beck, Sean Paul, Missy Elliot, the B52’s and the Cars, Lovewhip has created a sound that people go crazy for.

The project of frontwoman/guitarist/singer Erin Harpe and bassist Jim Countryman, Lovewhip has been making eclectic dance music since their first release Whip It, Baby! in 2000. Lovewhip’s multicultural influences have ranged from Jamaican reggae and dancehall to Nigerian soukous and highlife, afrobeat, and more recently retro 80’s electro. “The overall concept has always been to lift people out of their daily drudgery and get them dancing and feeling good,” says Harpe. And that’s just what they’ve done, touring regularly around the country to great reactions and dancing crowds.

LOVEWHIP’s fourth CD, Virtual Booty Machine, mixes electropop with dancehall reggae, funk, and rock to create a distinctive sound that begs the listener to shake it. Virtual Booty Machine” takes the listener to a bright new future, weaving the sexy soulful vocals of Empress Erin with crunchy rock guitar lines, electro-pop synth lines and a dance beat. The CD was independently produced by Lovewhip with the help of Darron Burke (Makeshift Studio). It includes remixes by Boston scenesters Jeff Czejak (Plunge into Death), MicL PTVN (Lovewhip, Cassette, Campaign for Real Time), and Reggie Burrows (Radio Dread, Trumystic, High Fidelity Dub Sessions #3) and the notorious DJ Monk One from Brooklyn (Turntable Lab Magazine).

While the sexy Empress may be the focal point of the live show, the Lovewhip experience wouldn’t be complete without the boys. “Juicy” Jim Countryman (bass) and Devo Kosces (drums) lock in with precision and lay down irresistable dance rhythms over a myriad of hooky synth lines as well as samples, loops, blips and bleeps that create a thick and heady soundscape behind Empress Erin’s vocals. From their spiffy matching pants to their erratic stage antics, these guys put out, and put their all into each and every performance.

“Virtual Booty Machine” is just the tip of the iceburg for LOVEWHIP, whose sound is gives the masses exactly what they need: pure, unadulterated, high-energy dance music. Quickly becoming dance club favs, Lovewhip has already become a sensation from Boston, MA to Los Angeles, CA and from Portland, ME to Miami, FL and received radio play throughout the country. Lovewhip constantly tours around the country year-round, and is busy planning their first European tour in 2007, so look for them coming to your town soon!

The band has begun work on their forthcoming album which will be released in May 2007.

Website
http://www.lovewhip.net

Discography
Virtual Booty Machine - LP (2005)
Live Booty Pop - Live release (2004)
Bouncehall - LP (2003)
Whip it Baby! - LP (2000)

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New Artist Information

Instrumentation
Jacinta - vocals, piano, keyboards, samplers, grooveboxes, sax and guitar.

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Biography
An accomplished international singer/songwriter from Australia with two impressive Billboard Dance Club Chart hits in the United States, Jacinta is quickly becoming one of the music industry’s most versatile and sought after talents.

Proud to be a true and committed artist in the music world, Jacinta is a gifted musician, writer, vocalist, producer, and performer. Her music embodies dynamic beats, hypnotic vocals, and an overall infectious nature that captivates her audience.

With her first single released in the United States, “Sunshine,” Jacinta has taken the music world by storm.  In fact, Jacinta’s “Sunshine” hit the top twenty on “Billboard” Magazine’s ‘Hot Dance Club Play’ Chart in early 2006.  Her second single DESTINATION was released in June 2006 and also soared to the Billboard Dance Club Chart.

Jacinta is following up the success of “Sunshine” and “Destination” with a new album which will be released in early 2007.  Collaborators on her upcoming album, “Back To Go,”  include Ray Roc, David Anthony, Tony Moran, Warren Rigg, Mike Rizzo, and Mike G.  The single “Destination” definitely continues Jacinta’s entrancing style, inspiring lyrics and infectious dance beats. “Destination” was written by Jacinta and Anton Bass with vocals by Jacinta.  Remixes on this single were done by some of the leading mixers in today’s industry including Peter Presta, Friscia & Lamboy, Anton Bass, Pleasure Center, JAC&Barnes, Digital Dog and Aurora from the UK, and Rod Carrillo.

Jacinta has quite a story to tell.  She began her career performing with electronic and rock bands, as well as with a number of international artists. It wasn’t until 1997 that Jacinta decided to pursue a solo career, in conjunction with the establishment of her own record label ‘Chunky Music.’ Proving to be a success, Jacinta’s solo career has given her the opportunity to work with internationally respected musicians including Tony Bennett, Cake, Leo Sayer, David Gates of Bread, and Take That.

In 2003, Jacinta had the chance to work as a musical consultant on Cirque Du Soleil’s Alegria in Austin, Texas, while at the same time completing a solo tour in the United States and Canada.

More recently, in 2006, Jacinta has performed in clubs across the United States. She has compiled an outstanding collection of original songs that continue to allure audiences with her intoxicating style. 

Her new album “Back To Go” and her single “Destination” from that album are expected to be big hits and only the beginning for skyward success for this multi-talented artist.

For More Information
Contact info@chunkymusic.com, 512.280 3321.  www.chunkymusic.com.

Master of One.
Take responsibility, turn towards your sunshine, and with your spirit be.  May we all shine!

Website
http://www.chunkymusic.com

Discography
DESTINATION, 10 remixes on mega single, May 2006
DESTINATION: CLUB CUTZ, 6 remixes and acapellas, July 2006
SUNSHINE, 9 remixes on mega single, October 2005
SMOKESCREEN, 2005    www.chunkymusic.com/jukebox
FLY singles, 2001  http://www.chunkymusic.com/jukebox/Fly_Dark_Hours_Mix.mp3
SANDALWOOD ~ UNDER THE INFLUENCE, 2000  http://www.chunkymusic.com/jukebox/SUTImontage.mp3
DEDICATED TO A STRANGER, 1996  http://www.chunkymusic.com/jukebox/DTASmontage.mp3

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Zune.net | Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars - Artist Profile Page

With a spirited and infectious fusion of traditional West African music, roots reggae, and rhythmic traditional folk, Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars craft music that transforms and uplifts. The collection of songs on their debut album Living Like a Refugee, decry the insanity of war and call out for social justice while instantly compelling you to get on your feet and dance. They have lived through unimaginable tragedy and yet Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars have become an inspiration and a symbol of the healing power of music.

Formed in a refugee camp in the West African nation of Guinea, all of Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars’ members lived in or around Freetown, Sierra Leone’s capital city, prior to their individual departures in the late 1990’s. Although group leader Reuben M. Koroma and future R.A.S. bandmates Franco (Francis Langba) and Arahim (Abdul Rahim Kamara) knew each other as professional musicians from different bands in Freetown and even occasionally played together in common musical circles, it wasn’t until they reconnected in Kalia Refugee Camp in Guinea that the roots of the group took shape.

When Reuben, his wife Grace, and Franco began making music for their fellow refugees, their efforts were short lived when their camp came under attack. The initial band members−alongside thousands of fellow refugees−were evacuated from the area and moved to Sembakounya Refugee Camp. Set deep in the remote Guinean countryside, it was here that Reuben and Franco were able to acquire the rusted-out sound system and beat up electric guitars that helped officially launch the group.

Backed by the likes of Keith Richards, Paul McCartney, Ice Cube, Angelina Jolie, and Steve Bing, the resulting documentary film, The Refugee All Stars, has won a series of major awards. And while the film has been busy conquering the hearts of festival goers, it is the music of Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars that is now prepped to win over legions of new fans.

Living Like a Refugee was recorded throughout the production of the The Refugee All Stars film, between August 2002 and October 2005. Each song is an original composition written during their years in exile and the album serves as a musical document of the band’s incredible journey. Featuring field recordings from the refugee camps in Guinea as well as studio efforts at Sam Jones’ Island Studios in Freetown, these 17 tracks tell the story of life in the camps, facing hunger, and enduring the horrors of war.

Preview and download Living Like a Refugee on Zune Marketplace.

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Zune.net | Cansei de Ser Sexy - Artist Profile Page

CSS is a provocative, dance-rock sextet from Brazil. Taking its name from an abbreviation of Cansei de Ser Sexy, which is Portuguese for “tired of being sexy,” the band started playing together in 2003. CSS took their lack of knowledge of instruments as a challenge for creativity and started performing at small shows in São Paulo’s underground music scene.

Singing in English, CSS includes lead singer Lovefoxxx, bassist Iracema Trevisan, guitarist/drummer/keyboardist Luiza Sá, guitarist Ana Rezende, guitarist/drummer Carolina Parra, and vocalist/multi-instrumentalist/producer Adriano Cintra.

With a love for technology and the Internet, the band started to get attention from the media after releasing some tracks on the Web. In 2004, CSS released two EPs on their own, and later that fall, their debut album, Cansei de Ser Sexy, was released in Brazil, along with a bonus EP, CSS SUXXX.

As shown by “Meeting Paris Hilton” and “Let’s Make Love and Listen to Death From Above,” CSS makes their desire for the glorification of pop culture unshakably clear. Between funky club beats and Lovefoxxx’s deliciously looping and quirkily shameless vocals, the band sets a platform for layers of wire-thin guitars and electronics.

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Zune.net | The Kooks - Artist Profile Page

The Kooks, formed by Luke Pritchard, Hugh Harris, Max Rafferty, and Paul Garred, met while attending U.K.-based Brighton Music College in the mid-2000s. “The idea from when we started the band was to be quite eclectic and open-minded,” said lead singer Luke Pritchard.

After writing hundreds of songs since their beginning as a school project in 2003, the British foursome released their first single, “Eddie’s Gun,” in 2005. “The Sofa Song” was released short after landing on the Top 30 list on the U.K. singles chart.

Sounding like a more energetic Thrillsand a less severe Arctic Monkeys, the foursome is also heavily influenced by classic rock. The full-length, Inside In/ Inside Out, was released in the U.K. in January and brought to the U.S. in October 2006.

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Zune.net | Bitter:Sweet - Artist Profile Page

The lives of Shana Halligan and Kiran Shahani seemed to have over-lapped before they met, but never crossed until the perfect moment. How else can you explain two people who lived one block away from each other and, who recorded just one wall away, and who never connected until an anonymous online posting? That is exactly how Los Angeles music duo Bitter:Sweet came to make their intoxicating and playful debut artist album, The Mating Game. The 11-track work features the extensive musicality of two respected musicians who now exist in perfect harmony.

On the album, Halligan and Shahani stay true to their own unique musical souls by embracing everything from the previously untapped jazz qualities of Halligan’s voice to Shahani’s love of any type of music and production.

When Shahani (producer, composer) and Halligan (vocals, melodies, lyrics, co-producer) met, they were both “not that into” the L.A. music scene. “There was a time when I had even stopped listening to music,” explains Halligan. “But sometimes you’re just meant to do things in life.”

As a Southern California native, Halligan had just returned home from “having a beautiful experience” in Europe when she decided to answer her first-ever ad for a singer. Not only was it an ad, it was on Craigslist. “I can’t believe I answered an ad,” Shana says now, “but I just did it!” As fate would have it, her call was the first to be answered by music producer and dance music enthusiast Shahani, who was largely responsible for their self-titled debut album, selling more than 250,000 copies worldwide.

After collaborating, Halligan and Shahani discovered that they had the same exact taste in music. They also discovered that six months prior to meeting, they had recorded just one wall away from each other in the same studio. They also shared numerous friends in common, and even stranger still, had lived one street away from each other, and still had never met.

On The Mating Game, echoes of each musician’s past, present, and future are revealed in infectious songs like the sultry, exotic opening track “Don’t Forget to Breathe,” which sets the tone for the entire album. “Moving Forward” is one of Shahani’s favorites “for its amazing vocal performance,” and is a track that Halligan has a deep emotional attachment to. Solid production and a Vegas cool is the calling card of “The Mating Game” with its big band sass and zany James Bond feel. Overall, Halligan’s melodically sweet-and-sexy vocals paired with Shahani’s experimental pop beats and masterful programming make for an album that will stand the test of time.

Download Bitter:Sweet on Zune Marketplace, listen to their song “The Mating Game,” which is preloaded into every Zune device, and read their interview and find out what’s next for Halligan and Shahani.

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