Remembering Bonnie Tyler
Total Eclipse of the Heart
This must be the epitomy of 80ies glam. As you’ve all read, Bonnie was a coal miner’s daughter who rose to international fame on the strength of her voice and the many emotions it transported. Her real name was Gaynor Hopkins, born 1951. She changed her name several times and had more than one career before becoming a defining voice, recognised worldwide. Like so many of her co-stars, she was also a philanthropist. Bonnie provided her talent and resources to the homeless. She had been ill for a while but seemed to b e getting better when she passed on July 8.
Cleopatra Records
Aluk Todolo
Live at Rock in Bourlon 2023
Aluk Todolo is a French band from Grenoble. It was formed in 2004 by Antoine Hadjioannou (drums), Matthieu Canaguier (bass) and Shantidas Riedacker (guitar). The name Aluk Todolo comes from a mountainous region in the south of the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia; it can be translated as ‘the way of the ancestors’ or ‘ancient beliefs’. It refers to a pre-Christian animist religion that still survives in that part of the world. Since their early days, Aluk Todolo have been performing regularly on stage, both in France and abroad. Their concerts are lit by a single light bulb, connected to the guitar signal.
The Norma Offensive
Ari Tsugi
Ryto Vėjas ir Mėnulis
Ari Tsugi is an international collective based primarily in London. Far from being a traditional jazz group, they are celebrated for blending the improvisational freedom of modern UK jazz with the raw energy of psychedelic space-rock and organic Brazilian rhythms. This sophomore album was released via the Slovak indie imprint Sinko Records. IInfluenced heavily by Brazilian guitar icon Fabiano do Nascimento, it was tracked under the guidance of Lithuanian producer Vilius Jokubaitis.
Sinko Records
Shintaro Sakamoto
Yoo-hoo
Shintaro Sakamoto is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter, and producer. He was a founding member and the frontman for the underground Japanese psychedelic rock band Yura Yura Teikoku. After the band’s breakup in 2010, Sakamoto began independently producing music, having released five solo albums to date He is known for his laid-back psychedelic pop and soft rock sound and sounds like somewhat of a modern crooner.
Zelone records
Lalu
Prince with the Swift Warning from the album Oniric Metal
Lalu is a Prog-Metal conceptual outing from French keyboardist/composer Vivien Lalu of Shadrane and Hubi Meisel, initiated during the fall of 2003. After working two times as composer for ex-Dreamscape vocalist Meisel, Lalu felt that it was time to finally produce an album of his own and compose music without restrictions. Using leftovers from the actual Meisel sessions and other ideas he had on tape since a while, Vivien named his debut album Oniric Metal after the comments of some people who described his music as a kind of “dream” or “mood” metal.
Frontier Records