Playing to a St. Louis crowd that filled maybe a third of The Pageant
If you have been on any of the Rocks Off Boat Cruises this summer, then you know what an incredible experience it is.
In a recent partnership with jazz insurgents Soulive, independent labels Pirate Entertainment and DiscLive, a wholly owned subsidiary of Immediatek (OTCBB: ITEK) teamed up to continue their commitment to deliver live recordings to music fans in ways that have revolutionized the industry’s traditional retail model.
These days Soulive’s raw energy and high spirit rarely finds its way into a venue as small as Tribeca Rock Club. While frenzied fans lined up around the block beginning in the morning’s early hours, coming from as far as Italy to wait in the city’s concrete mid-summer heat, Pirate Entertainment’s and DiscLive’s production teams and engineers worked inside the venue, preparing to record every moment of the band’s live performance and, using state-of-the-art technology, to make the double CD sets available for sale just hours after each show.
Bootsy Collins and Bernie Worrell, Tortoise, Stereolab, Luke Vibert and Money Mark are among the artists contributing new songs to the “Moog” soundtrack, due Sept. 14 from Hollywood Records. The film of the same name chronicles the life of Moog synthesizer creator Bob Moog, revered as a pioneer in the evolution of electronic music.
“The musicians who play our instruments show us what our instruments are capable of,” Moog says. “This CD covers an amazing range of music — music of the sort that has done so much to shape our contemporary culture. To me, this CD is a tribute to all the musicians who have used Moog instruments to express their musical visions.”
The documentary was directed by Hans Fjellestad and shot in Asheville, N.C., London, New York, San Francisco, London and Tokyo. Among the artists appearing in the film include Keith Emerson, Rick Wakeman, DJ Spooky and Mix Master Mike.
“Moog” will arrive Sept. 17 in a limited U.S. theatrical release. It is expected to hit DVD by Christmas via Plexifilm, which previously issued the Wilco documentary “I am Trying To Break Your Heart.”
Here is the “Moog” track list:
“Abomination,” 33
“Variation One,” Stereolab
“Bob’s Funk,” the Moog Cookbook
“Unavailable Memory,” Meat Beat Manifesto
“Beautiful Love,” Tortoise
“Nanobot Highway,” Money Mark
“I am a Spaceman,” Charlie Clouser
“You Moog Me,” Jean-Jacques Perrey and Luke Vibert
“Sqeeble,” Plastiq Phantom
“The Sentinel,” Psilonaut
“When Bernie Speaks,” Bernie Worrell and Bootsy Collins
“Realistic Source,” Bostich
“Endless Horizon (I Love Bob mix),” Electric Skychurch
“Micro Melodies,” the Album Leaf
“You Have Been Selected,” Pete DeVriese
“Mixed Waste 4.2,” Baiyon
“Another Year Away,” Roger O’Donnell
Source bilboard.com.
