CHIWAWA's music can be labeled as alternative/pop/rock. The musicians' wide musical background however, constantly drives Chiwawa into prolific, rich and seductive territories. The heavy grooves and luscious melodies, topped by Laurie’s unforgettable, five octave range voice, define Chiwawa’s unmistakable sound.
The band is getting rave reviews and their growing fanbase is selling out shows.
On stage, Chiwawa electrifies as a duo as well as a full 4-5 piece band.

•  Interesting and Sexy
•  a little off beat
•  Totally Original
•  Talented
•  I love the bass lines...

"REACTIVE"

The debut album released December 15th on High Rip Music, by Mitch Burger. This album features 9 original songs written, performed, and produced completely on his own. To be released worldwide.
Mitch Burger is a singer/songwriter from the central New Jersey. Mitch Burger performs regularly thoughout New Jersey as bassist for Severed Hand and occasionally for the Bob Burger Band.

Some of Mitch's credits include:
Exit 109 - Why not 105? (1998) Guitars, vocals
Joe Vadala - Eleventh Hour (1999) Digital Editing
Eternity Void - Torrents of Devastation (2005) Bass, Digital Editing
Severed Hand - Keep your Wives Inside (2005) Bass, Vocals, Co-Producer
Severed Hand - The Seagram Sessions (2007) Bass, Vocals, Co-Producer
Mitch Burger - Reactive (to be released 2009 on High Rip Music) Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, Drums, Producer, Recording and Mixing Engineer, Digital Editing

Breck Stewart is an actor and singer who also worked behind the scenes as cameraman, editor, director and producer on many projects over 2 decades. He started his showbiz career on the stage at age 7 and learned his craft until the age of 18 also studying classical piano, trumpet and guitar all the while. He then became a rather successful model for a few years in his early twenties. At some point he decided to quit modeling and started to look for acting opportunities, working consistently through the years with varying degrees of success.

He started his foray into music in 2004 by creating a duo, Frenzia which broke up in 2006 when the other member left the formation. He tried to find another partner but it didn't happen so he became a solo singer instead. He released his first album called Utopia in December 2007 with many singles and videos now available. Utopia is an album based on the concept of this virtual reality we all call the Internet. Although a wonderful tool in so many ways, it has the tendency to create unrealistic expectations about life by flashing in front of us this opulent, synthetic and surreal existence which is only a big illusion composed of pixels and compressed energy. The songs are all related to the subject of fabricated fantasies created by the web.

He also shot several episodes of a new celebrity gossip show called MoonDaze TV where he talks about several cultural icons in a relaxed manner. And he is very active in the fight against DRM technology which can rob customers of their rights of fair use. Digital Rights Management is a process integrated in several digital files, Operating system Vista and Blu-Ray Discs created specifically to control what consumers do with their products. The song Be Integrated and the accompanying video were constructed to promote the fight against that destructive technology which already affects so many of us. Don't let them take away your digital freedom. Say No to DRM.

His managing team includes Gabe Wellington and Calvin Washington at MoonDaze Productions based in San Francisco, California in the United States.

Future Daze sole member is the brilliantly talented Ian Price, a creator and innovator of exciting high quality electronic music and eye-catching visuals. Originally from Liverpool (England UK) and now based in the heart of the UK.

iNNOVATION > iNSPIRATION > cREATIVITY > oRIGINALITY > lOGICIAN > iMAGINATION > eXPRESSION

UK Innovator of intelligent original electronica. Varied styles from ambient and filmic soundscapes to futuristic visions. My aim is to give you something a little different and interesting so buckle up and enjoy the ride let's leave the world behind.

Future Daze (Of MetalBeat) sole member is Ian Price, an experienced creator and innovator of exciting high quality electronic music and eye-catching visuals. Originally from Liverpool (England UK), I worked with a number of bands down the years. Most of these excursions were experimental low-fi electronic affairs.

I like to mix various styles of electronic music, from electro to ambient, industrial soundscapes and beyond. Like everyone we all have different moods, and so does my music.

Influences range from John Foxx, Jean Michel Jarre, to Eric Satie and beyond.

•  Relaxing

oddSTAR's musical creations are formed using a synthesis of expressive guitar lines and complex electronic textures set to beats that range from driving rock to industrial dance to hip-hop influenced grooves. These otherworldly yet curiously familiar sounds have the power to fixate the listener while simultaneously inspiring movement.

Noiseprint: Noiseprint is the sound of the videogames you used to play as a child, tears before bedtime, violins and silver screens and the soft pulse of projectors.

Debut EP "Noiseprint" out now on iTunes.com, Amazon and www.noiseprint.com

x Aidan and Jamie

Based in London and Brighton Nosieprint is the combined forces of Aidan Neeson and Jamie Dale.
Their self titled debut EP is a rich tapestry of lush production, melodic melancholy and their own eclectic blend of electronica. To simply cast them into the Electro Pop category would not do them justice. With influences ranging from 80s New Wave, Film Noir soundtracks and an avid interest in art supplies it is fair to say they have their own sound which is both as refreshing as it is unique. Noiseprint are a very welcome addition to the overcrowded mantle piece of today’s music.

Stephen Grey - UK Play Magazine

For over four years Pretty Train Crash has dazzled Winnipeg with their unique musical style. As their name suggests, it's a mixture of light & dark...soothing & abrasive. High-energy performances combine with intelligent & innovative songwriting that leave packed houses moshing, singing along, and screaming for more.

Pretty Train Crash is:
Josh Bedry - Guitars
Rob Burton - Bass
Steve Hammel - Vocals
Eric Nordquist - Keyboards
Troy Strattner - Drums
Mike Wagner - Guitars

Contact the band at:
http://www.myspace.com/prettytraincrash

•  great song
•  You're right
•  PERFECT! PERFECT!

“The artist is the creator of beautiful things. Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault. Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope. They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only beauty.”
- Wilde, Oscar.

Dorian’s Gray exists to reveal beauty, truth, and art. Their lyrics are often sexually liberating, at other times satirical, and often designed to expose religious hypocrisy. While their music is not designed for any grand socio-political purpose, the artists are not afraid to speak out for what they believe in. With passionate lyrics, gut-wrenching vocals, pulsing synths, devastating bass-lines, and blood-spattering beats, the beauty that is Dorian’s Gray is music for the elect, to whom beautiful things mean only beauty. Dorian’s Gray is a group of artistic individuals working together to create something beautiful through their musical talents. The result is a sound that is entirely their own, somewhere in the gray area between industrial rock, electro, EBM (Electronic Body Music), and trip hop.

"All art is at once surface and symbol"
- Wilde, Oscar.

Dorian’s Gray represents the shadow of Dorian Gray, a man whose soul is not reflected by his body, but by a portrait of his very soul. With the upcoming release of their double album, A Picture of Sin and The Sin Itself, Dorian’s Gray creates a picture of life’s shadows, sorrows, its trials and tribulations, with some hint of its pleasures, and beauty

"All art is quite useless."
- Wilde, Oscar (The Picture of Dorian Gray)

Trike is a duo, comprising of Stephen Taylor and Xania Keane. Stephen plays keyboard, digital guitar, trombone and sings. Xania plays fiddle, glockenspiel, keyboard, sings, dances (Irish/Quebecois style) and raps.

Trike's style is Synth-pop, New Wave, with various other elements. They are audience-interactive, teaching people dance moves they make up. Their songs are catchy pop songs, high energy and dancey. Onstage, there is a great deal of theatricality and performance.

Their influences are: Pulp, The Cure, Talking Heads, Devo, The Cars, Belle and Sebastian, old Public Enemy, Magnetic Fields and Joy Division.

There is a lot of humour in the music, and the songs are pretty bouncy/happy, although there are also a lot of bittersweet emotions in the lyrics.

Addicted to performing, Trike has played almost forty shows since the beginning of September in Vancouver and Victoria, BC, Canada.

Trike also won $20,000 on "The Gong Show" (a contest which was on radio and television) with their instructive-dance song, The Trikey, which enabled them to go on tour to Europe in the Spring of 2008.

Their album, "The New Album" was number six on the charts of Kootenay Coop radio for three months.

Artist Information

Biography
After a long hiatus from music, both writing and singing, award winning songwriter Sean Croley has returned and recorded an EP of which one reviewer has said:

"their debut EP "Walk" contains amazing songs that easily could be featured on any release with these pop makers." (Keane and Coldplay)

There came a time in early 2006 when the urge to begin writing and recording seemed to well up inside Sean once again. He began writing songs within hours and recording them the next day and after amassing 15 good sounding demo's within 3 months where he narrowed it down to 5. This is when he reached out to friends ask them to play on what he now terms "a good songwriting demo." to come and play on this project. These friends included guitar player Bob Egan - Wilco, and Blue Rodeo. Tony Lind- Hewitt, and former guitarist for Thousand Foot Krutch. Drummer-Jim Boudreau whose resume includes The Wilkinsons, David Foster, Chuck Berry, and countless others. Steve Hogg, acclaimed bassist who played with Ian Thomas, Jamie Warren, and is a regular session player for Juno winning producer J. Richard Hutt.

This gave Sean a very solid sounding EP, well sculptured and very well produced. Now, all Sean needed was the live band. Again, a call went out to friends who knew people who knew people and the emails started to come in. One by one Sean met with each of the candidates turning some away and latching on to others telling them that they're in, never once did he ask to hear them play. The only thing he went on was word of mouth, gut feeling, and a prayer.

Together, they have taken the Seans songs to another level far beyond even Sean's expectations to create a live show that has brought the crowds to their feet for standing ovations.

This eclectic group of guys who's style and influence range from jazz to power punk have found one vision, one dream, one band that they all believe in.

They are...

"THE WEAK NEED"

A high energy pop act being regularly compared to such bands as Keane, Coldplay, Mute Math, Pilot Speed and U2. Their emotive delivery at their live shows has their fans saying that they were "blown away" and "speechless" afterwards. "They are like the Coldplay of Canada." Sean himself is quoted as saying "I love Keane and Coldplay. I really like their sound but honestly, I don't listen to them alot of the time because I don't want to start writing like they do. I'm totally influenced by their sound but I really try to take it somewhere totally different." Different indeed. It is easy to hear bands like The Cure, The Smiths, U2, and Canadian favorites, Pilot Speed, and Never Ending White Lights washing through The Weak Need as the listener is bathed in Croley's unique intimate vocals, textured harmonies and intricately woven lyrics.

Here is what industry and fans are saying about The Weak Need:

"The Weak Need is favourite band in my iTunes library (15.000 songs) " - Benjamin T.

"emotive, memorable writing and tasteful, very impressive production! " � Vlad Shusterman

"...very cool sounds. You're professionals...Maybe the new Cold Play " - 100 Ilusoes

"Cold Play... I think that's a great comparison, but you still manage to have an original sound.. " - J. Spengler

"Every once and awhile you stumble across a band that gives you goose bumps and no pun intended but I feel ya! " - Jill

"Your songs are great! You have to get a band together and start playing...people need to hear your music live. " - The Entropy

"Really lovely chorus in lay me down reminds me of keane." - Flo Anito

"One Word....Amazing!!! " - Cool Planet Entertainment

"Todays world, people will do anything to "FEEL" You've done that ..." - Nathan

"Great song and impressed by your voice...breath of fresh air" - Raine

"I just truly wanted to share with you what a powerful experience it was for both of us. We were not at all familiar with your music before last night, but it left a huge imprint on both of our hearts. Thank you for your courage in pursuing this dream. " - Lisa.

•  light driving pop w/ pleasing...
•  Perfectly Wonderful!
•  a soliloquy, a colloquy, warm...

REZA's other pages :

• REZA on Myspace
• REZA on Amie Street
• REZA on Sound Click
• REZA on MP3.com
• REZA on WAT
• REZA on Last.fm

BIO

* January 2004
Songwriter REZA starts recording some of his songs using a small pocket machine at his place in Paris.

* April 2004
Writer and close friend Sotiris living in Birmingham-England sends a poem called "somebody else’s paradise" to REZA. This is the beginning of an important collaboration. REZA will compose and sing about twenty songs composed on Sotiris poems in the following couple of years.

* January 2005
Back from Birmingham-England where he’s been working on new songs with Sotiris, REZA starts looking for musicians to record these songs and play them live.

* Summer 2005
The team is ready : REZA + Stephane (ex-SevenHate lead guitar) + Ghislain + Gautier. 6 songs are recorded by Grégory Fradin at his own studio in Poitiers. One of them is I'm your man, a cover of L. Cohen's song.

* November 2005
First EP: Somebody else's songs is out. It has the famous red octopus on its cover ! Spring 2006 REZA on stage in Paris in small venues like: POP IN, le Kitch’up, le cannibale, l’espace B, le café de la plage, etc. Cello player Julien joins the band !

* Summer 2006
It’s time to work on the first LP. 13 songs recorded by Gregory Fradin in the middle of nowhere in an old abandoned house in la Vienne. November 2006 Second EP: Flying girl is out including some of the songs from the LP recording session. Flying girl, remake, etc. Some of the songs are broadcasted by indie radio programs: planet claire radio aligre, indepen-dance radio pulsar, radio Neo, radio campus paris, etc. The EP has also good reviews in specialized webzines: indie rock mag, indie pop rock, froggy’s delight, etc.

* January 2007
New Paris tour on stage: le Klub, en marge, kitch’up, pomme d’Eve, etc. The LP mixes are getting ready, REZA is now part of the French Toast music collective together with bands like New Pretoria, The Chiltons or Saïbu ...

* April 2007
First LP broken kite is to be out, new gigs comming soon !.

•  All of the tracks
•  Great indie folk ballad
• a great indie folk song
•  Do the Swim!

A perfect mixture of killer guitar and synth riffs, hi-octane sound & ultimate vocal hooks. Imagine The Killers mixed with 70's glam, spiced up with Rammstein and Marilyn Manson, grooved up by Goldfrapp and topped with Depeche Mode. That being said none of the above sound like The Surgents...

THE SURGENTS is the latest movement by Dr.Octavo and The Professor. Though The Surgents are relatively very young in music years, various other projects by the two music gurus preceded the creation of this high energy motivational group, including State Of Affairs in 1995, Quantum Force in 1998 and Protocol in 2000. Protocol has enjoyed a warm welcome in the Japana market with hits such as "Surfing USA" and "Indian Love". Dr.Octavo and The Professor did take a little music biz break, concentrating on creating the next generation of music geniuses in the form of Hugo (7), Isabella (4) and Oliver (2) - their offspring have already recorded numerous tracks such as "La La La" & "Na Na Na" hitting radio airwaves and clubs later this year. Doc Oc and The Prof met in 1992, after Doc's first official Kanatian album release, "The Chains That Bind Us", by Remote Control. The Professor applied for a keyboardist position at that time but the position was already taken and hence the two encountered each other in many "battle of the bands" wars. Though musical nemeses at the beginning, they eventually learned to respect their territories and managed to combine the dark forces to attack the music biz with full power. They have together survived rise and fall of the music empire getting ready for the ultimate attack in the form of The Surgents. Frustrated with the current state and deterioration of most music parties, they have created this coalition, with a hope to provide fresh ideas and music to the ears of their peers and followers. The first single, "The Show", deals with the brainwashing of the media and gives a new strength to rise up against this malicious weapon and TV machines. More subjects are about to be discussed in the upcoming tracks, creating the necessary energy and movement to do a better job in all fields of our daily lives. Please come back on a regular basis to read and listen to the latest news on The Surgents' airwaves and press...."Let The Show Begin" !!!!

Come Undone is a group formed in 2002 by Daniel Kern and Benco
During 2002-2004 the band recorded their debut album called
"Moments in life".Daniel Kern is the lead singer.Benco plays bass and keyboards.
The band was influenced by many artist like Duran Duran,Depeche Mode,Level 42 and others.
What they really want to achieve is their own sound and style.All the songs are written by the band.
Benco arranged,produced and mixed the songs.
During 2006 the band released an EP called "Something To Say"

Formed in 1996, the two members at the helm being Val Petrov and Edward Platero, and hailing from London, Ontario, Canada, started collaborating together to make their Poptronic-rock sound. In 1997 reel released its first C.D. entitled “Free AS Air” and began playing small clubs and venues. The following two years would find reel playing larger venues and opening for major and international acts as their second disc “Soaring” was released. In 2000 Val and Edward took time to record other groups, and worked in their commercial studio while experimenting on their own creative project which would be released independently in 2006, this time worldwide. The project is “Escape From America”

Simon Collins –“Time for Truth”
Simon Collins, 28, was born in London, England. He, along with his mother and sister relocated to Vancouver, Canada when he was five. It was at that time that his father, rock legend Phil Collins, began teaching him how to play the drums. Simon spent a great deal of time on tour with Genesis and his father. It was then and there that he honed his skills as a competent drummer. Now it has become self evident that he inherited his father’s ability as a performer, composer and musician on drums, piano and
vocals. By the age of fourteen he began composing and producing his own material on the path of his own solo career. In 2000 Simon relocated from his home in Vancouver, Canada to Germany where his debut album "All of Who You Are" released on WEA Records immediately entered the German charts. The LP was released in over 30 countries worldwide, selling over 100,000 copies in Germany alone. The first single "Pride" was charted all over Eastern and Western Europe. The second single "Shine Through" co-written with Howard Jones, also became an instant radio hit.
With Simon relocating back to Canada, we present his second LP "Time for Truth" revealing a greater artistic depth that was not heard on the previous record. It proves him to be prolific not only as a singer/songwriter but also as a producer and multi-instrumentalist. Picking up where his father left off, Simon Collins has created a record that people can escape into and which has the timeless feeling that can only be captured by great song writing. He has the talent and the creative insight to confidently follow in his father’s footsteps while leading his own generation toward a new perspective and positive outlook. "Time for Truth" is a sonic evolution. It is an album written with the message from the current point of view that we all share as a new generation on the planet. A theme that searches for the common spiritual and celestial ground we all share with each other. Simon achieves his message through vast soundscapes and lush ambient plateaus, driven by a fusion of both electronic and organic beats, while interweaving heavy influences of Euro-trance and techno. Simon has embraced his electronic roots with this recording and in turn written strong, confident material that swirl in pop harmonies, generating a contemporary style of new wave.
With musical high lights such as the title track and epic opener "Time for Truth", and the sensitive and heartfelt ballad "Hold On" plus the alluring and hook filled "Out on the Playa", the listener is lead on a journey through time space and left with contemplative thought and irresistible melodies. Think of the lush and precise production of "Massive Attack" and "Depeche Mode" with the inspired and uplifting song writing of "Cold Play" and "Radio Head". With sometimes-unorthodox hooks and ambitious arrangements, balanced with clever and well-timed commercial appeal. It is a crafted work of sonic art at many levels. Therefore, It is no wonder that he decided to title the LP "Time for Truth". This new work offers the true vision and multi-faceted artistic capabilities of Simon Collins.

•  Very Phil...
•  Phil Collins, is he still...

Formed in 2003 by Max Arnason of BEAUTY OF DECAY who also started

S/N RATIO RECORDS and STUDIO the same year.

Currently a studio project only with the possibility of new live shows after the release of the third album in 2006 / 2007.

•  Excellent