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To
celebrate 40 years of activity as a successful singer,
songwriter, arranger, conductor and producer, Mike
Batt is releasing a comprehensive collection of
his work as an artist, in the form of "The
Mike Batt Music Cube". The cube contains a
total of 16 discs, presented as eight double albums,
and is intended as a collector's edition with contents
ranging from the recently successful chart album
"A Songwriter's Tale" right back through
the six solo albums he made for Sony between the
70s and 90s. With the exception of a few, these
double albums, at present, are exclusive to The
Mike Batt Music Cube.
Mike Batt - "After 40 years in the industry,
this could either be seen as a service to fans or
the biggest ego trip on Earth. In fact it is a combination
of the two. There is some vanity in the release
of any record by any artist at any level, but as
we all grow a little older, it is sometimes nice
to collect our work into an accessible archive,
and this really is the purpose of the exercise.
It's been a lot of fun putting it together. I have
added new sleeve notes to accompany each album and
I've been totally honest about how artistically
successful or otherwise I consider each album or
track to have been. I have even included "Summertime
City" which at the time of making I found completely
cringe worthy, but which I now look back upon as
a kitch signpost along the road of my career."
A highlight of the collection is a new compilation,
"The Orinoco Kid", containing Batt's own
selection of early singles and Wombles curios. Other
rare items featured in “The Cube” are
"Rapid Eye Movements", originally a double
album made by Batt for Chrysalis in the early 80s
under the pseudonym “Autopilot”. This
adventurous electronic project disappeared off the
radar fairly soon after its release but has been
much requested by fans ever since.
Release date - December 7th 2009. Click here
for full details and read Music Week's announcement
of the release here.
Sarah Blaskojust won Best
Female Artist at The ARIA Awards for her album 'As
Day Follows Night'. The album has also won Australian
album of the year at Triple J's J Awards - read more
here.
For more information on Sarah Blasko visit her website.
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artists.
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Entertainment
is a management company and record label dedicated to the
projects created and/or managed by songwriter, conductor
and general all-round impressario sort of bloke, Mike Batt.
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read more about Dramatico Entertainment.
The
1st single from Katie Melua's much anticipated 4th
studio album The House, produced by William Orbit.
Single out 17th May 2010, album released 24th May
2010.
October
4th sees the UK release of new Dramatico signing,
Caro Emerald's debut single 'Back It Up'. The story
of Caro Emerald and ‘Back It Up’ is a
true example of how word-of-mouth can lead to an overnight
smash. An impromptu performance of the song on a local
TV station in her native Holland led to an overwhelming
clamour to hear more of the phenomenally exciting
new singer. Once a video – shot for next to
nothing – had been posted on Youtube, the response
was deafening; Caro was being begged by people she
had never met to make the song available to own.
Since the Dutch release of ‘Deleted Scenes From
The Cutting Room Floor’ in January, she has
spent over 20 weeks on top of the album chart, and
is currently certified triple platinum. Caro and her
accessible, dancefloor-inspired music are now in hot
demand all across Europe.
Caro
Emerald's debut album has set a new record for longest
number one position in the Dutch album charts.
Her debut album: Deleted Scenes From The Cutting
Room Floor has been the best selling in The
Netherlands for 27 weeks. A call for Champagne! The
old record: 26 weeks, was set by Michael Jackson's Thriller
in the 1980's.
Music
Matters
is a collective of people across the music industry,
including artists, retailers, songwriters, labels
and managers, formed to remind listeners of
the significance and value of music.
We all know that music is important. But with
music more available than ever before, it’s
worth reminding ourselves of that fact. It’s
easy to forget about the extraordinary lengths
that performers, songwriters and musicians can
go to record their songs, and the powerful effect
music has on each and every one of us.
We
believe it is important to support the artists
and all those involved in making incredible
music by choosing to consume music in an ethical
way, and that’s why we’ve set up
Music Matters.
The Music Matters trust mark will act as a guide
for music fans and help differentiate legal
music services from illegal ones. Click here
for a list of all supporting sites and look
for the Music Matters trust mark when choosing
new music. When you choose sites carrying the
trustmark you can be sure the site is legal
and the copyright holders are paid for their
creative work.
The Music
Matters website features a series
of short films highlighting the importance of
music:
Dramatico has secured the UK
and European release of Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu's
album 'Gurrumul', a top 3 platinum release in
Audtralia. The deal, a partnership with Skinnyfish
Music, is set to spread the success of the album
to an international audience.
It is now official that Gurrumul is the
NUMBER 1 best selling World Music album in the
UK for 2009.
Source: Official UK Charts Company
"Yunupingu
possesses one of the world's sweetest voices,
a pure natural instrument...Gurrumul is a gentle
masterpiece of remarkable beauty...Quite simply
it's the most impressive Aussie indigenous album
in quite a while." Seth Jordan, Songlines
Magazine UK
Music
Matters
