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Dramatico Entertainment is currently planning the re-release of Mike's solo albums - 'The Mike Batt Archive Series' - with a selection of double disc releases and definitive deluxe editions, as well as a new retrospctive collection:
A Songwriter's Tale
Previously unreleased recordings of Mike's best known songs including 'Bright Eyes', 'A Winter's Tale', 'The Closest Thing To Crazy' and 'I Feel Like Buddy Holly'.
Released in Germany on January 25th, 2008 and in all other territories in late March, 2008.
The Hunting Of The Snark
CD + DVD of the previously unreleased full length Royal Albert Hall live performance, starring Billy Connolly, Roger Daltrey, John Hurt, Midge Ure and more.
Zero Zero
CD + DVD of the previously unreleased full length 1982 television broadcast, starring Mike Batt and Julianne White.
Caravans - Original Soundtrack
Deluxe expanded edition of the motion picture soundtrack, including bonus features.
Waves + Six Days In Berlin
CD + CD Double Edition
Schizophonia + Tarot Suite
CD + CD Double Edition
Songs Of Love And War + Arabesque
CD + CD Double Edition
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Dramatico has released Andrea McEwan's debut single. 'Candle
In A Chatroom', to coincide with her live dates
supporting Katie Melua on her European tour.
Tracklist:
1. Candle In A Chatroom
2. Black Socks In The Wash
3. Fast Train
For more information about Andrea, visit her website here.
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Dramatico 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.
Click here to read more about Dramatico Entertainment.
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On 2nd February 2009, Jem will be making a welcome return
to Europe with a brand new single and album on the same
day.
Jem joins Katie Melua and the first lady of France Carla
Bruni, along with label-owner-maestro Mike Batt as label
mates. She comments “I was so impressed with Dramatico
and their set up, they had me at hello!” adding
"I am thrilled to be working with music-loving, enthusiastic,
intelligent, passionate, humorous, lovely people who thankfully
possess the essential ingredient of having 'balls', what
more could an artist ask for?"
The album’s release date is also a special one as
Jem’s Welsh grandfather, her ‘Dadcu’,
passed in July, and would have turned ninety-three on
February 2nd next year. “It is so lovely and auspicious
that the album is going to be released on his Birthday.
There are no coincidences you know”. The album is
dedicated to him and her three other grandparents.
Jem can’t wait for her UK and European fans to finally
hear the new album. "Down to Earth is different from
Finally Woken in a good way. As before, I mix up genres
as I like listening to lots of different types of music
so that's what comes out. It is a little darker in parts
and then a little lighter too, as is life."
Jem’s new album ‘Down to Earth’, available
on Dramatico Records/ATO 2nd February 2009.
Visit Jem's website here
and also check out her MySpace
page.
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A new magic audiovisual dimension in 360° video. Enter
a magical world. Dare to believe your eyes. Nothing here
is just what it seems at first glance: a postcard as a
portal to a lost city, tarot cards which come to life
or floating ballet dancers in virtual worlds. A symphony
of sounds, pictures and emotions takes you away to a mysterious
universe.
Mike Batt has, together with Terry Rudat and Mindgames
Productions, gathered a team of superb, creative 3D designers,
illustrators, dancers and video artists to visualise his
epic musical work in spectacular visual worlds. VOICES
IN THE DARK is an ambitious project which Mike Batt himself
described as a “music-video-art-film installation”.
HD Realfilm meets 3D animation, 2D drawings and music.
It seems that the planetarium sky is populated by floating
ballet dancers and diving models here.
Click here
to visit the VOICES IN THE DARK website.
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coincide with Katie Melua’s arena tour in October
and November, Dramatico release ‘The Katie
Melua Collection’ on October 27th. This
two disc set is a musical summary of the 24 year old’s
journey so far with 17 songs - including 'The Closest
Thing To Crazy', Nine Million Bicycles', the number
1 duet with Eva Cassidy 'What A Wonderful World' and
3 previously unreleased bonus tracks – and a live
DVD filmed earlier this year in Rotterdam.
Highlights from Katie’s three albums (‘Call
Off The Search’, ‘Piece By Piece’
and ‘Pictures’) are joined by ‘When
You Taught Me How To Dance’, from the film Miss
Potter, and three new songs recorded for this album
release - Toy Collection (written by Katie for the MySpace
film ‘Faintheart’), ‘Somewhere In
The Same Hotel’ (a slow, bluesey song co-written
by Katie and Mike) and ‘Two Bare Feet’ (a
brand new, up-tempo, foot-tapping Katie/Mike co-write).
TRACKLISTING
AUDIO CD
1. The Closest Thing To Crazy
2. Nine Million Bicycles
3. What A Wonderful World
4. If You Were A Sailboat
5. Piece By Piece
6. Call Off The Search
7. On The Road Again
8. Mary Pickford
9. Spider's Web
10. Thank You, Stars
11. I Cried For You
12. Crawling Up A Hill
13. Tiger In The Night
14. When You Taught Me How To Dance
NEW TRACKS
15. Two Bare Feet
16. Toy Collection
17. Somewhere In The Same Hotel
DVD
The Arena Tour 2008, Live from Rotterdam.
Plus ‘Behind The Screens’ – a short
film about the preparation and design of the tour production.
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