Basshunter YouTube Music Page Feature!

A newly uploaded Basshunter interview video is featured on YouTube's Music Homepage!

Tiscali Tips For 2008 : 1. Archangel & 3. Sonny J !!

Tiscali picks their tips for 2008, Archangel are number 1 and Sonny J are number 3!!

Out Of Office "Break Of Dawn 2008"

Sneak preview of the follow up to "Hands Up" from Out Of Office on Frenetic Music;

More Luv For Rush!

More love for Booty Luv's new single "Some Kinda Rush" this time from Channel 4 Music;
"Whoosh, it's the fourth single from ex-Big Brovaz ladies Booty Luv. It's everything you could hope a Booty Luv single (and the first to be written by the girls) to be; a subtle, creeping start which leads into an exhilaratingly bouncy and likeable dance song"

"f Kylie had released this as the first single from her X album, Leona Lewis wouldn't still be number one"

"Some Kinda Rush" is Booty Luv's "Best Ever Single" according to the Digital Spy review today;

"Who'd have thought it, eh? After scoring a succession of disco-pop smashes by essentially waving amyl nitrate under the nostrils of Tweet ('Boogie 2nite'), Luther Vandross ('Shine') and Lucy Pearl ('Don't Mess With My Man'), Booty Luv have released their best ever single with a self-penned song. There's more to Nadia and Cherise, it seems, than the slinkiest stilettos in town.

'Some Kinda Rush' might just be the most thrilling three-and-a-half minutes you'll experience all Christmas. Its turbo-charged bassline surges like 10,000 volts going through your toaster's live wire; the girls coo like they're up to something we wouldn't want to mention on a family-friendly website; and its chorus comes on like a pack of fireworks going off in your head (Don't try this at home, kids!). Honest to goodness, if Kylie had released this as the first single from her X album, Leona Lewis wouldn't still be number one"

More here..

Booty Luv Hit 40 UK - Hot New Hits

"They've got 3 successful cover singles under their belt, but now Booty Luv are releasing something they've written themselves!"
More here

Booty Luv & Peter Gelderblom Must Watch Videos On The Timesonline

Both Booty Luv's "Some Kinda Rush" and Peter Gelderblom's "Waiting 4" feature as must see videos on The Times Online

Booty Luv Mirror Showbuzz Rush!

Booty Luv's "Some Kinda Rush" is this week's soundbed and featured video on The Mirror's Showbuzz video blog.

The music that has driven Chicago's club scene is coming to hip-hop's rescue

Full page Independent piece today in the arts section & and online for Dude N Nem's "Watch My Feet"!

"Juke music, born out of inner-city pockets of Chicago, is the new ferociously hyperactive and electro sound. Now the music has made its way to the UK, thanks to the crossover success of the eccentric Chi-town (or Chicago) duo Dude 'N Nem, whose single "Watch My Feet" has launched the sound into the mainstream. Along with band members Upmost and Trygic's simple rhymes and chant-a-long chorus, the video shows crews doing hip-hop's answer to Irish step-dancing in the dance called Footworkin', whose vigorous leg moves have inspired dozens of self-made YouTube stars to urge us to watch their feet too.

"If you're from Chicago, or anywhere near Chicago, and you haven't heard of Dude 'N Nem by now, you're deaf," declares Trygic. "We're actually getting a lot of love everywhere we go. The song is something new, it's something fresh. It's like every time someone sees it, they're amazed by it."

Read full piece here

Sonny J "Handsfree" Record Of The Day!

"Taken from the forthcoming Sonny J album Disastro, Handsfree proves that Can't Stop Moving wasn't a once off. The album itself is a delightful musical and sample-laden hodge-podge, which means those Go Team comparisons were not without merit. It's an unpredictable, hugely fun record, which we mean as a compliment. Handsfree mixes northern soul and country and comes up with a great pop song. Early plays for this album track from Shaun Keaveny on 6Music and Annie Mac on R1."

The Pangs "Fighterplane" on Annazbell

Another great video feature for The Pangs "Fighterplane" in Annazbell this month as Video Pick Of The Month

BBC Chart Blog Feature On Press Releases

Two of our artists appear on Frazer's Chartblog, in his 3rd installment of "Fun With Press Releases" - both get away lightly, compared to others!

"The run up to Christmas has seen a bumper crop of stuff arrive at ChartBlog Towers, each new thing beautifully wrapped in a jiffy bag, and accompanied by a sheet of A4 with wonderful writing upon it. And as always, I've been keeping a careful record of the wild claims and extravagent exaggerations made by the people whose job it is to try and win sceptical people over to their new (and occasionally iffy) music. Music that they can only represent using the written word."

Sonny J
"The smartest pop album, a sonic Rubik's Cube in a world full of squares."
Nothing wrong with this at all. I mean it's nonsense, but it's entertaining nonsense, and that's good enough for me.

www.sonnyj.co.uk

Archangel
"Its rakish, distorted vocals made people think of the Cure and Bowie after a heavy night and a punch-up"
My money's on Bowie. He didn't get a knife named after him for nothing. Plus he's clearly fitter than Robert Smith and those teeth could really do some damage.

www.myspace.com/archangelmusic

Archangel Interview on Subba Cultcha

Subba Cultcha requested a Q&A interview with Nick after reviewing and giving "Physical Energy" a coveted single of the month back in August..

Q:How did the recording sessions for your new release go?
A: lengthy! I did the whole thing.. pressing record then diving onto the kit to play drums, strap on the bass etc…

Q: What goals did you set yourself before you started recording?
A: Not to become sectioned in the process for having too many personalities..

Q: What do you feel are your own limitations when it comes to creating/writing music?
A: I do everything myself so it can be a very draining process. Never again…

Q: Tell us 3 of your favourite songs from your career and the inspiration behind them?
A: They’re all my favourites! If I had to choose one, it would be How To Lose Your Best Friend because it was the first one I wrote for the album and it set the tone for the rest of the record.. Cheery stuff..

More here

Sonny J & The Popjustice Almighty!

Sonny J are a new entry in the PopJustice Almighty!

"Despite initial appearances, Sonny J is not a one hit wonder. Well strictly speaking Sonny J is till a no-hit wonder but the point is that the whole album is very good indeed.

Sonny J "Handsfree" Popjustice Record Of The Day!

Sonny J's single 'Can't Stop Moving' was, for one reason or another, not the enormous hit single such music publications as the popular website Popjustice were hoping it would be.

However, the Sonny J single was not a one off – there is an entire Sonny J album on the way and it is a little bit amazing.

Here is one such little bit of amazingness from it. It would seem that Sonny J are applying an 'if it isn’t broke don't fix it' policy to their music, would it not.

Nikki Sixx "Rock N Roll Is Inhumane"

Nikki Sixx's interview with The Sun

"ANYONE who has read MOTLEY CRUE’S book The Dirt will know that there are few things the bad boy rockers
didn’t get up to. One of the most memorable parts of that book was the moment bassist NIKKI SIXX flatlines after taking heroin, and then escapes from his hospital bed with everyone still believing he is dead.

Somehow he gets home and leaves an answer machine message on his telephone proclaiming to be from the dead Nikki Sixx - while he goes off to shoot up yet again.

Such rock ‘n' roll incidents may seem darkly hilarious – if a tad hard to believe – but they only skim the surface of a personal drug hell for the bassist which was to take years to kick.

And though the stories may seem hard to swallow at times, Nikki meticulously kept a very real diary of his descent into near insanity, which has now been published under the name of The Heroin Diaries."

Read the full interview here.

Basshunter : Video Stats

Basshunter's "Now You're Gone" has had the biggest reaction of any video we've worked with on YouTube.

In one week its had 162,576 views, and currently has 10 Honours:
Music Category Honours, UK only - by Month:
#17 - Most Viewed (This Month) - Music
#17 - Top Rated (This Month) - Music
#17 - Most Discussed (This Month) - Music
#14 - Top Favourites (This Month) - Music
#19 - Most Linked (This Month) - Music
*Based on all the music videos on YouTube being watched in the UK in the past month

All Category Honours, UK only - by Month:
#41 - Most Viewed (This Month)
#50 - Top Rated (This Month)
#89 - Most Discussed (This Month)
#22 - Top Favourites (This Month)
#56 - Most Linked (This Month)
*Based on all videos on YouTube being watched in the UK in the past month

Honours peaked at 22 honours, including:
2nd most viewed music video of the week in UK
3rd most linked music video of the week in UK
4th rop rated music video of the week in UK
2nd top favourited music video of the week in UK
5th most discussed music video in UK
8th most viewed music video in the world last week
64th top favourited video (of any category) in the world

More Basshunter Coverage With The Sun Online

NSFW - another of the actresses in the Basshunter's video is outed as a topless model..

"Basshunter blonde peels off.. FOLLOWING on from our scorching slideshow of naughty Norwegian video star AYLAR LIE, I thought it was only fair to introduce the lads out there to one of her co-stars. Basshunter's x-rated strip-vid has been melting servers all over the internet and it's not hard to see why. The trio of foxy clubbers dressing and undressing each-other is a delightful sight to behold. On Friday we revealed exotic half Iranian, half Norwegian beauty Aylar's past as an adult film star and dug out a string of sexy snaps. Now I've turned my attention to her equally attractive co-star MARIELLE MATHIASSEN."

More here

Basshunter : Now You're Gone YouTube Link

Basshunter, "Now You're Gone" available to download on New Year's Eve, and in Shops from 7th January 2008 - the video currently has 10 honours on YouTube!

#65 - Most Viewed (Today) - Music
#6 - Top Rated (Today)
#3 - Top Rated (Today) - Music
#15 - Top Rated (Today) - Music - Global
#58 - Top Rated (This Week)
#17 - Top Rated (This Week) - Music
#14 - Top Favourites (Today)
#5 - Top Favourites (Today) - Music
#28 - Top Favourites (Today) - Music - Global
#49 - Top Favourites (This Week) - Music

Basshunter : Video Girl's Dodgy Past!

More coverage for Basshunter today with the Sun Online, as her murky past is revealed..

"BASSHUNTER’s strip video star AYLAR LIE was once known as the “Princess Diana of porn - The 23-year-old Norwegian model, who plays the central character in the music vid that's quickening pulses around Europe, has a past as an adult film star. During her brief career in X-rated flicks she shamed the Queen Of Hearts’ memory by billing herself as “Princess Diana" The olive-skinned, half-Persian model starred in the string of explicit films from 2002-3. Her CV lists flicks including Just Over 18, Breakin' 'Em In and others too explicit to name here.

More click here

The Pangs "Fighterplane" on Tiscali

Tiscali feature The Pangs in their music video pages - currently rating it 9 out of 10

Basshunter "Now You're Gone" Sun Online & Newspaper Feature!

JUST when you thought scorching music videos had gone with the summer, here comes a red hot clip to warm those winter months. BASSHUNTER’S new vid features a trio of young ladies dressing and undressing each other in preparation for a night of clubbing.

The track Now You’re Gone has already topped the chart all over Scandinavia and Europe and has shifted a staggering one million ringtones so far.

And in its native Sweden it has been the fastest-selling single since ABBA were around.

Pretty impressive stuff.

Eye-delighting slideshow below. And video beneath that.


Bassehunter's "Now You're Gone" is heavily featured online & makes page 26 of todays Sun Newspaper :)

The Pangs "Fighterplane" on ArjanWrites

"Let The Pangs tickle your senses today...What really will put your senses in a frenzy is the incredible video for "Fighterplane." It is beautifully layered animation inspired by Victorian art and Jules Verne-inspired nineteenth century sci-fi." Click for more

Nikki Sixx Interview - "I Would Wash For Kate Moss" BBC ChartBlog

"If you're not a metal fan, or over a certain age, you might not know who this leathery ensemble are. Well, it's Mötley Crüe (or MÖTLEY CRÜE, DÜDE! to give them their full title), and the reason this bunch of dirty old rockers are gracing your nice clean ChärtBlög is to do with music and drugs, and the way they sit together in people's minds.

No, really!

Now, normally a serious topic like this would be a bit much for your average blog posting here, but seeing as the tabloids are full of lurid drugs stories these days (I'm assuming the names Doherty, Winehouse or Lohan aren't unfamiliar), and Nikki Sixx - the Crüe's bassist and songwriter - has released a hard-hitting book detailing the worst days of his own battle with addiction, it's worth dropping the nonsense for a second and talking seriously about this, don't you think?"

Click here for the full piece & audio interview

Sonny J Live - Brixton Review

"Sonny J is not yet readily known in the dance music lexicon, but is quickly stealing a march on other acts looking for an entry. It is a formidable feat, supporting the likes of Groove Armada on their tenth anniversary. But the Scouser's blend of butterscotch soundscapes and acidic scratchy rhythms are the perfect toe tingling warm up. Like the headliners tonight, Sonny J, or Sonnington James III, combines crackly sun-glazed tracks with stomping floor fillers such as the irrepressible 'Can't Stop Moving'.

'Belly Bongo', reminiscent of the Avalanches, is a more nostalgic '70s number, with watery keyboard sounds and a hook straight out of a Sesame Street chorus. Whether Brixton Academy is a suitable stage for such a cosy act is questionable. Sonny J should be playing in your front garden. Which, incidentally, would be ocean-side."

Booty Luv Sun Online Video Exclusive!

Booty Luv's video to their new single "Some Kinda Rush" is now showing on The Sun Online's new music section exclusively!

Peter Gelderblom 'Waiting 4' Video

Peter Gelderblom 'Waiting 4' World Exclusive On The Mirror

The Mirror get the exclusive - sorry - world exclusive of the Peter Gelderblom 'Waiting 4' video, ahead of TV! The track features as the bed for Beth's showbuzz piece

The Pangs "Fighterplane" Featured on DailyMotion's Homepage

The Pangs' debut single "Fighterplane" and its superb video by Zeroh has been picked by the DailyMotion team as homepage VideoStar

Nikki Sixx & Def Mix Classics feature in Daily Mirror's Showbuzz

Nikki Sixx's Heroin Diaries book & soundtrack album feature in this weeks Daily Mirror Showbuzz video piece, as does the Def Mix Classics, with Alison Limerick's "Where Love Is" being the bed for the whole piece - watch it here!