Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts
Monday, January 3, 2011
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The world top charts are traditionally dominated by plastic tracks. However among the American singers with fireworks in their bellies, there have been found few countries, where the local artists are appreciated. And although - as in the last set - the source of major artists from charts is the X-Factor, my ear and eye has found few perspective tracks. The set is as always - very subjective with (almost) alphabetical order.
Croatia - Walter et les Mandrills - Apstinencija - If they are singing about this what we are thinking about, then there can be just an appreciation
Czech - Kabát - Banditi di Praga - Czechs proof that on December you don't have to play just the holidays songs.
Hungary - Ákos - A Fénybe Nézz - They have really some malaise in new, good singles publishing. That is why Ákos is still doing fine.
Italy - Lorenzo "Jovanotti" Cherubini - Tutto L'Amore Che Ho - No revolution, but the one of very few positive accents at Italian hit-parades.
Latvia - Lauris Reiniks - Dāvana - He about her, quite pleasant.
Macedonia - Dani Dimitrovska - Posle tebe - Another Balkanian accent, just because she made a huge step since I heard her last time.
The Netherlands - Lange Frans & Thé Lau - Zing Voor Me - Wheezing - as Dutch do - but melodiously.
Norway - Hans Bollandsås - Moments - X-Factor winner - in this case from Scandinavia, opposite to Cardle, Bollandsås shows that you can win such a show singing with male voice.
Poland - Incarnations - Wielkie jest czekanie - I was extremely surprised hearing them doing such music. Charts are open!
Slovenia - Bilbi - Hvala za vijolice - Slovenia is dominated by Bilbi. Just charming
Spain - Macao - Con la mano levantá - There is just one man with guitar needed in the Spanish Inn to make your evening singing. Macao was probably born in such inn.
the United Kingdom - Matt Cardle - Just The Way You Are It's well known truth, that whoever wins British X-Factor, the one dominates on top lists. Honestly, I was really for mrs Ferguson, but apparently miaowing Matt gained the gruppies' phones.
Croatia - Walter et les Mandrills - Apstinencija - If they are singing about this what we are thinking about, then there can be just an appreciation
Czech - Kabát - Banditi di Praga - Czechs proof that on December you don't have to play just the holidays songs.
Hungary - Ákos - A Fénybe Nézz - They have really some malaise in new, good singles publishing. That is why Ákos is still doing fine.
Italy - Lorenzo "Jovanotti" Cherubini - Tutto L'Amore Che Ho - No revolution, but the one of very few positive accents at Italian hit-parades.
Latvia - Lauris Reiniks - Dāvana - He about her, quite pleasant.
Macedonia - Dani Dimitrovska - Posle tebe - Another Balkanian accent, just because she made a huge step since I heard her last time.
The Netherlands - Lange Frans & Thé Lau - Zing Voor Me - Wheezing - as Dutch do - but melodiously.
Norway - Hans Bollandsås - Moments - X-Factor winner - in this case from Scandinavia, opposite to Cardle, Bollandsås shows that you can win such a show singing with male voice.
Poland - Incarnations - Wielkie jest czekanie - I was extremely surprised hearing them doing such music. Charts are open!
Slovenia - Bilbi - Hvala za vijolice - Slovenia is dominated by Bilbi. Just charming
Spain - Macao - Con la mano levantá - There is just one man with guitar needed in the Spanish Inn to make your evening singing. Macao was probably born in such inn.
the United Kingdom - Matt Cardle - Just The Way You Are It's well known truth, that whoever wins British X-Factor, the one dominates on top lists. Honestly, I was really for mrs Ferguson, but apparently miaowing Matt gained the gruppies' phones.
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Thursday, December 2, 2010
The latest set of singles going up at the european top charts. Even though the Christmas time is coming, there is rather no tendency to cover commercial hits. Actually nowadays all the european charts are dominated by Rihanna and Shakira and that is the reason why you won't find them here. My rule is to promote local artists from their countries, who in my opinion will dominate this month's playlists. Few of them were awarded by viewers of popular TV-Shows. My choice is very subjective and case is open to comment :) On December I've choosen performers from: Czech Rep., Germany, UK, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Poland, Italy, France, Belgium, Denmark, Spain and Russia.
1. CZECH Rep.: Nightwork - Tepláky
2. GERMANY: Unheilig - Geboren Um Zu Leben
3. UK: Ellie Goulding - Your Song - my favourite ;)
4. SWITZERLAND: Edita Abdieski - I've Come To Life
5. BULGARIA: Grafa - Nevidim
6. POLAND: Grzegorz Turnau ft. Sebastian Karpiel-Bułecka: Na plażach Zanzibaru
7. ITALY: Modà - La notte
8. FRANCE: Martin Solveig - Hello
9. BELGIUM: Hooverphonic - The Night Before
10. DENMARK - Rune RK & Clara Sofie - Når Tiden Går Baglæns
11. SPAIN: Malu - Blanco Y Negro
12. RUSSIA: МАКSИМ - ДОЖДЬ
Sunday, November 21, 2010
ČESKO - Traband - Indiáni ve městě
SUOMI - Jenni Vartiainen - Seili
NORGE - Sivert Høyem - Prisoner of the Road
LATVIJA - Prāta vētra - Gara diena
ESPAÑA - Maldita Nerea & Los Delinqüentes - El secreto de las tortugas
MAGYARORSZÁG - Noémi Virág - Szeretlek
FRANCE - ZAZ - Je veux
ZAZ - JE VEUX from fotopasta on Vimeo.
ITALIA - Elvis Costello-National Ramson
NEDERLAND - Want Want - Kip Paard Koe
SUOMI - Jenni Vartiainen - Seili
NORGE - Sivert Høyem - Prisoner of the Road
LATVIJA - Prāta vētra - Gara diena
ESPAÑA - Maldita Nerea & Los Delinqüentes - El secreto de las tortugas
MAGYARORSZÁG - Noémi Virág - Szeretlek
FRANCE - ZAZ - Je veux
ZAZ - JE VEUX from fotopasta on Vimeo.
ITALIA - Elvis Costello-National Ramson
NEDERLAND - Want Want - Kip Paard Koe
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Trip to Italy is already set, but those who stay in Central Europe can personaly find out what does it mean to live in Britain. Sun disappeared, volcanic ash covers the world, rain seems to never stop, but there is one thing which can make the situation better - proverb says that music has charms to soothe savage breast hence to cheer up - especially my Hungarian friends who are already flooding, few good tracks:For the begining - Dub FX - Soothe your pain
Kleerup - Untill we bleed
Nithin Sawhney - Homelands
Playing for change - song around the world : Stand by me
Monday, May 3, 2010
Although last five months haven't been filled with journeys which usually drive me to write new posts in here, still some issues have risen. First and the most important fact is that I won't be able to graduate in the end of this semester. That's not a result of thesis's writing impotence, but my mistake in ECTS points management. Hence thesis defense has to be postponed to January 2011. That causes change in my traveling plans and almost sure is, that I won't go to South America in October this year. But every cloud has a silver lining therefore in the end of September I will go to Azerbaijan and Georgia instead. I am looking forward to see especially Sakartwelo which is tempting me for few years already.
To top it all also my internship applications had to be frozen because of duties to studying program, hence I will probably begin summer in some Polish open pit and then try to make fortune in Scandinavia ;)
After all I don't stop traveling. Just yesterday Sudety mountains gave me big lesson of respect to nature spanking me all the time while hiking on Snieznik. Still likely is that I will come on Thursday to Miskolc, Hungary, to celebrate Erasmus Reunion with my friends, just that will come clear in few days. What is certain - I am going to Bologne and Florence on May 21-24. Every good tips about visiting these cities and their neighborhood are more than welcome.
The regular visitors could also notice the changes at my website - since the first quarter of 2010 has doubled the last year's opening number I had to make it more professional;) For few next days page will be still under construction, so all the remarks and suggestions are appreciated.
In the end - due to variance of Mother's Day celebration's date in different countries I would like to wish in advance all the best to all moms visiting my website!
Thursday, March 4, 2010
¡Hola Andalucía!
After night spent at Airport of Alicante I came finally to Madrid - but more about the capital in the second part of the post. Short nap in Pawel's place and I was already waiting for the bus* to Granada.
*Here small advice - if anytime ever you are going to have a cheap journey around Spain and there are no more free seats in Ryanair flights (Yes, that's in fact the cheapest way of travelling in Spain - roundtrip from Barcelona to Madrid can cost 10 Euro) take the bus instead of train. First of all they are much cheaper (roundtrip ticket Mad-Granada costs 32 Euro and there is no fee for rebooking) and secondly you are avoiding unpleasant control which after March 2003 has been introduced in every train going to the capital.
Eventually we three - me, Pawel (who you already know, among others, from trip to Lvov) and Erik (Pawel's workmate, becario**) - set off in Granada, where adorable Spanish girls - Elena, Tati and Patricia together with Victor were already waiting for us. When you come to Spain - do it in February, it's a perfect time to see the cultural and thermal difference between Iberian Peninsula and the rest of the continent. And students are the perfect example, because then they finish exam sessions and are the most willing to party (and when they are not?!).
**becario - term describing not only the actual task of intern in the company, but also his status. As Pawel and Erik said, becario is a bit out of the rules and etiquette in companies. All the mistakes, inproper clothing, etc can be excused exactly with this word.
Hungry, but enjoying beauty of our hosts and good weather (in the night thermometer showed 12'C) we went to Tapas bar. And if someone has just few free hours in Spain and has a will to feel Spanish atmosphere, there is nothing else to do, but to go to any tapas bar. It's like all Spain, all customs, people, stereotypes, surprises, literally everything Spanish in one place and they have canas. Finally the clock struck midnight, so it was the best time to go for a party.
And the company for partying was no mean, because beforeparty took place in the apartment of students of medicine, where liberating Cuba we were checking our engineering skills. Party in the club with Spanish girls can be described with one single word - WOW!. There are just two nations for which dancing comes so naturally - Georgians and Spanish. And what's the best, they were so determined to teach me salsa, that I - a person whose feet and hips always quarrel with rythm - I was able to make few proper steps. What is very noticeable - apart from girls, who looked just gorgeous, 80% of local boys in disco just look the same. And I don't know if this is some trendsetting, or Granada-style, but they all wear blue shirts with white collars and have horrible, horrible hair-style -something between early Limahl and Danzel the only difference is the colour of hair. On the weekends - because that time I could experience, parties last till dusk. That's why before 1 pm it's hard to find people on the streets. We recovered also just afternoon, but it was a perfect time to see Granada.
What a city it is! Some say, that if you weren't in Sevilla, you didn't see a miracle. But if you weren't in Granada, you didn't see anything. Perhaps all the Andalucia, but definitely especially Granada is like an open book. Walking along the streets, passing next districts is like reading chapters of Spanish history one by one. It's enough to walk few meters to straight from Jewish Gates of Fajalauza walk in to Arab bazaar. I always said, that the best way to get to know foreign place is to get lost there because without guides and maps you can see much more. In Granada you can be led not only by your eyes, but all the senses are telling you were to go. Extraordinary mix of thousands of smells - of spices, food, shops and products sold on the streets can take you for a memorable trip in Granada.
What Big Ben is for London, Manhattan for NYC, the same Alhambra is not only for Granada, but for all the country. Honestly, I am not a big fan of visiting museums and generally the interiors, especially when I don't have too much time and the weather is great outside, so I left visiting this great fortress complex just for the case of rain. But if not from inside, then where can you go to see Alhambra? Of course to the St. Nicholas square. And as you can call Alhambra - the diamond of Granada - that square must be at least a piece of coal, turning to a diamond. Cyganeria, bohemia, call it as you want. I will not describe it, just watch!
It took two days and nights to see Granada, but only few hours to fall in love with this city. Speechless with delight we left Granada on Sunday's evening, the capital was waiting already...
Monday, March 1, 2010
Yes, the post about my trip to Spain is coming up, but there is one even more urgent case to write about...Ladies and gentlemen, although I am not a big fan of classical music, I hardly recognise the difference between Mozart and Beethoven and in the philharmonic concert hall I've been only once - on symphonic concert of Beatles songs, I still feel on duty to announce - Year 2010 is an official year of great composer - mr Frederic Chopin.
You can ask - what the hell do I have in common with this French guy? And this is a point - the day of his 200 birthday is an excellent moment to bring it to your attention, that Chopin was a great Polish composer. Of course, he prefered French women (who doesn't?), he migrated to Paris, but still almost all his marvelous works are influenced by Polish elements. Perhaps his surname still doesn't tell you anything - but let me remind the great movie of Roman Polanski - awarded with 3 Oscars - the Pianist:
The main hero - Wladyslaw Szpilman was playing the works of noone else but Frederic Chopin.
And even if you are not interested in classical music, it's still worth to visit opened today the Museum of Frederic Chopin in Warsaw. One of the most modern museums in Poland is full of hi-tech elements which can introduce the visitors not only to Frederic Chopin himself, but also the times in which he lived, and that time Warsaw and Paris.
In the end I recommend to check the album "Rock loves Chopin" - where conterporary Polish musicians made new arrangements of Chopins most famous works.
Update: To obligatory cd positions I have to add, recommended by K.O. - my classical music authoritate - Chopin Impressions by Leszek Mozdzer, who is notabene bonded quite strongly with Wroclaw ;).
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
All these walls were never really there,
nor the ceiling or the chair.
I am eking weeks of peace on a beach
I see the breezes weave the trees,
these walls you find - they’re yours and mine
confined not by them I
I am in times that lie behind my eyelids,
the sunsets steal the rising silence,
I’ll not feel no fear
Cause I’m not really here
I’m nowhere near here
Theres no rain on roof that grates and beats me
my favorite tree breaking lights to pieces
sprinkling, sharded light on me
throw a stone as high as you can
and hearing with hand not hear it land
nothing taxing, dusting sand
my window and world spins and twirls,
the walls then fall, i recall the sore
white clouds white wash faded spotless
the weighty shadows, ranges of rocks
the cold is all illusion thought up
the stroll on the shore, snooze and explore
all possibilities in each new morning,
until satisfied reaching out, yawning
fish in a big dish, some rice and spice,
salt over shoulder never (…)
the truth I’ve told was silence sometimes
but who soul does not hide any crimes
wrapped in walls, encircled by work
the walls fall - this story occurs
no barrier, no boundary, all hours I please
the freedom to stay all stray
be fiend or friend, cause no harm but charm - the peaceful end
I’ll not feel no fear
Cause I’m not really here
I’m nowhere near here
Pale ancient woods, strewn white sandy bays
this ugly room pales away today
I am swimming, in the ocean
I sink slow motion
fingers, toes floating
every year til yesterday
seeing the eternal setting sea
I compare all this to me,
little fleeting momentary me
I blink my eyes, this is reminding me
life lies in the blink of an eye
the old die for reasons, new tide, four seasons
new life born is like changing
all these walls were really never there
nor the ceiling or the chair
I am eking weeks of peace on a beach
I see the breezes weave the trees
I am not here at all,
you dearly fooled,
I see busheling trees, the shush at the sea
the mischievous
fluttering seagulls
No!
I’m not trapped in a box, I’m glancing at rocks
I am dancing off docks
since this dance began
thats where i am
I’m not feel no fear
Cause I’m not really here
I’m nowhere near
nor the ceiling or the chair.
I am eking weeks of peace on a beach
I see the breezes weave the trees,
these walls you find - they’re yours and mine
confined not by them I
I am in times that lie behind my eyelids,
the sunsets steal the rising silence,
I’ll not feel no fear
Cause I’m not really here
I’m nowhere near here
Theres no rain on roof that grates and beats me
my favorite tree breaking lights to pieces
sprinkling, sharded light on me
throw a stone as high as you can
and hearing with hand not hear it land
nothing taxing, dusting sand
my window and world spins and twirls,
the walls then fall, i recall the sore
white clouds white wash faded spotless
the weighty shadows, ranges of rocks
the cold is all illusion thought up
the stroll on the shore, snooze and explore
all possibilities in each new morning,
until satisfied reaching out, yawning
fish in a big dish, some rice and spice,
salt over shoulder never (…)
the truth I’ve told was silence sometimes
but who soul does not hide any crimes
wrapped in walls, encircled by work
the walls fall - this story occurs
no barrier, no boundary, all hours I please
the freedom to stay all stray
be fiend or friend, cause no harm but charm - the peaceful end
I’ll not feel no fear
Cause I’m not really here
I’m nowhere near here
Pale ancient woods, strewn white sandy bays
this ugly room pales away today
I am swimming, in the ocean
I sink slow motion
fingers, toes floating
every year til yesterday
seeing the eternal setting sea
I compare all this to me,
little fleeting momentary me
I blink my eyes, this is reminding me
life lies in the blink of an eye
the old die for reasons, new tide, four seasons
new life born is like changing
all these walls were really never there
nor the ceiling or the chair
I am eking weeks of peace on a beach
I see the breezes weave the trees
I am not here at all,
you dearly fooled,
I see busheling trees, the shush at the sea
the mischievous
fluttering seagulls
No!
I’m not trapped in a box, I’m glancing at rocks
I am dancing off docks
since this dance began
thats where i am
I’m not feel no fear
Cause I’m not really here
I’m nowhere near
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