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BLOC
PARTY |
London’s
Bloc Party have risen from obscurity
to stardom in a very short space of time – and
not without good reason! Combining the
angular riffs of New York’s The Strokes
with a very British dance sensibility,
Bloc Party have created music that
grooves as much as it rocks.
Emerging from London’s New Cross in 2003, Bloc Party attracted the interest of
Radio 1’s Champion of New Music, Steve Lamacq when singer-guitarist Kele Okereke
pressed a copy of their demo on him at a Franz Ferdinand gig.
Figuring that the
Scottish quartet shared a similar interest in music, Kele cornered Alex Kapranos
and gave him a copy too. The result was Lamacq playing the demo "She’s
Hearing Voices" on his influential Radio 1 show while Franz Ferdinand
offered Bloc Party a crucial support slot at London’s Electrowerks venue!
Releasing a couple of independent singles to great acclaim, Bloc Party signed
to the Wichita label before hitting the Top 40 with ‘Little Thoughts’. This
was followed by "Helicopter" ,
which became their first Top 30 hit.
Bloc Party’s debut album"The
Silent Alarm" was released in early 2005 to great acclaim and
establishes them as one of Britain’s hottest bands.
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FRANZ
FERDINAND |
It
very nearly didn’t happen. Franz Ferdinand
singer Alex Kapranos first met guitarist
Nick McCarthy three years ago at a party
in Glasgow when McCarthy tried to steal Alex’s
bottle of vodka. Discovering a shared love
of music, the pair decided that forming a
band was infinitely preferable to a punch-up
and so, recruiting bassist Bob Hardy and
drummer Paul Thompson, decided to make music
that "…girls could dance to."
Taking over an art-deco warehouse, Franz
Ferdinand quickly made a name for themselves
with regular DIY gigs before attracting the attentions of the music biz – one
gig attracted 40 record labels!
Signing to independent label Domino, Franz Ferdinand’s brand of punk-funk came
as a breath of fresh air and their eponymous debut album gave rise to the hits "Michael" , "Darts
Of Pleasure" and the dancefloor smash" "Take
Me Out" .
Having secured a reputation as a fearsome live band, Franz Ferdinand’s exuberant
gigs sold out in minutes while this summer saw the band conquer the V Festivals
at Staffordshire and Chelmsford.
Their highly anticipated new album, You
could Have It So Much Better" " was released in October and was
be preceded by the smash single "Do
You Want To" .
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