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SOPA Newsletter # 21 - June 3, 2008: Spot Festival, 2 new SOPA cds,
web feature, Italian shows etc.
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Hi!
Welcome to the 21th SOPA Newsletter! Plenty of exciting stuff going on.
New SOPA cds and new titles in distribution as well as a web feature,
live shows, festival shopping and more.
In this newsletter:
SOPA AT THE SPOT FESTIVAL THIS WEEKEND
NEW SOPA CD: GIRLS LOVE RALLIE
NEW SOPA CD: DELAY LAMA
GEIGER REVIEWS AGATA & ME
DISKANT REVIEWS SOPA DELICIOSA
NEW DISTRIBUTION CDS IN THE SHOP
AGATA & ME SHOWS IN ITALY
SOPA NIGHT WEB FEATURE
ANOTHER 9 GIG FOR SALE ON JUNE 9TH
CAPT. DAYDREAM DJ SET FROM BERLIN
SOPA AT THE SPOT FESTIVAL THIS WEEKEND
SOPA will be present at the Spot Festival this weekend in Aarhus, Denmark.
Not via bands on stage, but with a shop in a tent there. We'll bring along
all the SOPA releases as well as the distribution items. Come around for
a chat, anyway, even if you don't plan on shopping. We'll be there alongside
the RECession Festival, the wonderful Geiger magazine and superb music
shop Route 66. Apparently there'll be some live music in the tent as well
somehow. Who that will be... who knows?! :-)
Oh, and a little bit of SOPA is actually playing live at Spot, though.
Dennis Block of Delay Lama is performing as part of the band Jong Pang.
NEW SOPA CD: GIRLS LOVE RALLIE
The solo debut of Girls Love Rallie - although far from a spring chicken
when it comes to doing music. On this cd you get Rallie's own brand of
catchy pop tunes. Singing with a voice that's instantly recognizable as
him. A great collection of acoustic songs, rocking anthems with a full
band as well as a few quirky electro-pop tunes. All of the kind that get
stuck in your ear. Figurines, 1234 and Charlie Don’t Surf contributed
to the cd.
Read more and listen at: http://www.sopa.dk/releases/006.htm
And yes, we're taking orders now! 100 copies only.
NEW SOPA CD: DELAY LAMA
This time the lama is without the delay. The cd is here and it's superb.
An EP collecting several recordings made by Dennis Block between 1997
and 2000. The music moves between beatless, menacing drones over widescreen
soundscapes to jittery rhythmic elements that circle beneath the evocative
notes. All done live and recorded analogue. The music was remastered and
remixed in 2008 for this release.
Read more and listen at: http://www.sopa.dk/releases/007.htm
And yes-yes, we're also taking orders on this one! 50 copies only.
GEIGER REVIEWS AGATA & ME
Geiger has the first review of the Agata & Me "Overnite"
EP. They like it and write this:
"Their music is indeed a strange mix of measured, electronic doses,
buzzing loops, acoustic instruments and experimental vocals. (...) The
songs are sometimes even pure small songwriter pearls. (...) Bodes well
for the future. The short playing time seems appropiate, also because
you can imagine the whole EP as one single track of 22 minutes. (...)
The originality, the talent, the songs and the soulful vocals are there,
and Agata & Me appear as a dark, musical connection with personality,
that without a doubt has its quiet raison d'être."
Read it all in Danish here: http://www.geiger.dk/anmeldelser/anmeldelse.php?id=3013
DISKANT REVIEWS SOPA DELICIOSA
Danish webzine Diskant has reviewed SOPA DELICIOSA to a 7/10 rating and
writes:
"Both pleases and surprises. (...) A big mishmash - yes, please,
but with plenty of gold finds along the way. And it's very easy to find
ones favourites. (...) Never has it been easier to go exploring across
geographical borders and genres. From here the encouragement sounds: Go
exploring, get inspired and be astonished."
Great one, eh? And once again we with pride can say that Marzipan Marzipan
is one of the names singled out in the reviews.
Read it all in Danish here: http://www.diskant.dk/Anmeldelser/Pladeanmeldelser/D/
Diverse/DiverseKunstnere-SOPADeliciosa.htm
NEW DISTRIBUTION CDS IN THE SHOP
Once again we got two new exciting items in the Distribution section that
you don't want to miss out on. Go and check out these great offers out...
Marzipan Marzipan - Schätzchen
In 2006 Marzipan Marzipan went to New York where she played a couple of
shows. While in town she was invited to do an interview and a live session
at WFMU radio in New Jersey. This cd is the chance to experience her music
caught then and there in the live situation where anything can happen.
The EP is usually only available at her live shows.
http://www.sopa.dk/releases/D007.htm
Golden Diskó Ship - Lonesome Cowboy/ Christmas Tree EP
"Lonesome Cowboy/ Christmas Tree EP" is the second EP by the
young and talented Berlin-based musician Theresa Stroetges. The cd contains
eight new Golden Diskó Ship songs (one of which was also featured
on the "SOPA DELICIOSA" compilation) where she continues to
explore her highly personal style of mixing guitar and found objects together
with jittery laptop electronica. Weaving in and out of it all is her ethereal
voice. Beautiful and original.
http://www.sopa.dk/releases/D008.htm
AGATA & ME SHOWS IN ITALY
Yes, the Bosnian/Sicilian duo out of Aarhus - who recently releases the
beautiful "Overnite EP" on SOPA - is playing some shows down
south this month. These are the dates and places...
June 25: Cantina Mediterraneo (with Khale), 20.00, Frosinone, Italy
June 26: Karon Beach, 22.00, Vasto, Italy
June 27: Bahia (with Insula Dulcamara), 22.00, Napoli, Italy
A fourth gig is being planned.
SOPA NIGHT WEB FEATURE
For your viewing and listening pleasure we now have an online feature
from SOPA Night #3 and #4. Go here for photos and video from performances
by 9, Girls Love Rallie and Delay Lama:
http://www.sopa.dk/features/013.htm
ANOTHER 9 GIG FOR SALE ON JUNE 9TH
Yes, 9 still has some of his 9 pieces of 1 cent shows left for sale. On
June 9th another one will end up on eBay. If you want to have your own
concert somewhere (anywhere!) then be quick! In the bargain you also get
a live recording and a uniquely handmade version of the cover art made
at the show. Attention this way... www.9-9.it .
CAPT. DAYDREAM DJ SET FROM BERLIN
Label founder Lars Kjær Dideriksen went to Berlin recently. He went
there to dig a lot of music, the Berliner vibe and also play a few records
himself (as Capt. Daydream). This was at the 9 "But It Now"
show at Zur Moebelfabrik on May 28th. He shot a lot of photos and also
managed to record the set he dj'ed. It ended up being a selection of old
and new electronics and rock music as well as the bastard hybrids that
lie somewhere in-between. Aaand some hip-hop too. So if you want a selection
of tunes for your warm summer nights go here and download the mp3s (and
read about the trip, if you want).
http://www.larsdideriksen.com/berlin/2008A.htm
Plenty more Berlin at http://www.larsdideriksen.com/berlin , by the way.
And don't forget... if you're interested in putting on shows with any
of the SOPA artists - or maybe performing alongside them if you're a musician
yourself - then send us an e-mail. We would love to make things happen
with you!
See you... where you wanna be seen!
Capt. Daydream
www.sopa.dk
www.myspace.com/soundofperpetualastonishment
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