DAVE BIANCHI – BABY DISCO

Baby Disco

Artist : Dave Bianchi

Release Date : January 28, 2009

Label : Whatabout Music

Format : CD

Recorded, mixed and produced by Dave Bianchi at Emergency Room Studio (Barcelona). All songs written by Dave Bianchi except People Are Strange (The Doors)

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Baby Disco (2009) was Dave’s first full-length album, with a featured cover of The Doors’ “People Are Strange”. The version had national radio play, with rock legend Alice Cooper humorously claiming on his own radio program Nights with Alice Cooper that ‘there’s nothing stranger than Dave’. The single “That Stare” had an accompanying video, directed by Laurent Briet, who helmed videos for the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Radiohead, Death Cab For Cutie, Tori Amos, and many more. The 21-piece orchestra on this album truly highlights Dave’s arranging and orchestration skills…

 

  • Dave Bianchi : guitars, rhodes, piano, voice, vibraphone
  • Maru DiPace : acoustic guitars, harp
  • Oriol Roca : drums
  • Miguel Serna : bass
  • Sasha Agranov : cello, saw
  • Emma Gawlinski : flute, sax
  • Sam Watson : clarinet
  • Brian Bender : trombone
  • Ivo Saint : violin, viola
  • Amanda Jayne : accordion
  • Daniel Da Lança : backup vox “Vicious Game”
  • Daniel Gil : electric guitar “That Stare”
  • Clara Peya : piano “Last Tango”
  • Emiliano Roca : bowed double bass “Baby Disco”
  • Mû : simbi “DH Hell”
  • Daiho : toys

AMANDA JAYNE – LUNATICS IN BLOOM

Lunatics in Bloom

Artist : Amanda Jayne
Release Date : April 23, 2013
Label : Whatabout Music

Format: CD

Produced and mixed by Dave Bianchi at The Emergency Room studio

Mastered by Kelly Hibbert

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Five years after her debut album ‘Swoon,’ this American songstress and accordion player brings us 10 new songs from her twisted mind. ‘Lunatics in Bloom‘ features her band The Murder of Crows, as well as collaborations from renowned Italian experimental musician Paolo Angeli.

 

  • Amanda Jayne:  vocals, accordion, guitar
  • Oriol Roca:  drums
  • Miguel Serna: bass
  • Paco Méndez:  banjo, guitar
  • Sasha Agranov: cello
  • Christoph Mäcki Hamann: violin
  • Marc Mena: trumpet
  • Claudia Gómez:  keys
  • Joan Viñals: ukulele, guitar on ‘Boombox’
  • Paolo Angeli: guitars on ‘One Continuous Bend’ and ‘Reignite’
  • Dave Bianchi: french horn

 

www.amandajaynemusic.com

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Amanda Jayne nos ha hecho esperar casi 5 años entre su Swoon y esta segunda grabación, pero ha merecido la pena esperar porque Lunatics in bloom (Whataboutmusic-2013) es otra joyita.

Si en Swoon Amanda recreó un sonido propio, entre música teatral y folk funambulista, en su nuevo trabajo sigue siendo Amanda Jayne, pero huele diferente. Si el sonido de Swoon se organizaba alrededor del acordeón de Amanda, en Lunatics in bloom, a partir de la tercera o cuarta canción, la guitarra acústica toma protagonismo y nos soprende gratamente con canciones de una Amanda reinventada, arropada por una banda de lujo, un privilegio de músicos: Claudia Gomez al teclado, juguetes varios, voces y percusiones, Miguel Serna al bajo, Dani Carbonell y Paco Mendez, de Dúmbala Canalla (grupo del que Amanda fué la acordeonista) al clarinete y guitarra y banjo, respectivamente, Emma Gawlinski, la flautista de Gadjo, Christoph Mäcki Hamann, violinista del grupo alemán Apparat, Joan Viñals(Illuminata) a la guitarra acústica y ukelele, Sasha Agranov, virtuoso del violoncelo y la sierra musical (Selva de Mar, Circus Delirium, P.O.G. etc…), Marc Mena, genial a la trompeta, el magnífico Oriol Roca(P.O.G., Giovanni di Domenico) a la batería, y el monstruo de la guitarra sarda tuneada, Paolo Angeli(P.O.G., Paolo Angeli). Una banda más que de lujo que le permite la orquestación sofisticada que es el sello de Amanda Jayne.

Esta chica, nacida en un pueblo de las afueras de Filafelfia -y que a pesar de ser todavía muy joven lleva ya entre nosostros casi 13 años-, es posiblemente uno de los personajes más interesantes de nuestro panorama porque no se trata de una cantautora al uso, sino de un músico y letrista diferente, creadora de un mundo propio, entre el sueño y la pesadilla surreal-no en vano la primera canción se titula “El sonambulista”, -una especie de sonámbulo en la cuerda floja-, que se desarrolla sobre armonías intrincadas y melodías fuera de lo común, lustrosas por la producción de Dave Bianchi, alma mater de Whataboutmusic, la escudería de la mayoria de los músicos que acompañan a Amanda en Lunatics in bloom.

Todo en el disco es exquisito, incluído el cuidado grafismo a cargo de Ombra Estudi, con ilustraciones de Aaron Farrington (www.aaronfarrington.com) y Jessika Flint, un cuidado que a veces se ningunea y que en los tiempos que corren es un importante motivo para adquirir la joya física, tangible, diseñada como obra de arte conceptual. Jordi Torrent, Atiza (June 2013)

 

En 2007 apareció Swoon, el álbum debut de Amanda Jayne. Fue un verdadero éxito. Con canciones comoElastic Bones y Nine Whole Lives cambió la escena musical underground de Barcelona. No fueron pocos los conciertos que vieron Amanda como protagonista después de Swoon. Y todos fueron una fiesta. Con esa mezcla de folk, swing, pop y canción de autor y con ese aire que sabe a circo Amanda Jayne consiguió enamorar a muchos. Luego vino el silencio. La cantante, compositora, acordeonista y guitarrista
americana desapareció de las escenas por unos años. Muchos nos preguntamos qué había pasado. Muchos, sobre todo, nos preguntamos si Amanda Jayne pisaría otra vez algun escenario.

Pues, ahora tenemos la respuesta. Amanda Jayne ha vuelto con un nuevo disco. El título es Lunatics In Bloom, producido por la Whatabout Music de Dave Bianchi, que ya había producido Swoon, y financiado con éxito en Kickstarter. Lunatics in bloom es un álbum en que Amanda nos lleva en otro viaje en un mundo compartido por sonambulistas, pajaros, recuerdos y mucho más. Un álbum en que, como de costumbre, Amanda se deja acompañar por otros músicos de la talla de Claudia Gomez (teclado, piano, glocken spiel, percusiones), Sasha Agranov (violonchelo, singing saw), Marc Mena (trompeta), Miguel Serna (bajo) y Oriol Roca (batería) y en que puede contar con la participación especial del músico sardo Paolo Angeli a la guitarra clásica. Steven Forti, Outsidersmucia (June 2013)

LESLIE HELPERT – ULU

Ulu

Artist : Leslie Helpert

Release Date : November 24, 2009

Label : Whatabout Music

Format : CD

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On Ulu Helpert conspired with musicians from Spain, Greece, Guinea, Israel, Portugal and California to add cello, harp, Gaida (Greek bagpipes), upright and electric basses, vocals, trumpet and drum-kit to her musings. Helpert’s musicality comes through on the release in the form of guitar, Rhodes piano, electric bass, percussion, beatboxing, and her effusive vocals. Throughout Ulu, Helpert draws you in with her intoxicating style, using music a modality to deliver art into the moment. “Young Coconut Water”, the EP’s single, embodies this dreamy elegance.

 

“An ULU is an all-utilitarian tool Inuit women inherit to carry out many tasks in their daily lives, from chiseling ice for igloos to cutting their children’s hair. whatever dowry a man is promised in wedding an inuit woman, and whatever possessions she must hand over to him, no one can take— desire nor request—her Ulu.
I traipsed to Barcelona, stumbled into intoxicating love and adventure, wrestled burglars, buffered my immune system: made this EP with Dave Bianchi on Barcelona’s label Whatabout Music.” Leslie Helpert

 

  • Leslie Helpert: electric and acoustic guitars, vocals, random organ, noise
  • Oriol Roca: drums
  • Giulia Valle : double bass
  • Miguel Serna : bass
  • Nicholas Talvola : trumpet
  • Mû : vocals
  • Sasha Agranov : cello
  • Dimitris from greece : guida

 

www.helperttheagency.com

MAARTEN SWAAN – WRITE ME NOTES

Write Me Notes

Artist : Maarten Swaan

Release Date : May 1, 2010

Label : Whatabout Music

Format : CD

Recorded and mixed by Dave Bianchi at Emergency Room Studio (Barcelona). All songs written, arranged, and produced Maarten Swaan

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The debut EP from Melou guitarist/songwriter Maarten Swaan. After the breakup of Melou, Maarten decided to go solo, writing a group of songs inspired by the psychedelic rock bands of the late 60s and early 70s. A beautiful concept album, classic sounding with unique vocal arrangements.

 

  • Maarten Swaan: vocals, guitars, piano
  • Miguel Serna: double bass, electric bass
  • Oriol Roca: drums
  • Sasha Agranov: cello
  • Nick Talvola: trumpet
  • Àngela Llinares: violin

TAL BEN ARI – SHEELÁ

Sheelá

Artist : Tal Ben Ari

Release Date : December 18, 2012

Label : Whatabout Music

Format : CD

Recorded and mixed by Dave Bianchi at The Emergency Room (Barcelona)

Mastered by Kelly Hibbert

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The debut album from Israeli-born singer and songwriter Tal Ben Ari “Tula” featuring musicians from Africa, Brazil, Spain, Israel, France, Italy, Argentina, and Cuba.

Sheelá truly crosses genres.

 

  • Tal Ben Ari – voice, acoustic guitar, calimba
  • Joao Oliveira – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Martin Laportilla – bass
  • Paolo Angeli – guitar on ‘Corsicana’
  • Oriol Roca – drums
  • Dídac Ruiz – percussion
  • Omer Liechtenstein – piano
  • Mû – voice on ‘Shalva’
  • Man Ex Maqina – voice on ‘Ahavad Hadasa’
  • Miguel Serna – stand up bass on ‘Corsicana’
  • Rocky Albero – trumpet
  • Sasha Agranov – cello and saw
  • Ivo Saint – violin

 

www.talbenarimusic.com

SHAANAN STREETT – TOVA (A GOOD PROJECT)

Tova (A Good Project)

Artist : Shaanán Streett
Release Date : March 2, 2014
Label : The Eighth Note
Format : CD

Recorded and produced by Dave Bianchi at Emergency Room Studios, Barcelona

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Album notes from Shaannan Strett:

 

“I first started writing this project in august of 2005, three short months after my sister’s death. I remember clearly how terrible I was feeling, how drained of optimism and hope I was. I also remember, that upon sharing my feelings of emptiness and despair with those closest to me, the common reply would usually be that the only thing that can really help me with my pain – is time. It was for this reason that I started writing “the good project”. I started writing so i could see if everyone around me was right. if time can really assist in easing ones’ pain. In order to make my “experiment” a “scientific” one, I set myself rules- one poem per month. no more, no less. I managed to obey my rules throughout (almost) an entire year. I wrote, and the time passed. The time passed, and I wrote. Month after month the poems appeared august, september, october… and “the good project” started unfolding before my eyes…
A short while after completing the poetry part of the project, it dawned on me that i should try and get these poems composed. and so I did. I worked alongside three of my favorite living Israeli musicians (Shlomi Shaban, Berry Saharoff and Chava Alberstein) for approximately 2 more years until i finally had sketches of all twelve songs. to be honest, by this time I was rather satisfied. I was happy with the poems and I was happy with the songs they had become. I felt no need to go ahead and record them properly, “the songs are doing just fine in my computer” I thought to myself. “I like them just the way they are”, but fate decided to intervene.
In late 2011 the young sister of my friend and colleague was found dead in her apartment. While trying to condole him, and searching for words, I heard myself say that the only thing that can really help, is time. It was at that moment I realized that “the good project” must be recorded.
The recording of “the good project” took place in The Emergency Room studio in Barcelona during march of 2013 under the supervision of the incredible Dave Bianchi. Musicians from various nations took part in the recordings.

It is my belief that the outcome, though being a testimony of my personal tragedy, may prove to assist many others who have lost a loved one.”

 

  • Shaannan Strett: vocals
  • Arecio Smith: keyboards
  • Oriol Roca: drums
  • Miguel Serna: double bass, electric bass
  • Lisa Bause: violin
  • Tal Ben Ari: vocals
  • Nick Talvola: trumpet
  • Marc Mena: trumpet
  • Sasha Agranov: violoncello
  • Mathieu Aupitre: saxophone
  • Pablo Wayne: percussion
  • Marteen Swaan: vocals, guitar
  • Dudush Klemes: keyboards
  • Shlomi Alon: flute

 

shaananstreett.com

Press

 

Tova – A Good Project is a lot more than just a rap album, it is a living testimony of the journey that Shaanan Streett (the author) went through in the year after his young sister died from cancer.

Shaanan Streett is an israeli singer and song writer. He is the lead singer of the israeli successful band – ‘Hadag Nahash‘. ‘Tova – A Good Project’ his is second solo album, and the first one to be in english.

I heard about ‘Tovaa – A Good Project’ from a friend, I knew that it is about his personal struggle after his sister death. But I had to hear the powerful emotional texts to really understand what the album is about.

Shaanan described the album as an experiment to see if time can indeed ease the pain like he was told after her death. In the third month since her death he decided to write one song every month for a year. After he was finished writing all the songs he composed them along with some other famous and respectable israeli artists, such as Shlomi Shaban, Berry Saharoff and Chava Alberstein. It took another two years until he had the sketches for all the songs. But only after he found him self comforting his friend, by saying that ‘the time will ease the pain’. he decided to record it in a studio and export it as an album. the album released on february 2014, almost nine years after his sister death.

The album contain 12 songs, that were written each month for a year except april, instead there are early may and late may. And it’s cover representing his sister were gone from his family but her memories still remain. (they were three brothers and a sister)

You can truly feel Shaanan’s pain with emotional lyrics such as – ‘i realize that memories with missing details are like memories that are destined to be doomed’ (August) and ‘optimism seems to slip between my fingers like soap’ (July).

Shaanan truly evolving during the album, at the beginning of the album he is melancholy and having hard time dealing with his sister death ‘i bury myself with work pile it on stretch myself to the limit 18,19 hour days’ (september), ‘paranoid scared frightened terrified’ (october) and by the end of the album he is may not be happy, but he feels in control – ‘At least I know I can cope’ (July).

During the making of the album, two music video were released for the two singles – July and February.

I highly recommends this album. It is an unique combination between deep, emotional and painful lyrics to interesting composition decisions.You should defiantly hear this album. Yeerful (December 2014)

DESPRÉS DEL JAZZ – MARTÍ VENTURA QUARTET

Després del Jazz

Artist : Martí Ventura Quartet

Release Date : December 13, 2013

Label : Audiovisuals de Sarrià

Format : CD

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Burt Bacharach, David Bowie, Xavier Montsalvatge, John Lennon & Paul McCartney… revisited by Martí Ventura Quartet featuring Laia Cagigal + Cor de Cambra de Granollers and Cor Jove Amics de La Unió 

 

  • Martí Ventura: piano
  • Laia Cagigal: voice
  • Joel Moreno: guitar
  • Jordi Gaspar: double bass
  • Oriol Roca: drums
  • Josep Vila: director

LUIS TROQUEL PRESENTA BREVE HISTORIA DE ESPAÑA

LUIS TROQUEL PRESENTA
BREVE HISTORIA DE ESPAÑA

Artist : Various artists

Title : Breve Historia de España
Release Date :
April 15, 2016
Label :
El Volcán Música 
Format
7 inch vinyl

BHDE no son las siglas de ninguna entidad financiera, sino la abreviatura del single Breve Historia de España. En lo que llevamos de siglo XXI, reza el subtítulo. Dos canciones complementarias escritas por el periodista y compositor Luis Troquel: Suelo Español y Compro Oro. Un pasodoble inmobiliario y un reggaetón calé de muchos kilates. En las voces de Soleá Morente y Las Negris. Producidas y arregladas por Raül Fernández Refree y Joe Crepúsculo. Con colaboraciones como la de Sílvia Pérez Cruz, Tomasito encendiendo los jaleos o la voz de Rosalía en los coros…

 

De Suelo Español a Compro Oro. De comprar el suelo a precio de oro a tener que venderse cualquier cosa que brille. Lo que parecían dos capítulos de la historia reciente de España se ha convertido en un ciclo vicioso. El ladrillo y el oro transformado en vil metal alternan sus auges y caídas como si de vasos comunicantes se trataran. Y la deuda nuestra de cada día enmadejándolo todo aún más. Todo lo que sube baja, y vuelve a subir haciendo bajar a muchísimos otros en la pujanza.

WHATABOUT MUSIC: THE FIRST 7 YEARS

Whatabout Music: The First 7 Years

Artist : Various artists
Release Date :
October 15, 2013
Label :
Whatabout Music
Format :
Digital

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A hand-picked compilation of 32 tracks from the first 7 years of Whatabout Music. The label started in 2006 in Barcelona, and now has 37 bands with 60 albums. Here is a selection of tracks recorded between 2006 – 2013

 

Oriol Roca appears on the following tracks:

 

  • Introduction (by Dave Bianchi)
  • Seule (by Tal Ben Ari)
  • The Body Electric (by Leslie Helpert)
  • I’m Coming (by Samantha de Siena)
  • All These Facts Are True (by Dave Bianchi)
  • Insert (by MUT Trio)
  • Blues For Brnc (by Marc Mena Quartet)
  • Camino A La Nave (by Piccola Orchestra Gagarin)

ROGER MAS – MÍSTICA DOMÈSTICA

Mística Domèstica

Artist : Roger mas

Release Date : March 28, 2006
Label : K Indústria
Format : CD

Produced by Raül Fernandez

Mixed by Guy Wenger

Mastered by Claudio Giussani

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Primer disc de la nova etapa de Roger Mas -amb cançons més mel.lòdiques, rítmiques i menys experimentals. Aquest CD li va valdre un ample reeconeixament de la crítica musical, així com l’entrada per la porta ampla a espais de concerts i auditoris. Com com dèia Mingus B. Formentor: «La veu més bonica que ha donat la cançó catalana»

 

  • Roger Mas: guitar, vocals
  • Raül Fernández: production, guitars, keyboards
  • Dani Ruiz Jones: electric bass
  • Xavier Guitó: piano, keyboards
  • Ivan Dach: guitar
  • Jordi Molina: tenora
  • Oriol Roca: drums and piano on La Cuca Fera

 

www.rogermas.cat

Press

 

Premi ARC en la categoria cançó d’autor

Premi Altaveu pel disc Mística Domèstica

Premi Enderrock de la crítica al millor disc en català del 2005

Premi Enderrock de la crítica al millor disc de cançó d’autor del 2005

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