Tagged: emi

Is the hot-air-balloon of the UMG takeover of EMI rising high enough yet? Apparently not - even throwing Parlophone (except the good bits) out of the merged company isn't pleasing European regulators , and so UMG is now looking about for other parts of the company to divest in order to keep everyone happy. If it keeps agreeing to sell off bits at this rate, Universal might wind up smaller than it was before it tried to swallow EMI. The whole thing is starting to feel like the sort of 'what is point' that Quentin [...]

Blur Blur 21: The Box EMI Music [2012] (18 CDs/3 DVDs/1 7") Fire Note Says: This is Blur! Album Review: 21 years ago the British band Blur released their debut Leisure [1991] and quickly became one of the countries most revered modern acts. Blur helped define Britpop with their definitive English guitar pop and lead singer Damon Albarn's crisp ascent vocals. This of [...]

In Europe, Universal are pleading with the EU like a dumped boyfriend trying to respark a relationship ("How about if I stop with the Parlophoning? Babes, I'll get rid of Virgin if you want me to..."). Now the EMI takeover is running into trouble in the US, with the Senate starting to wonder if it's good news . MediaGuardian reports on the meddling: Senators Herb Kohl and Mike Lee, the chairman and ranking member of the Senate antitrust subcommittee respectively, have written a six-page letter to FTC chairman Jon Leibowitz urging him to closely scrutinise [...]

Patric La Funk has much to celebrate with both the release of his single 'Smile' with DJ Delicious and becoming the first signing to EMI Germany's new Get No Sleep imprint. You may know him from his remixes for Mark Knight, Axwell and Moguai, in addition to his original tracks with producers such as Fedde Le Grand ('Autosave.') 'Smile' has been featured by Pete Tong on his Essential Selections and is now available for the world to purchase . Get a taste of Patric's style and listen to 'Smile in his July DJ mix. [...]

• patriclafunk - DJ Mix July 2012

Nothing ever goes as planned. Not even Eric Prydz’s night in New York City. As much thought and preparation that went into bringing Sweden’s never-getting-on-a-plane-OK-I� ��ll do-it Prydz to the Big Apple, everything went array-leading to one of the most memorable nights in New York City dance music history. Before the shenanigans, frantic promoters and angry neighbors (which will be explained later,) there was Prydz. He is the folk legend DJ that seldom left Europe, the equivalent of the cranky old man down the street who seldom leaves his home. It seems like for the past few [...]

The Smashing Pumpkins Pisces Iscariot [Deluxe Edition] Virgin/EMI Music [2012] (2CD/1DVD Set) Fire Note Says: Another solid reissue from The Smashing Pumpkins! Album Review: I know that when Pisces Iscariot originally released back in 1994 it was just supposed to hold new fans interested after the explosion of Siamese Dream in 1993 and before the massive Mellon Collie landed in 1995. Even though [...]

Universal is now so desperately scared of not being able to takeover EMI that it has proposed a deal whereby it'd offload European rights to the EMI catalogue : EMI chief executive Roger Faxon has written an internal email to his staff outlining which parts of the music business Universal has proposed to sell off, including Mute, Chrysalis (excluding the Robbie Williams catalogue) and Ensign labels. Included in that disposal would be the Pink Floyd catalogue and the recently concluded new deal with Guetta, along with his catalogue. Pink Floyd's EMI catalogue includes [...]

As Universal continue to try throwing things out the basket to see if their EMI takeover can get lift-off, the latest plan is to try and flog Parlophone to BMG . Yes, yes, BMG had stopped being in the recorded music business when it withdrew from what is now Sony alone, but that doesn't mean it wouldn't be interested in getting back into such a vibrant, profit-loaded sector, right? There is a slight problem with the plan, thought. The idea is to convince that the EU that the embiggened Universal wouldn't control too much of [...]

Natasha Khan , mejor conocida como Bat for Lashes , anda de estreno y nos presenta una nueva canción: “Laura” , avance de su próximo álbum titulado The Haunted Man , que será lanzado el próximo 23 de octubre a través de Parlophone/EMI. Esta nueva canción viene acompañada de un video sumamente teatral, que resulta apropiado para el ritmo lento de esta gran composición -que es llevada principalmente por la voz de Natasha y un piano acústico-. Un escenario, luces, reflectores, bailarines y un ambiente increíblemente apacible, [...]

Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins has a less-than-favorable opinion of indie tastemakers Pitchfork . He explained to The Daily Beast : If you're 20 years old and you aspire to be like Kurt Cobain or Trent Reznor, you're not going to make it that way. You won't succeed. You will be appropriated on your first album by the Pitchfork community. Your record company will rally round that idea because that's your marketing platform. But the minute you're in that world you're frozen. Those people are very much about social [...]

As the Universal takeover of EMI gets caught up in regulators' worries about monopoly, Citibank have offered Vivendi longer to complete the deal . The cash was supposed to have changed hands by September; now, to give time for the company to work out how to offload enough parts to keep everyone happy. Hilariously, Richard Branson is talking about buying back Virgin : "Richard Branson and Virgin have been assessing how to get back into recorded music business for many years," said a spokesman for Virgin Group. "The potential disposal of Virgin [...]

Après trois excellents remixes et un excellent premier EP avec Vicente sorti sur Discotexas , notre cher A.N.D.Y. revient nous voir et non pas les mains vides puisqu'il vient de mettre en ligne son tout dernier remix, celui du nouveau single de Bodyspasm , Twenty Radio's , que l'on avait déjà pu entendre dans l'une de ses mixtapes. Le belge donne un bon coup de boost à l'original et nous fait apprécier le morceau. Vous pourrez vous le procurez dès demain. On attend maintenant avec impatience le prochain EP d'A.N.D.Y. qui sera, on suppose, encore [...]

Britpop act Blur have posted a video for "Under the Westway," one of two new songs the band wrote for the 2012 Olympics Closing Ceremony Celebration in Hyde Park. The band originally debuted the songs-- the other being a tune called "The Puritan"-- via Twitter on July 2nd.

Here's some fun: the ill-fated deal to funnel off the acts from the UK version of The Voice to Universal hasn't just lumbered the label with a barn full of unsaleable singers; it's a mighty spoke in the deal to bring Universal and EMI together, too. MediaGuardian explains : The European commission document is understood to have raised the spectre of "over exposure" that the enlarged Universal Music will get across all manner of media platforms and markets. If combined, the two companies would distribute 41% of music sold worldwide. A particular concern of the [...]

David Bowie The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardsust And The Spiders From Mars [40th Anniversary Edition] EMI Music [2012] Fire Note Says: If you don't have it already this version will work just fine! Album Review: Ziggy Stardust is 40 years old and it is not only considered one of Bowie's best but also one of the best albums of all time. This record [...]

This week is turning out to be quite a good one as far as free metal shows go - at least if you happen to live in London. Not only have we got Evile's charity show in aid of the British Lung Foundation at the OBL tomorrow , but Sacred Mother Tongue are also putting on a free show at the Intrepid Fox on Thursday. Get in! Sacred Mother Tongue have been bubbling under the UK metal scene's wider radar for a couple of years now, but [...]

The Smashing Pumpkins Oceania 2012 - EMI [ 6.5 ] . . ... Una banda como The Smashing Pumpkins , altamente significativa en épocas pasadas, se encontraba [...]

The US Senate is currently grinding through a decision on whether it should smile upon the merger of Universal and EMI. Yesterday senators held a hearing to allow themselves to be better informed before (meeting shadowy lobbyists, accepting small envelopes and) delivering their verdict. As MusicAlly reports, much of the focus was on the digital music market. Warner's Edgar Bronfman Junior fretted that the 50% of biggest-selling artists held by the new Universal would allow it to decide which digital services thrived, and which wilted: ”At 50% of the hits, Universal can say no [...]

The Smashing Pumpkins Oceania Martha's Music/EMI Records [2012] Fire Note Says: Billy Corgan and a new Smashing Pumpkins roar back with their best output since Mellon Collie. Album Review: Just when it was probably time to write off Billy Corgan and The Smashing Pumpkins he delivers Oceania which rekindles some of the bands past glories and sets the stage for a real potential come back on the [...]

Smashing Pumpkins have launched a stream of their new EMI release. The record is titled Oceania and is due out today - June 19th, 2012 . The band released all their material from 1993's Siamese Dream through 2002's Machina/The Machines of God through EMI subsidiary Virgin Records. The album is part of their overarching concept, Teargarden By Kaleidyscope which has been an ongoing project since September 2009. Last year, the [...]