My House in
Montmartre
So come on over to 'chez moi' and make yourself at home, but don't get
too comfortable because from the opening bars of possibly the Best Ibiza
Record Ever - Stardust's 'Music Sounds Better Without You'- you'll be
up and dancing the night away. ... (continue)
|
|
|
Happy Walters /
Immortal Records
"Well I grew up in the Midwest in Indiana, that's kind of rural out in the country, and then I just drove my car out to California one day and decided I wanted to get into the music business. Didn't know anybody so I just drove for two days, found an apartment and started calling people. I started out by finding a band called Cypress Hill and I started managing them."
... (continue)
|
|
|
A Night At
The Playboy Mansion
Dimitri
from Paris is an artist that never ceases to surprise or captivate his
audience. His infamous 'A Night At The Playboy Mansion' album,
released to overwhelming international acclaim in April 2000, has become
one of the most celebrated mix CDs in the dance music world leaving
dance aficionados around the world begging for more... (continue)
|
|
|
Massive Attack
It's cool. I've never even had more than four in one place on my shelf let
alone on one DVD, so in that sense it's good to have them all in one
place. It feels like you can wrap it up and leave it in one place and
leave it there knowing that it serves a purpose and move on to something
else... (continue)
|
|
|
Aaliyah
Spirit,
talent, mystery, modesty and all round goodness are some of the many
qualities that have differentiated Aaliyah from many of the substandard
acts of the early nineties. Starting out at only 15 years old, Aaliyah
was evidently more than a woman in more ways than one... (continue)
|
|
|
Air
Nicolas on 'Everybody Hertz': "It's just a collection of singles that we asked to be remixed
and finally we didn't release the singles so we put the mixes on an
album. It's just a gift for the fans and a way for people to know our
musical tastes." (more...)
|
|
|
Haven
'But that was a magic moment because the room was full of industry
and they all saw us with this bloke and I think it made a lot of
people think 'we'd better make a move!' ' |
|
|
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
With their van broken down in New Mexico following a snowstorm, the
gentlemen of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club are spending the five days that
it'll take for the essential spare part to arrive ensconced in a
neighbourhood bar...
|
|
|
Haven
'It all started when I met Nat the guitar player in the band. I met him in a
record shop in Penzance and we were both actually looking at the same
record. It was a weird experience...'
|
|
|
Smashing Pumpkins
'I came up with the name, you know this mythic silly name, the Smashing
Pumpkins
and you know I used to tell complete strangers 'oh that's going to be the
name of my band,' or that 'I have a band' and there was no band, you know.
It was like a joke, you know, it was between me and me.'
|
|
|
Embrace
'It kinda feels fresher. We did it a lot quicker than we did
the first two. The first two, took about a year each, and this one took
about eight months. I think that's just because we are learning what
we're about, and how to do what we do.'
Embrace return with the sublime new album 'If You've Never Been'.
|
|
|
Crackout
if there's a couple of you about and the element is
there to start a band you start to think, 'well i'm not too good at sport,
i'm not one of the most popular kids at school so let's join a band and
maybe that will help. We had no message as such we just wanted to be a band.
|
|
|
Q Anthems
Anthem n. a song of loyalty or devotion: a national anthem
This year's Q album is a little different to previous affairs....
|
|
|
I Love 90's
The
mixed-up sounds of the 90's all on one album!
The I Love
90's album is released in association with the brand new BBC TV
series, which runs in the same vein as the earlier series'...
|
|
|
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
There are only three of us, Peter Hayes plays guitar, Nick's on the drums
and
i play bass guitar. We like to keep it just the three. I don't know why we
formed a band, it was only necessary to make music.
|
|
|
Kelis
Kelis is back with a new single, a new album and a new look.'Young Fresh and New' is the
new single (out October 22nd) taken from her sophomore album 'Wanderland' preceeding
it by a week. We caught up with Kelis down at London's swanky St Martins Lane...
well she is a big star now!
|
|
|
Vex
Red
"... he was just going mad and you could see him smashing
up the drums, and you could hear Ross and everyone going 'YEAH YEAH!'
and everyone was shouting and screaming and all the guitars were fucked
and everyone was on floor just fucking knackered. Everytime I hear it
I just close my eyes and I can be back in that room seeing him just
going for it with tears in his eyes, blasting us out and were all looking
around and thinking 'This is incredible!' For me that sums up the whole
thing..."
|
|
|
D.Note
...Yeah, flying around the world, America, Sydney, Paris, hanging out with
supermodels. No, actually I've just been stuck in a basement in W10 writing
music.
Master musician Matt Winn AKA D*Note lets The Raft in on how you make the most uplifting house
this side of the Atlantic.
|
|
|
Cortizone
...that's just the record companies ; young boys bouncing up and down on stage
using tired old riffs everybody's heard a million times before, shove a bit
of rap in. See if it sells if it doesn't sign the next lot who look exactly
the same....we're one of the few bands that's managed to stick our heads out of the
shit... Ian fortnam gets underneath London's brightest new hopes 'Cortizone'.
|
|
|
Bran Van 3000
Bran Van 3000 are back! James and Sara from Bran Van 3000 share their views on the Muppets, 'Popstars',
their collaboration with Curtis Mayfield and much more.
Click here to read the interview.
|
|
|
Fluke
'Are you ready ?................... I said are you ready ? Here we go, and here they come. Fluke are coming
your way, once again. Hearing them now : they're more powerful than ever. With their high energy
track 'Absurd ', that commences the new film 'Tomb Raider '..'
|
|
 |
Tank
'I'm a big Sade fan - she's got real good songs, so I wrote 'Let It Go' in
the same vein as she would. The music is more urban with a hip-hop groove.
I like the fusion between the hot and the cold, the rough and the smooth.'
|
|
 |
Air
In the foyet of a posh Kensington
Hotel, Air explained how they had reached new depths of emotion with their
new evocative and sexy release. Here's what Nicholas had to say on whether
French bands were still cutting edge? "There has always been 3 or 4 great
French bands, the rest are shit!"
|
|
 |
 New Sector Movements
Location: People Records studio in West London. The interview was conducted
while I.G Culture was playing through records brought to him by his regular dealer
Slim. |
|
 |
Mike Oldfield
I'm looking forward to it. It's hard to believe after all these years that
its been deemed worthy to... not exactly be resurrected because it never
went away, but you know shake the dust off it and put it together with the
other things in the cupboard, with pieces of music from that series. It's
great. |
|
 |
Mr Dan
I used to do a lot of hip hop and one rapper from New York
called Lord Redeemer used to start his rhymes off by saying, you know, Mr.
Dan and he just sort of gave me that name..... |
|
 |
I Love 70's
The 70s? Great weren't they! Looking back who can forget the long drought
of 76 and the Queen's Jubilee in 77. Some of you may remember that punk was
tearing up the rule book. 'I Love the 70s' grabs the best of the music from
an incredible era and timewarps you back to a time when Bowie was Ziggy and
Queen ruled the world. Hear the songs that made you who you are today here. |
|
 |
David Gray
Years before David Gray became a
multi-million selling household name he
was busy releasing some of the best sounding waves to an audience that were at that time not
ready for his smouldering talent. The EP's 92-92 lead to Joan Baez calling him the greatest lyricist
since Dylan. Say no more. Find out more about this release and hear
why David Gray's destiny was assured. |
|
 |
Mutiny
'We've been getting ready for the boat party at the Miami Music
Conference mainly. We've been moving our whole DJing perspective from
basing it on everything we love to what we like to write about.... |
|
 |
Dionne Rakeem
Okay well I'm from Birmingham and I've been interested
in music for many years - for about 15 years. My musical influences
are Michael Jackson... |
|
|
Agent Sumo
'People love realness and it's the scarcest commodity in a branded
world'
... Basically we've just been finishing the album and kind of
getting everything ready to make things happen... |
|
 |
As If.. The Soundtrack
This lively double album encompasses what teenage life is really all about
and has become the perfect backdrop for the tv-show. With 38 tracks crammed into one series including the brilliant theme song 'Would You' by Touch and Go
all ensure that you'll be dancing in front of your TV set in the living room. |
|
 |
Janet
Jackson
.....My life has changed a
great deal. That's why there's a new, freer me. There will be a lot
of new me's, and I am looking forward to meeting them all.....
|
|
 |
Caprice
.....During the day I've been doing lots of interviews and a lot of regional
and naional radio. I've been doing tons of national RV and at night I
go to different territories and do lots of gigs.....
|
|
 |
Ace
from Skunk Anansie
We've
been touring and recording together for 7 and a half years and decided
to take a breather between albums to rejuvenate and create something
fresh and exciting...
|
|
 |
Alpha
Alpha are back with a fantastic new album 'Impossible Thrill'. The band feted by
Madonna
have got Pulp frontman Jarvis Coocker in on the action. So what's it all about? We caught up
with Andy who took us on a guided tour...
|
|
 |
OzzFest: 2nd stage
You know Ozzy. The man is a living legend in a world berift of many modern heroes. Ozzy's
music and philosophy is one that lies at the core of millions upon millions of fans across
the globe. And so in true Ozzy style comes a record that puts something back..... |
|
 |
madison avenue
.....I want to do some solo stuff. I can sing OK but I can write really
well and I'm a very good producer with a very good ear..... |
|
 |
stacey
pullen
We caught up with techno's own Kosmic Messenger, the globetrotting Mr Pullen just as he relaxed after lunch in the offices of his Black Flag label... |
|
 |
junior
vasquez
" New York
club Twilo owes much of its legendary status to one man: Junior
Vasquez... |
|
 |
at the drive in
" Ross
has got us to do a process of recording in a different way and open
up and try things a little differently
" |
|
 |
joi
" It's
about a group of young Asian people making music and expressing
themselves in a modern way
" |
|
 |
ross robinson
"The most rewarding bands are the ones that nobody believed and then they became so accepted. That would have to be Amen, Slipknot and Korn..." |
|
 |
strait up
" After Lynn died
we decided to something for him in his memory so it was Tumour and
me.
" |
|
 |
 gomez
The last time you could see Gomez live this year was at the fantastic WebCast/Chat they hosted on August 29th '00 .. and we've got the archive here. |
|
|
kelis
"...Should you be scared of me? ..." |
|
 |
agent sumo
"...the same kind of enthusiasm that we were talking about and it's not one particular genre either as we refuse to be pigeonholed..." |
|
 |
guru
"Basically I got into hip-hop in its early days and in its conception really..." |
|
 |
toni estes
...I gotta put my lyrics to use! It's really important for me to be independent and I try to encourage other women to be... |
|
 |
photek
The coolest, most elusive, truly 21st musical pioneer Photek came in to tell us about his stunning new album 'Solaris' and why he hates 'Big Brother'! |
|
 |
amen
Well obviously Casey writes all of the music and all the lyrics, so he's the one that's diseased...we're along for the ride!.... |
|
 |
hexdragon
We caught up with Hexdragon recently... |
|
 |
titan
Recently we caught up with those 3 Mexican madhatters otherwise known as Titan to speak about life, beer and David Sole - really! |
|
 |
a perfect circle
On the 14th July A Perfect Circle gathered at Raft HQ to answer your questions in a live webcast chat! |
|
 |
aaliyah
In just six years Detroit-born Aaliyah Haughton has gone from a shy 15 year-old to one of the leading female singers in contemporary r&b
|
|
 |
| |
