‘To begin celebrating my 10th anniversary and my performance on “Nodojiman The World!” my new single is a brand new Japanese original!! So much work has gone into both this song and this video… ^^” I’m so proud and so grateful for everyone’s efforts on this project. I feel this is going to be the start of an incredible 10th anniversary year… (~.^)’
Bentley Jones
CREDITS:
Video produced by Bentley Jones / Remix Factory Media.
Tokyo cinematography by Yoji Teramae – http://yojiteramae.com
Choreography by Ashlyn Brenan – @ashlynbrennan27
Consultancy by Natsue Ishimoto and Miskaki Inoue
Location consultancy by 鷲見直子, Kimika Sato, Hiroko Hayakawa, and Toko Kawamukai
Special thanks to Emiko Chai and, of course, Peppy-chan
“Lay Down on My Heart” written by Luz Fonte and Bentley Jones.
“Lay Down on My Heart” production and arrangement by Bentley Jones.
©℗ Remix Factory Music 2018. All rights reserved.
LINKS:
http://www.bentleyjones.com
https://www.facebook.com/BentleyJonesMusic
https://www.instagram.com/BentleyJonesOfficial
https://www.twitter.com/Bentley_Jones
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Greystone Canyon – In These Shoes
In the 70s and 80s, Australia gave the world great hard rock/metal acts like AC/DC and Rose Tattoo. Now, joining those Aussie giants of rock are Greystone Canyon. The name Greystone Canyon is inspired by the freedom of wide open landscapes, something Australia and America very much have in common.
“It was inspired by our love for the old western films and the images these films conjure. The vast plains, endless horizons, the freedom, and heck, Greystone Canyon is one hell of a cool name for rock/ metal band!” says vocalist /guitarist Darren Cherry.
Greystone Canyon released their debut album “While The Wheels Still Turn” on March 9, 2018, in Europe, U.S.A, and Canada through Rockshots Records and on Hellfire Records in Australia on March 12, 2018.
“While The Wheels Still Turn” was tracked at the splendidly named Goatsound Studios in Melbourne, Australia, and then mixed in Canada, making ‘the album a real rock n’ roll frequent flyer. Mixing duties were undertaken by none other than Grammy-nominated producer and legend Glen Robinson, who had engineered, mixed and produced equally legendary acts like Annihilator, Queensryche, and Voivod.
Inspired by legends like Led Zeppelin, Alice Cooper, Ozzy Osbourne, Megadeth and King Diamond, “While The Wheels Still Turn” is an album that could not only sit well beside the works of those legends, but with the current tsunami of all things the 70s and 80s inspired, Greystone Canyon is in the right place at the right time. We are traveling back to the future and they are the soundtrack!
As vocalist/guitarist, Darren Cherry proudly states.
“We really wanted to make an album similar to old Ozzy Osbourne record where songs like ‘I don’t know’ and ‘Goodbye To Romance’ can sit comfortably. This is music from the heart and soul!”
LINKS:
http://www.rockshots.eu
https://www.facebook.com/greystonecanyon
http://bit.ly/GreystoneCanyon_AMAZON -
J-Fresh ft. Predz UK, Yus, Tomy Turner – Lock Down
Dropping alongside his second album, ‘Juice’, J-Fresh released the video for ‘Lock Down’ featuring Predz UK, Yus, and Tomy Turner.
‘Lock Down’ is available to stream/download now alongside the full ‘ Juice’ album and hosts a hard and heavy line-up of the UK urban music scenes favorites including Swiss, Monkstar and Ayo Beatz. J-Fresh’ producers palette is demonstrated in the range of productions that make up ‘Juice’ as he incorporates trending elements of Trap and new age grime, which includes Caribbean elements and even some underlying tones of East Coast Hip Hop, showcased on the heavy hitting ‘Die Young’ (topped with the vocals of Swiss).
SOURCE: Official Release
LINKS:
http://jfresh.co.uk
https://twitter.com/JFreshOfficial
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Davey Woodward And The Winter Orphans – Bad Day
Davey Woodward And The Winter Orphans have premiered their new video for the track titled ‘Bad Day’. Capturing that quirky magic of the music, the video for ‘Bad Day’ gives that alt-rock bravado combined with the first-person perspective in a slow energy style grit guitar fiasco that is the signature of creativity. This is a new anthem for a new age. Let’s hope the title doesn’t carry over (lol).
‘Love and Optimism’ is out now, available on limited edition white vinyl and black vinyl, on gatefold CD with a booklet, and also digitally. It can be ordered via Bandcamp.
Check out our other features with Davey Woodward And The Winter Orphans HERE.
ABOUT DAVEY WOODWARD AND THE WINTER ORPHANS
Bristol indie music legend Davey Woodward and The Winter Orphans present ‘Bad Day’, the latest single from their ‘Love and Optimism’ LP. Best known for his bands The Brilliant Corners, The Experimental Pop Band, and Karen, they recorded this album ‘live’ in the studio. A very personal collection, this is Woodward’s most emotional performance, putting Davey solidly amongst the best songwriters of his generation.
Davey Woodward and the Winter Orphans play alt folk, often intimate songs set in Bristol. Sometimes they get into drainpipes and pointy boots ‘New Wave’ mode. ‘Bad Day’ is one of those moments.
‘Nobody visits. I’d like someone to stay
In my single bed with my microwave
I’m having a bad day.‘“Imagine a time when putting together the best cassette compilation ever (Today it’s called a playlist) was the sole purpose of the day. Getting it right would mean the difference between a good day or a bad day. It was also the best way to impress girls and show your mates how hip you were. A time when dreaming, looking cool, and disregarding the rules was everything. Decades later and life catches up, poverty, broken relationships, broken families. You could make a playlist but who would you send it to?” says Davey Woodward.
Ahead of this, the band previewed two singles – ‘Occupy This Space’ and ‘Warm Hands’, which could be a soundtrack to a David Lynch movie. This is pop music for grown-ups loaded with dark mysteries of desire and loathing, melody and lyrics that stick in your head.
‘Love & Optimism’ is the band’s second collective long-play, following their 2018 self-titled debut album, released via Tapete Records. On both set of recordings, the band wanted to capture that elusive live magic and spontaneity that is often lost by today’s modern recording techniques.
Davey Woodward first came to prominence with his 1980s band The Brilliant Corners, part of the jangly indie C86 scene, but with a diverse palette of indie pop, country, rock n roll, post-punk and humour. The mini-albums ‘Growing up Absurd’, ‘Fruit Machine’ and ‘Whats in a Word‘ brought the band to the attention of the music press and wider public, followed by their best-known album ‘Somebody up there likes me’ (1987), several John Peel sessions, indie chart success and regular tours. In 2013, Cherry Red Records released a retrospective of the band’s work ‘Heart on Your Sleeve’ (A decade in pop 1983-1993)’ to much interest.
Woodward’s next band The Experimental Pop Band (1996- 2012) was again championed by Peel and signed to City Slang Records, enjoying critical acclaim in the UK and Europe, and performing at Glastonbury.
In the last decade, Davey has released a handful of solo LPs, including the lofi folk pop album ‘6 miles east of here 5 miles north of nowhere’ (2011). He also recorded with alt guitar band Karen, releasing several EPs on The Environmental Sounds label.
The album was recorded in Summer 2019 prior to the Covid 19 pandemic and the tragic events that led to Black Lives Matter, but strangely it is still relevant to these times. ‘Occupy This Space’ seemingly captures the whole feeling of ‘Lockdown’ and the song ‘Clara’s Ghost’ is partly about the history of Bristol’s involvement in the Slave Trade. Just a few months after it was written, Bristol residents pulled down the Statue of Slave Trader Edward Colston in the center of town, making worldwide headlines.
LINKS:
https://daveywoodward.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/daveysongs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LjUye3GMgM&feature=youtu.be
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/davey-woodward-mn0000527805/biography
https://music.apple.com/us/artist/davey-woodward-and-the-winter-orphans/1412097438
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Oiv29FDDnrhtM3UiP7Lq2