Spectrasoul, aka David Kennett and Jack Stevens, are a Drum and Bass duo who have played the world over and have come up with some great original tunes. Their seriously cool bass and drum combination has created some wide interest in the music world. They are consistent in their output of cool, clean tracks that hit the clubs, captivating them with their stylish mix of drums, bass and Technostyle. Add some great vocals and you have brilliant songs which will endure the test of time. The Brighton lads came on the scene in 2006 and released their debut single Alibi on the Critical Music label in 2008. They soon came to the attention of the public and have been working hard ever since, visiting night clubs, festivals and smaller venues. They are the masters of creating beautiful tracks in a whole spectrum of sound. Their tunes grab your attention immediately. They are bang up-to-date and timelessly evocative at the same time. Excellent high quality mixes which are both dance floor classics and easy to listen to tracks.
Polished and utterly professional in their approach, they have produced some great new tracks, each one streamlined and slick, which can be heard on the following links.
Here’s a taster of their summer tracks: Melodies featuring Mike Knight on the Exit label in 12”.
Great vocals by Mike Knight and a fantastic mind-blowing bass and drum section with a great boom-factor.
Away With Me (Calibre Remix) on the Label: Shogun Audio on 12”.
This track is upbeat and very atmospheric. It has a clever use of echo and sound mix and sultry vocals.
Light in the Dark features Terri Walker, on the Shogun Audio label in 12” format.
Terri Walker’s soulful voice is stirring and evocative and this mix has an edge over the other songs. This is a great tune for lying back with a glass of wine, chilling out with your lover.
Alibi on the Critical label, in 12” format.
This is a great classic dance track, which has kept people moving on the dance floor for a few years now. It is spookily metropolitan in its delivery. This would make great film music.
Lost Disciple on the Shogun label, in 12” format.
This is a very atmospheric track with an almost plaintive apocalyptic feel to it. It’s very easy to listen to.
David Kennet/Jack Stevens: Spectrasoul
Spectrasoul’s cleverly arranged tracks will reach people who are otherwise indifferent to Drum and Bass records.All of the above, plus more are currently available on vinyl release at our favourite London record store BM Soho.
From the opening sequences of Calgary Alberta’s snow-swept mountain ranges to later panoramic shots of the Philippines crystal blue waters, director Tony Gilroy holds nothing back in presenting us with an absolute visual feast as we are taken along through his masterful, quasi-adaptation of Robert Ludlum’s novel of the same name.
Joining the cast this time around and no stranger to the action genre is Jeremy Renner, taking on the role of Aaron Cross. This is Renner at his absolute best. Nothing is overdone as he artfully portrays what could otherwise be the stereotypical top-secret government spy role. Renner is joined by Rachel Weisz who plays Dr. Marta Shearing. Weisz does her best to encapture the emotion of Shearing, who’s whole world is turned inside-out as she is thrown into a deadly brew of government cover-up and espionage, but ultimately falls short to Renner. Weisz seems to get lost in her portrayal of concern and distress. Instead of evoking a sense of empathy, she often appears remedial and repetitive and her features only shift slightly in her plight to escape the films antagonist, Eric Byer played by Edward Norton. Norton does a remarkable job with what is given to him. Instead of being an archetype to the villain role, Norton is able to emulate a man who is without grudge and simply tasked with doing his job for the CIA.
The Bourne Legacy starts with Aaron Cross, agent number 5, making his way across craggy mountainscapes on a training mission to rendezvous with another fellow Outcome (this film’s Treadstone) agent, Number 3, played by Oscar Isaac. However, things go wrong when Byer initiates the termination of all Outcome agents as to quell a potential high-level government foible. A drone is dispatched to eliminate both Cross and Number 3 and through auspicious chance, Cross is able to escape. Gilroy handles this and the rest of the movies action sequences adeptly. Explosions aren’t overplayed and the chase scenes (one in particular clocking in just at 20 minutes) aren’t derivative or tacky.
Meanwhile Eric Byer works with a team of CIA agents as they attempt eliminate Cross who has come to the rescue of Shearing, another casualty of the Outcome cover-up. From here, and just as with the other entries into the series, the film takes us abroad. To the surfeited neon streets of the ritzy Gangnam suburb of Seoul to the impoverished alley-ways of Manilla, Gilroy makes the newest entry into the franchise feel right at home amongst its globe-trotting predecessors. The same grittiness of Gilroy’s Michael Clayton is present here and Renner does an amazing job at conveying that there is always something more complex and serious going on underneath the iconic intensity he brings to all of his roles.
Legacy does not hold anything back in its action. Throughout the film’s numerous fight sequences, Gilroy skillfully manages to hold his audience’s suspension of disbelief. Whether Cross is bounding over the steel roofs of Manila in pursuit of the ever-distressed Shearing or performing the most complex set of martial arts maneuver s you’ve ever seen, we are right there with him, cheering him on. The science behind Outcome’s genetic meddling is just credible enough for us to not question whichever wildly, teetering on over-the-top, direction Cross and Shearing careen into next.
One can’t help but wonder how many more films can arise from this franchise without the presence of, well…Bourne. Regardless, Bourne or no Bourne the latest edition into the franchise achieves just what it set out to do. Deliver an intelligent, sharp and thought-out action film. It seems that in stepping out of his writing shoes Tony Gilroy has found the perfect fit in directing and if his first stroll in the Bourne franchise is any litmus test, he’ll be wearing them for quite a while.
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The final scene at the end of the second season of "The Walking Dead" overjoyed fans of the long running comic book and caused newcomers to the material to instantly begin buzzing about the mysterious cloaked figure. Because it is practically impossible to avoid spoilers on the Internet, the majority of the show's non-comic book fans quickly discovered that the person in the cloak was none other than fan favorite Michonne.Her upcoming full introduction in the third season has fans eagerly counting down the days until the season premiere, as does the pending introduction of The Governor,most commonly referred to as the nastiest character of the entire series.
What Can Fans Expect from Season Three?
The third season will find the group of survivors seeking asylum in a large prison. Although there will be a lot of zombies to contend with, Rick and the rest of the group will be all too tempted by the lure of a fully enclosed safe haven, and they will take whatever steps are necessary to fortify their new home. Unfortunately, the prison's entire human population will not have cleared out when the zombie apocalypse hit, so there will be some interesting issues brought into play by these new characters.
Michonne will prove to be both an invaluable fighting ally and an unstable individual. Her penchant for chopping heads off will definitely endear her to those who consider the zombies to be their biggest threat, but some of the other characters will see her as a personal threat. This will cause a strain on some of the currently established relationship dynamics, and it will help the show retain its important core of human emotions.
Daryl's brother Merle will return to the scene, and it is a given that he will be looking for revenge. Although Daryl does feel a very strong tie to several of the other survivors in the group, especially Carol, his familial tie is strong, so it will be especially interesting to see what choices his character makes.
How will the Show Differ from the Comic Books?
Fans of the comic book have been buzzing since the very first episode about how difficult this particular season would be to faithfully adapt for television. The comic book was always dark, but as soon as The Governor was introduced things took a drastic turn for the worse. It will be interesting to see how far the show's creative team is willing to go, but it is almost guaranteed that some of the harsher elements from the comic book will either be skipped or downplayed. As an example, there was an extended sequence in the comic book in which one of the female characters was brutally beaten and raped multiple times. It is difficult to conceive of this occurring on the TV show, but AMC has not shied away from gore or difficult topics yet, so they might surprise the viewers with just how much they decide to include.
It will also be very interesting to see whether or not Rick makes it through the season with both of his hands intact. If the show is going to follow the comic book, then one of his hands has to be forcibly removed. The show's creators might choose to skip this, however, if only to avoid having to put two of their actors through the process of working with only one hand.
Basic Season Three Information
The first episode of the third season will debut on October 14, 2012. The new season will be split in half, with eight episodes airing this fall and the following eight airing in the spring.
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The indie film boom of recent years has not only been a force unto itself, but has also ushered in a love for the indie film soundtrack. Quite often these collections are part-complilation, part-original work, and they're almost always something you can put on in the background on a rainy Sunday afternoon. Here are five of the most notable indie movie soundtracks from the past half-decade.
Juno (2008) - Although this film may not be considered part of the indie vibe anymore given its raging commercial and critical success, Juno did bring much-deserved attention to the work of Kimya Dawson, whose voice is dotted throughout the soundtrack album. Adorably cute or disgustingly cute, depending on your point of view, this soundtrack fits well with the film, and the Sonic Youth track alone is worth the price of the CD.
500 Days of Summer (2009) - Another cutesy film featuring the sometimes unbearably twee Zooey Deschanel, 500 Days of Summer reins itself back in from cute overload with a stellar compilation soundtrack that combines pop hits of old (Hall & Oates) with more recent indie gems (Carla Bruni). Even if you found the movie to be too much, the soundtrack is still a worthwhile buy, and is great to put on shuffle when you have friends over for dinner.
Away We Go (2009) - Scottish songwriter Alexi Murdoch created a folk-heavy soundtrack for this film about two lost souls looking for a place to start a family, and wandering around the United States in search of a perfect home. Sam Mendes directed, which may seem a little incongruous considering he has now gone on to direct a James Bond film.Complementing the original Murdoch tracks on Away We Go are contributions from legends like George Harrison and Bob Dylan, lending a heavy nostalgic feel to this quirky and emotional film.
Submarine (2010) - Alex Turner (of Arctic Monkeys fame) delved briefly into the world of soundtrack writing with Submarine, a bizarre-yet-charming film about a young man trying to get some romantic action while keeping his mother from the same. The album (or perhaps EP is a better description) only has six tracks, but in those six tracks Turner shows that he really has a talent for blending sound with story.
Greenberg (2010) - As much as this movie was a dark horse for comedian Ben Stiller (who usually opts for more obvious comedy like Little Fockers, the soundtrack was also a departure for LCD Soundsystem frontman James Murphy. Ditching the dance beats for a more piano-based feel, in many ways this is Murphy's most interesting work, and gets surprisingly little recognition from LCD Soundsystem fans.
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Brynn lives, breathes, and geeks out over all things music. When she's not hanging out at shows or figuring out her summer festival schedule, she writes about bands, performances, and musicians forauthoritytickets.com.
