This song is STILL underrated.
https://youtu.be/muiMpKDVflI
…and here’s the original (well, the Top Of The Pops version). Listen to Into The Gap today.
PJ Harvey’s “To Bring You My Love” available September 11 on vinyl
On the 11th of September PJ Harvey’s third album TO BRING YOU MY LOVE will be reissued on vinyl, alongside an album of previously unreleased demos which will be available on CD, vinyl and digital.
TO BRING YOU MY LOVE was produced by Flood and John Parish and originally released in February 1995 and celebrates its 25th anniversary this year with a reissue on black heavyweight vinyl. Featuring singles such as ‘Down By the Water’, ‘C’mon Billy’ and ‘Send His Love to Me, TO BRING YOU MY LOVE originally reached #12 in the UK Albums Chart on release and dominated album of the year polls from The New York Times to the Guardian, with nominations for Grammy Awards and The Mercury Music Prize.
The release will be accompanied by full restorations of the videos for ‘Down By the Water’, ‘To Bring You My Love’, ‘C’mon Billy’ and ‘Send His Love to Me’.
LP Info
1LP, 180gsm black vinyl
Full colour outer sleeve, with printed inner sleeve
Download card
LP Track list
Side 1
To Bring You My Love
Meet Ze Monsta
Working For The Man
C’mon Billy
Teclo
Side 2
Long Snake Moan
Down By The Water
I Think I’m A Mother
Send His Love To Me
The Dancer
TO BRING YOU MY LOVE – DEMOS
A 10 track collection of previously unreleased demos of all songs from the third studio album by PJ Harvey – To Bring You My Love – from 1995. Includes demo versions of the singles ‘Down By The Water’, ‘C’mon Billy’ and ‘Send His Love To Me’. Audio has been mastered by Jason Mitchell at Loud Mastering under the guidance of long time PJ Harvey collaborator John Parish. Features new artwork with previously unseen photos by original photographer and designer Maria Mochnacz.
LP Info
1LP, 180gsm black vinyl
Full colour outer sleeve, with printed inner sleeve
Download card
LP Track list
Side 1
To Bring You My Love – Demo
Meet Ze Monsta – Demo
Working For The Man – Demo
C’mon Billy – Demo
Teclo – Demo
Side 2
Long Snake Moan – Demo
Down By The Water – Demo
I Think I’m A Mother – Demo
Send His Love To Me – Demo
The Dancer – Demo
Format: 1CD
CD Info
Mini-gatefold outer sleeve
Printed inner sleeve
CD Track list
To Bring You My Love – Demo
Meet Ze Monsta – Demo
Working For The Man – Demo
C’mon Billy – Demo
Teclo – Demo
Long Snake Moan – Demo
Down By The Water – Demo
I Think I’m A Mother – Demo
Send His Love To Me – Demo
The Dancer – Demo
The Future is Augmented!: AR is Constantly Making the Front Pages Across Several Industries
The fictional days are long gone now. With technology taking centre stage in almost all aspects of our life, possibilities are being successfully converted into practicalities; at least most of them. Although fictional content has directed ‘impractical’ realities towards its audience, science has proven otherwise. As innovations have spearheaded their way into all industries, concepts such as augmented and virtual reality have been absolute game-changers. Ever since its inception, AR has derived applications that are not just limited to entertainment sector. AR is being used in the healthcare industry for predicting tumors and diseases as well as studying them through a virtual representation. Among the list of fascinating applications, certain end-uses in healthcare have stood out and at the current pace, AR looks set to dominate the ICT space. Driven by a wide range of applications, the global AR market is set to be worth $125 billion by 2026, states Fortune Business Insights in its latest report.
What the term ‘Augmented’ Really Means…
Although many are aware that AR is being used on a wide scale across the world, only a slightly lower majority really understands what the concept is. It is difficult to explain AR in a tech-savvy language. To put it in simpler terms, augmented reality is when another reality is embedded onto the current reality to study certain outcomes. Evidently, applications of this concept can range across diverse industries, accounting for the exceptional abilities that it holds. In textbook terms, the word augmented is used to describe something that is intensified or amplified to a considerable extent. Just like the dictionary meaning, augmented in AR is used to describe the amplification of current reality by adding another reality.
Revolutionary AR Taking Healthcare Industry by a Storm!
Although the concept is known for its application in the entertainment industry, it is currently making headlines across the healthcare industry. AR had certainly left a long lasting impression when it first burst onto the scene. The idea of a third world reality had understandably startled the human brain, but no one could have remotely predicted that it could also do wonders in the healthcare industry.
- Delivering Efficient Treatment: AR is not just limited to research and study, but is being used along with other concepts in treatment procedures. AR is used to implement virtual demonstrations for patients undergoing physical rehabilitation. Although this might not seem that significant on paper, the use of AR in physiotherapy is turning out to be hugely beneficial. Patients are able to sync in tandem with these demonstrations and thus speed up the recovery process in physical injuries.
- Integrating Advanced Concepts: The most obvious application is to try out something onto something and see whether it is working through predictive outcomes. Just like this, AR is being used to study the integration of modern technologies in healthcare devices and equipment by major companies across the globe. This seems to help companies avoid losses of failures and trials and this save a lot of money as well as time. The development lifecycle span of any device in the healthcare industry can be reduced to a great extend through the integration of AR at an early stage.
- Assisting Surgical Procedures: We are all quite aware of the importance ‘precision’ holds in surgical procedures. With very little or almost no room for error, surgeons readily welcome all the help they can get in terms of surgical efficacies. From conducting minimally invasive surgeries to severe applications such as locating tumors in sensitive body parts, AR holds huge significance in surgical procedures.
Although it is still early days, AR has managed to attract considerable attention from across the world. With countless applications, there has been an increase in the studies conducted through and on AR in the past decade. There is no doubt that AR has created a sense of excitement not just among professionals, but also within the observers and consumers. Companies such as Google and Facebook are actively investing in AR as well as AR-based concepts. With numerous possibilities, augmented reality has the potential to attract billion-dollar investments in the coming years. If early predictions are to be believed, the future looks exciting and AR could just be the next big thing in the ICT space.
Author’s Bio:
Tanay Bhalla is a highly-driven writer with extensive knowledge of diverse industries. His approach to writing is simple, intended to ensure a seamless read.
100K Views! 155k Streams! MICAH BARNES Says ‘Thank You, Canada!’ For Coming Along on his Groundbreaking Cross-Country Virtual Tour
With over 100,000 views of “Vegas Breeze” and 155,000+ streams on Spotify, Canadian jazz master Micah Barnes is extending big thanks to his Canadian fans as he completes his creative and inventive digital cross-country tour.
The 14-date national tour was held virtually to celebrate the release of his new album, Vegas Breeze — which also hit #1 on the iTunes Jazz Album charts!
“I’m one very grateful jazz singer,” Barnes shares of the experience. “COVID-19 has effected so many people in so many ways, and I appreciate the opportunity to ‘travel’ into the ears and hearts of so many with this unique concert series we offered.”
Home to #1 chart-topping hits “That’s Life” and “When In Rome (I Do as the Romans Do)” — Vegas Breeze is available now!
Following the success of his #1 iTunes Canada Jazz Chart album, New York Stories, the new album sets its new stage immediately, transporting listeners back to Sin City’s yesteryear of legendary showrooms and iconic entertainers working ‘the strip.’
“Finding the songs for Vegas Breeze was a gas,” Barnes recalls of his meticulous search of 50s and 60s-era pop. “It meant hours and hours of enjoyment, discovering lesser known material of the classic showroom era.
“Although most people think of The Rat Pack as the classic ‘Vegas’ sound, my whole focus for Vegas Breeze was to look beyond them, and explore the many other showroom headliners who were popular back in the day.
“On the album’s title track, ‘Vegas Breeze,’ we pay tribute to the mid-60s Vegas vibes of Tom Jones, Dionne Warwick, Burt Bacharach, and Dusty Springfield,” he continues, for example. “It’s a flashback to a simpler and easier time when the world just wanted a little distraction and fun, and a little something to dance around to at the backyard BBQ!
“And wait until you see the video,” he teases, if you haven’t yet. “We tried to create a ‘24 hours in Sin City’ feel, featuring a certain ‘former Nylon’ as the headline entertainer in every showroom on the Strip. It’s a loving look back at the city in its most classic era, and I hope it takes audiences into three and a half minutes of pure fun and escapism!”
Born in Vienna and raised in Canada, Micah Barnes cut his teeth in the cabarets and jazz clubs of the city while still a teenager, before joining a cappella vocal group The Nylons in 1989. A JUNO Award-nominee, the years since have seen Barnes’ catapulting solo career has proffer extensive International touring, top-charting at #1 — including but not limited to Billboard hit “Welcome To My Head” and debuting #1 on the iTunes Canada Jazz Chart for Vegas Breeze and also singles “That’s Life” and “When In Rome (I Do as the Romans Do)” — and an extensive coaching roster for some of the industry’s most elite entertainers.
Vegas Breeze is available now.
Pop-Trap Crossover “Wits End” Has Artist Ashley Sage and Producer GemimindBeatz Stepping Out of Comfort Zones
Brooklyn-based producer GemimindBeatz and RnB singer/songwriter Ashley Sage have come together in a pop-trap pairing for this, their debut collaboration, “Wits End” — available now.
Mixed by multi-Gold/Platinum selling and Grammy Award winning engineer Michael Ashby (Cardi B, Latoya Jackson, Fetty Wap, Zoey Dollar, Offset), “Wits End” smoothes the surface as a lyrical lid-pop into frustrations with the ‘talking phase’ of a new relationship and feeling fed up with random drips of romantic engagement.
But dig deeper and music lovers will find themselves bearing witness to a debut crossover so rife with sonic chemistry, they’d never guess the collab came from a chance encounter.
“My production partners and I met Ms. Ashley Sage at an art showcase in Brooklyn, and we instantly connected,” Gemimind recalls. “She showed up to our studio the very next day to kick ideas around, which resulted in the initial freestyle that became ‘Wits End.’”
With a voice like a canary, the songstress has quickly made waves with her introspective, catchy releases that unleash her quirky, light-hearted personality. Drawing on jazz, RnB, and reggae influences, Ashley Sage is said to use music to ‘get honest with herself,’ and brought exactly that energy to the table that day.
“This song has us stepping out of our comfort zones,” Gemimind continues. “Ms. Sage usually keeps to her singer-songwriter, ‘slice of life’ and indie RnB roots, whereas I usually veer towards a more hardcore rap sound.
“This is actually my first non-rap professional release.”
GemimindBeatz first discovered his unique ear for melodies at the age of just three, and spent his adolescence and teens studying with a range of mentors. “It was important to me to continuously expand my repertoire with a deep understanding of musical foundations,” he shares. “Once I had my heart set on producing hip-hop, my goal became clear.”
That clarity has translated into a concerted dedication to training towards a more sophisticated trap / rap sound, he adds, describing his now-signature brand of heavy polyrhythmic drum patterns, counterpoint melodies, and lush harmonies. “I use my classical and jazz styling as the basis.”
GemimindBeatz’s breakthrough mixtape Macro-Wave was his first self-produced showcase, and he’s since created an independent studio MailBox Money in Bushwick, Brooklyn alongside fellow artists and collaborators YeVetta, Bishop 98baby, and 10PushUps.
“Wits End” is available now.
My Next Read: Music Lessons By Bob Wiseman
Bob Wiseman believes most things in life are universal or, as Lauryn Hill says, everything is everything. Bearing in mind that advice, Wiseman writes about finding the link between music and daily life, like what is common between Mary Margaret O’Hara, hiding around the corner with the lights turned off in order to record herself and his 5-year-old insisting he stop hurrying to her dance lesson and marvel at the fluff ball she is blowing toward the ceiling. Each entry is unique and compellingly written, but the themes throughout — on improvisational music, life lessons, and conflict — are ubiquitous.
Canada’s Walk of Fame’s RBC Emerging Musician Program
The RBC Emerging Musician Program will select and support 5 winners aged 15 to 35 (solo artists or groups) from across the country and provide them with tangible real-world experiences designed to help elevate their music and careers in a meaningful and sustainable way. You could win: Cash prizes, showcase opportunities including Festival du Voyageur in Winnipeg, MB, recording time at Metalworks Studios in Toronto, access to a creative workshop at ARTHAUS in Toronto, mentorship and more!
Submissions are open from July 13 to August 23, 2020 – apply at canadaswalkoffame.com.
Toronto’s Grunge Trap / Alt Hip Hop Rocker KROSST OUT Hits the Road for a “Drive in Definitive New Single — Available Now
Canadian grunge trap and alt hip hop rocker Krosst Out hits the open road for a “Drive” in this, his newest and most definitive single to date — available now.
“‘Drive’ is my anthem,” Krosst Out confirms. “It’s the song I’ve wanted to make for years, and it’s the song that, if someone were to ask me who I was, I would point to it and tell them: I’m that.
“It’s grunge, it’s metal, rap, and rock, all in the span of 2:44,” he adds. “It’s why I’ve spent the last 14 years of my life in a notebook.”
The track lands ahead of his forthcoming album, Phone Calls With Ghosts, a project that has the Toronto-based artist squaring away with his small-town upbringing. “Some kids treat piano lessons like a chore, but I treated them like a lifeline,” Krosst Out — nee Aaron Siebenga — offers. “They were my way out.”
The sentiment — and its translation into “Drive,” Phone Calls With Ghosts, and the album’s earlier single, “Funerals” — are in reference to his upbringing in the small Northumberland County town of Campbellford, Ontario, population 3,500.
“‘Funerals’ was the first song for this project I ever did, and it hit home with me,” Krosst Out shares of the revelation. “As the project grew, I built around this concept of talking to the people that don’t know who I am anymore, as well as for the people currently in my life, letting them know where I’m at.
“I feel as though you get to a certain point as an adult where it suddenly dawns on you that you’re no longer who you were when the people ‘back home’ knew you,” he reflects. “You’re different now, and that’s ok.
“This album is about that. It’s about coming to terms with — and then burying — your old self to make way for your new self. As hard as that is, it’s how we grow as humans. You are not the kid they used to know.
“‘Drive’ was the song that solidified where I wanted to go sonically overall for Phone Calls With Ghosts,” he adds, referencing the soon-to-be released sophomore album that’s set to follow 2017’s debut EP Lifeoftheparty, and a series of singles — including 2019’s “Too Much on My Mind” with Spark Houston and “End of My Rope” with Statik.
“The video features myself and my crew inside a Lexus, which is a hidden gem alluding to my lyrics from another song on the album where I write, ‘if I had a Lexus, chances are I’d wreck it on the spot, and not regret it at all.’
“One of my favourite experiences in life is the simple act of just being in the car, either driving or being a passenger, and riding around at night,” he continues. “Sometimes having nowhere to go, or sometimes a road trip. You have a chance to connect with the people who are in this metal box, speeding along with you, or sometimes you can just stay silent and watch the world from the window.
“The video is built around the feeling of being fed up with where you are, and just wanting to ride. It’s something I think everyone can relate to.”
“Drive” is available now.
JUNO Nominated World Ensemble TORONTO TABLA ENSEMBLE Are Having a Party with Some Unexpected Guests
Canadian JUNO Award-nominated world ensemble Toronto Tabla Ensemble is having a party with some Unexpected Guests in this, their newest album release — available now!
Across the release’s seven tracks, the critically acclaimed group of artists weave a variety of instruments, from percussion to bagpipe, piano to taiko, sarod to flute, and more, with their signature sound rooted by the traditional tabla.
“This album is a simple one,” TTE Founder and Artistic Director and Roy Thomson Hall Award winner Ritesh Das says. ”Most of the tracks are in very straightforward 4/4 grooves. On our other albums, you had tracks with different time signatures that made it really intellectual and complicated.
“I wanted this one to be something that anyone can sit back and listen to and enjoy.”
Along with delivering the most approachable songs in their vast repertoire, Unexpected Guests is their latest in a series of boldly collaborative and sonically expansive works. In keeping with its eye-opener title, the immersive and diverse album finds Das and the TTE hosting a party of musical visitors: Enter The Haggis bagpipe player Craig Downie, Japanese Taiko Ensemble Nagata Shachu, singer Maryem Hassan Tollar, violinist Raaginder Singh Momi, flautist Alysha Addetia and more.
Toronto Tabla Ensemble have previously released six original studio albums, including their JUNO Award-nominated 2000 album Firedance, and Global Music Award and Independent Music Award-winning 2018 release, Bhumika.
Das and the TTE teamed up with Tea Party frontman Jeff Martin for the 2007 concert DVD Live At The Enmore Theatre, and their compositions have been licensed for commercials, films, and as the theme music for CBC Radio’s daily Metro Morning.
It’s this furthering of collaborative approach — plus a love of musical exchange — that allows members and audiences to learn about other cultures and unites people at a time when our world has never been more divided. “By collaborating, you create awareness,” says Das. “And through awareness comes respect.”
When you hear the track “Unexpected Guests,” it’s not hard to imagine why the music video features groups of Scottish and Indian dancers. Co-composed by Downie — who not only incorporated a traditional strathspey (dance tune which is named after the Spey River in north-east Scotland) and a reel (an energetic type of dance popular in Scottish, Irish, English and Quebecois folk music) — the beginning and end of the song were composed in memory of Ellen Wilkes Irmisch, a highland dancer and stage actor from the Tartan Terrors.
“In October 2019, we started by researching Scottish dance and came across some videos of the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society with a branch right here in Toronto,” TTE’s manager and film director Melissa Das-Arp shares of the video’s creation. “Seeing people of all ages and backgrounds dancing wearing their tartans and sashes, we knew it could work but… Would they be open to the idea of dancing in a Toronto Tabla Ensemble music video?
“Lucky for us, they were intrigued and wanted to learn more. We attended a few meetings and even participated in one of the dances.
“When we played ‘Unexpected Guests’ for them, dancers between ages of 15 and 75 got up and joyfully danced around the room already beginning to work out choreography. That’s when we knew we were in business!
“As this is a collaboration between ‘Bagpipe and Tabla’ — Scotland and India — we had visualized an Indian folk dance called ‘Dandiya Raas: Dandiya meaning sticks and Raas emotions,’” Das-Arp continues. “It has a similar community feeling to the Scottish Country Dance, and is a type of folk dance where people of all ages and genders line up and dance together. We had all our artists confirmed, a storyboard worked out, and each group — about 25 dancers per group — started working on their own choreography. We needed to bring them all together somehow at the end of the song, so we brought in TTE’s dance director, Labonee Mohanta, who worked with both groups to create a finale.
“The day of the shoot was absolute chaos! There were Indian and Scottish dancers in every room, costumes and garment racks were busting at the seams, there were line ups for hair and make-up, coffee, tea and of course, some delicious Indian snacks. After 12 hours on the set and what felt like a thousand takes, we finally had what we needed.
“We feel lucky that we were able to complete this project when we did,” she adds, noting the February 2020 date. “Had we set our shoot just a few weeks later, it would not have been possible. Editing this project during the pandemic was a surreal experience. Looking at the footage and seeing this huge group of people dancing and playing together, holding hands… And no masks! It feels like a completely different universe where this took place, but does give us hope that one day we can all be dancing and playing together again.”
With Unexpected Guests, the 62-year old veteran teacher has crafted an album that shares his musical vision and presents listeners with a vision of “inspiration, hope, encouragement, integrity and strength.”
Throughout it all, however, Das has never lost sight of the simple pleasure that drew him to tabla half a century ago and continues to give him joy to this day: The instrument’s enigmatic, wondrous sound.
“I don’t know exactly what it is about that sound,” he admits. “And I don’t think I want to know. Because if I do know, I think I’ll die.”
Unexpected Guests is available now.