Castles Nebulo

"Each of the pieces in this programme is like an ephemeral castle that I can take refuge in when I feel like it," says Sébastien Llinares. Here, the French guitarist, who stands at the crossroads of classical, jazz and contemporary music and also produces the programme Guitare, guitares on France Musique, puts his playing at the service of every kind of music. Jimi Hendrix's Castles Made Of Sand was the inspiration for this programme; Sébastien Llinares hears in it the unchanging open string that the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos so often used. His journey continues with tributes to famous songs by Bernstein, Gershwin and Rodgers & Hart, an evocation of Rufus Wainwright and Baden Powell in the forms of the Habanera and Bossa Nova — not forgetting a tribute to Django by John Lewis as well as Leonard Cohen's eternal Hallelujah, which takes on the air of an ancient canario when played on the classical guitar. Two bagatelles and an impromptu composed by Llinares himself complete the family portrait.

A cover of a well-known song often serves as a good introduction to a lesser-known artist, and that is no less true of the opening cut on Vance Gilbert's new album, Angels Castles Covers. "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" opens an album that's mostly filled with pop and R&B covers, delivered in Gilbert's soulful, smooth vocal style and backed by light accompaniment. Indeed, one might think of Gilbert's approach as soul lite, an approach that's easy on the ears and that commingles easily on cuts like "Rainy Night in Georgia," "I'm So Tired of Being Alone," and "Save the Last Dance for Me." The most daunting thing here is that it's inevitable, since these songs are so well-known that they'll be compared to the originals.

The debut solo album from the innovative British singer-songwriter of TesseracT, White Moth Black Butterfly and Skyharbor. Due for release on 31st May.

"Each of the pieces in this programme is like an ephemeral castle that I can take refuge in when I feel like it," says Sébastien Llinares. Here, the French guitarist, who stands at the crossroads of classical, jazz and contemporary music and also produces the programme Guitare, guitares on France Musique, puts his playing at the service of every kind of music. Jimi Hendrix's Castles Made Of Sand was the inspiration for this programme; Sébastien Llinares hears in it the unchanging open string that the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos so often used. His journey continues with tributes to famous songs by Bernstein, Gershwin and Rodgers & Hart, an evocation of Rufus Wainwright and Baden Powell in the forms of the Habanera and Bossa Nova — not forgetting a tribute to Django by John Lewis as well as Leonard Cohen's eternal Hallelujah, which takes on the air of an ancient canario when played on the classical guitar. Two bagatelles and an impromptu composed by Llinares himself complete the family portrait.

Here you will always find the latest mixes and mash-ups complete with high resolution covers, cue files and reviews (thanks to FauxReveur for them) for some of the mixes. MDB began performing as a Radio DJ in 1995, but the music has interested him since he was 6. MDB's child toys were tapes and decks. He was impressed by artists such Jean Michel Jarre, Mike Oldfield, Kraftwerk. Also Ben Liebrand influenced him deeply. In 1991 he discovered electronic styles like trance, rave and techno. ( L.A. Style - James Brown Is Dead; Guru Josh - Infinity) He is also immensely passionate about ambient-chill music. At this time he focused on the soften part of the trance and his new project "Beautiful Voices" has been a spectacular succes. MDB about himself: "I do not want to insist on me, but on the sets themselves. I don't intend to compete with any other DJs. I am not interested on being on the 20,000th place in any official DJ list so please: DON'T VOTE ME ON ANY DJ LIST! Instead please offer your appreciation to all the artists found in my sets. Support them by buying their products and voting for them on those DJ lists"