Solo includes Michael’s first four solo projects, Flammende Herzen, Sterntaler, Katzenmusik and Fernwärme, a Soundtracks and a Remixes & Live album (only with the vinyl boxset). Speaking about the release, Michael said: ‘I’m incredibly excited to announce my new boxset ‘Solo’. The opportunity to release my first four solo albums, as well as some new music in one package is amazing. This is a body of work that I’m very proud of.’
t.A.T.u. is a Russian pop duo (Elena Katina and Yulia Volkova) formed in 1999 when they were both teenagers. Their first album 200 km/h in the Wrong Lane (2002) was the first album from Russian artists to achieve international gold classification. It spawned the huge hit "All the Things She Said" and that famous schoolgirls video. The video only added to the enduring speculation about their sexuality which they did little to dispel at the time. It was not until much later (in the documentary Anatomy of t.A.T.u.) that it became clear that their controversial under-age lesbian image was nothing more than a somewhat sinister stage-managed publicity campaign.
Francesco Carella aka Frenkcarella poly instrumentalist (keyboards, guitars, drums and percussion), composer, researcher in the experimentation of the Arts, actor and Anthroposophus, Giuseppe Cascarano guitarist, Giuseppe Quarta drummer. The three, after years and various musical experiences behind them, met in Lecce at the beginning of 2015 and after a month I Viaggi di Madeleine was born. Who is Madaleine? "Madeleine represents the adolescent soul who, despite all the rottenness, resists trying to remain intact". In May 2015, the first studio work, a demo of 4 songs recorded live at SUM_Km 97 (Lecce), immediately after the first concerts arrive, a mini tour of 5 dates and in August they open the Med Festival of San Marzano ( TA).
On Barricades & Brickwalls, Kasey Chambers exceeds the high standards that critics had already attached to her even at age 25. The instrumental tracks, raw and unpretentious, provide an ideal setting for her vocals, whose hint of world-weary reflection suggests significant growth even in the brief span of time since her American debut, The Captain. The material is presented concisely, never so much as a verse too long…