The Coronets

Louis Mazzini's mother belongs to the aristocratic family D'Ascoyne, but she ran away with an opera singer. Therefore, she and Louis were rejected by the D'Ascoynes. Once adult, Louis decides to avenges his mother and him, by becoming the next Duke of the family. Murdering every potential successor is clearly the safest way to achieve his goal…

When rock 'n' roll hit the stores of Britain with Bill Haley, Elvis, Gene, Fats & Little Richard, the backlash from the British music press was by way of incredible condescension towards the music. The strange thing about the attitude of those journalists is that rock 'n' roll had existed in Britain before 1956 and the coming of Presley, albeit in a slightly more relaxed form. This fascinating collection sets out to show something of what was going on in Britain between 1954 and 1957.

The New York street band "Gato Loco" strikes up for Giuseppe Verdi. Without false shame and incredible easiness and verve Verdi's Requiem is enchanted by the 'crazy cat'. Not a trace of the Day of Wrath, Gato Loco celebrates the 'Dies Irae' with fiery brass sections, brilliant arrangements, Caribbean rhythms and re-names the piece 'Die, You Sucka!'. Thrilling sounds, ideally suited to honour a beloved dead at his funeral in New Orleans or Havanna with stirring grooves. »The Enchanted Messa« unleashes a party; where this brass band appears, people dance: Pure fun. Leader Stefan Zeniuk surprises with an ingenious new version of the Requiem in Verdi's bicentenary year. Long live Verdi!