Zedd - Spectrum

Zedd (Anton Zaslavski) was born 23 years ago in Russia but has been living in Germany since he was a baby.
Zeed is a electronic-dance music producer and the first CD he had was Discovery by Daft Punk and they were the only source of electronic music he had for several years. Later on, Zedd discovered Justice and these two bands were the ones that got him into the electronic music.

So far Zedd produced several remixes including remixes of Born This Way and Marry The Night (hits of Lady Gaga), Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites (Skrillex) and Save The World (Swedish House Mafia).

Zedd's debut album is called Clarity and it was released in October by Interscope Records.

Spectrum was released as the second single featuring Matthew Koma (the song was wrote by the two artists) and reached umber one on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Songs.

Breathing you in when i want you out

Finding our truth in a hope of doubt

Lying inside our quite drama, A-A-Ah

Wearing your heart like a stolen dream

Opening skies with your broken keys

No one can blind us any longer.

Zedd about his music: I hope that I can touch people with my music. It is electronic dance music, which is usually made for clubs, but I want to reach and touch everyone with my music! I want people to be able to just listen to it when they’re at home, in the car or whenever they like to listen to music. I don’t want to make music that is only made for clubs.

themed week // Justice, On N' On

Justice, or stylized as Jus†ice are a French electronic duo formed by Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay in  2003.
They are very kown for mixing a strong rock and indie to their electronic music and image, they've released two studio albums † (2007) and Audio, Video, Disco (2011) besides a live album and one EP both in 2008.


On N' On is the third single taken from Audio, Video, Disco and was released on January 2012.
This song has a bittersweet relationship with critics but it's very light which is a big contrast to their previous dark first record. 
According to de Rosnay states Audio, Video, Disco is much lighter than their debut record, adding this second is a "daytime music" contrasting with the darkest ideas from the previous one.

They are proven to give such exciting shows, full of dance, light and energy and I'm very curious to see them live.
Justice are performing on July 13, ending the night of Palco Optimus.

More information about the festival, check here.

News // Santigold confirmed on Optimus Alive!

The North-american Santigold are one of the most recent confirmations on the festival that's happening in Algés.

Santigold is performing on Palco Heineken on July 13, on the first day of Optimus Alive! 

Other confirmed for the same day are artists like LMFAO, Buraka Som Sistema or Justice.

Check her last released video: Disparate Youth.

 

Remember that Optimus Alive! 2012 edition is happening between July 13 to 15 and will count with such different artists like Radiohead, The Cure, Florence + The Machine, Snow Patrol and LMFAO.

A one-day ticket is 53€ and it's available for purchase, such as a three-day pass costing 105€.

Check the confirmed list below or for further information here.
July 13:
Stone Roses; Refused; Justice; Snow Patrol; Lostprophets; Danko Jones; LMFAO; Dum Dum Girls; Miúda; Buraka Som Sistema; Death In Vegas; Santigold

July 14:
The Cure; Florence + The Machine; Mumford And Sons; Katy B; The Antlers; SebastiAn; Big Deal; Here We Go Magic; Lisa Hanningan; Noah And The Whale; Tricky + Martina Topley-Bird; Awolnation

July 15:
Radiohead; Mazzy Star; The Kills; Metronomy; The Maccabees; Caribou; The Kooks; PAUS; SBTRKT; Warpaint; Miles Kane;

News // More confirmed acts on Optimus Alive 2012

More artists have been added on the last days to the Portuguese festival happening in Algés.

The recently created Portuguese project Miúda is going to perform on Optimus Alive! on July 13 on the Palco Heineken, on the same day as Justice, Snow Patrol or LMFAO.
On the same day the North-american Dum Dum Girls will perform on the same alternative stage.

On July 14, performing on the same day as Florence + The Machine, Mumford And Sons and The Cure, there will be Big Deal, Here We Go Magic and Lisa Hanningan, all on the Palco Heineken.

Keep up on the entire information about Optimus Alive! 2012 here.

Check the confirmed artists below:
July 13:
Stone Roses; Refused; Justice; Snow Patrol; Lostprophets; LMFAO; Dum Dum Girls; Miúda

July 14:
The Cure; Florence + The Machine; Mumford And Sons; Katy B; The Antlers; SebastiAn; Big Deal; Here We Go Magic; Lisa Hanningan

July 15:
Radiohead; Mazzy Star; The Kills; Metronomy; The Maccabees; Caribou; The Kooks; PAUS; SBTRKT; Warpaint; Miles Kane;

News // LMFAO and Warpaint on Optimus Alive 2012

Last Friday, two more names have been added to the Portuguese festival Optimus Alive!

The duo LMFAO, that are performing in Portugal next March on sold out Porto and Lisbon's coliseums, are returning in July 13 to perform on the alternative stage Palco Heineken, on the same day as Snow Patrol and Justice. Redfoo and Sky Blu are known for hits like Sexy And I Know It (see the video above) and Party Rock Anthem.

Warpaint (on the picture) the fourth north-american girls, known for songs like Elephants or Undertow, are performing on the last day of the festival, July 15th on the same day as The Kills, Radiohead or Caribou.

Check the post about these girls.

Read everything about Optimus Alive!12 here.

News // Mumford and Sons on Optimus Alive 2012

Mumford and Sons are performing in Portugal.

The English band are performing for the first time in Portugal, on Optimus Alive.

They are performing on July 14, on the same day as Florence + The Machine and The Cure confirmed for the second day of this festival that's happening between July 13 to 15 on Passeio Marítimo de Algés.

The already confirmed names for Optimus Alive are:
July 13:
Stone Roses; Justice; Snow Patrol

July 14:
The Cure; Florence + The Machine; Mumford and Sons

July 15:
Radiohead; Mazzy Star; Metronomy; Caribou; The Kooks; PAUS

To know more about this festival click here.

News // PAUS on Optimus Alive 2012

They are the first Portuguese band confirmed on this year's edition of Optimus Alive.

PAUS, composed by Joaquim Albergaria, Hélio Morais, Makoto Yagyu and João "Shela" Pereira are going to perform on the main stage - Palco Optimus - along with bands like Radiohead and Metronomy, on July 15.

The confirmed names for Optimus Alive'12 are:

• July 13: Stone Roses; Justice and Snow Patrol
• July 14: The Cure and Florence + The Machine
• July 15: Radiohead; Mazzy Star; Metronomy; Caribou and PAUS

Read everything about this festival right here.

News // The Cure on Optimus Alive 2012

The English band The Cure are the newest confirmation to this festival.

The band was confirmed on a Press conference about Optimus Alive'12 becoming part of names like Radiohead, Snow Patrol or Justice.

The Cure are going to perform on July 14th, the same day as Florence And The Machine.

According to Álvaro Covões from Everything is New - responsible for this festival in Algés - The Cure were initially thought to perform on the last year's edition but as their manager revealed Robert Smith decided only to play in one festival, not including Optimus Alive.

On the same press conference, Álvaro Covões revealed big Portuguese names would be announced very soon.

Once again, the festival will have a partnership with CP and you can purchase a daily ticket with the train ticket for Cascais line included for 55€, or a three-day pass for the same line for 111€.
Like the other editions, CP will have special trains after the shows.

Due to setbacks like happened last year, with some concerts being forced to cancel, Everything is New's representative revealed that a new stage was built.

Read all the important information about this festival, clicking here.

News // Snow Patrol on Optimus Alive 2012

The Irish band confirmed their presence on the festival's first day, July 13.

Snow Patrol are the newest confirmation on the first day of Optimus Alive'12. The Irish band is going to perform on the first day, July 13, on the same day as Stone Roses and Justice.

With a new amazing record Fallen Empires, the band return to Portugal after their performance on Rock In Rio in 2010.

Called Out In The Dark is the new single taken from Snow Patrol's sixth album Fallen Empires.

Read all the important informations related with Optimus Alive 2012 right here.


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News // Justice on Optimus Alive 2012

The French duo is the new confirmation of Optimus Alive 2012

The French Justice are going to stage on July 13, playing on the first day of the festival - on the same day as Stone Roses - promoting their second album Audio, Video, Disco, and possibly playing songs like D.A.N.C.E.

The confirmations for Optimus Alive'12 are:

July 13:
Stone Roses
Justice

July 14:
Florence + The Machine

July 15:
Radiohead
Mazzy Star
Metronomy
Caribou

Read all the important informations related with Optimus Alive 2012 right here.

News // Music Artists against pending Troy Davis execution

Troy Davis, a 42-year-old man from USA has been on death row since his 1991conviction for killing a policeman in Savannah in 1989.
However, there's always have been too much doubts around this case, specially doubts about his guilt. There are no physical evidence and Davis has always claimed his innocence. Actually seven of nine witnesses have changed their initial testimonies, they've said someone else committed this crime. Six witnesses have recanted their testimonies.

International Amnesty gave to the local authorities a petition signed by 650.000 people asking Troy Davis' last sentence to be changed.

The Drums

Troy Davis case is supported by different artists like The Drums, Franz Ferdinand, Mogwai, Jim Sclavunos from Grinderman and Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds.

Franz Ferdinand

The Orb, Primal Scream producer and Keane's drummer Richard Hughes are also supporting Amnesty's Too Much Doubt campaign against Troy Davis last sentence.
In 2009, Hughes visited Troy Davis in prison and has said:
"More than 650,000 people have already expressed their grave concerns about this case and we’re now down to just a few days to save Troy’s life. I promised him when I met him on death row that I wouldn’t stop fighting to prevent his execution and that’s what I’m going to do."

Keane's drummer supporting Davis campaign in London

Davis will have his final clemency hearing on September 19, Monday to avoid his final execution.

Find different ways to support this campaign here.

Find everything about his case here:

• http://www.amnesty.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryID=11458&ArticleID=3334
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_Davis_case
• http://www.amnestyusa.org/our-work/cases/usa-troy-davis