Woman in Panic - Party Killer?!
ARTIST........: Woman in Panic
TITLE.........: Party Killer?!
LABEL.........: Ground Zero
URL...........: http://www.womaninpanic.com
GENRE.........: Electronic
QUALITY:......: 212 kbps avg/ 44100Hz / Joint Stereo
RIP DATE......: 2008-03-03
RELEASE DATE..: 2007-12-00
Tracklist:
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01. Intrusion Intrusion 0:43
02. When I Saw You 3:29
03. Instead of Making Bleed 4:22
04. ASDF 4:01
05. Electrostatic Discharge 3:46
06. Pleasure From the Stars 3:31
07. Eve-o-Matic 3:57
08. Bleep 6:06
09. 6H05AM 7:14
10. AI 3:31
11. Standby Mode 4:00
Total 44:40
Release Notes:
Bio:
THIS IS MY STORY as I know it. I canÆt be more honest with you and I donÆt want
to pretend that IÆm different just because IÆm an artist, but sometimes I feel a
little disconnected to the worldà
I was born on the 1st of February, 1975, Lisbon, Portugal. My Horoscope, that
actually looks more like a Horror Scope, talks about the tendency to criminal
acts and the possibility of accidents with electricity (you canÆt imagine how
many times I was electrocuted)
WHAT IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO MUSIC?
Since the day of my conception IÆve been listening to music. My Father was a
musician in the sixties and I believe that he always dreamt that I became a
musician. My name is Pedro Gabriel, a tribute to Peter Gabriel, one of his
favorite musicians of all time.
WHAT ARE YOUR INFLUENCES?
In my early years, I was bombarded with the sound of bands like Yes, Genesis,
Alan Parsons Project, Mike Oldfield, etcà As far as I remember, the first time I
enjoyed music was at the age of 6, with Duran Duran, due to my sisterÆs
influence (who is 9 years older than I). How could I be so naive at that age?
So, the arpeggios became a part of my life, my major addiction.
DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST RECORD YOU BOUGHT?
The first record I bought was a 12ö, Iron MaidenÆs ôsomewhere in timeö. Led by
the brutal cover designs that made some of the best merchandise t-shirts that
IÆve seen, Iron Maiden introduced me to Heavy Metal. I was only twelve at the
timeà Other Heavy Metal bands (Helloween, Scanner, Slayer, Anthrax, etcà) helped
increase my love for music. I started singing along with this records and I
started scratching my fatherÆs acoustic guitar.
WHEN DID YOU START PLAYING MUSIC?
I got my first guitar at the age of 14, it was a birthday present and since that
day my life changed. I stopped skating, I stopped playing computer, I lost a
couple of friends and I played guitar as much as I could. But I still watched
horror movies and the Hitchcock series on TVà I had a dream, a stupid one, but I
had one! My dream was to record a heavy metal album, full of solos, at the age
of 19 and to be famous (this meant playing live at Wembley for over 20.000
people) at 21!
WHEN DID YOU START PLAYING IN A BAND?
When I was 16 years old I had my first band. I was the youngest, and I was
deeply influenced by the rest of the musicians. They introduced me to New Wave
and Suburban Depressive Rock. Suddenly bands like The Cure, Killing Joke, Fields
of the Nefphilim and The Chameleons were my favorite ones. I donÆt want to shock
my parents so IÆm not going to tell what other things I did at this age! One
year later, I started a second band with some guys from school, and due to to
the lack of a singer I started to sing while I was playing the guitar. We
survived the Nirvana phenomena and kept on doing heavy musicàA couple of years
passed, I became a darker person and the music evolved to a gothic rock, leading
to the release of my first record at the age of 23. At this time I was in
college, studying architecture and I felt some kind of discrimination because of
my long hair. I could tell the story of a crazy teacher I had, and how I felt he
wanted to put an end to my life, just because he didnÆt like my hair! Maybe IÆm
exaggerating a bit, but the truth is I felt discriminated and I just wanted to
poison himà Instead, I did cut my hair, just because I was convinced that I
would have more girls around me! And you know what? Suddenly girls started
talking to meà
TELL US ABOUT YOUR FIRST ALBUM
In 1997 I recorded my first album! I had to assume production with the other
guitarist since there was no budget for the Canadian producer. It was a great
experience! A half year later, the band wasnÆt happy with the ôunderground metal
sceneö in Portugal and we were a bit tired of waiting for record labels, so we
decided to learn more about production and we changed the name and style of the
band. I bought a computer with a soundcard and I stayed locked up in my house,
without going out, for 2 weeks, learning about midi programming. This was the
course of my life. Somehow, and suddenly, electronic music had no more secrets
to me and for the first time I felt free to do anything that I wanted, but I
wasnÆt getting what I wanted from music. So, I started learning martial arts,
Japanese and Chinese. In addition, I found myself in the depths of meditation,
searching for the real Nirvana! In my search, I found that the only way for me
to reach it was through music. I had really pleasant moments meditating (and
dancing) listening to Electronic music. I was in trance without drugs and this
gave me more strength to continue my music career. In a certain way I became
Zen!
HOW DID YOU GET TO THIS PROJECT?
In the year 2000, I decided to participate in a contest called ôYoung Creatorsö,
with 100% digital music. This was the beginning of Woman In Panic, initially
called Fizz (my favorite ice cream of all time). Some of the tracks are in this
albumàAfter that, I just kept on working on new tracks. At first, the rhythm of
production was slow, but in the last 3 years the desire of putting a record out
made me work harder and harder, leading to the composition of more songs with
vocals. My personal life changed direction and I was spending all my time on
this project, in between gigs, rehearsals, recordings with You Should Go Ahead
(my other band) and my current job (as an architect for the city council of
Lisbon). I finished the record and here it is! IÆm happy with it and I hope
youÆre enjoying it as youÆre reading thisàMy major goal is that you can meditate
listening to it, and if that avoids you killing someone, I'll be fulfilled.
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