Artist: French Horn Rebellion Vs. Database
Title: Beaches & Friends
Label: Once Upon A Time
Genre: Electronic
Bitrate: 218kbit av.
Time: 00:27:11
Size: 44.76 mb
Rip Date: 2010-01-27
Str Date: 2010-03-01
01. Beaches & Friends (The Twelves Radio Edit) 3:11
02. Beaches & Friends (NYC Version) 3:54
03. Beaches & Friends (Club Edit) 5:34
04. Beaches & Friends (The Twelves Remix) 6:02
05. Beaches & Friends (Hey Champ Remix) 4:47
06. New Florida 3:43
Release Notes:
French Horn Rebellion return with an EP co-written with Brazillian duo,
Database. Beaches & Friends is due for release on 1st March and is
likely to become an electro hit.
As 2009 draws to a close, for Robert and David Perlick-Molinari (aka
French Horn Rebellion), two brothers born and bred in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, the world is a very different place to the one that started
it. Since the recent release of their debut single ôUp All Nightö, FHR
have been swept along by a flurry of accolades from radio, press and
bloggers alike, including a Record of the Week from BBC Radio 1Æs Nick
Grimshaw and the coveted Single of the Week slot in French music bible
Les Inrockuptibles, who described the bandÆs sound as the ôeuphoric
soundtrack to 2010ö. Now back in their current residence of Brooklyn,
NY, after a whistle stop trip to Europe for a series of madcap shows
and radio interviews, FHR are already planning a speedy return with
ôBeaches & Friendsö, their new EP (with a difference) and recent Hype
Machine No.1 slated for a Feb release. And with the brothers currently
cooped up in their studio lairs concocting some brand new musical
potions for their forthcoming debut album, all bodes rather well for
2010.
ôUp All Nightö, released on new UK indie Once Upon A Time Records, also
received radio plays from the likes of Kissy Sellout, Alex Metric, new
boys Jaymo & Andy George and Zane Lowe on Radio 1 and from XFM
tastemakers Eddie Temple Morris and John Kennedy. Mixmag made it
Electro Tune of the Month, Artrocker gave it 5 stars for its ôsparkling
synths and vocal bridges of epic scaleö and to top things off French
label KitsunΘ chose it for the highly prestigious opening slot on their
latest KitsunΘ Maison 8 Compilation. FHR also found themselves fans
outside music circles, most notably in Graham Linehan, comedy writer
(IT Crowd, The Fast Show) and member of TwitterÆs royalty, who tweets
about the band at every opportunity.
New single ôBeaches & Friendsö co-written with Brazilian duo Database,
friends and recent touring mates of FHR, is not quite what you would
expect though. Robert explains: ôThe coolest thing about æBeaches &
FriendsÆ is that the original track doesnÆt actually exist. It was the
result of a big collaboration between us and a bunch of our friends. We
and Database came up with the vocal hooks and synth lines, and from
there all the different versions were created. The French Horn
Rebellion NYC version, DatabaseÆs Club Edit, the TwelvesÆ Radio and
Remix versions, and finally the Hey Champ Remix. Every track is a
variation on a theme, a similar idea to Edward ElgarÆs ôEnigma
Variations.ö In fact the Beaches & Friends EP is kind of a modern-day
Enigma Variations.ö For David: ôitÆs a story about the search for your
muse.ö
In 2007, younger brother Robert, an accomplished French horn player,
found himself as principal horn chair of the prestigious Northwestern
University Symphony Orchestra. Standing at a crossroads, and
fundamentally frustrated by the demands of mastering such an instrument
(that he knew would never allow him to fully express himself), he
finally asked his brother David to rebel with him, and together they
embarked on a life-long creative journey. That journey is well under
way.
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