Having just returned from Moscow Paul talks to LoopTV about the recording for his new album, and how he compiles, collaborates and markets his albums to reflect the country they are released in.

Paul talks about some of his collaborators on the new album, plus his motivation for getting back to basics, and why re- embracing the soul of an album is a good thing!

Lastly he shines a light on some of the new DJs that have caught his eye on the world stage for 2010!

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Greg used his self developed studio in wales to build a reputation within the Welsh music community for his diverse productions with artists such as Super Furry Animals, Catatonia, Lost Prophets and Bullet For My Valentine.

Greg went on to work with ‘The Manic Street Preachers’, producing their album ‘Lifeblood’ which included the singles ‘The Love of Richard Nixon’ and ‘Empty Souls’. He also worked on their earlier top ten records including ‘There by the Grace of God’ and ‘You Stole the Sun From My Heart’, and later toured with them as a percussionist on their 2002/3 ‘Greatest Hits’ tour.

In recent years Greg has recorded extensively overseas including work in New Zealand and Australia producing major label artists such as The feelers’ multi-platinum album “Playground Battle”, Carly Binding’s ‘So Radiate’ album and ‘The Mad Love’ by 48 May.

Apart from his producing role, Greg has always remained connected as a musician often playing on albums he is involved with, including musician credits on the Tom Jones album ‘Reload’, plus the likes of Roger Daltrey, Daryl Hall, Corey Hart, Nightcrawlers and Waterfront as well as a songwriter for EMI Music Publishing, and also helped set up the Sony UK backed Boobytrap label.

We talk to Greg about his work to date, how he got started, plus his involvement on Matt Groening ‘The Simpsons’ album!

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The music industry would be at a loss without John Leckie – since he began his career in 1970 at Abbey Rd Studios as an in-house ‘tape-op’, he has gone on to produce pioneering acts ranging through the likes of Radiohead (The Bends), The Stone Roses (The Stone Roses), Muse (Showbiz), Verve (A Storm in Heaven), Ride (Carnival of Light) and My Morning Jacket (Z).

All of these albums have had a cult following, every success marked by the intrinsic individual sound of each band.  In this second part of 2 – LoopTV talk to John about the pros and cons of industry management and his ongoing relationship with them, plus he talks about the BME Masterclass experience.

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The music industry would be at a loss without John Leckie – since he began his career in 1970 at Abbey Rd Studios as an in-house ‘tape-op’, he has gone on to produce pioneering acts ranging through the likes of Radiohead (The Bends), The Stone Roses (The Stone Roses), Muse (Showbiz), Verve (A Storm in Heaven), Ride (Carnival of Light) and My Morning Jacket (Z).

All of these albums have had a cult following, every success marked by the intrinsic individual sound of each band.  In this first part of 2 – LoopTV talk to John about his approach to music production and find out the secrets of capturing the debut sounds and songs of so many of the worlds finest musical acts.
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Having started his DJ career at ‘Crazy Larry’s’ on the Kings Road London, and then quickly gaining a residency at the ‘Fridge’ in Brixton in 1989. He then worked at various other clubs in London (Billion Dollar Babes), eventually becoming a resident DJ at one of the UK’s largest club nights at ‘Cream’, and subsequently going on to feature at their Ibiza nights.

In 2000, he joined BBC Radio 1 as a specialist dance DJ, hosting a weekly show, as well as broadcasts from Radio 1 outside broadcasts in Ibiza.

Seb has released numerous records, predominantly mix albums, and remixed tracks including the Outhere Brothers, but has shied away from many remixing opportunities, to avoid overexposure, and has instead used several Pseudonyms in place.

Now closely associated with the brand Type which he has used for naming both his  London club nights and album releases.  Seb continues his mission to push the dirty, chunky house sound which makes the club so exciting.

“For every person who says ‘clubbing was better five years ago,’ there’s someone new coming into it who will remember last Saturday like we remember 1990.  Everyone has their time and place. Everyone has their moment – a year or two when everything is the most exciting thing in the world. And that’s cool. As a DJ, you’ve got to try to help people have their moment all the time.”

Here Seb talks about how the industry has changed with the new wave of technology – and why today’s music climate poses new challenges for A&R and distribution.
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The Gallery has always strived to nurture new talent, with a reputation stretching back 15 years for delivering some of the best, most innovative and freshest club music on the planet!  Artists including Sister Bliss, Darren Emerson, Groove Armada, Nic Fanciulli, and Armin Van Buren have all held residencies here in their early days…now we catch up with co-founder Paul Newman aka ‘Tall Paul’.

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Cavo Paradiso was recently voted the 12th best club on the planet by DJ Mag and over the last 10 years has played host to some of the worlds finest DJs and producers.

To celebrate this 10 year anniversary, the Mykonos based has released an exclusive compilation mix album called ‘Definitions’.  Satoshi Tomiie and Matthias Tanzmann have both added their unique production values to this sizzling compilation – with appearances from Martin Buttrich, Christian Burkhardt, Luna City Express, Mabaan Soul and many more…

We talked to ‘Moon Harbour’s’ Matthias Tanzmann, ‘Hideout’s’ Davide Squillace and Greek finest House exports – Alex Celler and Stathis Lazarides…to find more about the music, the club and and the view from the top!

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In may 2008 Cowie re-launched Hook and Bellboy Records and now for the first time the Hook-Bellboy tracks are available for digital download.

In this the final part of our extended LoopTV interview with Chris, he reflects on modern revenue streams facing today’s producers, and talks frankly about the changes in music monetising as a whole!

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In may 2008 Cowie re-launched Hook and Bellboy Records and now for the first time the Hook-Bellboy tracks are available for digital download.

Here LoopTV continues its extended interview with Chris – and in this second part of three, he talks about the problems facing new producers in terms of self marketing online, and gives us his take on the continuing ‘loudness wars’ of modern music.

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Watch PART 1 here.

In celebration of officially becoming the unruly teenager it always wanted to be, The Gallery’s 15th Birthday represented the mother of all parties taking place at The Ministry Of Sound featuring a Stella lineup including headline performances from DJs Paul Oakenfold, Tall Paul, Seb Fontaine, Danny Rampling, Gavyn Mytchel and The Viceroy.

Starting life at their father’s club Turnmills, The Gallery was the brainchild of brothers ‘Tall’ Paul and Danny Newman.  As Danny explains:

‘We started with the idea of doing a few one-off parties, my Dad came up with the logo, Paul came up with the name and we did our first night at the end of April as it was my brother Paul’s Birthday. We didn’t go into it with the view to starting a weekly night it was more about showcasing the kind of music, producers, and DJs that we really liked.

With a UK-club tour, a special limited edition DVD plus a brand new mix album to celebrate this milestone achievement…LoopTV caught up with Paul Oakenfold, Seb Fontaine and Tall Paul to reminisce about the last 15years and to hail the beginning of the next!

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