“Meet new school old school crooner BSKi, (pronounced “bee-skee”) with a touch Jamiroquai and neo-soul, it’s the pure poetry he’s writing that takes his sound to another level…” -Elevtrtrax.com

Brian Collazo, also known as BSKi, is a singer and songwriter based in New York. The first generation “Nuyorican” grew up in a musical family, influenced by everything from the sounds of ‘90s R&B and Hip Hop, to the classic bolero music his father would sing & play around the house. 

This musical upbringing led to a career as an in-demand session singer and live vocalist in New York, working with the likes of the Roots, Shawn Mendes, Lorde, Lisa Lisa and many others.

His own music blends R&B, Funk & Hip-Hop with afro-latin rhythms in a style he refers to as “sancochofunk” (sancocho=stew or gumbo); infusing an often tongue-in-cheek lyrical approach with a highly percussive and magnetic stage show. More experiential than merely musical, these vibes are crafted to make you move something.

BSKi’s latest single “Get on the Floor” is a collaboration with long-time musical partner Greg Mayo and pairs lush Janet Jackson-esque harmonies with Puerto Rican plena rhythms and a New York club aesthetic. Like he said, sancochofunk. ;)

Payload is a Finnish hard rock / metal band located in Helsinki area. Band was formed in 2008 by a lead guitarist Vic Lausas & a vocalist Risto Sundberg. In the summer of 2008 the band was completed with bassist Toni Martin and later on that summer by drummer Jontte and keyboardist Henna-Riikka Paakkola.

Like all bands, the personnel was bound to change soon though, and the lineup was soon filled with rhythm guitarist Timo Ikonen. Toni was replaced by Iikka Luhtamäki in the winter. The band started to focus on the upcoming demo recording. Demo “Bad Coffee” was released in March 2009. By April the band had gone through some big changes. No more keyboardist and no drummer. Payload never assigned another keyboardist since and the present sound of Payload was born. During the summer also Iikka and Timo departed due to their personal life obligations eating up their time and resources.

In the autumn of 2009 after a few unsuccessful trials Payload found new drummer Samuli Rova, new bassist Jari Rinnemäki and new rhythm guitarist Miro Aalto. This was also the lineup for the first official gigs for the band in the spring of 2010.

In autumn 2010 Payload released its first official recording ‘Last Action Hero’ EP and embarked on a winter of multiple shows, stages and competitions. The band played on some of the major stages in the country, such as Semifinal, Loose, On the Rocks etc.

The summer of 2011 proved another turning point for the band, as again, personal life obligations forced the departures of Miro, Jari and Samuli. The band again changed its sound a bit, this time by not searching for a new rhythm guitarist. The songs were re-arranged to suit one guitar. It did not take long to complete the setup though, with Jukka Linna joining on the bass and Marko Siira, a nationally renown drummer coming in for the beat. Again, as the band had the set complete, they took to the stages.

In the spring of 2012 Jukka decided that he couldn’t keep up with the band, so Iikka returned to the fold for the bass. It was as if he never left, within a few weeks the band was back on stage and soon off to the studio. Recordings were done for the forthcoming 2013 LP release, “Odyssey Dawn”. The summer, once again, proved a hard luck omen for the band. Marko suffered health issues and later that year had to give up playing drums altogether. It was a bitter pill for the band that was on the biggest rise it had ever been on.

The band withdrew to the training facilities and after a long search, found a new drummer in Mika Mönkkönen. Currently the band is in the process of starting touring early in 2013 again along with the album release.


For all inquiries, please email: mariabrodskaya@me.com
MASHA BRODSKAYA (aka ÅMBE) is a NYC-based Grammy-nominated Composer, Violinist, Pianist, Producer, and Singer. One-Woman Orchestra.


CHRISTIAN DEATH
Biography

“The founding fathers of American goth rock, Christian Death took a relentlessly confrontational stand against organized religion and conventional morality, with an appetite for provocation that made Marilyn Manson look like Stryper. Regardless of who was leading or performing in the group, Christian Death set themselves up to shock, both in their cover art and their lyrics, which wallowed in blasphemy, morbidity, drug use, and sexual perversity. Their self-consciously controversial tactics set them apart from the British goth scene, having more to do with L.A. punk and heavy metal, and thus the band dubbed its sound "death rock" instead; however, their sensibility was ultimately similar enough that the "goth" designation stuck in the end. Their music also relied on slow, doomy, effects-laden guitar riffs and ambient horror-soundtrack synths, and their theatrical performances were strongly influenced by British glam rockers like David Bowie and Roxy Music, as well as industrial provocateurs Throbbing Gristle. The latter was especially true of the band's first incarnation, led by vocalist and founder Rozz Williams, who masterminded much of what many critics consider their best work. When Williams left in 1985, guitarist Valor Kand took over leadership and sent the group in a more intellectual, political, and metal-oriented direction. A subsequent dispute over ownership of the Christian Death name led to a bitter feud between the two, not to mention competing versions of the group, leading many of their fans to take sides. The unconverted tended to dismiss Christian Death no matter who was involved; critics often found their poetry florid and overwrought, their subject matter self-important, and their shock tactics ham-handed. Nevertheless, Christian Death had an enormous influence on the American goth scene, shaping the sensibility of countless goth, metal, and even industrial acts that followed. Sadly, the Kand-Williams dispute ended in tragedy in 1998, when a heroin-addicted Williams took his own life.” ~ Steve Hue VH1, ROLLING STONE
 
In 1985 the band, now fronted by Valor, left California and settled in London England which they used as a base to tour Europe relentlessly in the midst of controversy, riots, bomb threats and protests by extremist christian groups. Many concerts were canceled as a result of direst pressure by influential religious leaders such as the Bishop of Hildershiem, Germany and the Jewish Lobby of London who mistakenly misconstrued the cover of the 1989 LP “All the Hate” as antisemitic which was actually an attack on Nazi and Neo Nazi groups gaining popularity in Europe in the late 80s and early 90s.

From England the band released 9 studio and 4 live albums among them was the critically acclaimed   1988 LP “Sex and Drugs and Jesus Christ” which depicted Jesus shooting heroin and the single “Church Of No Return” which went to No.12 in the UK charts which landed the band numerous spots on MTV, VH1, Super Channel, BBC and countless other Euro television and radio shows

 In 1994 Valor relocated Christian Death  to the USA centered around himself and Maitri on bass and vocals. “He returned with 1994's Sexy Death God, which many longtime fans greeted as his best and tightest effort in quite some time.”~ Steve Hue VH1

While continuing tours worldwide throughout the rest of the 90s, the band released 2 more studio albums and the live in Mexico LP “Amen” which was pulled from the selves as a result of a law suit brought against the label “Century Media” by the Jehovah's Witnesses.

“In 2000, they added drummer Will "Was" Sarginson (ex-Cradle of Filth and Blood Divine) and toured Europe alongside Britain's Cradle of Filth, one of the more popular black metal bands of their time. The two groups got along well enough for several Cradle members to guest on Christian Death's 2001 album Born Again Anti Christian, helping it become one of the most metallic records in their catalog. The following year, bassist Maitri, by then the second most continuous member of the band, issued the black metal-influenced solo album Lover of Sin (confusingly labeled on the cover as "Christian Death Presents..."). In 2003, Cradle of Filth guitarist Gian Pyres officially joined Christian Death for their European tour.” ~ Steve Hue  VH1

2007 saw the release of the LP “American Inquisition”, an attack on the 911 furor and the George Bush administration, the band first blatantly political statement. Followed by trail blazing new territories with several tours in South and Central America and Australasia with multiple television and radio appearances.

2008 – 2010
World Touring


In 2012 Maitri released the album”Horny Beast” with her Lover Of Sin project which featured members of Nile, Morbid Angel and other popular Death Metal Bands.

2013 Tour of  The Americas. Full digital back catalogue release globaly.

2014 Release of new album “The Root Of All Evilution”. Release of the Life of Christian Death video documentary. Catastrophe Ballet Anniversary world tour.



“One of the top ten Goth bands of all time” ~ Rolling Stone


If someone tapped into the very essence of Geekdom, isolated the gene that created the utimate Fanboy...

Could not only read, but navigate the mind of the Comic, Video Game, Music, Movie and Porn Nerd at it's most raw:

That is Press Start

What do you get when you put 4 fan boys in a room with a mic?

From video games to comics to uncensored social commentary, nothing is off limits for this group of self proclaimed nerds and geeks.

Pistol Pete Jr. is the tech nerd, gadget guy... He likes to use big words even though we doubt he knows what any of them mean.

Meet Chubby Digits. This belligerent weed smoking super gamer doesn't care who he offends... but he'll leave you laughing your ass off.

The embodiment of what it means to be an Anime, RPG, Fantasy fiend. The Blue Guy's so off the wall he doesn't even know what he's talking about half the time.

Player 2  the resident player is best described as grimy dude in a nice suit. Movie nerd, music geek, and porn aficionado. The know-it-all, self righteous, bitter old man of the group.

So load up, log in, and Press Start. 

Keep connected with us and check out www.therealpressstart.com 
follow us on Twitter @realpressstart and make sure to check us out on tumblr therealpressstart.tumblr.com and our FB page facebook.com/therealpressstart to hear our weekly recordings.

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Missred Biography

Music Style: Deeper Sounds of House

Great DJs have three things in common: Passion, talent and that unmistakable X factor. Missred has all three in abundance.
The music drives her, the talent pumps through her veins and the X factor can be judged by witnessing her command behind the decks. She’s no amateur either.
With years of solid crowd-pleasing experience, Missred’s star is on the rise. She has performed in front of the most demanding crowds in South Africa as well as Internationally. Playing at top class clubs & capacity festivals. Missred has also been featured as a regular guest on radio & television shows.

Miss Red was part of an all-female DJ agency which was founded and run
by Lady Lea.Divas on Decks consists of the best female DJ’s in South Africa. The agency is set to promote, protect and book female DJ’s to showcase her full potential and music styles.

In order to grow further as an accomplished DJ, Missred is also involved with hosting her own events.Joined forces with 2lani’s label – Do It Now Recordings as Events Manager. She was asked to release her first album in 2015.Do it Now Records presents Oh So Coy – Mixed by Missred- Available on Spotify & most digital platforms

To add to that Missred also owned her own DJ School. This gives her a more intimate knowledge of the music she plays. Her passion fuels her ambition and she aims to release a few exemplary albums, with productions signed to overseas labels.

In her own words: "I play with soul and emotion. For the two hours that

I’m up there, I share a part of my soul with the crowd and vice versa, without ever saying a word to each other. Nothing excites me and makes me happier than to see so many people, regardless of age, gender, or race, coming together for the love of house music. I’m just grateful to be instrumental in that experience."

Her style of music is broad and reflects her educated and mature taste, taking inspiration from all genres and blending it into an aural experience that can only be described as sublime.
Whether it be minimal tech, electronic or instrumental...As long as we get deep. Depending on where I play and the energy I get from the crowd, that allows me to express my emotions & where I can take them, because as much as I like to educate and inspire, I always remember that we are all together for one reason & that reason is .... The Music!

"House music is the best way of expression for me. It feeds my mind, my
body, and most importantly, my soul!"

Big Events Played @:
H20 – Splash - Kiss – Hangar 51 - Hot Soup @ Emerald Casino - Touch
Sweet Sessions - Citrus Lounge Events – Defected
Clubs Played @:
Therapy Legends – PTA Co.Fi – Brooklyn - Roxy’s - Aruba - Fuel - Natural Groove - Groove Bar –Malabar – Submission – Nexus - ESP – Taboo - Su-da- da 115 - House 22 - PTA - Carfax - Truth -Sugar - Chicago - Voodoo Lounge Jolly Dolphin – J-Bay Raffles – Durban Chrome – Cape Town - Roosevelt – Cape Town - Finezz – Port Elizabeth Masquerades - Namibia
International Gigs:  Inigo - UK - Jan 2010

Radio Appearances /TV Appearances:
Jika Majika - Member of Deck-a-licious – 3 Years – 5fm Vinyl Frontier on 5fm Yfm – Guest Slots Metro FM – Guest Slots The Nightwatchmen on Good Hope Fm – Cape Town Erica Elle’s – Studio 55 Formed part of Diva's on Decks

Interviews: Channel O - Mr Spencer - Clubbers Guide – BPM – Mixed Apples – Pulse Radio

Contact Information & Pages:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7215855844 - Missred Group Page https://www.facebook.com/MissredDJ - Missred Fan Page 
http://twitter.com/MissredDJ - Missred on Twitter 
https://soundcloud.com/missred-1 - Missred on Soundcloud 
https://www.instagram.com/misread1 - Missred on Instagram
      
Lee-Anne aka MissRed 
(06) 44 34 35 24

The Fall and Fall are Adam Yates and Paul Turner. Adam does the production, sorts out the beats, creates tunes and backing tracks. Paul does the vocals, plays most of the instruments which are predominantly guitar, bass and keyboards. Sometimes they demo stuff separately and then work up the end result but equally stuff is created from scratch as ideas get developed in the studio.

Album synopsis:
THE FALL & FALL OF ENGLAND
The idea for 'The Fall and Fall of England' came about over the winter of 2010/11 through a growing disillusionment with the Coalition and the way they were governing the country. It just seemed like a muddle of half-baked thinking, paper thin policies and complete reversal of ideas and promises, conveniently pushed aside in the pursuit of power. This is a Government without charisma, without inspiration and led by faceless public schoolboys who do not have the faculty to understand the morass of problems facing this country at the bottom end of the spectrum. We sat talking about this and how we saw it all panning out over the next few years and the consensus was bleak, it is all going to end in tears. So we talked some more and inspired by Deltron's 3030 we set about putting together a concept collection of songs that would chart the fall of England - well Britain but England, being English, is more evocative for us - under the Coalition. We started to write from the perspective of pre-election Britain, a sense that Labour was losing it's grip but with no viable alternative in sight and the confusion of choice because they were all saying similar things. From that into a scenario where no obvious winner was emerging and that we faced a coalition government with the strange prospect of the Lib Dems holding the keys and creating a hideous mix of compromise and u-turns as they fell into bed with the Tories. This confounded 'Neu Politics' that was wispy and without substance and a hasty hash-up of policies with a bitter taste for all those that voted Lib-Dem specifically to keep the Tories out of power. From this weird honeymoon of a Frankenstein's wedding we went into an Autumn of discontent when the students made their protest. That was the point where we started writing so we chartered history but then had to plot the future and this is what we saw. A growing social discontent against Government cuts, a world where the arts are hacked away by suspicious philistinic Old Etonians and where spending is butchered and held back from where it is most needed. Expressions of anger against the Government and the Police turning into full blown rioting that eventually gets out of control until the streets are truly lawless, where power fails and where families go hungry. And yeah where the looters are rife. Unchecked we saw a country descend into anarchy, into true breakdown and left at the point where the world is looking on as England burns and sinks into the sea. It's a bleak prognosis for sure but we end the 'album' on a two part track that starts out as an aggressive punkish swipe to shove the debris clear segueing into a more reflective spaced out epitaph that suggests the dust is settling and maybe people can rise again and sort things out for themselves without some soundbiting oaf in an expensive suit talking down to them. We tell the story through the eyes of two citizens – Bobby, a pensioner who has witnessed the changes in society through a lifetime and an unnamed youth who is caught up in the mayhem, and is confused by his anger against the system and the utter destruction going on around him. Musically, the soundscape is reflective of a lifetime of influences – hip hop, dub, dance, punk etc. The music best designed to create an angular take on the grime under the veneer that is Coalition England.

LONDON
I was born in London, Stockwell, Lambeth to be precise.  SW4.  Being born in London and being brought up in London leaves an imprint.  With the seat of Government a bus ride away, as well as the West End and all life, you feel close to the centre of things.  And London has always featured close in our songwriting although to devote a collection of tunes and words to it took some thinking.  This is not a tourist trip round the sites or a march through history, this is more personal than that.  It's the influence of the city on the day to day, the things you think about when you walk over Vauxhall Bridge and look east towards Westminster and beyond the Shard.  It's about the people you meet and who walk in and out of your life and the mark they leave behind.  It's about love and death, the rich and the poor and a City that is strong through its sheer ever changing diversity. It's about places we've known and places we love to go.  It's about London, the greatest city.  You can bomb it, you can burn it, you can inflict with plague and crime, but it's always there and always will be.

MEETING SAGA NOREN
is a departure – like London was to The Fall & Fall of England. Saga Noren is more cinematic and a nod to Scando Noir.

Official one-stop place for The Fall and Fall: www.thefallandfall.net


Sydney Democracy Network 
Based at the University of Sydney, SDN is a new initiative preoccupied with the new, exciting and dangerous political trends of our times. The researchers, lecturers, activists, journalists and policy makers associated with SDN come from different walks of life and have a diverse range of interests, but they all see themselves as concerned citizens sharing the same goal: to rethink, strengthen and transform the ideals and practices of democracy. Guided by a strong sense of context and history, they see democracy as both a form of government and a way of life committed to greater equality and the practical refusal of publicly unaccountable power.


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