Release : Marsmobil - Minx
Artist : Marsmobil
Album : Minx
Genre : Lo-Fi
Source : CDDA
Label : Compost / G-Stone
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Date : 2006-09-15
Encoder : LAME 3.90.3 / alt-preset standard
Quality : 196kbps 44100 kHz Joint Stereo
Tracks : 11
Time : 47:04 min
Size : 70.08
1 Magnetizing 4:14
2 Astralbody 3:39
3 Call Me 4:01
4 Dark Star 3:43
5 Je Suis Lache 4:15
6 Lily - Blossom 5:35
7 Reversed Mantra 5:10
8 Mangia Amore 3:38
9 Supersonic Mind 3:56
10 Sovatex 2055 5:11
11 From Elsewhere To Nowhere 3:42
Two labels have now decided to get down to business for this great new Marsmobil
album: Compost Records and G-Stone, both by mutual agreement in a global
label-cooperation just for this project. Why? We believe that together we will
be stronger because we both want to do this. "Minx" was produced by Peter Kruder
(peace Orchestra, Voom Voom), together with Christian Prommer (Fauna Flash,
Trüby Trio, Voom Voom) and Marsmobil mastermind Roberto Di Gioia.
The 2nd Marsmobil album "Minx" has challenging quotes, is both emotional as well
as very personal and has the potential to reach a very big audience. The
lascivious power of Air, the family feeling of the 70´s band "America", some of
"Talk Talks" frailty...this album has all that and much more. Roberto Di Gioia´s
maturity as an artist has been developing character and depth all these years.
His fundamental musical training, experience, versatility and virtuosity are the
ideal embodiment of (actually the rediscovery of) a new type of creativity:
songwriter, musician, frontman, stylist, producer, multi-instrumentalist (piano,
sitar, guitar, bass, drums, programming) In short: a Mastermind personified.
Roberto Di Gioia was born in Milan in 1965. He began playing piano at age 4. His
favourite music: the Beatles. In 1975 he began his studies at the musicial
highschool in Eichstaett and after graduating in 1984 moved to Munich. There he
began his career as a prize-winning professional musician.
He became famous as the brilliant keyboarder in Klaus Doldinger´s "Passport" and
has performed on almost every album and permanently toured since 1990. He has
also worked with numerous American Jazz stars like Art Farmer, Johnny Griffin,
Joe Lovano, James Moody, Tom Harrell, Clark Terry, Gary Peacock, Dave Holland
and Woody Shaw, as well as German greats like Albert Mangelsdorff, Uwe
Ochsenknecht, Udo Lindenberg, Till Brönner, Klaus Weiss and Helge Schneider.
At the end of the 1990´s Di Gioia desired a personal extension of his musical
creativity: "Marsmobil" was born and manifested itself for the first time in
1999 as vinyl on Payola Records. One year later the Marsmobil song "Palak
Paneer" was chosen by female director Esther Gronenborn for the Soundtrack of
her film "alaska.de".
"Marsmobil´s" debut album "Strange World" (ACT Records) was the quintessence of
his musical accomplishment to date. Here Jazz- elements ("Crazy 5"), Indian
music ("Talam Mishra"), Lounge-Pop ("Flowers"), Ostinati (Hand in Hand") and
Trip Hop ("Trust") melt into an extremely harmonic unit, together with such
illustrious guests as Klaus Doldinger, Till Broenner, Nils Landgren, Johannes
Enders, Dan Berglund and Wigald Boning.
In 2005 the Fauna Flash Remix of Marsmobil "Flowers" was chosen by Gilles
Peterson for his Chart-of-the Year. Sonar Kollektiv/Jazzanova have licenced the
song for their "Secret Love" compilation.
Furthermore, Roberto has contributed keys, bass and vocals to the Voom Voom
album and will play one or more parts on the soon to be released Peace Orchestra
long-player as well as on Trueby Trio and Fauna Flash productions.
Roberto virtuall discovered singer Martine Rojina. She gives Marsmobil the
authenticity of a big pop project without falling back on platitudes or
clischees. Martine definitely has an aura and projects security and an
unbelievable presence on stage which she never uses as a plagiarism or makes her
appear as "just another front girl". She is more like a critical but life-loving
Neo Mod with unbelievable charisma, charm and life in her voice that carries you
away. Actually "Minx" means a "brazen" or "mischievous" girl.
The Marmobil song "Munich Loves You" is the official song of the city of
Munich´s Image Campaign for the Soccer World Cup. The single will be presented
to millions of soccer fans world-wide in the Munich Allianz Arena during the
World Cup games, as well as in TV trailers before every game in conjunction with
the journalistic presentation of the World Cup city. This hasn´t happened by
chance because behind all of it there´s a lot of work, fun and games. The single
"Munich Loves You" will be released previously and is not part of the album
because there are at least 3 or 4 such "hand-grenades" on it. Marsmbil is a
compact, super Live-Band. There´s a video to "Mangia Amore". "Minx" was mastered
in Abbey Road Studios, where Roberto took a piece of the studio wall which he
always carries with himself.
Enjoy...
Thx To Support Artists!
If You Like It ! Buy It ! :)
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