Joomla! site syndication http://www.fadingwaysmusic.com/fw 2010-09-09T15:25:31+01:00 http://www.fadingwaysmusic.com/fw http://www.fadingwaysmusic.com/fw/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png text/html 2009-11-17T15:29:09+01:00 http://www.fadingwaysmusic.com/fw http://www.fadingwaysmusic.com/fw/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26&Itemid=2 After selling over 11,000 albums in her homeland of Portugal, making her debut album Golden Era a de facto gold record, this young starlet is about to make her international jump by releasing her album via the Fading Ways Finland label. Golden Era is off to a good start in Sweden and Denmark where, respectively, the singles Choose Love and The Beginning Song have already entered playlists at P3 and P4 radio stations. Choose Love is also in the top 20 Swedish Student Radio Charts.For more info, and to listen to some music, check out Rita's MySpace (http://www.myspace.com/ritaredshoes). text/html 2009-08-09T07:44:31+01:00 http://www.fadingwaysmusic.com/fw http://www.fadingwaysmusic.com/fw/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=24&Itemid=2 Celebrating our 66th release, Fading Ways is happy to introduce you to one of Portugal's up-and-coming revelations. The country is presently a hotbed of English-language musical talent, with several artists (Mazgani being first rank in this new generation of Portuguese singers) hoping to break out onto the international scene - see X-Wife, Rita Redshoes, The Legendary Tigerman, and the fabulous Dead Combo for examples. Known internationally for its Fado (aka Portuguese Blues), Fading Ways founder Neil Leyton feels that it is about time it becomes known for its living stars rather than the long-deceased Amalia. And so, without further ado about Portugal: Shahryar Mazgani counts Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan and Nick Cave as some of his influences and started singing fairly late in his 30-some years (similarly to Cohen, actually). He has recorded a very well received debut album, Song of the new Heart, prior to pursuing a rawer sound for the follow-up EP Tell the People: through famed radio DJ Henrique Amaro, he was introduced to Dead Combo's Pedro Goncalves, who produced the Tell the People EP and also the second album, to be released in 2010. Thus, Tell the People was released in Portugal in June via OptimusDiscos (free downloads at www.optimusdiscos.com (http://www.optimusdiscos.com) ) and Fading Ways has now re-packaged the EP along with five tracks from the debut album and an unreleased demo for Mazgani's first international release. Ladies and Gentlemen introducing Mazgani will thus be out via FW Finland, distributed via Playground for Finland and Scandinavia, Sonic RendezVous in the BeNeLux, and later on Scratch Distribution for Canada. For further information, please visit www.mazgani.com (http://www.mazgani.com) text/html 2009-01-25T16:39:53+01:00 http://www.fadingwaysmusic.com/fw http://www.fadingwaysmusic.com/fw/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23&Itemid=2 Happy new year! The Fading Ways group of labels and the FW Music Store welcomes you to 2009! Kicking off the year with Neil Leyton's Metacognitive Apperceptions album (exclusive to FW Music Store (http://fadingwaysmusic.com/store) for mailorder and Amie Street (http://amiestreet.com/music/neil-leyton/metacognitive-apperceptions/) for downloads), Fading Ways is hereby proud to announce our release schedule for this year:January brings The Banshee to the FW territories of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland via Alive Distribution, the BeNeLux via Sonic RendezVous and the UK via Cargo Records and the FW Music Store. The Banshee's second album (http://fwmusicstore.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=10495 osCsid=cca3c7b64f6ce30bc9ea8730d1b114c5) consolidates their position as one of Europe's best up-and-coming indie-electro-rock outfits. Elite Nylon (http://www.neilleyton.com) project promises to finally see the light of day in September.However, before that, at the end of April, FW Finland is also set to issue the debut 7 single by The Point (http://www.myspace.com/thepointproject) , a Nicke Andersson / Neil Leyton side project. The single will feature three tracks, Give it a try , Party of fools , and the Jook cover Aggravation Place . THE POINT - Give it a try 7 is now available on pre-order with an end of April release date. Please email fadingways@googlemail.com for instructions on how to pre-order!We wish all indie labels and indie artists around the world a great 2009! Here's to the fans of real music... text/html 2008-12-24T09:09:48+01:00 http://www.fadingwaysmusic.com/fw http://www.fadingwaysmusic.com/fw/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22&Itemid=2 In 2008, instead of doing the by-now twice traditional yearly x-mas release that started two years ago with the Again covers album, followed by the success of A Reckoning... last year (which went on to achieve a wider release worldwide via Finetunes Digital and the physical third pressing via Kunaki), this year Neil Leyton presents Metacognitive Apperceptions . Described as a New Year's, rather than X-mas, album, it opens the door to more positive thematic muses than the dark explorations on 'A Reckoning'. For now, it can be ordered exclusively via FW Music Store. Sonically, this is a home-recorded electric release, a 10-song collection of all new material. It deals with my leaving London and having a clear conscience over the past. If people wanna paint me the bad guy, then say goodnight to the bad guy. At the end of the day all I've ever done is try and help people be creative. O, and one more thing: I truly despise x-mas. Not just because I am an atheist, but because of the sheer capitalist pressure of it all. Holidays, true holidays, should be free times, without stresses or pressures. I am sick of society. Your society makes me sad. These days what I seek in life is peace and quiet... solitude to think about the past and learn from our mistakes. All that and a little guitar feedback here and there, of course! Watch for Metacognitve Apperceptions on Amie St. and LastFM in the new year. FW Music Store will ship out orders the first week of January. Happy 2009 everybody! text/html 2008-08-20T14:26:12+01:00 http://www.fadingwaysmusic.com/fw http://www.fadingwaysmusic.com/fw/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21&Itemid=2 Stereo Satanics. Every true rock n roll fan will one day recognize these glam-punkfashionistas from small town Balingen, Germany. Ralph on Fyre (Guitar, Vocals), Dan Shandog(Guitar, Backing Vocals), Black Matze (Bass, Backing Vocals) J. Wilde (Drums) worship at thealtar of Lou Reed, Nikki Sudden and the great unspoken truth that is rock n roll music. This ispost-historic Garage-Punk with its roots in the 60s and 70s, re-invigorated for today. And doesthe world need the Stereo Satanics? More than ever, the answer is yes. The fact it’s takenanyone three albums (Surrounded by Ghosts, coming in October on Fading Ways, is their third, following “Pirate Love” and “Whole lotta nothin’”) to even notice is obviously evidence of their greatness. Join the Satanic Army (that is their street team and supporter fan base) today, and come outto see the band play live. All your doubts will erode as though Johnny Thunders in his heydayhath appeared before you. Or Nikki. Or Elvis. After all, this is truly a band Surrounded by Ghosts. Surrounded by Ghosts will be available on CD and LP. Please visit The Stereo Satanics online at www.stereosatanics.de (http://www.stereosatanics.de/) and their MySpace (http://www.myspace.com/stereosatanics). We hereby welcome our newest German friends to the Fading Ways family - the more Ghosts the wiser.