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Friday, November 27, 2009 

Category: Music
Just uploaded a new demo track, called ' Meek' onto the Myspace player. This is not the final version, as some vocals have to be recorded  before the final mix. It's a bit more uptempo than some of old songs, so hope you like it!
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Monday, November 16, 2009 


mooli street nation,All around the world. universal TV

Tracklisting for Street Nation ' Wasted' on CD3.

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Thursday, November 12, 2009 

Category: Music

Hey.. I have to say I’m loving this new Myspace Dashboard thingy.....


Being an inquisitive sort, I’m always curious to find out how people find out about music, what they like, and where they come from, so dashboard gets all boxes ticked. 


Ok, so what have I learnt from all the ( useful/less) stats? The all important question much loved by A&R people. ‘ Do you know your demographic?’ ....


Well, surprise surprise.. ‘ This place’ is the most popular song. Well, it is the newest song uploaded here so far, though it’s gonna be coming down pretty soon, as it’s only on here to give an idea of the type of tracks you can expect to hear on the next album. Don’t want anyone getting sick of it, especially as the next album won’t be out for quite a while. 


Concubine is being made available to certain stores for the first time, in December for instance......


So ‘This place’ is   up 503% on last week apparently, and has been played 6 times more than the next most popular track’ San Francisco rain’, then comes ‘ Save you’, ‘Give off’ and ‘Time’.


Oh, and if you’re into Mooli, chances are you’re a female aged between 18-24, or 35-44. Funnily enough, Males aged between 45-55 also figure, closely followed by females aged 13-17. So, looks like the demographics is all over the place really, to me at least. Maybe an expert or A&M man can tell me different. ....


Not a shock to learn that nearly half the people visiting this page, live in the UK.. 48% no less, followed by the US, France, Germany, and Australia. G'day, and Welcomen! Though there also seem to be quite  a few people visiting from two places I’d love to visit one day- Brazil, and Peru. Maybe with winter setting in, we can swap places for a few months eh guys? ....

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Thursday, October 29, 2009 

Category: Music
Hello..

Been pretty busy working on all kinds of stuff lately- quite a varied selection, from new dance collaborations to leftfield and beyond.

Hopefully there will be a dance remix of Diggin for Vinyl very soon, with a stunning  new vocal!

In between all that, have also been writing and recording new tracks for the next album, which hopefully will be out at some point next year. Dates undecided at the moment, but aiming for a summer release, ideally.

Making some good progress though. One of the songs is a new track called ' This place' which I'm particularly liking. MOst of the songs I've written lately have been quite a cathartic experience, and this one is no exception. 

Might still do a few tweaks here and there on this track, but thought I'd upload it for a few days or so, and see what you think. 

Lucy, who is the vocalist on this track, as well as the new version of ' Diggin for Vinyl'  has an amazing voice, and does a great job. She's also a lovely person to boot. There's a pic of her in the photo section too, btw.

Oh, and there is an instrumental tune uploaded too- called ' Gliders'. 

Enjoy, and catch up again soon. 
Ben :) x
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Monday, September 21, 2009 

Category: Music
It's an absolutely gorgeous day- birds are out in the garden, Summer seems to have arrived, finally in September, and today is also the day that sees the release of ' San Francisco rain'. 

The "San Francisco Rain EP' by Lys feat Mooli is OUT NOW, available to download worldwide.

San Francisco Rain was previously available via renowned  dance specialists Beatport, as an Exclusive for a limited period, of a couple of weeks, in order that Upfront Dj's could download it.


This release is being project managed by the same team behind Calvin Harris, and Deadmau5, and they have done an excellent job thus far, with the track being inside the Top 20 Club charts, in numerous countries, inc Australia, and the UK, as well as getting lots of positive feedback from many influential Radio and Club Dj's.

Here is a small sample of some of the feedback on San Fran Rain.

"This is a Monster of a tune" - Pete Tong,BBC Radio 1.

"My 2009 Anthem. A beautiful piece of music, and a proper song that's right up there. I've opened and closed sets with this already this season, and people get quite emotional" - Chris Lake

"This track is fantastic" - Sine FM

"Great vocals on this" - Essex FM

"LOVE THIS TUNE" - Will 'Power' Connors, QLD, Australia

"An Outstanding tune" - Ace Radio network- Australia

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=330205392&s=143444

By the way, If your mobile phone happens to be one of the many Nokia handsets, tracks from the "Concubine" album will be available from the Nokia music store very soon. At the moment, only "Easy" and "One Design" are available, but that's about to change. And about time too..

:) x
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Friday, June 26, 2009 

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It's been one of those 24 hours when, in a seemingly accelerating world, the world for once is stood still. Frozen in disbelief at the tragic , untimely news of the death of  the one and only, Michael jackson.

I am writing this , with the BBC website broadcasting live coverage of the news. There really has been nothing else on our screens, and on our social networks all day, and all night. It is a monumental moment.

Yesterday should have been a day of total celebration. The sun was shining, it had been a good week, with some exciting news musically, and best of all, my daughter was coming to stay with me, after a long time away. So it was all shaping up to be a  fantastic week. 

Then last night, I was sending back some audio parts to a producer in Ibiza, when my daughter shouted out to me, that Michael jackson has been rushed to hospital. I logged onto Twitter, and sure enough, people were talking about this. I can't tell you how much I hoped it would be a false alarm, a publicity stunt even, a hoax! But one by one, the updates kept coming, saying it didn't look good.

I'm sure that some cynics were thinking..oh there we go.. a way of MJ getting out of these gigs at the 02. You know.. I told you , it wouldn't happen etc.

I think that people have been at times, so cynical about Michael Jackson, and I blame some of that squarely on the media. Unfortunately so many people believe all that they read, in the press, and even on blogs. The written word is gospel, so it seems. I know from personal experience, that this is so. people seem to be able to write whatever bullshit they want and demonize people who don't deserve it, and some of us as readers take it as the truth.

We've delighted in poking fun at this guy, who though he undoubtedly had his flaws, didn't deserve to be treated this way.

I posted a status update on my facebook page, about this untimely death, and a couple of people have said some very nasty things about the guy, saying he was disgusting  and words to that effect. We have to remember that this guy was not found guilty of the crimes he was accused of, and putting my cards on the table, I don't believe he was guilty. 

Unfortunately long after people have been proved innocent , the stigma that was attached to them, remains. You just have to look at the ca of Colin Stagg, the guy who was accused of murder on Wimbledon common. Even after he was found innocent, people still continued to believe he was guilty, until recently when the real killer confessed.

Away from all that heavy stuff. Lets remember the guy for his music. Without a doubt in my mind, we have just lost the greatest artist the world has ever seen, or will see again. And I tell you what.. at least half of the people making music these days, or working in the music business, would not be doing so, without this guy. So many people have been influenced and touched by him.

Lets name some names who probably would not be here without him.. Justin Timberlake, Usher, Ne-yo, Britney, Madonna, Prince even... Prince's first record the falsetto heavy ' I wanna be your lover' was very much like  Michael jackson.

Only a month ago, I saw Tito jackson, and was quite excited. At last i'd met a Jackson.  Quite a few people I know , had met him, one was his Dr for a while, and my old manager used to hang out with him in the early 90's. I really hoped I'd  get the chance to meet him one day. Like a lot of people I had tickets for his shows at the o2 Arena. Sadly, i won't now get to see him, let alone meet him, but his legacy , and his music will live on forever. 

This guy remember, was the artist who made it possible to have black artists on MTV in the first place. Something we now take for granted. . Before him, black artists were not seen on this channel, but his Thriller video was too good to ignore. 

Having sold a reported 750 million records. He really had nothing else to prove. No one will ever match this!

It's early days, and obviously an emotional time, but I  am tempted to boycott some of the trashier tabloids who made a lot of money out of belittling this guy , and demonizing him while he was alive, but who will now be sycophantically  lining up to sing his praises.

Berry Gordy took the words right out of my mouth. Michael jackson, wasn't the sort of person who comes along, once a lifetime or once a century. He was the kind of guy, who only comes along once, and we have been blessed to have been entertained by him for  in many cases, all our lives. 

I hope he has found peace at last! 

Michael Jackson, Icon, Music legend, and humanitarian, RIP 

Ben 







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Monday, June 22, 2009 

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Mooli on Radio 1Well it was a good end to the week, finding out that san Francisco rain is this week's essential new tune on BBC radio 1, with Pete Tong on friday.

Typically I had my phone off, cos I was recording a new track, written with dance producer Oliver Lang. 

I decided to leave the phone off, and went to bed. Didn't bother to turn the phone back on until mid day on saturday, and one by one these text message came in, telling me that they'd been listening to radio 1, when san francisco rain came on. All very exciting, and quite unexpected, so I'm well happy about that.

Didn't get the chance to actually listen to the show until Sat eve, and have to say , the track sounded great on the radio.

It's always been one of my personal faves from the album, and I'm pleased that it will be made available in it's own right on July 2nd.


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Friday, June 19, 2009 

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This is a little bit embarrassing, but also quite pleasing at the same time in a way.

Good news first.. The track Wasted by My Digital Enemy Feat Mooli, is on the new Universal Tv advertised album ' Street Nation' which features Lady GA GA , Akon, Rhianna, Tinchy Stryder, and N Dubz amongst others.

Universal Tv albums tend to do really well, with them often going Platinum etc,  so obviously hoping that this one does well  too. 

The embarrassing thing is , that it's already for sale, and only just found out about it. How messed up is that? 

Have a great weekend!


:) 



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Monday, April 13, 2009 

Category: Music
Happy Easter!

As you may know by now, the plan is that the next mooli album will feature guest vocalists!


Just posted a new song working title' Black spring' featuring singer, Hannah from x factor, which we're thinking about releasing as a download single.. Mooli feat Hannah.

Here is a link to Hannah on youtube..


Hannah






What do you reckon to her voice?

Also, a new dance remix of ' San Francisco Rain' is sounding really good! I went out to a club and heard it played on saturday, and it went down really well. More remixes are getting done, and they'll be a sample of it up here on Youtube soon. Already, it's has attracted the attentions of a couple of labels. More news about that soon!

Ben :)






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Tuesday, February 03, 2009 

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Well, it's february already! Can't believe it's almost valentines day? Lol.. and , so soon after christmas. Indeed time is racing on again!

But it's been a while since there's been a Mooli gig. That's been the case for several reasons, which will take another blog to fully explain, and go into, but the good news is that there will be a gig in May . On May 29th to be exact, and it will be at the Wychwood Festival at Cheltenham racecourse, with a new live line up. The festival featured newcomer ' Duffy' last year!

We are performing on the BBC stage, and quite excited to see some of the other acts on, which include ' The wonder stuff' Alice Gunn, Natalie Ross, Orphans and Vandals, Dan Whitehouse. Over the course of the weekend, Supergrass, and one of my favourite bands ever ' The Beat' will also be playing, and loads of other good bands. Watch out for a piece in the Independent newspaper soon, and there is talk of a compilation album being put together - possibly to come out via the Indie or one of the other broadsheets .
There is a piece in the NME about it..

http://www.nme.com/news/supergrass/42340

Apart from that, quite excited about a new dance remix of 'San francisco rain' that's being finalised at the moment by a top Remixer.. I've heard the early version of it, and it sounds excellent!! So can't wait to hear the final version..

Also , been doing some writing on a couple of things.. Amongst other things, I have been writing ' top lines' for a new track by the legendary DMC , from Run DMC. That man can rap!! Been quite challenging coming up with chorus ideas for his tune, but the rap is so good, I am determined to nail it once and for all. ..Either way, it's gonna be a wicked record, time it comes out!
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