Bedrock

   
Artist: Bedrock

   Genre(s): 
Trance
   Other
   

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Discography:


   
 Forge

   Year: 2003   
Tracks: 2


   
 Bedrock - Moonface - CD2

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 14


   
 Bedrock - Moonface - CD1

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 15

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The now and again collaborating duette of John Digweed, a world-renowned DJ, and Nick Muir, a lesser-known producer, releases their material as Bedrock, the same name as their record label and Digweed's U.K. clubhouse. The duo number one came into the public eye with an visual aspect on the Trainspotting soundtrack in 1996, "For What You Dream Of." The song featured vocalizer Carol Leeming and was a modest attempt at bridging the then-evolving good of progressive house with pop sensibilities. Though the song wasn't spectacular, Digweed's remix did climb the charts in 1997, following the success of the film and its starring soundtrack. Later in the summer of 1997, the duette released the Sic in Stone/Forbidden Zone EP, which was another mild success. But as Digweed's DJing career began to accept sour, thanks in part to his high profile Northern Exposure collaborations with Sasha as well as his pop Global Underground: Sydney album, the public patiently awaited the duo's biggest slay yet, 1999's "Heaven Scent." But to forebode this track record but a arrive at is a profane understatement. Though the record never wholly crossed over into the world-wide mainstream, it became i of the biggest electronic dance records of the '90s, appearance on numberless DJ mix albums (most importantly Sasha's Global Underground: Ibiza) and other compilations, as comfortably as during the climactic moment of the cinema Groove. Furthermore, Digweed released a successful integrate CD entitled Basic principle that featured the song as its final moment. In late summer 2000, the duette followed up the unprecedented success of "Shangri-la Scent" with "Voices." The song appeared with several remixes, debuting on Sasha and Digweed's Communicate integrate CD before appearing on deuce 12" records that contained the remixes. The meaning compiling Beautiful Strange followed in spring 2001.

'Semi-Pro' tops DVD charts

Debuts at No. 1 for national sales, rentals and Blu-ray

Two new comedies and a horror film that were moderately successful in theaters battled it out in video stores for the week ending June 8, and in the end, New Line Home Entertainment's "Semi-Pro" won.


The basketball comedy -- starring Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson, and Andre Benjamin -- scored a perfect trifecta, debuting at No. 1 on the national home video sales and rental charts as well as the Blu-ray Disc sales chart.


"Semi-Pro" grossed $33.5 million in theaters.


Fellow comedy "Meet the Spartans," from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, debuted at No. 2 on Home Media Magazine's rental chart and No. 5 on the Nielsen VideoScan First Alert sales chart. Additionally, "The Eye," a horror film from Lionsgate starring Jessica Alba as a woman who receives an eye transplant and begins seeing terrible visions, debuted at No. 5 on the rental chart and No. 4 on First Alert.


"Spartans" earned $38.2 million at the boxoffice, while "Eye" reaped $31.4 million.


The previous week's top seller, Disney's "National Treasure: Book of Secrets," slipped to No. 2 after two weeks in the top spot, while the previous week's top renter, Lionsgate's "Rambo," finished at No. 4.


Two complete-series sets of TV-DVDs also debuted in the First Alert top 20: Season 3 of "Weeds," from Lionsgate, at No. 6, and Season 4 of "Rescue Me," from Sony, at No. 13.

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Robot-Apocalypse Update: Robot Orchestra to Perform This Saturday

Photo illustration: Everett Bogue; Photos: Hulton Archive/Getty Images, iStockphoto
When last we updated you on the fast-approaching Robot Apocalypse, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra had fallen under the control of a robot conductor and, sure, it was frightening, but at least we knew we’d still be able to see real violinists and drummers following ASIMO’s baton. But that wasn’t enough for you, robots, WAS IT?

This Saturday, at the 3LD Art & Technology Center, an entirely robotic orchestra will play George Antheil’s score to the Dadaist film Ballet mécanique alongside the film itself for the first time. Antheil — “the bad boy of music, an enfant terrible” of his time, according to fanboy Paul Lehrman (the MIDI expert responsible for programming aforementioned robots) — originally wrote the piece in the twenties for synchronized player pianos (the robots of their time) except the whole synchronization thing wasn't quite possible with the then-available technology. (Which is not to say that Antheil didn’t try — the piece's premiere caused a riot in Paris in 1926.)



The performance Saturday will involve eight pianos, xylophones, a gong, bass drums, electric bells, a siren, and airplane propellers hanging from the ceiling, all played by robots. Which, okay, sounds a little cool, and yeah, maybe Antheil in his weird way would have liked it — but what about the future? “I think the future of music is the fusion between humans and machines,” Lehrman says. “But people want to see other people making music.” Yeah, take that, robots! “A bunch of robots onstage, once the novelty wears off, what’s the use of it? This is hysterically fun. But is it the future of music? No. The person has to be at the center.” We’re momentarily convinced. But it still reminds us a bit too much of that freaky scene in Mulholland Drive when a ghostly conductor shrieks, “No hay banda, no hay orquesta!!!” (“There is no band! There is no orchestra!” It is all an ILLUSION!!) And that did NOT end well. —Rebecca Milzoff

Earlier: Vulture's previous coverage of the impending Robot Apocalypse

Sean Combs - Combs Turns Screenwriter

SEAN COMBS has been so inspired by this year's (08) Cannes Film Festival, he is now writing his own big-screen project.

The hip-hop star has previously expressed an interest in pursuing a career in Hollywood, and has even made acting appearances in films such as Monster's Ball and Made.

But now the rap mogul, who made his first trip to the French event this month (May08), is desperate to prove he also has what it takes to become a filmmaker.

And he has already compiled his shortlist of leading stars.

He says, "I'm writing a film, a comedy. For actresses (who could be cast), I'm thinking Angelina Jolie or Sienna Miller. For actors, Eddie Murphy."

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