Billie Ray Martin | The Videos 89 - 98 | DVD
Stahl (Germany) | out now
The Opiates | Anatomy Of A Plastic Girl
Opiates Records | out now
BIO | DVD PREVIEW | DVD INFO | 300DPI DVD COVER | 72DPI IMAGE | 300DPI IMAGE
UNDISCO ME LIVE | UNDISCO ME (SCROLL DOWN) | THE OPIATES | DJ BRM MIX
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THE OPIATES | LIVE VIDEOS |
Mash up between excerpts of Roman Polanski's THE TENANT
and the movie inspired song by The Opiates titled
I'M NOT SIMONE CHOULE.
Video: excerpts of Roman Polanski's THE TENANT © 1976 Marianne Productions.
Music: The Opiates - I'm Not Simone Choule © 2008 Opiates Records
THE OPIATES:PRESS COMMENTS
This E.P.
is moody, magnificent and decadent - the Nico of the rave generation
has returned with a stealth-bomb of a record, with a tranced-out charm
of its own." READ FULL REVIEW
"The Carpenters of electro… dark, electronic pop: scalpel-sharp lyrical observations juxtaposed with shimmering production to magnetic effect." READ FULL REVIEW – Ben Murphy, DJ Magazine (U.K. / worldwide)
"The
high priestess of electronic soul… her voice is unmistakable – ridden
with drama and soul – sounding like Marlene Dietrich by way of Diamanda
Galas."
"A female, modern-day Marc Almond… this E.P. of throbbing electro-disco, torch soul and narcotic pop is awesome."
"Avant-garde Deutsche diva Billie Ray Martin's sublime vocals and catchy, industrial post-punk disco…"
– Keith Barker-Main, Metro newspaper (U.K.)
"Something
like Amanda Lear ganging up with Laurie Anderson to kidnap a low-key
echo of "The Day Before You Came", an Abba track. Is it any good? Yes,
very."
"Full
of soul and emotion… the songs creep into your consciousness and before
you know it have taken over your motor functions. Oozing sex with great
electro bleeps and an orgasmic vocal delivery… a real success."
"Finally, a return to real angst! Magnificent!"
"Candy Coated Crime ist die bombe!"
"A bleep-fest of epic proportions, which really serves as yet another vehicle for Martin's butter-soaked soul…"
"A
glacial quartet of mournful electro-ballads bathed in sumptuous
spaciousness. The low slung Marlene Dietrich-pitched vocals are the
icing on the cake… this new venture sounds so fresh, unforced and
2008-friendly."
"Some beautiful downbeat electronica, with Martin's distinctive voice… from this release, things are looking good."
"It's the sound of dance music before the circus came to town."
"The
Opiates produce a very chilled, yet brain stimulating brand of electro
beats mixed in with very soulful vocals. Truly and completely a work of
musical mastery."
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Fans of bleepy, ambient stuff, buy this!"
"I'm
sold – enraptured by hearing THAT voice in person. The new sound builds
on the classic Electribe 101 template, so there's a definite place for songwriting, but also a dry wit and intelligence you don't often find in the pop charts." READ FULL REVIEW
NEWS February 2009:
Hot out of the studio as we speak: Billie Ray Martin: The Crackdown Project featuring Maertini Broes und Steven Mallinder (of Cabaret Voltaire) Song: "The Crackdown."
Mal from Cabaret Voltaire is adding his vocals next week so the mix so far contains BRM's vocals only but is already creating a stir with Dj's like Radio 1's Olaf Zimmermann declaring himself a fan and getting ready for the first spins on his show. The combination of BRM and the original artist of The Crackdown is raising more than a few happy eyebrows. The track was produced by BRM'a favourites: Maertini Broes, and is a dark and kicking tech-house fest. The track will be remixed by Stephen Mallinder and Steve Cobby (Fila Brazillia) new project: The Light Programme.
A release is planned for the next two months and is part of a wider project called: The Crackdown Project. The next cover version from Cabaret Voltaires classic album TheCrackdown will be "Just Fascination" feat. Lusty Zanzibar.
For anyone who missed the new Billie Ray Martin DJ set download here is another link. This is a track-by-track link of the set, for people who lie to skip through tracks. Recorded December 2008 at Indigo in Istanbul. Latest DJ gi update: Billie
has confirmed a residency in new Berlin club Dice. IT will start as
soon as the club opens. Incredible venue. Also she will open her night Komputerliebe there soon with international dj guests.
On the 8th of May at the Box/Bar of the Deutsches Theater Berlin, German premiere: Billie Ray Martin presents Roman Polanski's "Repulsion." An acoustic and electronic live score to the 60's classic psycho shocker. With Clifford Slapper on piano. Tickets go on sale 4th April.
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“To describe Billie Ray Martin’s sound as soulful would be an understatement. She has the sort of voice normally unheard outside gospel choirs and churches, unless you’re listening to Aretha Franklin or Mahalia Jackson, that is.” – The Sunday Times Magazine (London)
Dubbed "the thinking man's diva," Billie Ray Martin is known to the masses for her Europe-wide number one and a Top 30 USA pop hit of 1996, "Your Loving Arms," and to fans as the woman behind the groundbreaking 1990 band, Electribe 101 ("Electribal Memories"). Possessing wit, soul, humor and a laser-like focus on her vision of what contemporary pop music should be (smart, adult, well-sung) Miss Martin recently topped charts worldwide with her cosmic Moroder-fest, "Undisco Me" (released in the US on Tommy Boy). She's also released the much sought-after first four-track EP under the name (with partner Robert Solheim) The Opiates. And FYI, she's also a fierce DJ, thowing down a trainspotters wet dream of acid, eletro and house.
Get to know the brilliant Billie Ray Martin with this highly collectible collection of videos from Electribe 101's "Talking With Myself," to the aforementioned "Your Loving Arms," they're all here.
Download BRM talkin on Sirius OutQ 7.18.08
