BRAZILBEAT SOUND SYSTEM
Origin: Berkeley, California
Country: New Zealand
Activity: 2000-present
Genre(s): electronica, dance, Brazilian, world
Label: Belezza Records
Members:
Nego Beto - Percussion and MC
DJ Mara
BrazilBeat Sound System is a DJ-percussion electronic live-act based in New Zealand.
BBSS originated in San Francisco, California in 2000, and moved operations to New Zealand the following year.
Brazilian percussionist Nego Beto created the project after touring, recording, producing and educating in five continents over a 25-year music career. He toured with The Wailers Band in 1990 and 91, and created and produced the first Reggae MTV in Brazil in 1991. He played with Brazilian groups Cidade Negra, Plebe Rude, Elba Ramalho, Mighty Reggae Beat (Paralamas do Sucesso), and Nabby Cliford.
Nego Beto's MC style and performances on congas, timbales, bongos, drum machines and varied percussion instruments define the BrazilBeat sound. DJ Mara mixes electronic genres infused with Brazilian elements.
The BBSS live sound combines funk, house, breaks, dub, roots & drum ‘n bass.
In New Zealand BBSS have played at festivals such as Soundsplash, Rhythm & Vines, Cuba Street Carnival, Splore and Jambalaya.
BrazilBeat Sound System released their first full-length album Nova in November, 2007. Tongan-New Zealand DJ/producer Soane Watkins was the executive producer of the album and co-producer on "How U Like." New York-based Jamaican vocalist Sparlha Swa is featured on "Rain."
Nego Beto & Mara also write the Brazil Beat column in The Beat Magazine (USA).
Discography:
Albums:
Nova (Belezza Records) 2007
Compilations:
Bits Sessions (Nikita Music) 2004
Kaiti Collective (Te Toka) 2004
Resolution 2005 (AD Recordings) 2005
Jambalaya (Bench Recordings) 2005
Twilight Sessions (Tuborg) 2006
Websites:
www.brazilbeat.org
www.myspace.com/brazilbeat
Origin: Berkeley, California
Country: New Zealand
Activity: 2000-present
Genre(s): electronica, dance, Brazilian, world
Label: Belezza Records
Members:
Nego Beto - Percussion and MC
DJ Mara
BrazilBeat Sound System is a DJ-percussion electronic live-act based in New Zealand.
BBSS originated in San Francisco, California in 2000, and moved operations to New Zealand the following year.
Brazilian percussionist Nego Beto created the project after touring, recording, producing and educating in five continents over a 25-year music career. He toured with The Wailers Band in 1990 and 91, and created and produced the first Reggae MTV in Brazil in 1991. He played with Brazilian groups Cidade Negra, Plebe Rude, Elba Ramalho, Mighty Reggae Beat (Paralamas do Sucesso), and Nabby Cliford.
Nego Beto's MC style and performances on congas, timbales, bongos, drum machines and varied percussion instruments define the BrazilBeat sound. DJ Mara mixes electronic genres infused with Brazilian elements.
The BBSS live sound combines funk, house, breaks, dub, roots & drum ‘n bass.
In New Zealand BBSS have played at festivals such as Soundsplash, Rhythm & Vines, Cuba Street Carnival, Splore and Jambalaya.
BrazilBeat Sound System released their first full-length album Nova in November, 2007. Tongan-New Zealand DJ/producer Soane Watkins was the executive producer of the album and co-producer on "How U Like." New York-based Jamaican vocalist Sparlha Swa is featured on "Rain."
Nego Beto & Mara also write the Brazil Beat column in The Beat Magazine (USA).
Discography:
Albums:
Nova (Belezza Records) 2007
Compilations:
Bits Sessions (Nikita Music) 2004
Kaiti Collective (Te Toka) 2004
Resolution 2005 (AD Recordings) 2005
Jambalaya (Bench Recordings) 2005
Twilight Sessions (Tuborg) 2006
Websites:
www.brazilbeat.org
www.myspace.com/brazilbeat
Amlder are a four-piece Welsh-language rock band from Carmarthen. Their style of music revolves around the genre of Rock, influenced by bands such as the Foo Fighters, Manic street preachers and Ash. The band came together in 2003 as a three-piece, and started getting serious in 2004 when they recruited lead singer/rhythmm guiarist Arwyn Davies. In the summer of 2006, Amlder won the Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg battle of the bands in the national Eisteddfod Swansea. Since then, the band have played several gigs up and down Wales with some of the best Welsh-language bands such as Sibrydion, Genod droog, Radio Luxembourg, Frizbee and Derwyddon Dr Gonzo to name a few, have played on two tours, the Taith Bandit/C2 tour and Cymdeithas yr Iaeth Gymraeg's very first Taith Tafod tour, Been played on S4C's Bandit and BBC Radio Cymru C2, and are yet to record a CD as a part of their prize for winning the competition.
Photo gallery
Band members
*Arwyn Davies - Vocals/guitar
*Sam Owen - Drums
*Jay Ramsurrun - Lead guitar
*Adam Gerber - Bass
Awards
Winners of Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg's Battle of the Bands competition in 2006
Photo gallery
Band members
*Arwyn Davies - Vocals/guitar
*Sam Owen - Drums
*Jay Ramsurrun - Lead guitar
*Adam Gerber - Bass
Awards
Winners of Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg's Battle of the Bands competition in 2006
Haribo Smurfs are a hard-to-find product of the German confection company Haribo. They are a gummi candy in the shape of blue Smurfs, which are of a raspberry flavour, with red and white caps. Exclusive to the Benelux area, the smurfs have red, white, and blue caps.
According to Haribo USA, the Haribo Smurfs are only available for sale in Germany, and are not FDA approved. There are some American websites, however, that sell the Haribo Smurfs in bulk. The Haribo Smurfs are popular in the form of "Stückartikel" (single pieces of the candy available in shops).
According to Haribo USA, the Haribo Smurfs are only available for sale in Germany, and are not FDA approved. There are some American websites, however, that sell the Haribo Smurfs in bulk. The Haribo Smurfs are popular in the form of "Stückartikel" (single pieces of the candy available in shops).
The Middle School Movies are Middle School: Sixth Grade, Middle School 2: Seventh Grade, Middle School 3: Eighth Grade, and Middle School 4: The Strange Summer Before High School. The movies are made my Austin Jenkins Movies and the first film is beginning to be filmed in Summer of 2008, along with Austin Jenkins Movies The Stupidest Man Alive, and their film The Lego Buddies Movie. The movies are written by Austin Jenkins, Jeff Jenkins, and Taran Beaty.
Middle School: Sixth Grade
Director: Austin Jenkins
Producers: Jeff Jenkins, Taran Beaty
Starring: Austin Jenkins, Jeff Jenkins, Taran Beaty, Peggy Jenkins, and more...
Plot:
Austin (Voiced by Austin Jenkins) lives in Murrieta, California where he attends Warm Springs Middle School, and has tons of crazy adventures, with his friends Matt (Voiced by Austin Jenkins), Sean (Voiced by Austin Jenkins), and more.
Animated!
Middle School 2: Seventh Grade
Director: Austin Jenkins
Producers: Jeff Jenkins, Taran Beaty
Starring: Austin Jenkins, Jeff Jenkins, Taran Beaty, Peggy Jenkins, and more...
Plot:
Austin is back for his second year at Warm Springs Middle School, and deals with new classes, new friends, new enimies, and girlfriends. All the voice actors are to be back for the sequel to the Middle School movie. In the end, Austin gets away as one of the coolest kids in school.
Middle School 3: Eighth Grade
Same director, producers, and writers as the first two. The plot is not announced yet, to be announced in 2009.
Middle School 4: The Strange Summer Before High School
The same people who made the first three movies, and the plot will be announced along with Middle School 3's.
Other Info
The movie is animated like The Simpsons, and The Simpsons Movie. The music is by Hans Zimmer, Green Day, John Williams, Sheryl Crow, U2, and more.
Austin Jenkins Movies is also releasing a movie like the Middle School series called Middle School Musical, which is a musical, and has todally different people, and it is live-action, not animated!
Middle School: Sixth Grade
Director: Austin Jenkins
Producers: Jeff Jenkins, Taran Beaty
Starring: Austin Jenkins, Jeff Jenkins, Taran Beaty, Peggy Jenkins, and more...
Plot:
Austin (Voiced by Austin Jenkins) lives in Murrieta, California where he attends Warm Springs Middle School, and has tons of crazy adventures, with his friends Matt (Voiced by Austin Jenkins), Sean (Voiced by Austin Jenkins), and more.
Animated!
Middle School 2: Seventh Grade
Director: Austin Jenkins
Producers: Jeff Jenkins, Taran Beaty
Starring: Austin Jenkins, Jeff Jenkins, Taran Beaty, Peggy Jenkins, and more...
Plot:
Austin is back for his second year at Warm Springs Middle School, and deals with new classes, new friends, new enimies, and girlfriends. All the voice actors are to be back for the sequel to the Middle School movie. In the end, Austin gets away as one of the coolest kids in school.
Middle School 3: Eighth Grade
Same director, producers, and writers as the first two. The plot is not announced yet, to be announced in 2009.
Middle School 4: The Strange Summer Before High School
The same people who made the first three movies, and the plot will be announced along with Middle School 3's.
Other Info
The movie is animated like The Simpsons, and The Simpsons Movie. The music is by Hans Zimmer, Green Day, John Williams, Sheryl Crow, U2, and more.
Austin Jenkins Movies is also releasing a movie like the Middle School series called Middle School Musical, which is a musical, and has todally different people, and it is live-action, not animated!