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Album release details
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From iTunes: 4th May 2009
there was a technical hitch, so the album will be available only at iTunes until the 18th May.
From 18th May 2009 it will be available from all digital download sites.
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here’s is a clip of my trip to BBC Breakfast TV this morning (April 29th). They played the video edit for the billy buttons mix of the single (‘Optical Illusions‘)
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thanks Kate Silverton , Bill Turnbull, Jack Lamport, and BBC BTV
Some details about the AngloMockba Festival:
This is from the AngloMockba press release:
AngloMockBa – London in Moscow
Grammy Award winning musician and record producer William Orbit (Madonna’s Ray Of Light), Academy award nominated director Stephen Frears (The Queen) and Academy Award nominated musician Michael Nyman will represent contemporary Britain at the AngloMockBa festival in Moscow from 1-3 May 2009.
Liberatum & Red Square PR are delighted to announce that other British/international participants at AngloMockBa will include the acclaimed artists Michael Craig-Martin and Gavin Turk, celebrated fashion designer Henry Holland, GQ editor in chief Dylan Jones, photographer Amanda Eliasch, distinguished milliner Stephen Jones, writer/screenwriter Danny Moynihan and filmmaker Martha Fiennes among many others.
Russian guests include award-winning directors Andron Kanchalovsky and Sergei Soloviev, caricaturist Alexei Merinov, “Best Young Sculptor of Russia” Award winner Svetlana K-Lie, TV presenter Dmitry Dibrov, political leader Irina Hakamada, designer and theatre artist Andrei Sharov, designer Masha Tsigal, writer Pavel Sanaev, film maker Pavel Lungin, photographer Alexander Astafiev, film maker Pavel Bardin and actor Peter Fedorov.
The festival programme consists of stimulating debates, art exhibitions, film screenings, discussions, talks, literary and fashion events, Q&A sessions, lectures, music/DJ events and interviews.
Swissotel Krasnye Holmy is the official hotel sponsor, BMI is the official airline sponsor and TIME magazine is the international media partner. BBC Russian Service, The Moscow Times, Sex and the City and RussianUK are the media partners. With support from NFQ, Jaguar and Land Rover, Minale, Remember?, Veen Waters, Hg2, and MK. Special events will be held at the ABC FineArts Salon, The Most Club, The Chocolate Restaurant.
The aim of AngloMockBa is to strengthen UK-Russian relations by bringing together leading British and Russian cultural and media figures.
the Bolshoi Theatre
Here are just a few bullet points about areas of my activities that may be of use. I put this together for the producers of BBC Breakfast TV and it about sums it up.
I’m about to depart for Russia to be involved with the AngloMockba Festival:
Here is a link to Wikipedia about the festival’s rather unorthodox curator. Pablo Ganguli
Amongst other activities I will be deejaying at Most Club on Mayday.
Swish joint in Downtown Moscow frequented by, and I quote:
“politicians, representatives of business elite and show business”.
Not my usual audience but not to worry, dance music is the language of international cultural friendship!
And I’ll slip in some Madonna tracks if the going gets tough.
Whilst in Moscow, I will be participating in a joint presentation with Stephen Jones the milliner.
If you are wondering how the world of record production and fine haute couture millinery mesh together
you’ll just have to be there!
On May 2, playing hardcore techno and dance to 5,000 clubgoers in Novosibirst, Siberia.
I’m especially looking forward to dropping ‘Adagio For Strings‘ as it’s been a big success in Russia.
This club event runs through the night (I will leave the club at about 6am to get the Air Siberia flight back to Moscow at 8!)
Will be presenting my special adaptation of some of Michael Nyman’s new unreleased work.
I’m taking a suitcase full of studio gadgets with me so that I can be prepared for anything. I would welcome ideas for Russian music to check out [send to my Twitter or to 'comments' section here if you have a photo. You can also use 'Twitpic' for photos]
Keeping an active blog [here] (and Twitter) of all my experiences.
I’ll be especially interested in the world of Record Production in that far off land and will doubtless
come across the Russian versions of Lady GaGa and Susan Boyle and but will also have my cultural antennae tuned for other fascinating aspects of the local music and arts.
Apart from Red Square and Lenin’s Tomb, I am really looking forward to visiting the historic Bolshoi Theatre which is currently undergoing renovation.
Hotel ?rasnye Holmy, Moscow where I’ll be staying.
and this is Pablo Ganguli, creator of Liberatum and the AngloMockba festival
Winston Freedom Clubbin Tour
http://wifc.pdj.ru/avisha/187595.html
this site is in Russian
I will post more details about the show in Novisibirsk as soon as I know more.
If you’re in that area or are planning to come, send me info on where is best to eat, do some shopping etc. The best way to reach me is via Twitter (just type in ‘williamorbit’)
See you there!
Novosibirk Station
The Liberatum Website has a full schedule of festival events in Moscow
http://www.liberatum.org.uk/?p=28
from the program:
11pm
ORBITING
At The Most
Party, Music and Dance
DJs: Musician William Orbit and Russian DJ
Attendance:: Yulia@redsquarepr.com
8.30
‘PREVAILING TASTE ‘
At Chocolate
103006, B.Putinkovsky pereulok, 5
(495) 787 88 66
Screening of Daphne Guinness’ ‘The Phenomenology of Body’
New collections by Svetlana Tegin
Stephen Jones and William Orbit – Fashion and Music
Q&A – Henry Holland with Andrei Sharov Hosted by Anna Jackson-Stevens
Tatiana H-S, Russian milliner presents her hat design collection
Attendance: Yulia@redsquarepr.com
Pablo Ganguli and Tomas Auksas
Tomas organised the pre-festival cocktail party at Sketch in London on April 27 that was a huge success.
at Sarm Studios
pic: Jeremy Murch
a press pic of my band from the early 90s, Bassomatic
TV Centre
I’m looking forward to being on BBC Breakfast TV on Wednesday morning. I believe that they are going to show a short clip from my video so that will be a proud moment! I’ll be very interested to see how it all works technically and will tweet about it on the day.
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I’ll post details of the Russia dates tomorrow (Friday) Watch this space!
up and atom!
grrrrrrrrr – this pic by laurie mayer is on my album sleeve and sums up my mood this morning after a couple of coffees – up and at’em . ready for anything! Last night i was a jellied wreck of ‘things-to-so-list-just-not-getting-any-shorter. But today, so far so good. Stuff is getting done. Moving forward on all fronts!
