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Samle is an indie rock band that was formed at the end of the ’90s. The band found its roots in English pop/rock music and follows current trends in the American and British scene. Samle is an Italian band but they identify themselves with British groups. Their sound and melodies are not anywhere near what could be considered classic Italian music. The four members of Samle met and have grown up at the right time but maybe in the wrong place. However, the inspiration that leads to songs with a strong musical impact that make up Samles repertoire, as well as the history of the band, comes from their situation in life.

In November 2008 the band was at the prestigious Forum Music Village Studios in Rome to record two new songs from which the new single will be chosen. The artistic production was entrusted to the English producer Jim Lowe (Stereophonics, Foo Fighters, Charlatans, The Manic Street Preachers).
Samle were in London at the end of September with Macro Patrigiani and Roberto Volpe to meet the well known producer who had shown great interest in their demos. After a live performance for various local producers including Gavino Prunas who produces Robert Miles and the Servant, “Slave” and “Human like you” were the songs chosen for the first EP.

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Japandroids (aka JPNDRDS) is a two piece band from Vancouver, BC. This ‘band’ started in 2006 as a creative outlet for the post-teenage angst of Brian King and David Prowse. Originally intended to be a trio, the boys decided to forgo the logistical nightmare of having a ‘lead singer’ and do it themselves. As a consequence, Japandroids are 1 guitar, 1 set of drums, and 2 vocalizers. They call it garage rock. They don’t care what you call it, as long as it’s not minimal. Japandroids are maximal - a two piece band trying to sound like a five piece band. Supporting Japandroids gets you into Heaven - no questions asked. KISS OFF.
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Combining jagged, roaring guitars and stop-start dynamics with melodic pop hooks, intertwining male-female harmonies and evocative, cryptic lyrics, the Pixies were one of the most influential American alternative rock bands of the late ’80s. The Pixies weren’t accomplished musicians — Black Francis wailed and bashed out chords while Joey Santiago’s lead guitar squealed out spirals of noise. But the bandmembers were inventive, rabid rock fans who turned conventions inside out, melding punk and indie guitar rock, classic pop, surf rock, and stadium-sized riffs with singer/guitarist Black Francis’ bizarre, fragmented lyrics about space, religion, sex, mutilation, and pop culture; while the meaning of his lyrics may have been impenetrable, the music was direct and forceful.

The Pixies’ busy, brief songs, extreme dynamics, and subversion of pop song structures proved one of the touchstones of ’90s alternative rock. From grunge to Brit-pop, the Pixies’ shadow loomed large — it’s hard to imagine Nirvana without the Pixies’ signature stop-start dynamics and lurching, noisy guitar solos. While the Pixies were touted as the band to bring indie rock into the mainstream, they simply laid the groundwork for the alternative explosion of the early ’90s. MTV was reluctant to play their videos, while even modern rock radio didn’t put their singles into regular rotation. Furthermore, tensions between leader Black Francis and bassist/vocalist Kim Deal, who wanted to incorporate her songs into the band’s repertoire, crippled the band’s progress. By the time Nirvana broke the doors down for alternative rock in 1992, the Pixies were effectively broken up.
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