S.V.

Ah! Rap! Is there a more oversubscribed genre to buy into? It must be one of the hardest areas of music to get noticed in as more and more home grown artists try to put their 'stamp' on Rap. To be honest, a lot of them should consider cleaning their shoes before thinking about putting their footprint on the genre, but S.V.'s crisp, clean, clear-cut outline is unfamiliar to me. And I like it. It's the kind of fresh, new sound that Rap and Electronica needs.

Subtlety. That's what does it. And thought. Everything from the quirky, percussive intro of 'Escaping Propaganda' to the stunning, crisp vocal on 'Hallucinations' have been thought through, executed and produced to absolute perfection.

If by any chance you are an aspiring rap artist or producer reading this, you need to listen to S.V. It's wonderful to be able to listen to Rap music that's not repetitive in any way at all.

Review written by LF

This is what S.V. said:

Many confuse S.V. being one person. The reason to this is because I, Victory control all the administrative data and all the Public Relations of the aspect of being a group. Yet no group without 2 members. S.V. is Salkin & Victory.

Starting late 2008 we were not aware of what music would progress out of our collective creative spirits.
What we started creating together would now be in the genre of Electronica/Rap with a very innovative way of thinking in music without consideration of the 3:30 minute radio strictness and more consideration for the love of it!

S.V. has now created tracks with 9/8 beat patterns being rapped on, breaks with atmospheric pads and synths. Sampled Aluminium bats etc.

We have achieved tracks with thought-provoking lyrical messages and rhythmic flows and I promise you, you will not hear a blend of Electronica/Rap elsewere that is of this capacity.

Salkin Will Take You To Another Universe.
Victory Will Explain You Why You Are There.

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Chaotic Firing Squad

Old school punk always turns my head - maybe it is because I am still an old punk in spirit. 'Back to 76' is a trip back in time when (in the UK ) we were suffering from a painful recession and the Labour Government struggled for much of its time in office with serious economic problems and a precarious and declining majority in the House of Commons. The far right were gaining a foothold and the National Front were marching in the East End of London.....wait a minute, this is happening now in 2009. Who was the twat that said we learn from our mistakes?

This Australian band have a portfolio of music which is diverse but still manages to have a hard edged (post punk) feel; there are twinges of New York circa late '69 early '70's but that was when the underground was at an early peak so this mix sounds perfect to me. Great tracks - give us more...

This is what Chaotic Firing Squad said:

Formed in 1986 in a Post Punk Soup. Very much part of the Melbourne Punk scene supporting Bastard Squad on many occasions. The band for a brief moment got serious and changed their name to Cold Blooded Chaos then again to The Outfit. Most of what you hear is a from the 90s except back to 76 original first recording session original lineup 1986.

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Robot Zonda

Post-Punk and (now) rock magic from Buenos Aires; snare, guitar driven power songs and dreamy star gazing. This band give you everything you want if you love harmonies and punchy rock beats. There are echoes of American psychedelia in 'Ensueño' and a bass driven forcfulness in 'Autobomba'. The best track for me is 'Muerto' - can you hear me singing along? - very badly.

Destination Gypsy

Don't you just love dirty bass sounds, industrialized thumps and bumps and hypnotic beats? I've never worked in a steel foundry but I can imagine it would be similar to this; I can feel the heat of this punk, metal, furnace. There is something very ominous and sinister about these tracks, with their desperate, pleading vocals/lyrics, there is a sense of foreboding and hopeless (I mean all of this in a good way). My favorite track is 'Impossible Is nothing With You'.

This is what Destination Gypsy said:

This has been a Great year in Music for me I was #01 on Rock charts Las Vegas February 20 - July 9, 2009 and at reverbnation.com/destinationgypsy song: "Impossible is nothing with you" I've now in excess of 2.600K Hits in seven months"

Currently Destination Gypsy is looking forward to my Television Debut on E-tv , I also received invitations from Countries including Za, Spain, Ireland, just to name a few including more Television and Radio appearances and Performances. Destination Gypsy has rescheduled the 7/7 Release date for my Album Debut "Destination Or Death" to Rocktober as I call the 10 month of the year.

After the Rocktober 27, Release Date for "Destination or Death" a 11 Song Cd Album in which I did everything A-Z ,I will follow up with the "Destination Or Death" World Tour Which the first leg of the Tour begins in South Africa and The North American leg of the Tour begins in West Hollywood,CA. On that succession of notes "I am looking forward to seeing all my Purple Gypsy's (fans) out there Live and without them God knows where I'd be.

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