Released October 19th 2007
LMC216
EAN6419922002162



STD EDITION


€12.90

DELUXE EDITION BONUS LIVE CD


€13.90



 

01. Retox.
02. Small Town.
03. No Faith.
04. Crazy But No Fool.
05. Life And Death.
06. Gabon Viper.
07. High Above.
08. Red Alert.
09. Bloodline.
10. Angel Dancer.
11. Turkish Nights.

DELUXE EDITION BONUS LIVE TRACKS
CD II - Live
01. Alien
02. Wings
03. In Your Head
04. Black and Blue Skies
05. Near Orgasmic
06. Miracle
07. Morning over Morocco
08. Elephant Gun
09. Method of Madness
10. Pellucid



Tony Andersson - Drums
Per Schelander - Bass, keyboards, vocals
Andreas Eklund - Lead vocals
Anders Lundström - Guitars
Mats Hallstensson - Lead guitars, acoustic guitars, vocals



Piano - Jörgen Schelander
Cello - Marcus Jidell
Percussion - Simon Rolnik
Vocals - Mikael “Zifa” Eriksson



Produced by HoS
Mastered by Claes Persson @ CRP Recording
Mixed by Andreas Bauman @ Bauman Audio Media (www.bauman.se)
Recorded by Mats Hallstensson @ Room Of Doom Studio (www.roomofdoom.nu)
Photos by Jörgen Schelander
Cover concept, booklet artwork by Carl-André Beckston (MONOWASP)



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www.myspace.com/houseofshakira

 



Swedish melodic rockers House Of Shakira are back “Retoxed” and ready to freshen up the melodic rock scene with their potent trademark blend of lush vocals and contagious musical hooks. The bands trademark melodies and vocals lines are here “Retoxed” stronger than ever with the music created to support the vocals and carry the lyrics to the listener. Not just content with working the main vocal melody the band have taken great care to ensure the background musical and vocal melodies are there to support the bands trademark vocals, the band call this the “Abba inspiration”. The new freshness is attributed to the band being more positive than ever and this is reflected in the feel of the 11 tracks.

On the albums direction guitarist Anders Lundström states, “It seems like for every record we twist our idea of making music a notch. Not much, but still there is a difference through all our releases. We never got trapped doing a record that followed the trend of the day, and the return to the “original sound” of the band. We’ve just progressed and followed what happened in our lives. This is a pretty happy record and that reflects the period of the band and the member’s life’s”.

“Retoxed” freshness is also attributed by the band to them going back to writing as a collective unit (as they did on their melodic rock classic debut “Lint”) in the rehearsal studio instead of 5 musicians working individually on ideas as they had done for their previous 2 albums. The band state, “The album wrote itself when we finally agreed on how we were going to write this one”. Not only was the working practice influenced by the band going back to the “Lint” days, the band also revisited what made them inspired back then and what has happened in their life’s since to add a new perspective. This coupled with the bands continued ambition of writing a perfect song spawned the production writing sessions for what is now “Retoxed”.

Anyone expecting a remake of “Lint” will be surprised to hear the fresh new vigour prevalent in the bands music and House Of Shakira are ready to bring onboard a new generation of melodic rock lovers worldwide and hit the road in support of the new release.



» House Of Shakira is widely regarded as one of the leading melodic rock bands and has a loyal fan base around the world.
» “Retoxed” marks the bands fifth studio album.
» European tour dates are being planned now at the time of writing.
» Album showcase at leading elite melodic rock outlets.
» House Of Shakira are available for interview in English or Swedish via email or phone. To arrange your publications contact promo@lionmusic.com
» House Of Shakira are able to make radio station id’s for your station for free. Please email requirements i.e. text/length/format to promo@lionmusic.com