星期六, 2月 28, 2009

Cirque du Soleil - KOOZÅ






Cirque du Soleil presents KOOZA, the story of an innocent and charming clown who strives to find his own place in the world.

KOOZA is a return to the origin of
Cirque du Soleil; It combines two circus traditions –Acrobatic performance and the art of clowning. The show highlights the physical demands of human performance in all its splendor and fragility, presented in a colorful mélange that emphasizes bold slapstick humor. Between strength and fragility, laughter and chills and turmoil and harmony, KOOZA explores themes of fear, identity, recognition and power.

The show is set in an electrifying and exotic visual world fill of surprises, thrills, chills audacity and total involvement. Filmed live in Toronto, Canada with 8 cameras in high definition.

100% Recycled Paper

Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
(LAM), Portugese, Japanese, Chinese
No bonus material included
Audio Set-up Performance Selector
Stereo and 5.1
TOTAL FEATURE RUNNING TIME: 120 MINUTES

BONUS FEATURES:

Documentary: A Thrilling ride through KOOZA
Wheel of Death – The art of Risk
Cirque du Soleil Promos

Chapter Listing

Introduction
Charivari
Contortion
Trapeze
Unicycle Duo
Clown Magic
Double High Wire
Cooner and Skeletop Dance
Wheel of Death
Pickpocket
Juggling
Balancing on Chairs
Teeterboard
Finale and credits

Features

Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, (LAM), Portugese, Japanese, Chinese (traditional)
Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 and Stereo
Performance Selector
filmed in Toronto, Canada (2008) with 8 cameras in High Definition
DVD Case made of 100% Recycled Paper
Bonus Features

Documentary: A Thrilling ride through KOOZA
Wheel of Death – The art of Risk
20 sec Kooza Ad, Cirque Casting Ad, Cirque Club Ad
Credits (DVD Only)

Production Company: Productions Conte Inc.
Executive Producer: Jacques Methe
Director and Cinematographer: Mario Janelle
Producer: Martin Bolduc

星期五, 2月 27, 2009

Liquid Trio Experiment - When the Keyboard Breaks: Live in Chicago



Live, released in 2009

Track Listings
1. Universal Mind (When the Keyboard Broke) (2:21)
2. The Chicago Blue & Noodle Factory (7:03)
3. Fade Away or Keep Going? (5:03)
4. The Haunted Keyboard (9:34)
5. Close Encounters of the Liquid Kind (15:13)
6. Ten Minute Warning (5:55)
7. That ‘Ol Broken Down Keyboard Blues (6:34)
8. Liquid Anthrax (4:55)
9. That’s All Folks! (2:12)
Total Time 58:50
Track 8 contains an excerpt of How Many More Times by Led Zeppelin.

Line-up/Musicians

- John Petrucci / guitars
- Mike Portnoy / drums
- Tony Levin / bass,Chapman Stick

Other Personnel :

- Jordan Rudess / guitar from 2:00 of Track 7
- John Petrucci / bass from 2:40 of Track 7
- Mike Portnoy / bass on Track 8
- Charlie Benante / drums on Track 8

Releases information
CD Lazy Tomato Entertainment (2009)

When the Keyboard Breaks is a live album by Progressive Metal group Liquid Trio Experiment 2. The album was recorded during a live show of Liquid Tension Experiment in Chicago, IL. The album came about when during the track Universal Mind, when Jordan Rudess' Roland Fantom-G8 keyboard started playing half steps every fourth note. Following the song, he went off stage to see if his tech crew could fix the keyboard. In the meantime, the other 3 musicians decided to improvise until Jordan was ready to come back. Jordan was on the phone with Roland for at least 20 minutes trying to figure out what was wrong. The other three just continued to jam with drummer Mike Portnoy giving updates every now and then (the determining point for the track splices). In the end, Rudess took John Petrucci's guitar and started jamming, then Petrucci took Tony Levin's bass, and Levin played Chapman Stick. When that jam was over, Portnoy ended up taking Levin's bass and Charlie Benante ended up playing drums. The keyboard was never fixed that night.

The production of the album was not official, as it was taken from a live stereo recording from the mix off stage. Thus there was no way for it to be properly mixed so everything is how the audience heard it.

The name of the album is a play off the Liquid Tension Experiment song When the Water Breaks, off of Liquid Tension Experiment 2.