could lead to a revival of fortunes? http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a295491/spears-teams-with-girls-aloud-producers.html
― NI, Saturday, 1 January 2011 17:46 (thirteen years ago) link
article doesn't seem to know that it's not the same Xenomania anymore
― Urban Coochie Collective (sic), Sunday, 2 January 2011 01:35 (thirteen years ago) link
POP'S ONLY GOOD WHEN IT'S ROCK
― Costco Chapel (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 2 January 2011 01:51 (thirteen years ago) link
does say 'founded by' and that's right ain't it? as in the whole thing was founded by brian and miranda. making out that jessie j has some major role (and was involved from the start) seems hugely wrong though
― NI, Monday, 3 January 2011 15:38 (thirteen years ago) link
keeps saying "the producers who did all GA singles" and the like, which plural is unwarranted
― Urban Coochie Collective (sic), Monday, 3 January 2011 20:23 (thirteen years ago) link
First Xenomania (commissioned) production in ages. Sounds like a completely generic, by-the-numbers "in the club" track... but I love it. Better not pay attention to the lyrics, though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWn37lqpqXc
― daavid, Saturday, 23 July 2011 01:29 (twelve years ago) link
First Xenomania-launched "girlband" since ...Mini Viva?
They seem to have dialed it waaay down.
You can almost imagine them starting from a Girls Aloud demo, removing the whole backing track and then building it back with bare minimum production.
I like it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Si954EdfMNQ&start_radio=1&list=RDMMSi954EdfMNQ
― daavid, Monday, 28 January 2019 19:43 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Si954EdfMNQ
― daavid, Monday, 28 January 2019 19:44 (five years ago) link
i like it too. i'm no expert on their output but i certainly don't expect to hear a xenomania production where guitar work is one of its more striking features. i haven't really kept up for the past few years, has their ship basically sailed as far as top-tier commercial success goes? the imperative to release huge hits being somewhat out of the picture might actually make their work more interesting.
rmde at a youtube commenter on the vid saying "Ok but where is the chorus?"
― dyl, Monday, 28 January 2019 19:56 (five years ago) link
has their ship basically sailed as far as top-tier commercial success goes?
I would say probably yes. afaik, they haven't had a solid hit since maybe 2012 with that brief, Girls Aloud comeback.
― daavid, Monday, 28 January 2019 20:03 (five years ago) link
The unperfect debut EP is out and largely being ignored. It's kind of a mixed bag but this is something else:
https://youtu.be/o5t3t8bjUNs
― daavid, Monday, 29 April 2019 06:10 (four years ago) link
Xenomania seem to be trying to make a comeback this year. In addition to unperfect, we have a new track from Florrie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fYHf_bcWb8
and a new artist launch (Paige Cavell):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ4l7d0LMO0
Her first single is a vintage Xeno banger (and by this I mean it sounds like Girls Aloud/The Saturdays circa 2012). I like it, but I don't know if it's only because I miss this kind of stuff.
The Florrie single bores me to tears :(
― daavid, Friday, 10 May 2019 18:06 (four years ago) link
Oops, wrong link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtVy2NaO91Q
― daavid, Friday, 10 May 2019 18:08 (four years ago) link
incidentally "shot you down" is among the first florrie tracks to have made me lose interest in her as an artist
― dyl, Saturday, 11 May 2019 01:48 (four years ago) link
Xenomania > Stock Aitken Waterman
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Monday, 13 May 2019 11:58 (four years ago) link
this rules but yeah partly because it sounds like it came out beside rihanna’s “where have you been”
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Tuesday, 14 May 2019 14:00 (four years ago) link