Right Posse, Back Me Up!

Heya Folks,

Our good friend Dan Sully (MC MTV) and all round great director sent this little ditty over to me today and frankly it’s one of the best videos (documentaries) I’ve ever watched. These kids are reppin hard and busted some of the tastiest beats and rhymes since, well ages. Also for all you keen fashion warriors there’s a couple of dynamite trends shown in this video that could well do with a 07 reprisal. So grab your posse and get twitchin’ here’s flavour that’ll save ya…..

                 

And Part 2

                  

How this clip isn’t looped on all TV channels at least 12 times a day, I just don’t know.

Outee

Notorious B.E.L.L.A

All covered in…….

Well Bella Friends,

It’s been a pretty hectic week here at the Bella Mountain HQ and it doesn’t look like it’s going to slow down any time soon. We all had a fantastic night on Tuesday courtesy of the Kissaway Trail boys and the Great Escape looks like it’s theirs for the taking. SO if you’re heading down to Brighton this weekend, then go and check them out at the Concorde 2 on the MTV2 stage. It’ll be great!

Now let’s get on with today’s post. On our daily search of the world wide web we came across a couple of “civvies” covering our artists. Some are pretty good and others, others aren’t so good. But this is not a negative blog so rather than dwell on those that missed the mark by a considerable margin, we want to celebrate everyone and anyone who is brave enough to cover one of our band’s songs and put it out there for the world to see. We salute you! And as they say, immitation is the best form of flattery. So here we go, the first installment of All Covered In… 

This video is by a young man named Ali Americanos (can’t be real) and he took on the difficult job of covering Fionn Regan’s “Be Good Or Be Gone”. But that’s not it, he also went one step further and covered the amazing video using various locations around his humble abode. We think he’s done a really sweet thing here and we hope you do to……

     

And for those of you who just don’t like cover versions here’s a rather wonderful video from the man himself, Fionn Regan. Here playing the truly fantastic “Snowy Atlas Mountains” in a garden, I think you’ll all agree that indoors or out, he’s one seriously talented fella…

              

Skal

Bella Union

What We Got In Our Ears.

Okay Folks,

Some of you probably spend a considerable amount of your day thinking what do all the lovely people at Bella Union listen to while working their little socks off to put out some the best records in the world ever! Well, I’ve asked around and after various “funny” answers the gang joined together in prayer last night to reveal their top 3 records of the moment. (Our more savvy readership will have noticed in the side bar the same post, but to be brutally honest it looks rubbish down there and once we sort it out, the list will be updated monthly). Now on with the list fine sir: 

Simon

• Justice – Escapades
• Max Richter – Songs From Before
• Yndi Halda – Enjoy Eternal Bliss

Jo

• Malajube – Trompe L’Oeil
• The Autumns – Throw Another Fog Onto The Liar
• Elliot Smith – New Moon

 Darren

• The Maccabees – Colour It In
• Feist – The Reminder
• Bright Eyes – Casadaga

Duncan

• The Maccabees – Colour It In
• Tom McCrae – King Of Cards
• Low – Drums And Guns

Mark

• Tap Tap – Lanzafame
• Johnny And The Moon – Johnny And The Moon
• Department Of Eagles – No One Does It Like You

Silvia

• Low – Drums And Guns
• Radical Face – Ghosts
• Micah P Hinson – Micah P Hinson And The Opera Circuit

Steve

• Bill Callahan – Woke On A Whaleheart
• The Field – From Here We Go Sublime
• Gun Club – Miami

Johnny

• Bjork – Volta
• Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation
• Interpol – The Black EP

 And that’s the lot. So anyone who’s looking for a new CD to buy this weekend (bearing in mind you’ve made sure to purchase all Bella Union CDs) just skim the list and make a blind decision. Let me know how you get on.

On another note, if you want to go to a mind blowing night of music then come and join us on Tuesday the 15th at the London Barfly where The Kissaway Trail will be playing all the hits form their debut album and more. Come on, join us!

Love and Kissaway

Bella Baby

Spread The Joy (or spread This Joy).

Well Folks,

The idea of posting every day was ambitious to some, ludicrous to others, but we promise to return to these pages more often. We still love you.

We have had a busy couple of weeks here at Bella HQ, The Kissaway Trail have released their debut album and it’s a cracker (also still available in all good record stores), Midlake re-entered our hearts with their incredible new single Roscoe, and the Dears are set to drop the almighty You and I are a Gang Of Losers on the 21st of this glorious month. So get your pocket money ready! The Bella gang also enjoyed an extremely loud weekend at this year’s Dirty Three curated ATP. The weekend was a huge success for the band and saw them perform twice to a loving audience (as well as individually for many other outfits). We also saw Josh T Pearson in great form playing to a packed crowd of admirers. Other highlights came from bands (not on Bella Union!) such as Low, The Drones and Joanna Newsom. A fantastic weekend in all and totally worth the car journey.  

Now, on with the show. Today we have a little slice of entertainment in the form of a video. Oooh, a video you say. Yes. But not just any video, it’s a debut video, the debut video for Stephanie’s debut single This Joy, which is Stephanie’s debut in a video, taken from her debut album on Bella Union, and what a debut it is, a fine debut indeed. And you can watch it here, FREE! Yes my friends that’s right, you can watch the video here for no money whatsoever. Unbelievable I know, but we’re feeling rather generous here at Bella Union, and we want to share that generousity with YOU. So sit back, grab a friend or two, smile at each other, maybe hold hands and envelop yourselves in Stephanie’s warm voice. This Joy ladies and gentlemen……….

                         

Salut

Bella Union