...That was a quip from one of the girls of Escala [warning: embedded autoplay filez] -- Britian's latest crossover classical artists composed of four young ELECTRONIC string players -- when pressed about about distinguishing themselves from ~serious musicians~.
ugh. Mic'd up, amped strings? We've seen it before, Poindexter! The magnificant bloat of Simon Cowell, after hearing the girls play on the second series of "Britain's Got Talent" in May 2008, vowed to turn them into international superstars. Incidentally, they lost BGT, but Cowell was nevertheless so blown away that he signed them to a £1.5 million record deal on his own label, Syco Records, and their CD is already in post production.
Daily Mail is running a piece on the four 20-something performers (two violinists, a violist, and a cellist), who routinely perform in stilettos and short, tight, sequined mini dresses.
omg plz. Hi I'm Simon Cowell and I literally have no idea who Rachmaninov is. Music without words?!! lol it's like a book without pictures! Ok brb...I've got a recording sesh with some hawt babes.
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Skanky!
Posted by: coccodrillo | October 26, 2008 at 02:59 AM
Are people still excited by electric violins?
Really??
Posted by: Ian | October 26, 2008 at 04:59 AM
Bah. I say, let's drag electric string quartets back into Crumb's Black Angels, and keep them there.
The one exception being Bond's "Explosive".
Posted by: ijajadora | November 01, 2008 at 01:47 AM
These four ladies are simply amazing. I have not enjoyed classical music so much. They are very talented!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSTlDXuapCU&feature=related
Posted by: Mike | January 11, 2011 at 02:53 AM