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  • I Don’t Mind If You Forget Me

    I’ve just heard (and watched) all 24 songs up for the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2011 selection; you can see them all below. It’s good to see decent studio video clips for each song for a change. It would seems that things are indeed getting better now that PBS has taken over the production of Malta’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest.

    Since I’m not a judge on the official panel this year (as I was last year) I see no reason not to publicly share my thoughts on each of the songs after this first listen. These are just first reactions and my opinion of some songs may change in the coming weeks; still, keep in mind that many of the people voting at the Eurovision Song Contest itself in May will only have heard those songs once.

    Please take these comments with a pinch of salt and if you disagree with me just forget what I think. You can also leave your own comments below, of course.

    01. Amber – Catch 22 (Ray Agius, Godwin Sant)
    Very nice. Could be the winner!

    02. Jessica Muscat – Down Down Down (Philip Vella, Jessica Muscat)
    Good laid back club vibe…but about 5 years too late.

    03. Wayne Micallef – Everybody Sing (Wayne Micallef, Wayne Micallef)
    Fresh and catchy pop. Wayne is a force to be reckoned with.

    04. Richard Edwards – Finally (Jan Van Dijck, Richard Micallef)
    A decent song by a solid performer, but perhaps a little to formulaic.

    05. Cherise Grixti – Heart of Glass (Philip Vella, Gerard James Borg)
    This singer deserves a better song!

    06. Marilena Gauci – He’s a Demon (Michael Henry, Anthony Grech)
    He may be a lot of things…but certainly not a demon.

    07. Eleanor Cassar – Hypnotized (Paul Giordimania , Fleur Balzan)
    Classy but probably slightly out of step with the new generation.

    08. Raquela – If I Could Do It All Again (Marc Paelnick, Mathias Strasser)
    Classy but probably slightly out of step with the older generation.

    09. Domenique – I’ll Follow the Sunshine (Ralph Siegel, Dr. Bernd Meinunger)
    Lena is not a better performer than Domenique but she has a far superior team behind her.

    10. Jamie Tonna – Lost Without You (Marco Debono, Aidan O’Connor)
    Not sure what to make of this one, but it didn’t grab me on a first listen.

    11. Kelly Schembri – Love Me Like Your Money (Sven Lundhol, Gerard James Borg)
    This has all the ingredients to be a great pop hit.

    12. Sophie – Love to Love You (Elton Zarb, Sophie Debattista)
    Poppy, catchy, and all that…fluffy but good, just like whipped cream.

    13. Baklava – Moon Dance (Philip Vella, Gerard James Borg)
    Best song from Borg and Vella since Vertigo. Actually quite good.

    14. Claudia Faniello – Movie in my Mind (Philip Vella, Gerard James Borg)
    It’s great to see Claudia enjoying herself instead of trying to win. Bring on the wind machine!

    15. Fabrizio Faniello – No Surrender (Johan Stentorp , Johan Bederholm)
    How is this one better than I Do?

    16. Ally – Numb (Ally, Ally)
    A heart-felt song…but I can’t see it touching the audience or judges.

    17. Glen Vella – One Life (Paul Giordimaina, Fleur Balzan)
    Not half as good as last year’s attempt by Glen and his team.

    18. Kurt Calleja – Over and Over (Johan J’amtberg, Kurt Calleja)
    Wow! This is a really good rock ballad. How did this make it through the preliminary selections?

    19. Klinsmann Coleiro / Benjamin Darmanin – This Love (Klinsmann Coleiro, Jonathan Spiteri)
    Could it be that Klinsmann is finally growing up? Altogether not a bad song at all.

    20. J.Anvil – Topsy Turvy (Jonas Gladnikoff / Niall Mooney / Andrew Zahra, Deo Grech / Natasha Turner)
    J.Anvil doing what he does best. With the right stage act this song could make a big impact.

    21. Amber – Touch Wood (Ray Agius, Alfred Sant)
    Good thing Amber has a better song than this one for this contest.

    22. Anna Azzopardi – Unfaithful (Renato Briffa, Keith Zammit)
    Good singer for unintentionally retro Euro-Pop toe tapper.

    23. Petra Zammit – Unintentional (Elton Zarb, Rita Pace)
    I love this singer. One day soon everyone in Malta will know her name, if they don’t already.

    24. Rosman Pace – You’ll Never Know (Steven D. Cook, Jordan Milnes)
    Twenty four pop songs is a little too much to choose from at this stage.

    I’ll hold off until the Friday 11 February semi-final to pick my 16 for the final and a possible top 3, so please check back on this blog, via my Facebook page, or through EurovisionMalta.com for an update ahead of the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2011 final. I’m also planning to release a special issue of my Mużika Mod Ieħor podcast just before that week, with more general comments about the whole shindig.

  • Mużika Mod Ieħor – 794

    Mużika Mod Ieħor – 794

    Is-sensiela Mużika Mod Ieħor ma’ Toni Sant tkompli bis-794 edizzjoni li huwa l-ħames programm fl-għaxar staġun għar-radju.

    PARTI 1: Diski ġodda li ħarġu dan l-aħħar.

    • Lil-Jun ft. Myles – Martri
    • Hannah – Jum Wara Jum
    • Clifford Borg – Eternal Dancer
    • Ryan Hili – All That Really Matters
    • Void of Chaos – Mors Perpetua

    > Id-dettalji tad-diski u recordings oħra kollha li ħarġu matul l-2026 issibhom permezz tal-Wikipedija.

     

    PARTI 2: Taf bir-reunion tal-AST Tignè li sar is-sajf li għadda?

    Fid-9 ta’ Awwissu 2026 sar reunion ta’ diversi gruppi mix-xena ta’ Tignè li kienet attiva fis-snin 80. Dan kien parti mis-sensiela ta’ Minn Pjazza Għal Pjazza li ssir madwar diversi bliet u rħula ta’ Malta u Għawdex. Fost il-gruppi li ħadu sehem f’din l-attività kien hemm Abstruse, Davy Jones, Extermity, Fluid, Lord Adder, Overdose, u Structure. B’tifkira ta’ dan, illum għażilt li nisimgħu recording tal-grupp Fluid minn din is-serata.

    > Ara lil Fluid fuq YouTube

    Djun - L-Irxoxt album cover art

     

    PARTI 3: L-album tal-lum huwa L-Irxoxt ta’ Djun. Dan l-album ħarabli. Irrid ngħid, kelli ppjanat ninkludih diversi drabi minn meta ħareġ, iżda għal xi raġuni jew oħra dan sar possibli biss illum. L-album ħareġ fit-13 ta’ Diċembru 2025, u allura teknikament huwa album li ħareġ is-sena l-oħra. Meta album bħal dan joħroġ fi żmien il-ġimgħat ta’ qabel il-Milied, hemm ċans akbar li, kif ġara lili, jindifen qalb il-ħafna mużika tal-istaġun, inkluż il-ħarsa lura lejn dak kollu li jkun ħareġ matul is-sena.  Issa, Djun ħarġu single minn dan l-album bil-video b’kollox, abbinat ukoll ma’ kunċert sostanzjali, u allura ħadt l-okkazzjoni biex nara li ninkludih. Minnu llum għażilt dawn:

    • L-Irxoxt
    • Il-Mappa tad-Dinja
    • Tħabbat Qalbi Biss Għalik
    • Nistennik
    • Nuċċali Roża
    • Xifer

    > Isma’ jew niżżel l-album L-Irxoxt ta’ Djun kollu fuq Bandcamp

    Mużika Mod Ieħor huwa produzzjoni tal-Fondazzjoni M3P u jixxandar fuq Campus 103.7 kull nhar ta’ Ħamis fis-6pm + fil-11pm.

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  • Mużika Mod Ieħor – 793

    Mużika Mod Ieħor – 793

    Is-sensiela Mużika Mod Ieħor ma’ Toni Sant tkompli bis-793 edizzjoni li huwa r-raba’ programm fl-għaxar staġun għar-radju.

    PARTI 1: Diski ġodda li ħarġu dan l-aħħar.

    • The JoyGivers – Ħamiema Bajda
    • ONE11 – Nikkumbatti
    • Bradley Cachia – Il-Kanzunetta tad-Dizzjunarju Nazzjonali tal-Malti
    • Joe Mizzi – Voice on the Wind
    • Anthea Gatt – When It Rains
    • Luke Chappell – Lipstick Stain
    • Lady Lizard – Solitary Planet

    > Id-dettalji tad-diski u recordings oħra kollha li ħarġu matul l-2026 issibhom permezz tal-Wikipedija.

     

    PARTI 2: Taf min hi Giuliana Storace?

    L-isem, jew aħjar il-kunjom Storace huwa magħruf sew f’Malta bħala dak tal-kantant Malti li kiseb fama mondjali fid-dinja tal-mużika rock mal-grupp Żvizzeru Krokus. Giuliana tkompli tuża dan l-kunjom, sempliċiment għax hija bint missierha. Jidher li issa dieħla wkoll fix-xena tal-mużika bil-mod il-mod.

    • Marc & Giuliana Storace – You Can’t Stop the Rainfall (April 2020)
    • Paul Etterlin & Giuliana Storace – Michelangelo

    > Isma’ lil Giuliana Storace fuq Spotify

    Beesqueeze - Monstera album cover art

     

    PARTI 3: L-album tal-lum huwa Monstera ta’ Beesqueeze. Min imkien tfaċċa dan l-album. Irrid ngħid, normalment qabel jinħareġ album ikun hemm tal-anqas silta minnu li tinħareġ bħala single promozzjonali, ħafna drabi b’video ukoll.  Fil-każ ta’ Monstera tal-Beesqueeze dan ma jidhirx li ġara…jew jekk ġara lili ħarabli kompletment. L-album ħareġ fis-16 ta’ Ottubru 2026 u minnu llum għażilt dawn:

    • Message on a Rocket
    • Go Easy
    • Whatever You Say
    • Creepy Doctor
    • Just Fade

    > Isma’ jew niżżel l-album Monstera ta’ Beesqueeze kollu fuq Bandcamp

    Mużika Mod Ieħor huwa produzzjoni tal-Fondazzjoni M3P u jixxandar fuq Campus 103.7 kull nhar ta’ Ħamis fis-6pm + fil-11pm.

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  • Mużika Mod Ieħor – 792

    Mużika Mod Ieħor – 792

    Is-sensiela Mużika Mod Ieħor ma’ Toni Sant tkompli bis-792 edizzjoni li huwa t-tielet programm fl-għaxar staġun għar-radju.

    PARTI 1: Diski ġodda li ħarġu dan l-aħħar.

    • Toby Farrugia & Ozzy Lino – More Than OK
    • Chess Galea– Butterflies
    • Djun – Tħabbat Qalbi Biss Għalik
    • Andrew Vella Zarb – One Step Away
    • Black Cloud – Live On
    • Tokin Toker – The Mad Pig

    > Id-dettalji tad-diski u recordings oħra kollha li ħarġu matul l-2026 issibhom permezz tal-Wikipedija.

     

    PARTI 2: X’inhi din ta’ Renzo Spiteri?

    Renzo Spiteri huwa perkussjonista u kompożitur tassew uniku għax-xena Maltija. Dan il-mużiċist rajnih jimraħ lil hinn minn xturna fl-aħħar snin. Ġieli kellna l-opportunità nisimgħu xi ħaġa mingħandu waqt MMI matul is-snin. Illum qed naqsam magħkom xogħol ġdid tiegħu jismu Terns. Arctic Terns huma tip t’għasafar li Spiteri osserva waqt residenza artistika tiegħu f’Shetland u dan ix-xogħol huwa propju msejjes fuq il-ħsejjes tagħhom.

    > Isma’ u ara Terns ta’ Renzo Spiteri bħala video fuq YouTube

    Cover of Live At Noise Studio by Keith Anthony
    PARTI 3: L-album tal-lum huwa Live at Noise Studio ta’ Keith Anthony. Dan l-album fih 11-il kanzunetta li fil-biċċa l-kbira tagħhom huwa verżjonijiet live ta’ siltiet minn EPs riċenti ta’ Keith Anthony irrekordjati fl-istudio tiegħu. L-EPs ħarġu f’dawn l-aħħar sentejn u jisimhom: No Crown in the Rain, Under the Surface, u Little Graces. Il-mużiċisti li jidhru miegħu fuq dan l-album huma Ismael Azzopardi, Charlie Busuttil, Dominic Darmanin, u Pawlu Portelli. L-album ħareġ fit-23 ta’ Awissu 2026 u minnu llum għażilt dawn:

    • Almost Kept
    • Kindness of Silence
    • No Crown in the Rain
    • Small Things

    > Isma’ l-album Live at Noise Studio ta’ Keith Anthony kollu fuq Spotify

    Mużika Mod Ieħor huwa produzzjoni tal-Fondazzjoni M3P u jixxandar fuq Campus 103.7 kull nhar ta’ Ħamis fis-6pm + fil-11pm.

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  • Mużika Mod Ieħor – 791

    Mużika Mod Ieħor – 791

    Is-sensiela Mużika Mod Ieħor ma’ Toni Sant tkompli bis-791 edizzjoni li huwa t-tieni programm fl-għaxar staġun għar-radju.

    PARTI 1: Diski ġodda li ħarġu dan l-aħħar.

    • Different Minds – Can You Feel
    • Ghoolie – What Was That About?
    • Davinia – Baby I Fell
    • Auntie’s Yellow Sofa –Feeling Better
    • Luke Chappell – Queen of Hearts
    • Emma Farrugia – Don’t Change
    • Clifford Borg – Koari

    > Id-dettalji tad-diski u recordings oħra kollha li ħarġu matul l-2026 issibhom permezz tal-Wikipedija.

    PARTI 2: X’inhu jagħmel Tom Caruana?

    Dan il-mużiċist u producer Ingliż ta’ dixxendenza Maltija deher fuq MMI diversi drabi matul is-snin. Fost l-aktar proġetti ricenti tiegħu hemm Black Gold (24 Karat Version) f’verżjoni ġdida ta’ album ta’ remixes li oriġinajament ħareġ fl-2011. Dan ħareġ fil-21 ta’ Settembru 2026 fuq Tea Sea Records, it-tikkietta ta’ Tom Caruana nnifsu. F’dan il-każ ir-remixes huma ta’ recordings ta’ Jimi Hendrix bil-vuci ta’ diversi rappers u esponenti mid-dinja tal-Hip Hop, kif ukoll kollaboraturi ta’ Tom Caruana fuq proġetti oħra. Hemm aktar mashups u remixes fuq it-Tea Sea Records, imma llum għażilt dawn minn dan l-album Black Gold:

    • House of Flying Daggers ft. Inspectah Deck, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah & Method Man
    • True Kings of This World
    • Vibrationz ft Inspectah Deck, GZA, Masta Killa, RZA, Method Man, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah

    > Isma’ jew niżżel diski minn Tea Sea Records ta’ Tom Caruana fuq Bandcamp

    Joe Mizzi - Headin' South album cover art
    PARTI 3: L-album tal-lum huwa Headin’ South ta’ Joe Mizzi. Dan il-kantant Malti ilu li ħalla pajjiżu sa mis-snin 80 iżda komplejna nisimgħu mingħandu regolarment matul is-snin.  Il-biċċa l-kbira tal-materjal tiegħu matul dawn l-aħħar 40 sena u aktar kien kollu rock, u bosta drabi rock qawwi wkoll. Allura dan l-album il-ġdid jaf jinħass xi ftit sorprendenti fl-istil.  Headin’ South huwa album primarjament ta’ mużika country, jew tal-anqas country rock. Id-disinn viżiv mabut ma’ dan l-album huwa indunjament magħmul fl-intelliġenza artifiċjali, imma Mizzi jinsisti li m’hemm ebda użu tal-AI fil-mużika tiegħu. L-album ħareġ fit-2 ta’ Ottubru 2026 u minnu llum għażilt dawn:

    • Ain’t My Kinda Life
    • Slowdance
    • Kick Start It Again (feat. Jenny Seibert)
    • Not Today
    • Another Country Song

    > Isma’ l-album Headin’ South ta’ Joe Mizzi kollu fuq Spotify

    Mużika Mod Ieħor huwa produzzjoni tal-Fondazzjoni M3P u jixxandar fuq Campus 103.7 kull nhar ta’ Ħamis fis-6pm + fil-11pm.

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