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  • Mużika Mod Ieħor – 677

    Mużika Mod Ieħor – 677

    Is-sensiela Mużika Mod Ieħor ma’ Toni Sant issa fuq ir-radju bis-677 edizzjoni li huwa l-tielet programm fl-ewwel staġun għar-radju.

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

    • Avenue Sky – Eternità
    • The JoyGivers – Fir-Ramla l-Ħamra
    • The Stents – Over the Moon
    • Aidan – Hero
    • Walletking – Jail On My Mind
    • Robert Farrugia + Welleda Muller – Long Wait (Medieval Rework)

    > Id-dettalji tad-diski u recordings oħra kollha li ħarġu matul l-2024 issibhom permezz tal-Wikipedija.

     

    PARTI 2: Min hu Miguel Magri? Ftit tal-ġimgħat ilu, iltqajt ma’ artiklu online dwar ix-xogħol li qed jagħmel dan il-mużiċist żgħażugħ Malti fil-Polonja mal-kumpaniji Closer Music u l-IMS. Ngħid id-dritt qatt ma kont smajt bih qabel. Anqas bl-isem li jidher li juża meta jdoqq fil-pubbliku, jiġifieri Genesis. F’dan l-artiklu kien hemm miktub ukoll li Magri dalwaqt se jirrekordja aktar f’Ibiza, il-Marokk, l-Italja u r-Rumanija. L-artiklu jinkludi ukoll ħolqa għal live set ta’ Genesis fuq bejt bil-belt Pollakka ta’ Gdansk. Mid-dehra normalment irrekordja bl-isem ta’ Mr M ukoll u allura naħseb li s-set jismu Genesis u Miguel Magri huwa Mr. M. Illum se nisimgħu silta mir-recording ta’ Gdansk f’din il-parti ta’ MMI.

     

    Eyes to Argus - Reroot cover art

    PARTI 3: L-album tal-lum huwa Reroot ta’ Eyes to Argus. Id-data uffiċjali tal-ħruġ ta’ dan l-album hija d-19 ta’ Lulju 2024. Minn żmien għal żmien ikollna albums li jidhru f’din il-parti tal-programm qrib ħafna tad-data tal-ħruġ. Propjament kellna diġà dawk li nistgħu nsejħulhom żewġ singles minnu. Bloodstream Waterfall Cannonball deheret flimkien mal-ewwel avviż promozzjonali dwar l-album fis-6 ta’ Ġunju, filwaqt li Your Piece serviet l-istess għan fl-4 ta’ Lulju, ħmistax eżatt qabel id-data tal-ħruġ uffiċjali tal-album. Il-kantanti ta’ Eyes to Argus huma Samwel Mallia u Ben Mifsud Joslin, li jdoqqu l-kitarra u l-bass, rispettivament. Il-mużiċisti l-oħra huma Robert Farrugia bis-synths u l-pjanu, u Samuel Attard fuq id-drums. Minnu qed indoqq dawn waqt il-programm:

    • Procrastinator Man
    • Your Piece
    • Minute
    • More Than I Can Chew

    > Isma’ jew niżżel l-album Reroot ta’ Eyes to Argus 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 u s-Sibt fis-2pm.

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  • Mużika Mod Ieħor – 676

    Mużika Mod Ieħor – 676

    Is-sensiela Mużika Mod Ieħor ma’ Toni Sant issa fuq ir-radju bis-676 edizzjoni li huwa l-tieni programm fl-ewwel staġun għar-radju.

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

    • Franco Tartaglia ft. Analise Mifsud – Gone By
    • Moira Stafrace – Movin’
    • Jessica Grech – Better In Pink
    • Tom Caruana – Penguin Strut
    • Jillian Jade – House of the Rising Sun
    • 13 Years Later – John Doe
    • Deborah C – Tlaqna Sal-Baħar

    > Id-dettalji tad-diski u recordings oħra kollha li ħarġu matul l-2024 issibhom permezz tal-Wikipedija.

     

    PARTI 2: Vinny Vella (1928–2024) Ftit tal-ġranet ilu, preċiżament nhar l-Erbgħa 26 ta’ Ġunju 2024, tħabbret il-mewt ta’ Vinny Vella, li kien mużiċist u band leader popolari ferm fis-snin 50, 60 u 70 tas-seklu l-ieħor.  Vinny twieled il-Belt Valletta fit-28 ta’ Jannar 1928, li jfisser li meta miet kellu 96 sena. Oriġinarjament l-istrument tiegħu kien il-clarinette, imma aktar tard beda jdoqq ukoll is-saxaphone. Meta kien għadu teenager ifforma l-Vinny’s Blue Jackets u magħhom daqq f’bosta mill-aktar postijiet magħrufa għad-divertiment matul is-snin 50, bħall-Ballroom tal-Phoenicia, il-Cafè Premier, ix-Chalet f’Tas-Sliema, u diversi stabbilimenti fi Strada Stretta, fost l-oħrajn. Jingħad li Vinny u l-mużiċisti tiegħu kienu fost l-ewwel li ntroduċew ir-rock ‘n roll f’Malta, wara li ltaqgħu ma’ Bill Haley f’Londra fl-1956. Recordings minn dak iż-żmien ma nafx li jeżistu, iżda fil-librerija tal-Università ta’ Malta hemm recording ta’ Vinny Vella mix-show tiegħu fuq ir-Rediffusion fl-1968. Minn dawn ir-recordings għażilt li ndoqq dawn iż-żewġ kompożizzjonijiet oriġinali ta’ Vinny Vella:

    • L-Iskola tal-Baviera
    • Riff at the Chalet
    Hemm recording ieħor mir-Rediffusion fl-1971, u minnu dan għażilt dawn it-tliet kompożizzjonijiet oriġinali ta’ Vinny Vella:
    • Cicco’s Sauce
    • Ejja Niżfnu Żifna
    • Żifna Cha Cha

    Il-mużiċisti li jistemgħu f’dawn ir-recordings tar-Rediffusion ma’ Vinny Vella jinkludu lil Oscar Lucas, skont in-noti li hemm mar-recordings, imma mhux ċar f’liema siltiet jidher preċiżament.

    Fost ir-recording li hemm fil-kollezzjoni tal-librerija tal-Università ta’ Malta, hemm wieħed mill-1992, miġbud waqt in-Night of the Stars fid-Dolmen Hotel fil-Qawra:
    • Maltese Melody

     

    Andre Camilleri - Lost in the Wilderness album cover art

    PARTI 3: L-album tal-lum huwa Lost in the Wilderness ta’ Andre Camilleri. Dan huwa l-aktar album riċenti ta’ Andre Camilleri – ħareġ fis-7 ta’ Mejju 2024. Dan huwa t-tielet album ta’ dan il-kantawtur Malti-Awstraljan maħruġ din is-sena u nistennew 2 jew 3 albums oħra mingħandu fil-kumplament ta’ din is-sena. L-album kollu ssibu fuq Bandcamp, flimkien mad-diski l-oħra kollha tiegħu. Minn dan l-album għażilt dawn is-siltiet:

    • Lost in the Wilderness
    • Everything Must Pass
    • Every Empire Must Fall

    > Isma’ jew niżżel l-album Lost in the Wilderness ta’ Andre Camilleri 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 u s-Sibt fis-2pm.

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  • Mużika Mod Ieħor – 675

    Mużika Mod Ieħor – 675

    Is-sensiela Mużika Mod Ieħor ma’ Toni Sant issa fuq ir-radju bis-675 edizzjoni li huwa l-ewwel programm fl-ewwel staġun.

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

    • Kym Pepe – Dalgħodu
    • Emma Muscat – Lacrime Moët
    • Anthea Gatt – ok ok ok
    • Micimago & Ryan Hili – Memories
    • Owen Leuellen – Gass Freestyle
    • Il-Majċa – Skarta
    • Carlo Muscat & Tony Tixier – The Upside Down

    > Id-dettalji tad-diski u recordings oħra kollha li ħarġu matul l-2024 issibhom permezz tal-Wikipedija.

     

    PARTI 2: Poddata fuq ir-radju?

    Mużika Mod Ieħor beda bħala l-ewwel sensiela ta’ poddati bil-Malti fid-dinja f’Novembru tal-2005. Kien tkomplija fuq xandiriet oħra bl-internet li kienet tagħmel il-kumpanija MaltaMedia, sa mill-1998. Dawk kienu jissejħu webcasts, għax il-fenomenu tal-podcasts ġie mal-invenzjoni tal-iPod ftit wara s-sena 2000. L-ewwel edizzjoni ta’ Mużika Mod Ieħor fetħet bid-diska tal-grupp Xtruppaw, Ġenerazzjoni ta’ Meqrudin. Kienet it-tip ta’ mużika li ebda stazzjon tar-radju f’Malta ma kien idoqq, dak iż-żmien. U għalhekk Mużika Mod Ieħor, apparti raġunijiet oħra.
    Għall-ewwel 10 snin wara l-2005, Mużika Mod Ieħor kien jitwassal permezz tal-MaltaMedia Online Network, iżda f’Marzu tal-2016 qlibna għal fuq il-YouTube b’format ġdid li kien jinkludi l-videos tal-siltiet inklużi f’kull edizzjoni. Din hija parti mill-istorja ta’ Mużika Mod Ieħor għax timmarka wkoll il-wasla ta’ video għal kważi kull silta mużikali ġdida. Kien ukoll il-bidu tat-tmiem għas-CDs bħala format li bih jinħarġu d-diski, u l-videos fuq YouTube u pjattaformi oħra, kif ukoll id-downloads minn siti bħal Bandcamp bdew isiru aktar prevalenti. L-ewwel video li urejna fl-2016 kien Dak Li Int tat-Travellers.
    L-istorja tkompli, sintendi, u b’Mużika Mod Ieħor fuq Campus 103.7 niftħu kapitlu ġdid, li jwaħħad l-isforzi tagħna matul dawn l-aħħar 20 sena biex tindaqq aktar mużika minn Malta fuq ir-radju. U allura aktar Mużika Mod Ieħor, għax bix-xieraq li fuq ir-radju nisimgħu kull tip ta’ Mużika Minn Malta ta’ kull żmien, u li diski memorabbli jibqgħu jindaqqu regolarment, jew tal-anqas minn żmien għal żmien. Bħal per eżempju din, li konna ftaħna biha l-ewwel edizzjoni ta’ Mużika 21 f’Ottubru tal-2021 – Waiting On You ta’ Lleeggss duo magħmul minn Jon Calleja u Mike Stivala, li sparixxa wara li tawna din is-silta u oħra bl-isem ta’ Cigarette.

    Fade Into Obscurity - The Grief Aftermath album cover art

    PARTI 3: L-album tal-lum huwa The Grief Aftermath ta’ Fade Into Obscurity. Dan l-album ħareġ fit-8 ta’ Marzu 2024 u għalkemm qrajt intervista sħiħa dwaru minn Ben Mifsud Joslin (li tista’ ssibha hawn) li nafuh riċentament mal-grupp Eyes to Argus (aktar dwarhom il-ġimgħa d-dieħla) ftit li xejn naf dwar l-artist li jippreferi jibqa anonimu u jinħeba wara l-isem Fade Into Obscurity. Jikkollabora miegħu Julinu fuq id-drums u d-disin tal-qoxra tal-album. Mill-bqija isma’ l-mużika u ddeċiedi int li trid. L-album kollu ssibu fuq Bandcamp. Diġà kellna ċans nisimgħu is-silta Let them Float minnu fil-programmi li kellna fis-sensiela ta’ qabel din. Minn dan l-album għażilt dawn is-siltiet:

    • A Light in the Dark
    • Scorching the Earth
    • At the Edge of Infinity

    > Isma’ jew niżżel l-album The Grief Aftermath ta’ Fade Into Obscurity 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 u s-Sibt fis-2pm.

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  • Spirit of the Radio

    Spirit of the Radio

    Mużika Mod Ieħor ma' Toni SantMy long-running podcast Mużika Mod Ieħor ma’ Toni Sant is about to enter a new phase. As of today, Thursday 4 July 2024, the podcast will be broadcast on the radio in Malta. To be more precise, it will be broadcast on Campus 103.7, where I have been producing radio shows regularly since October 2020.

    After a hiatus of more than 20 years, I “returned” to regular radio broadcasting during the second Covid-19 pandemic lockdown and I haven’t stopped broadcasting weekly since then. The first series was called Vjaġġi Enċiklopediċi, and featured interview with Wikipedians from Malta in season 1 and other various other countries in season 2. My favourite part of that series was a weekly meditation on the state of some Wikipedia article or other.

    This was followed by a very research-intensive series called Noti Memorabbli. The aim for that series was to raise awareness for the need to develop more historiographic sources for the performing arts in the Malta, if not the creative sector more broadly. Each 60-minute episode took about 20 hours of research to produce, which meant that the series was not sustainable beyond the one season during which it was broadcast. Luckily, throughout the summer of 2021, Campus FM (as the radio station was still known back then) agreed to broadcast an audio book version of the award-winning book Jien-Noti-Jien, which I co-authored with Immanuel Mifsud during the first pandemic lockdown.

    Mużika 21 was born in October 2021, offering me and my listeners an hour a week to listen to the latest releases from the local music scene, explore some oddities, and focus on either a new album or one from the vaults, released in the 21st century. Truthfully, the overlap with Mużika Mod Ieħor was evident right away. Both Mużika 21 (on the radio) and Mużika Mod Ieħor ma’ Toni Sant (the podcast) featured more or less the same playlist, week in week out. The two main differences, of course, where that the podcast featured videos for each and every one of the selected tracks, while the radio show afforded more time to oddities and album tracks.

    The need for M21 and MMI to become one became rather pressing as I became involved in other (writing and art curation) projects, which meant that the weekly podcast was reduced to a monthly offering for about a year or so. It was therefore a natural progression to bring Mużika Mod Ieħor ma’ Toni Sant to the radio, while retaining the podcast as an ongoing series, which has already changed format a couple of times since I first started it in November 2005.

    Here’s hoping that Mużika Mod Ieħor ma’ Toni Sant continues to delight listeners around the world, offering a veritable document of the local music scene like no other, even if in recent years the local broadcasting sector has greatly improved the amount of music from Malta on the airwaves. I still dream of a time when worthwhile local musicians no longer complain that their music is not played regularly on the radio.

    Available on Campus 103.7 on Thursday at 6pm and 11am, as well as Saturday at 2pm, every episode of Mużika Mod Ieħor ma’ Toni Sant is in Maltese. Some of the songs featured on it are not in Maltese.