Het Grote Rob Dougan Fantopic.

In één woord geweldig!

Cyberpunk, crossover, welke stijl het precies is weet ik niet, maar prachtig is het wel.
Veelal melancholische, epische stukken met zowel klassieke als moderne partijen.

Enkele aanraders:

Furious Angels (Orchestral mix)

Zijn er nog meer mensen fan van Rob D?
Zo ja, welke nummers vind je helemaal geweldig en waarom?

Check ook de prachtige website: www.robdougan.com

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Op donderdag 15 mei 2003 17:16 schreef RedWind het volgende:
Waar haal je muziek van hem?

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Maar ik denk dat als ik binnenkort weer eens een echte cd ga kopen dat dat de nieuwste van Rob Dougan gaat worden.

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Biography

Born and raised in Sydney, Australia, his parents only had three records in their music collection, 'Mack the knife', Beethoven's 'Eroica' and "something horrible" by Cleo Laine. It was in his mid-twenties when working as a barman, that he first met with Rollo(now giant producer with Faithless and Dido), and they got a record deal at small OZ label, 'Roo Art'. But before they released anything, Rollo felt home-sick and Rob returned with him to London. Dougan had also just been kicked out of the Acting Academy for " a destructive break-up".

In 1991, Rollo and Rob reworked Franke's 'Understand this groove' for the first 12" on Cheeky Records. The label 'Cheeky' was set up by Rollo at this time, and since then has produced many great artists, namely Dido, Skinny, Pauline Taylor and of course Faithless and Rob Dougan. Their recording studio was at Swanyard which has since ended. Rob's first job in the UK was in a Jeans store but he was soon on to bigger and better things as a dance artist.
By the following year, Rob had worked with the likes of Judge Jules and his music was dance-orientated, like Rollo. Rob & Rollo were soon known as 'Dignity' or 'Our Tribe' and did many remixes between the years of 1992 and 1996 and Rob had set up his own label RDR(Rob Dougan Rollo) and OTM(Our Tribe Management)at Hooj Studios.
Due to poor management, Cheeky Records needed help from now sister label, Champion, and at this moment, Rob and Rollo met Kristine W. They made the very popular dance single, 'Feel What You Want' which is still being played and re-released to this day. The album, 'Land Of The Living' was produced mostly by Rollo and Rob, and released in 1997 comprising of about 11 house tracks, mixed with cool, soothing vocals.

It was at this point that Rob decided to go on his own and style his own brand of music. In a recent interview by e-mail with him, he told me that he "didn't really care if it was popular or accepted", he believed only Mo'Wax would release Clubbed To Death. However, this song has taken the world by storm, ever since its release, and it is a very hard-to-find record. It was used best to advertise, 'Caffrey's - A Storm Brewing' campaign and in the Matrix film in 1999. Many people ask 'what is that song?' , 'who is it by?', and if you're reading this, then you're in luck. It was then released the following year, in 1996, in Australia with the same mixes from Carl Craig and Peshay. The Mo'Wax label manager, James Lavelle(half of UNKLE) liked the record so much, he commissioned a follow-up, named 'Clubbed To Death II'(only available on Cream Live 2CD and perhaps some 12" bootlegs).

The track even inspired Yaulande Zaubermann to create a film about the club scene in Paris, France. The movie was called 'Clubbed To Death(Lola)' and starred Eloude Bouchez.

Then in 1998, he developed the haunting 'Furious Angels' single, with mixes from Rollo and Midfield General. It continues a theme from Clubbed To Death but with vocals from Rob. Music Week called it a "true club masterpiece". The lyrics in this and all other tracks on the album are intense and deep. He claims that he "really had to fight to get it released", and that it was " a very personal thing" for it to be released. Two singles in 6 years might not seem prolific, but the album was supposed to be released the following month with 'Driving', but with lack of funds, Cheeky went bankrupt. Also, Rob had to take time out from completing the album to do some requests, such as productions with Kylie and remixes for Sting and Moby.

The Matrix movie used 'Clubbed To Death' in 1999, and this was the moment that people took more notice of 'Rob D.'.

BMG bought Cheeky Records, and the rights for Rob's tracks and a contract to last till 2005, and soon his album was getting air-play on LA-based station, KCRW, Los Angeles. Much of Rob's material has been unreleased such as his track with Nick Cave and Kylie, "Soon", and the remix of a Sting song that Sting was upset about. Apparently the record company loved it as Rob described it as "very dramatic, like 1930s Wuthering Heights".

In June 2002, Rob Dougan reached No.24 in the UK charts with the re-release of 'Clubbed To Death', this track also spent five weeks at the top of Pete Tongs Friday chart. Although the stunning debut album 'Furious Angels' didn't make too much of an impact on the UK charts, it doesn't mean it was a poor album. Quite the opposite, it is heart-racing from start to finish. The Sunday Telegraph said " It doesn't half make the hairs on your back stand up." Ministry of sound called it "pretty unmissable".

In October 2002 Rob will be making some tracks for the new Matrix films, which are set to be released from May 2003 onwards, this should help get the word out about this fantastic musician. Rob will be doing a collaboration on the Animatrix 9-minute short-film 'The final flight of Osiris' with composer Don Davis. Robs debut album 'Rob Dougan' will be released in the US on Reprise on 6th May 2003.

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[Dit bericht is gewijzigd door MaartenGrendel op 16-05-2003 15:36]

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Op donderdag 15 mei 2003 18:35 schreef RemCow het volgende:
Hij heeft een cd die in Nederland te koop is, Furious Angels heet dat album.
In juni komt er een re-release van dit album, met 10 instrumentale tracks. Hopelijk niet alleen in Amerika .

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Maar naar alle waarschijnlijkheid zal deze alleen in de VS en Canada uitgebracht worden.

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[Dit bericht is gewijzigd door MaartenGrendel op 15-05-2003 19:30]

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Op zaterdag 17 mei 2003 21:37 schreef RemCow het volgende:
Nothing At All is ook een zeer relaxed nummer!!

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Voor de mensen die denken dat Rob D alleen depri muziek maakt raad ik "Will You Follow Me?" ten zeerste aan.
Een prachtig, vrolijk, soundtrack-achtig instrumentaal klassiek nummer.

[Dit bericht is gewijzigd door MaartenGrendel op 19-05-2003 14:06]