Pnl - Deux FreresTwo brothers who have flipped the worldwide landscape of rap on it's head, French duo PNL have returned with a taste of brand new music in the form of 'Au DD'. Following on from their history making sophomore album 'Dans La Lgende' (which was the first independent French album to reach diamond status, selling over 850,000 copies to date), 'Au DD' is a glimpse into a forthcoming new project, complete with an unprecedented visual. Becoming the first

in which he called upon the most diverse subjects for inspiration: La Desolee(The Desolate)

Their artistic partnership began in 1909 with I sonetti delle fate

still goes by the name of Ace Records

The direction for the music from the outset was to step away from the world of jazz & dig deeper to the roots of Black music

Nor did Schumann embed in the history of piano playing such milestones of technical mastery and manual dexterity as Liszt who - inspired by Paganini's concerts and enabled by the double-escapement action developed by Sébastien Erard in 1821 - had practically reinvented the instrument by the time he wrote his Etudes d'exécution transcendante in 1837

John Benitez on bass and Jeff 'Tain" Watts on drums

along with selected other recordings of some of the great songs of the time from her releases on the Columbia

This musical conundrum

The year is 1973 and it's all happening

Played by two Italians with the right romantic feel for this music: violinist Carmelo Andriani and young Vincenzo Maltempo (who received great critical acclaim for his stunning recordings of piano music by Alkan and Schumann on Piano Classics)

The highlight of this triple feature is SWEENEY TODD THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET

a story that continues to be filled with life