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Serge Pizzorno on Rosario Dawson

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Joliz
Published: May 22, 2009Posted in: MusicTags:

KASABIAN guitarist Serge Pizzorno counts himself a very lucky rock star after recording a collaboration with Sin City actress Rosario Dawson for the band’s new album out June 1st.

The British musician was ecstatic after persuading the Hollywood beauty to sing with the group, but faced a dilemma when he realised he had no idea about her vocal ability.
But Pizzorno was left speechless when Dawson recorded track West Rider Silver Bullet for their forthcoming LP perfectly in just two takes.

Pizzorno says, “I flew out to Los Angeles for her vocal session. I was nervous, thinking that if she couldn’t sing, we’d be screwed. I had my fingers crossed. “She came in and looked really beautiful, sat there. Then, she hit the first note and I knew we were going to be all right. She did it in two takes and I was there half an hour. Then she had to go because she was filming with Will Smith. I thought, ‘My whole life has gone pretty weird’. “Getting a Hollywood actress to do it was quite wild and it is a beautiful song. I was blown away.”

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Rosario Dawson will appear on the new Kasabian album

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Joliz
Published: March 30, 2009Posted in: Music, NewsTags:

Hollywood actress Rosario Dawson will appear on the new Kasabian album, ‘The West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum’.

The actress, whose movie credits include Sin City, has recorded vocals on one of the song ‘West Riding Silver Bullet’. In an interview with BBC 6Music, frontman Tom Meighan said fans could expect a “raw” sound from their third studio effort. “It’s gonna freak people out but it’s so good, the record, compared to the other two and I love the other two,” he said. “They’re like my two babies but this record is something else.”

The album has been produced by guitarist Serge Pizzorno and Gorillaz collaborator Dan The Automator. Meighan said the producer helped the band to “put a new spin” on the album. Bassist Chris Edwards added: “He is hip hop, he’s got all the beats down and he is just a great producer and he brought a different flavour to what we were doing.

“We are predominantly a rock ‘n’ roll band but we do dance tracks and different bits and bobs like that, so he just seemed like the perfect guy to get in.” Kasabian previewed songs from their forthcoming album at London’s Royal Albert Hall on Friday (March 27th). Fans can download their new single, ‘Vlad The Impaler’, for free from the group’s official website starting tomorrow.

‘The West Rider Pauper Lunatic Asylum’ is released on June 8th.

 Source: Gigwise

Sergio Pizzorno on Rosario Dawson

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Joliz
Published: January 18, 2009Posted in: Music, RandomTags:

Kasabian star Sergio Pizzorno was “s***ting himself” when he recorded a track with Rosario Dawson.

The guitarist admits the actress – who he refers to as “the prostitute from ‘Sin City’ ” – was not his first choice for a collaboration on the band’s upcoming track ‘West Rider/Silver Bullet’ but was pleasantly surprised by her singing talents when they met in New York.

He said: “I didn’t even know if she could sing. The obvious thing would be to get an English girl and have that English rose kind of vibe. Like Keira Knightley, that kind of thing. I thought Rosario would be interesting, but she’s the prostitute from ‘Sin City’. I was s***ting myself in the studio, but she sounded incredible.”

Sergio also said working with the ‘Seven Pounds’ star left him star struck with her stories of glitzy Hollywood parties. He added: “She later told me that she went to Quentin Tarantino’s birthday and played it for him and he loved it. “That’s when you sit at home in Leicester tucking into you beans on toast going, ‘F***ing hell man, what’s going on?’ “

Voto Latino & Nacional Records To Release Benefit Album Exclusively On iTunes

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Joliz
Published: April 14, 2008Posted in: Music, PhilanthrophyTags:

Nacional Records is proud to announce the upcoming release of a star-studded Voto Latino benefit album on April 15th exclusively via iTunes. The track-listing features 15 songs for only $3.99 from an all-star lineup including Don Omar, Aterciopelados, Aventura, David Garza and Ozomatli.

“Music is the soundtrack to my life. The Voto Latino compilation is the soundtrack of a movement,” says Voto Latino co-founder Rosario Dawson, who recently starred in a widely circulated telenovela parody PSA with Wilmer Valderrama. “It encapsulates everything about the Latino drive to the polls so blast it on your way to change” Adds Valderrama: “Music has proven to be an influential platform for our generation. This is the time to use it.”

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