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BARNEY GOODALL I discovered the music of Barney Goodall online during my researches for artists/bands to produce, not long after I moved to Liverpool. When I heard his music I was so impressed I could not believe what I was hearing and the band that was playing with Barney at that time, The Nighthawks, sounded [...]
BARNEY GOODALL & THE NIGHTHAWKS I discovered the music of Barney Goodall online during my researches for artists/bands to produce, not long after I moved to Liverpool. When I heard his music I was so impressed I could not believe what I was hearing and the band that was playing with Barney at that time, [...]
BUTCHA B In Liverpool there is not a massive hiphop scene, the sound of the city is still led by indie-rock but I heard some good stuff coming from the L8 neighborhood. I met Thomas Butcher aka Butcha B because he was one of the artists who gravitated around the 'House of Vibez', the home [...]
JIMMI & THE REVOLVERS Jimmi & The Revolvers was a band that as The Shipbuilders, in my opinion, represented at best the sound of Liverpool pop/rock/folk. Definitely a vintage sound, Beatles era or maybe even before like Skiffle music. Lot of people were attending their gigs and as I liked their music I asked them [...]
LADIES Ladies were a band that I started to follow because they were hosting a night at Lennon bar in Liverpool. They were playing their songs but also inviting various other artists to play at their nights. That is also a very good way to make public relations in the music circuit of a city. [...]
LONG FINGERS BANDITS The reason why I discovered the Long Finger Bandits is because that time I was following weekly a jazz band called Amanda Brown & The Common Ears where Parabhen Lad, singer and composer in the Long Finger Bandits was playing double bass and backing vocals and the well known Martin Smith was [...]
OCEAN WAVES BRASIL Ocean Waves Brasil is a project that aims to explore new musical and cultural territories. The first chapter focuses on the sacred music of Candomblé, an afro-Brazilian religion spread throughout Brazil. This traditional music is played by people who also belong to the religion, as all the members of our band do. After forming a [...]
OCEAN WAVES BAND Ocean Waves Band was born as a collective of reggae, R&B, hip-hop, and funk artists. The project aims to bring together musicians from a diverse range of backgrounds, collating unique tracks which each tell their own story. Carlo Variola, Founder of Ocean Waves Productions, said that it was his “passion for exploring [...]
OCEAN WAVES BAND FEAT. SUGA Ocean Waves Band was born as a collective of reggae, R&B, hip-hop, and funk artists. The project aims to bring together musicians from a diverse range of backgrounds, collating unique tracks which each tell their own story. Carlo Variola, Founder of Ocean Waves Productions, said that it was his “passion [...]
OCEAN WAVES BAND FEAT. GARFIELD WILLIAMSON Ocean Waves Band was born as a collective of reggae, R&B, hip-hop, and funk artists. The project aims to bring together musicians from a diverse range of backgrounds, collating unique tracks which each tell their own story. Carlo Variola, Founder of Ocean Waves Productions, said that it was his [...]
SATIN BEIGE Satin Beige and Steven Langstaff are two artists that were introduced to me by Space manager Mark Cowley, that time I was looking for artists to be part of the compilation LP ‘Ocean Waves & The Mersey Sounds’. Both of them has its personal project but sometimes they also play together. Satin usually [...]
SPACE This is the experience of our producer working with legendary Liverpool band Space. I had the idea to work on a compilation LP that included bands from Liverpool, so I remember that once I went to HMV (the commercial music shop chain in England) in Liverpool city centre and I asked a person who [...]
STEPHEN LANGSTAFF Satin Beige and Steven Langstaff are two artists that were introduced to me by Space manager Mark Cowley, that time I was looking for artists to be part of the compilation LP ‘Ocean Waves & The Mersey Sounds’. Both of them has its personal project but sometimes they also play together. Satin usually [...]
THE LEVONS I remember the 1st time I heard a demo of 'The Levons' online, I was looking for bands to develop and produce. I really liked them straight away, songs like 'Too Strange' and 'Come & Get it' really hit my attention, there were not many tunes at that level of quality around Liverpool [...]
THE SHIPBUILDERS When I heard a demo of The Shipbuilders online I though they were talented and that they were one of the bands that in my idea represented at best the sound of Liverpool pop/rock/folk. Their songs have that very retro, vintage touch which at least at that time characterized the sound of Liverpool [...]
THE SNEAKY NIXONS Well well well, The Sneaky Nixons. I heard one of their demos online and I liked a lot what I was listening. Rough. but very catchy tunes. So I met them and started to go at their rehearsals to check their live playing and their sound. Only afterwards I discovered that somebody [...]
THE WHITE WIDOWS In the practise room with The White Widows I was feeling as being a passenger of a train on fire, going at maximum speed and exploding at any moment. That time I had just arrived in Liverpool, I am not mother-language, so 5 people talking a fast and loud Scouse in an [...]
THE WICKED WHISPERS When I met The Wicked Whispers they already were a well structured band, with various songs and a great LP already released and also their followers on the psychedelic pop/rock world. It is always a pleasure when you meet a band and they are all very nice and down to earth. Personally [...]
Ocean Waves Brasil lança “Orixas: Forças da Natureza” nas plataformas digitais
No dia 23 de outubro a banda Ocean Waves Brasil lançou seu novo álbum: “Orixas: Forças da Natureza”. Este é um projeto musical e cultural focado em música. Percussão e cantos são os principais elementos e as melodias são cantadas na antiga língua iorubá. O álbum, que se enquadra na categoria musical “Música do Mundo”, […]
In Conversation – Carlo Variola (Ocean Waves Brasil Project)
Carlo Variola is the driving force behind Ocean Waves Productions, which is truly an international project. Carlo has travelled the world, spending time in Liverpool and currently working on the next chapter of the Ocean Waves legacy. Michael Fell caught up with Carlo to find out all about the Ocean Waves Brasil Project. Liverpool Noise: [...]