Radio 6 Stop Musical Profiler Appearance!
This never happened, no email or phone call to say why they failed to ring yesterday and I have enquired why by email twice since. I have my suspicions that despite Radio 6 championing themselves as being a station for unsigned or independent artists maybe they don’t like said musicians trying to get on the radio to promote/plug their material unless they are a recognised and signed artist or backed in some form by the ‘industry’. We are “Lost in a Sea of Pluggers” (see my blog) and industry darlings. This would...
Read MoreSlave Manifesto Gets 4 Star MRU Album Review!
The new album Slave Manifesto has received a 4 star glowing review from Sarah Keary of Music Review Unsigned. It leaves me in no doubt that the sound and style I have created is heading in the right direction musically, plus the review put a smile on my face. I’m that happy I will again offer for a short period my album as a FREE download. The review: “It’s not often you find an artist that has definitive influences and rolls it all up to make their own, but Ruben Vine creates one hell of an album he calls Slave Manifesto....
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Slave Manifesto Review. Free Copies for Reviewers Available
Greetings, as we near the end of February the first feedback and reviews from early listens of the NEW ‘Slave Manifesto’ album here before it is released on 01.05.12 have been filtering back to RV HQ. Over the next few weeks I will be sending out promo packs and CDs so if your a reviewer for any online or real world publications please get in touch and I will send you a copy “Just given your album a first run and found myself in the frankly unexpected position of really liking it. In the time honoured (read: lazy)...
Read MoreBruce music critic quote
November 2010 “The new Slave Manifesto material sounds like a cross between Crass and Nick Cave” Bruce Danford Independent Music Critic commented after hearing early rough mixes of the new material expected for release in...
Read MoreEastmag EP Review
“Two years in preparation, Ruben Vine’s ‘It All Begins Somewhere’ EP announces a distinctive songwriting voice, although maybe not one that will find him more than a cult audience. Musically, the EP offers a set of solid rock tunes with a folkish edge and some restrained production. Vine’s combination of dense, philosophical lyrics and raw, honest vocals (in the vein of New model Army’s Justin Sullivan) is laudable. . . it’s an interesting release, and Vine’s forthcoming album ‘Seated...
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