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Xanadu (other)
Xanadu may refer to: * Shangdu, the ancient summer capital of Kublai Khan's empire in China * a metaphor for opulence or an idyllic place, based upon Samuel Taylor Coleridge's description of Shangdu in his poem ''Kubla Khan'' Other places * Xanadu (Titan), an enigmatic bright feature on the surface of Saturn's moon, Titan * Xanadu 2.0, the nickname of Bill Gates's house * Xanadu Beach Resort & Marina, Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas * Xanadu Houses, a series of experimental homes built to showcase computers and automation in the home * Madrid Xanadú, a large shopping precinct and entertainment centre in Spain * Xanadu, the original name of the New Jersey mall American Dream Meadowlands Art, entertainment, and media Film, television, and theatre * Xanadu (''Citizen Kane''), a mansion in the 1941 film ''Citizen Kane'' * ''Xanadu'' (film), a 1980 film starring Olivia Newton-John ** ''Xanadu'' (musical), a 2007 Broadway musical based on the film * ''Xanadu'' (TV serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shangdu
Shangdu (, ), also known as Xanadu (; Mongolian: ''Šandu''), was the summer capital of the Yuan dynasty of China before Kublai decided to move his throne to the former Jin dynasty capital of Zhōngdū () which was renamed Khanbaliq (present-day Beijing). Shangdu is located in the present-day Zhenglan Banner, Inner Mongolia. In June 2012, it was made a World Heritage Site for its historical importance and for the unique blending of Mongolian and Chinese culture. Venetian traveller Marco Polo described Shangdu to Europeans after visiting it in 1275. It was conquered in 1369 by the Ming dynasty army under the Hongwu Emperor. In 1797, historical accounts of the city inspired the famous poem '' Kubla Khan'' by the English Romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Descriptions Shangdu was located in what is now Shangdu Town, Zhenglan Banner, Inner Mongolia, north of Beijing. It is about northwest of the modern town of Duolun. The layout of the capital is roughly square ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xanadu Records
Xanadu Records was a jazz record label founded in 1975 by Don Schlitten. It was most active during the 1970s and 1980s and stopped recording in the 1990s. The catalogue was bought by emusic in 1999, but no new music was produced. In 2007, the catalogue was bought by The Orchard, which entered an agreement in 2015 with Elemental Music to reissue some of the catalog as the Xanadu Master Edition Series. The partnership planned to include albums by Kenny Barron, Bob Berg, Al Cohn, Sonny Criss, Joe Farrell, Barry Harris, Dexter Gordon, Albert Heath, Jimmy Heath, Duke Jordan, Charles McPherson, and Cecil Payne Cecil Payne (December 14, 1922 – November 27, 2007) was an American jazz baritone saxophonist born in Brooklyn, New York. Payne also played the alto saxophone and flute. He played with other prominent jazz musicians, in particular Dizzy Gille .... Discography References {{Authority control Defunct record labels of the United States Jazz record labels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xanadu (video Game)
, also known as ''Xanadu: Dragon Slayer II'', is an action role-playing game developed by Nihon Falcom and released in 1985 for the PC-8801, X1, PC-8001, PC-9801, FM-7 and MSX computers. Enhanced remakes were later released for the Sega Saturn, PC-9801 and Windows platforms. It is the second entry in the ''Dragon Slayer'' series, preceded by '' Dragon Slayer'' and followed by '' Dragon Slayer Jr: Romancia'', which, as most games in the ''Dragon Slayer'' series, have very little relation with each other. ''Xanadu'' set a sales record for computer games in Japan, with over 400,000 copies sold there in 1985. It was one of the foundations of the role-playing genre, particularly the action role-playing subgenre, featuring real-time action combat combined with full-fledged character statistics, innovative gameplay systems such as the Karma meter and individual experience for equipped items,Translation and platform game elements combined with the dungeon crawl gameplay of i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Winery Dogs
The Winery Dogs are an American rock supergroup formed in 2012 by Richie Kotzen, Billy Sheehan and Mike Portnoy. Background The idea of the band started out as a project featuring drummer Mike Portnoy and bassist Billy Sheehan, who were aiming to form a power trio rock band with a lead singer/guitarist as the frontman. After an aborted project, tentatively titled "Bad Apple", with guitarist/vocalist John Sykes, talk show host Eddie Trunk heard about it and suggested Richie Kotzen, who had previously played with Sheehan in the band Mr. Big from 1997 to 2002. The three musicians got together at Richie Kotzen's studio in Los Angeles and at the end of the jam session, they had a few skeletons of songs that would appear on the debut album. After their first album success, they released a live concert DVD called ''Unleashed in Japan 2013: The Winery Dogs''. Prior to the Winery Dogs, all three members have had successful careers with other bands. Richie Kotzen is known as a for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger
The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger is an American band formed in 2008 by Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl. The couple have stated that they started the band as a way to spend more time together, and while they released a number of recordings and went on tours as a duo, they consider ''Midnight Sun'', released in April 2014, their first real record. Their tour to support the release of the album in May and June 2014 included opening for Beck as he started the East Coast leg of his tour that year. History The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger was formed in 2008 by musician Sean Lennon and his girlfriend, musician/model Charlotte Kemp Muhl. The name of the band is from a short story written by Muhl. Kemp and Lennon met in 2004 at the Coachella Music Festival. In an interview with the UK publication ''The Daily Telegraph'', Lennon commented on their relationship: "Charlotte hadn’t even heard "Strawberry Fields Forever" when I met her," Lennon said. "And she knew nothing about my mum. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Party Animals (music Group)
Party Animals are a pop- gabber group from Amsterdam, Netherlands. The band was created by producers Jeff "Abraxas" Porter and Jeroen Flamman, also known as Flamman & Abraxas, along with vocalists MCs Remsy, Evert van Buschbach, Patrick de Moor, Dennis Adam, and Paul Grommé. They became the first act in the Netherlands to have their first three singles go straight to number one. Career The Party Animals made their introduction on the video for the single " I Wanna Be a Hippy" by Technohead. The clip featured three gabbers and a hippie. Flamman & Abraxas discovered the four Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, ''500 Nr. 1 Hits uit de Top 40'', page 325, 9023009444 (Book in Dutch) and saw a potential for opening the mainly underground scene of gabber by making the sound more pop-oriented and thus introducing the new genre to a mainstream audience. The first single was "Have You Ever Been Mellow" which samples Olivia Newton-John's " Have You Never Been Mellow" The lyrics still contai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moving Mountains (EP)
Moving Mountains is an American rock band from Purchase, New York. Combining elements of emo and post-rock, the band has often been compared to such acts as The Appleseed Cast and Thrice. History Formation and ''Pneuma'' (2005–2009) Moving Mountains was formed in Westchester, New York in 2005 by Gregory Dunn (guitar/vocals) and Nicholas Pizzolato (drums). A self-titled demo was leaked to the public in early 2006 and their debut album '' Pneuma'' was released independently in early 2007. Later that year, Frank Graniero (guitar/vocals) and Mitchell Lee (bass) completed the band’s line-up. In 2008, ''Pneuma'' was reissued by Deep Elm Records. The album was written by Gregory Dunn. His lyrical inspiration was the death of his friend. The track titled "8105" represents the date August 1, 2005 when the band was officially formed by both Gregory Dunn and Nicholas Pizzolato. An EP, ''Foreword'' was released on December 11, 2008. ''Waves'' and self-titled album (2010–present) T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Screw (band)
Screw (typeset as SCREW) was a Japanese visual kei rock band formed in March 2006 by vocalist Byou and Yuuto, who were previously in the band Joker before its disbandment. Biography 2011-present: ''Biran'', Going Major and Xanadu Seventh Heaven Tour In 2011, Screw released two new singles, which were later included on their fifth studio album, ''Biran'', released on February 15, 2012. The single "Deep Six" reached number 23 on the Oricon charts and number 1 on the Indies chart. The single "Brainstorm" reached number 30 on Oricon charts and number 1 on the Indies chart. Their fifth studio album was released on February 15, 2012. It immediately reached number 3 on the Indies chart. Within its first week, the album reached number 42 on the Oricon chart. Screw announced that they are to go major with the release of their new single "Xanadu", set to come out on October 17. The group will start a one-man tour, Xanadu -Seventh Heaven...- on the same day at Shibuya O-West with a tou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dixanadu
''Dixanadu'' is an album released by Moi dix Mois on March 28, 2007. It contains re-recordings of "Tentation" ("Last Temptation") and "Pessimiste" ("Neo Pessimist"), originally from the album '' Dix Infernal''. Style The album features Gothic metal combined with traditional Japanese elements of song. The guitar riffs have been compared to those of Slayer. Another element are twin guitars with a tone shift of a fourth. Reception The German ''Sonic Seducer ''Sonic Seducer'' is a German music magazine that covers gothic rock, new wave, EBM and other kinds of electronic music and culture. The magazine is noted for organizing the annual M'era Luna Festival. Since its inception in 1994, the ''Sonic S ...'' magazine called the album a milestone of J-Rock and the dark culture in general. The reviewer noted also that the melody lines were more international than on the band's previous releases which would suit the European audience. Track listing Versions * A limited edition c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
At The Gates Of Utopia
''At the Gates of Utopia'' is the second studio album by the Italian symphonic black metal band Stormlord. Track listing # "Under the Samnites' Spears" – 6:50 # "I Am Legend" – 5:07 # "Xanadu (A Vision in a Dream)" – 4:21 # "And Winter Was" – 4:16 # "At the Gates of Utopia" – Instrumental – 2:25 # "The Curse of Medusa" – 6:33 # "The Burning Hope" – 6:21 # "A Sight Inwards" – 4:40 # "The Secrets of the Earth" – 6:18 Personnel *Cristiano Borchi - vocals *Pierangelo Giglioni - Guitar *Francesco Bucci - Bass *Simone Scazzocchio - keyboards *David Folchitto - drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair of matching drumsticks ... Guests * Volgar dei Xacrestani - opera vocals, narration, clean singing {{Authority control 2001 albums Stormlord (band) albums Scarlet Record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xanadu (Rush Song)
"Xanadu" is a song by the Canadian progressive rock band Rush from their 1977 album ''A Farewell to Kings''. It is approximately eleven minutes long, beginning with a five-minute-long instrumental section before transitioning to a narrative written by Neil Peart, which in turn was inspired by the Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem ''Kubla Khan''. Lyrics In Peart's lyrics, the narrator describes searching for a place called "Xanadu" that will grant him immortality. After succeeding in this quest, a thousand years pass, and the narrator is left "waiting for the world to end", describing himself as "a mad immortal man". The song is based on the poem Kubla Khan written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Although the song does not explicitly state where "Xanadu" is, references to ''Kubla Khan'' imply that it is a mythical place based on Shangdu, the historical summer capital of the Mongol Empire. Music "Xanadu" is the first Rush song in which synthesizers play an integral part. Unlike the prev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
