Rock-Album and Art-Project
"Showtime" is the new Rock-Album by the german-iranian musician and entertainer AMOS.
"Showtime" is also an international art-event.
The record was released on 26 August 2010 on Sounds of Subterrania in Hamburg.
On vinyl with a blank white cover. More than 350 visual artists from all over the world and across all genres are creating individual artworks. They live in Munich, Berlin, Paris, London, New York, Los Angeles, on the Phillipines, in Budapest, Rome or Barcelona.
The price for the artwork including the record is set by the visual artist himself. All one-off pieces are presented and for sale in our Shop.
Also starting on 26 August 2010, there was a five-week-tour through Germany and Switzerland with exhibitions in offline galleries and "Showtime"-Release-Concerts. Vernissages and concerts will be combined to full-evening-events.
On this platform - especially via our Blog - we want to provide you with inside information about AMOS' new music, about all participants and the work in progress. This blog should serve you as a tool for researching, networking or simply for having some fun. We are looking forward to you coming back frequently and are happy for your comments.
We don't want to miss pointing out that this whole project is, of course, commercially driven. The AMOS Showtime provides a chance for artists to sell their work. Hopefully we will reach a synergy for all participants. The visual artists will present and interpret AMOS. In return, AMOS and his label present and promote the visual artists for the ears and the eyes. Art pieces are made to stimulate your senses, but don't forget that those stimulators need to make a living. Support them and preserve their art by buying it.
On the Album
"Showtime" is the name of AMOS' upcoming album - released
on 26 Aug, 2010.
11 rock tracks herald a new chapter for German-Iranian universal talent.
Pre-listen and buy here >>
"Showtime" presents an AMOS who has grown up and lost his constraints, leaving the dancefloor of his earlier releases behind to tread in the footprints of traditional rock bands.
With guitar work reminiscent of Brian May and Steve Stevens, vocal lines to match Lou Gramm or Rick Springfield and Led Zeppelin-style interludes as a striking touch in today's musical climate, AMOS remains true to his own distinctive style throughout, with his finger firmly on the pulse of contemporary music.
The album is broad in scope, with each track packed with individual dynamism. From the straightforward up-tempo rhythm of "Showtime", languid power of "Love Between Men" and anthemic pop rock of "Are You Ready" to the cheesy instrumental "White Snow" and balladesque rock melodrama "Last Song", AMOS rolls out his multifaceted talent with the confidence of an artist in his element.
The album's lyrics are far more profound than its predecessor, examining inner conflict - in "Showtime" and "New York City" - or focusing on social conflict, as in "Are You Ready" and "Us Against the Rest of the World". AMOS's trademark humour surfaces blackly in "Thinking of You" and "Supersonnig", his first song in German language, which tackles the current hot topic of insatiable material greed.
The album was produced in collaboration with Christian Wosimski and Martin Bartscher from the band Bitune.
