May 2011
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12/12 dodicidicembre live EP vs. the breakfast...
our “12/12 dodicidicembre live EP” is featured and reviewed on the excellent the breakfast jumpers. cheers, indeed.
April 2011
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12/12 dodicidicembre live EP
recorded live on 12.12.2009 during a memorial gig for the 40th anniversary of the bombing in piazza fontana, milan, italy, this ep features three songs originally written when we were still known as dodicidicembre, or 12/12. the songs “acqua al due” and “casomai” were composed by placeholder, silvio meazza and dror bezerra de melo.
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cuorematto
this is our rendition of little tony’s 1967 hit song.
the cover was made by kayenta and is based on the technical drawing of a triumph motorbike engine.
Cuorematto by placeholder
the original version of cuore matto was written by a. ambrosino e g. savino. this version of cuore matto is licensed under a creative commons attribution-noncommercial-share alike 2.5 italy license....
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il testamento del capitano (live)
this is a live soundboard recording of our rendition of a traditional italian WWI song.
it was recorded in milan, italy, in early 2011.
the cover was made by kayenta and is based on an old 1971 band-owned picture.
il testamento del capitano (live) by placeholder
il testamento del capitano is a traditional public domain song. this version of il testamento del capitano is licensed under a...
a flickering g vs. the breakfast jumpers
“a flickering g” is featured in the brilliant free-download compilation “goodbye icy winter” by the breakfast jumpers. check it out.
March 2011
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i was made for lovin' you
this is our version of a 1979 hit by kiss. if you don’t know the song, well, shame on you. the cover is a collective effort by two of our kids, we’ll call them f8 and m6.
i was made for lovin’ you by placeholder
the original version of i was made for lovin’ you was published by kiss (ascap)/mad vincent music (bmi), ℗ 1979 casablanca record & filmworks, inc....
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a flickering g
this song features some original audio excerpts from the beautiful, sad movie “in the mood for love” by hong kong director wong kar-wai.
the cover art was made by kayenta and is based on a great picture by jd hancock, an amazing photographer we met on flickr (by the way, be sure to check out his stormtroopers series).
a flickering g by placeholder
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a sun storm today
this is the very first song we made under our collective name. it was written, performed, recorded and mixed in just one day: july 7, 2009.
the cover was made by kayenta and it is based on a photograph by nataraj metz, a cool photographer from germany we found on flickr.com.
a sun storm today by placeholder
a sun storm today by placeholder was originally released on Jul 22nd, 2009 at...