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Mint Royale On The Biggest Ever 1st Week Sales Compilation
I've just had some great news this morning from the 'Now That's What I Call Music' team. With first week sales of 383,002, the new 'Now! 70' compilation (which features our Mint Royale's #1, Singin In The Rain), has had the biggest 'new record weekly sales' of any compilation ever.
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Mint Royale's 'Singin In The Rain' On Now 70 Comp
Mint Royale have made it on to the new NOW 70 that's just gone in to the shops. It's the first time Mint Royale have had a track on a NOW comp.
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Mint Royale's #1 Becomes Lead Track On TV Advertised Comp
Mint Royale's recent #1, Singin In The Rain, has become the lead track on the new TV advertised compilation 'Ultimate Streetdance' that was released last Monday.
"Singin In The Rain is now the ultimate street dance track that all the guys are dancing to" commented David Wood of Faith & Hope, "so we weren't suprised when BMG gave us the track one, CD one slot".
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Mint Royale Tops The Vodafone Music Station Chart
It's both our mobile distributor (Indie Mobile) and Faith & Hope's first #1 on Vodafone MS. "In our opinion, Indie Mobile is the leading mobile content company" comments Faith & Hope's David Wood, "I've worked with other mobile companies before and I think Simon Rugg's the most professional person I've found in this area, he's given us mobile sales far in excess of any of our expectations".
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Mint Royale's Longest Ever Run In The UK Charts
After two weeks at #1 Mint Royale are having their longest run ever in the UK top 40. Mint Royale have been in the chart now for 5 weeks and still going strong.
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After Two Weeks At #1, Mint Royale's Still In Top 10
After two weeks at #1 in the UK single charts, Mint Royale's Singin In The Rain's still in the Top 10. Thanks to everyone who's bought it and helped make it one of the fastest selling singles of 2008.
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Mint Royale Step Aside For Coldplay's First #1 Single
Although still in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart, Mint Royale's Singin In The Rain last night lost the #1 spot to Coldplay's first ever #1 single 'Viva la Vida'. Congratulations Chris, Jonny, Guy and Will on your first number! Like Mint Royale it's taken you ten years to get it and everyone at Faith & Hope would like to say well done the on your success.
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Over 1,000,000 Have Watched Mint Royale Video
Over 1,000,000 Mint Royale fans have watched the 'Singin In The Rain' Video on YouTube alone.
Wow, you Mint Royale fans have been really busy (thank you).
We've just been on YouTube and there's about six or eight of the same 'Singin In The Rain' Video posted up there and two alone have over 1,000,000 views.
On the 19th Of June when this story went up, the firures were;
588,676 - www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDnXjx6Ht70
454,178 - www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cscZeUqxxM
Other Mint Royale Videos on YouTube Include
Blue Song (with the Mighty Boosh Boys)
Wham! Rap (George Michael, Wham Remix)
Don't Falter with Lauren Laverne
Show Me featuring Pos from De La Soul
Sexiest Man In Jamaica
The Effect On Me
Wait For You
Dancehall Places
Of course let's now talk about George Sampson on YouTube. He's got loads, and I mean loads of veiws! 3,639,078 on just one posting
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_dcnS-KZpE
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Mint Royale's Still At #1 For A 2nd Week
Mint Royale are top of the UK singles charts for a second consecutive week with 'Singin' In the Rain'. The track - featured on the winning routine in Britain's Got Talent - shifted over 7,000 more copies this week than the #2 spot (Rihanna's 'Take A Bow'). Thanks to everyone who's bought the single.
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Mint Royale Hope For Another High Position Tomorrow
I have a real sneaky feeling that we shocked a few of the major people in the music industry with Mint Royale's 'Singin In The Rain' #1 last week. The track was one of the fastest selling #1's of the year and I bet if we end up there in the top 5 tomorrow I bet the brown smelly stuff will hit the fan on Monday morning in some of these top London record bosses office's because some of them have really thrown serious money at marketing. Listen to Radio 1's chart show tomorrow and let's see where Mint Royale end up. Let's hope it's top 5!
As always, thanks to everyone's who's bought 'Singin In The Rain' and supported us.
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Mint Royale's #1 Is One Of The Fastest Selling Singles Of 08
Official! We can reveal that Mint Royale's #1 'Singin In The Rain' is one of the UK's Biggest Weekly Selling Singles Of 2008 and is in good company with Madonna Ft Justin Timberlake, Estelle Ft Kanye West, Basshunter and of course Duffy who's also featured on two tracks of Mint Royale's album 'See You In The Morning' (the same one that 'Singin In The Rain' is on).
Buy The Album At Our Shop Now For Just £8.99 Click Here"It's not just about Britain's Got Talent" said Faith & Hope's David Wood, "There were lots of tracks on the programme and none of them ended up in the charts. Mint Royale's track is absolutely fantastic and the public clearly love it. It's still #1 on itunes and I'm told we're still #1 leading the charts this week, Mint Royale deserve it".
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First UK #1 Single For Mint Royale And Faith & Hope
Mint Royale have given Faith & Hope records our first ever UK #1 Single. David Wood, Neil Claxton and Doug D'Arcy would like to thank every Mint Royale fans who's bought 'Singin In The Rain' this week. We also want to thank everyone who's helped and supported us over the last ten brilliant years (we couldn't have done it without you all).
We feel a special thanks must also go to the 'original' team who worked 'Singin In The Rain' from the album 'See You In The Mornig' the first time round.
Marketing gurus Adam Griffin (a top DJ) and Mitch Mitchel, legal eagle's David Bloomfield and his assistant Alistair George, radio supremos Bjorn (national) and Lynn Swindlehurst and Nick Bray (regional), press ultimo Sarah Pearson, mobile legend Martin Higginson, web-wiz Ian Harrison, TV mogul Joggs Canfield and everyone at the video production team who made us a fantastic video.
Now!, last but not least, the man (no, the top man) who signed us to Sony, the one and only, Noel Labrosse (known to his very close friends as Mr Clementine) who believed in the track so much and always told us it would be a nuumber 1. Thanks to you all.
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Singin In The Rain's On The Same Mint Royale Album As Duffy And Hugo Boss
We've dad loads of emails this week regarding the Mint Royale's 'See You In The Morning' album that features their hit 'Singin In The Rain'
Just want to clear up a frequently asked question.
This album does also features Duffy (tracks 4 and 9) and the ex Hugo Boss ad (track 1).
So, if you'd like the album, visit HMV, it's only £8.49.
Buy 'See You In The Morning' at HMV
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Get 'Singin In The Rain' On Your Mobile
Singin In The Rain: As performed on 'Britain's Got Talent' and featured on the Volkswagen Golf ad.
Text: SINGIN to 82822
T&Cs: Realtones cost only £1.50 plus standard text cost. "WAP" must be enabled for download. Please ensure that "WAP push" is enabled in your handset. Entering a correct code and mobile phone compatibility is the users' responsibility; please consult your handset manual carefully. If you have a problem with your mobile content or if you are unsure of compatibility please e-mail support@indie-mobile.com
Texting will not work outside of the UK or on Virgin Mobile.
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Mint Royale To Have Their Highest Chart Entry To Date
It seems to be generally accepted that Singin' In The Rain is heading towards the higher reaches of the charts this week and it will be certainly our biggest hit to date for both Mint Royale and Faith & Hope. This is marvellous news and we'd all like to thank everyone who's bought it so far. We couldn't do it without you!
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Mint Royale's Singin In The Rain Enters The UK Top 40
Singin In The Rain entered the UK top 40 at 28 on the back of George Sampson's 'Britain's Got Talent victory.
To share in our success, you can now buy the album that Singin In The Rain appears on (See you in the morning) for just £8.99 (that's £5 / 35% off ) including post and package.
Buy it now at the Faith & Hope Store. Click Here
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Britain's Got Talent Winner Dances To Mint Royale
Congratulations George!
We just wanted to say a huge congratulations to George Sampson for winning 'Britain's Got Talent'.
A massive 14 million people watched his winning dance to our very own 'Singin' In The Rain', earning him a big pot of money (100 grand to be exact) and a slot at this years Royal Variety Performance.
Have a look yourself... www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0saf8D5p3U
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'Singin In The Rain' on Australian TV
Mint Royale's legendary remix of Gene Kelly's 'Singin' In The Rain' has been featured on the Australian version of the hit US show, So You Think You Can Dance. The track was used as part of Kate and Jack's energetic performance on the show last week (April 6):
To see a clip visit:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Or702dv13d0
http://dance.ten.com.au/
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Duffy at Number 1 in Singles Chart
Congratulations to Duffy for her fabulous single 'Mercy' which is currently riding high at number 1 in the UK singles chart! The Welsh singing sensation, now signed to A&M / Rough Trade featured on Mint Royale's last studio album; 'See You in The Morning' singing on 'Little Words' and 'Something New'.
www.myspace.com/duffymyspace
www.myspace.com/mintroyale
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Mint Royale 'Take the A-Train'
A Mint Royale remix of Ella Fitzgerald's "Take the A-Train" is currently featuring on a TV commercial for New York City. To see the ad visit:
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Long Lost US Don’t Falter video
A long long time ago in a land far away a video company made a great animated video for the US release of Don’t Falter. We never got a copy that we could play in the UK so have not been able to get it online – until now.
A nice person at the video company found it on their server and sent us the link out of the blue, so it’s now on the video page for all to see or you can watch it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2QGJ1rrCUw
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Mint Royale Tops 200,000 Plays on Myspace!
Thanks to everyone who’s supported Mint Royale on Myspace, the band has now topped 200,000 plays!
The band’s ‘Pop Is…’ album is going great guns too and is receiving high accolades from the music press and fans alike – deserved praise for an album that packs in all the hits and videos to boot!
And remember, you can buy a ltd edition signed CD/DVD right here:
But be quick, there are only a handful left!
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Singin’ In The Rain YouTube Competition
Following a recent hive of activity on YouTube relating to the ”‘Singin’ In The Rain” robot dancing phenomenon inspired by the VW ad, Faith and Hope is proud to announce a competition for all you aspiring dancers, entertainers and general YouTube tricksters out there!
We would like you to make a YouTube video to go with the Mint Royale “Singin’ In The Rain” track and the best one will win a signed copy of the new Mint Royale best of album, ‘Pop Is…’ which features all of the band’s hits and videos on DVD including the official ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ Video.
Once you’ve made the video post it to You Tube and email myspace@faithandhope.co.uk with your name, the name of your video and the web address it can be found at.
To give you some ideas check out one we think is pretty cool, the ‘pSyk Animation’ version at:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UYeFrJ2ZPE&mode=related&search=
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Mint Royale's "Pop Is.." Out Today!
Mint Royale's new album "Pop Is.."is released in shops and on digital download from today!
The release a retrospective compilation, which compiles ten years of sunshine soul pop that defined Mint Royale as pioneers in the world of dance, and confirmed them to be a veritable hits factory, spinning out more key singles than your average boy band!
Merging the boundaries between pop, big-beat, hip-hop and house, ‘Pop Is…” fizzes with fifteen funky tracks taken from all three of the group’s acclaimed studio albums, ‘Dancehall Places’ (2002), ‘On The Ropes’ (2004), ‘See You In The Morning’ (2005).
If that wasn't enough, "Pop Is..." also comes with a free DVD of the Mint Royale videos, including the Mighty Boosh chaps and Hot Fuzz star Nick Frost in "Blue Song
To order your copy of the album visit:
http://www.faithandhope.co.uk/shop/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=92
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Mint Royale on BBC Manchester
Mint Royale main man Neil Claxton has been interviewed on BBC Manchester. The interview charts the history of Mint Royale and is available to view at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2007/02/23/230207_mint_royale_feature.shtml
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Mint Royale’s New Album ‘Pop Is…’ Out Next Week!
Yes you read the headline right; the new Mint Royale album, "Pop Is..." hits the shops on Monday 5 March! It features all the hits, from "Don't Falter" with Lauren Laverne through "Blue Song", "Show Me" with Pos from De La Soul, summer smash "Sexiest Man in Jamaica", "Singing in the Rain" and loads more.
It also contains some choice remixes that Mint Royale have done for the Stone Roses ("Elephant Stone"), Terrorvision ("Tequila") and a bonus track, "Wham!Bar", a re-working of Wham's "Wham Rap!" hit that is currently being played in all the right places!
If that wasn't enough, "Pop Is..." also comes with a free DVD of the Mint Royale videos, including the Mighty Boosh chaps and Hot Fuzz star Nick Frost in "Blue Song
You'll be able to buy "Pop Is..." in the shops, but you can get it direct from from our shop too, plus, the first 200 copies will be signed by Mint Royale mainman Neil Claxton. Why not head over to the Shop right now and get yours on pre-order?
http://www.faithandhope.co.uk/shop/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=92
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Wham!Bar on YouTube
Some cheeky scamp has made their own video for Wham!Bar - Mint Royale's remix of the classic Wham Rap track.
Whowever you are that's done this, step forward now and make yourself known - we think its great!
The new remix will be a bonus track on the forthcoming Mint Royale album "Pop Is..." which features all the hits from the first 3 albums, plus some choice remixes.
See the unofficial video for Wham!Bar here:
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Mighty Boosh Stars in Mint Royale Video
It could be in a "before they were famous" show, as just before Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt were launched into the big-time with the super-success of the Mighty Boosh, they appeared (alongside Spaced stars Nick Frost and Paul Smiley) in the video to Mint Royale's "Blue Song".
Mint Royale vocalist Steven Wren is a massive fan of the Mighty Boosh, and is pleased as punch that "Vince" mimed his words. The video features a heist scene, in which Noel sings and dances along to the car stereo.
You can watch the video on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBt_AoYjGg0
Blue song is available on CD single, and various different mixes/remixes on 12" Vinyl. See the Shop for details
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Mint Royale Scores 5/5 In DMC Review
Top marks, or a very rare 'five dancing men', for Mint Royale's Whambar! in this weeks DMC Update.
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Mint Royale Tops The Club Breakers Chart
Mint Royale's new track "Whambar!" is sitting at number 1 this week in the Music Week "Upfront Club Breakers" chart.
Mint Royale's in good company with tracks by P Diddy, Fergie, Nelly Furtado and The Pussycat Dolls just behind them in the chart.
Whambar! will appear on Mint Royale's 'best of' album called 'Pop Is' which will be released in Feb 07 on Faith & Hope.
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Mint Royale's Whambar! Gets Radio 1 Plays
Mint Royale's new track Whambar! gets a couple of new Radio 1 spins including a play on the 'trophy twins' show
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New Mint Royale Track Features George Michael
'Wham! Bar', Mint Royale's new track that will definitely appear as a bonus track on 'pop is ..' (the bands forthcoming best of album due to be released in January 2007) is currently being used for the national TV adverts for 'Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway' show on ITV. The eagerly awaited track features the vocals of George Michael from his Wham! days.
"The tracks got the vocal from the 'Wham! Rap' track" said Faith & Hope's David Wood, "and at the moment there's no plan to release it as a single, but Mint Royale fans will definitely be able to get the new track on the best of album out in January".
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New Mint Royale Track
After locking himself in the studio in July, Mint Royale has come up with a great new track which may well appear on the long awaited 'best of' album planned for release soon. More details to follow soon.
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Mint Royale's 'Dancehall Places' Used In New Beer Ad
Mint Royale's 'Dancehall Places' is being used for the new 'Bibop' beer advert which hit German TV today.
If you've never been to Germany and you're not familiar with 'Bibop', it's a black beer made of a mixture of cola and beer that comes out of the Köstritzer brewery in Bad Köstritz (which is close to Gera in Thuringia). Now owned by the Bitburger Brauerei, the brewery was founded in 1543 and it is one of the oldest producers of Schwarzbier (black beer) in Germany. The total annual production of the brewery is nearly 1,000,000 hectolitres which we've worked out should keep our roster in beer for about eighteen months or so!
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We're Pleased With Mint Royale's New Home In Canada
faith & hope are very pleased that Mint Royale have a new home in Canada. Universal Music released the album 'see you in the morning' on may 16th and are doing really well. Neil from Mint Royale say's 'it is really exciting to be finally getting a full release in Canada and to be working with Universal, we've always had a lot of support over there and have dj'd in Toronto a few times but until now never had the opportunity to get our music out properly'. Let's hope Mint Royale repeat their UK success in Canada.
Our Canadian friends Universal Music have now built a Mint Royale minisite so check it out here!
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Prince William Loves Mint Royale
Thanks for the hundred or so emails we've received regarding the news story about Prince William and Mint Royale that appeared in the Daily Mirror a few days ago.
We know first hand that it's true that our future King, Prince William is a massive fan of Mint Royale. He has an alias on the Mint Royale forum and if he reads this story we'd love to invite him to be in the next video we do either in disguise or not (whatever you want William).
A favourite of Prince William's is Mint Royale's hit 'Sexiest Man In Jamaica'.
To read the Daily Mirror news piece click here.
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Mint Royale Was Big Brother's Rula Lenska's 'Best Bits'
Mint Royale's 'From Rusholme With Love' was used tonight as the music for actress Rula Lenska's 'Best Bits'.
Countess Roza-Marie Leopoldnya Lubienska or Rula to her mates become the third celebrity to be evicted from Channel 4's Big Brother house and was up for eviction with former 'Baywatch' actress Traci Bingham and 'Goldie Lookin Chain' member Maggot (who we believe secretly wanted to be evicted as his band is playing at the Midem music conference in Cannes this week.
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Mint Royale Team Up With Hugo Boss
After our Gene Kelly VW Golf GTi television advert last summer, Faith & Hope have now teamed up with iconic fashion group Hugo Boss who will introduce a new feminine fragrance this month called Hugo 'Pure Purple'.
Apart form the U.S , the Worldwide TV publicity campaign features an energetic dance routine on the streets of New York set to the Mint Royale track "Wait For You".
Like the men’s line Hugo Energise, the concept is joyful, vibrant and bold – "a whirlwind in a bottle", according to the company. "We wanted to create a clear, modern, unexpected spirit," explained Hugo Creative Director Volker Kaechele. "The spirit of a woman in harmony with her world, who expresses herself in a burst of pure energy. Purple is the perfect colour for her: a real positive, feminine force."
The deal with Hugo Boss follows an incredible 2005 for Faith & Hope in the TV film and advertising market. "We have completed some great deals both in the UK and internationally this year for our artists including Volkswagen, Toyota, Jaguar, DFS, SKY, Channel 4 and now Hugo Boss" said Faith & Hope's David Wood. "Let's hope we can have the same success in 2006".
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Mint Royale 'Take It Easy' At DFS
If you go to the cinema at any time in the next few weeks and see the new DFS sofa advertisment you'll be listening to Mint Royale's ‘Take It Easy’ from their first album 'On The Ropes'.
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Mint Royale Dominates Weekend Television
Mint Royale dominated this weekends UK television. With plays on both primetime ITV (Saturday) and BBC1 on both Saturday and Sunday nights, Mint Royale are officially one of the most successful UK acts in the TV music market.
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Mint Royale On 'Strictly Come Dancing'?
Mint Royale's track 'Something New' was used on last Saturday's 'Strictly Come Dancing'. Thanks to everyone who's emailed to tell us. Something New is also being used by SKY TV to advertise SKY subcription.
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Mint Royale On Jo Whiley's Show Today
HMV have asked us to notify all fans that they're offering free delivery on all Mint Royale releases at the moment.
Buy the new release of 'The Effect On Me' which was played on the lovely Jo Whiley Radio 1 show today.
CD is £2.99 with free delivery
(1) The Effect On Me [Radio Edit] (2) The Effect On Me [Max Tundra Remix] (3) Marbles (4) The Effect On Me (5) The Effect On Me [Video]
12" is £3.99 with free delivery.
(1) The Effect On Me (2) Marbles (3) The Effect On Me [Max Tundra Mix]
'see you in the morning' is £8.99 with free delivery.
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Mint Royale's 'The Effect On Me' Released Today
'the effect on me', the brilliant new single from mint royale, is released today in all good record stores. Available on enhanced CD and 12”, the song is backed with a fizzing Max Tundra remix and brand new track 'marbles', with the cd also including the stunning video. Also available as a download from 7Digital amongst others, simply click here to preview and purchase the single.
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The Effect on Me Out Today!!!! - BUY ONLINE NOW
Mint Royale's new single, 'The Effect On Me' is release today, taken
from the critically acclaimed album 'See You In The Morning'. 'The
Effect On Me' Possibly their finest single to date, the song
builds slowly around a plaintive strings, chiming guitars and an
impassioned vocal sampled from Jean Wells' 'Have a little Mercy'. The
single is available from all good record stores on enhanced CD
featuring the new video, and on a very lovely 12". But, if you
can't wait to get your hands on it you can download the single now from
the Mint Royale website www.mint-royale.com
This download package comes complete with remixes from 'Max Tundra',
and new track 'Marbles', which is exclusive to this release only, as
well as and extended version of 'The Effect on Me'.
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Mint Royale 'Make Me A Million'
Mint Royale's track 'My Heart Is Beating Fast' from their new album 'see you in the morning' is currently being used for the Channel 4 series 'Make Me a Million'.
The series follows three businesses to show what it's like to be a TRUE ENTREPRENEUR, and what it takes to make as much money as possible in just one year. There's three multi-millionaire mentors, three pairs of business virgins and the chance to make big money... but who will come out on top after one year?
See how they get on at 9pm on Tuesday's on Channel 4.
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Hugo Boss Choose Mint Royale
Faith & Hope are proud to announce that Mint Royale are supplying the music for the new global Hugo Boss TV advert.
"Hugo Boss is a name that's synonymous with quality and is one of the World's leading fashion brands" commented Faith & Hope's David Wood "both Faith & Hope and Mint Royale are absolutely delighted to have been chosen by them. It's a real honour".
This Year has been an incredible year for Mint Royale with the release of their third album 'see you in the morning' (which is in the shops now) and the success they've had with their music being used for the adverts of VW (Gene Kelly Golf GTi), SKY, Nokia and now Hugo Boss. We'll give you more details and a link to the ad when we have it.
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Mint Royale Enter BBC 6Music 'A' List
BBC 6Music have moved Mint Royale's next single "The Effect On Me" up to their A-list. To view the full 6Muic Playlist, Click Here.
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Mint Royale's New Video Wins 'THE BOX' Vote
Mint Royale's new video for their forthcoming single 'The Effect On Me' has won the public vote on 'THE BOX' as part of the 'Eat My Video' strand. We want to thank all the bands fans who have taken the time to vote for them.
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Mint Royale Added To BBC Playlist
Mint Royale's next single 'The Effect On Me' which will be released later in November will be added to the BBC 6Music playlist from Monday.
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Mint Royale On Ministry Of Sound '2006 Annual'
You know that Christmas is coming when the Ministry Of Sound '2006 Annual' appears. Released this Monday (31/10/05), it has this years biggest dance tracks including our very own Mint Royale's 'Singin In The Rain'. There's 40 Tracks on 2 CDs and a 20 track DVD featuring the best videos of the year. It’s both the best dance album of the year, and the ultimate present for any self respecting member of the family under 30!!
Commenting on the '2006 Annual', David Wood of Faith & Hope said "It's a real honour for Mint Royale to have been chosen for this years Ministry of Sound Annual. 'Singin In The Rain' has been one of the highest profile dance tracks of the year after it was used on the VW golf TV ad. The annual is expected to sell more than 250,000 copies which is more than we sold in singles. It's been a great year so far for the band and we're just in negotiations at the moment for another big Mint Royale announcement".
Mint Royale are no new comers to the compilation market. Previously Mint Royale tracks have appeared on Pepsi, Club life Selection, Kinky Beats, Slam The Breaks On, A Plump Night Out, Abrak A Dubra, Elastic Breaks, Mix CD 1, Orientations, Urban Underground - The Break beat Elite, V. 13, 21st Century Disco 2003, Big Beach Boutique 2 - The Movie, Big Beach Boutique II, Dance Nation Anthems, House Funktion 4, Liquid Todd - Solid State, The Annual Ibiza 2002, Next Level Breaks, 24 Hour Psychedelic Freak out, A Camping flight To Lowlands Paradise 2003, Acapella Mash-Ups Volume 5, Buddah Club - Summer House Club, In Tha House Records, Dance Train 2003 Club Edition, Electro Tech, Green Vibes, Total dance Volume III, Grandmix 2003, Kontor Sunset Chill Vol. 5, Jaguar 2005 - Volume 2 (plus others).
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Watch Mint Royale's New 'The Effect On Me' Video
Following the massive success of the video for ‘singin in the rain’ we are proud to bring you the video for Mint Royale's new single 'the effect on me'.
Starring resident Mint Royale vocalist Fola, the video is a gorgeous accompaniment to the song and was shot in one take. Featuring a cameo from the bands manager Tony (leave your guesses as to his role on the Mint Royale messageboard) and the lamposts from the VW Golf GTi advert (we like to get our money's worth out of the props).
You can now watch it here (more formats to follow soon). Windows Media: Hi Res or Lo Res
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Jonathan Ross Playing Mint Royale This Saturday
Jonathan Ross will be playing Mint Royale's next single 'the effect on me' on his Saturday morning radio 2 show. 'the effect on me' will be released on the 21st of November. The album 'See you in the morning' is in the shops now.
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Mint Royale's Best Ever First Months Sales
We've just had the figures in for the first months sales of Mint Royale's new album 'See You In The Morning' and we can reveal that the band have just had their biggest ever first month album sales.
This comes after months of speculation regarding 'Singin In The Rain' (used on the VW Golf GTi TV ad) which gave Mint Royale a Top 20 hit.
We've also had a series of great press reviews for the album from both UK and international press (Mixmag described it as "an Epic Album").
Or Download the album at iTunes or MSN (just type Mint Royale in the search).
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Mint Royale Track Used On 'X Factor'
If you're a fan of the ITV show 'X Factor', tonight you'll have heard Mint Royale's massive club and chart hit 'Sexiest Man In Jamaica' used for Nokia's "Love your music, Love your Nokia" adverts on the show.
It's well known that X Factor judge Simon Cowell is a Mint Royale fan. When Simon worked for BMG they tried to sign the band.
'Sexiest Man In Jamaica' is available on Mint Royale's second album 'Dancehall Places'.
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Mint Royale's Next Single Played On Radio 1
The next Mint Royale single 'the effect on me' received it's first airing on Radio 1 today. Sara Cox, standing in for Jo Whiley, ended her show with the track which she described as 'beautiful'. 'the effect on me' will be released on the 21st of November.
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Mint Royale's 5 Star Review In Germany
One of Germany's leading music journalists, Bernhard Lermann, has given Mint Royale's new album 'See You In The Morning' a five star review in Germany's leading lifestyle magazine GQ.
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UK Top 20 For Mint Royale's 'Singin In The Rain'
'Singin In The Rain' has given Mint Royale their latest hit when it entered the official UK Top 40 singles chart tonight at number 20. Previous Mint Royale hits include 'Don't Falter', 'Sexiest Man in Jamaica', 'Blue Song' and their re-mix of Terrorvisions 'Tequila'.
Faith & Hope's David Wood said "Thanks to everyone who went out and bought the single. Last week was one of the most highly competitive singles charts of the year with new releases from Oasis, Rihanna, Simon Webbe, Black Eyed Peas, Kaiser Chiefs, White Stripes, Amerie and the Coral all in the same week. We're delighted with the chart position as there are twelve of this weeks new releases in the Top 20".
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Listen To Mint Royale's New Album
To coincide with the release of Mint Royale's new album "See you In The Morning" you can now click through to the audio page in the media section of Mint Royale's Website and enjoy full length streams of all the album tracks, including current single 'singin' in the rain'.
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Mint Royale Now In The Shops
Hi all, Well after months of speculation, Mint Royale's track 'Singin In The Rain' (as seen on the VW Golf GTi ad) is now in the shops.
'Singin In The Rain' is taken from Mint Royale's new album 'See You In The Morning',described by Mixmag as an "Epic Album".
If you can, forward the link to this page to all your friends and please go out and buy a copy as we're trying to get a chart position.
Mint Royale's new 'see you in the morning' album featuring 'Singin In The Rain' CD Album - Visit HMV, Virgin or your local record shop or buy on-line for £9.99 at HMV on-line, £8.99 at Amazon on-line or £10.47 delivered from Asda on-line £9.99 at Virgin on-line.
Download Album - for £7.99 at iTunes or £6.99 at MSN
Mint Royale's 'singin in the rain' as a full length mobile track, true ring tone or polyphonic ring tone Visit MonsterMob Mint Royale's 'singin in the rain' single
CD Single - Visit Asda, Virgin, HMV or your local record shop or buy on-line for £1.99 at HMV on-line
Download Single - iTunes or MSN
Thanks everyone
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iTunes #13 and #15 ?
The most amazing things happened today in the iTunes Top 20 involving Mint Royale. Their track 'Singin In The Rain' has appeared TWICE in the Top 20.
"So how this happened?" I hear you say. Well SonyBMG are releasing the single for us and we're releasing Mint Royale's new album (see you in the morning) which 'Singin In The Rain' is an album track. So the single version is at #13 and the album version is at #15. We are reliably informed from a music industry veteran that this is the first time an artist has had both single and album version of a track in the iTunes Top 20 on the same day. Wow. Congratulations Mint Royale.
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'Singin In The Rain' In Asda Top 20
Today, Mint Royale's 'Singin In The Rain' which will be released on Monday has gone straight in to the Asda singles chart at #14. This is the first ever Mint Royale single to be sold in a supermarket.
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'Singin In The Rain' In Asda
ASDA, 'Britain’s Best Value Retailer' has become part of the faith & hope family today. The Leeds based supermarket chain who have 265 stores in the UK and their music departments will be stocking Mint Royale's single 'Singin In The Rain' which is released on Monday (22/08/05). Mint Royale's new album 'See You In The Morning' (or as the Yorkshire lads say, 'see thee in the morning') featuring 'singin in the rain' will be available from Asda on-line. Click here for details.
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MTV Europe Play Mint Royale's Video
MTV Europe have started to play Mint Royale's 'Singin In The Rain' today. This is the first time a Mint Royale video has been played simultaneously throughout Europe before the release date. Thanks, MTV Europe!
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'Singin In The Rain' Released Monday
After months of speculation Mint Royale's track 'Singin In The Rain' which was used as the music for the VW Golf GTi ad is to be released on Monday (22/08/05). The single will be in the shops so please please please go out and buy it. The rack is taken from Mint Royale's third album 'See You In The Morning'.
Mint Royale's 'singin in the rain' CD single. Available at Virgin, HMV your local record shop or HMV on-line.
Mint Royale's 'singin in the rain' download single. Visit iTunes or MSN
Mint Royale's 'singin in the rain' as a full length mobile track, true ring tone or polyphonic ring tone. Visit MonsterMob.
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Over 50 Million Have Heard Mint Royale
The television advertising research company 'Mercer Statistics' estimate that 85.9% of the British public heard Mint Royale's 'Singin InThe Rain' track used on the VW Golf GTi advert. This means that over 50,000,000 saw the ad and heard the track. Want to see the ad again? Click Here
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See The New TV Ad For 'Singin In The Rain'
From tomorrow (19/08/05) until the end of the month you'll see a lot of Mint Royale's 'Singin In The Rain on the BOX, KISS HITS and SMASH and thanks to MonsterMob's New TV Ad for the Ringtone and full track download.
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Apple Love 'Singin In The Rain'
Apple's Quick Time Guide which is viewed by millions daily have featured Mint Royale's 'Singin In The Rain'.
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UK Indicators Point To A Hit
Mint Royale's 'Singin In The Rain' has simultaneously reached the Top 10 across three of the UK's biggest indicators that the single which will be released next Monday will be a hit for Mint Royale.
Singin In The Rain jumped twenty five places to #5 in Music Week's 'Commercial Pop Top 30', remained at #9 in the 'Upfront Club Top 40' and as we reported yesterday went straight in to the iTunes UK Top 100 at #5.
Singin In The Rain also entered the 'Pre-Release Airplay Top 20' which is compiled from pre-release airplay on Capital, Galaxy, Network Kiss, Vibe and Radio 1. This is Mint Royale's first ever appearance in this chart.
Commenting on the current success of Singin In The Rain in the 'Commercial Pop Top 30', Faith & Hope's David Wood commented "Mint Royale have done brilliantly well when you consider the millions that have been spent on some of the World's biggest artists below them in the chart".
David refers to the likes of the likes of Moby at #28, Jamiroquai at #21, Craig David at #19, Faithless at #17 and Goldfrapp at #7).
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'Singin In The Rain' Is #5 On iTunes
Mint Royale's track 'Singin In The Rain' has today entered the iTunes Top 10 at number 5.
Setting a new milestone for the digital music business, the iTunes Music Store has now sold more than 500 million songs to Mac and PC users and with 1.2 million tracks from over 1,000 leading labels Mint Royale are delighted to be number 5 of 1,200,000. Visit iTunes by clicking here.
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50,000 View Mint Royale Video On-Line
Over 50,000 of you have watched Mint Royale's new 'Singin In The Rain' video either here on faith & hope's site or on Mint Royale's own site. After Mint Royale's break dancers appeared live on MTV earlier this week our server nearly exploded.
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Mint Royale Back With ZYX In Germany
Mint Royale are extremely happy to be represented again in Germany, Austria and Switzerland by ZYX records who are one of the areas biggest and most succesful independent record labels.
Mint Royale are being personally overseen by head of A&R Gregor Minnig who released Mint Royale's debut album 'on the ropes'. The bands second album (dancehall places) had to be released by Sony as a part of faith & hope's joint venture but now the joint venture has ended, Mint Royale are free to go back to ZYX.
ZYX was founded in 1971 as an importer and now have more than 250 employees and feature a vast catalogue of Dance, Pop, Jazz, Soundtracks, R&B and Pop Music.
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Get 'Singin In The Rain' On Your Mobile
The British based company MonsterMob who are one of the World's largest mobile phone content providers have the Global mobile rights to Mint Royale's forthcoming single 'Singin In The Rain'.
Commenting on the deal, Faith & Hope's David Wood said "I'm sure within the next couple of years MonsterMob will be one of the World's biggest players in the music to mobile sector. 9 Squared, MonsterMob's US based company already deliver over one million music downloads per month and they're going to storm in to Europe by the end of the year. Faith & Hope wants to be apart of it".
MonsterMob now have the ex Ministry of Sound and SonyBMG lawyer David Bloomfield heading their Music division who said "This is the first of many exclusive deals that we have planned. We're working with our thirty seven mobile network partners in seventeen countries to make 'Singin In The Rain' a mobile hit.
MonsterMob who are NME's music to mobile partner are going from strength to strength. Their UK subscriber base alone has increased by over 200% this year alone. Commenting on the mobile content industry, MonsterMob's founder Martin Higginson said: "I think it’s a really exciting industry. As market needs become more sophisticated, there is a demand for higher quality services. We are at the forefront of something which is really going to change the way people communicate."
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Mint Royale's Biggest Radio Record
All at faith & hope and direction would like to thank all the media stations who have so far played or play listed Mint Royale's "Singin In The Rain".
Radio Plays -
Radio 1, XFM, Kiss 100, 6Music, Galaxy 102 (Manchester) Vibe 105-108 (Bury St Edmunds), Vibe 101 (Bristol), Pure Dance (Sky Digital), MFR (Moray Firth), Radio Ceredigion (Wales), Beat 106 (Glasgow), Juice 107.2 (Liverpool), Ministry of Sound, Essex FM, Energy FM (Isle of Man), Galaxy 105-6 (Newcastle), Galaxy 105 (Leeds), Galaxy 102.2 (Birmingham), GWR (Bristol), GWR (Swindon), GWR (Wiltshire), Leicester Sound (Leicester), 2CR (Bournemouth), 2-Ten (Reading), 102. Hereward (Peterborough), B97 (Bedford), Beacon Radio (Wolverhampton), Broadland Radio (Norwich), Chiltern FM (Dunstable), FM103 Horizon (Milton Keynes), Mercia FM (Coventry), Q103 FM (Cambridgeshire), Ram FM (Derby), SGR (Colchester), SGR (Ipswich), Trent FM (Notts), Wyvern FM (Hereford), Northants FM (Northants), Severn Sounds (Gloucester), Orchard FM (Somerset), Gemini FM (Exeter), Lantern FM (Devon), Mercury FM (W. Sussex), Mercury 96.6 FM (Watford), Mercury 101.7 (Harlow), KFM (Tombridge), Essex FM (Southend), MFM (Clwyd), Buzz FM (Merseyside), Plymouth Sound (Plymouth), Gemini FM, Capital Radio, BRMB (Birmingham), Invicta FM (Whitstable), Power FM (Fareham), Southern FM (Brighton), Red Dragon FM (Cardiff), Fox FM (Oxford), Aire FM (Leeds), Rock FM (Preston), Hallam FM (Sheffield), Key 103 (Manchester), Metro FM (Newcastle), Radio City (Liverpool), TFM (Cleveland), Viking FM (Hull) Power FM (Fareham), Q102.9 (Londonderry), Q97.2 (Coleraine), Q101 (Omagh), 96.4 The Wave (Swansea),
Thanks to you all!
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Great Reaction To Singin In The Rain Video
Mint Royale's new 'Singin In The Rain' video, delivered to music channels this week, is now on the Box's '1st play' list and will be featured on Channel 4's B4 (on 29/07/05) just before the 'Big Brother'. Along with a on line exclusive from AOL, Mint Royale couldn't have wished for a better start.
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See The New 'Singin In The Rain' Video Here
Click here to see the fantastic new Singin In The Rain Video.
The video is the directors edit which was finished last Wednesday.
The single for 'Singin In The Rain' will be released on Monday the 22nd of August.
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Galaxy Makes 'Singin In The Rain' Super Hit
Galaxy 105 and 106 have confirmed that they've added Mint Royale's 'Singin In The Rain' to their 'Super Hit' play list.
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SKY Choose Mint Royale For New TV Ad
SKY TV have chosen Mint Royale's track 'Something New' as the music for their new advert to attract potential new subscribers to SKY. The advert starts today (16.07.05) and will be aired on ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 throughout the summer.
The new advert is a 'finding nemo' style talking fish affair using the Music of Mint Royale with the voice of Jane Horrock. Jane's probably best known as 'Bubbles' in Absolutely Fabulous and is a well established stage and screen actress who earned lavish praise for her performance in 'Little Voice' where she co-starred with Ewan McGregor, Brenda Blethyn, and Michael Caine.
To see the add, click here"It's a real northern team" said faith & hope's David Wood. "Sue Hepworth sky's licensing executive, Jane Horrock's and Mint Royale are all northerners and everyone's pulled together to make a great ad. Mint Royale are on a roll at the moment after their track 'Singin In The Rain' was used for the VW Golf GTi ad and now SKY are using 'Something New' for their ad. There's great interest at the moment in Mint Royale's music for films and adverts and I'm sure this is the start of a whole series of deals".
Both 'Singin In The Rain' and 'Something New' are taken from Mint Royale's forthcoming album 'see you in the morning' which will be released on the 22nd of August (the week after the release of their single 'Singin In The Rain') on faith & hope records.
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Mint Royale On Music Week Play List
Mint Royale's track 'Singin In The Rain' was added to the play list of the music industries leading weekly paper 'Music Week' this week.
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'Singin In The Rain' Hits UK Radio
Well it's official! 'Singin In The Rain' is being played extensively on national UK radio and will be delivered to your local radio station very soon.
'Singin In The Rain' got a KISS 100 FM 'BAM BAM' BREAKFAST SHOW play yesterday and the reaction to the track was phenomenal.
Radio 1 DJ's to play the track include PETE TONG, JUDGE JULES, ANNIE MAC, JO WHILEY while STEVE LAMACQ has been playing both 'Singin In The Rain' and 'Waiting In The Rain'.
As well as Radio 1 and Kiss, other stations to champion the track include BBC6MUSIC, XFM, BEAT 106, JUICE FM, GALAXY, TAY-FM & COOL FM.
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Mint Royale's New Album Track Listing
Mint Royale's version of 'singin’ in the rain' (single, th August) will appear on their third album, 'see you in the morning' which will be released on the 22nd of August.
We can now confirm the final full track-listing for the album is - 1/ wait for you, 2/ effect on me, 3/ something new, 4/ little words, 5/ singin’ in the rain, 6/ harpy, 7/ i don’t care, 8/ my heart is beating fast, 9/ see you in the morning, 10/ world, 11/ rest your head (and they sound great!)
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'Singin In The Rain' Press Release
Mint Royale, one of the U.K’s most exciting, innovative and credible pop acts of the last ten years, are releasing one of the hottest dance tunes this year, taken from the VW Gold Ad starring the breakdancing Gene Kelly.
This groundbreaking mix of the classic tune is already top of the Buzz and Shazzam Charts and is being championed by Judge Jules and Tall Paul at radio. Mixes come from the likes of Mike Monday, Smith & Pledger, Kenny Hayes and Dunkin Donuts.
They add this to their classic third album, 'See You In The Morning', which takes their trademark sound to a new level, shifting gracefully through tough club tracks, poppy hip-hop, tender down tempo tunes and epic barrelling instrumentals .
Already heralded as "An album of eternal sunshine for hip hop and pop fans alike" (Q), "A cohesive and consistently great album" (Clash), and as having "Something for everyone" (Uncut), 2005 has been a Mint Royale year.
Mint Royale release ‘Singing In the Rain‘ on 8th August through Sony Direction and ‘See You In The Morning’ on 22nd August 2005, through Faith and Hope.
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The 'Singin In The Rain' Dancing
We've had many questions about the 'singin in the rain' advert. Most are about the music (obviously!) but there have been quite a lot about who did the dancing and how. Well, lets try and shed some light. The new dance moves were performed by some of the most talented hip-hop dancers of our time, J Walker, Crumbs and the incredible David 'Elsewhere' Bernal whose style is undeniable (see David by clicking here, he's the third on stage in the orange jumper).
Each of the dancers underwent over three hours of prosthetic makeup in order to look as much like Gene Kelly as possible. On top of that, each one of them performed with a semi-constrictive wet suit underneath their spiffy business attire. After all, they were filming in the rain. Of course, the viewer is never really aware that they are watching three street dancers in makeup thanks to the wonderful visual effects skills of the post-production crew, Moving Picture Company. With Alex Lovejoy as Visual Effects Supervisor and Christophe Allender using the amazing compositing software package, Discreet Inferno, the prosthetic makeup is not noticeable at all and was probably used mostly for reference inside the special effects house. The whole time we are watching the commercial, it is Gene Kelly's face we are staring at. It is difficult to think otherwise.
The dance sequence is then greatly enhanced by the fantastic remix of Singin' in the Rain although I'm bound to say that.
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Mint Roylae Kicks Off In Australia
Shock Records in Australia are having massive success with Mint Royale's single 'Wait For You' which when released here in the UK as a limited 12" release sold out in 3 days. "The single has started to break big time" said a Shock Records Representative. "Wait For You is on network TV and has been added to V which is one of the biggest music channels, Video Hits the Saturday morning video show and Nova, one of Australia's major commercial radio stations based in Sydney and JJJ Radio". Well done Shock!
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'Singin In The Rain' Is Single Of The Week
'Singin In The Rain' is the DMC Update Single Of The Week. In their rave review the magazine describes the track as a 'masterpiece', a 'timeless rendition, playful yet inspiring' which 'could easily crash the top 5' - which would be nice!
Read the full article on the DMC UPDATE website by clicking here
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'Singin’ In The Rain' Is Finally Confirmed
After months of negotiations, we are happy to confirm that Mint Royale's version of 'singin’ in the rain' will finally be released as a single on August 8th. The single will also appear on their third album, 'see you in the morning' which will be released on August 15th. Hallelujah.
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Watch Mint Royale Live At Cargo
Here's your chance to see our home video of Mint Royale's top 40 track 'Blue Song' performed live at Cargo London.
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'Singing In The Rain' Hits Radio Today
All you Galaxy, Heart and Century radio listeners can feel proud because your top DJ Mike Ashley is the first independent radio DJ to have put Mint Royale's next single 'Singing In The Rain' at the number 1 position of his current chart after only receiving the track last week.
'Singing In The Rain' (due to be releeased in the summer) is the second single from Mint Royale's third album 'see you in the morning' which is due to be released at the end of July.
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Mint Royale - Top 10 Dance Single
As well as entering the UK Top 40 Indie Singles Chart this week, Mint Royale's new single 'wait for you' has gone straight in to the Top 40 Dance Singles Chart at number 8.
'wait for you' is the first single from Mint Royale's forthcoming album 'see you in the morning' which will be released in June.
The single is available as download and includes two remixes by National Forest and Bastian and a bonus track, 'waiting in the rain', which bears more than a little resemblance to a certain VW TV advert... Click here to get it!
The new video for 'wait for you' can be viewed in Window’s Media Files (WMF). We have two file sizes. If you're on broadband click on High Resolution and if you're still on dial up click on Low Resolution.
There's some other great tracks this week in the Radio 1 Top 40 Dance Singles chart including Prodigy's Spitfire (#10), Pete Tong & Chris Cox's More Intensity (#22), Chemical Brothers Galvanize (#27), Basement Jaxx's Oh My Gosh (#30).
Top 40 Dance Singles Chart
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Mint Royale's Cargo Gig Was A Sell Out
Mint Royale played to a full capacity audience at Cargo in London on Monday night for their first live gig of 2005. Their was a strong turn out for Mint Royale by Music journalists and DJ's and everyone had a great time.
In today's Guardian newspaper their journalist Helen Pidd wrote "Mint Royale are one of those acts people swear they have never heard of when, in reality, everyone, however unwittingly, knows at least one track. Mention the scrambled version of Singin' in the Rain off that car ad, sing the chorus of Sexiest Man in Jamaica or "tequila, it makes me happy!" and only those without ears since 1997 will still maintain ignorance."
The Cargo gig coincided with the release of 'wait for you' which is the first single from Mint Royale's forthcoming album 'see you in the morning' which will be released in June. The single is available as a limited 12" (which has nearly sold out so grab your copy while you can) and download that includes two remixes by National Forest and Bastian and a bonus track, 'waiting in the rain', which bears more than a little resemblance to a certain VW TV ad... Go get it!
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"Definitely One Of The Albums Of The Year"
The rave reviews for Mint Royale's third album 'see you in the morning' are coming in thick and fast.
In April's Gay Times, they've said, "It's like the album the Beatles might have made had they swapped acid for Ecstasy and hooked up with Fatboy Slim... Or, if you'd prefer you could just call it 'Dance'. Definitely one of the albums of the year".
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Xfm Plays National Forest Remix
Eddy Temple-Morris, played the National Forest Production Line Remix of Mint Royale's 'Wait For You' on his Xfm Remix show on Sunday.
All the mixes of 'Wait for You' are available on Mint Royale's limited 12" which is released next Monday on Faith & Hope.
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Mint Royale Track Used For Network Premiere
Mint Royale's track 'From Rusholme With Love' is currently being used by Channel 4 as the trailer for the network premiere of Vanilla Sky which is on TV in the UK this Saturday at 9.10pm. This Mint Royale sitar driven classic track is the second piece of music in Vanilla Sky and is used when Tom Cruise is in a dream sequence in Time square N.Y.
Mint Royale will be performing the track live on Monday night (11th of April) at their show at Cargo, London. Don't Miss It!
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Mint Royale Straight On Music Week Playlist
The UK's leading music industry paper, Music Week, chooses the very best ten tracks each week from the entire music industry has put Mint Royale's new single 'wait for you' straight on to their playlist.
'wait for you' is released next Monday (11th of April) on 12" Single and Download will include four great versions, 'wait for you', a 'Bastian' remix, 'National Forest' remix and 'Waiting In The Rain'.
The release coincides with Mint Royale's first UK appearance of 2005 with the full eight piece live band at Cargo also next Monday (Kingsland Viaduct, 83 Rivington Street, Shoreditch, London, EC2A 3AY). Tickets are now on sale and are just £10. They can be booked by calling the Ticketweb 24 hour ticket hotline on 08700 600 100 or click here to the direct link for Mint Royale at ticketweb. We'd all love to see you there so come on down and have a great night.
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'Singin In The Rain’ To Be Released At Last
faith & hope can now officialy confirm that the next Mint Royale single will be their version of 'Singin In The Rain', as currently heard on the current Volkswagen GTi advert. Rumours surrounding the release have been appearing on the internet since the advert first ran in January with the sheer volume of posts on message boards (including the Mint Royale message board) prompting us to reconsider our plans and release the track.
faith & hope are delighted to announce that the single will be released in conjunction with Direction Records, the highly successful Sony dance imprint, one of the many labels jostling to get involved.
The single will be released sometime in June with Mint Royale's superb third album 'See You In The Morning' being released immediately afterwards. Meanwhile, 'wait for you', the first single to be taken from the album will be released next Monday (11th of April) as a download and limited vinyl release.
If you can’t wait till June for the official 'Singin In The Rain' single you should check out the mixes of 'Wait For You' - there is a remix that bears an uncanny resemblance to a certain advert… but there are only 1000 vinyl copies so don’t miss it!
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It's Kicking Off Big Time For Mint Royale
It's official, everything's kicking off big time for us with Mint Royale, especially in America. Mint Royale's new album 'see you in the morning' which will be released in June was the talk of last weeks 'South By South West' (SXSW) in Texas and it looks like it's to continue this week at the Winter Music Conference (WMC) in Miami.
"We now have loads of deals on the table for Mint Royale tracks" said David Wood of Faith & Hope "and we're on the verge of a big announcement regarding Mint Royale which is very exciting." Keep visiting the site over the next few days.
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See Mint Royale Video B4 It's Released
Mint Royale's new video for 'Wait For You', which is currently being shown on MTV dance, has today been added to the B4 playlist on Sky digital channel 457.
B4 plays all the hottest tracks 'B4' their release!! 'Wait For You' is 2B released on the 11th of April.
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The Remixes On Mint Royale's 'Wait for You'
'see you in the morning' is already being touted as 'An epic album' by Mixmag and Mint Royale's first single from it, 'wait for you', is due for release on the 11th of April 2005 on 12" Single and Download. The release will include four great versions, 'wait for you', a 'Bastian' remix, 'National Forest' remix and 'Waiting In The Rain'.
Full time Mint Royale vocalist, Steven Wren, details the trials of modern life over a backing of nagging guitar hooks and tough clubby drums. As well as picking up plays in the UK (Radio1, XFM, 6Music) 'wait for you' is being played on radio stations worldwide and the video is currently on MTV Dance.
The package comes with blinding 'Bastian' and 'National Forest' remixes of the original which will be available on the 12" and as downloads from www.mint-royale.com and other download sites.
Also included is a Mint Royale mix of 'Wait For You' with backing from their hot re-mix of 'Singing In The Rain' (the deranged and delirious remix for the VW Golf ad featuring a breakdancing Gene Kelly), called 'Waiting In The Rain'. Genius or sacrilege? Who cares? It's had fans and DJ's alike clamouring for a full release of the track and reaffirmed Gene Kelly as the coolest guy around.
Don't miss Mint Royale's full 8 piece live band at Cargo, London on the day of release (11th of April).
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Mint Royale “The Premier League”
‘see you in the morning’ which will be released by Faith & Hope in June is Mint Royale's stunning third album. The release coincides with a high profile tour and early summer festival slots. Although this album marks a move towards a more soulful song based style it still retains Mint Royale’s trademark sound.
Clash Magazine, the cool monthly national music magazine based in Scotland have said in their review of Mint Royale’s forthcoming album ‘see you in the morning’ that “Mint Royale are on the verge of being promoted to the premier league (though in this case the Dance Division) and with this release they might just do that. It is a cohesive and consistently great album…” They pay a particular complement to the albums second track saying, “The Effect on Me, is the kind of track most groups would struggle to come up with as a show stopping closing track”.
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Mint Royale's Video Goes Straight On To MTV
Mint Royale’s new video for 'Wait for You' has gone straight on to MTV Dance which can be viewed on Sky's channel 444.
'Wait for You' is Mint Royale’s forthcoming single which will be released by Faith & Hope on the 11th of April 2005.
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Is it the GTi or the X type for Mint Royale?
Mint Royale's incredible success at the moment with the VW Golf GTi 'Singin in the Rain' ad has led the Jaguar Car Company in North America to use one of Mint Royale’s tracks, from their new album 'see you in the morning', on a promotional mix compilation CD which will be released in the U.S on March 21st. 'see you in the morning' will be released in the U.K on Faith & Hope in June 2005.
Jaguar wanted the very coolest music on the CD to appeal to young Jaguar X type buyers. The compilation CD will be given out at selected, closed musical events hosted by Jaguar, the first of which will be the Winter Music Conference which begins in ten days time. All the tracks were chosen by one of the U.S' top A&R men who has worked at Madonna’s record label, Maverick, in Los Angeles.
So, all we have to do now is decide if we want the free Golf GTi or the free Jaguar X type? Well, we can all dream can't we!
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See Mint Royale’s New 'Wait for You' Video
So you've been able to listen to a short clip of Mint Royale’s forthcoming single "wait for you" by clicking on the "Juke Box" at the top of the page.
Well here's a World Exclusive for you because today you can be one of the first people to see their new video for 'wait for you' which will be released by Faith & Hope on Monday the 11th of April 2005 which is the same night Mint Royale play their first live gig since leaving the studio. The gigs at Cargo in London. See Mint Royale’s New 'Wait for You' Video You can view in Window’s Media Files (WMF). We have two file sizes. If you're on broadband click on View WMF High Resolution and if you're still on dial up click on View WMF Low Resolution.
You can also view in Quick Time Files (QTF). Again we have two file sizes. If you're on broadband click on View QTF High Resolution and if you're still on dial up click on View QTF Low Resolution. (Viewing Advice. We would advise you to use the Window Media Files over the Quick Time files. There reason is 'Window’s Media Files' are the most universally used format for streaming files).
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Mint Royale's Happy Home in Japan with JVC
Mint Royale and all at Faith & Hope are extremely proud to announce that they will be continuing their long association with JVC Music who are Japan's leading independent record company. Faith & Hope and JVC commenced their licensing arrangement when Mint Royale originally formed and JVC has been their only ever home in Japan.
Hirofumi Iwanaga, JVC’s project manager who is now in charge of Mint Royale in Japan said, "I am very excited about being able to continue our fruitful relationship with Mint Royale, the relationship started from their debut album. Faith & Hope has been very co-operative in marketing the artist in our territory and I look forward to working with them closely to make their third album a success."
Neil Claxton of Mint Royale commented, "JVC have always represented us brilliantly. They've been with us right from the beginning and I’ll do everything I can to help promote 'see you in the morning' in Japan for them. Over the years I've had more emails from Japanese fans than anywhere else in the World and I'd just like to take this opportunity to thank as well as JVC, all the record shops that’s stocked us, the DJ’s who have played us and the journalists who have written about us". Japan’s lure for International music is ever increasing and is now the world’s second largest music market.
David Wood of Faith & Hope said "For Mint Royale to be represented by JVC, who are the most respected music company in Asia, it's a tribute to the great music of Mint Royale and to Aya Ohi in JVC's international department who was instrumental in originally signing and breaking them in Japan".
Visit JVC for more information about the release of Mint Royale's third album 'see you in the morning' in Japan.
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Mint Royale’s Photo Gallery Now on-line
The Photo Image Gallery for Mint Royale’s life is now up on the Faith & Hope site. Just click on the Photo Gallery logo immediately above and you’ll be able to see over seventy pictures that will bring back a few fond memories for the band, their fans and all at faith & hope.
You’ll see both press and personal photos, album covers as well as lots of video, advert and film shots. All pictures are shown as thumb nails and many have full size pictures if you click on them. Thanks to the whole Mint Royale
team for digging around to find all the pics. Happy scrolling.
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Massive Radio Interest in Mint Royale
Over the past week there’s been massive interest from radio DJ’s and stations for Mint Royale’s new single “wait for you” which will be released on April the 11th. BBC radio’s 6Music breakfast show presenter Phill Jupitus was one of the first day time DJ’s to play Mint Royale’s “wait for you” this morning on his 7am till 10am show. Phil wilding the producer of Phill Jupitus’ breakfast show when asked about Mint Royale simply said, “We love them”. Visit Phill’s 6music web page
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American tastemaker plays Mint Royale
Jason Bentley, one of Americas most influential DJ’s has started to play Mint Royale on his “Metropolis” radio show that goes out weeknights from 7.30pm–10.00pm on KCRW in Santa Monica, California.
The station broadcasts throughout Los Angeles, Orange County, Palm Springs, Santa Barbara, California City, Lemon Grove and Spring Valley providing more than nearly half a million listeners each week with an eclectic schedule. The highly respected Bentley has one of the largest music industry followings in America.
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Radio 1 play Mint Royale’s new single
Last night we had our first radio play of Mint Royale’s forthcoming single “wait for you” which will be released on the 11th of April 2005. BBC Radio 1 DJ Steve Lamacq played the track and you can hear his show by clicking on this link then click on “Lamacq Live: Mon 9pm - 1am”. If you want to go straight to the area of the show, forward 45 minutes and sit back and listen. Mint Royale unveil the more soulful, song driven tone of their forthcoming album 'See You In The Morning', with an altogether darker / thoughtful offering. Vocalist Steven Wren waxes philosophical on the trials of modern life, whilst the nagging guitar hooks and tough, clubby drums offer a captivating track. Club sensibilities melted with sassy pop sensibilities, straddling genres with gleeful aplomb.
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Mint Royale's single release confirmed
“Wait for you”, the first single from Mint Royale’s new album “see you in the morning” will be released on the 11th of April 2005 on 12” and download. The track features Mint Royale's vocalist Steven Wren who sang on their 2003 top 40 hit “Blue Song”. “wait for you” will be played for the first time tonight on radio by Steve Lamacq on his Radio 1 show.
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Mint Royale back "Singin' in the Rain"
Neil from Mint Royale is going back into the studio on Monday to remix a full-length version of “singin’ in the rain”. You may remember that last week we were discussing the possibilities of a full-length version of the track that is currently being used as the sound track for the new VW Golf advert. We've had so many enquiries from all over the world that Neil said he’d give it a go and we’ll see what happens. Watch this space for more details!
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See the VW Golf “Singin' In The Rain” ad
Stephen Brook of the Guardian newspaper was one of the first journalists to break the story about the new “Singin’ In The Rain” advert for the VW Golf which Mint Royale remixed the Music for. If you've not seen the ad yet and would like to see it, just click here.
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VW Golf "Singin' in the Rain" track
We're currently discussing the possibilities of a full length version of the "Singin' In The Rain" track that is being used as the sound track for the new VW Golf advert. Neil from Mint Royale worked his genius on the soundtrack and we've had enquiries about a full length version of the track from all over the world, so watch this space for news of further developments.
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New Mint Royale Album coming soon
After months in the studio Mint Royale have just finished the recording of their third album entitled “See you in the Morning”. The album sounds absolutely fantastic and has really been worth the wait. Faith & Hope will be releasing the first single “Wait for you” sometime in April (exact details to follow). Mint Royale have gone straight from the Studio into the rehearsal rooms to prepare for their forthcoming live dates.
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Music for the VW Golf advert by Mint Royale
Between rehearsals for their forthcoming live dates, Mint Royale have completed the music for the new worldwide Volkswagen Golf advert which starts today.
The advert takes one of the most famous classic Hollywood movie scenes (Singin' In The Rain) and gives it a very modern twist with the help of some clever computer effects and great Music. Gene Kelly's memorable dance sequence in the movie has been updated so that the star now appears to be Breakdancin' In The Rain and it's all thanks to the new Golf GTi advert. Having received permission from the Gene Kelly Foundation, the makers of the advert set about transforming the original scene. For the backdrop to remain the same, replica streets were built, and the ad makers used break dancers and body poppers to create the moves and follow the same route Kelly takes in the original 1952 film. Gene Kelly's face was then superimposed and a new remixed soundtrack by Mint Royale was added.
A Volkswagen spokeswoman said: "The idea behind the commercial is all about the fact that the new Golf GTI is the original Mk I, but updated for 2005. The latest Golf is seen as a classic and iconic car and we really wanted to show that in a very unusual and memorable way."
Neil from Mint Royale said: "When I was approached to do the advert it seemed like a great idea to be able to take such a classic song and give it the Mint Royale treatment".
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