Anne Le Ny Videos : Robortom feat. Au Revoir Simone - 'Paganini Rocks'

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Robortom feat. Au Revoir Simone - 'Paganini Rocks'

In a move set to infuriate Middle England and send Classic FM's phonelines into meltdown, Rob da Bank, Tom Middleton, and Au Revoir Simone have reworked Paganini's '24th Caprice' into 'Paganini Rocks' - a club anthem 200 years in the making. iTunes: itunes.apple.com Video directed by Graham Baclagon: kokakolapop.com In the eyes of most classical music buffs mixing classical and dance music is about the most sacrilegious thing you can do. But while Robortom's 'Paganini Rocks' will undoubtedly rankle the classical world, it's the latest in a long line of reinterpretations of Paganini's original composition. Since 1819, his '24th Caprice' has been reworked by a long and illustrious list of composers from Chopin, Liszt, and Schumann, to Rachmaninoff and Lloyd- Webber. It was also used as the theme tune for the South Bank Show. In 2009, it was the turn of British composer, Tom Hodge (featured in recent ad campaigns for Audi and Guiness). Hodge's interpretation caught the ears of Rob and Tom, who enlisted the vocal talents of Au Revoir Simone to complete their own version. 'Paganini Rocks' is the title music to the 2010 Orange RockCorps show, and is set to appear in CSI New York in October, making Paganini's theme one of the most 'synced' pieces of all time. Rob da Bank is Radio 1's leftfield extraordinaire (with 2 shows), daddy to the UK's finest festival, Bestival and its younger upstart, Camp Bestival, and one half of Lazyboy (with Mr Dan). He's also head honcho at Sunday ...

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