Jet Set Roger (& Zograf) - ManituanaA glam-rocker from Italy and a cartoonist from Serbia weave their languages together in a sonigraphic tribute to Manituanadocument available in:English Español Italiano 
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Jet Set Roger was born in London in 1973, but pretty soon moved to Italy because of the weather. He has been treading the boards since he was a lad and has worked with various italian artists including ourselves. His band has been supporting act for italian pop favourites like Bluvertigo and Afterhours, and has appeared on a number of indie compilations, though somehow always missing international acclaim. Known for his glam and punk rock antics, he has recently shown a more crooner-like side of himself, and has just released his long awaited debut album "La vita sociale". The song "El Che chez Roger", a glam rock cover of Carlos Puebla's "Hasta siempre comandante", has recently been added to the soundtrack of the documentary "Che Guevara: The body and the myth", produced by B&B film and due to appear on various TV Channels, including Irish RTE, German ZDF-Artè and Australian SBS.
Aleksandar Zograf (a pseudonym of Sasa Rakezic) is a Serbian cartoonist, the author of such works as Life Under Sanctions, Psychonaut, Dream Watcher and Bulletins from Serbia. Zograf has been active on the international scene since the early '90s when his work started to appear in U.S. comics anthologies such as Weirdo and Zero Zero and when Seattle's Fantagraphics Books published a few of his titles. Works by Zograf have been translated and published in many European magazines, and his solo titles have been issued by publishers L'Association in France, PuntoZero in Italy, Jochen Enterprises in Germany, Under Comics in Spain, etc.
*** Jet Set Roger composed a song inspired by Manituana and Zograf illustrated it with two colour plates, which you can see in small size or download at high resolution (link on the right column).
Roger Said: "When I read the novel I immediately thought of Adam & the Ants, I was always a big fan of them, but then the song went berserk because of my warlike frenzy, now it sounds like a Motorhead/Ant crossover, and I'm quite happy about it. If possible, I'd like you to write that this is my hearty tribute to Adam Ant and Marco Pirroni: their crazy musical world has always been a great source of inspiration." Here's the lyrics:
If you can’t beat them
Jet Set Roger - Vocals
16 October 2007 |
Audio:› downloadDownload:› Scarica l'mp3 di Manituana (testo in italiano), 128k, 3:42› Download Manituana (English version), mp3 128k, 3:42 › hi res pics / immagini alta def (zipfile, 1,mbytes) Links: |
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