Apparatjik started as a one-project band whose members are Magne Furuholmen, Martin Terefe, Jonas Bjerre from Mew and Guy Berryman from Coldplay. The band recorded a song called ‘Ferreting’ for the soundtrack of the Bruce Perry ‘Amazon’ television series which aired in the UK in 2008 on BBC. There are a lot of great songs on the album, the sale of which benefits Survival International.
The album is called ‘Songs for Survival’ and it has been digitally released on iTunes and Play.com; on Monday October 13, 2008 the CD was released to stores in the UK, including HMV, Zawi and Fopp. You can also order it from Amazon.
‘Ferreting’ was released as a radio only promo CD single. Click the track name below to hear a short sample.
Tracklist:
CD1 – Amazon
01. Ferreting – Guy Berryman from Coldplay/Jonas from MEW/Magne from A-ha
02. Dawn Kinnard – Love is my new Drug
03. One People – Will I am from Black Eyed Peas feat. The Babongo Tribe
04. The Hidden Part – KT Tunstall
05. Long Road to Forgiveness – Jason Mraz and Brett Dennen
06. Grains of Sand – Mystery Jets and Jeremy Warmsley
07. Carrikfergus – Johnny Borrell feat. The Suri tribe
08. Tom Baxter – Make a Stand
09. Simmer Down – Skin and Adi tribe and Robot Club
10. Edge of Existence – Yusuf Islam
CD2 – Tribe
01. Babongo tribe remix – Hot Chip feat. The Babongo tribe
02. KIN – Adam Freeland feat the Suri tribe
03. Komuru – Hybrid feat. The Suri tribe
04. Trails and Tribulations – the egg feat the anuta and babongo tribes
05. Templates from home – The Go! Team feat. The Babongo tribe
06. Don’t touch the dusty fruit – The Ruby Suns feat. the Penan tribe
07. Hello Kombai – Blue States feat. Adi tribe
08. Evalina – Way Out West feat. The Suri tribe
09. Noneya – Roger Sanchez feat. The Adi tribe
10. Anuta song (name tbc) – Mike Oldfield
Related Links:
Survival International: Home Page | | Facebook | | YouTube | | Twitter | | Vimeo | | Flickr
‘Songs for Survival’: Official Page | | Wikipedia | | Facebook | | Kensaltown Records | | MySpace | | AllMusic
More info: Aspire Design Studios | | a-ha Official Site | | BBC Series Page | | Wikipedia | | a-ha Discography
Buy the album: Amazon.com | | Amazon.co.uk | | iTunes | | Play.com | | HMV.co.uk
Fan Forum Discussions/Info: West of the Moon | | Apparatchick | | Coldplaying
Media/Reviews:
- 11/02/2008 – Scotland on Sunday: ‘Bruce Parry – “I want to save the amazon”‘
- 10/28/2008 – Rock and Review: ‘Amazon Tribe – Songs for Survival’
- 10/04/2008 – The Sunday Times: ‘Bruce Parry swaps mud for music’
- 09/22/2008 – Telegraph: ‘Amazon with Bruce Parry: interview’
- 09/18/2008 – Yahoo: ‘Coldplay form A-Ha “supergroup”‘
- 09/18/2008 – Budstikka: ‘Coldplay, Mew og A-ha i ny supergruppe’
- 09/18/2008 – NME: ‘Coldplay team up with A-Ha and Mew’
- 09/18/2008 – VG: ‘Coldplay-bassist og a-ha-Magne med nytt band’
- 09/16/2008 – Pitchfork: ‘Hot Chip, Go! Team, Ruby Suns on Charity Compilation’
- 08/28/2008 – Seher: ‘Magne med i supergruppe’
- 08/26/2008 – Rakkestad Avis: ‘Furuholmen med i «supergruppe»’


