Death Defying Headlines Promo Diary 19
Death Defying Headlines Promo Diary 19
Here is the latest update in the promo diary for the new single, ‘Death Defying Headlines’.
Steve Conley interviewed live on air with Ian Timms from BBC Radio Cumbria. His first ever radio interview, Steve confirmed it as nerve wracking but a lot of fun!
Listen to the show here, move the slider to 1hr41mins:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00gwmzj#synopsis
Or watch the YouTube video of the interview:
KajaFax featured in a story yesterday in the Wigan Evening Post.
Read that story here:
https://kajafax.co.uk/2011/06/01/kajafax-in-wigan-evening-post/
Steve Conley interviewed for Wish FM for a piece on their news bulletins which ran throughout the day.
http://www.wishfm.net/news?id=30124&utm_source=U-Loader&utm_medium=twitter
“I will gladly air it on our station!”
Chris Games
General Manager
Hot 100 Radio
http://www.thehot100radio.com/
KajaFax would like to extend our sincerest thanks to DJ Marty Dee Donovan who came good for us once again today by recording the Wish FM feature at very short notice. He’s been a keen supporter of KajaFax and the single and we’ll certainly continue to follow his broadcasts keenly after all this has finished.
You can find his personal website at:
http://www.martydee.co.uk/station/wp/wordpress/
And you can also follow him on twitter @DJMartyDee
So we’re in June now, only 10 days away from the actual release of the single. Please please please please pre-order the track and help us make this quest a success!!
SINGLE INFORMATION
You can currently pre-order the single from HMV and 7digital, it’s a mere 79p:
HMV
http://www.hmvdigital.com/artist/kajagoogoo/death-defying-headlines-ep
7digital
http://www.7digital.com/artists/kajagoogoo/death-defying-headlines-ep/
If the dance mix is more your thing (and it is fantastic), you can also download that and they both count towards a chart position:
HMV
http://www.hmvdigital.com/artist/kajagoogoo/death-defying-headlines-the-dance-remixes-ep
7digital
http://www.7digital.com/artists/kajagoogoo/death-defying-headlines-the-dance-remixes-ep/
It’s a really quick and easy process to pre-order the track, 7digital even take PayPal in their payment options!
You can pre-order from iTunes but they only allow this for the full EP. Therefore if you wish to pre-order either full EP from iTunes, you can do this here:
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/preorder/death-defying-headlines-ep/id436784345
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/preorder/death-defying-headlines-the/id436784119
If you are an iTunes user but only wish to purchase the single, please wait until June 12th where it is officially released and you will be able to buy this as one track.
Death Defying Headlines is released on Red Dot Music.
2011 KajaFax
KajaFax in Wigan Evening Post
KajaFax in Wigan Evening Post
We’ve gone out in another newspaper today, this time the Wigan Evening Post have supported local boy Limahl and KajaFax and given us this lovely story today, many thanks to Natalie at the WEP for this.
Click for higher resolution:
2011 KajaFax
Steve Conley on BBC Radio Cumbria
Steve Conley Interviewed on BBC Radio Cumbria
Earlier today, I was interviewed by Ian Timms on BBC Radio Cumbria talking about ‘Death Defying Headlines’.
You can listen to that feature here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00gwmzj#synopsis
Click Listen now and you can move to 1hr41mins to get right to the interview.
It’s my first ever radio interview, go easy on me!
The piece starts with a section of Too Shy and then the interview. Ian played the track in full and made it all a great experience so many thanks to him.
For fans outside of the UK, we will work on ripping this audio and getting in included here also, please do check back for this.
Great fun!
2011 KajaFax
Death Defying Headlines Promo Diary 18
Death Defying Headlines Promo Diary 18
Here is the latest update in the promo diary for the new single, ‘Death Defying Headlines’.
“I would be interested to hear it…we have an 80s show which would be a good showcase for it”
Dave Stearn
Pure Radio FM
http://www.pureradio.org.uk/
“Its a very good single…played it tonight just before 9.45pm”
Radio Cabin, Herne Bay
Tony Fox
Studio Director
http://www.radiocabin.co.uk/
“I will certainly encourage all to give the new single a listen”
http://www.80slegends.com/
Website 80s Legends is to feature ‘Death Defying Headlines’ on their homepage, as a direct result of interest shown in their forum.
Lakeland Radio requested the track to review for their playlist.
The Westmorland Gazette have featured the story on their website leading up to the newspaper story:
http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/9056864.Fans_aim_to_put_Kajagoogoo_back_in_the_charts/
So we’re in June now, only 11 days away from the actual release of the single. Please please please please pre-order the track and help us make this quest a success!!
SINGLE INFORMATION
You can currently pre-order the single from HMV and 7digital, it’s a mere 79p:
HMV
http://www.hmvdigital.com/artist/kajagoogoo/death-defying-headlines-ep
7digital
http://www.7digital.com/artists/kajagoogoo/death-defying-headlines-ep/
If the dance mix is more your thing (and it is fantastic), you can also download that and they both count towards a chart position:
HMV
http://www.hmvdigital.com/artist/kajagoogoo/death-defying-headlines-the-dance-remixes-ep
7digital
http://www.7digital.com/artists/kajagoogoo/death-defying-headlines-the-dance-remixes-ep/
It’s a really quick and easy process to pre-order the track, 7digital even take PayPal in their payment options!
You can pre-order from iTunes but they only allow this for the full EP. Therefore if you wish to pre-order either full EP from iTunes, you can do this here:
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/preorder/death-defying-headlines-ep/id436784345
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/preorder/death-defying-headlines-the/id436784119
If you are an iTunes user but only wish to purchase the single, please wait until June 12th where it is officially released and you will be able to buy this as one track.
Death Defying Headlines is released on Red Dot Music.
2011 KajaFax
Death Defying Headlines Promo Diary 17
Death Defying Headlines Promo Diary 17
Here is the latest update in the promo diary for the new single, ‘Death Defying Headlines’.
“We would be very happy to play out their new record”
Dave Richardson
Chairman
Radio Barnsley
http://www.ymcaradiobarnsley.co.uk/
“Free Radio Rotterdam would love to promote the new Kajagoogoo CD…’Death Defying Headlines’ will go directly onto Free Radio Rotterdam’s play list…also on the playlist of Free Radio Rotterdam is ‘Big Apple’, ‘Too Shy’, ‘Turn Your Back on Me’, and Limahl’s ‘Never Ending Story’”
Frank Bakker
http://www.freeradiorotterdam.com/
“We would love to play the new single…”
Steve Elliott
Head of Music
Olympic Radio
http://www.olympicradio.co.uk/
“I present The Eclectic Light Show, 12.00-2.00pm Mon-Fri…Be glad to give the new track an airing”
Paul Mansell
PR & Marketing Director
Marlow FM 97.5
http://www.marlowfm.co.uk/
“We would love to feature the record on our programmes. We have an 80’s night every Friday which would be a good place to place it…also we will drop it into other mixed genre playlists”
David Kelly
www.affinityradio.net
“The song sounds good! I’ll put it in the database, and will definitely give it airtime…”
Deputy Station Coordinator
Christiaan Schriel
Albrandswaard FM
http://albrandswaardtv.nl/
‘Party 934 FM’ is an independent US based radio station. They broadcast on 94.9 FM in the Hudson Valley, New York, and stream live worldwide across the web 24/7.
They have taken ‘Death Defying Headlines’ for playlist review.
http://www.party934.com/
A lovely message from the guys over at the Limahl fan club:
“Hi Steve & Steve,
I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate you to your fantastic work to convince the Kaja’s to release ‘Death Defying Headlines’ and how you are both doing a great job with the entire promotion!!!
This week we updated the Limahl Fan Club site with the news about the single release, created a banner for the website, and informed all our members. Hopefully the fans in the German speaking countries can contribute that Kajagoogoo will enter the charts in the UK.
It’s good to see that the radio stations seem to be very interested in playing the Kaja track. I keep my fingers crossed that it will be a success!
Best wishes from Germany.
Katja
German Limahl Fan site
http://www.limahl-official-fan-club.de/start_english.shtml
In other news, we spoke with the Westmorland Gazette newspaper to arrange another story, we’ll feature that when it comes out.
Stuart Croxford Neale thanked us for our work for far with the single. Cheers Stuart!
So we’re coming into June now, only 12 days away from the actual release of the single. Please please please please pre-order the track and help us make this quest a success!!
SINGLE INFORMATION
You can currently pre-order the single from HMV and 7digital, it’s a mere 79p:
HMV
http://www.hmvdigital.com/artist/kajagoogoo/death-defying-headlines-ep
7digital
http://www.7digital.com/artists/kajagoogoo/death-defying-headlines-ep/
If the dance mix is more your thing (and it is fantastic), you can also download that and they both count towards a chart position:
HMV
http://www.hmvdigital.com/artist/kajagoogoo/death-defying-headlines-the-dance-remixes-ep
7digital
http://www.7digital.com/artists/kajagoogoo/death-defying-headlines-the-dance-remixes-ep/
It’s a really quick and easy process to pre-order the track, 7digital even take PayPal in their payment options!
You can pre-order from iTunes but they only allow this for the full EP. Therefore if you wish to pre-order either full EP from iTunes, you can do this here:
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/preorder/death-defying-headlines-ep/id436784345
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/preorder/death-defying-headlines-the/id436784119
If you are an iTunes user but only wish to purchase the single, please wait until June 12th where it is officially released and you will be able to buy this as one track.
Death Defying Headlines is released on Red Dot Music.
2011 KajaFax
Limahl Vinyl from J’nae
Limahl Vinyl from J’nae
Mega fan of Limahl and Kajagoogoo ‘J’nae‘ sent me over these photos of some of her collection, specifically Limahl vinyl.
I’m sure you’ll agree these are superb pieces and we send huge thanks over to the US to J’nae for taking the time to shoot all of these and mail them over.
Enjoy!
Lovely limited edition vinyl!
Lovely DJ Promo vinyl:
Massive thanks again to J’nae for sending these in. If you have a collection you’d like to share, please get in touch.
2011 KajaFax
Gemma Aguilar on BBC Introducing
Gemma Aguilar on BBC Introducing
Regular readers of KajaFax will already be familar with the name ‘Gemma Aguilar’.
Gemma is signed to ‘Red Dot Music’ which is the label owned by Steve Askew and Glenn Kelly and this is a label we’re of course very familiar with as they have released ‘Death Defying Headlines’, the current Kajagoogoo single.
Gemma Aguilar photo courtesy of Phil Hackett / Red Dot Music
Gemma Aguilar was on BBC Three Counties on 27th May 2011 and you can listen exclusively to her superb new track ‘Object of Defeat’ and hear an interview on listen again:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/p00gsv52
You can skip to around 18mins in to get right to the Gemma part.
The track sounds absolutely brilliant, credit also of course to Steve for his studio work.
Gemma is working on an EP to be released in July so keep your eyes and ears peeled for that one.
We’re really excited to see the progress of Gemma and we wish her all the very best of success with her work.
For further information on Gemma, check out her official website:
http://www.gemmaaguilar.com/
2011 KajaFax
Radio Stations Supporting Kajagoogoo and Radio Luxembourg
We wanted to pay a little tribute to the many radio stations who are already supporting the new single by taking it onto their playlist.
This video features vintage audio from April 1983 of the band being played in the singles chart on Radio Luxembourg, whilst showing all of the stations that are currently playing the single and supporting the band.
If you work for a radio station and could support the single, please contact us at the admin address on the contacts page.
It is the radio stations that are helping us spread the word far and wide and hopefully racking up enough pre-order sales for the single to chart in June, we thank you all!
If you don’t see your local station listed, please give them a call and ask them to playlist the track, your help is doing this would be hugely appreciated.
2011 KajaFax
Death Defying Headlines Diary 16
Death Defying Headlines Promo Diary 16
Here is the latest update in the promo diary for the new single, ‘Death Defying Headlines’.
‘Amber Sound 107.2 FM’ has taken the song and playlisted it.
http://www.ambersoundfm.com/
‘Ping FM’ has taken the song and have it for playlist review.
http://www.pingfm.eu/
‘Radio Crème Brulee’ has taken the song, saying:
“I am always fascinated by acts that rose to prominence in the 80s – not so much for a sense of nostalgia but for my appreciation of their songwriting competencies…something that seems to have been lost over the last decade and a half…If you can send us the track that would be GREAT!”
They went on to say: “I seek to showcase it on ‘Radio Crème Brulee’….I will add it to the high-rotation playlist tonight.”
Radio Crème Brulee
www.radiocremebrulee.com
Los Angeles/Orange County DJ, ‘DJ Craig’ has taken ‘Death Defying Headlines’ for regular rotation.
DJ Craig performs as a Disc Jockey both in clubs and on the air. Upwards of half a million people have enjoyed his sound as an L.A. & Orange County DJ over the past 15 years. Craig has been featured in the ‘ Los Angeles Times’.
Net Radio UK informed us they have added the track to 4pm and 5pm daily rotation every weekday.
To listen, follow this link and click the ‘listen live’ option:
We found this blog post about the release, thanks Waist High!
http://www.waisthigh.net/2011/05/kajagoogoo-are-back.html
Yesterday we talked with The Wigan Evening Post newspaper and a story will be published about the single release. As the birthplace of Limahl, the story holds an extra local interest element to the newspaper. We will feature that story when published.
We’re still working day and night promoting the single and getting the message out there. If you think you can help in any way, don’t hesitate to contact us and let us know.
SINGLE INFORMATION
You can currently pre-order the single from HMV and 7digital, it’s a mere 79p:
HMV
http://www.hmvdigital.com/artist/kajagoogoo/death-defying-headlines-ep
7digital
http://www.7digital.com/artists/kajagoogoo/death-defying-headlines-ep/
If the dance mix is more your thing (and it is fantastic), you can also download that and they both count towards a chart position:
HMV
http://www.hmvdigital.com/artist/kajagoogoo/death-defying-headlines-the-dance-remixes-ep
7digital
http://www.7digital.com/artists/kajagoogoo/death-defying-headlines-the-dance-remixes-ep/
It’s a really quick and easy process to pre-order the track, 7digital even take PayPal in their payment options!
You can pre-order from iTunes but they only allow this for the full EP. Therefore if you wish to pre-order either full EP from iTunes, you can do this here:
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/preorder/death-defying-headlines-ep/id436784345
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/preorder/death-defying-headlines-the/id436784119
If you are an iTunes user but only wish to purchase the single, please wait until June 12th where it is officially released and you will be able to buy this as one track.
Death Defying Headlines is released on Red Dot Music.
We’re still needing that elusive big name supporter to take the promotion to the next level, can you help?
2011 KajaFax
Death Defying Headlines Diary 15
Death Defying Headlines Promo Diary 15
Here is the latest installment in the promo diary for the new single, ‘Death Defying Headlines’.
“…We’d be delighted in helping out by playing the new single….if we can assist in any other way, please let us know…”
Dan Gulson
77.4 FM The 80s
“I’d be very interested in listening to their new single and considering it for airplay”
Kevin Potter
Station Manager 90.1 Hope FM
“Flashback Alternatives would love to play the new track! Looking forward to it!”
DJ Ed
Flashback Alternatives Radio
“Absolutely…never too shy to play it!”
Lossie Radio UK
Gary Stein Key 103’s Programme Director requests the track for playlist review at Key 103, Manchester .
RTS – 80s90sToday’ have taken the track for playlisting, and also have this wonderful feature on their website:
A massive thanks to them!
We’re still working day and night promoting the single and getting the message out there. If you think you can help in any way, don’t hesitate to contact us and let us know.
SINGLE INFORMATION
You can currently pre-order the single from HMV and 7digital, it’s a mere 79p:
HMV
http://www.hmvdigital.com/artist/kajagoogoo/death-defying-headlines-ep
7digital
http://www.7digital.com/artists/kajagoogoo/death-defying-headlines-ep/
If the dance mix is more your thing (and it is fantastic), you can also download that and they both count towards a chart position:
HMV
http://www.hmvdigital.com/artist/kajagoogoo/death-defying-headlines-the-dance-remixes-ep
7digital
http://www.7digital.com/artists/kajagoogoo/death-defying-headlines-the-dance-remixes-ep/
It’s a really quick and easy process to pre-order the track, 7digital even take PayPal in their payment options!
You can pre-order from iTunes but they only allow this for the full EP. Therefore if you wish to pre-order either full EP from iTunes, you can do this here:
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/preorder/death-defying-headlines-ep/id436784345
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/preorder/death-defying-headlines-the/id436784119
If you are an iTunes user but only wish to purchase the single, please wait until June 12th where it is officially released and you will be able to buy this as one track.
Death Defying Headlines is released on Red Dot Music.
We’re still needing that elusive big name supporter to take the promotion to the next level, can you help?
2011 KajaFax
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