Isaac Mizrahi's 1995 Fall Fashion Show

from a video?

iZsaZsa said:

Guys take up space.

lol silly

5.12.1995 @ the Glam Slam in LA

w Eric Leeds guest

1. Endorphinmachine

2. the Jam

3. Shhh

4. Days of Wild

5. Now

6. Johnny

7. TMBGITW

8. Pussy Control

9. Letitgo

10. Pink Cashmere

11. 18 & Over

12. Get Wild

13. Big Fun

The Mayte interview

At Hotel Ramada, Hamburg, Germany, October 24th 1995

Introduction

Knowing that Mayte was going to do a promotion tour for her Album Child of the Sun in Europe we contacted EDEL Records Company and asked if it would be possible to get an interview for our Magazine, NEWPOWERSOUL . After some phonecalls, finally the big YES came in and we were asked to contact other magazines as well. This would give us all a great opportunity to meet Mayte and other Editors of Magazines. [ Writing E-mails is fine , but it's nicer to meet people. ] Naturally everyone was happy about the chance to meet Mayte and interview her. A few days later we got a telephone call from EDEL explaning that a lot of the regular Press ( radio, TV, Magazines and newspapers ) was going to show up and there was little time left for the Magazines to get an interview. EDEL offered a telephone conference. We could listen in during one of the interviews that day for 15 minutes via telephone (( . Obviously we were not to happy about that, but it was better than nothing. Later that week we got another telephone call, we were offered 25 minutes of interviewing time. EDEL contacted 3 Magazines. Yessssssss ! A few days before the interview we got an advance copy of her CD on tape and we started preparing the questions. We were told to ask as much as possible about Mayte and the release of her Album. If possible, don't even mention HIM....

Monday we drove 500 Km to Hamburg, Germany. Driving in the evening would give us some benefit regarding busy traffic and we made it in 5 hours. After a restless night in Hamburg we met the people from The Continental Magazine and the O)+> Network. We were expected at Hotel Ramada at 12 O'clock. We were friendly welcomed at the hotel by an EDEL employee (Tina) and told that there was a tight schedule and we were given 25 minutes of interviewing time. We thanked her for the opportunity that for once the Fanzines got an interview with a key member of the NPG. In the lobby of the Ramada Hotel we were waiting for things to come. Nervous as we were, we at first didn't recognize Mayte's mother who was also waiting there. (We spoke to her after the Mayte interview). We had to wait another half hour because some interviews took longer than planned. Looking down I noticed that the carpet in the hotellobby was Paisley styled . Coincidence ?. If you have to wait for something and don't know what to do else you start looking around and try to find some unusual things. Two girls at the desk were wearing broches with golden suns on their dresses. Coincidence ? I heard myself sing: These are the days of the children of the sun..... At some point the EDEL spokeswoman came by to get us for the interview. Funny what your heart and stomache can do. It can even take a rollercoaster ride with you...... Up to the second floor with the elevator we were told to wait outside room 224. After a minute ( which seems to have lasted a century.. ) we were invited in. Mayte was sitting in a big chair near the window and welcomed all of us, asking our names . We were invited to take place on the bed or to just sit down at the floor where pillows were laying. For a moment it was silent, you could hear your own heartbeat. Everyone had to realise first that this was it. You listen to the music, you see her in shows, you see her dance in videos and now she is sitting there in front of you. Smiling that big smile. Looking right through you with those big brown eyes........... After waking up I thought we better get started with the questions since we only had 25 minutes.

Here are some questions from:
DUNE ( NEWPOWERSOUL )
AZI ( The Continental)
Axel Aberle ( O)+> Network)
and the answers from Mayte..........
Pictures shot by Thomas Hellmig and Ulla Kern .
Recorded on DAT by Ralf Gülpen ( NEWPOWERSOUL )

Yesterday you were in Munich and today here in Hamburg. The next 2 days you will be in Holland. Where else will this promotiontour take you ?

MAYTE: We will do 4 Television shows in London. We go to Spain .

Barcelona ?

MAYTE: It will be Madrid this time. We will visit Oslo, Stockholm, Bologna. Friday I return to Hamburg and have a photoshoot with AMICA [ German Magazine, first issue out in January 1996 ] . She smiled and was really looking forward to this..

MAYTE: I come back to Germany on November 2nd for a TV show on RTL in Cologne, I think it's called the Late show.

Are you going to perform ?

MAYTE: Yes, I will perform, but the NPG, they are rehearsing back in Minneapolis, so they can't come

It will just be you ?

MAYTE: Just me, but I have 2 dancers to it

Are you doing other TV appearances ?

MAYTE: Yeah, in London and I'm doing one in Bologna, I think it's Italy. I'm doing like four in London. Top of the Pops, MTV, I did the Box, VIVA and now I'm doing VIVA 2. Let's see.... and there is another one in London, I'm not sure about.

No White Room ?

MAYTE: No... I gotta save that one for the NPG again...

It was a very nice show back than...

MAYTE: Oh yeah, it was fun

We only saw two songs from that show..

MAYTE: Oooh, you didn't see the whole jamsession ? That was fun !!

I think before we are going to talk about your Album now, ... you've been a tremendous influence for his albums, the 92 album and the Gold Experience as well. So, in what way was your influence different when he wrote the songs for the 92 album and now for the Gold Experience ?

MAYTE: Well , because I'm...the influence, I mean...because I changed, of course, people change of course, with the Symbol Album I was ... we were doing the... it was kinda like the movie thing... we were keeping that... and then with the Gold Experience.. we just went crazy..you know, we did NOW and you know... I changed, I started stagediving...from ballet to bellydancing to stagediving, do all that kind of stuff. So we kind of all changed as a group. Because, I mean, The NPG as a band has a big influence, big time !

So it was an evolution from the balletdance to a.......?

MAYTE: Yeah, I grew as a dancer and performer and the musicians grew as musicians of course.

So you say it was also reflected on the music on the albums ?

MAYTE: Yeah...plus , you know.. he changed spiritually and as a person... so his music is different.. he has a lot more to say.. and , you know...

Emancipation is the keyword now ?

MAYTE: Aaaah ( biiiiiig smile !! ) Yes

All the fans have to emancipate to listen to his new work and be open to it ?

MAYTE: The album is incredible... he's working on it right now... He said there would be 50 songs on it...

MAYTE: yaah

80 Dollars ?

MAYTE: yeah, but it's worth it. He's taking his time, but it's gonna be the best, I think... a masterpiece

Is the band is really close ? On his last Love 4 one another show he said.. he was feeling sick and he said: Mayte is not here and that makes it worse.. The band is that close?

MAYTE: yeah it is....

You rehearse, perform , work in the studio, together all the time

MAYTE: Always dancing, always running around, getting thee.. asking me ... it's like .. we are a family and always creating. If somebody is missing you feel it. Actually he played last night. Anybody know that ?

Not yet, but we will soon hear.. we had to drive 5 hours up to Hamburg so we couldn't check it. [laughter again.. I was glad...this really helped the interview.. ]

MAYTE: He played last night. And then he told everyone that I was in Europe promoting my album.

How much influence does he have on the current album ?

MAYTE: On Child of the Sun ? A lot !! He wrote every song. He read my mind. Because it's exactly what I wanted to say on my album, on my first album. I'm very proud of it. The NPG played on it too.

Are there guest musicians ? There is a lot of Latin on it, is that Prince or Sheila E. on percussion ? [oops, I said Prince..)) ]

MAYTE: Aah no, Prince...eh ... [ oops] He did it. [big laughter, smiling innocent... ]

On Baby don't care, he did the percussion ??

MAYTE: Yah, he did... [ still smiling ]

Did he write Children of the Sun ( the first track on the album ) especially for your album ?

MAYTE: Yes, he wrote that specially for my album.

On Exodus there is a line that goes .. these are the days of the children in the sun.. and now you sing... we are the children of the sun, we're gonna dance till the morning sun..

MAYTE: That was a....because so many things are happening bad in the States that I wanted that to be.. I wanted to have a song that would make the people better and he came up with that.. and it was perfect..

I had a change to listen to the album and the song had the same impact on me as Play in the sunshine from the SOTT Album. First a happy song and then you go on ..

MAYTE: It's true.....

There are no less then 2 cover versions on your album. If I love U 2night, the current single and Love's no Fun. Who decided to record these version ?

MAYTE: He did !! He told me .. you know that are a lot of songs that he writes and they don't get the right kind of support and attention. So, when he held up these songs.... he said: these songs, you should do them. They weren't appreciated. They were appreciated but they weren't really released as singles. He said: I think that you should do these two.So I did ! Of course I'm gonna take his advice...

If I love you tonight has a beautiful video . There is a scene with a man in the car. Is that Frank Williams, the dancer ?

MAYTE: No, that's Jamie King, he's a choreographer. He choreographs for.. he did some of our stuff.. what has he done... he has done a lot.. he used to be Michael Jackson's dancer and now he's choreographing.. a very talented dancer. ( Jamie King was the choreographer for Glam Slam Ulysses, also the American Music Awards dancing, the EroctiCity Dancers from Glam Slam L.A.[thanks Diane] )

On If I love U 2night there's a line that goes: I'm looking for a remedy for all this misery... What is your remedy for misery ?

MAYTE: My remedy for misery is God....... spirituality.......in your gracious name.....yeah......... [ for a moment she is very into herself...concentrating..silent...spiritual ]

In your gracious name, the second song on the Album, to me it's a potential single release.

MAYTE: Actually we are thinking about doing that as a second one. we already got.. we are ready to shoot the video.. He's thinking about directing me too. He is gonna do this one for me.

There is a track on your album called House of Brick. That's the Commodores classic Brickhouse. The chorus goes: She's mighty mighty. This can easily be translated to she mighty... Mayte...

MAYTE: Now this is funny. We were in a jamsession and they started playing Brickhouse. He started singing... she's mighty mighty. And they stopped, looked at me and said : That's your name...let's go to the studio.. that's really how it happened.. they figured out that that sounded like my name...

I would like to go back in history, before your first single "The Most Beautiful Boy in the World" was released one year ago, I think two or three years ago they had two releases on the EDEL company's label, Broken Wings...and Too Dramatic ... I've got one of those here.

MAYTE: Ooohh!! Throw it away!! Throw it away!! Trow it awaaaaaay !!!

OK. I just want to know, can you remember when you actually recorded those songs?

MAYTE: Yeah. Actually...

That was back at the time you were here in Germany?

MAYTE: Yeah, it was before I met him. I had a dance-related injury and I had to stop dancing and it made me realize that a dancer's life is very short. So I definitely knew that I wanted to be in the entertainment business, so I started taking vocal lessons and then I got hold of some producers and it was just demos that we did. I didn't take it seriously. I was like, you know, I'll write some songs, like, you know...

But those guys put them out...

MAYTE: Oh yeah, they put them out.

... once you started dancing for him.

MAYTE: Of course! There's more. I don't know if they're gonna go back and do some more but, it was like demos - demos that I didn't take seriously because I was just trying out with the music business and seeing how it was. And then I met him , so it had to be fate. ( smiling this really innocent smile)

Are there any plans to promote your album live?

MAYTE: Yeah, actually right now they're rehearsing for the tour. We're going on tour in January. We're doing Japan, Australia, the States and Europe. And they're rehearsing right now, learning, re-arranging some of his songs, and we're gonna start rehearsing on my album, 'cause we're gonna do Exodus, Child of the Sun, we'll do a little bit of everything. Yeah, I plan to perform

There will be no tour this year in America ?

MAYTE: I know in December we're doing a show for VH1, the Fashion Awards. We're doing that and then we're planning on doing a TV special which is also in December, and then we start out in January.

So you're not coming to Europe for the MTV European Music Awards?

MAYTE: Not that I know of, there's no plans for that.

There was an artist without no name who booked for days at a Paris nightclub. That was the rumor but...

MAYTE: Actually since I was coming here, he was thinking about it, I don't know if he booked it or, you know, but who knows?

Who knows?

MAYTE: I'm here for two weeks. And the band, they're dying, The NPG, they're dying to travel. They wanna play.

If ♥ U 2night

If Love U 2night was the second and final commercial single to be released from Mayte's first and only album Child Of The Sun, and was released shortly before the album, in the UK and Europe. The b-side, The Rhythm Of Your ♥, was also taken from the album. Remixes of If Love U 2night were included on some versions of the single.

The single reached number 67 in the UK Gallup Singles Chart.

For the Mica Paris single release of the same track (using the original title If I Love U 2 Nite), see If I Love U 2 Nite. -PrinceVault

Child Of The Sun

Album tracklist:

1. Children Of The Sun.

2. In Your Gracious Name.

3. If I Love U 2Night.

4. The Rhythm Of Your Heart.

5. Ain't No Place Like U.

6. House Of Brick(Brick House).

7. Love's No Fun.

8. Baby Don't Care.

9. However Much U Want. (duet with Prince).

10. Mo' Better.

11. If I love U 2Night(Spanish).

12. The Most Beautiful Boy In The World.

OldFriends4Sale said:

iZsaZsa said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

Mayte's > Prince's or Mica's

I'll have 2 listen later today and compare

New Power Day

In sports, the International Basketball League was busy last night)
(With 7 games on the schedule)
{phone rings}
(The Cavaliers came up with a surprise upset)
(Beating the Bullets 108 to 99)

Talk
X-TV, turn it on
Michael, what’s happenin’?
(The Lakers had no trouble with the Rockets winning 124 to 88)
U gotta watch this show that’s on
Watch what?
I don’t know what it is, it’s crazy
(The Nuggets just got by the Nets 114 to 112)
What channel is it on?
X-TV, turn it on
Alright, later
Later
(The Super Sonics devastated the Jazz 136…)

So I’m walkin’ down the street and umm..
This muthafucka comes up 2 me and says
(Yo man, U oughta let me have 50 dollars man)
(Can U give?)
I said “Ain’t that a bitch? U oughta get out of my face”
(Oh)
And he tried 2 rob me
(Muthafucker, mm)
And he was chokin’ me, right?
’cause, ’cause he didn’t have no gun
Do U hear that shit?
Lucky 4 me, my homies was comin’ ’round the 7-Eleven
And they seen what was goin’ down
They grabbed this muthafucker, right?
(“What’s up man?”)
Ripped an eyeball out
(Ahhh! “Fuck him up”)
They beat his ass so bad, change fell out his pocket
(U bastards, mm)
These nigga’s are crazies
So I said “Fuck it”
I robbed him, ha ha
With so much money on me, I figured I oughta hit Jannell’s house
I knocked on her door, right?
(Mmm, oh)
I don’t know what she was doin’
(Oh, ooh)
But I couldn’t get no answer?
She was doin’ some wrong shit
“Jannell” I shouted, still no answer
(Mmm, oh, oh)
I figured she was on the telephone or somethin’
(Oh)
So I walked around 2 the bathroom window
Pushed it up, climbed inside
Soon as I got inside, it hit me {gasp}
Damn!
I don’t know what it was but it hit me hard
“Uh”
Jannell’s a Rican, U know?
And them beans and rice is a habit at Jannell’s house, U know?
I grab my mouth, my nose and I just screamed
And then I ran
But Jannell’s house is real messy and I hit somethin’ and I fell
That somethin’ was Jannell
(Get off!)
I stepped on her bruised booty she got from stage diving
And it made her real mad so we went 2 rounds
Jannell can bob
She kicked my ass
Damn!
“Oh God”
So I left and I went 2 Glam Slam
And slammed a few Long Island’s
Uh-oh, one 2 many
Excuse me brother, better hit this alley
Phew! That was close
(Yo muthafucker, ain’t U the one stole my money?)
Oh shit
(Yeah, that’s U)
I gotta run y’all
(That’s U nigga, come here)
(Kick your muthafuckin’ ass)
Ahh, ahh
Now what is this crazy muthafuckin’ shit?
Ahh, ahh

Man, did U see it?
Did U hear it man?
Yeah man
It was so crazy, that shit man
Ha, yeah I know, I couldn’t believe it
Ah man, but I tell U what man
I’m kinda wiped out man
So I’m goin’ 2 get some rest man
Yeah, I hear ya
I’ll see U tomorrow man
Later
Been smokin’ that headache weed, is ya?
Ah, nigga
Ha ha ha

THE VERSACE EXPERIENCE (PRELUDE 2 GOLD) (Promo 1995)
The Versace Experience (Prelude 2 Gold) is an extremely cool, and extremely rare, cassette-only release that Prince gave away to attendees during Paris’ Fashion Week in July 1995, months before the release of The Gold Experience. It’s a great collection of music, most of which varies wildly from the official album, while also including a handful of tracks from other Prince-related projects; The New Power Generation’s Exodus (practically a Prince album, below), Madhouse’s unreleased third album, 24 and The NPG Orchestra’s Kamasutra (part of what would later become the 5th disc from Crystal Ball). Woven together with edited selections and segues into an all new concept, The Versace Experience is like a long-lost Prince LP. NOTE: This was released before Prince renamed the lead off track, “Pussy Control,” to “P. Control.”

Pussy Control (Club Mix) (Edit) (3:04)
Shhh (X-cerpt) (3:55)
Get Wild In The House (2:15) (The New Power Generation)
I Hate U (Remix) (3:29)
319 (X-cerpt) (1:28)
Shy (X-cerpt) (2:23)
Billy Jack Bitch (2:31)
Sonny T. (X-cerpt) (0:28) (Madhouse)
Rootie Kazootie (Edit) (2:38) (Madhouse)
Chatounette Controle (2:25)
Pussy Control (Control Tempo) (Edit) (1:23)
Kamasutra Overture #5 (0:44) (The NPG Orchestra)
Free The Music (1:44) (The New Power Generation)
Segue (0:50)
Gold (X-cerpt) (3:39)

PRINCE (The Artist) Esquire Magazine 1995

1995 by Richard Avedon for Gianni Versace

OldFriends4Sale said:

This thread needs a bump - http://eil.com/shop/morei...ogid=53960

dodger said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

from a video?

Yes, Empty Room. . Once again - great thread. I haven't seen a few of these photos and articles

ok Thanks for the info

the Gold Experience is definately a experience
He released the Black album, Exodus a bunch of 1 off songs Mayte's album and did video for Come and other albums and this one. Empty Room originally is from 1985 recorded wth the Revolution: Prince & Bobby Z and not sure on whoever else

OldFriends4Sale said:

Prince seemed really into fashion in 1995/96. I wasn't around back then so could anyone tell me if fashion designers ever commented on what he wore? I'm asking because he seemed to be 'in the scene' in the mid-90s, with the Fashion Awards performance etc

CharismaDove said:

Prince seemed really into fashion in 1995/96. I wasn't around back then so could anyone tell me if fashion designers ever commented on what he wore? I'm asking because he seemed to be 'in the scene' in the mid-90s, with the Fashion Awards performance etc

I'll see what I can find. Versace did a fashion shoot 4 Esquire, (Prince was wearing Versace during the Nude Tour/GB era) with him and Jean Paul Gautlier post #64 was into styling Prince for the movie role he didn't accept.

I'll see what specific talks about his style for this period I can find

6.6.1995 @ the Sunrise Musical Theater

in Fort Lauderdale FL
Carlos Santana
-Soul Sacrifice(guest guitarist 0+>)

6.7.1995 @ Glam Slam in Miami FL

' Prince ' 37th birthday

Glam Slam Club [Mayte]

1. Children of the Sun

2. The Rhythm of Your Love

3. Baby Don't Care

Prince & NPG set

1. Endorphinmachine

2. the Jam

3. Shhh

4. Days of Wild

5. Now

6. Funky Stuff

7. TMBGITW

8. Pussy Control

9. Letitgo

10. Pink Cashmere

11. Get Loose

12. Count the Days

13. Return of the Bump Squad

14. 7

15. Get Wild

16. Johnny

17. Billy Jack Bitch

18. Gold

7.8.1995 @ the Glam Slam club in Miami FL
the Good Life video shoot

1. Santana medly

2. I Love U in Me

3. Peach

4. the Ride

5. 7

6. Get Wild

7. Big Fun

8. Count the Days

9. Return of the Bump Squad

10. Pussy Control

11. Asswoop

12. Mary Don't You Weep

13. Skin Tight

14. Brickhouse

15. Sex Machine / U Gotta Shake Something

16. TMBGITW

17. Race

18. Flashlight

I just scanned two pages of the July 8, 1995 Prince Family newsletter

Links to http://www.neosoul.com/mu...nce07.html

it has articles about Gold Experience concerts at Paisley Park and Glam Slam

I'll add more pages and improve the page as it goes on.

http://www.neosoul.com