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Tokintoker

2010-10-17T00:44:15Z

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Born 1961 London England .Maltese parents.I was the youngest of 7 Children. From a early age music had a big influence in my life.A:: my Family was into music of some form or another.My Father was a trombone player in when in Malta with the Zebbug band club.and he always encouriged music if one of his children took a Interest.When I was growing up My oldest brother used to study Piano 8 or more hours a day , and from time to time he used to baby sit me. and I started to learn all the classical pieces note for note.the next brother was into movie music the shadows and other orchestral music. the next brother was into the Beatles and other 60`s pop music .my sister used to train as a singer and from her I used to listen to the Seekers Sandy Shaw`s Cilla Blacks etc etc. the next brother was into 70`s music stuff like CCR . and other rock music. .only one brother had no influence in music who was 5 years older. while at school I remember buying my first radio and listening in bed to Radio Luxembourg I was about 12 years old.still just a listener till around 1977 I joined a band called Craze as a singer, we didnt do much as a band , but I started to meet other musicians. I gave up the music till about 1981 where I started to try and play the piano.after a short while I started to play 8 hours or more a day . and Piano took over my life,I bought a Synthesizer and me Triccas ( Jesmond Tedesco and a couple of other guys started to meet up and jam .. we used to play In my Dads Garage . near the Rabbits. we than seen that the music was going nowhere , and I was finding that practicing the piano was more beneficial to me. again I tried to form a band we called ourselves After 9 ,but this time I had converted Part of the Garage into a rehearsal room, while playing with After 9 , the guitarist of a band called Fluid came to visit us , I never met him and he kept coming to my home asking me to join them and play . I had no confidence and never went . till one day I was walking the streets and he was passing by for rehearsals and more or less dragged me to go and watch them play . I heard them and thought to myself they don`t need me , they sounded great as they was. anyway they invited me to play . and every time we used to meet in Tigne . the Guitarist named Twanny Mifsud. Ic Chambeline ,used to ask me to get there earlier so he shows me some stuff. this band we actually played a few gigs and I got my first taste of playing in front of a audience. After Fluid started to change its Members and the band started to lost its direction and we split up.more or less in the same time Tony Grimaud.came up to me and asked me if I was Interested in playing keyboards for his project called Life Games, and he was going to play this project as a Rock Mass. I remember I didn`t agree untill he agreed to also ask the Guitarist of Fluid to join too. the main reason on my behalf of this is , that This Guitarist gave me confidence inm,yself and I felt I had a good understanding with him. again we did a couple of gigs, by this time I had planed to move to England. the original Idea was to go to UK with the Band Fluid. but they like many bands them days didnt have the confidence to get up and go for it. ,when I got to England . I found life was hard , but I had some luck because I met some Musicians and they invited me to join their Band, the band was called Rapcallion, we did a couple of gigs I remember in Hastings and I am them parted company . after them I joined a few acts did quite a few gigs .Stonehenge, Gaddon, are highlights. in the mid 90`s I decided to start to study classical music and done that for a few years. again I and Mick Walker Formed Heliumlovesok . A band as far as I know are still going today.then I went to Eastbourne collage of arts and technology and done a two year course in Music Technology. Learned alot about the music industry . also how to write music for the Media.I have not mentioned all the bands I have played with because there are quite a few one Band Maltese people will surely know is Characters. I did a few little bits of Keyboards on a couple of demo songs with them ,while they was in UK. associated musically with Alex Napier Ex Uriah Heep Drummer.Shirzelle , Arthur Brown .Simon Shaw,Splognessabounds, Pat Keene. started to work as a solo artist Composing music . recently . right now I have just moved to a new country Bulgaria and I hope to in the future once settled start to write music music,More keyboard orientated. watch this space........ If you are interested in TokinToker you just have to press on this Link -- ---------> http://www.myspace.com/tokintoker

Category talk:A-Z of the Malta Music Scene

2010-10-16T13:39:31Z

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Category talk:Maltese singer-songwriters

2010-10-16T13:36:27Z

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2010-10-14T23:05:48Z

Tokintoker:

Here are some things I remember...

== Night clubs in Malta of the late 70`s and early 80`s ==

'''Sliema street Ix Xatt ta Qui Si Sana''' , [[Caravel]]: A club not very busy but used to have live bands playing there . normally cabaret bands [[Graffiti]]: This was a Discotheque and was our local hang out. [[Stardust]]: This was another discotheque when paying entrance fee you would get on your ticket a free complimentary drink , the atmosphere was luminous. it was like you was in space.very colorful ,spacey . gave you a feeling you are in a cave.

'''St Julians .Spinola''' [[Tigulio]] : This was a lovely place very big and had all sorts of activities, not only was it a Discotheque ,it was a restaurant and one could of played table soccer , pool, or just go walking in the massive garden . the place had two Bars and used to have about a hour of rock music.the venue was open to live rock bands ,and from time to time there used to be some rock bands gigging there. atmosphere was very dark ,and seating was very private with lots of room, It never attracted many people for some funny reason . I thought this club was a great club shame not so many people used to go there.

'''Paceville Ball Street''' Dewdrops: This used to be the place everyone used to want go to , this was a discotheque. with a membership ,no free drink .one can get a temporary Membership but for some funny reason they didn't like giving these 3 days membership cards to the local Maltese people.these cards were mainly issued to tourists. Upstairs there was a restaurant,this club used to be one the the clubs that used to get lively after 12 am 1am . Studio 54 : This club Changed it`s name so many times and changed owners quite a bit too. the place was called Sachas,Alley-cat. [[Studio54]] and later called, [[Duke]]. This Place was always Refurbishing ,and as far as I know trying to out compete its neighbor Dewdrops, never succeed, as studio 54 had a great dark atmosphere and was very grotty looking. when it changed to Duke`s it went upper class , In the decor , but less people than Studio 54. They used to have a hour or so of rock music ,and was much lighter in lighting. [[BJ`s]] was a lovely Night club . had a resident Singer, Keyboard, bass, guitar player named Victor Schembri, seating was cosy if you wanted to dance you could, but this was strictly a piano bar.

'''St Georges''' : [[Styxs]] This was a new venue and opened very late 70`s or early 80`s, was taking lots of business from Dewdrops.became the place to go ,this place had a much more modern dance floor,quite spacious . my opinion the place didn't feel that cosy.

'''Between Naxxar and San Gwann''' . A place the old natives used to call harraraw [[Vibes]], a club not so big but quite busy , I cant really comment on this place much because I never used to go there much. St Andrews [[Raffles]]. Another discotheque ,dance floor was the latest in technology in them days . bubbles floating about and all sorts of stuff, Not a bad place only a little out of the way . this place used to have bands play from time to time ,some class acts played there.

'''Bahar Ic caqq'''. [[Plants]]: this was a disco .very interesting place it was a converted old farm house.rumors has it that on the top floor there is something supernatural there. This was the place that changed everything in the late 70`s . there was a police raid and some people got caught with Illegal drugs and Marijuana .after this night clubs in Malta had a curfew on all drinking establishments , the times were from 2 PM to around 11 PM . this killed the Maltese young people tourist industry at the time. [[Oassis]]: this was a place where rock music used to be played similar to a discotheque but with rock songs played. also from time to time some rock bands.

'''Bugibba Bugibba Square''' [[Caesars Club]]: this them days was partly owned by The Australian comic musician painter plus other stuff . Rolf Harris Was a night club discotheque and snack bar ,not a bad place but not as busy as the other spots i mentioned earlier..

There was also a night club in Maddliena called [[Club 47]], and situated right next to the weird and wonderful [[Mystique]]. The club was owned by the late [[Ray Agius]], brother to [[Jean Agius]] and [[Jon Lucas]]. It seemed to be a rather exclusive night club, opening at around 10pm and goes on thru the early hours. There was a grand piano on one side (possibly white?), and a terrace that looked over the valley. [[Tony Grimaud]] used to play there in early 1984.

[[Category:Music venues in Malta]]

Talk:Lib66 Directory of Maltese Music

2010-10-10T19:09:37Z

Tokintoker:

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Talk:Lib66 Directory of Maltese Music

2010-10-10T19:08:32Z

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Category talk:Maltese singer-songwriters

2010-10-10T18:40:03Z

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2010-10-10T17:49:11Z

Tokintoker:

Sliema street Ix Xatt ta Qui Si Sana , Caravel: A club not very busy but used to have live bands playing there . normally cabaret bands Graffiti: This was a Discotheque and was our local hang out. Stardust: This was another discotheque when paying entrance fee you would get on your ticket a free complimentary drink , the atmosphere was luminous. it was like you was in space.very colorful ,spacey . gave you a feeling you are in a cave. St Julians .Spinola Tiggulio : This was a lovely place very big and had all sorts of activities, not only was it a Discotheque ,it was a restaurant and one could of played table soccer , pool, or just go walking in the massive garden . the place had two Bars and used to have about a hour of rock music.the venue was open to live rock bands ,and from time to time there used to be some rock bands gigging there. atmosphere was very dark ,and seating was very private with lots of room, It never attracted many people for some funny reason . I thought this club was a great club shame not so many people used to go there. Paceville Ball Street Dewdrops: This used to be the place everyone used to want go to , this was a discotheque. with a membership ,no free drink .one can get a temporary Membership but for some funny reason they didn't like giving these 3 days membership cards to the local Maltese people.these cards were mainly issued to tourists. Upstairs there was a restaurant,this club used to be one the the clubs that used to get lively after 12 am 1am . Studio 54 : This club Changed it`s name so many times and changed owners quite a bit too. the place was called Sachas,Alley-cat. Studio54 and later called ,Duke .This Place was always Refurbishing ,and as far as I know trying to out compete its neighbor Dewdrops, never succeed, as studio 54 had a great dark atmosphere and was very grotty looking. when it changed to Duke`s it went upper class , In the decor , but less people than Studio 54. They used to have a hour or so of rock music ,and was much lighter in lighting. BJ`s was a lovely Night club . had a resident Singer, Keyboard,Bass,Guitar Player named Victor Shcembri, seating was cosy if you wanted to dance you could, but this was strictly a piano bar. St Georges : Styxs This was a new venue and opened very late 70`s or early 80`s.because the place to go to in a short time. and was taking lots of business from Dewdrops.became the place to go ,this place had a much more modern dance floor,quite spacious . my opinion the place didn't feel that cosy. Between Naxxar and San Gwann . A place the old natives used to call harraraw Vibes , a club not so big but quite busy , I cant really comment on this place much because I never used to go there much. St Andrews Raffles. Another discotheque ,dance floor was the latest in technology in them days . bubbles floating about and all sorts of stuff, Not a bad place only a little out of the way . this place used to have bands play from time to time ,some class acts played there. Bahar Ic caqq . Plants: this was a disco .very interesting place it was a converted old farm house.rumors has it that on the top floor there is something supernatural there. This was the place that changed everything in the late 70`s . there was a police raid and some people got caught with Illegal drugs and Marijuana .after this night clubs in Malta had a curfew on all drinking establishments , the times were from 2 PM to around 11 PM . this killed the Maltese young people tourist industry at the time. Oassis:this was a place where rock music used to be played similar to a discotheque but with rock songs played. also from time to time some rock bands. Bugibba Bugibba Square Caesars Club: this them days was partly owned by The Australian comic musician painter plus other stuff . Rolf Harris Was a night club discotheque and snack bar ,not a bad place but not as busy as the other spots i mentioned earlier..

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2010-10-10T17:14:58Z

Tokintoker: Created page with 'Sliema street Ix Xatt ta Qui Si Sana , Caravel: A club not very busy but used to have live bands playing there . normally cabaret bands Graffiti: This was a Discotheque and was o…'

Sliema street Ix Xatt ta Qui Si Sana , Caravel: A club not very busy but used to have live bands playing there . normally cabaret bands Graffiti: This was a Discotheque and was our local hang out. Stardust: This was another discotheque when paying entrance fee you would get on your ticket a free complimentary drink , the atmosphere was luminous. it was like you was in space.very colorful ,spacey . gave you a feeling you are in a cave. St Julians .Spinola Tiggulio : This was a lovely place very big and had all sorts of activities, not only was it a Discotheque ,it was a restaurant and one could of played table soccer , pool, or just go walking in the massive garden . the place had two Bars and used to have about a hour of rock music.the venue was open to live rock bands ,and from time to time there used to be some rock bands gigging there. atmosphere was very dark ,and seating was very private with lots of room, It never attracted many people for some funny reason . I thought this club was a great club shame not so many people used to go there. Paceville Ball Street Dewdrops: This used to be the place everyone used to want go to , this was a discotheque. with a membership ,no free drink .one can get a temporary Membership but for some funny reason they didn't like giving these 3 days membership cards to the local Maltese people.these cards were mainly issued to tourists. Upstairs there was a restaurant,this club used to be one the the clubs that used to get lively after 12 am 1am . Studio 55 : This club Changed it`s name so many times and changed owners quite a bit too. the place was called Sachas,Alley-cat. Studio54 and later called ,Duke .This Place was always Refurbishing ,and as far as I know trying to out compete its neighbor Dewdrops, never succeed, as studio 54 had a great dark atmosphere and was very grotty looking. when it changed to Duke`s it went upper class , In the decor , but less people than Studio 54. They used to have a hour or so of rock music ,and was much lighter in lighting. BJ`s was a lovely Night club . had a resident Singer, Keyboard,Bass,Guitar Player named Victor Shcembri, seating was cosy if you wanted to dance you could, but this was strictly a piano bar. St Georges : Styxs This was a new venue and opened very late 70`s or early 80`s.because the place to go to in a short time. and was taking lots of business from Dewdrops.became the place to go ,this place had a much more modern dance floor,quite spacious . my opinion the place didn't feel that cosy. Between Naxxar and San Gwann . A place the old natives used to call harraraw Vibes , a club not so big but quite busy , I cant really comment on this place much because I never used to go there much. St Andrews Raffles. Another discotheque ,dance floor was the latest in technology in them days . bubbles floating about and all sorts of stuff, Not a bad place only a little out of the way . this place used to have bands play from time to time ,some class acts played there. Bahar Ic caqq . Plants: this was a disco .very interesting place it was a converted old farm house.rumors has it that on the top floor there is something supernatural there. This was the place that changed everything in the late 70`s . there was a police raid and some people got caught with Illegal drugs and Marijuana .after this night clubs in Malta had a curfew on all drinking establishments , the times were from 2 PM to around 11 PM . this killed the Maltese young people tourist industry at the time. Oassis:this was a place where rock music used to be played similar to a discotheque but with rock songs played. also from time to time some rock bands. Bugibba Bugibba Square Caesars Club: this them days was partly owned by The Australian comic musician painter plus other stuff . Rolf Harris Was a night club discotheque and snack bar ,not a bad place but not as busy as the other spots i mentioned earlier..