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Beat Brothers Claim Top Honors in Year Long Survey
Beatmania shows no sign of waning
Kaliburg, Ananto
July 5, 4419


"Here to Please", The Kalistani Release of the First LP by the Beat Brothers, sells out in Kalistan as soon as a new shipment arrives

Beatmania continues in Kalistan and is fed by new Beat Brothers Music.  For a year now, Kalistani youth have gone crazy whenever new Beat Brothers music is released.  When the new Beat Brothers Record arrived in Kalistan, it immediately sold out.  So Kalistani distributors associated with the subsidiary VEMI-Kalistan put in another order, and it was immediately sold out once more.  Four runs have not been enough to satiate the Kalistani Teen Market.

Now the Results are in.  In a survey of Record buyers conducted from May 6-June 30 of this year, The Beat Brothers are far and away the most popular band among the 13-26 demographic.  The Beat Brothers topped the "Best Band" and "Favorite Band" lists, and four of the top five songs on the List were performed by the Beat Brothers.  The Beat Brothers dominance of Kalistani pop charts remains virtually undisputed, and they have opened the doors for other Valruzian bands to follow in their wake. 


The Dawid Prysbyz 5 toured Kalistan in April and May, and their new Smash "Bits and Splinters" incorporates Ska rhythms into their pop, setting them apart from other bands

Already, Kalistani Bands are getting into act.  Several local knock offs, including Python's Gdancek (RL equivalent: The Buckinghams) have already scored recording contracts with VEMI-K in a seemingly vain attempt to satisfy the Market.  In addition, Kalistan is soon to be the target of a number of new acts that hail from the same roots.  Two new Valruzian pop-rock bands have already toured extensively in Kalistan and share the same sound, which some are calling the "Szarybeat" sound:  Grzegorz and the Beatkeepers (RL equivalent: Garry and the Pacemakers) and The Dawid Pryzbyz 5 (RL Equivalent: Dave Clark 5) who both toured in the Spring to sold out crowds.In the last week of June, 4419, all top 20 pop hits were Valruzian acts.


The Syndicate is the first Kalistani response to the Valruzian Invasion and its Szarybeat sound 

The Valruzian Sound has already produced some backlash in Kalistan, though this reaction goes largely unnoticed by teenage fans, and doesn't appear on the charts.  Kalistani pop septet The Syndicate (RL Equivalent:  The Association) have incorporated a lot of VEMI's production style, but have dropped the rock and roll elements of bands like the Beat Brothers.  Instead, they have focused on intricate 7-part harmonies and deep orchestration as a feature of their pop-driven music.  In Late May, the Syndicate single "My Love" briefly broke the top 20 on Kalistan's pop charts, and was the first Kalistani band to do so in more than a year.

Despite the new explosion of music between Valruzia and Kalistan, the Beat Brothers remain on the top of Kalistani Charts now going into their second year. The Invasion continues.