The fourth album of Florida's post-rock band The Mercury Program doesn't bring any revolutionary changes in their musical expression, but it includes it among the best what the genre offers. If post-rock generally came to to the point of supersaturation, mostly because of the huge number of bands that appeared in it throughout the world, there is a fistful of bands that doesn't fit into that category, and The Mercury Program is definitely one of them. After a long break, the band introduces us to a new collection of songs which creates its own world for the listener to get lost in for thirty or so minutes. This album is heavy on its ambience and atmospherics, just like it's cover that brings us into the state of contemplation. Enjoy it!
12/04/2009
The Mercury Program - Chez Viking, Lovitt Records, 2009
The fourth album of Florida's post-rock band The Mercury Program doesn't bring any revolutionary changes in their musical expression, but it includes it among the best what the genre offers. If post-rock generally came to to the point of supersaturation, mostly because of the huge number of bands that appeared in it throughout the world, there is a fistful of bands that doesn't fit into that category, and The Mercury Program is definitely one of them. After a long break, the band introduces us to a new collection of songs which creates its own world for the listener to get lost in for thirty or so minutes. This album is heavy on its ambience and atmospherics, just like it's cover that brings us into the state of contemplation. Enjoy it!
12/03/2009
Matthew Halsall / Colour Yes / Gondwana records / 2009
matthew halsall
gondwana records
www.soulseduction.com
"Manchester based trumpeter Matthew Halsall is fast carving out a reputation as one of the UK's brightest talents. A sublimely gifted trumpeter with a beautiful, expressive tone, his debut album 'Sending My Love' caught the ear of Gilles Peterson (one of the influential DJs albums of the year for 2008), Stuart Maconie (BBC 6 Music), Tom Robinson (BBC 6 Music) and Mike Chadwick (Jazz FM) amongst others as well as picking up rave reviews in industry bible Jazzwise and Mojo magazine. The album's gentle power also caught the ear of Nithin Sawhney leading to a week long collaboration earlier this year.Drawing on his love of the transcendental spiritual and modal jazz of Alice and John Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders, as well as the glories of '60s British jazz, Halsall's music is thoughtful, elegiac and explorative. But while imbued with a sense of history, the young trumpeter and DJ nevertheless brings a contemporary bounce to his beautiful music and his regular sessions at Matt & Phred's and recent concerts at the Luminaire and Ronnie Scott's in London (alongside Keith Tippet and Nostalgia 77) are notable for attracting a cool, youthful crowd alongside the more traditional jazzers. Indeed Halsall's music has a timeless quality that means there is nothing dated about his finely-tuned explorations of the music he loves and it's this love of the music that gives his music such a special hue.Colour Yes' delivers six brand new compositions and features some of Manchester's finest musicians including wonderful saxophonist Nat Birchall (whose own Akhenaten also released on Gondwana Records was recently released to rave reviews). 'Together' is a transcendental modal ballad which hints at Stan Tracey's 'Starless and Bible Black' 'Mudita' is the jazz dance feature that will be a hit with the Sleepwalker and Soil & Pimp crowd and elsewhere the spacial rhythm section (Adam Fairhall, piano, Gavin Barras bass and Marek Dorick hint at the influence of Bill Evans, where the space between the notes almost mean as much as the notes themselves. And the addition of Rachael Gladwin's harp brings a sense of liquidity to the modal explorations, while Halsall's beautiful playing will linger long after the music ends." ...and on, and on...
and please support this artist by buying his music!
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gondwana records
www.soulseduction.com
"Manchester based trumpeter Matthew Halsall is fast carving out a reputation as one of the UK's brightest talents. A sublimely gifted trumpeter with a beautiful, expressive tone, his debut album 'Sending My Love' caught the ear of Gilles Peterson (one of the influential DJs albums of the year for 2008), Stuart Maconie (BBC 6 Music), Tom Robinson (BBC 6 Music) and Mike Chadwick (Jazz FM) amongst others as well as picking up rave reviews in industry bible Jazzwise and Mojo magazine. The album's gentle power also caught the ear of Nithin Sawhney leading to a week long collaboration earlier this year.Drawing on his love of the transcendental spiritual and modal jazz of Alice and John Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders, as well as the glories of '60s British jazz, Halsall's music is thoughtful, elegiac and explorative. But while imbued with a sense of history, the young trumpeter and DJ nevertheless brings a contemporary bounce to his beautiful music and his regular sessions at Matt & Phred's and recent concerts at the Luminaire and Ronnie Scott's in London (alongside Keith Tippet and Nostalgia 77) are notable for attracting a cool, youthful crowd alongside the more traditional jazzers. Indeed Halsall's music has a timeless quality that means there is nothing dated about his finely-tuned explorations of the music he loves and it's this love of the music that gives his music such a special hue.Colour Yes' delivers six brand new compositions and features some of Manchester's finest musicians including wonderful saxophonist Nat Birchall (whose own Akhenaten also released on Gondwana Records was recently released to rave reviews). 'Together' is a transcendental modal ballad which hints at Stan Tracey's 'Starless and Bible Black' 'Mudita' is the jazz dance feature that will be a hit with the Sleepwalker and Soil & Pimp crowd and elsewhere the spacial rhythm section (Adam Fairhall, piano, Gavin Barras bass and Marek Dorick hint at the influence of Bill Evans, where the space between the notes almost mean as much as the notes themselves. And the addition of Rachael Gladwin's harp brings a sense of liquidity to the modal explorations, while Halsall's beautiful playing will linger long after the music ends." ...and on, and on...
and please support this artist by buying his music!
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Bad Lieutenant - Never Cry Another Tear, Triple Echo, 2009
If anybody wonders what's left of legendary mancunian postpunk attraction New Order, the answer is Bad Lieutenant.Following the break up of Joy Division's successors, singer and guitarist Bernard Sumner collected a small crew consisting of ex New Order guitarist Phil Cunningham, guitarist Jake Evans, Blur's bassist Alex James and amazing rhythmical contribution of ex New Order's drummer Stephen Morris. The result is indie album Never Cry Another Tear, a stunning collection of beautifully arranged songs in best mancunian tradition.Bad? Not at all!
12/01/2009
Jogger / This Great Pressure / Magical Properties / 2009
jogger
...a great pleasure ;>
Jogger is an American singer/songwriter duo consisting of Amir Yaghmai on violin and guitar, and Jonathan Larroquette on laptop and controllers, with the vocal duties divided between them. Their sound is very experimental, often building completely new songs from “sonic scraps” to make something you have never heard before.
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10/21/2009
Thom Yorke.Mark Mulcahy / All for the Best.Ciao My Shining Star / Mezzotint / 2009
Label: Mezzotint
Catalog#: 6015665427
Format: Vinyl, 7", Single, Limited Edition
Country: UK
Released: 14 Sep 2009
Notes: Limited to 2,000 copies worldwide.
tracks:
A1. Thom Yorke - All for the Best [5:32]
B1. Mark Mulcahy - Ciao My Shining Star [4:43]
Catalog#: 6015665427
Format: Vinyl, 7", Single, Limited Edition
Country: UK
Released: 14 Sep 2009
Notes: Limited to 2,000 copies worldwide.
tracks:
A1. Thom Yorke - All for the Best [5:32]
B1. Mark Mulcahy - Ciao My Shining Star [4:43]
Thom Yorke / Feeling Pulled Apart By Horses / 2009
Artist: Thom Yorke
Title: Feeling Pulled Apart By Horses
Label: Self-released
Genre: Alternative
Bitrate: 199kbit av.
Time: 00:10:44
Size: 16.13 mb
Track List:
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01. Feeling Pulled Apart By Horses 6:35
02. The Hollow Earth 4:09
Title: Feeling Pulled Apart By Horses
Label: Self-released
Genre: Alternative
Bitrate: 199kbit av.
Time: 00:10:44
Size: 16.13 mb
Track List:
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01. Feeling Pulled Apart By Horses 6:35
02. The Hollow Earth 4:09
Release Notes:
When Thom Yorke announced the details for his new solo 12", longtime
Radiohead watchers could've been forgiven for wondering why he didn't
just call the A-side "Beating a Dead Horse". After all, as Yorke
himself immediately acknowledged, "Feeling Pulled Apart by Horses"
dates back to around 2001. There was a bracing full-band version. There
was a revealing acoustic version. And then, according to Radiohead
lore, the original droning rocker-- at the time known by fans as
"Reckoner"-- evolved into the elegiac In Rainbows beaut that now has
the same name. Story over, right? Song finished.
So why this "radical reworking"? Never let it be said Yorke lacks a
sense of humor. Freed from the nominal constraints of finishing a New
Radiohead Song, he and co-songwriter Jonny Greenwood take the old
"Feeling Pulled Apart by Horses"-- especially that nagging Teutonic
pulse-- and stretch it toward the four winds. Gone is the chorus, the
former song's release valve. What's left is a single-minded exercise in
musical dismemberment. Bass, glitchy drums, and Yorke's disembodied
utterances eventually separate, on an extended coda, into The
Eraser-style synths and drum machines. And dogs. Of course, dogs.
Quartering, in medieval times, meant being pulled apart by horses;
Yorke's skillful production here re-imagines that punishment as a
disorienting pleasure. Still no "Reckoner", though.
When Thom Yorke announced the details for his new solo 12", longtime
Radiohead watchers could've been forgiven for wondering why he didn't
just call the A-side "Beating a Dead Horse". After all, as Yorke
himself immediately acknowledged, "Feeling Pulled Apart by Horses"
dates back to around 2001. There was a bracing full-band version. There
was a revealing acoustic version. And then, according to Radiohead
lore, the original droning rocker-- at the time known by fans as
"Reckoner"-- evolved into the elegiac In Rainbows beaut that now has
the same name. Story over, right? Song finished.
So why this "radical reworking"? Never let it be said Yorke lacks a
sense of humor. Freed from the nominal constraints of finishing a New
Radiohead Song, he and co-songwriter Jonny Greenwood take the old
"Feeling Pulled Apart by Horses"-- especially that nagging Teutonic
pulse-- and stretch it toward the four winds. Gone is the chorus, the
former song's release valve. What's left is a single-minded exercise in
musical dismemberment. Bass, glitchy drums, and Yorke's disembodied
utterances eventually separate, on an extended coda, into The
Eraser-style synths and drum machines. And dogs. Of course, dogs.
Quartering, in medieval times, meant being pulled apart by horses;
Yorke's skillful production here re-imagines that punishment as a
disorienting pleasure. Still no "Reckoner", though.
9/19/2009
maserati / passages / Temporary Residence / 2009
perfect drive!!!!
Tracklist
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01. Join Us, Mystic Sister ( 1:18)
02. No More Sages ( 5:00)
03. Monoliths ( 6:20)
04. Thieves ( 2:40)
05. The World Outside (Thee Loving Hand Remix) ( 8:11)
06. Inventions (Justin Van Der Volgen Remix) ( 7:57)
07. Monoliths (Steve Moore Remix) ( 5:16)
08. Do You Hear The Nightbirds Calling You? ( 3:14)
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9/02/2009
Geskia / Eclipse 323 / flau / 2009
Geskia is an high-profile break beats artist living in Tokyo by releasing "Silen 77" last year and got acclaim from all over the world like a WIRE magazine of UK. His new EP is built up his own break beats style by unifying many music essence like a laptop acoustic, psychedelic, shoegazer and glitch, and at the same time, this album has a side of trip-hop revival. These ambient sounds feeling "atmosphere of uncertainty, upsurge of sentiment, beautiful and decadent" is for all of hip hop, breakbeats. IDM lovers, such a Flying Lotus、Chris Clark fans.
Additionally, Remixers are Caural who is popular hip hop / break beats artist from chocolate industries, Bracken which is a project of Chris Adams (Hood) from anticon and Lukid who is an high-profile young producer by getting acclaim from Herbert and Kode 9 is living in London - They are most important artists in current break beats / hip hop.
We will see the future of underground hip hop in, more refined irresistible density of sounds and strong down beat, "Eclipse 323".
flau lable
-tracklist-
01. Sun
02. Innerroots
03. Day Life Structure
04. Ideal Copy
05. Sunset Line Texture
06. Silence Fiction
07. Drawing Dawning
08. Experimental Goddes
09. Inside Out Night
10. Silhouetteque
11. Second Coming(Bracken Remix)
12. Right Lights (Caural Remix)
13. 3days Trial (Lukid Remix)
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Additionally, Remixers are Caural who is popular hip hop / break beats artist from chocolate industries, Bracken which is a project of Chris Adams (Hood) from anticon and Lukid who is an high-profile young producer by getting acclaim from Herbert and Kode 9 is living in London - They are most important artists in current break beats / hip hop.
We will see the future of underground hip hop in, more refined irresistible density of sounds and strong down beat, "Eclipse 323".
flau lable
-tracklist-
01. Sun
02. Innerroots
03. Day Life Structure
04. Ideal Copy
05. Sunset Line Texture
06. Silence Fiction
07. Drawing Dawning
08. Experimental Goddes
09. Inside Out Night
10. Silhouetteque
11. Second Coming(Bracken Remix)
12. Right Lights (Caural Remix)
13. 3days Trial (Lukid Remix)
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8/25/2009
Koushik / Out My Window / Stones Throw records / 2008
koushik
...sound like a dream team of late ‘60s LA’s Wrecking Crew sessioners and that same era’s New York jazz and funk cats vamping together on some experimental shit when the engineer leaves the booth for a coffee break.
8/20/2009
Misled Children / Peoples Market / Porter / 2009
misled children
album : Peoples Market
artist : Misled Children
label : Porter / Crate Digler Records
year : 2008
genre : Electronic
source : CDDA
quality : VBRk HQ Joint-Stereo
Mojave Desert...strong
sense of organic rhythm and beats...Pure headz music...
downtempo beats...sparse
melody lines and different structures in sound!!!!!!!!
subtle ass kick!!!!!
t
01 03:26 Untitled (3:25)
02 04:56 Untitled (4:56)
03 01:53 Untitled (1:52)
04 03:05 Untitled (3:04)
05 02:56 Untitled (2:55)
06 01:19 Untitled (1:18)
07 03:37 Untitled (3:36)
08 05:01 Untitled (5:01)
09 01:16 Untitled (1:15)
10 03:43 Untitled (3:42)
11 03:02 Untitled (3:01)
12 01:41 Untitled (1:40)
13 03:27 Untitled (3:26)
14 03:39 Untitled (3:38)
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album : Peoples Market
artist : Misled Children
label : Porter / Crate Digler Records
year : 2008
genre : Electronic
source : CDDA
quality : VBRk HQ Joint-Stereo
Mojave Desert...strong
sense of organic rhythm and beats...Pure headz music...
downtempo beats...sparse
melody lines and different structures in sound!!!!!!!!
subtle ass kick!!!!!
t
01 03:26 Untitled (3:25)
02 04:56 Untitled (4:56)
03 01:53 Untitled (1:52)
04 03:05 Untitled (3:04)
05 02:56 Untitled (2:55)
06 01:19 Untitled (1:18)
07 03:37 Untitled (3:36)
08 05:01 Untitled (5:01)
09 01:16 Untitled (1:15)
10 03:43 Untitled (3:42)
11 03:02 Untitled (3:01)
12 01:41 Untitled (1:40)
13 03:27 Untitled (3:26)
14 03:39 Untitled (3:38)
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