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[sunrah]

It's so hard to tell who you gona love tomorrow...

[doru649]

Nurse With Wound
Echo Poeme: Sequence N?‚? 2

United Durtro/Jnana 2005

01. Echo Poeme: Sequence N?‚? 2 [48:55]

Inspired by the film "Last Year at Marienbad", this is one continuous piece based around the female voice. About 50 minutes of overlapping, interwoven vocals from Amanthine Dahan Steiner and Isabelle Gaborit, all of which are exclusively en francais. Steven Stapleton and Colin Potter (Nurse With Wound) use the various utterances, hums, whispers, recitations, laughs, breathly coos, and vibrational oms of the two to create a haunting ambient tangle of ghostly, gossamer thread. Email me if you're looking for Sequence 1.

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Khonnor
Burning Palace 7"
Type 2006

A. Burning Palace
B. Heat Convex Dreaming

After the runaway success of Handwriting just over a year ago, the Vermont wonderkind makes his long awaited next move, kicking off a collectible 7" series from the Type label. Two tracks, one per side ??€� this is how 7"s should be, made for the jukebox, made to get those dancing shoes a little worn, and Khonnor sure knows how to do that. The A side is Burning Palace, a hiphop tempo electronic pop anthem featuring the immortal line "I have an issue, but it doesn??€�t concern you" ??€� if ever there were one line that summed up teenage life this is it. In fact, it pretty much sums up life, period. The flip side is a far more melancholic effort and takes distorted vintage Khonnor pads and loops and layers over a twisted but tear-inducing vocal part destined to melt the hearts of Swedish ladies the world over. A great way to start the 7" series and a perfect next step from Khonnor before his eagerly anticipated sophomore album.

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Digital Midgets
Noise Pollution
Solid Steel 2004

Here it is - the sacred!!! Haven't seen so much forum hype around a bootleg mix ever since... well... ever since Melancholy Flowers. They both came around the same time, but only one made it to Ninja headquarters. This mp3 is taken from the "master" CD, not ripped from Solid Steel broadcast. Solid Steel only aired one hour, while this is the full mix at 1h 18mins. Check the tracklist.

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Black to Comm
R??ckw?¤rts Backwards
Dekorder 2006

01. Bees
02. Levitation
03. Laccifer Lacca
04. R??ckw?¤rts Backwards
05. El Huis Pt. 1
06. Es Gibt Kein Morgen
07. March of the Vivian Girls
08. Virtuousity Is a Means to an End

This album is essentially created from scratchy shellac and vinyl loops merged with ambience field recordings (with some voice manipulations and kitchen gamelan thrown in for good measure). The warm hiss of analogue recording techniques combined with the apparently antique sounds of vintage organs, acoustic & electric guitars, pianos, glockenspiel and mbira used on these tracks generate a kind of hyperreal, fake nostalgia playing with one's perception of a pseudo-recollection. The layering and hypnotic repetition of short loops extracted from old psychedelia, free jazz, vaudeville and traditional records reveal a haunting melodic quality sometimes not distinguishable within the original source material, evoking a hovering feeling of bittersweet melancholy with an omnipresent, slightly disturbing atmosphere hidden beneath the surface.

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[Kaen Shine]

ow yea.. hand on the glockenspiel

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Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto
Revep EP
Raster-Noton 2006

01. siisx
02. mur
03. ax Mr. L.

Designed to accompany their extensive tour through much of Asia and Europe this Summer, Revep is another indispensible record from two absolute masters - effortlessly colliding worlds of analogue beauty (Sakamoto's Piano) and Digital disruption (Alva Noto's Laptop) - the result is never short of jarring and deeply evocative. Sometimes the piano takes the lead and sinks you head first into a world of melancholic reflection, while at others the padded bass stabs and pitched electronic frequencies sign-post sudden change and the inevitability of disintegration. An unusual and always moving mix of traditions, Sakamoto and Nicolai are seperated geographically and stylistically - yet for the third time now they have managed to make a sound that is nothing short of deeply harmonious. Breathtaking music.

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Blonk, Makigami, Dutton, Minton, Moss
Five Men Singing
Victo 2004

01. No Drone Rising
02. Cappa
03. Quiet Neighbours Moaning
04. Six Cobbings
05. Haiku Sonic
06. Ten Tones High
07. Four Ways Four
08. Nosing: A Round
09. Tough and Rumble
10. Five Men Singing

Imagine a clear bright full moon in a park in the center of a small town just north of Vicenza. And, on a raised mound in the center of the park, five men begin to sing, and slowly the park fills with people. You may call them sound poets, vocalists, or even singers, but when you gather all five of them on-stage they become pure entertainers. Five Men Singing is the genuine avant-garde voice summit. Recorded live at the 2003 Festival International de Musique Actuelle, this performance is a demonstration of what the human voice is capable of, what level of excitement group improvisation can provide, and what creative singing is all about. Spontaneous, michievous, ocasionally deviant, and often humorous.

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[sadclown]

doru ma poti ajuta cu ceva?caut un album de la edan Edan - 'Fast Rap' (Mix CD Old School) si nu gasesc pe nicaieri decat the beauty and the beats.daca il ai il poti urca?

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Silver Apples
Silver Apples/Contact
MCA 1997

01. Oscillations
02. Seagreen Serenades
03. Lovefingers
04. Program
05. Velvet Cave
06. Whirly-Bird
07. Dust
08. Dancing Gods
09. Misty Mountain
10. You and I
11. Water
12. Ruby
13. Gypsy Love
14. You're Not Foolin' Me
15. I Have Known Love
16. A Pox on You
17. Confusion
18. Fantasies

Oft-sampled electronic pop pioneers the Silver Apples released two exceptionally influential, off-kilter records in 1968 and '69, then apparently vanished. The group was formed in New York City in the psychedelic heyday of 1967 by drummer Danny Taylor and protosynth player Simeon, who quaintly named his hand-built instrument the Simeon. Taylor was a powerhouse of polyphony and his looping, loping playing is the engine that drives the Apples' experimental music, characterized by snippets of found sound, weird and warbly high-pitched singing, stray banjos, and--most importantly--the battering, buzzing, bleeping beauty of the Simeon synth. The two albums are a bizarre, sincere mixture of avant-garde sensibilities, pop melodies, folk-psyche song structures, overwrought poetry, and hefty percussion. It is difficult-to-describe, signature music that ranks high alongside the most forward-thinking avant-prog.

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Burial
S/T
Hyperdub 2006
01. Untitled
02. Distant Lights
03. Spaceape [ft. Space Ape]
04. Wounder
05. Night Bus
06. Southern Comfort
07. U Hurt Me
08. Gutted
09. Forgive
10. Broken Home
11. Prayer
12. Pirates
13. Untitled

Certain to be one of the most memorable albums of the year and without a doubt its most groundbreaking - Burial's debut album has already been subject to extensive discussion and focus dotted around the entire musical spectrum, from the cavernous Dubstep community at one end to the expansive critical behemoth of Pitchfork and Simon Reynolds at the other. Clich?© and hyperbole aside, it's true to say that only once in while we're presented with an album of such chilling sensation, tempered skill and emotional mastery that the listener is overwhelmingly submerged into the producer's wholly realised creation of a musical urban legend.

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Kid Koala
Your Mom's Favorite DJ
Ninja Tune 2006


Left Side

00:00 Start Heeeere's Koala!
02:22 Stoppin' Traffic
03:39 Tracks etc.
05:08 Slew Test 1/Luch With Pavlov
07:16 Robo-Cookie Factory
08:44 Things'll Be Good Again
11:28 Dinner at 1:00 AM
12:18 Party at Eric's!

Right Side

00:00 Slew Test 2
03:05 Gimme a K!
04:52 Mosquito vs. Waterbuffalo
06:08 Slew Test 3 Part A, B, and C
10:10 Paper Route Days
12:35 Nufonia Noise Consultation Committee/The Denouement
16:16 Mosquito Blues v. 1 (Bonus Track)

??€?I was never able to sing, I was never able to write songs. But I always got a kick out of piecing together stories with bits of records.??€?

Eric San aka Kid Koala is a one-of-a-kind sort of turntablist. There??€�s the fact that he??€�s an illustrator, graphic artist, film maker, puppet master and musician. There??€�s the fact that he always wear shorts. Then there??€�s the fact that he sees his chosen means of expression not as a way of showing that he can do faster crabs than anyone else, but as a way of telling stories.

And here he is, with another story, a semi-autobiographical one, obviously, as it??€�s undoubtedly true that if your mom had a favourite DJ, it would be Kid Koala. And if you want to take that as a snap, well then be our guest. This fresh-faced Kanadian Kasanova can play it however you like. Ma??€�am.

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S??o Paulo Underground
Sauna: Um, Dois, Tr??s
Submarine 2006


01. Sauna - Um, Dois, Tr??s
02. Pombaral
03. The Realm of the Ripper
04. Olhossss...
05. Afrihouse
06. Black Liquor
07. Bal??o de G??s
08. Numa Grana


Rob Mazurek's latest project - after Chicago Underground and Isotope 217 - holds an exotic name related to his relocation to Manaus, Brazil (guess Manaus Underground wouldn't have sounded as good, eh?). Joined this time by Mauricio Takara (Damo Suzuki collaborator, amongst many), they're both concerned with computers, but also use their beloved instruments to lay the foundation: Mazurek's trumpet vs. Takara's percussion. Having over some friends (among whom members of The Eternals and Town & Country on synths, guitar, bass and vocals), they hold quite some diversity rising from bits of free jazz, a touch of laptop, shades of dub, rock and maracatu; yet maintaining a musical cohesiveness that goes well beyond cosmetics. The use of electronics is most intriguing though - either breaking up a song until it's left unrecognizable or, au contraire, adding up so fine to its structure, that it literally pushes everything along. Not exactly "easy", but something really involving to go along with the sun. 5/5.

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[sunrah]

frumos. place coperta.

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Blue Sky Black Death
A Heap of Broken Images
Mush 2006


CD1

01. Skies Open
02. Days Are Years
03. Chloroform
04. Not Here
05. They Came Around
06. Dream of Dying
07. From Sun's Angle
08. Rap Creature Land
09. Heroin for God
10. Guilty Ones
11. The Dead Tree Gives No Shelter
12. Still Asleep

CD2

01. Engage My Words [ft. Jus Allah, Wise Intelligent & Sabac Red]
02. Street Legends [ft. A-Plus & Pep Love]
03. Floor Chalk (Best Reprise) [ft. Guru & Chief Kamachi]
04. Scriptures [ft. Lil' Sci]
05. Long Division [ft. Rob Sonic & Mike Ladd]
06. I Catch Fire [ft. Holocaust]
07. Grimey Styles [ft. Mikah-9]
08. Brain Cells [ft. Virtuoso]
09. Everything [ft. AWOL One]
10. It Wasn't White


Ever since 8 years ago, Mush has been a major springboard for (avant-) hip-hop artists looking to gain recognition. While having allowed Dose-One, Aesop Rock, Busdriver and even Radioinactive meet a larger audience, they also nursed a whole congregation of beatsmiths: Boom Bip, Jel, Odd Nosdam, Fat Jon, Thavius Beck, The Opus, etc. Adding up now is the San Francisco producing duo of Kingston & Young God; the former being somewhat noticed for contributions to MCs Jus' Allah/Virtuoso's albums... Together they drop a double-LP to keep everyone happy: one vocal and one instrumental; each surprisingly consistent on its own, although different in concept. While the instrumentals should satisfy anyone *cough* slightly let down by Shadow's latest, the other's rather sparse and straightforward, to fit the MCs styles and delivery. Thing is, they're both very well done - so well that you keep waiting for something to completely fuck 'em up. In short: download, listen, discover, buy if necessary (two discs for the price of one can be quite a bargain, after all), and keep an eye on these guys. Oh, and Mush too...

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