Wednesday, December 22, 2021

Enya....Christmas Secrets

 

Oíche Chiúin (Silent Night)     3:46
We Wish You A Merry Christmas     3:40
White Is In The Winter Night     3:00
Adeste, Fideles     3:59
Christmas Secret     3:48
Journey Of The Angels     4:47
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel     3:40
Amid The Falling Snow     3:38
The Magic Of The Night     3:34
The Spirit Of Christmas Past     4:18
Dreams Are More Precious     4:26
Oíche Chiúin (Chorale)     3:50

Christmas Secrets

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 https://youtu.be/zgPvkmhS8-k

Monday, November 29, 2021

Trojan presents ROOTS 1974-1979....40 Roots and Culture Classics.....various reggae artists

 

"An essential collection of 40 of the greatest roots anthems of all time, performed by its most influential protagonists - As sampled by Jay-Z and The Prodigy amongst others."

Track listing is chronological from 1974 to 1979.

1-1    Johnny Clarke–    None Shall Escape The Judgment 3:16
1-2    Bob Andy–    Fire Burning 3:33
1-3    Junior Byles–    Curly Locks 2:56
1-4    Prince Lincoln Thompson & The Royal Rasses–    Humanity 3:21
1-5    Michael Rose–    Guess Who's Coming To Dinner 2:47
1-6    Burning Spear–    I And I Survive (Slavery Days) 3:52
1-7    Gregory Isaacs–    Mr Cop 3:58
1-8    Jacob Miller & Inner Circle–    Tenement Yard 2:38
1-9    Justin Hinds & The Dominoes–    Prophesy Must Fulfil 3:07
1-10    Lee Perry–    Dreadlocks In The Moonlight 3:47
1-11    Bobby Melody–    Jah Bring Us Joy In The Morning 3:59
1-12    Glen Washington–    Rockers Nuh Crackers 2:36
1-13    Burning Spear–    Black Wa-Da-Da (Invasion) 5:34
1-14    Culture–    Two Sevens Clash 3:30
1-15    Bob Marley & The Wailers–    Rainbow Country 4:27
1-16    Max Romeo–    War Ina Babylon 4:52
1-17    Dennis Brown–    Wolf And Leopard 2:49
1-18    The Congos–    Row Fisherman Row 6:04
1-19    The In Crowd–    His Majesty Is Coming 3:16
1-20    Zap Pow–    Last War (Jah Jah Children Arise) 4:47


2-1    The Heptones–    Sufferer's Time 3:58
2-2    The Congos–    The Wrong Things 5:38
2-3    Max Romeo–    Chase The Devil 3:24
2-4    Junior Murvin–    Roots Train Number One 3:45
2-5    Leroy Smart–    Ballistic Affair 3:06
2-6    Gregory Isaacs–    Set The Captives Free 3:05
2-7    Jacob Miller & Inner Circle–    Standing Firm 4:08
2-8    Israel Vibration–    The Same Song 4:00
2-9    Johnny Clarke–    Peace And Love In The Ghetto 3:51
2-10    George Nooks–    Tribal War 3:52
2-11    Junior Delgado–    Sons Of Slaves 6:40
2-12    Israel Vibration–    Lift Up Your Conscience 4:03
2-13    The Meditations–    Think So 3:36
2-14    The In Crowd–    Back A Yard 4:29
2-15    Culture–    Zion Gate 3:38
2-16    Linval Thompson–    I Love Marijuana 3:25
2-17    Dennis Brown–    Children Of Israel 3:09
2-18    Bim Sherman–    Lightning And Thunder 3:33
2-19    Michael Rose–    Born Free 3:33
2-20    Wailing Souls–    Bredda Gravilicious 4:13




Roots one Roots two

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Monday, November 1, 2021

Tony O'Connor featuring Matt James – Awakenings...utilising chakra points to achieve total relaxation

 

Experience an amazing adventure in music and sound, as each seven minute track takes you on a journey through the seven chakra points. Like no other album you've heard before, Awakenings provides a natural and harmonious means of achieving total relaxation.

"Harmonic Induction using Chakra tones helps promote a balance and healing in the body's energetic system. This exquisite recording accomplished this to perfection." Dr John Pirie, Chiropractic Physician - Applied Kinesiologist

The track listing indicates the musical note associated with each track (chakra): C, D, E, F, G, A, B.

The artwork features 7 symbols arranged around the spindle hole, each representing one of the 7 chakras. 

Tracklist
1        Root Chakra    7:10
2        Navel Chakra    7:12
3        Solar Plexus Chakra    7:06
4        Heart Chakra    7:10
5        Throat Chakra    7:00
6        Brow Chakra / Third Eye    7:02
7        Crown Chakra    7:10

    Composed By, Arranged By, Producer – Tony O'Connor
    Didgeridoo – Matt James
    Instruments [All Other] – Tony O'Connor 


 Awakenings

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakra 

 

 

Monday, September 20, 2021

Various Artists – Neu Decade (Mojo Presents A Compendium Of Modern European Music: 1970-1979)

 

Tracklist
1    Michael Rother–    Karussell 5:22
2    Brainticket–    To Another Universe 6:19
3    Amon Düül I–    Fly United 3:31
4    Can–    Future Days (Edit) 3:23
5    Cluster–    Dem Wanderer 3:52
6    Deuter–    Der Turm/Fluchtpunkt 4:29
7    Guru Guru–    Electric Junk 11:02
8    Popol Vuh–    Steh Auf, Zieh Mich Dir Nach 4:44
9    Roedelius–    Am Rockzipfel 4:43
10    Conrad Schnitzler–    Die Rebellen Haben Sich In Den Bergen Versteckt (Schaltkreis Edit) 6:02
11    Tim Blake–    Metro Logic 6:27
12    Pyrolator–    Danger Cruising 3:16
13    Richard Pinhas–    The Last Kings Of Thule (Part 1) 2:27
14    DAF–    Bild 4 2:34
15    Tangerine Dream–    Ultima Thule Part 1 3:23


Neu Decade

Wednesday, August 18, 2021

The Rough Guide To The Music Of The Andes: Bolivia

 

Tracklist
1    Esther Marisol–    El Guajojo
2    Arawi–    Chofercito
3    Zulma Yugar–    El Trasnochador
4    Ernesto Cavour–    Greda Mestiza
5    Semilla–    Wistu Vida
6    Ana Cristina Cespedes*–    Paloma Del Alma Mia
7    Savia Andina–    K'alanchito
8    Grupo Bolivia–    Anoranzas
9    Enriqueta Ulloa–    Dalia Morada
10    Luis Rico–    En El Funeral Del Rio
11    Luzmila Carpio–    Bartolino Sisaman
12    Los Kjarkas–    Senora Su Hija
13    Betty Veizaga Y El Grupo Pukaj Wayra–    Ulala Kiskita
14    Grupo Aymara–    Huellas De Mi Llamita
15    Emma Junaro–    De Regresso
16    Rafael Arias Paz–    Kaluyos Tradicionales


 Music Of The Andes: Bolivia

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Sunday, July 25, 2021

OperaBabes...Beyond Imagination....classical meets popular with stunning vocals

 

OperaBabes are an English crossover classical music duo, consisting of Karen England (born 1974), mezzo-soprano, and Rebecca Knight (born 1970), soprano.

The duo came to wide attention when they sang "Un bel dì vedremo" (from the opera Madame Butterfly) on television sports programs, beginning in 2002. In addition to performing with major orchestras in Britain and touring with their own shows, they released their first album, Beyond Imagination in 2002 and their second album, Renaissance, in 2006. In 2012, the group released its third album, Silent Noon, named after the song by Ralph Vaughan Williams, on the Warner Classics label. The album consists of British songs, from Handel and Purcell, to Quilter, to Britten and Novello, accompanied by piano.

Beyond Imagination ranked No.1 on the UK Classical Chart for eleven weeks, and No. 4 on the US Billboard Classical Crossover Albums chart. In addition to the "One Fine Day" track being selected as the World Cup 2002 theme by ITV, British Airways chose another of the tracks, "Lakme H2O", a "stylish re-imagining of the Flower Duet from Lakmé", for a commercial. One reviewer wrote: "If you're a young individual with a remote interest in the classical genre, this disc is the perfect introduction". The album has sold over 1.7 million copies. 


 OperaBabes

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 https://youtu.be/3m-jjdLFLLA

Sunday, July 4, 2021

Electrospective: Electronic Music Since 1958 - various artists

 

Tracklist
1-1     –BBC Radiophonic Workshop     Doctor Who Theme (New Stereo Remix 2002)     2:22
1-2     –Roxy Music     Virginia Plain     2:59
1-3     –Brian Eno     Here Come The Warm Jets     4:07
1-4     –Tangerine Dream     Rubycon (7" Side One)     3:12
1-5     –Can     I Want More     3:31
1-6     –The Normal     Warm Leatherette     3:24
1-7     –Cabaret Voltaire     Nag Nag Nag     4:39
1-8     –Telex     Moskow Diskow (French Version)     4:14
1-9     –Simple Minds     I Travel     4:03
1-10     –Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark     Messages     4:07
1-11     –Ultravox     Sleepwalk (Early Version)     3:22
1-12     –The Human League     The Things That Dreams Are Made Of     4:15
1-13     –Duran Duran     Planet Earth     4:05
1-14     –Heaven 17     I'm Your Money (12" Extended Version)     5:11
1-15     –Yazoo     Don't Go (Remix)     4:09
1-16     –Giorgio Moroder And Philip Oakey     Together In Electric Dreams     3:52
1-17     –Pet Shop Boys     West End Girls (7" Mix)     4:02
1-18     –Erasure     Who Needs Love (Like That)     3:07
1-19     –Mantronix     King Of The Beats     5:11
1-20     –Nitzer Ebb     Control I'm Here     3:53


2-1     –Inner City     Big Fun (Radio Edit)     3:28
2-2     –Soul II Soul Feat. Caron Wheeler     Back To Life (However Do You Want Me)     3:49
2-3     –Renegade Soundwave     Women Respond To Bass     4:46
2-4     –Depeche Mode     Enjoy The Silence (Single Version)     4:16
2-5     –Moby     Go     4:01
2-6     –The Future Sound Of London     Lifeforms (Radio Edit I) (2006 Mix)     2:51
2-7     –Daft Punk     Around The World (Radio Edit)     4:01
2-8     –Adam F     Circles (7" Edit)     3:17
2-9     –Massive Attack     Inertia Creeps     5:59
2-10     –Air     Kelly Watch The Stars     3:46
2-11     –St Germain     Rose Rouge (Edit Remaster 2012)     5:20
2-12     –Radiohead     Everything In Its Right Place     4:11
2-13     –The Chemical Brothers     Star Guitar (Edit)     4:01
2-14     –Goldfrapp     Strict Machine (Single Mix)     3:43
2-15     –Gorillaz     Dare     4:06
2-16     –Eric Prydz Vs Floyd*     Proper Education (Radio Edit)     3:20
2-17     –David Guetta, Joachim Garraud, Chris Willis     Love Is Gone (Fred Riester & Joachim Garraud Radio Edit Rmx)     3:23
2-18     –Deadmau5 Feat. Rob Swire     Ghosts 'N' Stuff (Radio Edit)     3:11
2-19     –Swedish House Mafia     One (Original Mix)     2:48


 Electrospective 1

Electrospective 2

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Sunday, June 6, 2021

Lisa Gerrard and Jules Maxwell album release "BURN"

 

Lisa Gerrard and Jules Maxwell are best known for their work as members of legendary band Dead Can Dance. Gerrard is also celebrated for her contribution to the soundtracks of huge Hollywood blockbusters like 'Gladiator' and independent gems like 'Whale Rider'.

Jules Maxwell is an Irish composer, whose work has featured in London at the Royal Opera House, the National Theatre and Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre.

'Burn' began its journey more than seven years ago, when Gerrard first met and began working with Maxwell. Things really took root when Gerrard and Maxwell began writing songs for the 'BooCheeMish' album by The Mystery Of The Bulgarian Voices (Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares). They were later introduced to Chapman and asked him to produce this album, which represents a stunning departure for all three of them.

"‘Burn’ was never planned to be an album. Like many joyous things in life, it grew slowly and unexpectedly. One song at a time. Lisa Gerrard is in my opinion one of the most important singers of her generation and it continues to be an enormous privilege for me to be working with her. What we have created still makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up from time to time," says Jules Maxwell.


 available here:

Apple Music 

Spotify 

more information: Lisa Gerrard Jules Maxwell



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Saturday, April 24, 2021

Troublemaker - Music of Nick Fraser Volume 1..experimental, avante-garde and progressive music

 

For connoisseurs of experimental, avante-garde and progressive music, this release is certainly worthy of investigation.

On April 14 in 2016, Nick Storring and Ratio presented an event titled ‘Nick Fraser plays Justin Haynes plays Rob Clutton plays Nick Fraser’. Subsequently, Fraser released a solo album of compositions by Justin Haynes, and Haynes released a solo album of ‘radical translations’ of Clutton's music (all available on Bandcamp). This album begins to complete the circle.

released March 19, 2021

Personnel: Rob Clutton plays electric bass with Zoom B1X pedal (tracks 1-5); double bass (track 6)

All compositions by Nick Fraser (SOCAN)

Tracks 1-5 recorded and mixed by Rob Clutton in North York and Burlington, April-August, 2020.
Track 6 recorded by Joe Strutt at Track Could Bend on March 6, 2019.

find out more here:

https://all-set.bandcamp.com/album/music-of-nick-fraser-volume-1

Thursday, April 1, 2021

Andrei Poliakov : telling a story without words...new release "Moonlight and Sunshine"

 


https://youtu.be/7QPxT95IIzE

Andrei Poliakov is a professional musician, composer and producer, who received a fundamental classical music education as a pianist and an oboist in Russia, continued with the professional musical career performing with world renowned orchestras, later diversifying his musical taste and capacity into jazz, rock, and pop genres, performing and recording with various bands and solo. 


The foundation of Andrei’s works is a well educated classical, romantic soundscape, but as soon as the music begins, it starts looking for cross over opportunities to develop into an exciting house party, jazz, pop, or electronic music, all these easily transforming to warm classical follow ups hence the eclectic style which helps Andrei tell better stories without words.

Andrei treats a musical genre as an additional color for the compositions, like seasoning in food; these colors help him get across the emotions and tell the stories to the listener with better precision and stronger impact: “I do not feel bound by a genre or a style, and instead I use and abuse the variety of styles to paint a deeper and more colorful, meaningful musical picture. Nevertheless, the Piano is always staying as a centerpiece of my compositions as I believe the richness and diversity of sounds of the “king of music” easily trumps any
other instrument I know”. 

The “Moonlight & Sunshine” album has an uncommon approach for the neo-classics genre: every next release features 2 different versions of one motive, coming to life as a piano solo piece, interpreting a narrative in the moonlight, and as a fully arranged piece, revealing the same story under the sunshine. 


 listen to "Moonlight & Sunshine" HERE 

www.funkypianoplay.com 

www.facebook.com/funkypianoplay 

Thursday, March 25, 2021

Putumayo Presents Cape Verde...various artists compilation


Cape Verde presents the music of the islands just 300 miles off West Africa's Senegalese coast. Drawing from Portuguese and African influences, the music of Cape Verde is most often rooted in a sensually languid and rhythmically complex cousin of the blues called morna. Largely popularized on the international scene by the meteoric popularity of Cesaria Evora (who contributes here with "Cabo Verde Manda Mantenha"), Cape Verdean music has enjoyed a wider listenership. This collection, however, cleverly balances the alluring minor key of morna with the lesser-known merry festivity of coladeira, the Cape's party music, and a jazz-tinged dance music called funana. 

Mysteriously bewitching, Cape Verde is a gorgeous melange of elegant piano, acoustic strings, rousing horn sections, propulsive drumming, flamboyant keyboards, and superb vocalists. 


 CAPE VERDE

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Saturday, March 6, 2021

Penguin Cafe Orchestra....Broadcasting From Home

 

 

The Penguin Cafe Orchestra (PCO) was an avant-pop band led by English guitarist Simon Jeffes. Co-founded with cellist Helen Liebmann, it toured extensively during the 1980s and 1990s. The band's sound is not easily categorized, having elements of exuberant folk music and a minimalist aesthetic occasionally reminiscent of composers such as Philip Glass.

The group recorded and performed for 24 years until Jeffes died of an inoperable brain tumour in 1997. Several members of the original group reunited for three concerts in 2007. Since then, five original members have continued to play concerts of PCO's music, initially as The Anteaters, then as The Orchestra That Fell to Earth. In 2009, Jeffes' son Arthur founded a successor band simply called Penguin Cafe. 

Broadcasting From Home was released in 1984 and includes their most popular song "Music From A Found Harmonium".


 Broadcasting From Home

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Thursday, February 4, 2021

Global Chillout...A Tranquil Journey...composed by Chris Cozens

 

Global Chillout ‎– A Tranquil Journey
Label: Crimson ‎– CRIMCD342
Released: 2002
Genre: Electronic, Funk / Soul
Style: Downtempo
Composed By – Chris Cozens

Tracklist
1     Prologue: A Song Without Words     4:53
2     Dreamtime     4:24
3     The Great Wall     5:46
4     Basmati     4:39
5     The Long Trek     5:15
6     African Voices     5:05
7     Miserere Mei     5:37
8     Espanol     5:13
9     Greensleeves     3:57
10     Pastoral     3:31
11     Will Ye Go     4:19
12     The Wanderer     3:31
13     The Albatross - The Great Seas     3:03
14     Moon Over The Andes     3:34
15     Appalachian Fall     3:07
16     Gifts From The Wind     5:05
17     Finale: Journey's End     4:39


 
 

 

Sunday, January 24, 2021

Black Man's Pride...roots reggae compilation

 

 Tracklist
1     –Alton Ellis     Black Man's Pride     4:03
2     –Horace Andy     Child Of The Ghetto     2:22
3     –Dennis Brown     Created By The Father     2:30
4     –The Gladiators     Roots Natty     5:39
5     –The Classics      Got To Be Cool     2:20
6     –The Nightingales      Rasta Is Calling     2:25
7     –Glen Miller     Love & Understanding     5:23
8     –Sugar Minott     Woman Shadow     2:37
9     –Lloyd Jones & The Super Natural Six     Red In A Babylon     2:47
10     –Dudley Sibley & The Soul Gang     Love In Our Nation     2:55
11     –The Heptones     Equal Rights     2:23
12     –Glen Miller     You Must Be Love     3:35
13     –Winston Jarrett     Up Park No Mans Land     2:49
14     –Cedric Im Brooks     Why Can't I     3:12
15     –Larry Marshall     Let's Make It Up     2:32
16     –Freddie McGregor     Children Listen To Wise Words     2:54
17     –John Holt     Build Our Dreams     3:11
18     –Johnny Osbourne     Forgive Them     2:38


 Black Man's Pride

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