Sundaze(44)

Hello, it's Sundaze time again, and as the end of time nears, the youngest of todays releases was released just a decade before it. The Power ambient of Dopplereffekt who really delivered the goods with their Linear Accelerator, that remains to be seen for those CERN scientists who's 10 billion dollar toy (Linear Accelerator) goes live next week..for those fearing they'd create a black hole..no need, those things only exist in the deluded minds of astronomers and their support sciences...fools ! .... Following this with Black Dog, a British euphemism for imminent doom, is merely coincidental here.. no it isn't ! Silenced says it all, no more bullshit from these dogmatic scientists. Silenced is swirling ambient music,ahh ..sundaze....Detroit, London, Berlin latter being the inspirational base for To Rococo Rot , who are weaving intricate and intimate melodies with subtle sounds, a bit like Black Dog but then Berlin ain't London so the outcome is very different....

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Dopplereffekt - Linear Accelerator (03 ^ 155mb)
Dopplereffekt are a Detroit Techno group which is thought to be composed of Gerald Donald, Kim Karli, Rudolf Ellis Klorzeiger and William Scott. However, they have never given an interview and very rarely perform live, with the members hiding behind German pseudonyms. They have released albums on the Dataphysix, International DeeJay Gigolo Records and Rephlex labels. Their sound is very personal to them, the only influence being Kraftwerk, being very eclectic with song titles and lyrics that draw upon science, sex and politics. Together with Drexciya (which shares Gerald Donald) they were highly influential in the electro scene. The members of Dopplereffekt are thought to be the same as Der Zyklus, each different pseudonym allowing a slightly different style of techno to be released. The alias Japanese Telecom emerged in late 1999 to release the Rising Sun mini-LP through the once Ann Arbor-based Intuit-Solar Records.

Surprising then with Linear Accelerator, they throw everything out the window and go for straight-up atmosphere, albeit an icy atmosphere. Six lengthy, mechanical and well arranged ambient pieces, alien in their gaze and sounding like nothing else. . Strange then, that music so utterly outer space, can be as engrossing as this, focussed on the man and machine trade off and emerging as serious as your life. Captivating...



1 - Photo Injector (21:08)
2 - Niobium Resonators (14:25)
3 - Graviton (13:56)
4 - Myon-Neutrino (5:14)
5 - Z-Boson (8:28)
6 - Higgs-Mechanism (7:57)

diet version
Dopplereffekt - Linear Accelerator (* 99mb)

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The Black Dog - Silenced 05 ^ 92 mb)

Taking their name from a British euphemism for imminent doom, the Black Dog Productions was founded by Ken Downie along with Ed Handley and Andy Turner. In 1989, they were unable to find a label to back their releases and had to start their own, Black Dog Productions. Their first full-length album, Bytes, was released on 15 March 1993. Their music was often produced under a number of different names, such as Close Up Over, Xeper, Atypic, I.A.O., Balil and the Discordian Popes.
Forging a challenging, relentless combination of early techno, electro, and hip-hop with a penchant for odd time signatures, high-tech atmospherics, and Egyptian iconography, the group immediately distinguished itself from the scores of disposable techno musicians covering familiar ground. They were immediately placed in the emerging "intelligent techno" category upon the release of their full-length debut..

As Plaid, Ed Handley and Andy Turner had already released a handful of material (including an album) prior to meeting Downie, but their time spent in BDP was their most productive up to that point. In addition to the Dog's inclusion on the perhaps more high-profile Artificial Intelligence compilations on Warp and remixes for the likes of Björk, Blondie, and UNKLE, they also released several full-length works as a group before Handley and Turner defected in 1995 to refocus on Plaid full-time. Downie continued on with the Black Dog name, releasing the full-length Music for Adverts (and short films) in 1996. In 2002 Downie collaborated with Parisian spoken word artist Black Sifichi on the William S. Burroughs tribute Unsavoury Products, and the Downie/Sifichi pairing was given the remix treatment on the following year's Genetically Modified.

Silenced, although only his second proper album since 1997, is another excellent album of listening techno; it bears all the hallmarks of his Black Dog classics without overly relying on them, and it has to force a readjustment in how critics view him in the history of electronica. Most closely resembling Black Dog's 1995 record Parallel (right down to the "Bolt" interludes), the record is driven more by mood than technology; the drum programs aren't complex, but Downie has a way of bewitchingly conjuring the past with his productions that not even Boards of Canada can touch. The band are currently in the studio recording a new album for Soma Records entitled Radio Scarecrow.



01 - Trojan Horus (Part 1) (4:25)
02 - Trojan Horus (Part 2) (2:29)
03 - Lam Vril (4:31)
04 - Truth Benders D.I.E (3:22)
05 - Bolt 23 Blue Screen Ov Death (0:37)
06 - Alt/Return/Dash/Kill (3:54)
07 - Bolt 777 Ordinary Boy (0:41)
08 - Drexian City R.I.D.E (3:38)
09 - Remote Viewing (4:34)
10 - Gummi Void (4:55)
11 - Machine Machina (1:35)
12 - The Stele Of Revealing (2:56)
13 - Songs For Other People (2:07)
14 - Break Down On Lake Shore Drive (1:10)
15 - Bolt 33 Glitch & Chin (1:02)

The Black Dog - Silenced + Peel Session ( ^ 99mb)

16 - Sudden Intake (5:11)
17 - 4 3s 555 (Part 1) (2:57)
18 - 4 3s 555 (Part 2) (8:13)
Xs - Peel Session
19 - Shadehead (5:58)
20 - Rise Up (5:03)
21 - Simperton (5:33)
22 - Rue (6:16)
23 - Psycosyin (8:55)

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To Rococo Rot - Taken From Vinyl (^ 99mb)

To Rococo Rot formed in 1995, when the Lippok brothers (Ronald & Robert) were invited by the owner of a gallery in which they were exhibiting their art to record some music instead of providing a catalogue. Rising to the challenge, they invited bassist Stefan Schneider from up and coming Düsseldorf based Kreidler to join them, and the result was their debut album, released by Kitty-Yo in late 1995. In the years since, they have released two more albums for City Slang (Veiculo and The Amateur View), EPs for City Slang, Sub Pop, Fat Cat and Soul Static Sound, and toured Europe and the US.

They have remixed artists as diverse as Leftfield, Appliance and Mira Calix, found time to produce two radio plays and even a soundtrack to a documentary entitled No Ordinary Cowboy. Stefan Schneider has also released two mini albums under the name Mapstation, while Ronald Lippok continues to work on his acclaimed Tarwater project. Robert Lippok has also just released his debut solo material on Raster Noton Records.

The To Rococo Rot sound is quite unlike any other. Those familiar with their previous work will find that "Music is a hungry ghost" sees the band refine their talent for sumptuous and restrained instrumental soundscapes, underpinned by Stefan Schneider's lugubrious basslines. But it also exhibits even greater skill at resolving the conflict between abstract electronica and contemporary dance music. To Rococo Rot are weaving intricate melodies amongst intimate sounds, whilst maintaining the trademark warmth and elegance that has always lain deep at the heart of their sound.

Taken From Vinyl, their latest release, is a compilation of vinyl-only rarities released over the past ten years. Not only is it their most listenable full-length album, it establishes them as a more successful singles-oriented group. The alternate take on the legendary “Mit Dir in Der Gegend” is a new approach to a classic piece of instrumental post-rock. And “Schon Sehr Viel Telefoniert” provides a new appreciation for the band’s subtle, studied electronic dub sound.



01 - Mit Dir In Der Gegend (6:56)
02 - Autoachmittag (5:01)
03 - Schon Sehr Viel Teleoniert (3:18)
04 - Jackie's Dream (3:58)
05 - She Understands The Dynamics (4:52)
06 - Rebound (2:17)
07 - Telema Langs (2:58)
08 - Telema (3:42)
09 - Days (3:41)
10 - Hotel Morgen (3:55)
11 - Days Between Stations (4:16)
12 - Gelb (3:59)

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Rhotation (44) Into BPM

Hello, today we go back...no, not way back, but almost 20 years (yeezz) to one of the sweatiest overcrowded dancefloor times..First up the Queen of House who with Master C&J created some of the darkest, druggiest house ever committed to vinyl...Was it the case with Liz Torres ho high she could go...With Simon Harris it was the other way around...how low you can go, referring to the bass here, because mr Harris has been a highflyer ever since. He decided to enter the musicscene thru selling professional audio equipment (smart move from the then 21 year old). Since then he's become a well known music technology innovator. He was at the forefront of the 80s dance music revolution in the field of using samplers on dance music productions, featured on many TV shows and documented in books and magazines as an influential innovative producer and remixer.....if that aint enough, i got two samplers full of hits of the day..im sure there's plenty to pick up upon again. ....

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Liz Torres Featuring Master C & J - Can't Get Enough (88 ^ 99mb)

A sassy disco diva with a sharp tongue, Torres was one of the top house artists of the 1980s and early '90s. She never did much on either pop or Black radio, but in clubs, Torres was highly regarded , she was the Queen of House...Liz Torres was born in Puerto Rico in the early '60s and moved with her family to Chicago, just three years later. She sang in her church while growing up but converted to house music in 1985 after hearing it on the street. Master C&J (Carl Bias & Jesse Jones) along with vocalist, Liz Torres, became one of the key crossover house acts on the Chicago scene, and are counted among the most influential artists to rise out of the mid-Eighties Chicago House Music scene. ! They created some of the darkest, druggiest house ever committed to vinyl. Their music was originally released on pioneering Chi-town labels like State Street, Streetside It got picked up by Jive Records, which signed Torres to a contract the same year. Jive Records, released her album “The Queen Is in the House” in 1990. After disputes with Jive, Liz Torres then moved on and recorded "Out of My Life" for the Streetside label. In the mid-'90s, she staged a major comeback with "Set Urself Free," on Radikal Records. 

Known for their singularly darkly sensuous and skeletal sound, their tracks captured and defined the late eighties, underground dance-floor experience: rhythm, sweat, sex. Performances at clubs like The Warehouse, The Paradise Garage, Sound Factory, and Ministry of Sound made Liz Torres an underground superstar, known for her feline stage presence and impassioned singing and writing, often raunchy delivery. She continues to tour the World and performs like no other in a high energy deep house music style.



01 - Can't Get Enough (6:58)
02 - Face It (6:59)
03 - Mama's Boy (7:01)
04 - When You Hold Me (6:45)
05 - No More Mind Games (7:25)
06 - In The City (7:11)
07 - What You Make Me Feel (7:08)
08 - Can't Get Enough (Spanish) (4:48)

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Simon Harris - Bass (greatest hits) ( 96 ^184mb)

Originally from Chigwell, Essex, Harris is a British producer of sample-based breakbeat and house music. Well known as both a remixer, music label owner and producer with a hit-making ability and an innovative style, Harris has enjoyed working with many well known and talented people in his 30 year career. Originally a DJ, Harris started selling professional audio equipment in London's Tottenham Court Road, then became a club promoter. In 1983 Harris was invited to become one of the original remixers for Tony Prince's DMC. Harris then joined forces with the late BBC Radio 1 DJ Froggy (1949-2008) and was commissioned for many hit remixes for major labels.

In 1986 Harris and Froggy started their own independent label 'Music of Life' managed by Chris France. The label was initially distributed by Morgan Khan's 'Streetwave' group and the first releases were from Cerrone (Supernature) and Michael Jackson's sister La Toya. Within a short time Froggy left to pursue other projects and Music of Life became one of the UK's first rap/hip-hop labels, initially licensing US products, and then with Harris producing many British rap artists including Derek B (the label's A&R executive), followed by Daddy Freddy, MC Duke, Tenor Fly, Hijack, Demon Boyz (Million Dan), and Einstein .

Harris has produced many breakbeat albums designed for DJs and producers, including 'Beats. Breaks and Scratches' in 12 volumes. This was licensed and used by many Grammy Award winning artists including R.E.M. and Luther Vandross. Other artists who produced similar albums for Music of Life include Paul Oakenfold, George Clinton and Norman Cook (Fatboy Slim). Harris continued to remix and produce many artists. Pete Tong (BBC Radio 1) signed Harris as an artist to his Polygram FFRR label. The first release was a rap version of Michael Jackson's Bad (Bad on the Mike). This was followed by 'Bass (how low can you go?)' which achieved US Billboard Dance Number One status and became a pop hit in many countries including the UK.

Harris has sustained a 30 year production career which has so far resulted in the sales of millions of records and CD's, greatly impacting the global music marketplace, his work is varied and has included music video. Radio and TV commercial production, several TV documentaries and remixing, in addition Harris's productions are currently featured on many motion picture and TV soundtracks. He continues to actively produce and latest projects include Simply Music (UK), with new remixes of 'Bass' and Sonic Zero . In March 2008 Harris attended CRS in Nashville USA and is currently working on projects for US based KIC Media, Internal Bass, Honky Tonk TV, The Red Neck Crew and Nashville's Ty Williams....no rest for the wicked...



Simon Harris - Bass (greatest hits) I (^ 97mb)

01 - Bass (How Low Can You Go) (1996 Remix)
02 - I've Got Your Pleasure Control (Remix)
03 - Ragga House
04 - Time (Chep Nunez Edit)
05 - Don't Stop The Music
06 - Theme From Disturbing The Peace
07 - Take Me Away
08 - Rollin' With The Punches

Simon Harris - Bass (greatest hits) II ( ^ 87mb)

09 - Summertime
10 - Here Comes That Sound (Perfect Beat Mix)
11 - Sexy Lady
12 - The Final Frontier
13 - Another Monsterjam
14 - The Persuader
15 - Lost In Paradise

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VA - Hip House (Deepest Beats In Town) (89 ^ 123mb)

Besides Milli Vanilli and Wee Papa Girl Rappers some great hip house/acid tracks here



VA - Hip House (Deepest Beats In Town) I ( ^ 59mb)

01 - Adeva - Respect (4:05)
02 - Royal House - Yeah Buddy (3:20)
03 - Humanoid - Stakker Humanoid (3:41)
04 - Fast Eddie - Hip House (3:18)
05 - Raze - Break 4 Love (3:21)
06 - Joe Smooth - Promised Land (3:47)
07 - Milli Vanilli - Girl You Know It's True (3:59)

VA - Hip House (Deepest Beats In Town) II ( ^ 64mb)

08 - Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock - Get On The Dance Floor (3:10)
09 - She Rockers - On Stage (3:55)
10 - Turntable Orchestra - You're Gonna Miss Me (3:48)
11 - Wee Papa Girl Rappers - Wee Rule (3:30)
12 - Swan Lake - In The Name Of Love (3:50)
13 - Jolly Roger - Acid Man (3:40)
14 - Longsy D's House Sound - This Is Ska (Skacid Mix) (5:14)

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VA - Turn Up The Bass 5 (90 ^ 176mb)

This series went on to 25 in the space of 5 years, this one no 5 is one of the best if not the best, its the only one i got but judging by discogs, whats on the others. Anyway the idea is to pick and chose the tracks you like..



VA - Turn Up The Bass 5 ( ^ 88mb)

01 - Fast Eddie - Git On Up (4:56)
02 - Beatmasters, The - Ska Train (4:50)
03 - 2 Live Crew, The - We Want Some Pussy (Westbam Remix) (4:00)
04 - Petra & Co - Just Let Go (3:31)
05 - Starlight - Numero Uno (4:10)
06 - Hi Tek 3 - Spin That Wheel (Turtles Get Real) (3:44)
07 - Mixmaster, The - Grand Piano (3:47)
08 - Sueño Latino - The Latin Dream (3:53)
09 - 2 In A Room - Do What You Want (4:09)

VA - Turn Up The Bass 5 II ( ^ 87mb)

10 - Deskee - Let There Be House (4:42)
11 - King Bee - Party People In The House (3:43)
12 - Tyree - Move Your Body (5:31)
13 - Starmix - Let Da Music Take Control (3:27)
14 - Pedro Ramon - Te Quiero (3:44)
15 - 101 - Just As Long As I Got You (3:10)
16 - Twenty 4 Seven - I Can't Stand It (6:01)
17 - Technotronic - Pump Up The Jam (US Remix) (4:40)

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Into The Groove (43)

Hello, Into The Groove today is all about Sun, a jazz funk band from Ohio . Btw i've been re-upping the downed links from Rhotation (1,2 and 3) so all thats live again....

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Sun was definitely a revolving door in the late '70s and early '80s. By the time the band provided its third album, Sunburn, in 1978, Kym Yancey and head honcho Byron Byrd were the only remaining original members, following a management dispute. Founding members Sandridge, Jones and Hummons left Sun to form a new group called Dayton. And when Sun recorded its sixth album, Force of Nature, in 1981, only Byrd remained from its original lineup. Yancey left after 1980's Sun Over the Universe, and this LP marked the arrival of two newcomers: bassist Don Taylor and rhythm guitarist Anthony Thompson. Despite all those personnel changes, Sun always managed to sound like Sun -- something it can thank Byrd and Beau Ray Fleming for. Together, Byrd and Fleming (who wasn't an actual member) produced all of Sun's Capitol LPs, which is why the Sun of 1981 was recognizable as Sun even though it had only one original member left. But Force of Nature is a departure from Sun's previous albums in one sense: Byrd handles all of the writing himself this time, and the material he gives his band to work with is competent but not mindblowing. Sun disbanded in 1982 after a stint in Japan. In 1985 an amended line-up recorded the album 'Eclipse' for the Air City label. By this time Sun's line-up was down to Byron M. Byrd and Anthony Thompson.

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Sun - Sunburn (78 ^ 99mb)

Sun's third album, Sunburn, found the Ohio funk band going through some major personnel changes. Six guys (Bruce Hastell and original members Dean Hummons, Chris Jones, Hollis Melson, Shawn Sandridge, and John Wagner) left after 1977's Sun Power, and five new members (Robert Arnold, Nigel Boulton, Sonnie Talbert, Keith Cheatham, and Curtis Hooks) came on board. Gary King and Ernie Knisley (both of whom joined Sun with Sun Power) remained, as did original members Byron Byrd and Kym Yancey. So by its third album, the group only had two of its original members. But creatively, that isn't a problem on Sunburn, which is one of the band's more consistent and memorable records.



01 - You Are My Sunshine, Sun Is Here (5:03)
02 - Dance (Do What You Wanna Do) (6:01)
03 - When You Put Your Hand In Mine (5:56)
04 - You're The One (4:14)

05 - Long Drawn Out Thang (6:07)
06 - You Don't Have To Hurry (5:04)
07 - I Had A Choise (4:34)
08 - Sun Of A Gun (4:47)

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Sun - Over The Universe (80 ^ 86mb)

Sun entered the 1980s with Sun Over the Universe, which was the band's fifth album and more personnel changes. Four players left Sun after 1979's Destination: Sun (Curtis Hooks, Sonnie Talbert, Keith Cheatham, and Nigel Bolton), and three new members came on board with this LP: Sheldon Reynolds (who subsequently joined Earth, Wind & Fire), Larry Hatchett, and Dean Francis. But while Sun was a revolving door, it used the same producers on all of its Capitol releases; the same guys who produced Sun Over the Universe in 1980 (Beau Ray Fleming and Sun leader Byron Byrd) had produced all of its four previous LPs. Sun Over the Universe wasn't the big commercial breakthrough the band was hoping for, it was not for lacking some infectious funk. "Fancy Feet," "Hot Spot," and the science fiction-minded "Space Ranger (Majic's in the Air)" , might have been hits with the right exposure.



01 - Space Ranger (Majic's In The Air) (4:59)
02 - Hot Spot (5:01)
03 - Stay by my side (4:49)
04 - Quest (Instrumental) (4:30)

04 - You Threew My Love Away (4:29)
05 - I Want Your Love (4:46)
06 - I Made A Mistake (4:53)
08 - Fancy Feet (4:09)

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Sun - Let There Be Sun 82 ^ 88mb)

In 1982, Sun leader Byron Byrd must have been feeling quite frustrated. The band had been recording for Capitol since 1976, and only two of its songs had been hits: 1976's "Wanna Make Love" and 1978's "Sun Is Here." Nonetheless, Sun gave it one more shot with its seventh album, Let There Be Sun, which Byrd produced with Beau Ray Fleming. Tunes like "Super Duper Super Star" and "I Wanna Be With You" rely heavily on funk/dance clichés , pedestrian funk. It would seem Byrd had lost confidence as to how move forward. Management and Capitol records had him swimming . Let There Be Sun isn't terrible, but Sun was capable of a lot more.



01 - Slamm Dunk The Ffunk! (5:59)
02 - We're Gonna Party Tonite (4:11)
03 - Turn Out The Light (4:34)
04 - A Love Affair (4:46)

05 - Super Duper Super Star (4:40)
06 - Be My Lady (4:42)
07 - You And I (4:19)
08 - I Wanna Be With You (4:05)

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Alphabet Soup II (R)

Hello, Alphabet Soup II has reached R (after skipping Q..who needs more Queens). Seventies brought us plenty of R but i went here for Lou Reed and Berlin , rather shunned at the time coming on the back of the commercial success of Transformer, when Reed really went walking on the wildside with the sometimes vicious actors in his tragic rock opera, it took time for recognition to come for this album.....Ride had a good thing going almost right from their start, and possibly thats why they fell apart just 7 years later when they came up against the first real headwind. Going Blank Again stems from their heydey (92)....Rammstein didnt bother about language , something they could do as the basis their German lyrics are so strong that even not understanding them connected..i suppose because im fluent in German...i really think Rammsteins lyrics are way out there (poetic even) compared to other Metal bands singing in english...So here we have Mutter after the wild success of Sehnsucht that had them touring and playing their first two albums..it was understandble that those songstructures were engrained and shine thru on Mother, innovation came with higher productionvalues some strings and even better lyrics there's a more room for contemplation aswell..and thus a liittle more livingroom friendly...

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Lou Reed - Berlin ( 73 ^ 99mb)

Berlin is a 1973 album by Lou Reed, his third solo album and the follow-up to the widely accessible and upbeat glam rock classic Transformer. In 2003, the album was ranked number 344 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, despite being labelled The Most Depressing Album of All Time by some. The album is a tragic rock opera about a doomed couple that addresses themes of drug use and depression. Upon its release, the response of fans and critics was not positive as many were expecting another upbeat glam outing. Despite lukewarm reviews the album reached #7 in the UK album chart (Reed's best achievement there). Poor sales in the US (#98) and harsh criticism made Reed abandon the album and in subsequent years he rarely played any 'Berlin' material in his live shows. Over time many have come to consider 'Berlin' to be among Lou Reed's best studio albums as a solo artist.

Musically, Berlin differs greatly from the bulk of Reed's work, due to the use of heavy orchestral arrangements, horns, and top session musicians (including Jack Bruce, Steve Winwood, Aynsley Dunbar, and Tony Levin). Instrumentally, Reed himself only contributes acoustic guitar. As with Reed's previous two studio albums, Berlin re-drafts several songs that had been written and recorded previously. The title track first appeared on Reed's solo debut album, only here it is lyrically simplified, the key changed, and re-arranged for piano. "Oh, Jim" makes use of the Velvet Underground outtake, "Oh, Gin". "Caroline Says (II)" is a rewrite of "Stephanie Says" from VU. The Velvets had also recorded a rather sedate demo of "Sad Song", which had much milder lyrics in its original form. "Men of Good Fortune" had also been played by the Velvets as early as 1966; an archival CD featuring live performances of the band playing at Andy Warhol's Factory provides the evidence of the song's age.

Reed and Ezrin planned a stage adaptation of the album upon its initial release but shelved the plans due to mixed reviews and poor sales. In 2007 Reed fulfilled his original hopes by touring the album with a 30 piece band and 12 choristers.Director Julian Schnabel filmed the concert and released in 2008 as "Lou Reed's Berlin", which opened to strong reviews.The album was digitally re-mastered and re-released on compact disc to commemorate the event. PS, excellent, extensive write up on Lou Reed @ Wiki.



01 - Berlin (3:25)
02 - Lady Day (3:39)
03 - Men Of Good Fortune (4:37)
04 - Caroline Says I (3:57)
05 - How Do You Think It Feels (3:43)
06 - Oh Jim (5:12)
07 - Caroline Says II (4:12)
08 - The Kids (7:51)
09 - The Bed (5:51)
10 - Sad Song (6:59)

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Ride - Going Blank Again (92 ^ 99mb)

Mark Gardener and Andy Bell had been to Cheney School in Oxford, appearing in the school's musical theatre productions, and in October 1988, they moved to Banbury to do Foundation Studies in Art and Design. There they met Colbert. Queralt, who also went to Cheney School. The band called itself 'Ride' after a piece of graphic design Gardener produced for a typography workshop. In February 1989, 'Ride' were asked to stand in at Oxford Poly that brought them to the attention of Alan McGee. After supporting The Soup Dragons in 1989, McGee from Creation Records signed a record deal with them.

Ride released three EPs between January and September 1990, entitled Ride, Play and Fall, each with distinctive artwork on the covers. The Fall EP was incorporated into the CD version of their debut, Nowhere, released in October 1990. The album was hailed as a critical success and the media dubbed Ride "The brightest hope" for 1991. Many fans regard this as their favourite album, with songs like "Vapour Trail", and "Dreams Burn Down" becoming shoegazing classics. Ride made their first international tour to Japan, Australia and France later on in 1991.

March 1992 saw the band release Going Blank Again. Opening with the anthemic 8 minute 17 second single "Leave Them All Behind", the album showcased the band's creative work and skill in working with the Wall of Sound style that typifies shoegazing bands. To some extent, the album represented the apogee of shoegazing proper, as opposed to the oft-cited Loveless by My Bloody Valentine. The twin rhythm guitars of Bell and Gardener, both distorted, both using Wah-wah pedals and both feeding back on each other was the highlight of the album's critical and chart success. Other tracks on the album showcased the band's innovative blend of melody and discord, not to mention one or two borrowed riffs.

Ride were able to see out 1993 riding on the success (critically, if not commercially) of Going Blank Again and a third LP was keenly anticipated. However, despite having a solid fanbase and some mainstream success, the lack of a breakthrough contributed to inner tension, especially between Gardener and Bell. Their third LP, Carnival of Light, was released in 1994, after shoegazing had given way to Britpop among mainstream listeners. Carnival of Light sales were sluggish and the shift in musical tastes devastated much of their original audience.

1995 saw the dissolution of the band while recording Tarantula. It appears that the band split due to creative and personal tensions between Gardener and Bell. Both had led the band away from their Shoegazing roots to become more contemporary, hoping to change their style with the times. By the time Tarantula appeared, the band was beginning to self destruct. Against all common sense from the record company, the album was released and remained on sale for one week before being withdrawn.



01 - Leave Them All Behind (8:17)
02 - Twisterella (3:42)
03 - Not Fazed (4:20)
04 - Chrome Waves (3:54)
05 - Mouse Trap (5:16)
06 - Time Of Her Time (3:16)
07 - Cool Your Boots (6:02)
08 - Making Judy Smile (2:37)
09 - Time Machine (5:52)
10 - OX4 (7:06)

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Rammstein - Mutter (01 ^ 99mb)

In 1993 by six East German ex-factory workers, Christoph "Doom" Schneider, "Doktor" Christian "Flake" Lorenz, Till Lindemann, Oliver Riedel, Richard Kruspe Bernstein and Paul Landers formed Rammstein. They took their name from the site of a US airbase where tragedy struck when three planes crashed during an aerial display, resulting in 70 fatalities and 350 seriously injured.. Four albums on, by 2005 they are the most successful German-language band (albeit their lyrics are not exclusively in German), famed for their theatrical /pyrotechnics stage shows. Their fan base extends way beyond any industrial metal hardcore. Wordplay is a fundamental component of Rammstein's lyrics, in many instances, the lyrics are phrased such that they can be interpreted in several ways, add to that the poetic qualities of singer /lyricist Till Lindemann who in November 2002 published the "Messer (knife)" a 54 poems book. All those female fans sure picked up on that part of Rammsteins dance - metal as they like to describe themselves. Rammstein could well be seen as the greatest rock act on the planet, considering the way they manage to go cross cultures from latin -america to asia, from USA to Russia and the palet of Europe, they cross gender and generations, almost unbelievable for a band that released their first album a decade ago.. and singing in german.



01 - Mein Herz Brennt (My heart burns)(4:39)
02 - Links 2 3 4 (Left 2 3 4)(3:36)
03 - Sonne (Sun) (4:32)
04 - Ich Will ( I Want)(3:37)
05 - Feuer Frei ! (Fire at will !) (3:11)
06 - Mutter ( Mother)(4:32)
07 - Spieluhr (Music-box)(4:46)
08 - Zwitter (Hermaphrodite) (4:17)
09 - Rein Raus ((In out) 3:10)
10 - Adios (3:49)
11 - Nebel (Fog) (4:54)

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Eight-X (43)

Hello, Eight-X time again and that means another mixed bunch, 'British pop in the shape of Korgis , they scored one big hit Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime ( true, but they forgot to add it may take many lifetimes)  anyway this hit came on the back of their debut album present here....another debut and one of the spectacular kind comes from Athens (USA) , the B52's they really fed all the spontanous energy into what turned out to become the party album of 1979 and 1980...almost tiresome that relentless enthousiasm...finally another debut be it mini album by Dutch cold wavers .. cold ? i guess thats the thin voice,  great little album ive added the follow up full album We...W.A.T. (World According To) even have some clips at You Tube'you could check out.

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Korgis, The - The Korgis (79 ^ 85mb)


The Korgis is a British pop band, originally composed of singer / bassist James Warren and singer / drummer Andy Davis , both former members of 70's band Stackridge, along with unofficial members guitarist Stuart Gordon and keyboardist Phil Harrison who completed the original Korgis lineup, which issued its debut single "Young 'n' Russian" in early March 1979 on the label Rialto Records, owned by their managers Nick and Tim Heath. Their next single "If I Had You," was released soon after, and moved up Number 13 on the UK Singles Chart, prompting the release of an eponymous debut album, The Korgis, in July 1979.

Their next single, "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" (1980), from their second album Dumb Waiters, was a hit on both sides of the Atlantic, hitting Number 5 in the UK , and #18 in the U.S.. The Dumb Waiters album reached Number 40 in the UK in 1980 and was followed by singles "If It's Alright With You Baby" and "Rovers Return" which failed to generate much excitement. The band was alternately marketed as a duo, a trio and a quartet around this time. The commercial breakthrough was however not enough to keep them together, and after a third album, Sticky George - and with lead single "That Was My Big Mistake" being released as 'James Warren & The Korgis' marking the fact that the group had now more or less evolved into a one man band, Davis and Warren went their separate ways.

Warren would go on to issue a solo LP entitled Burning Questions in 1986, while some of the singles during this era were still released as 'The Korgis' and co-produced by Andy Davis. The band got back together in 1990 to re-record "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime". The re-formed group consisting of James Warren, Andy Davis and new member John Baker released the album This World's For Everyone in 1992, having some success in Continental Europe and Japan, before breaking up again.
In 2005 Warren, Davis and Baker reunited again for a film shoot for DVD/compilation album Kollection and recorded the fourteen-track album Unplugged, which was released on the Angel Air record label the following year.



01 - Young 'N' Russian (3:08)
02 - I Just Can't Help It (3:44)
03 - Chinese Girl (2:16)
04 - Art School Annexe (3:33)
05 - Boots And Shoes (4:20)

06 - Dirty Postcards (4:42)
07 - O Maxine (2:38)
08 - Mount Everest Sings The Blues (2:30)
09 - Cold Tea (4:26)
10 - If I Had You (3:50)

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The B-52's - B-52's (79 ^ 98mb)

The B-52's originated as a New Wave rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, United States, in 1976. The band's name comes from a particular beehive hairdo resembling the nose cone of the airplane of the same name. During their early years, wigs of that style were often worn by the band's female singers Cindy Wilson and Kate Pierson. Wilson, Pierson, drummer Keith Strickland, guitarist Ricky Wilson (Cindy's older brother) and vocalist Fred Schneider formed the group in an spontanous jam session. The band's quirky take on the New Wave sound of their era was a combination of dance and surf music set apart by the unusual guitar tunings used by Ricky Wilson. Their costume thrift-store chic set them apart as well.

Their first single, "Rock Lobster", recorded for DB Records in 1978 (see 1978 in music), was an underground success that led to the B-52's performing at CBGB's and Max's Kansas City in New York City. "52 Girls" was the B-side. Their debut album, B-52's , contained re-recorded versions of "Rock Lobster" and "52 Girls", along with six more originals and a remake of Petula Clark's classic "Downtown". The debut album stood out as an original, unabashed kitsch mavens the bnad celebrated all the silliest aspects of pre-Beatles pop culture -- bad hairdos, sci-fi nightmares, dance crazes, pastels, and anything else that sprung into their minds -- to a skewed fusion of pop, surf, avant-garde, amateurish punk, and white funk.

The following year, they issued Wild Planet, which reached the Top 20 on the U.S. album charts; Party Mix!, an EP's worth of reworked material from the band's first two proper outings, appeared in 1981. Released in 1982, Mesopotamia arose out of a series of aborted sessions with producer David Byrne which saw the B-52's largely abandon their trademark sense of humor, a situation rectified by the next year's Whammy!, a move into electronic territory. After a Schneider solo LP, 1984's Fred Schneider & the Shake Society, the group returned to the studio to record 1986's Bouncing Off the Satellites. On October 12, 1985, however, Ricky Wilson died; though originally his death was attributed to natural causes, it was later revealed that he had succumbed to AIDS. In light of Wilson's death, the group found it impossible to promote the new album, and they spent the next several years in seclusion

In 1989, the B-52's finally returned with Cosmic Thing, their most commercially successful effort to date. Produced by Don Was and Nile Rodgers, the album launched several hit singles, including the party smash "Love Shack," "Roam," and "Deadbeat Club." In 1990, Cindy Wilson retired from active duty, leaving the remaining trio to soldier on for 1992's Good Stuff. A year later, dubbed the BC-52's, they performed the theme song for Steven Spielberg's live-action feature The Flintstones. Wilson returned to the group for a tour supporting the release of 1998's hits collection Time Capsule. Four years later the double-disc Nude on the Moon compilation would dive deeper into their catalog by featuring rare tracks, live recordings, and remixes along with the hits.

Funplex, the band's first original album in sixteen years (since 1992's Good Stuff), was released on March 25, 2008 by Astralwerks. The album is a slick, synthesizer-driven effort produced by Steve Osborne, who was asked to work on the album based on his work with New Order on the album Get Ready. The album debuted at #11 on the Billboard charts in the U.S., immediately making it the second-highest charting B-52's album ever. The band toured in support of the album as well as making television appearances on talk shows.



01 - Planet Claire (4:35)
02 - 52 Girls (3:35)
03 - Dance This Mess Around (4:35)
04 - Rock Lobster (6:50)

05 - Lava (4:55)
06 - There's A Moon In The Sky (Called The Moon) (4:55)
07 - Hero Worship (4:10)
08 - 6060-842 (2:50)
09 - Downtown (2:55)

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W.A.T. - Defreeze + We ( 83, 85 )

W.A.T. (World According To) were a Dutch trio based on sequencers, slide guitar and a thin female voice. Songwriter/guitarist Ad van Meurs started out playing keyboards in a folk-rock band , inspired by the punk revolution, he switched to guitar and formed the punk band Bleistift. By the early '80s, the group had become an experimental noise band, including van Meurs's girlfriend, Ankie Keultjens. In 1983, the duo formed World According To, a less abstract band, featuring Keultjens on lead vocals and wer joined by Frank van den Nieuwenhof ( bass). As W.A.T. they played something between synth pop and cold wave with a drum computer, synths and lovely vocals by Ankie. Van Meurs plays already much slide guitar here, which gives them a rather distinct sound. When Ankie took time off to have a child, Ad van Meurs began his solo career under the name of the Watchman later joined by his wife Ankie, as such they have been rather successful with their americana or contemporary Rhythm & Folk.




W.A.T. - Defreeze ( 83 ^ 66mb)

01 - Famous (4:46)
02 - Ivanhoo (4:28)
03 - Vive La Vie (4:31)

04 - Defreeze (4:03)
05 - Art Lovers (4:53)
06 - Sub (4:25)




W.A.T. - We ( 85 ^ 88mb)

07 - Wax (3:40)
08 - The Captain (4:25)
09 - Hossa (4:24)
10 - Thx (3:38)
11 - Through The Ferns (2:42)

12 - Willow (5:58)
13 - Love Suspect (3:35)
14 - Sangatte (4:59)
15 - Drifting (3:32)

W.A.T. - Defreeze + We ( * 99mb)

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Around The World (43)

Hello, Around the Worldmusics stays in the latin corner, be it that Yerba Buena came together in The NY melting pot. They took it upon themselves to update Latin music with touches to intrigue listeners who wouldn't normally be listening to it. Considering that President Alien got the Latin Grammy, they were tremendously successful at it as this aint a studio project but a great live band aswell.

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Yerba Buena! - President Alien (03 ^ 99mb)

The Latin American collective Yerba Buena was organized by producer and multi-instrumentalist Andres Levin, a native Venezuelan who'd appeared on records by Marisa Monte, Arto Lindsay, Aterciopelados, and Tina Turner, as well as helming the critically acclaimed Fela Kuti tribute Red Hot + Riot. Yerba Buena arose from Levin's wish to bring together a band capable of melding forms old and new, learning from each other in the form of a school. Gradually, the lineup coalesced, including vocalists Xiomara Laugart, Cucu Diamantes, and El Chino, percussionist Pedro Martinez, reed player Ron Blake, trumpeter Rashawn Ross, bassist Sebastian Steinberg, drummers Terreon "Tank" Gully and Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez.

Yerba Buena's music is a blend of African-rooted Latin music (Cuban Rumba, Colombian cumbia, Pan-Caribbean Soca, and Nuyorican Boogaloo) with hip-hop, Nigerian Afrobeat with a dash of Middle Eastern themes. The band is perfectly fluent and a powerhouse unit, while the roster of guests is startling in its variety -- Carlinhos Brown, Bobby Valentin, Me'Shell NdegéOcello, Money Mark, Marc Ribot, and Roy Hargrove, among many others.



01 - Guajira ( I Love U 2 Much) (4:09)
02 - Tu Casa, Mi Casa (4:19)
03 - La Gringa (5:19)
04 - Solito Me Quede (6:03)
05 - Electric Boogaloo (4:00)
06 - Fire (4:31)
07 - Wassamatter Baby (4:08)
08 - Bote Bote Va (2:51)
09 - Follow Me (4:46)
10 - Definition Of A Warrior (4:06)
11 - Rompe El Cuero (5:24)
12 - Solar (3:52)

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Canadia 2056 (1,2)

Hello, a new series starts today, Canadia 2056, the first series of 10 episodes centers around the socalled Ipampilashian war effort of the Canadia, in the second series they get lost in time. I think the series got better as it evolved over the 2 seasons and 24 episodes it ran . I start today with a double episode to get you aquinted with the dry wit..

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Canadia 2056 is a Canadian radio series which premiered on CBC Radio One in April 2007. Canadia 2056 is a science fiction comedy written by Matt Watts. The series centres on Max Anderson, the American liaison on board the only Canadian spaceship in an otherwise American space fleet When Watts came up with the concept for Canadia: 2056, one of the influences was an early video game called Space Quest. His vision for the world of Max Anderson and the crew was not the clean aesthetic of 2001: A Space Odyssey but the early episodes of Doctor Who where technology is kitschy, thrown together and a little cheesy. It's a future of big buttons, computers with flashing lights that make "whirring" and "tinny" sounds and regular plungers with consoles attached to their wooden stem.
 
In the year 2056 the US has declared war on the Ipampilashians and has sent the American armada to destroy their planet. Canada has sent its only ship, The Canadia, in support of the American mission but the Canadia is not a warship. It's a maintenance ship (they change light bulbs and plunge toilets). Max Anderson is the first American ever to be stationed on the Canadia. He was put there by the American admiral (his mother) to toughen him up but keep him out of any real danger. The only thing that Max and the crew of the Canadia agree on is that no one wants him there.

Travel with them ...

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Canadia 2056 1,2 41mb

episode 1 (28:01)
Max Anderson is the first American ever to be stationed on the Canadia. He was put there by the American admiral (his mother) to toughen him up but keep him out of any real danger. The only thing that Max and the crew of the Canadia agree on is that no one wants him there.

episode 2 (27:59)
The Captain is convinced that there is a saboteur on board his ship and Anderson plots his escape.

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Sundaze (43)

Hello, Sundaze today stays closer to home - in time that is, three releases from 2002's clicks n cuts IDM year. First of Daedelus supposedly named himself after the cunning worker Daedalus from greek mythology, he's supposed to have designed the labyrinth(minotaur) and had a son killed (Icarus) after he flew to high with his dads contraption. Well Invention is an apt title for an impeccably paced and brilliantly conceived album....Also from the States are Twine their sound is a structure meets noise vs. melody sound, always morphing into something new....finally Darrell Fitton, best known under his moniker Bola, but here he's used the moniker Jello where he let's whirring machinations and alien spaces, open up widescreen dimensions, mesmerising stuff...

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Daedelus - Invention (02 ^ 99mb)

Daedelus (Alfred Weisberg-Roberts) producer/instrumentalist wanted to be an inventor from an early age, a sentiment that led to him choosing this artistic moniker (Greek mythology Daedalus). Alfred was formally trained on double bass and bass clarinet (and also played the guitar and accordion, among other things) and studied jazz at USC, Daedelus chose to go the electronica route, often incorporating samples from the '30s and '40s into his IDM and left-field hip-hop. Though his first single came out in 2001, it wasn't until the following year that his debut full-length, Invention, was released. It's an utterly innovative electronic construction combining samples drawn from acoustic source recordings from the '30s, '40s, and '70s, Invention is a work of complex genius. Built on sturdy, repetitive, sentimental piano progressions and syrupy, string-laden, Disney-esque backdrops that are spliced into the mix, the addition of fluttering synth lines and sparking electronic beats creates something vaguely new and almost cinematic in scope. The album is impeccably paced and brilliantly conceived, fitting together like a giant puzzle stretching across the genres and generations

Daedelus was a prolific composer, and the next four years brought four new albums (on Plug Research and Mush): 2003's Rethinking the Weather, 2004's Of Snowdonia, 2005's Exquisite Corpse, and 2006's Daedelus Denies the Day's Demise. There have also been countless singles and side projects, including producing The Weather for Mush labelmates Busdriver and Radioinactive in 2003. The musician's engaging live set was finally made available for fans, albeit in limited numbers, with Live at Low End Theory -- recorded during a July 2007 performance at Los Angeles's The Airliner -- released in early 2008. Love to Make Music To followed in July.



01 - Playing Parties (3:06)
02 - Pursed Lips Reply (3:03)
03 - Astroboy (3:41)
04 - Adventress (2:57)
05 - Elegy (At Last) (3:50)
06 - Muggle Born (3:32)
07 - Aplomb (1:10)
08 - Experience (2:06)
09 - Loded (2:08)
10 - Quiet Now (3:31)
11 - Minor Detour (1:12)
12 - Perchance A Bit (3:08)
13 - Soulful Of Child (2:07)
14 - Thus The Whirligig (2:37)
15 - Quiet Now (Voc.Busdriver) (3:31)
16 - Pursed Lips Reply (Voc.Sach) (3:05)

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Twine - Recorder (02 ^ 132mb)

Twine's Greg Malcolm and Chad Mossholder started making music together in high school in Cleveland, OH. Though they dabbled in punk rock, a shared interest in industrial music pulled the friends toward electronics. The group was a trio for a short time after forming at Kent State University in 1997, but Twine ultimately became Malcolm and Mossholder's project. Both have studied computers and technology formally. Mossholder pays rent as a sound designer for a video game company in Boulder, CO, while Malcolm works as an audio engineer in Cleveland. The pair collaborate by exchanging tapes and sound files through the mail and across the Internet. Twine combine samples, digitally generated tones, and processed instruments into an electronic mix that defies easy categorization. They seem to focus more on composition resulting in tracks with a pronounced cinematic bent.

The first Twine release was the full-length Reference in 1999. Following a buzz-building contribution to Hefty's exceptional Immediate Action series, Twine issued their second CD, Recorder, in 2002, a dark and deep album that evidenced building confidence. Among the blips and clicks and electronic manipulations, listeners find other instruments, speech recordings, and that particular post-rock melancholia. Yet, Twine's music eschews clichés to offer something different and greater than the sum of its influences. Along the way, Twine found time to contribute two compilations of loops and textures to be incorporated by end users into Sonic Foundry's influential Acid software, and they remained an active touring unit. A third, self-titled album for Ghostly International arrived in 2003, followed by a digital-only release of their Surfaces EP in 2006. An atmospheric full-length titled Violets appeared in spring of 2008.



01 - None Some Silver (7:39)
02 - Cign (6:32)
03 - Fine Music (7:30)
04- Player Piano (5:49)
05 - Factor (6:45)
06 - Curved (6:56)
07 - Touched (5:45)
08 - There Is No One Else (9:00)

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Jello - Voile (02 ^148mb)

Darrell Fitton is from Manchester, England. Most of his work is recorded under recording monikers Bola and Jello, released primarily on Skam Records. In 1995 he released the Bola 1 12" on Skam Records. Fitton displayed the same style of chrome-dipped melodic techno adhered to by many Warp artists, his subsequent Bola material focused in on a heartier, less accessible aesthetic. His self-titled Skam EP combined vaguely funk-fueled rhythms with harsh, austere synth textures and almost industrial-grade distortion. "Aguilla" was an extremely limited-run three-track seven-inch released by Skam in 1998. Two months later appeared Soup, Fitton's long-awaited LP debut. An impressive synthesis of the machine-beat ambiance of post-techno with warm, wistful analog soul. In addition to his Bola releases, Fitton loaned his production chops to the first 12-inch by Warp artists Autechre under their Gescom guise, and is rumored to serve as Skam's in-house engineer.

A rare set of 3 EPs called Shapes was released in 2000, pressed at only 300 copies; in September 2006, it was remastered and reissued in greater numbers by Skam, adding three bonus tracks. In 2001 he released "Fyuti" , following up the sublime ‘Fyuti’ he released Voile, the debut full-length under the Jello moniker. This is mesmerising stuff from Fitton, retaining the slick production for which Bola is so well known, while throwing in open spaces and influences derived from Jazz, Classical and Hip Hop arrangements. Whirring machinations and alien spaces, allowing widescreen dimensions for (long time Bola collaborator) Dennis Bourne to inject his slowly delivered narrative to perfection. What manages to elevate ‘Viole’ to true greatness, however, is the dense glimpse of unease that accompannies this album from beginning to end. The precision of sound and composition savvy at this level finding contrast with Fitton’s dark understructures, a kind of harmonic beauty that’s built on deconstruction and unease. More aesthetically soothing and organic than Bola material, Voile is a true classic.



01 - Vibe-A-Rolla (Voc.Phil Donahue) (4:52)
02 - Ephemex (5:52)
03 - Vamillaglade (6:10)
04 - Chamchimzee (5:02)
05 - Pequill (3:54)
06 - Neph (6:08)
07 - O'verb (Voc.Tegwen Roberts ) (5:13)
08 - Pi-Knipple (6:05)
09 - Lungbone (4:58)
10 - Shinoque (Voc.Dennis Bourne) (7:24)
11 - Conokut (6:00)

Jello - Voile (* 99mb)

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Rhotation (43) Into BPM

Hello, Rhotation 43 this week and Into BPM is all about Meat Beat Manifesto, beginning in 1987 as an experimental/industrial duo inspired by the cut-and-paste attitudes of hip-hop and dub, MBM increasingly became a vehicle for its frontman, Jack Dangers, to explore the emerging electronics of techno, trip-hop, and jungle. Today here a cross section starting with their late eighties debut Storm The Studio, the mid nineties Subliminal Sandwich, followed by MBM's 02's Ruok? As a bonus i've added a sampler of remixes it titled Mutations..in all 349 min of

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After working together in Perennial Divide Stephens and Jack Dangers (John Stephen Corrigan) left to form Meat Beat Manifesto (MBM), their first album was destroyed in a studiofire. They then recorded the LP Storm The Studio, which got them labeled as an industrial act. In response, they released 99%, which was more techno-influenced, in May 1990. In August of the same year, they released Armed Audio Warfare, which was an effort to re-create the lost tracks of the would-be debut album. They build a reputation with a live show that was conceived as an intense audio-visual experience, with dancers, led by choreographer Marcus Adams, in costumes designed by artist Craig Morrison and video clips accompanying live instruments, sequenced electronic instruments, and dazzling live DJing.

On 1992's Satyricon Meat Beat adopted a more mainstream electronic sound, influenced by such newly popular dance bands as Orbital, The Shamen, and The Orb, all of whom had either remixed or been remixed by MBM. The album produced the hits "Mindstream" and "Circles". However, "Original Control (Version 2)", renamed "I Am Electro" in later compilations, remains the best-known track from the album, featuring samples of recordings from the 1939 World's Fair exhibit Elektro The Robot.

In 1994 Dangers relocated from England to San Francisco, resulting in Stephens' departure from the band. Dangers continued MBM from his new home, releasing the double album Subliminal Sandwich in 1996. While this album represented MBM's major-label debut on Trent Reznor's Nothing Records, it failed to achieve the critical and commercial successes of previous releases. In 1997 Dangers released Actual Sounds + Voices in 1998, on which flirtations with jazz fusion featured prominently. The album yielded the single "Prime Audio Soup" which was featured in the film The Matrix. In 2002 Meat Beat released RUOK?, another big step in the evolution of their sound and prominently featuring Dangers' newly acquired toy, the EMS Synthi 100, as well as guest contributions from turntablist Z-Trip and The Orb's Alex Paterson. In 2003 they released a remix album for Storm The Studio, followed by ...In Dub, a remix album of RUOK.

At the Center, was released in 2005, the album is a collaboration between Jack Dangers and jazz musicians Peter Gordon, Dave King, and Craig Taborn. It has been well-received by many critics.Then MBM went on a year long worldwide tour again, the first in 7 years Being renowned for making a concert not only an aural but a visual spectacle aswell this time they made use of video sampling technology that allowed the band to trigger video clips in realtime, on two large screens positioned stage front, while the band performed either sidestage or behind the screens.

Presently, the veteran composer and sound sculptor , Jack Dangers continues to stretch sonic boundaries and influence new generations of sound activists. As a premiere remixer, producer and sound designer, he has played a seminal role in defining tomorrows' music today. Prior to Meat Beat Manifesto there was Perennial Divide. Archive Things/Purged was released earler this year and features unreleased tracks and instrumental versions from Perennial Divide, together with some of the original MBM demo tracks. Earlier this year a new album was released "Autoimmune", featuring vocals from Jack, Oakland’s own Azeem, Mr. C and Daddy Sandy and a guest appearance from Z-Trip.


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Meat Beat Manifesto - Storm The Studio (89, 72min ^ 165 mb)

Dangers and Stephens left Perennial Divide in 1988 to record an album, but the tapes were destroyed in a studio fire before the album could be released. They then recorded the LP Storm The Studio a worked out/remixed compilation of their first 44 12 "s, it got them pigeonholed as an industrial act which was not to their liking and so they followed it with a more tecchno oriented 99% a year later

 

01 - God O.D. (Part 1) (5:19)
02 - God O.D. (Part 2) (6:42)
03 - God O.D. (Part 3) (5:21)
04 - God O.D. (Part 4) (2:59)
05 - Re-Animator (Part 1) (6:06)
06 - Re-Animator (Part 2) (4:08)
07 - Re-Animator (Part 3) (5:30)
08 - Re-Animator (Part 4) (4:03)
09 - Strap Down (Part 1) (5:49)
10 - Strap Down (Part 2) (7:00)
11 - I Got The Fear (Part 1) (6:14)
12 - I Got The Fear (Part 2) (3:59)
13 - I Got The Fear (Part 3) (3:06)
14 - I Got The Fear (Part 4) (5:22)

Meat Beat Manifesto - Storm The Studio 01-08 (^ 93mb)
Meat Beat Manifesto - Storm The Studio 09-14 (^ 72mb)

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Meat Beat Manifesto - Subliminal Sandwich (96 138min ^ 298mb)

In 1994 Dangers relocated from England to San Francisco, resulting in Stephens' departure from the band. Dangers continued MBM from his new home, releasing the double album Subliminal Sandwich in 1996. While this album represented MBM's major-label debut on Trent Reznor's Nothing Records, it didnt sell as well as the previous Satyricon album . Despite the hooky single - "Asbestos Lead Asbestos" - which was accompanied by a big budget video. The album did receive good reviews in the UK and the album should be regarded as an artistic success, as it manages to combine dub, trance, drum and bass, and industrial sounds with truly rare and invigorating samples. The song "She's Unreal" was featured on the soundtrack of the 1999 film The Blair Witch Project



Meat Beat Manifesto - Subliminal Sandwich 1 ( ^ 99mb)

101 - Sound Innovation (2:18)
102 - Nuclear Bomb (Voc.Papa Levi) (6:12)
103 - Long Periods Of Time (Voc.Mike Powell) (4:33)
104 - 1979 (5:25)
105 - Future Worlds (4:56)
106 - What's Your Name ? (Voc.Hell Louise) (2:47)
107 - She's Unreal (4:10)
108 - Asbestos Lead Asbestos (6:22)
109 - Mass Producing Hate (Voc.Mike Powell) (3:01)
110 - Radio Mellotron (1:07)
111 - Assasinator (Voc.Papa Levi) (5:22)

Meat Beat Manifesto - Subliminal Sandwich 1.5 ( ^ 99mb)

112 - Phone Calls From The Dead (3:13)
113 - Lucid Dream (2:09)
114 - Addiction (4:07)
115 - No Purpose No Design (2:18)
116 - Cancer (4:34)
117 - Transmission (Voc.Hell Louise) (4:09)
118 - We Done (2:07)

201 - Set Your Receivers (0:23)
202 - Mad Bomber/The Woods (10:16)
203 - The Utterer (6:51)
204 - United Nations (E.T.C.) (4:05)

Meat Beat Manifesto - Subliminal Sandwich 2 ( ^ 99mb)

205 - Stereophrenic (13:03)
206 - Teargas (0:38)
207 - Plexus (3:29)
208 - Electric People (14:03)
209 - Tweekland (7:55)
210 - Simulacra (8:20)

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Meat Beat Manifesto - RUOK? 02 61 min ^ 137mb)

From the first few minutes of RUOK?, it's clear MBM has evolved from the dense sampladelic dance of 98 's Actual Sounds + Voices to a sparse, haunted style that leaves much to the imagination but still displays acres of production prowess. Twelve tracks of primitivist electronics and drum machines over unobtrusive breakbeats, the album was recorded in part with a rare mid-'70s synthesizer, the EMS Synthi 100. With frequent funk samples and snippets of obscure '50s trad vocals all over it, RUOK? still has much in common with his series of populist breaks records, Tino's Breaks. It also includes appearances from two of the rangiest co-contributors to appear on a dance record in some time: psychedelic techno mastermind Dr. Alex Paterson (from the Orb) and turntablist mentalist Z-Trip; the featured tracks are among the best on offer, though the guests' contributions certainly don't stick out. Three years later Ruok was remixed and released as ...In Dub on cd and 5.1 DVD



01 - Yüri (5:39)
02 - Spinning Round (5:27)
03 - Horn Of Jericho (7:10)
04 - What Does It All Mean? (5:20)
05 - No Words Necessary (4:42)
06 - Intermission (1:07)
07 - Supersoul (5:36)
08 - Hankerchief Head (6:35)
09 - No Echo In Space (6:26)
10 - Dynamite Fresh (5:41)
11 - Retrograde (4:57)
12 - Happiness Supreme (2:39)

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Meat Beat Manifesto - Mutations ( 78min * 99mb)

This is a compilation of remixed MBM i made a few years ago. Btw the cover i chose is not photoshopped but a pic of a natural phenomena.. you don't need to eat shrooms for that.



01 - Prime Audio (Herbaliser) Soup (6:46)
02 - Oola (Orbital mutation) (8:35)
03 - Mindstream (Aphex Twined) (6:53)
04 - Fragments (Eccentric Objects) (5:13)
05 - Asbestos Led Asbestos (Joined at the Hip-edit Charlie Clouser) (5:59)
06 - Razorblade Waves (Skinned) (7:41)
07 - Mars Needs Control (Chemical Brothers) (9:07)
08 - Mambotron (Dangers Mix) (7:02)
09 - Radio Babylon (Orb's Beach Blanket Bimbo Land) (13:18)
10 - Prime Veggie Soup ( Boards of Canada) (7:05)

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Into The Groove (42)

Hello, compilation week ends with a trio of seventies R& B, soul and disco hits ....Tamla Motown Is Hot, Hot, Hot ! is a 35 year old vinyl that has gotten plenty of spins at parties.... The Sound Of Philadelpia was big in the seventies as you can cheque for yourself The O'Jays' For The Love Of Money alone is worth the effort , or that Dirty Old Man ....Hits Replay too has plenty of black music classics on board.

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VA - Tamla Motown Is Hot, Hot, Hot ! Vol 4 (73 * 99mb)
Motown played an important role in the racial integration of popular music, as it was the first record label owned by an African American to primarily feature African-American artists who achieved crossover success. In the 1960s, Motown and its soul-based subsidiaries were the most successful proponents of what came to be known as "The Motown Sound", a style of soul music with a distinct pop influence. Motown has owned or distributed releases from more than 45 subsidiaries in varying genres, although it is most famous for its releases in the music genres of rhythm and blues, soul, hip hop and pop. Motown Records left Detroit for Los Angeles in 1972, and remained an independent company until June 28, 1988, when Gordy sold the company to MCA.



01 - Temptations, The - Papa Was A Rolling Stone (6:41)
02 - Sisters Love - Mr. Fix-It Man (2:54)
03 - Four Tops, The - I Can't Quit Your Love (3:38)
04 - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Bless You (2:58)
05 - Michael Jackson - Ain't No Sunshine (4:07)
06 - Supremes, The - Now The Bitter Now The Sweet (5:17)
07 - Gladys Knight & The Pips - Help Me Make It Trough The Night (4:14)

08 - Michael Jackson - Rockin' Robin (2:29)
09 - Stevie Wonder - Keep On Running (6:35)
10 - Undisputed Truth, The - Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are) (3:00)
11 - Valerie Simpson - Drink The Wine (3:42)
12 - Michael Jackson - Ben (2:41)
13 - Syreeta Wright - I Love Every Little Thing About You (4:54)
14 - Diana Ross - Doobedood'Ndoobe, Doobedood'Ndoobe, Doobedood'Ndoo (4:43)

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VA - The Sound Of Philadelpia 2 ( * 99mb)

Philadelphia Sound or Sweet Philly, is a style of soul music characterized by funk influences and lush instrumental arrangements, often featuring sweeping strings and piercing horns. Due to the emphasis on sound and arrangement and the relative anonymity of many of the "style's" players, Philadelphia soul is often considered a producers' genre.

Philadelphia songwriters and producers included Thom Bell, Linda Creed, Norman Harris, Dexter Wansel and the production teams of Gene McFadden and John Whitehead, and Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff worked with a stable of studio musicians to develop the unique Philadelphia sound used as backing for many different singing acts. Many of these musicians would record as the instrumental group MFSB, which had a hit with the seminal Philadelphia soul song "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)" in 1974. Philadelphia soul was popular throughout the 1970s and it set the stage for the studio constructions of disco and urban contemporary music that emerged later in the decade.



01 - The Three Degrees - Dirty Ol' Man (3:13)
02 - Billy Paul - Let'm In (5:05)
03 - The O'Jays - For The Love Of Money (7:08)
04 - The Jones Girls - Nights Over Egypt (3:39)
05 - Teddy Pendergrass - Love TKO (5:00)
06 - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Satisfaction Guaranteed (3:28)
07 - Lou Rawls - See You When I Git There (4:25)
08 - The Trammps - Hold Back The Night (3:34)
09 - The O'Jays - Love Train (2:59)
10 - People's Choice - Do It Anyway You Wanna (3:15)
11 - The Intruders - She's A Winner (2:24)
12 - The Three Degrees - The Year Of Decision (2:32)
13 - The Stylistics - Hurry Up This Way Again (5:53)
14 - Billy Paul - Thanks For Saving My Life (2:56)

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Various - Hits Revival 2 - Replay ( * 99mb)



01 - Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares For Me (3:37)
02 - Ella Fitzgerald - Every Time We Say Goodbye (3:34)
03 - Jackie Wilson - (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher (2:54)
04 - Diana Ross & The Supremes - Come See About Me (2:35)
05 - Temptations, The - Ain't Too Proud To Beg (2:29)
06 - Jackson 5, The - Maybe Tomorrow (4:36)
07 - Robert Parker - Barefootin' (2:35)
08 - Isley Brothers, The - Shout (4:25)
09 - Edwin Starr - War (3:21)
10 - Gloria Gaynor - Never Can Say Goodbye (2:59)
11 - Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough (3:31)
12 - Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way (3:36)
13 - Chi-Lites, The - Too Good To Be Forgotten (3:12)
14 - Main Ingredient - Just Don't Want To Be Lonely (3:32)
15 - Temptations, The - Papa Was A Rollin' Stone (6:51)
16 - Lipps, Inc. - Funkytown (3:59)
17 - Isley Jasper Isley - Caravan Of Love (4:14)


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Alphabet Soup II (P)

Hello, in the Alphabet Soup there's no room for various artists so i continue from where i left off last time (O) to P. Fiirst up the band that made the seventies for many of us Pink Floyd before they treated us on Dark Side of The Moon and Wish You Were Here, the album that set them on that path was 1971's Meddle...20 years later the Pixies released what turned out to be their last album Tromp Le Monde...finally Porcupine Tree a band that continues to grow and release quality prog rock ever since their 92 debut...this here In Absentia was their first opus that broke out of their incrowd reputation, into the mainstream.

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Pink Floyd - Meddle ( 71 ^ 99mb)

Pink Floyd evolved from an earlier rock band, formed in 1964. When the band split up, some members — guitarists Rado "Bob" Klose and Roger Waters, drummer Nick Mason, and keyboardist and wind instrument player Richard Wright — formed a new band called "Tea Set". Blues and folk guitarist and vocalist Syd Barrett joined the band, with Waters moving to bass and Wright to full time keyboards. When The Tea Set found themselves on the same bill as another band with the same name, Barrett came up with the alternative name The Pink Floyd Sound, after two blues musicians, Pink Anderson and Floyd Council. The Sound was dropped fairly quickly, but the definite article was still used regularly until 1970. The group's UK releases during the Syd Barrett era credited them as The Pink Floyd as did their first two U.S. singles. 1969's More and Ummagumma albums credit the band as Pink Floyd, produced by The Pink Floyd, while 1970's Atom Heart Mother credits the band as The Pink Floyd, produced by Pink Floyd. David Gilmour is known to have referred to the group as The Pink Floyd as late as 1984.

As their popularity increased, the band members formed Blackhill Enterprises in October 1966, a six-way business partnership with their managers, Peter Jenner and Andrew King,[13] issuing the singles "Arnold Layne" in March 1967 and "See Emily Play" in June 1967. "Arnold Layne" reached number 20 in the UK Singles Chart, and "See Emily Play" reached number 6, granting the band its first national TV appearance on Top of the Pops in July 1967. Released in August 1967, the band's debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, is today considered to be a prime example of British psychedelic music, and was generally well-received by critics at the time. The music reflected newer technologies in electronics through its prominent use of stereo panning, tape editing, echo effects and electric keyboards. As the band became more popular, the stresses of life on the road, pressure by the record company to produce hit singles, and a significant intake of psychedelic drugs took their toll on Barrett, whose mental health had been deteriorating for several months. In January 1968, guitarist David Gilmour joined the band to carry out Barrett's playing and singing duties.

With Barrett's behaviour becoming less and less predictable, and his almost constant use of LSD, he became very unstable, occasionally staring into space while the rest of the band performed. The absent expression in his eyes inspired Waters' lyrics in 1975's "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", "Now there's that look in your eyes/ Like black holes in the sky.' The band's live shows became increasingly ramshackle until, eventually, the other band members simply stopped taking him to the concerts. The last concert featuring Barrett was on 20 January 1968 on Hastings Pier. Once Barrett's departure was formalised in April 1968, producers Jenner and King decided to remain with him, and the six-way Blackhill partnership was dissolved. The band adopted Steve O'Rourke as manager, and he remained with Pink Floyd until his death in 2003. After recording two solo albums (The Madcap Laughs and Barrett) in 1970 (co-produced by and sometimes featuring Gilmour, Waters and Wright) to moderate success, Barrett went into seclusion. Again going by his given name, Roger, he eventually moved back to his native Cambridge and lived a quiet life there until his death on 7 July 2006.

As Barrett had been the lead singer during his era, Gilmour, Waters and Wright now split both songwriting and lead vocal duties. Waters mostly wrote low-key, jazzy melodies with dominant bass lines and complex, symbolic lyrics, Gilmour focused on guitar-driven blues jams, and Wright preferred melodic psychedelic keyboard-heavy numbers. Unlike Waters, Gilmour and Wright preferred tracks that had simple lyrics or that were purely instrumental. A Saucerful of Secrets was released in June 1968, reaching #9 in the UK and becoming the only Pink Floyd album not to chart in the U.S. Somewhat uneven due to Barrett's departure, the album still contained much of his psychedelic sound combined with the more experimental music that would be fully showcased on Ummagumma. Its centrepiece, the 12-minute title track, hinted at the epic, lengthy songs to come, but the album was poorly received by critics at the time.

Pink Floyd were then recruited by director Barbet Schroeder to produce a soundtrack for his film, More, which was premièred in May 1969. The music was released as a Floyd album in its own right, Soundtrack from the Film More. The next record, the double album Ummagumma, was a mix of live recordings and unchecked studio experimentation by the band members, with each member recording half a side of a vinyl record as a solo project. Though the album was realised as solo outings and a live set, it was originally intended as a purely avant-garde mixture of sounds from "found" instruments.The title is Cambridge slang for sexual intercourse. Atom Heart Mother (1970), the band's first recording with an orchestra, was a collaboration with avant-garde composer Ron Geesin. The name was a last minute decision by the band when they were inspired by a newspaper article about a woman who had given birth with a pacemaker. The use of noises, incidental sound effects and voice samples would thereafter be an important part of the band's sound. While Atom Heart Mother was considered a huge step back for the band at the time and is still considered one of its most inaccessible albums, it had the best chart performance for the band up to that time, reaching #1 in the UK

The band's sound was considerably more focused on Meddle (1971), with the 23-minute epic "Echoes" a smooth progressive rock song with extended guitar and keyboard solos and a long segue in the middle consisting largely of synthesised music produced on guitars, organs, and synths, along with backward wah pedal guitar sounding like samples of sea gulls or albatross and an entire whale song playing over the top, described by Waters as a "sonic poem". Meddle was considered by Nick Mason to be "the first real Pink Floyd album. Meddle also included the atmospheric "One of These Days", a concert favourite featuring Nick Mason's menacing one-line vocal ("One of these days, I'm going to cut you into little pieces"), distorted and bluesy lap steel guitar, and a melody that at one point fades into a throbbing synthetic pulse quoting the theme tune of the cult classic science fiction television show Doctor Who.

Meddle was greeted both by critics and fans enthusiastically, and Pink Floyd were rewarded with a #3 album chart peak in the UK. Today, Meddle remains one of their most well-regarded albums, it set out the Pink Floyd path. The sound became polished and collaborative, with the philosophic lyrics and distinctive bass lines of Waters combining with the unique blues guitar style of Gilmour and Wright's haunting keyboard melodies...



01 - One Of These Days (5:51)
02 - A Pillow Of Winds (5:05)
03 - Fearless (6:02)
04 - San Tropez (3:38)
05 - Seamus (2:12)

06 - Echoes (23:25)

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Pixies - Trompe Le Monde (91 ^ 99mb)

The Pixies' history began when undergraduates Joey Santiago and Black Francis (born Charles Thompson IV) shared a room at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The two spent 1984 working in a warehouse, with Francis composing songs on his acoustic guitar and writing lyrics on the subway train. The pair formed a band in January 1985. Bassist Kim Deal joined Santiago and Francis two weeks later after responding to a classified advertisement Francis had placed, seeking a female bassist .

The band produced an 18 track demo at Fort Apache soon afterwards, known to fans as "The Purple Tape" because of the tape cover's purple background. The recording was funded by Francis' father at the cost of $1000 and took three days to record. The tape was released exclusively as a demo to interested parties, including Ivo Watts-Russell at 4AD and local promoter Ken Goes, who became the band's manager. Eight tracks from the Purple Tape were selected for the Come On Pilgrim EP, the band's first release. Come On Pilgrim showcased much of the Pixies' variety and set up the beginnings of many trends in their music. It includes two songs partly sung in Spanish ("Vamos" and "Isla de Encanta") and two songs that explicitly mention incest—"Nimrod's Son" and "The Holiday Song"

Pixies's first full-length album, Surfer Rosa. The album was recorded by Steve Albini , completed in a fortnight, and released in early 1988. Surfer Rosa gained the Pixies acclaim throughout the musical world; both Melody Maker and Sounds gave Surfer Rosa their "Album of the Year" award. After their critically acclaimed album, the band arrived in England to support Throwing Muses on the European "Sex and Death" tour—beginning at the Mean Fiddler in London. The tour also took them to the Netherlands, headlining the tour. Francis later recalled: "The first place I made it with the Pixies was in Holland."

the British producer, Gil Norton. Norton was to produce their second full album, Doolittle (provisionally titled Whore),[10] which was recorded in the last six weeks of 1988 and seen as a departure from the raw sound of Come On Pilgrim and Surfer Rosa. Doolittle had a much cleaner sound. Like Surfer Rosa, Doolittle was acclaimed by fans and music critics alike. In 2003, the album was ranked number 226 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. After the Doolittle tour's final date in New York, the band was too exhausted and soon announced a hiatus.

During this time, Santiago travelled to the Grand Canyon to "find himself", and Lovering jetted off to Jamaica. Francis bought a yellow Cadillac and crossed America with his girlfriend . Kim Deal formed a new band, The Breeders, named after a band she had formed with her sister as a teenager, with Tanya Donelly of Throwing Muses and bassist Josephine Wiggs of Perfect Disaster. Their debut album, Pod, was released later that year. After Doolittle, Francis began to limit Deal's contributions to the band and assert more control over the Pixies' output; the first three records had been partly written by Deal, but when Bossanova was released in 1990, all the original songs were by him.

The band continued to tour, and, break-up announcements notwithstanding, one more album was to follow. Trompe le Monde, released in 1991, still featured little creative input from Deal and was not as immediately well regarded as their first few albums. In the end, Trompe Le Monde expanded on the UFO and sci-fi themes (including a song on space travel, "Planet of Sound" and "Motorway to Roswell" about an alien vacation gone badThe album saw the band move in a more popular direction with songs as "Palace of the Brine" and "Trompe Le Monde". The songs "U-Mass" (sample (info)) and "Alec Eiffel" included the keyboardist Eric Drew Feldman—a move unthinkable in the band's Come On Pilgrim and Surfer Rosa days. The album also featured a cover of "Head On" by The Jesus and Mary Chain. Trompe Le Monde was to be the Pixies' last studio album before their breakup.

Following the release of Trompe Le Monde, the band went on a sellout winter tour of the USA, culminating on a TV appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. They then embarked on an uncomfortable tour supporting fans U2 (on their Zoo TV tour) in 1992. However, tensions rose between band members, and, at the end of the year, the Pixies went on sabbatical and focused on separate projects. In early 1993, Francis announced in an interview to BBC Radio 5 that the band was finished. In late 2003 a press release from Black's publicist officially confirmed a reunion would occur in the spring of 2004. The folowing years theyd appear at festivals but a new album was not on the cards.



01 - Trompe Le Monde (1:47)
02 - Planet Of Sound (2:06)
03 - Alec Eiffel (2:50)
04 - The Sad Punk (2:59)
05 - Head On (2:14)
06 - U-Mass (3:00)
07 - Palace Of The Brine (1:34)
08 - Letter To Memphis (2:40)
09 - Bird Dream Of The Olympus Mons (2:48)
10 - Space (I Believe In) (4:18)
11 - Subbacultcha (2:09)
12 - Distance Equals Rate Times Time (1:24)
13 - Lovely Day (2:05)
14 - Motorway To Roswell (4:43)
15 - The Najavo Know (2:19)

16 - Rock Music (Live) (1:52)
17 - Hang Wire (Live) (2:01)
18 - Monkey Gone To Heaven (Live) (2:58)
19 - Isla De Encanta (Live) (1:46)

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Porcupine Tree - In Absentia ( 02 ^ 189mb)

Porcupine Tree was just Wilson at the start; born in London in 1967, having learned guitar and keyboards at a young age turning out to be a talented musical prodigy. 1987 saw the founding of both No-Man and Porcupine Tree, the latter actually starting as a joke between Wilson and a friend about a legendary lost '70s group. Elaborate discographies and other material were created à la Spinal Tap, while Wilson himself created a slew of music meant to be the band's lost recordings. The best tracks ended up at Porcupine Tree's real debut album on Delerium Records, On the Sunday of Life, in 1992. Those songs having been something of a nostalgia exercise, Wilson aimed for a more contemporary approach on his follow-up release -- the extended single "Voyage 34," with a clear debt to ambient techno jokesters the Orb.

Up the Downstair, Porcupine Tree's next full album, found Wilson coming fully into his own, creating a majestic, sweeping album that took the prog inspirations of the past fully into a realm of mysterious hush and beauty as much as full-on rock charge. Two collaborators on other projects, bassist Colin Edwin and keyboardist Richard Barbieri (Japan), guested on the album. Later that year, the two formally joined Porcupine Tree, along with drummer Chris Maitland, establishing a four-piece lineup. The first release by the new version of the group, The Sky Moves Sideways, was actually something of a transitional affair, a number of the songs still being Wilson solo compositions and performances.

The bandmembers themselves considered the quartet's true debut to be 1996's Signify, another stunning step forward of the Porcupine Tree sound with new highlights everywhere, including the epic blast of the title track itself. By this time, Porcupine Tree's reputation had spread throughout Europe and elsewhere, including an increasing cult following in America. A friendly parting from Delerium led Porcupine Tree to Snapper/K-Scope, which released 1999's Stupid Dream, notable for its stronger song focus and slightly more accessible feel all around. The band's reputation and fan base continued to grow, with another album, Lightbulb Sun, taking its bow in 2000. Porcupine Tree continued to tour and plan ahead for both new recordings and reissues of older, rarer material, the first of which surfaced in May 2001, titled Recordings.

Various unreleased cuts from the Stupid Dream and Lightbulb Sun sessions as well as a few B-sides were included. They spent the rest of the year putting together Stars Die: The Delerium Years '91-97, a box set that looks at their catalog from 1991 to 1997. Drummer Chris Maitland left the band in March of 2002, but luckily Gavin Harrison was available to take his place. A year later, In Absentia was released, the most accessible release to ever spew forth from the group. Rolling electronic percussion blends with simple and solid live drumming to provide an understated backbeat as perennial Tree leader Steven Wilson pastes his complicated pop over the proceedings. Wilson's ability to bury his layered vocals in mountains of spacy electric guitar without drowning out his fragile lyrics is still a valued feature of the music, and the rare moments of clarity that his vocals display are breathtaking in their power. In Absentia was followed by Warszawa and Deadwing in 2005. In 2007, the band released their ninth studio LP, a loose concept album with an underlying theme of escapism in the 21st century, aptly named Fear of a Blank Planet (not to be confused with the similarly titled Public Enemy classic).



01 - Blackest Eyes (4:23)
02 - Trains (5:56)
03 - Lips Of Ashes (4:39)
04 - The Sound Of Muzak (4:59)
05 - Gravity Eyelids (7:56)
06 - Wedding Nails (6:33)
07 - Prodigal (5:32)
08 - .3 (5:25)
09 - The Creator Has A Mastertape (5:21)
10 - Heartattack In A Layby (4:15)
11 - Strip The Soul (7:21)
12 - Collapse The Light Into Earth (5:54)

13 - Drown With Me (4:27)
14 - Chloroform (7:14)

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Around The World (42)

Hello, Around the Worldmusics is in the Carribbean this week, to honor those fast legged men and women that leave the olympic competion standing. So why i wonder, is it genetics..partly sure or is it..that cars are not as available on these islands and with the ocean around, swimming..and on top of that the fabulous music and dance culture that loosens those hips. In short, from a young age onwards there's plenty of incentives to move that body..So today we go back, what brought those champions ancestors together ? Well Latin Soul surely was part of that so here are two compilation albums..

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VA - This Is Latin Soul (88 ^ 99mb)



01 - Bobby Valentin - Batmans bugaloo ( 2:48)
02 - Celia Cruz - Berimbau ( 5:14)
03 - Fania All Stars - Viva Tirado ( 5:20)
04 - Johnny Pacheco - Fania (2:30)
05 - Ruben Blades - Pedro Navaja (7:25)
06 - Richardo Ray - Riches Jala Jala (5:08)
07 - Subway Joe - Joe Bataan (3:03)
08 - Ray Barretto - Hard Hands ( 2:28)
09 - Machito - Asia Minor ( 2:58)
10 - Tito Puente - Fat Mama ( 2:58)
11 - Orchestre Harlow - Wampo ( 5:33)
12 - Ruben Blades - Wilie Colon - Me Recordaras ( 3:49)

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VA - We Got Latin Soul (88 ^ 99mb)



01 - Ray Barretto - El Watusi (2:42)
02 - Ralph Robles - Taking It Over (3:08)
03 - Joe Cuba - Sock It to Me (2:25)
04 - Tito Puente - TP Treat (3:55)
05 - Joe Bataan - It's a Good Feeling (7:05)
06 - Joe Cuba - Bang Bang (4:07)
07 - Ray Barretto - Soul Drummers (3:50)
08 - Tito Puente - Pata Pata (3:14)
09 - Fania All-Stars - Son Curero Y Boogeloo (7:34)
10 - Joe Cuba - Oh Yeah (3:10)
11 - Ray Barretto - Boogaloo Con Soul (5:15)

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reposte Eight-X (42)

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Hello, Eight-X compilations coming up, but first a reminder Massmirror has 'lost' all their links it seems, unapologetically i might add but then dont expect service when its free...Share on all has gone dead aswell, they however post an excuse. Well my exposure to them was limited 15-20 links and i have reupped those now, as for Massmirror i will re-up those on request.
First up today Bomp's Experiments In Destiny an excellent compilation of the late seventies punk / powerpop scene in the US an indie scene that suffered from marketcontrol of the US majors lacking access to distributionchannels and radio...shortchanging innovation has always been the attitude of the established...check out what they kept away from you , back then.. the other two compilations are eighties hits Number One On The Streets are all 12 " mixes, the Sisters are doin it ...so we're led to believe , but the girls dont sound very assertive in the mideighties..

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VA - Experiments In Destiny ( 80, 82min ^ 89mb)

Bomp! Records is an American indie label, featuring punk, pop, powerpop, garage rock, new wave, old school rock, neo-psychedelia and much more. For its first 5 years, Bomp was about this kind of revisionist rock history, and a clubhouse for those who dreamed of breathing some of the fire of the '60s back into rock's wimped-out veins. In 74 Bomp released its first single "You Tore Me Down". There was no college radio; it was the heyday of Eagles-dominated FM, but it managed to get rotation on several dozen stations. It didn't sell many (there was no distribution, after all), but did rouse the interest of Sire. Lacking England's centralized media and distribution, it was a slow process. Until about 1979 the industry, radio and major media seemed determined to suppress or ignore punk (into which they lumped anyone new, from the Viletones to Nils Lofgren and Tom Petty), leaving a void that Bomp tried to fill. The roster filled up with groups from New York, Boston, London, Ohio,Toronto, and elsewhere.

By 1977 there was a solid scene in Los Angeles too, and Bomp recorded bands including The Weirdos, The Germs and The Zeros, as well as Devo (their 2nd 45, "Satisfaction", and a planned live album that never happened). Bomp also picked up Iggy Pop's first solo album, Kill City, when nobody else would touch it, and thus, after a dozen 45s, Bomp entered the 12" arena.
New Wave was becoming big business, and given Bomp's punk/powerpop track record, they were being approached by every mercenary wagonband in the land. At the same time, though, that image helped bring to Bomp some of the artists I'm most proud of having worked with, such as Stiv Bators. Seeking to escape from the punk stereotype into more challenging music, Stiv came to Bomp largely because of our powerpop image (with which he was in complete accord), giving the label some of its most enduringly groovy sounds.

The culmination of Bomp's flirtation with commerciality came during the years 1980-82, when "new wave" became "rock of the '80s", a format writ in dollar signs. Other indie labels (like Slash at Warners and 415 at CBS) were signing with majors, getting the funding to threaten the charts.Bomp was then the leading unaffiliated indie.



01 - Stiv Bators - A Million Miles Away (3:44)
02 - Real Kids, The - Now You Know (3:59)
03 - Dadistics, The - Modern Girls (3:15)
04 - Blake Xolton & The Martians - Merry Christmas (2:55)
05 - Jimmy Lewis & The Checkers - Think (3:05)
06 - Nuns, The - Wild (1:58)
07 - Gary Charlson - Burnin' In You (3:50)

08 - Rodney & The Brunettes - Little G.T.O (2:47)
09 - "B" Girls, The - Fun At The Beach (1:58)
10 - MnM's, The - I'm Tired (1:51)
11 - Paul Collins - Walking Out On Love (1:38)
12 - Nikki & The Corvettes - Just What I Need (2:49)
13 - Kathy & The Lawnmowers - Green Children (2:24)
14 - Prof. Anonymous - Somebody Touched Me (2:43)

VA - Experiments In Destiny 2 ( ^ 98mb)

15 - Sonics, The - Up To The Junction (3:52)
16 - Weirdos, The - Jungle Rock (3:15)
17 - Zantees, The - Cruisin' (2:32)
18 - Jon & The Nightriders - Super Jet Rumble (2:30)
19 - Lipstick Killers, The - Hindu Gods (Of Love) (3:22)
20 - Hypstrz, The - In The Midnight Hour (1:58)
21 - Last, The - She Don't Know Why I'm Here (3:28)
22 - Dead Boys, The - 3rd Generation Nation (2:33)

23 - Crawdaddys, The - There She Goes Again (3:03)
24 - Martians, The - Baby Hold On (3:22)
25 - Pete Holly & The Looks - Look Out Below (1:59)
26 - Wombats, The - Utter Frustration (2:24)
27 - Rainbow Red Oxidizer - When You Walk In The Room (2:20)
28 - Cheek - Do You Have A Soul? (3:41)
29 - Romantics, The - Running Away (2:59)

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VA - Number One On The Streets (84, 90min. ^ 198mb)



VA - Number One On The Streets (^ 99mb)

01 - Billy Idol - White Wedding (4:04)
02 - Re-Flex -The Politics Of Dancing (6:25)
03 - Thompson Twins - Lies (6:26)
04 - Herbie Hancock - Rockit (5:16)

05 - ABC - The Look Of Love (7:31)
06 - Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue (6:13)
07 - Shannon - Let The Music Play (5:53)
08 - Michael Sembello - Maniac (5:44)

VA - Number One On The Streets (^ 99mb)

09 - Stray Cats - (She's) Sexy & 17 (3:23)
10 - Daryl Hall & John Oates - Maneater (4:25)
11 - Greg Kihn Band - Jeopardy (6:40)
12 - Angela Bofill - Too Tough ( 6:21)

13 - Romantics - Talking In Your Sleep (5:20)
14 - Men Without Hats - Safety Dance (4:28)
15 - Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science (5:02)
16 - Heaven 17 - Let Me Go (6:03)

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VA - Sisters Are Doin It ( 86, 61 min * 99mb)



01 - Alison Moyet - Love Resurrection (3:47)
02 - Whitney Houston - Saving All My LoveFor You (3:52)
03 - Dionne Warwick - Heartbreaker (4:16)
04 - Dee C.Lee - See The Day (4:16)
05 - Kiki Dee - Amoureuse (4:07)
06 - Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way (3:37)
07 - Diana Ross - Love Hangover (3:45)
08 - Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive (3:14)

09 - Sade - Your Love Is King (3:38)
10 - Aretha Franklin - What A Fool Believes (3:54)
11 - Donna Summer - Bad Girls (3:53)
12 - Patti Smith - Because The Night (3:02)
13 - Blondie - Heart Of Glass (4:06)
14 - Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun (3:49)
15 - Pointer Sisters - Jump (For my Love) (3:57)
16 - Deniece Williams - Let's hear It For The Boy (4:14)

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Starship Titanic (5678)

Hello, today i conclude the Starship Titanic Tale adapted and brought to you by Terry Jones (Monty Python), ive speeded up delivery with the final 4 parts coming up. As it happens cant wait to bring you another series starting next week. ....
Canadia 2056, a Canadian science fiction comedy written by Matt Watts, the series centres on Max Anderson, the American liaison on board the only Canadian spaceship in an otherwise American space fleet ....

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Adams Starship Titanic part 5,6,7,8 (126min, 62mb)

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Sundaze (42)

Hello, Sundaze drifts into the world of classic ambient, in 1993 the ambient concept had matured enough for a major label like Virgin to release a double cd compilation, its success triggered several more volumes from Virgin and many more from other labels. Cant say i'm impressed with the cover design, too digital, but i guess that was trendy at the time.

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VA - A Brief History Of Ambient Volume 1 ( 93 , 152min ^ 290mb)

Take your pick, in one go thru megaupload or sharebee splits



VA - A Brief History Of Ambient Volume 1 ( ^ 99mb)

01 - Harold Budd - Flowered Knife Shadows (7:05)
02 - Tangerine Dream - Thru Metamorphic Rock (Edit) (9:46)
03 - Robert Fripp / Brian Eno - Evening Star (7:30)
04 - Amorphous Androgynous - Mountain Goat (4:28)
05 - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Sea Of Vapours (3:49)
06 - Hawkwind - The Forge Of Vulcan (3:01)
07 - Killing Joke - Requiem ( The Sea Dub Mix) (10:35)
08 - Brian Eno - An Ending (Ascent)
09 - Richard Horowitz - Marnia's Tent (2:58)

VA - A Brief History Of Ambient Volume 1-2 ( ^ 90mb)

10 - Irmin Schmidt & Bruno Spoerri - Rapido De Noir (6:32)
11 - Ashra - Kazoo (5:36)
12 - Harold Budd & Brian Eno - Their Memories (2:38)
13 - Grid, The - Leave Your Body (4:46)
14 - Christopher Franke - Electric Becomes Eclectic (3:39)
15 - Tangerine Dream - Phaedra (Edit) (10:25)
16 - Jon Hassell & Brian Eno - Delta Rain Dream (3:20)
17 - William Orbit - The Monkey King (4:49)
18 - Gong - Castle In The Clouds (1:02)
19 - Hawkwind - Lifeform (1:40)
29 - David Sylvian - Home (4:14)

VA - A Brief History Of Ambient Volume 1-3 ( ^ 99mb)

20 - Laraaji - The Dance #2 (9:04)
21 - Sheila Chandra - Sacred Stones (5:26)
22 - Michael Brook - Earth Floor (4:44)
23 - Faust - Läuft...Heisst Das Es Läuft Oder Es Kommt Bald...Läuft (3:19)
24 - Jon Hassell - Gift Of Fire (4:41)
25 - Material - The End Of Words (3:46)
26 - Edgar Froese - Panorphelia (9:35)
27 - Roger Eno - Voices (2:15)
28 - Holger Czukay - Träum Mal Weider (7:21)

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Rhotation (42) Into Bpm

Hello, Rhotation 42 this week and as the Olympics are on their way.....this mega sampler of sports and nations providing the podium for athletes to excel....i declare this week sampler/various artists week at Rhotation 42. Todays Into BPM takes us into the realm of Drum and Bass again....that scene developped musically over the decade, but the sampler format remained strong. As labels profiled itself with their artists and vice-versa. First up here Renegade rising from ragga-jungle to artcore jungle.. secondly Goldie used his solosucces to launch his Metalheadzlabel..their first sampler, Platinum Breakz, hit the sweetspot of 96....finally Moving Shadow another big DnB label

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VA - Renegade Selector - Series 2.2 ( 94 * 99mb)

Non stop Art-Core Jungle mixed by DJ- Randall (tracks: 1 to 12) Tracks 13 through 16 are unmixed, full-length bonus tracks.



01 - Dillinja / Deep Love (Remix) (5:05)
02 - DJ Nut Nut / The Dream (3:31)
03 - Renegade / Terrorist (Grooverider Remix) (5:30)
04 - Harmony & Xtreme / Boo (Exclusive Remix) (3:38)
05 - Krome & Time / The Licence (4:57)
06 - Foul Play / Being With You (Van Kleef Remix) (3:03)
07 - Chimeira / Deeper Life (3:43)
08 - Dubster, The / Retreat (4:37)
09 - DJ Gunshot / Wheel & Deal (Remix) (3:17)
10 - Roni Size / Timestretch (3:55)
11 - Dead Dred / Dred Bass (Pa Mix) (4:24)
12 - Cool Hand Flex / Mercy Mercy (De Underground VIP Mix) (3:44)
13 - Omni Trio / Stronger (5:52)
14 - Foul Play / Being With You (Van Kleef Remix) (7:19)
15 - Omni Trio / Nu Grooves 94 (5:06)
16 - Dead Dred / Dred Bass (Origin Unknown Remix) (6:20)

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VA - Metalheadz Presents Platinum Breakz ( 96 ^134mb)

Metalheadz is a pioneering drum and bass record label based in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1993 by Goldie, it has been home to some of the drum and bass scene's brightest talent and is notable for the high quality of its back catalogue. The Metalheadz back catalogue features almost every major figure in the history of the genre, with artists such as Photek, Dillinja, Adam F, Grooverider, Doc Scott, Peshay, Alex Reece, Wax Doctor, Source Direct, J Majik, Lemon D, Hidden Agenda, Ed Rush & Optical contributing major productions to the imprint.

Metalheadz released the groundbreaking Platinum Breaks series of compilations, which were hailed by critics as the uniquely futuristic sound of young, multiracial Britain. They showcased a maturing genre of music that displayed the influences of reggae, hip-hop, house and techno and were highly-sophisticated and intricately-produced, contrary to the image of the music that had been presented by the mass media up to that point. Before their release, drum and bass compilations had been more closely associated with live DJ mix albums of varying quality, and the interest in the Platinum Breaks series proved instrumental in bringing the scene from its underground origins to the brink of mainstream success (at least in the UK).



01 - Rufige Kru - V.I.P. Riders Ghost (7:25)
02 - Peshay - Psychosis (8:41)
03 - Doc Scott - Far Away (7:56)
04 - Dillinja - The Angels Fell (5:52)
05 - J Majik - Your Sound (6:09)
06 - Photek - Conciousness (7:04)
07 - Hidden Agenda - The Flute Tune (6:07)
08 - Wax Doctor - The Spectrum (8:22)
09 - Alex Reece - Pulp Fiction (6:14)

VA - Metalheadz Presents Platinum Breakz 2 ( ^ 121mb)

10 - Doc Scott - Unofficial Ghost (8:47)
11 - Lemon D - In My Life (8:19)
12 - Source Direct - A Made Up Sound (6:19)
13 - Digital - Down Under (7:27)
14 - Asylum - Da Base II Dark (6:03)
15 - J Majik - Final Approach (7:31) 
16 - Dillinja - Armoured D (5:06)
17 - Peshay - The Nocturnal (Back On The Firm) (7:25)

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VA - MSX00.1 10th Anniversary Special Edition (00 * 124mb) 

Moving Shadow is a UK-based jungle/drum and bass record label that was started in 1990 by Rob Playford. Moving Shadow has grown to become one of the best-known and well-respected labels within the genre, achieving its 100th single release in 1997. The label began in 1990, initially operating from Playford's Stevenage home. The label's first release arrived in 1991; the Psychotronic EP by Earth Leakage Trip and the early roster of artists were mainly guises for Playford, such as 2 Bad Mice of which he formed a third along with Sean O'Keeffe and Simon Colebrooke.

As the rave scene split towards the end of 1992, Moving Shadow gravitated towards the emerging darkcore scene. Releases by artists such as Deep Blue (an alias for Sean O'Keeffe), Foul Play, Omni Trio and Hyper-On Experience enhanced the label's reputation, and by 1994, Moving Shadow was at the forefront of the UK jungle/drum and bass scene. In 1994 Playford began working with the drum & bass artist Goldie on tracks written using his Rufige Kru alias. The result was Goldie's Timeless album, produced and engineered by Playford and released in 1995 on the better-funded FFRR Records as opposed to Moving Shadow. The album became the first from the drum & bass scene to 'cross-over' into the mainstream to critical acclaim, and remains one of the biggest-selling drum & bass albums of all time.

Moving Shadow maintained its status as one of the highest-profile drum and bass labels, with Dom and Roland, Aquasky, Calyx and EZ Rollers joining the roster in 1996-1997. EZ Rollers saw their music featured in the movie Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, but this chartbound jazzy drum'n'bass was not representative of the overall sound, which moved mainly into techstep toward the end of 1990s. Moving Shadow provided music for the computer game Grand Theft Auto 2 (1999) and also a whole radio station called MSX FM in Grand Theft Auto III (2001) and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (2005).

In 2000, the label reached a decade in business, a rare achievement for an independent label from the rave scene, and celebrated with a retrospective of their remarkable back catalogue. At hand here , an 80 minute mix of some of Moving Shadow's most celebrated releases. Rob Playford spent many hours listening to the label's previous releases in order to pick just thirty or so to reflect the various sounds and styles that are part of Moving Shadow - not an easy task! Using three tracks from each year (roughly), Rob has managed to spin a seamless tale of the last decade's Breakbeat and Drum&Bass history.



01 - Rob* & Goldie - The Shadow (Process Mix) (2:35)
02 - 2 Bad Mice - 2 Bad Mice (0:36) 
03 - Cosmo & Dibs - Oh So Nice (1:42)
04 - Kaotic Chemistry - Drum Trip (1:13)
05 - 2 Bad Mice - Hold It Down (0:14)
06 - 2 Bad Mice - Waremouse (1:53)
07 - Blame - 2 Bad Mice Take You (3:09)
08 - 2 Bad Mice - Bombscare (Remix) (1:19) 
09 - Omni Trio - Renegade Snares (Foul Play Remix) (3:03)
10 - Cloud 9 - You Got Me Burnin' (Remix) (2:47)
11 - Foul Play - Open Your Mind (2:58)
12 - Omni Trio - Feel Better (Foul Play Remix) (2:18)
13 - Hyper-On Experience - Lords Of The Null-Lines (Foul Play Remix) (3:43)
14 - Renegade - Terrorist (1:53)
15 - Omni Trio - Thru The Vibe (2 On 1 Mix) (3:49)
16 - Deep Blue - The Helicopter Tune (3:10)
17 - Dead Dred - Dred Bass (2:13)
18 - E-Z Rollers - Believe (3:19)
19 - Cloud 9 - Jazzmin (2:20)
20 - Aquasky - Dezires (2:18)
21 - Flytronix The Rhode Tune (2:17)
22 - E-Z Rollers Retro (3:55)
23 - E-Z Rollers Tough At The Top (Instrumental) (3:27)
24 - Flytronix Contemporary Accousticz Jam (2:03)
25 - Dom & Roland - Thunder (2:53)
26 - Dom & Roland - Parasite (2:30)
27 - Technical Itch - Reborn (3:42)
28 - Known Unknown - Rollers Edit (2:57)
29 - Dom & Roland - Can't Punish Me (2:23)
30 - E-Z Rollers - RS2000 (2:55)
31 - 60 Minute Man - Brand Nu Day (4:06)

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Into The Groove (41)

Hello, Into The Groove has some early eighties electro-funk. Zapp revolutionized the computer pop of electro with their trademark vocoder talk boxes and bumping grooves and if you can keep sitting still with More Bounce To The Ounce, you'd better check your pulse....Prince Charles let his The City Beat Band loose and they bounce around their take on P-Funk, it's heavy bass, some hardhitting percusssion, ragged beat and squelchy synth sound all around.....Finally Whodini, they went to London to sign a deal and meet Thomas Dolby and Conny Plank who steered their synthesizer-driven, heavy electronic drumbeat towards laying the groundwork for sampling based rap...they looked sharp ...

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Zapp - Zapp ( 80 ^ 99mb)

The nucleus of Zapp circled around three of the five Troutman brothers: Lester, Larry and their younger brother Roger. The duo of Lester and Roger started several groups,. Larry and Tony eventually joined their brothers when their name became Roger and the Human Body, which also included youngest brother Terry.The name change to Zapp came courtesy of Terry, whose nickname was that of "Zapp". The family group, grew up in Hamilton, OH, influenced by hometown heroes the Ohio Players as well as Parliament and other funk groups.

Zapp's following quickly gained notices, and George Clinton signed them to his Uncle Jam Records. When that label folded the following year, the group signed with P-Funk's parent label, Warner Bros. Records, and began working on their first album courtesy of co-production from Bootsy Collins. Released in the late summer of 1980, Zapp's seminal self-titled debut album became a platinum success thanks to the single "More Bounce to the Ounce

The following year, Roger released his solo debut album, "The Many facets of Roger". His special cover of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," complete with vocoderized talk box, pushed the album into gold territory (as "Zapp" had done). "Zapp II" appeared in 1982 and proved just as popular as the group's first, including Zapp's only number one R&B single, "Dance Floor." Zapp III" barely made the Top 40 pop charts upon release in 1983, and Roger’s second solo album, "The Saga Continues", was also a (commercial) disappointment. Roger, who was the leader of the group and most famous for using the talk box in his recordings, was also the band's producer, chief writer, arranger, and composer. He and older brother Larry, who served as percussionist in the band's early years and later retired from music to serve as his younger brother's manager, often collaborated on songs together, an arrangement that likely gave rise to the tragedy that was to follow years later.

"The New Zapp IV U" fared slightly better after release in late 1985 (thanks to the single "Computer Love"), and in 1987, Roger’s third solo album, "Unlimited!", featured the group's biggest hit yet, "I Want to Be Your Man," a chart-topper on the R&B lists and a respectable number three pop. Though Roger and/or Zapp hit the R&B charts frequently during the rest of the late '80s. By the release of Roger's solo album, 1991's Bridging the Gap, success had mostly dwindled for the group though their records were now being sampled constantly by hip-hop acts. 

Roger continued to produce and play with other artists, and it was his talk box that graced Dr. Dre & 2Pac's Top Ten 1996 single "California Love." The 1993 Roger & Zapp collection All the Greatest Hits sold well, earning the collective their first platinum record. Through it all, Zapp continued to find massive success as a concert draw, made due to the large part of Roger's leadership and gifted talents as a live performer.The Zapp story ended in tragedy on April 25, 1999, when Roger was shot to death by his brother Larry, who then turned the gun on himself. Zapp revolutionized the computer pop of electro with their trademark vocoder talk boxes and bumping grooves, with a leader in Roger Troutman who was more than efficient producer.



1 - More Bounce To The Ounce (9:25)
2 - Freedom (3:48)
3 - Brand New PPlayer (5:51)
4 - Funky Bounce (6:46)
5 - Be Alright (7:52)
6 - Coming Home (6:34)

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Prince Charles And The City Beat Band - Stone Killers (82 ^ 99mb)

"Prince Charles and the City Beat Band" recorded 3 albums on Virgin Records from the early to mid 80's, and achieved their biggest successes on the European charts. Charles fronted the group as the lead singer and multi instrumentalist. The futuristic wind synthesizer called the "Lyricon" was the instrument that made his brand of next generation p-funk unique, and the group's sound incorporated many of the devices that would propel rap music to the forefront of the American music scene. 
Boston funk flautist Charles Alexander leads the City Beat Band through eight long Gap Band-styled party grooves on Stone Killers. The music is infectious and unassailably danceable; the semi-rap lyrics vary from juvenile and bnoxious — "Big Chested Girls" — to simplistic and funny — "Cash (Cash Money)." 

With the emergence of rap as the dominant reflection of street culture, Prince Charles disbanded his group and began focusing on audio engineering . This was a logical step for a producer, writer, musician and entrepeneur with a hunger for knowledge of all kinds. Since the switch, "Prince Charles Alexander" has become a multi-platinum recording and mixing engineer for a large client base and has resurged as a sought after producer for domestic and international projects. He is a member of the Producers and Engineers Wing of the Grammy Committee Board of Governors, the Audio Engineering Society (AES) and the Musician's Union Local 802 in NYC as well as managing up and coming talent through his company Ark Angel Music, Inc. Prince Charles is currently an Associate Professor in the Music Production & Engineering Department at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts



01 - Don't Fake The Funk (7:39)
02 - Cash (Cash Money) (6:12)
03 - Big Chested Girls (7:41)
04 - Cold As Ice (NYC Blues) (6:44)

05 - I'm A Fool For Love (5:58)
06 - Jungle Stomp (7:38)
07 - Bush Beat (7:41)
08 - Video Freak (Defend It!) (4:19)

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Whodini - Whodini (83 ^ 99mb)

Coming out of the fertile early-'80s New York rap scene, the Brooklyn-raised trio, Whodini were one of the first rap groups to add a straight Funk, R&B twist to their music, thus laying the groundwork for the new jack swing movement. The group consisted of rappers Jalil Hutchins and John "Ecstasy" Fletcher, they signed with London-based indie Jive Records in 1982; 
In keeping with 1980s trends, Whodini’s cuts tended to be synthesizer-driven with a heavy electronic drumbeat. The sampling technology that became identified with hip-hop music hadn’t really become prominent during Whodini’s early days, and its works were thoroughly original compositions. “Haunted House of Rock” (a rewrite of "Monster Mash"), was its first single, a whimsical Halloween-themed number. Synth-pop pioneer Thomas Dolby produced another of its early singles, “Magic’s Wand,” which was originally conceived as an advertisement for prominent radio jock Mr. Magic. Conny Plank produced 2 tracks (nasty lady & rapmachine)

Legendary DJ Drew "Grandmaster Dee" Carter , known for being able to scratch records with nearly every part of his body, joined Whodini in time for the Escape LP, released in 1984. Their third record, Back in Black, is the follow-up to a multi-platinum album, 1984's Escape. The first track "Funky Beat" features monster bass and drums, the one-two punch of Hutchins and Ecstasy, as well as a rare rap from Grandmaster Dee. The well-produced "One Love" has great synth signatures and the guys dispensing their brand of pithy and pragmatic advice. The producer Larry Smith knew how to keep things sonically interesting. On the lyrically foggy "Fugitive," the hard rock guitars and clanging cymbals mesh especially well with Ecstasy's droll and abrupt delivery. "Echo Scratch" is also all over the road, but it was a great chance for Grandmaster Dee to show off his turntable skills. Also recorded at Battery Studios in London (as was Escape), Back in Black wasn't as influential as its predecessor, but it's just as enjoyable.

Following 1987's Open Sesame, Whodini went on hiatus due to problems with their record company, as well as to concentrate on new families. The group attempted a comeback in 1991 with Bag-a-Trix without much success, despite receiving their due as rap innovators. In mid-1994 it did score a hit single in “It all Comes down to the Money,” co-produced by Public Enemy DJ Terminator X. Talks with Def Jam for a new deal stalled, and In 1996, they were signed by Jermaine Dupri (mentor-producer to Kris Kross and Bow Wow) to his then-Columbia Records-distributed So So Def Recordings imprint. As a child in the 1980s, Dupri did a brief stint as a dancer for the group. The album Six birthed “Keep Running Back,” a brief R&B charter, before quickly sinking down. 



01 - The Haunted House Of Rock (6:26)
02 - Nasty Lady (5:50)
03 - Underground (5:38)
04 - It's All In Mr Magic's Wand (4:36)

05 - Magic's Wand (5:38)
06 - Yours For A Night (5:51)
07 - Rap Machine (4:57)
08 - The Haunted House Of Rock (Vocoder Version) (5:23)

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Alphabet Soup II (O)

Hello, Alphabet Soup II has reached O, this most perfect of characters and yet so shunned by most bands (why O why). As a consequence i found my choice rather limited. Still i've lined up another great trio....First up from the seventies my favorite Oldfield at the time....Ommadawn, it brings together his previous highly successful instrumental work with celtic pipes and african(drums) . There are some extremely strong moments and yet it retains an ambient atmosphere....Oi Va Voi burst on the scene with Laughter Through Tears collecting acclaim for their fusion of dance, klezmer and global rhythms drawn from Eastern Europe, the Mediterranean and beyond. It launched guest vocalists KT Tunstalls career aswell. .... Out Hud's eclectic recombinations of rock, dub and dance music stunned the incrowd when they arrived on the scene, originally from the west coast they joined and shaped the New York dancepunk scene led by LCD soundsystems, after their well recieved 2nd album Let Us Never Speak Of It Again they went their different ways and the collective spread out..

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Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn ( 75 ^ 86mb


Oldfield's career began fairly early in his life, playing acoustic guitar in local folk clubs. At this time, he already had two fifteen minute instrumental pieces in which he would "go through all sorts of moods", a precursor to his landmark 1970s compositions. In his early teens, Oldfield was involved in a 'beat group' playing Shadows style music (he has often cited Hank Marvin as a major influence, and would later cover the Shadows' song "Wonderful Land"). In 1967 he and his sister Sally formed the folk duo The Sallyangie and were signed to Transatlantic Records after exposure in the local folk scene. An album, Children of the Sun was issued in 1968. After Sallyangie disbanded, he formed another duo with his brother Terry, called Barefoot, which took him back to rock music.

In 1970 he joined ex-Soft Machine vocalist Kevin Ayers' backing group The Whole World playing bass guitar. The band also included keyboardist and composer David Bedford, who quickly befriended Oldfield and encouraged him in his composition of an early version of Tubular Bells. Bedford would later arrange and conduct an orchestral version of that album. With Ayers, Oldfield recorded two albums, Whatevershebringswesing and Shooting at the Moon. Both albums featured early versions of what would become his trademark sound. Having recorded a demo version of Tubular Bells, Oldfield attempted to convince someone in the music industry to take the project on, but was told the project was unmarketable (ah yes , dont think those responsiblewere sacked for incompetance). However, in 1972 he met the young Richard Branson who was setting up his own record label, Virgin Records, and after playing the demo to engineers Tom Newman and Simon Heyworth, he began recording the 1973 version of the album.

The instrumental composition was recorded in 1972 and launched on 25 May 1973 as the inaugural album of Richard Branson's Virgin Records label. The album was groundbreaking, as Oldfield played more than twenty different instruments in the multi-layered recording made in Branson's Manor studios, and its style progressed continuously, covering many diverse musical genres. The album quickly reached the Top 10 of the UK album chart and has spent 279 weeks on the chart. In the autumn of 1974, the follow-up LP, Hergest Ridge, was No.1 in the UK for three weeks before being dethroned by Tubular Bells. Although Hergest Ridge was released over a year after Tubular Bells, it reached No.1 first. Like Tubular Bells, Hergest Ridge is a two-movement instrumental piece, this time evoking scenes from Oldfield's Herefordshire country retreat. This was followed in 1975 with the pioneering world music piece Ommadawn.

As with Hergest Ridge and Tubular Bells, Ommadawn is another two-movement work. Oldfield sought out the ancient Celtic influence on English music and composed for traditional instruments such as uilleann pipes on the original LP version. The album was recorded at Oldfield's home at Hergest Ridge, The Beacon, and was the only album to be recorded there (though Oldfield's previous album shares its name with the location. The word Ommadawn appears to be related to the Irish word amadán meaning either "idiot" or "fool". Oldfield involved musicians noted for their work in folk music including Clodagh Simonds and Paddy Moloney. He combined this with heavy African influences, mainly by the use of the drummers of Jabula. This makes Ommadawn one of the first successful world music albums in Europe.

Boosted by a hearty amount of different horns, piano, cello, trumpet, and synthesizer, the album has its moments of rising action, another plus is Oldfield's use of a choir, giving the album a soft, humanistic feel when contrasted against the keyboards or synthesizer. A Quadrophonic remix version of Ommadawn (--sourced here) was released on Boxed a year later. Excerpts from Ommadawn were featured in the 1979 NASA film, The Space Movie.



01 - Ommadawn (Part One) (20:05)

02 - Ommadawn (Part Two) (13:54)
03 - On Horseback (3:24)

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Oi Va Voi - Laughter Through Tears (03 ^ 99nb)

Oi Va Voi came together in the late 1990s when trumpeter Lemez Lovas, drummer Josh Breslaw, bassist Leo Bryant, clarinettist Steve Levi, guitarist Nik Ammar and violinist Sophie Solomon pooled their diverse musical backgrounds in left-field jazz, hip-hop, rock bands, drum n bass and Jewish klezmer. With the addition of K.T.Tunstall on guest vocals, their debut album fused modern dance music, singer-songwriter sensitivity and their Jewish cultural heritage with global rhythms drawn from Eastern Europe, the Mediterranean and beyond. Laughter Through Tears received rave reviews and won two nominations in the BBC Radio 2 awards for world music. Yet anybody who saw Oi Va Voi's spectacular live shows was left in little doubt that they were far more than a world music act with an enviable ability to rock a crowd and get a dance floor heaving.

Then in late 2004, KT Tunstall left the live set-up to become a million-selling, multi-platinum solo artist. The rest of the band congratulated her on her success, the search for a replacement was on. Their claim to have "auditioned every female vocalist in London" is only a slight exaggeration. Several were tried live, but none was quite right. Next Sophie Solomon signed a solo deal that ultimately proved incompatible with continued membership of the band. Meanwhile, the band and its record company were at odds over their future direction and to cap it all, illness within the group further hampered their progress. When they attempted to begin recording their second album in 2005, sessions were soon abandoned. 

First they found the right singer in Alice McLaughlin, whose stunning voice combines Marianne Faithfull with something of the otherworldliness of Bjork. Next, producer Mike Spencer came on board. They recorded the eponymous Oi Va Voi (2007)For tour support they were joined by, virtuoso violinist Anna Phoebe, vocalist Bridgette Amofah, bassist Matt Jury and trumpeter David Orchant as new members of Oi Va Voi live family. This fall will see the release of their new album "Travelling The Face Od The Globe".



01 - Refugee (Voc.KT Tunstall) (3:37)
02 - Yesterday's Mistakes (Voc.KT Tunstall) (4:40)
03 - Od Yeshoma (4:54)
04 - A Csitári Hegyek Alatt (Voc.Judit Németh )(4:14)
05 - Ladino Song (Voc.KT Tunstall) (4:12)
06 - 7 Brothers (4:33)
07 - D'ror Yikra (Voc.Ben Hassan ) (5:56)
08 - Gypsy (Voc.Earl Zinger ) (4:46)
09 - Hora(Voc.Lenny Breslaw ) (3:57) 
10 - Pagamenska (Voc.Majer Bogdanski) (4:12)
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11 - 7 Brothers (Hefner Remix) (5:00)

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Out Hud - Let Us Never Speak Of It Again (05 ^ 99mb)

Out Hud formed in 1996 in the Bay Area of California and later based in New York City. The band consisted of guitarist Nic Offer, bassist Tyler Pope, cellist Molly Schnick, vocalist/drummer Phyllis Forbes and mixer Justin Van Der Volgen. Pope, Offer, and Van Der Volgen are also members of the similar band, !!!. They were inevitably described as the weird, Funkadelic-style little sister band to !!!'s Parliament, ever since the release of 2002's Street Dad, Out Hud have always seemed like their own entity. Their peculiar, eclectic recombinations of rock, dub and dance music idioms that seemed at once retrograde and startlingly new was truly something to behold, and Street Dad was one of the most cleverly arranged, performed and mixed albums in recent memory. Their music was buoyant, playful, and experimental; appealing on a cerebral as well as a visceral level: complex, cluttered, effects-heavy arrangements with a solid backbone of rubbery basslines, resounding drums and uncannily clever rhythm programming. 

All this raised the bar considerably for their follow up album, Let Us Never Speak Of It Again . With the introduction of vocals( from Phyllis and Molly) a new step was taken. On tracks like "It's For You," the vocals have the effect of introducing far more structure into an Out Hud song The dual female vocals, liberally dropped into the echo chamber, add a sweet, innocent sexuality to the music. Out Hud place the vocals into a hall of mirrors and using each cadence as a jumping-off point for their jarring eclecticism: mid-80s Prince-style distorted synths rubbing shoulders with On U-Sound sound dynamics. Of course, there are also some instrumentals here that sound like they could have fit in perfectly on the first album. Much of the anarchic spirit is still alive and well on Let Us Never, but the album is unmistakably tighter and more restrained, a strategy that seems to pay off brilliantly, even if it seems alienating at first They are still flying their freak flag, making gloriously incomprehensible music that is eminently danceable in spite of itself.

Shortly after the release of their second album it was announced that Pope would not be joining the band on tour, and instead would be concentrating on James Murphy's dance-punk band LCD Soundsystem. It was then announced in September 2005 that a concert in New York might be their last show.



01 - This Just In (0:29)
02 - It's For You (4:51)
03 - One Life To Leave (5:14)
04 - Old Nude (4:25)
05 - The Song So Good They Named It Thrice (8:04)
06 - How Long (4:54)
07 - 2005 A Face Odyssey (6:43)
08 - The Zillionth Watt (1:48)
09 - Dear Mr. Bush, There Are Over 100 Words For Shit And Only 1 For Music. Fuck You, Out Hud (11:35)
10 - The Stoked American (3:15)

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Eight-X (41)

Hello, another Eight-X post and some new names today..first up are Grauzone a swiss band that made just the one album, in a sense an accidental hit ruined their career as it was more a bit of fun for a swiss wave collection album..their first recording btw..Oh well Eisbaer...times have changed still a good song but the lyrics off set it a little and today even most icebears don't want to be icebears anymore...the ice is melting..the polar aint that cold anymore ...great album rereleased with their remaining material as the sunrise tapes in 98..... What's in a name Altered Images proved once more there's a lot to be found in a name, after a well recieved start they got into the hands of the wrong people(musicindustry) they ruined their music and image until by the time they released their 3rd album theyd become irrelevant and dissolved'..The Cult needs little introduction after some preliminairies as (southern)death cult they choose to keep it simple and released their first album Dreamtime as The Cult. On their full-length debut, they were pretty much on their way. Duffy's dramatic, spaghetti Western-tinged, dark psychedelic guitar and Astbury's passionate semi-wailing set off against the tribal/goth feeling of Jamie Stewart/Nigel Preston rhythm section .....as it happens i share the first edition which came with a live album recorded shortly after the Dreamtime recording sessions..

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Grauzone - Die Sunrise Tapes (81/98

End 1979 Marco Repetto (drums) and GT (Bass) left the Punk-Band Glueams, to form a new band with Martin Eicher (Gitar, voice) . March 1980 they performed for the first time as „Grauzone“ in Club Spex in Bern. They were joined by Martins brother Stephan Eicher (Gitar) and Claudine Chirac (Sax) for liveshows and studiorecording. After recording Eisbaer for a Swiss Wave compilation album the track caught on and reached the hitparade in Switserland and Germany.

The band resisted the commercial pressures after their hitsuccess and concentrated on film- und studiowork. Winter 1980 they returned to the Sunrise Studios, where „Moskau“, Tanz“ and „Ich lieb sie“ were recorded. July and August 1981 Martin und Stephan Eicher joined by Marco Repetto returned to the Sunrise-Studio and recorded their one and only album. After a final studiosession, where „Ich und Du“ was recorded, the band split. After just 10 concerts, 4 singles and one album Grauzone was no more.

Stephan Eicher (60) was musically trained at the academy of art in Zurich, where he and others also learned how to use the computer for composing music. Unsurpprising then that he started a solo career after grauzone's demise. He became interested in French songs by Jacques Dutronc, Georges Brassens, and Serge Gainsbourg, and these influences resulted in him creating the album Les Chansons Bleues. With hit songs such as "Combien de Temps" and "Oh Ironie", his popularity spread Europe-wide with various albums, tours, and chart success in France and Switzerland. His largest commercial success came in 1991 with the album "Engelberg", which spent five weeks at number one in Switzerland and 46 weeks on the charts in total. The song "Dejeuner En Paix" was also number two in France. 



01 - Film 2 (3:35)
02 - Eisbär (4:47)
03 - Hinter Der Bergen (2:27)
04 - Maikäfer Flieg (3:59)
05 - Marmelade Und Himbeereis (3:18)
06 - Wütendes Glas (3:19)
07 - Kälte Kriecht (3:17)
08 - Kunstgewerbe (1:04)
09 - Der Weg Zu Zweit (3:22)
10 - In Der Nacht (4:52)

11 - Träume Mit Mir (3:58)
12 - Ich Und Du (3:35)
13 - Moskau (4:04)
14 - Ich Lieb Sie (3:19)
15 - Schlachtet! (3:21)
16 - Raum (3:47)

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Altered Images - Happy Birthday ...Plus (81/04 ^ 144mb)

Ex-school friends with an equal interest in the UK post punk scene, Clare Grogan (vocals), Caesar (guitar), Michael 'Tich' Anderson (drums), Tony McDaid (guitar) and Johnny McElhone (bass guitar), sent a demo tape to Siouxsie and the Banshees, who soon gave the band a support slot on their Kaleidoscope tour of 1980. After being championed by legendary DJ John Peel, they quickly garnered enough attention to be offered a deal with Epic Records, but mainstream success was not immediate; their first two singles, "Dead Pop Stars" and "A Day's Wait", failed to reach the top 40. "Dead Pop Stars" was particularly controversial at the time, sung at the viewpoint of a "has-been" icon with much irony, perhaps badly timed in its release shortly after John Lennon's death, even though it was recorded earlier. After these two singles and their first two sessions for John Peel, Caesar left and formed The Wake.

With additional guitarist Jim McKinven, they recorded their debut LP, Happy Birthday (1981) seeing them continue their link with Siouxsie and the Banshees, as the band's bassist Steve Severin produced several tracks on it besides the title track, which became their third single and biggest hit. "Happy Birthday" saw them be catapulted to fame with Grogan standing centre, quirky voice and bubbly character sending the band to number 2 in the singles chart in the summer of that year. After a successful headlining tour they released Pinky Blue (1982) a more pop album, many critics who supported them previously began to turn sour, despite 2 more hits. Meanwhile, after McKinven and Anderson left to be replaced by multi-instrumentalist Steve Lironi they began to work with pop producer Mike Chapman, providing them with another hit, "Don't Talk To Me About Love" This continued collaboration was seen with Bite (1983), a severe departure from their former dream punk to a studio based sound. After the album's brief commercial spell, the band went out of the spotlight and became another statistic on the the musicindustry's wiseguys hitlist.

After the break up of the band, Grogan attempted a solo career, signing to London Records and releasing a single and recording an unreleased album in 1987 called Love Bomb. She also became a film and television actress, appearing in productions such as Gregory's Girl, Red Dwarf (in which she originated the role of Kristine Kochanski), EastEnders, and Father Ted. In recent years she has also become a presenter on UK television.



01 - Intro: Happy Birthday (0:49)
02 - Love And Kisses (2:22)
03 - Real Toys (3:25)
04 - Idols (2:40)
05 - Legionnaire (3:33)
06 - Faithless (3:53)
07 - Beckoning Strings (3:09)
08 - Happy Birthday (3:02)
09 - Midnight (3:42)
10 - A Day's Wait (4:19)
11 - Leave Me Alone (4:10)
12 - Insects (3:33)
13 - Outro: Happy Birthday (0:48)
 Bonus Tracks
14 - Dead Pop Stars (Single A-Side) (3:20)
15 - Sentimental (B-Side Of "Dead Pop Stars") (3:27)
16 - Who Cares? (B-Side Of "A Day's Wait") (3:04)
17 - Happy Birthday (Dance Mix) (12" A-Side) (7:07)
18 - So We Go Whispering (B-Side Of "Happy Birthday") (3:50)
19 - Jeepster (12" B-Side Of "Happy Birthday") (2:29)

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The Cult - Dreamtime (84 ^ 87mb)

The origins of the Cult lie in the Southern Death Cult, a goth rock outfit formed by vocalist Ian Astbury (born May 14, 1962) in 1981. In December 1982, the Southern Death Cult released their first single -- the double A-side "Moya"/"Fatman" -- and the following month, they supported Bauhaus on tour. Though the group's future was looking bright, Astbury pulled the plug. Following the disbandment of the Southern Death Cult, Astbury shortened the name of the group to Death Cult and recruited guitarist Billy Duffy -- who had previously played with Theatre of Hate -- and drummer Ray Mondo and bassist Jamie Stewart, who had previously played with Ritual. Death Cult released an eponymous EP in the summer of 1983.In early 1984, the band shed "Death" from the title, fearing that the word gave them the misleading appearance of being a goth band. 

Where both Southern Death Cult and Death Cult had been overtly influenced by post-punk, the Cult was a heavy hard rock band with slight psychedelic flourishes. Dreamtime, the group's first album, was released in the fall of 1984. It's loaded with a variety of moody, energetic joys. Preston's rolling drums and Duffy's epic, crystalline guitar, add in Astbury's explosive singing, and it's a definite treat through and through. Strong tracks include Spiritwalker, the title effort, tripping on the shamanic vibes, and the who-else-but-the-Cult invocations of mythic America in "Go West," "Horse Nation," and "A Flower in the Desert." For the group's summer (85) single, "She Sells Sanctuary," the band was joined by Big Country's drummer, Mark Brzezicki. "She Sells Sanctuary" became a major U.K. hit, peaking at number 15. During the recording of the group's second album, drummer Les Warner joined the group. Love, released in the fall of 1985, displayed a marked improvement over the Cult's early material, and though it remains underappreciated in America, this exceptional record has actually aged better than the band's more notorious later releases: Electric and Sonic Temple.

For their third album, the Cult shuffled its lineup -- Stewart moved to rhythm guitar, while former Zodiac Mindwarp bassist Kid Chaos joined the lineup -- and hired Rick Rubin as producer and the result, Electric, was their hardest, heaviest record to date. In 1988, the group fired Chaos and Warner, replacing the latter with Matt Sorum; the band failed to hire another bassist. The new lineup released Sonic Temple, which would prove to be the band's most successful album. Though the group was experiencing its best sales, it was fraying behind the scenes, due to infighting and substance abuse. By the time they recorded their follow-up to Sonic Temple, Sorum had left to join Guns n' Roses and Stewart had quit; they were replaced by drummer Mickey Curry and bassist Charlie Drayton. The resulting album, Ceremony, was released in the fall of 1991 to weak reviews and disappointing sales.

By summer 1993, the Cult had a new rhythm section, featuring former Mission bassist Craig Adams and drummer Scott Garrett. This lineup recorded The Cult, which was released in late 1994 to poor reviews and sales. In spring 1995, the Cult disbanded, with Ian Astbury forming the Holy Barbarians later in the year. A new Cult with Matt Sorum and Martyn LeNoble joining Astbury and Duffy made their debut in June 1999 at the Tibetan Freedom Festival. This band produced the 2001 album Beyond Good and Evil before the Cult was retired again, as Astbury joined former Doors members Robbie Krieger and Ray Manzarek in the Doors of the 21st Century (later renamed Riders on the Storm). In 2007, it was announced that Astbury had left the band to rejoin Duffy in a new version of the Cult, with Chris Wyse on bass and John Tempesta on drums. They signed to Roadrunner and released "Born Into This" later that year.



01 - Horse Nation (3:40)
02 - Spiritwalker (3:39)
03 - 83rd Dream (3:40)
04 - Butterflies (2:59)
05 - Go West (3:56)

06 - Gimmick (3:34)
07 - A Flower In The Desert (3:42)
08 - Dreamtime (2:47)
09 - Rider In The Snow (3:11)
10 - Bad Medicine Waltz (5:54)

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11 - 83rd Dream (4:39)
12 - God's Zoo (3:36)
13 - Bad Medicine (3:57)
14 - A Flower In The Desert (3:52)
15 - Dreamtime (2:54)

16 - Christians (3:50)
17 - Horse Nation (3:21)
18 - Bone Bag (4:14)
19 - Ghost Dance (3:32)
20 - Moya (4:39)

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Around The World (41)

Hello, Around the Worldmusics stays in dub mode the guys from Basic channell build a big reputation with their hypnotic dubtechno, not that surprising then that they diversified their label collection with another..Burial mix on which they released their deep dub under the moniker of Rhythm & Sound, all initially as 10" and later compiled on cd..this here being the first..Showcase..they're modus operandi included singers initially here just Tikiman but in the following years /releases they'd used Studio One legendary artists like Jah Cotton, Sugar Minott and Willi Williams. Essential..

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Rhythm & Sound feat Tikiman - Showcase (98 ^ 144mb)

The awesome production talents of Mark Ernestus and Moritz von Oswald have already set the world ablaze once, twice, three, four times with the seminal work as Basic Channel and the splintering into microscopic, heavyweight offshoots by way of the M series (Maurizio on proud display), Main Street (Chicago rhythms floating into dub), Chain Reaction (reduced, spacious techno blueprints), Rhythm and Sound (largely instrumental dub coloured mountains of space) and, of course, Burial Mix (vocalists brought forth, reggae re-invented). It's hard to over-emphasise just how important this music has been on everything that has taken place in electronic music since.

Rhythm & Sound released a series of 10" records on Burial Mix and 12" records on Rhythm & Sound, both labels distributed by Hardwax. Von Oswald and Ernestus' Rhythm & Sound recordings are much more dub-influenced and less techno-orientated. The late-'90s Rhythm & Sound productions emphasized the dub-reggae aesthetic Thus, the Rhythm & Sound records, which often featured reggae vocalist Paul St. Hilaire(Tikiman), weren't quite as popular or well-known as the duo's Basic Channel recordings, which instead retained their popularity over the years, becoming quite legendary and oft-cited within the techno scene. Nonetheless, Von Oswald and Ernestus' Rhythm & Sound work prevailed into the early 2000s, being compiled on two listener-friendly CDs, Showcase (1998) and Rhythm & Sound (2001). The Versions (2003) See my Jah (2005) Powerful revisions of the dub sound, stripped down, full of space, dynamic range, and shimmering with analog wash and broken textures. Dirty , deep and powerful , in short essential roots dub

Paul St. Hilaire (aka Tikiman) is a reggae vocalist from the island of Dominica in the Caribbean, and was the first vocalist to collaborate with Von Oswald and Ernestus, steering their sounds away from 4/4 techno.Due to legal problems Tikiman had to drop this alias in 2003 and use his real name instead, that same year he set up the Basic Channel subsidiary False Tuned. His vocals have appeared on many electronic releases, including those by pioneers Modeselektor and Stereotyp. Two self-produced CDs have been released by him - "Unspecified" and "Adsom".



01 - Never Tell You (6:18)
02 - Never Tell You (Version) (6:20)
03 - Spend Some Time (6:36)
04 - Spend Some Time (Version) (6:38)
05 - Ruff Way (5:55)
06 - Ruff Way (Version) (5:57)
07 - What A Mistry (6:34)
08 - What A Mistry (Version) (6:35)
09 - Why (6:15)
10 - Why (Version) (6:13)

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Rhythm & Sound w/ Tikiman - Showcase (* 99mb)

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Starship Titanic 234

Hello, i ve decided to speed up posting Starship Titanic as it is a continous tale. Therefore you get part 2, 3 and 4 today and i will conclude Starship Titanic next week with the final episodes.

Sad to hear of the death of Isaac Hayes today, in case you want to check out my Into The Groove post dedicated to him go here (Into The Groove (26)).



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Adams' Starship Titanic (126 min, 60mb)

Starship Titanic - Part 2 (34:16)
Starship Titanic - Part 3 (47:01)
Starship Titanic - Part 4 (44:58)

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Sundaze (41)

Hello, another Sundaze coming up and today we go back, wayback in time...40 years to be precise, a time when you could fly rocketships to the moon with the computerpower of your cell phone...and you thought that Nokia delivered nifty possibilities... Seriously, its almost all American whats on offer here today. Silver Apples made a remarkble album, with DIY tech/oscilattors, there's some cool tracks on their debut way ahead these guys, having a poet as a lyricist surely adds to the value.. It took 25 years after they were shunned by their label, before a very successful bootleg restarted Silver Apples again, shortlived-almost literally as main man Simeon was severly injured in a carcrash after a gig. But he's overcome the new handicap and could be gigging at a place near you-if not -have him around.....The United States Of America probably thought naming themselves such, they could take over and clean that act up with their music...It was not to be, after just one album the system and systems got to them, and they desintegrated, leaving behind one acclaimed album... Lastly another American, David Vorhaus...he dodged his way to London and met up with some of the BBC's Radiophonic Workshop people and together recorded one album. Considering what they had to work with. the result is remarkble. Vorhaus later said that An Electric Storm contained more edits than any other album in the history of recording. No wonder then it took a year to put (back) together. In hindsight it makes me wonder if all that computing power evident in music these days, really enhanced musical creativity.

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Silver Apples - Silver Apples (68 ^ 78mb)

Silver Apples grew out of a traditional rock back called The Overland Stage Electric Band, working regularly in the East Village. Simeon was the singer, but began to incorporate a 1940s vintage audio oscillator into the show, which alienated the other bands members to the extent that the group was eventually reduced to the duo of Simeon and Taylor, at which point they renamed themselves The Silver Apples, after the William Butler Yeats poem The Song of the Wandering Aengus. The arsenal of oscillators used. also dubbed the Simeon, eventually grew to include "nine audio oscillators piled on top of each other and eighty-six manual controls to control lead, rhythm and bass pulses with hands, feet and elbows". Simeon devised a system of telegraph keys and pedals to control tonality and chord changes, and reportedly never learned to play traditional piano-styled keyboards or synthesizers

On the debut album, seven of the nine songs had lyrics by Stanley Warren, including the group's signature song, "Oscillations." Warren, subsequently a published poet, met Simeon and Taylor at the Third Annual Avant Garde Arts Festival in 1968 in New York City. Inspired by Simeon's interest, in the next few months Warren wrote the remaining six songs used on the "Silver Apples" album. Another song, "Gypsy Love," was used in the second album, "Contact." They were signed to Kapp Records and released their first record, Silver Apples, in 1968, and from that released a single, "Oscillations". The following year, they released their second LP, Contact and toured the United States. A third album was recorded in 1970, but Kapp was folded into MCA Records, leaving the album unreleased, and the group defunct. 

Silver Apples was no more..until almost 25 years later a german bootleg cd sparked renewed interest. It prompted Simeon to reform The Silver Apples in 1996. Very quickly, the first two records were re-released as official records from the master tapes, and Simeon began a tour of the USA with a new Silver Apples band, featuring multi-instrumentalist Xian Hawkins. Eventually, "after much searching" , Danny Taylor was located, and a handful of reunion shows of the original lineup were performed. Taylor also had the tape of the unreleased third record, The Garden, in a box in his attic, and the record was finally released in 1998. In the ensuing years the Silver Apples released several albums of new material featuring the touring line-up of Simeon, Taylor and Hawkins: 'Decatur', 'Beacon', and 'A Lake of Teardrops'.

In 1999, their tour van was forced off the road by an unknown driver, breaking Simeon's neck. As of 2004, Simeon was much recovered, but he was unable to play his instrument in the way he used to. He never fully recovered his hand movements, so his keyboard work is much more simple and direct now. Since the accident, Silver Apples' activity has diminished. Simeon spends his time making new music, recuperating, and boating on the Gulf of Mexico. Xian Hawkins has released three albums of solo material under the name Sybarite. Danny Taylor died on March 10, 2005 in Kingston, New York. In September 2007 Simeon went on tour for the first time in years, performing as a solo version of the Silver Apples to much acclaim.



01 - Oscillations (2:45)
02 - Seagreen Serenades (2:50)
03 - Lovefingers (4:03)
04 - Program (4:01)
05 - Velvet Cave (3:24)

06 - Whirly-Bird (2:36)
07 - Dust (3:34)
08 - Dancing Gods (Navajo Indian Ceremonial) (5:49)
09 - Misty Mountain (2:37)

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The United States Of America - I ( 68 ^ 91mb)

The United States of America was led by composer and keyboardist Joseph Byrd, he played vibes in a jazz outfit as a student at the University of Arizona. Despite winning a fellowship to study music at Stanford, Byrd instead relocated to New York, intrigued by the avant-garde experiments emerging from the city's downtown music scene; there he began earning international notoriety for his own compositions, at the same time working as a conductor, arranger and associate producer.

Byrd eventually returned to the west coast, accepting an assistant teaching position at UCLA and moving into a beachfront commune populated by a group of grad students, artists and Indian musicians. He soon began studying acoustics, psychology and Indian music, but quickly turned back to experimental composition, leaving the university in the summer of 1967 to write music full-time and produce "happenings." To perform his new songs -- inspired by the psychedelic Summer of Love -- Byrd recruited a group of UCLA students (vocalist Dorothy Moskowitz, bassist Rand Forbes, electric violinist Gordon Marron and drummer Craig Woodson) to form the United States of America; the group's lone self-titled LP, produced by David Rubinson, was released on CBS in 1968, its unique ambience due largely to their pioneering use of the ring modulator, a primitive synthesizer later popularized by the Krautrock sound.

Early 1968 a time when there was a receptive audience for “underground music” which combined musical experimentalism with radical social and/or political lyrics, unsurprising then it was the subject of critical acclaim, the album spent over two months in the lower regions of the Billboard charts. The band's tour in support of the record led to difficulties of its own. Members of the band were arrested for drug possession, and they had a number of serious equipment failures - these and other tensions made Byrd increasingly difficult to work with, and the group largely unmanageable, and resulted in the band splitting up. Byrd resurfaced in 1969 with The American Metaphysical Circus, credited to Joe Byrd and the Field Hippies, a group of a dozen musicians including vocalists Susan de Lange, Victoria Bond and Christie Thompson. A critical and commercial failure, the LP was his last until 1975, at which time he released Yankee Transcendoodle, a collection of synthesizer pieces. Three years later Byrd also produced Ry Cooder's Jazz album, and in 1980 he issued another synthesizer record, Christmas Yet to Come. He additionally wrote for films, television and advertising jingles.



01 - The American Metaphysical Circus (5:00)
02 - Hand Coming Love (4:47)
03 - Cloud Song (3:14)
04 - The Garden Of Earthly Delights (2:39)
05 - I Won't Leave My Wooden Wife For You, Sugar (3:54)
06 - Where Is Yesterday (3:07)
07 - Coming Down (2:37)
08 - Love Song For The Dead Che (3:27)
09 - Stranded In Time (1:49)
10 - The American Way Of Love (6:38)

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White Noise - An Electric Storm ( 68 ^ 91mb)

White Noise is an electronic music band formed in London, England in 1968 by American born David Vorhaus, a classical bass player with a background in both physics and electronic engineering. The White Noise project had its origins in the BBC's Radiophonic Workshop. Among them Delia Derbyshire, Peter Zinovieff, and Brian Hodgson all were also members of a group called Unit Delta Plus, formed in 1966 to promote the composition and performance of electronic music. David Vorhaus had come to the U.K. to avoid the draft and earn an electronics degree, while also studying classical music and playing the double bass.Vorhaus persuaded Derbyshire and Hodgson to collaborate on a more pop-oriented project with him while maintaining their day jobs at the BBC. With two tracks in the can, recorded on a six-Revox setup synchronized by a single remote control. Vorhaus was introduced to Island Records' Chris Blackwell, who was so impressed that he commissioned a whole album. 

They set about building their own studio-cum-science lab in Camden Town out of "borrowed" gear and improvised equipment. With no keyboard-based polyphonic synthesizers available to them, every last chord had to be assembled from numerous tape edits painstakingly stuck together. Using a variety of tape manipulation techniques, and noted for its early use of the first British synthesizer, the EMS Synthi VCS3. Much use was made of musique concrète techniques, whereby physically generated sounds would be subjected to all manner of electronic distortion and tape manipulation. Amongst many oddities, the first track on the album Love Without Sound employed speeded up tape edits of Vorhaus playing the double bass to create violin and cello sounds.Vorhaus later ventured his opinion that An Electric Storm contained more edits than any other album in the history of recording.

Through word of mouth Electric Storm acquired a reputation as an album that sounds like no other, and over the years it proved to be a cult classic, going on to sell hundreds of thousands of copies worldwidei.By 1970, however, White Noise had been overtaken by events. As the Moog synthesizer became widely available, the kind of equipment used by the Radiophonic Workshop team became obsolete almost overnight.

Following the departure of Derbyshire and Hodgson to other projects, Vorhaus released a second album, the largely instrumental White Noise II - Concerto for Synthesizer on Virgin Records in 1974. Typically dark in atmosphere, it was recorded in his own studio in Camden, North London. The album further utilized the ESM VCS3, as well as prototype sequencers. A third album, the single track 'space fantasy' White Noise III - Re-Entry was released by Pulse Records in 1980. By this time the instrumentation had expanded to include synthesizers and a drum machine. A further two albums were released, the atmospheric White Noise IV - Inferno (AMP Records) (1990), which incorporated use of samples, and White Noise V - Sound Mind (2000) an experiment in what he calls Dark Ambient:



01 - Love Without Sound (3:08)
02 - My Game Of Loving (4:09)
03 - Here Come The Fleas (2:15)
04 - Firebird (3:03)
05 - Your Hidden Arms (4:53)

06 - The Visitation (11:18)
07 - The Black Mass-An Electric Storm In Hell (7:22)

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Into The Groove (40)

Hello, Into The Groove today centers around one man, a man with a vision, not about entering the Halls of Fame, but to use his leadership to turn those involved in the gang life, into something more positive to the community. Founding Zulu Nation, a group of socially & politically aware rappers..he made Peace, Unity, Love and having fun his motto. Along the way he's created some great music as well. He stood at the base of electro-funk, his name ...Afrika Bambaataa. Three great titles here, enjoy ! Btw at Rhotation (04) you can find Shango Funk Theology at (31) Unity with JB

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Kevin Donovan (born April 19, 1957) was a founding member of the Bronx River Projects-area street gang, The Savage Seven. Due to the explosive growth of the gang, it later became known as the Black Spades, and he rose to the position of Division Leader. After a life-changing visit to Africa, he changed his name to Afrika Bambaataa Aasim, adopting the name of the Zulu chief Bhambatha, who led an armed rebellion against unfair economic practices in early 20th century South Africa that can be seen as a precursor to the anti-Apartheid movement. 

After he returned from his life changing trip to Africa, Bambaataa decided to use his leadership to turn those involved in the gang life into something more positive to the community. This began the development of which later became known as the Universal Zulu Nation, a group of socially & politically aware rappers, B-boys, graffiti artists and other people involved in Hip Hop culture. By 1977, Bambaataa began organizing block parties all around the South Bronx. Bambaataa had deejayed with his own sound system at the Bronx River Community Center, with Mr. Biggs, Queen Kenya, and Cowboy, who accompanied him in performances in the community. Because of his prior status in the Black Spades, he already had an established Army party crowd drawn from former members of the gang. He became known as one of the best DJs in the Bronx.

About a year later he reformed the group, calling it the Zulu Nation. Five b-boys (break dancers) joined him, whom he called the ZULU Kings, and later formed the Zulu Queens, and the Shaka ZULU Kings and Queens. As he continued deejaying, more DJs, rappers, break dancers, graffiti writers, and artists followed him, and he took them under his wing and made them all members of his Zulu Nation. He was also the founder of the SoulSonic Force, which originally consisted of approximately twenty Zulu Nation members. The personnel for the Soul Sonic Force were groups within groups with whom Bambaataa would perform and make records.

In 1982, Hip-Hop artist Fab 5 Freddy was putting together music packages in the largely white downtown Manhattan New Wave clubs, and invited Bam to perform at one of them. Attendance for Bam's parties downtown became so large that he had to move to larger venues. Then the breakthrough came with Planet Rock, it became an immediate hit and stormed the music charts worldwide. The song melded the main melody from Kraftwerk's "Trans-Europe Express" with electronic beats based on their track "Numbers" as well as portions from records by Babe Ruth and Captain Sky - thus creating a new style of music altogether, electro funk. It influenced many styles of electronic and dance music, e.g. freestyle music, house music and techno music.

Afrika Bambaataa's second release around 1983 was "Looking for the Perfect Beat," then later, "Renegades of Funk," both with the same SoulSonic Force. He began working with producer Bill Laswell at Celluloid Records, where he developed and placed two groups on the label: "Time Zone" and "Shango". He recorded "Wildstyle" with Time Zone, and he recorded a collaboration with punk-rocker John Lydon and Time Zone in 1984, "World Destruction". Shango's album Shango Funk Theology was also released by Celluloid in 1984. That same year, Bam and other Hip-Hop celebrities appeared in the movie Beat Street.He also made a landmark recording with James Brown, titled "Unity." It was billed in music industry circles as "the Godfather of Soul meets the Godfather of Hip Hop."

Around October 1985, Bambaataa and other music stars worked on the anti-apartheid album Sun City with Little Steven Van Zandt, Run-D.M.C., Lou Reed, and numerous others. During 1988, he recorded another landmark piece as "Afrika Bambaataa and Family" on Capitol Records, titled The Light[6], featuring Nona Hendryx, UB40, Boy George, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, and Yellowman. In 1990, Bambaataa made Life magazine's "Most Important Americans of the 20th Century" issue. He was also involved in the anti-apartheid work "Hip Hop Artists Against Apartheid" for Warlock Records. He teamed with the Jungle Brothers to record the album Return to Planet Rock (The Second Coming).

Bambaataa recorded erratically during the '90s, reviving the Time Zone moniker with several singles and 2 album releases, Thy Will B Funk (92) and Warlocks And Witches, Computer Chips, Microchips And You (96). He returned to the mainstream in 1997 with Zulu Groove. In 2000, Afrika Bambaataa collaborated with Leftfield on the song "Afrika Shox", the first single from Leftfield's Rhythm and Stealth. "Afrika Shox" The new millennium brought the release of Hydraulic Funk on Strictly Hype, and Electro Funk Breakdown followed in early 2001. Bambaataa's last album, Dark Matter Moving At The Speed Of Light came in 2004 another electro/breakbeat classic. On September 27, 2007, Afrika Bambaataa was nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.


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Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force - Planet Rock (86 ^ 99mb)

Afrika Bambaataa, was known as a talented DJ before his single "Planet Rock" came out in 1982 on Tommy Boy. The song, which sampled (actually re-recorded in the studio) elements of Kraftwerk's "Trans-Europe Express" and was the first R&B track to use an 808, helped define a new movement in music, electro, which then inspired Miami bass and Detroit techno, and pushed the Bambaataa's status toward near iconic. Planet Rock,The Album, is a collection of singles that came out four years later, and captures Bambaataa's energy and innovation whilst working with Soulsonic Force . The original 12" version of the title track is enough to make Planet Rock, The Album worthwhile, the equally interesting "Renegades of Funk" (in remix form) and "Searching for the Perfect Beat" make it a superb compilation.



1- Planet Rock (7:31)
2- Looking For The Perfect Beat (7:02)
3 - Renegades of Funk (6:46)
4 - Frantic Situation (Frantic Mix) (3:49)
5 - Who You Funkin' With (Feat.Grandmaster Melle Mel) (6:23)
6 - Go Go Pop (Feat.Trouble Funk) (6:00)
7 - They Made A Mistake (5:31)

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Afrika Bambaataa & Family - The Light (88 ^ 159mb)

Diverse personalities and styles are the hook for this 1988 album, which isn't particularly an Afrika Bambaataa project, but a Family effort . The Family list ranges from Sly & Robbie, Laswell and Material , George Clinton and Bootsy, and further vocals by - Lizzie Tear - Tim Hutton - Jaki Graham - Boy George , Nona Hendryx - Double Cross , Kid Dust - Yellowman - Bernard Fowler , Gary Mudbone Cooper .." Very varied, it could have done with more focus to ensure cohesion . That said as a compilation album there's plenty to enjoy.



01 - The Light (3:13)
02 - Reckless (5:23)
03 - Radical Music: Revolutionary Dance (4:26)
04 - All I Want (4:55)
05 - Something He Can Feel (5:52)
06 - Shout It Out (6:22)
07 - Clean Up Your Act (6:15)
08 - Zouk Your Body (6:37)
09 - World Racial War (6:27) 
10 - Sho Nuff Funky (10:46)

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Time Zone - Warlocks And Witches, Computer Chips, Microchips And You (96, 78min ^ 159mb)

Time Zone is headed by Afrika Bambaataa., he worked with different musicians for each Time Zone project. The first Time Zone single was the 1983 electro song "The Wildstyle" which featured music from a German project called Wunderwerke. The song became very popular among breakdancers at the time. In 1984, Time Zone released their most well-known single, "World Destruction". A collaboration between Bambaataa, ex-Sex Pistol/Public Image Ltd. leader John Lydon, and producer/bassist Bill Laswell, this single is the first real rapcore song, predating Run-DMC and Aerosmith's "Walk This Way". Although the song was critically acclaimed, Bambaataa put the Time Zone project on hold while he worked on other projects. In 1992, Bambaataa revived the project with the single "Zulu War Chant" which was well-received among fans of old school hip hop. Time Zone released a handful of singles in the early-1990s which were compiled in the 1992 album Thy Will B Funk. In 1995, the band released another album titled Warlocks and Witches, Computer Chips, Microchips and You. The album featured contributions from George Clinton and his P-Funk Horns. In 2005, Bambaataa again revived the Time Zone moniker for an album of breakbeats titled Everyday People: The Breakbeat Party Album.



01 - Zulu Interlude #1 (0:15)
02 - This Is Time Zone (1:33)
03 - Funky Beeper (2:26)
04 - Unity Part 7 (The Rapmania Live Mix) (5:00)
05 - Mazuma (2:04)
06 - Throw Ya Fuckin' Hands Up (4:35)
07 - One Time 4 Ya Mind (2:56)
08 - Godfather (Take You Higher) (4:42)
09 - Zulu Interlude #2 (0:12)
10 - Fugitive (4:53)
11 - Keepin' It Real (4:46)
12 - Funkadelic Shack (4:37)
13 - Turn This Mutha Out - Part 1 (4:25)
14 - Zulu Interlude #3 (0:10)
15 - (It's Alright Now) Think I'll Make It Anyhow (3:46)
16 - Ugly Gals (2:53)
17 - D.C. Nation (3:47)
18 - One Love (Work That Sucker) (9:38)
19 - Lyin' People (4:43)
20 - Zulu Interlude #4 (0:21)
21 - Warlocks And Witches, Computer Chips, Microchips And You (5:09)
22 - Zulu War Chant (5:07)

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Afrika Bambaataa & - Videos (AVI , 79mb)

A collection of videos you could find at youtube or pick up here. Have to say World Destruction is 24 years later still a remarkbly powerful statement, and should be rereleased, unfortunately i lost my 12" long ago or i would have added it here. 

Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force - Renegade
Afrika Bambaataa - Looking For the Perfect Beat
Afrika Bambaataa - Planet Rock Kraftwerk Original Video
Afrika Bambaataa Timezone - The Alien
James Brown & Afrika Bambaataa - Peace Unity Love
Leftfield & Afrika Bambaataa- Afrika Shox
Timezone & John Lydon - World Destruction

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Alphabet Soup II (N)

Hello, Alphabet Soup II has reached N again, as it happens it's all AmericaN today..Ted Nugent maybe a cavemen who tunes his guitar to blues/hardrock. .but he's also a redneck of sorts who's made life for his bandmembers far from easy as he dissapproves of drink and drugs, neither does Jesus come in to it, in short a rather unique artist. back in the days i was rather taken by his first official solo album, interestingly with hindsight he's proclaimed it to have been his best........Ben Neill comes from a completely different angle a trumpet player turned technician in order to develop the range of possibilities of his instrument. On his path that led by many a galery and other art establishments he came into contact with the electronic music scene, and considering they spoke much the same language he's recorded several albums with them. And so you find on 96's Tryptical drum n bass doing battle with his mutantrumpet the results you can find out here...finally Nada Surf a semi geekrocok indie band that got dumped by the majors and took 4 years to resurrect and raise the money to be able to record Let Go. So they did, gone were the pretennces and expectations the naive dreams of youths and out came a great album which recieved plenty of accolades..they'd grown up on their own terms.

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Ted Nugent - Ted Nugent (75 ^ 92mb)

Born on December 13, 1948, in Detroit, MI, Nugent became interested in rock & roll early in the game, picking up the guitar as a youngster, while his disciplinarian father passed his beliefs down to Nugent. In the '60s, Nugent formed his first bands (including Royal High Boys and Lourdes), drawing inspiration from such British blues-rockers as the Rolling Stones and the Yardbirds. But it wasn't until the formation of the Amboy Dukes that the Nuge got his first taste of stardom. The band managed to issue several albums throughout the late '60s -- 1967's. With bandmembers coming and going at an alarming rate, Nugent remained the only constant member -- eventually officially changing the band's name to Ted Nugent & the Amboy Dukes by the '70s

By the mid-'70s, Nugent decided to finally ditch the Amboy Dukes name and set out on his own, assembling a first-rate backing band that included second guitarist/vocalist Derek St. Holmes, bassist Rob Grange, and drummer Cliff Davies. By 1975, the new band was signed to Aerosmith's management company (Leber & Krebs), as well as the same record company, Columbia, resulting in the release of Nugent's self-titled debut in November of the same year. The band immediately struck a chord with the heavy metal/hard rock crowd from coast to coast, due to the band's over-the-top stage show.

The band's first release, 1975's Ted Nugent, is a prime slice of testosterone-heavy, raging, unapologetic rock & roll, and along with the band's 1977 release Cat Scratch Fever, it is Nugent's best solo studio album. While the grinding opening track, "Stranglehold," stretches beyond eight minutes and contains several extended, fiery-hot guitar leads, it does not come off as your typical '70s overindulgent fare -- every single note counts, as Nugent wails away as if his life depended on it. Other Nuge classics include "Motor City Madhouse," plus the St. Holmes-sung "Hey Baby" and "Just What the Doctor Ordered," all eventually becoming arena staples and making the band one of the late-'70s top concert draws. Nugent himself hails Ted Nugent as his best work, and with good reason. It's an essential hard rock classic.

In addition to music, Nugent has gotten involved in politics, hosting a number one morning radio show in Detroit, has issued his own hunting camp and issues instructional videotapes (as well as the Ted Nugent Spirit of the Wild PBS video series), owns his own hunting supply store, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the National Rifle Association, writes columns regularly for a number of different magazines, and even sells his very own beef jerky (called Gonzo Meat Biltong)! In 2001, the Nuge penned his own autobiography, the perfectly titled God, Guns, & Rock n' Roll.



01 - Stranglehold (8:24)
02 - Stormtroopin' (3:05)
03 - Hey Baby (3:57)
04 - Just What The Doctor Ordered (3:40)

05 - Snakeskin Cowboy (4:30)
06 - Motor City Madhouse (4:27)
07 - Where Have You Been All My Life (4:04)
08 - You Make Me Feel Right At Home (2:53)
09 - Queen Of The Forest (3:33)

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Ben Neill - Tryptical (96 ^ 138mb)

A native of North Carolina and a product of classical training, Neill relocated to New York City during the mid-'80s, immersing himself in the downtown experimental music scene; increasingly fascinated with minimalism, he studied under the legendary La Monte Young, and with the aid of the synthesizer pioneer Robert Moog designed the first mutantrumpet, an instrument fit with three bells, six valves, a trombone slide and an analog processing system whch allowed him to create any number of open, muted and electronic sounds. With it he successfully bridged the gap between ambient music and the avant-garde, further blurring aesthetic boundaries .

In 1984, Neill completed Orbs, his first major composition for mutantrumpet, percussion and audio/visual projections; pieces including 1985's Mainspring, 1987's Money Talk and 1988's Abblasen House followed prior to his breakthrough work ITSOFOMO (In the Shadow of Forward Motion), a 1989 collaboration with visual artist David Wojnarowicz. A year later Neill travelled to Amsterdam's Steim Studios to develop a new, MIDI-capable mutantrumpet; the upgrade resulted in the addition of a number of switches, knobs and pressure-sensitive pads allowing the player to trigger and modify a variety of sounds and sequences, as well as lights and projections, all in real time. After Haydn, a collaboration with electronic composer Nicolas Collins, followed in 1991.

Neill then began a six-year stint as curator of the downtown NYC performance space The Kitchen, a position which served as his gateway into the burgeoning electronic music scene. Presenting performances by everyone from John Cage to Jim O'Rourke to Future Sound of London, he began increasingly absorbing electronic influences into his work and was particularly fascinated by the local "illbient" movement; originally created as an installation/performance piece, Neill's 1995 album Green Machine instead evolved into a full-blown dance music project, complete with 12" remixes from the likes of Single Cell Orchestra and DJ Spooky.

The latter resurfaced on 1996's Triptycal, on which Ben Neill pushes closer to more straightforward ambient territory, largely favoring atmosphere over groove. As his mastery of the mutantrumpet grows, Neill's playing becomes more and more evocative -- the album's dreamscapes move easily from minimalist rhythms to dense drum'n'bass beats. Neill also spent the better part of 1997 appearing with Spooky and on the "Sci-Fi Lounge" tour of video-sampling innovator Gardner Post. In Neill’s live performances, laptop computers merge his three-belled, computer interfaced mutantrumpet with live digital audio and video. In addition to controlling the electronic sounds in real time, Neill literally plays the moving pictures, making the images an extension of his instrument. After the appearance of Goldbug in 1998, Neill was relatively silent until 2002, when he “made music industry history” by releasing Automotive, an album comprised of extended versions of music he originally wrote for Volkswagen TV and Internet commercials. He supported the release of the album by performing on an 18 city tour.

In 2005 Neill premiered a collaboration with visual artist Bill Jones titled Palladio, an interactive movie based on Jonathan Dee’s 1998 novel of the same name. Palladio was premiered at the New Territories Festival in Glasgow, Scotland, and at the Thalia Theater/Symphony Space in New York City. Neill is also active as a sound and installation artist. His collaborative works with Bill Jones have been exhibited in museums and galleries including Sandra Gering Gallery New York, Exit Art New York, Wellcome Gallery London and the American Museum of Natural History in New York. He currently resides as professor of Music Technology at NJIT (New Jersey Institute of Technology).



1 - Propeller (7:04)
2 - Chemistry Of 7 (8:37)
3 - Flotation Device (7:56)
4 - Pentagram (La Mer Mix) (7:02)
5 - Dream Phase (6:13)
6 - Triptycal (4:46)
7 - Pentagram (Undertow Mix) (5:01)
8 - After The Gold Rush (7:42)
9 - Twelfth Flight (6:55)

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Nada Surf - Let Go (02 ^ 156mb)

Nada Surf was formed in the early nineties by Matthew Caws and Daniel Lorca. They met in Le Lycée Français de New York (USA) and spent some of their childhood in France and Belgium. They played in many bands, including The Cost of Living and Because Because Because. Their first drummer was called Dan, he was replaced by Aaron Conte, when he inturn left the band in January 1995 Ira Elliot, former drummer of the Fuzztones joined.. His arrival infused a new energy into the band; Matthew and Daniel's ambitions greatly increased, partly to ensure Ira stayed with the band.

After a show at the Knitting Factory, Nada Surf met Ric Ocasek. With little hope, they presented him with a copy of their first demo,Tafkans. Three weeks later, Ric called back with news of his intention to produce the band's album. The trio soon signed to Elektra in 1995 and cut their debut LP, High/Low, with Ocasek behind the boards. "Popular" became a surprise radio hit the following summer, and Nada Surf found themselves lumped into the "nerd rock revival" camp alongside Superdrag, Cake, and Weezer.. With no quality second hit in sight, neither 1996's moderately successful High/Low nor its forgettable 1998 follow-up, The Proximity Effect, gained much traction outside the indie rock underground. Subsequently dropped by Elektra, Nada Surf settled into a prolonged state of hibernation. That is, until 4 years later the belated and understated 2002 arrival of their revealing third opus, Let Go, on which Nada Surf showed that they refused to quietly fade away into gimmick-enforced exile by putting their faith into their own pop songwriting instincts. The resulting record takes its title quite literally, as layer after layer of preconceived notions and excess noise are stripped away to unveil both soft-spoken charm and intense newfound confidence.

Barsuk signed the group and released Let Go in 2002; three years later, The Weight Is a Gift (produced by fellow labelmate Chris Walla of Death Cab for Cutie) furthered the band's critical acclaim. Nada Surf then returned in 2008 with Lucky, which featured musical contributions from Ben Gibbard, Ed Harcourt, and members of both Calexico and Harvey Danger.



01 - Blizzard Of 77 (2:09)
02 - Happy Kid (4:10)
03 - Inside Of Love (4:58)
04 - Fruit Fly (4:34)
05 - Blonde On Blonde (4:34)
06 - Hi-Speed Soul (4:39)
07 - Killian's Red (6:13)
08 - The Way You Wear Your Head (3:18)
09 - Neither Heaven Nor Space (4:40)
10 - Là Pour Ça (3:18)
11 - Treading Water (4:23)
12 - Paper Boats (6:39)

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Eight-X (40)

Hello, Eight-X lines up three new names today, two of them still performing regularly. One of these is the dutch band Gruppo Sportivo, a band led by the pleasantly deranged Hans Vandenburg that really rocked the dutch music scene in the late seventies. This live impact didnt make it to the studio but then it aint that hard to understand..as in sing along. A good thing too they preceded the B52's it would have muddled their path....What to say about UB 40, saw them live in the summer of 1980 they really moved the crowd their great debut album followed a couple of months later. The followup Present Arms was much in the same vain but afterwards i have to say i lost interest..too cosy.....My last entry today is a bit of a surprise in the sense that when i ripped it, the music stood out better then i remembered..some great tracks. A former satiric punkband put themselves out in a over the top superslick new romantic setting, ironically Modern Romance's music was ok, they were one of the first white bands that incorperated rap into their music, i really like the final funk track 'Stand Up'

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Gruppo Sportivo - 10 Mistakes ( 77 ^ 99mb )

Gruppo Sportivo are from The Hague (Netherlands), formed in 1976, who enjoyed some measure of international success in the late 1970s and 1980s. The frontman of the band, and writer of the material, is Hans Vandenburg. 10 Mistakes their debut album was released fall 77. This after a tight and demanding tourschedule the year before during which they build a great reputation, which ensured the demand for 10 mistakes was high enough to chart. The dutch media too were enthousiastic about the way Vandenberg quoted from the history of pop, with riffs , intro's solo's and textfragments from anyone from the beatles to Frank Zappa with an emphasis on surf, rock and roll and highschool hits from the fifties and sixties. A year later the album was awarded an Edison( biggest music prize in the Netherlands).

The following year's Back to 78 was released, and a non-LP single. The hysterically manic Buddy Odor Is A Gas! is a Hans Vandenburg solo LP which to all intents and purposes is Sportivo's third long player. 1980's Copy Copy finds Deaf School alumna Bette Bright putting in a guest vocal performance; an appealing move, as early Deaf School explored a somewhat related conceptual aesthetic. Unfortunately, Side One's second-rate material and the too-smooth production did little for either party's reputation. Throughout the early eighties, the band continued releasing top-notch mock-pop to an ever dwindling audience that was apparently far more concerned with style over substance, simplicity over wit. Pop! Goes the Brain, Design Moderne, and Sombrero Times are brilliantly executed pop albums overflowing with self-deprecating wit, biting cynicism, urban humanism, hopeless romance, and of course, killer hooks.

After a false start with the over-produced and under-written Sucker of the Century, a re-grouped Gruppo were still at it into the nineties, releasing a delightful double cd (Young and Out) in 1992, featuring one disc of sparkling new material ("Young"), and one disc of mostly vault songs ("Out," phonetically Dutch for "old"), as well as a superlative live record (Sing Sing) in 1995. July 1997 saw the American release of Sing Sing, retitled Second Life (including a bonus five-song CDEP). Vandenburg also continued his solo career in a somewhat more rock-oriented format (1994's Commercial Break, and 1996's Shake Hands with Vandenburg). Gruppo re-grouped once again for a single in 2000, the sensational Topless 16 record in 2004, and a few more new tracks in 2006. And still touring to this date..



01 - Beep Beep Love (2:54)
02 - Superman (6:24)
03 - Lasting Forever (4:11)
04 - Girls Never Know (3:18)
05 - I Shot My Manager (2:48)
06 - Mission A Paris (4:17)
07 - Rock and Roll (2:29)
08 - Dreamin' (4:19)
09 - Henri (4:22)
10 - Armee Monika (4:57)
11 - Rubber Gun (3:11)

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UB40 - Signing Off ( 80 ^ 99mb)

The band members began as friends who knew each other from various colleges and schools across Birmingham. The name "UB40" was selected in reference to a paper form it stood for Unemployment Benefit, Form 40.Before any of them could play their instruments, Ali Campbell and Brian Travers travelled around Birmingham promoting the band, putting up UB40 posters. The band purchased its first instruments from Woodroffe's Musical Instruments with £4,000 in compensation money that Campbell, who would become the lead singer, received after a bar fight during his 17th birthday celebration.

UB40 caught their first break when Chrissie Hynde noticed them at a pub and gave them an opportunity as a support act to her band, The Pretenders. UB40's first single, "King"/"Food for Thought" was released on Graduate Records, a local independent label run by David Virr. It reached No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart. Their first album was titled Signing Off, as the band were signing off from or closing their claim on the unemployment benefit. It was recorded in a bedsit in Birmingham and was produced by Bob Lamb. Norman Hassan said of the recording: "if you stripped my track down, you could hear the birds in the background." This is because his tracks were recorded outside in the garden. Signing Off was released on September 6, 1980, and entered the UK Albums Chart on October 2, 1980. It reached as high as No. 2 in the UK and spent 72 weeks in total on the chart.

Signing Off features a mix of reggae and dub material which was lyrically politically charged and socially conscious, while musically was reverb-heavy, doom-laden yet mellifluous, best exemplified in the hits "King" and "Food For Thought" as well as the searing "Burden of Shame". "King" was a song written about the late Martin Luther King, questioning the lost direction of the deceased leader's followers and the state of mourning of a nation after his death. Signing Off is considered by many to be by far UB40's best album, as well as one of the finest reggae albums by a British group. In 2000 Q magazine placed it at number 83 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever.

UB40 went on to become one of the most successful reggae acts of all time in terms of record sales (over 70 million), chart positions and touring schedule. During their three-decade long career, they have been performing sell-out shows worldwide and headlining the Reggae Sunsplash music festival in Jamaica, as well as spreading reggae to Russia and South America, among others. Much of UB40's commercial appeal came from their releases of classic cover songs. In fact, all three of their UK number one hits and four of their five U.S. top ten hits were cover versions. This year saw the departure of singer Ali Campbell , he's been replaced by Maxi Priest and Duncan Campbell.



01 - Tyler (5:50)
02 - King (4:31)
03 - 12 Bar (4:30)
04 - Burden Of Shame (6:25)

05 - Adella (3:24)
06 - I Think Its Going To Rain Today (3:38)
07 - 25% (3:30)
08 - Food For Thought (4:04)
09 - Little By Little (3:36)
10 - Signing Off (4:23)

UB40 - Signing Off 12 inch (52mb)

11 - Madam Medusa (12:50)
12 - Strange Fruit (4:04)
13 - Reefer Madness (5:02)

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Modern Romance - Adventures In Clubland (81 ^ 99mb)

Modern Romance was a pop music band, with a distinctive trumpet driven sound, formed in 1980 by previous members of an earlier punk band, The Leyton Buzzards,.a vehicle for satiric songwriters Geoff Deane (vocals) and David Jaymes (bass).Underscoring the band's undiscovered assets, Deane and Jaymes went on to major commercial stardom playing dance music as Modern Romance, and became a UK chart sensation. Adventures in Clubland is fake disco-salsa, with enough beat to satisfy the most demanding feet and enough smirking to prove they don't believe a second of it. For proof, sample "Bring on the Funkateers" or "Ay Ay Ay Ay Moosey." Regardless — or perhaps because — of the insincerity, this is good fun. Some good album tracks "Nothing evergoes the way you planned" or the Parliament funk inspired "Stand Up" make it an enjoyable album..the kitschy new romantic cover not withstanding.

A subsequent split left bassist Jaymes in sole command but hardly shorthanded, and he took the quintet for another joyride on Trick of the Light, hitting an infectious happy-feet high on "Best Years of Our Lives," rhumba-ing through "High Life," swinging in big-band land on "Don't Stop That Crazy Rhythm" and so on well into the night. (Well, for 40 minutes at least.) Again, a good time is assured for all. Geoff Deane, later become a writer and producer, scripting for successful television programs such as Birds of a Feather, Babes in the Wood,"Tonight With Jonathan Ross" "Chef" and Last Man Standing .



01 - Bring On The Funkateers (4:10)
02 - Nothing Ever Goes The Way You Plan / Queen Of The Rapping Scene (5:43)
03 - Clubland Mix (11:26)
----- 1 * Everybody Salsa
----- 2 * Moose On The Loose
----- 3 * Salsa Rappsody
----- 4 * Ay Ay Ay Ay Moosey

04 - We've Got Them Running (The Counting Song) (3:40)
05 - I Stand Alone (4:47)
06 - I Can't Get Enough (4:19)
07 - Stand Up (5:50)

Around The World (40)

Hello, Around the Worldmusic has some ultra heavy dub music lined up today . The dubforce is strong in this one,so grease those speakers, unplug your ears, extend your consciousness and warn the neighbours.

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Scientist - Dub From The Ghetto ( 78 min ^ 172mb)

Born in Kingston in 1960, Hopeton Overton Brown learned basic electronics from his TV repairman father, skills that made him very popular with the mobile DJs and their not-always-functioning sound systems. One day he landed at the legendary dub producer/mixer King Tubby studio, to get some transformers by which Scientist could build his own amplifiers. Soon the Scientist was an employee of Tubby's, fixing electronics, when one day, after an animated conversation about mixing records, Tubby challenged the Scientist to take a shot at remixing a record. Brimming with adolescent bravado, Scientist took Tubby's challenge, and that led to an extended apprenticeship in dub experimentation under Tubby's guidance. It was at Tubby's that the Scientist developed his style, playful and very psychedelic, loaded with echo explosions and blasts of feedback.

With Don Mais supervising the production, Scientist, now all of 18, cut some wicked dub sides for Mais' Roots Tradition label. At the end of the '70s, Scientist (aka "The Dub Chemist") left Tubby's and became the principal engineer for Channel One Studio when hired by the Hoo Kim brothers, giving him the chance to work on a 16-track mixing desk rather than the four tracks at Tubby's. He came to prominence in the early 1980s and produced many albums, his mixes featuring on many releases in the first part of the decade. In particular, he was the favourite engineer of Henry "Junjo" Lawes, for whom he mixed several albums featuring the Roots Radics, many based on tracks by Barrington Levy.He also did a lot of work for Linval Thompson and Jah Thomas. In 1982 he left Channel One to work at Tuff Gong studio as second engineer to Errol Brown. In 1985, Scientist moved to Silver Springs, Maryland, where he lives and works as a recording engineer.

Scientist made a series of albums in the early 1980s, released on Greensleeves records with titles themed around fictional achievements in fighting Space Invaders, Pac-Men, and Vampires, and winning the World Cup.Half of his album 'Scientist Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires' is used on the soundtrack for the popular videogame Grand Theft Auto III. The tracks on the fictitious radio station 'K-Jah' are composed entirely of songs from this album.

Dub From The Ghetto is an excellent twenty track collection representing some of the definitive dubs from the Scientist. Dubs to Linval Thompson's Pop no style, Johnny Clarke's blood dunza, Barry Brown's separation, Horace Andy's something on my mind and Tristan Palmer's awesome Enteertainment are all represented - Elsewhere "Young Lover" touches the majestic shank I sheck ridim, Dub of the Traveller versions armagideon time, and Scientist's own version of Nina Simone's Baltimore via the Tamlins literally defy belief... Ultra heavy.


01 - Nuh Brother Fight (Heavenless) (3:37)
02 - Tribute To The Reggae King Dub (4:04)
03 - Dub Of The Traveller (3:24)
04 - Gunshot (3:24)
05 - Caring For My Sister (5:35)
06 - Something On My Mind Dub (2:25)
07 - Dub Of Gladness (3:07)
08 - Movie Star Dub (3:13)
09 - Blood Dunza Dub (3:08)
10 - Separation (12" Version) (5:31)
11 - Time Is Cold Dub (3:10)
12 - Miss Know It (3:21)
13 - One Way (3:08)
14 - Problem Dub (3:11)
15 - Young Lover (3:25)
16 - Jah Wrote Me (A Letter From Zion) (5:51)
17 - Baltimore Dub (4:44)
18 - Scientist Explosion Dub (3:43)
19 - Pop No Style (7:01)
20 - Dub From The Ghetto (2:49)

diet version
Scientist - Dub From The Ghetto (99mb)

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Starship Titanic (1)

Hello, many moons ago when i was posting the Hitchhikers Guide , i got the request for Starship Titanic. So coming up is the BBC radio play in 8 parts. Starship Titanic is in Douglas Adams' style and set more or less in the universe of his Hitchhikers' books (but not with the characters from that series). As a companion to a game project piloted by Douglas Adams, Terry Jones wrote "Starship Titanic". With parallels to the actual Titanic and the movie "2001", the book sees a luxury space ship run by an advanced intelligence system fall victim to SMEF, or Spontaneous Massive Existence Failure. When the ship disappears from one planet, it crashes on to Earth. While leaving Earth, it takes several Earthlings on-board for a voyage only to leave behind a key member of the crew with a key part of the intelligence system. Without a functioning intelligence system, the ship's bomb can not be deactivated. Fortunately, the bomb has a short attention span.

The starship Titanic was designed by one of the galaxy's greatest minds, intended to be a marvel of technology, design and luxury. It's due to be unveiled and launched as the story begins. However, they're waiting for the guest of honor - the ship's designer - to arrive.We then flashback to the previous night. The designer has decided to pay a final visit to see the completed ship in all of its glory. Unfortunately, it isn't finished. It seems the designer hasn't paid attention to details such as finances. His manager and accountant have failed to keep him informed of all the short-cuts and scrimping they've been doing. Not to mention delays that have left gaping holes in some of the ship's decks. And now somebody's trying to destroy the ship - using a bomb that talks - but has too little of a mind to keep the countdown straight and have a conversation at the same time... There are several people on the ship trying to deal with the problems. Or at least avoid being blown up themselves. Oddly enough, three of them come from a planet the builders have never heard of, called Earth. Unfortunately, they don't have First Class tickets and, therefore, are not allowed in those parts of the ship they need to get to...


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Adams Starship Titanic 1 (28min,19mb)

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Sundaze, Inside Out (7)

Hello, Sundaze's up and i gathered it's been 3 months, time for another Inside Out. There's plenty to enjoy and ponder upon this Sundaze. Now, i got a very nifty tool tool lately that enables me to download and recode videos that are out there. Not that special, but some of the video's are, and today i have a stunning compilation made from Hubble images. Awesome ! The Universe on a scale where the screen crosses many lightyears, at the same time looks much much smaller, almost touchable, as if you were standing in it. You can feel that it's alife, it's magical . We are told we're just a tiny tiny part of it, but are we ? Aren't we as observers bring it to the for, granted a philosphical question, but its been proven that our perception creates light (Heisenberg principle) So is this video reflecting the Universe's collective consciousness ? Whatever you think, this 55 min vid is wonderful, and should you not like the music turn it off, and just let your eyes wander and wonder.



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Hubble, View Of The Universe ( 81mb, avi 55min)

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Terence McKenna (November 16, 1946 – April 3, 2000) was a writer, philosopher, and ethnobotanist. He is noted for his many speculations on the use of psychedelic, plant-based hallucinogens, and subjects ranging from shamanism, the development of human consciousness, and the novelty theory. At age 16, McKenna moved to, Los Altos, California. He was introduced to psychedelics through reading The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley and Village Voice. One of his early experiences with them came through morning glory seeds (containing LSA), which he claimed showed him "that there was something there worth pursuing.". He spent the years after his graduation (degree in Ecology and Conservation) teaching English in Japan, traveling through India and South Asia collecting butterflies for biological supply companies, and smuggling hashish into the United States. Together with his brother he travelled to Columbia checking out the psychedelic snuff called yopo, the mind normally remains clear and focused during the entire experience . As a consequence Terance claimed it put him in contact with Logos: an informative, hallucinatory voice he believed was universal to visionary religious experience. The revelations of this voice, and his brother's peculiar experience during the experiment, prompted him to explore the structure of an early form of the I Ching, which led to his "Novelty Theory".

In the early 1980s, McKenna began to speak publicly on the topic of psychedelic drugs, lecturing extensively and conducting weekend workshops, repeatedly stressing the importance of the primacy of felt experience as opposed to dogmatic ideologies. In addition to psychedelic drugs, McKenna spoke on the subjects of virtual reality (which he saw as a way to artistically communicate the experience of psychedelics), techno-paganism, artificial intelligence, evolution, extraterrestrials, and aesthetic theory (art/visual experience as information-- representing the significance of hallucinatory visions experienced under the influence of psychedelics). He advised the taking of psychedelic mushrooms, in both low and high doses, alone and with others.He remained opposed to most forms of organized religion or guru-based forms of spiritual awakening. He believed DMT was the apotheosis of the psychedelic experience and spoke of the "jeweled, self-dribbling basketballs" or "self-transforming machine elves" that one encounters in that state.

McKenna also co-founded Botanical Dimensions with Kathleen Harrison (his colleague and wife of 17 years), a non-profit ethnobotanical preserve on the island of Hawaii, where he lived for many years before he died. A longtime sufferer of migraines, in mid-1999 McKenna returned to his home in Hawaii after a long and tiring lecturing tour. He began to suffer from increasingly painful headaches. This culminated in a brain seizure, which led to McKenna being diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme, a highly aggressive form of brain cancer.He died 53 years old on April 3, 2000, alongside his loved ones. 

Perhaps the most famous of Terence McKenna's theories and observations is his explanation for the origin of the human mind and culture. McKenna theorized that as the North African jungles receded toward the end of the most recent ice age, giving way to grasslands, a branch of our tree-dwelling primate ancestors left the branches and took up a life out in the open — following around herds of ungulates, nibbling what they could along the way. Among the new items in their diet were psilocybin-containing mushrooms growing in the dung of these ungulate herds. McKenna, claimed enhancement of visual acuity as an effect of psilocybin at low doses, and supposed that this would have conferred an adaptive advantage. He also argued that the effects of slightly larger doses, including a physical sexual arousal (obviously, not reported as a typical effect in scientific studies) — and in still larger doses, ecstatic hallucinations and glossolalia — gave evolutionary advantages to those tribes who partook of it.

Watch his lecture about it Seeking The Stone, Mind & Time, Spirit & Matter (avi 2 parts, 103min, 126mb)

One of McKenna's most widely-promulgated ideas is known as Novelty theory. It predicts the ebb and flow of novelty in the universe as an inherent quality of time.The theory proposes that the universe is an engine designed for the production and conservation of novelty. Novelty, in this context, can be thought of as newness. According to McKenna, when novelty is graphed over time, a fractal waveform known as "timewave zero" or simply the "timewave" results. The graph shows at what time periods, but never at what locations, novelty increases or decreases. 

This universal algorithm has also been extrapolated to be a model for future events. McKenna admitted to the expectation of a "singularity of novelty", and that he and his colleagues projected many hundreds of years into the future to find when this singularity (runaway "newness" ) could occur. The graph had many enormous fluctuations over the last 25,000 years, but amazingly, it hit an asymptote at exactly December 22, 2012, in other words, entropy (or habituation) no longer exists after that date. Basically it's impossible to define that state. The technological singularity concept parallels this, only at a date roughly three decades later. Terrence claimed to have no knowledge of the Mayan calendar, which ends one day before the Timewave graph does: December 21, 2012, this is likely to be true as Mckennas timewave theory was published in The Invisible Landscape 12 years before the book which brought the Mayan calendar into public consciousness.

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Another great talk and some amazing concepts are explored here

Terance McKenna - 'UFOs' and The Mushroom ( 83 min, 47mb)

some quotes from this talk 

"I think reason can take us only a certain distance, and then we have to go with the divine imagination."

"And this is something I’m going to try and convince the UFO community of, what we drug people have that you don’t is repeatability."

"The Stropharia cubensis mushroom is a memory bank of galactic history. Alien, but full of promise, it throws open a potential for understanding that will sweep away the petty concerns of earth and history-bound humanity."

"Not all psychedelics are alike. And this very small family of compounds, called the tryptomine hallucinogens, bear careful examination if we’re seriously interested in this question of exterrestial penetration of the human world."

"I think that the alien will be so alien that your jaw will hang in the air. And expecting to meet an anthropoid-like alien with an interest in your reproductive machinery and gross industrial capacity is as culture-bound a concept as searching NGC-321 for a good Italian restaurant. It’s absurd on the face of it."

"Now you may have thought telepathy was you hearing somebody else think. Apparently, that’s not what telepathy is. Telepathy is you seeing what somebody else means. It’s the visual acquisition of meaning rather than the audio acquisition of meaning."

"I think that we are on a collision course with a planet-transforming event, and that we have been for a very, very long time. I also believe that it lies below the horizon of rational apprehension at this point in time."

"The world is not what it appears to be."

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Dr Jeffrey Thompson - Creative Mind System ( * 99mb)

Dr. Thompson has been experimenting with sound scientifically since 1980. He first started in his Holistic Health Center in Virginia . His experiments were in using exact sound frequencies to make Chiropractic spinal and cranial adjustments, to stimulate and normalize organ function and to balance Acupuncture Meridians. He developed a very gentle and effective method of making adjustments and continues to use this approach today. In addition to his chiropractic expertise, Dr. Thompson is recognized as a worldwide expert in the field of acoustic pacing frequencies incorporated into musical sound tracks. A consummate musician and composer in his own rite, he has established a method for using modulated sound-pulses for changing states of consciousness for optimal "Mind-Body" healing.

Dr. Thompson's first recording, Isle of Skye, was carried by major music distributors in the US within its first month of release. Within the first six months, it was adopted by the American Hypnotherapy Association for its use in hypnosis. In the years since, Dr Thompson has generated more than ninety acoustic pacing compact disks and audiotapes sold globally and used by Holistic physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, clinical social workers, chiropractors, massage therapists and other bodywork professionals as well as the general public.

Dr. Jeffrey Thompson created a Creative Mind Pattern as an Audio Program of captivating and beautiful music. With his powerful recording techniques and application of his on-going research, work, and awareness, coupled with his powerful recording techniques, he now offers to all the enhanced potential of developing one's own Creative Mind Pattern. The composition brings you to a natural state of heightened creativity and expression, more easily attained with repeated use, shall we say "training," with Dr. Thompson's beautiful rendition of what makes a mind a creative mind.



01 - Inspiration (33:41)
02 - Vision (28:53)

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Lyall Watson - Supernature ( 73, PDF, 660k) 



Supernature deals with mysterious and inexplicable natural phenomena. It became a 1970s student essential, and was acclaimed for its stimulating treatment of exotic and unexpected scientific facts and discoveries. As a populariser of science snapping up unconsidered nerdy trifles, Watson ranged over astrology, paranormal phenomena, alchemy, circadian rhythms, palmistry, dreams and much else.The book went into 10 reprints in as many weeks, topped the bestseller list for 50 weeks, sold 750,000 copies in paperback and was translated into eight languages.

Lyall Watson (April 12, 1939 - 25 June 2008) was a South African botanist, zoologist, biologist, anthropologist, ethologist, and author of many books, among the most popular of which is the best seller Supernature. Lyall Watson tried to make sense of natural and supernatural phenomena in biological terms. He is credited with the first published use of the term Hundredth Monkey in his 1979 book, Lifetide.(This phenomenon referred to a sudden spontaneous and mysterious leap of consciousness achieved when an allegedly "critical mass" point is reached.) It is a hypothesis that aroused both interest and ire in the scientific community and continues to be a topic of discussion over a quarter century later.

He was born in Johannesburg as Malcolm Lyall-Watson. He had an early fascination for nature in the surrounding bush, learning from Zulu and !Kung bushmen. He earned degrees in geology, chemistry, marine biology, ecology and anthropology. He completed a doctorate of ethology at London University, under Desmond Morris. He also worked at the BBC writing and producing nature documentaries. He ran a safari company in Kenya and founded a marine national park in the Seychelles. 

Watson had an endlessly enquiring mind and never lost the habit of questioning received wisdom. Restless and nomadic, he travelled widely throughout his life, visiting Antarctica numerous times as an expedition leader and researcher. He introduced into his own body a tapeworm called Fred which, he claimed, unfailingly protected him from stomach disorders abroad. At various times he lived in America, South Africa, England and latterly Ireland, rising at six every morning to write for three hours before starting his day.

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Rhotation (40) Into BPM

Hello, Rho-Xs is back and so Rhotation continues, what better way to pick up the rhythm again with Into The BPM and three technotrance albums. Ben Watkins has build a good name over the 25 years he's been in music, these days the Japanese seem to have taken a shining. His main alter ego has been Juno Reactor you get his first album under that name here, btw i re-upped his 84 Empty Quarter albums aswell..The Drum Club were the talk of the town for a couple of years after which they split and dried.. R-Escape-R turned out not a name that stuck and so this Frenchman never got a real chance, French hadn't any rights to exposure on the rave scene, consider Daft Punk hadnt entered the arena at that time, easy enough then to discard, d'hommage.. give it a try

On a sad note it seems massmirror has lost most of my uploads, possibly everyone's, could be my file coding (unhelpful for their search engine) , or my ogg format, in any case, these file hosters all have a very hypocritical businessmodel. Well im not planning to re up these directly (way too many alas) i will however do so on request.

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Juno Reactor - Transmissions (93^150mb)

Ben Watkins is a British electronic music artist and producer, best known as being the principal member of the band Juno Reactor. He started making music in 1982. In the early 1980s, Watkins started out as part of the London based New Wave band The Hitmen, featuring Alan Wilder (Depeche Mode and Recoil). After that he and Martin "Youth" Glover from Killing Joke recorded two albums as Empty Quarter .

Originally Juno Reactor was formed as an art project in 1990; Ben Watkins wanted to collaborate with other artists to produce and be involved in exciting projects that were not commercially driven. He wanted to create experimental music/non musical soundtracks that would work with installations, art pieces and film projects. In 1993, Juno Reactor released their first single, Laughing Gas, on the NovaMute label. This was soon followed by their debut album, Transmissions, considered to be one of the first albums in the goa trance genre. Later, the band released Luciana on Alex Paterson's (The Orb) Inter-Modo label. Watkins switched labels again and in 1995 he signed to Blue Room the album Beyond the Infinite was released in 1996.

By 97 he released Bible of Dreams this time on Wax Trax! Records/TVT Records. It wasJuno Reactor's fourth album and it sounded much different from the previous work by implementing tribal percussion influences. Courtesy of Amampondo, a traditional South African percussion act. In 1998 at Glastonbury Festival. Juno Reactor with Amampondo stunned the crowd with a superb live set . Another mileneium another label and so Watkins released the fifth Juno Reactor album, Shango on Metropolis Records. The first track from the album, Pistolero, with guitarist Steve Stevens featured during the trailer for the movie Once Upon a Time in Mexico, as well as the film itself.

The sixth Juno Reactor album, Labyrinth, was released in October 2004, and featured Watkins' work from the Matrix films. The new album once again cemented the tribal influences present in their music through tracks like Conquistador II. In 2006 Ben Watkins was hired to compose an orchestral score for Brave Story (A Japanese Feature anime). Sony Japan released the Soundtrack in July. Recorded in Slovakia with the Bratislava Radio Symphony Orchestra and choir, it shows a new versatile and unexpected side of Ben Watkins and Juno Reactor. 2008 will see the collaboration of Koji Morimoto and Ben Watkins, on an experimental anime project called Genius Party.

Juno Reactor's latest album 'Gods and Monsters' was released in March 2008, and features the introduction of Ghetto Priest and Sugizo into the Juno Reactor fold along with Eduardo Niebla, Xavier Morel, and Yasmin Levy. They will be touring in USA and Mexico this september.



01 - High Energy Protons (6:32)
02 - The Heavens (Voc.Maria Naylor) (6:27)
03 - Luna-Tic (9:01)
04 - Contact (5:53)
05 - Acid Moon (8:38)
06 - 10,000 Miles (Voc.Annie Fontaine) (5:55)
07 - Laughing Gas (8:04)
08 - Man To Ray (6:42)
09 - Landing (8:42)

Juno Reactor - Transmissions ( * 99mb)

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Drum Club - Live In Iceland ( 95 * 99mb)

Lol Hammond met Charlie Hall in 1990 when Charlie was Dj-ing at a party called TransAtlantic in Kings Cross, London. The initial idea was to remix a track that Lol had worked on; 'Made in 2 minutes' by Bug Khan and The Plastic Jam. The remix morphed into a new track that eventually became the seminal 'U Make me Feel so good'. It was initially released on the first Spiral Tribe EP and picked up by legendary DJ Andy Weatherall and then released by Guerilla Records and remixed by React 2 Rhythm. Another single, 'Alchemy', remixed by Orbital was released by Geurilla and then Drum Club moved to Youth's label, Butterfly. Two albums; 'Everything is Now' and 'Drums are Dangerous' came out and remix friends Underworld, Claudio Coccoluto, Hardkiss and Tony Thorpe contributed to single releases. Drum Club also ran the groundbreaking 'Midi Circus' tour that brought together Orbital, Aphex Twin, System 7, Spooky and The Drum Club in a live show with DJs, inspired by DJ Stika's great Fun-da-Mental underground nights. Simultaneously the massively influential Drum Club night ran from 1991 until 1994 in The Sounshaft Progressive House was conceived, born and weaned in this club that saw live performances from Orbital, Underworld, the debut of the Chemical Brothers and naturally The Drum Club.

Drums Are Dangerous was a breakthrough of sorts, earning an American release through Instinct in 1994. Instinct also documented Hall and Hammond's crucial concert appearances on 1995's Live in Iceland. Later that year, however, Hammond formed the breakbeat act Slab! with Nina Walsh, Contraband, Girls, Ego and time took their toll and Drum Club broke up. Lol Hammond went on to forge an immensely successful DJ and writing career and is now the proud father of two and Charlie Hall turned to teaching and now spends a third of the year in Italy teaching Art History to English and American students.



01 - Oscillate And Infiltrate (9:51)
02 - Bug (5:58)
03 - Follow The Sun (7:46)
04 - Reefer (6:32)
05 - Crystal Express (7:57)
06 - De-Lushed (5:21)
07 - Plateau Of Wolves (7:04)
08 - U Make Me Feel So Good (9:26)

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R-Escape-R - Chapter One (96 * 99mb)

R-Escape-R is the alter ego of frenchman Alain Valsecchi, he released just one album, the excellent techno/hypno trance Chapter One, why it never came to more i can't say as the search engines remain silent when it comes to R-Escape-R or Alain Valsecchi i gathered he did some art projects but obviously forgot to pick up dj-ing as this is the promotion tool for dance musicians..Oh well the French will have it their way. Into the Abyss appeared on a number of compilation albums, give it a try i would say..



01 - Into The Abyss (7:07)
02 - Aquatic Dream (6:20)
03 - Human Dea (9:32)
04 - Escape (6:59)
05 - Surviving Spirit (5:41)
06 - Call From The Voodooland To Venus (6:57)
07 - Cosmocrator (5:00)
08 - Med=Kansla 4 U (6:16)
09 - Space Waltz Navigator (5:10)
10 - See U Soon (5:55)

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