Jul 30, 2019

RhoDeo 1930 Sworn Sword 2

Hello,

"Einstein's relativity work is a magnificent mathematical garb which fascinates, dazzles and makes people blind to the underlying errors. The theory is like a beggar clothed in purple whom ignorant people take for a king....Its exponents are  brilliant men but they are metaphysicists rather than scientists."

Nikola Tesla (the smartest man in the world-according to Einstein)

Around 1920, Eddington anticipated the discovery and mechanism of nuclear fusion processes in stars, in his paper The Internal Constitution of the Stars. At that time, the source of stellar energy was a complete mystery;

Eddington's paper, based on knowledge at the time, reasoned that:

• The leading theory of stellar energy, the contraction hypothesis, should cause stars' rotation to visibly speed up due to conservation of angular momentum. But observations of Cepheid variable stars showed this was not happening.
•  The only other known plausible source of energy was conversion of matter to energy; Einstein had shown some years earlier that a small amount of matter was equivalent to a large amount of energy.
• Francis Aston had also recently shown that the mass of a helium atom was about 0.8% less than the mass of the four hydrogen atoms which would, combined, form a helium atom, suggesting that if such a combination could happen, it would release considerable energy as a byproduct.
• If a star contained just 5% of fusible hydrogen, it would suffice to explain how stars got their energy. (We now know that most 'ordinary' stars contain far more than 5% hydrogen)
• Further elements might also be fused, and other scientists had speculated that stars were the "crucible" in which light elements combined to create heavy elements, but without more accurate measurements of their atomic masses nothing more could be said at the time.

All of these speculations were proven correct in the following decades.(wiki)  And yet it's completely wrong

 A fundamental split between theoretical astrophysicists and plasma physicists/engineers began in 1908 when Kristian Birkeland proposed  that the Earth's "Northern Lights" (Aurora Borealis) were powered by a flow of electrical charges from the Sun. He was ridiculed for this idea by prominent astronomers such as Sydney Chapman. In the late 1940's American rockets that flew through and above the auroras confirmed that Birkeland was correct. The electrical streams he had predicted are now called the solar "wind" by astrophysicists. They are more properly named "Birkeland Currents."

For more than 10 years plasma physicists have had an electrical model of galaxies. It works with real-world physics. The model is able to successfully account for the observed shapes and dynamics of galaxies without recourse to invisible dark matter and central black holes. It explains simply the powerful electric jets seen issuing along the spin axis from the cores of active galaxies. Recent results from mapping the magnetic field of a spiral galaxy confirm the electric model. On the other hand, cosmologists cannot explain why spiral shapes are so common and they have only ad-hoc explanations for galactic magnetic fields. More recently, inter-galactic magnetic fields have been discovered which is the final straw to break the camel’s back. Incredible gravitational models involving invisible “black holes” have had to be invented in a desperate attempt to explain how the attractive force of gravity can result in matter being ejected in a narrow jet at relativistic speeds. Why do we accept such science fiction as fact when an ELECTRIC UNIVERSE® predicts spiral shapes, magnetic fields and jets? The cosmic magnetic fields simply delineate the electric currents that create, move and light the galaxies.


Thunderbolts of the Gods




Most people just accept that our universe is ruled by gravity; an assumption that is wrong. Evidence instead shows that the force responsible for all of the objects and events we observe throughout the universe is the electric force that enables current flow and therefore magnetic fields to exist. If we consider that the electric force is fundamentally one thousand, billion, billion, billion, billion times more powerful than gravity and that the universe consists of 99.99% plasma; charged matter through which electric currents flow, then you have good reason to open your mind and watch what this video has to say.




Today, the second tale of Ser Duncan the Tall and his squire Egg, a year has passed from the time Dunk almost lost a hand and foot, but gained a royal squire. He is now under the employ of Ser Eustace and thanks to conflicts with his neighbor, The Red Widow, we get to know more about the Targaryen history and their conflicts.

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George R. R. Martin is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of many novels, including the acclaimed series A Song of Ice and Fire on which HBO based the world’s most-watched television series, Game of Thrones., A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and A Dance with Dragons—as well as Tuf Voyaging, Fevre Dream, The Armageddon Rag, Dying of the Light, Windhaven (with Lisa Tuttle), and Dreamsongs Volumes I and II. His science fiction novella Nightflyers has also been adapted as a television series; and he is the creator of the shared-world Wild Cards universe, working with the finest writers in the genre. As a writer-producer, Martin has worked on The Twilight Zone, Beauty and the Beast, and various feature films and pilots that were never made. He lives with his wife the lovely Parris in Santa Fe, New Mexico.


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Tales of Dunk and Egg is a series of fantasy novellas by George R. R. Martin, set in the world of his A Song of Ice and Fire novels. They follow the adventures of "Dunk" (the future Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, Ser Duncan the Tall) and "Egg" (the future king Aegon V Targaryen), some 90 years before the events of the novels. Three novellas have been published – The Hedge Knight (1998), The Sworn Sword (2003), and The Mystery Knight (2010) – and Martin has stated his intention to continue the series.

The Sworn Sword
The second novella was published in 2003 in the Legends II anthology, also edited by Robert Silverberg.[3] The story has been adapted into a graphic novel by Ben Avery and drawn by Mike S. Miller, in cooperation with publisher and distributor Marvel Comics. The first comic was released on June 20, 2007, and the graphic novel was released on June 18, 2008.

Plot

The story begins in the Reach with Duncan the Tall sworn to Ser Eustace Osgrey of Standfast, and illuminates several aspects of the feudal system of Westeros. A series of flashbacks narrated by Ser Eustace relate the events of the Blackfyre Rebellion and its conclusion at the Battle of the Redgrass Field.

At the fort of Standfast, Dunk and Ser Eustace's other sworn sword, Ser Bennis the Brown, discover that a dam has been built across the local stream, by peasants in service to Lady Rohanne Webber of Coldmoat. Bennis reacts angrily, cutting the cheek of one of the peasants. Upon hearing the news, Ser Eustace realizes that Lady Webber will be angered by Bennis's actions against her servants, and orders Dunk and Bennis to train levies from his three villages. For a peaceful solution, Eustace sends Dunk to Coldmoat, where Dunk learns that Lady Rohanne stands to lose her lands to a male cousin if she does not take a fifth husband by the second anniversary of her father's death. Her castellan, the haughty Ser Lucas Inchfield (known as the "Long Inch" for his 6-foot 7-inch height), is her most insistent suitor, but she has already refused him. Dunk fails to change the Lady's mind on either the dam's construction or seeking justice for her servant, and Rohanne informs him that Ser Eustace is a former traitor, who supported the usurper Daemon Blackfyre, and has therefore been stripped of most of his lands; whereas she was once in love with his youngest son, who died at Redgrass Field.

Shocked by the news of Ser Eustace's past treason, Dunk returns to Standfast to leave the old knight's service. That night, Ser Eustace's forest is burned, and Duncan recalls Lady Rohanne's threat of "fire and sword" to destroy Standfast. He therefore disperses the levies, and promises to oppose Lady Rohanne himself. At the river, Dunk rides into the ford to parley with Lady Rohanne where the noise of the water will prevent anyone on either bank from overhearing them. Before he enters the stream, Ser Eustace suggests that Dunk should kill Lady Rohanne at this meeting. Instead, Dunk offers his own blood to Lady Rohanne by slicing his cheek. This pays the debt for the wounded peasant; and for the claim that Lady Rohanne had the forest burned, she demands an apology or vindication, and all agree upon trial by combat between Dunk and Ser Lucas, to be fought in the stream as the only neutral ground present. In the fight, Dunk is nearly outfought by Ser Lucas, but drowns him and nearly drowns himself, but is resuscitated by Lady Rohanne's maester. When he awakens, Dunk learns that Ser Eustace and Lady Rohanne are now married, to reconcile their debts. Before Dunk leaves, Rohanne offers him her finest mare to make amends; and when he refuses, Lady Rohanne insists that he take something to remember her by, and he pulls her into a passionate kiss, and takes a length of her hair as a keepsake. Thereafter he and Egg ride to the Wall.



George R. R. Martin - Song of Ice and Fire Prequel - The Sworn Sword 5-7 ( 60min mp3     21mb).


The Sworn Sword 5 20:00
The Sworn Sword 6 20:00
The Sworn Sword 7 20:00


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previously

George R. R. Martin - Song of Ice and Fire Prequel - The Hedge Knight 1 ( 103min mp3     35mb).
George R. R. Martin - Song of Ice and Fire Prequel - The Hedge Knight 2 ( 85min mp3     65mb).

George R. R. Martin - Song of Ice and Fire Prequel - The Sworn Sword 1-4 ( 75min mp3     26mb).
George R. R. Martin - Song of Ice and Fire Prequel - The Sworn Sword 5-7 ( 60min mp3     21mb).

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Jul 29, 2019

RhoDeo 1930 Re-Ups 198

Hello,  F1 got treated to some real comedy capers today first and foremost performed by Mercedes it was their 200th grand prix as a constructor . The team’s intent was to go out in style and they were doing so more publicly than usual having allowed Netflix cameras access over the weekend for the second series of their F1 documentary. When an well oil machine faces the chaos of weather then expect the unexpected. Hamilton started well enough things looked like going his way again but he came in too late and when he did shortly after it started to rain again not good when riding slicks, Leclerc rode into the wall after 2 near misses, the guy overestimates himself. Safety car entrance and Hamilton stuck on new cold slicks goes towards the wall but manages to keep the car out, straight across the entrance to the pits which he enters illegaly OOps his team didn't see that coming, new nose needed new tires but which men running around with tires. Meanwhile Verstappen leads, earlier Max gave his many dutch fans a perfect 360 during the race, such skill, he changed back to inters whilst leading a good call even considering he would drop considerably as the field had been close on a account of 6 (virtual) safetycars, but the rest had to come in too. Anyway Verstappen rode into the sunset after 5 rolling restarts, no matter who was 2nd at the time, the guy is that good, if Honda manages to give him some extra power he might even challenge Hamilton for the title this year. Today H lost it twice behind the wheel and in the end managed to keep Kubica and Russell behind 11th. A disgrace but then another disgrace the Alfa Romeo's got time penalties which meant their 7th and 8th place got demoted to 12 and 13th (last), and H got 2 points but more importantly Willams got a point, totally inconceivable thusfar this season. Meanwhile Vettel who started last kept save and slowly advanced until the track was dry and he could use the Ferrari power advancing to #2, everybody happy, even Kvyat got rewarded for forgoing on the birth of his daughter and came in third. And the Netflix guys got a wealth of sensational imagery. Some Grand Prix



9 correct requests for this week,  2 to early,  0 double (same artist) , whatever another batch of 32 re-ups (8.7 gig)


These days i'm making an effort to re-up, it will satisfy a smaller number of people which means its likely the update will  expire relatively quickly again as its interest that keeps it live. Nevertheless here's your chance ... asks for re-up in the comments section at the page where the expired link resides, or it will be discarded by me. ....requests are satisfied on a first come first go basis. ...updates will be posted here remember to request from the page where the link died! To keep re-ups interesting to my regular visitors i will only re-up files that are at least 12 months old (the older the better as far as i am concerned), and please check the previous update request if it's less then a year old i won't re-up either.

Looka here , requests fulfilled up to July 28st... N'Joy

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3x Beats Back in Flac ( The Black Dog - Temple of Transparent Balls,  The Black Dog - Spanners,  The Black Dog - Music For Adverts (And Short Films)  )


3x Grooves Back in Flac ( The Temptations - Power, The Temptations - Truly For You, The Temptations - Hum Along And Dance )



4x Sundaze  Back  in Flac ( Ulver – Perdition City, Ulver - Lyckantropen Themes, Ulver - Svidd Neger,  Ulver - Shadows Of The Sun)


3x Sundaze Back In Flac (Dr.Thompson - Delta Sleep System 2-1, Dr.Thompson - Delta Sleep System 2-2, Gorn, Levin & Marotta - From The Caves Of Iron Mountain )


5x Japan Back in Flac (Ryuichi Sakamoto - Left Handed Dream, Sandii & The Sunsetz - Immigrants, still in ogg Joji Hirota - The Wheel of Fortune, Lizard - Babylon Rocker, Snakeman Show - Pithecan Thropus Erectus Strike Back )



3x Sundaze Back in Flac (Jonathan Goldman - Lost Chord, Stephan Micus - Wings Over Water, Jonathan Goldman - Dolphin Dreams,  Jonathan Goldman - Holy Harmony )



5x Sundaze Back in Flac ( Jon Hopkins - Opalescent,  Jon Hopkins - Contact Note, Jon Hopkins - Insides, Jon Hopkins - Monsters, Brian Eno, Jon Hopkins & Leo Abrahams - Small Craft On A Milk Sea )



4x Sundaze Back in Flac (Hauschka - Abandoned City, Hauschka - A NDO C Y, Hauschka and Hilary Hahn - Silfra, Hildur Guðnadóttir ‎– Leyfðu Ljósinu)



2x Sundaze Back in Flac (Brian Eno - Discreet Music, Brian Eno - Music For Films)



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Jul 28, 2019

Sundaze 1930

Hello, well the Tour De France has settled, the youngest competitor won, born and bread in Columbia up in the Andes, for him oxygen at 2,5km is normal, he made that edge count as this last week the Tour went well beyond 2km several times. Bernal winner at 22years. However it was the tour of Alaphlippe and French pride, everyone knew he wouldn't be able to hold on to the yellow jersey, in the end he lost it on a stage that wasn't completed and today he dropped to fifth overal, an amazing achievement for a non-climber. Ineos took place 1 and 2 with Bernal and last years winner Thomas but didn't really impress, no real stage win, almost an hour behind teamwinners, Movistar and in the end the closest podium ever with #3 Kruiswijk just 91 seconds behind Bernal or 0.0031% slower, btw # last was about 5 % slower, small margins indeed. Extreme small margins can be found in the F1 midfield, a hundredth here and there can make a big difference, but then there's the driver skill, and tomorrow the 2 best drivers are side by side at the German Grand Prix, Hamilton with his Mercedes at pole and beside him Verstappen in his Red Bull expect those two to leave the rest behind, certainly should there be some rain (as expected). Ferrari that were fastest in training had a horrible qualification, they will have to find a quick way through the field to score some real points.



If most artists in contemporary electronica are like islands unto themselves, turning out tracks in relative anonymity, Pete "Namlook" Kuhlmann was a whole continent. A dizzyingly prolific composer who steadily built up an entire industry around his Frankfurt-based Fax label, Namlook's name was inextricably linked with the post-rave resurgence of ambient music, and many of his solo and collaborative recordings with the likes of Mixmaster Morris, Tetsu Inoue, Klaus Schulze, Bill Laswell, Richie Hawtin, Geir Jenssen, Dr. Atmo, Burhan Ocal, Atom Heart, Jonah Sharp, Charles Uzzell-Edwards, and David Moufang, among many others, number among the most lauded and influential in new ambient. "...  ......N-Joy

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Pete Namlook (born 25 November 1960 as Peter Kuhlmann [phon koolman] in Frankfurt, Germany, died on 8 November 2012) was an ambient and electronic-music producer and composer., the extremely prolific Pete Namlook (1960-2012) was one of the high priests of new-school ambient, ie. ambient techno, trance, lounge and other related dance-music spinoffs. In its 20 year history his record label Fax Records released some of the definitive albums in these sub-genres and Namlook stands alongside a handful of other names such as The Orb, Biosphere and Mixmaster Morris as one of the originators of ambient's resurgence and reinvention via dance music in the late 80's and early 90's.

Intriguingly, he often favoured the sounds of analogue synthesisers over digital and - alongside fellow German e-musician Oliver Lieb - was reputed to have one of the most extensive collections of classic analogue equipment in Europe. And although he downplayed the linage, like many of his new-school peers his music has some of its roots in old-school electronica as varied as Brian Eno, psy rockers Pink Floyd, and Krautrock icons like Klaus Schulze and Tangerine Dream.

But Namlook was no imitator. He deepened and refined the sound of his predecessors with an injection of fresh ideas from the dance world, coupled with fine musicianship honed from many years of playing rock and jazz. In a 2007 interview with e-music magazine Slices he actually made a point of distancing his music from the conceptual influence of Eno particularly:

"You have to differentiate quite clearly between ambient in a techno sense, and on the other hand Brian Eno, a purely conceptual thing. I only knew of a collaboration between Brian Eno and Cluster [the German band], and him with Roxy Music. I only bought his ambient stuff later. Ambient as Eno defines it...is more or less musical wallpaper. It stays in the background and serves the environment rather than saying something about itself. In my definition of ambient, which has nothing in common with Eno's definition, it's about a journey, intense emotions that need to be transported - environmental music, jazz, ethno - depending on what project I'm working on".

The genesis of Fax Records

Although he had long dreamed of making a career from ambient electronica, in Fax Records' early days he was mainly pursuing a dance floor-oriented direction and releasing 12-inch vinyl singles to a warm reception from sectors of Europe's club scene.

But Namlook soon became dismayed at other artists' appropriation of the Frankfurt "hard trance" sound (developed through his genre-defining 4 Voice project). Thankfully his ambient B-sides to these singles - in hindsight a brilliant strategy - were also creating plenty of interest. Within a few years of the label's inception he had set about focusing Fax almost entirely on ambient and downtempo styles.

Up to his death in 2012 Namlook released an enormous number of solo and collaborative albums of widely varying quality both under his own name and various other project monikers. Collectors should be aware that many CD's were very limited pressings and some will be difficult to find, even more so now that Namlook has gone and the label is no more. Certain key titles were re-issued on CD and download from time to time, however, and much of the Fax catalogue is now spread widely online.

The Silence series

Silence (1992) is the one that started it all, Fax's first album release and one which caught the ear of both seasoned electronic boffins and dance fans looking for a chilled-out tonic after a night among the thumping beats of clubland. Both this album and Silence II (1993) are collaborations with close associate Dr Atmo and despite being at times almost new age in their choice of themes (a voice whispers sweet cosmic nothings like "we are all part of the universe") the music is outstanding. These beguiling, shimmering, reverberant landscapes are sometimes beatless and sometimes gently beaty with subdued live pads and cymbals. The 20 minute "Garden Of Dreams" is a particular mesmerising blend of slow Mid-Eastern rhythms with sighing and crying electronic chords.

Continuing the series is the the Persian-tinged Silence III (1998) which features Namlook on his own. Titles like "Mirage" "Into The Desert" and “A Ship On A Sea Of Sand” are just perfect; his sense of place is quite stunning and he understands the visual qualities of ambient sound exceptionally well. His creative range across entire series is impressive: from stately progressions of warm, organic-sounding orchestral synthscapes to atonal, purely atmospheric pieces of pure texture. When it comes to sound design Namlook’s attention to detail is faultless, which makes hearing his music on good hi-fi equipment especially rewarding. Silence III is followed by two more superb albums in the series.

The surreal, innovative first volume of Dreamfish (1993) with collaborator Mixmaster Morris is another genre-defining release, still cited today as a favourite by fans of early post-rave ambient. The environmental sound effects are deployed in a quirky way amongst the textured, gently rhythmic landscapes and the music brims with surprises and quiet invention. The jazzy bass notes on "Fishology", for example, move along at a good clip yet are so subtle that the track's calming qualities are never disturbed. The first three volumes of the Air series are also high-water marks for Namlook. Like the Silence series they show some rich ethnic and neo-classical leanings, and they remain particularly effective examples of how he uses live acoustic instruments in an electronic setting. The delicate, tinkling cymbals and soft tom-tom beats on "Je suis seule et triste ici" from Air I (1993), for instance, are utterly refreshing because Namlook is able to maintain a deep electronic ambient feel while still expanding electronica's instrumental vocabulary.

Air II (1994) is deeply psychedelic. An eleven-part "trip" subtitled "Traveling Without Moving", it takes it's thematic cue from Frank Herbert's cult sci-fi novel and movie Dune. Herbert's story posited a strange universe dependant on a life-extending, mind-altering spice drug. On Air II Namlook subtly draws on the story's themes to create a beautiful, creepy, intoxicating universe of his own. Again he utilizes acoustic instruments: didgeridoo, sighing woodwinds, flamenco guitar, Mid-Eastern flutes, and swooping vocal textures that rise and fall to striking effect. They're all integrated seamlessly, proving that despite the club music influences he thrived by exploring outside the rigid structures of electronic beats and sequencing.

Other collaborations

Although as an artist Namlook's focus was far broader than just club-influenced sounds, when he did get into more squelchy or bleepy techy-trance territory the results could be just as stimulating. On the brilliant two-part title track from The Fires Of Ork (1993) that thumping 4/4 kick drum is there alright, but somehow Namlook and cohort Gier Jenssen (aka Biosphere) have managed to mute it just enough to create a truly "ambient" dance music: thunderous yet shadowy and eerie, built around a voice sample of Rutger Hauer from Blade Runner. Also beats-based is the the superb first volume of From Within (1994), one of the pinnacles of ambient techno that marries Namlook's warm keys and spiralling synth sounds with the sparse bleeps and beats of Canadian techno guru Richie Hawtin. Again, the rhythms don't drive you into the ground but rather lull you into a gentle if uneasy trance, particularly on "Million Miles To Earth" and "Sad Alliance". The third in this series, From Within III (1997) is also outstanding

Namlook after the mid 90's

While many aficionados would agree that the early to mid 1990's produced most of Fax's - and Namlook's - most enduring releases, it would be unfair to dismiss some of Namlook's work since then. Highlights from 1995-2001 include the final volumes in what is probably Namlook's greatest series, the magnificent Silence IV (2000) and Silence V (2001). The luminous piano notes and warm orchestral synths of "The Night Before I Left" from Silence IV might just be the most emotional piece of music Namlook has ever made, an elegy that's at once incredibly sad and jaw-droppingly pretty. From the same album is the extraordinary "Bedouin Love", a dark, swirling epic with thunderous Moroccan drums, a strange spoken Arabic monologue and chilling yet beautiful synthesiser chords. In the same sonic universe as the Silence albums is From Within 3 from 1997, again made with Richie Hawtin but this time quite different from earlier volumes due to its softer, warmer sound. There's feather-soft lead guitar lines, lush strings, jazzy improvising and warm analogue melodies, all held together by subtle, intelligent drum programming. It's a fantastic example of accessible, soulful electronica.

In the 2000's and beyond Namlook continued with a busy release schedule of solo albums and collaborations but rarely with the same impact his music made in the previous decade. Not that there's lack of variety; for hardcore Fax fans there's plenty to explore. Experimental releases like New Organic Life (2002) are scarily unfamiliar, experimental, arguably unlistenable at times. Some outstanding individual melodic tracks appear on otherwise less-then-great albums such as Resonate (2006) and Namlook Le Mar (2009). However, some of his other collaborative albums made after the mid 90's - not listed on this page - are highly recommended including recordings with Tetsu Inoue, Klaus Schulze and Wolfram Spyra.

Death and legacy

Aged just 51, Namlook died unexpectedly in his sleep of a heart attack on 8 November 2012. Maintaining his intense work rate right up to the night he passed away, some wondered whether Namlook simply drove himself into the ground, literally living and dying for his art. Yet his sister told UK music journalist Mark Prendergast that "he went to bed happy" that day. Who are we to judge? Namlook left behind an extraordinary and enormous recorded legacy, as well as a generation of underground electronic producers and composers inspired by both his talents and his uncompromising independence. Fax Records is no more, though for the moment a good deal of his discography remains available. Hopefully a sensible licensing deal with the Kuhlmann estate will enable another publisher take on the best of his catalogue and keep it available in the coming decades. He deserves no less.

The tribute: Die Welt ist Klang

A superb Namlook tribute album appeared in 2013, almost as essential as any of the work released by the man himself. Die Welt ist Klang ("The World Is Sound") was put together in 2012-13 via a crowdfunding campaign by Dave Wade-Stein from EAR/Rational Music, the longtime North American distributor for Fax and related labels. The album is presented thus: four volumes of mostly new or unreleased music by former Fax artists, and four volumes of new material by mostly unknown musician-fans.

It's only fitting that one of the most prolific recording artists in the history of music - in all recorded music, not just a genre - should be honoured with a sprawling 8-volume tribute. It would take pages to review so much music in detail; suffice to say the standard of contributions overall is very high. Interestingly, most of the former Fax artists here don't seek to recapture peak moments from their past works. They just do what they do - from beatless ambient to bleepy dance grooves, from lounge to techno, from gentle dissonance to sweet, tender melodies. As for the the 40 or so musician-fan contributions, they were chosen from a large pool of submissions by a blind vote. Although there are some easy-to-spot pastiches among them, here too there is much freshness and surprise.

Die Welt ist Klang is a massive treasure chest of (mostly) new ambient and electronica. Some of it is the sound of now and some of it wistfully looks back. All of it acknowledges the contributions and example of one remarkable man.


Namlook" is "Koolman", a phonetic rendering of his real name, spelled backwards.

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A mini-'synthphony' featuring Namlook and Sharp. If you're expecting an effort that you'd think would e representative of these two synth masters on the great FAX label you'd might be a bit let down. Another collaboration that suffers from being too spontaneous and rushed but not as bad. It takes a while to get good, but about half of the album it does turn into something real neat. Sharp and Namlook crafted a classic piece of electro for the 90's....like eavesdropping on deep space communications...dominated by power surges, swoops of sound, rising and falling. Features a number of great sounds that border on the IDM genre, rhythmic yes, but no real beats until about 3/4 into the piece, certainly worth exploring multiple times.



Pete Namlook • Jonah Sharp - Wechselspannung ( 241mb)

 220 V (47:04)

01 Part 1 5:00
02 Part 2 5:00
03 Part 3 5:00
04 Part 4 5:00
05 Part 5 5:00
06 Part 6 5:00
07 Part 7 5:00
08 Part 8 5:00
09 Part 9 7:04


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After the somewhat unpopular first attempt at Psychonavigation, this follow-up sees a change in direction. "Under Heaven", which is more of a Namlook piece, delivers some of that lightly melodic space ambience that fans expect out of the FAX label, in order to open your mind up to the dark foreboding ambience of the droning "Blue Shift", which uses a nice subtlety of Namlook's sonar blips to keeps things interesting. "The Fate of Energy" is a tag team effort, Namlook setting you up with one of his dramatic themes and then 4 minutes in, dropping one of Lawsell's basslines backup back some of Pete's synth noodling. After that this record lose you with the rather formless "The Hell of the Same" even though it illustrates the idea behind Psychonavigation's usage of a wide variety of sounds in order to create a rather unique experience, narrowing down the purpose behind this budding project.



Pete Namlook • Bill Laswell - Psychonavigation 2 (flac 233mb)

01 Under Heaven 15:16
02 Blue Shift 13:13
03 The Fate of Energy 9:39
04 The Hell of the Same 14:14
05 Infinium 1:47

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Since the Psychonavigation series seems to be reserved for Namlook and Bill Laswell's more deep-space-oriented collaborations (and often with a somewhat gloomy tone), it's not surprising that this third in the series is a shadowy, somewhat Geiger-esque affair. Sparse vocal samples accentuate Namlook's extended Synthi and Trautonium passages, with Laswell's deep, monochromatic bass textures providing an ample anchor point. With Psychonavigation 3, the duo finally decide to deliver ambient worthy of being described as  'music for the inner mind'. "Telepathy I" gets down to what FAX does best: fantastic space music. "Mind Tranceference Control" and "Mind Over Energy" make fantastic use of melody and even drums along with their synths to create something that sets itself apart from other things these two have done. Those who have been put off by the the previous two Psychonavigation releases should be sure not to miss out on this one.



Pete Namlook • Bill Laswell - Psychonavigation 3 ( 239mb)

01 Telepathy I 15:31
02 Trautoniolo 4:02
03 Mind Tranceference Control 16:24
04 Mind Over Energy 12:56
05 Vocal PSI 2:56
06 Telepathy II 4:52
07 Lights Out 1:00

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Pete takes a Polybreak.
Like several other unusual one-off collaborations, Polytime is more of a Namlook album. Karl Berger's performance at the xylophone isn't distinct enough to stand out compared to Namlook's signature synthwork. "Worldwide Roaming" opens the album as a pure Namlook piece then has Karl's xylophone sampled in later in. Compare 6:15 with "Insight" at 4:15 and you can tell its the same xylophone perfomance only now sans Namlook. The same trend follows with the rest of the album but the title track "Polytime" is most notable has you'll hear Pete get especially jazzy and funky, taking the opportunity to pull out every instrument he can as long as he has his xylophone accompaniment. Definitely for fans of the jazzy side.



Pete Namlook • Karl Berger - Polytime ( 252mbmb)

01 Worldwide Roaming 7:29
02 Insight 11:00
03 Polytime 15:57
04 Tina 5:43
05 True Blue 11:21

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Compilation of tracks from various Pete Namlook monikers - compiled & mixed by the man himself.



Pete Namlook -  The Definitive Ambient Collection Volume 2 ( flac   388mb)

01 Escape - Trip To Polaris 8:04
02 Sequential - Duane Sky 5:42
03 Silence - Garden Of Dreams 22:24
04 Escape - Trip To Mars 5:46
05 Sequential - Saturn Cruises 15:29
06 Hearts Of Space - 70's Beauty 2:28
07 Air - 1st Impression 4:31
08 Minimalistic Source - Vibe 4:35
09 Dreamfish - Fishology (Remix) 12:31

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Jul 26, 2019

RhoDeo 1929 Grooves

Hello,


Today's Artists was a hip hop group, originally composed of KRS-One, D-Nice, and DJ Scott La Rock. DJ Scott La Rock was murdered on August 27, 1987, five months after the release of BDP's debut album, Criminal Minded. The name of the group, Boogie Down, derives from a nickname for the South Bronx section of The Bronx, one of the five boroughs of New York City. The group pioneered the fusion of dancehall reggae and hip hop music and their debut LP Criminal Minded contained frank descriptions of life in the South Bronx during the late 1980s, thus setting the stage for what would eventually become gangsta rap.  . ...... N Joy

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The membership of BDP changed continuously throughout its existence, the only constant being KRS-One. The group was founded by KRS-One and DJ Scott La Rock, with producer Lee Smith, who was essential in the production of the songs in the group's first album Criminal Minded, being added as a member shortly after. From those beginnings, BDP members and collaborators included Lee Smith, Scott La Rock, D-Nice, Henry Wilkerson PoppyDa, Kenny Parker (younger brother of KRS-One), Just-Ice, ICU, McBoo, Ms. Melodie, Heather B., Scottie Morris, Tony Rahsan, Willie D., RoboCop, Harmony, DJ Red Alert, Jay Kramer, D-Square, Rebekah Foster, Scott Whitehill, Scott King, Chris Tait and Sidney Mills. BDP as a group essentially ended because KRS-One began recording and performing under his own name rather than the group name. Original member Lee Smith, who has co-producer credit on the original 12” "South Bronx" single, was the last to be inexplicably jettisoned by KRS-One and the future new label after Scott's death.

In the liner notes on BDP's 1992 album Sex and Violence, KRS-One writes: "BDP in 1992 is KRS-One, Willie D, and Kenny Parker! BDP is not D-Nice, Jamal-ski, Harmony, Ms. Melodie, and Scottie Morris. They are not down with BDP so stop frontin'." Steve "Flash" Juon of RapReviews.com claimed that this initiated the ultimate breakup of the group. See Also: KRS-One, Scott La Rock, and D-Nice

A conflict arose in the late 1980s concerning the origins of Hip Hop, and BDP made conscious efforts in its early work to establish its interpretation of the issue. The origins of Hip Hop to many, including BDP, are believed to be from the Bronx. A rival hip-hop collective, known as the Juice Crew's lyrics, were misunderstood to contain a claim in the song "The Bridge" that hip hop was directly a result of artists originating from Queensbridge. Boogie Down and KRS retorted angrily with songs such as “The Bridge is Over” and “South Bronx,” which started one of the first notable Hip Hop wars as MC Shan, Marley Marl, Roxanne Shanté and Blaq Poet all released songs featuring verses personally attacking KRS and Scott La Rock. The Bridge Wars, however, were only short-lived, and after the death of Scott La Rock prior to the group's second album, KRS began to concentrate on socially conscious music.

While Criminal Minded contained vivid descriptions of South Bronx street life, BDP changed after Scott's death. Producer Lee Smith was dropped and KRS-One adopted the Teacha moniker and made a deliberate attempt at creating politically and socially conscious Hip-Hop. BDP was influential in provoking political and social consciousness in Hip-Hop. However, the group was sometimes overshadowed by the political Hip Hop group Public Enemy.

From its start, BDP was impactful in both the development of hip-hop and giving a sincere voice to the reality of life in the South Bronx, a section of New York City that is clouded with poverty and crime. With its debut album Criminal Minded, this early hip-hop group combined the sounds of LaRock's harsh, spare, reggae-influenced beats and KRS-One's long-winded rhyme style on underground classics such as “9mm Goes Bang” and “South Bronx,” the album's gritty portrait of life on the streets (as well as the firearms that adorned its cover) influenced the gangsta rap movement that began in earnest two years later.

The influence of BDP in the creation and development of gangsta rap highlights the cultural significance and impact of the type of music BDP and other early hip-hop artists like it created. This subgenre of hip-hop is most closely associated with hard-core hip-hop and is widely misinterpreted as promoting violence and gang activity. This misinterpretation or stigma is closely related to Boogie Down Productions and the general purpose behind their underlying themes of violence. For instance, the cover art of Criminal Minded displays the two artists in this group brandishing drawn guns and displaying other firearms. This is not an encouragement of the violence described in BDP's music, but rather a portrayal or hinting at the violence present in the South Bronx as a means of expression, escape, and even condemnation. This album art is not meant to advocate for violence but to challenge the conception of a criminal, to assert that those who are really criminally minded are those who hold power.[citation needed] This conflicts with the general stigma surrounding gangsta rap, which thrives off of displaying messages of violence in such a way that it doesn’t challenge these social ills, but rather supports them through the culture of the music.

The music of BDP became significantly more politically astute after the death of disc jockey Scott La Rock, KRS-One's mentor and partner. La Rock's death symbolized all of the injustices that BDP reacted to and lyrically described in their music, and thus inspired KRS-One, now the only original member left in the group, to become more passionate about the relevance of the message of BDP's music. He went on to publish four more albums under the title of Boogie Down Productions, and each one was increasingly innovative and expanded from the thuggish imagery of Criminal Minded and began to explore themes like black-on-black crime, and black radicalism, using a riff on the words of Malcolm X, “by any means necessary”, which became the title of the second BDP album, and still remains as one of the most political hip-hop albums to date. It was in this album where KRS defined himself as the “teacha” or “teacher” symbolizing his emphasis on educating his audience members and fans about relevant social issues surrounding the African-American experience.

During his time in association with Boogie Down Productions, KRS-One joined with other rappers to create the Stop the Violence Movement, which addressed many of the issues brought about through BDP's music and is the most conscious effort displayed by KRS-One and Boogie Down Productions of political Activism and engagement. The movement created the single “Self-Destruction” in 1989 through the collaboration of hip-hop artists Boogie Down Productions (KRS-One, D-Nice & Ms. Melodie), Stetsasonic (Delite, Daddy-O, Wise, and Frukwan), Kool Moe Dee, MC Lyte, Doug E. Fresh, Just-Ice, Heavy D, Biz Markie, Public Enemy (Chuck D & Flavor Flav) with the aim of spreading awareness about violence throughout African-American and hip-hop communities.[7] All proceeds from this effort went to the National Urban League.


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Criminal Minded is widely considered the foundation of hardcore rap, announcing its intentions with a cover photo of KRS-One and Scott La Rock (on his only album with Boogie Down Productions) posing with weapons -- an unheard-of gesture in 1987. BDP weren't the first to rap about inner-city violence and drugs, and there's no explicit mention of gangs on Criminal Minded, but it greatly expanded the range of subject matter that could be put on a rap record, and its grittiest moments are still unsettling today. Actually, that part of its reputation rests on just a handful of songs. Overall, the record made its impact through sheer force -- not only KRS-One's unvarnished depictions of his harsh urban environment, but also his booming delivery and La Rock's lean, hard backing tracks (which sound a little skeletal today, but were excellent for the time). It's important to note that KRS-One hadn't yet adopted his role as the Teacher, and while there are a few hints of an emerging social consciousness, Criminal Minded doesn't try to deliver messages, make judgments, or offer solutions. That's clear on "South Bronx" and "The Bridge Is Over," two of the most cutting -- even threatening -- dis records of the '80s, which were products of a beef with Queens-based MC Shan. They set the tone for the album, which reaches its apex on the influential, oft-sampled "9mm Goes Bang." It's startlingly violent, even if KRS-One's gunplay is all in self-defense, and it's made all the more unsettling by his singsong ragga delivery. Another seminal hardcore moment is "Remix for P Is Free," which details an encounter with a crack whore for perhaps the first time on record. Elsewhere, there are a few showcases for KRS-One's pure rhyming skill, most notably "Poetry" and the title track. Overall it's very consistent, so even if the meat of Criminal Minded is the material that lives up to the title, the raw talent on display is what cements the album's status as an all-time classic.



 Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded  (flac   389mb)


01 Poetry 5:03
02 South Bronx 5:11
03 9mm Goes Bang 4:20
04 Word From Our Sponsor 3:55
05 Elementary 4:07
06 Dope Beat 5:16
07 Remix For P Is Free 4:21
08 The Bridge Is Over 3:27
09 Super Hoe 5:31
10 Criminal Minded 5:20

11 Poetry (Instrumental) 2:14
12 South Bronx (Instrumental) 2:16
13 9mm Goes Bang (Instrumental) 2:15
14 Word From Out Sponsor (Instrumental) 2:15
15 Elementary (Instrumental) 2:14
16 Dope Beat (Instrumental) 2:14
17 Remix For P Is Free (Instrumental) 2:15
18 The Bridge Is Over (Instrumental) 2:15
19 Super Hoe (Instrumental) 2:13
20 Criminal Minded (Instrumental) 2:23

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The murder of DJ Scott La Rock had a profound effect on KRS-One, resulting in a drastic rethinking of his on-record persona. He re-emerged the following year with By All Means Necessary, calling himself the Teacher and rapping mostly about issues facing the black community. His reality rhymes were no longer morally ambiguous, and this time when he posed on the cover with a gun, he was mimicking a photo of Malcolm X. As a social commentator, this is arguably KRS-One's finest moment. His observations are sharp, lucid, and confident, yet he doesn't fall prey to the preachiness that would mar some of his later work, and he isn't afraid to be playful or personal. The latter is especially true on the subject of La Rock, whose memory hangs over By All Means Necessary -- not just in the frequent name-checks, but in the minimalist production and hard-hitting 808 drum beats that were his stock-in-trade on Criminal Minded. La Rock figures heavily in the album opener, "My Philosophy," which explains BDP's transition and serves as a manifesto for socially conscious hip-hop. The high point is the impassioned "Stop the Violence," a plea for peace on the hip-hop scene that still hasn't been heeded. Even as KRS-One denounces black-on-black crime, he refuses to allow the community to be stereotyped, criticizing the system that scoffs at that violence on the spoken recitation "Necessary." "Illegal Business" is a startlingly perceptive look at how the drug trade corrupts the police and government, appearing not long before the CIA's drug-running activities in the Iran-Contra Affair came to light. There are also some lighter moments in the battle-rhyme tracks, and a witty safe-sex rap in "Jimmy," a close cousin to the Jungle Brothers' "Jimbrowski." Lyrics from this album have been sampled by everyone from Prince Paul to N.W.A, and it ranks not only as KRS-One's most cohesive, fully realized statement, but a landmark of political rap that's unfairly lost in the shadow of Public Enemy's It Takes a Nation of Millions.



Boogie Down Productions - By Al Means Necessary  (flac   240mb)

01 My Philosophy 5:36
02 Ya Slippin' 4:32
03 Stop The Violence 4:37
04 Illegal Business 5:17
05 Nervous 4:10
06 I'm Still #1 5:09
07 Part Time Suckers 5:28
08 Jimmy 4:11
09 T'cha-T'cha 4:30
10 Necessary 2:57

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The second Boogie Down Productions album devoted mostly to consciousness raising, Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip Hop finds KRS-One evolving into a fierce advocate for both his community and his chosen art form. He's particularly concerned about the direction of the latter: he's wary of hip-hop being co-opted by the pop mainstream, and the album's title comes from his conviction that real hip-hop is built on the vitality and rebelliousness of the streets. Accordingly, Ghetto Music contains a few more battle rhymes than usual, plus some showcases for pure MC technique, in keeping with the most basic elements of the music. The production, too, is still resolutely minimalist, and even if it's a little more fleshed-out than in the past, it consciously makes no concessions to pop or R&B accessibility. There are more reggae inflections in KRS-One's delivery than ever before, audible in about half the tracks here, and the production starts to echo dancehall more explicitly on a few. Meanwhile, as the Teacher, he's actually put together lesson plans for a couple tracks: "Why Is That?" and "You Must Learn" are basically lectures about biblical and African-American history, respectively. This is where KRS-One starts to fall prey to didacticism, but he has relevant points to make, and the rapping is surprisingly nimble given all the information he's trying to pack in. Elsewhere, "Who Protects Us from You?" is a bouncy anti-police-brutality rap, and KRS closes the album with the point that "World Peace" can only be achieved through a pragmatic, aggressive struggle for equality. Although Ghetto Music has a few signs that KRS is starting to take himself a little too seriously (he dubs himself a metaphysician in the liner notes), overall it's another excellent effort and the last truly great BDP album.



Boogie Down Productions - Ghetto Music  The Blueprint of Hip Hop (flac   245mb)

01 The Style You Haven't Done Yet 3:01
02 Why Is That? 3:57
03 The Blueprint 2:54
04 Jack Of Spades 4:49
05 Jah Rulez 4:25
06 Breath Control 3:38
07 Who Protects Us From You? 2:25
08 You Must Learn 3:51
09 Hip Hop Rules 4:08
10 Bo! Bo! Bo! 5:21
11 Gimme, Dat, (Woy) 3:04
12 Ghetto Music 3:15
13 World Peace 4:45

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Jul 23, 2019

RhoDeo 1929 Sworn Sword

Hello, i'll be continuing on the fallacy called cosmology, these guys are so wrong it makes me cringe so how did it come to all this nonsense. Well it's starts with Lord Kelvin (he did important work in the mathematical analysis of electricity and formulation of the first and second laws of thermodynamics, and did much to unify the emerging discipline of physics in its modern form) It got him the Lordship. Anyway towards the end of his life he was worried he would loose his standing as the top dog of his age, because there was this guy who had died way to early age 46, James Clerk Maxwell, whose  "Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field" made him the # 1 between his peers in fact he would have been considered the no 1 scientist Britain ever brought fourth, bigger as Newton, if not for the fact a jealous Lord Kelvin in a desperate move decided that electricity in space was a nono and with it much of Maxwell's work irrelevant. This caused a big stir at the beginning of the 20th century, so big it influenced young Einstein in Switserland so when he started on his special theory of relativity and later general relativity, where electro magnetism was largely seen as minor compared to gravity, which is insanely wrong and Einstain knew it by 22/23, but hey can you blame him basking in glory, it's for others to take him down but the others had run away with it, first and fore most an astronomer called Sir Arthur Eddington, who 'proved' Einstein's general relativity theory and launched Einstein into the high echalons of science, unfortunately it was all a fraud, it was not until 10 years later they could technically (dis)prove any of it....to be continued

Standard Cosmology vs the Electric/plasma universe for Layman







Most people just accept that our universe is ruled by gravity; an assumption that is wrong. Evidence instead shows that the force responsible for all of the objects and events we observe throughout the universe is the electric force that enables current flow and therefore magnetic fields to exist. If we consider that the electric force is fundamentally one thousand, billion, billion, billion, billion times more powerful than gravity and that the universe consists of 99.99% plasma; charged matter through which electric currents flow, then you have good reason to open your mind and watch what this video has to say.


Today, the second tale of Ser Duncan the Tall and his squire Egg, a year has passed from the time Dunk almost lost a hand and foot, but gained a royal squire. He is now under the employ of Ser Eustace and thanks to conflicts with his neighbor, The Red Widow, we get to know more about the Targaryen history and their conflicts.

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George R. R. Martin is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of many novels, including the acclaimed series A Song of Ice and Fire on which HBO based the world’s most-watched television series, Game of Thrones., A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and A Dance with Dragons—as well as Tuf Voyaging, Fevre Dream, The Armageddon Rag, Dying of the Light, Windhaven (with Lisa Tuttle), and Dreamsongs Volumes I and II. His science fiction novella Nightflyers has also been adapted as a television series; and he is the creator of the shared-world Wild Cards universe, working with the finest writers in the genre. As a writer-producer, Martin has worked on The Twilight Zone, Beauty and the Beast, and various feature films and pilots that were never made. He lives with his wife the lovely Parris in Santa Fe, New Mexico.


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Tales of Dunk and Egg is a series of fantasy novellas by George R. R. Martin, set in the world of his A Song of Ice and Fire novels. They follow the adventures of "Dunk" (the future Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, Ser Duncan the Tall) and "Egg" (the future king Aegon V Targaryen), some 90 years before the events of the novels. Three novellas have been published – The Hedge Knight (1998), The Sworn Sword (2003), and The Mystery Knight (2010) – and Martin has stated his intention to continue the series.

The Sworn Sword
The second novella was published in 2003 in the Legends II anthology, also edited by Robert Silverberg.[3] The story has been adapted into a graphic novel by Ben Avery and drawn by Mike S. Miller, in cooperation with publisher and distributor Marvel Comics. The first comic was released on June 20, 2007, and the graphic novel was released on June 18, 2008.

Plot

The story begins in the Reach with Duncan the Tall sworn to Ser Eustace Osgrey of Standfast, and illuminates several aspects of the feudal system of Westeros. A series of flashbacks narrated by Ser Eustace relate the events of the Blackfyre Rebellion and its conclusion at the Battle of the Redgrass Field.

At the fort of Standfast, Dunk and Ser Eustace's other sworn sword, Ser Bennis the Brown, discover that a dam has been built across the local stream, by peasants in service to Lady Rohanne Webber of Coldmoat. Bennis reacts angrily, cutting the cheek of one of the peasants. Upon hearing the news, Ser Eustace realizes that Lady Webber will be angered by Bennis's actions against her servants, and orders Dunk and Bennis to train levies from his three villages. For a peaceful solution, Eustace sends Dunk to Coldmoat, where Dunk learns that Lady Rohanne stands to lose her lands to a male cousin if she does not take a fifth husband by the second anniversary of her father's death. Her castellan, the haughty Ser Lucas Inchfield (known as the "Long Inch" for his 6-foot 7-inch height), is her most insistent suitor, but she has already refused him. Dunk fails to change the Lady's mind on either the dam's construction or seeking justice for her servant, and Rohanne informs him that Ser Eustace is a former traitor, who supported the usurper Daemon Blackfyre, and has therefore been stripped of most of his lands; whereas she was once in love with his youngest son, who died at Redgrass Field.

Shocked by the news of Ser Eustace's past treason, Dunk returns to Standfast to leave the old knight's service. That night, Ser Eustace's forest is burned, and Duncan recalls Lady Rohanne's threat of "fire and sword" to destroy Standfast. He therefore disperses the levies, and promises to oppose Lady Rohanne himself. At the river, Dunk rides into the ford to parley with Lady Rohanne where the noise of the water will prevent anyone on either bank from overhearing them. Before he enters the stream, Ser Eustace suggests that Dunk should kill Lady Rohanne at this meeting. Instead, Dunk offers his own blood to Lady Rohanne by slicing his cheek. This pays the debt for the wounded peasant; and for the claim that Lady Rohanne had the forest burned, she demands an apology or vindication, and all agree upon trial by combat between Dunk and Ser Lucas, to be fought in the stream as the only neutral ground present. In the fight, Dunk is nearly outfought by Ser Lucas, but drowns him and nearly drowns himself, but is resuscitated by Lady Rohanne's maester. When he awakens, Dunk learns that Ser Eustace and Lady Rohanne are now married, to reconcile their debts. Before Dunk leaves, Rohanne offers him her finest mare to make amends; and when he refuses, Lady Rohanne insists that he take something to remember her by, and he pulls her into a passionate kiss, and takes a length of her hair as a keepsake. Thereafter he and Egg ride to the Wall.



George R. R. Martin - Song of Ice and Fire Prequel - The Sworn Sword 1-4 ( 75min mp3     26mb).


The Sworn Sword 1-4 75:20


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previously

George R. R. Martin - Song of Ice and Fire Prequel - The Hedge Knight 1 ( 103min mp3     35mb).
George R. R. Martin - Song of Ice and Fire Prequel - The Hedge Knight 2 ( 85min mp3     65mb).

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Jul 22, 2019

RhoDeo 1929 Re-Ups 197

Hello,  things are heating up at the Tour de France even when the riders got a nice shower during today's final ascent, once again it was Simon Yates who took the glory, his twin brother Adam whom he's supposed to support but who's clearly out of form coming in more than 24 min later. The big guys slagged it out, Pinot showing the strongest hand but the others were all close, leading to a situation were leader Alaphilippe who showed first weekness today and who is expected to drop out of the top by the end of next week. Behind him the gap between # 2 Thomas and #6 Buchmann is just 39 seconds, that's 5 guys who reckon they have a serious shot at the podium in Paris next week. They will be severely tested with 3 tough mountainstages and if that weren't enough it looks like they will ride during a heatwave (35c +), and all for peanuts price money. After all cycling is run by UCI geriatrics and a French monopolist ASO that makes a bundle on the back of riders but considers such not at all completely amoral. It's the pro teams that need to make a stand but they have had a week and divided position for decades. Pricemoney for the winner-who's expected to share with team mates and support crew a mere 500.000 euro's, compare that  with 1.2 million for the Wimbledon winner who's played tennis for 12 hours most of the time without being seriously stressed, btw its twice as bad at the female side. Female procyclists make 25% of what their male counterparts make. Clearly those UCI bobo's are not in it for their procyclists or are basicly stuck in the 20th century, these top athlete's are very much undervalued, but hey they are admired...



12 correct requests for this week,  2 to early,  2 double (same artist) , whatever another batch of 43 re-ups (12.7 gig)


These days i'm making an effort to re-up, it will satisfy a smaller number of people which means its likely the update will  expire relatively quickly again as its interest that keeps it live. Nevertheless here's your chance ... asks for re-up in the comments section at the page where the expired link resides, or it will be discarded by me. ....requests are satisfied on a first come first go basis. ...updates will be posted here remember to request from the page where the link died! To keep re-ups interesting to my regular visitors i will only re-up files that are at least 12 months old (the older the better as far as i am concerned), and please check the previous update request if it's less then a year old i won't re-up either.

Looka here , requests fulfilled up to July 21st... N'Joy

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It's all about that mysterious moon these days, 50 years ago it was soiled by humans for the first time, no wonder then my Moondaze posting was requested


4x Sundaze Back in Flac (Air - Moon Safari, Whom the Moon a Nightsong Sings 1, Whom the Moon a Nightsong Sings 2, Clint Mansell - Moon (O.S.T. ))



3x Grooves Back in Flac (The Temptations - 1990,  The Temptations - In Japan!, The Temptations - A Song For You)


4x Grooves  Back  in Flac ( Eric Burdon Declares "War", Eric Burdon & War-Black-Man's Burdon, War - War,  War - All Day Music)


3x Sundaze Back In Flac (Ekko - Centripetal, Adham Shaikh - Essence , Adham Shaikh - Fusion)



4x Sundaze Back in Flac (Brainwave Sync - Kundalini Awakening, Stephan Micus - Wings Over Water, Stephan Micus - East Of The Night,  Stephan Micus - The Music Of Stones )



3x Sundaze Back in Flac (Wendy Carlos - Sonic Seasonings, Wendy Carlos - Sonic Seasonings II, Wendy Carlos - Clockwork OST )  *



3x Sundaze Back in Flac ( Gong - Radio Gnome Invisible Part 1 (Flying Teapot), Gong - Radio Gnome Invisible Part 2 (Angels Egg), Gong - Radio Gnome Invisible Part 3 (You))



3x Sundaze Back in Flac (Laswell & Namlook - Psychonavigation, Laswell & Jah Wobble - Radioaxiom, Golden Palominos - Drunk With Passion)



3x Sundaze Back in Flac (David Sylvian - Alchemy  (An Index Of Possibilities), David Sylvian - Gone To Earth, David Sylvian - Blemish)



4x Beats NOW In Flac (The Black Dog - ''Book of Dogma'' 1, The Black Dog - ''Book of Dogma'' 2, The Black Dog - Radio Scarecrow, The Black Dog - Further Vexations)



5x Beats Back in Flac (808 State - Quadrastate, Dreadzone - 360 , Transglobal Underground - International Times, ++  Dreadzone - Second Light, Transglobal Underground - Dream of Nations )


4x Grooves Back in Flac (Rick James - Come Get It, Rick James - Bustin' Out of L Seven, Rick James - Fire It Up, Rick James - Garden of Love)


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Jul 21, 2019

Sundaze 1929

Hello, as it's been all about the moonlanding this week an impressive feat for a species used to work with sticks and stones to kill eachother, and after that Eagle had landed not much attention was given to the moon, but plenty of money went into perfecting the sticks and stones and the nasty things they can do to fellow humans . Anyway Trump was not amused for all the attention that Kennedy project got, so he tried to get some of that limelight (which keeps him alive) and told us he would sent a woman to the moon, probably to clean up the mess the male astronauts left behind. That said, Sundaze has an Alien Community dropping in...now top that Trump.



If most artists in contemporary electronica are like islands unto themselves, turning out tracks in relative anonymity, Pete "Namlook" Kuhlmann was a whole continent. A dizzyingly prolific composer who steadily built up an entire industry around his Frankfurt-based Fax label, Namlook's name was inextricably linked with the post-rave resurgence of ambient music, and many of his solo and collaborative recordings with the likes of Mixmaster Morris, Tetsu Inoue, Klaus Schulze, Bill Laswell, Richie Hawtin, Geir Jenssen, Dr. Atmo, Burhan Ocal, Atom Heart, Jonah Sharp, Charles Uzzell-Edwards, and David Moufang, among many others, number among the most lauded and influential in new ambient. "...  ......N-Joy

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Pete Namlook (born 25 November 1960 as Peter Kuhlmann [phon koolman] in Frankfurt, Germany, died on 8 November 2012) was an ambient and electronic-music producer and composer., the extremely prolific Pete Namlook (1960-2012) was one of the high priests of new-school ambient, ie. ambient techno, trance, lounge and other related dance-music spinoffs. In its 20 year history his record label Fax Records released some of the definitive albums in these sub-genres and Namlook stands alongside a handful of other names such as The Orb, Biosphere and Mixmaster Morris as one of the originators of ambient's resurgence and reinvention via dance music in the late 80's and early 90's.

Intriguingly, he often favoured the sounds of analogue synthesisers over digital and - alongside fellow German e-musician Oliver Lieb - was reputed to have one of the most extensive collections of classic analogue equipment in Europe. And although he downplayed the linage, like many of his new-school peers his music has some of its roots in old-school electronica as varied as Brian Eno, psy rockers Pink Floyd, and Krautrock icons like Klaus Schulze and Tangerine Dream.

But Namlook was no imitator. He deepened and refined the sound of his predecessors with an injection of fresh ideas from the dance world, coupled with fine musicianship honed from many years of playing rock and jazz. In a 2007 interview with e-music magazine Slices he actually made a point of distancing his music from the conceptual influence of Eno particularly:

"You have to differentiate quite clearly between ambient in a techno sense, and on the other hand Brian Eno, a purely conceptual thing. I only knew of a collaboration between Brian Eno and Cluster [the German band], and him with Roxy Music. I only bought his ambient stuff later. Ambient as Eno defines it...is more or less musical wallpaper. It stays in the background and serves the environment rather than saying something about itself. In my definition of ambient, which has nothing in common with Eno's definition, it's about a journey, intense emotions that need to be transported - environmental music, jazz, ethno - depending on what project I'm working on".

The genesis of Fax Records

Although he had long dreamed of making a career from ambient electronica, in Fax Records' early days he was mainly pursuing a dance floor-oriented direction and releasing 12-inch vinyl singles to a warm reception from sectors of Europe's club scene.

But Namlook soon became dismayed at other artists' appropriation of the Frankfurt "hard trance" sound (developed through his genre-defining 4 Voice project). Thankfully his ambient B-sides to these singles - in hindsight a brilliant strategy - were also creating plenty of interest. Within a few years of the label's inception he had set about focusing Fax almost entirely on ambient and downtempo styles.

Up to his death in 2012 Namlook released an enormous number of solo and collaborative albums of widely varying quality both under his own name and various other project monikers. Collectors should be aware that many CD's were very limited pressings and some will be difficult to find, even more so now that Namlook has gone and the label is no more. Certain key titles were re-issued on CD and download from time to time, however, and much of the Fax catalogue is now spread widely online.

The Silence series

Silence (1992) is the one that started it all, Fax's first album release and one which caught the ear of both seasoned electronic boffins and dance fans looking for a chilled-out tonic after a night among the thumping beats of clubland. Both this album and Silence II (1993) are collaborations with close associate Dr Atmo and despite being at times almost new age in their choice of themes (a voice whispers sweet cosmic nothings like "we are all part of the universe") the music is outstanding. These beguiling, shimmering, reverberant landscapes are sometimes beatless and sometimes gently beaty with subdued live pads and cymbals. The 20 minute "Garden Of Dreams" is a particular mesmerising blend of slow Mid-Eastern rhythms with sighing and crying electronic chords.

Continuing the series is the the Persian-tinged Silence III (1998) which features Namlook on his own. Titles like "Mirage" "Into The Desert" and “A Ship On A Sea Of Sand” are just perfect; his sense of place is quite stunning and he understands the visual qualities of ambient sound exceptionally well. His creative range across entire series is impressive: from stately progressions of warm, organic-sounding orchestral synthscapes to atonal, purely atmospheric pieces of pure texture. When it comes to sound design Namlook’s attention to detail is faultless, which makes hearing his music on good hi-fi equipment especially rewarding. Silence III is followed by two more superb albums in the series.

The surreal, innovative first volume of Dreamfish (1993) with collaborator Mixmaster Morris is another genre-defining release, still cited today as a favourite by fans of early post-rave ambient. The environmental sound effects are deployed in a quirky way amongst the textured, gently rhythmic landscapes and the music brims with surprises and quiet invention. The jazzy bass notes on "Fishology", for example, move along at a good clip yet are so subtle that the track's calming qualities are never disturbed. The first three volumes of the Air series are also high-water marks for Namlook. Like the Silence series they show some rich ethnic and neo-classical leanings, and they remain particularly effective examples of how he uses live acoustic instruments in an electronic setting. The delicate, tinkling cymbals and soft tom-tom beats on "Je suis seule et triste ici" from Air I (1993), for instance, are utterly refreshing because Namlook is able to maintain a deep electronic ambient feel while still expanding electronica's instrumental vocabulary.

Air II (1994) is deeply psychedelic. An eleven-part "trip" subtitled "Traveling Without Moving", it takes it's thematic cue from Frank Herbert's cult sci-fi novel and movie Dune. Herbert's story posited a strange universe dependant on a life-extending, mind-altering spice drug. On Air II Namlook subtly draws on the story's themes to create a beautiful, creepy, intoxicating universe of his own. Again he utilizes acoustic instruments: didgeridoo, sighing woodwinds, flamenco guitar, Mid-Eastern flutes, and swooping vocal textures that rise and fall to striking effect. They're all integrated seamlessly, proving that despite the club music influences he thrived by exploring outside the rigid structures of electronic beats and sequencing.

Other collaborations

Although as an artist Namlook's focus was far broader than just club-influenced sounds, when he did get into more squelchy or bleepy techy-trance territory the results could be just as stimulating. On the brilliant two-part title track from The Fires Of Ork (1993) that thumping 4/4 kick drum is there alright, but somehow Namlook and cohort Gier Jenssen (aka Biosphere) have managed to mute it just enough to create a truly "ambient" dance music: thunderous yet shadowy and eerie, built around a voice sample of Rutger Hauer from Blade Runner. Also beats-based is the the superb first volume of From Within (1994), one of the pinnacles of ambient techno that marries Namlook's warm keys and spiralling synth sounds with the sparse bleeps and beats of Canadian techno guru Richie Hawtin. Again, the rhythms don't drive you into the ground but rather lull you into a gentle if uneasy trance, particularly on "Million Miles To Earth" and "Sad Alliance". The third in this series, From Within III (1997) is also outstanding

Namlook after the mid 90's

While many aficionados would agree that the early to mid 1990's produced most of Fax's - and Namlook's - most enduring releases, it would be unfair to dismiss some of Namlook's work since then. Highlights from 1995-2001 include the final volumes in what is probably Namlook's greatest series, the magnificent Silence IV (2000) and Silence V (2001). The luminous piano notes and warm orchestral synths of "The Night Before I Left" from Silence IV might just be the most emotional piece of music Namlook has ever made, an elegy that's at once incredibly sad and jaw-droppingly pretty. From the same album is the extraordinary "Bedouin Love", a dark, swirling epic with thunderous Moroccan drums, a strange spoken Arabic monologue and chilling yet beautiful synthesiser chords. In the same sonic universe as the Silence albums is From Within 3 from 1997, again made with Richie Hawtin but this time quite different from earlier volumes due to its softer, warmer sound. There's feather-soft lead guitar lines, lush strings, jazzy improvising and warm analogue melodies, all held together by subtle, intelligent drum programming. It's a fantastic example of accessible, soulful electronica.

In the 2000's and beyond Namlook continued with a busy release schedule of solo albums and collaborations but rarely with the same impact his music made in the previous decade. Not that there's lack of variety; for hardcore Fax fans there's plenty to explore. Experimental releases like New Organic Life (2002) are scarily unfamiliar, experimental, arguably unlistenable at times. Some outstanding individual melodic tracks appear on otherwise less-then-great albums such as Resonate (2006) and Namlook Le Mar (2009). However, some of his other collaborative albums made after the mid 90's - not listed on this page - are highly recommended including recordings with Tetsu Inoue, Klaus Schulze and Wolfram Spyra.

Death and legacy

Aged just 51, Namlook died unexpectedly in his sleep of a heart attack on 8 November 2012. Maintaining his intense work rate right up to the night he passed away, some wondered whether Namlook simply drove himself into the ground, literally living and dying for his art. Yet his sister told UK music journalist Mark Prendergast that "he went to bed happy" that day. Who are we to judge? Namlook left behind an extraordinary and enormous recorded legacy, as well as a generation of underground electronic producers and composers inspired by both his talents and his uncompromising independence. Fax Records is no more, though for the moment a good deal of his discography remains available. Hopefully a sensible licensing deal with the Kuhlmann estate will enable another publisher take on the best of his catalogue and keep it available in the coming decades. He deserves no less.

The tribute: Die Welt ist Klang

A superb Namlook tribute album appeared in 2013, almost as essential as any of the work released by the man himself. Die Welt ist Klang ("The World Is Sound") was put together in 2012-13 via a crowdfunding campaign by Dave Wade-Stein from EAR/Rational Music, the longtime North American distributor for Fax and related labels. The album is presented thus: four volumes of mostly new or unreleased music by former Fax artists, and four volumes of new material by mostly unknown musician-fans.

It's only fitting that one of the most prolific recording artists in the history of music - in all recorded music, not just a genre - should be honoured with a sprawling 8-volume tribute. It would take pages to review so much music in detail; suffice to say the standard of contributions overall is very high. Interestingly, most of the former Fax artists here don't seek to recapture peak moments from their past works. They just do what they do - from beatless ambient to bleepy dance grooves, from lounge to techno, from gentle dissonance to sweet, tender melodies. As for the the 40 or so musician-fan contributions, they were chosen from a large pool of submissions by a blind vote. Although there are some easy-to-spot pastiches among them, here too there is much freshness and surprise.

Die Welt ist Klang is a massive treasure chest of (mostly) new ambient and electronica. Some of it is the sound of now and some of it wistfully looks back. All of it acknowledges the contributions and example of one remarkable man.


Namlook" is "Koolman", a phonetic rendering of his real name, spelled backwards.

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Cosmonauts Pete Namlook and Jonah Sharp (Spacetime Continuum) find themselves in an unknown solar system somewhere in the Orion constellation. After traipsing across kilometres of inhospitable terrain, they see what appears to be a grassy plain, and roughly in the middle of it, there is a hillock with structures atop it. They approach tentatively before unwittingly stumbling into some kind of welcoming reception. They have arrived at an alien community, and they are welcomed like family. They discover the aliens are enthusiastic and effusive musicians with an idiosyncratic style, so they decide to incorporate it into their next disc when they finally return from their journey. The result is some fine industrial electro, with elements of trance and experimental sci-fi touches; interstellar waves send the track into eerie sectors, and on each track we find ourselves landing on a new planet - occasionally a moon, on the colder, more beatless tracks. The album is neither particularly malevolent nor especially benign, it is a beatific, often overwhelming and bewildering trip to the stars, with beats to keep you grounded. this is a great mixture of floating ambience and cool beats. This is simply mindblowing and is great through headphones, it takes you to a different dimension.100% recommended



Pete Namlook • Jonah Sharp - Alien Community I ( 381mbmb)

Interdimensional Communication (65:30)

01 Part 1 10:00
02 Part 2 10:00
03 Part 3 10:00
04 Part 4 10:00
05 Part 5 10:00
06 Part 6 10:00
07 Part 7 5:47

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Pete Namlook • Jonah Sharp - Alien Community II ( 331mb)

A Long And Perilous Voyage (60:39)

01 Part 1 4:59
02 Part 2 5:00
03 Part 3 5:00
04 Part 4 4:59
05 Part 5 5:00
06 Part 6 4:59
07 Part 7 5:00
08 Part 8 5:00
09 Part 9 4:59
10 Part 10 4:59
11 Part 11 4:59
12 Part 12 5:38

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Pete Namlook teamed up with David Moufang (Deep Space Network) under the Koolfang moniker for Jambient, a hybrid of spacey ambient rhythms with jazzy organ and guitar textures. The term ‘jazz’ gets thrown around a lot in the electronica category but Koolfang certainly delivers the most beautifully sonic synth-work that features that laid-back quality that you get out of jazz and many ambient fans look for in such “fusion” attempts. The core of this album consists of those two long spacious but constantly entertaining tracks that propose the two sides of Koolfang’s genre fusing: The title track taking everything from groovy basslines to dreamy guitars to even some effectively place trumpet to create extremely deep lounge music from the future. And “Fusonics” combining upbeat rave with trailing synths to create something you can easily either dance or chill to. The feedback of “O-Ton” interludes to the more playful but under shadowed “Counter” which features more of a synth-pop allure. One of the long-standing classics on FAX that represents a time when electronic music really found its groove.



Pete Namlook • David Moufang - Koolfang I Jambient   (flac 276mb)

01 Koolfang 19:14
02 Fusonics 24:50
03 O-Ton 4:47
04 Counter (Soprano - Elisabeth Michels) 10:00

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Koolfang II delves deeper into using exotic synthsizers, gutairs  and sax to create an all-new flavor of nighttime lounge jazz. The result is the ideal fusion of jazz and ambient electronica. "Come Closer" and "It's All Music" benefits from some of the best guitar work from Namlook you'll find on FAX. The more lighter and solemn "Gig in the Sky", written and dedicated to Namlook's father who had just passed on, utilizes some of the same stlye of female vocals as the Pink Floyd song of the same name. It's a shame they never created a direct follow-up this one as the direction pushes farther, in terms of modern electronica invoking the spirit of jazz, than just about anything else out there.



Pete Namlook • David Moufang - Koolfang II  Gig In The Sky ( 238mb)

01 Be Aware 7:40
02 Don't Be A Spooner 12:02
03 Fuerteventura 10:19
04 Jeanne 12:32
05 All The Motions 7:44
06 Here Comes The Rain 14:02

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Fortunately this album is saved by three of the album's six tracks, and these songs are, of course, the best on the album, and, indeed, some of the finest material ever produced by Namlook and Moufang. "Don't be a Spooner" is a sorta minimal tech-house thing straight outta the Kompakt stable (in fact, it sounds like a Justus Köhncke song...). It's pretty consistent from beginning to end, but it managed to retain my interest, so yeah. . Jeanne" is an exceptional piece, awash with ecstatic leads and driven by a bassline that one could almost describe as "sexy". If I had to choose a favorite piece from the entire Fax discography, it would either be this or Tetsu Inoue's "Holy Dance"! "Here Comes the Rain" is a little more mellow, and fares well as an album closer. Its arrangement is reminiscent of the 70's pioneers (in fact, it sounds uncannily like mid-period Ash Ra Tempel, or maybe something by one of the guys from Cluster), yet it somehow sounds "fresh". Koolfang is a really cool little project. They're not one of the most innovative artists on the Fax roster... but they're really the ideal "kicking back" music.
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Pete Namlook • David Moufang - Koolfang III  Be Aware ( flac   355mb)

01 Be Aware 7:40
02 Don't Be a Spooner 12:02
03 Fuerteventura 10:19
04 Jeanne 12:32
05 All the Motion 7:44
06 Here Comes the Rain 14:02


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Jul 19, 2019

RhoDeo 1928 Grooves

Hello,


Today's Artists at the beginning of their career, they were squarely a jazz-funk fusion band, contemporaries of fellow Brit funk groups like Atmosfear, Light of the World, Incognito, and Beggar & Co. By the end of the '80s, however, the band -- whose music was instantly recognizable from Mark King's thumb-slap bass technique and associate member Wally Badarou's synthesizer flourishes -- had crossed over to the point where they were often classified as sophisti-pop and dance-rock, that made polished, upbeat, danceable pop/rock. The band's commercial peak came with 1985's World Machine, but they continued to record and tour sporadically throughout the '90s and 2000s.. . ...... N Joy

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Mark King and the Gould brothers (Phil and Rowland, the latter generally known by his nickname "Boon") were all brought up on the Isle of Wight and played together in various bands during their teenage years. Phil Gould went on to study at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he met keyboard player Mike Lindup in a percussion course. Both musicians found that they shared musical heroes: Miles Davis, John McLaughlin, Keith Jarrett and Jan Hammer.

By 1979, Phil Gould and Mark King were both based in London and became involved in Robin Scott's pop project M. While working with M, they became acquainted with Afro-French keyboard player Wally Badarou, who played synthesizer on M's US number one single "Pop Muzik". In late 1979, Phil Gould introduced Mark King and Mike Lindup to each other, and all of them began playing together in loose rehearsal sessions, developing their own jazz-funk fusion style. The developing band's original guitarist was Dominic Miller (later to find fame playing with Sting), but he was replaced by Boon Gould on the latter's return from working in the United States.

Initially, instrumental roles were flexible, with Boon Gould also playing bass guitar and saxophone and Lindup doubling on keyboards and drums. Mark King was primarily a drummer (although he also played guitar) but had recently sold his drum kit to pay for transport back to the UK after an ill-fated European venture. With Phil Gould and Boon Gould established (respectively) as the most accomplished drummer and guitarist in the quartet, King opted to learn bass guitar instead. At the time, King was working in a London music store. A notably flexible musician and quick learner, he had observed visiting American funk players demonstrating the thumb-slap bass guitar technique and developed his own take on the style in a matter of weeks.

The developing band (at this point, entirely an instrumental act) took the name Level 42 and settled on a working line-up of King (bass guitar, percussion), Lindup (keyboards, percussion), Boon Gould (guitar, saxophone) and Phil Gould (drums). The name of the band is a reference to the novel The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, in which "42" is the answer to "the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything."[5] Having maintained their links with Wally Badarou, Phil Gould and Mark King invited him to work with Level 42. Although he never formally joined the band, Badarou would become a fifth member in all but name: co-writing songs, playing keyboards and synthesisers in the studio and co-producing the records.

After they were seen jamming together, Level 42 were invited to sign to Elite Records (a small independent label) in 1980. They were also encouraged to branch out into vocal music. Having considered recruiting a singer, the band eventually settled on giving King and Lindup the vocal role. The two men developed a complementary style, with Lindup's falsetto frequently used for harmonies and choruses while King's deep tenor led the verses (although Lindup would also sing entire songs on his own). Lyrics were generally written by the Gould brothers while King, Badarou and Lindup concentrated on Level 42's music. The Elite Records single "Love Meeting Love" brought the band to the attention of Polydor Records, with whom they signed their second recording contract. In 1981, they released their first Polydor single, "Love Games", which became a Top 40 hit. They then cut their critically acclaimed self-titled debut album, which was an immediate success throughout Europe.

The band quickly established themselves as concert favourites on the budding British and European jazz-funk scene, taking advantage of the musical expertise and performance skills of all four members.[citation needed] Polydor capitalised on the band's success by releasing a second album, The Early Tapes later in the same year. This was a compilation of material from the Elite Records period (and is also known by an alternate name, Strategy). In 1982, Level 42 released their third album The Pursuit of Accidents. This was a further development of the Level 42 formula, maintaining their instrumental jazz-funk skills and styling but also experimenting further with pop songs. Both of the singles from the album — "Weave Your Spell" and "The Chinese Way" — charted. The latter, in particular, rose high in the charts and gained the band a much wider audience than before.

A fourth album, Standing in the Light, was released in 1983. Produced by Larry Dunn and Verdine White (of Earth, Wind & Fire), this album began a new era for the band, being less experimental and less jazzy than previous releases. It provided them with their first UK Top Ten hit, "The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up)". Notably, the album featured no instrumental tracks, with the band now focusing heavily on songs. (The band would not release another instrumental on an album until 1988's Staring at the Sun). The 1984 album True Colours continued the band's development away from straightforward jazz funk, veering stylistically between funk, power pop, mid-tempo rock and moody ballads. It yielded the singles "The Chant Has Begun" and "Hot Water". The latter was a Top 20 hit in Britain and a Top 5 hit in the Netherlands where the band became popular (the song reached also No. 7 in Belgium). During the same year, Mark King released his first solo album Influences on which he played the majority of the instruments (with a guest appearance by Aswad's Drummie Zeb, and with Lindup guesting on additional keyboards). By this time, Level 42 were known for their power as a live band (as showcased on the 1985 double live album A Physical Presence). For live gigs the band added saxophonist Krys Mach, who toured with the group from 1984 to 1988 and contributed to some album recordings.

By this time, the band were well established in their mainstream pop/R&B sound, as evidenced on their next studio album, World Machine, released later in 1985. King's dextrous bass playing and Lindup and Badarou's chugging keyboards acted as templates for pop songs such as "Something About You" and "Leaving Me Now", which were both UK Top 20 hits (Top 40 hits in the Netherlands). Significantly, "Something About You" was also their first (and only) US Top 10 the following year; also reaching the Top 5 in Canada and the Top 20 in Italy and New Zealand. "Leaving Me Now" was the second hit from this album, peaking at No. 15 in the United Kingdom but proving less successful in Europe. Elements of Level 42's roots could still be found in the funky "Coup d'État" and "Dream Crazy" on the UK version of the album, as well as a long instrumental track named "Hell," which was also recorded during the World Machine sessions

World Machine gained positive reviews from critics, with AllMusic journalist William Cooper, in a retrospective review, describing it as "one of the finest pop albums of the mid-'80s." During the recording of the album, the first major tensions between Phil Gould and Mark King began to surface over musical direction, production and their personal relationship. This clashing led to Gould leaving the band for a week. Allan Holdsworth's drummer Gary Husband was lined up as a potential replacement, but Gould and King's dispute was subsequently patched up and the group went on to enjoy their most successful year to date. Released in early 1986 (and initially recorded to keep up the band's European chart momentum while the band was busy touring the United States), "Lessons in Love" was an international hit and became Level 42's biggest selling single.[citation needed] It gave the band their first number one in Denmark, Germany, Switzerland and South Africa, increasing the band's popularity considerably. It also placed at No. 2 in Italy, the Netherlands and Sweden, No. 3 in the UK and in Ireland, No. 4 in Austria, No. 10 in Norway, No. 12 in the US in 1987, No. 18 in New Zealand and No. 22 in France).

"Lessons in Love" became the lead single on 1987's Running in the Family album, recorded to capitalise on the impact. With the band now at the peak of their success, the album added further gloss to Level 42's polished pop sound (despite adding to Phil Gould's disquiet). Further singles from the album continued and built on the band's existing profile: "To Be With You Again" (No. 6 in the Netherlands and in Ireland), the ballad "It's Over" (No. 3 in Ireland and No. 7 in the Netherlands) and Running In The Family's title track (No. 1 in Denmark, No. 3 in the Netherlands, No. 4 in Ireland, No. 5 in Switzerland, No. 7 in Norway and No. 9 in New Zealand).[8] The album itself was a major international success, reaching the Top 10 in numerous countries.

By now a leading British pop band, Level 42 played at the Prince's Trust concert in June 1987, with Eric Clapton standing in on lead guitar for a performance of "Running in the Family". King and Lindup also performed with artists including Ben E. King on "Stand By Me" and George Harrison and Ringo Starr on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps". Despite the success, Level 42 were on the brink of splitting up. Although Phil Gould was the most visibly dissatisfied member, it was Boon Gould who was the first to leave, departing in late 1987, following a support slot on a Madonna tour. The quietest member of the band, Boon surprised both King and Lindup with his sudden departure. However, he had been suffering from nervous exhaustion and also wanted to leave the lifestyle of a constantly touring musician in order to settle down and spend more time with his wife and children. Boon's relationship with the band remained amicable and, although he would not return to Level 42 as a performing or recording member, he continued to write lyrics for the band following his departure.

In December 1987, midway through the tour, Phil Gould finally left Level 42 permanently. Like his brother, he was suffering from exhaustion, but his relationship with King had broken down once again and they now found it difficult to work together. Phil was also reportedly dissatisfied with the band's direction in terms of their newer "pop" sound, and King and Lindup failed to convince him to stay. To complete the tour dates, the band hired Prefab Sprout drummer Neil Conti to fill in. Following the tour, Level 42 recruited Gary Husband as the band's new full-time drummer. He in turn recommended Steve Topping as a replacement guitarist. However, Topping and King's personalities clashed and Topping eventually left the band in early 1988 after initial writing and rehearsing sessions in Dublin. Most of the next Level 42 album, Staring at the Sun, was recorded without a permanent guitarist. Rhythm guitar on the studio recordings was handled either by the band's old friend Dominic Miller or by an uncredited Mark King. In April 1988, towards the end of the sessions, the band recruited lead guitarist Alan Murphy (a session guitarist who had worked extensively with Kate Bush and had also been a member of Go West).

Staring at the Sun was released in 1988, reaching number 2 in the UK and the top ten in several European charts. It included the hit-single "Heaven in My Hands" (number 12 in the UK and also top twenty in the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland). Boon Gould had co-written many of the tracks with King, Lindup and Badarou, while Gary Husband was credited with his first co-write with King on "Tracie" (a tribute to King's childhood sweetheart). To promote the album, Level 42 embarked on a four-month European tour, culminating in six sell-out nights at Wembley Arena. These latter dates were recorded for what would become the band's second live album, Live At Wembley (eventually released in 1996).

Although the band seemed to have maintained their momentum and recovered well from the split of the original lineup, they were about to be hit by a serious tragedy. Unknown to the rest of Level 42, guitarist Alan Murphy was suffering from AIDS, something which he himself may have been aware of before joining the band. At the time, his previous band Go West had been stalled by internal disagreements, and one of Murphy's reasons for joining Level 42 was to ensure that he spent his last days playing the music that he loved. During 1989, Murphy contracted pneumonia: weakened by his existing condition, his decline was rapid and he died on 19 October 1989. Devastated, Level 42 took a year off to regroup and rethink. To cover the gap and to fulfil the band's contract with Polydor Records, Level Best (a greatest hits compilation) was released at the end of 1989; also marking a decade since the band's beginnings. During the break, Mike Lindup also recorded and released his debut solo album, Changes (featuring Dominic Miller, Pino Palladino on bass and Manu Katché on drums).

]The band signed a new contract with RCA Records in 1990, for whom they produced their next album, Guaranteed. Although most of the rhythm guitar work was once again handled by Dominic Miller, Gary Husband asked Allan Holdsworth to provide some guitar work (notably on "A Kinder Eye"). As well as drumming, Husband also played keyboards and increased his songwriting role, co-writing many tracks with King, Lindup and Badarou. The album features the only track entirely written by Husband – "If You Were Mine" – which also featured on the "Guaranteed" single release. Mark King also collaborated with lyricists Drew Barfield and George Green to expand the songwriting. Guaranteed was well received by American music critics. However, the album did not get good reviews in the UK (despite reaching No. 3 in the UK charts while the title track reached No. 17 in the singles charts) and was ultimately less commercially successful than previous efforts.

After the recording of Guaranteed and a week-long promotional tour, Level 42 were in need of a permanent guitarist. Mark King assumed (erroneously) that Allan Holdsworth would not be interested in taking the position. Instead the band recruited well-respected art-pop guitarist, session player and sometime solo artist Jakko Jakszyk: the former frontman for 64 Spoons, he'd also collaborated with Tom Robinson, Sam Brown and Stewart/Gaskin among others. Although he did not play on Guaranteed, Jakszyk appeared on the album's cover photo and took part in promotional duties and the tour for the album, as well as playing on two B-sides from this era ("At This Great Distance" and "As Years Go By").Unlike Husband, Jakszyk never became a full legal member of the band (apparently due to "record company politics"). However, following the end of promotion for Guaranteed, the King-Lindup-Husband-Jakszyk line began writing and recording new material together, with at least two songs ("Fire" and "Free Your Soul") completed. Following the next development in the band's history, this work was shelved and remains unreleased.

In early 1993, Gary Husband left Level 42, leading to the return of group founder member Phil Gould as Level 42's drummer (and principal lyricist) for 1994's Forever Now album. Further changes to the band were evident in that Jakko Jakszyk did not play on the album: all guitars were performed by the American session guitarist Danny Blume. Although Forever Now was a critical success, the reunion of Gould and the group was short-lived. When Level 42 began to promote the new album (with Jakszyk returning to the live band for concerts and TV appearances), Gould played only one promotional gig and did not go on the road for the Forever Now tour. He was replaced as live drummer by Jaksyk's friend and frequent collaborator Gavin Harrison (who later played drums for both Porcupine Tree and King Crimson). It was announced halfway through the Forever Now tour, on the day of the Manchester Apollo gig, that the band would be disbanding permanently following their concert commitments. Level 42 played their last gig at the Albert Hall in London on 14 October 1994. According to Jakszk, the band recorded tapes for a live album during the final 1994 shows at the Albert Hall and the Brighton Dome which "sounded fantastic", but the album was never released

In 1996, Mark King signed to Virgin Records and released a solo single "Bitter Moon" (with Lyndon Connah playing keyboards). This was followed up by his second solo album One Man, featuring lyrics by Boon Gould. The album was not a big commercial success. King later toured as a solo act, playing his own new compositions and some Level 42 favourites. In 1999, he played some shows at the Jazz Cafe in London under the name of "The Mark King Group" with a band including Husband, Jakszyk and Jakszyk's fellow former 64 Spoons colleague Lyndon Connah on keyboards. Jakszyk left the band after the Jazz Cafe shows, to be replaced on guitar by Nathan King (Mark King's younger brother). King continued to tour with this band, now renamed "Grupo Mark King", over the next couple of years, augmenting the line-up with saxophone player Sean Freeman.

Although Mark King was by now two albums into a solo career, his previous band's music proved to be persistently popular and he found that he was playing more and more old Level 42 tracks at live shows. In late 2001, King came to a business agreement with Mike Lindup and bought the rights to the name Level 42. Although Lindup agreed to play on future albums, he did not want to tour. King announced the return of Level 42 with a new line-up which also happened to be the musicians from his current live band: himself, Husband, Connah, Freeman and Nathan King. On 12 July 2002, the first official Level 42 concert for six years was played at The Circus Tavern in Purfleet, Essex. While not recording any new material, for the next few years the band settled into a regular pattern of touring and playing old hits.Over the course of the year there was a burst of reissue activity. Two Rockpalast shows from 1983 and 1984 were released on DVD, followed by two CD releases: The River Sessions (a live show from 1983 recorded in Scotland) and a new compilation called The Ultimate Collection II.

In February 2006, after twelve years without releasing a new studio album, Level 42 announced the release of Retroglide. While billed as a band album, it was chiefly recorded and produced by King at his home studio, with Gary Husband, Lyndon Connah, Sean Freeman and Nathan King all contributing. Retroglide also featured input from two previous Level 42 members. Erstwhile guitarist Boon Gould provided the album's lyrics (as well as contributing a guitar solo on "Ship") and the band was effectively expanded to a six-piece via extensive guest performances by Mike Lindup, who added prominent keyboard parts and vocals to many tracks. Although Phil Gould was uncredited on the album, the track "Ship" is the first song since 1986 worked on by all four original members, as Phil originally arranged the track with his brother Boon. However, Retroglide was also the first Level 42 album not to feature any contributions from Wally Badarou. In May 2006, Level 42 announced that Mike Lindup would return full-time to replace Lyndon Connah on keyboards. Retroglide was promoted via a supporting tour throughout the UK, Netherlands, Germany and several other European countries during October 2006. On 26 August 2007, Level 42 played an outdoor gig at the Arundel Festival in West Sussex: the band's only UK show of the year. In 2008, Level 42 played a twenty-date UK tour.

In 2010, Husband stepped down as Level 42's drummer for the second time, due to prior commitments with John McLaughlin. Husband was replaced by Pete Ray Biggin. In 2012, Level 42 toured the UK and mainland Europe, in celebration of the 25th anniversary since the release of Running In The Family, by playing the whole album, with a whole array of other hits. Also included in the shows was an acoustic set, with Mike Lindup playing the accordion. In October 2012, on Mark King's birthday during a gig in Bristol, Boon Gould joined the band on stage.

On 20 and 21 September 2013, Level 42 (joined by an expanded brass section), performed three new songs at London's Indigo O2 Arena - "Where's Yo' Head At", "Too Much Time", and "Sirens". All of these appeared on the band's first new release for seven years, the six-song studio EP "Sirens" (released on 31 October 2013, and the first output from the band's new self-owned label Level 42 Records). Mixed by the American DJ John Morales, the EP also contained "Mind On You", "My Independence Day" and "Build Myself a Rocket" (with King's daughter Marlee providing the backing vocals on the last of these tracks). Musically, it built on the production approach of Retroglide while allying the band with contemporary developments in R&B and dance electronica.

On 3 December 2013, the band announced 'The Sirens Tour' - a 30 date tour, starting in October 2014 and taking in the UK, Netherlands, Germany and Italy. In the summer of 2014, the band performed at a number of festivals across Europe including headline performances at Let's Rock Bristol and Rochester Castle. They also played at Rewind festivals. At a performance in Bournemouth, ex-drummer Gary Husband returned due to Pete Ray Biggin being unavailable. In 2015, the band appeared at a number of UK and European festivals headlining at 'Let's Rock The Moor' and 'Carfest' concerts. They also played two nights at the Indigo2 in London where the band once again featured a larger brass section consisting of Dan Carpenter (trumpet) and Nicol Thomson (trombone) as well as regular saxophonist Sean Freeman. In 2016, Level 42 performed at a number of festivals across the UK and Europe as well as in Curaçao, Chile and Argentina before embarking on a UK, Netherlands and Scandinavian tour in order to promote the "Sirens II" EP.

On 1 May 2019, it was announced that Boon Gould had been found dead at his home in Dorset. He was 64


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In the early 1980s, most newly successful British bands like Duran Duran and Depeche Mode were knee deep in the synth pop/new romantic/new wave/post-punk/whatever movement. But Level 42 distinguished itself by combining R&B and jazz influences (Earth, Wind & Fire, Stanley Clarke, Average White Band) with a strong pop sensibility, churning out a series of successful albums and Top Ten singles. The band began to achieve major U.S. success by 1986 with the albums World Machine and Running in the Family. Unfortunately, U.S. success was short-lived; Staring at the Sun, released in 1988, tanked, for an obvious reason: the album just isn't good.

Level 42's most visible members had always been bassist/vocalist Mark King and keyboardist/vocalist Mike Lindup. Founding members Phil and Boon Gould, the band's primary songwriters, left the group prior to the making of Staring at the Sun. Level 42 would never fully recover from the loss of the two key players; their departure severely affected the band's sound. Veteran session musicians Alan Murphy (guitar) and Gary Husband (drums) joined Level 42 the year Staring at the Sun was released; while their talent and capabilities are obvious, the lifeless performances on the album suggest a severe lack of chemistry and direction. The usual awe-inspiring musicianship displayed on the band's previous releases is non-existent here. (Murphy died in 1989.)

Considering the poor quality of the songs on Staring at the Sun, the sluggish performances are perfectly understandable. The rock-ish "Heaven in my Hands" is catchy enough, and the Mike Lindup-penned ballad "Silence" is the album's best song...but the rest of this stuff! "Man" sounds like bad '70s art rock (complete with pretentious spoken word narration), "Two Hearts Collide" is flat and completely void of purpose, and "I Don't Know Why" boasts some of the most inane lyrics ever written for an album by a major band ("I don't know why...I love you like I do...but baby I love you...and always I'll be true"....ugh.)

Worst of all, Mark King who, over the course of the band's existence was becoming a more expressive and effective vocalist, sounds bored and uninspired, particularly on "Two Hearts Collide." And Mike Lindup's complementary falsetto background vocals are barely used this time around.

It might be easy to excuse the band for losing enthusiasm; after all, it lost two key members along the way, and perhaps Level 42 was pressured into repeating its newfound American success. But this album is unforgivable. It became a big hit in the U.K., charting at number two, but went nowhere in the States. It would take Level 42 several more years to release an album that would even come close to restoring the quality of its previous releases (Forever Now, which became the band's swan song). Now out of print, Staring at the Sun is, by far, the least essential album in Level 42's catalog.



 Level 42 - Staring at the Sun  (flac   307mb)

01 Heaven In My Hands 4:41
02 I Don't Know Why 4:23
03 Take A Look 4:41
04 Over There 4:01
05 Silence 4:57
06 Tracie 4:51
07 Staring At The Sun 4:44
08 Two Hearts Collide 4:10
09 Man 7:24
10 Gresham Blues 5:45

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After several hit albums in the U.K., Level 42 finally found American success with the 1986 album World Machine and its hit single, "Something About You." When 1987's follow-up release Running in the Family also scored on this side of the Atlantic, it seemed Level 42 was here to stay. But 1988's Staring at the Sun was an artistic catastrophe and a commercial failure, and Level 42 would never again reach the artistic and commercial peak of its two U.S. successes. Guaranteed was a considerably better album than Staring at the Sun -- not that the band could do much worse -- but it went virtually unnoticed in America. The departure of founding members and primary songwriters Phil and Boon Gould in late 1987 began a series of major setbacks for Level 42. The Staring at the Sun album was misguided and flat, and replacement members Alan Murphy and Gary Husband didn't seem to gel. To throw the band into further disarray, Murphy died of AIDS in late 1989 and Level 42 was dropped from Polydor after almost a decade. Apart from a 1989 greatest-hits album, the band had not released a new album in three years. The group recruited guitarists Alan Holdsworth and Dominic Miller and signed with RCA, which released Guaranteed in 1991. Guaranteed boasts a number of catchy, if unremarkable, pop tunes; the title track (a Top 20 hit in the U.K.) is pleasant enough, and the almost-country number "My Father's Shoes" is unlike anything else the band ever recorded. Vocalist and bassist Mark King, who sounded nearly comatose on Staring at the Sun, is rejuvenated and energetic here, particularly on the upbeat "Overtime" and the funky "Her Big Day." Keyboardist Mike Lindup leads on one of the album's best tracks, the ballad "Lasso the Moon," and "With a Little Love" is a simple but engaging plea for (what else) love, peace, and happiness. Unfortunately, many of the songs here are dull and forgettable. The band itself is in top form, but even the best musicians can't do much with lifeless material. A couple of tracks are downright awful; "The Ape" is as silly as the title, and the overblown "If You Were Mine" is the album's worst song, proving drummer Gary Husband isn't much of a songwriter. It's nice that Level 42 was able to regain some of its credibility with this album; Staring at the Sun was so mind-bogglingly awful, anything the band had recorded afterward would have been an improvement. But compared to the rest of the band's output, Guaranteed barely registers. It isn't necessarily a bad album, but one listen makes it painfully obvious that Level 42 was on its last legs. The band would release one more album (1995's very good Forever Now) before disbanding.



Level 42 - Guaranteed  (flac   391mb)

01 Guaranteed 4:51
02 Overtime 4:47
03 Her Big Day 5:09
04 Seven Years 4:42
05 Set Me Up 4:27
06 The Ape 4:14
07 My Father's Shoes 5:14
08 A Kinder Eye 5:45
09 She Can't Help Herself 5:23
10 If You Were Mine 4:59
11 Lasso The Moon 4:01
12 With A Little Love 4:09

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Forever Now is Level 42's best album since the mid-'80s heyday of World Machine and Running in the Family. Prior to "Forever Now", the two previous Level 42 albums, 1988's "Staring At The Sun" and 1991's "Guaranteed", were a bit directionless and uninspired - and ultimately a bit boring. [Though not by any means bad, "Guaranteed" in particular came across as fairly depressing with its lyrical concerns of death and misery only dampening the music]. This album shows the band back at their best - for two reasons; 1] the return to their jazz-funk sound, and 2] the return of original drummer and lyricist Phillip Gould. While "Forever Now" maybe lacks the youthful energy of the 1981 debut release "Level 42" or the commercial sucker punch of 1985's "World Machine", this is definitely Level 42's best album since "World Machine", and musically [while in sonic terms, it doesn't actually sound like either] is a hybrid of the jazz-funk of the former, and the more polished sound of the latter.

By 1994, the sound that the band [at this point consisting of Mike Lindup, Phil Gould, Mark King and Wally Badarou] had been stuck with for the previous seven years was now gone and had been replaced with a fresher, fuller sound; gone were the dated mechanical keyboards synonymous with the late '80's and instead pianos, organs and warmer-sounding synths were welcomed into the fold. Similarly, for the first time in many years, Level 42 have drums that sound a lot more organic and present in the mix than those heard on any Level 42 song since, say, "Lying Still" from 1985. Phil Gould, in his typical signature style, lays down some excellent hi-hat and snare work, creating laid-back Jeff Porcaro "Georgy Porgy" style grooves which are a welcoming return to the early days of the band's music. Naturally, the funky bass riffs are still the driving force behind the music, but Mark King's bass lines are not as boisterous and aggressive this time around, instead he opts for a more muted sound with less slaps, and the softer touch only helps to showcase how good the whole band sounds. The production is smooth throughout but it also allows the music to breathe, balancing gloss with something a bit more earthy.

"Forever Now" is also a lot more laid-back than most [or perhaps all] Level 42 albums - more than half of the seventeen-total songs are slow or/mid-tempo, while only four or five are uptempo. That is not to say the band has lost its energy; in a time when they had faded from the commercial limelight, they seem very content and focused on writing inspired songs without the pressure of delivering a hit album, which only adds more depth to the proceedings. In fact, the album never gets boring and offers up many alternating styles and moods to keep things interesting; the trippy acid-jazz of "The Bends", the soulful R&B of "One In A Million", the dark and witty "Past Lives", the jazz-rock of "Model Friend", and the accomplished and uplifting "Love In A Peaceful World", with its wonderful harmonies and repentent lyrics. And like a lot of the very early Level 42 albums, there is an abundance of instruments on display here; harps, horns, strings, and a lot of percussion. They even get in on the action of sampling and using their own loop tracks, put to best effect with the didgeridoo-sounding vocal loops on the mellow "Billy's Gone".

With the new decade in full swing, and considering that the acid-jazz scene was already thriving with bands like The Brand New Heavies, Incognito and Jamiroquai offering an alternative to the mayhem that was Brit-pop, Level 42 looked set to return successfully to their club roots - but ended up calling it a day instead. A worthy swan song.



Level 42 - Forever Now (flac   379mb)

01 Forever Now 4:14
02 Model Friend 4:56
03 Tired Of Waiting 4:57
04 All Over You 4:02
05 Love In A Peaceful World 7:13
06 Romance 4:55
07 Billy's Gone 5:24
08 One In A Million 4:27
09 The Sunbed Song 5:16
10 Talking In Your Sleep 3:45
11 Don't Bother Me 4:50

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The commercial face of the '80s jazz-funk movement, the unashamedly unfashionable Level 42 may have been ridiculed by the genre's purists, but their percussive slap-bass-heavy sound regularly competed with the likes of Sade and Simply Red for the decade's dinner party music of choice, while the band scored four consecutive Top Three albums and 20 chart hits before disbanding in 1994. Twelve years on, and one of the music scene's few bassist-cum-lead singers, Mark King, returns with their 11th studio album, Retroglide. He may be the only permanent original member left, but co-written by guitarist Boon Gould (whose brother Phil features on the uncredited arrangement of "Ship"), and with keyboardist Mike Lindup adding his trademark falsetto vocals to many tracks, it's the first album to feature all four founding musicians since 1987's Running in the Family. But loyal and patient fans expecting to hear the same kind of hook-laden and funky bass-led tunes of their heyday will be sorely disappointed, as apart from the manic thunder-thumb skills displayed on the melodic rock-tinged opener "Dive into the Sun," and the frenetic fretboard-showcasing of "Sleep Talking" which, bizarrely, features a breakneck speed rap from the unlikely MC King, its 11 tracks are very much at the progressive, ambient, and occasionally directionless end of proceedings. None more so than on the meandering, seven-minute "The Way Back Home" which opens with some clock-ticking sparse electronica before it chugs along slowly into a Johnny Hates Jazz-esque slice of over-polished new wave pop which suggests King hasn't spent the last 12 years listening to any music post-1987, a problem which swamps the self-produced LP. Elsewhere, "Ship" is a limp and plodding AOR ballad featuring an interminable prog rock guitar solo; "Just for You" is a monotonous, sub-Sting dirge which is instantly forgettable despite its seemingly neverending, repeated chorus, while the aimless "All Around," which features the quintessential '80s musical touch, the sax solo, is inoffensive incidental music at best. Having all but ignored their unique slap-bass sound which had previously set them apart from their fellow coffee-table contemporaries, Level 42 just sound like a very ordinary '80s wine bar house band. Those who don't want to tarnish their memories would be advised to give Retroglide a miss. Despite the few flashes of their old self, Retroglide is ultimately a poorly produced comeback which unfortunately hasn't been worth the wait.



Level 42 - Retroglide (flac   356mb)

01 Dive Into The Sun 4:03
02 Rooted 5:31
03 The Way Back Home 6:56
04 Just For You 4:50
05 Sleep Talking 5:02
06 Retroglide 4:48
07 All Around 4:58
08 Clouds 4:32
09 Hell Town Story 4:56
10 Ship 5:13
11 All I Need 5:21

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This album has plenty of bass punch. However some say his solo work from 'Trash' onwards is better.[most is imported as Mark controlled it all via his record company.]I enjoy all the long forgotten tracks on "The Remixes." Track 2, and "Chinese Way", bounce along with hypnotic repeats. The final track called "Hit Combination" should have been extended to twice it's length. Ben Liebrand's superb mix is worthy of an extra 5 minutes, For the price "The Remixes", represents sane value in an upside down market.



Level 42 - The Remixes 526mb

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Level 42 - The Remixes  (flac   526mb)


01 The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up) (12" Mix) 6:07
02 Something About You (Shep Pettibone Remix) 8:04
03 Children Say (Paul Staveley O'Duffy Extended Remix) 5:41
04 Hot Water (Mastermix Edit) 8:36
05 Running In The Family (Dave 'O' Remix) 6:37
06 Love Games (U.S. Remix) 6:43
07 The Chinese Way (Extended John Luongo Remix) 7:25
08 (Flying On The) Wings Of Love (U.S. Mix) 6:27
09 Two Hearts Collide (Wally Badarou Remix) 7:38
10 Lessons In Love (Shep Pettibone Remix) 7:52
11 The Hit Combination [Ben Liebrand Megamix] 6:00
--1 Lessons In Love
--2 Hot Water
--3 Running In The Family
--4 Children Say
--5 Something About You
--6 Starchild

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