Stage 01, Austria

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Hello,
It's not allways easy to decide what to post, i'm not interested in swamping you with albums, I've got a wide ranging collection so plenty of possible themes. For the coming months i'll be going on a 30 stage euro tour, i note that my collection of music from south of the alps is too limited to spend a stage there, but i hope you'll bare with me as i tour austria, swiss/s.germany france, iberia, france again, belgium, netherlands, germany, denmark, sweden, finland, norway, scotland, iceland and ireland. Most countries will have 2 stages i.e. 4 or 5 titles. In all some 120+ albums from places that until the internet where kept isolated by the music industry, that heavily concentrated on UK/US artists and basically drained the locals from funds to develop a music scene themselves, in short music imperialism.
As music is an essential expression of humanity it can not be stopped , it grows regardless of funds or acclaim. Therefore i hope you'll bare with me as i'll post a euro stage every friday and tuesdaynight for the coming months.

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Where to start ? Where else than in the heart of Europe, Austria, birthplace of many famous composers.
The territory of Austria, originally known as the Celtic kingdom of Noricum, was a long time ally of Rome. It was occupied rather than conquered by the Romans during the reign of Augustus and made the province Noricum in 16 BC. Later it was conquered by Huns, Rugii, Lombards, Ostrogoths, Slavs, Bavarii, Avars (until c. 800), and Franks (in that order).... After Frederick II, Duke of Austria died in 1246 and left no successor, Rudolf I of Habsburg gave the lands to his sons marking the beginning of the line of the Habsburgs, who continued to govern Austria until the 20th century.
Austria's population was estimated in October, 2006 as 8,292,322 persons. The population of the capital, Vienna, exceeds 1.6 million (2.2 million with suburbs), representing about a quarter of the country's population, and is said to constitute a melting pot of citizens from all over Central and Eastern Europe.
Though Austria is a small country, its history as a European power and its cultural environment have generated a broad contribution to art and science. It has been the professional birthplace of many famous composers such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Joseph Haydn, Franz Schubert, Anton Bruckner, Johann Strauss, Sr & Jr.and Gustav Mahler. Notably, Ludwig van Beethoven spent the better part of his life in Vienna. Austria

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Dargaard - In Nomine Aeternitatis

Dargaard consists of two artists Tharen (one name) and Elisabeth Toriser. Tharen is apparently the composer and musician, while Elisabeth is the vocalist and lyricist on her vocals. Their music is dark, symphonic and melancholy and even though there are only two of them, their sound is big and lush. Tharen himself describes their music as classical, medieval-influenced ritual music. " In Nomine Aeternitatis (In the Name of Eternity) evokes a dark ethereal mood, the listener is saved from the abyss because the atmosphere isn't too insistent and the melodies have an uplifting aura to them.





Dargaard - In Nomine Aeternitatis  (291mb)

01 - Dark Horizons
02 - Underworld Domain
03 - Pantheon in Flames
04 - The Infinite
05 - Temple of the Morning Star
06 - Caverna Obscura
07 - Only the Blind Can See
08 - In Signo Mortis
09 - The March of Shadows
10 - In Nomine Aeternitatis
11 - The Seas of Oblivion


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GD Luxxe - The 21st door

GD Luxxe exists in a very hard to define electronic artists that experiment within recognizable rhythmic structures. The music speaks all at once to your body, mind and emotions and often directed them in differing directions. "The 21st Door" challenges all concepts of electronic dance music by being provocatively experimental and defies the rhythmic industrial world by often-invoking nostalgic vocal deliveries or simplistic synth or drum lines that evoke the dark wave rock of the 1980’s. Drawing upon such diverse influences makes for a unique and original album.



GD Luxxe - The 21st door (flac 385mb)

01 - Minds
02 - Hydrolic Buildings
03 - My Guiding Ghost
04 - Changed Body
05 - Angels
06 - New Definition
07 - Pain & Love
08 - Future On DVD
09 - Keep Me
10 - Cold Mines
11 - Busy
12 - Which Side Are You On


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Peace Orchestra - Reset

In 1999 Kruder released his first solo record, "Peace Orchestra," a down-tempo album on which he smoothly combined jazz, dub and bossa. Here, on "Reset," Kruder's contemporaries revisit the tracks from "Peace Orchestra," and deliver 11 diverse remixes. It is a remix album, but it isnt. This is the more jaunty, housey, funky twin, the original more sparce, moody, loaded.
The remixes are so far removed from the original, that these end up giving a new and fresh appreciation for the original.



Peace Orchestra - Reset  (flac 470mb)

01 - The Man - Gotan Project El Hombre de la Pampa Mix
02 - Meister Petz - Beanfield Remix
03 - Double Drums - DJ DSL Remix
04 - Domination - Raw Deal Remix
05 - Marakesch - Meitz Remix
06 - Henry - Zero dB Remix
07 - Domination - Guilliaume Boulard Remix
08 - Who Am I - Chateau Flight Remix
09 - Henry - SoulPatrol Remix
10 - Shining - Truby Trio Treatment
11 - The Man - Kosma Deep Gratitude Interpretation


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There must be something in the Vienna water engendering the populace towards creating exquisite electronic and dub music; like both Kruder & Dorfmeister and Fennesz, Sofa Surfers are highly accomplished sound-manipulators. They merge beats and sonics into a seamless whole, veering between electronica, hip/trip hop, dub and reggae and taking in an expansive palette of sounds, brooding strings and sarcastic applause laid-up with church bells and ominous clatter and drone.

Sofa Surfers - Encounters

Encounters is a collaborative concept album, Sofa Surfers taking their paranoid dub-hop into brave new worlds with the help of an eclectic slew of vocalists including hip hoppers Sensational and Dalek, bruised On U Sound veteran Mark Stewart, reggae king Junior Delgado, buzzing dancehall haunter DJ Collage and folk-blues figure Jeb Loy Nichols, each adding a different spin and layer to the politically uneasy soundscapes, psychedelic encounters in a dark wave / glam rock way. Sofa Surfers’ third album is a great work of post-millennial tension.



Sofa Surfers - Encounters   (flac  385mb

01 - Formula (feat. Sensational)
02 - 21st Century Army (feat. Oddatee)
03 - River Blues (feat. Jeb Loy Nichols)
04 - Babylon Tymes (feat. DJ Collage)
05 - Twisted Tongue (feat. DJ Collage)
06 - Elusive Scripts (feat. Daelek and Dev1)
07 - What Kind Of World (feat. Lil Desmond Levy)
08 - See The Light (feat. Junior Delgado)
09 - Can I Get A Witness (feat. Dawna Lee)
10 - Home Truths (feat. Mark Stewart)
11 - Passin 'Tru (feat. DJ Collage)
12 - Selling Souls (feat. MC Santana)
13 - Gamelan


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VA - G-Stone (Kruder and Dorfmeister)

Having revolutionized the sophisticated chill-out funk/dub scene with their K&D Sessions, well-blunted Vienna production duo Kruder & Dorfmeister returned with this elaborate label retrospective. G-Stone Book is part label showcase, part fashion guide, part manifesto. The lavish set, complete with a 300-plus-page book, chronicles the duo's world tour, mixing in bizarre fashion layouts with snapshots from Tokyo and Brighton as well as a K&D interview and an e-mail exchange on the nature of the Vienna sound.
So here's the accompanying cd, featuring slo-mo club funk from Kruder & Dorfmeister and their various offshoots, including Tosca and Peace Orchestra.. While this compilation is not for the punters looking for some rare grooves, it nevertheless is an adequate compilation of some excellent trip-hop and acid jazz from two of the masters of the genre.



VA - G-Stone (Kruder and Dorfmeister)  (457mb)

01.- High Noon - Kruder & Dorfmeister
02. -Chocolate Elvis - Tosca
03.- Fuck Dub/Haaksman Version - Tosca
04.- Shades - Walkner-Moestl
05.- From Babylon To Vienna Voiceover - Farda P
06.- Chocolate Elvis (Boozoo Bajou Mix) - Tosca
07.- Dubolition - Kieser-Velten
08.- Domination - Peace Orchestra
09.- Busenfreund - Tosca
10.- Dub Club - Stereotyp+Soothsayer
11.- Little Irie - Sugar B
12.- Heaven Or Hell - Walkner Moestl
13.- Orozco (Dubphonic Mix) - Tosca
14.- Deep Shit - Kruder & Dorfmeister


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