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Bill Nelson

From hippie folk singer to awesome rock guitarist to high-tech art-adventurer to unstoppable instrumental noodler, Bill Nelson's musical career, now spanning four decades, has consistently shown style, character and exemplary attention to quality — as well as unrestrained indulgent excess. Beginning with a homemade solo album released by a local Yorkshire record store through a six-album stint leading the hard-rocking but intelligent Be-Bop Deluxe then the short-lived experimental Red Noise and finally as a wholly independent solo act (again), Nelson has made lots of brilliant music, and has also worked with some of the most interesting purveyors of modern sounds, producing and playing on numerous records.

After the breakup of Be Bop Deluxe, Nelson eventually settled into a career as a solo musician, recording iconoclastic albums in the early electropop vein such as The Love That Whirls and Quit Dreaming and Get On the Beam (both recently remastered and reissued). Many of these albums also shipped with bonus records featuring experimental ambient instrumentals, and this was a genre of music Nelson would embrace more fully in the future. On the not completely instrumental disc there's the beautiful Wiping A Tear From The All Seeing Eye and Ceremony the music from Brond by Scala -( Mary King and the electric phoenix (nelson))



Bill Nelson - Duplex   (390mb)

01 - Flaming Desire
02 - Do You Dream In Colour
03 - Acceleration
04 - Living In My Limousine
05 - Hope For The Heartbeat
06 - October Man
07 - Here And Now
08 - Private View
09 - Life In Your Hands
10 - Contemplation
11 - Glow World
12 - Another Day, Another Ray Of Hope

Bill Nelson - Duplex Instrumental   (261mb)

01 - The Blazing Memory Of Innuendo
02 - Another Tricky Mission For The Celestial Pilot
03 - The Angel At The Western Window
04 - Portrait Of Jan With Flowers
05 - The Man In The Rexine Suit
06 - Wiping A Tear From The All Seeing Eye - Scala
07 - Right, Then Left
08 - Secret Ceremony (Theme From Brond) - Scala
09 - Half Asleep In The Hall Of Mirrors
10 - Broadcast News
11 - Openiong
12 - Loosening Up With Lady Luck
13 - Metaphysical Jerks
14 - The Garden
15 - Loving Tongues
16 - Burning The Groove Of Satyre
17 - radiant Spires
18 - Set Me As A Seal Upon The Heart

Bill Nelson @ Wiki
Bill Nelson @ Amazon

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Jam and Spoon - 2002 Tripomatic Fairytales

Mark Spoon died of a heart attack on January 11 2006. Sadly the collaboration with Jam El Mar has come to and end. Together, as Jam and Spoon, they surely knew how to surprise me with their outstanding "2002", no trance/house but an 'exiting chill-out' album, no boring fluffy clouds, but retro-futuristic space tech.
"Tripomatic Fairytales 2002" is the sequel of "Tripomatic Fairytales 2001". The main difference: "2002" is ambient, sometimes spiritual oriented. No beats, or so little. "Hermaphrodite" is an ambiguous form of human. Both male and female. Issabelle presents the opus with a mysterious French text (here translated): "In front of each sorcerer, a hole, at the bottom of which the male and female of the nature, represented by the hermaphrodite roots of pyotl, sleeps in the matter, i.e. in the concrete." Are we in a forest? In space? Maybe everythere at the same time. N.A.S.A will wake you up, slowly, in the night. You have a mission. But which one? This long composition soon incorpore a dubby beat and classic chorus chants. The sound of a plane bring the idea of a trip. "LSD Nikon" is that trip. Are you holding the camera? Are you the camera yourself? And where are you anyway? You keep hearing a woman singing... but a filter prevents you to identify the reality. Take as many pictures you like. "The Future Is In Small Hands" brings Helmer back, but this time as a singer. Later, the rain starts to fall. It's the afternoon. An uncredited Helmer quote follows: "The sad master was asked himself a question: what is Buddha?". As the master walks away, you wonder: is he holding the answer to the question or not? You will never know. "V. Angel. Is Calling" tells the "story" of a deceased person, trying to reach someone using the phone. But being decorported, the soul is not able to talk, and he will probably never achieve his goal. "Words And Dana" is a short interlude. She throws something at the listener. Her shoe or something. Was that all a dream? Maybe. "Ancient Dream" repeats a piano line. Nostalgia take your soul away for a moment. It's all about the past. What about the future? "I Saw The Future" is not concrete: the music, the impressions are yours; this is your future. "Castaneda Future Illuminations" is like a freaky spiritual message, left on an answering machine. "Secret Kind Of Love" the only other vocal track on 2002. "World Of X-T-C" brings back the dub and closes the album. Is it about the feeling... or the drugs? You decide. I think it's a wonderful trip The Orb fans shouldn't miss out on.




 Jam and Spoon - Tripomatic Fairytales 2002  (380mb)

01 - Hermaphrodite (2:10)
02 - N.A.S.A. Nocturnal Audio Sensory Awakening (11:15)
03 - LSD Nikon (2:34)
04 - The Future Is In Small Hands (5:25)
05 - Salinas Afternoon (4:03)
06 - V. Angel. Is Calling (10:11)
07 - Words And Dana (1:00)
08 - Ancient Dream (8:41)
09 - I Saw The Future (11:32)
10 - Castaneda Future Illuminations (2:04)
11 - Secret Kind Of Love (8:02)
12 - World of X-T-C (5:52)

Jam & Spoon @ Amazon
Jam & Spoon @ Wiki

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Echomania

Vor der Flut (before the flood)

This music offers what must be one of the most unusual acoustic experiences known to the modern world, and is set in what is certainly the most unlikely concert hall ever known -- a city reservoir. When the reservoir for the city of Cologne had to be emptied for repairs it was discovered that the enormous tank holds an echo for an unbelievable 45 seconds, a world's record. (Next in line is the Taj Mahal for that distinction.) And so directors Hinnerick Broskamp and Thomas Schmitt rounded up musicians, singers, and dancers and staged an incredible concert within the reservoir's echo chamber. The results have to be heard to be believed. Naturally, the city asked for its reservoir back once the repairs were finished, leaving the memory of the concert under 20 million liters of water.



 VA - Vor Der Flut  (267mb)

01 - Invocationes (Bollmann, Kappelhoff, Laneri, Schwerner,Vetter, Wolff, Zeman)
02 - Pacha Siku (D. Domingues)
03 - Watertank Software (Pauline Oliveros)
04 - Trüffeltanz (Siebert, Koinzer)
05 - Praevocationes (Kappelhoff, Scherner, Vetter, Zeman)
06 - The Spirit Of The Wind (D. Domingues)
07 - The Gentle - Short Version (Pauline Oliveros)
08 - Wal-Hall-A (Siebert, Koinzer)
09 - Kellerdschungel (Saxophon Mafia)
10 - Bötz (C. Bauer)
11 - Unter Der Stadt (Dähn, Hamm, Höhler)
12 - Die Sintflut (Heiner Goebbels)

Vor der Flut @ Amazon.De

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ON U sound

Something for the Are friends Electric site who are compiling the complete catalogue of what has been one of my favourite labels ever since the early eighties, the list near its completion but these next two dont make it there, first of Jalal - Mankind, on the source album, On the One, "Mankind" and "Shade Of The Light" may have sounded what tame but here on this remixed e.p. it's all there, finishing with the captivating "Trancedental Twins" its just 30 min of bliss.
I added another On U single i had the still relevant "Human Nature"

O Mankind
 We Are Over The Top
 On The Path of Self-Destruction
 And Are Unable To Stop

 O Mankind
 You are Hearing as deaf,
 Taken it Free,
 out of Freedom,
 told as Nothing Left,

 Hearts Colder Than The Stone Heads,
 Harder Than Granite,
 in Opposition To Submission,
 And its On The planet.

 Spying On Each Other,
 then Watch him How Far,
 in your hates for out Space
 to rig Some Distant Star,

 Rejected
 and Rejected
 and Infected and illy,
 Beating and Beating
 and Mutually Killing,

 Unannihilation
 Degradation
Compensations Due,
 What You Did To One Another,
 Shall Be Done To You.



 Jalal - Mankind (182mb)

01 - Mankind (Part 1) 5.33
02 - Mankind (Part 2) 5.11
03 - Shade Of The Light (Part 1 & 2) 6.18
04 - Shade Of The Light (Part 3) 4.01
05 - Transcendental Twins 8.52

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VA - ON U - Celebration

Before Adrian Sherwood's On-U Sound label instituted its own compilation series (the infamous Pay It All Back collections), there was this obscure gem released on the German Trance label in 1988. As an introduction to the controlled chaos that is On-U Sound, one could hardly do better: it includes representative cuts from the avant-retro roots combo Creation Rebel ("Creative Involvements," "Independent Man"), a great version of the reggae classic "A Love I Can Feel," the underappreciated DJ Jah Woosh (Woodpecker Sound), as well as Playgroup, Judy Nylon, London Underground, and others. The best tracks, predictably, come courtesy of the late, great Prince Far I (whose super-heavyweight "Quante Jubila" runs away with the program early on and never gives it back) and Singers & Players, who remain the class of the On-U stable. Those who prefer things a bit more abrasive will also enjoy the tracks from Voice of Authority, a band whose membership is never specifically revealed but which boasts distinctly Doug Wimbish-like basslines and a certain robotic funkiness. The Pay It All Back titles are easier to find, but this one is definitely worth scouring the bargain bins for.



 On U sound Celebration (390mb)

01 - , The Deal (Intro)
02 - Voice of Authority - Stopping and Starting
03 - Prince Far-I and Creation Rebel - Quante Jubila
04 - London Underground - Dreams Are Better
05 - Playgroup - Silent Mover
06 - Creation Rebel(New Age Steppers) - Last Sane Dream
07 - Singers and Players - Make a Joytful Noise
08 - Singers and Players - Alla-La Dreadlocks Soldier
09 - Creation Rebel - Love I Can Feel
10 - Creation Rebel - Creative Involvements
11 - Playgroup - Deep and Mintyful
12 - Judy Nylon - The Dice
13 - Jah Woosh - Woodpecker Sound
14 - Creation Rebel(New Age Steppers) - Final Frontier
15 - Creation Rebel - Independant Man Parts I+II
16 - Playgroup - Epic Sound Battles
17 - Voice of Authority - Feeling Wild
18 - Voice of Authority - Knock the House Down

On U @ Home
On U @ Wiki someone really needs to extend it...
On U Catalogue @ Are Friends Electric Great place to start..and extend your On U sound...

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