Hello, ah yes everything is possible in football, yesterday a man that never scored from outside the box, struck one in the topcorner from 30 yards out, defacto deciding the premierleague and tonight, the team that lost out by Kompany's wonderstrike had to overcome a 3 nil deficit against Barcelona, with two of their mainstrikers out, impossible, but then this is football as lived by Liverpool!
Today's artist are a high-tech synthesizer group led by Richard Burgess, here he sang and handled synthetic and acoustic drums, while his four collaborators played bass, keyboards, trombone and woodwinds, all employing both electronic and traditional instruments. Their work is slick and polished, perfect for sophisticated dance parties, but the songs retain a lyrical cleverness that prevents total bland-out. Not quite an '80s version of 10cc, they played rhythmic rock, but with a heavy dose of jazzy fusion........N-Joy
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Landscape was an English synthpop band, best known for the 1981 hits "Einstein a Go-Go" and "Norman Bates". Formed in London in 1974, the band toured constantly during the mid-to-late-1970s, playing rock, punk and jazz venues and releasing two instrumental EPs on its own Event Horizon label. The group began experimenting with computer-programmed music and electronic drums in the late 1970s and early 1980s, making records in the emerging genre of synthpop.
Landscape comprised Richard James Burgess (vocals, drums), Christopher Heaton (keyboards), Andy Pask (bass), Peter Thoms (trombone, keyboards), and John Walters (keyboards, woodwinds). The band built a following through live performances and touring before releasing their debut album Landscape in 1980, which sold rather poorly. . Their next album in 1981, From the Tea-Rooms of Mars...to the Hell-Holes of Uranus led to the Top 5 UK hit "Einstein a Go-Go". Their third album in 1982, Manhattan Boogie-Woogie was well received as a dance album. After release of this album, Heaton and Thoms left the band.
Landscape III
Following the release of Landscape's third and final album, Manhattan Boogie-Woogie, the band became a trio, composed of Burgess, Pask, and Walters. Renaming the band Landscape III, the members went on to release the singles "So Good, So Pure, So Kind" and "You Know How to Hurt Me".[2] The trio broke up in 1984 and band members went on to separate careers.
Burgess and Walters went on to careers in music production. Burgess had already begun a production career, working with artists like Spandau Ballet, Living in a Box, Visage, and King.
Walters also co-founded Unknown Public in 1992 and works as a writer and editor. Pask worked as a sessions player and co-wrote the theme music for the long-running British ITV series The Bill Thoms later appeared on Thomas Dolby's 1984 album The Flat Earth and toured with Dolby that year playing trombone. He also served as a member of staff at the Musicians' Union's head office in Britain.
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Entirely instrumental debut offering from the intrepid electro oddities Landscape. The album is fabulously festooned with fruity horns and furtive jazz fusion and the combination of live and electronic sound is in delectable balance. Pumping bassllines and skittish drum patterns are a mainstay along with tasteful synthesized elements. The first half packs the most melodic punch while the second half fades away into averageness. Highly Suspicious for example is just a sorry ska cribbing of Can I Get A Witness. Despite that, Japan is jauntily juicy. Neddy Sindrum tazes with twerky tropicality. Kaptin Whorlix crazily cranks up the funk. The ultra pretty Sonja Henie is the album peak. Altogether this is as brilliant library music as you could ask for.
Manhattan Boogie Woogie dodges the instrumental fruitiness of their debut and the cheese-riddled audio mincemeat of their second and settles for incredibly standard synthpop. Short and slinky at 33 minutes, it makes for their snappiest listen, although the songs often derive from the same formula and it does get samey quite quick. Of all the cuts on the album, That's Not My Real Name is the sturdiest and sighs with dulled debonair despondency. Eastern Girls, a ludicrous love letter to lasses from the Orient, is the most bombastic tune on the album, also the least PC. The title track swings with a leering Art-Deco vibe and a cheeky but chintzy synth lead that is fairly typical for the album. When You Leave Your Lover rounds off the record strongly and is the one effort of theirs that could be described as heartfelt. More developed than their previous output although not as adventurous, it's a shame that their life span as a group was so short-lived.
Digitally remastered two-fer containing a pair of albums from the British Synthpop band: Landscape (1979) and Manhattan Boogie Woogie (1982). This is the first time these albums have been available on CD and both have been re-mastered from the original production masters. The CD booklet features sleeve notes, an extensive UK discography and features the single sleeves from the time of the original release.
Landscape+Manhattan Boogie-Woogie ( 422mb)
Landscape
01 Japan 3:22
02 Lost In The Small Adds 4:16
03 The Mechanical Bride 3:25
04 Neddy Sindrum 3:43
05 Kaptin Whorlix 3:50
06 Sonja Henie 3:32
07 Many's The Time 3:24
08 Highly Suspicious 3:38
09 Gotham City 3:39
10 Wandsworth Plain 2:59
Manhattan Boogie-Woogie
11 One Rule For The Rich 4:15
12 Manhattan Boogie-Woogie 4:33
13 Colour Code (Tell Me Something New) 3:49
14 The Long Way Home 4:48
15 It's Not My Real Name 5:21
16 Bad Times 4:12
17 Eastern Girls 3:16
18 When You Leave Your Lover 3:41
Landscape+Manhattan Boogie-Woogie (ogg 179mb)
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Landscape's second album was their most successful, reaching the British Top 20 and spawning the Top Five hit "Einstein a Go-Go" there, as well as a Top 40 follow-up with "Norman Bates." It's generally considered their most artistically successful, too, though it's an odd timepiece of a time in which synth pop was just about to begin a meteoric ascendancy in the British pop consciousness. From the Tea-Rooms of Mars to the Hell Holes of Uranus was not as contrived as the most notorious synth pop recordings of the early '80s, nor was it emotionally engaging rock. Instead, it was rather dry, arch, and arty, emphasizing irony over emotion. It's too glossy and detached for its own good, but it does have a knowing, somewhat more sophisticated swarm than much of the synth pop that would follow slightly later, as well as a bit of jazzy lounge ambience. Actually, "Norman Bates," though far less known than "Einstein a Go-Go," is the most memorable song; its laconic, even-tempered computer-textured vocal pronouncements -- "my name is Norman Bates, I'm just a normal guy" -- come off as fairly chilling in their matter-of-fact disingenuousness. The 2002 CD reissue on Cherry Red adds four songs from 1982-1983 singles -- "It's Not My Name," "Eastern Girl," "So Good So Pure So Kind," and "You Know How to Hurt Me" -- that found the band drifting into a yet more mechanized and (at the time) commercial new romantic sound.
Landscape - From the Tea-rooms of Mars ... To the Hell-holes of Uranus ( 376mb)
01 European Man 4:24
02 Shake The West Awake 3:26
03 Computer Person 3:00
04 Alpine Tragedy / Sisters 4:46
05 Face Of The 80's 3:30
06 New Religion 3:15
07 Einstein A Go-Go 3:27
08 Norman Bates 5:08
09 The Doll's House 5:20
10 From The Tea-Rooms Of Mars ...To The Hell Holes Of Uranus
10.1 "Beguine" 3:13
10.2 "Mambo" 1:55
10.3 "Tango" 2:33
Bonus
11 Eastern Girls 3:17
12 It's Not My Name 5:24
13 So Good So Pure So Kind 4:26
14 You Know How To Hurt Me (Extended Version) 6:52
Landscape - From the Tea-rooms of Mars ... To the Hell-holes of Uranus (ogg 150mb)
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Today's artist are a high-tech synthesizer group led by Richard Burgess, here he sang and handled synthetic and acoustic drums, while his four collaborators played bass, keyboards, trombone and woodwinds, all employing both electronic and traditional instruments. Their work is slick and polished, perfect for sophisticated dance parties, but the songs retain a lyrical cleverness that prevents total bland-out. Not quite an '80s version of 10cc, they played rhythmic rock, but with a heavy dose of jazzy fusion........N-Joy
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Landscape was an English synthpop band, best known for the 1981 hits "Einstein a Go-Go" and "Norman Bates". Formed in London in 1974, the band toured constantly during the mid-to-late-1970s, playing rock, punk and jazz venues and releasing two instrumental EPs on its own Event Horizon label. The group began experimenting with computer-programmed music and electronic drums in the late 1970s and early 1980s, making records in the emerging genre of synthpop.
Landscape comprised Richard James Burgess (vocals, drums), Christopher Heaton (keyboards), Andy Pask (bass), Peter Thoms (trombone, keyboards), and John Walters (keyboards, woodwinds). The band built a following through live performances and touring before releasing their debut album Landscape in 1980, which sold rather poorly. . Their next album in 1981, From the Tea-Rooms of Mars...to the Hell-Holes of Uranus led to the Top 5 UK hit "Einstein a Go-Go". Their third album in 1982, Manhattan Boogie-Woogie was well received as a dance album. After release of this album, Heaton and Thoms left the band.
Landscape III
Following the release of Landscape's third and final album, Manhattan Boogie-Woogie, the band became a trio, composed of Burgess, Pask, and Walters. Renaming the band Landscape III, the members went on to release the singles "So Good, So Pure, So Kind" and "You Know How to Hurt Me".[2] The trio broke up in 1984 and band members went on to separate careers.
Burgess and Walters went on to careers in music production. Burgess had already begun a production career, working with artists like Spandau Ballet, Living in a Box, Visage, and King.
Walters also co-founded Unknown Public in 1992 and works as a writer and editor. Pask worked as a sessions player and co-wrote the theme music for the long-running British ITV series The Bill Thoms later appeared on Thomas Dolby's 1984 album The Flat Earth and toured with Dolby that year playing trombone. He also served as a member of staff at the Musicians' Union's head office in Britain.
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Entirely instrumental debut offering from the intrepid electro oddities Landscape. The album is fabulously festooned with fruity horns and furtive jazz fusion and the combination of live and electronic sound is in delectable balance. Pumping bassllines and skittish drum patterns are a mainstay along with tasteful synthesized elements. The first half packs the most melodic punch while the second half fades away into averageness. Highly Suspicious for example is just a sorry ska cribbing of Can I Get A Witness. Despite that, Japan is jauntily juicy. Neddy Sindrum tazes with twerky tropicality. Kaptin Whorlix crazily cranks up the funk. The ultra pretty Sonja Henie is the album peak. Altogether this is as brilliant library music as you could ask for.
Manhattan Boogie Woogie dodges the instrumental fruitiness of their debut and the cheese-riddled audio mincemeat of their second and settles for incredibly standard synthpop. Short and slinky at 33 minutes, it makes for their snappiest listen, although the songs often derive from the same formula and it does get samey quite quick. Of all the cuts on the album, That's Not My Real Name is the sturdiest and sighs with dulled debonair despondency. Eastern Girls, a ludicrous love letter to lasses from the Orient, is the most bombastic tune on the album, also the least PC. The title track swings with a leering Art-Deco vibe and a cheeky but chintzy synth lead that is fairly typical for the album. When You Leave Your Lover rounds off the record strongly and is the one effort of theirs that could be described as heartfelt. More developed than their previous output although not as adventurous, it's a shame that their life span as a group was so short-lived.
Digitally remastered two-fer containing a pair of albums from the British Synthpop band: Landscape (1979) and Manhattan Boogie Woogie (1982). This is the first time these albums have been available on CD and both have been re-mastered from the original production masters. The CD booklet features sleeve notes, an extensive UK discography and features the single sleeves from the time of the original release.
Landscape+Manhattan Boogie-Woogie ( 422mb)
Landscape
01 Japan 3:22
02 Lost In The Small Adds 4:16
03 The Mechanical Bride 3:25
04 Neddy Sindrum 3:43
05 Kaptin Whorlix 3:50
06 Sonja Henie 3:32
07 Many's The Time 3:24
08 Highly Suspicious 3:38
09 Gotham City 3:39
10 Wandsworth Plain 2:59
Manhattan Boogie-Woogie
11 One Rule For The Rich 4:15
12 Manhattan Boogie-Woogie 4:33
13 Colour Code (Tell Me Something New) 3:49
14 The Long Way Home 4:48
15 It's Not My Real Name 5:21
16 Bad Times 4:12
17 Eastern Girls 3:16
18 When You Leave Your Lover 3:41
Landscape+Manhattan Boogie-Woogie (ogg 179mb)
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Landscape's second album was their most successful, reaching the British Top 20 and spawning the Top Five hit "Einstein a Go-Go" there, as well as a Top 40 follow-up with "Norman Bates." It's generally considered their most artistically successful, too, though it's an odd timepiece of a time in which synth pop was just about to begin a meteoric ascendancy in the British pop consciousness. From the Tea-Rooms of Mars to the Hell Holes of Uranus was not as contrived as the most notorious synth pop recordings of the early '80s, nor was it emotionally engaging rock. Instead, it was rather dry, arch, and arty, emphasizing irony over emotion. It's too glossy and detached for its own good, but it does have a knowing, somewhat more sophisticated swarm than much of the synth pop that would follow slightly later, as well as a bit of jazzy lounge ambience. Actually, "Norman Bates," though far less known than "Einstein a Go-Go," is the most memorable song; its laconic, even-tempered computer-textured vocal pronouncements -- "my name is Norman Bates, I'm just a normal guy" -- come off as fairly chilling in their matter-of-fact disingenuousness. The 2002 CD reissue on Cherry Red adds four songs from 1982-1983 singles -- "It's Not My Name," "Eastern Girl," "So Good So Pure So Kind," and "You Know How to Hurt Me" -- that found the band drifting into a yet more mechanized and (at the time) commercial new romantic sound.
Landscape - From the Tea-rooms of Mars ... To the Hell-holes of Uranus ( 376mb)
01 European Man 4:24
02 Shake The West Awake 3:26
03 Computer Person 3:00
04 Alpine Tragedy / Sisters 4:46
05 Face Of The 80's 3:30
06 New Religion 3:15
07 Einstein A Go-Go 3:27
08 Norman Bates 5:08
09 The Doll's House 5:20
10 From The Tea-Rooms Of Mars ...To The Hell Holes Of Uranus
10.1 "Beguine" 3:13
10.2 "Mambo" 1:55
10.3 "Tango" 2:33
Bonus
11 Eastern Girls 3:17
12 It's Not My Name 5:24
13 So Good So Pure So Kind 4:26
14 You Know How To Hurt Me (Extended Version) 6:52
Landscape - From the Tea-rooms of Mars ... To the Hell-holes of Uranus (ogg 150mb)
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A humble request - any chance of the first link on something other than Mega? You cannot even bypass their browser update download page now in order to get at something. And I'm not going to download a new browser (which is impossible to do without all manner of system-wrecking garbage coming with it, no matter how many times you click "no") in order to use Mega. (Which also crashes your internet connection half the time as it is.)
ReplyDeleteAnyway, sorry - that got rantier than I meant it to. But yeah, the tl/dr is - Mega sucks.
Hello Anon, you know i got a special request to use MEGA, and from my perspective its fast to upload to and the downloads are superfast too. I'm using Mozilla 52.0, not the latest that's 55.0, as i'm still on XP, yes too busy with this blog to switch. Anyway looking at your complaint you don't specify which browser+version you use, and crashing your internet connection points to you having a poor connection in the first place. The thing is anon your complaint is thusfar the only one, that said you can download the oggversion-still pretty good sound.
ReplyDeleteWon't go anywhere near Mozilla for the reasons I outlined before. Tried it once. Took me two hours to undo the (unwanted) changes and add-ons and to roll back my system. Never again. Also, you can Google the Mega issue I mentioned and see it's not just me. All I know is my "poor connection" results in Mega, and ONLY Mega, consistently crashing my connection.
ReplyDeleteAnyway - forgot about/passed over the OGG option, so I guess I'll do that instead and convert. So thanks for at least having that option.
That's an odd story about installing Mozilla, it's just a piece of software, did you get it from somewhere else then their own site ? If so it happens the software you want gets surrounded by vague progs that can cause the mayhem you describe. Get Mozilla from their home site and nothing dark will happen to your system. And using Moz MEGA will speedily download what you want. As it happens currently you can't get add-ons because of some certificate, but that will be solved soon enough.
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