Burnt Friedman

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BURNT FRIEDMAN

Keyboardist and vibraphonist from Koeln (Germany), Burnt Friedman (real name Bernd Friedmann) is known by a number of aliases, having recorded as Drome, Flanger (with Atom Heart), Non Place Urban Field and Bernie The Bolt.

Burnt Friedman has become an unavoidable maverick over the last few years. His many musical incarnations, from his jazz-fuelled collaboration with Atom™ to the electronic perversions of some of his solo projects, rarely help to create a complete portrait of the man. Beside his musical activities, the 41 year old German also heads Nonplace Records, has produced numerous records and is responsible for collecting his favourite tracks from both Atom™, on last year’s Replicant Rumba Rockers, and very recently, from Freeform on Condensed.
Born in 1965 in Kassel, Germany, Friedman confesses being influenced by German progressive rock, Gary Numan, Iron Maiden and Tangerine Dream in his formative years, and this might be key to the variety of his recordings. Flatly refusing the anonymity of the electronic movement, he has dropped his numerous aliases to step into the light in 2000 when he released his first album with the Nu Dub Players, Just Landed.

Friedman debuted with the moniker Some More Crime that released a few albums: Ohnmacht (ZZO, 1990), Code Opera (ZZO, 1991), Another Domestic Drama (ZZO, 1993), Fuzzy Sets (ZZO, 1995).

Drome was an ambient "chill-out" project. Anachronism (Silent, 1992), Final Corporate Colonization Of The Unconscious (Wigwam, 1993 - Ninja Tune, 1994), one of the first recordings to incorporate hip-hip breaks into chill-out grooves, and Dromed (Kiff, 1995) are works of manic assemblage that often match the complexity of Edgar Varese's avantgarde piece.

Nonplace Urban Field's music has been dubbed "ghost-town electronica". The albums Nonplace Urban Field (Wigwam, 1993) and NUF Said (Incoming, 1994) toyed with dance music, gothic music and jazz. The idea matured with the mini-album Raum Fuer Notizen (Incoming, 1996) and the album Golden Star (Incoming, 1996). The latter alternates Squarepusher-style incursions in jazz (Plane Spotting, Plusminus 30) and old-fashioned tracks of minimalist techno (Platikthai, Whimp).
In between came the solo Bernd Friedmann Leisure Zones (Ash, 1996), that expands on his Drome-period ambient texturing.
Then Friedmann worked in Chile with Uwe Schmidt under the moniker Flanger.

Friedman had already founded the Nu-Dub Players in 1996 during a vacation in New Zealand (precisely, the Great Barrier Island off the coast of Auckland). The album Just Landed (Scape, 1999), released years later, was the product of a painful process of cut up. While the sounds as heard on record were assembled in studio, the source was a set of live group performances. Therefore, Friedman's "nu dub" is true to the original live sound of Perry and Tuwby and sounds very unlike the digital dub collages of modern pursuers of the genre like Bill Laswell. Hut Selector, Just Landed, Cassock Attack, Worldwide Watchdog Peepshow, The Big Black Other, Railway Palace, Melbourne, Hohoura Head Far North, I Shot The Fashion Victim, It's Thunder, Dub To The Music (Note: the tracklist on the CD is wrong as it omits The Big Black Other).

Always fascinated by majestic nature, Friedman recorded Con Ritmo (Nonplace, 2000) in Argentina. Again, the album is the outcome of jam sessions with a group of real musicians, the Disposable Rhythm Section. This time it is jazz (a latin-tinged jazz, needless to say) that Friedman deconstructs, not dub. Horns, vibe and percussions embellish Octrahedal Spherical Caffufle, Demolition Derby, Los Corraleros , Destination Unknown. But the highlights are probably the tracks that leasu stick to the dogma: the ambient dub/funk of Platin Tundra and the surreal world-music of Escape the Night (somewhat reminiscent of Herbie Hancock). Friedman's cyber-jazz is a descendent of Weather Report's jazz-rock, as proven by the eleven-minute Das Wesen aus der Milchstrasse (with Uwe Schmidt on synth).

Plays Love Songs (Nonplace, 2000) is an eclectic divertissment, that was four years in the making. Friedman, aided by guitarist Joseph Suchy, alternates between swing, funk and ambient. The singing rules: Fucking Long Time, It hurts, I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm. A piano figure in Conjoined or a jazzy rhythm in I Go With You do the rest.

Secret Rhythms (Nonplace, 2002) and Secret Rhythms 2 (2005), two collaborations with Can legend Jaki Liebezeit, yielded mildly entertaining, but not too innovative, jazz-rock jams for drums, bass, guitar, keyboards and vibraphones. The psychedelic dub of Shades of Soddin Orion and the lengthy psycho-ambient suite Obscured by 5 are the highlights of the former. Nu-Dub Players' second album, Can't Cool (2003) is another intellectual divertissment. Condensed (Nonplace, 2003) collects material from 1995-2002. Friedmans extensive discography




Drome - The Final Corporate Colonisation Of The Unconscious 1993

Electronic, dub, downtempo, ambient, leftfield trance

The Final Corporate Colonisation Of The Unconscious back sees heavy dubbed out washes of sound and bass clash occasionally with speeding breakbeats , the odd soundbite, and explorations into the realms of digital dub. Samplers offer timestretching and sound manipulation possibilities without end, Bernd elaborates; "I used to play drums in the early Eighties when music , in general, was taking up most of my leisure time, and of course I loved to drum so-called 'breakbeats'. The first cheap drum machines didn't allow you to program those tricky, highly dynamic snares and 'atmos' but nowadays software like 'recycling' and sampling technology enables musicians to automatically generate them. However history reveals that no remarkable artistic progress has been derived solely from technical enhancements - to have the choice does not make the musician . . . .



Drome - The Final Corporate Colonisation Of The Unconscious* (flac 357mb)

1 - Age Of Affordable Retina (7:50)
2 - Hinterland, Kassler Kessel (6:55)
3 - Squirrel (0:55)
4 - Down At Heels (6:43)
5 - Hoax! What Did You Got? (5:24)
6 - Steel Lung, Buy One (6:39)
7 - Marathon / Texas 4.33 (4:33)
8 - Nuzzling (6:44)
9 - Wonderland (12:12)

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Nonplace Urban Field - Nuf Said

Nonplace Urban Field's music has been dubbed "ghost-town electronica". The albums Nonplace Urban Field (Wigwam, 1993) and NUF Said (Incoming, 1994) toyed with dance music, gothic music and jazz. This NUF project is dence ambient-dub-house with sprinklings of breakbeat and jazz. The overwhelming dancefloor orientation of much of the material can make extended listening somewhat taxing, but the production is tops and Friedmann's knack for unlikely combinations is impressive.



Nonplace Urban Field - Nuf Said   (flac 364mb)

01 - Intro (1:54)
02 - Chilled #6 (6:27)
03 - Stupid Little Automatic Servants (3:54)
04 - L Is An Accident (4:54)
05 - Nuf Luf (4:36)
06 - Psyche (5:38)
07 - Nuf Dub (1:46)
08 - Western Dub (3:13)
09 - Hinnennuss (6:30)
10 - Gamma Disco Dub (12:58)
11 - Chilled #7 (11:14)

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Burnt Friedman & The Nu Dub Players - Can't Cool (2003)

Following Just Landed, this second excursion into dub sees Friedman giving his machines a rest and getting no less than twenty musicians from Australia, South Africa, South America and Germany on board instead. Can’t Cool opens with the afro-funk Fuck Back, with singer and performing artist Theo Altenberg. Followed by the Fly Your Kite, setting Can’t Cool on its soul/dub course, the song combines classic jamaican style with a deep soul approach, making it one of the outstanding tracks here. Pater Noster and Dublab Alert, which follow, continue on the same wavelength, although Friedman emphasises on the impression of space and fluidity of the dub elements more. The great Lee Perry seems to hover in the background, keeping a watchful eye on the goings-on. Can’t Cool reaches its emotional peak with the cover of the magnificent His Name Is Alive song Someday My Blues Will Cover The Earth. No other singer than HNIA vocalist Lovetta Pippen could do this song favour, so Friedman invited her to come and revisit it for him.
As on his work with Flanger where Burnt Friedman adopted jazz as sole vector of communication, he gives up all other genres here to develop once again a convincing performance in his dubful guise. Can’t Cool is heart-warming and catchy without being overwhelming or pretentious.



Burnt Friedman and The Nu Dub Players - Can't Cool   (flac 255mb)

01 - Fuck Back (4:27)
02 - Fly Your Kite (3:48)
03 - Pater Noster (3:51)
04 - Dublab Alert (3:18)
05 - Life Is Worth Dying For (2:55)
06 - Get Things Strait (3:48)
07 - Real Abstraction (2:48)
08 - Someday My Blues Will Cover The Earth (2:58)
09 - Designer Groove (3:29)
10 - Get Things Strait Dub (2:39)
11 - Five Star Group Travel (3:44)
12 - Consider A Bigger Wallet (4:22)


End of Burnt Friedman part 1, next time i'll post collaborations with atomz- Flanger, Jaki Liebezeit (ex-Can) and David Sylvian, Nine Horses aswell as the excellent Nonplace sampler "Difficult easy listening".

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Xao Seffcheque - Ja-Nein-Vielleicht (Yes-No-Maybe) (1981)
Electronic Future Jazz

In 1980, an amazing compilation hit the German streets, under the title sehr gut kommt sehr gut (something like "real good hits real good"). It featured well-known bands like Kraftwerk, DAF, Der Plan, Mittagspause, and KFC, but it also had some mysterious unknown names like the band Nachdenkliche Wehrpflichtige (Thoughtful Draftees), contributing the song "Ist Free-Jazz heilbar?" (Is Free Jazz Curable?). As you might have guessed, it was all a prank, recorded by Xao Seffcheque, with the help of some musicians of the bands listed. It was meant as a satire of the K-Tel style compilations of Neue Deutsche Welle(new german wave), still, many people believed it was a genuine compilation. That year Xao with Fehlfarben recorded their classic Monarchie und Alltag aswell.
In '81 Xao,whilst not letting go of his sense of humor, turned to future jazz/electro, with 2 covers - Tunisia/ o Lui (Armstrong)and some speedy electro cuts that make DAF and Daft P sound geriatric, he made his mark and moved on.

Seffcheque still follows his musical career with the Family 5, but these days is better known for his screenplays and movies. Here's a quality vinylrip of this hard to find gem.



Xao Seffcheque - Ja-Nein-Vielleicht (1981) 66mb

01 - Gute Freunde (4:23)
02 - Eine Nacht In Tunesien (6:00)
03 - Kassa-Bubu (3:57)
04 - Du Und Ich (4:50)
05 - Pogo A Gogo (4:04)
06 - Ja - Nein - Vielleicht (10:10)
07 - O - Lui (2:56)
08 - Eine Nacht In Deutschland (Je 'taime non plus 3:59)

Xao @ Home in german
Xao @ Wiki in german

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Yello - Remastermix (2005)

In 2005 Yello released their first 6 albums Solid Pleasure, Claro Que Si, You Got to Say Yes, One Second, Stella and Flag sparkingly remastered and included 29 bonus tracks and 12 " remasters. Boris Blank did a great job, we would expect no less..but it's a bit much in one go, so i compiled a 80 minute sampler unmixed, for a good friend and my carstereo. You'll get a chance here to convince yourself to replace those vinyls or 20 year old cdees.



Yello - RemasterMix  (79'30 flac 541mb)

01 - Massage
02 - Quad El Habib
03 - Night Flanger
04 - La Habanera
05 - Bostich (n'est-ce pas)
06 - Pinball Cha Cha
07 - Swing
08 - Moon On Ice
09 - Bananas To The Beat
10 - Desire
11 - I Love You (12'edit)
12 - Call It Love (12'mix)
13 - Desert Inn
14 - The Rhythm Divine
15 - Oh Yeah
16 - You Gotta Say yes
17 - Heavy Whispers
18 - Vicious Games (12'mix)
19 - Lost Again
20 - Pinball Cha Cha (12'mix)

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* All downloads are in ogg-7, artwork is included aswell as a very nifty ogg encoder/decoder.

Demon Donald

This week we saw the exit of one of the worst demons that walked in the limelight. Most of you might think that this arrogant bully just fucked up the war in Iraq, the relations with the rest of the world and even the US-militairy. But wait he wasn't picked by Bush for nothing, this creep had a history with weapons of mass destruction before that selling nuclear reactors to north korea, selling chemical warfare provisions to his then (88) best mate Saddam Hoessein.
There's more, and worse its still going on, as CEO of Sears he was responible for the launch of a neurotoxic in our foodchain, with dubious tests and against the will of the FDA, Rumsfeld called in his markers with the new Reagon administration, got the FDA board sacked, and have yes men installed that let Sears launch its wondersugar. Aspertame, it's addictive, affects the brains production of serotonin, making the body crave more carbohydrates, cancelling out it's effectiveness as a diet aid. It can produce brain tumors, lead to blindness, and dries up the lubricating synovial fluid and turns joints into plastic. It can cause memory loss, chronic fatigue, and even death at extreme levels, flies won't touch it. . Google Aspertame Meanwhile its been quietly fazed out in Europe, but pepsi and coca still keep poisoning the public with their deadly diet coke.

So now this demon is alowed to walk away without so much as slap on the wrist. Im against the death penalty, but this man deserves it 10 times more than Saddam.

One book this gasbag certainly didnt read is my first download The Art Of War a 2,500 year old masterpiece on the art of war, it shouldnt be lost on current day gamers aswell. Sure some details cater to the chinese times /weaponry of the time but the principles havent changed, as such this book is still valid.
I follow with some hardhitting railing against the crushing power of massive conglomerates, the machinations of oil barons and corrupt governments, and the steady erosion of personal freedoms with Killing Joke, followed by Skinny Puppy - The Greater Wrong of the Right (no doubt about that). A limited edition remixes bonus disc by Primal Scream, a dutch treat from the oldest active rock & roll band in the world claiming the devil made them do it, with a favourite of mine in the full version- she flies on strange wings. Finishing of with a haunting "Confessions of Dr. Dream". Donald Pinhead seems to have folded, to me it aint enough, he should be treated to the "Ludovico Technique" (clockwork orange) and purge that rotten soul of his.

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The Art of War is a Chinese military treatise written during the 6th century BC by Sun Tzu. Composed of 13 chapters, each of which is devoted to one aspect of warfare, it has long been praised as the definitive work on military strategies and tactics of its time. The Art of War is one of the oldest and most famous studies of strategy and has had a huge influence on both military planning and beyond. The Art of War has also been applied, with much success, to business and managerial strategies.”

Sun Tzu also goes on to show that the epitome of warfighting is NOT "prolonged operations, however brilliantly executed" but the General who can avoid war and ironically by so doing receives no glory or acclaim yet is the true hero of the people and the state. What this means is that today--in the 21st Century with the information warfare means available to us, we can for the first time execute Sun Tzu's vision better than ever before because we can bypass armies and bloody fights and reach the hearts/minds of the people themselves--if we are clever and moral enough to do so.
Sun Tzu looks deep into the human condition, to understand him you have to do the same; the way of a ninja is more closely related to this kind of thinking than a samurai looking for public acclaim/attention. A true ninja today would use Sun Tzu to make the militaries of the free world more effective in 4th Generation War and use all the customary battlefield tricks of indirectness and deception he talks about if these primary efforts fail.

Sun Tzu - Art Of War mp3 34mb

01 - Laying Plans
02 - Waging War
03 - Attack By Stratagem
04 - Tactical Dispositions
05 - Energy
06 - Weakpoints and Strong
07 - Maneuvering
08 - Variations in Tactics
09 -The Army on the March
10 - Terrain
11 - The Nine Situations
12 - The Attack By Fire
13 - The Use of Spies

Total running time: 1:08:57
Read by Moira Fogarty

Art of War freE Book
Art of War @ Amazon
Sun Tsu @ Wiki
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Killing Joke - Killing Joke

Seven years after 1996's Democracy Killing Joke reformed. Their protest music has lost none of its edge. Railing against the crushing power of massive conglomerates, the machinations of oil barons and corrupt governments, and the steady erosion of personal freedoms, Jaz Coleman's concerns have never been more relevant. If the bad guys don't get you, he opines during the driving, menacing "Asteroid," you might yet be vaporised by huge rocks from space. Musically, too, this Killing Joke lineup belies its collective years. Alongside Coleman stand original members Geordie and Youth, backed up by stalwart Raven and fierce stand-in drummer Dave Grohl.



 Killing Joke- id.  (flac 402)mb

1. The Death & Reurrection Show
2. Total Invasion
3. Asteroid
4. Implant
5. Blood On Your Hands
6. Loose Cannon
7. You'll Never Get To Me
8. Seeing Red
9. Dark Forced
10. The House That Pain Built

Killing Joke @ Home
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Skinny Puppy - The Greater Wrong of the Right

Assimilate ! It wasn't the borg, it was Skinny Puppy making itself known to me in the mid eighties, there can be no doubt that Skinny Puppy with their complex soundscapes, which have influenced whole generations of bands, count among the spearheading representatives of the so-called ‘electronic body music’ movement.
They returned with vengeance with The Greater Wrong Of The Right (2004), a consistent and convincing comeback after 8 years, a continuation down the path that Skinny Puppy had embarked with 1996’s The Process. The album lacks anachronism or nostalgic flair: with the support of a new generation of musicians, like Tool’s Danny Carey (acoustic drum on Use Less) or Wayne Static of Static-X (vocals on Use Less) it is, another milestone in the history of an exceptional band.



 Skinny Puppy - The Greater Wrong of the Right  (flac 323mb)

01. I'mmortal
02. Pro-test
03. EmpTe
04. Neuwerld
05. Ghostman
06. D0wnsizer
07. Past Present
08. Use Less
09. Goneja
10. DaddyuWarbash

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Primal Scream - Dirty Works remixed

Packaged with Dirty Works this limited edition bonus disc is made up entirely of rare-ish remixes. Fun to be had by all, I can assure you, as Primal Scream's music during the Nineties was literally all over the place. Trippy dub soundscapes, Stonesy rockers, gospel style rave-ups, and dance beats galore. Primal Scream might not have been the first group to successfully incorporate dance beats into guitar based rock music ( New Order ) but they did it with an undeniable enthusiasm and a quest for something just a little different.



 Primal Scream - Dirty Remixed Works  (now in Flac 481mb)

01 - Come Together (Hypnotone Brain Machine Mix)
02 - Higher Than The Orb (The Orb Extended Remix)
03 - Loaded (Terry Farley Remix)
04 - Rocks (Jimmy Miller Mix)
05 - Jailbird (Sweeney 2 Sabres Of Paradise Remix)
06 - Kowalski (Automator Mix)
07 - Living Dub (Long Life Adrian Sherwood Remix)
08 - Stuka (Two Lone Swordsmen Remix)
09 - Swastika Eyes (Chemical Brothers Mix UK Edit)
10 - Exterminator (Massive Attack Remix)
11 - Miss Lucifer (Bone To Bone Alec Empire Remix)
12 - Some Velvet Morning (Two Lone Swordsmen Mix)
13 - Autobahn 66 (Alter Ego Remix)

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Golden Earring - The Devil Made Me Do It

Golden Earring are one of those great bands largely lost on American audiences. Most of their albums are only available on import and most Americans knowledge of the band does not go beyond "Radar Love". If you have not previously been exposed to these great Dutch rockers this is a perfect overview of their 35 year career. Officially released under this title is a 4 box set and a 2 hour dvd with 27 clips. This is a rip from the DVD omitting 8 mostly recent tracks.



 Golden Earring The Devil Made Me Do It    (flac  478mb)

01 - That Day
02 - Daddy Buy Me A Girl
03 - Sound Of The Screaming Day
04 - I've Lost Somebody
05 - Back Home
06 - Holy Holy Life
07 - She Flies On Strange Wings
08 - Buddy Joe
09 - Stand By Me
10 - Radar Love
11 - Instant Poetry
12 - Kill Me Ce Soir
13 - Weekend Love
14 - Long Blond Animal
15 - Twilight Zone
16 - The Devil Made Me Do It
17 - When The Lady Smiles
18 - Going To The Run
19 - Another 45 Miles (Live acoustic version)

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A dedicated radar love site with 275 cover versions and counting Radar Lovers eat your heart out.

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Ayers, Kevin - The Confessions of dr. Dream

Kevin Ayers had become the Canterbury sound equivalent of what John Mayall was to the blues with lots of musicians going through his band to go onto relatively better things, including, David Bedford ( Big time producer) ,Mike Oldfield ( As if you need to ask) Andy Summers ( The Police) Lol Coxhill ( Saxophone Everybody) ,Archie Leggit ( Everybody else) Steve Hillage ( Gong and an illustrious solo career) Rabbit Bunrick ( The Who ).
But it was perhaps during the making of Kevin Ayers this album ' The Confessions of Dr Dream and other stories ' that Kevin Ayers met his musical soul buddy the great guitarist Ollie Halsall . (It was perhaps after Ollie Halsall was taken away from us to the great gig in the sky that Kevin Ayers gave up his music, apart from the odd dabble here and there). But the first time that Halsall and Ayers got together on 'Dr Dream and Other Stories' they produced the best collection of music to come out under the Ayers banner.

'Day by Day' is a lovely little song to get us under way telling the story of each day insisting upon going it's own separate way , and there really isn't very much you can do about it all, so you may just as well let fate take it's course.Second track in is where Ollie Halsall first makes his presence felt with some attention grabbing guitar , although Kevin Ayers had no regular band at the time of this recording , Ollie Halsall being the only musician to play on every track ,all the rest being session musicians , you would never know from listening ,as it all sounds very tight and inventive. ' See You Later' is a song about saying seeing you later ,but not exactly meaning it, a sin far to many of us are guilty of.' Didn't feel lonely till I thought of you ' is self explanatory, with some wonderful guitar picking from Ollie Halsall, whilst Kevin Ayers gives out his most melancholy vocals.
From here on out Kevin Ayers turns into a storyteller the Vincent Price of Progressive rock, as he keeps you balanced on the edge of your seat waiting for either each spoken word, or knocked over the back of the settee with a sudden rousing chorus, lulled into a totally false sense of security by a lilting piano lyric, or with Ayer's whispering over the top, of some quiet Hammond organ chords,
'' It begins with a blessing, once I awakened, but it ends with a curse, My head is a nightclub, making life easy waiting for something already there, tomorrow they will find it if they don't drown in their dreams, with glasses of wine, but the customers are always dancing, and as you turn to your partners she screams " Get Out Of My Dreams ".
In the middle of all this you get a quick burst of some old blues style acoustic guitar with 'Ballbearing Blues', which just softens you up for the main course, the multi structured guitar riff of the title song which comes to you in four parts, but always with that incessant riff bludgeoning into your self conscious, with Kevin Ayers at his most menacing as he warns you of the perils of falling asleep, and what lies waiting for you there. Without doubt this is the most haunting piece of music ever listened to by these ears, fair makes the blood run cold. The vocals are all fed to you through echo chambers as if from beyond the grave, dragging you further and further into the mind of Mr Ayers. In the middle section Ollie Halsall leads the musicians into the gloom like a burning torch to show you the way home, and some lovely piano work gives you some respite, whilst Kevin Ayers sings words of hope as if by way of apology. Of course for the finale the dirty riffs come storming back as they drag Ayers, and you, screaming back into his nightmare. If you are a Stephen King fan you will enjoy Kevin Ayers and his alias Dr Dream.
Surprisingly the album ends with an almost Beatlish song even Kopping (sic) some of the Fab fours lyrics to finish off the album. I was never sure why Kevin Ayers never became a huge star, maybe people were just to scared. (Mott The Dog.)



 K.Ayers - Confessions of Dr.Dream   (flac 424mb)

01- Day by Day
02 - See You Later
03 - Didnt feel lonely till i thought of you
04 - Everybody's Sometimes Blues
05 - It Begins with a Blessing
06 - Ballbearing Blues
The Confessions of dr. Dream
07 - Part One: Irreversible Neural Damage
08 - Part Two: Invitation
09 - Part Three: The One Dance Chance
10 - Part Four: Doctor Dream Theme
11 - Two Goes Into Four
Bonus
12 - The Up Song
13 - After The Show
14 - Thank You Very Much
15 - Another Whimsical Song
16 - The Lady Rachel
17 - Stop This Train
18 - Didn't Feel Lonely Until I Thought Of You

Kevin Ayers @ Home
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Kevin Ayers @ Amazon

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* All downloads are in ogg-7, artwork is included aswell as a very nifty ogg encoder/decoder.

Spaced (re-up April 1st 15, again spring 17 and 18 and Feb 20)

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

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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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"Just A Goddamn Piece of Paper"

Iraqi Freedom
We now know that fraud on the part of the Bush administration launched the ill-fated Iraqi war. The war's financial and human cost of the war to date is $337 billion, with steep future costs for veterans' care and replacement of military equipment. Approximately 3,000 US troops have been killed, and Department of Veterans Affairs documents show that 100,000 veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan have been granted disability compensation. Estimates of Iraqi civilian "collateral damage" range from 30,000 to 655,000 deaths. America's reputation has been shattered, and the prospects for terrorist "blow-back" are higher. Meanwhile the US is transforming into a fascist state , the constitution ? Just a goddamn piece of paper (bush quote).


10-10 Falcon Base destruction, unofficially 300+ dead, officially...it didnt happen.. but here's the video shot by soldiers from about a mile (safe)distance 9 minutes Falcon base blow out

More US government and the complicit (in bed with) big media cover up, even google constantly resets the viewing numbers of this one, to prevent it from getting the limelight it deserves, watch Terror Storm Since 31-10 it has been released on DVD, at the moment 3-11, already ranked 18th in amazon sales, 5 star ratings...Buy Terror Storm @ Amazon


Nov 7th Diebold Day
So now there's another round of voting coming up, after the 2000 and 2004 presidential vote fraud, the congress gets a full taste of what those Diebold machines can do. 80% of americans will use these pieces of technology- fully enabled fraud voting systems- which not a single independent body — nobody, none, zero…no computer scientist, security expert or federal, state or local election official or organization — is allowed to test Diebolds voting systems in full. The same is true for the systems of every other voting machine company in America.

The only federal testing of these systems is done by the so-called "Independent Testing Authority" (ITA), a consortium of three private corporations chosen and paid for by the voting machine companies themselves. The ITAs test only what their client Voting Machine Companies tell them to test. They do so in secret and without releasing the results of their limited testing publicly. Democracy at work , right - However, this technology should be a seller to any country run by despots .

So what will happen, the media will no doubt follow some loudmouths screaming fraud, specially in the republican camp they seem to think yelling fraud will distract from their devious actions, the democrats seem to be a bunch of stranded whales having lost all sense of direction. America is in dire need of more political parties, a reform of a system that benefits those that whore for money the best, that's very different from serving the public interest. But who's going to tell them, do they even understand anything else then selfishness ?

But first...chaos, the collapse of the economy, the gigantic dollarfraud used to pump up wallstreet, misery for millions , a wall to keep mexicans out , more to keep americans in i'd say, the future looks bleak for the USA.

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Politics, i recently read at a musicblog, that's a nono, now i find that shocking , it makes you wonder how shallow current musiclovers must be and they certainly don't know much about music, because it has always played a role in resisting the powers that be in their drive for greater control or at least the status quo. Rebels from Mozart to Johnny Rotten, from Elvis to...... yes some silence here as i am thinking who in 2006 might fit that bill. I know there are plenty but a big name ? It looks like the music marketing industry has a firm grip on what artists get airplay, what messages are conveyed, sure lowlife attitudes are promoted in the rap business, but artists with a message ...? They seem to be cornered and labelled 'intellectual' stuff. Collectivism seems only applicable in the rave/trance scene, but infested with drugs as that is, it shows the negative/escapist side of collectivism, not the mutual responsibility we have for life on this planet. So where are the voices that lead us to this better world we supposedly would like to live in.

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I've chosen 4 rather different albums for download but still politicized in conveying a message, it's as allways up to the reciever whether he or she is willing to transcode it into something that suits his/her worldview. Its in that light that i added the covers album because it to me shows what extraordinary results can come from our human capacity to reshape.


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Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange, followed his acclaimed 2001 movie, Kubrick '71 vision of the near future, based on Anthony Burgess's famous novel is a dark, satirical social commentary, a masterpiece where doped milk, gang violence and rape aswell as cynical and glib politics reigned ...

Malcolm McDowell delivers a clever, tongue-in-cheek performance as Alex, the leader of a quartet of droogs, a vicious group of young hoodlums who spend their nights stealing cars, fighting rival gangs, breaking into people's homes, and raping women. A Clockwork Orange works on many levels--visual, aural (as established by the download) social, political, and sexual--it is one of the few films that hold up under repeated viewings. Kubrick stylizes the film by utilizing classical music (and Wendy Carlos's electronic classical work) to underscore the violent scenes, which even today are disturbing in their display of sheer nihilism. Ironically, many fans of the film have missed that point, sadly being entertained by its brutality rather than being repulsed by it

A ClockWorkOrange - Soundtrack - This download is basicly a radioplay and testament to the quality of Kubricks movie. For those like me who have seen the movie(several times) the images pop up automatically but i dare say for those that haven't, it still is an entertaining 82 minutes.



 Clockwork Orange Audio * (54mb)

01 - Opening Sequence & Theme
02 - Fight With Billy Boy
03 - House Attack & Bar Scene
04 - At Home.
05 - A Bit Of Ludwig Von
06 - Mr Deltoid
07 - At The Record Shop
08 - Sex To William Tell
09 - The New Wa
10 - Keeping The Sheep In Line
11 - Attacking The Cat House
12 - In The Cell With Deltoid
13 - The Sad Bit
14 - Into Prison
15 - 2 Years Later
16 - The Ludovico Technique
17 - Land Of Hope and Glory
18 - Visit From The Boss
19 - Sign Here
20 - Off To The Medical Centre
21 - The Treatment
22 - Not Ludwig Von
23 - On Trial
24 - I Want To Marry A Lighthouse Keeper
25 - Back Home & Kicked Out
26 - Old Geezers Revenge
27 - The Police Attack
28 - Taken In For A Bath
29 - On The Phone
30 - Singin In The Bath
31 - Drugged
32 - Listening To Ludwig Von
33 - Not Dead
34 - The Finale & Singin In The Rain

Clockwork @ Wiki
Clockwork @ Amazon

http://cafe-puschkin.blogspot.com/ offers the complete Orange original music score + Clockworks audiotrack in MP3 here (mp3-127mb/192k+VBR/MU)

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Kinesis - Handshakes for Bullets

NME described this band as `the perfect rock band' and on listening to this debut album you can hear why.An out of control roller coaster ride of original tracks that have the feel of established rock giants like The Strokes, Muse and Wheatus. Michael Bromley growls darkly political biting lyrics over the original and yet memory evoking guitar riffs of Conor McGloin, the result being an urgent storm that presses onwards.Their second album "You Are Being Lied To" was released in June 2005 on the indie label, 'Captains Of Industry'. The album was recorded and produced by the band themselves on an extremely small budget, the band decided to announce that they were splitting up on the day that the album was released, you can download a 64k version at their Captains of industry label here




Kinesis - Handshakes (390mb)

1. One Way Mirror
2. Billboard Beauty
3. Civilised Fury
4. Bloodstained Lips
5. This Dead End
6. Conveyor Belt Destruction
7. And They Obey
8. Cling To Your Innocence
9. Forever Reeling
10. Average American Corpse
11. Everything Destroys Itself
12. Generation Devoid Of Inspiration

you are being lied to
Kinesis @ Wiki
Kinesis @ Amazon

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Suicide - American Supreme

This is suicide's fifth studio album after ten years. And like many artists the duo couldn't help but be influenced by September 11th. Tracks include 'Televised Executions', 'Swearin' Too The Flag' & 'Child, It's A New World.' 2002.
A comment; "If the streets of the world had a soundtrack, this would be it. The music and vocals are very hypnotic. I keep envisioning blood flowing through the veins of civilization as I listen to this. The words are like cells full of truth. I don't find this dark...it just tells it like it is during these strange days on earth."



 Suicide-American Supreme * (371 mb)

01 - Televised Executions
02 - Misery Train
03 - Swearin' To The Flag
04 - Beggin' For Miracles
05 - American Mean
06 - Wrong Decisions
07 - Death Machine
08 - Power Au Go-Go
09 - Dachau, Disney, Disco
10 - Child, It's A New World
11 - I Don't Know

Suicide @ Mute
Suicide @ Wiki
Suicide @ Amazon

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DissCovers Radio Bagdad

This tongue in cheek Rho-Xs compilation is 79 min of cheer fun, recognition and wonder, it's a collection of rare covers, some by established artists, some by unknowns and it starts of with the 'antichrist' himself telling us how he sees our future..take a walk on the wildside...There's just too many gems here to pick one out, i must have played this one 50 times and i dont mind another spin, it all fits. Here's your chance, take it !




 DissCovers Radio Bagdad (484mb)

01 - GW.Bush - Imagine (Radio bagdad miX)
02 - Petula Clark - Downtown (berlin uber bagdad)
03 - Slimfast - Revolution (terror diet)
04 - Psychic TV - Good Vibrations (shake the ground)
05 - Bent - Dirty Mind (what else)
06 - Nouvelle Vague - A Forest (get lost)
07 - Yat Kha - Orgasmatron (deep throat)
08 - Two Lone Swordsmen - Sexbeat (washington drums)
09 - Hayseed Dixie - Walk This Way ( in the hole)
10 - Scissor Sisters - Take me Out (stirred not shaken)
11 - The Ridiculous Trio - No Fun (blow by blow)
12 - No Talent Hack - Smells Like Teen Spirit (hellohello kraftwerk)
13 - Nouvelle Vague - Too Drunk To Fuck (what luck)
14 - Lemon Jelly - Come Down On Me (rock me hard)
15 - t.A.T.u. - How Soon Is Now (too late)
16 - Pat McDonald - Enjoy the Silence (say what )
17 - Yat Kha - Love Will Tear Us Apart ( desertion blues)
18 - Flunk - Blue Monday ( feels like teen spirit)
19 - Ukelele Orchestra - Dy-Na--My-Tee (bumbs are us)
20 - Lambeth Youth Steel Orch. - Sound of Silence (eerie)
21 - Monthy Python - Sit On My Face (bagdad going down)

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a late seasonal extra

David Bowie - All Saints
This album demonstrates David Bowie's pioneering use of synthesizers and ambient soundscapes. Most of these compositions were made in collaboration with Brian Eno and display a unique combination of lush beauty, harsh experimentation and cinematic intensity. These compositions are highly visual and adventurous, the closing piece ("Some Are" from Philip Glass's "Low Symphony") is particularly cinematic. To sum up, "All Saints" is a must have for David Bowie fans and for fans of instrumental/ambient music.



David Bowie - All Saints (371mb)

01 - A New Career In A New Town
02 - V-2 Schneider
03 - Abdulmajid
04 - Weeping Wall
05 - All Saints
06 - Art Decade
07 - Crystal Japan
08 - Brilliant Adventure
09 - Sense of Doubt
10 - Moss Garden
11 - Neukoln
12 - The Mysteries
13 - Ian Fish UK Heir
14 - Subterraneans
15 - Warszawa
16 - Some Are (The Low Symphony)

Bowie @ Amazon
Bowie @ Wiki

* All downloads are in ogg-7, artwork is included aswell as a very nifty ogg encoder/decoder.

War of the Worlds

A few weeks ago i mentioned HD problems, well this week my maxtor crapped out completely, leaving me with a 19 days back up gap, gone were my preparations for several blog updates i use to work on in advance, sure it could have been worse. Hopefully the Seagate HD will live up to its reputation and save me from headaches like that.

This next item as you can see comes just in time to commemorate its 68th birthday, and don't think it couldn't happen again.



This article appeared in the New York Times on Oct. 31, 1938.

A wave of mass hysteria seized thousands of radio listeners between 8:15 and 9:30 o'clock last night when a broadcast of a dramatization of H. G. Wells's fantasy, "The War of the Worlds," led thousands to believe that an interplanetary conflict had started with invading Martians spreading wide death and destruction in New Jersey and New York.

The broadcast, which disrupted households, interrupted religious services, created traffic jams and clogged communications systems, was made by Orson Welles, who as the radio character, "The Shadow," used to give "the creeps" to countless child listeners. This time at least a score of adults required medical treatment for shock and hysteria.

In Newark, in a single block at Heddon Terrace and Hawthorne Avenue, more than twenty families rushed out of their houses with wet handkerchiefs and towels over their faces to flee from what they believed was to be a gas raid. Some began moving household furniture.

Throughout New York families left their homes, some to flee to near-by parks. Thousands of persons called the police, newspapers and radio stations here and in other cities of the United States and Canada seeking advice on protective measures against the raids


Shortly after 8 o'clock on Sunday evening, October 30, 1938, many Americans became anxious or panic-stricken after listening to a realistic live one-hour radio play depicting a fictitious Martian landing at the Wilmuth farm in the tiny hamlet of Grovers Mill, New Jersey. Those living in the immediate vicinity of the bogus invasion appeared to have been most frightened, although the broadcast could be heard in all regions of the continental United States and no one particular location was immune. The play included references to real places, buildings, highways, and streets. The broadcast also contained prestigious speakers, convincing sound effects, and realistic special bulletins. The drama was produced by a 23-year-old theatrical prodigy named George Orson Welles accompanied by a small group of actors and musicians in a New York City studio of the Columbia Broadcasting System's Mercury Theater. The actual broadcast script was written by Howard Koch, who loosely based it on the 1898 book The War of the Worlds by acclaimed science fiction writer Herbert George (H.G.) Wells (1866-1946). It remains arguably the most widely known delusion in United States, perhaps world history, and many radio stations around the world continue to broadcast the original play each Halloween eve.

Enjoy the ultimate frightnight, original broadcast 30-10-1938, why not replay at home..the script is included.

>>> O.Welles-War of the Worlds (MP3-27mb)

Welles'WellsWorldsWar @ Wiki



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In 1978 Jeff Wayne decided to put H.G.Wells story to music, with hindsight, it seems almost incredible, a young musician (who at the time primarily wrote music for commercials) fell in love with H.G. Wells' much-loved book.
Nearly three decades after it's initial release, the album still sounds just as fresh & exciting now as it did back then. Besides the legendary, commanding voice of Richard Burton as the album's narrator, Jeff Wayne's stunning music rocks, rouses, has incredible beauty and is effectively eerie. Great singers like Justin Hayward, David Essex, Thin Lizzy's Phil Lynott & Julie Covington backed by incredible musicians like Jo Partridge, Herbie Flowers, Chris Spedding, and Jeff Wayne himself.

Opening with Sir Richard Burton's chilling words to this H. G. Wells classic, the stage is set for the impending doom and terror of the next 90 minutes

>>> Wayne's War of the World (remastered 154 Mb)


01 - Eve of the War
02 - Horsell Common and the Heat Ray
03 - The Artillaryman and the Fighting Machine
04 - Forever Autumn
05 - Thunder Child
06 - The Red Weed (part 1)
07 - The Spirit of Man
08 - The Red Weed (part2)
09 - The Artilleryman Returns
10 - Brave New World
11 - Dead London
12 - Epilogue (Part 1)
13 - Epilogue (Part 2) (NASA)

Here's the dedicated website, it announces the DVD release, Live on stage, War of the Worlds the 6th next month.
War of the Worlds Website check out the microsite !

Wayne'sWellsWorldsWar @ Wiki

Wayne'sWellsWorldsWar @ Amazon


* Downloads are in ogg-7, artwork is included aswell as a very nifty ogg encoder/decoder.

In From The Cold

In from the cold, the heart is warmed by singing and making music, giving colour to the wide open (snowy) landscape.

Listen ... Listen with your heart.
Remember all we are and all that's
come before your ... and hear the Roar


Loreena McKennitt, is undoubtedly the most well known of the female artists i present today, born in heartland Canada with irish/scottish heritage, Loreena adopted the Celtic harp as her main instrument and Ireland as her spiritual home. She's a musician looking for connections between music, culture and the spirit, her journeys have taken her from Canada to Ireland, Morocco to Siberia. Her music is rooted in Celtic traditions but much of her best work incorporates elements from Medieval England, Spain and North Africa.

Loreena McKennitt started out as a street musician, released albums on her own Quinlan Road label and then became world renowned after the release of "The Visit" . On offer here ,The book of secrets was released 9 years ago highly acclaimed and commercially succesfull, tragedy struck a year later when her fiancee , his brother and a friend died in a boating accident. She more or less retreated , released a live benefit album in 99 . Fans had to wait a long time but the good news is, next month she will release a new album An Ancient Muse




 Loreena McKennitt - The Book of Secrets * (84mb-304mb)

01 - Prologue
02 - The Mummers' Dance
03 - Skellig
04 - Marco Polo
05 - The Highwayman
06 - La Serenissima
07 - Night Ride Across The Caucasus
08 - Dante's Prayer


21st of november Loreena McKennitt releases her 7th album Än Ancient Muse, here's a musical ecard

Loreena @ Home
Loreena @ Wiki
Loreena @ Amazon

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Mari Boine

Sápmi, which reaches down the north-west coast of Norway, across the top of Sweden and, its southern edge veering north of the Arctic Circle, stretches eastward into northern Finland and the Kola peninsula of north-west Russia, is the homeground of the Sámi race. Estimates vary, but there are much less than 100,000 people - perhaps 75,000 or fewer - who might reasonably be described in terms of heredity, lifestyle or language as Sámi. They have never been a nation, and speak several mutually non-comprehensible languages of the Finno-Ugrian linguistic group, the most prevalent of them being North Sámi, the one spoken by Mari Boine.

Mari Boine's sound is powerful expressive organic-sounding world music, musically both primal and sophisticated at the same time. One buzz-word when Sámi music is mentioned is shamanism; the word originates with the Tungus people of Siberia, and what is generally accepted as shamanism is found in many parts of the world, but it does seem to be a word that observers utter whenever a Sámi bangs a drum. It follows that Mari's music is best experienced live, where she can express her presence in the music best.



 Mari Boine - Idjagiedas * (in the hand of the night-333mb)

01 - Vuoi Vuoi Mu
02 - Idjagiedas
03 - Suoivva
04 - Gos Bat Munno Cinat Leat
05 - Mu Ustit, Engeliid Sogalas
06 - Davvi Bávttiin
07 - Lottás
08 - Diamántta Spáillit
09 - Geasuha
10 - Áfruvvá
11 - Uldda Nieida
12 - Big Medicine

Boine's my space
Mari Boine @ Wiki
Boine @ Amazon

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Gjallarhorn

In Norse mythology, the Giallarhorn or Gjallarhorn ("ringing horn") is the horn with which the gatekeeper god, Heimdallr, announces Ragnarök. In 1997 Gjallarhorns first cd Ranarop was released, remastered in 2002. The group was selected "Folk music group of the year 1997" and the CD was "Folk music CD of the year 1997" in Finland.

The songs deal with mystical events, witches and gods and the woes of the sea, old minuets, ballads and waltzes of Sweden and Swedish speaking Finland are given new life in the hands of this band. Instead of synthesizers, they rely heavily on the droning rasp of the didgeridoo, which lends both a modern feel and an ancient tone to most of the songs. Jenny Wilhelms voice is splendid, beautiful, but with a slightly sharp befitting edge..



 Gjallarhorn - Ranarop *(call of the sea witch) (remastered -400 mb)

01 - Intro
02 - Konungen och trollkvinnan , The king and the enchantress
03 - Herr Olof , Master Olof
04 - I fjol sa , Last year
05 - Solbön-Askan , Prayer for sun-Thunder
06 - O-vals , Non-Waltz
07 - I riden sa... , Ye ride so carefully
08 - Sjöjungfrun och konungadottern , The mermaid and the princess
09 - Folkesongen , Folk song
10 - Elviras vals-Oravaismenuett , Elvira's waltz-Oravais minuet
11 - Eldgjald , Gjaldersong
12 - Ramunder
13 - Kulning , Calling
14 - Reindeer Dreaming (music from the film by Antti Haase)

Gjallarhorn @ home
Gjallarhorn @ Wiki
Glalarhorn @ Amazon

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Requested, some cool gentlemen,

What to tell about Japan, check links at the bottom, this remaster has certainly succeeds in bringing their music back to life.



 Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids * (339mb-remastered)

01 - Gentlemen Take Polaroids
02 - Swing
03 - Burning Bridges
04 - My New Career
05 - Methods of Dance
06 - Ain't That Peculiar
07 - Nightporter
08 - Taking Islands in Africa
09 - The Experience Of Swimming
10 - The Width of a Room
11 - Taking Islands in Africa (Steve Nye mix)

Nightporter Fansite
Japan @ Wiki
Japan @ Amazon


* All downloads are in * ogg-7 (224k) or ^ ogg-9(320k), artwork is included , if in need get the nifty ogg encoder/decoder here !

Wednesdays, again

As promised last time,

Pi, the movie

How to describe "Pi"? It is a stunning film, I could hardly think of any other film in recent memory that expands and challenges the intellect on serious theological issues, but I realize it's not for everybody.

The Greek letter "Pi" equals the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. But even for the mathematically deficient, Pi is less about mathematics than it is a study in obsession, a visual representation of madness. Spiritually, it affirms the truth that God is greater than we are.

Its protagonist, Maximillian Cohen, believes that mathematics is the true language of nature, and that every action in the world, no matter how random, is intricately ordered and patterned. Given this thesis, why not use this knowledge to try to predict the stock market? This draws the attention of some shady investment banker types.

But the film goes beyond that initial premise, and takes it to an unexpected plane: faith. Although Max is an agnostic Jew, his faith more accurately reflects that of an "atheistic Calvinist" . Even so, he draws the attention of Lenny Meyer, a Jew from the Kaballah sect, who explains that the Hebraic language is numeric and replete with symbolism, perhaps with the key to the meaning of life. Lenny tells Max that the numeric symbol for man is "3", and the numeric symbol for woman is "41". The symbol for child, interestingly, is their sum: "44". He then goes to explain the symbol for Eden, and the tree of life, which coincidentally, are the same two numbers for an important mathematical ratio, that "swirls" into eternity.

The story appears to be dry. It's anything but. First timer Darren Aranofsky gets a lot of mileage out of his limitations (the budget was only $60,000). It is filmed in a strong black and white that grabs you. The cinematography is stunning, the editing is superior, and there are fantastic close up images that we take for granted: an ant on a microchip, a dismembered brain, a trembling thumb. He deservedly won the director's prize at Sundance in 1998.  This soundtrack was excellently compiled by Clint Mansell




Soundtrack Pi   ( flac 432mb)*

01 - Clint Mansell - Pixr^2
02 - Orbital - P.E.T.R.O.L.
03 - Autechre - Kalpol Intro
04 - Aphex Twin - Bucephalus Bouncing Ball
05 - Roni Size - Watching Windows (Ed Rush And Optical Remix)
06 - Massive Attack - Angel
07 - Clint Mansell - We Got The Gun
08 - David Holmes - No Man's Land
09 - Gus Gus - Anthem
10 - Banco De Gaia - Drippy
11 - Psilonaut - Third From The Sun
12 - Spacetime Continuum - A Low Frequency Inversion Field
13 - Clint Mansell - 2xPixr

Want more ? Pi @ Wiki dont forget to check out these websites Pi the movie first sight and Pi The movie sight 2, but why not buy the DVD !

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Robert Anton Wilson (RAW - 1932-) One of the most profound and important scientific philosophers of this century, Wilson has written many important works of fiction and non-fiction. His vast intelligence and sharp wit are sufficient to shock and enlighten the most heavily imprinted domesticated primate nervous system. His best-known work, The Illuminatus! Trilogy (1975), co-authored with Robert Shea and advertised as "a fairy tale for paranoids," humorously examined American paranoia about conspiracies. The books mixed true information with imaginative fiction to engage the reader in what Wilson called "Operation Mindfuck"; the trilogy also outlined a set of libertarian and anarchist axioms known as Celine's Laws*, concepts Wilson has continued to expand upon the themes of the Illuminatus! books throughout his writing career..

Wilson also supports many of the utopian theories of Buckminster Fuller, as well as those of media theorist Marshall McLuhan and Neuro Linguistic Programming co-founder Richard Bandler, with whom he has taught workshops. RAW recommends beginners start with NLP, Zen Buddhism, basic meditation, etc., before progressing to more potentially disturbing occult activities.

Sadly, RAW, the wizard-author-intelligence increase agent is in trouble with his life, home and his finances. Robert is dying at his home from post polio syndrome. He cannot walk, has a hard time talking and swallowing, is extremely frail and needs full time care that is being provided by several friends-fans-volunteers and family. The appeal to help financially for the next few months to let him die at his home in peace has been very successfull, a testament to the esteem he's held by his readership.

*Celine's Laws
1st - National Security is the chief cause of national insecurity.
2nd - Accurate communication is only possible in a non-punishing situation.
3rd - An honest politician is a national calamity


RAW @ Home offers the latest on RAW, buy his work like Robert Anton Wilson Explains Everything ! a 9 hour cd set from which you can get a taste here "Religion for the Hell of it" and "The New Inquisition "
Find out more about RAW at this Fansite with tons of info, interviews and reviews, and/or visit RAW @ Wiki which should get you on your way becomming an adept.

Listen to RAW's Religion and New Inquisition (56mb mp3)

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These three great albums have yet to see an official release on cd, i hope you'll agree that's a mistake. Modern Eon and Scars both released one of the best albums of 1981, without a second release they've been too easily forgotten. WillPower is a different case , there's simply not enough money in it for the main man Tony Robinson. So here's your chance to decide for yourself.

Will Powers - Dancing For Mental Health

This album can change your life. If you want to be happy you can start now, says Tony Robinson (motivation guru), at that time ' 83 not that well known, later a powerhouse who sold many people into success, he blockes this entertaining neuro linguistic programming alternative being released on cd (cdbaby sells a vinylrip apparently).
So whats the story, by listening again and again to Will Powers, by sharing it with others, you are constantly reminding yourself that anything is possible and that it is YOU who can make your life a positive adventure. Every one of your 'problems' is,in fact, your OPPORTUNITY. Will Powers will give you techniques that when practiced with humor will result in a fuller, richer, experience of what it really means to be alive.
There is no other album like this one. With the support of Sting, Steve Winwood, Nile Rogers, Todd Rundgren, Carly Simon, Sly & Robbie to name a few, Will Powers brings you words and music that will not only make you smile, but make you realize what your smile can do for you. If you do like it, tell others....where there's Will, there's a way!


Will Powers - Dancing for Mental Health (83 ^ 255mb)

01 - Adventures in Succes
02 - Dancing for Mental Health
03 - Opportunity
04 - Kissing with Confidence
05 - Will Powers
06 - All Thru History
07 - Happy Birthday
08 - Smile

check out these google vids
adventures in succes
kissing with confidence
oppportunity
smile/ wilma fox testimonial
adventures in succes testimonials

or maybe visit http://will-powers.blogspot.com/

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SCARS - AUTHOR ! AUTHOR !

Scars were cocky, provocative and brash, and how they never became pop stars remains a mystery , attention to detail was central to their art, and these kids were perfect material for the State Arts design group to produce the best range of pop T-shirts ever. The people involved with State Arts were also involved in setting up the style-mag i-D, and Scars contributed a song for a free flexi with an early edition. The song, “Your Attention Please”, seems curiously apt again, being a setting of a 60s Peter Porter poem about impending nuclear terror. .

Scars’ relationship with Pre resulted in a few singles and one LP. It also saw the teenage upstarts adopt a startling new image with a look inspired by Viviene Westwood’s World’s End pirate collection. This made Scars seem like comrades of Bow Wow Wow and Adam and the Ants, unfortunately-with hindsight.
“Author! Author!” deserves to be heard, get it here.



Scars - Author ! Author ! (flac 248mb)*

01 Leave Me In Autumn 2:51
02 Fear Of The Dark 3:14
03 Aquarama 4:53
04 David 3:24
05 Obsessions 4:59
06 Everywhere I Go 3:42
07 Lady In The Car With Glasses On And A Gun 3:38
08 Je T'Aime C'Est La Morte 3:10
09 Your Attention Please 3:44
10 All About You 5:30

Scars @ Wiki

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MODERN EON - FICTION TALES

Fiction Tales is one of the greatest albums ever made in my opinion. It is a mesmerising, etheric and sometimes disturbing record by Liverpool group Modern Eon. Their elemental hypno-rock hints and murmurs seductively, implies and evades with a coiling, smoky vagueness. Indeed, the work is 'cerebral'.
Surprisingly very little has been written about Modern Eon and Fiction Tales, it has however a dedicated albumsite, not many have ever heard of this record but those that did absolutely love it. So here's your chance.
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Modern Eon - Fiction Tales  (flac 253mb)*

01 - Seconds Still
02 - The Gras Still Grows
03 - Playwrite
04 - Watching The Dancers
05 - Real Hymn
06 - Waiting For The Cavalry
07 - High Noon
08 - Childs Play
09 - Choreography
10 - Euthenics
11 - In A Strange Way
12 - Mechanic

* All downloads are in * ogg-7 (224k) or ^ ogg-9(320k), artwork is included , if in need get the nifty ogg encoder/decoder here !

In The Beginning

Sundaze Mass

" In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God"

An intriguiging start to the genesis account in the bible, these days we know that much of all this was copied from earlier sources, the same goes for the O.T. basis, Mozes' Torah. In fact we can find the source some 1500 years deeper in time in Sumer, which spawned the babylonian civilisations and spread its knowledge/culture from egypt to persia and beyond. Latecomers as the greeks acknowledged their sources, but the west seems largely to have turned a blind eye to it, not in the least part due to the inconvenient pre biblical truths.
Herecy was and is a label that most scolars rather evade, though the consequences aren't as severe these days, nothing much has changed, scientists remain tied to the savety of groupconsensus, even if their research shows them otherwise.

Back to 'The Word', a spanish kabbalist, Joseph Gikatila, created a beautiful analogy of the Torah as the Name of God. The Torah was like a fabric. Through warp and weft the fabric was created and woven directly from the Name of God (Scholem, On Kabbalah 42-3). Gikatila also explained the letters of the Torah as the mystical body of God while God Itself was the soul of those letters.
Spanish Kabbalists had a well developed conception of who they believed God was. God was Eyn Sof, the infinite, impersonal being with whom they could have no relationship although it was possible to find a route to a relationship with Eyn Sof. The mystic only needed to study the Torah, the one great Name of God, to find the highest form of knowledge and step up to a relationship with God. The earliest name for Hebrew's holiest letters is "tetragrammatron". (Yod-He-Vau-He). The literal meaning of this name for Hebrew's holiest letters is that this is "A GRAMMAR OF TETRAHEDRONS"

The old hebrew alphabet letters from mozes time (1100 BCE) were derived from egyptian hieroglyphs > proto-canaaite > phoenician > ancient hebrew, the shape of the letters however is what holds the key here. In 1986 a jewish kabbalist , Stan Tenen, wrote a paper "The Light in the Meeting Tent " on how symmetry and asymmetry, tetrahedron and vortex, light and vessel, produce the letters of a particular Hebrew and a particular Arabic alphabet.
Here's a 31 min video where explains his work. First Light

The Hebrew Letters – FIRST HAND™
Chart (below) and hand drawings ©1994, 1996 Stan Tenen


Clever stuff, alas this aint even half of it, Daniel Winter, a man as chaotic as he is brilliant, published a book march 87 "One Crystal's Dance". On a side note, he has been the inspiration for the movie Pi (1998), it's website a must SEE , i will post the soundtrack coming wednesday.

Daniel Winter's work focuses on the importance of the dodecahedron, the twelve pentagonal faced Platonic solid, and how it creates, with its dual the icosahedron, a nest of Golden Mean ratios. Daniel then applied this concept to emotions and to the structure of DNA itself. One of Daniels’s central ideas was that the universe could be described as a geometry of pressure. He's concerned with what is the true LANGUAGE OF LIGHT, in so far as alphabetizing what symmetry can burn spin as memory/inertia into any membrane or surface.
This is very close to the idea of a universe created by the symmetry sets of a sacred language, such as Hebrew. Daniel also postulated that a nest of Golden Mean ratios, such as a strand of DNA, was the best way to conserve information, or shape, through time. Daniel had developed a theoretical structure, a universal hypothesis, that seemed tailor made to describe the unique value of Tenen’s discovery.



But then mr Tenen decided that gods language style needed to be copywrited with him as the sole benificiary naturally. He started to threathen and sued mr Winter who's route was sacred-geomatrical and based on the golden mean spiral. An insight mr. Tenen still has to come to terms with, were it not that an american judge, who decided that it was better to have jewish friends then some nurdy incomprehensible 'freak', ruled that mr Winters work was unlawful and anyone spreading it in contempt of court. His books were to be burned.

Daniel Winter has been on the run ever since, now when i look at the meru foundations website and Daniels work its as if an 7 year old has succesfully sued Picasso for infringing on his work, and has made selling work impossible for poor Pablo. Daniel Winter should get a nobelprize, if he ever finds a decent editor of his work, here's the main web site concerning his work chaotic as the man himself, anyway you can order his books and dvd's there aswell as his current baby the heart tuner, get some pdf's on his current work here

There's much more, but hold on;

Let's not forget that the genesis account aint the only one telling us what happened, in fact a much more consistent one was brought to us by the gnostics, who were demonised for doing so by the Catholic Church Demons, who's reign of terror is finally fizzling out.

"It seems that once there was only the Fore-Creation, invisible, without form or gender, all-pervasive, filling the depths and heights of what was and which, desiring to manifest an inward potential gave birth to many holy dyads...that is, pairs, the first of which were the Abyss and Fore-thought. Then a desire arose in Fore-thought and it meditated on Silence who conceived and gave birth to twins: the first visible female form called Truth and the first visible male form called Mind, in turn they together gave birth to Life and Word...Life was the form-mother of the Pleroma and Word was the form-father of those manifest within the Pleroma. The Pleroma is the fullness of the spiritual world, uninfluenced by matter, energy or light.

The Sophia story continues here


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In line with todays concept, some religiously toned works from my vaults.

This is one of the two soundtracks for the movie "The Last Temptation of Christ". The other one, "Passion", deals more with Peter Gabriel's performances. This one deals with the more traditional Middle Eastern music used and sampled for the film. A great introduction to Jesus's musical roots (Middle Eastern, Indian, African, Persian, Turkish, etc) . A diverse range of styles and cultures, wonderful songs performed by excellent traditional artists.




VA - Passion Sources (222 mb)*

01 - Nusrat Ali Kahn - Shamas-Ud-Doha Bader-Ud-Doja
02 - Baaba Maal - Call To Prayer
03 - Shankar - Sankarabaranam Pancha Nadai Pallavi
04 - Kudsi Erguner - Ulvi
05 - Hossam Ramsi - Fallahi
06 - Sabahiya - Sabahiya
07 - Ethiopian Musicians - Tejbeit
08 - Lahamoud Zadeh - Prelude In Tchahargah
09 - Morrocan Musicians - Wedding Song
10 - Abdul El-Sayed - Magdelene's House
11 - Fatala - Yoky
12 - Nas El Ghinwane - Ya Sah
13 - Al Nahla Al 'Ali - Al Nahla Al 'Ali
14 - Askarian and Katchaturian - Song of Complaint

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This breathtaking centerpiece of Fanshawe's repetoire has gained favour with listeners in the years since it's release in 1973. The blending of a catholic mass with the cultures and native african recordings is certainly a leftfield concept. Basically, Fanshawe has taken the traditional movements of the ordinary mass (Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei) and added movements, changed the order, and added all the African sounds that he recorded on his ethnomusical journey.

 

African Sanctus (flac 320 mb)*

01. African Sanctus
02. Kyrie: Call to Prayer
03. Gloria: Bride of the Nile
04. Credo: Sudanese Dances & Recitations
05. Love Song: Piano Solo
06. Et in Spiritum Sanctum
07. Crucifixus: Rain Song
08. Sanctus: Bwala Dance, Lamentation
09. The Lord's Prayer
10. Chants: Cattle Song
11. Agnus Dei: War Drums
12. Call to Prayer: Kyrie
13. Finale & Gloria
14. Dona Nobis Pacem - A Hymn for World Peace
15. Et in Spiritum Sanctum
16. African Sanctus: Dona Nobis Pacem

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Unlike Christian music in America, you won't find no halleluiahs, no gospel raves, no snake charmers and thank you Jezez, here. No. These are every day human beings, seeking help and guidance from God. Singing together sincere and heartfelt. It is quiet, joyful, solemn, traditional music. One of the finest genuine evocations of the human soul you will ever hear. This is the best that Christian music can be.




Taize      364mb*

01 - Jubilate, alleluia
02 - Bless the Lord
03 - Jésus le Christ
04 - Alleluia (Zagorsk
05 - Nada te turbe
06 - Veni Sancte Spiritus
07 - Venite exultemus
08 - Beati voi poveri
09 - Wyslawiajcie Pana
10 - Mon âme se repose
11 - Alleluia 20
12 - Kyrie 1
13 - Jubilate coeli
14 - Bogoroditse Dievo
15 - Singt dem Herrn
16 - In the Lord (El Señor)
17 - In manus tuas, Pater
18 - Ubi caritas Deus ibi est
19 - Bénissez le Seigneur

* All downloads are in * ogg-7 (224k) or ^ ogg-9(320k), artwork is included , if in need get the nifty ogg encoder/decoder here !

Talking Heads

This last week my harddisk send out all the wrong signals, shouldnt be screwing with partitions and think the system adepts any deeper, oh no. Anyway i got the supposedly best recovery program running at this moment , Spinrite 6.0, but things are moving at a very slow pace indeed.

Well it looks as if it's all about music and literature tonight, lets start with the latter.
William Burroughs, a harvard man no less, lived his live in the counter culture, a dirty liberal by today's neo-conmens standards. A strange live it has been, shooting his 2nd wife Joan Vollmer in a wilhelm tell game, shocked him on the path of writing, B was allready on morfine and marihuana in those days ('51). After a trip to south america in search of yage which supposedly would help him kick the habit he returned to write his first novel 'Junkie" . He wrote it under the pen name William Lee as you can see here,a 35 c novel.
One of Burroughs distinguishing feats is his unique voice, something that certainly got picked up by several music artists who later in his life sought to work with him. If you haven't heard his voice yet and for those that can dig some more, a real treat, the master himself reading his first novel , it takes him about 3 hours.

William Burroughs - Junky (mp3   88mb )

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FA FA FA Faah, FA

And now for some great music, ripped from DVD-A , remastered and in the best compression format available OGG, yes open source does deliver. Even Apple is eying it. These rips reach 19,5 khz whilst f.i. lame @320 stops at 17,5 khz. Theres plenty of players that play ogg plug inns are widely available and decoding progs are just a few mouse clicks away, -GoogleOGG , or get this free open source mediaplayer VLC , plays not only ogg but much more, even your dvd's, 20+ million downloads thusfar !

If you don't own these remastered Talking Heads albums yourself, you won't hear them any better than in these ogg rips.

Talking Heads - 77   (flac 365mb)



01 - uh oh love has come to town
02 - new feeling
03 - tentative decision
04 - happy day
05 - who is it
06 - no compassion
07 - the book i read
08 - don't worry about the government
09 - first week last week ...carefree
10 - psycho killer
11 - pulled up
12 - psycho killer (acoustic)
13 - uh oh love has come to town(alternate mix)
77 Bonus
14 - I wish you wouldn't say that (bonus track)
15 - Psycho killer (acoustic - bonus track)
16 - I feel it in my heart (bonus track)
17 - Sugar on my tongue (bonus track)

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Talking Heads - More Sons About Food and Buildings  (flac 397mb)




01 thank you for sending me an angel
02 with our love
03 the good thing
04 warning sign
05 the girls want to be with the girls
06 found a job
07 artists only
08 i'm not in love
09 stay hungry
10 take me to the river
11 the big country
Buildings and Food Bonus
12 Stay Hungry (1977 Version)
13 I'm Not In Love (Alternate Version) 1
14 The Big Country (Alternate Version)
15 hank You For Sending Me An Angel (Country Angel Version)

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Talking Heads - Fear Of Music   (flac 389mb)



01 - i zimbra
02 - mind
03 - paper
04 - cities
05 - life during wartime
06 - memories can wait
07 - air
08 - heaven
09 - animals
10 - electric guitar
11 - drugs
Fear Of Music Bonus
12 Dancing for money (unfinished outtake)
13 Life during wartime (alt version)
14 Cities (alt version)
15 Mind (alt version) 1

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Talking Heads - Remain In Light  (flac 372mb)



01 burn under punches,
02 crosseyed and painless
03 the great curve,
04 once in a lifetime
05 houses in motion
06 seen and not seen
07 listening wind
08 the overload
Remain In Light Bonus
13 Fela's Riff [unfinished outtake]
14 Unison [unfinished outtake]
15 Double Groove [unfinished outtake]
16 Right Start [unfinished outtake]









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Big Night Music

No big words today, but some big night music, Shriekback. I've been a fan right from their first release the mini album Tench, some years later they gained some commercial success after their 'spooky' music was used in the movie Manhunter, aswell as in the Miami Vice tv series.
Their previous work was bound by other small companies eager to cash in, discord followed, and thus their discography became confusing, much of their inspired early work hasn't been reissued on cd, let alone remastered, this when their unique sound would certainly suit it.

Here you can find everything you always wanted to know about Shriekback Cleartrails Fansite

Guess what, there's been a new album out for allmost a year now...P.R.oblems , getting the word out aint easy, signing release deals ditto. There's it is, and here you could get it @Amazon Or find your way to Shriekback's website There's music from their latest album to be heard.


Now then, the reason for this blog is the mix cd i made 8 years ago, not content with what i had digitally....and the fact that i always felt that Shriekback should have released an ambient compilation, stripped of rock and dance, a late night atmospheric album, and so i compiled one. Some tracks are ripped from cd, but most are from vinyl. Madly has been in my overall most played top 10 for years, considering my extensive collection, no mean feat, it must be my late night lifestyle. Time to take a share ..Shriekback..Madly  (451mb)