Magnatune: five new albums

This week's 5 new albums:

  • Adam Fielding: Pieces (extended) - Electronica
    atmospheric dance music with cool vocals

  • Francois Couture: My Little Book, Tome 1 - Jazz
    Canadian composer, musician, orchestrator, arranger and sound designer

  • Love Amplifier: Death and Rebirth - Electronica
    Lose yourself in the electronic

  • Richard MacKenzie: The Parisian Delight - Classical
    Virtuoso English Lutenist and Guitarist

  • Sambodhi Prem: Seven Waves of Knowing - Ambient
    reflections of the moon in music

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Description:reflections of the moon in music
Genre:Ambient
Artist:Sambodhi Prem
Album:Seven Waves of Knowing

Deeply meditative music that moves between silence and sound. Solo piano and solo guitar played from a space of inner reflection, like a wave of peace.

The quality of water falling on a sun-shower-day translated into sound. Somehow music can filter through to places that are hidden from daylight. You feel music when your mind is open and the rhythm of your footsteps has slowed a little - when you stop and look at the empty space around you, listen to the silence between your words and look into the eyes of a person you love. Then without a warning a space enters you, you relax and for a moment there is unity - a reminding of a place you may have visited when you were young, full of wonder and innocence.

What people are saying about this music:
"I like the open spaces in the music, the unhurried gentleness. Reminds me of staring into space, sometimes daydreaming, sometimes just staring at nothing. Very nice."
- Fratermus

"If you need to calm down or meditate this music is perfect. Piano solo pieces alternate with beautiful acoustic guitar. The sound is pure. This music is refreshing just as a glass of pure water or pure air in the mountains."
- Yvalain

"The most moving song on the album was the track, "Trusting the Universe." It was very touching and sweetly emotional. The guitar was deeply heartfelt on this album and the sounds were kept to a minimum, spare and yet so creative . . . as if the plan was that these tunes were to heal and soothe and comfort the tired and sore souls . . . well it worked! One of my other favorite songs was the sweet, slow and gentle traces of music from the guitar in the song, "Reflecting the Moon," which was so peaceful I felt as if I had relaxed under the white light of a magical moon . . . This album was so good that I couldn't stop playing it all evening . . . it was like sacred medicine to my soul . . . and I needed it . . . and I got it!
- Orangeupurple



Description:Virtuoso English Lutenist and Guitarist
Genre:Classical
Artist:Richard MacKenzie
Album:The Parisian Delight

Albert de Rippe (c1500-1551) was one of the most famous lutenists of his generation. In service to Francis I, his annual salary was double that of any other lutenist. His surviving works exhibit a complexity previously unidentified in lute music. Albert's pupil, Guillaume Morlaye (c1510-1558), was responsible for the posthumous publication of most of Albert's surviving output, and was also a composer of outstanding quality in his own right. In August 1551 Adrian Le Roy (c1520-1598) and his cousin Robert Ballard (c1525-1588) founded the fertile printing firm of "Le Roy and Ballard", obtaining a royal privilege from Henry II to publish music. The fruits of that partnership form the core of the musical selection that comprises this album, featuring preludes, fantasies, dances, chansons, motets and grounds.

The works themselves are multifaceted, attractive, at times meditative, and at times ostentatious. The cross-section of works presented here perfectly sum up the Parisian chordophonic culture of the mid-16th century.

The music was performed upon a Renaissance Lute built by James Marriage (2004) after Hans Frei (c1550), and upon a Renaissance Guitar built by Paul Baker (2003) of his own design. The album was recorded fairly intimately and with little editing so as to produce a fresh and candid sound, suited to the intimacy and immediacy of the music. It is the second in a series of recordings by Richard MacKenzie focusing on the repertoire of lutes and early guitars. (Produced and engineered by Richard MacKenzie. Recorded at the Church of St. Lawrence, Heanor).

Full liner notes are available with the artwork pdf.



Description:Lose yourself in the electronic
Genre:Electronica
Artist:Love Amplifier
Album:Death and Rebirth

Death and Rebirth is a double album of electronic music, composed of Love Amplifier's first two albums: Ego Death, and Rebirth.

Ego Death is a methodical, step-by-step remix of older, pre-Love Amplifier material that became completely unrecognizable during the process of remixing it. The entire album was produced using a single instrument - Ableton's Operator.

Rebirth is an exploration of beats, melodies and harmonies composed spontaneously, without reference to any existing material. If any of these songs sound even remotely like anything that already exists, it is entirely by accident.



Description:Canadian composer, musician, orchestrator, arranger and sound designer
Genre:Jazz
Artist:Francois Couture
Album:My Little Book, Tome 1

Early jazz/dixieland/swing tunes for those nostalgic of a bygone era.

My Little Book is neither more nor less than a notebook from the composer François Couture. A book of melodies inspired by daily meeting with musics and musicians. The objective: to bring together musicians and simply play for the pleasure of it. Record the inspiration and the feverishness of this moment.

Tome 1 is the first session of a series and features the following guests:

Grégoire Painchaud, Violin;
André Larue, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Soprano sax;
François Couture, Guitar;
François Guilbault, Double bass.



Description:atmospheric dance music with cool vocals
Genre:Electronica
Artist:Adam Fielding
Album:Pieces (extended)

Following directly on from both "Icarus" and his work for TV, film, and commercial use, "Pieces" is an exploration of Fielding's eclectic range of influences and inspirations. While maintaining a consistent aesthetic throughout, "Pieces" retains an incredibly earnest and varied impression of Fielding's writing and production styles, resulting in a collection of music that is as honest as it is diverse.

"Pieces" is a compilation of previously unreleased works by UK-based musician and producer Adam Fielding, written and recorded during 2012-2014, and released in August 2014.

From the euphoric, post-rock tinged opening of "A Call To Action" through to the moody, introspective electronic workings of "Sleepless", organic instrumentation combines with precise electronics to offer listeners a memorable melodic experience combined with lush atmospheric production on a truly epic scale.