# albums

artist: Chris Juergensen
albumname: Prospects
sku: juergenson-prospects
upc: 876809002824
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=4346496&s=143444
also:
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description:
A blend of styles, soulful song writing, top notch musicianship and crystalline production coupled with Chris Juergensen's dynamic guitar playing makes this album a must for any Fusion lover.

Review:
"Prospects is his first release, it is entirely instrumental, and dwells in the mellower moods of jazz, he plays in a similar manner as the likes of Metheny, Stern, Krantz, and Scofield. That is to say, that his tone on the guitar is very clean, distortion free, with a heavy focus on improvisation. His technique is very clean, and he shows a versatile chord vocabulary as he comps his way through the oft changing progressions in his music."

"He has stated that this cd was recorded in studio, with a live feel, with minimal rehearsals, and hardly an overdub to be found. This is a surprising fact, to have created such a lush and expressive musical statement as this, seemingly would have required more than a couple rehearsals, yet the music sounds very refined, and the sound quality is very clear. He also made a note to tell me that this cd would represent his jazzier side of fusion, and he also has plans to create some rock influenced fusion cds in the near future, and in listening to his playing skills, I certainly look forward to hearing him doing that, as well as getting an opportunity to get a respectable amount of time in studio to complete it."

"Prospects is a very relaxing listen, great late night music to kick back to, and Chris' playing soothes your mind, setting up solo spots with articulated melodies, and just the right amount of ambiance from his band members. It should be noted that this type of fusion is not anything like the style made famous by such guitarists as - John McLaughlin, Scott Henderson or Al DiMeola, where speed, volume, and technical arrangements are the focal points, this music is more in line with what players like Wayne Krantz, John Scofield, or Mike Stern have been doing, very east coast sounding with a huge jazz influence."
-Prognosis


artist: Christian Laki
albumname: Singles Volume 1
sku: laki-singlesone
upc: 847646003329
also:
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description:
They are a collection of quirky 60's tinged artsy power pop and ballads. He writes and plays just about everything on the album, with some outsourcing for live drums, mixing, and mastering. This collection of singles by Christian Laki were recorded since he went solo after his band, 'The Chagalls' disbanded in early 2009.


artist: Christopher Currell
albumname: Heart Sutra
sku: ishwish-heartsutra
upc: 876809009274
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/heart-sutra/id422948318
also:
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description:
The Heart Sutra (in Sanskrit, Prajnaparamita Hrdaya), possibly the best known text of Mahayana Buddhism, is said to be the pure distillation of wisdom (prajna). The precise origin of the Heart Sutra is unknown. The earliest record of the sutra is a Chinese translation from Sanskrit by the monk Chih-ch'ien made between 200 and 250 CE.

As with most Buddhist scriptures, simply "believing in" what the Heart Sutra says is not its point. It is important also to appreciate that the sutra cannot be grasped by intellect alone. Although analysis is helpful, people also keep the words in their hearts so that understanding unfolds through practice.

In this sutra, Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva is speaking to Shariputra, who was an important disciple of the historical Buddha. The early lines of the sutra discuss the five skandhas - form, sensation, conception, discrimination, and consciousness. The bodhisattva has seen that the skandhas are empty, and thus has been freed from suffering. The bodhisattva speaks: Shariputra, form is no other than emptiness; emptiness no other than form. Form is exactly emptiness; emptiness exactly form. Sensation, conception, discrimination, and consciousness are also like this.

The Heart Sutra continues, with Avalokiteshvara explaining that all phenomena are expressions of emptiness, or empty of inherent characteristics. Because phenomena are empty of inherent characteristics, they are neither born nor destroyed; neither pure nor defiled; neither coming nor going.

Avalokiteshvara goes on to say there is no path, no wisdom, and no attainment. Because no individual being comes into existence, neither does a being cease to exist. Because there is no cessation, there is no impermanence, and because there is no impermanence, there is no suffering. Because there is no suffering, there is no path to liberation from suffering, no wisdom, and no attainment of wisdom. Thoroughly perceiving this is "supreme perfect enlightenment."

This musical work "Heart Sutra" is set to sound and musical vibrations meant to help harmonize the content of the sutra with one's feeling and sense rather than appeal to the analytical and intellectual musings of the listener. The result is a much deeper knowing and oneness of the "universal void" in which everything and nothing is contained.

Christopher Currell has employed advanced synthesis and spatial audio techniques to help convey a deeper meaning and understanding of the Heart Sutra. Combining sound colors, advanced polyrhythmic themes and flowing percussive rhythms, Christopher has woven a tapestry of elements that speak to the deeper consciousness. Christopher has taken the information, which is the Heart Sutra, and fused it into an audio wave pattern that connects directly to heart of the listener. In addition, Taiun Matsunami from the Daitoku-ji Ryosen-an temple in Kyoto, Japan provides the exquisitely performed Heart Sutra and other Buddhist chants.


artist: Claire Fitch
albumname: Ambiencellist
sku: fitch-amb
upc: 876809002817
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257974923&s=143444
also:
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description:
What makes Claire Fitch's "Ambiencellist" amazing is the way it easily shatters your preconceptions of "ambient music". While wonderfully soothing, it's far from somnambulistic: look just below that calm surface and you'll be treated to an edgy complexity that draws you in even deeper. By blending her strong classical cello skills with an equally strong understanding of electronic music and synthesis, "Ambiencellist" takes you into an almost cinematic soundscape that can be gentle and organic one moment, and hauntingly eerie the next.
Harry Sklar - SklarNet.com


artist: Claire Fitch
albumname: Ambiencellist Part II
sku: fitch-amb2
upc: 876809003463
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257830531&s=143444
also:
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artist: Claire Fitch
albumname: Another Day
sku: fitch-anotherday
upc: 847646011393
also:
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description:
Emotional and hopeful Cello music tracks. The motivational mood will evoke an emotional uplifting and positive feeling. They will work well with corporate video, film, sports, and business projects.


artist: Claire Fitch
albumname: Celocity
sku: fitch-celocity
upc: 876809006389
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=276851808&s=143444
also:
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description:
A year in the making, Celocity crosses the boundaries of electro, acoustic and ambient music. Many of the tracks are simply cello, multi-tracked and processed with many different software tools. Others bring in electronic backgrounds that are hauntingly beautiful.

It was recorded in the newly converted, sea-view Fitchsounds studio overlooking the Cooley Peninsula, in the midst of the Boyne Valley in Ireland. Inspired by the ebb and flow of the sea, it also charts a journey into a new life of magic and creativity.


artist: Claudia Schwab
albumname: Amber Sands
sku: claudiaschwab-ambersands
upc: 847646007563
also:
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description:
Stomping rhythms, fiery reels, consoling Indian raags and funk-beat yodelling entice the listener to follow the musicians to the holy river ganges, the West coast of Ireland, over to remote villages in Bulgaria, Swedish forests and alpine pastures in Austria.

Claudia Schwab's debut album "Amber Sands" is a compilation of music that unites the sounds of her native home-place of Austria with her adopted home of Ireland, as well as various other music traditions with which she feels at home.

A unique and atmospheric blend of Irish, Indian, Swedish and Eastern European music styles overlaid with her native Austrian yodelling, Schwab's music reflects her passion for people, place, and their associated music.


artist: Cobb Bussinger
albumname: Breath of Life
sku: cobbbussinger-breathlife
upc: 847646006719
also:
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description:
Breath of Life is a compilation of melodic, sometimes haunting, meditative and relaxing, solo piano compositions. Minimalist in nature, with melancholic overtones, Breath of Life summons the mind to slow down, relax, and contemplate. A blending of new age and classical, each track has structure, yet within that structure lies subtle improvisation.

"Song for Linda" was written for a much beloved niece whose flame burned out much before its time. The inspiration to create this CD came from her.


artist: Cobb Bussinger
albumname: Nebula
sku: cobbbussinger-nebula
upc: 847646006429
also:
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description:
This album is a bit edgier than most albums classified as New Age, and the instrumentation includes piano, bass, drums, synths, violin, guitar, bansuri flute, sitar, tablas, and other hand percussion.

Sometimes very rhythmic and sometimes more ambient, several tracks have strong Middle Eastern and Eastern European influences mixed with a variety of more Western musical styles. A blend of ethnic musical styles with a sense of urgency and mystery, "Nebula" is a thrilling musical journey through space and an exhilarating musical experience.

"Nebula" is an exciting and eclectic collection of nine original instrumental pieces sharing the theme of deep space.


artist: Colfax
albumname: Tape
sku: colfax-tape
upc: 847646001752
also:
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description:
Tape is the 2010 debut electronic album by San Francisco based artist Colfax (aka. Daniel Berkman). A densely textured introspective work, saturated in analog synths, punctuated with edgy glitchy beats and samples from the artists childhood tapes and reel to reels, "Tape" is a voyeuristic peek into Colfax's nostalgic mind and a "child in a candy store" approach to his myriad vintage electronic devices and tape sources.

Among the key elements in Colfax's work is his use of the legendary Roland Jupiter 8 and the Sequential Circuits Prophet VS synthesizers which were played by hand on this album which give it a raw and human feel. His father used these instruments in the 80's on sessions and so there is a deep connection to their sounds and their origin.

In 2000, Berkman compiled from dozens of his childhood cassette tapes, a track of just the noisy spaces between the songs and occasionally words and random sounds which he called "The Sound of Beauty". Because these snippets weren't songs within themselves and even though they had no context, one could sense the imprint of the time and place they were recorded, as if subliminally. Berkman also found a wealth of material from a box of old reel to reel tapes that also belonged to his father. These tapes were the missing link and Colfax took it's oddly nostalgic shape. Not unlike Boards Of Canada or Freescha, Colfax transports us sonically to a time and place that exists deep within our psychological memory, hiding like a box of forgotten reel to reels, safe from the din of the world yet vulnerable to it's elements.


artist: Colin Booth
albumname: JS Bach Goldberg Variations
sku: cbooth-bachgold
upc: 847646001745
also:
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description:
Johann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations are one of the greatest items of the keyboard repertoire. They are often recorded, but less often played live. Their technical difficulty has been a challenge to which innumerable harpsichordists and pianists have risen. But the underlying wit and humour of this amazing work has sometimes been disguised by sheer virtuosity. Again, many have approached the Goldberg Variations in a 20th century spirit of undue reverence and solemnity, at least in the view of Colin Booth.

Colin's recording is deeply felt, but more than most performances, also shows the good-naturedness of J. S. Bach, and presents the detailed counterpoint which is the basis of the composition, with unusual clarity. You can really hear how the music is made.

In addition to being a personal account, this album demonstrates some of the discoveries made by Colin during the decade during which he not only worked at this piece, but was writing his in-depth study of Baroque notation: "Did Bach Really Mean That?" Both book and album emphasise often-overlooked elements in Bach's music: for example, the great man was a dancer in his spare time, and his music is imbued with dance-rhythm, another feature often left unrevealed in present-day performance.


artist: Colin Booth
albumname: Buxtehude - Suites and Variations
sku: cbooth-buxtehudes
upc: 876809009106
also:
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description:
Dietrich Buxtehude was the greatest musician in north Germany before J.S.Bach, who, being at that stage young and without many resources, took leave from his first organist post and walked for several days to stay and study with him in Lubeck. Buxtehude was justly famous as a virtuoso organist, composer, concert-organiser, and harpsichordist.

This selection from his keyboard works show him to have been a lively, tuneful character, and Bach, who was not known for his patience, was eventually reprimanded by his employers for staying in Lubeck long after his leave of absence had expired. Buxtehude's best-known harpsichord work closes this album: the 32 variations "La Capriciosa" were undoubtedly an inspiration and challenge for Bach, who was to "cap" them with his own "Goldberg Variations.


artist: Colin Booth
albumname: Dark Harpsichord Music
sku: cbooth-darkharp
upc: 876809009045
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/dark-harpsichord-music/id423026786
also:
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description:
Late evening in Devon, England. Blackbird and thrush sing their last tribute to the dying day. In the medieval splendour of Dartington Great Hall the lights are dimmed, and the sombre but glittering tones of a harpsichord take over from the birds' calls and carry an audience into the gathering darkness.

This album recaptures the atmosphere, and much of the music, of a memorable concert given in 1995. It presents, in a continuously linked sequence of diverse but musically related pieces, an introspective exploration of mood. Much of the music is improvisation, either actual or in style. Included are the evocative "Overture to Orpheus" written in 1981 by Louis Andriessen, and music by three members of the Couperin family: Louis, Francois, and Armand-Louis, in all covering a period of more than one hundred years.


artist: Colin Booth
albumname: Grounds for Pleasure
sku: cbooth-groundsplease
upc: 847646007099
also:
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description:
Most of this album consists of grounds. Some were written during the reign of the first Queen Elizabeth, around 1600, and others after the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660, following the English Civil War and the Protectorate. The pieces by William Croft, a devotee of Henry Purcell, are even later, and some, like those by Thomas Tomkins, who had studied with William Byrd but lived into the middle of the seventeenth century, can be said to bridge the gap between the English Renaissance and the Baroque.

This beautiful new recording, made in 2014, is the first album recording on a newly-restored original 17th century harpsichord.

Those who are particularly interested will enjoy the upper manual (played with the left hand here) being at 4 foot pitch (i.e. an octave higher than notated).

Full liner notes are available with the artwork download to members.


artist: Colin Booth
albumname: Johann Mattheson - CD1 - The Twelve Suites of 1714
sku: cbooth-jmatthesonvol1
upc: 876809009069
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/johann-mattheson-the-twelve/id414498819
also:
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description:
Johann Mattheson was a highly successful German contemporary of Bach, Telemann, and Handel. Like the latter two, he lived and worked in Hamburg, one of the great north-German cultural centres, and through marriage and employment also established a strong link with England. Mattheson and Handel actually worked together in their twenties, composing, directing, and performing in the Hamburg opera-house. A famous story recounted by Mattheson concerns a duel which the two rivals fought, which almost ended in Handel's premature death.

Johann Mattheson was a considerable composer, and we can tell that a number of his ideas were "borrowed" by Handel for his own music. Much of Mattheson's output perished in the bombing of Hamburg during World War II, but the exciting suites, here receiving their world premiere complete recording, survived, as they were published in 1714, both in Hamburg and London.


artist: Colin Booth
albumname: Johann Mattheson - CD2 - The Twelve Suites of 1714
sku: cbooth-jmatthesonvol2
upc: 876809009076
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/johann-mattheson-the-twelve/id423070013
also:
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description:
Johann Mattheson was a highly successful German contemporary of Bach, Telemann, and Handel. Like the latter two, he lived and worked in Hamburg, one of the great north-German cultural centres, and through marriage and employment also established a strong link with England. Mattheson and Handel actually worked together in their twenties, composing, directing, and performing in the Hamburg opera-house. A famous story recounted by Mattheson concerns a duel which the two rivals fought, which almost ended in Handel's premature death.

Johann Mattheson was a considerable composer, and we can tell that a number of his ideas were "borrowed" by Handel for his own music. Much of Mattheson's output perished in the bombing of Hamburg during World War II, but the exciting suites, here receiving their world premiere complete recording, survived, as they were published in 1714, both in Hamburg and London.


artist: Colin Booth
albumname: JS Bach by arrangement
sku: cbooth-jsbach
upc: 876809009083
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/js-bach-by-arrangement/id411993640
also:
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description:
Throughout his life Johann Sebastian Bach collected manuscript copies of music by other composers whom he admired. In some cases he arranged pieces by them for his own use, and re-arranged some of his own music for different mediums.

This album contains some of the great versions which he produced for himself and his family to play on the harpsichord. Also included are J. S. Bach's monumental Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue (which shows the influence of other composers, and is just a fantastic piece) and Colin Booth's own arrangement for harpsichord of Bach's famous D minor Chaconne for solo violin.


artist: Colin Booth
albumname: Louis Couperin Harpsichord Music
sku: cbooth-louiscouperin
upc: 847646008317
also:
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description:
In the world of harpsichord music, Francois Couperin is probably the best-known composer. However, his uncle Louis Couperin wrote music which was far more intense and dramatic, including remarkable free preludes and stirring chaconnes.

Colin Booth's latest album offers a varied recital of pieces by Louis Couperin, played on a wonderful original French harpsichord of 1661 - coincidentally the year of Louis Couperin's death.


artist: Colin Booth
albumname: The Melodious Birde - Keyboard Music By William Byrd
sku: cbooth-melodiousbirde
upc: 847646009864
also:
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description:
Dubbed "melodious Birde" by his contemporary John Baldwin, William Byrd was Queen Elizabeth I's favourite composer.

This selection from his keyboard music reveals Byrd's tuneful music in its varying moods - from poignant introspection to playful virtuosity. The instruments used are those enjoyed by Elizabeth herself: the harpsichord and virginals.

Byrd was arguably the first ever true composer for the harpsichord. This CD has been reviewed by the UK's leading expert on Byrd, as containing "great playing, gorgeous soundclarity and empathy are Colin Booth's fortethe finest version on disc."


artist: Colin Booth
albumname: Peter Philips - The English Exile
sku: cbooth-pphilips
upc: 847646001707
also:
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description:
Peter Philips, one of the great musical geniuses of the age of Queen Elizabeth I, was forced into exile in Europe by a renewed situation of religious intolerance in England, following the failed Spanish Armada. Not only did he becme a famous composer throughout the continent, but his music, unlike his person, was celebrated in his home country. The major source for his keyboard works is the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - a pioneering English anthology.

Philips' style is more overtly emotional than that of his English contemporaries. One of the most famous and intense pieces, Pavana Doloroso, is supposed to have been composed while he languished in prison, and his setting of Caccini's song Amarylli Mia Bella, conveys a surprising degree of pathos.

Contrasting with these are thrillingly virtuosic works, like the Galliarda Passamezzo, vividly conveying how exuberant dancing could be in the Renaissance period.

Colin Booth's album has received enthusiastic praise from English and German reviewers. He plays a large and unusual harpsichord: a copy of an Italian 17thC instrument with two keyboards, now in the collection in Nuremberg, Germany.


artist: Colin Booth
albumname: Fogliano to Froberger - A Century of Ricercars
sku: cbooth-ricercars
upc: 847646011218
also:
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description:
The Ricercar - a form best known from a late example by Bach, is an early form of composition, which later developed into the Fugue. Beautiful, entertaining pieces for keyboard began to appear in the early 16th century, and the works on this album demonstrate this early style, but also include pieces written a century later, of a stricter contrapuntal nature, by the Italian masters Frescobaldi and his pupil Froberger. Three Italian harpsichords with different specifications are used, providing a striking variety of sound. Colin Booth has transferred the mastery amply demonstrated in his recordings of music by J. S. Bach, to this very different, earlier repertoire, played on instruments chosen to match the music.


artist: Colin Booth
albumname: Essential Scarlatti
sku: cbooth-scarlatti
upc: 876809009052
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/essential-scarlatti/id428536616
also:
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description:
Domenico Scarlatti is well-known as one of the greatest, perhaps THE greatest harpsichord virtuoso who ever lived. He wrote over 550 sonatas, but only a few of these are well-known today. Essential Scarlatti offers several of these, plus some of Colin Booth's other favourites, which combine to show the varied character of the great genius. Some are soulful, others dramatic, and others again, breathtakingly virtuosic.


artist: Colin Booth
albumname: Mattheson - The Melodious Talking Fingers
sku: cbooth-talkingfingers
upc: 847646011225
also:
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description:
This pioneering publication of 1735 was dedicated to Handel and probably inspired Bach to compose the Art of Fugue. There are twelve fugues interspersed with several dance-pieces. Mattheson was a very different, attractive character. He was celebrated for his writings, compositions, and for spearheading the musical life of his city of Hamburg. These are fugues for entertainment, not for deep study or development of technique. They are fun to listen to as well as to play, and contain great varieties of mood, from jokey gaiety to soulful introspection. Colin Booth transfers his mastery of fugues by J. S. Bach, to this more playful counterpoint by one of Bach's leading contemporaries.


artist: Colin Booth
albumname: William Croft - Keyboard Music
sku: cbooth-wcroft
upc: 876809009090
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/william-croft-keyboard-music/id412084973
also:
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description:
Henry Purcell is perhaps England's greatest early music composer. A generation after Purcell came William Croft, whose early style shows the strong influence of his predecessors genius. Croft was wonderfully innovative in his own right, and achieved the same status in English musical life as Purcell had done. Croft lived well into the 18th century, and developed a very different style of music which was to influence Handel after he moved to live in England.

These harpsichord suites by Croft show the huge variety of his music, even when written for a single instrument, and they demonstrate his wonderful gift for melody.


artist: Colin Booth
albumname: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 CD 1
sku: cbooth-wtcb1c1
upc: 847646011430
also:
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description:
Clavier means keyboard. In Bach's time there were many different keyboard instruments (but of course, not the modern piano), which had, until 1700, been tuned in a rich but limited way, so that only a small number of keys could be used. Bach's development as a musician coincided with a new kind of tuning: this allowed all the keys to be played, but some would sound richer, less discordant, than others. These systems were called 'well-tempered' tunings. The Equal Temperament to which pianos are tuned, irons out entirely these subtle but vivid differences of timbre and harmonic interest.

Bach was inspired by his mentor J. C. F. Fischer, to compile a monumental set of pieces in the form of preludes and fugues, using all 24 keys, major and minor, to form what is often known as 'The Forty-Eight'. These were for his students, for their entertainment as well as for developing their skills. There is a huge variety of mood, from thrilling prestos to introspective adagios.

Colin Booth's complete performance of this masterwork, which Bach doubled in size twenty years later with Book Two, has received copious praise, for its grace, style, and depth of understanding of the conventions of the period. The tuning system employed is one devised by Bach's favourite pupil.


artist: Colin Booth
albumname: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 CD 2
sku: cbooth-wtcb1c2
upc: 847646011447
also:
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description:
Clavier means keyboard. In Bach's time there were many different keyboard instruments (but of course, not the modern piano), which had, until 1700, been tuned in a rich but limited way, so that only a small number of keys could be used. Bach's development as a musician coincided with a new kind of tuning: this allowed all the keys to be played, but some would sound richer, less discordant, than others. These systems were called 'well-tempered' tunings. The Equal Temperament to which pianos are tuned, irons out entirely these subtle but vivid differences of timbre and harmonic interest.

Bach was inspired by his mentor J. C. F. Fischer, to compile a monumental set of pieces in the form of preludes and fugues, using all 24 keys, major and minor, to form what is often known as 'The Forty-Eight'. These were for his students, for their entertainment as well as for developing their skills. There is a huge variety of mood, from thrilling prestos to introspective adagios.

Colin Booth's complete performance of this masterwork, which Bach doubled in size twenty years later with Book Two, has received copious praise, for its grace, style, and depth of understanding of the conventions of the period. The tuning system employed is one devised by Bach's favourite pupil.


artist: Colin Booth
albumname: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2 CD 1
sku: cbooth-wtcb2c1
upc: 847646011454
also:
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description:
Clavier means keyboard. In Bach's time there were many different keyboard instruments (but of course, not the modern piano), which had, until 1700, been tuned in a rich but limited way, so that only a small number of keys could be used. Bach's development as a musician coincided with a new kind of tuning: this allowed all the keys to be played, but some would sound richer, less discordant, than others. These systems were called 'well-tempered' tunings. The Equal Temperament to which pianos are tuned, irons out entirely these subtle but vivid differences of timbre and harmonic interest.

Bach was inspired by his mentor J. C. F. Fischer, to compile a monumental set of pieces in the form of preludes and fugues, using all 24 keys, major and minor, to form what is often known as 'The Forty-Eight'. These were for his students, for their entertainment as well as for developing their skills. There is a huge variety of mood, from thrilling prestos to introspective adagios.

Colin Booth's complete performance of this masterwork, which Bach doubled in size twenty years later with Book Two, has received copious praise, for its grace, style, and depth of understanding of the conventions of the period. The tuning system employed is one devised by Bach's favourite pupil.


artist: Collection Get
albumname: Save As
sku: collectget-saveas
upc: 847646000144
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/save-as/id432546021
also:
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description:
Robo/human duo Collection Get! sounds like a low-bit star fighter, crashing though a lush palate of hi-fi indie electro textures. Rare vintage synths, nintendos, old computers and an unreasonable pile of live instruments provide the backdrop for Grace Hrabi (vocals + keys) and Eliot Britton (brooding robot voice, beats, bass and synths).

Who would have guessed that jazz vocalist + avant-garde composer = indie pop? Collection Get's debut album Save As will launch this exciting addition to the indie pop soundscape.


artist: Commusicare
albumname: Commusicare
sku: commusicare-commusicare
upc: 847646003060
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description:
The works on this classical music recording span the whole 17th century, of which the beginning marks the change from the Renaissance to the Baroque era.

The bicinia by Michael Praetorius still witnesses the "old" style of severely ruled counterpoint (stylus antiquus), whereas the new style (stylus modernus) - based on the same rules - allows a novel kind of freedom to express the meaning of words and affects. Above the Basso continuo, consisting of a bassline and chords, the solo voice(s) unfold. In the "stylus phantasticus", to which the sonatas by Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi Mealli, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber von Bibern, Dietrich Buxtehude und Johann Michael Kuhnel belong, this is realized in an extremely free, improvisatory way.

With our choice of instruments and temperament, and the way we handled the challenges of notation, we tried to fulfill the historical standards in order to emphasize the works' special character as much as possible. For some people gut strings may still sound unfamiliar, but the divergence from today's listening habits offers the chance to enter new musical worlds.

The music presented here has a special connection to speech and communication: In the bicinia by Praetorius, composed both for singing and playing, two voices of equal rank have a "conversation" over a choral: They alternate, imitate each other, propagate words aforesaid, consort with each other, but also face each other with controversial statements - like two partners in a good dialogue. At a first glance it might surprise that this is possible without spoken words. Nevertheless it uses the same means: Interplay of stressed and unstressed "syllables" in a certain meter, alternating pitch of the voice, deliberate periods of rest, change of volume or pace of play. Thus the music itself becomes an autonomous language.

In Buxtehude's trio sonata and Pandolfi's violin sonata such means of expression can be observed clearly: rests, sudden ruptures of sections, which leave the subsequent completely undetermined, opening and closing motifs and repetitions. Repetition plays a special role in the sonatas by Schmelzer and Kuhnel: The repetitive bassline forms a basic structure which gives room to the novel freedom the solo instrument enjoys. They sound like written-out improvisations. Thus the steady form allows fantasy to develop (stylus phantasticus). Also in Biber's sonata we find such improvisatory sections. They alternate with dance forms (passacaglia and gavotte). In the severe, slow introduction all voices move chromatically in half-steps. Still today this appears audacious. A specific feature of this sonata is: The highest string of the violin, normally tuned to "E" has to be tuned down a whole step to "D". (The retuning process is not part of the album).Without the aforementioned means of expression, which also constitute the base of language, the music would be a senseless sequence of tones. Only through the creation of musical gestures the tones gain some sense, an expression and meaning - otherwise they would be "meaningless" like letters failing to form a word, words failing to form a sentence.

Each of us used these means of expression with his or her own instrument (violin, gamba or harpsichord) to create meaningful musical gestures, ultimately yielding a successful interplay in the ensemble. To this end however it is indispensable to listen to each other, to pick up on the others' expressions, to interpret, comprehend them and finally to respond to them. Only then music results in a special form of communication.


artist: Connor B Fitz
albumname: The R Complex
sku: connorbfitz-rcomplex
upc: 847646003107
also:
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description:
I've worked for several years as a 'session' musician, backing up a variety of Australian and international artists (on drums/bass/keys/guitar). After a few years as a sideman, I started writing my own material in my spare time.

I recorded these songs as a one-man project, performing everything myself. I love the sound of real instruments played by real people. I used no cut and paste/autotune/synths/etc - just single complete takes of each track. I hope it sounds honest.

Praise for The R-complex
"Sensational... a glorious debut" - The Dwarf Magazine
"A product of emotion, creativity and brilliant musicianship" - musicfeeds.com.au
"A voice you'd like to have sing you to sleep" - The Record Rebellion
"Stunning... the songs would not be out of place for any big name indie rock act" - Northern rivers echo


artist: Connor B Fitz
albumname: The R Complex (instrumental)
sku: connorbfitz-rcomplexinst
upc: 847646003114
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description:
I've worked for several years as a 'session' musician, backing up a variety of Australian and international artists (on drums/bass/keys/guitar). After a few years as a sideman, I started writing my own material in my spare time.

I recorded these songs as a one-man project, performing everything myself. I love the sound of real instruments played by real people. I used no cut and paste/autotune/synths/etc - just single complete takes of each track. I hope it sounds honest.

Praise for The R-complex
"Sensational... a glorious debut" - The Dwarf Magazine
"A product of emotion, creativity and brilliant musicianship" - musicfeeds.com.au
"A voice you'd like to have sing you to sleep" - The Record Rebellion
"Stunning... the songs would not be out of place for any big name indie rock act" - Northern rivers echo


artist: Connor Thuotte
albumname: Caught Between Summers
sku: cthuotte-caughtsummers
upc: 847646004241
also:
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description:
The acoustic-rock mentality driving Caught Between Summers stays consistent through-out all of the pieces, while never leaving two songs sounding alike. For each hard-driving ballad there is an acoustic piece to compliment it. On top of the tight drum lines, smooth bass grooves, and crisp acoustic guitar are the lyrics and stories which tie it all together. Connor's 2011 sophomore album, Caught Between Summers, maintains the singer/songwriter essence displayed in his debut album, Sunblind, while progressing towards a full band sound.


artist: Connor Thuotte
albumname: Sunblind
sku: cthuotte-sunblind
upc: 847646004661
also:
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description:
This strictly acoustic singer/songwriter styled work is carried along by story-teller lyrics and soothing vocals. The twelve song album embodies the California surfer vibe while providing uplifting melodies to contrast the calming chord progressions. Sunblind is Connor Thuotte's first album and was recorded when Connor was just sixteen years old.


artist: Conway Hambone
albumname: Post-Folkology
sku: conwayhambone-folkology
upc: 847646011423
also:
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description:
A collection of recordings, made in the Shed between 2022-2023.

The inspiration for the album came about after a conversation with a mate in a Brewery on Hauntology.

Using instrumentation with ties to the past, and sonics reminiscent of those from my childhood.

So With an ever-growing collection of weird and wonderful electronics from the past I set to work.

The players:
* Paul Worsley: 12 and 6 string Guitars, Harmonium, Percussion, Synth, Bass, Omnichord.
* Sonny Worsley: Mandolin.
* Elvin Worsley:Drums
  
The initial idea was to jam with acoustic instruments, using a Harmonium as the pad to work on top of, to get a theme going, and stick to a 3/4 time beat, to get some droning spooky waltz stuff going on.
  
Like all good ideas though, we went off on a tangent, and electronics started to get plugged in at an early stage
  
I also thought of just using the preset beats the type that you find on most cheap electronic keyboards from the 80's.
  
Instruments featured:Harmonium, melodica, omnichord, Korg ms10 synth, and a load of guitar stomp boxs.
  
Some of the tracks stayed true to the original theme though, with Modal Harmonium Drones and open-tuned acoustic guitars also a few Preset beats here and there.
  
All the tracks were mixed onto 1/4" tape to add to the mysterious aesthetics.
  
We had a great time recording it and just maybe you'll hear some sounds from your past within!


artist: Conway Hambone
albumname: Folk Rattle Roll
sku: conwayhambone-folkrattleroll
upc: 847646008546
also:
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description:
Acoustics from all angles. Fun, Action, a bit of Drama, Barroom balling, and some lovely views.

Dog bowl guitars, Banjos, ukuleles, 12 strings 6 strings. 1 rusty string! Kazoo orchestrations, Male whistling ensembles, Harmonicas and a bit of yodelling! Beard stroking grooves for everyday enlightenment. Dig in folks!


artist: Conway Hambone
albumname: Trash Guitar Workouts
sku: conwayhambone-guitarworkouts
upc: 847646011379
also:
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description:
I see this Album as the follow up to my first Magnatune release 'H-Bone Re issue Rock' as it sort of has a similar Surf/vintage rock feel in places.

This Album 'Trash Guitars' is so called, as I went through a phase of buying Old 60's Japanese guitars from various places on my travels in the UK, Notably the Isle of Wight. There I came across a couple of interesting music shops that had some down on ther luck old guitars and in need of TLC.

I have always really liked the idea of buying something that has not been played for many years, restoring it giving it a new lease life.

Here are 10 tracks featuring them doing what they were designed to do in my mind; trashy rock'n'roll surf jams with their own unique sounds.


artist: Conway Hambone
albumname: H Bone re issue Rock
sku: conwayhambone-hbone
upc: 847646006825
also:
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description:
A Compilation of Rattling instrumental rock n roll riffs and retro beats, Made with a whole lot a Fuzz and soul. The main theme and feel for this album is motoring and getting a move.


artist: Conway Hambone
albumname: One Drop Imposter
sku: conwayhambone-onedropimposter
upc: 847646011003
also:
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description:
This is a collection of Conway Hambone's Reggae Ska & Dub recordings from the past 20 years, finally now all in one place!

It took a global pandemic to give me enough time, and focus, to go through various hard drives, zip disks, mini discs, and tapes to mix edit and master what I had found.

I have always dabbled a bit playing Reggae/Ska/Dub over the course of many years, as much interested in the playing of it, as of the recording techniques involved. Always been fascinated by the sounds of Lee Scratch Perry's recordings from the Black Ark studios, King Tubby also the Trojan Label.

Being a teenager in London in the late 70's this music along with Punk went hand in hand, with Dub/Reggae being played at clubs and gigs everywhere. Punk bands such as The Clash/The Members/Ruts etc always had versions of Reggae influenced tracks on their albums; someone was always including a Dub version of their single on a B side. I was absorbing this it all at the time, it seems.

I sometimes get a feeling of 'imposter syndrome' when recording Reggae tracks. Also being aware of the term 'Cod Reggae' aimed at white bands years back for doing their versions (10cc dreadlock holiday) I received a comment many years ago, when playing one of my early fore's into Dub to someone, they said to me "best leave it alone mate" I think this made me more determined!

You can hear the influences are quite obvious on a couple of these tracks, whilst others have more of a hybrid approach to the genre. I hope you enjoy listening as much as I have had recording these over the years. Releasing this album will give me closure on my 'CIS' (Cod Imposter Syndrome)

Coming soon: 20 years of Disco. Watch out!


artist: Conway Hambone
albumname: Outsider Grooves
sku: conwayhambone-outsidergrooves
upc: 847646009376
also:
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description:
Dressed up Grooves And Outsider Moves with Love Fuzz and a Retro Buzz.

More Instrumental meanderings from Conway Hambones Collection of Funky Junk

Glam Pounders, Northern Ballers, Duffed up funk, Street-wise Soul and Groovy Babies!

It's all Real!


artist: Conway Hambone
albumname: Ram pressure
sku: conwayhambone-rampressure
upc: 847646002513
also:
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description:
Fuzzed up Glam punk guitar slinging, mixed up with some energetic youth shout outs! Getting across some Disco Rockers, Glam-stompers! Guitar riff Dodgems and Modal fanfares.'Here's the science bit̷0; Rampressure rise!


artist: Cozmikbeats
albumname: Alignment
sku: cozmikbeats-alignment
upc: 847646011232
also:
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description:
This latest installment in the Cozmikbeats journey is a special one, this album is a combination of funk, soul, Lofi, and Hip-Hop elements all combined and sonically packaged to be inserted into your soul to relax and calm your mind, body, and spirit. Sit back and enjoy this ride!


artist: Cozmikbeats
albumname: Digital Warfare
sku: cozmikbeats-digitalwarfare
upc: 847646001691
also:
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description:
This is album was created under the hospice of incorporating old school grooves and beats with new agesynths and sonic movements which soothe the soul and the mind. The whole premise of this album was to expand the already interesting and groovy Chill-Hop genre. This Chill-Hop movement is one of experimentation with the culmination of sounds from jazz, R&B, and Hip Hip cultural sounds. This album will entertain as well as take the listeners on a sonic journey to places mentally and emotionally that you always needed and wanted to experience.


artist: Cozmikbeats
albumname: Electronic Revolution
sku: cozmikbeats-electronicrev
upc: 847646009291
also:
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description:
The Electronic Revolution is a album that consists of a wide spectral array of dynamic electronic music. This album was formulated within the EDM music format but is mixed with flares of hip-hop, funk, and electronica fusions.

The magical mix of all these elements culminates in a great sounding musical journey which is a non-stop rollercoaster ride of sounds and electronic melodies. Be sure to tune in a sit back and enjoy this sonic trip through electronic heaven.


artist: Cozmikbeats
albumname: Funk Soul Beats Vol 4
sku: cozmikbeats-funkbeatsfour
upc: 847646008492
also:
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description:
This album is a Funky, cool, and groovy journey with a sense of power and emotion. This album is geared to give the audience a sense of suspense and reflection. These songs were created to give the listener a chance to internalize and reflect on inner happy emotions while enjoying the groove of the music and allow the feeling to take hold of them. While the music is powerful, the tracks are enchanting music cues to give the audience a sense of suspense and forthcoming emotional release with a sense of power and grace that is continuous as the songs build.

These are great tracks to invoke emotions of power, triumph, overcoming obstacles, or a war cry that could lead massive troops into battle. Theses tracks are funky complete journey to invoke powerful emotions or suspense and impending doom or warfare. Great for TV/Film productions that need urban, electronic, or futuristic genres in their cues.


artist: Cozmikbeats
albumname: Funk Beats Vol 3
sku: cozmikbeats-funkbeatsthree
upc: 847646008485
also:
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description:
Cozmikbeats is the embodiment of a culmination of music derived from funk, jazz, Soul, and RnB. This music was created with the mindset of taking the listener on a spiritual journey that is based on their own life experiences but set to a funky soundtrack. The music has a smooth urban feel, but with organic ethereal synth tones and orchestral elements to take you to another plane. The album has a contemporary hip hop feel, but still mature with the necessary tension and release to grab any audience and command their attention. Sit back, listen, and prepare for on a funky soul ride.


artist: Cozmikbeats
albumname: Funk Fusion Vol 2
sku: cozmikbeats-funkfusion2
upc: 876809005566
also:
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description:
This funk fusion hip hop compilation album Vol. 2 is the second installment of carefully crafted funk elements incorporated with vintage Hip-Hop beats. This niche sound is something that can only be formulated by Cozmikbeats and his vast knowledge of classic beat craftsmanship combined with Cozmik, otherworldly synths, organic tonations, and harmonic orchestral instrumentation. Enjoy this journey through sonic experimentation and enjoy his other works that can be found under the name, Cozmikbeats.


artist: Cozmikbeats
albumname: Funky Hip Hop Fusion
sku: cozmikbeats-hiphopfusion
upc: 876809002411
also:
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description:
This funk fusion hip hop compilation album is a culmination of carefully crafted funk elements incorporated with vintage Hip-Hop beats. This niche sound is something that can only be formulated by Cozmikbeats and his vast knowledge of classic beat craftsmanship combined with Cozmik, otherworldly synths, organic tonations, and harmonic orchestral instrumentation. Enjoy this journey through sonic experimentation and enjoy his other works that can be found under the name, Cozmikbeats.


artist: Cozmikbeats
albumname: Indigo
sku: cozmikbeats-indigo
upc: 847646010556
also:
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description:
Cozmikbeat's Indigo album is the newest instalment of the Chill-Mode movement. Indigo is a hyperdimensional fusion of funk, hip-hop, soul, and R&B. This sonic culmination blends all the funky elements of the 70s-80s and 90s hip-hop into one super source-file called Funksoul.

This sonic journey is designed to tell a story to relate to the emotional intelligence of the listener and how we, as humans, love and experience life in this mortal plane. Fight tyranny internally through spiritual introspection, then externally through positive action, making music the driving force.


artist: Craig Hanson
albumname: Messe a l'usage des Couvents
sku: craighanson-messecouvents
upc: 847646005385
also:
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description:
Francois Couperin (1668- 1733) was a French composer more commonly known for his harpsichord music, despite his 55 plus years spent as a church organist.

The Mass for the Convents is one of only two organ pieces that he wrote and was paired with another organ mass called Messe des Paroisses or The Mass for the Parishes, both dating between the years 1689 and 1690. The Mass shows Couperin's charm and poetic nature throughout, and is considered one of his great accomplishments, particularly considering his young age at the time of its creation.


artist: CrimsonFaced
albumname: Absurdities and Other Assorted Flavors
sku: crimson-absurdities
upc: 876809009151
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/absurdities-other-assorted/id409653714
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description:
If you enjoyed the first two CrimsonFaced albums "Captain Freak" and "Lunatic Binge" you're gonna be pleasantly suprised by music on "Absurdities and Other Assorted Flavors." It includes one song recorded during the Captain Freak era - "Sex Song", and also a re-mix that's over the top. Plus six re-mixes of Captain Freak tunes that are mind-numbing. As a bonus you get "Sweet Lady Heroin" recorded for the film "40 Sundays." "Let's Go Racing," recorded for the Australian Horse Racing Association of all places. "Natural Born Zombie" was recorded for the film, "Zombie Ed." And last but not least, "Two Chords" was written during a very dark period in Mike E.T.'s life when he came close to the edge of giving it all up.

We hope you enjoy the music. Listen from start to finish and lose yourself in the musical journey the Alien takes you on, you might never wanna leave his sonic world...


artist: CrimsonFaced
albumname: Lunatic Binge
sku: crimson-binge
upc: 876809004613
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/lunatic-binge/id371233752
also:
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description:
Lunatic Binge veers from sick rock and roll to melodic musings about life. Think Trent Reznor meets the Bee Gees (after a drug binge). Think Pink Floyd for the 21st Century. Think Ozzy and a sequencer doing battle for each others' soul.

Mike locked himself away in his "Sober Sucks Studios"--lovingly caressing his guitar strings in the most god-awful perverted way. His poor keyboard was banged and hammered from one end of the studio to the other. Between psychotherapy sessions Mike and his mixer/therapist Paul Kurzweil, wrote and recorded 18 songs, 13 of which come together on the deliciously demented and aptly titled "Lunatic Binge".


artist: CrimsonFaced
albumname: Lunatic Binge (instrumental)
sku: crimson-bingeinst
upc: 876809009694
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/lunatic-binge-instrumental/id422987617
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description:
Lunatic Binge is the second album from the hard electro-industrial-rock band CrimsonFaced. A one man army (a la Trent Reznor and NIN) Mike E.T. (a.k.a. "The Alien") plays all the instruments on this CD. Lunatic Binge veers from sick rock and roll to melodic musings about life.

What you're hear sounds like Trent Reznor meets the Bee Gees after a drug binge. Or think Pink Floyd for the 21st Century. Or think Ozzy and a sequencer doing battle for each others' soul. Think what if you took Steve Vai, King Crimson, Frank Zappa, old Genesis, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Nirvana, Black Sabbath and Kelly Clarkson, rolled them into a joint, smoked them and then did a shot of Patron???

You'd KINDA get "The Alien" with those concepts, but then again, nobody gets "The Alien", he's too screwed up... Uranus is a crazy place...


artist: CrimsonFaced
albumname: Captain Freak
sku: crimson-freak
upc: 876809002794
also:
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description:
Imagine, if Nine Inch Nails, Metallica, King Crimson, Ozzy, Sabbath, Nirvana, The Beatles, Zeppelin, Cheap Trick, Van Halen, Stone Temple Pilots, Steve Vai, Beethoven, My Chemical Romance and Frank Zappa were all thrown into a blender with some Tequila and strawberries...!!

Michael Trapp of CrimsonFaced releases the stunning "Captain Freak" album. Thirteen songs of rock and roll majesty, a tapestry of rock's powerful take no prisoners history. Bored of all the nameless faceless rock of the new decade, Mike gives music's boring landscape a serious kick in the ass.


artist: CrimsonFaced
albumname: Captain Freak (instrumental)
sku: crimson-freakinst
upc: 876809009779
also:
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description:
Imagine if Nine Inch Nails, Metallica, King Crimson, Ozzy, Sabbath, Nirvana, The Beatles, Zeppelin, Cheap Trick, Van Halen, Stone Temple Pilots, Steve Vai, Beethoven, My Chemical Romance and Frank Zappa were all thrown into a blender with some Tequila and strawberries...!!

Michael Trapp of CrimsonFaced releases the stunning "Captain Freak" instrumental album. Thirteen songs of rock and roll majesty, a tapestry of rock's powerful take no prisoners history. Bored of all the nameless faceless rock of the new decade, Mike gives music's boring landscape a serious kick in the ass.


artist: Crystal Kovach
albumname: Underground
sku: ckovach-underground
upc: 876809008208
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description:
With searing vocals reminiscent of Ann Wilson in Heart's early records, the album's lush sonic landscape transitions smoothly between hard-hitting guitars, ambient synths, and orchestral strings. Producer Jake Kovach lends his unique sense of texture to the music, utilizing his multi-instrumental ability to shape the dynamic intensity of the record. A compelling new blend of rock and electronica, Crystal Kovach's collection of songs represents a strong debut from this singer-songwriter.


artist: Crystal Kovach
albumname: Underground (Instrumental)
sku: ckovach-undergroundinst
upc: 876809008215
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description:
This is the instrumental version of Crystal's album Underground. The album's lush sonic landscape transitions smoothly between hard-hitting guitars, ambient synths, and orchestral strings. Producer Jake Kovach lends his unique sense of texture to the music, utilizing his multi-instrumental ability to shape the dynamic intensity of the record. A compelling new blend of rock and electronica.


artist: Curl
albumname: We Are Complex
sku: curl-complex
upc: 876809003012
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/we-are-complex/id369513694
also:
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description:
Trip-hop influences give way to powerful and sharp electro-rock. Their unique sound blends styles from David Sylvian, Joy Division, NIN, The Cure, Kraftwerk and Radiohead. Curl invite you to listen to this new alchemy in this, their third album. Curl are an Anglo/French electro-rock fusion from Nice, France. This Magnatune release features exclusive bonus tracks.


artist: Curl
albumname: Exit Real Life
sku: curl-exitreallife
upc: 847646007570
also:
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description:
Exit Real Life is a new wave, dreamy production that will send the listener through an emotional sonic journey. Angelic combinations of twisting guitar chime, fluttering synthesizers and beastly rhythms are married to Goddess like vocal melodies - intense sonic sculptures for the audio palette.

Psychic Uri Geller was quoted as saying "Lord Admiral Nelson and Napoleon Bonaparte are big fans of CURL and regularly get together to listen to their music over several tots of rum". What else is there to say?


artist: Curl
albumname: Inner
sku: curl-inner
upc: 876809002787
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257831303&s=143444
also:
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artist: Curl
albumname: Shapeshifters
sku: curl-shapeshifters
upc: 847646000687
also:
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description:
Chiming guitars weave around your thoughts as a river of throbbing bass takes you to the emotional dark spaces of Curl's October 2017 Album release "Shapeshifters".

Intrigued by the contrast of Hayley Alker's powerful but curiously passive vocal delivery, you feel her opening up but always keeping something back, baring her soul while never quite losing control through harmonious layers of melody.

The mood of this transcontinental four-piece's latest outing (French guitars and British vocals and drums from Jon's ex-Cranes and Vex) is more darkly organic than their previous Electronica meets New Wave releases. The bittersweet and unsettling edge to Alker's singing sits perfectly atop the rich warmth of the songs as they rise and fall in majestic intensity. The Gravity of the Guitars from Frank (ex-Corpus Delicti) and Wil propel you in to a sonic sculpture - noise, ambience, a brave new world.

You will feel the hurt on this album but that is only half the story. There is a gentle euphoria too, but somehow all emotions are referenced in the past.

There are no clear conclusions here, no resolution to the emotional shape shifting, no real end to the journey. But you will want these waves to flow through you, envelop you, carry you drifting weightlessly away.

CURL will be performing the new album in France and UK spring 2018


artist: Curl
albumname: Ultimate Station
sku: curl-ultimate
upc: 876809002770
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257940469&s=143444
also:
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artist: Da Camera
albumname: A Celtic Celebration
sku: dacamera-celtic
upc: 876809002763
itunes: NONE
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artist: DAC Crowell
albumname: The Mechanisms of Starlight
sku: dac-mech
upc: 876809002732
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257940834&s=143444
also:
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artist: DAC Crowell
albumname: WEST - Nocturnal Music in Five Movements
sku: dac-nocturnalmusic
upc: 876809005580
also:
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description:
The title is rather literal. I wanted with this album to create something that depicted the vast nightscapes of the West, with great spans of darkness punctuated by shapes and structures of different qualities of light. From the experience of a white highway line continually emerging from impenetrable, inky blackness with nothing else visible, to snow-capped, jagged, windswept peaks in full moonlight, to the distant sight of a brilliantly-illuminated industrial complex in the Utah desert where the stuff that sends spacecraft skyward is made, this album is about those visuals and the evocation of emotions they brought.

The tracks for this album actually originate from the first few months of 2007, and while at the time I was simply sketching different ideas, the five tracks that started this project always had a certain evocative feel to them that set them apart. So when it came time to return to composing again many years later, I turned to these tracks first off, and using the present-day computer technology of 2018, I used a similar idea from "Sferica", where the initial tracks after being processed from shortwave audio suggested a 'score' to be elaborated upon. This time, however, the elaboration method was to use many digital techniques to draw the nature inherent in the original tracks out further, to make them "more that". So instead of looking 'outside' these pieces to arrive at a final result, I instead turned 'within' them to pull forth the sonic imagery these sights from travel suggested.

Many people to thank: Abdullah Aziz, Al Harris, James McNeely, Ben Robinson, Aaron McCallister, Jake and Maggie Folger, Kevin Kennedy, Doreen Kamada-Fujii, Daniel "Buzz" Mass, Mike Kleppin, Mitzi Merritt, Pat Callaghan, Simon Shak, and of course Paul Defenbaugh, all of whom played pivotal parts in the interim between the original tracking sessions and the work that finally brought them to their full flower.

Initial sessions in Rankin, IL from January-March 2007. Final computer processing and mix December 2017/January 2018, Champaign, IL. It's good to be back.


artist: DAC Crowell
albumname: Red-shifted Harmonies
sku: dac-red
upc: 876809002756
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=258079334&s=143444
also:
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artist: DAC Crowell
albumname: The sea and the sky
sku: dac-sea
upc: 876809003432
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=258078383&s=143444
also:
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artist: DAC Crowell
albumname: Sferica
sku: dac-sferica
upc: 876809004576
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=258079336&s=143444
also:
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description:
The most cinematic of DAC Crowell's ambient works, the hauntingly beautiful, slowly permutating Sferica incorporates altered sound derived from short-wave radio transmissions and is full of sonic textures and vast auditory landscapes that give the listener an upwardly floating sensation?especially when heard on headphones. Sferica was sequenced as a complete loop, and is designed so that it can be started from any point on the album.


artist: DAC Crowell
albumname: SPCTR
sku: dac-spctr
upc: 876809002749
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=258079335&s=143444
also:
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artist: DAC Crowell
albumname: Within This Space
sku: dac-within
upc: 876809005450
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=267132684&s=143444
also:
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description:
Ah, thank goodness for the purity and respite of DAC Crowell's otherworldly musical atmospheres, where you can instantly shed the stress of the terrestrial world and breathe in the pure oxygen of his futuristic visions. Within This Space is DAC's sixth Magnatune release, and features more of his luminous, subtly patterned, cinematic style--one which is always perfectly balanced between interest and ambience Escape into these soundscapes today.


artist: dammerson vaughan
albumname: overnight low
sku: dammersonv-overnight
upc: 876809005009
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/overnight-low/id369505263
also:
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description:
Composer dammerson vaughan's intent is to create mental scenes full of motion, drama, tension and beauty. Found sounds, synthetic and acoustic instruments and digitally mangled samples create a pastiche of challenging sound to wrap around the listener. Headphone music perfectly suited to gazing from the window of a swiftly moving train.


artist: dammerson vaughan
albumname: The Door
sku: dammersonv-thedoor
upc: 847646005521
also:
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description:
For the follow-up to my debut album Overnight Low I wanted to do something a little less ambient and more aggressive. I recorded a ton of material over the past three years and only a small portion has made it to "the door".

As a composer I'm compelled to vary my sounds and moods so that my music isn't easily categorized. This is both a blessing and curse. It's hard to connect with an audience when the artist keeps changing, but that's what I must do.

The Door is a collection of tracks that reflect my growing command of digital music production and equipment. It's more diverse sonically and contains some very sophisticated sonic effects. What is "the door"? That's going to remain a mystery because it's a mystery to me as well. I suppose I like the imagery of a portal...you enter and where you end up on the other side is quite different. I'd like to think that I've landed in a different place as I created this album and I hope you find some meaning in it as well.


artist: Damsel Down
albumname: Now we Rise
sku: damseldown-nowrise
upc: 847646000854
also:
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description:
Damsel Down's debut album Now We Rise consists of ten powerful uplifting songs that seem to express the defination of resurrecting from trials and tribulations. You will be sure to enjoy the heavy gritty guitar, hard hitting rock drums, low warm bass, and smooth vocals. In a nut shell, Damsel Down has managed to hit all aspects of styles; from smooth ballads to just songs that make you wanna get in your car and burn up the pavement. So leave the top down, put the pedal to the metal, and enjoy the ride!


artist: Damsel Down
albumname: Seasons EP
sku: damseldown-seasons
upc: 847646002087
also:
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description:
Damsel Down's second release Seasons, contains 6 impressive tracks bulging with their trademark riffs, hooks, and melodies but showing an even greater maturity in their song writing craft and greater grasp of creating intelligent and complex tunes whilst making them accessible and rewarding to any listener. A new season of rock!


artist: Daniel Bautista
albumname: Cocktail Eleven
sku: dbautista-cocktaileleven
upc: 847646001431
also:
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description:
Cocktail Eleven is totally new material from the Spanish guitarist Daniel Bautista, which keeps the soul of his previous album, Weirdos And Classics, being full of original work (progressive rock/metal, alternative and experimental titles) and some classic covers (with so much wedding material!). And the package also contains some discarded pieces composed for his last band: Progside (progressive metal). This album was conceived, played, recorded and mixed in 2010 and (mainly) 2011 by Daniel Bautista in a Gentoo Linux Box (free music recorded by free software).


artist: Daniel Bautista
albumname: Ear Fatigue
sku: dbautista-earfatigue
upc: 847646007051
also:
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description:
This new music extravaganza called 'Ear Fatigue' (pun intended!) by the Spanish guitarist and composer Daniel Bautista brings you a new collection of tracks rooted (as usual) in the instrumental Prog Rock/Metal style that Daniel has been playing since 2002 in his solo career (and since 1993 with many bands). Not only that, but also Classical, Hard Rock, Jazz, Latin and Electronic elements can be found here; which might suggest a extreme musical crossover, but all the elements are under Daniel's very personal point of view, conforming a new instrumental-virtuoso-cocktail cohesive pack for your ears.

This album has been recorded and mixed as always in a Gentoo Linux box (free music recorded in a free environment) in 2018. All themes composed by Daniel Bautista, except track 9 by Bach/Gounod.


artist: Daniel Bautista
albumname: Eurotrip
sku: dbautista-eurotrip
upc: 847646004197
also:
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description:
Progressive Instrumental, guitar-led metal at its finest! And with a couple classical covers...

Take a heavy solo guitar Eurotrip with Daniel Bautista! A musical journey which will guide you through Spain, England, Germany, Italy, France, Romania, Sweden, Norway and Russia; always under Daniel's particular point of view. This album was composed and recorded in a Gentoo Box in 2012.


artist: Daniel Bautista
albumname: 15
sku: dbautista-fifteen
upc: 847646000151
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/15/id432566814
also:
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description:
This album was made for celebrating 15 years of making music and playing the guitar. The songs can be divided in two groups: those who had been composed as ideas for Bautista's previous band (Ciruelo Cilindrico) and those who are more in the experimental and progressive way. '15' is his darkest and most experimental album. And it's also a new chance for working in a GNU/Linux home studio. Composed, recorded and mixed in March 2008 by Daniel Bautista in a Gentoo Linux box.


artist: Daniel Bautista
albumname: New Ways To Destroy Music
sku: dbautista-newwaysdestroy
upc: 847646003145
also:
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description:
This new music extravaganza called New Ways To Destroy Music by Spanish guitarist and composer Daniel Bautista brings the listener a new set of pieces rooted as usual in the instrumental Prog Rock/Metal style that Daniel has been playing since 2002 in his solo career. Not only that, but also Classical, Hard Rock, Jazz, Latin and Electronic elements can be found in this album; that might suggest a extreme musical crossover, but all the elements are under Daniel's very personal point of view, conforming a new instrumental-virtuoso-cocktail cohesive pack.

This album has been recorded and mixed as always in a Gentoo Linux box (free music recorded in a free environment) between 2014 and 2015. All themes composed by Daniel Bautista, except track 11 by Brahms.


artist: Daniel Bautista
albumname: Symphony No1 in A minor, Op12
sku: dbautista-symphone
upc: 847646002780
also:
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description:
After several years composing progressive rock and metal songs, and covering classical themes, this new Daniel Bautista's album contains the merge of both ways, in the form of a symphony.

Guitars, drums and bass coexist with an orchestral body to create an epic, intense, hard and brutal classic movement. As always, composed, recorded and mixed by Daniel Bautista in a Gentoo box (free software for free music).


artist: Daniel Bautista
albumname: Symphony No2 in B minor, Op16
sku: dbautista-symtwob
upc: 847646005538
also:
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description:
In Symphony No. 2 in B minor, Op. 16 the progressive metal/rock side connects with classical elements, merging and creating four new movements full of crunchy riffs, classical orchestration, extreme solos, double bass kicks and epic moments. The album is completed with 5 bonus tracks to keep alive the celebration of 20 years playing and composing. These re-worked and re-recorded themes come to join to those released in the previous album, XX Anniversary.

This album has been recorded and mixed as always in a Gentoo Linux box (free music recorded in a free environment) in 2013. All themes composed by Daniel Bautista, except track 5 by Rossini and Offenbach.


artist: Daniel Bautista
albumname: Untamed Symphonies
sku: dbautista-untamedsymphonies
upc: 876809004828
also:
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description:
Everybody knows that two is better than one. Called 'Untamed Symphonies', this album by Spanish guitarist and composer Daniel Bautista contains two symphonies: the 'Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 23', which mixes Daniel's usual instrumental progressive-metal style with all of the classical elements that the title may suggest; and the 'Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 24', which features a more organic progressive-rock sound but still is in the same vein as the previous one. In short, the shredding rock guitar and the classical world shake hands in these Untamed Symphonies.

This album has been recorded and mixed in 2017, using a Gentoo Linux box and open source software (free music recorded in a free environment). All themes except track 9 (Antonín Dvorák) were composed by Daniel Bautista.


artist: Daniel Bautista
albumname: Weirdos and Classics
sku: dbautista-weirdos
upc: 847646000168
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/weirdos-and-classics/id440540432
also:
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description:
This album has three mixed ways from the music of Daniel Bautista: classic covers (Borodin, Ravel, Grieg), original compositions (progressive rock/metal and alternative music) and (for the first time) music composed for his loving one. It also contains new sounds and ways of recording in a free software environment. Recorded and mixed in 2009 and 2010 by Daniel Bautista in a Gentoo Linux box. All tracks composed by Daniel Bautista, except 1, 6, 9 and 10 (which are public domain). Tracks 4, 8 and 11 are inspired by and dedicated to Maleny.


artist: Daniel Bautista
albumname: XX Anniversary
sku: dbautista-xxanniversary
upc: 847646004920
also:
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description:
Twenty years ago, back in 1993, Daniel Bautista picked a classical guitar and started playing. Since then, he has been playing, composing and recording with no rest. This album has been made to celebrate those twenty years, taking a look back with a modern perspective.

Instrumental progressive metal with a crossover twist! Twenty (of course) of his most outstanding themes has been selected, re-worked, re-arranged and re-recorded for the occasion. These tracks are mostly from his solo works, but there's also material from his most important bands (Evil Inside, Hipospadia, Ciruelo Cilindrico and Progside). This album has been recorded and mixed as always in a Gentoo Linux box (free music recorded in a free environment) during the last months of 2012.

All themes composed by Daniel Bautista, except track 7 by Beethoven.


artist: Daniel Ben Pienaar
albumname: JS Bach - Book 1 CD1 Well-Tempered Clavier
sku: dbp-wtc1a
upc: 876809003623
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257941207&s=143444
also:
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description:
An exceptionally great Well-Tempered Clavier played with deep expressiveness and intelligence, Daniel-Ben Pienaar blends the gentle with the strong in this recording for a brilliant interpretation of Johann Sebastian Bach's solo piano music. Pienaar shows great range in taking on the extraordinarily wide range of styles represented in this body of work, and all four albums in this series prove a highly worthwhile addition to any personal collection.


artist: Daniel Ben Pienaar
albumname: JS Bach - Book 1 CD2 Well-Tempered Clavier
sku: dbp-wtc1b
upc: 876809003630
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257831429&s=143444
also:
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description:
An exceptionally great Well-Tempered Clavier played with deep expressiveness and intelligence, Daniel-Ben Pienaar blends the gentle with the strong in this recording for a brilliant interpretation of Johann Sebastian Bach's solo piano music. Pienaar shows great range in taking on the extraordinarily wide range of styles represented in this body of work, and all four albums in this series prove a highly worthwhile addition to any personal collection.


artist: Daniel Ben Pienaar
albumname: JS Bach - Book 2 CD1 Well-Tempered Clavier
sku: dbp-wtc2a
upc: 876809003647
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257975661&s=143444
also:
dbp-wtc1a dbp-wtc2b stromenti-italian ilic-transcendental bcsd-sixmotets jjohnson-bach kperl-clavier1 kperl-clavier3 voicesofmusic-bachviolinson cbooth-bachgold sforster-beeteight sforster-beetnine ilic-vitality sarasa-bach hadidian-dolce estrem-bachvol1 paternoster-cellosuites2 voicesofmusic-gardensogreen bachplay-bacharr kmcintosh-bach

description:
An exceptionally great Well-Tempered Clavier played with deep expressiveness and intelligence, Daniel-Ben Pienaar blends the gentle with the strong in this recording for a brilliant interpretation of Johann Sebastian Bach's solo piano music. Pienaar shows great range in taking on the extraordinarily wide range of styles represented in this body of work, and all four albums in this series prove a highly worthwhile addition to any personal collection.


artist: Daniel Ben Pienaar
albumname: JS Bach - Book 2 CD2 Well-Tempered Clavier
sku: dbp-wtc2b
upc: 876809003654
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257976284&s=143444
also:
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artist: Daniel Berkman
albumname: Calabashmoon
sku: berkman-calabash
upc: 876809003548
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257831875&s=143444
also:
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description:
A wonderfully laid-back album, Calabashmoon blends Daniel Berkman's gorgeous kora playing with subtle beats and other little touches of vocals from regional performers for an overall feeling of sunny, world influenced goodness. Berkman is known for his innovations to this 21-stringed instrument, and in this collection of crafty and poignant pieces, he expertly weaves together a tapestry of sounds that gives the listener a sort of relaxed acoustic portrait of modern West Africa, from whence it comes. We especially like the two opening tracks and the excellent title track, "Mystery Box House."


artist: Daniel Berkman
albumname: Heartstrings
sku: berkman-heartstrings
upc: 876809007065
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/heartstrings/id336048840
also:
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description:
"Heartstrings" was recorded in the spring of 1997.

I had just moved to San Francisco in 1995 and by 1996 I was in my honeymoon period with the Kora. I was 26 and living in North Beach, the perfect place for a beat poet aficionado and aspiring musician to find his voice.

I'd only been playing kora a year but had many requests from friends and family to record a tape. I'd been a drummer, guitarist, keyboardist, composer and singer/songwriter for years and never expected my first release to be on an instrument from West Africa. But all the signs pointed toward a future in the kora.

When I bought my first kora from my teacher; guitarist and luthier Alan Perlman, I started learning the traditional songs of the griots right away. I was already hip to the greats like Amadu Bansang Jobarte, Toumani Diabate, Tata Dindin and Alhaji Bai Konte. I listened to these guys obsessively, copied their style, learned of their culture and practiced for hours a day. I got pretty good, too. But I also attached a pickup to the bridge and plugged it in to my guitar effects to create an altogether different kind of music. Everything took off when I bought the Oberheim Echoplex and the Digitech Whammy 2 pedal. Suddenly I was creating other worlds! At the time I was also obsessed with Robert Fripp and his Soundscapes and thought I could approach that type of art form using the kora.

I connected with producer/musician Mark Orton of the Tin Hat Trio through a mutual friend. Mark and I both went to the Hartt School of Music in Connecticut and he was interested in what I was doing with kora and electronics. He was new to the city like me so our approach to the record was very free spirited and creative. I got his Tin Hat Trio their first gig in San Francisco at a tea house called Pure Tea on Polk Street. I had a regular solo kora gig there. Everything was clicking. I had plenty of material and now an awesome recording engineer.

My friend John Stanley took some black and white shots of me with my kora, sitting on the front steps of my Union Street flat, facing the sun, posing on my rooftop with Alcatraz in the distance. It was a love affair with the kora and with San Francisco.

In 2008 I decided to go back to the original tapes and add more parts. Over the years I had developed as a composer and had a much more refined pallet of sounds, especially those derived from the kora. I added additional bass and percussion parts taken from knocking, plucking, rubbing and tapping the kora. Then I would pitch shift and tweak these sounds in Logic Pro to make EXS24 instruments out of them. All "Heartstrings" needed was a bit more bass and punch. Just enough to really bring the tracks to life. The finishing touch was to have it mastered by none other than David Earl, long time friend and collaborator, genius producer and logic ninja!

There's one word that comes to mind when I think of my first ever produced record........innocence. Still, when I listen to it today, I feel that all is well. I'm very proud of this little record.


artist: Daniel Estrem
albumname: Bach Cello Suites on 8 String Guitar
sku: estrem-bachcello
upc: 847646001158
also:
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The 6 Suites for Unaccompanied Cello (circa 1720) contain a wide emotional range and their intimacy has made them amongst Johann Sebastian Bach's most popular works today. Portions of the suites have been transcribed for a great variety of instruments. There have been several transcriptions for the standard 6-string guitar that require transposing the cello score into the higher range of the guitar. Most of the transcribers have liberally added extra bass notes and harmonies to "enhance" the comparatively sparse cello score.

Daniel Estrem's recordings of the first three suites are in their original keys and are read from the original bass clef (normally guitar music is written in the treble clef). The extended lower range of the 8-string guitar allows the performer to play the same notes as the cello. Using this approach there is no apparent need to add any extra notes or improve on the composer's score.


artist: Daniel Estrem
albumname: Bach Cello Suites on 8 String Guitar volume 2
sku: estrem-bachcellotwo
upc: 847646001875
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Bach Cello Suites on 8-String Guitar volume 2
Daniel Estrem's recording of Johann Sebastian Bach's Cello Suites 6,5 and 4 are in their original keys and, as with Estrem's recording of Suites 1-3, are the same notes that would be heard on the cello. It is widely believed that Suite 6 (BWV 1012) was composed for a 5-string cello with an added treble string. The note range required in the suite is extensive and it is written in more of a free form than the others, with virtuosic and cadenza-like passages. Suite 5 (BWV 1011) reflects more of a French influence than the other suites. The Prelude is a French overture and the Courante and Gigue are in the French style, rather than the Italian form of the other suites. Bach also wrote a lute version of this suite (BWV 995) so he clearly didn't feel the music had to be loyal to one particular instrument.

Suite 4 (BWV 1010) is technically demanding on both the cello and the guitar since E-flat is a difficult key to play in for both instruments. On this recording an alternative tuning is used which makes the suite more accessible.

There is a marvellously transformable quality in Bach's music that has much to with his genius and certain aspects of his music sound modern as well as ancient. Musicians are able to reinvent the music using different instruments and sonorities. It's almost as if Bach stands outside of time.


artist: Daniel Estrem
albumname: Bach Harpsichord Suites on Guitar
sku: estrem-bachharpsichord
upc: 847646006702
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"I was obliged to be industrious. Whoever is equally industrious will succeed equally well."
Johann Sebastian Bach

There is some doubt in many minds regarding the last sentence. Bach's enormous output of high-quality compositions over a sustained period of time leads one to believe that he had a sense of modesty if not a sense of humor.

J. S Bach (1685-1750) composed his set of 6 English Suites around 1715 while he was living in Weimar, where his position at the Weimar court required him to write a new cantata every week. As if this wasn't enough to keep him occupied, he wrote these suites to fulfill his desire to create new instrumental music.

His set of 6 French Suites were composed between 1722 and 1725 and display some of Bach's most popular and accessible keyboard writing. These suites are not particularly "French" in idiom, lack preludes, and are shorter and less complex than the English Suites. Both French and English Suites were named at a later time by someone other than the composer. Like Bach's other suites, they follow a largely Italian tradition.


artist: Daniel Estrem
albumname: Bach Keyboard Works on Guitar
sku: estrem-bachkeyboard
upc: 847646006542
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Johann Sebastian Bach (or J.S. Bach), (1685-1750) a prodigious talent at the keyboard was known for his formidable technique and improvisational skills. His keyboard compositions are widely varied, encompassing the entire course of his lifetime. Having never received academic training in composition, he acquired his knowledge of counterpoint and harmony by analyzing the works of others. He studied the music of notable composers of previous generations as well as his European contemporaries. The concertos of Vivaldi profoundly influenced his ideas of harmony and musical form. The first track on this recording (Allegro from Sonata #5) reveals the Vivaldi influence yet bears the indelible stamp of Bach.

Bach's music often seems to exist beyond any particular instrument. The same piece of music can work as effectively on a piano as a guitar, as an orchestral arrangement or a choral work.

Bach's exploration of harmony delved deeper than many composers of the time and occasionally his music contains surprising dissonance and can transition to unpredictable harmonic areas. It is interesting to note that for someone whose compositions are said to be the basis for Western music, there is no textbook written by Bach. His work stands on its own and has been the source of musical knowledge for many generations.


artist: Daniel Estrem
albumname: JS Bach on Solo Mandola
sku: estrem-bachmandola
upc: 847646005316
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All of the music on this album was written for the solo violin (Partitas) or solo cello (Cello Suite #2). Johannes Sebastian Bach's compositions take these instruments to their limit by providing an impressive display of what can be done on four strings, while reflecting a sense of polyphony and harmony.

Within the mandolin family of instruments the mandolin is the counterpart to the violin and its strings are tuned to the same pitches. It should be noted that the mandolin family's metal strings are doubled (in unison) and generally played with a plectrum. The mandola, on the other hand, has the viola as its cousin and is tuned a fifth lower than the mandolin. Its body and neck are larger than the mandolin and it has a somewhat deeper sound as compared to the treble-sounding mandolin. The mandola, although now less common, is the ancestor of the mandolin, the name of which means simply "little mandola". This recording employs a somewhat non-traditional approach, as the mandola strings were strung singly which allows for a fingerstyle technique (no plectrum).


artist: Daniel Estrem
albumname: JS Bach Trios on Guitar
sku: estrem-bachtrios
upc: 847646006535
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Johann Sebastian Bach was better known as a virtuoso organist than as a composer in his day. All of the three-part works on this album were originally written for organ and have been transposed to keys that better fit the range of the guitar.

Many thanks to Graham Ranft (Australia) for his transcriptions of BWV 527, 530, and 646, and to Anton Hoeger (Germany) for the arrangements of BWV 586 and 525.


artist: Daniel Estrem
albumname: JS Bach on Solo Ukulele
sku: estrem-bachukulele
upc: 847646005477
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This recording features two of Johann Sebastian Bach's most ambitious works for solo cello and solo violin performed on a tenor ukulele.

Cello Suite #6 is generally thought of as the most technically difficult of his six suites for cello. Written in the key of D major (B major in this ukulele transcription), it has great melodic leaps and implied harmonies mixed with subtle chords and driving rhythms. The feeling of inner peace and happiness permeate the six movements.

Partita #2 for solo violin in D minor (B minor transcription) consists of 4 dance-like movements followed by the lengthy and marvellous ciaccona (chaconne). These days most listeners equate minor keys with sadness, but it should be noted that this association was a convention more of the later Romantic era than the Baroque. In many cases J.S. Bach used the minor key to express such qualities as human nobility and emotional depth.

Bach experienced many things in his lifetime (1685-1750), but one thing he didn't experience was great fame. He wrote his many transcendent masterpieces in relative obscurity. One can only wonder if he had any idea of the enormous influence his work would have on musicians and listeners in future eras.


artist: Daniel Estrem
albumname: JS Bach on 8 string guitar, vol 1
sku: estrem-bachvol1
upc: 876809001865
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/js-bach-on-8-string-guitar-vol-1/id370466147
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The more I study and play the music of Johann Sebastian Bach the more I realize how incredibly adept he was at assimilating a variety of styles and somehow making it all his own. Each piece has its own unique flavor and when listening to a lot of western music written after Bach's time (regardless of genre) much of it seems to be derived from the master.

The 8-string allowed me to preserve the intervals and keep the music true to the composer's intentions. The only way for me to maintain J.S. Bach's polyphonic lines was to multi-track 2 or 3 parts. Most of the pieces required the time-consuming task of transposing the music into guitar-compatible keys. I used an 8-string guitar made by Stephen Kakos for the lower notes and a 6-string guitar made by German Vazquez Rubio for the higher end.


artist: Daniel Estrem
albumname: JS Bach on 8 string guitar, vol 2
sku: estrem-bachvol2
upc: 876809002466
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/js-bach-on-8-string-guitar-vol-2/id370517466
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Volume 2 consists of Daniel Estrem's transcriptions of 21 pieces from Johann Sebastian Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier along with 5 works from other sources. The Well-Tempered Clavier is generally regarded as one of the most influential works in the history of Western classical music. Although it was written to demonstrate a new keyboard tuning method, J. S. Bach composed a treasury of musical gems that have resonated with music lovers for generations. These new versions for classical guitar reveal a poetic and moving interpretation of the genius of Bach. There is a rich tapestry on the recording that speaks directly to the intent listener.


artist: Daniel Estrem
albumname: JS Bach on Guitar and Ukulele
sku: estrem-bachvol3
upc: 876809008536
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/js-bach-on-guitar-and-ukulele/id400937012
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Daniel Estrem's transcriptions of Johann Sebastian Bach's work begins with the brilliant Partita no. 1 (BWV 825). Many would consider this to be the most light-hearted of the six Partitas for keyboard. Underlying the playful nature of the music is a dense concentration of musical ideas and detail.

This recording displays the ukulele's novel melodic voice and unique blend with the classical guitar. The full spectrum of sound is used with the ukulele reaching the high end while the 8-string guitar deals adeptly with the bass. The ukulele is heard on tracks 1, 3, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 31.


artist: Daniel Estrem
albumname: Baroque Concertos on 8 String Guitar
sku: estrem-baroqueight
upc: 847646003442
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Antonio Vivaldi's extensive body of concertos (over 500) spanned a period greater than three decades. L'Estro Armonico, Op. 3, (Harmonic Inspiration) is a collection of twelve concertos for 1, 2, and 4 violins (1711). It achieved instant success and exerted a widespread influence on 18th-century instrumental music. In fact, Johann Sebastian Bach was so impressed that he transcribed six of these concertos for various instruments as an expression of his indebtedness. These concertos, two of which are included on this recording (No. 2 and 8) suggest a conscious effort by Vivaldi to forge a new concerto language.

Vivaldi's brief Concerto in G Major (Alla Rustica) with its strong allusions to folk music is well-suited to the guitar, which is particularly adept with folk melodies and rhythms.

The Brandenburg Concertos (1721) by J. S. Bach are widely regarded as among the finest musical compositions of the Baroque era. No two of the six concertos are alike in their instrumentation. The Third Concerto included on this recording is a pure ensemble piece. Between the two rollicking outer movements lies a puzzle that has often perplexed scholars and challenged performers. This second movement labeled adagio, consists of a mere two chords. When played literally it sounds far too short to separate the pulsating and energetic first and third movements. Consequently, many performers (D. Estrem included) opt to insert an appropriate slow movement from another one of Bach's works.

The Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor, also known as the Double Violin Concerto is one of the more famous works by Bach. It was written around 1730 and includes one of Bach's most touching and beautiful slow movements.


artist: Daniel Estrem
albumname: William Byrd for Guitar
sku: estrem-byrd
upc: 847646006214
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William Byrd (1540-1623) is considered one of the most famous of the early English composers. His output of some 470 compositions justifies his reputation as one of the great masters of Renaissance music. He was known for his ability to transform many of the main musical forms of the day and stamp them with his own identity.

He wrote a variety of sacred and secular polyphony, keyboard music and consort music. Byrd's longer-than-average-Renaissance life span (83 years) meant that he lived into an age in which many of the forms of instrumental and vocal music that he made his own had become dated and no longer popular with musicians. It wasn't until the pioneering work of twentieth-century scholars that his work was allowed to achieve its rightful place in music history.


artist: Daniel Estrem
albumname: Cimarosa on Guitar
sku: estrem-cimarosaonguitar
upc: 876809000707
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Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801) was an Italian composer who wrote more than eighty operas during his lifetime, as well as numerous instrumental works, both secular and religious in nature. In his time Cimarosa was both celebrated and handsomely rewarded for his works. When he replaced Salieri as kapellmeister at the court of Leopold II, for instance, the Emperor bestowed on him today's equivalent of $450,000.
It was shortly thereafter that Cimarosa completed his most famous work, Il matrimonio segreto, a comic opera full of invention and wit. The performance in Vienna greatly pleased the Emperor after which he provided supper for the entire cast and asked them to perform the opera again that same evening. Leopold II also gave the composer what would now be about $75,000.
The transcriptions for guitar on this recording are from his 88 one-movement sonatas for keyboard.


artist: Daniel Estrem
albumname: The Classical Period on Ukulele and Guitar
sku: estrem-classicalperiod
upc: 847646007105
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The Classical period in Western music is generally accepted as being somewhere between 1730 and 1820, with a style that emphasizes light elegance in place of the Baroque's dignified seriousness and grandeur. The music is mainly uncomplicated and intended to be performed with minimal rehearsal time. Mozart writes about "the rehearsal", with the implication that his concerts would only have one.

Two outstanding composers of the late eighteenth century are Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). They not only wrote in the same idiom, but became personal friends, and each admired and was influenced by the music of the other.

Mozart is represented on this recording with the well-known serenade "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" originally written for small string orchestra. Haydn's "Baryton Trios" were composed for a now-extinct instrument playing the lead part. The baryton, a somewhat complicated instrument similar to a large viola da gamba was equipped with an extra set of resonating metal strings for plucking in addition to the main bowed strings. Haydn wrote nearly 200 pieces for the baryton, mostly in trio combination with viola and cello. James Hook (1746-1827) was a lesser-known English composer. His trio performed on this recording is originally for three flutes. The tenor ukulele is the lead instrument on all of the tracks on this album.

Cover image courtesy of Alainalele at http://tinyurl.com/oazdx2n.


artist: Daniel Estrem
albumname: Classical Ukulele
sku: estrem-classukulele
upc: 847646004982
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This recording features a number of pieces by Adrian Le Roy and Alonso Mudarra written for the Renaissance guitar which date to around 1550 as well as transcriptions of Renaissance lute pieces mixed with Baroque and Romantic works.

The seven Telemann ukulele duets are from his Canonic Sonatas (for two recorders or two violins). The melody in these duets is played by the first instrument and then exactly repeated by the second instrument after a selected interval of time.

The ukulele is a miniature member of the guitar family that was brought to Hawaii by Portuguese immigrants in the latter half of the 19th century. It was based on the design of the machete, a four-stringed instrument from the island of Madeira (also noted for its wine).

In Hawaii and elsewhere the ukulele has traditionally held the role of an accompaniment instrument, strumming simple repetitive chords. But there is documentation that the ancestor of the ukulele was also used to play complex classical instrumental music. Some scholars believe the machete was a descendant of the small Renaissance guitar, which had four double-strings (courses) tuned similarly to the machete and ukulele.


artist: Daniel Estrem
albumname: Classical Ukulele Volume 2
sku: estrem-classukuleletwo
upc: 847646005095
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The Bach Suites for Unaccompanied Cello are some of the best known works for cello and have been arranged for many instruments. The musical language is consistently that of Johann Sebastian Bach and is not so much cello music as it is Bach written on the cello. These transcriptions of Suites 1 and 3 demonstrate that the essence of the music is preserved while being conveyed by a mainly treble instrument such as the ukulele.

The sonatas by Jean?Baptiste Loeillet de Gant and Georg Philip Telemann as well as the piece by Robert Carr were originally written for alto recorder. The range of the alto recorder is almost identical to that of the tenor ukulele (using a low G tuning) which allows the music to sound quite natural on ukulele.

The two musettes of Francois Couperin are of a rustic nature making use of low drones throughout. The pieces were written in imitation of the hurdy gurdy, a popular instrument during the Renaissance. The hurdy gurdy with its multiple drone strings gives a constant pitch accompaniment to the melody, providing a sound similar to that of bagpipes.


artist: Daniel Estrem
albumname: Collage
sku: estrem-collage
upc: 847646001592
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This collage album is comprised of several musical styles: The Baroque period represented by Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757), the Classical period by Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), and the Romantic period by Frederick Chopin (1810-1849). The least known composer on this recording, Ernesto Nazareth (1863-1934), was a Brazilian pianist and composer especially noted for his creative tango and choro compositions. Nazareth (pronounced: nah-zah-ray) skillfully combined diverse influences into his music, not only from Brazil but also from North America (ragtime), Europe, and Africa. His music remains popular in South America and is enjoying increased global exposure in the 21st century.

On this recording Daniel Estrem performs on 6 and 8- string guitars and tenor ukulele.


artist: Daniel Estrem
albumname: Debussy on Guitar and Ukulele
sku: estrem-debussy
upc: 847646000052
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/debussy-on-guitar-and-ukulele/id422938155
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Claude Debussy (1862-1918), one of the most important of all French composers was a major figure in European music at the beginning of the 1900's. His music defines the transition from late-Romantic music to 20th century modernist music. There exists a sensuous quality to his music and it is noted how his compositions often avoid being formed around one key or pitch. His harmonies, abrupt modulations and use of unusual scales (whole-tone and pentatonic) were considered radical in his day, but today sound quite normal as he influenced almost every major composer of the 20th century.

Debussy was a gifted pianist and an outstanding sight-reader, but his true passion was for composition. He frequently challenged the rigid teaching of the Paris Conservatoire and favored dissonances and intervals that were frowned upon at the time. One of his famous quotes is, "Some people wish above all to conform to the rules, I wish only to render what I can hear. There is no theory. You have only to listen. Pleasure is the law." Another is, "Works of art make rules; rules do not make works of art."

The pieces on this recording are Daniel Estrem's transcriptions of a sampling of Debussy's piano works. The majority of the music consists of three suites; Suite Bergamasque (1890), Children's Corner (1908) and Petite Suite (1889).


artist: Daniel Estrem
albumname: Dowland on 8 String Guitar
sku: estrem-dowland
upc: 847646005811
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John Dowland (1563-1626), an English Renaissance composer, singer and lutenist was the period's most renowned and significant composer of lute solos, lute songs (voice and lute) and consort music. His popularity and recognition during his lifetime appear to be at odds with how he perceived himself. Perhaps he had a realistic view of his place in the panorama of history. His melancholic lyrics and music have often been described as his creation of an "artistic persona", for he was actually known to be a mostly cheerful person.

Dowland composed some 90 works for solo lute, many of which are dance forms. Melancholy does not dominate this album of Dowland's lute music played on 8-string guitar. The works, instead reflect a variety of moods and settings. It is said that Dowland was musically influenced by his numerous travels to the continent and there are instances in his music that sound like glimpses of the future. In the last 40 seconds of the final track on this album ("A Fancy") one can hear the tremelo of Francisco Tarrega's famous guitar piece "Recuerdos de la Alhambra" followed by a pattern similar to the one used by Isaac Albeniz in his celebrated "Leyenda" (Asturias). Both of these Spanish classics were written about 300 years after Dowland.


artist: Daniel Estrem
albumname: Edvard Grieg
sku: estrem-egrieg
upc: 876809008390
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/edvard-grieg/id385584935
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The Estrem and Holmquist guitar duo (active from 1971-1988) performs a program of Estrem's transcriptions of 11 Lyric Pieces and the Holberg Suite by Edvard Grieg. The music was originally for piano, and transfers successfully to the medium of guitar duets. Grieg created a world of intimacy and lyricism that is well represented on the classic guitar. The instrument has the ability to project colors and shadings not possible on the keyboard. Also, most of the brief motifs used in the Lyric Pieces are taken from Scandinavian folk music, and the guitar has its own special charm with folk rhythms and melodies.

This album was recorded in an acoustically-live stone church in 1980, released on vinyl but was never re-released as a CD. The master tape was lost, but now 30 years later, with the advances in digital restoration of vinyl albums, this gem of a recording is reborn.

"This music speaks to the heart, and the rapport and sensitivity of the performers recalls the eminent duo of Presti and Lagoya."
Guitar Player magazine


artist: Daniel Estrem
albumname: Estrem plays Lawson
sku: estrem-estremlawson
upc: 847646008652
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"Estrem plays Lawson" presents music written by Jeremiah Lawson (b. 1974), a Seattle-based guitarist/composer. The unifying thread for all the works is experimentation with ways to synthesize the vocabulary of American popular and folk styles into the forms and developmental concepts of the Baroque and Classic era.

The five "Zombie-Sonata Rags" have Lawson using his favorite themes from early 19th century European guitar sonatas, and imagining these sonatas emerged from some swamp in America a century later as ragtime duets, zombies of what they were in a bygone era. Koholeth Rag, an earlier original by Lawson, is unusual for being written in a minor key and using imitative procedures more typical of a Baroque fugue.

The "Sonata for guitar and ukulele" is a new work that may be appreciated by lovers of the diminutive, often under-rated instrument. The lively first and third movements, while technically challenging for the ukulele, make good use of the instrument's ability to produce spicy chords and note-clusters. The classical form of the sonata has a tendency to hide just how many blues and jazz riffs and chords are serving as the foundation. The contrasting middle movement "Jury Duty" slowly reveals an appropriately pensive fugue.

The Prelude and Fugue in F minor represents a fraction of a cycle of 24 Preludes and Fugues for both solo guitar and guitar duet.

The "Guitar Sonata #2 in C major" opens with a sonata Allegro whose first theme is literally a 12-bar blues. The Maestoso offers a slower, lovely-sounding lullaby. The "Guitar Sonata in G major", performed on 8-string classical guitar, uses open G tuning. The first movement "Hobo Spider Blues" opens with a slide blues variation-form inspired by Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker, while the second movement "Ragged and Sor(e)" changes to a solo rag influenced by music of Fernando Sor. The third movement "Ricardo de Yakima" returns to the slide guitar with a laid-back country blues feel.


artist: Daniel Estrem
albumname: The Four Seasons - Vivaldi on Guitar and Ukulele
sku: estrem-fourseasons
upc: 847646002797
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Composed in 1723, The Four Seasons stands out as a jewel among Antonio Vivaldi's works and is one of the most popular pieces of Baroque music ever written. Each concerto's individual texture and color conjures up images and emotions of its respective season. Vivaldi's Allegros, with their distinctive rhythmic drive and dazzling virtuosic passages offer a dramatic contrast to the hauntingly beautiful melodies of the slow (Adagio and Largo) middle sections.

Vivaldi's musical descriptions of different scenes from the seasons are vivid and numerous. A few of the more obvious are the bird calls, the murmuring brook, and the brief stormy weather on track 1 (Spring). The prolonged "take cover" storm occurs on track 6 (Summer). A rather primitive peasant dance takes place on track 7 (Autumn) where the country-folk as well as the musicians may have had a bit too much wine during the harvest celebration. Track 8 (Autumn) depicts the hunt with galloping rhythms followed by the sound of the hunting horns (played on bouzouki). The hunted beast runs by in triplets and guns are fired which cause the unfortunate's demise. Track 10 and 12 (Winter) imitate the shivering and teeth-chattering features of the great outdoors, whereas the lovely Largo (Track 11) lets us feel how nice it can be to stay indoors by the fire when the winds are howling outside.

Baroque composers were constantly reusing their own music and adapting it for different instruments and purposes. It should be noted that the Baroque era was home to a multitude of plucked-string instruments. Daniel Estrem's instrumentation of 6 and 8-string classical guitars, steel-string acoustic guitar, ukulele, and bouzouki is unconventional and offers the listener an experience of hearing a timeless classic in a whole new setting.


artist: Daniel Estrem
albumname: Handel on Guitar Volume 1
sku: estrem-handelone
upc: 847646007839
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George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) is regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Baroque era. Born into a family that was indifferent to music; his early talent was so pronounced that his father grudgingly allowed him to receive training in his native Germany. His studies took him to Italy as well, before settling in London (1712) where he became a naturalized British subject in 1727. Although Handel is primarily known for his larger creations (operas, oratorios, motets, passions, cantatas) his smaller scale works are greatly admired and often performed by instrumentalists.

Handel and J. S. Bach were both German-born in 1685 and comparisons are difficult to avoid. Bach's work lay in comparative obscurity for half a century, whereas Handel was internationally renowned in his lifetime. One of the curious ironies of music history is that both men would be afflicted with debilitating cataracts in their later years and undergo surgery at the hand of the same oculist, John Taylor. This surgery by today's standards was extremely crude resulting in very little visual improvement, and of course, there was no anesthesia or sterile-technique at that time. Unfortunately, Bach died as a result of bacterial contamination from the procedure at age 65. Handel lived to age 74.

Throughout his life Handel avoided the rigorous contrapuntal techniques of Bach and achieved his effects through the simplest of means, trusting always his own innate musicianship. Both composers often practiced a kind of musical "recycling" where they would take a work composed for one medium and recast it for another. It would not have been uncommon in Handel's day to hear a recorder concerto played as an organ sonata. Such interchangeability was possible in the more abstract instrumental sound of the Baroque. It remained for later composers to create music whose effect depended mainly on the sound of specific instruments.

Cover art image courtesy of Mike Stenhouse on flickr.com


artist: Daniel Estrem
albumname: Handel on Guitar Volume 3
sku: estrem-handelthree
upc: 847646008379
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George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) is regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Baroque era. Born into a family that was indifferent to music; his early talent was so pronounced that his father grudgingly allowed him to receive training in his native Germany. His studies took him to Italy as well, before settling in London (1712) where he became a naturalized British subject in 1727. Although Handel is primarily known for his larger creations (operas, oratorios, motets, passions, cantatas) his smaller scale works are greatly admired and often performed by instrumentalists.

Handel and J. S. Bach were both German-born in 1685 and comparisons are difficult to avoid. Bach's work lay in comparative obscurity for half a century, whereas Handel was internationally renowned in his lifetime. One of the curious ironies of music history is that both men would be afflicted with debilitating cataracts in their later years and undergo surgery at the hand of the same oculist, John Taylor. This surgery by today's standards was extremely crude resulting in very little visual improvement, and of course, there was no anesthesia or sterile-technique at that time. Unfortunately, Bach died as a result of bacterial contamination from the procedure at age 65. Handel lived to age 74.

Throughout his life Handel avoided the rigorous contrapuntal techniques of Bach and achieved his effects through the simplest of means, trusting always his own innate musicianship. Both composers often practiced a kind of musical "recycling" where they would take a work composed for one medium and recast it for another. It would not have been uncommon in Handel's day to hear a recorder concerto played as an organ sonata. Such interchangeability was possible in the more abstract instrumental sound of the Baroque. It remained for later composers to create music whose effect depended mainly on the sound of specific instruments.

Cover art courtesy of Mike Stenhouse on Flickr.com


artist: Daniel Estrem
albumname: Handel on Guitar Volume 2
sku: estrem-handletwo
upc: 847646007945
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George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) is regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Baroque era. Born into a family that was indifferent to music; his early talent was so pronounced that his father grudgingly allowed him to receive training in his native Germany. His studies took him to Italy as well, before settling in London (1712) where he became a naturalized British subject in 1727. Although Handel is primarily known for his larger creations (operas, oratorios, motets, passions, cantatas) his smaller scale works are greatly admired and often performed by instrumentalists.

Handel and J. S. Bach were both German-born in 1685 and comparisons are difficult to avoid. Bach's work lay in comparative obscurity for half a century, whereas Handel was internationally renowned in his lifetime. One of the curious ironies of music history is that both men would be afflicted with debilitating cataracts in their later years and undergo surgery at the hand of the same oculist, John Taylor. This surgery by today's standards was extremely crude resulting in very little visual improvement, and of course, there was no anesthesia or sterile-technique at that time. Unfortunately, Bach died as a result of bacterial contamination from the procedure at age 65. Handel lived to age 74.

Throughout his life Handel avoided the rigorous contrapuntal techniques of Bach and achieved his effects through the simplest of means, trusting always his own innate musicianship. Both composers often practiced a kind of musical "recycling" where they would take a work composed for one medium and recast it for another. It would not have been uncommon in Handel's day to hear a recorder concerto played as an organ sonata. Such interchangeability was possible in the more abstract instrumental sound of the Baroque. It remained for later composers to create music whose effect depended mainly on the sound of specific instruments.

Cover art courtesy of Mike Stenhouse on Flickr.com


artist: Daniel Estrem
albumname: Haydn Trios on Guitar
sku: estrem-haydnguitar
upc: 847646007112
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Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) was an Austrian born composer who spent his life as a court musician somewhat secluded from the rest of the musical world. He was named Kapellmeister at the palace of the influential Esterhazy family in 1761, a position that would support him financially for nearly 30 years. Despite his isolation he was one of the most celebrated composers of his time and the seclusion, as he put it, "forced him to become original."

Much of Haydn's composition at the time followed the specific musical interest of his patron Prince Nikolaus Esterhazy. The Prince, around 1765 obtained and learned to play the baryton, an unusual instrument similar to the bass viol but with a set of plucked sympathetic strings. The instrument on the cover of this recording is the Prince's baryton. Haydn was required to provide new music for the Prince to play, and over the next ten years produced about 200 works for this instrument in various ensembles, of which the most notable are the 126 baryton trios, written for baryton, viola and cello. The Londoner Trio No. 1 was originally written for 2 flutes and cello. All transcriptions for guitar by Anton Hoeger (Germany).


artist: Daniel Estrem
albumname: Jeremiah Lawson Vol 2 Preludes and Fugues
sku: estrem-lawsonvoltwo
upc: 847646009284
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The 24 preludes and fugues recorded by Daniel in volumes 1 and 2 do not have a fixed, prescribed order beyond a prelude in one key being followed by its fugue in the same key. The track listings are, accordingly, neither in a "Bach" nor a "Chopin" order. We live in the era of the playlist and the mp3 so I think that performers and album listeners alike can decide what order this cycle will have even if there are fixed track numbers on the albums at the time of purchase.

As an American and a guitarist I can't imagine composing a set of preludes and fugues without a grateful consideration of blues, ragtime and other popular styles. Overtly and obliquely these styles permeate the cycle alongside more obviously traditional European elements. I believe the music of Scott Joplin, Robert Johnson, Duke Ellington, and Thelonius Monk is as indissolubly part of the Western musical heritage as Bach, Haydn, William Byrd or Stravinsky. There is no "opposition" between twelve-bar blues and contrapuntal processes for me.

And if the history of American music is full of blues, it's also full of Gospel (and other styles). Alert listeners will note the variety of traditional Christian hymns woven into the cycle. My aim was to make a cycle that reflected upon the span of polyphonic music up to even its more "modernist" forms, yet remains traditionalist enough that a majority of the music could still potentially be played in liturgical contexts. I've played some of these preludes and fugues in church services. Just as the cycle was not composed with any duality in academic and popular music in mind, neither was it composed to be construed in strictly "concert" or "church" music terms.

Jeremiah Lawson

Artwork courtesy of Abhijit Kar Gupta at http://tinyurl.com/j5rsghd


artist: Daniel Estrem
albumname: JS Bach on Solo Mandola Volume 2
sku: estrem-mandolatwo
upc: 847646005712
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This album consists of three of the Suites for Unaccompanied Cello by Johann Sebastian Bach performed on the mandola, which is tuned an octave higher than the cello and played with the fingers rather than a bow. Albert Schweitzer made the famous statement that Bach often appears to be writing for some theoretical "universal" instrument rather than a specific instrument.

Mystery surrounds the cello suites. Unlike J. S. Bach's solo violin works, no original manuscript has been found although copies exist. As a result, many interpretations of the cello suites have been made with no sole accepted version. The cello suites are thought to be written around 1720, about the same time as the solo violin Sonatas and Partitas. The original violin solos were found not in Bach's native Saxony, but in Petersburg, Russia some 90 years after his death. They were almost used as cheap secondhand wrapping paper in a butcher shop. Fortunately an astute customer decided to investigate the origin of the manuscript. It has been posited that perhaps the next customer didn't consider what was given to him as wrapping paper and used the original cellos suites as a fire-starter in his hearth.


artist: Daniel Estrem
albumname: Music of Fernando Sor
sku: estrem-musicoffernandosor
upc: 876809000714
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Fernando Sor (1778-1839) was one of the most prolific composers for and promoters of the guitar as a concert instrument. He paved the way for other artists who helped to bring about the immense popularity and respect that the instrument enjoys today.
Sor was a performer of the highest caliber and technical ability who concertized in his native Spain as well as throughout Europe. It is said that everywhere he went the guitar's popularity spread like wildfire.
Sor is best know for his guitar compositions but he also wrote for opera, orchestra, string quartet, voice, ballet, and piano. This recording includes some of the better-known guitar pieces as well as 12 recent transcriptions by Byron Fogo of Sor's piano "salon pieces" intended for smaller, intimate settings.


artist: Daniel Estrem
albumname: Jeremiah Lawson Vol 1 Preludes and Fugues
sku: estrem-preludesfugues
upc: 847646009253
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Jeremiah Lawson writes:

"Contrapuntal cycles for the guitar (whether solo or duet) are rare but not unheard of. Castelnuovo-Tedesco wrote 24 preludes and fugues for guitar duet in the 1960s. Igor Rekhin composed a solo cycle in the later 1980s. Paradoxically it seems only in the 21st century that we've had guitarists taking up the challenge of writing polyphonic cycles but better late than never.

We guitarists too often assume that B flat minor is too unwieldy a key to write in and not worth the struggle. In a post-tonal century why bother writing fugues for guitar in keys like C minor and D flat major? Because it's fun! I drew inspiration from composers ranging across the Western tradition such as Byrd, Bach, Handel, Haydn, Beethoven, Bartok, Hindemith, Shostakovich, Messiaen and Ellington."

Artwork courtesy of Giampaolo Macorig on Flickr http://tinyurl.com/zp6fg94


artist: Daniel Estrem
albumname: Ravel on Guitar and Ukulele
sku: estrem-ravel
upc: 876809008994
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/ravel-on-guitar-and-ukulele/id411992810
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Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) is one of the dominating figures of French music. His estate currently earns more royalties than that of any other French composer. He was born in the Basque region of France close to the border with Spain. His mother was of Basque descent and grew up in Madrid, Spain, while his father was a Swiss inventor and industrialist. Spanish elements are frequently present in Ravel's work and it's said that he was fascinated with everything Spanish. On this recording the Habanera (track 2) and the Chanson Espagnole (track 16) are clear examples of this influence.

Ravel's composing style was innovative and took a different direction than the atonality that attracted many of his contemporaries. Instead, he used modal melodies and applied the aesthetics of the French school of Satie, Chabrier and Debussy. He revered JS Bach throughout his life and placed a high importance on melody, stating that there is "an implied melodic outline in all vital music". His composing method was craftsman-like and perfectionistic. The intricacy and precision of his work was summed up by Igor Stravinsky who once referred to Ravel as "the most perfect of Swiss watchmakers."

On this recording Daniel Estrem performs his own transcriptions which are aimed at being as true to the written score as possible. The classical ukulele is used on sections of Pavane pour une infante defunte (Pavane for a Dead Princess -track 4). When heard on plucked instruments the piece has an ancient aura, as if played on the Greek lyre and harp. The ukulele is also used throughout Ma Mere l'Oye (Mother Goose Suite -tracks 6-10). The childlike voice and timbre of the ukulele could hardly be more appropriate for this set of pieces that portray scenes from fairy tales. At the same time Ravel was writing the innocent Mother Goose Suite he was working on the devilishly difficult Gaspard de la nuit (Demons of the Night). The middle movement, Le Gibet (The Gallows -track 11) reveals a darker side of Ravel and decidedly deals with some end-of-life issues. There is the relentless toll of the bell throughout the entire piece. The influence of the writings of Edgar Allan Poe can be felt and even though the scene is macabre there exists a haunting beauty.


artist: Daniel Estrem
albumname: Reicha Fugues on Guitar
sku: estrem-reicha
upc: 847646008881
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Anton Reicha (1770-1836) was a Bohemian-born composer whose music covered a vast array of genres and forms, from opera and string quartets to piano etudes and fugues. He is perhaps best known today for his 25 wind quintets. As an accomplished music theorist he wrote several treatises on various aspects of composition. Some of his theoretical work dealt with experimental methods of composition. He was ahead of his time, advocating the ideas of polyrhythm, polytonality and microtonal music. Virtually none of these concepts were accepted or employed by his contemporaries.

Reicha's 36 Fugues for Piano, published in 1803 was conceived as an illustration of his new system for composing fugues. Without delving into the theory of fugues, it can be said that Reicha's widening of the possibilities of fugal composition created a freer, more flexible musical form. Naturally some of his contemporaries didn't approve of his stretching the traditional boundaries, but today these pieces sound wonderfully musical.

Much of Reicha's music remained unpublished and unperformed during his life and nearly all of it fell into obscurity following his death. This is explained in part by his own decisions, which he reflected on in his autobiography: "Many of my works have never been heard because of my aversion to seeking performances. I counted the time spent in such efforts as lost, and preferred to remain at my desk." Reicha's life and work has yet to be intensely studied to this day.


artist: Daniel Estrem
albumname: Reverie
sku: estrem-reverie
upc: 876809005146
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/reverie/id378242261
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This collection is a well-conceived recording of guitar artistry. Daniel Estrem performs his new arrangements for classical guitar that draw in the listener with his tonal variety and understated technique. The elegant interpretations breathe a unique vitality into these evocative masterworks.

The selected music takes the listener on a dreamlike journey of introspection and imparts a sense of tranquility. The contemplative pieces, mostly written for keyboard, retain their idiomatic flavor and musical integrity when performed on classical guitar. The charming voice of the classical ukulele can be heard on two of the thirty selections.


artist: Daniel Estrem
albumname: Scarlatti on Guitar and Ukulele
sku: estrem-scarlatti
upc: 847646000656
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/scarlatti-on-guitar-ukulele/id441995113
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Classical guitarists have been attracted to Scarlatti's sonatas because many of them are idiomatic and sound natural on plucked instruments. It should be noted that the sonority of the plucked string is the natural home of the Baroque sound. Lutes, harpsichords, theorbos, spinets, Baroque guitars and harps all generate sound like the classical guitar and ukulele of today.

Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) lived the first half of his life in Naples, Italy and moved to the Iberian Peninsula in 1720, where he remained until his death. His first appointment was at the Royal court in Lisbon, Portugal. A decade later he moved to Madrid and took a position at the Royal Spanish court and it was here that the majority of his 550 harpsichord sonatas were written and where his artistic personality began to flourish. Using his imagination, he tested the limits and possibilities of the harpsichord resulting in compositions that surpassed his contemporaries in their originality and experimentation. His expansion of keyboard technique and virtuosity have more in common with keyboard music written a century after his death. Chronologically, he is classified as a Baroque composer, although his music was influential in the development of the Classical style.

Scarlatti's encounter with the Spanish culture had a profound effect on his compositions. The influence of folk music, the use of modes and other tonal inflections were more or less alien to European art music of the era. Many of his chord patterns and dissonances are suggestive of the guitar. The eminent harpsichordist and musicologist Ralph Kirkpatrick said, "As far as we know, Scarlatti never played the guitar, but surely no composer ever fell more deeply under its spell."


artist: Daniel Estrem
albumname: JS Bach on Solo Ukulele Volume 2
sku: estrem-soloukutwo
upc: 847646005682
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Many of the instrumental works of Johann Sebastian Bach have the magical ability to be performed on a number of different instruments in addition to the ones they were composed for. The sonatas heard on this recording are from the Sonatas and Partitas for Unaccompanied Violin. The instrument used is a tenor ukulele with an unconventional tuning that has the same intervals as the violin (fifths).

Bach wrote these works around 1720 while he was Kapellmeister at the court of Anhalt- Cothen and with this collection firmly established the technical capability of the violin as a solo instrument. It is speculated that Bach himself gave the first performance. According to his son Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (C.P.E. Bach), "in his youth, and until the approach of old age, he played the violin cleanly and powerfully." It was during this period that he also composed the Brandenburg Concerti, the Well-Tempered Clavier and the Six Cello Suites.

The Sonatas and Partitas were first published in 1843, nine decades after the composer's death. The original manuscript was famously saved after nearly being used as butcher paper.


artist: Daniel Estrem
albumname: Colors of Spain
sku: estrem-spain
upc: 876809003296
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/colors-of-spain/id370502116
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description:
The red and yellow "Colors of Spain" are said to be descriptive of the Spanish personality. Red identifies passion, blood and love while yellow indicates the warm spanish sun. On this recording Daniel Estrem gives a fluid and precise interpretation of spanish classics with the majority of the works by Isaac Albeniz. One can easily conjure up the sights, fragrances and sounds of Spain when hearing this music. It is highly expressive and gorgeously sensuous. Albeniz himself said of his music that "It contains sunlight, warmth and the taste of olives."


artist: Daniel Estrem
albumname: Colors of Spain Volume 2
sku: estrem-spaintwo
upc: 847646002292
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description:
Manuel de Falla, Enrique Granados and Isaac Albeniz are among the most important proponents of the modern Spanish school of composition founded by Felipe Pedrell. Each of these composers used the folklore of his country in his own unique manner. Most of the attention on this recording centers on de Falla and Granados, while Estrem's first Colors of Spain album consists mainly of works by Albeniz.

De Falla's El Amor Brujo (Love, the Magician) was initially commissioned in 1914-15 as a gitaneria (gypsy piece) by a flamenco gypsy dancer and reflects the composer's skillful use of flamenco elements in shaping this highly original suite. It was later re-scored as a symphonic suite and eventually became a one-act ballet.

Enrique Granados was thoroughly imbued with romantic culture and continued composing in the manner of Chopin and Schumann. He was an exquisite colourist and gave his works a poetic view of a refined 18th century Spanish culture. His Valses Poeticos reveals the expressive nature of his compositions and his thorough mastery of the waltz form.


artist: Daniel Estrem
albumname: Telemann on Guitar
sku: estrem-telemann
upc: 847646008393
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description:
German Baroque composer, Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) was one of the most prolific composers of his time with a body of work comprised of more than 3,000 pieces. He lived a relatively long life extending into the early Classical Period, and despite declining health in his later years, he continued to compose music of the highest quality until the evening of his death. His personal assets in addition to a passion for music included his likable personality and sense of humor. He became quite wealthy from his commercial efforts of publishing and selling his works and his salaried income at Hamburg was about three times what J. S. Bach earned at Leipzig.

Telemann's music was one of the driving forces behind the late Baroque and early Classical styles. His music gradually changed over the years incorporating more and more elements of the galant style, however he never completely adopted the ideals of the early Classical Period. Telemann's style remained contrapuntally and harmonically intricate, and already in 1751 he dismissed much contemporary music as too simplistic.

This album consists of solos, duets and trios from a variety of works by Telemann.


artist: Daniel Estrem
albumname: Telemann Trios on Guitar
sku: estrem-telemanntrios
upc: 847646007648
also:
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description:
German Baroque composer, Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) was one of the most prolific composers of his time with a body of work comprised of more than 3,000 pieces. He lived a relatively long life extending into the early Classical Period, and despite declining health in his later years, he continued to compose music of the highest quality until the evening of his death.

Telemann's music was one of the driving forces behind the late Baroque and early Classical styles. His music gradually changed over the years incorporating more and more elements of the galant style, however he never completely adopted the ideals of the early Classical Period. Telemann's style remained contrapuntally and harmonically intricate, and already in 1751 he dismissed much contemporary music as too simplistic. One can hear examples on this recording where the piece begins sounding almost Haydn-like and then gradually becomes more densely polyphonic and complex.

Transcriptions for guitar by Anton Hoeger (Germany).
Cover art image courtesy of velo_city on flickr.com


artist: Daniel Estrem
albumname: Vivaldi Concertos on 8-string guitar
sku: estrem-viveight
upc: 847646004104
also:
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description:
Antonio Vivaldi's (1678-1741) distinctive style was characterized by the ability to shape his harmonic sequences and expressive melodies with infinite variety. His three-part (fast-slow fast) concertos are known for their vitality, color, quick rhythms and syncopation in the fast (allegro) movements, separated by a slow (largo) lyrical movement.

Vivaldi infused his concertos (over 500) with constant variation and a certain amount of unpredictability. Even though many of his works sound naturally symmetrical, he often plays with phrase lengths and frequently confounds our expectations. The celebrated wisecrack that Vivaldi wrote the same concerto hundreds of times (attributed to Dallapiccola and repeated by Stravinsky) is humorous, but few people find it believable today. The idea is true only in the most superficial sense and ignores the considerable invention of his work.


artist: Daniel Halliday
albumname: Compositions For Film Vol 1
sku: danielhalliday-compositionsforfilm1
upc: 847646009932
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description:
Compositions For Film Vol. 1 is an album written and recorded with film soundtrack use in mind. However, rather than the kind of orchestral compositions typically used as incidental music in cinema, this is a collection of guitar-based pieces suitable for indie/arthouse/noir genres.

Useful reference points are John Lurie's work for Jim Jarmusch (eg. Mystery Train), Ry Cooder's Southern Comfort soundtrack and others such as Richard Thompson (Grizzly Man), Neil Young (Dead Man).

Credits:

All tracks written and recorded by Daniel Halliday.

Daniel Halliday: Bass, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, pitch pipes, electronics, shruti box, percussion.


artist: Daniel Knowler
albumname: Blank River
sku: dknowler-blankriver
upc: 876809006679
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description:
Blank River is the third instrumental solo album from Daniel Knowler (The Infinite Three, Leisure Hive, Slunq).

Blank River ranges from cinematic textures and post-rock crescendos to plaintive acoustic finger picking. Taking cues from folk, blues, pop and film soundtracks, this music takes a more melodic turn than most of Daniel's previous work.

Hidden within the organic orchestration, however, are ciphers more in keeping with Daniel's background in experimental music: field recordings, subtle electronic drones and electronic treatments follow the melodies around like grey shadows.


artist: Daniel Knowler
albumname: Hypersurface
sku: dknowler-hypersurface
upc: 847646009796
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description:
The fourth instrumental solo album from Daniel Knowler (The Infinite Three, Cindytalk, Sweetie, Leisur Hive). Hypersurface sees Daniel begin to incorporate sonic textures from some of his noisier projects into his finely woven instrumental music. Whereas previous solo recordings emphasized warmth and clarity, Hypersurface filters its emotional and melodic content through veils of subtle noise and disintegration.


artist: Daniel Knowler
albumname: Silvery Beast
sku: dknowler-silverybeast
upc: 847646005484
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description:
Eleven instrumental songs ranging from organic compositions for acoustic guitar and cello, ambient soundtrack pieces and grandiose post-rock arrangements. Drawing on influences from folk, blues and avant-garde music Silvery Beast is a haunted sonic narrative.

Silvery Beast is Daniel Knowler's second solo album of intricate, obsessively orchestrated instrumental music and follows on from 2011's Our Wet Geometry. Silvery Beast continues in a slightly darker vein, however, with more prominent signs of the experimental sonics of Daniel's work with The Infinite Three.


artist: Daniel Knowler
albumname: Our Wet Geometry
sku: dknowler-wetgeom
upc: 847646002216
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description:
Taking cues from folk, blues, pop and soundtrack music Our Wet Geometry creates a warm lush instrumental blanket of sound. Hidden within the organic orchestration however are ciphers more in keeping with experimental music: field recordings, subtle electronic drones and electronic treatments follow the melodies around like grey shadows.

Ten wordless songs ranging from cinematic textures and post-rock crescendos to plaintive folksy finger picking.


artist: Daniel Shoskes
albumname: Lautenschmaus
sku: dshoskes-lautenschmaus
upc: 847646006450
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description:
In the mid 17th century, France was the center of excellence for lutenists who. After much experimentation, they settled on the "d minor" tuning system on an instrument with 11 sets of single and double strings ("courses") tuned f' d' a' f d a g f e d c. Once the "Sun King" turned his attention to the previously low brow guitar and elevated it to royal status, the lute fell out of favor. Performers spread throughout western Europe into the mostly German speaking countries and began to fuse the contemplative cerebral "broken" style of the French lutenists with more Italian influences that emphasized melody (Cantabile) and counterpoint while retaining the popular French dance music forms. In the later German baroque, two additional bass courses were added (b and a) and the music increased in harmonic complexity.

The program on this album is an exploration of this rich and underappreciated repertoire, performed on both 11 course and the later 13 course baroque lute. The 11 course music retains much French influence with separated chords and simple harmonies but introduces more melodic components. The 13 course music introduces the singing cantabile style leading to the complex harmonies and grandeur of Sylvius Leopold Weiss and Johann Sebastian Bach. Finally, a modern composition by Roman Turovsky shows that the "German" baroque lute has not sung its last new songs.


artist: Daniel Shoskes
albumname: Patrons of the Lute
sku: dshoskes-patrons
upc: 876809008789
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description:
The lute was a popular instrument for both professionals and amateurs in England and Europe from the 16th to 18th centuries. Professional lutenists required the patronage of the Court to make a living and indeed many of their students amongst the nobility became quite decent performers and composers in their own right. As an "amateur with a day job" myself, I want to pay homage to those whose love of music was expressed both through their compositions and their patronage of the full time professionals.

The album opens with a Plainte by the great baroque lute composer Sylvius Leopold Weiss. This is not a plainte of love, but rather a complaint to an un-named patron who failed to pay his fee! There are two versions of this piece, one each in the London and Dresden manuscripts. I have tried to use the best features of both.

A Patron who did support Weiss was Prince Hyacinth de Lobkowitz (1680-1734), in fact Weiss dedicated one of his Dresden lute sonatas to the Prince. Lobkowitz was regarded as a fine performer and two of his lute suites survive. The suite in Bb major performed here is tuneful, rhythmic and shows an advanced mastery of technique. It is found in the Vienna 1078 manuscript.

Much less is known about Count Ferdinand Graf von Bergen (1678-1766), although fully five suites of his have survived in three manuscripts. While his music is charming the lute tablature can be awkward to play as written and does benefit from some re-working. His suite in A minor, also from the Vienna 1078 manuscript, contains the rarely used Tournee, a dance in 2/4 time.

Johann Anton Logy (1650-1721) (also spelled Losy) was a Count in Prague and composed for both baroque lute and baroque guitar. He is perhaps best known for a piece written in his honor by Sylvius Weiss following Logy's death (Tombeau sur la mort de Monseigneur Comte de Logi). The solo works performed here are from the Swedish Kalmar manuscript. The four surviving duet movements (in A minor and F major) do fit together well to make their own suite. The chaconnes movement is an amalgamation of two chaconnes, the first in D minor and the second in F major. This pairing was performed this way by the lutenist Toyohiko Satoh during a recital at the Lute Society of America's Summer Seminar and I feel that it works quite well.

The British physician Thomas Campion (1567-1620) was a poet and composer and wrote over 100 lute songs that survive today. Unusual for the period, some are written from the woman's point of view and we include three such examples here.

Finally, to close the loop of Patronage, the album ends with a new piece that I commissioned from the modern day lutenist and composer Ronn McFarlane. Ronn is a prolific performer, founding member of the Baltimore Consort and his album of his own compositions, Indigo Road, was nominated for a Grammy. The Passacaglia he wrote for this album is, I believe, one of his most beautiful compositions and it's my honor to present the world premier.


artist: Daniel Shoskes
albumname: Weiss Undercover
sku: dshoskes-weissundercover
upc: 876809008512
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description:
Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1687-1750) was arguably the greatest composer for the baroque lute and certainly one of the most prolific. His compositions exist in handwritten manuscripts, often incomplete and mixed in with pieces by other composers. This album focuses on these pieces of uncertain parentage and includes reconstructions of duets by modern composers writing in the idiom of Weiss.

The album opens with a suite of pieces for lute that are attributed in at least one manuscript to Weiss but are almost certainly by another composer. These pieces, written in gallant style, are likely by Wolff Jakob Lauffensteiner (1676-1754), Johann Georg Weichenberger (1676-1740), Placide Marie Pichler (1725-1796) and Johann Andreas Bohr von Bohrenfels (1663-1728). The Weiss evidence is softest for 2 pieces: the chaconne by Weichenberger only has a "W" as the composer and the Gigue from the Strasbourg Ms is anonymous. Pat O'Brien said it might be by Weiss, and that's good enough for me!

JS Bach and Weiss knew each other and by account even competed in improvising fantasias and fugues. Few violinists are aware however that the harpsichord accompaniment of Bach's sonata for violin BWV 1025 is actually an intact complete Weiss lute sonata which is a fine standalone composition. In this recording, we present 3 of the interior movements.

Several existing Weiss sonatas are likely duets without a surviving second part. The sonata in g minor in the London Ms has many such features. Michel Cardin has written a lovely duet part for baroque flute which we (with his permission) perform here with violin. Both the London and Dresden Ms have lute duets and Karl-Ernst (Charlie) Schroder wrote beautiful and tasteful reconstructions of a second lute part. He recorded the Dresden duets with Robert Barto but nobody has yet recorded his d minor duet from the London Ms which we present here. Following Charlie's tragically untimely death in 2003, the reconstructions were posted to the public domain (http://goo.gl/oqQiPT).

One of the most famous works by Weiss is his Tombeau sur la Mort de M. Comte d'Logy, written following the death of lutenist and nobleman Jan Antonin Logy. Following the death of our beloved teacher Patrick O'Brien (1947-2014), composer Roman Turovsky has written a beautiful and heartfelt tombeau in his honor. It is only fitting to conclude with this piece and to dedicate the album to his memory.

Full liner notes are available in the artwork download file.


artist: Daria
albumname: Grandchildren's Delight
sku: daria-grandchildrensdelight
upc: 847646007938
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description:
This Grammy-Ballotted and Parent's Choice Award Winning album is a compilation of best-loved songs from the good old days. Grandchildren's Delight offers creative new versions of classic kids songs that critics have hailed as "pitch perfect for the entire family" and "not sugared up or dummied down".

This album includes a beautiful new versions of old-time classics such as "This Little Light of Mine", "Oh Susannah", "Little Liza Jane" and "Akin Drum". Cute and clever, but never cliche are versions of "Playmate", "Do Your Ears Hang Low" and "Be Kind To Your Webbed Footed Friends". "La Cucaracha" makes for a fun bilingual (Spanish/English) nonsense song and "Over In The Meadow" is a sweet version of the age-old counting song with a few new lyrical twists and turns.

If you're looking for children's music that's savvy enough to be enjoyed by all ages and doesn't send older listeners running out of the room - this is it!


artist: Daughters of Elvin
albumname: Galdrbok - Medieval Songs of Love and Enchantment
sku: daughters-galdrbok
upc: 876809004774
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/galdrbok-medieval-songs-love/id370501473
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description:
A stunning collection of love songs and instrumental dances from 12th to 15th century Europe. The album includes passionate Spanish ballads by the Troubadour Martin Codax about a woman who waits on the sea shore for her lover. There are mysterious magical songs which describe meetings with the Fairy Queen, songs of women who are spurned by untrue lovers by the female troubadour Comtessa de Dia, and an anonymous song of a woman who escapes the cruelties of the cloistered life for the outside world of earthly pleasures. There are also two courtly love songs by Jehan de Lescurel a priest from Notre Dame who was later hanged for debauchery.

The majority of the songs on this album come from monophonic melodic lines, sometimes accompanied by text, which the band have interpreted using a stunning array of early instruments which include gothic harp, hammered dulcimer, recorder, bass viol, bagpipes, hurdy gurdy, percussion, pipe and tabor with the beautiful voices of leading early music singers Jennie Cassidy and Sophia Brumfitt. The album concludes with 'Galdrbok' a Norse word meaning 'book of sung spells' which is an original compostition by director and bagpipe player Katy Marchant and hurdy-gurdy player Steve Tyler - so linking the medieval past with our lives in the modern age.


artist: Dave Preston
albumname: Be
sku: dpreston-be
upc: 847646003367
also:
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description:
Be Creative and BeIng were recorded at the same time - the same moment. They always felt like brothers. The concept for these tracks was to take the idea of creation, the act of being creation and turning it into a spiraling, chaotic, yet controlled piece - with so much haste to reveal the creation that unraveled itself into this world. BeIng is that very unraveling - the curtain call for Be Creative. Images of a human discovering the body they reside in kept running through my mind while composing and hearing it.

Be Joy is a circular piece - a mantra. The two sections always constantly becoming one another. Composing this, I knew it was right to go to the opposite section when my craving for it could not wait any longer.

Be True formed first among the other pieces and personally, it sounds like it. It's an infant, playful, peaceful, and full of joy. Yet, some noises may give you a hint at another thought. While the melody if easy to listen to, the rolling and sweeping sonics that appear in the background hint at a different understanding of truth all together.

Be Alive is passion. Full of peaks and valleys. A sonic land scape. By far the hardest piece to manifest for the series of pieces. I only recorded parts for this track when completely in the mindset of intense passion. Those beautiful vocals are front man from Glowing House, Steve Varney.

Be Different and Be Something are minimalistic. These two are miles apart from Be Alive on the sonic landscape, yet polar opposites on one another. Be Different sings to the earth while Be Something chants to the ocean. Ying and Yang but folding into each other.

Be Hope, the cousin of Be Alive. Brimming with life, but with a twist. This is the manifestation of Hope - where none exists.


artist: Dave Preston
albumname: Soundtrack for Motion
sku: dpreston-soundtrack
upc: 876809008604
also:
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description:
As he did in his ambient debut "Be", Preston intricately weaves uncommon intensity and passion into the sonic landscape and manages to accomplish something rare: Ambient music that is capable of a wide range of feelings.

From the transcendent "Blind Lovers Hand In Hand", the near sacred rage of "The Blood In Your Veins, and the wailing of "A Giant Leap Of Faith" to the Blade Runner atmospherics of "Spinning Away From The Earth" (a collaboration with Mingo), "Soundtrack To Motion" shows significant growth and maturing of Preston as an ambient artist.


artist: David Modica
albumname: Acoustic Earth - Electric Sky
sku: modica-acousticearth
upc: 876809007010
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/acoustic-earth-electric-sky/id332463017
also:
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description:
Layers of acoustic guitar interwoven with modern keyboard sounds and percussion. It's both mystical and melodic. Moving and stirring with hints of influences from Led Zeppelin to Pink Floyd, and also guitarists Pat Metheny and Ottmar Liebert.

"Acoustic Earth, Electric Sky" takes the listener on just such a journey, this time with full instrumentation of orchestra and band and also pieces written specifically for acoustic guitar. And because the music was calling for it - the last piece (Acoustic Earth, Electric Sky) was begging for an electric guitar."
David Modica


artist: David Modica
albumname: Angel
sku: modica-angel
upc: 847646002193
also:
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description:
The music that makes up the album Angel, by David Modica, is incredibly delicate, meditative and soaring all at once. But it's also filled with stunning, unexpected moments that induce intense clarity felt somewhere between the mind, heart and soul.

It has the ability to merge that lost memory of the feeling you had the last time you asked for forgiveness with the intensity of a beautiful sunset. The compositions are mostly slow-moving and vaporous, spacious and wondrously melodic weaving you into a fairy tale-like dreamscape. In all of its dreaminess, Angel invites the listener into a special place: It pulls back the curtain so you can step into a music that is at once of its own time and, seemingly, timeless.


artist: David Modica
albumname: Dreaming in Real TIme
sku: modica-dreamingrealtime
upc: 847646008799
also:
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description:
Dreaming In Real Time, by David Modica is a transcendent expression of acoustic and electric guitar melodies which will leave any listener feeling as though they've just taken an expansive supernatural journey that exists only as a result of a direct outpouring of inspiration. This album collection is a rebirth of David's original signature talents joined with a new awakening and appreciation for this latest inspirational space in which to write.

Dreaming In Real Time, the title track, starts the listener off in a peaceful and sublime movement of tranquility and wonder. Here, the journey begins.

Castle In The Air was written as a beautiful expression of a life's dream unfolding as a result of living authentically, feet planted firmly on solid ground created from up above.

Acquiescence was written with a capacity of understanding the act of silent agreement, which in turns surpasses all understanding of the one who loves us the most.

Sanguinity and Temporary Significance are spirit-filled in the sense that they both elicit a mystical anticipation of unearthly cheerfulness.

Wandering Pilgrimage is a charming interpretation as if one's soul knows and has known all along it was meant to travel this very pilgrimage till now, and now a new path begins, leaving behind the old.

Alone But Not Alone captures the idea that we are truly walking hand in hand, heart in heart, breath in breath with the one true giver of life, who is life and is the beginning, the middle, and the end, and the end is infinite.


artist: David Modica
albumname: Amazing Grace
sku: modica-grace
upc: 876809009199
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/amazing-grace/id409636389
also:
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description:
This subtle and sublime recording of acoustic and electric guitars focus on a purity of tone, clarity of harmony, and counterpoint of melody to achieve a tender lyricism. David Modica brings us into a Zen-like musical garden of textures and sounds - as if entering into an instrumental prayer of harmony, balance and deep emotion. Modica, as always, moves easily from one composition to the next displaying his unique and tender touch on both acoustic and electric guitar.

Starting with "Wings" - one definitely feels lifted into another realm - a journey is about to begin... and on it goes weaving in and out of textures, moods and atmospheres. The last song on this album is the traditional "Amazing Grace" which gives the project a true sense of closure and leaves the listener wanting to stay in this musical meditation of spirit, surrender and peace.


artist: David Modica
albumname: Jenny
sku: modica-jenny
upc: 847646004784
also:
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description:
Jenny, by David Modica, is an expressive musical journey back to innocence. Guitar compositions both charming and elegant along with David's mastery of melody and spontaneous improvisation takes the listener on a reflective journey within. Modica, as always, moves easily from one composition to the next displaying his unique and tender touch on both acoustic and electric guitar. Let yourself go and enter into a garden of instrumental prayer of harmony, balance, peace, and joy.


artist: David Modica
albumname: My Heart Is A Castle
sku: modica-myheartisacastle
upc: 876809000691
also:
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description:
My Heart Is A Castle is both reflective and meditative, taking the listener on a journey through an eternal timeless space. Get ready for beautiful guitar compositions rich in melody, mood and atmosphere. The melodies on David Modica's new album are innovative, inspiring, unique, tranquil, and relaxing. Layers of acoustic and electric guitar are masterfully woven into powerful soundscapes.


artist: David Modica
albumname: Native Intuition
sku: modica-native
upc: 876809004644
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/native-intuition/id369494851
also:
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description:
David Modica aims to heal your mind through music. You should set aside a full hour of uninterrupted listening pleasure and let "Native Intuition" take you on an acoustic journey.

From the moving "Falling Leaves" and the ethereal "Meditation" to the mysterious "Middle Path" and very poignant "Reverence." Using acoustic guitar, piano, keyboards, native flute and percussion, Native Intuition is a journey into the inner depths of inspiring, beautiful music.


artist: David Modica
albumname: Near Distant Future
sku: modica-nearfuture
upc: 847646001585
also:
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description:
Near Distant Future is an evocative musical journey. A mixture of highly textured compositions that weave acoustic and electric guitars in ways that absorb the listener into a space of ambient tranquility. David takes another step into a new direction with his mastery of composition and soundscape. Near Distant Future is a deep and sophisticated interplay of sparse melody and enigmatic chordal passages.


artist: David Modica
albumname: Seraphim
sku: modica-seraphim
upc: 876809003005
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/seraphim/id369487642
also:
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description:
On the album Seraphim, David Modica reveals a style that lifts your spirit and keeps you wanting to hear more.

David dives into his influences: from Stevie Ray Vaughn and David Gilmour to Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays, bringing about an album of pure harmony and elegance fused with spirit and soul.

From the first cut and title track "Seraphim" you'll find yourself immersed in a deep and mystical journey that you'll want to take again and again.


artist: David Modica
albumname: Stillness and Movement
sku: modica-stillness
upc: 876809006488
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/stillness-and-movement/id336060477
also:
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description:
Innovative, Inspiring, Unique, Tranquil, Relaxing...A must have album that fits in nicely with Pink Floyd and Michael Hedges.

Unique Compositions that will leave you in a wonderful state of Stillness and Quietness. Acoustic Guitarist David Modica writes and performs acoustic guitar music like no one else? his haunting and reflective music on guitar touches the listener's heart.

"My first two "Timeless" and "Stillness and Movement" were purely Acoustic Guitar. I feel they were both works of a "journey" of sorts, one that would take the listener to a new world with highs and lows and emotions to fulfill the senses.
David Modica


artist: David Modica
albumname: Timeless
sku: modica-timeless
upc: 876809006495
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/timeless/id332433150
also:
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description:
Beautiful guitar compositions rich in melody, mood and atmosphere. Both reflective and meditative taking the listener on a journey through a timeless space.

"This album (Timeless) caught my attention when I was doing my usual surfing and shopping. As if the music possesses some magical effect, the acoustic tune of guitar seemed to calm me down, making me forget all the stress I had from my work. The reverberation of the guitar makes one imagine that he is driving down a long road along a countryside...throwing aside all the troubles he had. I was so drawn to the music, I couldn't really pinpoint which track I liked best. To simplify everything...it's captivating."
Wil. C of Capeland Life

"My first two albums - "Timeless" and "Stillness and Movement" were purely Acoustic Guitar. I feel they were both works of a "journey" of sorts, one that would take the listener to a new world with highs and lows and emotions to fulfill the senses."
David Modica


artist: David Modica
albumname: The Water is Wide
sku: modica-water
upc: 876809008574
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/the-water-is-wide/id383185373
also:
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description:
Inspired by the old traditional Irish song "The Water Is Wide" comes a hauntingly beautiful soundscape of melodic compositions sounding at once both composed and spontaneous.

This album has touches of jazz, classical, folk and new age nuances. With David's masterful touch on acoustic and electric guitar interwoven with piano lines crafted with harmonic and rhythmic subtlety, utterly listenable and very intriguing taking the listener on yet another mystical journey of the senses.


artist: Dayazell
albumname: Dayazell
sku: dayazell-dayazell
upc: 847646005743
also:
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description:
"After a remarkable EP, Dayazell is back with a real first LP. Who are Dayazell? A quartet that proposes a talented and free interpretation of ancient World music.

Real passionates, the members of Dayazell seek for old medieval and traditional repertoire, with no consideration for the frontiers.

They do not stick to the European culture, but take the listener far, far away: Spanish hymns of praise, Armenian and Mongolian songs, Sephardic and middle-Eastern music...a Worldwide inspiration.

It's also one of their assets not to confine themselves in a dusty academicism, but to take liberties with the interpretations of those songs. They're giving them a new life, while keeping a serious approach as well as excellent technical skills.

Dayazell invites you to a sophisticated trip around the World. An inner trip also. I recommend that you embark with them."
N. Kapalika


artist: Dead Leaf Echo
albumname: Pale Fire
sku: dle-palefire
upc: 847646000236
also:
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description:
By incorporating elements of ambient, Baroque, dream-pop, shoegaze, new wave, goth and crafting every aspect of their sound and vision, Dead Leaf Echo are one of the few contemporary artists who work on high-art as concept. Dead Leaf Echo has become commentary on a new style of expression.

Pale Fire is the debut EP from NYC band Dead Leaf Echo. It features the title track mixed by Ulrich Schnauss (Mojave 3, Coldplay) With 6 songs recorded at the Bunker Studios and mastered by Alan Douches, it touches the relationship the band has with the Russian-American author Nabokov and his masterpiece "Pale Fire".


artist: Dead Leaf Echo
albumname: Truth
sku: dle-truth
upc: 847646000229
also:
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description:
By incorporating elements of ambient, Baroque, deam-pop, shoegaze, new wave, goth and crafting every aspect of their sound and vision they remain one of the few left to work on high-art as concept. Dead Leaf Echo has become commentary on a new style of expression.


artist: Deep Winter
albumname: Deep Winter 2014
sku: deepwinter-deepwinter
upc: 847646007402
also:
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description:
The music on Deep Winter album is a spirit of classic rock with a new fresh and modern new look. It is a mix of garage rock, blues rock, dance rock, rock and roll, alternative and psychedelic rock. The album is an entirely self-produced product made by two members of the band to realise a shared vision of lovely classic rock thing in 21st century.

This is the debut LP album from rock duo Deep Winter.


artist: Dejan Ilijic
albumname: The Journey
sku: dejanilijic-journey
upc: 847646002094
also:
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description:
Piano landscapes meet electronic, jazz and the Balkans traditional music in this stimulating, chill, and intellectually pleasing record.

It's hypnotic and intriguing... built from deceptively simple motives, it develops naturally and effectively into an ecstatic musical journey.


artist: Dejan Ilijic
albumname: Sun
sku: dejanilijic-sun
upc: 847646003084
also:
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description:
Macedonian traditional songs arranged and played in ambient jazz and classical mood.

Dejan Ilijic pulls listeners through a deep groove of love, life and loss, with music that is both new and old, gorgeous in its execution and its implications. Without words, the record tells you a lot about Macedonia - the emotion of the country, its past and future.


artist: Delko
albumname: Delko 321
sku: delko-delko
upc: 847646001523
also:
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description:
Delko is a French alternative stoner rock band. Their music develops: the songs' energy builds from being stripped at thebeginning to give way to a more detailed rock, heavier and more musical. The common thread is the roots that tap into the sediments of 70s rock and take care of the energy of grunge, alternative rock of the 90s. The rest is the passion of the big four of Delko that is their task, the riffs "depotent" and the words, their scope of poetry is rarely equaled.

Released in 2011, Delko 321 was their first LP. The album brought together the first 3 EPs the quartet published between 2007 and 2010 and proceeds as a documentary about four years in the life of the band.

Delko 321: From the rock ... to stoner


artist: Destiny Love
albumname: Earth Embodied
sku: destinylove-earthembodied
upc: 847646010938
also:
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description:
Sultry female vocals, catchy, simple lyrics, and earthy beats, this album of experimental sounds has a life of its own. This album was a labor of love, as Destiny self-engineered it in the wee hours of the morning while her toddler was sleeping, in her home studio in Ashland, OR. It was professionally mixed and mastered. It has been played for live ecstatic dances, podcasts, and in a documentary.


artist: Destiny Love
albumname: Home in the Light
sku: destinylove-homeinthelight
upc: 847646010907
also:
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description:
A world-ensemble comes together to create a dynamic and unique genre of inspiring world folk. Instruments include crystal clear female vocals, grand piano, keys, bazooki, tambura, guitar, upright bass, sitar, ukulele, viola, japanese flutes, and world percussion. Recorded in a professional studio in Ashland, OR, and mixed and mastered by DJ Rara Avis (aka Alex King Harris, co-founder of YogiTunes). You will be delighted by the variety of rich sound and simple, catchy lyrics (with great hooks) that this album has to offer.


artist: Destroy The Colossus
albumname: Centuries
sku: dtc-centuries
upc: 876809009328
also:
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description:
Destroy The Colossus' "Centuries" is a tour de force of brutal, pummeling technical metal that is unlike anything out there.

As a band, we wanted to stray from the conventions of hardcore and death metal and instead mix the two along with some other genres to fulfill our own desires to hear something fresh in the music scene while still retaining a catchy groove than gets our hearts pumping.

"Centuries" is somewhat based on the history of The Colossus of Rhodes and the epic tale of not only its rise and fall, but the people the fought to either defend it or destroy it.


artist: Diana Rowan
albumname: The Bright Knowledge
sku: rowan-bright
upc: 876809007515
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-bright-knowledge/id293466171
also:
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description:
John notes: Diana Rowan is another world music / classical music straddler who lives in Berkeley, California. She plays the classical piano but it's in her capacity as a harpist that she appears here on Magnatune, with one of her solo records, which feature a number of her friends and a few of her musical heroes as well.


artist: Diana Rowan
albumname: Panta Rhei - Celtic and Mediterranean Music for Harp
sku: rowan-panta
upc: 876809007416
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/panta-rhei-celtic-mediterranean/id39347305
also:
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description:
John notes: Diana Rowan is another world music / classical music straddler who lives in Berkeley, California. She plays the classical piano but it's in her capacity as a harpist that she appears here on Magnatune, with one of her solo records, which feature a number of her friends and a few of her musical heroes as well.


artist: Diggsville
albumname: Songs from Nowhere
sku: diggsville-nowhere
upc: 847646003664
also:
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description:
Songs from Nowhere exudes evocative, seductive and haunting compositions that can only be described as film-noire trip-hop.

Delicious, jazzy and fresh with solid drums, lounge-like piano, sultry sax and sexy female vocals; Diggsville divines a seamless infusion of electronica, jazz, latin and funk with an awesome level of chill where you can immerse yourself in a world of deep groove dreamtempo jazz.

Both atmospheric and danceable, these cinematic beats will haunt your head and heart with a cinematic force that immediately transports you to an undiscovered auditory landscape. If Diggsville's songs are indeed from Nowhere then take me there!


artist: Diometrix
albumname: Eurynome
sku: diometrix-eurynome
upc: 847646000038
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/eurynome/id432539732
also:
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description:
Diometrix is a young electronic project from the very heart of Siberia, who present to you their new conceptual album release Eurynome.

Cold guitar melodies and atmospheric electronics capturing the spirit of such musicians as "Mono" and "The American Dollar".

Eurynome has a number of details about their story from earlier, but experimenting with the sound, Diometrix had also found their voice through a beautiful singer named "Leach".

Despite the diversity of the tracks, "Eurynome" is an integral composition, in which Alex, Roman and Alexander put all that they left aside in their previous album "Newfoundland".

Let the cold Siberian wind into your house with Diometrix's music.


artist: Diometrix
albumname: How Do Things Inspire
sku: diometrix-howdothings
upc: 847646004319
also:
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description:
How Do Things Inspire features atmospheric guitar melodies, mixed with ambient tones and powerful drums, that evoke a feel of loneliness, but in a warm and mostly welcoming fashion.

You can start your journey in the cornfield, near an old and abandoned countryside. Let yourself see beauty even in the most simple things with Diometrix's music.

How Do Things Inspire is a new, conceptual release by the Siberian band Diometrix.


artist: Diometrix
albumname: Newfoundland
sku: diometrix-newfoundland
upc: 876809008673
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/newfoundland/id399656093
also:
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description:
diometrix fans have said numerous times that the music on NEWFOUNDLAND miraculously conveys the atmosphere of unity with nature. For one there seems to be a rain, for another endless ocean, and thirdly giant icebergs on the Northern pole. The mere fact that diometrix members live in Siberia, is reflected in their creations. The picturesque nature of far-eastern Russia, with its fluffy snow and dense forests, cold winters and rainy autumns makes itself felt in NEWFOUNDLAND. Without getting into the genres, diometrix themselves classify their music as Siberian, with an emphasis on the fact that there is the spirit of this extraordinary place within it. You have the unique opportunity to let a little piece of cold Siberia into your home, along with diometrix music.


artist: Dixie Cannon
albumname: I Catch the Wind
sku: dixiecannon-catchthewind
upc: 847646008508
also:
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description:
The songs on this album are united by the theme of spiritual search, the search itself, and love. Musical arrangements of the songs, in addition to unusual and modern experiments with sound, rooted in classic English pop, rock, folk and psychedelic type of the late sixties and seventies.


artist: Dixie Cannon
albumname: Highland Sunrise
sku: dixiecannon-highlandsunrise
upc: 847646008539
also:
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description:
Highland Sunrise is a compilation of instrumental compositions from different years. Also includes works written especially for the theatre and movies. A lot of tracks from this album can be used like a background music for cafe and restaurants, advertising, commercial, TV-shows, radio and TV broadcast, etc.


artist: Dixie Cannon
albumname: Monkey Town
sku: dixiecannon-monkeytown
upc: 847646008515
also:
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description:
Monkey Town is a first solo album by Dixie Cannon. Some of the tracks recorded with his band "Barley Corn" and musician friends in the period 2006-2008.


artist: Dixie Cannon
albumname: Till We Make It Alive
sku: dixiecannon-tillwemakeit
upc: 847646008522
also:
dixiecannon-highlandsunrise dixiecannon-monkeytown icicle-resonance mikegoudreau-twentyyears fourstones-chronic2 amydenio-tongues vstrs-vstrs mountain-deadbeatsep mountain-dreadnought dknowler-blankriver icicle-silence braun-modern jaxbros-elementary ckgem-theend katrinawreede-addviola ckgem-ithurts cthuotte-caughtsummers mercy-inbed wcr-onmyway mercy-devilremixes

description:
This album is a compilation of works by Dixie Cannon early years. All tracks recorded with his folk-rock band "Barley Corn" in the period 1997-2000.


artist: DJ Cary
albumname: Sonic Chill
sku: djcary-sonicchill
upc: 876809006754
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/sonic-chill/id336070757
also:
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description:
Sonic Chill album for sale by DJ Cary was released Aug 12, 2008 on the Magnatune label. Sonic Chill CD music contains a single disc with 11 songs.


artist: DJ Cary
albumname: After Dinner Lounge
sku: magnacomp-dinnerlounge
upc: 876809003739
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257898230&s=143444
also:
magnacomp-downchill2 magnacomp-powersynths magnacomp-dinner magnacomp-cc estrem-bachcello artemis-auralei attictrax-wherewhat dubmaster-indub fulton-harpersholiday rildrim-syntheticdream fielding-pieces quist-lucidity wahl-symmetry asteria-jaqueline asteria-souvenir fielding-lightfields teng-enchanted chadlawson-solochristmas

description:
Features relaxing, chilled tracks sampled from the albums of several Magnatune artists, crossing several genres.


artist: DJ Cary
albumname: Downtempo Chill
sku: magnacomp-downchill
upc: 876809003722
itunes: NONE
also:
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description:
The first in a series of downtempo compilations from online record label Magnatune.com, featuring 14 different artists.


artist: DJ Cary
albumname: Downtempo Chill 2
sku: magnacomp-downchill2
upc: 876809004675
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257898346&s=143444
also:
magnacomp-downchill magnacomp-electromelange fielding-pieces magnacomp-meditation curl-complex tokyo-tokyoinst magnacomp-dinner francoiscouture-tapespeed attictrax-wherewhat dubmaster-indub chadlawson-spacebetween drkuch-progress rrich-trances1 hanschristian-surrender estrem-bachcello rrich-atlasdei asteria-jaqueline asteria-souvenir

description:
Smoky trip-hop beats meet the cool purity of vocals from Lisa Debenedictis, Ammonite, Artemis, and Lizzi. These are rounded out by some choice atmospherics like "Direction Dub" from Beat Under Control and "Waterfall" by Solar Cycle. The mood of this album is mellow and hushed?these are the kind of tracks that stand out much better on a compilation than on their albums of origin.


artist: DJ Cary
albumname: Eastern Grooves
sku: magnacomp-eastgroove
upc: 876809004002
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257772280&s=143444
also:
magnacomp-electromelange magnacomp-downchill2 attictrax-wherewhat quist-lucidity kara-kara shiva-nour magnacomp-persuasion hanschristian-rumi quist-moon monom-foresttales fulton-harpersholiday tokyo-tokyo skarazula-litha shiva-ethnic magnacomp-relaxclass genco-numinous francoiscouture-tapespeed ryoutasato-forkingdom

description:
The best selling of all DJ Cary's compilations, Eastern Grooves has a friendly, mid-tempo groove throughout much of the album, making it ideal for work and after-work alike. Eastern influences are abundant, of course, and the overall sensibility here is a modern, cosmopolitan one interwoven with more timeless sounding material such as "Kereshme" by Stellamara. The subtle beats return with "Mirrored Image" by Cargo Cult?an irresistable track by Cargo Cult. Next comes the tabla seduction of "Dance of the Aisles" and the understated poetics of "Arabesque" by Hans Christian. We especially like the atmospheric "Waddi Jah" by Rapoon, which blends what sounds like 1920's Indian radio broadcasts with fizzy, floaty ambient loops.


artist: DJ Cary
albumname: Electromelange
sku: magnacomp-electromelange
upc: 876809005979
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=267136559&s=143444
also:
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description:
A good mood in album form, DJ Cary has come out with another of her fabulous mixes, and this one will keep you grooving happily all day long. A wonderful assortment of world-influenced electronic music, featuring some of our most popular artists including Williamson, Four Stones, and Burning Babylon. Enjoy!


artist: DJ Cary
albumname: Power Synths
sku: magnacomp-powersynths
upc: 876809004682
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257912517&s=143444
also:
magnacomp-downchill magnacomp-electromelange attictrax-wherewhat artemis-auralei rildrim-syntheticdream hanschristian-rumi hanschristian-rumiinst francoiscouture-tapespeed artemis-gravity dubmaster-indub rrich-trances1 rrich-echo curl-complex magnacomp-dinner kinkyatoms-whitenoise tokyo-tokyoinst quist-silver

description:
Though it's called "Power Synths" this compilation actually features the more subdued, finespun side of Magnatune's favorite electronic artists like Dr. Kuch, Cargo Cult, and Four Stones. Liquid synths burble and glint with subtle energy, and there are loops and flourishes as delicate and detailed as a chandelier.


artist: DJ Markitos
albumname: Evolution of the Mind
sku: markitos-evolution
upc: 876809002725
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257773891&s=143444
also:
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description:
Evolution of the Mind is the trance of DJ Markitos, a young producer from the Slovak Republic who fell in love with the utterly non-commercial nature of the underground scene there and captured it perfectly in his music. It's all in there: the layered, textured sounds, washes, crescendos, and occasional soulful vocals. Definitely evocative of the underground parties and raves that centered around electronic music itself as the main attraction as well as the blissful anonymity and release it provided to those who danced to it all night long.


artist: DJ Markitos
albumname: Inside Your Dreams
sku: markitos-inside
upc: 876809002718
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257913265&s=143444
also:
markitos-sequences birdy-alter markitos-unreachable domased-return domased-newmemories mantic-epigrams mantic-eponyms wickedboy-filthy wickedboy-chemistry birdy-evenings strojovna-iii strojovna-switch hunterjacks-singlebarrel atek-horrorbox seismic-afterburner rootsrebel-looking rootsrebel-surfacing oldrecruits-keepheadup elecfrank-deadback


artist: DJ Markitos
albumname: Sequences of Life
sku: markitos-sequences
upc: 876809006396
itunes: NONE
also:
markitos-inside markitos-slower birdy-alter domased-return domased-newmemories mantic-epigrams mantic-eponyms wickedboy-filthy wickedboy-chemistry processor-medition birdy-evenings strojovna-iii strojovna-switch seismic-afterburner rootsrebel-looking rootsrebel-surfacing nickking-closeup numa-numa


artist: DJ Markitos
albumname: Slower Emotions-138 BPM Remixes
sku: markitos-slower
upc: 876809002701
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257777924&s=143444
also:
markitos-sequences mantic-epigrams mantic-eponyms introspekt-ideology markitos-unreachable mojoradio-mojoradio domased-return domased-newmemories version-versions beatunder-intro birdy-alter wickedboy-filthy mokhov-euphoricmagic wickedboy-chemistry funkinchely-jungleinstrumental psycliq-risingsun seismic-highroller palargic-bleedingsun


artist: DJ Markitos
albumname: Unreachable Destiny
sku: markitos-unreachable
upc: 876809003814
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257899116&s=143444
also:
markitos-evolution markitos-inside domased-return domased-newmemories birdy-alter mantic-epigrams mantic-eponyms birdy-evenings andromeda-dreamgirl strojovna-iii strojovna-switch atek-horrorbox seismic-afterburner andrewjohn-berlincalls atek-devil numa-numainst rootsrebel-looking rootsrebel-surfacing amydenio-tongues


artist: Dmitry Krasnoukhov
albumname: About Love
sku: dkrasnoukhov-aboutlove
upc: 847646009031
also:
dkrasnoukhov-angelbirth dkrasnoukhov-dropsrainbow josephnimoh-reflections juansanchez-rebirth gianmarcoleone-dancing francoiscouture-suiteforaine euchmad-lightoff chadlawson-summer dini-sunearth chadlawson-autumn andrewjohn-coolsilence euchmad-whendroplets kimribeiro-majestic francoiscouture-aftertherain ewallace-letshibernate ehren-crywolf andrewjohn-majestic ewallace-rabbithole magnacomp-dinner

description:
Do you know how to love?

If you say that there is probably you are right.

Think like a child, when the whole world seemed to be a fairy tale, and all the people - the good fairies. As time passed, it turned out that this is not true, or rather, not exactly....

The first grievance, meet with incomprehension and wrong changed the picture of the world, covering the heart.

It will take years before it becomes clear that the world is what it is, but you can build, change it at will, to do this real fairy tale.

And this tale, who lives in a strong heart, perhaps, another warm, but weak and weary heart and dissolve the pain will get stronger soul shine with joy and love, and who knows, perhaps God himself will smile back?


artist: Dmitry Krasnoukhov
albumname: The Angel Birth
sku: dkrasnoukhov-angelbirth
upc: 847646009000
also:
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description:
The Angel Birth is a travel from reality into a beyond-the-reality World. On waves of terrestrial elements - wind, water, sun, we shall transfer ourselves to the Worlds of Origin. The image of the angel under my fingers on piano keys has become the real angel that was born in these Higher Worlds. Her destiny depends on us. Whether we shall grow fond of Her, whether we shall remember Her and ask for help... You see the angels are always ready to help, it is their work. Their help - rest in our souls, clarity in our consciousness, love in our hearts, simplicity and openness in our relationships. Be happy!


artist: Dmitry Krasnoukhov
albumname: Drops of Rainbow
sku: dkrasnoukhov-dropsrainbow
upc: 847646009024
also:
dkrasnoukhov-fairypeace dkrasnoukhov-angelbirth josephnimoh-reflections andrewjohn-majestic euchmad-lightoff andrewjohn-coolsilence dini-sunearth modica-myheartisacastle juansanchez-rebirth robertotto-intounknown dini-bliss chadlawson-thepiano ehren-crywolf bgoodrich-waiting francoiscouture-aftertherain gianmarcoleone-dancing kspringer-hope angelight-heavenlyangels francoiscouture-suiteforaine euchmad-whendroplets

description:
New age romantic piano music that brings calmness, rest and hope to a tired hearts. Epitomises the vulnerability of Chopin, melodies of Kevin Kern, filigree of Keiko Matsui's and the elegance of Giovanni and Richard Klaiderman.


artist: Dmitry Krasnoukhov
albumname: Fairy Peace
sku: dkrasnoukhov-fairypeace
upc: 847646008997
also:
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description:
Travelling in a wonderful country, every corner is so close and at the same time completely unknown.


artist: Dmitry Krasnoukhov
albumname: Fly
sku: dkrasnoukhov-fly
upc: 876809009724
also:
dkrasnoukhov-waveswings josephnimoh-reflections lukegartnerbrereton-roguesandlovers dkrasnoukhov-legend koshanin-sacredtree wahl-playingwithsilence aitua-medievalgame euchmad-whendroplets ewallace-letshibernate estrem-musicoffernandosor euchmad-lightoff ehren-crywolf juansanchez-rebirth paternoster-pericoli6sonate sambodhiprem-mirrorofthesun pavlova-presents

description:
They say the Lord tests his loved ones. It happens that people do not know about it, and are not separated from suffering. For those who find it difficult to say goodbye to the past, this music will give hope. Who has forgotten that the Angel is always there - let him remember... And do not forget your loved ones - those who are near and who are no longer there.


artist: Dmitry Krasnoukhov
albumname: Legend
sku: dkrasnoukhov-legend
upc: 847646008980
also:
dkrasnoukhov-angelbirth dkrasnoukhov-dropsrainbow josephnimoh-reflections dini-sunearth euchmad-lightoff andrewjohn-majestic andrewjohn-coolsilence juansanchez-rebirth dini-ontogeny francoiscouture-suiteforaine vasilyboykov-quietude satori-spaceoflight francoiscouture-groundcherry kflexer-kflexerfriends lukegartnerbrereton-roguesandlovers ehren-crywolf ppavan-lines vasilyboykov-relaxation4elements

description:
The space of music is unlimited, and one can find in it flows of any degree of complexity and beauty. But sources of transparency - they are not too frequent, and far not every wave does without bringing gray foam ashore, right?

Dmitry Krasnoukhov seems to be lucky in this sense - when listening to his music, one imagines and feels the pure sources... Sure, when saying "lucky" - one does not mean blind chance, but the result of some inner work, of a certain stage of the road. For, if you listen to previous recordings by Dmitry - you understand: it is exactly about the path, beauty and joy. Well, and, moreover, it seems that "Legend" is currently the best album by Dmitry Krasnoukhov. At least in what regards inner harmony, balance, confidence in pauses - this is a different degree of attention, clarity, skills. No hurry, fuss, the whole album is a natural flow, convincing and beautiful in all of its transformations...


artist: Dmitry Krasnoukhov
albumname: On the Wave's Wings
sku: dkrasnoukhov-waveswings
upc: 847646009017
also:
dkrasnoukhov-fly josephnimoh-reflections andrewjohn-majestic estrem-lawsonvoltwo dkrasnoukhov-legend wahl-playingwithsilence mikegoudreau-jereste modica-myheartisacastle ppavan-lines euchmad-whendroplets estrem-reicha mogilalia-sometimescity sambodhiprem-mirrorofthesun billrobinson-thirdconcert chrisfield-personalelegy

description:
The Crimea is more than just a geopolitically important stretch of land between Ukraine and Russia. This region is known for its beautiful landscapes and its vibrant culture.

It is where Dmitry is part of musical life every summer. Hence, getting inspired by the Crimea and expressing things in impressive piano pieces in classical style would seem like the most natural thing in the universe. On the Wave's Wings, Dmitry is doing exactly that: the album reflects impressions of summer trips to the Crimea with its immense vastness, width and soaring vistas. An album for dreamers, On the Wave's Wings is great for relaxation and daydreaming. Are you ready for a fascinating journey? Then, you should give this album a listen!


artist: Domased
albumname: New Memories
sku: domased-newmemories
upc: 876809002688
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257832948&s=143444
also:
domased-return domased-selection dammersonv-thedoor beatunder-cosmic markitos-unreachable introspekt-ideology beatunder-intro dammersonv-overnight doublethink-dawn markitos-evolution seismic-afterburner palargic-ambitronika rootsrebel-looking rootsrebel-surfacing seismic-deadmans acosmo-inbetween birdy-alter mantic-epigrams numa-numa

description:
The man hidden behind the "Domased Electronica" is called Ladislav Zajic and he is a Slovak producer of electronic music. He was born in 1975 and produces mainly music in the styles of old-school trance, down-tempo, ambient and lately also progressive trance.


artist: Domased
albumname: Return Back
sku: domased-return
upc: 876809002671
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257899557&s=143444
also:
domased-newmemories domased-selection beatunder-cosmic beatunder-intro introspekt-ideology markitos-unreachable dammersonv-thedoor markitos-evolution seismic-afterburner rootsrebel-looking rootsrebel-surfacing seismic-deadmans acosmo-inbetween birdy-alter mantic-epigrams numa-numa mantic-eponyms psycliq-risingsun dammersonv-overnight


artist: Domased
albumname: Selection
sku: domased-selection
upc: 876809004217
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257978310&s=143444
also:
domased-return domased-newmemories dbautista-fifteen dbautista-weirdos beatunder-cosmic markitos-unreachable introspekt-ideology beatunder-intro dammersonv-thedoor markitos-evolution seismic-afterburner rootsrebel-looking funkinchely-riseandfall rootsrebel-surfacing seismic-deadmans acosmo-inbetween birdy-alter mantic-epigrams nickking-closeup

description:
A great album of old-school trance from an artist who really knows what he's doing. Whether it's the shimmering aphid waves of "He Is Leaving Us," the croaky alien amble of "Another Lifeform," or the rising and falling electronic burble of "Voices," Selections is full of highly textured sonic goodness.


artist: Domased
albumname: Slowdown
sku: domased-slowdown
upc: 876809002664
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257899910&s=143444
also:
domased-return domased-newmemories beatunder-cosmic introspekt-ideology beatunder-intro rebel-explode mantic-eponyms markitos-unreachable acosmo-inbetween strojovna-number1 psycliq-halt dammersonv-thedoor markitos-evolution seismic-afterburner processor-game psycliq-rnt opened-occult rootsrebel-looking strojovna-dirnix seismic-deadmans


artist: doublethink
albumname: Dawn - Je Ne Crois
sku: doublethink-dawn
upc: 876809008154
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/dawn-je-ne-crois/id373664605
also:
dixiecannon-highlandsunrise hunterjacks-singlebarrel spoons-party dixiecannon-monkeytown townmonster-julsept novaexpress-gimme kokoon-nothree vstrs-vstrs ashganley-cruelwater cthuotte-caughtsummers kokoon-erase dknowler-wetgeom oldrecruits-lookinfly oldrecruits-keepheadup mercy-devil chinaski-megatonpie hollywoodrunks-swell psycliq-halt deepwinter-deepwinter brokenpoets-brokenpoets

description:
doublethink's new release is their most cohesive and confident work to date. Buckling down in a previously unknown creative place, this album finds a band that no one IN the band even knew really existed. Powerful, challenging, dark but overall extremely melodic, every song on the album sounds like an explosion of energy and exhausting creativity. It prickles your ears, and challenges your brain and your senses like no other doublethink release has. Their previous efforts are good, but this is the first one that is great.


artist: doublethink
albumname: Seeing Red
sku: doublethink-seeingred
upc: 876809005726
also:
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description:
A hard hitting, driving-with-the-windows-down shot of fresh air. Produced by Kevin Shirley (Led Zeppelin, Silverchair, Our Lady Peace, The Black Crowes, and many more) this album was the band's first attempt to refine their sound into a distinctive work. Recorded mostly live at The Document Room Studios in Malibu, California on the hills overlooking the Pacific ocean, it's hard not to get caught up in the energy and fun that the songs on this album give off..


artist: Doug Hamer
albumname: Acoustic Journal
sku: doughamer-acousticjrnl
upc: 847646005835
also:
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description:
Acoustic Journal has truly been a musical journey, a special voyage of the heart to places and experiences that have left an indelible impression on the artists soul.

Every composition is intended to carry the listener across time, across mountains and oceans through a wide array of emotions. Each original piece represents a memory and is intended to capture an impression of a special moment in time.

This project is purely Doug doing what he loves best. It is comprised solely of his original melodies and arrangements while playing his beloved Martin and as such this album gives the listener an intimate glimpse into the very heart of the writer and guitar-stylist. He considers music to be one of life's greatest blessings and each song he has written to be a gift. Growing up surrounded by the coastal mountains and waters of Puget Sound, his writing and even his playing style has invariably been influenced by the beauty of his surroundings. The texture, mood and flow of his compositions reflect his love of nature and gratitude for our Creator. Relax and enjoy the journey.


artist: Doug Hamer
albumname: Rainforest Suite
sku: doughamer-rainforestsuite
upc: 847646005828
also:
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description:
"Well named, Rainforest Suite. You can feel and smell the dampness, see the green and hear the echo of the woods around you. The first track is called "Silent Voices" and it places you deep in the middle of a silent forest. In "Spirit Lake", single strings being plucked give the sense of raindrops hitting large green leaves. This album is labeled new age and is predictably calming and peaceful. It would work well as background music; however, I found it extremely energizing and exciting when I just sat and listened closely. A uniquely moving work."
Jeanette Housner, VICTORY REVIEW- Acoustic Music Review Magazine

Doug Hamer, composer/guitarist has recorded Rainforest Suite, a beautiful acoustic impressionistic album. Rainforest Suite is currently being aired on radio stations in Europe and Japan as well as on diverse acoustic radio stations in the USA, (National Public Radio,etc).

Doug's tracks "Spirit Lake" and "Fragile", also taken from the album, were featured on the very popular European radio station, Alooga Lounge (Jazz/Ethno/Abstract/Ambient) with "Spirit Lake" airing at number one on the playlist. Doug uses 6 and 12-String and Classical guitars, Piano, Fretless Bass, Vibes, Sitar, Tamboura, Flute, Synthesizer and Percussion.


artist: DP Kaufman
albumname: Fear and Curiosity
sku: dpkaufman-fearcuriosity
upc: 847646006863
also:
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description:
With "Fear and Curiosity", Kaufman dives into a lush, layered post-rock sound. He draws from his previous work in electronic and orchestral production, but the soundscapes take on an entirely new character. Sweeping washed-out guitars and unorthodox rhythmic elements create a delicate balance between simmering intensity and subdued ambience. Complex sonic architecture carries the simple soaring melodies into an otherworldly space.


artist: DP Kaufman
albumname: Lullabies for the Apocalypse
sku: dpkaufman-lullapocalypse
upc: 847646005002
also:
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description:
Lullabies for the Apocalypse is meant to create the image of a father telling stories to his child in the midst of a chaotic environment; sonically complex, accessible melodies set against the backdrop of darker, brooding textures and rhythms. While certainly within the ambient electronic category, it still maintains an organic warmth and richness often absent within the genre.


artist: DP Kaufman
albumname: As the Ruin Falls
sku: dpkaufman-ruinfalls
upc: 876809008635
also:
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description:
"As the Ruin Falls" is a collection of instrumental electronic/experimental soundscapes; complex textures and occasionally bizarre instrumentations are melded into melody-driven compositions that often betray the composer's classical roots. Listeners of Jon Hopkins or Ulrich Schnauss will immediately appreciate the album's constant attention to both melody and rhythm, and each listen reveals new sonic intricacies.


artist: DP Kaufman
albumname: The Valley Below
sku: dpkaufman-valleybellow
upc: 876809000684
also:
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description:
North Carolina Film Composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Doug Kaufman has returned with The Valley Below, an album that unfolds in pure magical melancholia. It's delicate piano and guitar compositions, lavishly textured by gorgeous string arrangements and haunting airy synths, spawn wistful and hope-filled melodies that soar and subside in cinematic grandeur.
"The Valley Below" echoes the same masterful strokes as Kaufman's 2014 release "Fear And Curiosity" with its expansive ambient electronica laid out like a sumptuous blanket but it's the addition of guitar to the forefront and improved songwriting that makes this a far more compelling listen. The creative process explains Kaufman was completely different.
"Whereas "Fear And Curiosity" was for me a musical representation of processing some psychological questions of our motivations, and hope and tragedy, "The Valley Below" was more of a purely musical exploration; following the emotional trajectory of each sound as I tried some different directions. "Memorial" was recorded on an old upright piano, but then I experimented with a lot of sampled percussion and synth patches. The second track, "To Face the Unknown", was an attempt at more of a pure guitar-driven post-rock sound. Later in the album, I incorporated some string arrangements from a group in Saint Petersburg I worked with, as well as some more purely ambient concepts. So kind of working backwards - starting with musical concepts and seeing where that led as opposed to starting with a concept and writing for it".
The Valley Below is an intimate listen with a nostalgic desire, each piece touching an emotional nerve and resulting in a stirring score yearning for a film, with tracks like "Memorial", "Eyes Aglow", "Cerro Torre" and "Through Black" striking deeply and deserving to be graced with the larger than life treatment of the silver screen.


artist: Dr Kuch
albumname: Analog Disease
sku: domased-analog
upc: 876809002657
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257900012&s=143444
also:
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description:
Magnatune staff favorite Analog Disease is boppy and dance-y and exactly ten thousand times more charismatic than the vast majority of electronic music. Dr. Kuch are three guys from Nantes, France, and they want to know "Does anyone know how to save musical creation?" They are apparently, "very upset of listening shit anywhere." We couldn't agree more, and feel much better now that Dr. Kuch is on the job. Standout tracks too numerous to mention, but we especially love "Completely Mysticism," "The Persuaders Dub," and "Oui Mossieur Chuibelle."


artist: Dr Kuch
albumname: We Can't Stop Progress
sku: drkuch-progress
upc: 876809008017
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/we-cant-stop-progress/id346389339
also:
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description:
They're French, they're soooo-sophisticated and they ooze "le funk". Laugh at your friends who are still listening to Jamiroquai, and hear a classic example of loose, fun French electronica.


artist: Dr Sounds
albumname: Abstract Love
sku: drsounds-abstract
upc: 876809009502
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/abstract-love/id414551115
also:
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description:
Lush sounds of ambiance: a balance of dark pitches, set to the higher energy of the love which surrounds all beings. Relaxing and deep. Meditative ambient.


artist: Dr Sounds
albumname: Bungalow
sku: drsounds-bungalow
upc: 847646005149
also:
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description:
Bungalow is an album inspired by the series "30 Degrees in February", particularly the feelings of the character Joy and the bungalows in Thailand. The music is influenced by the events from the series, including the drastic emotions felt when the bungalow catches on fire and the feelings for Joy and Pong on the beach. Thus the name of the album is born 'Bungalow'.

So the dream the music is created on, is about sitting in a bungalow, swimming in the sea and having a nice date with Joy (being Pong), and still being able to take advantage of new technology to reach out with music.


artist: Drop Trio
albumname: Big Dipper
sku: droptrio-bigdipper
upc: 876809002633
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257834662&s=143444
also:
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description:
Deliciously mathy structures overlaid with highly original, funk-tinged instrumental grooves are what you'll get on the perennial Magnatune jazz best-seller, Big Dipper by the award-winning Drop Trio. This group thrives on improvisation and is influenced by avant-garde jazz, so the overall vibe here is loose, but the chops here are tight and the structure is never neglected, so the overall effect is pretty darn airtight. This is a great album to put on in the afternoon while you're working, or in the evening when you're ready for happy hour. It's upbeat yet just mellow enough too, it'll keep you moving forward without dragging you down.


artist: Drop Trio
albumname: Cezanne
sku: droptrio-cezanne
upc: 876809004316
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257776216&s=143444
also:
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description:
Drop Trio's third release is a live album recorded in Houston's most famous jazz club, Cezanne's, and it really shows off the unity they've achieved as a group. The performance was made to an overflow crowd, and sound engineer Kirk Madden does a great job of capturing the kinetic, buzzy feeling of a live show while making sure the music stays front and center. "It was an edge-of-your-seat kind of night," said drummer Nuje Blattel. New songs on the album include the reggae-influenced "Luna," mixed-meter funk opus "L.U.G.," and the explosive non-linear swing tune "Shelby."


artist: Dubmaster Conte
albumname: Dub Protection
sku: dubmaster-dubprotection
upc: 847646011485
also:
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description:
I am happy to present my new Dub/Reggae record "Dub Protection". After years of preparation, study, and experimentation, I am finally ready to share with you my solo work. It is a record that expresses my passion for dub and reggae music, mixing rhythms, sounds, dubbing effects, voices and atmospheres into an original and engaging mix. The record contains ten tracks, each with its own story, its own personality, its own vibe. I hope you enjoy it and that it will make you dance, dream, reflect and defeat babylon.
Thank you all for your support and trust.
Bless!

Dubmaster Conte: music and arrangments, bass guitar & dubs, mixing and mastering

mixing & mastering @ Magic Garden Studio

www.dubmasterconte.com


artist: Dubmaster Conte
albumname: Final Beats Vol. 1 - Hinterland Milano Crew
sku: dubmaster-finalbeats1
upc: 847646010839
also:
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description:
Created between 2004 and 2008 by the maker and producer of the Hinterland Milano Crew, Dubmaster Conte, this series of albums was inspired by the hip hop from the 90ies. They all share an old-school beat style and a genuine urban atmosphere, in which warm sounds and different rhythmic structures were masterfully coupled with lyrics to give each track a distinctive character. These albums have inspired the free-style performances of several MCs as well as the scratching and cuttings of various turntablists. What's more? The albums are also perfect as beats for lead instruments, or just for listening while chilling and grooving to the sound.


artist: Dubmaster Conte
albumname: Final Beats Vol. 2 - Hinterland Milano Crew
sku: dubmaster-finalbeats2
upc: 847646010846
also:
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description:
Created between 2004 and 2008 by the maker and producer of the Hinterland Milano Crew, Dubmaster Conte, this series of albums was inspired by the hip hop from the 90ies. They all share an old-school beat style and a genuine urban atmosphere, in which warm sounds and different rhythmic structures were masterfully coupled with lyrics to give each track a distinctive character. These albums have inspired the free-style performances of several MCs as well as the scratching and cuttings of various turntablists. What's more? The albums are also perfect as beats for lead instruments, or just for listening while chilling and grooving to the sound.


artist: Dubmaster Conte
albumname: Final Beats Vol 3 - Hinterland Milano Crew
sku: dubmaster-finalbeats3
upc: 847646010853
also:
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description:
Created between 2004 and 2008 by the maker and producer of the Hinterland Milano Crew, Dubmaster Conte, this series of albums was inspired by the hip hop from the 90ies. They all share an old-school beat style and a genuine urban atmosphere, in which warm sounds and different rhythmic structures were masterfully coupled with lyrics to give each track a distinctive character. These albums have inspired the free-style performances of several MCs as well as the scratching and cuttings of various turntablists. What's more? The albums are also perfect as beats for lead instruments, or just for listening while chilling and grooving to the sound.


artist: Dubmaster Conte
albumname: Final Beats Vol 4 - Hinterland Milano Crew
sku: dubmaster-finalbeats4
upc: 847646010945
also:
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description:
This album is inspired by the Hip Hop from the 90ies, which was characterized by an old-school beat style and by genuine urban vibes. The warm sound and the rhythmic structures of the tracks give this album its distinctive character. They were produced by the beat maker and producer of the Hinterland Milano Crew, Dubmaster Conte, between 2004 and 2008. In 2020, the tracks were remastered at the Magic Garden Studio, using new hardware and vinyl techniques. Since then, the album has has inspired several free-style performances and the scratching and cuttings of several turntablists. Even better, the albums is also perfect for listening while chilling and grooving to the sound.

Links:

https://dubmasterconte.bandcamp.com/ https://hinterlandmilano.bandcamp.com/ www.dubmasterconte.com


artist: Dubmaster Conte
albumname: in Dub
sku: dubmaster-indub
upc: 847646006351
also:
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description:
After different years and many musical adventures Dubmaster Conte is back with a solo album. A work completely dedicated to his first musical and genuine love: Dub Music.

Bass-heavy riddims, advanced delay techniques, deep reverbs for a dubby space are the trademarks of this album. The sounds are rich and tight, the bass is just phat and put forward.

It is an energetic take, largely instrumental and saturated with delay, reverbs and horns. The organic mix follows the structures of the original Dub of the seventies and eighties. Some field recordings were used in the final mix to create an unique sonic collage.

The songs were created during different periods and largely were written during the Artist's travels and movements. Collected together, they were mixed and dubbed in the Magic Garden home studio. So it's easy to understand why the album, unconsciously and genuinely, is created and built around the theme of the human journey. A physical and spiritual journey able to free the listener from the bad vibes of babylon.

Bass guitar, Drum machines, Sampler, Field recordings, Synths, Keys, Processings, Dubbings, Mixing and Mastering by Dubmaster Conte.


artist: Dubmaster Conte
albumname: Sonic Reflections
sku: dubmaster-sonicreflections
upc: 847646011195
also:
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description:
It is with much delight that Dubmaster Conte (from Entheogenic Sound Explorers and Liquid Rainbow) presents you his new solo album, Sonic Reflections.

Get ready for an album full of rhythm and musical might. Dubmaster Conte takes you on a journey through his memories, such as a mountain hike, the bridges of Amsterdam, the wonder of nature. His reflections on these experiences and his love for music flowed into every single of these tracks. Come travel back in time with him and listen to how his reflections cause the sound spheres to evolve.

This album draws from a variety of different musical styles, including Electronica, Jazz, Trip Hop, Blues, D'n'B and House. Underlying this always always are a dubby and ambient influence, and creative mixing.

All Songs played, arranged & recorded by Dubmaster Conte

Mixing & Mastering by Dubmaster Conte @ Magic Garden Studio

Synth on "Colour Variations"" and Cover Photo by Marta Salamina

Album Graphics by Piero Marchesi

..on the cover: Dubmaster Conte & Mia (the Dog from Palermo) for more:
www.dubmasterconte.com


artist: Dubtrak
albumname: Shoreline 303
sku: dubtrak-shoreline303
upc: 847646001127
also:
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description:
I'm hoping I can interest you in new music from Dubtrak. "Shoreline 303" is an 8-track album of smooth and easy flowing downtempo beats. Deep groove melodica licks, lush synth pads and wave-crushing sounds give this nautical-theme music a unique, cross-genre vibe. Tracks are steeped in deep dub techno flavor yet the music feels much warmer and more colorful than most, typical dub techno tracks. Rather than invoking images of gray and fog covered seas, music on this album transport a listener to a sunny beach, with warm sand and fragrant air. Thanks to the skillful use of melodica organic sound, analog leads and rich, layered synth pads, Dubtrak creates an album of unique dimension: a fusion of downtempo electronica, retro synth pop and cinematic ambient soundscape.

Let's hope "Shoreline 303" will be your new, favourite destination!


artist: Dufay Collective
albumname: Cancionero
sku: dufay-cancionero
upc: 876809008628
also:
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description:
Music for the Spanish Court 1470-1520.
This disk of medieval repertoire spans the end of the 15th and the early 16th century, in what was Spain's golden age. The music comes from two main sources - the Cancionero Palacio containing songs and instrumental music from the court of Ferdinand and Isabella; and the manuscript Montecassino 871, associated with the Spanish court in Naples.

Nominated for a GRAMMY and winner of a CMA/WQXR Record Award, this disc was also chosen as GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE's DISC OF THE YEAR.

What the critics have said::

'...highly attractive... Quite irresistible.'
The Sunday Times

'Easily surpasses the competition.'
BBC Music Magazine

'It is surely one of the best anthologies of this repertory to have appeared on CD...be sure to add this one to your collection...Superb.'
Gramophone

'Performed with grace and joy...a delightful recording.'
Classical Music Web

'I hope that cover's only temporary. It looks more like a Karate instruction manual.'
Peter's Mum


artist: Dufay Collective
albumname: A Lestampida
sku: dufay-estampida
upc: 876809008611
also:
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description:
A L'Estampida (153/4th Anniversary Edition) - Medieval Dance Music.

Due to continuing demand for this, their first ever release, the group decided to re-release it as a souvenir to mark their fifteen (and three-quarterth!) anniversary. Complete with downloadable sleeve notes giving a potted history of the band and its chequered career, this infectious medieval dance music will take you on a toe-tapping tour round the European musical scene at a time when popular music was still a good deal more sophisticated than dentistry.

"This disc is a smile a minute. Delights abound in this fantastic trip through the late medieval and early renaissance. Superb ensemble playing from this fine group."
Kevin Sutton - MusicWeb Recordings of the Year 2005


artist: Duo Chambure
albumname: Vihuela Duets of Valderrabano
sku: chambure-valderrabano
upc: 876809002596
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257776640&s=143444
also:
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description:
Due Chambure brings renaissance Spain to life through the infinitely gentle compositions and transcriptions of Enriquez de Valderrabano. Valderrabano's music book is considered an important source of knowledge on vihuela music and early European music in general as it includes transcriptions of pieces by other significant composers of the time, but whether you're interested in these composers or not-this is an album of incredibly soothing and timeless instrumental music.


artist: Duo de Bois
albumname: Six Sonatas for Flute and Violin - Opus 51 - Boismortier
sku: bois-sixsonatas
upc: 876809005900
itunes: NONE
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description:
The press has described Stephen Schultz as "among the most flawless artists on the baroque flute," and here he teams up with Elizabeth Blumenstock of the "hair trigger virtuosity" on violin for a deeply charismatic performance of Joseph Bodin de Boismortier's sonatas. We always love it when such fresh, vibrant sensibilities are brought to bear on baroque compositions, and this album has been in heavy rotation since we got it.

Recorded by John Buckman for ToneGnome Classical Music Recordings


artist: Ed Durbrow
albumname: Renaissance Lute
sku: eddurbrow-renaissancelute
upc: 847646009949
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description:
The music on this CD spans the sixteenth century and early seventeenth century and represents countries throughout Europe. The lute was the most popular instrument of the Renaissance and the amount of music that has come down to us is enormous, despite the length of time and the lute virtually disappearing from use in the late 18th century.

The lute is one of the oldest of instruments, evolving perhaps from an ancient instrument made of a tortoise shell with some sinew stretched across it to the myriad forms we see in use today throughout the world (oud, biwa, mandolin). The defining characteristics of the Renaissance lute would be the pear shaped back made of many ribs, the bent back pegbox and the double strings (the highest sounding one is usually a single string).

Music for lute is written in a system called tablature which, rather than representing the pitch in normal musical notation, represents the position of the fingers on the fretboard by means of numbers or letters. This system is used today by many guitarists. Italian and French tablature have horizontal lines which represent the 6 highest strings of the lute with numbers or letters placed on or above the lines to show the fret position. German tablature has a separate symbol for each position.

Francesco da Milano (1497-1543) was so highly regarded in his time that he acquired the title "Il Divino", a title shared only with Michelangelo. His works were so popular they were still appearing in manuscripts 50 years after his death.

Virtually nothing is known of the life of Joan Ambrosio Dalza except that two lute books were published by the famous music publisher Ottaviano de'Petrucci of Venice. The two Dalza lute books (the first one being lost) were among the first printed lute music and some of the oldest lute tablature we have. The dances here are of a simpler style than the complicated polyphony of Francesco but have many interesting rhythmic surprises.

John Dowland (1564-1626) was the most famous lutenist of his day. A Catholic, he never gained the coveted position of lutenist at the protestant court of Queen Elizabeth. He was employed in the court of Denmark and traveled throughout the continent. His first book of songs published in 1597 established a genre which blossomed for the next 20 years.

Francis Cutting (?-1596), John Daniel (1564-1625) and Anthony Holborne (1562-1602) were well known English contemporaries of John Dowland. Kemp's Jig probably refers to the famous Shakespearean clown Will Kemp. The Volt and Current can be found in several sources in different countries but this version came from England.

Hans Neusidler (1510-1563) published several lute books in Nürnberg from 1536 to 1549. Welscher tantz would be a foreign, probably Italian, dance and Gassen hawer means street song.

Vinzenso Galilei (ca. 1525-91) came from a family of musicians and was the father of the famous astronomer. He was an important theorist of his time and a member of the Florentine Camerata which advocated the new monody style.

The Fantasia by Spain's Alonso Muddara (ca. 1515-1580) is well known among guitarists as the 'harp' fantasia. It is in the style of Ludvico, whom we gather to be a harpist. In the latter half of the piece, written right into the score, are the words "from here until the end are some false notes, but when played well they don't sound badly."

Pierre Attaignant was an important music publisher in France in the first half of the century. Ballard represents French music from a much later generation.

So ben mi c'ha bon tempo, Bianco fiore and Dell Attore come from Cesare Negri's dance treatise of 1602. All the music in this and the other important dance book of the period in Italy, Caroso's Il Ballerina, were written in lute tablature.

Little is known about Edward Noteworthy, but it is conjectured that he might be a distant relative of P.D.Q. Bach.


artist: Eduardo Figueroa and Oscar Ohlsen
albumname: Cifras Selectas de Guitarra, Santiago de Murcia 1722
sku: figueroaohlsen-cifraselect
upc: 847646001813
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description:
The manuscript "Cifras selectas de guitarra" (1722) of Santiago de Murcia (1673-1739) was found by the musicologist Alejandro Vera in Santiago, Chile, during research undertaken between 2003 and 2004. The seventy pieces in the manuscript in its current state (the last fifteen folios are lost) combine Spanish dances, suites, pasacalles in different meters and modes, French dances (mainly minuets) and some marches, including both new pieces in strict sense and new versions of preexistent settings by Murcia himself.

In this sense, "Cifras selectas de guitarra" represents a synthesis not only of Murcia's music as a whole, but of the genres cultivated by the guitarists of his time. The present album consists of a representative anthology of such a repertory.

See also:
Alejandro Vera (ed.): Santiago de Murcia: Cifras Selectas de Guitarra (vol. 1: introduction, transcription and critical report; vol. 2: facsimile), Middleton, Wisconsin: A-R Editions, 2010.
Alejandro Vera: "Santiago de Murcia (1673-1739): new contributions on his life and work", Early Music, 36/4 (2008): 597-608.


artist: Edward Martin
albumname: Allemande
sku: martin-allemande
upc: 876809007119
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/allemande/id339080859
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artist: Edward Martin
albumname: Art of the Lute in Renaissance France
sku: martin-artfrance
upc: 876809002565
itunes: NONE
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artist: Edward Martin
albumname: Les Larmes of Johannes Fresneau
sku: martin-leslarmes
upc: 847646010860
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artist: Edward Martin
albumname: Luis Milan - El Maestro
sku: martin-luismilan
upc: 876809002541
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257778213&s=143444
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artist: Edward Martin and Paul Berget
albumname: Baroque Lute Duets
sku: martin-duets
upc: 876809002589
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257776787&s=143444
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artist: Edward Martin and Thomas Walker
albumname: Courante
sku: martinwalker-courante
upc: 847646006856
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description:
This recording represents a unique attempt in the modern discography of lute music to seek out the beauty of the contrepartie, or "counterpart", in the French lute tradition.

The great French lutenists were above all formidable soloists, but often the solo music they wrote was accompanied in manuscript sources by a complementary part (the "counterpart") written for a second lute that would add harmony and resonance, and sometimes even extend thematic material, of the solo piece. While the solo piece could always stand alone, the addition of a second lute gives a result that is something rather more than the sum of its parts: sumptuous texture, synergistic sound, and greater compositional robustness, all of which is rare to hear in the modern concert hall.

Martin and Walker felt that the repertoire needed some longer, more involved pieces in addition to the characteristic small dance form prevalent in the repertoire. Seeking to discover a larger scale chaconne for duo turned fruitless, so Gamut Music commissioned Minnesota composer Tyler Kaiser to compose two counterparties; one for the G major Chaconne, the other for the A major Chaconne (Sarabande). He did so in a convincing manner, enhancing each respective piece without changing the character, and keeping in the style of each work.

Finally, a short note about the instruments used for this recording. In order to maximize the balance that is necessary for this remarkably delicate repertoire, the artists are playing an identical matching set of eleven-course French lutes that were specifically made for the recording by the gifted luthier Daniel Larson. The lutes are strung entirely with pure gut strings that were made by Gamut Music, and the nuance, warmth and depth of sound is immediately apparent to the discerning audiophile.


artist: Edward Martin and William Bastian
albumname: Virtues and Vices
sku: martin-virtues
upc: 876809002572
itunes: NONE
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artist: Ehren Starks
albumname: Cry Wolf
sku: ehren-crywolf
upc: 847646009741
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description:
"Cry Wolf" is Ehren Starks' third album. Written and recorded over the course of 15 years, it is his opus. Insisting every record be better than his last, Ehren explored new musical territories and influences to create this record.

As always though, life in general was his biggest influence. The trials and tribulations of life in a small town, love lost, substance abuse, mental breakdowns and coping with adulthood all shaped "Cry Wolf". The album seeks to encapsulate all the power of beauty, melancholy, torture, anger, joy, loneliness, and escapism during this period.

"Cry Wolf" though almost never saw the light of day. After a devastating computer meltdown, all the files were lost except for one source. With the help of a fan and the mastering skills of David Chutka, the pieces were put back together and the album finally came to be.


artist: Ehren Starks
albumname: The Depths of a Year
sku: ehren-depths
upc: 876809002534
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257918896&s=143444
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description:
This is the second body of work from pianist Ehren Starks who is joined by Kate Gurba on cello. At only age 19, Ehren wrote the entire album and approached Kate Gurba to work with him. Kate's cello adds a beautiful element that simply makes the album stand out. "The Depths of a Year" documents a relationship. This inspiration produces a wide range of songs and emotions heavily influenced by the works of Edgar Meyer, Radiohead, and Ehren's own style. This album has yet to disappoint a single listener. It is filled with beautiful melodies and is most often considered perfect for movies. So enjoy and thank you.

To give you an idea of Ehren's influences and inspiration, his favorite bands are: Radiohead, Wilco, Medeski Martin and Wood, The Strokes, Magnet, The Constantines, and Godspeed.


artist: Ehren Starks
albumname: Lines Build Walls
sku: ehren-lines
upc: 876809003821
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257778875&s=143444
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description:
A big best-seller on Magnatune, the second album from pianist Ehren Starks is both strikingly modern and completely evocative. Cleanly elegant piano compositions show great attention to both structure and melody, and Starks demonstrates deep fluency and depth of feeling for his instrument throughout. There's an internal logic to this music that calls to mind contemporary architectural forms, yet it's incredibly lyrical too-the streamlined poetics of a young master. Highly recommended.


artist: Eight Gates
albumname: The First Gate
sku: eightgates-firstgate
upc: 847646010488
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description:
The First Gate's concept could be described as a kind of an audio-movie that's painting a journey from ancient times and dense forests into spectacular worlds, where soul and technologies come together. This story had to be told in different musical languages, and thus, the voices and words of several wonderful Russian singers-songwriters from a variety of music genres - such as: indie-electronic, native Russian folk music, indie-rock and jazz - found their way onto this album. Fantasy and mystery is the main language here, so let them be your guide.

I would like to wholeheartedly thank Timofey Sudakov for having been a big part of Eight Gates for years, Trox, Yana Blinder, Anna Paragis, Sasha Vinogradova, Irina Pyzhyanova and Marina Volkova for the beautiful vocals, powerful creative energy, ideas and lyrics, Anna Oparina for the glorious artwork, Andrey Ryzhkov for the mastering, and all the fellow musicians from around the world for having inspired me.

Dedicated to Nikita's parents.

Written by - Nikita Shaposhnikov and Sudakov Timofey (tracks: 1 to 11)
Arranged and programmed by - Nikita Shaposhnikov and Sudakov Timofey (tracks: 1 to 11)
Vocal melodies - Nikita Shaposhnikov (tracks: 2, 3, 7, 8), Yana Blinder (track: 4), Trox (tracks: 5, 9)
Vocals and backing vocals - Yana Blinder (tracks: 2,4), Irina Pyzhyanova (track: 2), Anna Paragis (tracks: 3,8), Trox (tracks: 5,9), Nikita Shaposhnikov (track: 7), Marina Volkova (track: 9)
Lyrics - Yana Blinder (tracks: 2,4), Sasha Vinogradova (track: 3) Anna Paragis (track: 8), Trox (tracks: 5, 9)
Bass Guitar - Nikita Shaposhnikov (tracks: 4, 5, 6, 9)
Guitar - Nikita Shaposhnikov (tracks: 2, 6, 7, 8, 9)
Artwork - Anna Oparina
Mixed by - Nikita Shaposhnikov
Mastering by - Andrey Ryzhkov


artist: Eleanor Hodgkinson
albumname: Scenes of Travel
sku: ehodgkinson-scenestrav
upc: 847646000267
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description:
The concept for "Scenes of Travel" sprang from a desire to create a "whole" product. Too often, classical CDs do just what they say on the box, and, whilst they are undoubtedly excellent, I wanted to create something that enabled the listener to engage with the music both musically and personally. I frequently encounter audiences who feel there is a barrier between the classical performer and audience. However, if the performer has taken the time to speak to them and draw them into his or her sound world, then the audience feels much closer to the music and able to appreciate and enjoy the experience in their own way.

Travelling has always fascinated me, and for many of the composers on the album, travel was a source of inspiration. The Romantic era in the 19th century was a time of new horizons being opened up, and seemed the perfect starting point when choosing repertoire. The actual recording process was a breeze, with my husband, Nick Stringfellow overseeing all aspects with a keen ear and infinite attention to detail. For the artwork and liner notes I wanted to make an old travel journal and my good friend Ricardo InsuaCao designed the fantastic cover and booklet, magically coming up with exactly what I had in my head. Scenes of Travel is dedicated to my father, a real traveller in every sense of the world, who encouraged people to think, and think again!


artist: Electric Frankenstein
albumname: Conquers The World
sku: elecfrank-conquers
upc: 876809002527
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257779433&s=143444
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description:
"Conquers the World!" - Electric Frankenstein's critically acclaimed second album release. This record features all the original members! This album collects onto one album all of their greatest and most loved early singles, originally on the Junk Records label and others that are out of print today. These songs define High Energy Punk Rock 'n' Roll '90s style! Includes covers of Naked Raygun's "Home Of The Brave" and Vox Pop's "Just Like Your Mom.".

NYC's answer to all things that rock and this album is one of the reasons why. This record contains many fan favorites such as "Electrify Me", "It's All Moving Faster", "Get Off My Back", as well as many others. This is another history making Electric Frankenstein release.

This REAL Rock and Roll, not the commercial crap! This married the intense energy of Punk Rock with the powerful song writing of Hard Rock to create a Frankenstein monster that will leave you speechless! You'll be too busy jumping up and down to the wild music! Experience the full fury of Electric Frankenstein at their initial best! This ear shatterin' shocker was previously only available as an import disc, but now, thanks to Devil Doll records, this beast is back from the grave!

"Conquers the World" captures the face peelin' fury of ELECTRIC FRANKENSTEIN with Steve Miller on board. You got it! So, cram this bad motor scooter into your trick or treat bag and remember...help Fight the Anti-Rock Conspiracy - buy only real Rock and Roll!


artist: Electric Frankenstein
albumname: Dead and Back
sku: elecfrank-deadback
upc: 876809003234
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257779571&s=143444
also:
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artist: Electric Frankenstein
albumname: Sick Songs
sku: elecfrank-sicksongs
upc: 876809002503
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257780704&s=143444
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description:
One of Electric Frankenstein's first three famous albums! This is the record that features Scott Wilkins on vocals, of Verbal Abuse/ Condemned to Death fame!

Electric Frankenstein songs that made great High Energy Punk Rock and Roll. All on "Sick Songs".


artist: Electric Frankenstein
albumname: The Time Is Now
sku: elecfrank-timenow
upc: 876809002497
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257900275&s=143444
also:
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artist: Eliyahu Sills
albumname: Eastern Wind
sku: eliyahu-wind
upc: 876809007874
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description:
Mystical Music of the Near East. Devotional music, love songs, and folk tunes from throughout the Middle East, performed on traditional instruments with authenticity and soul. These ancient melodies and improvisations, with lyrics in Arabic, Hebrew, Armenian and Turkish, span the ages.

The album features:
Rachel Valfer- oud, vocals, kemanche
Eliyahu Sills- ney, oud, bansuri, saz, vocals, upright bass
Faisal Zedan- bendir, dhola, riqq, bendir
Bouchaib Abdelhadi-darbuka, vocals
John Villa- qarqaba, morrocan tablas, doira
Evan Fraser- kalimba, zabumba,
Fares Hedayati- zarb, daf


artist: Elizabeth Wolff
albumname: Moments Musicaux
sku: wolff-moments
upc: 876809002480
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257900458&s=143444
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description:
Miss Wolff's affinity for and love of the piano works of Rachmaninoff have garnered special notice. She was featured as guest soloist on New York's WQXR's "Russian Nights" special broadcast, and has concertized and conducted master classes at the renowned Rachmaninoff Institute in Tambov, Russia. She has also given recitals for the International Conference of the Rachmaninoff Society in London and Vienna as well as has reviewed new CD releases for their publication.

Of Miss Wolff's own recording of the Six Moments Musicaux, Opus 16, American Record Guide noted, "I have never heard anything quite like the enchanting soft playing in No. 5, and No. 6 is a remarkable performance...a stimulating and musical pianist." This disc also features a premiere recording of both sets of Moments Musicaux (Opus 7 and 84) by Moritz Moszkowski.


artist: Emavision
albumname: Dalliance
sku: emavision-dalliance
upc: 876809004514
also:
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description:
"Dalliance" is a collection of sonic images based on the words and songs we captured while traveling through Yunnan, Chuanxi and Guizhou provinces of China from 2002 to 2004, then reconstructed in our studio in a village outside of Beijing. I can still remember walking in the mountains, through the clouds, and hearing a farmer girl singing from miles away in the fields.

We didn't intend to bring our listeners a few forgotten songs for yoga practice. Our aim is to blend what we heard and saw into various forms of aural experiences to enhance someone's mood spectrum.


artist: Emiel Stopler
albumname: Reminiscence
sku: emielstopler-reminiscence
upc: 847646006887
also:
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description:
Reminiscence is an album with solo acoustic guitar pieces. When I was a teenager, taking classical guitar lessons and discovering acoustic steel-string guitar, guitarist Michael Hedges was my absolute hero. The sounds that Michael Hedges managed to produce from just one acoustic guitar during the 1980's were both unprecedented and awe-inspiring. Many people couldn't believe his solo albums Breakfast in the Field and Aerial Boundaries were recorded without overdubs.

The music on this album Reminiscence is like a suite with five movements on solo acoustic guitar. The pieces were written between 1994 and 2003 and I tried to create my own magic from what I'd heard on the albums of Michael Hedges and other so-called finger style guitarists like Alex de Grassi.

This album kicks off with a rather virtuoso prelude and then continues with Reminiscence: a work inspired by memories of my childhood. (While composing this piece, I could almost hear the children's voices on the schoolyard in my mind.) The Peasant Wedding is a lively jig (an Irish dance) and depicts festivities and people dancing from the past. Avond in Schaddeberge is a Dutch title meaning Evening in (the village of) Schaddeberge. A friend of mine unsuccessfully tried to find Schaddeberge on Google Maps, until I told him the village name was made-up. I had used the name in a children's story I was writing. The suite closes with Finale, a rhythmic piece with strumming and percussive effects.

If you're a guitar enthusiast you can download and play the guitar TABs of this album from MusicaNeo: http://emielstopler.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/?cat=4599


artist: Emiel Stopler
albumname: Stargazing
sku: emielstopler-stargazing
upc: 847646005750
also:
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description:
Stargazing is an album with acoustic guitar instrumentals, sometimes with the accompaniment of double bass, (electric) piano or marimba.

Although there are no lyrics, each of the tunes on this album has a story connected to it. The title track of this album, Stargazing, depicts an imaginary scene of a lone traveller. He plays his harmonica at a campfire and wonders what life is all about in the deserted wilderness under a wide, star speckled sky. In the background, one can hear the accompaniment of crickets and the crackling of a wood fire.

The Dutch magazine Muziekwereld reviewed this album and wrote:

"Emiel Stopler is a talented composer, but on this album, we also hear a gifted guitarist who very accurately plays fingerstyle [guitar], with an impressive sense of detail and timing. The recordings are clear and placed directly in the mix, which does justice to the impressive and atmospheric guitar playing. The repertory is diverse, ranging from pop to ragtime and jazz to latin flavors."


artist: Emma Wallace
albumname: Alice in Wonderland
sku: ewallace-alicewonder
upc: 847646003282
also:
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description:
Longing and love dance through this piano-jazz-pop EP which uses inspiration from literature, history and Viggo Mortensen. Like songs from an eccentric torch singer who's read far too many books, Emma charms with her whimsical lyrics and quirky piano. Alice in Wonderland spikes its lovelorn songs with humor that is refreshingly new. Enjoy the bilingual title track for a taste of the fantasy and sincerity that is found in Alice in Wonderland.


artist: Emma Wallace
albumname: Dreaming
sku: ewallace-dreaming
upc: 847646008218
also:
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description:
From the boisterous Ballad of the Pirate Captain to the sweet and lilting I'm a Lost Cause, this EP creates a rich storybook setting.

Each track is written from a different character's perspective and view of love. Mostly piano and vocals with a few layered Celtic instruments (most notably in the title track, Dreaming), the simplicity of the arrangements highlights the melodies and lyrics.

The EP "Dreaming", lightly inspired by Peter Pan and Celtic music, is perfect to listen to in those twilight hours when everything is a bit glowy and magical.


artist: Emma Wallace
albumname: The Stuff of Fairy Tales
sku: ewallace-fairytales
upc: 847646006153
also:
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description:
A breezy, fresh look at fairy tales as told with a piano, lilting vocals and a sprinkling of humor. Enjoy a bluesy take on the story of Snow White with "Fairy Tale Ending," a Beatles-inspired version of the Cinderella story in "I Should Know Better," and a gentle, romantic song based on "The Snow Queen" among others. Emma keeps it light and promises happy endings in this album that is The Stuff of Fairy Tales.


artist: Emma Wallace
albumname: First Impressions
sku: ewallace-firstimpressions
upc: 847646011065
also:
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description:
This Album is a playful reflection on relationships and what we want from them. The songs were all inspired by characters in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (though you don't have to have read the book to enjoy the record). The album skips through genres from ragtime to electronic to simple piano with lyrics that reference Austen's clever writing.


artist: Emma Wallace
albumname: Immortal_
sku: ewallace-immortal
upc: 847646009888
also:
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description:
Immortal tells the story of a night of love from the very start of the romantic affair to the sunrise of the next morning. The lyrics are inspired by the magic and rich imagery of Greek myths. Emma adds to her signature piano foundation with exotic beats, rich synth layers, and ethereal vocals. Listen to this EP for a musical escape to a night of passion and intimacy.


artist: Emma Wallace
albumname: Let's Hibernate
sku: ewallace-letshibernate
upc: 876809006884
also:
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description:
I wrote this album as a retreat for those needing a comfy blanket and a cup of hot cocoa for comfort from those heavy days. I love the coziness of holiday music but I wanted to have a record that could give you that warmth and coziness when it wasn't holiday time! The songs are all gentle piano/vocals- no angst, no despair.

So anytime you just want to hide under the covers, phone turned off, with a mug of chamomile tea, this album is your soundtrack.


artist: Emma Wallace
albumname: Down the Rabbit Hole
sku: ewallace-rabbithole
upc: 847646003299
also:
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description:
Travel down the rabbit hole for a steampunk-inspired musical wonderland. Enjoy a bit of temptation, a spot of tea and impossible things with a healthy dose of madness. Ragtime piano and warm female vocals create a whimsical mood perfect for stirring Earl Grey and stirring your imagination. Anyone with a love of quirky piano pop and optimistic lyrics will adore this trip down the rabbit hole.


artist: Emma Wallace
albumname: A Reason to Stay Up all Night
sku: ewallace-reason
upc: 847646003268
also:
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description:
This album is filled to the brim with dreamy, lovealicious lyrics sung with warm female vocals and sweet, ragtime piano.

The perfect accompaniment to a cozy evening, A Reason to Stay Up All Night is a delightful blend of romantic and quirky. Try out Stay With Me Tonight, a classical/jazz fusion that is still Emma's bestselling track.

Pair this record with a spicy Bordeaux and very dark chocolate.


artist: Emma Wallace
albumname: Santa Take the Night Off
sku: ewallace-santanight
upc: 847646007242
also:
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description:
Holiday songs to get you feeling warm and fuzzy with a cozy mix of songs from lilting traditional tunes to light and jazzy familiar favorites to gypsy-inspired originals. The title song, "Santa, Take the Night Off," is an original with inspiration from the classic Christmas songs of Nat King Cole or Ella Fitzgerald.

Marie Bee returns to play her exquisite violin on three tracks, including the haunting "Noche de Paz" (Silent Night). From the hearty "Here We Come a-Wassailing" to the ethereal "Bitterest Winter Nights," and all the songs in between, Santa, Take the Night Off, will bring the warmest and sweetest parts of the holidays to you.


artist: Emma Wallace
albumname: Temptation_
sku: ewallace-temptation
upc: 847646003275
also:
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description:
Vintage-inspired from the songs of Cole Porter, George Gershwin and Jerome Kern, the songs on this album would be perfectly at home on Tin Pan Alley thumped out on an old upright. Start with Song In My Head or Fred Astaire to get in the mood to give into this temptation!

Featuring piano and sultry female vocals (with a sprinkling of instruments from accordion to upright bass), the album starts with a song in your head, ends with a circus-themed.

Imagine sipping espresso at a Parisian cafe - this is your soundtrack.


artist: Emmalee Crane
albumname: Crowd of Reeds
sku: emmalee-crownreeds
upc: 847646005125
also:
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description:
Crowd of Reeds is the third studio album from Emmalee Crane. Featuring a familiar range of instruments including woodwinds, strings, brass and broken circuitry, it is her most accomplished work to date.

Intricately layered, yet masquerading as "a stunning economy of means"
(Ryan Moran)

Crowd of Reeds is an inspiring journey through a subdued and reflective orchestral landscape that is "at the intersection of so many things: ambient, chamber music, noise, post-rock... just brilliant."
(Steve Lawson)


artist: Emmalee Crane
albumname: Crux
sku: emmalee-crux
upc: 876809002510
also:
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description:
Crux is the debut album from Canadian-turned-Californian musician Emmalee Crane. It is a soft yet majestic wash of instruments ranging from woodwinds and cellos to analog synthesizers and circuit-bent electronic toys. While Emmalee herself describes it as "drone", that hardly does justice to the orchestral swell and intricate melody that weaves throughout the album, a critically acclaimed work that has been described as "an absolute success...built upon passion and love and emotion," and "as beautiful as it is inventive."


artist: Emmalee Crane
albumname: Formantine
sku: emmalee-formantine
upc: 876809009533
also:
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description:
The follow-up to her immensely successful debut album, Crux. Emmalee Crane's Formantine is a wash of woodwinds, brass, strings and synths combined with found sounds into captivating orchestral drone. By turns soothing, rousing, and even (as one reviewer described) frightening, Formantine is an emotional journey through the heart and mind of an extraordinary artist.


artist: Emmas Mini
albumname: Beat Generation Mad Trick
sku: emmasmini-beat
upc: 876809002473
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257900462&s=143444
also:
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description:
Emma's Mini is a duo from Seattle, WA. They first started making music together in March of 2002 and in April of 2003 they self-released their first album, beat generation mad trick. The album received high praise from local fans and solid air play on KEXP 90.3. Taking their cue from bands such as lamb, Massive Attack and Moloko, Emma's Mini is creating a new and exciting sound, seamlessly blending Suzanne McClean's rich, lush vocals with Demian Shoemaker's innovative beats and soundscapes.


artist: Endless Blue
albumname: Fever Dreams
sku: endlessblue-feverdreams
upc: 847646002346
also:
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description:
Musically, Fever Dreams bridges the ambient electronic sound of the first album and the live edge of the sophomore effort Smoke Through It. Blending and focusing the two styles deftly, Endless Blue creates organic soundscapes that slowly build to a powerful guitar driven crescendos, only to drop down into a bare whispered lyric. Hillman has honed her vocal style in Fever Dreams. From the breathy sadness of "Her" to the jazzy scat of the title track, her voice can not be easily described as "sounds like X". Added into the mix is Mitchell's newfound appreciation for hip-hop production, which shines with immediate driving beats and rumbling syncopated bass lines.

Founded in 2003 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Endless Blue grew out of the remnants of Madison, Wisconsin electro-rock band STATE4. Desiring to do something a bit mellower and a bit more in the downtempo/trip-hop genre, Endless Blue released the first album in the spring of 2004, supporting it with a short US tour and regional shows around the Midwest. The band relocated to Milwaukee in early 2005 and continued to play local shows for the second album, "Smoke Through It".

After just over three years since their last album, Milwaukee trip- hop duo "Endless Blue" have broken the silence and released a third album, Fever Dreams. Employing a large cast of guest musicians, core members Laura Hillman and Nick Mitchell went about crafting this new release meticulously and patiently, writing and rewriting many of the album's ten songs multiple times.


artist: Endless Blue
albumname: Smoke Through It
sku: endlessblue-smoke
upc: 847646002353
also:
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description:
Smoke through it, the second album by Milwaukee trip-hop duo Endless Blue, takes the Bristol sound of the early nineties and spins it off in a new direction. Refining the tone established in their self-titled release, producer Nick Mitchell begins to infuse the fruits of other genres into trip-hop's signature lo-fi beats, vintage synths, and jazzy bass.

From the synthpop-laced chorus of "Stranger" to the industrialized "Break" to the tremolo twang of "Undone", each song on smoke through it presents a collage of sounds and tones encased in sharp and approachable songwriting. Tying it all together are the vocal stylings of Laura Hillman, an artist that seamlessly blends numerous eras of vocalists into a single voice. Drawing from the torch singers of the '40s, the classic female rockers, and the modern trip-hop singers, Hillman weaves a masterful tapestry that complements each song uniquely.


artist: English Ayres
albumname: Dowland's Dialogues, Volume One
sku: eayres-dowlanddialoguesone
upc: 847646008065
also:
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description:
We tend to think of The Renaissance as a movement which, above all, rediscovered and celebrated the endless fascination of the individual human life, but the dialogue too was a form close to the heart of renaissance artists and intellectuals - after all, two can be even more fun than one. The dialogue form derived cachet from Classical antiquity, especially the writings of Plato, and was familiar from Christian catechism; it lent drama to every occasion, and the most unlikely treatises and how-to-do-it books, on subjects from music theory to fishing, were framed as dialogues.

In music, renaissance composers turned repeatedly to the dialogue form when treating certain subjects, and this disc, which sets dialogues by the greatest English lute song composer, John Dowland, alongside works by his contemporaries, groups duos, duets and dialogues-proper together according to theme or topic. In fact, in the English lute ayre repertoire some dialogues lurk in the guise of solo songs. 'Say Love if ever thou didst find' [track 2] printed for one or four voices, surely comes from some court entertainment, flattering Queen Elizabeth I, and in fact is very similar in structure to another court piece of Dowland's, 'Humour, say what makest thou here?' which was published as a dialogue and chorus; as far as we know this is the first recording to reconstruct the song in its probable original form, and likewise we give the first recorded dialogue interpretation of 'Awake sweet Love, thou are returned' - a very convoluted soliloquy, but which again makes good sense if it is read as a dialogue between the Lover and Love.

Our first set or genre consists of Conversations with Cupid. We open with Dowland's famous 'Come again, sweet Love doth now invite' [1], which begins as an address to a wavering lover, before the singer turns to the audience to describe his torments, and in the last verse commiserates with Cupid at the impotence of his darts. Next we have a song [2] in which Cupid explains to his interlocutor that his arrows are useless against a certain person - the Queen, of course, who in fact is the true queen of love, and unchangeable. (The line 'yet still the same and she is so' refers to her motto, 'semper eadem', always herself.) 'Tell me, true Love' [3] is another verse and chorus piece, a one-sided address to Love, who does not answer; where after all can we find Love in this wicked world? But true love can be found in the marriage of true minds -this song (of which we perform only two verses) is probably a wedding song. 'Tell me dearest, what is Love?' [4] is a play song sung by the two heroines of Beaumont and Fletcher's The Captain, Frank and Clora. The music was written by Robert Johnson, for a few years the in-house composer of the King's Men, Shakespeare's troupe. 'Awake sweet Love, thou are returned' [5] is one of Dowland's loveliest melodies yet the lyrics can baffle audiences. We think it makes perfect sense as a dialogue between the Lover and Love. In the first verse the Lover tells Cupid to awaken because 'thou are returned' i.e. '[my] love is at last reciprocated'; and he goes on to describe his former pain. In the second verse Cupid consoles the Lover that 'she all this while but played with thee to make thy love more sweet'. We close this set with an anonymous duet setting for two lutes tuned a fourth apart of 'Dowland's Bells' otherwise known as 'The Lady Rich's Galliard'.

In our next set of pieces [tracks 7-9] we pay a visit to Arcadia, the land of fair shepherdesses and love-lorn shepherd lads. Dowland did not write many pastoral pieces, and certainly we under-represent the pastoral mood here. First popularised by Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia, pastoral scenes of all kinds grew and grew in popularity until in the late 17th century one feels that 'shepherd' and' shepherdess' are merely synonyms for man and woman. At all events, we present a little vignette of three scenes. In Ferrabosco's 'Fair cruel nymph' [7] the clouds of the swain's despair are very quickly dispelled and the lovers are vowing constancy within a mere two minutes. 'A shepherd in a shade' [8], however, leaves the shepherd dangling; for all the song's joyous part-writing, we do not know if his shepherd maid will respond positively to his threats to pronounce curses on Love itself. 'Tell me, O love', [9] is another of Ferrabosco's micro-dramas. After conventional protestations, we discover that in fact it is some unspecified circumstances keeping these true turtle doves apart (a very common theme in English folksong) and they are left just hoping that their luck will change so that they can be together.

A dialogue with the dead is necessarily a one-sided affair, but perhaps a dialogue is what is subconsciously implied in John Coprario's choice of a two-soprano texture in his cycle of seven Funeral Tears (1606) composed on the death of Duke of Devonshire, of which we perform two songs here. 'O sweet flower' [10] laments a life cut cruelly short, likened to a falling flower or a tired pilgrim, and 'Oft thou hast' [11] recalls music in happier times, now turned to songs of sorrow.

Now we return from death to Cupid, with a second trilogy, this time telling a little love story, beginning with maidenly-modest refusal. Danyel's 'Coy Daphne fled' [12], which opens his rather learned book of songs published in that same year of 1606, gives two opposing views of the Classical myth of Dafne, turned by chaste Diana into a laurel tree to save her from the clutches of the lustful Apollo. To the man this seems a frigid and sterile end, to the maiden it is a blessed preservation of innocence and virginity. Morley's 'Who is that this dark night?' [13] sets to music a balcony scene written by Sir Philip Sidney. The girl on the balcony, initially sceptical of her wooer's constancy, is won over, but the romantic scene is broken up by 'noises off' of approaching family or neighbours. We give our story a happy ending with another of Ferrabosco's dialogues, 'What shall I wish' [14], an avowal of lovers' constancy. 'My Lord Chamberlain his Galliard' [15] is famously written for two to play on one lute - John Dowland's son Robert sitting on his lap perhaps - yet surely it must have been used for wooing and flirtation too, with a young lady on a gentleman's lap. We have re-interpreted it for two lutes, with differing timbres.

Our next set of songs are not dialogues at all, though originating in a dramatic and courtly occasion - the retirement in 1590 of Sir Henry Lee, Queen Elizabeth's self-styled 'champion', on the grounds of old age. These songs are recorded as being sung before the Queen by her favourite singer, Robert Hales, on behalf of old Sir Henry, to the accompaniment of a concealed consort. Yet Dowland printed the trilogy 'Time's eldest son' [16] as a duet for soprano and bass - an ensemble popular on the Continent but which never really caught on in England - and 'His golden locks' [17] as a vocal quartet. The lyrics are distinguished by charm and gentle wit - 'Time's eldest son' in particular ingeniously alludes to liturgical heads of Christian service in the cult of the Virgin Queen.

Orpheus in the underworld was a story especially important to renaissance musicians; at the heart of the story is the idea that the power of music is great enough - almost - to restore the dead to life. Fittingly, Monteverdi's Orfeo was the very first opera, but in fact English composers tackled the story too, and our last track, 'Orpheus I am' [18] tells a part of the story within a play by Beaumont and Fletcher, The Mad Lover; court musicians stage a masque for the benefit of a lovesick general, who has got it into his head that he should commit suicide in order to win the hand of the woman he loves in the next world. They dissuade him by showing him those who commit suicide for love suffer torments not happy union with their loves in the afterlife.

This is not the only Orpheus dialogue in the English renaissance repertoire, nor is our disc exhaustive of Dowland's dialogues: works written for viol consort would be a project for another day!


artist: English Ayres
albumname: The Laughing Cavalier
sku: eayres-laughing
upc: 876809009397
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/the-laughing-cavalier/id414533189
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Few generations of artists have sensed the transience of life more keenly than the so-called 'Cavalier' poets and musicians of mid-17th century England. Perhaps this sensibility grew out of renaissance humanism's fascination with all aspects of human life - think of Shakespeare's 'Seven Ages of Man' speech - but perhaps too, some prompting of the Zeitgeist whispered to the cavaliers that their gay and glittering worlds of silks, satins and masques was on the brink of violent destruction in the Civil Wars.

At all events it seems fitting to try to tell the life story of imagined cavalier in one brief hour of music. After an opening 'carpe diem' song (track 1) and an invocation to the lute (track 2), we perform songs about youth and innocence (tracks 3 and 4), and songs about passionate young love in its many aspects (tracks 5 to 11). Next we consider the pleasures of middle age, with songs about drink and jollity (tracks 13 to 16) - and the midlife crisis, with a seduction song for an old man (track 17) and a song of mountebank cosmetics salesman, promising to turn back the years (track 18). Personal crisis is mirrored in the national crisis of civil war, with a lament for 'Jerusalem' (that is, England!) (track 19), a song of man to his imprisoned girlfriend (track 20) and a Royalist song looking forward to the King's return (track 21).

In old age our cavalier turns to contemplation, of the power of music and poetry to give solace (track 23) and of his religious faith (track 24); finally death comes, considered as sleep (track 25), as magical transformation (track 26) and as the end of music itself (track 27). But we couldn't leave you on this bleak note, so we close with a perky moral (track 27) - life is grim, but we can still go fishing...

Much of the music here has never been recorded before, mostly because it has never been published; and where it has been, it has usually been in solo song versions, not the rather richer and livelier vocal trios performed here. For musicians who would like to perform this music for themselves, an edition including 15 of the songs here will shortly be available from the Lute Society, at www.lutesociety.org.


artist: English Ayres
albumname: I sing of a maiden that matchless is
sku: eayres-maiden
upc: 847646002209
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I sing of a maiden that matchless is, but what maiden? A rosy-cheeked milkmaid treading the dawn dew as she goes out to milk her cows? A fine lady sighing at the window of castle tower? Or Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Mother of God and Star of the Sea? It has been said that in mediaeval poetry you often cannot tell whether the poet is talking about his mistress or the Virgin Mary, and indeed that is neatly borne out in the lyrics of tracks 3 and 4 here, which use exactly the same imagery of a knight swearing fealty to his liege-lord - ?I am thy man, hand and foot, day and night? - to express devotion to Mary, and to a lover, respectively.

Erotic love and spiritual love sat easily together in the mediaeval mind in a way that they have not done since. Conventional history would explain that the language of mediaeval courtly love suited devotional poetry because courtly love was love from afar, never to be attained or consummated, having its origins in the feelings of young squires for the castle chatelaine whose lord was away fighting the crusades, perhaps. Later, a wedge was driven between romance and religion, firstly by the Protestant reformation of the 16th century, which sharply demoted the female principle in Christianity, banishing the mystical, magical, sensual, ritual, decorative and emotional aspects of faith; and secondly by scientific rationalism.

Today of course, Darwinism and neurochemistry tell us, rather unsentimentally, that romantic love is associated with the hormones oxytocin and vasopressin, and is part of a strategy evolved to ensure strong pair-bonding between the parents of the vulnerable human infant, while religious experience may be related to the hormone dimethyltriptamine, and the stimulation of the right temporal lobe of the brain.Yet for all that, could it be that the mediaevals, rather than being merely foolish and unreflective, were simply rather more honest than we are, in acknowledging the overlap between different types of love and beauty, sacred and secular, which in our modern prudery we feel embarrassed about? Many a new mother must have been surprised to discover that the strongest and purest love of all, of a mother for her child, can feel like a romantic, even erotic attachment.

This album then, celebrates a melting away of customary boundaries, a glorious mediaeval mixture and muddle, if muddle it be, between the sacred and the profane, the worldly and the spiritual, as expressed in 700 years of English music. Here are religious songs which were really popular ballads, probably never sung in any church [tracks 1, 3, 20] or which present spirituality in terms either of romantic love [tracks 9, 11] or of loving human relationships [tracks 3, 5, 10]. Alongside these we have put songs which, conversely, present romantic love in spiritual terms, in the language of faithful vow and pilgrimage [tracks 4, 13, 14, 16, 17] or which stand in the courtly love tradition of devotion to an unattainably high object [tracks 4, 8, 19]. As so often in English music, the imagery of nature is a thread running through all, even in religious music, where we would not particularly expect it [tracks 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 13, 15, 18, 19]. So we have included three songs which simply celebrate nature and the English village scene; a mediaeval song in praise of ivy [6], a song describing a morris dancing contest [19], and a classic English folksong of young love in a rural setting [15]. As befits our theme, we have not kept to a strict historical order, and the mediaeval lyrics are (in the case of the Holst settings) rendered into modern English or (in the case of the original mediaeval settings) tweaked here and there so that the listener should catch as much as possible without too much recourse to the lyric sheet.


artist: Ensemble Al Asdeka
albumname: Oasis
sku: alasdeka-oasis
upc: 876809006952
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/ensemble-al-asdeka/id272060099
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description:
Lush instrumentation and evocative interpretations of folk melodies from a geographical area covering Turkey and Armenia all the way to Andalucian Spain. Guitar, flute, sax and violin punctuated by Middle-eastern rhythms and seasoned with jazz and rock influences-- exuberance coupled with restraint. For the world music lover, a complete album, created with attention to every detail, using the very best production gear. Produced and engineered by Robyn Robins.

Reviews:
"The hypnotic gypsy melodies of Ensemble Al-Asdeka will spice up a cold winter's night by transporting your shivering body to the hip-shaking shores of the Mediterranean with just one listen."
Emily Stavrou, Production Coordinator, Schuler Books and Music

"Ensemble Al-Asdeka's music is undeniably infectious. Each piece creates a visual journey in the mind of the listener through the sounds of the Middle East, which are obviously foreign but strangely comforting."
Joey Marburg, Shore Magazine


artist: Ensemble Carpe Diem
albumname: Dolci Miei Sospiri
sku: ecarpediem-dolcimiei
upc: 847646001547
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Ensemble Carpe Diem Geneve's album Dolci miei sospiri offers a look at the Italian secular music of the seventeenth century and reveals some aspects of Baroque affetti, contrasts and colors. The desire is to explore the different facets of the feeling of love, to express the contrasts of joy and sadness, through dances, fantasies, songs and madrigals.


artist: Ensemble Electra
albumname: Francesco Barsanti Sonatas for Recorder and Basso Continuo
sku: eelectra-barsanti
upc: 847646000274
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/francesco-barsanti-sonatas/id432563420
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Francesco Barsanti was one of many Italian musicians who ventured to the cold northern European climes in the early 1700s. He arrived on London's lively musical scene in 1714, together with Francesco Geminiani, fourteen years after Corelli's orchestra had, according to historian Roger North, "cleared the ground of all sorts of musicke whatsoever." Geminiani, Barsanti and their contemporaries brought with them the sizzling Italian playing manner that soon became so popular. Barsanti made a decent living as flutist and oboist in the orchestra of London's Italian Opera Theatre. During these years, the six recorder sonatas were written, to be published in 1724 by Walsh on Catherine Street.

The recorder during this era was called simply "flute", or flauto, not to be confused with the "flauto traverso", or German flute. Barsanti's sonatas were published at a time when the transverse flute was beginning to overtake the recorder in popularity, but they are intended for the recorder. They are important not only because they are original compositions for the instrument, as opposed to transcriptions or arrangements, but also in that they represent some of the last works for the recorder before the instrument essentially went into hibernation for 175 years.

Barsanti's compositional style is flamboyantly expressive, often eccentric, and full of passion and wit. Clearly he was familiar with Handel's works, yet his harmonic language, frequent use of 9-8 suspensions, and enharmonic cadential clashes are unique and daring; his use of slurs in both the melodic line and the bass line are innovative and at times downright quirky. The energy and spirit of Barsanti's fast movements coupled with his ardent emotive slower movements create masterful pieces of lasting quality. We hope you enjoy listening to these sonatas as much as we enjoy playing them!


artist: Ensemble Libro Primo
albumname: Fantasia Incantata
sku: libroprimo-fantasiaincantata
upc: 876809005931
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The term "Stylus Phantasticus" first arises in "Musurgia Universalis" (1650); Athanasius Kirchner's work about harmony in music. It is a style of both composing and performing instrumental music which derives from phantasiren or "the art of improvising". "Stylus Phantasticus" represents a form of liberty in the composition of instrumental music. The style does not confine the composer's imagination or force it to abide by strict rules. This way of writing instrumental music can be difficult to define using common structures and forms of the early 17th century. In this case, the composer's will to write down and structure their ideas was a natural conveyance of a highly elaborate improvisatory performance practice. Johann Mattheson writes about this contemporary performing style: "The Stylus Phantasticus is sometimes agitated, sometimes hesitant, sometimes one- and sometimes many-voiced; often also shortly after the beat: without rhythm; but not without the intention to please, to rush nor to amaze."

For our CD, we have selected works representative of this genre not only for their obvious virtuosity, but also for their subtlety. The liberty within the style leads us through fantastically quick passages and also to moments of hesitation and silence. The juxtaposition of intense and frantic passages with the hesitant and tardy holds a particularly human charm.

Often interspersed amongst the quasi-improvisational passages of music, in both Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani and Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi Mealli, are ground-basses providing occasional respite in the form of a repeating and reliable ostinato bass-line.

Nicola Matteis exhibited the eccentricity of the "Stylus Phantasticus" in his personality as well as his compositions. He was praised for his eloquent, expressive style by his contemporary Roger North. We can imagine his way of playing by studying his Passaggio Rotto.

Biagio Marini subtitles his Sonata Quarta "Per sonar con due Corde" which suggests that using double stops on the violin was extraordinary for the time in Italy. We see the same effect as commonplace in Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber's violin works; as he often writes multi-voiced chords and in scordatura (alternate tuning systems).

Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber's Darstellung im Tempel (The Presentation) is the fourth sonata in the cycle of the famous 15 mystery sonatas describing the lives of Jesus and Maria. This sonata is a set of variations composed over a ground bass.The fourth sonata belongs to the "Joyful Mysteries" and the eight bar ostinato bass as the musical foundation builds a heartfelt theme. The "Rosenkranzsonaten" are a monument in the 17th Century works written for violin, not only for the fact that each sonata is written for a differently tuned violin but for the heavy narrative imbued in each of these sonatas.

We have tried to symbolize the equality and intimacy offered in this fantastic music by recording and producing it ourselves in the atmospheric surroundings of Glasgow Cathedral.


artist: Ensemble Mirable
albumname: Conversations Galantes
sku: mirable-conversations
upc: 876809004330
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257900520&s=143444
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description:
This lightly elegant dance music of Conversations Galantes was invented for the court of Louis XIV, but Louis-Gabriel Guillemains' Italian training as a violinist also added a warm, passionate quality that absolutely thrilled mid-eighteenth century Parisians. Greer Ellison, flutist, Elizabeth Blumenstock, violinist, and Joanna Blendulf, violist da gamba delicately exchange parts back and forth on this recording, which is performed in a tastefully relaxed manner and has a really pleasing overall sound. They're supported by the continuo ensemble of JungHae Kim (harpsichord) and William Skeen (violoncello) whose supple tones compliment the overall mood. The members of Ensemble Mirable also perform with Philharmonia Baroque, American Bach Soloists, Musica Angelica, and the Portland Baroque Orchestra.


artist: Ensemble Mirable
albumname: Influenza Italiana
sku: mirable-influenza
upc: 847646004081
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description:
Influenza Italiana, or the influence of the Italian style, is the unifying theme of this marvelous collection of baroque works presented by Ensemble Mirable in their latest recording.

The composers represented on this recording are all either Italians who helped develop the unique Italian style of baroque composition, or other Europeans who were influenced by the Italian style; incorporating Italian elements such as the agitated style of Claudio Monteverdi or the virtuosic instrumental styles developed by such composers as Biagio Marini and Dario Castello. Among those represented here are Dietrich Becker, Dietrich Buxtehude, Marco Uccellini, Diego Ortiz, Giovanni Battista Buonamento, and Andrea Falconieri.

With this latest recording Mirable continues to present lesser known baroque works performed by some of today's finest artists using period instruments. Their lyrical and virtuosic performances breathe new life into these oft forgotten masterworks, reminding us of the glorious music that arose amidst the backdrop of severe hardship frequently experienced by composers of this time period, many of whom were affected by the black death that wreaked havoc in Europe from the 1340s through the 1770s. This recording reminds us both that the Italian influence extended far beyond the borders of what is now Italy, and that life in the 17th century brought with it inconceivable hardships yet managed to produce some of the finest music ever written.


artist: Ensemble Mirable
albumname: Triemer Six Cello Sonatas
sku: mirable-triemer
upc: 876809002428
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=258040721&s=143444
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The Composer

Virtuoso cellist and composer Jean Zewalt Triemer was born in Weimar around the turn of the eighteenth century, at a time when the cello had been steadily gaining popularity as both an orchestral and solo instrument. Around 1680, Viennese orchestras were utilizing this bass instrument and by 1720 it had spread into northern Germany. At the same time Johann Sebastian Bach had written his solo cello suites between 1717 and 1724, Triemer was becoming prominent as a cello soloist in Weimar where he studied with Gregor Christoph Eylenstein, cellist and chamber musician to the Duke of Weimar. Triemer's education in both performance and theory was sponsored by the Duke and he eventually became a member of the court orchestra. Considered one of the first virtuoso cellists in Germany, Triemer was added to Gerber's Dictionary of Music for his noteworthy performance accomplishments. From Weimar, he began his extensive travel, first taking him on a concert tour to Hamburg in 1725 where he was a member of the theater orchestra. After two years in Hamburg, Triemer left for Paris where he pursued the study of composition with Boismortier. His travels later took him to Amsterdam where he composed his set of six cello sonatas in 1745 as well as a cello method which was published in 1739. Triemer spent the rest of his years in Amsterdam, where he died in 1762.

His Music

The VI Sonatas for Violoncello are indicative of the increasingly challenging technique seen in the writings of other composers for the cello in the mid eighteenth century. This is seen in the extensive use of string crossings, chords, barriolage (as in Sonata III, second movement) and quick left-hand passage work. Also challenging is working with the thin texture created by the close proximity of the solo and continuo voices, being careful not to interrupt the cello line while at the same time providing support and creativity. Perhaps Triemer conceived the cello line first and subsequently added the continuo line, resulting in this challenging texture?

The spirited (and sometimes raucous) allegro movements, graceful minuets and poignant lento movements take both the performer and listener through a myriad of rhythmic figuration, colors, textures and resulting affects. Triemer's slow movement melodies have both charming and passionate vocal qualities, whereas the fast movements are often reminiscent of folk dance accompaniment, complete with fiddlers and bagpipes. Unlike these playful allegro movements, the final sonata (Sonata VI) ends with a fugue which unites the two individual lines yet creates a dialogue between them.


artist: Ensemble Vermillian
albumname: Stolen Jewels
sku: vermillian-stolen
upc: 876809004538
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257781342&s=143444
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description:
Ensemble Vermillian's chamber music is so graceful, and well recorded that listening to it is nearly a visual experience. On Stolen Jewels, Frances Blaker's fresh arrangements of six highly regarded Baroque composers are shot through with bright, golden threads of cello, harpsichord, recorder, viola da gamba, and organ. It's a richly textured work, but always light on its feet. Full liner notes included with download!


artist: Entheogenic Sound Explorers
albumname: The Fifth Dimension
sku: soundexplorers-fifthdimension
upc: 847646011041
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artist: Entheogenic Sound Explorers
albumname: Magic Garden
sku: soundexplorers-magicgarden
upc: 847646011522
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description:
With our Music we would like to encourage self and cosmic consciousness, respect for Mother Nature and Sacred Plants, and development of the human being through exploration of the Self, Arts and Meditation.

To explore the dimensions of the Magic Garden, whether it be vegetable, animal or more spiritual and cosmic, is to undertake a trip toward our deeper perception, which recalls the multiple faces of our vital cradle, Mother Earth, Gaia.

What we want to express is the range of vibrations that can only be discovered through careful listening. By using certain sounds that are closer to our emotional and spiritual sphere, we want to manifest our origins, our roots, which in everyday life aren't always portrayed in the best way, but which can certainly help in taking a better approach toward our existence.

This new edition of "Magic Garden" comes with an exclusive painted album cover created by Piero Marchesi (www.pitturiamo.com/it/pittore-contemporaneo/piero-marchesi-19756.html?page=1)

We wish you a great listening experience.

All Songs written, arranged and performed by Stefano Contini & Piero Marchesi.

Stefano Contini plays Bass guitar on Track 5.

Mixing by Stefano Contini

Mastering by ESE @ Magic Garden Studios

www.dubmasterconte.com


artist: Entheogenic Sound Explorers
albumname: Path to Myth
sku: soundexplorers-pathtomyth
upc: 847646010747
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description:
Following their 2015 release of "The Fifth Dimension", Entheogenic Sound Explorers have now published a new album, called "Path to Myth".

"Path to Myth" carries on what the duo started in their previous works, by painting inner and emotional landscapes with the use of elements from nature, human art and meditation. However, it does so in a more detailed and precise manner than before, aimed at expressing a unique vibe and emotion for each song, thus weaving a common thread through this record.

The whole album is, in fact, a vibrating sonic path that guides to the more intimate and deep spheres of the unconscious, passing at times in tortuous ways in order to look beyond the darkness and beyond the light for something still undefined but consciously existing. It looks for something that goes beyond the conscious, in pursuit of myth.


artist: Eric Kamen
albumname: Eric 2
sku: erickamen-erictwo
upc: 847646006566
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description:
Motivated by the global success of his first World Music album "Native Unit", Eric released his second World Music album, Eric 2.0. 'As all artists know, in the wake of a success, you can't (or shouldn't!) simply follow the same equation which lead to the first success. Whether you are Mary J., Beyonce or Shakira ... you gotta keep moving forward! ... for the sake of your soul as well as your audience.'

'I attempted to really understand what so many people around the world enjoyed about my first album ... and built upon it in my second album Eric 2.0'. It wasn't such a radical departure from the basic notion of merging contemporary beatz with more traditional music from around the world, but feeling emboldened by the success of my first album Native Unit, I took some 'leaps of faith' I doubt I would taken on my first album. For starters - I used a photo of myself for the album cover!

'I also took a lot more liberties in the degree of musical diversification ... by including Asian and Indian tracks.'

'Eric 2.0 too was a successful financial and artistic undertaking, including my highest selling and most often played track - Goin' Down. I am pretty proud of the album!'


artist: Eric Kamen
albumname: The New Art Of Urban Flamenco
sku: erickamen-flamenco
upc: 847646006573
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description:
The third album in Eric's series of World Music albums is entitled 'the New Art of Urban Flamenco'. 'I think I went a little OTT with that album title! I should have simply called it 'Urban Flamenco'. The full title reflects the realization which had solidified in me that I had created somewhat of a new form or a new branch of music ... thus 'the New Art ...'

Well, regardless, 'Urban Flamenco' too is selling quite well and contains several of my most successful tracks ... notably 'Tango de Zorro''. I think 'Tango de Zorro' is my own favorite track, on all 3 of my World Music albums so far! I just let it rip ... and this is what came out.' What is surprising about Tango de Zorro is that it is built upon a Hip Hop acoustic piano rif! The Spanish guitar is actually somewhat of an afterthought!'

'If one wants to be a 'musicologist', the rif in Tango de Zorro strikes me as a combination of Bizet's opera 'Carmen', Mary J's 'No More Drama' ... and God knows what else. That's how art works! Each generation subliminally takes in the brilliance of previous generations ... and uses them as 'mimes' in their own work.'


artist: Eric Kamen
albumname: Native Unit
sku: erickamen-nativeunit
upc: 847646006559
also:
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description:
Native Unit was Eric's first entry into the genre of World Music. Eric got a two week break in his producing schedule of young R? singers and rappers, and took several tracks he had created for those projects and experimented with using his Spanish guitar along with the tracks - no singing, no rapping. 'I was fascinated by what came out! I didn't really take it too seriously at first, but upon listening, it sounded pretty good to me ... and importantly, it was clearly 'its own thing.' It was def not the Gypsy Kings, nor Ottmar Liebert. I didn't really know how to describe it - other than to say it was a fusion between R?, Hip Hop and more traditional music from around the World - mostly the Mediterranean (Spain, Greece Turkey ... where I had spent a lot of time over the course of my life.'

'Timidly, I put 4 or 5 of the tracks on Myspace (this was 2006! .. when Myspace was the rage) ... and was shocked by the results. Within several months, I had accumulated 1/2 million fans! ... and numerous notable Awards and much other critical acclaim (for example - Best Instrumental CD of the Year Award from www.musesmuse.com ... plus numerous very positive write-ups in the press and on the Internet).'

I appreciated that I had hit a nerve by merging a contemporary vibe with more traditional music. Young people (14-17 is my biggest demographic on Facebook, ReverbNation et al!) could appreciate the more traditional acoustic World Music because it was packaged along with some very kool contemporary beatz ... and older people could appreciate (or at least tolerate LOL) the modern beatz because the music itself was so touching.

'As a kid, success meant getting a gig in one of the well-known clubs in lower Manhattan. Never in a million years did I ever imagine the day would come when tens of thousands of young kids, from Indonesia, Turkey, Mexico etc ... would be sending me such loving and supportive comments and emails.'


artist: Eric Zivian
albumname: Chopin Preludes for Piano
sku: ezivian-chopin
upc: 876809008741
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/chopin-preludes-for-piano/id400939385
also:
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description:
Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) wrote most of his 24 Preludes in 1839 while on the island of Mallorca trying to recover from the poor health that plagued him during most of his short life. He was there with his companion, the writer George Sand, and her two children, taking a break from their life in Paris. This was considered his most prolific period, in spite of the unusual, bitterly cold weather they experienced during their stay on the island. The Preludes, 24 short compositions in all the major and minor keys, inspired by Bach's Well-Tempered Klavier, were met with mixed reviews from critics of Chopin's time, but Liszt wrote: "they are poetic preludes, analogous to those of a great contemporary poet, who cradles the soul in golden dreams, and elevates it to the regions of the ideal." (1841). Many of the Preludes are less than a minute in length, though a few extend to several minutes.

Chopin began writing Polonaises as a young child in his native Poland. He was immediately recognized as a prodigy and compared favorably with the master Polonaise composer, Oginski. After leaving Poland at the age of 20, he spent the rest of his life in Paris, but he remained fiercely patriotic and was especially moved by the tragedy of the failed Polish uprising of 1830. The raw and powerful Polonaise in F# Minor, op. 44, was composed in 1841. It is a wonderful example of Chopin's ability to take a simple patriotic dance-form and bring to it an extraordinary originality and expressive force. One special feature of this Polonaise is Chopin's use of a gentle mazurka (another Polish dance) as a middle section.

The Barcarolle in F# Major, opus 60 was composed in 1845-46. A Barcarolle is a Venetian gondola song. Of Chopin's Barcarolle, Ravel said: "Through his brilliant passages one perceives profound, enchanting harmonies. Always there is the hidden meaning which is translated into poetry of intense despair....The Barcarolle is the synthesis of the expressive and sumptuous art of this great Slav."

Most of Chopin's mature music was composed on a French fortepiano by Pleyel, but Chopin was also partial to Graf style Viennese pianos he had performed on in 1830 when he made his very successful debut in Vienna. On this recording Eric Zivian plays an original Graf style fortepiano by Anton Rausch, built in Vienna in 1841.

Recorded by John Buckman for ToneGnome Piano Recordings


artist: Erik Ask Upmark
albumname: Himlens Polska
sku: erik-polska
upc: 876809007355
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/himlens-polska/id336087631
also:
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description:
John writes: Magnatune musician Tim Rayborn introduced me to his Swedish Folk musician friend Erik Ask-Upmark. They've played together many times (most recently when Erik was on tour, and passed through San Francisco). Erik has many projects, all focussed on traditional Swedish folk music, so be sure to check out his solo album, his album with Anna Rynefors entitled "Dram" and his group Svanevit.


artist: Ernesto Schnack
albumname: A Work in Progress
sku: eschnack-wip
upc: 847646000663
also:
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description:
After relocating to Berlin from his native Panama, Ernesto Schnack started exploring his various influences through his acoustic guitar. The music that came out is a unique blend of fingerstyle guitar, rock, classical and ethnic rhythms.

The music ranges from soft and bittersweet, to powerful and aggressive, but always moody, suggestive and enrapturing.

A Work in Progress is the result of an artist finding his sound.


artist: Ernesto Schnack
albumname: Wood
sku: eschnack-wood
upc: 847646000670
also:
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description:
Wood, a new spin on acoustic fingerstyle music, using loops, samples and effects to create whole arrangements: drums, bass, ambient textures, fuzzed-out guitar solos; it's all there, and it all originated from an acoustic guitar, giving the album a very unique sound. That's not to say there isn't room for tradition. Half of the songs are more straightforward solo pieces, balancing things out.


artist: Ernst Stolz
albumname: Ciaconna
sku: ernststolz-ciaconna
upc: 847646006399
also:
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description:
The Italian recorder player Romeo Ciuffa visited the Netherlands for this concert. We have chosen an all Italian program ranging from the Early baroque with Giovanni Paolo Cima (c. 1570 - 1622), till the high Baroque period with Francesco Maria Veracini (1690 - 1768).

On this album we have recorded some canzonas for solo or duo instruments (recorder and viola da gamba) and some sonatas for recorder and basso continuo. Karel Smagge also played some solo works on the organ of the Meerburgkerk Zoeterwoude in the Netherlands.

Although we were in this combination joined for the first time, our musical temperaments matched remarkably well.

This album was recorded during rehearsal time for a concert program with Italian baroque music in the Summer of 2013.


artist: Ernst Stolz
albumname: German Viola da Gamba Sonatas
sku: ernststolz-germansonatas
upc: 847646005071
also:
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description:
German Sonatas for Viola da Gamba from the Baroque period.

On this album you will find some very fine sonatas and a suite from German composers who have been living between 1659 and 1787.

The viola da gamba came somewhat late in Germany. In 1571 a merchant bought a "chest of viols" made in London for the court in Munich. The viol was used in consorts and vocal ensembles, often played by English violists, like John Cooper. Then came the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) resulting in a decrease of cultural life.

From Northern Germany, with the rich Hanseatic cities, there developed an important school of viol music. Composers like Dietrich Buxtehude, Matthias Weckmann and Franz Tunder composed music for the instrument. Builders like Tielke made abundantly ornamented instruments. The nobility discovered the viola da gamba. Frierich Wilhelm von Brandenburg, Max Emanuel von Bayern, Leopold von Anhalt-Kothen and Friedrich Wilhelm von Preussen, played the instrument.

Johann Friedrich Ruhe was Kapellmeister at Magdeburg Cathedral for 43 years, all of Ruhe's compositions are lost except for these five gamba works. Probably written in the 1730s, they are lively, forward-looking pieces in three and four movements in an Italianate Style with some resemblance of Telemann's style.

Theodor Schwartzkopff 's career is closely related to the court of Wurttemberg where he worked as Kapellmeister. This suite is part of the music collection of the Crown Prince Friedrich Ludwig von Wurttemberg. Although the French style, played an important role in Germany, also this work bears strong Italian influences, but perhaps the suite form is more French then Italian.

Johann Daniel Hardt worked in Strasbourg. He has been Kammermusikus for about five years to Stanislaus I and later he became violist for the Chapel of Bishop Johann Philipp Franz von Schonborn in Wurzburg. From 1746 on he was second Kapellmeister together with Ignaz Holzbauer und Niccolo Jomelli. In 1755 he retired.

Anonymus from the Wiesentheid collection. Rudolf Franz Erwein had begun to form his musical collection, which still exists today at Wiesentheid. The beginnings of the collection date from 1694. Rudolf Franz Erwein played the flute and the bassoon, but his favorite instrument was the cello. The collection today contains around one hundred and fifty printed works and five hundred manuscripts, many of them, like this anonymous sonata, unique.

Carl Friedrich Abel Abel was born in Kothen, where his father was a viol player in the court orchestra where Bach was Kapellmeister. When Bach moved to Leipzig, Abel 's father became this position. The young Abel studied at the Thomaschule, where he was taught by Bach. After 1759 he went to England and became chamber-musician to Queen Charlotte. He gave a concert of his own compositions in London together with his by then good friend Johann Christian Bach, the eleventh son of J.S. Bach. They organized England's first subscription concerts. Abel also composed orchestral works.

Johann Christian Bach, was the youngest son of Bach who was already 50 at the time of his birth. From 1756 on, he lived for many years in Italy (Bologna and Milan). In 1762, Bach went to London and established a reputation in England. Like Abel he became music master to Queen Charlotte. The sonata on this CD was put up for auction in 1992 at Sotheby's in London and till then unknown. It is originally composed for the viol with pianoforte and just recently published by edition. Guntersberg.


artist: Eternal Jazz Project
albumname: Genuine
sku: ejp-genuine
upc: 847646008690
also:
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description:
Eternal Jazz Project is a Swedish Jazz Band, now presenting their fifth album "Genuine", consisting of all original compositions. The feeling you get when listening is that of a Scandinavian jazz timbre, with a fresh, yet mystic flow.

But if you want a more solid description; it's plain modern jazz, with great melodies and great improvisations performed with grand piano, double bass, saxophone, drums and electric guitar. It leans towards slower jazz, with mosaic harmonics, but EJP can perform fast numbers too. Recorded in two days, live in the studio. Enjoy!


artist: Eternal Jazz Project
albumname: GratisJazz
sku: ejp-gratis
upc: 876809006075
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=277014176&s=143444
also:
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description:
Hailing from Sweden, the Eternal Jazz Project's debut album features gentle, original jazz with a great sense of melody and a relaxed yet polished sound. This easy-going quintet features a saxophone, piano, guitar, double bass, and drums. A great album to put on after work.


artist: Eternal Jazz Project
albumname: Handmade
sku: ejp-handmade
upc: 847646001783
also:
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description:
Handmade is the third Eternal Jazz Project album, mainly recorded in one of Sweden's most famous jazz studio recording facilities - the Swedish Broadcast radio. The feel is relaxed and down to earth, and has that (as many people point out) Scandinavian touch and mystic ambience. EJP is still a fairly traditional jazz band with it's roots in 50's and 60's jazz. (The piano player and composer Lars Lundell and is a big fan of Bill Evans.) As always, EJP is presenting only their own compositions, going from the soft and beautiful "Hey June" to the glimpse in the eye -swinging "Jamaican BBQ". No matter how Scandinavian, there's always room for surprises and groovy improvisation.


artist: Eternal Jazz Project
albumname: Seasons
sku: ejp-seasons
upc: 876809007102
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/seasons/id369478099
also:
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artist: Etherine
albumname: 24 Days
sku: etherine-24days
upc: 876809002398
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257921062&s=143444
also:
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description:
"Etherine is the name of a musical project by Michael Weeks, and "24 Days" is the first album created under the project's umbrella. The album was created as an experiment, the author wrote and recorded one song every day over a 24 days period. Despite the experimental character, it has cohesion and the inner "movement" of the album as you progress through the songs feels good and natural. The name of the project could not have been chosen more properly - Etherine creates a music that's ethereal, pure and transparent. And there's something to it that puts it light years ahead of the typical, forced-ethereal, ambient or "new age" music.

The usual "new age" products are sort of bland, just streams of peaceful sounds that are beautiful at times, but lack real meaning. While Etherine produces something that has character, and the message is clear for anyone who's open to it. The atmosphere is strongly introspective, and it clearly carries the marks of a genuine introspection - there's _someone_ behind that music, you can feel a soul's stirrings and ups and downs. But perhaps the album's biggest value resides in the "altitude" of the states of mind that are behind it. While some songs are a bit melancholic, and a very few are turned towards more earthly feelings, the pinnacles of the album are very, very high above.
Florin Andrei


artist: Etherine
albumname: Gleam
sku: etherine-gleam
upc: 876809002381
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257782773&s=143444
also:
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artist: EuchMad
albumname: Light Off
sku: euchmad-lightoff
upc: 847646009710
also:
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description:
Mysterious and dreamy, like a Tim Burton movie, this album immerses us in childhood, in a fantasy world.

Piano, celesta, pizzicato, glockenspiel, electronic percussions, Music box, and choir are the main instruments.

All the songs were composed in a cinematic mood.


artist: EuchMad
albumname: When Droplets Coalesce Into A Puddle
sku: euchmad-whendroplets
upc: 876809007195
also:
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description:
Hypnotic and touching, like in a strange dream, this album is built with strings and percussion instruments, punctuated with sweetly sorrowfully played piano pieces. Sometimes moving and emotional and then heartwarming and uplifting. As with certain books or movies, it feels like being disconnected, to undertake a journey towards a world of enchanting glockenspiels, ethereal strings, naive and soothing piano melodies.


artist: Evgeny Bardyuzha
albumname: Exaltation
sku: evgenybardyuzha-exaltation
upc: 847646007211
also:
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description:
Exaltation is my third album. This is what happens when a progressive trance producer and DJ tries to break the standard EDM concept and think wider.

The album genre is something between breakbeat, chill out and dubstep with cinematic touch. It sounds dreamy, etherial and slightly melancholic.


artist: Exhalation
albumname: Exhalation_
sku: exhalation-exhalation
upc: 847646010013
also:
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description:
This concept album embraces everything from ethnic heavy hitting drums to soft ambient pianos and strings. The project is a collage of many inflections ranging from ambient, post rock, and cinematic vibes that blend into each track. An underscoring goal whilst writing was to let the subconscious take over and letting my instincts keep moving me forward in the creative process. Not only was creating melodic hooks important but also creating an atmosphere to rest upon.

Austin Crosby - Artist/Producer

Archie Montoya - Guitar/Bass

Album Art - Ned Crosby


artist: Exhalation
albumname: Red Cabin
sku: exhalation-redcabin
upc: 847646010051
also:
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description:
"Red Cabin" is filled with atmospheres surrounded by finger picking guitars, strings, and pianos to create rich soundscapes. This EP is multilayered with drones and field recordings to provide the ambient foundation of the project. Another aspect is combinations of acoustic and electric sounds creating a cohesive cinematic journey with waves of voices. "Red Cabin" is a place of rest and peace.

Artist /Producer - Austin Crosby Bass & Electric Guitar - Archie Montoya Acoustic Guitar - Chas Haynes Cover Art - In loving memory of my great grandmother, Lillian Barden Gerace.


artist: Eyot
albumname: Horizon
sku: eyot-horizon
upc: 847646000649
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/horizon/id440799014
also:
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description:
"Eyot" represents a musicians hungering for a fresh sound: blending the culture of jazz, the sophistication of classical piano, the gritty elements of East European folk music, and just a hint of smooth electronic fusion.

"Eyot" has been called the "Nirvana" of European Jazz. The band was founded in Nis, Serbia about 2 years ago.


artist: Falling You
albumname: Adore
sku: fallingyou-adore
upc: 847646001493
also:
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description:
Adore finds "Falling You" exploring a more optimistic, rock-oriented motif. Though the ethereal / ambient base is still there, the music ranges from ambient, to jangly shoegaze, to melodic space-rock, to dream-pop and finally back to ambient. The concept is a simple one - life is a varied and wonderful thing, and though it's trials can weigh heavily on us, it's tribulations can lift our hearts. "Adore" is about exploring the more optimistic side of emotional music and this gift called life.

Vocalists include Anji Bee (LoveSpirals), Suzanne Perry (MelodyGuild, Love Spirals Downwards), Aimee Page (Vishnu's Secret), Victoria Lloyd (Claire Voyant), Erica Mulkey (Unwoman, Stripmall Architecture), Dru Allen (This Ascension, Mirabilis), Summer Bowman (The Machine In The Garden, Mirabilis) and Kirsty Hawkshaw (Delirium, Mr. Sam).


artist: Falling You
albumname: Blush
sku: fallingyou-blush
upc: 847646005781
also:
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description:
"Blush", the 6th record from Falling You, continues in the dreampop / shoegaze direction that began with their previous release, "Adore". The atmosphere remains ethereal, the perspective remains optimistic. There are innumerable events, large and small, which happen all over the World which can induce a smile on our face and a gentle tug at our heart, if we only let them. This album is about celebrating those unexpected, yet beautiful moments.

Capillaries open. Flowers bloom. Hearts swell. Ideas spread.


artist: Falling You
albumname: Faith
sku: fallingyou-faith
upc: 876809006457
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=291764184&s=143444
also:
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description:
Featuring incredible performances by Suzanne Perry (Love Spirals Downwards), Amanda Kramer (The Golden Palominos), Shikhee (Android Lust) and other Falling You favorites, 'faith' continues in the dark ambient / heavenly voices / ethereal style of 'human' and 'touch', while adding subtle industrial elements. Exploring what we humans do when life's experiences shake the foundations of whatever beliefs we hold, 'faith' asks the question, 'What do we do when everything crumbles around us?'


artist: Falling You
albumname: Human
sku: fallingyou-human
upc: 876809004996
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=200851515&s=143444
also:
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description:
A Magnatune best-seller and winner of NAR's Best Vocal Album of 2006, Human showcases John Michael Zorko's ability to fuse beautifully emotive female vocals with dark ambient instrumentals. The overall effect is otherworldy and elegant: like music for a haunted palace. Human features performances by Dru Allen of This Ascension and Suzanne Perry of Love Spirals Downwards, as well as Aimee Page and other Falling You favorites. Full liner notes with download purchase, including lyrics.


artist: Falling You
albumname: Touch
sku: fallingyou-touch
upc: 876809002367
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=68946009&s=143444
also:
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description:
This Magnatune best-seller features the superlative sound design of John Michael Zorko and the haunting vocals of Dru Allen (This Ascension), Sara Ayers, Jennifer McPeak, Victoria Lloyd, Erica Mulkey, and Aimee Page. Perched perfectly somewhere between a dark, dissonant mood and a lilting, elegant one, Touch explores Zorko's love of unstructured sound and emotive female vocals; the songs float and change shape slowly, like clouds. Standout tracks include "Something About Eve," "The Light Between Us," and "Reading the Leaves (by Moonlight)." Named NAR's Best Vocal Album of 2005.


artist: Farallon Recorder Quartet
albumname: Ludwig Senfl
sku: farallon-senfl
upc: 876809003500
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257902258&s=143444
also:
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description:
Here, we have a survey of this too-little heard composer's works, engagingly performed and well recorded. Early Music Vol. XXXVI, No. 4 November 2008

Reviews:
"This excellent disc includes recorder quartet arrangements of an assortment of Ludwig Senfl's works both sacred and secular, and will not only delight the ear but should also help to shed light on an unjustly neglected master of Renaissance polyphony".
New Releases for Libraries February 2006

"Farallon...is quite the equal of the well-known European recorder ensembles. Their control of intonation and ensemble is exemplary and they show a real understanding of Senfl?s idiom. Both the performance and the choice of repertoire make this a disc that will be of great interest to lovers of Renaissance recorder music".
American Recorder January 2006


artist: Father of Sam
albumname: C-Section
sku: fatherofsam-csection
upc: 847646006344
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description:
Father of Sam's debut album is entitled C-Section. Released in 2012, it is a heavy psych-pop in-your-face experience. The music ranges from dark and moody to catchy, danceable rhythms but always with an edge and a touch of sarcasm.

C-Section is an honest and unpretentious album featuring excellent musicianship and strong vocals. Sophisticated but with plenty of working class appeal. An album that is certain to please hard rock fans as well as the indie set.

Father of Sam was formed by Alec Badxxxxx and Stephan Kuzibutta in 2008. The two New York City based musicians grew up subjects of the former Soviet Union bringing a unique approach to American music.


