# albums

artist: 1KUB
albumname: French Kiss
sku: 1kub-frenchkiss
upc: 847646010785
also:
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description:
1KUB's first album "French Kiss" blends Electronica with Industrial music. It consists of twelve tracks with worked textures and rhythm without compromise, surrounded by an atmosphere which is both dark and captivating, hot and dirty, evolving in electric and serious tones.


artist: 1KUB
albumname: Midnight
sku: 1kub-midnight
upc: 847646010075
also:
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description:
A cross between Electronica and Industrial music, "Midnight" is 1KUB's first release. Get ready for eight hard and fast tracks!


artist: 4oresight
albumname: A Cocktail of Vibez
sku: 4oresight-cocktailofvibez
upc: 847646010532
also:
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description:
Smooth abstract melodies deliver a unique vibe with alternative Hip-Hop beats mixed with up-tempo House-influenced beats and aggressive sub-bass lines.


artist: 4oresight
albumname: End of Summer
sku: 4oresight-endofsummer
upc: 847646010822
also:
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description:
'End of Summer' is a jazzy, lo-fi Hip-Hop instrumental album that's perfect for adding groove to your Vlogs and Lifestyle videos.


artist: 4oresight
albumname: Less Is More
sku: 4oresight-lessismore
upc: 847646010525
also:
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description:
Using a variety of beats, from Dark Techno to Hip-Hop style, 4oresight gives his deep House tracks an ominous sound and killer groove.


artist: 4oresight
albumname: More Time Than Ever
sku: 4oresight-moretimethanever
upc: 847646010549
also:
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description:
On 'More Time Than Ever', 4oresight uses deep and smooth synth pads to deliver dark electronic soundscapes energized by Techno-style beats.


artist: 4oresight
albumname: Ocean Views
sku: 4oresight-oveanviews
upc: 847646010815
also:
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description:
'Ocean Views' delivers a smooth melodic, abstract and chill mix of Ambient, Alternative Hip-Hop and Electronic grooves.


artist: A_Rival
albumname: 8-Bit Pimp
sku: arival-8bitpimp
upc: 876809008758
also:
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description:
From Game music producer, composer, and performer A_Rival comes "8-Bit Pimp"; the first full-length, Hip-Hop album of all original music in where all tracks and beats were composed entirely using the sound chip of the Nintendo Entertainment System. A_Rival is quickly bridging the gap between Hip-Hop and the up-and-coming "Chiptune" scene - an emerging music genre established in San Francisco among DJs, composers, producers, and musically inclined fans of game music that seeks to push the boundaries of the art form.


artist: Abbas Premjee
albumname: Crescent Moon
sku: apremjee-cresentmoon
upc: 847646004722
also:
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description:
Each track on this album has been written with the help of Indian ragas: scalar and melodic patterns that convey distinct essences of emotions. To this, I have added sounds of rock, jazz and whatever else that came in my mind. The combination works.

A host of influences have converged here ranging from the ancient sounds of Indian ragas to contemporary hip-hop beats. The result is sometimes hypnotic and sometimes melancholic. Our ancestors had a much deeper connection with music than we do, on a spiritual and emotional level. I would like to reestablish that connection.

Crescent Moon features the mohan veena, a modern version of an ancient Indian instrument. The mohan veena, being a slide instrument, possesses the ability to play microtonally and bring out the true nature of the ragas.


artist: Adam Fielding
albumname: Distant Activity
sku: fielding-distant
upc: 876809006815
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/distant-activity/id292265703
also:
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description:
In late 2007, during the creation of The Dawn EP I became more and more interested with merging familiar styles of synthpop, downtempo and ambient music with a more progressive, semi-breaks driven sound. I had been writing music in a similar sort of vein since late 2006, and after experimenting with a more chilled sound decided that this was absolutely the direction I wanted to pursue for my first full length release. I was becoming more and more fascinated by melody-driven dance music at the time and decided to fuse this with my already existing synthpop/atmospheric-driven sound.

The album really started to take form with the production of the title track in January 2008. The bulk of the production occurred during my placement year at university, working primarily within my humble bedroom studio at the time which essentially consisted of me, my laptop, Reason 4, an orchestral sound kit, a microphone and a guitar. As the album continued to take shape I found myself drawn towards themes of finding beauty in darkness as well as light, isolation and redemption. This led to the album taking on a heavily introspective, contemplative tone, forming a steady emotional undercurrent to the album itself.

The songs themselves were taken from a mixture of existing tracks (re-worked to fit with the style and mood of the album) and new tracks written and produced during 2007-2008. I sent the album as-is to several labels during its creation and, after receiving little to no response, decided to stop wasting my time and release the album independently initially. I genuinely believed I had created a body of work that suitably summed up my influences and experiences prior to that point, and was desperate to share it with anyone who wanted to listen. A combination of Magnatune, CDBaby and a short-run CD copy provided me with the means to get my music out there to anyone who wanted to listen. I decided to focus my efforts on what I knew best - writing and producing music. At the time I didn't fully appreciate the amount of work and effort that would go into releasing a record independently, but I'm still incredibly glad I did.

Distant Activity was officially released in September 2008, just before I commenced my final year at university. Things came full circle when it was picked up and re-released digitally through Distinctive Records in late 2010. A selection of out-takes from the Distant Activity production sessions was released on March 7th 2012 as the free EP Background Activity.


artist: Adam Fielding
albumname: Lightfields
sku: fielding-lightfields
upc: 876809008772
also:
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description:
Building on his debut album "Distant Activity", Adam weaves a delicate balance of incredible production prowess, live instrumentation and emotional songwriting, resulting in a remarkably accessible listen while boasting a startling amount of depth. From the driven, mangled beats of The Initiation through to the off-kilter synth-rock of The Same Mistakes, listeners are treated to a consistently organic record with more than a few surprises along the way.

Lightfields strikes a creative balance between artistic development, memorable songwriting and accessibility, resulting in an album that revels in cutting-edge production and artistic expression.

Lightfields is the sophomore artist album of UK-based electronic musician Adam Fielding, written and recorded from 2008-2010 and released in September 2010.


artist: Adam Fielding
albumname: Pieces (extended)
sku: fielding-pieces
upc: 847646006849
also:
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description:
Following directly on from both "Icarus" and his work for TV, film, and commercial use, "Pieces" is an exploration of Fielding's eclectic range of influences and inspirations. While maintaining a consistent aesthetic throughout, "Pieces" retains an incredibly earnest and varied impression of Fielding's writing and production styles, resulting in a collection of music that is as honest as it is diverse.

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

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


artist: Adriano Fontana
albumname: Small Songs in a Small Kitchen
sku: adrianofontana-smallkitchen
upc: 847646005156
also:
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description:
Small songs in a small kitchen, a collection of themes composed and arranged for trio (guitar, cello and saxophone) by Adriano Fontana, can be described as the meeting between the rarefied atmosphere of Nordic jazz, contemporary music and song form.

The compositions were written during the last three years for theater shows, readings and musical performances and are now re-arranged in the form of "small songs" trio.

The sound is strictly acoustic from the three instruments. Their counterpoint and continuously research melody and rhythm are the main feature of the work, all recorded in a small kitchen in the historic center of Genoa.


artist: Aitua
albumname: Elements_
sku: aitua-elements
upc: 876809001681
also:
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description:
The guitar album Elements was created by Aitua after several journeys, where she had started feeling deeply inspired by the many sensations of nature.

The album starts with "Wings": a trip into the sky, which also was a challenge to write for solo guitar with various difficulty levels. It continues with a piece in two movements about a meeting with "The Grim Reaper". And then, there is a piece centered around the four "Elements" that can be seen around the planet: fire, water, wind and earth. Both pieces were written for guitar duo. Finally, there are two little dances for guitar trio: a valse called "Dancing Upside-Down", and another more festive dance titled "Distance". The album ends with "The Gray Forest": a guitar quartet with four movements about a forest in which is not safe to stay.


artist: Aitua
albumname: Medieval Game
sku: aitua-medievalgame
upc: 876809004835
also:
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description:
Medieval Game:
These 5 movements for 4 guitars were composed as a soundtrack for a Medieval Role-Playing Video Game. As a player, Aitua wants to transport listeners into different spheres and let them create their own story.

Energy:
This piece was written for 3 guitars. Through it, Aitua wants to help listeners recharge their batteries, get motivated, and get into a good mood for the day.

Words:
These 5 movements were written for 2 guitars and given a title each. Even though different in name, Aitua feels that all of them mean more or less the same. If History may be a lie, and if dreams can show truth, then tales are the link between these 4 concepts.


artist: Alan Marchand
albumname: Blues for all Occasions
sku: amarchand-blueoccasions
upc: 876809008468
also:
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description:
"Blues For All Occasions" features 19 tracks of original jazz compositions that feature variations of the classic 12-bar blues progression. Let us take you back to the 1960s, when jazz and bebop were king.

Check out "Punxsutawney Phil" as Pennsylvania's famous groundhog emerges from his den each February 2nd while dancing to an up-tempo blues number. "Mister Mojo" features a wailing baritone sax that winds effortlessly between major and minor modes. Then there's "Mister Right Now", a slow blues arrangement designed to entertain you while you wait patiently for Mister Right to come along. On an upbeat day you might be in the mood for "Mulliganesque", our bari sax player's homage to Gerry Mulligan. But when you're feeling down and out, "Apesadumbrado", our slow, woe-is-me blues performed in a minor key might prove to be just the kind of company that misery is said to love.


artist: Alan Marchand
albumname: Mojo Trippin'
sku: amarchand-mojotrip
upc: 847646000700
also:
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description:
"Mojo Trippin'" indicates that you've got your magic workin' for you and you're flyin' high - like Jim Cramer, whose shouted "BOO-YAH!" on MSNBC's "Mad Money" can be heard across the land. Check out our hep-cat "Boppin' Nanny" as she dances to a 1960s bebop tune along with a sprightly piano trio. You saluted him in the role of Emperor Nero in Mel Brooks' "History of the World, Part One" (1981). You genuflected when he appeared as the Pope in "Johnny Dangerously" (1984). And now, Dom DeLuise is immortalized in song: "Ev'ry Little Breeze Whispers Dom DeLuise". "In Hoc Senor Wences" is a play on a Latin phrase, "In hoc signo vinces" (By this sign thou shalt conquer). Stroll over to Wikipedia to learn about Senor Wences. Our arrangement features piano, alto flutes, and baritone saxophone solos backed by gentle Latin rhythms.

Then there's "Midnight Busboy", our jazzy salute to the fellow who cleans up after the party's over. "Paris Penny": That's how I once heard a Texan ask for directions from Newark to Parsippany, NJ! Our upbeat jazz arrangement features acoustic piano and mellow vibraphone solos backed by an energetic piano trio. "Peppermint Patty", our salute to Charles Schulz's "Peanuts", opens with rubato piano and bass followed by an energetic piano trio. You might be in the mood for a turn-of-the-century ragtime piano performance in "Take It In Stride" Finally, there's "Veni, Vidi, Visa!" - these words, "I came, I saw, I bought!", most likely were spoken by Mrs. Julius Caesar while returning from the Forum Mall. Our lively jazz arrangement features piano and vibraphone solos backed by jazz electric guitar and a sprightly rhythm section.


artist: Alan Marchand
albumname: Romantic Piano - R and R
sku: amarchand-romanticpiano
upc: 876809009557
also:
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description:
"Romantic Piano: R and R" offers an eclectic collection of 20 arrangements of original compositions. Soothing piano music provides rest and relaxation (R and R) at the end of a busy day.

Check out our nostalgic arrangement of "Lady Day" - rubato acoustic piano, cello and acoustic bass perform together to pay homage to the late Billie Holiday. Then there's "Lost Love": a slow, wistful composition that commemorates a love lost long ago. "Sealed With a Kiss" offers romantic mood music that features a solo acoustic piano backed by orchestral strings. Finally, tune into "Sleepyhead" and "Twilight" to set just the right mood for R and R as you fluff your pillow at the end of a stressful day.


artist: Alan Marchand
albumname: She Waits
sku: amarchand-shewaits
upc: 876809003241
also:
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description:
Our presentation opens with Mister Tolerable, someone to occupy you until Mr. Right comes along.

Bygone Days offers a slow, nostalgic rendition, one which is likely to have appealed to Archie & Edith Bunker.

Alone Together features an acoustic piano trio that sets a romantic mood to enhance a quiet evening.

You can breathe a sigh of relief when you're just a Hop, Skip and Jump away from finishing an onerous task. Our arrangement features solo vibes backed by acoustic piano, guitar, bass and drums.

Chasin' Sanborn recalls the old Chase & Sanborn advertisement: "What Mr. Chase didn't know about coffee, Mr. Sanborn did".

In their 1945 recording the Andrews Sisters reminded us that you get no bread with Juan Meatball.

Meet John Dough celebrates the leading role played by Gary Cooper in a 1941 Frank Capra movie.

It's Friday at 6:00 PM, Happy Hour at the local watering hole, which is packed shoulder-to-shoulder with aspiring yuppies. Each guy whispers to a young lady, pretending to care, while each young lady listens hopefully, pretending not to care.

In Love Again is a medium-tempo arrangement of a romantic scope that features mellow vibraphone and acoustic piano backed by acoustic bass and drums.

As you stroll down the Avenue des Champs-Élysées you pass un vieux musicien Parisien performing a wistful tune, Monmartre, on a beaten-up French accordion. Alors, merci pour les souvenirs !

Perspicacity is a driving be-bop number that features mellow vibes backed by an insightful acoustic piano trio.

Wishing Well features a solo rubato electric guitar performed in the jazz guitar style popularized by the late John Paul "Bucky" Pizzarelli.

Cuchi FedEx Man celebrates yet another on-time package delivery by the guy in the big white van.

Our album's title tune, She Waits, received inspiration from Stephen Kasun's namesake oil painting, which adorns our album cover.

Our final offering, a reluctant toe-teaser entitled Two Left Feet, is scored in 13/4 time. Each 13-beat bar is phrased 3-3-4-3.


artist: Alan Marchand
albumname: Viva La Musica Latina
sku: amarchand-vivalatina
upc: 847646001516
also:
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description:
Viva La Musica Latina celebrates the music of Latin America, which is truly a celebration of life itself.

Check out our whimsical bossa nova, "Cuchi FedEx Man".

"E Uma Carioca" provides music for girl-watching on the beaches of Rio de Janeiro.

"Por Que No Te Callas?" ("Why Don't You Shut Up?"): A question uttered in desperation by Spanish King Juan Carlos I, directed toward Hugo Chavez at the closing of the 17th Ibero-American summit.

"Fique Tranquilo", spoken at the first sign of a stressful situation, is the Brazilian equivalent of the Aussies' "No Worries, Mate".

"Lembrar de Voce" (Remembering You) celebrates old love, whereas "Gigolo Cubano" is a celebration of love for sale.

"Los Guaracheros" is a celebration of the music of Cuba. Guaracha, as perfected by the late Celia Cruz, eventually developed into the style of Latin music now known as "salsa".

"Meu Sao Paulo" is a gentle, nostalgic bossa nova that celebrates the magic of Brazil's largest city.

"Pois Nao?" is a phrase that you might hear upon entering a shop in Brazil. Literally "Because No", this seemingly nonsensical phrase has come to mean "At Your Service". Com certeza!

"I'd Rather Be A Has-Been Than A Never Was" is a self-explanatory bossa nova tune.

The phrase "Y A Otra Cosa, Mariposa" is spoken when you want to ask someone politely to change the subject of a conversation.

Each of us can expect to encounter "Senor Moment" more frequently as we age.


artist: Alex McCartney
albumname: Elizabeth's Lutes
sku: amccartney-elizabethslutes
upc: 876809005122
also:
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description:
After the death of Henry VII, music making was increasingly popular in the Tudor court. Elizabeth I was no exception. She ascended to the throne in 1558, and at the height of the Golden Age she employed around seventy musicians. Elizabeth was a keen amateur lute player, and this program showcases the exemplary work of contemporary lute players in and around her court.

John Dowland's career can perhaps be summarized by the statement 'Failure at home: time spent aboard'. In the early part of his career he converted to Catholicism whilst working for Henry Cobham, the ambassador to France. After he had returned to England in 1583, whilst under the employment of Henry Noel, he was passed over several times when lutenist positions became available in Elizabeth I's court. At the time, the country was officially Protestant; Church of England. However, Elizabeth (seeking to pacify the majority of her subjects) was sympathetic to Catholics. But, unfortunately for Dowland, she may not have wanted them employed at her court.

Frustrated in England, Dowland accepted a lucrative post as lutenist to Christian IV of Denmark in 1598, where he remained until 1606. During his time in Denmark, Dowland often went on extended periods of leave to England to oversee the publishing of his works and to perhaps also make appearances: still in hope of court employment. In 1612, Dowland was finally awarded an English Royal Lutenist's post in the long-dormant place of Richard Pike. By this time, namely 1603, Elizabeth I had died been by James I: the last of the Tudor monarchs.

Daniel Bacheler was apprenticed at the age of seven to his uncle Thomas Cardell, the lutenist and dance master at Elizabeth I's court. After having what must have been an excellent start in life, he proceeded to work for the ill-fated Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex between 1594-99. In 1603, he became a Lutenist and Groom of her Majesty's Privy Chamber. Although now classed as a 'lesser-known' composer from the Golden Age, Bacheler was possibly the most successful lutenist in England in his own lifetime. The reasons for his current lack of popularity are due to his compositions being complex and difficult to play, often requiring the now rarer and larger renaissance lutes, such as instruments with nine or ten courses. Bacheler's long span of compositional activity resulted in an output that is stylistically diverse. The musical forms found throughout his works show that he lived through the change in taste between the Elizabethan and Jacobean courts. They include: pavans, galliards, allemandes and sets of variations, one fantasia, courantes, and six preludes.

Alfonso Ferrabosco probably is more famous for introducing the madrigal to England than for his compositions. Born in Bologna, he visited England in 1562 and immediately found employment with Elizabeth I. During his time working at the English court he made many trips to Italy; this in addition to being unusually highly paid for a musician, causing many to think he was a spy. Ferrabosco's madrigal style was considered skillful by his English peers. But looking back on it now, he largely ignored the progressive style developing in Italy that featured expressive chromaticism and word-painting. In 1578, Ferrabosco left England never to return (despite regular requests from Elizabeth). In 1588, he died in Bologna.

Francis Cutting is one of the earliest English lute composers that we are aware of today. Little is known of his early life and musical training. At some point in his career he was employed as a musician for the Howard family which included the so-termed 'Catholic martyr' Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel. Cutting had an impressive ten children, one of whom, his son Thomas became a distinguished lutenist.

Cuttings compositions are a balanced display of the English lute style during the 1580s and 1590s. He composed no fancy or ground basses and can be more easily recognized by his contrapuntally-perfect pavans, galliards and allemandes. Several of his surviving works appear in William Barley's 'A New Booke of Tabliture (1596)'.

Contrary to expectations Anthony Holborne did not have an appointment as a musician at Elizabeth I's court. He most likely held a position such as 'Gentleman Usher to Queen Elizabeth' by the time his book 'The Cittharn School' was published; in it he is styled 'Gentleman and servant to her most excellent Majestie'. In the final years of his life, 1599-1602, he also worked for Robert Cecil, the 1st Earl of Salisbury. Unlike some musicians of the time he was well educated and could versify and write in Latin; suggestive of training at court, one of the inns, or university. He was a significant composer of cittern and bandora music as well as lute music.

Orlande de Lassus was a world famous Franco-Flemish composer. He started his career by studying in Naples in the early 1550s, working as both a singer and composer for Costantino Castroto. He next moved to Rome, working under Cosimo I de'Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. At the tender age of twenty-one he was appointed the 'maestro di cappella' of the Basilica of Saint John Lateran, the ecumenical mother church of Rome. In 1556 he had joined the court of Albrecht V, Duke of Bavaria in Munich, becoming the 'maestro di cappella' by 1563. He would live in Munich for the rest of his life.

By the 1560s Lassus was famous. Many leaders in Europe paid tribute to him; Emperor Maximillian II conferred nobility upon him (rare for a composer), Pope Gregory XIII knighted him and Charles IX (King of France) invited him to visit, twice.

Lassus died in Munich in 1594, the same day that his employer decided to dismiss him for economic reasons. He never saw the letter. Lassus did not write music specifically for the lute as far as we know, but the piece in this program can be found in the Matthew Holmes Manuscripts I: Cambridge University Library MS Dd.2.11 and is a contemporary arrangement.


artist: Alex McCartney
albumname: Mesangeau's Experiments
sku: amccartney-mesangeau
upc: 847646008072
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A deserved recipient of European fame and success, Rene Mesangeau (fl. 1567-1638) was popular amongst contemporaries, receiving recognition by both Pierre Ballard in 1631 and 1638 and Marin Mersenne in 1636 (Harmonie Universelle). Robert Ballard also regarded Mesangeau very highly, placing him in the 'First Rank' of lute composers. Mesangeau's innovative experimentation with lute tuning systems eventually led to the development of the 'standard Baroque lute tuning', centered around a d-minor chord.

Mesangeau was born in Paris in the last quarter of the sixteenth century. During his time in Germany (presumably pre-1617) it is likely he met Besard, who included a courante by Mesangeau in his Novus Partus published in 1617. Returning to Paris he gained a position in the service of Louis XIII with the title ecuyer sui ordinarement la cour. His deliberately new style must have made a striking impression. By 1621 he had been elevated to the position of musicien ordinaire du Roi. At some point during this period of success Mesangeau married Marguerite Jacquet, the daughter of the famous spinet maker Jean Jacquet.

Mesangeau's popularity was summarised at his death by his pupil Ennemond Gaultier who composed the first known tombeau in his honour (Le tombeau de Mezangeau, 1638).

Played on a 10 course lute made by James Marriage after Hans Frei.
Recorded in All Saints Church, North Street, York, June 2014.
Recorded by Joseph Chesshyre and produced by Joseph Chesshyre and Alex McCartney.


artist: Alex McCartney
albumname: Rondeau Melancolique
sku: amccartney-rondeaumelancolique
upc: 876809008048
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'Tis going, I own, like the Knight of the Woeful Countenance in quest of melancholy adventures. But I know not how it is, but I am never so perfectly conscious of the existence of a soul within me, as when I am entangled in them.'
-Laurence Sterne: A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy (London, 1768)

A historic overview

The repertoire presented on this record offers a broad overview of late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century music from France. Rather than highlighting the grand gestures and theatrical spectacles of the absolutist reign of Louis XIV, we focus on intimate, delicate and sensuous chamber pieces of the time.

During the decades in which the works we perform were born, major stylistic changes occurred in the musical life of France. We can differentiate three fairly distinctive categories: the "pure French style" (Monsieur de Saint-Colombe, Robert de Visée and Jean-Baptiste de Bousset), the "French style with Italianate influence" (Pierre-Danican Philidor, Jacques Martin Hotteterre and François Couperin), and the "united style with gallant elements" (Charles Buterne).

At the height of his power, after listening to a dazzlingly virtuosic Italian violinist followed by a mediocre French musician performing a plain French air, Louis XIV famously turned to the Italian player whilst pointing at his own courtier: "All I can say, sir, is that that is my taste." During this time the tone of the musical language was set by the extremely ambitious court composer of the King, Jean-Baptiste Lully. The favoured style was proudly "pure", and foreign influences were not welcome.

However, from the early 1700s as twilight set on the Sun King's reign, this purity began to vanish step by step. Lully was dead, and a new generation of composers flourished - many of them keen consumers of the rival Italian style. Amongst others, Jacques Martin Hotteterre spent a short period of time in Rome (hence his sobriquet "Le Romain"), and François Couperin hugely admired the great Italian composer Arcangelo Corelli. In 1724, a few years after the death of Louis XIV, Couperin published a work with symbolic relevance, Le Gout-reunis, or the "styles reunited".

In the following decades this entangling of styles gradually gained prominence, and by 1745, the publication date of the latest piece in our programme, the fusion was complete. At this point, not only musical structure and compositional language represented the combined styles, but a pinch of gallanterie had been added to follow the newest fashion.

Notes on the individual pieces

The name "Philidor" was famously mentioned in the preface of François Couperin's Concert Royeaux (alongside "Messieurs Duval, Alarius, and Dubois"), and we know that this illustrious group of musicians performed the above-mentioned pieces as an ensemble in the presence of Louis XIV. Unfortunately, as the Philidors were a large family of musicians - at the time three of them (André, Anne and Pierre) were close to the King - we cannot be entirely sure to whom Couperin was referring to. However, in 1712 and 1714 the King singled out Pierre for the "satisfaction His Majesty has of his services".

Originally a piece for oboe or flute in d minor, we perform a rendition of Pierre Philidor's Suite No. 5 in g minor. The suite, similarly to Italian sonatas of the time, consists only of four movements, arranged in the common slow-fast-slow-fast structure. The tone of both slow movements have an almost hopelessly melancholic nature, the fast movements on the other hand suggest poignant strength and exasperation.

Solo viol music became highly popular in late seventeenth-century France, often characterized by multiple stops and ornamental figures, imitating the manner of a lute. Although Monsieur de Saint-Colombe was perhaps the most famous viol player of his time, not much is known of his life today. He never held a royal position, but taught several of the foremost players of the following generation, including Marin Marais and Jean Rousseau. In his Suite in d minor, we meet his unique style, distinguishable by irregular and meandering melodies, and complemented by the avoidance of rhythmic patterning.

Similarly to Pierre Philidor, Jacques Martin Hotteterre was also part of a large musical family. Many of the Hotteterres were not only known as performers and composers, but also as instrument makers, thus being pioneers in the improvements of wind playing technique during the late seventeenth century. Jean Martin was primarily active as an oboist and flautist. In 1708 he was appointed as grand hautbois du roy, and later, in 1717, he received the title flutte de la chambre du roy.

His Suite No. 3 consists of six short, yet contrasting movements. The Allemande is named after the waterfall of St. Claude, and the character of the music represents exquisitely a nature inspired image. This is followed by a gentle, pastoral-like Sarabande, a careless Courante, a sorrowful Rondeau, and a small and delicate Menuet. The piece is concluded with a Gigue L'Italienne, which feels like a caricature of Frenchmen attempting to appear as Italians.
An interesting feature of the suite is that there is no prelude included - an otherwise common characteristic of similar works. In 1719 Hotteterre published a treatise, L'Art de Préluder, on the art of improvised preludes. As described by him, these introductory pieces were meant to have a marooning character, not entirely of an arbitrary nature, but following quite a clear harmonic progression. Inspired by this, it felt appropriate to add a prelude - la Hotteterre in order to set the tone for the suite.

Robert de Visée was, for a time, a busy lutenist and composer in the service of Louis XIV, primarily active as a musician of the royal chamber in Versailles. In 1719 he received the title maître de guitare du roy, and as well as being a master of plucked instruments, he was also a singer and viol player.

De Visée's dexterous pieces for the theorbo are affecting and yet remain indisputably within the confining forms of the vernacular court dances. His style combines elegant simplicity with imaginative melodies and inventive harmonies, seizing the full potential of the instrument. The majority of his surviving compositions for theorbo can be found in the Saizenay Manuscript, including the suite recorded for this album.

Barely anything is known about the life of Charles Buterne. He was the son of the highly esteemed organist and harpsichordist Jean-Baptiste Buterne, and before devoting himself entirely to music in 1745, he was reputed to have belonged to the Royal Life Guards.

On the title page of the collection, from which the Sonata in c minor stems, Buterne clearly specifies that these pieces can be performed on recorder. This is quite surprising, as by the collection's publication date of 1745, recorders had past their heyday of popularity throughout Europe. The first movement of the sonata is somewhat old-fashioned and has a tenderly reminiscing character. This is followed by a virtuosic Allegro, full of Italianate fireworks of semiquavers, and the piece is drawn to a close with a pair of gallant Minuettos.

Not only has the nightingale had the most successful career of all literary birds, but it has also been extremely popular in different musical contexts. Its Latin name, luscinia, means by all likelihood "singer of grief", and its melodious song with mournful tones has inspired several composers. François Couperin's Le Rossignol en amour stems from his Troisième Livre de Pieces. Although he originally composed it for harpsichord, at the end of the piece he adds a little comment suggesting that it can also be played on the flute.

In Couperin's rendition the nightingale performs a hopeful love song, which we follow with a brunette by Jean-Baptiste de Bousset. In the original song by de Bousset rather than hearing the voice of the nightingale, we listen to a lover pleading to the nightingale: 'Why, sweet nightingale, in this dark place, do you wake me before the break of day? / Have you come to announce to my heart, that she whom I adore has returned? / Why, sweet nightingale, in this dark place, do you wake me before the break of day? / But if Climàne, still too indifferent to my love, leaves my heart to be consumed in its own fire, / Why, sweet nightingale, in this dark place, do you wake me before the break of day?'. The version we perform includes ornaments written by Hotteterre, and provides a simple yet hauntingly beautiful conclusion to our melancholic journey.

A brief remark on the performance

The often introspective and melancholic nature of the music presented here can perhaps be carefully paralleled with certain ideas on motion. The relation between mouvement and mesure has particular relevance - the late seventeenth-century viol player Jean Rousseau writes the following about these two terminologies:

'What the difference is between Mesure and Mouvement? The answer: Mesure is a path; of which the end is Mouvement. Just as there is a difference between the path itself and to where that path leads: so we differentiate between Mesure and Mouvement. And as the voice or singing must be led by Mesure, Mesure will be conducted and enlivened by Mouvement.'
-Jean Rousseau: Méthode claire, certaine et facile pour apprendre - chanter la musique
(Paris, 1678)

Through this duality a certain "objective freedom" occurs, where the guiding pulse is complemented by a loose rhythmic treatment within. As a result, the music often represents an intriguing mixture of physical progression, and yet simultaneously an almost static timelessness. Thus, the musical and temporal perception of seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century France can be characterized as having a circular, or "rondeau-like" feel to it, rather than a forward moving, linear nature. Whilst absorbing these pieces, the graceful variations on the momentary gain increasing importance, and attention to the future gradually fades away.

László Rózsa
November 2017


artist: Alex McCartney
albumname: Toccata - Touched
sku: amccartney-toccatatouched
upc: 876809003920
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Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger's (c.1580-1651) works for theorbo are virtuosic, exploratory and peculiar: his baffling and brilliant use of rhythm (at a time when most other virtuoso players were pounding the semi-quavers) stewed with his surprisingly-odd chromatic harmony lends his music an obscure and surprising quality. As a result of his unconventional style his direct musical influences are ephemeral. He spent most of his life working in the same household (Cardinal Barberini's: the nephew of Pope Urban VIII) in Rome as Girolamo Frescobaldi; inevitably close during their presumed co-development of the toccata form: - 'toccata' translates as 'touched' - but otherwise much of K's life and music eludes us. By the 1610s the toccata was a fantasy form born out of sixteenth-century preambulatory forms such as the prelude, ricercar and 'tastar de corde' (to tune the strings): juxtaposed sections of blindingly florid passages and fugal polyphony are abruptly joined in a theatrical improvisatory style.

This album focuses primarily on Kapsberger's preludes and toccatas with only a few dance movements (gagliarda, corrente etc.) thrown in for their notable and enjoyable peculiarities. All the pieces recorded are from Kapsberger's 3rd (1626) and 4th (1640) books for theorbo. Kapsberger's 2nd book of theorbo (chitarrone) music still remains to be found.

'[Kapsberger] with his superb genius and other scientific skills in which he was expert, successfully penetrated the secrets of music.'
Anathasius Kircher: Musurgia Universalis (1650)


artist: Alexander Lisenkov
albumname: Chillout and Lounge Music
sku: alexlisenkov-chilloutlounge
upc: 847646006511
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This album consists of 16 calm and quiet tracks in a different genres, from lounge to reggae. Moods are different too: some tracks are sad and melancholic, others are smooth and sexy. All the songs made with synths and sampled exotic oriental instruments, such as asian flutes, etc.

This music can be used for travel videos, spa salons, or just for listening and relaxation.


artist: Alexander Lisenkov
albumname: Fashion Themes
sku: alexlisenkov-fashionthemes
upc: 847646006528
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This album consists of 18 instrumental tracks in an electronica house style. It was made with synthesizers and electric guitars and contains a lot of modern sounds. All the tracks are cheerful and positive, dynamic and energetic.

This music can be used for a wide range of purposes: from fashion shows to video games.


artist: Alison Crum and Roy Marks
albumname: A Spagna in the Works
sku: crummarks-spagna
upc: 847646007532
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The sweetly modest, satisfying, and gentle sonority of domestic music-making in the renaissance quietly belies compositions of unsurpassed musical skill. Featuring music that may be enjoyed equally either as something pleasantly light in the background, or more attentively as something more serious and profound, this new album of music centered around the mid 16th century is performed on the viol (bowed like a violin or cello, but far more tender, placid, and humane) accompanied by the lute (plucked like a guitar, but more calm, courteous and modest) and, like a mesmeric, draws the listener into worlds that are almost unimaginable, and certainly almost forgotten.

Review quotes:
'This delightful album gives an insight into the special, ethereal world of serious music-making in the renaissance period. It is an intimate, sophisticated sound for the privileged, cultivated listener.'
The Viol

'Recordings of later viol music often try to cover or minimize the sound of the articulation of the bow, but this recording embraces it as an essential and beautiful component of the music...the variety of colors that Alison produces from all the viols is astonishing..'
Viola da Gamba Society of America News

'..a recording of sensitivity, clarity and warmth...the final track (Roy's Lullaby) creates a mood leaving us somewhere between a hypnotic trance and suspended in mid-air (making) the perfect conclusion to an imaginatively constructed programme, skilfully realised and expertly recorded.'
Thamesis


artist: Allen Cote
albumname: The Sublimative Sessions Vol 1 - Live at WMSE
sku: allencote-sublimativesessions1
upc: 876809003616
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Recorded live 91.7 WMSE on June 16, 2009

released March 3, 2014

Allen Coté - vocals, guitar, harmonica
Jackson Messner - harmony vocals, banjo

Engineered by Billy Cicerelly
Mixed and mastered by Allen Coté

Photography by Tim Suchocki
Design by Allen Coté and Ryan Necci

All songs written by Allen Coté
Published by Dezod Rekod (ASCAP)


artist: Allen Cote
albumname: The Sublimative Sessions Vol 2 - Live at Darling Hall
sku: allencote-sublimativesessions2
upc: 876809003678
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Recorded live from 4pm-midnight on Friday, April 13, 2012 at Darling Hall; with minimal string and guitar overdubs.

Special thanks to Ernest Hemingway, and his cocktail recipe for Death in the Afternoon:

"Pour one jigger absinthe into a Champagne glass. Add iced Champagne until it attains the proper opalescent milkiness. Drink three to five of these slowly."

released September 9, 2014.

Allen Coté - vocals, guitars, bass, lap, steel
Jackson Messner - vocals, banjo
Sarah Gilbert - vocals, piano
Lodewijk Broekhuizen - strings
Justin Rolbiecki - vocals
Engineered, mixed and mastered to tape by Justin Rolbiecki
Produced by Allen Coté and Jackson Messner

Photography and design by Allen Coté
Published by Dezod Rekod (ASCAP)


artist: Allen Cote
albumname: The Sublimative Sessions Vol 3 - The Bad Verse
sku: allencote-sublimativesessions3
upc: 876809003685
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Recorded (mostly) live on May 26, 2012 by The Bad Verse:

Allen Coté - vocals, guitars, banjolele, fox horn
Jeff Brueggeman - bass
Kavi Laud - drums, percussion, vocals
Ryan Elliott - 12-string guitar
Sarah Gilbert - vocals, organ, chaos

Additional overdubs by:

Dan Bullock - vibraphone, accordion
Lisa Ridgely - vocals
Nick Berg - mellotron, organ, piano, Rhodes, Wurlitzer

Special thanks to Wolfgang Schaefer for the D-28; Hunter S. Thompson, Jim
Henson, Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Dillion Dietzman and S.C. Johnson and Son for the inspiration; y mezcal para la pasion.

Released January 18, 2016.

Engineered, mixed and mastered by Ryan Elliott at 77eleven Productions
Additional engineering by Allen Coté and Nick Berg
Produced by Allen Coté and Ryan Elliott

All songs written by Allen Coté and published by Dézòd Rèkòd (ASCAP)


artist: allMeadow and Rob Costlow
albumname: Reunion
sku: allmeadowcostlow-reunion
upc: 847646002117
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The transatlantic electro-chill duo of allMeadow and Rob Costlow are back with a serving of stimulating inter-genre mixes.

Reunion is a downtempo holiday EP intended to be enjoyed year-round. Although starting with a trip back to "Forbidden" lane, this album contains all new melodies and riffs that Costlow recorded for allMeadow's mixing sandbox.

WARNING: Listening may invoke nostalgia.

You gotta love it when things just blend well together.


artist: allMeadow and Rob Costlow
albumname: Switch On
sku: allmeadowcostlow-switchon
upc: 876809007980
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/switch-on/id333573664
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What do you get if you place melodic piano loops in the hands of a genius remixer from the drum and bass capital of the world? "Switch on" is the result of a transatlantic collaboration between Magnatune artist Rob Costlow and allMeadow, a remixer based in Bristol, UK. Their aim was to create a unique inter-genre hybrid that would inspire, entertain and stimulate your mind.


artist: Almaghrib
albumname: Silenzio
sku: almaghrib-silenzio
upc: 876809008055
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The album contains 10 songs, two of which are instrumental. The lyrics are in Italian with some hints of Sicilian dialect. The sounds draw from a rich palette of genres, united overall by a common pop, roots and rock matrix. The album was produced by Almaghrib and Rudy Pusateri.


artist: Almaghrib
albumname: Silenzi - Subversions 1
sku: almaghrib-silenzisub1
upc: 847646011294
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description:
The album contains the INSTRUMENTAL versions and the UNPLUGGED versions from the original album "Silenzio" by Almaghrib. The lyrics are in Italian with some hints of Sicilian dialect. The sounds draw from a rich palette of genres, united overall by a common pop, roots and rock matrix. The album was produced by Almaghrib and Rudy Pusateri.


artist: Almaghrib
albumname: Silenzi - Subversions 2
sku: almaghrib-silenzisub2
upc: 847646011300
also:
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description:
The album contains the BACKGROUND versions and the DNB (Drum and Bass) versions from the original album "Silenzio" by Almaghrib. The lyrics are in Italian with some hints of Sicilian dialect. The sounds draw from a rich palette of genres, united overall by a common pop, roots and rock matrix. The album was produced by Almaghrib and Rudy Pusateri.


artist: AlmaNova
albumname: After Hours
sku: almanova-afterhours
upc: 876809007881
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/after-hours/id317705850
also:
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description:
In this third recording, we are very happy, honored and excited to return once again to the music that is so close to our hearts: the beautiful and intriguing music from the Balkans! The title of this album, After Hours, reflects the idea that when we are finished rehearsing or playing our 'classical repertoire', this is the music that we constantly return to...the music we choose to play "after hours"!

The music of Macedonia was really the inspiration for this album with its lively rhythms, hauntingly beautiful melodies and melancholy moods. Hope you enjoy our arrangements of these wonderful tunes as well as a few new original works!


artist: AlmaNova
albumname: The Christmas Album
sku: almanova-christmas
upc: 847646002025
also:
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description:
Enjoy the holidays even more with the soothing sounds of flute and guitar. In this album, AlmaNova delivers haunting beautiful original arrangements of some of the greatest Christmas Carols of all time.

World-renowned flute and guitar duo, AlmaNova, brings extra cheer to the holiday season with their latest release, The Christmas Album. This brilliant recording features original arrangements of some of the time-honored Christmas classics. AlmaNova's unique style and melodic virtuosity makes this recording a beautiful addition to your Christmas and Holiday music collection. This album features "Gabriel's' Message" in 7/8, "We Three Kings" with a flamenco flare, as well as "Silent Night" accompanied by a beautiful guitar tremolo.

Enjoy this special album amongst friends and family this holiday season!


artist: AlmaNova
albumname: Debut
sku: almanova-debut
upc: 876809006969
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/debut/id212540382
also:
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description:
A talented, classically trained flute and guitar duo presenting an eclectic program of styles from music all over the world. Each of these diverse musicians has been trained in the classical tradition while exploring other types of music.

*AWARD WINNER*
JPF Music Awards:
AlmaNova "Debut" -Best Instrumental Album 2009
Almer Imamovic "Sarajevo Nights" -Best Instrumental Song 2009


artist: AlmaNova
albumname: Classic Giuliani
sku: almanova-giulani
upc: 876809007898
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/classic-giuliani/id279893076
also:
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description:
With their second recording, "Classic Giuliani", AlmaNova returns to their classical roots bringing a fresh perspective on these wonderfully traditional works by the 'Divine' Mauro Giuliani.


artist: Almer and Nirvan
albumname: Life in Reverse
sku: almernirvan-lifeinrev
upc: 847646002018
also:
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description:
The songs we bring to you are a mix of originals and our own arrangements of old sevdalinkas, popular across the ex-Yugoslavia region. The actual composers as well as its origin are mostly unknown, so we can only hope that we will give justice and proper respect to those amazing musicians who came before us and made this distinctive sound.

Lets rewind for a moment?

Rakija, an alcoholic beverage with its origin in the Balkan region, can be found on every household table during celebrations, weddings, funerals, and even in times of sickness because many believe in its deep-rooted medicinal powers. It's no surprise then that this same drink brought Almer and Nirvan together, thousands of miles away from their homeland, and in one drunken night gave them the inspiration to take off on this unique musical journey that we hope you all will enjoy.

Disclaimer to our listeners: this album is best enjoyed with your own glass or two of rakija and a mezza plate.

Enjoy!!

Special Guests:
Jessica Pierce: flute
Lauren Baba: violin
Bob Dominguez: drums (tracks 1, 2, 7 and 9)
Suki Medencevic: accordion and clarinet


artist: Altri Stromenti
albumname: Italian Music of the 17th Century
sku: stromenti-italian
upc: 876809005955
itunes: NONE
also:
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description:
Bringing an album's worth of undiluted Viennese grace and elegance to life, Altri Stromenti Music Director Leszek Firek shows deep literacy and understanding of the music from this period. Features the work of Giovanni Battista Buonamente, as well as Uccellini, Legrenzi, and several other composers of the day.


artist: Altri Stromenti
albumname: Uccellini
sku: stromenti-uccellini
upc: 876809003210
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257934624&s=143441
also:
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description:
Poland's premiere period instrument ensemble Altri Stromenti (which means "other instruments") delivers an enchanting interpretation of Marco Uccellini's work. Music Director Leszek Firek chooses a great selection of this Baroque composer's elegant and highly textured chamber music, and compliments it with a few well placed vocal pieces by other composers.

Ukranian soprano Olga Pasiecznik's performances on three tracks are of particular note on this release, because she's an absolute gem. Her performance of "Confitebor" and "Al Sacramento" are revelations: this is the human voice at its most fresh, airy, and graceful.


artist: Aluminum Forest
albumname: Aluminum Forest
sku: alforest-alforest
upc: 847646002971
also:
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description:
Welcome to Folktronica! Torn between realms of old school classical discipline and raw, distorted, electronic catharsis, Aluminum Forest's musical tapestries paint kaleidoscopes of timbre and texture directly onto your auditory nerve. Their haunting melodies and lush orchestrations effortlessly transport the listener to diverse dimensions of emotional memory and sonic history.


artist: Ambient Teknology
albumname: The Devils Toxin - Atek Rebirth Vol 1
sku: atek-devil
upc: 876809005665
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=267134962&s=143441
also:
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description:
Making its Internet debut, The Devil's Toxin is the creation of U.K. based artists Mark P and Dave M., and it's a darkly driving, mysterious album of exceptional underground dance music with heavy trance influences. Standout tracks include the malevolently groovy "But Satan Rules The Universe" and the intoxicating downtempo number, "Atek 1st Movement."


artist: Ambient Teknology
albumname: Electro Retro
sku: atek-electro
upc: 876809009281
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/electro-retro/id414528930
also:
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description:
Electro Retro is intended to be a throwback to sounds that were more often used in the late seventies/eighties mixed with more contemporary beats and rhythms of today.

The entire album was created using hardware synthesizers, primarily to give a reality to the timing and sense of the retrospective only hardware synths can give. An album that gives a mixture of uptempo and ambient in a shorter format than the usual electronic music of today. Electro Retro strives to give the listener a feel for the new sound synthesisers gave to the listening public. A sound, which in its heyday was not thought of as real music, but as a new world of the new wave of synthetic sounds. A sound that today seems more historic than commercial.

Heavy rhythms, sweeping synth combined with real bass sounds and synthetic leads all go into the "Electro Retro" mixing pot.

The artwork was left to the artist RIKO. He was given free reign to create a unique feel to an album cover that stands true to the original electronic feel through imagery. To see more of RIKO's work go to http://theoldtin.blogspot.com.


artist: Ambient Teknology
albumname: The All Seeing Eye Project
sku: atek-eye
upc: 876809004989
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=258075338&s=143441
also:
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description:
A darkly sparkling amalgam of trance, ambient, and upbeat electronic by Ambient Teknology-full of textures, beats, and events designed to delight the ear. Track number three, "Black," is a particular standout-it gallops full speed past softly glowing nebulae of sound. Track five, "The Beholder," is another highlight. It's strangely stately, with a rhythm like a pocket full of new coins.


artist: Ambient Teknology
albumname: Horrorbox
sku: atek-horrorbox
upc: 876809009298
also:
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description:
Horrorbox by Ambient Teknology is an EP in homage to the late great stars of horror silver screen history. Originally recorded in 2003 and released only to friends and family, this new incarnation of Horrorbox has more of the established sound associated with Ambient Teknology. The three tracks on this EP are designed to encapsulate the feel of 1930's horror combined with 21st century electronic sounds to give a unique combination of the old mixed with the present day. Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr. and Bela Lugosi are all mentors for this EP, looking into the history of the horror movie greats.


artist: Ambient Teknology
albumname: Phoenix
sku: atek-phoenix
upc: 876809004248
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257934703&s=143441
also:
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artist: Ambient Teknology
albumname: Only a Tronic Selection
sku: atek-tronicselection
upc: 847646006016
also:
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description:
Carrying on from the previous release, 'Electro Retro', this release strives to bring back the feel of the analogue hardware synthesizer from the late 70's, mixing in with more up to date beats and rhythms.

Each track contains lines from original analogue synthesizers, mixed in with their more modern contemporary counterparts. All the music contained on this EP has been made using hardware, no apps or laptops or software were used in its creation. The object of this EP is to bring back the feel of buying that original vinyl album, the tearing of the cellophane wrap to the static from the inner sleeve on the vinyl itself. Forward thinking backward, Ambient Teknology, Only a Tronic Selection EP. Enjoy.


artist: American Baroque
albumname: Mozart 4 Quartets for Strings and Winds
sku: abaroque-mozart
upc: 876809000158
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257935511&s=143441
also:
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artist: American Baroque
albumname: Dances and Suites of Rameau and Couperin
sku: abaroque-rameau
upc: 876809003203
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257935455&s=143441
also:
abaroque-mozart abaroque-seasons mirable-conversations voicesofmusic-concerto voicesofmusic-bachtelemann mirable-influenza beier-bstrozzi stromenti-uccellini poeticallmusi-canariostwo canconier-canconier streicher-klaviertrios ruiz-bach reverie-cantica bachplay-bacharr paternoster-inzaffirio poeticallmusi-canariosthree cvihuelaquart-cantoydan paternoster-ilvioncello bois-sixsonatas spheres-toujoursamour

description:
American Baroque endows the music of Jean-Philippe Rameau and Francois Couperin with definite French elan, emphasizing its rhythmic verve and detailed ornamentation. The players are expressive and spontaneous; they convey all the joyousness and charm of the baroque dances. A vibrant, charismatic album.


artist: American Baroque
albumname: The Four Seasons by Vivaldi
sku: abaroque-seasons
upc: 876809003180
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257935593&s=143441
also:
abaroque-mozart abaroque-rameau mirable-conversations voicesofmusic-concerto lara-fourseasons lara-bach spheres-toujoursamour almanova-giulani mirable-influenza voicesofmusic-bachtelemann streicher-klaviertrios paternoster-mozarthaydn ruiz-bach sforster-beetseven sforster-beethoventwo paternoster-cellosuites2 jennifer_harmony estrem-bachvol1 streicher-twopianotrios dbp-wtc1a

description:
Some of the world's finest masters of the Baroque repertoire perfom a fresh, lilting interpretation of Vivaldi's most beloved work. The ensemble's highest technical command is met with a poetic grasp of the music, with lead violinist Elizabeth Blumenstock's amazing "hair trigger virtuosity" always pushing the group toward new vistas of expressiveness.


artist: Amfibia
albumname: Eklektic
sku: amfibia-eklektic
upc: 847646009383
also:
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description:
The music on Eklektic is instrumental with a mixture of acoustic and electronic sounds, and all of them are named after ancient Gods. Some of them are graced by the seductive and charming sounds of a saxophone, played by the legendary artist and photographer Lado Jaksa. It is complex, yet accessible. The little details that you hear only a few listens are what makes it special.


artist: Ammonite
albumname: Reconnection
sku: ammonite-recon
upc: 876809003173
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257935994&s=143441
also:
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description:
With its delicate dub influences, Kolin Fraser's thoughtful electronic music makes the perfect cushion for Nicky Cairney's girlishly appealing voice. The overall tone of Reconnection is dreamy and euphoric, but there's an element of the strange and shadowy in this album that keeps it from being too wide-eyed. "Rapture" is a stunning track-a perfectly paced seduction with a subtle, mysterious melody-while "Broken" pays tribute to the group's Portishead influences. Other standout tracks include "Calm" and "Heaven."


artist: Amoeba
albumname: Pivot
sku: amoeba-pivot
upc: 876809005795
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=97152144&s=143441
also:
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description:
Robert Rich is a great instrumentalist, perhaps one of the world's best -- certainly world class. He is not a great singer, but he is not a bad singer; for his purposes, he is more than adequate. He records his vocal music with his friend, Rick Davies, as Amoeba. Pivot is their second commercially available CD. Rich's vocals are reminiscent of Pink Floyd's pop ditties of the late '60s. He sounds a little like Roger Waters, but more like Syd Barrett. The lyrics are offbeat and existential; Rich and Davies surround them with deep textures and atmospheres. Davies' guitar riffs have rock and roll timbres. The guest performers are Don Swanson, Andre McGowan, Hans Christian, BobDog Collins, Forrest Fang, and Tom Heasley. While Rich is widely acclaimed as a great ambient musician, this CD has more of an art rock sensitivity to it.
Jim Brenholts


artist: Amoeba
albumname: Watchful
sku: amoeba-watchful
upc: 876809005801
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=85715245&s=143441
also:
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description:
Alternative Press: rated 5/5 - Essential: "Sounding vaguely like Robert Wyatt on Valium: music for life-weary somnambulists. Embracing the meloncholy that lingers just beyond the thin veil of hope, the songs on Watchful linger in the netherworld of sinking memory and damaged dreams... This is a superb and unusual album that mesmerizes and engulfs." --Alternative Press


artist: Amy Denio
albumname: Birthing Chair Blues
sku: amydenio-birthingchairblues
upc: 847646008591
also:
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description:
More than likely you'll notice: fretted and fretless bass, electric and slide guitar, voices galore, alto sax, harmonica, alto recorder, bass mbira, popping bass calloused thumb joint on PZM mic, dishwasher, washing machine, low-fi Audio organ and the dreaded drum machine, all going in various directions at various speeds... featuring dB's great-grandmother's wind-up stuffed Bear on Lullabye.

"Amy solo her best so far, playing guitar, bass, saxes like a demon and singing better than ever. Strong arrangements, exact and exiting use of musical sound, and beautiful, seductive recording. Lyrical, tough, mysterious in proportions not available elsewhere. Amy's is a unique voice, as player, singer and composer. Addictive repeated listening and highly recommended."
Chris Cutler ReR London


artist: Amy Denio
albumname: Tongues
sku: amydenio-tongues
upc: 847646008607
also:
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description:
Entertaining songs in English, French, Italian, Czech, Russian and Greek - and in Denio?s own private language - featuring her skills on guitar, bass, alto saxophone, accordion, keyboard, and MIDI programming.

This album represents the songs she would perform live at her solo concerts. She began touring Europe with her band Tone Dogs in 1988, and discovered that she had a good capacity to learn languages other than English. With the discovery that each language has its own musicality, she began to write songs in foreign tongues, often using phrase books to construct the lyrics. The Russian song is about a man whose wife has disappeared, and asks for someone to show where she is on a map; the Czech song asks the waiter to put more appetizers in the train station baggage room, the Greek song is about eating slugs for breakfast (slugs meaning both the slimy creatures, and also bullet casings, since the song was written during the war in ex-Jugoslavia).

These songs were recorded on her TASCAM MIDI Studio, attached to an Atari computer, creating a unique blend of cassette culture with digital media. Denio sings, and plays guitars, bass, accordion, alto saxophone, and does all the programming. Guest artists are Charley Rowan (accordion on Slugs), and Marjorie de Muynck (saxophone on Jig). This recording was originally released in 1993 by Steve Rubin (R.I.P.) on his label FOT Records in Normal Illinois. Artwork by the inimitable Dennis Palmer, of the Shaking Ray Levi Society.


artist: Amycanbe
albumname: Being a Grown-Up sure is Complicated
sku: amycanbe-bagusic
upc: 847646001271
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description:
Being A Grown-Up Sure is Complicated is beautifully elegant; these songs are stunning journeys of indie folk pop with little twinges of minimalistic electronica, and each song tells a story.

The album is like a book with lots of little chapters waiting to unfold upon the listener. From the folky bounciness of 'Down Under' to the 'The Song Of Matthew and Mark' which immediately inflicts a delightful beat on you, the album sketches a picture of inner peace and happiness. Perhaps this could be the key ingredient to growing up, for the band as well as listener. It is hard to pinpoint stand out tracks as the entire album is standout itself.


artist: Amycanbe
albumname: The World is Round
sku: amycanbe-wldround
upc: 847646002124
also:
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description:
Amycanbe's new project, The World Is Round, touches comfortably on a lot of different styles - at times delicate and minimal; at times dark and driven. It's consistently elegant, confident and marked by nuanced melodies. It is a five-track EP with accompanying original art by Simone Brandi, all inspired by the similarly-titled Gertrude Stein novel.


artist: Amycanbe
albumname: Yellow Suit EP
sku: amycanbe-yellowsuit
upc: 847646001318
also:
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description:
Yellow Suit - EP, originally born only as a demo for music operators, this is great tweed-suited pop; 5 emotional semi-acoustic songs in which Amycanbe at their very early stage show all their talent; actually the EP was so critically acclaimed it convinced the band to make it an official release a few months later.


artist: Anamar
albumname: Transfado
sku: anamar-transfado
upc: 876809003692
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257936042&s=143441
also:
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description:
Transfado is a gem in the Magnatune catalog by a cult figure in the Portuguese music scene. Simple acoustic accompaniment on piano, double bass and Portuguese guitar puts Anamar's smoky, passionate voice in the best possible light, in songs that are both vibrant, sultry, emotive, and cathartic. Fado songs are defined by their feeling of "saudade," a Portuguese term best translated as a genuine and intense yearning. Transfado has yearning to burn, but it's also a deeply sophisticated work with unexpected melodies and profound warmth. Ravishing.


artist: Andre Rodriguez
albumname: Somewhere New (instrumental)
sku: arodriguez-somewhereinst
upc: 847646000441
also:
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description:
The Somewhere New album is a rich display of songwriting in the indie-rock genre. Rooted in thoughtful lyrics, the songs examine an array of life experiences. The record opens up with stories of love and lost love but quickly move into a reflective consideration of broken dreams, change, and hope. The melodies are invitingly simple and conversational, allowing the audience to soak in each word.

Instrumentally, the disc meshes soaring guitars and beautifully voiced piano parts with solid rhythmic arrangements underneath. While the vocal approach and style is similar throughout the album, the musical production allows each song to stand on its own. Some of the tunes could be described as possessing a pop-rock feel, some are more Americana, and still others fall into alternative and indie. However, Andre Rodriguez' lyrical base and melodic delivery keeps all the material cohesive and original.


artist: Andre Rodriguez
albumname: Somewhere New
sku: arodriguez-somewherenew
upc: 847646000175
also:
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description:
The "Somewhere New" album is a rich display of songwriting in the indie-rock genre. Rooted in thoughtful lyrics, the songs examine an array of life experiences. The record opens up with stories of love and lost love but quickly move into a reflective consideration of broken dreams, change, and hope. The melodies are invitingly simple and conversational, allowing the audience to soak in each word.

Instrumentally, the disc meshes soaring guitars and beautifully voiced piano parts with solid rhythmic arrangements underneath. While the vocal approach and style is similar throughout the album, the musical production allows each song to stand on its own. Some of the tunes could be described as possessing a pop-rock feel, some are more Americana, and still others fall into alternative and indie. However, Andre Rodriguez's lyrical base and melodic delivery keeps all the material cohesive and original.


artist: Andreas Almqvist
albumname: Goldberg Variations (JS Bach)
sku: almqvist-goldberg
upc: 876809007614
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/goldberg-variations/id304940845
also:
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description:
On this record Andreas Almqvist has chosen to study Johann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations from the horizon of a guitarist. A guitar is different from a harpsichord or any other instrument. The guitar has its own demands. This means that the performer necessarily must try to bring the several preconditions into the personal unit his musical taste demands. With sensibility and great knowledge he gives us his version of the Aria with variations.


artist: Andrew Jilin
albumname: Last Day of Summer
sku: jilin-lastdayofsummer
upc: 876809001698
also:
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description:
This new album of Moscow flutist and composer Andrew Jilin is a delightful mix of two great music cultures of the world: European academic and traditional Japanese. Andrew has been playing traditional Japanese music since 2006. His previous works were done in authentic Japanese mood. But this time, Andrew is discovering new styles. These pieces were arranged for string quartet, classical guitar and the traditional Japanese bamboo flute: Shakuhachi.

On "Last Day of Summer", you will hear some of Andrew's brand new pieces, traditional Japanese music and, of course, a little goodie he included for his listeners.

Unlike previous works, Last Day of Summer is more easily digestible for those (most notably Europeans and Americans) who have no interest in authentic world music cultures.

This album was created in partnership with several other musicians: American guitar player Gregory Frus, Saint-Petersburg composer Roman Stanskov, and the member from the famous Shakuhachi duet "Two Bamboos". Together these musicians have created a unique piece of music for all those who think they have heard everything, but who are none the less still looking for new music based on strong traditions! Enjoy the journey!

http://andrewjilin.com


artist: AndrewPlusJohn
albumname: Berlin Calls
sku: andrewjohn-berlincalls
upc: 847646005361
also:
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description:
Berlin Calls is the third gentle jazz album from AndrewPlusJohn. Maybe a bit darker than the other ones, but still beautiful and laidback. Maybe also a tiny bit more bluesy than the other ones, but still ambient and smooth. AndrewPlusJohn is not much for huge differences and giant leaps when it comes to elaborating on their music. They have a formula and they twist it in a gentle way. If you like AndrewPlusJohn, you will love their third album that takes you to familiar territory, but with some developments regarding production values. This album is bigger and deeper sounding.


artist: AndrewPlusJohn
albumname: Cool Silence
sku: andrewjohn-coolsilence
upc: 847646002155
also:
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description:
AndrewPlusJohn is a duo from Stockholm who compose and record instrumental songs that centers around soulful guitar playing, inspired by the gentle Carlos Santana and the lyrical quality of Larry Carlton and Jeff Beck.

The album Cool Silence is their debut album, and it's full of flowing and melodic tunes built on smooth and soft fusion jazz, ambient/atmospheric landscapes and down to earth guitar and bass playing in a modern production setting. And not to forget; musicianship with great feel.

Listen to AndrewPlusJohn and you will fall into a relaxing state of mind, and you will soon hum along to the songs. By the way: If you wonder about the song names - Yes, it's all ladies.


artist: AndrewPlusJohn
albumname: Majestic_
sku: andrewjohn-majestic
upc: 847646004227
also:
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description:
Get ready for relaxing but positive music with a a rocky and at times a jazzy feel, which makes you think about all the nice people you've met through life, all the relaxed and insightful discussions you've had, all the tranquil moments you've enjoyed and all the soft and comfortable shoes you've been wearing. Piano, guitar, synth and rhythmic instruments are woven together in a way that helps listeners to just go with the flow, relax and enjoy a majestic and leisurely time with AndrewPlusJohn.


artist: AndrewPlusJohn
albumname: Sonic Embrace
sku: andrewjohn-sonicembrace
upc: 847646003183
also:
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description:
The landscape of the music is about smooth, soft, lounge and ambient/atmospheric; creating a calm and contemplative place for the listener. The setting is built on gracious and soulful electric guitar, inspired by the gentle side of Carlos Santana, Larry Carlton, Jeff Beck and David Gilmour... and then a touch of Daniel Lanois.

The feeling is that of a small electric jazz and soul ensemble, with added textures of synthesizers, strings and percussion: a modern jazz fusion environment. The compositions have that "singable" quality of seemingly simple melodies, but always with a twist or a deep dimension, and always with a guitar that is played with heart and soul... not just fingers. From the song "Gilmour Estrada", which is a tribute to David Gilmour and the instrumental Pink Floyd, to the epic movie soundtrack feeling of the song "Fish River Canyon", and the joyful thielemans-jazz-waltz "April and May Revisited"; the album "Sonic Embrace" will transport you on a flowing, calm and magical journey that you will not forget.

AndrewPlusJohn is here with their second instrumental album, titled Sonic Embrace. With this new release, the duo has established their voice and they present it with great self-confidence.


artist: ANDROMEDA
albumname: Dream Girl
sku: andromeda-dreamgirl
upc: 847646005545
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description:
ANDROMEDA's debut album Dream Girl asks one question: Who is your dream girl? The upbeat dance pop album takes the listener on a sonic journey. Andromeda's vocals are surrounded by driving dance beats and synthesizers with lyrics that encapsulate different fantasies...different dream girls. Songs of empowerment by letting go and moving on - to songs of letting down one's guard and admitting love.

Whether it's the lyrics or beats that move you - or both - the tunes are catchy and sure to be a great addition to your pop music collection!


artist: Andy Carhart
albumname: Circular
sku: andycarhart-circular
upc: 876809003609
also:
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description:
Circular (2016) showcases a passion for both the acoustic and electric guitar. The album is a contemplative work that invites the listener to embrace the moods and emotions of the changing moments of life. Andy brings forth a unique and immediately identifiable artistic style through the seamless blend of genres including instrumental guitar, folk rock, and electronica. This is the artist's third album but the first that has been largely distributed.


artist: Andy Gabrys
albumname: Constant
sku: andygabrys-constant
upc: 847646002032
also:
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description:
Modern compositions, Classic Jazz guitar sounds, oak-tree thick acoustic bass courtesy of Dan Loomis, and the swinging colorful drumming of Brian Adler make Constant a great album for any occasion.

When I set out to compose the music for Constant - I had my mother's piano renditions of the music of Chopin running through my mind. Light and Shade.

I combined that with the sounds of New York, John Coltrane, and excursions through the North-East of the United States - and the result was the music of Constant.


artist: Angelight
albumname: Awakening of the Source
sku: angelight-awakeningsource
upc: 847646008898
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description:
This music will help you to practice yoga better and concentrate on performing the technicalities and asanas. It will also help you to better immerse into meditative states with the thought-over rhythms, harmonies and duration of each composition.

This musical series will create an atmosphere for receiving the greatest effect from your yoga and meditation sessions. You need only to begin practice, and you will immediately appear in the state, necessary for better results.


artist: Angelight
albumname: Deep Transformation (Holotropic Universe)
sku: angelight-deeptransformation
upc: 847646008928
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description:
This music is intended for sessions where you need to maintain your holotropic breathwork.

Imagine that your soul flies into outer space and you are dissolved at an inconceivable depth of thin states, losing consciousness, being interwoven into a thin matter of divine creation. Melodies and harmonies direct your attention deeper, and you feel both within yourself and the whole world. You are Breath, and Music, and Space.

This music not only creates a special state, it carries the listener into deep experiences capable of transforming negative thoughts and feelings to a positive resource. You appear in an environment of melodies and rhythms which capture attention and gradually direct to secret corners of your soul.

It is more and more difficult for the modern person to get into the depths of our inner world with so many distracting things and events. It is now necessary to make more effort to escape from the captivity of the illusions and imposed desires. The method of holotropic breathwork is used for accelerated immersion into the depths of the inner world for protracted periods of time. And always in these processes of immersion music is used.

This new album from Angelight is written especially for travel to the world of mystical images and states which know no limits. It is possible to change itself, having only begun from depths of the subconsciousness. Deep transformation allows to change the life as it is necessary for you. Angelight created this album, proceeding from his own experience of accommodation of internal transformation during practice of holotropic breathwork which he has practised for more than 20 years.


artist: Angelight
albumname: Energy of Life
sku: angelight-energyol
upc: 847646001288
also:
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description:
Energy of Life is the basic energy of everything alive. Thanks to it, everything is alive and everything will die some day. Life energy connects humans with inaccessible depths and brings the secret of Life itself. Music opens a way to recovering sources, helps to restore deep processes of your ability to live as a human.


artist: Angelight
albumname: The Energy Vibrations (Yoga and Meditation)
sku: angelight-energyvibrations
upc: 847646008911
also:
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description:
The special offer for those who are engaged in esoteric practices, meditation and everything who seeks to open their internal potential more robustly. Awakening of chakras, filled with corresponding energy becames even easier now, quicker and more effectively!

This practice will help to take your steps to success in spiritual advancement even more exact and sure.

At creation of this product, we satisfied some conditions under which power work takes place most effectively.

Vibrations of a human voice cause a resonant response in our body. We included a voice in this practice.

Each energy has the frequency of vibration which corresponds to the concrete sound designated by a certain note. We satisfied this condition.

Practice and time is necessary for achievement of result. We made sounding each chakras rather long to give time to a body and energy for the best resultant effects. Monotonous buzz even a pleasant voice tires and enters into a trance, distracting from concentration in practice. We added to each chakra the musical registration, the substrate, a background on which sounding of a voice is perceived more harmonious and more pleasant.


artist: Angelight
albumname: Harmony of the Motion (Yoga and Meditation)
sku: angelight-harmonymotion
upc: 847646008904
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description:
Dynamic and at the same time quiet music which is suitable for movement, introspection and reflections about life. The saturated sounds of the album immerse the listener in the atmosphere of a spiritual holiday similar to the quiet and surety of the sacred Ganges River. Imagine being dipped into streams with magical melodic combinations, you will be fulfilled with the correct energies and only light thoughts will come to your head.

The uniform context which connects all the compositions on this album into a single whole, creates a feeling of harmony and integrity for each listener and for this purpose it isn't necessary to be the inveterate yogi. During the first listening you feel inflow of forces and at the same time you will find in yourself thoughts about the eternal, in the quiet course of your daily occurrence from which routine and fatigue will disappear.

Listen to music, listen to yourself, reflect on infinity, move in the rhythm or stand waiting for inspiration. Every time music will be with you.


artist: Angelight
albumname: Heavenly Angels (Spiritual Healing)
sku: angelight-heavenlyangels
upc: 847646008942
also:
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description:
Angels, as the inhabitants of heaven represented to us, the qualities that we seek in our most luminous and lofty thoughts. Listening to this music, you find every once in their souls the angels who are always ready to help you in difficult moments of life.

On their wings you can soar when your energy is running low. Light coming from them will light your way to success. Their selflessness and service to God's plan to cleanse your heart and mind of negative thoughts. Their lightness and flexibility will save you from unnecessary stress. And they will charge you with the celestial spiritual energy of the divine order to keep them happy and helps translate lofty thoughts.


artist: Angelight
albumname: Inner Space (Karmatherapy)
sku: angelight-innerspace
upc: 847646008959
also:
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description:
The very deep and heartfelt music in this album will send you into your own inner space, opening the way for rich spiritual substance. When you will involve the flows of the melodies and its energy a real mystery will happen to you. Attentive listeners will go on a journey to previous incarnations with the memory about it which we all have within us.

Bright images and volume feelings are guaranteed to you! Just relax, tune to sincere opening of your feelings and get ready to communicate with your farthest places of your subconscious mind where you will find a new refreshed yourself.

The music will accompany you in your journey, and the last melody will help you to integrate positively your spiritual events and will tell you softly that Life is beautiful and pleasant. So Peace will seems to you even more full of Harmony and Benevolence then before.

In your breathing practice this music will give to the process depth and swiftness. The music will help to open even more potential of breathing practice.


artist: Angelight
albumname: Intimland Part 4 - Merge
sku: angelight-intimfour
upc: 876809009854
also:
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description:
"Intimland Part 4 - Merge" - Rhythmic mental pictures from this album remind you of dancing rhythms. Sensual and gentle melodies help you with this dance and to give to your partner, completely entrusting yourself to them. You lose the sensation of borders, you and your partner - a single whole. You merge with each other in this dance of love and this sensation will be supported by the music.


artist: Angelight
albumname: Intimland Part 1 - Touch
sku: angelight-intimone
upc: 876809009823
also:
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description:
"Intimland Part 1 - Touch" - this music creates a special atmosphere of intimacy and rapprochement, removing a barrier, disturbing to the movement of energies of desire. Music allows mutual movement to begin towards each other. Any awkwardness in the moments are smoothed out with soft sensations as the music plays.


artist: Angelight
albumname: Intimland Part 3 - Penetration
sku: angelight-intimthree
upc: 876809009847
also:
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description:
"Intimland Part 3 - Penetration" - this album is devoted to the moment of merging of two hearts into a single whole. This magic ritual of interaction will allow you to reach the highest result. Depth of mutual penetration will allow you to be in this condition as long as you need. Melodies help you to do this process more intensively and more brightly.


artist: Angelight
albumname: Intimland Part 2 - Feeling
sku: angelight-intimtwo
upc: 876809009830
also:
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description:
"Intimland Part 2 - Feeling" - this album continues a rapprochement theme. The body without sensuality can hardly be satiated with a vivifying energy of sex. Without a body there cannot be rapprochement, and without feeling, there cannot be love. The love is possible, if the feeling ennobles the person. Then you feel the same as your partner, together with music.


artist: Angelight
albumname: Living Water - Lake Desire
sku: angelight-lwld
upc: 876809009861
also:
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description:
Water of Life / Lake of Desires is part of Angelight's series on the healing power of music.

This series of albums are interwoven with natural sounds, in order to achieve a double effect: sounds of nature are generally deeply connected to our roots causing a relaxed and serene current throughtout our bodies. The music keeps our minds in touch with our humanity and we are transported not through the waterfall but over it, surging us with the water's freshness and power.

The charm of this music is clear to anyone who relishes smooth musical transitions and melodious overflowings, and should not only appeal to new age music fans, it is beneficial to everybody: for instance playing to ease the monotony of housework, after a hard day's work in the office, during meditation, and for healers to support them and their clients during sessions.

"Water of Life"
(Favorable influence on kidneys)
Sounds of waterfalls and wonderful music will create favorable conditions and that sensation of cleansing water won't bloat or collect in the body unnecessarily but will flow through.

"Lake of Desires"
(Favorable influence on sexual system)
Let the energy flow freely and it will release you from everything that once normally disturbed you during your sexual situations.


artist: Angelight
albumname: Open Heart (Tantric Breath)
sku: angelight-openheart
upc: 847646008966
also:
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description:
Human inner space cannot be always closed. You cannot hide from the life changes behind the door which was sealed with the limited belief and cliches of thinking. Our Lives prepare for us pleasant surprises and ordeals during our aspiration to happiness and welfare. And only our Open Heart allows us to receive help from the World and gifts from the Universe.

It's already enough to stay being closed in the shell of your obsolete dreams! Its time to open to new energies and jump on to the wave of bright feelings! Open your heart and feel the fresh sip of freedom in your expression and self-realization, because only by this way you can grow up your spirit essence and go out from the borders of boring routines.

The musical key to your heart is in this melody. The tantric rhythms in combination with deep harmonies and tender melodies will approach your feeling to the new level of self-perception. Listen carefully the flow of the music along the meridians of your spirit body and tune you mind to the most important result of any holy practice - Heart Opening. And at the moment when deep state will involve you it will be the way to the main goal of your life getting free from all restrictions of your spiritual manifestation. So now you get ready to open your Heart.


artist: Angelight
albumname: Sacral Travel (Shamanic Holotrop)
sku: angelight-sacraltravel
upc: 847646008935
also:
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description:
This music is intended for maintenance of respiratory sessions of holotropic breath work.

Travel begins! Turn on the music and go far for borders of habitual outlook on life. Each person in their soul is a little romantic. But consciousness dares to dream of few boundary opportunities. Especially the few go to a way out of limits. But if you decided to overcome the forbidden line - tell nobody about it. It will be only your travel. Sacral Travel out of limits of self.

Music of this album is sated with powerful spiritual energy and loads the listener, impregnating all your being with desire of overcoming of any obstacles in a way to the purpose. To go beyond itself it is incredibly difficult, but the composer uses the tested technology of shaman initiation from long ago. In this music can also be found ancient rhythms of shaman ceremonies and modern sounding percussion and the synthesized sounds are wonderfully combined.

Music doesn't lose the melody against powerful drums, and on the contrary - melodies sound even more gently and more softly as they envelop harmonies. Start listening, and gradually you will feel as borders of habitual reality are dissolved, and the attention is paid far outside the acquired reality.

Attention! Music procedural! Make it more, than simply a background for work or reflections. Remain with Music alone and go to Sacral Travel where you are waited by deep spiritual experiences, unexpected opening of new opportunities and feeling of full freedom.

Be careful: causes accustoming! It will like to be dipped to you again and again into these chasms of your spiritual depth which you will open together with Music.


artist: Angelight
albumname: Shamania
sku: angelight-shamania
upc: 847646001332
also:
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description:
Shamania - The city romantics of Shaman rhythms. Shaman rhythms is a very broad concept, but one which should be present in shamanic music. It is the key to the door to the spirit world. This album is the best to meet this criterion. However the modern man feels that he rarely needs it. He is too busy with external circumstances sometimes we simply just want to listen to good music.

Modern rhythms are combined as well as possible with shaman motives, and Angelight proves it once again in his new album. Uncontrolled shamanic dance and the sad call of voices from the spirit world can be heard in this music. Khomus and didgeridoos are heard in the background of electronic substrates and club beats create the perception of harmony between shamanism and the modern city.


artist: Angelight
albumname: Shaman'sity
sku: angelight-shamansity
upc: 847646001325
also:
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description:
New Age meets World Music. Music for this album was written with the use of sounds from the instrument variously known as a "Jew's Harp", "Mouth Harp" or "Khomus". With this music it is possible to learn the rhythms of distant steps and noise from infinite roads that connect cities and breath life into big Shaman megacities.


artist: Angelight
albumname: Silent Knowledge - The World Stop
sku: angelight-skws
upc: 876809009878
also:
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description:
Silent Knowledge - Knowledge exists without depending on whether you know about it. In your search for knowledge, remember that it is given, and then you will spend the rest of your time in understanding, what exactly you have learned. Your mind delves into the secrets of knowledge just as the tops of mountains adjoin to the sky.

The World Stop - You think that the world has stopped, but actually you have stopped. You have spun a roulette of accidents and wait to see what destiny will throw out to you. But here the roulette wheel has stopped and the World is the same, but it is all in your power, not left to chance.


artist: Angelight
albumname: Song Surf - Magic Forest
sku: angelight-ssmf
upc: 876809009816
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/song-surf-magic-forest/id440927947
also:
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description:
The Surf Song / Magic Wood is part of Angelight's series on the healing power of music.

This series of albums are interwoven with natural sounds, in order to achieve a double effect: sounds of nature are generally deeply connected to our roots causing a relaxed and serene current throughout our bodies. The music keeps our minds in touch with our humanity and we are transported not through the waterfall but over it, surging us with the water's freshness and power.

The charm of this music is clear to anyone who relishes smooth musical transitions and melodious overflow, and should not only appeal to new age music fans, it is beneficial to everybody: for instance playing to ease the monotony of housework, after a hard day's work in the office, during meditation, and for healers to support them and their clients during sessions.

"THE SURF SONG" : Favorable influence on the general condition : The rhythmic waves of the sea will bring to you the power of nature being rolled on coastlines from the boundless space of the open sea. Immerse yourself in the arms of a lullaby which sings to you from the surf.

"MAGIC WOOD" - Favorable influence on the heart : Melodies within this album include woodland birdsong which will allow you to focus on your own private world. The music will shroud you in a space of pleasurable light and will bring a resting state and improvement to your heart's condition.


artist: Angelight
albumname: Tantrabeats 1 - The Space of the Body
sku: angelight-tantraone
upc: 876809009885
also:
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description:
"Tantrabeats 1 - The Space of the Body" is part of Angelight's series on the healing power of music. This series of albums are interwoven with natural sounds, in order to achieve a double effect: sounds of nature are generally deeply connected to our roots causing a relaxed and serene current throughout our bodies. The music keeps our minds in touch with our humanity and we are transported not through the waterfall but over it, surging us with the water's freshness and power.

The charm of this music is clear to anyone who relishes smooth musical transitions and melodious overflow, and should not only appeal to new age music fans, it is beneficial to everybody: for instance playing to ease the monotony of housework, after a hard day's work in the office, during meditation, and for healers to support them and their clients during sessions.

Tantrabeats 1 - The Space of the Body

Movement is life. When you notice Your energy cycling then your mind wakes up, beginning the unique movement to an overall objective - to a higher awakening.

The music here urges to play an important role in this process. It will help you to be adjusted and will set a rhythm. Physiological processes start to occur in the resonance to your aspiration to reach a qualitatively new condition of consciousness. The melody charms your soul, involves emotions to the necessary tonality and intensity. So that they don't disturb the main process and human transformations in divinity are helped. The Tantra sexual practices are useful as well to an improvement in the quality of mutual relations. Music is ideally suited for pair practices (movements, breath, sensitivity and empathy improvement).

Emotional and "clockwork" rhythms from India in combination with polyphonic electronic pads underline the special melodies from Angelight's music. The moderate quantity of "electronics" in the music keep it alive sounding and resonate the ideas of Tantra with Western shades. It allows the music not to stay too deeply within folklore, and wrongly labeled world music. More likely, Angelight once again offers to the listener his unique approach in disclosing esoteric themes with a musical key.


artist: Angelight
albumname: Tantrabeats 2 - The Space of the Soul
sku: angelight-tantratwo
upc: 876809009892
also:
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description:
"Tantrabeats 2 - The Space of the Soul" is part of Angelight's series on the healing power of music.
This series of albums are interwoven with natural sounds, in order to achieve a double effect: sounds of nature are generally deeply connected to our roots causing a relaxed and serene current throughout our bodies. The music keeps our minds in touch with our humanity and we are transported not through the waterfall but over it, surging us with the water's freshness and power.

The charm of this music is clear to anyone who relishes smooth musical transitions and melodious overflow, and should not only appeal to new age music fans, it is beneficial to everybody: for instance playing to ease the monotony of housework, after a hard day's work in the office, during meditation, and for healers to support them and their clients during sessions.

The theme of Tantric interactions in this album is revealed with the use of Indian rhythm and instruments. Smooth compositions here will cover you from the first chords and move the listener to a deeper special condition of fullness and positive sincere experiences. The Indian tablas sound very harmoniously, especially in the rhythm which sychronises to the pulse of a person in a quiet and counterbalanced condition. The music is suitable for both individual listening as well as being the thematic supporting background in Tantra pair practices.


artist: Angelight
albumname: Zenstation - Paradise Gate
sku: angelight-zenstation
upc: 876809009908
also:
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description:
"Zensation - Paradise Gate" is part of Angelight's series on the healing power of music.
This series of albums are interwoven with natural sounds, in order to achieve a double effect: sounds of nature are generally deeply connected to our roots causing a relaxed and serene current through out our bodies. The music keeps our minds in touch with our humanity and we are transported not through the waterfall but over it, surging us with the water's freshness and power.

The charm of this music is clear to anyone who relishes smooth musical transitions and melodious overflow, and should not only appeal to new age music fans, it is beneficial to everybody: for instance playing to ease the monotony of housework, after a hard day's work in the office, during meditation, and for healers to support them and their clients during sessions.

Zensation
Angelight's music is here presented in the traditional transformational style - with a meditative and rhythmical covering that calls to deep conditions. It is best to listen simply having relaxed and allowing yourself to travel to the world of light. It is also possible to use this music for yoga or meditation, or to reflect over the meaning of your life in a philosophical solitude.

To find paradise people go to the end of the Earth and directly to the depths of Space, however the heavenly spot is first of all where the person finds himself. It is necessary to look in the internal space. For this purpose it is necessary to stop all external vanity, to switch on the music and to begin a way to the spiritual space. And only there the Paradise Gate will open for you.

The Gate of Paradise
Zen Master Hakuin - one of a few, blossoming.
Sometime ago the great soldier, the Samurai, came and asked: "Where is Hell? Where is Paradise? If there is Paradise and a Hell, Where are the gates and how can I enter?"
This person was the simple soldier. Soldiers are always simple and artless. He knew only two things: life and death. He didn't have any philosophy, he simply wanted to know, where to avoid the gate of Hell and how to get to Paradise.
...And Hakuin answered so that the soldier could understand. "Who are you?" - Hakuin asked. " I am the Samurai", answered the soldier. It is very honorable thing to be a Samurai in Japan. It means to be the perfect soldier, who doesn't deliberate for a second whether to leave his life or not. He was told: "I am a Samurai, the leader of Samurais. The Emperor pays a tribute of respect to me". Hakuin burst out laughing and answered: "Are you the Samurai? You look like a poor ragamuffin!" Samurai pride was touched. He has forgotten, what he had come for. He instantly snatched out a sword and was going to kill Hakuin. Hakuin laughed and told him: "Here is the Hell Gate. With a sword, being angry, with Your ego - you will open them". The Samurai immediately realized. He enclosed a sword in his sheath... And Hakuin told him: "And here Paradise Gate opens".

Imperceptible pressures in the body disappear, carrying away alarm and worry, and all the thoughts which fill your consciousness contribute to a high-quality rest. It is surprising that listening to spa-music Angelight has found it unnecessary to make any additional efforts to relax and have a rest - the body itself dumps superfluous pressure and weariness. The good relaxation allows us to be well rested, it helps to maintain an organism of force and to save up energy for self-restoration - here is the key to improvement and rejuvenation.


artist: Anna Rynefors and Erik Ask Upmark
albumname: Dram
sku: erik-dram
upc: 876809007348
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/dram/id157831356
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: Anneke Scott and Kathryn Cok
albumname: Sonatas for Horn and Fortepiano
sku: scottcok-sonatas
upc: 847646001189
also:
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description:
Advances in horn technique during the eighteenth century created an era of virtuosi whose talents moved composers to write for them. Austria, and in particular Vienna, attracted a great number of these artists and the nineteenth century saw a new generation of musicians who composed and collaborated on works that promoted the instrument in fascinatingly new ways.

Nikolaus Freiherr von Krufft was a prolific composer who wrote a number of sonatas including one for fortepiano and horn. On his early death in 1818 he was described by the Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung as "a pianist of rare talent and precision, a composer of study and spirit". Like many other Viennese musicians of this time, Krufft studied law at the University of Vienna and then combined a career as a musician with a post in civil service.

The life of Jan Vaclav Stich has been described as "resembling that of a novel" (H.Kling). Born into a family of serfs, his early talent caught the attention of the local count who arranged for him to have specialist training. The high quality of wind musicians emerging from Bohemia at this time led Charles Burney to describe Bohemia as the "Conservatory of Europe". Stich later absconded and, going under the name of Giovanni Punto, became one of the biggest names in music, travelling the length and breadth of Europe. Beethoven's Sonata Op.17 for fortepiano and horn, thought to be the first composition for this combination, contains highly characteristic writing for both instruments.

Punto's fame is reflected in a review of an early performance of the work in which a critic asked "Who is this Beethoven? His name is not known to us. Of course, Punto is very well known". Juxtaposed with the three sonatas on this disc is something of a curiosity. Arrangements and transcriptions of works were incredibly popular in Vienna during the early nineteenth century. Though the combination of horn and fortepiano might not be the most obvious choice for an arrangement of the Largo of Joseph Haydn's String Quartet Hob II;74 (the "Rider" quartet) the range of colours and the flexibility of both instruments chosen by the anonymous arranger suits the movement's elegant melody and subtle nuances.

The final composer on this disc, Leidesdorf, shared with Krufft and Ludwig van Beethoven the guidance of Johann Albrechstberger as a teacher. Haydn rated Albrechtsberger's skills highly describing him as "the best teacher of composition among all present-day Viennese masters". Sadly, today Leidesdorf is remembered mainly for his publishing house Leidesdorf und Sauer but was well known as a composer, pianist and guitarist during his lifetime. Schubert described him as a "truly deep and good being" but also "hugely melancholic". Unusually this "Sonata pour pianoforte et cor concertans", published in 1824, includes two names on the frontispiece; "Bellonci und M.K.Leidesdorf". Camilla Bellonci was an Italian horn player who settled in Vienna where he played for the KarntnertorTheatre and the Imperial Hofkapelle. The highly virtuosic writing for both instruments suggests a great deal of collaboration in the compositional process which may justify the "equal billing" of Bellonci and Leidesdorf on the frontispiece.


artist: Anonymous Culture
albumname: The Intervention
sku: anonymous-intervention
upc: 876809008277
also:
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description:
The Intervention seeks to revive real hip-hop with a contagious and versatile selection of tracks showcasing the artist's range and lyrical skill. Rejecting gimmicks, AnonymousCulture opts to pair his crisp delivery and sharp style with an even sharper wit. The powerful social consciousness conveyed through his rhymes is as infectious as the artist's audible enthusiasm for his craft.


artist: Anonymph
albumname: Terrarium
sku: anonymph-terrarium
upc: 847646000120
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/terrarium/id432570556
also:
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description:
Mid-tempo electronic beats meshed with layered lyrical melodies characterize Anonymph's first release. Urban digital themes flooded with instrumentation frame delicate harmonized female vocals singing catchy phrased hooks. Simple song structure with heavy synth syncopation compliment the warm vocal talents of Ms. Suzanne Johnson - Anonymph's featured vocalist throughout the debut release.

Ranging from indie-electronica to pop to rock, the varied genres covered by "Terrarium" offer cohesive moodiness and nostalgia evident in Johnson's vocal delivery and deGuzman's lyrics/melody, but also put forth symphonic textures and layers to pull together a unique sound.


artist: Anthony Hugh
albumname: That's Life
sku: anthonyhugh-thatslife
upc: 847646009550
also:
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description:
You will find a beautiful collection of songs on this album entitled "That's Life". Anthony Hugh uses his bluesy vocal grit to do some good old fashioned story telling, from simple love songs to introspective dark pieces. This piano driven song selection is sometimes relaxing, other times intense, even getting a bit eclectic with songs like "War" which has a swampy blues vibe and "Alive and Wide Awake" which is more spooky electronic rock. An album that will keep you guessing (in a good way!) but remains very listenable.

Special thanks to God and my family who love and support me greatly!
Electric Guitars by Alex Chaney
Acoustic Guitars by Alex Chaney and Anthony Hugh
All Keys by Anthony Hugh
Extra Percussion by Guy Spitzer
All other tracks by Anthony Hugh


artist: Anthony Salvo
albumname: Finding Sanctuary
sku: asalvo-sanctuary
upc: 876809004866
also:
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description:
"Finding Sanctuary" is a musical portrait of a journey into relational and spiritual intimacy. Evocative, layered violin tracks describe an inner landscape, from the longing Meet Me There, exuberant Yes, a triumphant Finale and solemn contemplation in Studio Improvisation. It is warm, questioning, uplifting, and at times joyful. In this, Anthony Salvo's solo debut album, his unique compositions and elegant execution create a compelling soundscape of the challenges and celebration of intimacy.


artist: AntiGuru
albumname: Fall Submissions
sku: antiguru-fall
upc: 876809003159
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257825587&s=143441
also:
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description:
Cleanly atmospheric, Fall Submissions exists somewhere on the borderline between IDM and ambient techno, but either way is the perfect excursion into the musical microcosmos of Antiguru, aka Darin Marshall-founder of the Belief Systems label. Precise as Autechre but with the lightness and amiability of Plone or CiM, this album makes for really enjoyable listening and is also accessible enough to appeal to fans of Boards of Canada, Stereolab, and Slowdive. Standout tracks include "Blue Line," "Undersea Steamship," and "Peering."


artist: Antiqcool
albumname: Original Instrumental Acoustic Guitar Songs Vol 1
sku: antiqcool-acousticguitar
upc: 847646000519
also:
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description:
A collection of haunting romantic original instrumental acoustic guitar tracks to sooth the soul.

I find it quite difficult to describe myself as an artist, and the music I create. Although I tinker with other instruments, I feel most at home playing acoustic or electric guitar, I've been playing on and off since I was six years old, so I guess it's a big part of who I am now. The idea for a song can start with a few words, or a guitar riff. I spend many hours recording basic ideas that sound interesting, then overdubbing other guitar parts, until I hear something that sounds right. If I get Goosebumps, it's usually a good sign. If you, the listener, play the finished song and get Goosebumps, then I guess I've done a good job.

I enjoy the process of creating arrangements for guitar, often a three or four part ensemble with other instruments thrown into the mix to add a little extra colour, and variety. I try to make my songs interesting, but not too complicated. I want people to go away humming the tunes I have created, I love it when people say "I can't get that song out of my head". I recommend you stop reading and start listening now, so that you can make up your own mind.


artist: Antiqcool
albumname: Now and Then
sku: antiqcool-nowthen
upc: 847646004449
also:
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description:
Now and Then is an album of songs featuring acoustic guitar ensembles, and haunting lyrics, with a sprinkling of electric guitar, cello, harp, harmonica, bass, keyboards and synth, plus the odd drum here and there.

I like to paint mental pictures with my songs around themes of love, friendship and life. Each one tells it's own little story and takes you on an emotional journey, both lyrically and musically. I get my songs into your head, where they will set up camp and lay down roots. Over time you will get to know them, and hopefully, think of them as friends.


artist: Anton Cosmo
albumname: The In Between
sku: acosmo-inbetween
upc: 876809009182
also:
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description:
Anton gives a nod to influences such as U2 and Incubus, as well as echoes of visionaries like Peter Gabriel. Anton's lyrics and soaring pop arena rock sound have a dark edge, with some songs influenced by the public's current fascination with vampire sagas such as "Twilight," and the popular HBO series "True Blood."


artist: Antonio Ciacca Quartet
albumname: Driemoty
sku: aciacca-driemoty
upc: 876809008307
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/driemoty/id383179316
also:
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description:
Ciacca plays with a rare blend of earthiness, fire and intellect, with elements of Thelonious Monk, Wynton Kelly, Red Garland and Bobby Timmons that recall the most creatively vital and yet oddly neglected schools of jazz. Nowadays "Director of Programming for Jazz" at the Lincoln Center, Ciacca continues serving Jazz music as a player whose sound is unique, especially in the context of our time. The story of jazz, embedded in American soul and having blossomed in the imagination of a young pianist from Italy, is here for all to hear.

Driemoty is the first album of Antonio Ciacca, released in 1996, at the beginning of his brilliant career as jazz pianist and composer. The album contains six original compositions, including Bob's Groove, Bubo, Martina's Dance, Mattia, The Fox and Driemoty. With softly and sinuous Driemoty, Antonio shows his arranger skills and gives Mediterranean taste to the songs, cleverly maintained by his close-knit Italo-slovak Trio.


artist: Anup
albumname: Embrace
sku: anup-embrace
upc: 876809003142
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=4682188&s=143441
also:
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description:
In World music, playing a traditional acoustic instrument doesn't necessarily mean that you have a traditional approach. If your oud (a traditional Arabic lute) is surrounded by electric bass, synthesizers, and samplers, chances are that you're providing modern Arabic pop and not traditional Arabic music. And when a bagpipe solo comes after an amplified electric guitar solo, you're probably hearing contemporary Scottish/Celtic rock instead of the sort of traditional Scottish/Celtic music that has been around for centuries.

Anup's Embrace is an album of Indian sitar music, but it certainly isn't sitar music in the strict Indian classical sense; no one will mistake this 2003 release for a Ravi Shankar session. Rather, Anup puts a contemporary spin on instrumental sitar music, combining Indian classical elements with funk, rock, electronica, and club/dance music. Shankar and other Indian traditionalists are an influence, but so are non-Indian musicians and producers. You will never hear synthesizers on a true Indian classical album, but they're all over Embrace -- and you will never hear "Jingle Bells" in an Indian classical setting, but Anup does, in fact, offer an unlikely arrangement of that American Christmas standard (although original compositions dominate the CD). To be sure, "Jingle Bells" is a surprising choice for an Indian recording -- even a modern, Western-minded one like Embrace. But "Jingle Bells" lends itself surprisingly well to an instrumental sitar makeover.

By 2003 standards, Embrace isn't innovative or groundbreaking -- in the neo-Indian realm, there have been plenty of other people who used the sitar for funk, rock, electronica, and club/dance purposes. Nonetheless, Anup is good at what he does, and this enjoyable outing is worth acquiring if you appreciate a non-purist approach to the sitar.
Alex Henderson


artist: Arphaus
albumname: Green
sku: arphaus-green
upc: 876809008543
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/green/id399910830
also:
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description:
Deep, warm and melodic, 'Green' is an electronic panorama that refuses to be "genrefied". These are not formulaic compositions - each song began with a spark and each one grew organically. The set is an exploration of depth, texture and tempo, from 'Tillmelt's' glacial beat to the rhythmic and melodic explorations of 'Blue Light Above' and 'Watery Sun.'


artist: Art Sonic
albumname: Roadside Sketches
sku: artist-artsonic
upc: 847646000960
also:
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description:
A 3-week long road trip to the American Southwest (Toronto, Canada to Colorado, Utah and New Mexico USA). Good thing I managed to take my old beat-up acoustic guitar - even though there was little spaced for it in our tightly packed truck. Big prairie skies, Rocky Mountain panoramas, desert vistas, ghost towns and ancient Anasazi ruins, all inspired me to pick up the guitar and attempt to translate sights into notes. Little 'roadside sketches'...

My trusty little field recorder allowed me to actually capture some of the nature sounds which later, back home in my studio, got incorporated into some of the tracks. Hopefully these short musical pieces will evoke the feelings and re-create the sights I had in front of me.


artist: Artemis
albumname: Auralei
sku: artemis-auralei
upc: 876809002862
also:
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description:
An 8-song glimpse of future and past, the Auralei EP includes 3 tracks from Artemis' upcoming full-length release Body of Glass, 3 remixes of songs from Gravity, and 2 new tracks exclusive to this release. Featuring collaborations with fellow Magnatune and RTFM artists Bobby Cochran, Daniel Berkman, and Michel Jordan, the EP explores some new territory for Artemis. "Auralei" and "Ella" are rich with washy guitars, live drums and dreamy production. "Easy" forays into downtempo dub laced with spacious sparkly guitar licks, and the Colfax remix of "Here and Now" is a dreamy analog dance mix with beautiful layered vocals. "Seven" is a darker, syncopated tribal rock piece featuring a call and response between spoken word and Eastern European-style soaring melodies.

Artemis drummer Cliff Tune contributes his thumping breaks mix of a Sensor II remix of Lagoon graced with alien-pitched vocals. The Klangperle remix of Hypno is a beautiful late-night tech/house version of this deep and driving song. Daniel Durrett's Jimmy 2 Sticks glitchy ambient remix of Subterranean is a sneak peak at upcoming collaborations between Artemis and this talented newcomer to the gang.


artist: Artemis
albumname: Gravity
sku: artemis-gravity
upc: 876809003494
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=273985037&s=143441
also:
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description:
Artemis' eternally smooth, reflective voice joins deft breakbeat/trip-hop hybrids, bringing real depth and soul to the sometimes aloof genre of electronic music. Some of Gravity's tracks are rich and symphonic ("Fountain of Life" and "Lagoon/Baba") while others are gorgeously finespun and understated ("Angel" and "Subterranean"), but the potent artistic vision here definitely unites them all and gives Gravity an overarching sense of purpose and drive. As an artist, Artemis seems interested in the place where personal feelings meet up with swifter supernatural currents; her imagery is timeless and right at home among highly patterned soundscapes. And unlike many other cosmically inclined songwriters, she always acknowledges how complicated and inherently bittersweet her subject matter is. The result is that Gravity pulls off the near-impossible: it is both sleek and spiritual, modern and mythic. Highly recommended.


artist: Artemis
albumname: Of This Dirt
sku: artemis-ofthisdirt
upc: 847646001905
also:
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description:
Of this dirt:

a journey
   down the roots of of our family tree  
      through the marrow of a breath 
   across the tides that river our veins
      into the heart that dances us all
    

the pulse of a moment 

  infinite finiteness of a life
      risen from ashes of galaxies' pyres 
   up the spiral ladder 
                      again 

hand to hand 

        me 

  down the roots̷0;
   
time is of the essence. time IS the essence. experience. measured, marked by time. it's all we are. all ephemeral. we're in it together, we're in it on our own. we keep tripping, over ourselves, over each other, over the edge. but take heart. none of it matters, it's all a playground, a classroom, a sandbox whose boundaries expand and dissolve, contract and concretize, according to the design and requirements of our souls. and yet it all holds mass and consequence. even thought, intention, lines on a page. matter. inherently devoid of meaning yet not of message, the sole precious portal through which life can be expressed and realized. the nature of everything we know is paradox. whatever is true, there is a context in which the reverse holds. so what to do? these bodies are fleeting. time is not passing. we are. in a great relay race to nowhere. molecule by molecule, all at once. compassion resolves, fear fragments, things get more or less pixelated, harmonic or dissonant, depending on̷0;human condition, here and now. are we nature, bending ever toward the light, evolving and refining our way toward elegance and perfection? or are we careening out, splaying to chaos, refracted, diluted, in folly wilfully bending nature to aimless, nameless faceless feckless urges and impulses? how does it end? does it? do we just pass it along? gift it as it was gifted to us when we ourselves emerged from the void, kicking and screaming? what will the state and shape of offering be, when it slips from our fingers and into the hands of the bequeathed? were they born for this? are we?
   
absolutely. relativity proclaims it. creative is the thread, through it all continues to move us, move through us, archetypes breathing our every move, this only every moment. we build these homes of imagination, thin air, inspiration. small stars in vast expanse of darkness we are, and yet every twinkling has its source and return in one great multifaceted beating heart. shadow only distance travelled between points of light. one way or another, we all get there together. and if from time to time we lose our way, i'll meet you, my friend, in ten billion years̷0;this may take a while̷0;
   
one thread running through these songs is the sense that the more we attempt to step into one another's shoes, see deeply and even experience profoundly from the perspective of another, the more sane our world, our interactions, our lives can become and ultimately be. some of the phrases in these songs originate from the languages and deeply earth-and-cosmos-aligned understanding of brothers and sisters born of different cultures than the ones that shaped this particular fleshy spacesuit. this heart-soul-mouth is singing these words, visions and intentions with gratitude, respect and reverence, and only the greatest hope that some idea, feeling, colour, flash of inspiration or creative healing light may come through that might be in service of repairing bonds torn asunder by pain, trauma, misunderstanding, separation, ignorance, fear and disrespect. or that might bring a little hope, light, joy, understanding, comfort or inspiration to anyone whose ears have found their way open to this momentary sonic meditation. or that might help forge another step forward toward dreaming a world we can all continue living and loving. thank you for listening. i'm still listening, too̷0;and, to the best of my abilities, attempting to be able to respond.


artist: Artemis
albumname: Orbits
sku: artemis-orbits
upc: 876809005184
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=273985035&s=143441
also:
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description:
Magnatune favorite Artemis gets remixed into thirteen dreamytrip-hop/break-beat hybrids that feature her silky smooth voice and a constantly evolving progression of sophisticated beats and instrumentation. Though these remixes are clearly meant to celebrate the more interesting aspects of electronic music in recent years, they also show off the emotive and spiritual side of Artemis' voice and artistic vision. In particular check out the Breakshop Studios Mix of Sync or Swim and the Hypnosphere remix (of Hypno). "A sensual blend of daydreamy beats and starry-eyed breaks."?San Francisco Examiner


artist: Artemis
albumname: Sephyra
sku: artemis-sephyra
upc: 847646007884
also:
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description:
Sephyra is a bit of rounding up the troops, clearing the cobwebs and emptying the closets. An ending and a beginning. The album was a few years in the making, but the songs span a greater distance. Some are new, others were conceived in the last millenium, when I first began my journey as a songwriter. Some I wrote on my own, some are the fruits of collaborations with various genius composers and musicians. Most were brewed on a slow simmer, gathering spices and colors from several thoughtful pairs of hands and ears on the way to their final form. It takes a village.

All the songs on Sephyra are facets of a journey. One of rising up, falling down, getting up again. Over and over. As humans do. Taking apart and putting back together. A few parts left over in the process, a few new squeaks and rattles, but hell, the thing still flies. And maybe, just maybe, through examination we begin to grok the machine.

Final production on Sephyra took place over the past year in the homey bat-cave studio of David Earl (SFLogicninja). A few songs, like Begin Again, took an utter left turn at his hand to transcend themselves and become something completely new. A couple needed just a bit of fine tuning and spit polish. Most enjoyed some sort of major overhaul, including new vocals, since many of the originals were recorded whilst standing next to a burbling aquarium. I have *no* idea who would make an engineering faux pas like that. Ahem.

I like pretty fish. And shrimp. Especially the blue ones.

All the songs got a whole lot of love rubbed into them. And there are some extraordinary players sitting in throughout the album, including Daniel Berkman, Steve Lawson, Michel Jordan, Bobby Cochran, Abram Katz and Tom Lattanand. Keith Crusher, as always, had a big hand in the development of several tracks, and provided key bits of feedback and guidance in the final production. We have Keith to thank for that lovely side stick on So Long. Brilliant choice.

We also have Keith to thank for the beautiful graphic design and photography on the cover image, and Juliana Medina for her stunning makeup artistry. Sarika Dagar, LP Ponor and Anastasia Lattanand also provided invaluable artistic feedback.

Ian Shepherd mastered the album, and did an exquisite job on that last, somewhat mysterious and alchemical step of an album's journey into the world. He stayed faithful to the music and the production, brought out the very best of what was already there, kept it warm and made it sparkle. Ian was a true pleasure to work with, as was every single person on this project.

To everyone who participated in the Kickstarter and helped bring this album and the forthcoming music video for Down By the River to life, you have my deepest and most heartfelt gratitude, love and respect. Same goes to those of you who cheered us on, and those of you who've just now turned up here. Our conversation takes this music to a whole new place. Let's keep talking.


artist: Artemis
albumname: Triptych
sku: artemis-triptych
upc: 847646009628
also:
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description:
"Triptych is comprised mainly of material composed during Songaday 2012 - a crazy thing a lil bunch of us do each year: writing, recording and posting online a song every day for the month of February. It's nuts. Terrifying, exhausting, exhilarating, raw and brilliant. I was hooked from day one.

Songaday changed the course of my musical life. Though my first songs were written solo on guitar, for the past several years I've been mainly co-writing with a handful of producers, often taking someone else's musical ideas and arranging songs around them, then bringing them to life with lots of lush, lovely production, and performing them live with a full band.

The songs on Triptych are my foray back into writing songs 100% solo, from the ground up. Most of these songs are more stripped down and intimate, and are what I perform as a solo artist during gigs these days. If you've caught a show on one of my recent house concert tours, you may have heard some of the songs from Triptych already. If not, here's your chance. Hope you enjoy."
Artemis

"Artemis' spellbinding instantly recognisable music, that flits from pop to ambient to experimental to electronic without ever losing its identity is as emotive as it is beautiful."
Steve Lawson, bassist


artist: Artemis
albumname: Truth (original and remixes)
sku: artemis-truth
upc: 876809009625
also:
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description:
'Truth' is the first collaboration and release by Artemis and Divasonic, with Artemis writing and singing and Lynda Arnold (aka Divasonic) handling the electro style music production on the track. The dreamy, poetic vocals of Artemis float over the pulsating beats of Divasonic and create a lightness in the midst of emotional turmoil. The key visual image of the song is the Mask, representative of the truth we do (or don't) tell.

The single includes a variety of outstanding remixes by David G. Earl (aka SFLogicNinja), Colfax, Tyler Stone (Sutro), Daniel Durrett, miKroNaught, Celeste Lear, Mijo and Chris James. The remixes comprise a variety of styles from trance to trip-hop, house, electronica and a few that defy categorization.

The music accompanying music video (available at youtube.com/artemisofficial) was shot and conceptualized by the duo and Keith Crusher, and produced by Jake Durrett.


artist: Artemis
albumname: Undone
sku: artemis-undone
upc: 876809003135
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=273900427&s=143441
also:
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description:
Both sophisticated and ethereal, Artemis' first Magnatune release?Undone?is a confident exploration of the more lyrical side of electronic music. Some tracks evoke a cool and contemplative mood and others, a fiery and impassioned one, but all seem to incorporate the big picture?a reflection of Artemis' expansive yet tender worldview. "Changing Sky" successfully conjures the spark and scope of some of Peter Gabriel and Sinead O'Connor's best work, while "Supernatural" is an exquisite ballad that demonstrates Artemis' gift for bridging the gap between sacred and profane. "Don't Look Back" is another standout, and serves as a preview to Artemis' subsequent work, in which she becomes ever more deeply fascinated with the intersection of material and spiritual worlds.


artist: Arthur Yoria
albumname: Brinca Tu Y Brinco Yo
sku: yoria-brincatubrincoyo
upc: 876809002640
also:
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description:
Written & Recorded by Arthur Yoria ©2011
Mixed by Steve Christensen
Mastered by Allen Corneau

Percussion - Ilya Janos Kolozs
Upright bass, banjo, musical saw & lead guitar - Geoffrey Muller
Trumpet - Eric Jackson
Drums - Shane Lauder
Upright bass - Nick Gaitan
Pedal steel - Bart Maloney
Piano - Dr. Loreta Kovacic
Bell set, piano - Gilbert Alfaro
Drums - Steve Torres
Trombone - Dru Rey
Lead guitar - Tody Castillo
Cello - Lisa Gallo Roth
Guitar, percussion, vocals & harmonium - Arthur Yoria

(Indie-Americana en Español)


artist: Arthur Yoria
albumname: Handshake Smiles
sku: yoria-handshake
upc: 876809006266
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=277014972&s=143441
also:
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description:
Arthur Yoria is back with a full-length release, and if you're not familiar with this Houston-based power popper, you're missing out. His I'll Be Here Awake was one of the top discs of 2003, and last year's EP/Single Something Must Be Wrong featured one of last year's top tracks in the title tune.

Handshake Smiles is another winner, although it's a bit more stripped down than Yoria's previous releases, which isn't unexpected given it was a "bedroom recording". The disc opens with "Should Be", a pretty (and melancholy) number that recalls Jon Brion, while "Clean For Free" follows with an Americana-ish sensibility and wouldn't have been out of place on the new Wilco disc. The title track is vintage jangly pop, and "Love Song In G" is the classic Yoria power pop that we've come to know from his earlier releases. Other highlights include "I Told You Not to Write Again" (power pop complete with banjo!), "Sandy", and the wistful closer "Trash Bag", which evaluates a long-term relationship with an understated beauty, both lyrically and melodically. Handshake Smiles is a triumph for Yoria, who's managed to avoid repeating himself without sacrificing his tunefulness.
Absolute Powerpop


artist: Arthur Yoria
albumname: Ill Be Here Awake
sku: yoria-here
upc: 876809003128
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257826277&s=143441
also:
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description:
Ten playfully wicked, exceptionally well-crafted songs make up Arthur Yoria's full length debut, I'll Be Here Awake. Yoria says it's a straight-forward rock album that was written from the point of view of a "nasty, egotistical fictional character" that he vicariously lives through from time to time. However, Yoria's natural warmth makes this character charming in the way that cads can be when they're also talented, funny, and smart. It's a testament to Yoria's talent, in fact, that the general lack of typical indie rock neurosis comes off as refreshing rather that callous. Yoria is soulful, but mostly at peace with his preference for independence and fun. To wit, "Call Me" beautifully nuanced insight into the mind of the chronically unavailable male, and "P.S.A." may be the most beguiling little ditty about masturbation ever written. "Sevilla" describes a seething jealousy in the most lilting possible tones, and "At Least You've Been Told" is a cagey rock number that rails against stagnant situations. "Here To Stay" is the highlight of the entire album though?it's a patiently delivered, doggedly inspiring pop shanty. Yoria's evil twin be prone to fleeing the scene?but he's also always reminding us that at least in an archetypal sense, he's not going anywhere.


artist: Arthur Yoria
albumname: Of the Lovely
sku: yoria-oflovely
upc: 876809003111
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257972683&s=143441
also:
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description:
Of The Lovely is the EP debut of natural born songwriter and performer, Arthur Yoria. "Intelligent, lovestruck lyrics, beautiful rock-out guitars, and gorgeous pop melodies." ?PopMatters "Arthur Yoria has an amazing ability to be innocent, sultry, irreverent, and completely captivating?all in the span of about three and a half minutes." ?Amazon.com


artist: Arthur Yoria
albumname: Suerte Something
sku: yoria-suerte
upc: 876809004941
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257972743&s=143441
also:
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description:
Arthur Yoria's fantastic new album Suerte Something is right in sync with the big buzz about Spanish language indie rock in Europe, but his smoldering, unmistakably Texan blues guitar should tip off listeners to its regional pedigree. This album shows Yoria is becoming a real master of the catchy, sexy alt-pop tune; his pacing on the first track, "Suerte Mijo," is patient to the point of seduction, and the strong, architectural melody line of the beautiful "Este Motodo" means he can linger on each word as long as he likes. And boy, does he like. One of the best things about Suerte Something is how much fun Yoria is having singing these songs. The album has five Spanish tracks and five in English, including two bonus tracks?"Greek Archaic" and "Places Everywhere"?available only on Magnatune.


artist: Ash Ganley
albumname: Cruel Waters
sku: ashganley-cruelwater
upc: 847646000588
also:
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description:
Ash Ganley's latest release, Cruel Waters contemplates the fate of the natural world in an age where technology consumes all that was once human and sacred. He stands as a country-rock prophet against the Sadducees of automated machinery and computer technology. It runs along the same conceptual lines as Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and My Morning Jacket's Z, however Cruel Waters uses organic sounds to present this modern dichotomy.

The exemplary "Lonely World" and "Paradise Fades" both acknowledge the competition between the sacred and the contemporary, but both are composed with a constant ear to alt-country influences and a toe in the alternative tub. In "Too Late," Ganley attempts to warn us of our inevitable doom. "Too late for science, too late for faith.. too late to save our souls, this is how it ends," he sings with breath-filled urgency. It is that kind of writing that draws the listener into the depth that this album offers. It reveals a great deal of focus on Ganley's part to construct such predominate concepts for Cruel Waters, while allowing it to come through with subtlety and care.

Still, in the face of Ganley's alt-country Armageddon, he perseveres because, like every great artist knows, this is an existence of poles - the good with the bad. Ganley does his best to show why he worries for our humanity with songs like "Only in our Dreams", and "Moonshine" that pursue the bright side to our end with country panache and swagger. Ganley's material adopts muses that show the dark, modern side of life and the other that Ganley wants so badly to save.
- Chris Galis, THE SCENE MAGAZINE, Ft. Collins, CO


artist: Ash Ganley
albumname: Magic Season
sku: ashganley-magic
upc: 847646000571
also:
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description:
Magic Season is Ash's latest record (2011) and contains his most engaging, addictive and potent songwriting to date. For Ash, this is what you get after years of being a humble apprentice to many a disparate muse, absorbing everything and anything musical, touring and recording with bands ranging from Reggae to Rock to Funk to Folk and beyond, always pushing, always distilling it down, finding your voice and searching for the elusive themes running between it all.

Ash's influences are apparent on Magic Season, but you may have to blur your ears to hear them, for they reveal themselves more as mood and character, rather than stylistically. Kelly Joe Phelps, Tom Petty, Chris Whitley, Del Amitri, Steve Earl. Cormac McCarthy, Sergio Leone, Enio Morricone, Robert Natkin. They are all there, some hidden, some open. Call it Modern Americana, New Roots Rock, call it Country music with city lyrics, or singer-songwriter folk rock with a heavy current of desert-mescaline contemplation of fate, it's all these things and more. Somehow dark yet positive, Magic Season is an album of depth and nuance seldom heard on any level. Enjoy the magic!


artist: Ash Ganley
albumname: Universe Acceptable
sku: ashganley-univaccept
upc: 876809009915
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/universe-acceptable/id426761854
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description:
The music draws from a wide range of influences, ranging from driving alternative country to lush acoustic pop to dark Western-tinged Americana. The songs are transporting and lush without losing the raw, sparse quality that gives them their unique weight and intimacy. Haunting harmonies and richly-textured, darkly blooming guitar tones provide an edgy backdrop for Ash's unforgettable songwriting and smoky, frayed-velvet lead vocals.

"Universe Acceptable" is an album of questions asked and mysteries unexplained. Some questions are answered while others can never be. Finding peace in the face of the unknowable while trusting in one's self is a recurring theme on this diverse, passionate and powerful record. The songs speak to the spirit in all of us, drawing out compassion and acceptance laced with the idea that in humility lies true power and grace.

Join Ash on a musical journey and ask yourself: Is the universe acceptable in your mind, or do you need to see an explanation for the mystery?


artist: Askold Buk
albumname: Askold Buk
sku: askold-askold
upc: 876809008222
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description:
"I think a lot of today's instrumental music takes itself so seriously that it intimidates people - it's quite different from the great instrumentals I remember that were catchy, feel-good tunes with no pretense," observes guitarist Askold Buk. "My goal is to recapture that vibe by writing music that is as much fun to listen to as it is to play."

Buk certainly creates a fun, unpretentious mood on his critically-acclaimed debut album, which is chock full of melodic, guitar-driven, groove-oriented jazz/r? tunes.


artist: Asteria
albumname: Un Tres Doulx Regard
sku: asteria-doulx
upc: 876809007706
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/un-tres-doulx-regard/id310641542
also:
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description:
The chansons on Asteria's third album are all gathered from one extraordinary manuscript, the celebrated Oxford 213 manuscript currently housed at the Bodleian Library in England. Aside from being the largest collection of 15th century chansons by known composers like Guillaume Dufay and Gilles Binchois, it contains a great number of anonymous works from the earliest period of the the 15th century. Asteria chose to focus on this exquisite body of little-known works for Un tres doulx regard, and many of these songs have never before been recorded before.

Just like the shy lover who is knocked off his feet by the merest glance from the object of his affections, the music of the first generation of Burgundian composers at the end of the ars nova is infused with the sweetness and explosive passion of new love. "Un tres doulx regard" - A most sweet glance - is the result of extensive archival research into this little-known period, dating roughly from 1390 to 1420, just before the meteoric rise (and subsequent fall) of Burgundian power and influence that would briefly propel Franco/Flemish art and music to the very apex of European fashion.


artist: Asteria
albumname: For the Love of Jaqueline
sku: asteria-jaqueline
upc: 847646004258
also:
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description:
Antoine Busnoys (1430-1492) ranks among the most avant-garde and prescient composers of his time; a proto-Renaissance composer who is nonetheless firmly grounded in the courtly love tradition of the provencal troubadours.

For the Love of Jaqueline tracks the highs and lows of a real medieval romance through Busnoys' sumptuous music and poetry, with new arrangements by Asteria directly from a 15th century song book found in Dijon, France (Dij MS 517) and recorded at the 14th century Burgundian palace of Germolles.


artist: Asteria
albumname: Le Souvenir de Vous me Tue
sku: asteria-souvenir
upc: 876809003104
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/le-souvenir-vous-me-tue/id216883653
also:
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description:
How can a voice be so rich and pure at the same time? Sylvia Rhyne's voice is full-bodied yet pristine, and together with Eric Redlinger, she makes medieval music fresh and relevant by emphasizing its emotional immediacy and themes of love. Le Souvenir De Vous Me Tue emphasizes the lush beauty of music from this era as well as the expressiveness of the texts, and features music from the court of Phillip the Good-a French duke known for his passionate patronage of the arts and chivalrous world-view.


artist: Asteria
albumname: Soyes Loyal
sku: asteria-soyes
upc: 876809004750
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/soyes-loyal/id257973109
also:
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description:
The New York Times describes their music as "meltingly beautiful," and this highly anticipated release from Sylvia Rhyne and Eric Redlinger, aka Asteria, reveals the full, quiet power and scope of their intimate performance style. Eighteen tracks explore the symbolism of the close of the medieval period in Europe, and a bonus track gives a preview of their upcoming album of early 16th century Parisian chansons. Full liner notes and fourteen scores from the album included with download.


artist: Atomic Opera
albumname: Alpha and Oranges
sku: atomic-alpha
upc: 876809003098
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257936087&s=143441
also:
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description:
If the Texan bands Kings X and Galactic Cowboys represent the Pearl Jam and Nirvana of the Houston hard-rock sound, then Atomic Opera is the Soundgarden. They have a more consistent metal edge than their peers, but they keep these dark, thick grooves melodic and accessible. Atomic Opera sold 20,000 copies of their debut record, For Madmen Only and this is a collection of the songs that led up to that work. "The ten songs that are chosen to be on this CD tell a story, the musical story of a band discovering itself," says frontman Frank Hart. Atomic Opera strikes gold right from the start with the beautiful "Rain Parade"; other highlights include "Meaningless Word" "Spinning," and "Magic Castle" with its cascading, shanty-like melody line.


artist: Atomic Opera
albumname: Penguin Dust
sku: atomic-penguin
upc: 876809003081
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=258075497&s=143441
also:
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description:
Bill Koene of the Washington Review said that Penguin Dust "is to music what Fargo and The Usual Suspects are to movies ... surprising and brilliant." Along with the soulful, gusty singing by front man Frank Hart, this is also an exceptionally well arranged album with thick, satisfying hard rock harmonies and melodic grooves. Real songs with a deep, spiritual center. Highlights include "Make A God," "Fade" and "Fever Dream."


artist: Attic Trax
albumname: Retrograze
sku: attictrax-retrograze
upc: 847646010303
also:
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description:
Retrograze was inspired by life's journey especially by people who have influenced in the past and are now hopefully gazing down with an approving smile.

Old cinematic references, retro sounds with some instrumentation from around the world, help drive the album along a winding uplifting technicolour road. An ideal album to listen to whilst looking to escape the pressure and stress of 21st Century living.


artist: Attic Trax
albumname: Where What Where
sku: attictrax-wherewhat
upc: 847646005606
also:
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description:
Largely instrumental with occasional vocal loops the album transports the listener into a musical landscape of lush layered sound, incorporating such diverse influences as electronica, alternative rock, down-tempo, folk, nu-jazz with a twist of lounge.

"Where what where" is an eclectic musical journey, inspired by family, friends, travel and the world of TV and cinema.


artist: Audio70
albumname: ElectRockProgconFusion
sku: audio70-electrockprogconfusion
upc: 847646010419
also:
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description:
ElectRockProg(con)Fusion is an instrumental album which is quite heterogeneous in style and hard to classify; you'll find some relaxing and contemplative tracks but also many groovy compositions. In terms of genre, the tracks offer blends between electronica and prog rock - coined synthprogrock by Audio70 himself. Influences like electronic / ambient (in the style of Vangelis, Jean Michel Jarre, Orzic Tentacles), classic progressive rock (Rick Wakeman, Alan Parsons, Focus, etc.) are all represented on this album. Thus, there isn't necessarily a common thread.

Hypnosis '80 is the opening track, which starts in a fairly classical electronic style and then transforms into a rock / fusion big band style. The resulting piece is full of progressive rock influences, with various references to electronic atmospheres. Six Sharpened Blades is in jazzrock style with elements of electronica, fusion and progressive rock. After the tension introduced by the first three tracks, culminated to the maximum with the brass finale of Six Sharpened Blades, Barracuda brings a nice moment of relaxation. A new age piece, it has a relaxed but very catchy theme at the start and then progresses into pure nocturnal atmosphere. A Dog's Eyes is a short new age piece of about two minutes with a very catchy theme played by a synthesizer and an oboe. Hypersequence consists of a long crescendo with styles similar to Vangelis and Ozric Tentacles and then transforms to a jazzrock / fusion style. This is followed by Making Decisions, a tune based on synthetic sounds and classic strings, which offers pure progressive rock with some virtuoso moments but also with more relaxing atmospheres. The album ends with Waiting for the Black Knight, which is equally a song in a classical progressive rock style. Get ready for a fairly articulated track that includes symphonic moments but also more delicate and introspective atmospheres.


artist: Bach Collegium San Diego
albumname: JS Bach Six Motets BWV 225-230
sku: bcsd-sixmotets
upc: 847646003718
also:
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description:
Johann Sebastian Bach's surviving cantatas number in the hundreds while his motets are few and unique among his compositions. They display J. S. Bach's unrelenting virtuosity and diverse contrapuntal style. Although many of them are believed to be from the early Leipzig years (1723-1730), some were likely assembled or reworked from extant material.

The present recording marks the debut release of the Bach Collegium San Diego and was recorded in one of San Diego's finest acoustical spaces. The resultant sound, while luxurious and rich, produces beautifully transparent textures allowing Bach's brilliant counterpoint to be fully realised.

The ensemble is comprised of 8-16 singers with organ, archlute and violone. In readings of great excitement, flexibility, subtlety, contemplation and joy the Bach Collegium San Diego proudly presents its inaugural release!


artist: Barbara Leoni
albumname: Human Needs
sku: leoni-human
upc: 876809003074
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257937032&s=143441
also:
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description:
Barbara Leoni has dabbled in a variety of musical styles, but it's the blues she most identifies with, and Human Needs is the playground in which she explores influences like Clapton, Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, and Bonnie Raitt, as well as her own developing voice. Leoni's strengths are her songwriting and guitar chops. The title track is the highlight of the album?a brazenly sexy, strip-tease worthy number with a great guitar solo in the middle.


artist: Barbepeste Official Orchestra
albumname: Bootleggers
sku: barbepeste-bootlegers
upc: 847646007518
also:
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description:
Most of the themes developed in this album come from Ireland, but the band explores a broad spectrum of melodic and rhythmical instruments, from all over the world. The diversity of their instrumentarium allows arrangements that give a new and colorful version of those themes.

And so we travel from Ireland to India, via Spain, Sweden, Maghreb or Caribbean; we go from Baroque to Rock, from intimate sounds to more festive ambiances.

A musical journey, towards space and time!

Embark with the Barbepeste Official Orchestra!


artist: Barks and Crock
albumname: 8
sku: barkscrock-eight
upc: 876809009595
also:
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description:
This downbeat ambient album by Barks and Crock was produced in 2012. It is the eighth album they've produced as a duo. Therefore, without exaggerating, one can say that this is the album which sounds most eleborate and mature. The balance between the ambience and the groove is perfectly met. Smooth and visual. The music comes to rest at the passage from sunlight to moonshine. Filigrane and complex melodies are put together with solid but gentle beats and create a strong atmospheric sound that is ideally suited for relaxation and recreation.

Try the sound of ''8''! Guaranteed restoration of lost calmness and banishment of stress of all known kinds as well as relief of reproductive complaints in both men and women. A beneficial aid to mankind when sedulously employed as indicated.


artist: Barks and Crock
albumname: Fxxkyouthatswhy
sku: barkscrock-fxxkyouthats
upc: 847646004760
also:
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description:
Peppered with references of three centuries of electronic dance music, it shines like mirror balls and neon clothing. From Erasure to David Guetta and back, from analog Moog-Sounds to digital distortion this album it has it all. So... put on your dancing shoes and step on the dancefloor. Everything's optional, nothing's a must - but have a good time!

With this album, Barks and Crock tried to focus a bit more on their roles as producers and worked together with some great featured artist. For example, the voice actress Tanja Geke, the singer and musician Cosmic Gita, and last but not least the German actress Julia-Maria Kohler did a heck of a job in contributing to the songs 'Sundrops','Je T'aime' and 'Alone'.

This is the first dance album created by Barks and Crock. Don't take it too seriously.

Some quotes about "Fxxkyouthatswhy":

"Barks and Crock extend out-of-the-box paradigms of contemporary music styles starting from the first 'beep' to the latest 'yeah, yeah'."
(Natti Reed)

"I am stuck on Fxxkyouthatswhy, 'cause Fxxkyouthatswhy's stuck on me."
(DJ Jerry Delay)


artist: Barks and Crock
albumname: Let It Turn
sku: barkscrock-letiturn
upc: 876809009601
also:
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description:
This album gives a ride on a journey through a great variety of electronic landscapes. The fresh and floral sound of the title track "Let It Turn" sets sail for a tour of electronic music and warmly invites you to explore the uncharted world of the 'Barks and Crock Universe'.

As the sun dawns over the colorful soundscapes, the sound slowly drifts into blue scales and atmospheric chill. The darkness rises and "One More" accompanies you through the vast and black night. The journey ends with "Catharsis" while the first rays of sunlight leave you with dreams of electric sheep.


artist: Barks and Crock
albumname: Stadtstrand
sku: barkscrock-stadtstrand
upc: 847646006771
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description:
You all know what it's like when the work is done and the weekend lies in front of you like a magic kingdom. 'Stadtstrand' tries to recreate this cycle of anticipation, ecstasy and aftermath in itself.

'Sternflackern' kicks off with the small vibrations that run down your spine while heading for the final destination. The rising energy in front of the club, the falling night ('Nachts'), the beautiful people, the soft pumping bass, the uplifting cacophony of sounds - all comes together for the perfect yet mysterious vibe ('Vom Boden Weg').

The deeper ('Tiefer') you travel into this realm, the more you'd feel the density of this atmosphere, its complex and somehow confusing mixup carries you away. Dancing. Now solid beats pulse through your body. And then with a soft sudden shudder it slowly fades away into a fog of noise. The rays of the dawning sun ('Morgenlicht') break through and drag you to the other side of the night. And you laugh and cry and clutch to the beat like you never wanted anything else. But suddenly it's all over. You're sitting in the back of someones car and there is nothing but that odd quietness of minimalistic aftermath-beats ('Heimfahrt').

Finally you're lying on your couch. Half awake, half asleep. And a tired smile runs across your face while your stereo plays the final notes ('Ausklang').


artist: Barks and Crock
albumname: Summer Savage
sku: barkscrock-sumsavage
upc: 847646005330
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description:
Here comes Berlin's alternative to the worn out Ibiza-House. The album starts up with the track "I won't cry", a singer-songwriter theme, mixed with some smooth electronic house beats. The song was produced in collaboration with the brilliant Berlin-based jazz musician Gita Delvenakiotis, a Greek-German concert pianist, singer and composer. She participated in big film festivals, Cannes, for example, has won prizes at the Steinway Competition and has given concerts all over the world.

With "Summerwaves" the album evolves into electronic summer house style music. Uptempo easy-listening parts blend with more club-orientated ones, like in the song "Love You", or the great minimal house track "Westsidebeat". The whole album is peppered with elaborate vocals and lyrics praising the summer. So get your summer feeling whenever you need it. The album ends with a bonus remix of "Love You". Summer Savage will max out the feelgood pop attitude that is inherent in every great summerday. Smiles included.

Are you looking for some great summer tunes? Don't look any further.


artist: Barry James
albumname: The Stars and the Moon
sku: barryjames-starsmoon
upc: 847646007341
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description:
This album evokes a sense of peace and contemplation while lying under the stars. More organic than Barry James' previous work, the aim with "The Stars and the Moon" was to produce complex instrumentals while creating engaging, lively performances. xylophone, thick effected guitars, layered vocal tracks, jazz tones and percussive scratches all lead the listener effortlessly between melody, harmony and rhythm.

The one exception to the instrumental theme is the song The Stars and the Moon, which was written for James' daughter. This song uses layered instrumentation to ponder the objects that fill the night sky. The resulting work, recorded entirely in James' home, is a collection of music that takes you on a journey to the unfamiliar corners of the everyday.


artist: Barry James
albumname: Strange Slumber, Music for Wonderful Dreams
sku: barryjames-strangeslumber
upc: 847646007334
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description:
Should a baby fall asleep to Radiohead or Massive Attack? When close friends became parents, Barry James decided to gift the family with a bedtime soundtrack more suited to their new situation. With Strange Slumber: Music for Wonderful Dreams, James has created an ambient album edgy enough for those soothed by feedback yet friendly enough to shepherd a newborn into dreamland.

This is not the musical numbing agent you know from elevators and waiting rooms. From the catchy but vaguely unsettling Aliens Talk Backwards to the delicately percussive Good Fortune, James reinterprets the genre in a manner that is both time-altering and timeless. Strange Slumber: Music for Wonderful Dreams is raw material for the imagination.

This entire album was written as a present to Barry's godson Fletcher Roberts and his parents, who are avid music fans and love to fall asleep to various kinds of music.

"Lost Highway" was written and recorded in one take in an apartment closet. It was written on an open tuning guitar borrowed from a friend. Barry is still not sure what the tuning was.

"Curious Ghosts" and "Let Sleeping Ghosts Lie" were written by electronically manipulating a song titled 'The Ghost Again' written by Barry James in 1999 for his old band 'The Sunflower Conspiracy'.

The song "Feed" was almost omitted from the collection, but was left in at the last minute because of the levity it added to the album.

The song "The Watchmaker" was finished on an airplane on a laptop computer, somewhere between Chicago OHare airport and Tucson International.

Barry is fond of leaving ambient noise in his songs, like the foot pedal click at the beginning of "Aliens Talk Backwards", or the distant radio that can be heard at the end of "Mother and Child".

The variety of percussion instruments on "Six String Lullaby" were a last-minute addition to the song, and included sanding blocks, novelty 'magic' wands, and a pillow lined with small bells.

A prevalent instrument used on this album is the eBow, an electromagnetic device that causes a guitar string to constantly vibrate, mimicking the sound of a bowed stringed instrument.

The front cover artwork cartoon doodles were taken from scratchpads from when Barry worked as a graphic artist.

The front cover model is photographer and model Natalie Paquette, also known as FetishFairie in certain online circles


artist: Barry Phillips
albumname: Notebook
sku: phillips-notebook
upc: 847646001912
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artist: Barry Phillips
albumname: Trad
sku: phillips-trad
upc: 876809003791
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257937400&s=143441
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description:
Cellist, arranger, and composer Barry Phillips is part of a posse of performers dedicated to blurring the line between classical, medieval, and folk music. He draws on more than eight centuries of traditional compositions in his work, and channels it into beautifully clean, modern arrangements that are elegant yet earthy.


artist: Barry Sulkin
albumname: Isle of Elba
sku: barrysulkin-isleofelba
upc: 847646005996
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description:
This is a collection of mellow instrumental songs anchored by fingerstyle acoustic guitar. The songs express a range of moods that allow the listener to relax, reflect, and enjoy the sounds.

The song "Isle of Elba" was inspired by a bittersweet trip to Italy and stay at a little village on the western coast of the island of Elba, off the Tuscany coast. This song captured the essence of that experience, as well the overall feel of this collection of songs, and thus became the title song of the album.

Bringing in notable guest musicians to fill out some of the songs, the album flows from gentle to more robust moods, and back again. These original songs were drawn from some that have been around for many years, as well as newer ones written especially for this project.

Put this album on and relax into it, or just let it play in your background as you go about your activities.

Barry Sulkin is one half of Magnatune group Heavy Mellow, you can listen to their albums here.


artist: Beat Under Control
albumname: Cosmic Repackage
sku: beatunder-cosmic
upc: 876809009762
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description:
Since bursting into the world in the late '70s as a punk-driven bass evangelist, Sweden's Ulf "Rockis" Ivarrson has since been on a relentless voyage of musical discovery while paying his dues to pay the rent...through early '80s bands like the quiet, playing the blues with the Eivon Boogie Band, backing up Swedish guitar hero Clas Yngstrom in his group sky high or a host of sessions, Ulf nurtured a growing desire to uncork an inner vision which sounded nothing like any of these lucratively-popular positions...

After a stint with world music-techno marauders Hedningama, where he pioneered a new instrument called the bass mandora, Ulf took the plunge in the late '90s and started beatundercontrol...conventional song structures went out the window as he explored his fixations with the mighty dub, noise and experimental music which knew no boundaries, emerging with widely acclaimed first album the introduction in 2003... 'instead of writing banal three-minute songs with mindless expressions and meaning, i rather try to challenge myself through textures, noises and basslines,' he explains...

this philosophy is explored with often stunning results on Ulf's second beatundercontrol album, cosmic repackage, a colossal aural menagerie of space-jazz brass themes and solo flights, subterranean pulses and dark-hued banks of strings which dart between European avant textures to late 60s hypno-drone alchemists the third ear band... it's a heady brew, ranging from the nocturnal back alley jazz of neighbourterror blues to the intense freeform scattershots and coruscating atmospherics of "departure... if dub's shadow looms over the album, notably on tracks like the bottomless fizz-bombs of interruption, it steps out and flashes its glorious sonic stiffie on the alien skank of subversion dub, albeit lashed with dissonance and howling winds...

from punk rock to the outer limits, Ulf ivarrson has cause to celebrate quite a remarkable musical journey and does so with one of the year's most intoxicatingly uncompromising aural statements...


artist: Beat Under Control
albumname: The Introduction
sku: beatunder-intro
upc: 876809003067
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257937962&s=143441
also:
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description:
A whip-smart blend of instrumental electronic, jazz, dub, and funk influences, best-seller The Introduction has a great buzzy feeling to it. Ulf Ivarsson teams up with some of the most interesting players on the contemporary Swedish music scene: keyboardist Per Wiberg (Opeth, Spiritual Beggars), trumpet player Goran Kajfes ?Sting, Oddjob, Nacka Forum, Blacknuss Allstars), cellist Raymond King (Chris Bailey, Page, Plant), and guitarist George Nakas (Safri Duo, Embryo Sthlm). The fantastic "Blue Lights" opens the album; Kajfes shows us how a trumpet line that might have been mournful in another track can sound deeply urbane with some effervescent rhythms set behind it. "Direction Dub" is a great track too?mellow and atmospheric but with that undercurrent of buzz that runs throughout the album. "Saturn Blues" is another highlight. It gives us great bluesy swaths of Kajfes' horn playing swirled into Ivarsson's stirred up beats and vibraphone by Wiberg.


artist: Beight
albumname: File In Rhythm
sku: beight-rhythm
upc: 876809004491
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=141527086&s=143441
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description:
Rift Magazine described Brad Senne's first full length release as "a slick slice of archetypal pop," but here at Magnatune we simply describe File In Rhythm as the best album by a new performer we've heard in some time. Recorded under the project name Beight (pronouced "bait"), File in Rhythm has all the charisma of pop, all the depth of indie rock, and that certain something that has you still humming the tunes days later.


artist: Bella Gaia
albumname: Beautiful Earth
sku: bellagaia-beautifulearth
upc: 847646007181
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description:
"Bella Gaia creates an iridescent landscape of gossamer melodies and labyrinthine rhythms, with a sense of celestial wonder which finds itself operating within some grand heavenly mechanism - a rhythmic conflagration of stars, planets, moons and their interconnected gravities. Bella Gaia melts a classical approach to composition with a more modern sense of rhythmic elasticity, creating music that is sourced from some point just outside the pull of Earth's gravity - intended to move and affect, not content to simply be observed and passed over."
Nooga.com

Created in conjunction with NASA, Bella Gaia is world-renowned for live performances with "breathtaking audio-visual explorations that will transform your view of life on earth" (AZ Weekly). Now, Bella Gaia is capturing their "sound that mesmerizes audiences" (Hollywood Progressive) on record with the release of their debut album, Bella Gaia - Beautiful Earth.

Williams is joined by an all-star cast of musicians on the new album, including Sound Healing artist Kristin Hoffmann, tabla master Deep Singh, and Japanese koto master Yumi Kurosawa.

A "deeply moving and shimmering soundscape" (Blog Talk Radio) complete with virtuoso violins, soothing vocals, and exotic instrumentation (koto, tablas, Egyptian nay flute), the album takes listeners on a journey to uncharted musical territory.

"haunting classical/world fusion music ... creates a mesmerizing spectacle that should not be missed" - Huffington Post "One of the best World/Chill out albums ever".
One World Music


artist: Ben Rusch
albumname: Architects of Time
sku: brusch-architects
upc: 876809008598
also:
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description:
Have you ever felt a craving for music that is extremely classy but accessible at the same time? In the album "Architects of Time" you can join Ben for a stroll through some of the surprising landscapes that lie between Rock and Folk, to find a quirky and interesting musical world where laughter follows goose bumps in rapid succession.

Listening to the album, you will find out why nowadays, Robin Hood just fancies some time by himself every now and then; you will be introduced to an alternative version of paradise where Adam and Eve eat the serpent rather than the apple; and you will learn how a jet pack can be usefully employed during the first few hours of the day if you are not a self-declared "morning person".

The album presents you with intimate folk arrangements on the one end of the spectrum, and rock songs of epic breadth on the other. And everything that lies between the two. Lipstik Indie magazine calls the album a "musical masterpiece" and with so much musical goodness to be found on the album, who are we to disagree?!

The album also features astounding viola performances by Bimbi Urquhart. To give you an idea as to quite how astounding these are: album reviews so far have been divided over the question as to whether her work on the album was simply "world class" or in the "ultimate world class".

Let's give it a listen, shall we...


artist: Ben Rusch
albumname: Oh Yes
sku: brusch-ohyes
upc: 876809009632
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/oh-yes/id426736366
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description:
"OH, YES!! is a collection of music that shows no respect whatsoever for traditional genre boundaries. Rather than walking well-trodden paths of musical cliche, the album will delight your ears with 17 different songs (as opposed to 17 iterations of the same song). So if you are looking for a coherent theme to tie the album together, then one could say that it is Alternative Rock or Folk music, sometimes beautiful, sometimes outrageous and always good for the soul. The songs are unapologetically aimed at open-minded listerners with an interest in inventive music and substance. And a good sense of humour will certainly come in handy..."
Ben Rusch

Recent Reviews
"unique, impressive, amazing, absolutely wonderful"
Lipstik Indie Magazine

"unique, out-of-the-ordinary and completely transportive"
Next Music Blog

"nuanced, balanced, intriguing, gorgeous, highly inventive - the Poet Laureate of Indie Rock. Humor, intelligence and deviously good song craft inform the process in one of the most original albums I've had the honor to listen to lately".
Wildy Haskell, Wildy's World music blog

"'Oh, Yes!!' is an album with a lot of creativity and substance and Rusch's vocals are really good throughout. The album is a very varied and beautiful piece of music with a fine combination of past and present."
Ulf Backstrom, member of the Prog Awards jury and creator of Merlin Prog

"Very interesting, genius, catchy, melodious and quirky. It's clear that Ben is here to stay."
Vincent Reynolds, IAE Magazine

Songwriting awards
Fissile Isle: Finalist, 2010 Show Me The Music international songwriting competition
Until the coast is clear: Semi-finalist, UK Songwriting Contest 2010; Song of the Day, FM102X radio

All music and lyrics by Ben Rusch, except:
"The Daily Mail", "Maud's Ecstasy At The High School Prom" and "The Lament Of Catskin Arnold" - music by Ben Rusch, lyrics by Anamitra Deb.
"The Ghost Of You Is The Heart Of Me" - music by Ben Rusch, lyrics by Simon Charlton.


artist: Ben Rusch
albumname: Sonic Graffiti
sku: brusch-sonicgraf
upc: 876809009229
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/sonic-graffiti/id409627608
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description:
A 'world music album', with Irish Folk, Latin instrumentals and some piano work thrown into the mix.

Idea for a surrealist movie: a piano and a Spanish guitar become best buddies and decide to travel from Spain to Ireland. On their scenic journey, they forge strong friendships with a motley crew of other instruments and make merry in the streets, town squares, narrow alleys (and pubs) of Europe.

So far so good, and although we still need to actually sit down and write the screenplay, we've got the soundtrack already: an album of gentle and uplifting European folklore with a natural, organic sound and a broad mix of styles. With some new age piano (and guitar) music thrown in for good measure.


artist: Ben Rusch
albumname: The Truth of all Love
sku: brusch-truthlove
upc: 876809009564
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/the-truth-of-all-love/id414504800
also:
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description:
Ben Rusch and Simon Charlton: The Truth Of All Love"
with music by Ben Rusch and lyrics by Simon Charlton

"Pop, Folk, Rock, Progressive Rock influences merge in this innovative collaboration between the music of Ben Rusch and the lyrics of Simon Charlton."

Ben: Simon and I were keen on the idea of creating an entire album together, so after developing a concept, I asked for lyrics that would work with what we had in mind.

Musically, the aim was to afford Simon's incredible lyrics as much breathing space as possible. In some songs, that philosophy yielded intricate arrangements - e.g. in "I Will Love You For A Long Time..." or "She Comes To Me In My Hour Of Weakness") - to reflect the emotional depth of the poetry; other songs are unadorned and patient - e.g. "How Long Must I Wait..." or "That Night When We Fell" - letting the song be carried on the strong shoulders of the lyrics . The overall sound of the album is organic and natural, with a high dynamic range and, if I may say so, interesting ways of creating a modern Rock/Folk sound with a range of untypical instruments in the mix.

Simon:
'The Truth of All Love' is an album where Folk and Jazz find expression alongside Rock and Americana in an alchemy of sounds created by Ben, who thankfully refuses the workaday stomp of guitar, bass, and drums. The songs are coloured with piano, accordion, mandolin, saxophone, percussion, and viola. The range of instrumentation providing for multiple shades of sound that carry the vocal to the heart of the lyric - the core of the flame. Here are the raw elements of a world that is intensely personal whilst at the same time being wholly universal; love as hallelujah and love as horror.

Ben's music seems a paradoxical embracing of a complex simplicity that allows for ease of entry into the song whilst never settling into a wearying repetition of second-hand cliche and empty gesture. Given such a tenderly created framework I believe that the love song here rises from the mire of redundancy, challenging both musically and lyrically its tendency towards the teeth achingly saccharine, the vapid, and over-stressed.

In a world where the disingenuous seek to hold sway 'The Truth of All Love' concerns itself with emotional truths, truths located in the lyrics, truths given greater resonance and range by Ben's music and voice. In a world where so much of music is merely dead sound echoing through a house of cards 'The Truth of All Love' is a deliberately defiant creation of substance. The same defiance exhibited by the strangers gathering the bloodstained shards of their broken hearts. Despite love's trials, its torments and tears, they still believe and that perhaps, finally, is the truth of all love...

Ben and Simon:
We are deeply grateful to Cosmo Wallace who (was) volunteered to create a beautiful piece of art for the album cover. We hope the songs find their way into your ears, minds and hearts, there to live and breathe, and to sing hauntingly beautiful songs when the mood strikes them. Enjoy!


artist: Benji Goodrich
albumname: Waiting
sku: bgoodrich-waiting
upc: 847646001806
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description:
Waiting is an album dedicated to my family, current and future. We are excitedly looking forward to bringing home a daughter from Ethiopia later this year. We are eagerly awaiting what God has in store for us. All proceeds from the sale of this album go directly into our adoption fund. Thank you for your donation. May the one true God be given glory through the gift he has given me.

Song notes:

"Longing" This song has a sense of anticipation and of not being fully complete. We are longing to have our daughter home with us even though we don't know her name, what she looks like or how old she is.

"Oceans Apart" Our daughter and her forever family are for now, oceans apart.

"Coming Home" This is one of my favorite songs to just sit down and play. Although the chord structure doesn't change, I never it play it the same way twice.

"Isaiah's Song" This is a song I wrote for our son Isaiah before he was born. He was born in early 2006 and this was written in late 2005. No official lyrics but if you listen closely you can maybe put the words "Isaiah, I love you so, I always will, Isaiah" to the melody.

"My Daughter's Waltz" This is the most recent song I have written. I wanted to write something whimsical yet distinctly feminine with the 3/4 waltz feel. I can't wait to play this for our daughter when she comes home.

"My Beloved and My Friend" This is a very special song. I wrote this for Missy while we were dating. I proposed to her as it was playing (I have recorded it before), and she walked down the aisle to it at our wedding. She is and always will be my beloved and my friend.

"Iowa" I wrote this song in 2003 right around the time we moved to Colorado. We took a road trip soon after through Iowa (where Missy has extended family) to Minnesota for Missy's brother's wedding. I needed a title for this song and driving through Iowa with it's unique beauty seemed to fit this song perfectly.

"...Walks with God" I wrote this song in the Spring of 2004 after we experienced the miscarriage of our first baby. Trusting that our little one was whole and perfect, dancing with Jesus in heaven gave us great comfort during that time of deep sorrow.

"Stargazing" When I first met Missy (my wife) she was teaching 2nd grade at San Jose Christian School. She had a piano in her classroom and invited me to come and play for her kids. This is one of the songs I played with the kids. They would lay down pretending to stargaze while I played this song.

Learn more about our adoption at our blog.


artist: Beth Quist
albumname: Aegean Dreams
sku: quist-aegean
upc: 847646011386
also:
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description:
Aegean Dreams
vox, 12-string guitar, hammered dulcimer, Persian daf, keyboards
Turkish rhythm called curcuna. Maqaam (scale) hicaz

Burning Bridges
vox, keyboards

For All Who Suffer
vox, keyboards
The vocals are sometimes heavily layered choral that first came up in a dream of 3 women singing together. In the dream I felt like I'd never be able to come up with things like they were singing, & when I awoke, I laughed at that because it was me. It's very sensually sad feeling to me. It's a love song, a compassion song, a grief dirge, & every good grief dirge can use an Armenian douduk ;-). It's got some bass frequencies that help propel the songs, so I encourage listening with good bass response. Stereo spread is also a nice perspective.

Lyrics:

Wipe away the tears of pain

Let me hear you
Let me see you
Let me hold you
Let me love

I hear your pleading cries
I feel your broken hands
I see your bleeding heart
Hold my hand through this bitter storm

You say you can't go on
You sob into the ground
You wail into the stars
Ah sweet one, we've got you
we'll catch you, we've got you

This world's a living hell
A nightmare that won't awake
The path is fraught with danger
Here's the map, I'll take you through the gate

They'll take your breath away
They'll suck out your life force
They'll hunt you in the darkest night
They'll try to take away your soul

Hold this light within your heart
A gift to light the road ahead
Carry the sacred water of your soul
Let it guide you to love's deep ocean

For all who suffer
I feel you

How It Feels
vox, keyboards
This can be taken literally, or figuratively. I was envisioning a James Bond title when it first came to mind, hence the chromatic 6th movement.

Lyrics

This is how it feels
to die

you can' see it
you can't taste it
you can't hear

Just look the other way
no need to follow me
Just look the other way
there's nothing more to say
There's nothing you can do
this world is killing me
Just walk away
or you can be
Here
Nows

Joseph
vox, keyboards, hammered dulcimer
Starting with words attributed to Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce. The song developed from there with me contemplating what it feels like to watch your culture, & your deep connection to Nature get demolished by colonization. Inspired also by John Trudell's discussions about if we all go back far enough into whatever ancestry we come from, we can find our tribes which were violently colonized. I found my ancestral tribes in Druidic Nature based practices. This is For All Our Relations.

Lyrics

I will fight no more forever

I am the forest, I am the trees
I am the birds, I am the bees
I am the sky, I am the breeze
I am the river, I am the sees

Novos Ordo Seclorum
vox, keyboards

Latin Lyrics

Novos Ordo Seclorum
Sexta massa exstinctionis
Spiritus super omnia
Imperium
Ruina imperii
Natura canit in astra
Novos Ordo Seclorum
Sidera vocant animam tuam

Sunla
vox, piano (L hand), 12-string guitar (R hand), Persian daf, cajon, riq, ankle bells


artist: Beth Quist
albumname: Shall We Dance
sku: quist-dance
upc: 876809002985
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257898231&s=143441
also:
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description:
A seamless blend of ancient and ultra-modern influences, Shall We Dance is a collection of scores for modern dance choreographers by the talented composer, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist Beth Quist. Naturally, this album more strongly features Quist's compositions, which range from ambient and free-form ("Air Chair") to driving and intense ("Fives"). However, her legendary four octave vocals are featured prominently on Shall We Dance as well, albeit in a more abstract, atmospheric way this time around. "Ritual" is an especically good example of this; it expertly plays on the divine tension between instrumentation and vocals, striking the perfect balance between a timeless sound, and a more modern, ambient one.


artist: Beth Quist
albumname: Lucidity
sku: quist-lucidity
upc: 876809002992
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257828554&s=143441
also:
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description:
With her incredible four octave voice and taste for fiery world music influences, Beth Quist really shows the range of her powers on the breathtaking Lucidity. No dilettante-ish foray into world music, this is a sincere, informed, and highly subjective expression of the artist's preferences and point of view?one given life by Quist's lithe, passionate voice. Standout tracks include "Crazy," "Dream," and the haunting "Eli."


artist: Beth Quist
albumname: New Moon
sku: quist-moon
upc: 876809007300
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/new-moon/id373655219
also:
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description:
Beth Quist's latest album, New Moon, draws from all her influences covering many genres. The album journey begins more in the West, travels through quiet pensive landscapes and driving percussive tunes, then ends with a traditional Turkish song. Beth's signature soaring 4-octave soprano vocals weave throughout. High tech samples are blended with ancient acoustic instruments like hammered dulcimer and Persian daff. Beth plays all the instruments except cello/track 8: James Hoskins, and doumbek/track 2: Nathan Good.

In the years since Beth released her last solo album she's flown 65 feet in the air with Cirque du Soleil, toured Europe and played Carnegie Hall with Bobby McFerrin. Now she has finally found a supportive space to create and record in the remote CO mountains. Beth is psyched and grateful to have the opportunity to share her solo music with all who are interested and supportive.


artist: Beth Quist
albumname: Silver
sku: quist-silver
upc: 876809002978
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257828657&s=143441
also:
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description:
Beth Quist's best selling album to date, Silver blends traditional Middle Eastern music with Quist's own sensibilites to fantastic and sometimes startlingly beautiful effect. Unlike many world influenced artists who tend to bury their own personal point of view while exploring (and some would say, exploiting) other cultures' music, Quist includes her own perspective as a modern, Western woman and brings an exciting sense of tension and drama to the work. "Liquid Silver," is utterly gorgeous, subtle, lilting, unique?with Quist's lithe, four octave voice and a ney (a Middle Eastern flute) perfectly playing off one another, and "Grace" is a must hear: a goosebump-making track of cosmic scope and surreally beautiful vocals. "Stars" is the perfect example of Quist's ability to blend modern and ancient sounds within her own viewpoint, as is "Phoenix"?the echo-song of some nomadic tribe on another planet.


artist: Beyond 7
albumname: Revelations Per Minute
sku: beyond7-revelations
upc: 876809000844
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/revelations-per-minute/id346374571
also:
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description:
The album's title Revelations Per Minute, a play on words from the abbreviation rpm, as well as the mystic cover art, hint at the cryptic and sometimes fickle wisdom inside.

The opening track "Miss America" takes a roller-coaster ride through the American dream, while "Out Of Here Alive" is an anthem for anyone ever stuck in a hard place. "Hip Parade" pokes a finger at prefab fame and "Better Believe" proclaims that you can always find the light at the end of the tunnel, if it's bright enough.


artist: Big Bad Sun
albumname: Strange Phenomena
sku: bigbadsun-strange
upc: 876809006730
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/strange-phenomena/id277411334
also:
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description:
Five tracks captured live in Tokyo plus five studio cuts. Rockin' Blues meets industrial strength guitar playing.

Reviews
"Again, Chris makes the art of guitar playing seem effortless. A no holds barred, in your face, work of art. And that just describes my least favorite track on the CD. Think 'Texas Flood' meets 'Second Winter'."
Brent Bradley, Podshow Radio

"Re-energising the genre, Juergensen's newest release is a typhoon of raw energy, pure and honest blues rock at its finest. Just what 11 on the dial was waiting for."
Colin Meeks, Indie Launchpad


artist: Big Bad Sun
albumname: Big Bad Sun
sku: juergenson-badsun
upc: 876809004194
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=80071079&s=143444
also:
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description:
Big Bad Sun unleashes the low down dirty blues side of Chris Juergensen, but with a crystalline production that make his music sparkle. Highlights include title track "Big Bad Sun," "Come Out Baby," and "Some Sympathy."Big Bad Sun reached number 1 on the Podsafe Music Network's Top Ten.


artist: Bill Robinson
albumname: Third Annual Concert of Music
sku: billrobinson-thirdconcert
upc: 847646009246
also:
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description:
About Grand Serenade

Fred Jacobowitz asked me to consider writing something he could play with his wife Bonnie Thron. He noted that there are several couples in the area of clarinetists married to cellists, so it seemed like a very good idea. So, this piece is dedicated to Fred and Bonnie. There were originally three movements, but after the premiere Bonnie and Fred asked me to add a finale.

Any of the four movements can stand alone in performance; the first and last are especially well-suited for this.

About Ananda Sonata

Ananda-Eric Pritchard asked me to write a violin sonata for his recitals early in 2008, and as I had none in my catalog, it sounded like a very good idea. One of my early compositions was a sonata for violin and piano, written during my first year of college (1973 at Eastman), but it was immature and derivative and has not survived. This work, on the other hand, is fully mature and ready for consumption.

I'm not by nature a programmatic composer, so the first movement is not intended to have a literal title; however I've had a pretty tough time much of my life and in some way, a good deal of my music cannot help but reflect some of this. After I had written most of the first movement that it seemed right to call it "Hard Times". The second movement is intended as a kind of mantra; quite a few of my works are best heard with a repeated series of words mentally set to the music, and this is no exception. Since Ananda is involved with Sufism, it was most appropriate to use Allah as the mantra. And the last movement started off in 12 but then I knocked off a note leading to 11 per measure, then decided to continue the prime number meter idea and ended up with most meters in 5, 7, 11, and 13. In addition there are some fancy compound rhythms and some tricky playing, especially for the piano. The technical requirements for the first movement are moderate and the middle is easy, but the last movement does require real proficiency. If this results in only the first or second movements, or both, being performed at a future concert, this is perfectly acceptable.

About Clarinet Sextet

I have written two chamber works previous to this including clarinet; Quartet for a New Beginning, for clarinet, violin, cello and piano, and Grand Serenade. These combinations worked well for the kind of music that I write. While most of my chamber music includes piano, sometimes I like to get away from it for a bit. At first I intended to write a clarinet quintet for the usual clarinet and string quartet, but from the first few measures the music insisted on an extra cello. So-I went with the flow.

For no particular reason, the tempo markings are all taken from food. Except for the first movement's "Adagio con queso", none give an idea as to tempo, requiring musicians to refer to the metronome markings, which I much prefer.


artist: Bjorn Fogelberg
albumname: Karooshi Porn
sku: fogelberg-karooshi
upc: 876809002961
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257828863&s=143441
also:
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description:
Known for his remixes of illustrious colleagues like Klaus Schulze and Jean Michel Jarre, Bjorn Fogelberg is also a skilled electronic musician in his own right, and Karooshi Porn is his refined foray into the world of ambient downtempo and soft electronica. Fogelberg's soundscapes are expansive in scope but cerebral in tone-the "sonar-dimensional visions" of a deeply intelligent mind...abstractions and reflections of a solo artist considering the vastness of it all.


artist: Block Scholars
albumname: Weather the Storm
sku: block-weather
upc: 876809002831
also:
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description:
Block Scholars was named officially in 2008 from the combination of the artists; 2mental (Nathan Andreas), NOBULL (Bennett Baskerville) and Slimdog of Slimdog Productions (David Bell Jr.). Both 2mental and NOBULL have worked on separate projects with Slimdog Productions, but all decided to become a force to be reckoned with in 2008, with one goal: To bring real Hip Hop back to the forefront of the music industry with their own unique style. The theme throughout the compilation shines even more today than in 2008: We may go through life's struggles, but with perseverance and the right choices, we can bring a positive outlook in our futures.


artist: Block Scholars
albumname: From Zero to Hero
sku: block-zerohero
upc: 847646003220
also:
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description:
Unlike their first album Weather The Storm, which showed struggle and perseverance, this album is a bit more "street"... gritty. This album is more about the real foundation of the Block Scholars; music from the streets, for the streets that will reach and teach. From Zero To Hero, is the second album from the Block Scholars on Magnatune.


artist: Blue Wave Theory
albumname: Beachcombing
sku: bluewavetheory-beachcombing
upc: 876809006907
also:
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description:
Beachcombing captures Blue Wave Theory in an intimate "live in the studio" recording environment with no overdubs. Included in this collection are several new surf rock instrumentals along with unique interpretations of previously released material. Rounding out the album are alternate recordings of a couple of classic Blue Wave instrumentals.


artist: Blue Wave Theory
albumname: Blue Wave Theory
sku: bluewavetheory-bwt
upc: 876809002626
also:
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description:
Surf Rock dominated by the musical impressions of sand, sun, and crashing waves, sneaking in the occasional odd time signature, and using the cavernous roar of the mighty reverb tank.

The album starts off in a decidedly retro-esque Dick Dale / Pulp Fiction vein with "Gumby Goes Green" and then immediately takes a left turn with the more progressive "Huckster", featuring a lengthy drum solo workout, and a surreal space jam. Other tracks, like the psychedelic "Mermaid in Japan", venture into Mermen territory by way of Pink Floyd - you can almost get stoned just by listening, and you can almost hear the guitar pick disintegrating. The moody riff of "Labyrinth" is reminiscent of early King Crimson's more mathematical moments, adding the pomp and big chord drama of progressive metal during the transitions. The album ends by returning to a more traditional surf sound with "Skyhawk Beach" and the punk-inspired "Road Hazard".


artist: Blue Wave Theory
albumname: Superstorm
sku: bluewavetheory-superstorm
upc: 847646005118
also:
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description:
Named after 2012's horrific East coast hurricane, Blue Wave Theory's new release coalesces these inspirations into the creation of a powerful aural landscape rooted in instrumental surf music, and spiced with occasional echoes of reggae, rockabilly, fusion, and psychedelia.

Inspiration often occurs in unexpected and seemingly disparate ways. For its sophomore album, Blue Wave Theory draws influence from a wide variety of sources including Superstorm Sandy, Holstein cows, black and white TV, the theremin, Hawaiian volcanoes, a restaurant in Puerto Rico, woodchuck hunting, Rhode Island getaways, driving the highways of upstate New York, playing Frisbee at the Jersey Shore, The Endless Summer, and Saab automobiles.

Close your eyes and enjoy the journey as Blue Wave Theory takes you on a musical road trip through America.


artist: Bluesboy Jag
albumname: A Bump and a Beer
sku: jag-bumpbeer
upc: 847646001660
also:
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description:
On A Bump And A Beer, Bluesboy Jag (a 33 year music vet and pre-war hill country blues artist) plays live onto a tape: one man band style. He plays original songs on slide guitar, cigar box guitar, foot drums and harp in the Hill country blues style.

Two time winner of the Arkansas River Blues Society "Blues Challenge" and participant at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, 2009, 2010. Jag makes and sells cigar box guitars on the internet at www.jagshouse.com.


artist: Bluesboy Jag
albumname: Cypress Grove Blues
sku: jag-cypress
upc: 876809002060
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257791532&s=143444
also:
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artist: Bluesboy Jag
albumname: Four Strings
sku: jag-four
upc: 876809005498
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=267132723&s=143444
also:
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description:
Pared down to the down-home marrow of their bluesy bones, the twenty-six acoustic tracks of Four Strings are like an ultra-pleasant visit to guitarist JAG's front porch, where he plays for you on his hand made cigar box guitars, as well as acoustic ones. Intimate, unvarnished, authentic. Iced tea or lemonade with that?


artist: Bluesboy Jag
albumname: Juke Joint Boogie
sku: jag-juke
upc: 876809002053
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257906470&s=143444
also:
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artist: Bluesboy Jag
albumname: Pretty Girl Blues
sku: jag-prettygirl
upc: 876809002046
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257906471&s=143444
also:
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artist: Boulevard
albumname: Signal
sku: boulevard-signal
upc: 847646004517
also:
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description:
Led by songwriter Benji Barton, these "Athens guitar-pop darlings" deliver a stylish performance of rock, new wave and romantic appeal. Following the 2004 release of the new EP Signal, Boulevard launched an east coast tour, gaining exposure and airplay on college radio. With songs of despair and bliss set to a disco beat, Boulevard continues to catch the attention of audiences and journalists everywhere.

"Boulevard - This impressive local five-piece performs dance-inducing numbers straight out of the New Wave era. Frontman and primary songwriter Benji Barton's voice fills the spaces with a glamorous croon. The recently released EP Signal is worth a listen."
Chris Hassiotis, Flagpole Magazine

"SIGNAL is authentic. Hailing from Athens, GA, Boulevard is a band ready to be invited into the big leagues. SIGNAL is a good rock album."
H. Barry Zimmerman, Skratch Magazine

"Boulevard sounds as if they're on their fourth or fifth album here as the maturity of the songs and music is its greatest asset...It's an impressive batch of tunes from a band sounding far wiser than their years."
Jason MacNeil, PopMatters.com

"Boulevard's self-released Signal has that whole "Someday, Susie, we're gonna get out of this two-bit town!" energy that befits the band's bouncy, vaguely rebellious and very much youthful pop-rock riffs."
Time Out New York

"Boulevard pits the flair of new wave and glam rock against the romantic swagger of Britpop for an infectious, up-beat pop sound."
Kevin Foster Langston, Free Times Columbia, SC

"Melodramatic and glammy Anglophile jangle by apparent Suede fans from Athens, Georgia. The vocals swish about as the guitars ring out, and the result leaves most American Brit-pop wannabees in the dust."
Village Voice

Produced by Tom Lewis and Boulevard. Boulevard is: Benji Barton (vocals, guitar, piano); Donovan Babb (drums); Emily Beard (keyboards, piano, vocals); Robert Caruthers (guitar, vocals); Holden Spaht (bass). Additional musicians: Wade Bryant (bass - 2 and 3); Brian Smith (guitar - 2 and 3); Jeremy Wheatley (drums - 2 and 3); Wade Bryant (bass - 4); and Brian Lack (drums - 4)


artist: Boulevard
albumname: Vice and Daring
sku: boulevard-vicedaring
upc: 847646004500
also:
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description:
Led by songwriter Benji Barton, these "Athens guitar-pop darlings" deliver a stylish performance of rock, new wave and romantic appeal. With songs of despair and bliss set to a disco beat, Boulevard continues to catch the attention of audiences and journalists everywhere.

Vice and Daring showcases Boulevard in resplendent form. Yeah, that's a fancy word, and one full of shiny imagery and projection, but it is perhaps the best possible for this record. The sheen of the production values contained are as professional as any local record has ever been. Still, Athens' Boulevard succeeds where many bands fail by actually having great songs to display via such methods, rather than attempting to polish a turd.

For all practical purposes, Boulevard is a band of unabashed anglophiles. They're beholden artistically to the musical lineage of David Bowie and Roxy Music, yet nothing about the music sounds as if they're merely lifting licks and postures. "So Electric" carries itself by way of flange-driven guitars and an infectious chorus reminiscent of The Undertones. "Marie" sounds very much like what could be an old outtake from a Suede album if that band actually had some balls rather than just a make-up kit. "Dreams of Home" is slightly darker with its synthesized intro and spaghetti-western-on-lithium guitar interlude. It's a perfect track for a late-night drive.

The band reaches deep into the pop continuum on "Disarray" which features a great choppy guitar (a technique that hasn't been used in a good way since the heyday of the Elephant 6) and a chorus worthy of any number of 1970s teen idol bands (Bay City Rollers, Partridge Family, etc.).

Vice and Daring is an ambitious release from a band that has never been short on ambition. It's proof that these guys have known all along exactly what they were doing.
Gordon Lamb - Flagpole Magazine, Athens, Georgia

"Proving that innovation doesn't have to be boring or soulless, Boulevard is a fine example of a band succeeding on pure guts and audacity."
Performer Magazine

"Boulevard are content but pushing themselves and their boundaries on each track, nailing "Dreams of Home" and a sweeping "Hand in Hand" that bring to mind classic, majestic Suede numbers or current efforts from the Tears."
Allmusic.com (AMG)

"Simply put, Boulevard doesn't sound like a band that just released its first EP in 2004, and Vice and Daring doesn't sound like a sophomore effort. Boulevard consistently reminds listeners that rock music should be fun, kinetic and larger than life."
Southeast Performer Magazine

"The band's standout tracks include "Marie" and "Dreams of Home." The strength of these tracks is in their melodies, skilled playing and contagious effervescence."
Technique

Produced and engineered by Nathan Rudolf in Athens, GA. Mastering by Jeff Capurso at Chase Park Transduction. Musicians: Benji Barton (voice, guitar); Donovan Babb (drums); Robert Caruthers (guitars, vocal); Stephen James (synths, samples, bells); Holden Spaht (bass). Guest musicians: The Magnolia String Quartet on track 3 (Qiao Chen Solomon - violin, Kelly Solms - violin, Marta Blalock - viola, Bo Yum - cello).


artist: Brad Senne
albumname: The Shapes That Shift Us
sku: beight-shapes
upc: 876809006419
itunes: NONE
also:
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description:
In early 2007, Senne bought a laptop computer and recorded the basic tracks for The Shapes That Shift Us. The album was mixed with additional instrumentation added at Crazy Beast Studios with Ben Durrant (Andrew Bird). The song "Caroline to Maine" is a catchy folk-rock gem that keeps listeners humming for days, while "Drift Gently" is reminiscent of the sparse finger-picking style found in Beck's album Sea Change. "...Senne could give Beck a run for his money."
Illinois Entertainer


artist: Brad Senne
albumname: Aerial Views
sku: senne-aerial
upc: 876809007607
also:
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description:
John writes: One of the decisions I made when I started Magnatune was to sign *artists*, not single albums, and to support their artistic direction as they mature over the years. Most artists change over the years, but it's rare for an artist to take several albums to get really, really damned good. This new album from Brad, "Aerial Views" is one of those times, when I get really excited about running Magnatune, because this album just blew me away. His music genre, which is a kind of dark, moody acoustic rock, isn't one I would normally listen to that much. This album, however, just floored me with its beautiful melodies, hooks, his slightly-high-pitched-and-slightly-rough-but-gorgeous voice. Even if this genre isn't something you'd normally be interested in, give it a listen.


artist: Brad Senne
albumname: Brad Senne
sku: senne-senne
upc: 876809006709
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/brad-senne/id270459064
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artist: Brad Sucks
albumname: I Dont Know What Im Doing
sku: bradsucks-dontknow
upc: 876809002923
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=74302212&s=143441
also:
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description:
A Magnatune best-seller, I Don't Know What I'm Doing by Brad Sucks may be one of the most ironically titled albums of all time, because this deeply hooky, wry indie rock by Brad Turcotte shows beyond the shadow of a doubt that he both knows what he's doing and definitely doesn't suck. Themes of clinical depression, cultural dysphoria, and relationships gone horribly wrong become darkly funny and catchy in his hands. "Making Me Nervous," and "Look And Feel Years Yonger" are lo-fi gems, while "Fixing My Brain," "I Think I Started A Trend" and "Work Out Fine" are wistfully brilliant slower numbers; they have a dazed worldliness that works perfectly with Turcotte's languid voice. "Bad Attraction" and "Dirtbag" demonstrate the blues fluency that give the songs a nice, gritty bottom and ramshackle grace. But neither the humor nor the relaxed pose of Turcotte's work can disguise the fact that he is wrestling with some genuinely dark stuff here; his work is smarter and more emotionally resonant than that of the vast majority of his indie rock peers -- qualities that culminate in the tender existentialism of "Overreacting." Fun and stunning by turns, I Don't Know What I'm Doing is one of those albums that yields more with each listen. Highly recommended.


artist: Brad Sucks
albumname: Guess Who's a Mess
sku: bradsucks-guesswho
upc: 847646004647
also:
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description:
Guess Who's a Mess is the third self-recorded and produced release from Brad Sucks. A more uptempo and aggressive outing than I Don't Know What I'm Doing (2003) and Out of It (2008), Guess Who's a Mess mixes funky beats, noisy synths and big guitars with Brad's wry, world-weary vocals about handling people's expectations and learning to be true to yourself.


artist: Brad Sucks
albumname: CD1 Mixter Two - I Dont Know What Im Doing
sku: bradsucks-mixtertwocd1
upc: 876809005597
itunes: NONE
also:
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description:
Best-selling Brad Sucks has always been exceptionally down with the whole "derivative works" thing, so we were excited when we heard he was assembling two albums' worth of his favorite remixes of his own music by more than a dozen different artists. Veteran remixers Deutscheunschuld and Sharp make great contributions here, as do more than a dozen of the other mad scientists over at ccMixter. On CD1, we especially like Blackberry's futuristically gritty treatment of "Dirtbag," and Bert Fonte's quirky, Beatles-esque take on "Fixing My Brain."


artist: Brad Sucks
albumname: CD2 Mixter Two - I Dont Know What Im Doing
sku: bradsucks-mixtertwocd2
upc: 876809005603
itunes: NONE
also:
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description:
Best-selling Brad Sucks has always been exceptionally down with the whole "derivative works" thing, so we were excited when we heard he was assembling two albums' worth of his favorite remixes of his own music by more than a dozen different artists. Veteran remixers Deutscheunschuld and Sharp make great contributions here, as do more than a dozen of the other mad scientists over at ccMixter. On CD2, we especially like Teru's languid, Indian summer version of "I Think I Started a Trend," Ben Shewmaker's deft electro-pop rendition of "Sick as a Dog," and Bill Berry's neo-noir jazz treatment of "Time to Take Out the Trash."


artist: Brad Sucks
albumname: Out Of It
sku: bradsucks-outofit
upc: 876809006853
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/out-it/id291755950
also:
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description:
Out of It is my second album and was released on September 8, 2008. It's a pop/rock record about choices and change.


artist: Braindouche
albumname: Hyphen
sku: brain-hyphen
upc: 876809008444
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/hyphen/id383205814
also:
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description:
A hyphen is a connection between contrasting ideas. Hyphen is an album that collects many contrasting ambient sounds together. It ranges from cold ambient drones to warm New Age tunes and beyond, Hyphen is an album of contrasts. Like all of her music, Hyphen has no vision and no goal, it's simply a discovered medley of fascinating digital ambient textures.

Hyphen, the debut album from Braindouche! producer Meredith Matthews, is an experimental ambient album with a broad scope.


artist: Breaker
albumname: The More I Want, The More I Get
sku: breaker-more
upc: 876809008192
also:
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description:
With one hand carelessly dangling a cigarette out of a careening Camaro and the other firmly on the wheel, BREAKER frontwoman, Liz Granite, lets the raw power of her vocals drive the band's debut album, "The More I Want, The More I Get". Ten powerful songs demonstrate BREAKER's independent spirit, straddling the sound between chaos and control with a lush landscape of gutsy guitars, propelling grooves, and vocals that are both raw and refined in the same breath. "The More I Want, The More I Get" invites listeners to indulge in their own desires with an empowering collection of hard rock songs fueled by a whole lotta' heart and pure passion.


artist: Breaker
albumname: The More I Want, The More I Get (instrumental)
sku: breaker-tmiwtmigi
upc: 847646000762
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description:
It's not often that you can strip a rock record of its vocals and find something just as worthwhile underneath. The band "Breaker" defiantly challenges the stigma of rock instrumentals by inviting listeners to experience their debut album, The More I Want, The More I Get without vocals. Within the lush landscape of gutsy guitars and propelling grooves, you're free to imprint your own story upon this dynamic collection of hard rock songs. This album of instrumentals features 9 tracks heard on The More I Want, The More I Get as well as 2 previously unreleased tracks that are sure to leave you wanting more. Accept the invitation to indulge in your own desires, and turn it up loud!


artist: Brian Bunker Trio
albumname: Brian Bunker Trio
sku: bbunkertrio-bbunkertrio
upc: 847646005729
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description:
The album reflects the musical range and versatility of the group, stretching from mainstream jazz, hard bop jazz to more reflective and aggressive fusion, with a few classical guitar influences thrown in for good measure.

Brian's first recording with his working trio of Daniel Fritz and Maurilio Mina was recorded in the winter of 2008 in Los Angeles, CA. The group had been working around the Los Angeles area for months before, and brought in the experience and versatility of Chris Conner to play upright bass on some of the straight-ahead tracks.


artist: Briddes Roune
albumname: Lenten is come
sku: briddes-lenten
upc: 876809002916
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257828977&s=143441
also:
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description:
This recording includes the songs of St. Godric, who claimed that all of his songs came to him in visions. For example, during a vision in which he saw Mary Magdalene and the Virgin Mary, the Virgin taught him "Sainte Marie viergene," saying that if he found himself in pain or tired or succumbing to temptation, he should sing this song and she would come quickly to his aid. Godric died in 1170, making these songs the earliest songs in English with extant melodies. More on St. Godric can be found in the liner notes.

Recorded by John Buckman for ToneGnome Early Music Recordings


artist: Brigitte Meuwsen
albumname: Pfff
sku: bmeuwsen-pfff
upc: 876809009144
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description:
"Pfff" brings to life Brigitte's experiences of joy and sadness, ups and downs, to paint a poignant picture of the life she has had, and the life she wants to live.

Brigitte writes from the heart, her music does not fit into a square box, whatever the vibe is then that's what it is, her lyrics are pure and honest, whether the soundtrack to her lyrics is Pop, Rock, Reggae, Soul, Flamenco, Folk, Country, Dance.

"Pfff" is the Debut Album from Brigitte Meuwsen, and also features Dreadlox Holmes, Kid Afrika, Jaalleb, and Leonard (Natty) Wright.


artist: Broken Poets
albumname: Broken Poets
sku: brokenpoets-brokenpoets
upc: 876809009793
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/broken-poets-ep/id426756155
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description:
Phoenix based indie pop/rock dup Broken Poets explore philosophy and universal energy on a self-titled four song EP that previews their ambitous upcoming multi-media project "for the death of Dustin Essary"

Since the release of their eco-conscious 2008 album Everything In Nature, NYC bred, Phoenix based indie pop/rockers Broken Poets have stripped down to a duo for both live performances and recording. Founder and singer/songwriter and guitarist Tim McDonald plays his guitar with delays to cover the bass and drum parts, and classically trained Russian pianist, keyboardist and vocalist Lana Antropova has added "kick drum" to her repertoire.

Carrying on the seamless vibe and philosophy rich themes that once earned them critical raves as "soulful poetry turned into song, rock and roll and introspection all in one," Broken Poets release a compelling four song self titled EP as a prelude to a wildly ambitious multi-media project that employs Lana's skills as a visual artist and Tim's as a writer of prose. Its unique title is also the name of the fourth song on the EP, "For The Death of Dustin Essary." The other songs, "Singularity," "The Clairvoyant" and "My Selfish Altruism," develop themes and characters first introduced to Tim as a child by his friend Dustin Essary, who had dreams relating to each theme as he battled cancer from the ages of ten to thirteen. Tim began writing songs shortly after Dustin's passing and now, decades later, expresses his emotions and the lessons learned from this unique friendship in powerful musical ways. Tim and Lana's vision is enhanced by project co-producer and mixer Joe Myers, a long time artist friend of the two.

"These songs came out of the blue over the past few years," says Tim. "Dustin had these dreams before he died and I created fiction around the images he once told me, writing songs as part of larger chapters. One song is about a scientist, another about a clairvoyant and the third about a spiritual leader. The overriding theme ties in the idea that often when creative people come up with incredible ideas, we think they're crazy - only to realize later that they're not. Philosophically, Broken Poets is working on the idea that science, metaphysics and religion are linked somehow by an underlying universal energy. In our story, those three fields tap into that energy and there is a lot of crossover."

The EP's infectious, hypnotic opening track "Singularity" explores the debate of science vs. religion. As Tim sees it, "If the scientist was more mystical and had more faith, he'd be farther along as a scientist. If the religious person were more open minded towards science, he would see God in a whole new way." "The Clairvoyant" is about a metaphysically gifted person coming to terms with his/her responsibility as an artist in that unique and often misunderstood field. The oxymoronic title "My Selfish Altriusm" tackles the notion of hypocrisy in religion and in our everyday lives, where both spiritual leaders, and people in general, preach about love and honesty while living very differently away from the pulpit. It taps into the potential for good and bad in all of us. The Dustin song finds Tim coming to terms with life and death - an extension of Broken Poets' philosophy of everything in nature happening without interference and the way we can so easily get in its way. While scientific people look at life through a magnifying glass, Broken Poets' approach is that it's better to pull back and see things a little bit blurry.


artist: Broken Poets
albumname: Forever Once Already
sku: brokenpoets-foreveronce
upc: 847646010563
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description:
So, you're alive. One unique chance in 400 Quadrillion. Out here amongst the stars, and with this beautiful planet to inhabit too. You're not alone though, since 7 Billion others want the same things you do. We're this massive human collective trying to imagine progress, but with more attention on technology than working on ourselves instead - and every industry's a sad reflection of it. And so what's the point of it all, anyway, someone always says. Well, you're alive, one chance in 400 Quadrillion, did you even hear what I just said? So why not try, why not grow, why not change, why not hope to make some progress with our humanity someday? To lean towards our better nature, rather than away from it. To think about others in relation to ourselves and be the better for it. To try and make this world a better place, as they say, or maybe just do the right thing and maintain it. Because what a unique and fortunate privilege to even be here, I think, as painful as our lives can be. And let's just say we do blow the whole thing up, we're all thinking it's going to happen eventually. Well, there's a chance the very advancements we're making with science and technology will be what allows us to escape. To move on to some new beautiful planet, even though we had it all right here anyway. Ok, then maybe with a vow to grow as human beings first the next time, before we repeat all the same mistakes. So I imagined this record as something we might write on that journey, an honest reflection of our lives back on earth - forever once already.

Credits: Produced by Tim McDonald / Mixed & Engineered by Curtis Grippe / Mastered by Dan Coutant at Sun Room Audio / Recorded at STEM Recording Studios / Additional Engineering by Thomas Laufenberg / Engineering Assistant, Joseph Caronia / Piano - Svetlana Antropova / Drums - Curtis Grippe / Vocal, Guitar, Bass, Synth - Tim McDonald / Scott Mitting composed Synth ending for "Forever Once Already" / Thomas Laufenberg played Lead Guitar on "Space Pop" / Frank Ponzo played Bass on "Space Pop" / All Songs by Tim H. McDonald Wordvendor Music (ASCAP) Cover Design by Cindy Hayton at Statchoo


artist: Broken Poets
albumname: Everything in Nature
sku: brokenpoets-nature
upc: 876809006846
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/everything-in-nature/id279056474
also:
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description:
True to its provocative name, the New York launched, Phoenix based band Broken Poets has been breaking exciting ground on the indie modern rock scene over the past six years. In many ways, however, the band's founder, singer, songwriter and guitarist Tim McDonald is a throwback to an era when lyrics were king and fans craved songs that pierced the soul and could change the world. One critic said it best about the tunes McDonald brings to life with his Broken Poets partner, classically trained Russian pianist, keyboardist and vocalist Lana Antropova and a revolving series of top sidemen: "Soulful poetry turned into song, rock and roll and introspection all in one."

Perfectly reflecting this vision, their fourth full length CD Everything In Nature is centered around and dedicated to promoting a more global consciousness about our relationship to nature and ourselves. Putting their money where their mouth is, McDonald and Antropova are donating 50% of the profits from the recording to three major organizations: NDRC (Natural Resource Defense Council), Greenpeace and the human rights organization OXFAM. For this release, Broken Poets incorporated the style and expertise of session drummer Russ Phaneuf to complete their new sound.

While thier album Reincarnation took listeners on a spiritual journey through the many facets of one man's life, Everything in Nature finds McDonald digging deep into his personal philosophy and contemplating life's deeper meanings. "I like to joke that as a songwriter, I am prone to thinking way too much," he says, "but I grew up with my older brother and sister force feeding me all the great singer-songwriters from the 60's and 70's who were also very contemplative writers. I think the standards for lyric writing were much higher in those days, and even though I didn't really 'get it' back then, I guess it set the bar high for the songwriter and storyteller I would become.

He continues, "The questions that inspired Everything In Nature were, what is life about? What am I doing with it? I started looking at nature and it hit me that plants and trees start off with seeds that simply evolve into what they're destined to become. We're the only living things on the planet that can question how we grow and because of that awareness, we need to take responsibility for both ourselves and nature. That initial idea spurred most of the songs on the album, and I feel grateful that I was able to write good songs from this idea that our place in the world involves a commitment to preserving the natural world. Every project I've launched with Broken Poets seems to draw from a different theme within my personal philosophy."

The album title comes from a key line in the opening track "Love For What's Real," where McDonald sings, "Everything in nature has its own will." That track, like many of his songs, are written in six-eight time, which he calls "uncool yet cool" compared to most rock tunes that are composed in four-four. "To Dream Of Another Life" is another six-eighter that was inspired lyrically by listening to classic Bob Dylan. Dylan finds his way into the title of another provocative piece, the anti-misogyny track "Last Resurrection of the 1st Bob Dylan," which playfully addresses the legend's many creative incarnations.


artist: Broken Poets
albumname: Optimism in E minor
sku: brokenpoets-optimism
upc: 876809006839
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/optimism-in-e-minor/id267327213
also:
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description:
Soulful poetry turned into song, rock and roll and introspection all in one.

Broken Poets' 2006 release Optimism in E Minor enjoyed a successful college radio campaign, with medium to heavy rotation at over 140 stations nationwide and peaking at #13 on the Most Stations Added chart.

Several years after building a large East Coast following via gigs at Big Apple hotspots like the Gaslight, The Bitter End and Arlene's Grocery - with early band members, well known sidemen Keith Lentin and Jonathan Mover (Fuel, Alice Cooper, Aretha Franklin) - Broken Poets currently enjoys a devoted following out West. They recently performed at the legendary Whisky-A-Go-Go, Molly Malone's and the Key Club, and have opened shows for Seven Mary Three, James McMurtry, Ian Moore and The Court and Spark.


artist: Broken Poets
albumname: Reincarnation
sku: brokenpoets-reincarnation
upc: 876809006822
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/reincarnation/id275365442
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artist: Brotha D
albumname: Beats that Collected Dust
sku: brothad-beatsthatcollecteddust
upc: 847646008874
also:
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description:
I call them inner city beats: easy listening music ranging from hip-hop, jazz, funk and soul to downtempo, lounge and broken beats.

Call it as you like, put it in a box of your choice.... in the end of the day it's just good music, no matter how you tag it! Now sit back relax and enjoy Beats That Collected Dust. Peace.


artist: Bruno Elisabetsky
albumname: Quarteto Quadrantes - Passos Largos
sku: brunoelisabetsky-passoslargos
upc: 876809006341
also:
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description:
Passos Largos is the debut album of Bruno Elisabetsky's band "Quarteto Quadrantes". Recorded in the SalaViva Studio by Carlos Akamine, in December 2012, it includes 13 of his compositions that embody a renewed look on Brazilian rhythms and their relation with varied musical influences. The album is distributed by Tratore in both physical and digital formats, through partnerships with channels such as iTunes Store and Amazon.

The work also features the special participation of Caito Marcondes (percussion on "Lida"), Daniel Alcantara (flugelhorn on "Num sopro"), Laércio de Freitas (piano on "Retornelo") and Toninho Ferragutti (accordion on "Passos Largos" and "Jogo Rápido") and had the participation of Léa Freire (flutist and composer) and Zé Paulo Becker (guitarist and composer), who wrote their impressions in the liner notes, as follows:

TESTIMONIALS

"The step taken by Quarteto Quadrantes in its debut had indeed to be an ample one. Large enough to unite past and future. To tread the four corners of Brazil. To bring sounds and rhythms that transport us to other dimensions, other places, with "jobinians" harmonies, "guinguinians" melodies, airtight construction, "egbérticas" travels and so on. All point forward presenting their themes where jazz and classical music flirt with the Brazilian popular music in a very natural way. And still reserving spaces for tortuous, melodic and inventive improvisations."
Zé Paulo Becker

"It was a great pleasure to be invited to write a few lines about Quarteto Quadrantes and I am very happy to be able to comment on the music done by the Quartet. New compositions evoking all corners of Brazil, where you can listen to "Oiapoque" all the way down to "Chui", beautiful melodies and harmonies created by someone who got his inspiration from all across Brazil, someone who is building the new Brazilian instrumental music. I'm very proud here, seeing this new generation germinating seeds of such good music, ensuring that there the fountain never dries up. Congratulations to all: Arnaldo, Bruno, Gabriela, Renato and also those who participated in this project, thanks!"
Léa Freire


artist: Burning Babylon
albumname: Beat Beat Beat
description: Heavy roots reggae dub combined with hip shaking dance floor riddims.
sku: babylon-beat
upc: 876809007386
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/beat-beat-beat/id335459302
also:
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artist: Burning Babylon
albumname: Knives To The Treble
sku: babylon-knives
upc: 876809004798
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257973511&s=143441
also:
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description:
We really can't say enough good things about the superfine dub of Knives To The Treble by Burning Babylon. Hypnotic beats, synthie sound carpets, excellent effects-it's one of those albums you'll find yourself putting on again and again. Subtly funky beats range from 70s oriented roots of "Roots Fi Cool" to technoid dubs like "Babylon Overdrive" to the heavy mellow groove of "King Dubby". Positive, laid back, deeply cool. Named one of the "Best of 2004" by The Beat.


artist: Burning Babylon
albumname: Stereo Mash Up
sku: babylon-stereo
upc: 876809004804
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257829358&s=143441
also:
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description:
Given four stars by Dubflash, Stero Mashup's positive, heavyweight sound is firmly anchored in 1970's Jamaican roots, but has an atmospheric neo-dub spin. A nice range of dub styles are represented from funky and head nodding ("Addis Red Dub") to melodic pop reggae ("Pressure Tones") to smooth soul-dub ("Midnight To Six") and finally, atmospheric punk-dub a la The Clash ("Zamora Version"). One of those albums you'll go back to over and over again.


artist: Burnshee Thornside
albumname: The Art of Not Blending In
sku: burnshee-art
upc: 876809002893
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257938076&s=143441
also:
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description:
Along with a prodigious group of Stockholm musicians, Burnshee Thornside serves up an eclectic mix of upbeat songs ranging from jazzy funk and soul to sixties sunshine pop. Thornside's smooth voice contrasts nicely with Burnshee's spicy guitar licks on songs like "Can I be a star?". The sheer eclecticism of this album is a part of its charm, but we particularly like the smouldering slow-grooves of tracks like "Lamborghino" and the hot driving rhythms of "Spanish Brass and Fury." (We can just see Quentin Tarantino crusing around L.A. to that one in particular.) Impeccable musicianship, good humor, and contagious enthusiasm throughout.


artist: Burnshee Thornside
albumname: Blues and misc
sku: burnshee-blues
upc: 876809003258
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257829558&s=143441
also:
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description:
With tongues firmly planted in cheeks, Burnshee and Thornside bring us Blues and Misc., twelve wry, rootsy songs that both celebrate and lampoon the original complaint rock genre. We like the front porch silliness of "Sticky Glue" and "I Can't Say No" has a nice smouldering blues-rock feel. As usual though, the instrumental tracks are where Burnshee Thornside really shine; "Ha-Keem" and "Bite Your Nose" show off the impeccable musicianship and precision of these performers.


artist: Burnshee Thornside
albumname: Rock This Moon
sku: burnshee-moon
upc: 876809003807
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257974858&s=143441
also:
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description:
With Rock This Moon the funky "Steely Dan Duo" from Sweden puts forth a stylin' mix of jazz-soul and funky rock spiked with funny, out-of-the-ordinary lyrics. We particularly like the wry, laid back grooves of "I Wish I Could Write Lyrics Like Bob Dylan" and the instrumental "Where's The Beef?" as well as the stunning ballad "Time Flies Away" featuring Swedish vocalist Helena "Lilling" Palmeklint. Includes backing performances by some of Stockholm's finest musicians including Hans Olofsson and Asa Henrksson, who do an absolutely fantastic job on horns.


artist: Cancer Killing Gemini
albumname: It Only Hurts When We Breathe
sku: ckgem-ithurts
upc: 847646003336
also:
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description:
Eric Michael Cohen returns with a blend of modern rock, downtempo, industrial and post grunge with the album It only hurts when we breathe. This debut release for "Cancer Killing Gemini" becomes the building block upon which the live band is to be built. The album references many of Eric's influences: Nine Inch Nails, Portishead, Radiohead etc., with a strong focus on songwriting and soundcraft. Standout tracks are "Christcontrol", "Prescription Drugs", "Century" and "Umbilical".


artist: Cancer Killing Gemini
albumname: It Only Hurts When We Breathe Instrumental
sku: ckgem-ithurtsinst
upc: 847646003343
also:
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description:
After a 7 year hiatus, songwriter/producer Eric Michael Cohen returns with a blend of modern rock, downtempo, industrial and post grunge with the album It only hurts when we breathe. This release becomes the building block upon which the live band is to be built. The album references many of Eric's influences: Nine Inch Nails, Portishead, Radiohead etc., with a strong focus on songwriting and soundcraft. Standout tracks are "Christcontrol", "Prescription Drugs", "Century" and "Umbilical".


artist: Cancer Killing Gemini
albumname: The End of the Beginning
sku: ckgem-theend
upc: 847646003312
also:
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description:
"The End Of The Beginning" marks Cancer Killing Gemini's transition from solo project to live band. The songs were recorded one per month for the first 11 months of 2011. As such the record became a living history as the styles of the individual players began to influence the sound as a whole.

"Vaseline For The Vomit Queen" fuses latin rhythms to a modern rock chorus; "World Trade" looks at 9-11 10 years later; "University" watches a relationship collapse when one goes away to college.


artist: Cancer Killing Gemini
albumname: The End of the Beginning Instrumental
sku: ckgem-theendinst
upc: 847646003350
also:
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description:
"The End Of The Beginning" marks Cancer Killing Gemini's transition from solo project to live band. The songs were recorded, one per month, for the first 11 months of 2011. As such the record became a living history as the styles of the individual players began to influence the sound as a whole. "Vaseline For The Vomit Queen" fuses latin rhythms to a modern rock chorus; "World Trade" looks at 9-11 10 years later; "University" watches a relationship collapse when one goes away to college.


artist: Canconier
albumname: Canconier
sku: canconier-canconier
upc: 876809007485
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/id299918401
also:
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description:
Canconier's debut CD features Tim and Annette performing a wide variety of medieval instrumental music on a multitude of instruments, including: recorders, percussion, harp, lute, psaltery, and symphonie (medieval hurdy gurdy).


artist: Canconier
albumname: The Black Dragon
sku: canconier-dragon
upc: 876809008727
also:
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description:
Canconier proudly presents its new recording, 15th-century music from the time of the infamous Vlad the Impaler, whose tyrannical rule of Wallachia (Southern Romania) shocked Europe. Featuring Michel Beheim's German poem about Vlad's deeds, French and Italian dance music, German songs, music of the Byzantine court, Balkan folk songs, Turkish classical music, the Lamentation for the Fall of Constantinople by Guillaume Dufay, and more!


artist: Candidate
albumname: Psychic Dissonance From The Unself
sku: candidate-psychicdiss
upc: 847646004531
also:
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description:
Psychic Dissonance from the Unself is when that shadow being that is you but not you simultaneously simply refuses to stop singing its soft, insidious siren song. This, our second album, is a continuation of the loose narrative we began on our first album and concludes that cycle. It essentially reflects the triumph over that part of your self that can linger following personal upheaval and tumult.


artist: Candidate
albumname: Psychic Dissonance from the Unself (instrumental)
sku: candidate-psychicinstr
upc: 847646004715
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description:
The instrumental version of Psychic Dissonnance from the Unself is music for deep ruminations, wondering how planck length fluctuations in the fabric of spacetime can affect the impact of a photon, or simply being carried into thoughtless visionary experiences of the imagination.


artist: Capital Sons
albumname: Swim the High Tide
sku: capitalsons-swimhigh
upc: 847646006405
also:
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description:
The album finds the musicians seamlessly incorporating complex harmonies, Hammond organ, piano, ukulele and even sitar to round out this solid collection of songs. "This is definitely the strongest and most interesting music we've created yet," says lead singer, Karl Obermeyer, "We're firing on all cylinders musically."

With songs ranging from the adrenaline-driven "Slackjaw" and intense "Amsterdam," to the intimate "Myself In You" and dynamic rock saga "Perfect Alibi," the band has delivered a solid album - the songs sharing emotional states and narrative threads.

Swim the High Tide was recorded and produced by Jason Orris at Terrarium Studios (Tapes 'n Tapes, Halloween Alaska, The Jayhawks).

Following successful receptions of their first two albums (Self-titled EP in 2006, and Dirty Neon in 2009), Swim the High Tide features the band's most mature music created to date.


artist: Carey Clayton
albumname: Oak
sku: careyclayton-oak
upc: 847646006924
also:
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description:
In this work I was playing with how seemingly opposite sonic textures (acoustic instruments on one hand, and ethereal, artificial sound effects on the other hand) could coexist together. I like to think of this music as futuristic, dark Americana.

For the most part Oak was inspired by Kahlil Gibran's book, The Prophet. "...and stand together, yet not too near together: For the pillars of the temple stand apart, And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow."


artist: Cari Live
albumname: Afterglow
sku: carilive-afterglow
upc: 876809003197
also:
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description:
Cari Live has been writing music and collaborating with artists on the online production company HitRecord since January 2016. Many of the projects include her own photography, poetry, and of course music. The site encourages uploading music to accompany other artists work and here a few of the works that although inspired by others' creations, now stand alone in this newest collection called "Afterglow". The cover photo is from a trip to the northern California coast where Cari Live visits as often as her schedule allows.

Thanks to HitRecord for your encouragement and all the hearts that support the creative process. An artist that dares to stretch and share their creations grows in ways that are unimaginable. It continues to be an incredible journey.


artist: Cari Live
albumname: Cold Reflections
sku: carilive-coldreflect
upc: 847646000106
also:
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description:
Cold Reflections is an album that brings to life the harshness of the season while still feeling the beauty of nature. The first track has a smooth surface like ice, slick and cold, shivering patterns of repeated rhythms. It is hypnotizing; the trance is crystallized by the flute call, independent and alone.

Op. 24 - tension of the day, breaking away to bits of comfort but always returning to the worries, time passing by without any consideration of plans and dreams I have for the day.

Precious Summer Day - ah, summer is a relaxed and easy going state of mind. The piano clusters of sound reminds the day to not be so serious.

Sailing Clouds, floating by on their way to something bigger, powerful, but for now distant wisps and puffs, looking so comfortable and inviting. The majestic castles are now passing by, a caravan traveling so high, sometimes looking menacing, but also regal.

Sweet Home is a quiet place with orchards and birds, music is created in rooms but cannot be contained by mere walls, always floating into the flowers and trees, bringing the connection of all living things together as one. The bass flute melody is a caress to those who are loved and dear who live here.

Winters End has swirling winds and dark skies that keep the warmth of the sun away for days. Looking out the window, the bare trees and seamless clouds of gray keep the chill inside me. The flute song is the struggle to survive...

...and the only saving grace is Dreaming of Spring, when the growth and warmth returns, bringing hope of spring with storms that rumble through with sweet rain. I can feel myself start to grow as everything begins the upward journey. As I hope to do one day, the flowers blossom with beautiful colors and warmth. If you listen carefully, you can hear the bird calls and warm sun-kissed breezes inviting us closer to summer.

As with all my music, enjoy your own journey and discoveries - here are mine.


artist: Cari Live
albumname: Countryside Stroll
sku: carilive-countrystroll
upc: 847646000083
also:
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description:
Countryside Stroll is an album about a place and time in Montana, old stomping grounds, impressions and memories.

Countryside Stroll - relaxed and easy going, as if back home in Montana.
Glassified - sheer view, with longing to move faster into a scenic soundscape.
Cowboy Quandry - open spaces, on the range facing the elements, harsh winters.
In The Snow - drifting, floating, blizzard and quiet stillness in a vast and crisp scene.
Leaves - gold leaves are falling.
Op. 17 - a little fun, almost a smile.
Inside November - cool air, warm sun .
Sleepy Guardian Angel - overworked, always on call, this very tired angel watches, keeps her person safe, and tries to stay awake.
The Traveler - moving through time, searching with a heavy heart as realizing new dimension, higher plane of knowledge, drudgery, continuing into eternity.

As with all my music, enjoy your own journey and discoveries - here are mine.


artist: Cari Live
albumname: Holiday Frost
sku: carilive-holfrost
upc: 847646002049
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description:
Simple and peaceful arrangements of Christmas carols for flute accompanied by strings and things. There are 5 original holiday songs: Cari's Carol, Sleepy Guardian Angel, Holiday Frost, Icicles, and Snowflakes. Each hold a dear and fragile memory, so many emotions to share in celebration of the holiday season.


artist: Cari Live
albumname: In a Cosmic Daze
sku: carilive-iacdaze
upc: 847646000847
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description:
In A Cosmic Daze

Music is our way of expressing ideas that, for whatever reason, cannot be totally expressed or understood in any other forum. We all have had the experience of listening to music that has touched us, but we really can't say why and so we go on about our day effected and somehow changed. If you try to "demystify" music you might say that it is a collection of frequencies vibrating in certain patterns and even on that level it is connected with our universe. Scientist talk about string theory and how all things are vibrating strings of energy that make up the cosmic symphony that is our physical world, so it is no wonder that music has such a huge part in our daily lives. This collection of songs is a musical metaphor of how time presents itself to us.

If you have ever waited, in great anticipation, for someone to arrive or something to happen then you know that sweet emotion that might take pages of text to explain but music can evoke that feeling in a few seconds of listening. Bach's music makes us feel unwavering power of life by a steady tempo and sure relentless melody. Music that is slightly behind the beat makes us feel as though we want to hold time back, like when someone must leave soon, but we want them to stay just a bit longer. This collection explores those ideas.

With out clocks, the Celtic people had a keen idea of the passing and metering of time. They regarded the "time between times" as magical moments to be cherished. These hours were dusk and dawn, solstice and equinox. Although in our lives we have clocks, cell phones and computers telling us the current time and day, it is important to have a few hours to let that go and sit and smell the rain and let the stress of the week go.

Music can do so much for us as your week builds from Monday through Sunday, these pieces can give you some quiet time to breath and to find joy. Though music we can all relax in our time between times and reconnect to the cosmos in a real human way.


artist: Cari Live
albumname: Light and Shadow
sku: carilive-lightshadow
upc: 847646001837
also:
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description:
Cari Live is Intelligent New Age music. With Light and Shadow is presence and absence existing at the same time. There seems to be a parallel to life, sometimes a fine line between one and the other. This is a journey of one soul, discovering the soft morning light as a source of life while accepting the shadows at night as they lurk in tired thoughts. At the end of the day, there is a serenity in the settling dusk.... time seems to slow down and give refuge to the scattered dreams.


artist: Cari Live
albumname: Meditations_
sku: carilive-meditations
upc: 847646002278
also:
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description:
Meditations: Lush green windswept hills. Gentle drizzling rain. Looking out from a warm bed on a frosty winter's morning. Dreams of breaking fog across layers of ocean waves. The sweet smell of a crisp sunny day. Leaning on a fence, watching clouds float across an evening sky, shades of grey, rose, and yellow ebbing away as the sun descends into the horizon.

A mare and foal settling down for the night. Close, silent, nuzzling each other to make sure each ones place of sleep is shared and safe. Moonlight drifting over barns and silos. Touching each hillock with it's translucent light. A lake in moonlight. Fading diamonds sparkling their last light before the darkness sips them up and away. Warm honey dripping from a sleeping child's fingertips. A blissful smile at the edge of her mouth, puffs of air barely moving the whisps of hair lying across her cheek.

A darkened sky at the very edge of daybreak. Still. Vacant. The faint promise of light at the edge of the land. Trees barely seen. Grasses unmoving. Flowers yet to bloom. Softness and gentleness resting in the sighs of the earth yet asleep. Nothing astir, no roaming or movements yet of fawns lying under sheltering cover. The edge of night closing around a cottage small. Golden light flickering through curtains drawn, the beginnings of night's dance toward the dawn. Chimney smoke escaping into the frigid air. White against the midnight sky. Disappearing upwards, curling, spirals, then gone. A father's peek into his son's darkened room.

The sound of the child's dreams once caught on a fright, then released in play. Silent quivers under lids tightly closed. The only sign of dreams forming and fading within a child's heart.

Written for Cari Live by Britt O'Hollaren


artist: Cari Live
albumname: Mindreader
sku: carilive-mindreader
upc: 847646000090
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/mindreader/id440554066
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description:
Mindreader: thoughts and visions of others, ideas, constantly interpreting. As with all my music, enjoy your own journey and discoveries - here are mine:

"Wandering thoughts" : persistent focused ideas interrupted by distractions of the day, memories, and projections

"Try to Keep An Open Mind" : emotional turmoil attempts to alter and cloud the thoughts of the day

"Psychic Pads" : constant babble in ones mind, persistent and maybe borderline ?

"Moebius Strip" : continuous, revolving, twisted path, returning to the starting point.

"Op. 16" : playful, almost happy

"It's Just a Daydream" : a simple pastime turns into a drama of epic proportions, demanding action for an imaginary audience.

"Crystal Ball" : inspired by a memory of a song but frozen in a different time, cloudy but full of emotions of another lifetime.


artist: Cari Live
albumname: Rising Above
sku: carilive-rising
upc: 847646000076
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/rising-above/id426760168
also:
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description:
Rising Above album is inspired by a piece of art work, a simple smiling face, that generates a sense of peace.

Stay - a reminder for peace of mind, to be in the moment and experience the now.
Blue - sometimes music present colors.
And Around - flute and piccolo in a waltz, turning and spinning round and around. Clarinet, Viola and cello are brought in to dance as it rains outside (listen closely for the birds chirping outside my studio when the storm passes.)
October Dream - a daydreamer from an early age, this melody takes a life of its own with the longing and wishful tone of the flute.
Waiting - what can be added to such a title? Seemingly endless time in anticipation, hoping and wondering, lifted up by expectations, feeling disappointment, but must persevere
Rising Above - transcend, that moment of release from worry, surrender

As with all my music, enjoy your own journey and discoveries - here are mine.


artist: Cari Live
albumname: Space Flute
sku: carilive-spaceflute
upc: 847646003077
also:
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description:
For some people, the beauty of the cosmos is enough. Looking up from the floor of a desert or a high mountain plateau at night can be breathtaking. The mysterious realm of that outer world goes back not only to the early days, but to each of our childhoods.

It is somewhat ironic that the more we know space in which our earth exists, the more questions we have. Could it be that it might be the last unanswerable question? These unanswered questions are the bases for more spiritual thoughts that rise up not so much to a deity but only to ask where are we and what is our place here in the cosmos.

As we learn more and more about string theory and how we are all parts of the same thing a set of vibrating strings of energy one may think that the wonderful harmonies of Space Flute is tapping in as all music does to that cosmic vibrations of our lives. Night 24, for example, seems to make those connections, as if Cari Live has received that musical flame from Faure and Debussy and is using it in the 21st century.


artist: Cari Live
albumname: Wabi Sabi
sku: carilive-wabisabi
upc: 847646002377
also:
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description:
Wabi-Sabi is underplayed and modest, the kind of quiet, undeclared beauty that waits patiently to be discovered... ?


artist: Carlos Schwarz
albumname: Impressions
sku: carlosschwarz-impressions
upc: 847646006443
also:
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description:
Every song in Carlos"s second New Age album tells a great story depicting a life impression that will take you to a journey through your inner self.

The use of various acoustic and ethnic instruments create a subtle combination of serene-sounding passages elevated by the beauty of soothing voices. The album has a great flow and iterates smoothly between songs until the end. It is initially pushed by the warmth of a beautiful acoustic piano with the tenderness of an angelical voice, evolving to more intense passages featuring crisp acoustic guitars, ethnic percussions, and the sweetness of the violin to create heart-warming melodies that will take you to a peaceful and relaxing state of mind.

The use of various cultural sounds adds a tremendous amount of flavour to the arrangements creating a very distinctive yet sublime effect. Subtle touches are always present throughout the album meticulously mixed to take the listener into a visionary experience.


artist: Carlos Schwarz
albumname: Sea to Sky
sku: carlosschwarz-seatosky
upc: 847646005736
also:
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description:
A perfect blend of acoustic and ethnic instruments, with evolving textures and delicate passionate voices. Detailed arrangements and meticulous recordings bring New Age music to a new level.

Featuring award-nominated and two-time finalist song Farewell. Emotion, passion, serenity, are only a few of the feelings that this music will evoke within you. As the album name suggests, something as grandiose as nature is intended to be reflected with every note in this music.

The album has a great flow thanks to the unique feel to each song that seldom overstay its welcome. In terms of uniqueness, the album is initially pushed by soothing voices and the warmth of the strings, to the beauty of haunting piano melodies joined by the deep and resonating sound of the cello. The album alternates between different sounding passages until it reaches its end; but each iteration is warm, peaceful, and engaging on a relaxing level.


artist: Cary Chow
albumname: Zirkus - Step Inside - Piano Music of Robert Schumann
sku: carychow-zirkus
upc: 876809007003
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/zirkus-step-inside-piano-music/id276358090
also:
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description:
For aficionados of psychedelic 19th century Romanticism and Golden Era keyboard heroes.

This long-awaited recording is his first studio release in eight years. If you love the old-school keyboard heroes such as Horowitz, Rubenstein, Lhevinne, Moiseiwitsch et al, with big technique, myriad tonal colors and supersized style, then Zirkus is for you!

Reviews:
"Those wise enough to slip this CD into their collection will be rewarded with a truly magnificent rendition of [Robert Schumann's] Kreisleriana."
James Wegg, www.jamesweggreview.org


artist: Cary Kanno
albumname: A Little More Love
sku: carykanno-alittlemorelove
upc: 847646010570
also:
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description:
Energetic ukuleles, banjos, acoustic guitars, and percussion power this uptempo happy acoustic rock album that bounces and swaggers. It's very uptempo & happy with universal lyrics. Features a lot of ukulele, banjo, and acoustic guitars.


artist: Cary Kanno
albumname: Wonderland
sku: carykanno-wonderland
upc: 847646010068
also:
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description:
Energetic acoustic guitars, ukuleles, banjos, and percussion power this uptempo acoustic rock album that bounces and swaggers.

Features strong songwriting with big arrangements.

Uptempo & happy with universal lyrics. Features a lot of ukulele, banjo, and acoustic guitars.


artist: Castle Pines
albumname: Bless this House
sku: castlepines-blessthishouse
upc: 847646009833
also:
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description:
Castle Pines out of Corona, CA has made its mark on the Inland Empire with their E.P. Bless This House, 2012, and their first full length album, Summer Blood, which dropped June 2014.

This alternative indie rock band has been described as "an ensemble of four hip guys serving up an easy-to-listen-to sound with a fresh attitude," by the Inland Empire Weekly and "A fresh new burst of energy into the Corona music scene," by the Inner Circle Corona.

Band members Jesse Briseno, bass; Leandro Barrientos, vocals/rhythm guitar; Nick Barrientos, lead guitar; and Sterling Fairfield, drums; deliver sounds that mimic the Pixies rawness mixed with a use of melodic motifs that bring chills and chants to their live audience shows. Influence by current bands like Delta Spirit, Arcade Fire and Dawes makes them a stand out performance among the local music scene. "[Our music is] honest and raw; we're not trying to put up a front," said lead vocalist Leandro Barrientos. "We all grew up in a time when music was valued more so for its integrity rather than how many records it sold and we reflect that same attitude with the amount of passion we put into creating our songs."

After launching with their 2012 E.P, Bless This House along with a series of local shows filled with crowd-rousing songs like "I saw you on the radio" Castle Pines has become a staple in Corona including landing a spot as resident band at Rockefellas Bar.

Being inspired by many local and mainstream artists that played at the Showcase Theatre, their hometown venue known all around the country for its unheard of crowd energy, until its unfortunate close in 2008, Castle Pines aims to bring that passion back to their hometown. They've attempted this the only way they know how: by writing and performing music that creates a lasting impression on the crowd and leaves them wanting more.


artist: Castle Pines
albumname: Por Vida
sku: castlepines-porvida
upc: 847646009840
also:
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description:
Por Vida from Castle Pines latest love letter album called "Por Vida" is goosebumps inducing indie rocker with a beautifully sweeping feel. Guitar driven with big bold crescendos of sound it is not afraid to get quiet in spots which only make the full charge running up the hill parts feel even bigger and more passionate. The Corona, California band's musical flourishes feel organic as they shun a lot of indie rock cliche's. No over modulated vox (for example). When Leandro Barrientos sings emotional lines like "as seasons pass me by̷0; we lay forgotten wonder why̷0; what were they saying through their teeth̷0; we were taught to grin through our grief̷0; facades are meant to fade̷0;living inside the walls we made" the words hit home. Real and relatable, Cassiopeia feels cinematic and inspirational. Castle Pines is Leandro Barrientos (guitar, vox), Ricky Garvey (lead guitar), Sterling Fairfield (percussion, drums) and Jesse Briseno (bass).

Recording for the "Por Vida" album was a monumental and arduous challenge for the members of the band. The Summer of 2017, as the band was doing preliminary recordings, founding member and drummer Sterling Fairfield was rushed to an emergency operation due to complications of Crohn's Disease. An ailment that Sterling dealt with his entire time gigging, recording and playing with Castle Pines, he nearly died on several occasions and had his entire lower intestine removed. This left the band in an unsure place for the recording of their album. Sterling, being the diehard loyalist to the band and message, struggled through weeks of recording in a cottage in Southern California, stitches fresh from an incision down his chest, and performed beautifully for the album. An album, with all odds against it, was recorded through perseverance through adversity, dedication and in no small part to the accommodating and kind efforts of Matthew Faulkner of Beta Waves Records who moved his entire studio to a cottage near the home of Sterling, in case he suffered another medical emergency.

The release of "Por Vida" the album that almost never was is a testament to staying the course and faithful commitment to the art in the pangs of heartache, ailment and suffering. The band is grateful for the love and support it has received from the online community, their fans and family and is eagerly excited to premier their latest work. In an industry exploited for commercial and financial gain by juggernaut corporatism, a little garage band, from the suburbs of California, protesting the status quo and proclaiming the importance of art and music, loyalty, persistence and honesty is a fresh and needed voice in the stifling noise of the modern market. Thank you, and remember that Castle Pines is for life homie.


artist: Castle Pines
albumname: Summer Blood
sku: castlepines-summerblood
upc: 847646009857
also:
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description:
"Summer Blood", which was released in the summer of 2014, is a direct reflection of the groups experiences growing up in Southern California in the 90's and what turned out to be turbulent times for the group. Many of the members experienced some major hardships during those times, like losing their home to their parents best efforts to fight rising debt. Rather than feeling sorry for themselves and letting the pressures of life take the joy from their world the group found solace in the escape that playing music offers them.

Summer Blood features meaty bass lines, irresistible guitar hooks, and Leandro Barrientos' massive vocals. The band also veers away from the standard punk module on songs like "Black Star Canyon," and Palm Springs described as a straightforward and uplifting road trip jam about going on family trips in the 90's. The album Maintains a chill and poolside feeling while still having driving movement and direction with dynamics and guitar work.

"Derailed" opens things up with a catchy indie rock track that really pulsates tremendous energy and melody. The sound on the track sounds akin to Kings Of Leon. "Plastic Sky" takes the listener on a journey of a moody sound. The song draws comparisons to Arcade Fire but really stands out with its harsh emotion that boils over at times within, the track is comparable to Modest Mouse. "The Jetty" is a tad slower of a track and really explores the atmospheric side of the band. It still has a groovy melodic chorus and really adds layers of depth to the track. "Wretched Life" is a chaotic rock song. The song really takes things to a new level and it really stands out. "Summer Blood" is a track that will bring to mind the 90's funky summer rock. The Modest Mouse influence is once again on the track but the band still makes the track their own and it really is something to hear. "Anyway" is a love letter to their state of California. It's a rock heavy track as it would surely make the classic California bands admire what they hear. "1996" closes things out with an outstanding closer. "Summer Blood", focuses on hypnotic textures, dynamic musical language and the narrative of growing up in the 90's suburban sprawls of Southern California, it was released through a successful crowdfunding campaign and met with praise from both local fans and international music, blog and arts community. It has been featured on radio stations in Brazil, the UK, New Zealand, South Africa and the US.


artist: Caustic Casanova
albumname: Someday You Will Be Proven Correct
sku: ccasanova-someday
upc: 847646004739
also:
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description:
Caustic Casanova are eclectic, electric, and hard. The manner in which they channel heavy metal, psychedelic rock, and quirky songwriting into this original and at times unpredictable album is not to be trifled with. Play VERY LOUD for best results.

Here is the very long, weird and literary version of album notes, in the form of a letter to the Magnatune listener:

Tremulous grew my mistrustful heart when of a cold and dark evening not some time ago did there come a knocking most exigent at the grand door of my family's estate may long it prosper and suffer forfeiture of monies at only the slimmest of taxation rates. As the hour was such as suits only earthbound spirits and those most desperate brands of hooligans, the household all had retired to their chambers for a night's restorative slumbers save mineself, who, unable to taste that sweetness of a momentary respite from consciousness, had, as is oft my want in times of harrowing solicitousness and incapacitating encumbrance, sought safe haven and refuge in the comforting bosom of my beat lab may long it prosper and yield fruits bearing only the slinkiest of grooves all borne in the name of sweaty, pulsating bodies and so accordingly 'twas I tasked with the chore of answering this unnerving mesonoxian summons. For a solitary moment doth I waver upon the threshold of my Kingdom of Sound; yet with a flourish forth ventured I.

'Twas a cloaked figure I greeted at the gate with prudence. Verily I tell thee, what a vexing sight! No features could I discern, to no vestige of form could I affix a common humanity; still, a strange and unchecked calm did I feel washing o'er mine heart in spite of my sensible mind's sizable alarm. This inscrutable soul held aloft in one hand a flourishing torch, as if some substantial journey was in medias res and this incandescence was a friend, lover, and guide, all entwined in one; cradled in the nook of the other arm was a package. With nary a word did this wraith pass to me this bundle so sacredly carried, before departing with burdened purpose and immediacy from whence it had come.

Return to the friendly confines of the beat lab doth I, and to the task of deciphering the nature of that curious artifact which in mine hands I held I set. 'Twas a lovely creation, shot through with all of heaven's most alluring shades, the richest of melancholy indigos and wistful violets, bearing as caption the queer cipher:

CAUSTIC CASANOVA SOMEDAY YOU WILL BE PROVEN CORRECT

Partnered with this striking piece of art found I a letter. 'Twas a charter from the governing members of one Mad Love Records granting mineself sole proprietorship o'er the crafting of a treatise heralding the essence of this "album" to the fervent patrons of Magnatune. Harrumph, doth I humphed. What a rude and uncivilized gesture, so unbefitting a gentleman of my substantial station may long I prosper and concoct hypnotic rhythms that will populate Swiss raves with beautiful people 'til nigh eternity to receive an unsolicited commission of this nature! And at such an unholy hour in such a haunting fashion! Most nonplussed doth I find mineself, yet, being a man of reason and not inconsiderable learning I took no rash action in the fires of my distemper, and instead proceeded to perform the only rational action the moment afforded: Upon the mercy of my beat lab's absolute world class sound system I placed the fate of this mysterious record, come what judgment may.

Ninety-five one-hundredths of an hour later stirred I from what surely be the most magical and splendid moments of mine two ears' existences may long they prosper and share with me regal riffs and magisterial melodies. O, I swear to thee, such music! Such contradictions! Felt I pummeled and uplifted, ransacked and soothed, moved in body and mind, all from the same orchestra's concoction!

And so now gather I my thoughts on this radiant LP, so deftly recorded and engineered by Sir J. Robbins may long he prosper and set loose his magpies' songs upon the globe so expertly mastered by Baron Bob Weston may long he prosper and succeed in every Mission he undertakes so superbly written and played by Lady Stefanie Zaenker and Lords Francis Beringer and Michael Wollitz may long they prosper and enchant the masses with their holy choral endeavors. Ye who gather here reading these words face a momentous decision: Doth thou spend thy hard earned wages upon these tunes? All I can tell thee, as plainly as do have I in my power, is this: Thou, a conjurer of worlds, a creator of portals, a grasper of procurements from the great beyond, Use thy Magic Machine to call forth from dimensions yet unconquered these gallant arias, that thine great halls might too be filled with commanding canticles eve after glorious eve, that thou might yet become a better, more harmonious soul on account of what thou encounters here.

Yours In Ever Faithful Devotion To The Bounteous Glories Beheld In The Sphere Of Independent-Minded Rock, Leonard Calvert


artist: Cavalcade
albumname: Failure
sku: cavalcade-failure
upc: 847646003213
also:
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description:
Failure is an album that touches on old school hip hop, pulses to the beat of electro, and has an underlying industrial flare that threads tribal moods into its mix. This collection of cool and groovy tracks will take you back to early electronic music roots while upholding a fresh new polished modern dance floor edge.

Benny E. Sanches (aka Cavalcade) is a native Texan and has been producing, remixing and recording for over two decades. Cavalcades collaboration and production credits include Depeche Mode, Meat Beat Manifesto, Cabaret Voltaire, Mikey Dread, Bermudez Triangle, WeatherHouse, Velapene Screen, LoFeye and George Cochrane to name a few. Now based in the Echo Park community of Los Angeles, Benny presents yet another intelligent, beat-driven body of work.


artist: Cavalcade
albumname: The Variable EP
sku: cavalcade-variable
upc: 847646004012
also:
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description:
The Variable EP is a collection of experimental excursions by electronic music pioneers from the past to the present. The concept of this project was for each artist to personally select a song from Cavalcade's new album Dare to Think, and to reinterpret those songs with no particular theme in mind.

The interesting result is tracks 2, 3 and 4 with a special guest appearance by Meat Beat Manifesto on track 1. Track 5 is Cavalcade's answer to George Cochrane's remix of "Filthy", a sort of tag team remix effort by the two. It is with honor and respect for Benny E. Sanches (aka Cavalcade) to host this body of work by some of his biggest influences in the world of electronic music.


artist: Ceremony of Darkness
albumname: Flesh of the Witch
sku: cod-fleshwitch
upc: 847646005408
also:
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description:
"Flesh of the Witch" follows the emotional odyssey of a damaged and dangerous man who finds love in the form of a darkly sensual, mysterious woman accused of witchcraft.

This epic tale allows the mood of each scene to dictate the style of the music utilized. Moving through the genres and sub-genres of rock, heavy metal, and more traditional music styles, Ceremony of Darkness provides a multi-layered spectrum through which the story of "Flesh of the Witch" can be experienced, rather than forcing the story into a set of rigidly selected songs.

Based out of St. Louis, MO, Ceremony of Darkness has not taken the traditional route to success. Rather than follow trends, they define the core of their music by its diversity which is on full display in "Flesh of the Witch."

ln 2010, Ceremony of Darkness burst onto the scene with their debut album "13" by winning Best Metal Album in the Independent Music Awards, while also being honored with a nomination for Best Metal Song in the Hollywood Music in Media Awards for "The Surgeon of New Orleans." Determined to build upon the success of "13" Ceremony of Darkness endeavored to create "Flesh of the Witch," a conceptual album designed to feature not only great individual songs, but to also provide a complex musical journey rarely experienced in the modern age of music.


artist: Ceremony of Darkness
albumname: 13
sku: cod-thirteen
upc: 847646000113
also:
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description:
The premier album by melodic heavy rock band Ceremony of Darkness "13", grants the listener a view into dark rock with a strong metal influence. Unique among albums the standard hard rock/metal genre the vocals and musicianship mold to fit the purpose and imagery of each song creating a diverse collection of tracks. Deeply stirring and unrelentingly sexual, "13" dwells in the shadows of the complex soul. Haunting vocals and layered guitars weave a tapestry of imagery and emotion on an intense journey through desire and darkness.


artist: Chad Farran
albumname: Another Ride
sku: cfarran-anotheride
upc: 847646001769
also:
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description:
Another Ride (nominated for a San Diego Music Award in 2007) uses the same techniques as his soundtrack work to fuse Latin sounds and rhythms with the acoustic pop melodies that were inspired by influential recording artists both in the U.S. and abroad.

Farran's interest in Brazilian culture makes an impressive influence on Another Ride, as he weaves stories of love found and love lost with the rhythms that enchanted him on his travels throughout that country. The Brazilian styles of Samba, Bossa Nova, Reggae, Forro, and Maracatu can all be heard in his songs, as he showcases his talents on the instruments he collected and brought back.


artist: Chad Farran
albumname: On Surfari Sessions Volume 1
sku: cfarran-onsurfarione
upc: 847646002056
also:
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description:
Chad Farran travelled the world with the crew of the TV series On Surfari to find inspiration to compose these original scores full of unique ethnic instrumentation, rhythms and grooves.


artist: Chad Lawson
albumname: Autumn Suite Volume 1
sku: chadlawson-autumn
upc: 847646004050
also:
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description:
Mixing classical guitar and piano in an inspired blend of Classical, New Age and Jazz, focussed on the moods of Autumn. This album returns to the experimental element of Summer Suite, Vol One Chad Lawson and Troy Conn (guitar) push the outer edges of the envelope with this improvisational recording. The opening track Autumn Suite I is the only 'rehearsed' piece from the album while Autumn Suite II and III are entirely improvised.

"A fascinating study of the create dynamics between to artists as well as the amazing musicality that can result from this sort of collaboration."
Kathy Parsons, MainlyPiano.com


artist: Chad Lawson
albumname: The Chopin Variations (on piano, violin and cello)
sku: chadlawson-chopinone
upc: 847646007075
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description:
Steinway artist, Chad Lawson, decided Frederic Chopin needed a new introduction. Along with violinist Judy Kang (Lady Gaga, Ryuichi Sakamoto) and cellist Rubin Kodheli (Kanye West, Courtney Love), Lawson has arranged ten Chopin works into a modern day interpretation. It's a risk editing the "poet of the piano" but one that Chopin would be proud of.

Lawson's previous release, "The Space Between", debuted at #12 on Amazon's Adult Contemporary while Olafur Arnalds named it in his Top 5 of 2013. Prior to, The Space Between, Lawson's release, The Piano (2011), reached #19 on iTunes Classical. Chad has been a featured guest on NPR's Talk of the Nation, PRI/SiriusXM's Bob Edwards Show, toured with Julio Iglesias and can be heard on Delta Airlines In-Flight radio programming.


artist: Chad Lawson
albumname: The Chopin Variations (on solo piano)
sku: chadlawson-chopintwo
upc: 847646007082
also:
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description:
Steinway artist, Chad Lawson, decided Frederic Chopin needed a new introduction. Along with violinist Judy Kang (Lady Gaga, Ryuichi Sakamoto) and cellist Rubin Kodheli (Kanye West, Courtney Love), Lawson has arranged ten Chopin works into a modern day interpretation. It's a risk editing the "poet of the piano" but one that Chopin would be proud of.

Lawson's previous release, "The Space Between", debuted at #12 on Amazon's Adult Contemporary while Olafur Arnalds named it in his Top 5 of 2013. Prior to, The Space Between, Lawson's release, The Piano (2011), reached #19 on iTunes Classical. Chad has been a featured guest on NPR's Talk of the Nation, PRI/SiriusXM's Bob Edwards Show, toured with Julio Iglesias and can be heard on Delta Airlines In-Flight radio programming.


artist: Chad Lawson
albumname: Set on a Hill
sku: chadlawson-sethill
upc: 847646003633
also:
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description:
In Lawson's debut solo piano album, listeners learn that the space between the notes can be more important than the notes themselves. From the one simple tone introduction of the album, to the engaging shimmering movements and singsong melodies as the album draws to a close. "Produced by the legendary Will Ackerman, this is one of the few piano albums he has done that is strictly solo piano.

"The open spaces are almost as important as the notes in Lawson's music, and I can't imagine any of these nine pieces as anything but solo piano."
Kathy Parsons, MainlyPiano.com

Produced by Will Ackerman (Grammy Winner/Founder of Windham Hill)
Album of the Year - Whisperings Solo Piano (2009)


artist: Chad Lawson
albumname: A Solo Piano Christmas
sku: chadlawson-solochristmas
upc: 847646003640
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description:
A fireside conversation by award winning pianist/composer, Chad Lawson. 10 solo piano Christmas classics; perfect for any holiday setting. Solo Piano Christmas is a collection of ten Christmas carols arranged for solo piano by Chad Lawson and played to perfection with his smooth and elegant touch.

Nominated for Christmas Album of the Year - SoloPiano.com


artist: Chad Lawson
albumname: Song of Prayer
sku: chadlawson-songpray
upc: 847646004067
also:
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description:
"I can't put into words what your music expresses; it is far more than beautiful," states one YouTube commenter about pianist Chad Lawson's latest offering, Song of Prayer.

Visiting Seattle in July 2011, "the Lord really laid it on my heart to record something that people could use during prayer," Chad recalls. Lawson invited a close friend to record him, let the Lord place his hands wherever He wanted to and 32 minutes later, it was done... No preparation, no outtakes, no overdubs: improvisational prayer in its rawest, most honest form. (Lawson kept a hymnal with him on the piano while recording "just in case" but he never had to open it).

Lawson never planned on recording this, it found him: Chad plays three morning services every Sunday at a large church in North Carolina. Each service has some time set aside for quiet prayer, where Lawson plays solo. After one quiet time, as soon as the pastor started speaking, Lawson was stunned: "There was an authority in his prayer, a genuine crying" not with loud action, but with sincere words." Lawson found out he had been reading directly from the Puritan book of prayers and meditation, Valley of the Vision. The inspiration for "Song of Prayer" was born.


artist: Chad Lawson
albumname: The Space Between
sku: chadlawson-spacebetween
upc: 847646005392
also:
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description:
With his previous release, The Piano, reaching #19 on iTunes Classical and selling out on Amazon 4 times in less than 2 weeks, independent artist Chad Lawson had grown tired of the "pretty sounding piano" recordings as of late. So, one afternoon, Lawson sat down and write The Space Between in one complete setting. The only exceptions were 'Heart in Hand' (composed for upcoming film) and 'A Love is Born' (written for an automobile commercial).

Lawson was recently featured on NPR's Talk of the Nation which catapulted The Space Between to #12 on Amazon's Adult Alternative charts and has drawn unbelievably high praise from critics as being both daring and breathtaking all in one.


artist: Chad Lawson
albumname: Summer Suite, Vol One
sku: chadlawson-summer
upc: 847646003657
also:
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description:
Chad Lawson's solo piano album, Summer Suite, strikes an evocative balance of musical flow and visual metaphor. With economical accompaniment from percussionist Jim Brock, Summer Suite unfurls in ten suite-like movements that mirror not only the passage of the season, but in a deeper sense the passage of time, and how themes of mediation, rumination, freedom and play can provide comfort, solace, and release.

Entirely improvised in a lone 31 minute session, Summer Suite appeals to listeners in a personal way, each one able to add their unique interpretation as the album evolves. To some, touches of a Bach fugue or a Bobby Timmons like jazz cadence will be felt, to others, a rolling, Americana styled melody or East European folk song will come to mind. There are also moments of twilight absorption, where stillness and meditation are as powerful as a flurry of notes cascading across the musical landscape.

"Lawson pulls off something tricky with Summer Suite, engrossing the listener with simple, involving melodies while also freeing him or her to let their minds roam. Freedom is key as with the best memories of summer."
- Ken Micallef, DownBeat


artist: Chad Lawson
albumname: The Piano
sku: chadlawson-thepiano
upc: 847646003626
also:
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description:
From the opening variation of Johann Sebastian Bach's Prelude in C Major, to Lawson's own originals drawing from his early classical studies, The Piano is beautifully simple and unadorned from the first note to the last ringing of the last sustain.

"Gorgeous soft, subtle, sensual touch that not only picks up where his stellar debut left off but has also raised his game. The Piano is very clear and strong evidence that Chad Lawson is already a major player in the solo piano circles."
Michael Debbage - MainlyPiano.com

"Lawson's playing defines "velvet touch," and he often approaches the piano with the French Impressionists' ideal - playing the piano as though it doesn't have hammers. A classically-trained pianist with an extensive jazz background, Lawson can do it all when it comes to music, but his original solo piano work is nothing short of sublime."
Kathy Parsons - MainlyPiano.com

"Album of the Year (Classical)"
- SoloPiano.com (2011)


artist: Chambure Vihuela Quartet
albumname: Canto y Danza
sku: cvihuelaquart-cantoydan
upc: 847646004890
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description:
Canto y Danzais a program of songs and dances of Spain. For the first time since the 16th century, a matched set of four vihuelas can be heard to play the polyphonic instrumental fantasias and vocal music from the golden age of the Spanish Renaissance.

The music for this program has been taken from all of the seven surviving books of vihuela music, with at least one piece from each book being represented. Soprano Carrie Henneman Shaw is the featured singer with Edward Martin, Phillip Rukavina, Rockford Mjos, and Tyler Kaiser playing the vihuelas.

The vihuela is a guitar-like instrument that was developed and used in Spain during the 16th century. The most popular stringed instrument in Europe was the lute, but, because of the association of the lute with the Moorish population in Spain, the Spanish musicians were not allowed to use the lute. In order to compose and play the polyphonic music that was popular in the day, they developed an instrument that was tuned and played like a lute, but did not look like a lute: and the vihuela was born.

The music on this recording is adapted from works that survive in the sixteenth-century printed vihuela books. There is at least one piece from each of the surviving seven sources, and ten of the seventeen works include voice, sung by Carrie Henneman Shaw. The arrangements have been made by ensemble member Tyler Kaiser, closely modelled on the music of the original tablatures, constructing the instrumental parts with reference to the original vocal music where relevant, following principles learned from study of the Vallet lute quartets, and applying embellishment drawn from theoretical sources such as Diego Ortiz's Tratado de glosas of 1553. The six pavanas of Luis Milan (tracks 1, 5, 6, 8, 12 and 15) have been converted from solo pieces to ensemble works with glosas added and represent the kind of solemn dance music that was used as processionals in formal entries in Spanish courts and households, as well as for social dancing.

Full song translations, program notes and a description of the instruments can be found in the accompanying artwork.


artist: Charlie Beresford
albumname: Dark Transport
sku: charlieb-transport
upc: 876809004958
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/dark-transport/id369506577
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description:
Dark Transport is a 10-track song cycle written in Gozo (a small island off Malta) at a time of great emotional change. The record is soaked in the sounds of the Mediterranean, with its heady mix of crossing cultures between mainland Europe and North Africa. Lyrically influenced by the concept haiku, without adhering to its strict rules, the words sketch ambiguous instructions and images that sit within music, acknowledging textures over strict tempos.

'DARK TRANSPORT' is coming off the back of the last album 'The Room is Empty', an album which, in 2007, spent 9 weeks in the US CMJ music chart and was licensed to MTV's news and documentaries dept, as well as to numerous shows on the same station and Oxygen.


artist: Cheryl Ann Fulton
albumname: The Airs of Wales
sku: fulton-airs
upc: 876809002855
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257938652&s=143444
also:
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description:
Drawing a serene yet luminous sound from the harp, Cheryl Ann Fulton shines on her best-selling The Airs of Wales, an aptly named album of feather-light grace and clarity. Fulton's selections keep a peacefully joyous mood throughout, and it's perfect music for any time you want to create a refined yet amiable mood. It's also the perfect alternative to traditional Christmas music, as the overall sound is as wintry and delicately lovely as a snowflake.

The history of both the harp and the music is included in the download.


artist: Cheryl Ann Fulton
albumname: A Harper's Holiday in Wales
sku: fulton-harpersholiday
upc: 847646008324
also:
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description:
Join us on a musical journey to the ancient land of Wales with a quartet of exquisite Welsh triple-strung harps live in concert, playing arrangements of traditional Welsh Airs. From the mountains of the North to the marshes of the South and all the lovely valleys and forests between, the magical landscape of Wales inspires music that expresses its spirit in vivid melodies ranging in mood from martial to pastoral; tragic to cheerful. Listeners who love folk and classical music alike will enjoy this delightful collection of traditional tunes set in baroque and classical styles and arranged for harp ensemble with a contemporary flair.


artist: Cheryl Ann Fulton
albumname: Angelorum - The Harps in the Trees
sku: fulton-harpsinthetrees
upc: 876809002879
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description:
In the documentary film The Harps in the Trees, internationally renowned harpist Cheryl Ann Fulton leads her ensemble of medieval harp students, Angelorum, on a journey to the highlands of Scotland, where they serenade the very trees that provided the wood from which their harps were made. With filmmaker Ezio Taranto, they bring an inspired message of hope and harmony to the world by telling the story of their pilgrimage and illuminating the relationship between harps, trees, music, nature and the human spirit.

These tracks are perfect for licensing for video games, commercials or other soundtracks. Tracks 1-5 are from the soundtrack of the film. Tracks 6-8 are bonus tracks that were recorded for the film but not used. The song Adam's Friend from The Once and Future Harp is also on the soundtrack of the film and can be purchased here: http://magnatune.com/artists/albums/fulton-once?song=5

Sound engineer: Daniel Drasin.

A short music video, Chant for the Trees, excerpted from the documentary, can be seen on YouTube: https://youtu.be/X70GkDbyzQ4

"Our relationship with nature reflects our relationship with ourselves. Trees exhale, we inhale; we exhale, trees inhale. Breath creates music. Making musical instruments from the wood of trees allows us to create inspired music. We are taking the opportunity to bring a special message of hope and harmony to the world by telling the unique story of our pilgrimage and by sharing our passion for harp music, trees and nature in this film." - Cheryl Ann Fulton


artist: Cheryl Ann Fulton
albumname: The Once and Future Harp
sku: fulton-once
upc: 876809002848
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257938820&s=143444
also:
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description:
More worldly and yet contemplative than any harp music you have likely heard up until now, the Magnatune best-seller The Once and Future Harp features the subtle, sophisticated compositions of Cheryl Ann Fulton in a crystal clear recording that shows her to be at the height of her powers. This particular selection of pieces for harp ranges from medieval to modern. The elegance of the melodies and Fulton's sparkling performances give this recording a luminous, transcendent quality. In addition to the many solo pieces featured here, "The Poet" is a beautifully cascading duet with a viola da gamba.


artist: chILL
albumname: Controlled Chaos
sku: chill-chaos
upc: 876809008031
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description:
Grungy vocals and monster metal riffs mixed with plenty of catchy hooks and beautiful melodies. Lyrics tell real stories of life, death, love, betrayal, hate, violence, addiction and alienation in a world that seems more and more chaotic every day. Man's compulsive need to destroy himself and everything surrounding him never seizes to amuse.

chILL's music can be described as "controlled chaos". Catchy rock blends seamlessly into modern metal. The band's goal is to make internationally competitive music without any kind of restrictions or preconceptions, and to create something genuine and special in these times of superficial recycled entertainment. All the solutions in their music are not necessarily always by the book and they shouldn't have to be.

In March 2007 the band took a creative break from live shows, and started writing and recording material for their debut album: "Controlled Chaos". Almost a year passed until it was time to break the silence with an explosion.

chILL's 11-song debut album was recorded by Miska Rautiainen at the band's own "Twisted Studios" and was mixed by Finnish Sami Koivisto at Biotech Audio Solutions (Koivisto has mixed many Finnish bands like "Waltari", "Nicole", "Deathbound" and "Havoc Unit").


artist: Chinaski
albumname: Megaton Robotic Apple Pie
sku: chinaski-megatonpie
upc: 847646004883
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description:
On their newest album "megaton robotic apple pie", indie-rock heroes Chinaski deliver another infectious, signature album with crunchy low end guitars, interwoven bass lines, and thunderous drumming. With wide-ranging influences and qualities explained by the band as, "the threatening crunch of Sabbath, the spring-coil tightness and groove of the Jesus Lizard, and the atmospherics of the Doors," the band reaches far beyond the typical rock genre to a place that can only be understood through sound.

The songs on the album range from the darkly jazz-inflected groove of "There Is A Place" featuring Lomet's dramatic vocal presence, the angular and explosively blues-tinged "Highway 61", the strummy and harmony-laden "One More Lie", and the aggressive driving darkness and operatic fury of "Frontline." The lyrics hint at politics, but could also be personal. The words lining the songs are neither directive nor dogmatic. No message blares forth. And yet, its understood.

The massive low end of their sound comes from the chunky bottom of Cudahy's guitar, paired with McCoy's bass lines, and anchored by Weinstein's sinewy drumming. It's a sonic foundry of thick guitars and pounding rhythms set off by a straight-shooting lead vocal. Chinaski rocks with more power and finesse than bands twice their size and wattage, which when all is said and done, really is the bottom line.

Combining the driving rhythms and guitar barrage of early 90's alternative rock with a song- writing style that falls just left of the mainstream, Chinaski has a simple approach to rock... that rock itself shouldn't be so simple.

Chinaski is a literary character created by Charles Bukowski. He valued alcohol and the madmen and women of the world. He lived to create and illuminate the underbelly of Los Angeles. Disgusted with the mundane and conventional people surrounding him, he left his readers with a cleansing honesty. That honesty is reflected in the music of this band.

Instrumentation:
Bruce Lomet: Vocals and Guitar
Dan Cudahy: Guitar
Collyn McCoy: Bass Guitar
Dave Weinstein: Drums


artist: Chinaski
albumname: Megaton Robotic Apple Pie (instrumental)
sku: chinaski-megatonpieinst
upc: 847646004975
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description:
Welcome to the instrumental version of their newest album "megaton robotic apple pie", indie-rock heroes Chinaski deliver another infectious, signature album with crunchy low end guitars, interwoven bass lines, and thunderous drumming. With wide-ranging influences and qualities explained by the band as, "the threatening crunch of Sabbath, the spring-coil tightness and groove of the Jesus Lizard, and the atmospherics of the Doors," the band reaches far beyond the typical rock genre to a place that can only be understood through sound.

The songs on the album range from the darkly jazz-inflected groove of "There Is A Place", the angular and explosively blues-tinged "Highway 61", the strummy and harmony-laden "One More Lie", and the aggressive driving darkness and operatic fury of "Frontline."

The massive low end of their sound comes from the chunky bottom of Cudahy's guitar, paired with McCoy's bass lines, and anchored by Weinstein's sinewy drumming. It's a sonic foundry of thick guitars and pounding rhythms set off by a straight-shooting lead. Chinaski rocks with more power and finesse than bands twice their size and wattage, which when all is said and done, really is the bottom line.

Combining the driving rhythms and guitar barrage of early 90's alternative rock with a song writing style that falls just left of the mainstream, Chinaski has a simple approach to rock... that rock itself shouldn't be so simple.

Instrumentation:
Bruce Lomet: Guitar
Dan Cudahy: Guitar
Collyn McCoy: Bass Guitar
Dave Weinstein: Drums

Chinaski is a literary character created by Charles Bukowski. He valued alcohol and the madmen and women of the world. He lived to create and illuminate the underbelly of Los Angeles. Disgusted with the mundane and conventional people surrounding him, he left his readers with a cleansing honesty. That honesty is reflected in the music of this band.


artist: Chinaski
albumname: You Might Like This Better Than Me
sku: chinaski-youmightlike
upc: 847646004869
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description:
On their debut CD, indie rock heroes Chinaski deliver an infectious, signature album with crunchy low end guitars, interwoven bass lines, and highly active sinewy drumming. Combining the driving rhythms and guitar barrage of early 1990's alternative rock with a song writing style that often falls just to the left of mainstream sensibilities, Chinaski has a simple approach to rock...that rock itself shouldn't be so simple. It's a place where they swing a little more and they rock a little harder.

"Stark, minimal, direct; the album kicks off with the power bass groove of "I Will." Immediately establishing the script for the album: intelligent lyricism, no-frills musicality, and a straight shot directly into the listener. "I Will" was recently featured on an episode of the TV show "The Gilmore Girls". This utilitarian aggregation has intriguing hints of jazz around the edges; the band has a propensity for unusual time signatures, unexpected rhythmic turns, and drop-dead endings. Standout songs include the neo-psychedelic "C.V.R.," enhanced by spoken word narration "This is your captain speaking," the singer intones, "I'll see you on the ground"; The jazz-inflected "Our Song" featuring a swampy breakdown; the stunning "Hollywood" - featuring a hypnotic, polyrhythmic pulse throughout, evoking the seamy boulevards lined with tattered palm trees and cold neon."
- Dan Kimpel (Author and one of the American media's foremost authorities on pop music and songwriting).


artist: Chinaski
albumname: You Might Like This Better Than Me (instrumental)
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upc: 847646004876
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description:
Welcome to the instrumental version of their debut album, You might like this better than me. Indie rock heroes Chinaski deliver an infectious, signature album with crunchy low end guitars, interwoven bass lines, and highly active sinewy drumming. Combining the driving rhythms and guitar barrage of early 1990's alternative rock with a song writing style that often falls just to the left of mainstream sensibilities,

Chinaski has a simple approach to rock...that rock itself shouldn't be so simple. It's a place where they swing a little more and they rock a little harder.


artist: Chiwawa
albumname: Always About You
sku: chiwawa-aay
upc: 847646001387
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description:
Always About You (2007) is a small compilation of remixes. It features five of the strongest tracks from Chiwawa's first three albums. And no, they didn't get rid of the electric guitars! The remixes are charged, pumped, phat and most of all - Groovy. Turn your subwoofer on!


artist: Chiwawa
albumname: Bright
sku: chiwawa-bright
upc: 847646001394
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description:
Bright brings out the band's quirkiness, maturity, drive and determination. It is an upbeat album filled with energy and excitement. The first single "Love's Got Heart" was warmly received by college and commercial radio. Curious? You should be.


artist: Chiwawa
albumname: Bus Stop Chinese Buffet
sku: chiwawa-busscb
upc: 847646001400
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description:
Bus Stop Chinese Buffet (2009) is alternative/rock band "Chiwawa"'s 4th full length release. The infectious grooves and luscious melodies, topped by Laurie's unforgettable, five octave range voice, define CHIWAWA's unmistakable sound. Some call it post modern post punk electro-acoustic hybrid. Others call it simply Rock or Pop.

It features the single "Don't Wanna Talk" which charted at #1 on "Indie 5@5" on CJLX-FM. The album was referred to by many fans and critics alike as Chiwawa's best record to date". This record also captured the late animator Ryan Larkin, who picked "Do It For Me" as the soundtrack finale for his last animation film "Spare Change".


artist: Chiwawa
albumname: Chimeres
sku: chiwawa-chimeres
upc: 847646001417
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description:
Haunting melodies, heavy and triply grooves combined with Laurie's unforgettable 5-octave range voice lend this album some hypnotic/melancholic/romantic feel, which is certain to grab you and take you for a twirling spin. Chiwawa's second record Chimeres (2002) finds the band in its blue period.


artist: Chiwawa
albumname: Collectors of Souls
sku: chiwawa-collectorsofsouls
upc: 847646005651
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description:
Collectors of Souls is positive and full of emotional depth, resonating long after the record has ended. The compositions evoke serious and compelling thoughts, emotions and contrasts. The album is deeply tuned in with the current zeitgeist. Its political and socio-economic standpoint is clearly illustrated in its lyrics (High Noon, The Angels Forgot How To Fly, Trade, Madness Is My Home, Winding Road, Nothing In You).

Collectors of Souls is charged, rich, and captivating. It is a mature, brilliantly composed and meticulously crafted collection of songs that is certain to leave a long lasting impression. It is no surprise that critics hurry to proclaim it as "Chiwawa's best to date!"

Collectors of Souls is the seventh full-length album by Montreal based duo Chiwawa (Laurie Gordon and Krassy Halatchev).

Yes, they have raised the stakes yet again. Just as the opening track High Noon, and Trade (Track 6) call for it: "Staring the fiend straight in the eye I can now tell he won't back down till he has found his way to hell"; "Are you sure you want to trade? Don't you feel betrayed? Shall we raise the stakes? How long till you wake up?"

The first single Madness Is My Home (Track 8) is irresistible and laden with hooks. It's bold and uncompromising guitar riff hypnotizes while the lyrics gradually possess you with shameless intimacy.

The second single The Same Mistake (Track 2), sets the mood for a hypnotic listening experience. What follows is a consistently intriguing adventure taking unpredictable turns and direction, combined with mature musical aesthetics.


artist: Chiwawa
albumname: Element
sku: chiwawa-element
upc: 847646002285
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description:
Element is the sixth full-length album by Montreal based duo Chiwawa (Laurie Gordon and Krassy Halatchev). It is comprised of 12 intricately woven and thematically connected songs.

The opening track What Day Is Today sets the mood for a hypnotic listening experience. What follows is a consistently intriguing adventure taking with unpredictable turns and direction, combined with mature musical aesthetics.

Element carries a positive outlook and reminiscence, full of emotional depth, resonating long after the record has ended. The compositions flow in a light-hearted sort of fashion but the layers beneath evoke serious and compelling thoughts, emotions and contrasts.

Chiwawa has written a very personal album. But even more so this time, for it taps into sensitive and delicate topics. My Heart (track 5), Another Moment (track 6) and Carry It On (track 7) are aimed directly at deep and personal experiences (Laurie's loss of her father, when she was only a year-old and Krassy's farewell with his mother, as he left the Iron Curtain in 1990).

It Better Be True (track 8) is the hooky first single which has that je-ne-sais-quoi quality, making you want to push the Repeat button, repeatedly.

Moonlight Dancer (track 2) carries a Gorillaz-esque care-free feel and a happy-go-lucky attitude. Yet, lyrically it demonstrates that special bond Laurie and Krassy share. Both songs celebrate the duo's 20-year relationship and musical partnership.

Element is charged, rich, and captivating. It is a mature, brilliantly composed and meticulously crafted collection of songs that is certain to leave a long lasting impression.

It is no surprise that critics hurried to proclaim it as "Chiwawa's best to date!"


artist: Chiwawa
albumname: The Sick World of Yona
sku: chiwawa-sickyona
upc: 847646001424
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description:
Chiwawa's debut album The Sick World Of Yona was released in 1998. It was produced by Steve Whitfield (The Cure, The Mission and among others). The record quickly became a hit with the critics, securing the band a strong and loyal to this day fan base. The first single "Below Zero" still resonates on the airwaves, after 13 years. "The Sick World of Yona" consists of 13 tracks which shift in mood, tempo, atmosphere and flavour. Yet they are all cohesively linked and bound to leave you wanting more.


artist: Chiwawa
albumname: Watermark
sku: chiwawa-watermark
upc: 847646000632
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description:
The entire album is chock full of vivid imagery and musical artistry and catchy beats. From the neo British invasion ballad (track #3 - The Beatles meet Blur) to the enigmatic force of Cinderella (Talking heads meet Nina Hagan, having tea with the B52's in the love shack), it has a little bit of a lot and is a true culmination of their unified vision and singular goal.

"Watermark" is the last installment from Chiwawa, released in 2010. The album gets off to a swirling lyrical start with "Runaway Train", a moving ode to the swell of emotion that carries you in its slipstream towards your bliss. A driving beat to hurry you along the journey, an almost hypnotic journey.

It is followed by a quietly anthemic techno march called "Chasing clouds" - a futuristic, moody and melodic splash of reality-check. "...we are blinded by shiny things... we try to dive back into the dream... we just may see the real is surreal". It is hauntingly poetic.

The featured co-singles are "Calma Calma" and "Don't Twist My Mind".

The former is a smooth euro-pop/world beat offering with an almost impossible to not sing along to hook that resonates long after the chorus has faded away. A chant or mantra to keeping one's head.

The latter is an old fashioned bluesy funk plea to come along for the ride, to do what it takes to keep it together going down the road. The harmonics of the vocals are mirroring the message. Just keep it going. Great open-road with the top down cruising music.


artist: Chris Britton
albumname: Counterpoint for One
sku: cbritton-counterpoint
upc: 876809008765
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/counterpoint-for-one/id400974495
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description:
Music by Johann Sebastian Bach for unaccompanied violin and keyboard is presented here for the first time in these dazzling and virtuosic transcriptions for solo flute, along with Bach's only original work for the instrument, the Partita in A minor.

Having grown up in the era of 'switched-on' Bach, Chris Britton has long enjoyed playing Bach transcriptions on the flute. Bach himself was a great arranger of other composers' works, as well as his own. He was also clearly a great fan of the transverse flute (only then coming into its own as a solo instrument), to judge by the demanding and extensive parts he wrote for it in his great choral works, concertos and chamber music. Chris uses the modern Boehm-system flute rather than the Baroque traverso to cope with the large range of notes and expression required for the violin partitas and keyboard preludes. With judicious use of tone, phrasing and vibrato a bridge is formed between authentic Baroque interpretation and modern flute-playing.

The flute on this disc shows itself capable of much more than melodic interpretation: the suggested harmony and counterpoint of many instrumental lines also come within its grasp. The complex richness of Bach's music finds true expression on the humble flute, the purest and most ancient of instruments, thanks to technical progress and virtuosity.

Recorded by John Buckman for ToneGnome Audio Engineering


artist: Chris Field
albumname: Personal Elegy
sku: chrisfield-personalelegy
upc: 847646009352
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description:
With his new album, Personal Elegy, Field returns to his rock roots, taking an intimate singer/songwriter approach. Personal Elegy is influenced by the glorious rock and roll Golden Age, the 1970s. The album has an overall classic rock feel, with songs running along that arc - with soft rock, classic rock, mellow rock, glam rock, classic hard rock.

About Personal Elegy, Chris Field says, "This album is a collection of songs I wrote and recorded over the past ten years. Living in Los Angeles, in the Valley, which is close to Topanga Canyon and the Pacific Ocean, there's so much nature and history all in the same area. Influence wise, I was remembering some music that was going on around here, back in the sixties and seventies. Lyrically, I was just writing about things around me. I really got into writing lyrics for this and was trying to find my own point of view. On Personal Elegy, I'm singing, using my own voice, unlike the instrumental works I usually do for film."

Field continues, "The title track for the album, "Personal Elegy", is about things and people that have passed. It's, for me, watching the Valley change. Family and friends passing. Movie stars have their time as well. Heath Ledger had just passed away when I wrote this. The whole city of Los Angeles stopped for a moment - maybe the whole country. Really great actors make you feel that you know them and their passing feels immediate and personal. Definitely, in our family, my wife and niece were very upset, there was a reaction against this sudden loss, the ultimate reminder of change. This song seems to tie the album together in some way."

It is everyone's journey along the arc of time, beginning with death in "Personal Elegy" and through heaven in the piece "A Safe Place to Hide". The theme of sexual love in "Computer Girl", turns to hopeful love in "Since You Were My Baby" and "Autumn Moon", developing into the never ending love of "You Make My Life Better".

Within this arc of experience comes fame, in the glittery world of the movies, fans clamoring for an "Autograph". (Field's orchestral writing abilities shine in this piece.) "Start Again" comes after a fall. The ambiguous story of the sad abused girl "Nola" and "Had It Comin'" look directly into the ever present life dangers of abuse, and when called for, retribution.

"How Did We Get Here", "Live Another Day", and "All I Do Is Think About You" deal with past experience, the wonderment of how and why things have unfolded as they did. "New Tomorrow" and "Movin" promise that we've still got some time.

We still have the hope of a better tomorrow, but only by moving on from things that have changed. But really, do things change? On the sand and beach, the eternal stars shining in the sky, the writer asks, was this "Just A Dream"? Only the listener can decide that for themselves - but Field's music can certainly put one in the mood to wonder. A great find.

***Five bonus instrumental tracks are included on the Magnatune version.


artist: Chris Field
albumname: Sub-conscious
sku: chrisfield-subconscious
upc: 847646005347
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description:
Sub-Conscious is an enjoyable album featuring a mix of modern and traditional timbres, beats and influences. By allowing each of his various influences to come to the forefront, Field creates a sophisticated and exciting musical journey.

Field begins with the dreamy "Floating." Soaring strings, interlaced with a steady rock beat, make this opening song one of the most interesting tracks on the record.

The piece "Days" features a rich layering of strings, combined with a steady groove, giving the album a Neo-Classical feel. Also notable is Field's interpretation of "Ave Maria." Here, he introduces choir alongside percussion, electronic keyboard, and a grooving drum beat, bringing a fresh take to this classic work.

Field does a great job of blending tradition with innovation as he brings a fresh and exciting treatment to a much-loved classic. Even those listeners who are unfamiliar with the piece's origins can enjoy the work as much a seasoned classical listeners.

"Five," which features a 5/4 time signature and ostinato piano pattern, is an example of Field adding some cinematic flare to his writing. The orchestration is highly effective, with the soaring strings, distorted guitar work and piano all working together to create an atmosphere that goes beyond a simple melodic and harmonic statement. This is where film music is so successful, in using melodies, timbres and instrumental combination to evoke a strong response from the listener, without bringing lyrics into the equation.

On other tracks, Field brings more of a House-Dance influence into his writing, such as the groove and instrumentation on "D and A." Here, we find the composer using strings as part of the arrangement, but the electronic beats and Fender Rhodes piano work create more of a danceable mood with the track than some of the other works on the album. By mixing things up, bringing in different influences and using interesting instrument combination, Field is not only following his creative instincts, but is providing a diverse listening experience that prevents the album from becoming predictable or monotonous.

A multi-tiered opus, the 14+ minute "Blue," references cinematic strings, after hours jazz, and a multitude of intriguing points between and beyond. By working in familiar territory to his album, Field is not only showcasing his compositional abilities but his talents as an arranger and interpreter of classic works at the same time, something that listeners of all backgrounds and tastes can enjoy.

"Mother" and "Sub-Conscious" have an other worldly sound - peaceful and relaxing - and bring the listener to an ambient state of mind.


