Request Fill... David Gilmour & Roger Waters / Rizioule - R&M Eurojam.

Oliver the Cat likes to reach out and pat/punch my face for attention.
He's just too cool!



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Hello. Today was suddenly back to illnmess land. I just cannot speculatye or predict what each day will be. And yesterday so good to!
But I just want to post this track that Padukes asked me if I could locate and, to my surprise there was only ONE source for it. A chinese site with a bit of a different downloading system to the usual.
Install their software, called RaySourse, which, when you find a raysource link anywhere, launches into action and tra-laa! The file downloads!
Amazing too is that it had no spyware or any crap. Some ads but well...it was free. Doubt I will use it much unless I can find a search engine for RaySource links...

So the track Padukes asked about was the vaguely titled:
live! - pink floyd - david gilmore - roger waters - rizioule - r&m_eurojam
There are some spelling errors in there but, I got it and have listened and...
and...
erm...
OK, it isn't exactly disturbing or shite
but it is rather nondescript to be honest.
It didn't 'move' me in the slightest.
Just a bit of your run-of-the-mill ambient background(Dare I say background) music!
Let me know what other opinions are on this, maybe I'm being unfair!

LINK(S)
http://www.mediafire.com/?hmrhb8tm2158glfhttp://www.badongo.com/file/24553466

Oh, in the rar file this came in, were also some seemingly random tracks.. the names of which I just spent almost a damned HOUR trying to add my old customisation to windows 7. the right click 'Create FileList' entry! As usual Windows 7 tries to stop you doing things like this but..it be done :)
So here's the result!
Enigma & Phil Collins & Pink Floyd - Sadness.Mp3
Led Zeppelin & Pink Floyd - Stairway To Heaven.Mp3
Led Zeppelin And Pink Floyd - Whole Lotta Love On The Run.Mp3
Live! - Pink Floyd - David Gilmore - Roger Waters - Rizioule - R&M_Eurojam.Mp3
Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb (Live With Trent Reznor And David Bowie).Mp3
Pink Floyd - With The Beatles On April 15, 1967_Very Rare.Mp3
Pink Floyd Comfortably Numb Live (Bootleg) Pearl Jam Cat Stevens Tool Bachman Turner Overdrive BTO Jewel Sting Rare Rock.Mp3
Stevie Ray Vaughn, ZZ Top, Rush, The Moody Blues, ElP, The Who, Van Halen, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Kiss, - Little Wing (Rare Bootleg).Mp3
Want me to upload those too?
Little Wing sounds cool..
And that my friends is that.
For today.
Go easy: bad day today, so good day tomorrow right?!
Either way you get an album for the weekend OK.
So be here, tomorrow!
Ciao for now.


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King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King [1969] {{Stoner Collection #11}}

===-Stoner Music Collection Entry Number 011-===

Hello my people.
I wonder if that's how Jesus called to his followers? In that case I should just change it to Hi!
I don't want to be resembling jesus, not today.
Not ever.

So whatever happened to that Stoner Music Collection you were posting HitMeWithIt you lazy no good sonovvabitch?!
"erm...duh...uh-oh.."
So where the fuck is the next friggin' instalment then arsehole?
"Well I, erm...it's here, I just need to ..."
Hurry it up shithead!

And here it is

This King Crimson album is a real classic. It means a lot to me due to it being around during the time I was experimenting with drugs, to a point that is - I never wanted to try chemical drugs, avoided coke and heroin and would never even consider things like crack...but I liked the so called 'natural' highs from various plants or mushrooms. I remember hearing this alvbum for the first time shortly after taking some Liberty Cap mushrooms when I was about 17.
It is even now, still difficult for me to put into words exactly what went on!!
After all these years I still struggle to convey the things and feelins I had that night and that this very album brought to my mind!
It takes you on a journey....it's an incredibly exciting and unpredictable journey but...you get there in the end and you are all the more mature and better for having travelled!
There, and that is my so called review.

Oh and tiny update: I have been VERY ill recently, much worse than the usual moans I make...so the site has been far from my mind as I deal with increased pain and weaning off steroids. that is the hard thing.
I'll try to bring the site more to life again when I feel my strength returning but, for now, it's whenever I can!
Thanks for supporting me by still dropping by whoever you are :)


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More when I can OK.

You know comments are always read with appreciation...say something!
Time for my medication..

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VA - San Francisco under a groove Vol.01

OK. A weekend has gone by and I didn't post anything else. I suck.

I spent a lazy weekend listening to lazy music and so I brought some with me this time.

I can't explain why I like this one but I do.
I think its great to 'mong out' to, if you get that term.
It's just as good background music to, it's just nice and chilled out but with a funky beat. Good stuff.
It is a fact.
Enjoy. :)

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Various Artists - The Therapy Room (Music For Massage)

After the previous post I was thinking, you might be in need of some soothing of the neurons. I know I am. This one will either bore you shitless (not too sure of that term but it'll do) or you will be so relaxed by the tunes that you may actually relax the sphincter muscle so much that, alas, you will be relaxed into shitting yourself. Either way it sounds like a bad deal eh.

Neither of those outrageous set of circumstances happened to me when I listened to it so you might be OK.
There isn't too much I can tell you about this album.
I fell asleep.

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La Caina : Head in the Clouds by Cafe Del Mar [2007]

Hello again folks.
Just a quick drop in from me..feel like shit; just for a change, the old illness is hitting me senseless.

I always loved anything Cafe Del Mar and I found this one last week, as you could via a simple search - it seems to be all over the net suddenly for an album released in 2006!
So erm, where was I..Oh yeah I didn't realise there was anything Del Mar that I was still to hear.
Glad to say I am now enlightened and I recommend it!!
Sit back and chill..

I might add that I was unaware of the whole La Caina By Cafe Del Mar stuff so there's more I need to hear...and you also in that case.


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VA - Putumayo Presents Acoustic Arabia [2008]

Hello freaks and lovers(!)

Just dropping by to wish you well and offer something alternative for those who care not for Theme Time Radio!
Although...what the hell is wrong with you?
How can you not like Theme Time anyway you damn fool!

It has been a long, long time since anything Putumayo was to be found gracing these pages so this one is a rare treat.
For me too as I almost shat myself when I found it yesterday and couldn't wait to wrap my ears around it.
I wasn't disappointed.
Hopefully you won't be either.

If you need a link on another host, leave a comment.

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Gong - '69-'77 Anthology (Great Prog Rock/Jazz/Blues/Pixie music...)

Hello this fine day. Thought I would bring you some good old pixie music!
I went through a phase of just listening to progressive rock and at the height of it I thought that the best music ever created would have been created by either.
Gong, or Caravan.
Do I still think that?
Hmm now that I ask myself the question I feel kind of stuck...like, I can't answer it in the negative! Hehe.
Yet I hardly ever listen to those bands these days. Might just go put some on now as I did listen to this one yesterday and a bit today so I'm getting the old hippy feeling back in my bones.
All I need now is a cup of mushroom tea.
Well, mushroom soup is close enough eh?

If the band known as GONG is a new concept to you then you, my friend, have many things to discover yet in life.
Weird music being one of them.
Download now!
Listen to it in as many varying atmospheres and conditions as possible.
How to describe this music to someone who has never heard it?..Hmm.
OK I would go for something like 'Blues with Jazzy melodies mixed with progressive Rock bass lines and drums that can trance you out more than any trance music you've heard(!), then there is the spacey sound to elevate yuour mind from the living room to outer space and beyond...hehe, I'm having fun now, surprisingly there is also a punk feel to many songs and that is my least liked part of the band to be honest. I'm a spaced out hippie at heart and they really do have the edge on tripping out journeys and landscapes carved in sound.
Almost stopped there but still more - then there is a French/chanson music slant that just keeps on coming into the mixture'. Not forgetting how it all sucks you in like a Pink Floyd-ish trip-style journey which can be whimsical and silly or deeply moving and so serious it can scare you. Oh and the guitar riffs, repetitive or inspiringly complex solos: just fantastic.!
There, good enough description?!
Seriously, this is some very well crafted work. That is what I think it should be called...well crafted.
Better yet get their other albums if you really are new to them...I have posted them in the past but I will post them again soon I think.

Back to this album. A good collection of live stuff. OK I think it is not the best for a beginner to their music but some tracks really are amazing and so, you will still like to hear it I'm sure. (Does that actually consist of logic anywhere in that last sentence? Hmm I'm losing the plot..)

Tracklist
01-Riot 71 -January 31 Paris, Palais des Sports
02-Pot Head Pixies -November 8,1972 Angers (France)
03-You Can't Kill Me -Live in UK 1974
04-Magik Brother -1969 Demo
05-Why Are We Sleeping? -November 8,1972 Angers (France)
06-Radio Gnome -November 8,1972 Angers (France)
07-Dreaming It -November 8,1972 Angers (France)
08-Bambolay/Ya Sunne -Glastonbury Fayre '71
09-Es Que Je Suis -First Single-Recorded in Paris 1970
10-Hypnotize You -First Single-Recorded in Paris 1970
11-Oily Way-Outer Temple -The Hippodrome De Pantin, Paris,May 28, 1977
12-You Never Blow Your Trip Forever The Hippodrome De Pantin, Paris,May 28, 1977
13-You Can't Kill Me -The Salle Bataclan,Paris,May,1973
14-I Am Your Pussy -The Salle Bataclan,Paris,May,1973
15-Fohat Digs Holes In Space -The Salle Bataclan,Paris,May,1973
16-Pot Head Pixies -Malakoff,France 72
17-Perfect Mystery -Chateau Neuf, Oslo, Norway 12/15/1974

Okey dokey and here's the links...

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[Harvested] PINK FLOYD BBC Archives 1970-1971 ((MP3 320K/bps)) Paris Cinema upgraded version

This, my friends, is THE DEFINITIVE version of this utterly jaw-droppingly perfect album. I feel honoured to be able to say that I think this is one of the best albums I have ever posted on here!
Released by the not so well known - but very well known if you are 'in the know'..hehe - group of fans who go by the name of HRV or Harvested Records which, as they themselves state on their site, is a myth as they never have been or were an actual record company. Just a group of fans who know their shit, which makes GREAT news for us!


I present you today with the highest quality MP3 version I could make from the original FLAC and SHORTEN files. The next post on the site will be of the FLAC files, for those who want a better experience. They are very much larger and also not compatible with most personal mediaplayers so, if you want easy compatibility for your ipod or mp3 player, then todays MP3 links are what you want.

I wrote quite a bit in the NFO files for this so allow me to paste a bit here, just to give some info for you...

One of their releases is given the code HRV CDR007 and it is a double CD set
comprising of a great couple of shows that the Floyd done in 1970 and 1971 at
the Paris theatre, London.
It seems various sources were used to compose the final released album by HRV
and they did a blinding job.
Go forward a few years and we find this:
Released by the same guys is another new one with the code HRV CDR007B Rev A
Now, this is basically a massively upgraded (in terms of sound quality) release
of the second disc in the set above that I just described.
I listen to it and I really have to agree. It sounds beautiful.;

So, even though a lot of folk reading this now will not have even collected or
heard the original HRV set of two discs (HRV CDR007) I feel it is now pointless
to be trading the older, less good set with the second disc in it that just isn't
anywhere near as good as this revised upgraded one.

It is with that in mind that I decided to bring you the original HRV CDR007 first
Disc and with that, the revised Second disc .
So you can sit back and listen to
the BBC Archives 1970-1971 set in the way intended by these guys.


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FLAC FILES ARE NOW FINISHED UPLOADING!!

*comments are welcome as usual....yawn*



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Stephen Malkmus & Jicks - Real Emotional Trash [2008]

Hello there.
I just got back from hospital today where they enlightened my soul with a friggin 'Barium Meal or Barium follow-through(to be more accurate)'
Worst damn meal I ever had believe me!
If you've had one before then you know what I'm saying. If not, why not educate yourself a little whilst your here and read this.

Anyway, gurgling and spasming gut-ache aside, I got myself another new album yesterday for you.
Hard to believe for two in a row but...I like it!
Not as good as the Banhart one but I know half of you won't agree.



This seems quite different from another Malkmus album I posted a while back, his last one (I forget the name). It's a good collection of tracks though and I do recommend you give it a go.
I find myself struggling for a genre once again here. Any suggestions?
It might horrify you to hear my take on this album but here goes: It actually puts me in mind of Progressive Rock!
I used to listen to so many of the old Canterbury Scene english Prog-Rock bands back in my stoner days. (aah the memories....) bands like Camel, Caravan, Gong and many other lesser known ones.
The first song has a very Camel like bassline and from that track as the intro to the album, I just kept hearing other riffs and basslines in there that were close to Caravan et al.

Some lovely strung out solo guitar pieces that sound trippy and exciting ... with passion and music that builds and builds on layers until reaching a crescendo...then gently carries you off. Some of this is very like Emerson Lake and Palmer. If you like this and you never did the 'Prog Rock thing' then go and grab an album by ELP or Caravan or Camel or Steve Hillage.
You just might like it.
Bloody good music.
Let me bow out at that.

Real emotional Trash? Far from it.


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In case any of you missed it, I found a lovely little (!!) progressive Music Index out there in the big wide webland for you to plunder. Some bloody good albums in there, go look now!
There are more Genres there too if you check the 'Parent directory' link at the top and go up one level...you wil then see a folder for every genre and each genre folder containing a slew of albums. Be quick for these never last long!!



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Devendra Banhart - Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon [2007]

Hello folks.
I discovered this artist sometime recently...well when I say recently I am talking of during the time I have been doing this blog because I posted it on here when I first heard his last album and I thought it was great.
I really am pretty excited about this one he has put together as it's fucking brilliant.
Relaxing.
Uplifting.
Trippy.
All words that can be used to describe the tracks and overall effect of this album.
As for genre, that is quite a difficult one.
I just can't pigeon hole this album into a genre as each track is so different to the last yet somehow, it all goes together beautifully.
I really am impressed people!
Yes I did say that. Unusual for me I know but there you have it.
Is it folk? Hmm. I say not but I have read reviews that class it as folk music.
Easy listening? Maybe.
There are slants of every bloody style thrown in there and the result is a well crafted, almost immaculate work of art.
Am I 'bigging it up' too much?
Hehe.
I think Banhart has sat down with a few records from each decade since the thirties and taken a sample or riff from each one, layered and mashed it all together and then made it unique and his own.
The weird thing is, a track will come on and, if I was to hear it on its own say, on the radio or elsewhere out of the context of this fine album I wouldn't hesitate in stating just how much I don't like that kind of music. Yet here he has put together such a rich friggin tapestry that every single track, as surprisingly outlandish as it may be to the one heard previously, reaches your ears gently and subtly. Every track works as a part of the album and in the context of the album as a complete work.
The album carries every track, is what I am trying to get across here.
Even the tracks that I would normally class as a bit, uh, cheesy...they come across in an almost ironic and fun way.
It works.
Just listen to it and tell me I'm wrong then I'll shut up.
No I won't but you can try if you like.
Would be nice to get some opinions on this.
It works for me!
This is what I'd call 'music that is unexpectedly likable'!
Not only 'likable: fucking great more like!
Ciao.

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Putumayo Presents - Asian Lounge [2005]

Hello my friends.
I assume you are the friendly ones if you are reading this. Shit, it has been so, so long since my last update.
Not dead yet though - still dying.
Crohn's Disease has a way of getting under your skin and making you regret the day you were born sometimes. All that really means in internet terms is: no fucking album updates and a pretty boring website.
Well I am back.
For now.
So let me welcome you once again to this fine music website. (heh!)

So much has happened in the real world and the online world since we last spoke.
Let me summarize it in as few words as possible so we can get on to the music OK.

Here is what I would like to say. Feel free to voice your opinions on the following by placing a comment won't you!
It might be easier to say what is shit and what isn't...

FUCK The Simpsons: Once used-to-be-slightly-funny-TV-show turned into absolute pile of crap movie with nothing going for it!
FUCK Twitter: The web 2.0 situation brought to an ugly extreme where the saddest members of society post their latest thoughts and actions online for people to keep a constant update on them...what the fuck??
GREAT NEWS: Cure for Aids?
(Lets hope they can conquer lots of other diseases in the near future. This one sounds amazing though)
GREAT NEWS: Tanya Andersen Wins and now suing RIAA for fees and costs. Hehe

FUCK My ISP: (They introduced a fair use policy...damn.)

OK I am getting bored with that already.

I suppose it'll soon be time for the old Bob Dylan Radio Shows to start again.
Cool.
Oh and LOST will be restarting on TV too I think. Great.

One more thing.
I recently downloaded and watched the most fascinating of movies called 'Come and See'. or 'Idi i smotri' - It is a Russian movie and you can read about it here or here(that one contains spoilers) or here(no spoilers)
Please don't even stop to think about it, just go download it:
Torrent to full DVD image
Torrent to 2CD Divx files+Subtitles
Torrent to a VCD (or KVCD) image file to play on DVD players
Rapidshare Links to Avi File with subtitles

Hmm.
OK here's some music then.




Putumayo Presents - Asian Lounge [2005]

I always get requests for these Putumayo Presents Collections so I thought I'd start of a flurry of them with this fine specimen.
It is pretty much as it sounds, Asian Lounge music.
Nice. Mellow. Summer beats.
This one is especially good as it seems to get that balance between ethnic and traditional sounds and ambient/electronica sound.
If I am honest this has to be one of my favourite Putumayo albums.
See what you think.
You can't fail to enjoy a laid back afternoon with some of these tunes meandering through the recesses of your skull.
Believe me.


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I swear there will be another update very soon ok.
I even have some links that a visitor here has sent me so I will get those posted. Some good stuff. (as always)
Thank you again for still dropping by and another THANK YOU to those who have sent me nice emails and good wishes... some of you were even worrying about me.
How sweet.
All appreciated though - seriously.

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B-Tribe feat. Deborah Blando - Suave Suave [1995]

B-Tribe feat. Deborah Blando - Suave Suave [1995]

Well hello again.
And you thought I had died or something.
Sorry, still here.
After the Motorhead session, I figure you must now be ready for this one which I find so mellow and tranquil, it can send me to sleep. Not a bad thing right now.
With the onset of sunny days and the smell of freshly mown grass and all the things that make you feel like summer, this album fits in very well.
I can only apologise again for my lack of appearance here but illness..etc etc. It's getting bloody hard to keep things going in reality, never mind this virtual responsibility! I do like it here though and won't stop so all I ask is that you drop by each day just to check and download the recommended music, if I managed to post any. I have some great stuff planned!

Here is a selection of quotes I found on amazon and I just couldn't agree more:
'I stumbled across this one in a pawn shop and it has moved up the ranks to be one of my favorite albums. I'm not quite sure how to describe it (often the sign of a great album). Take a little Spanish guitar, some cool ambient grooves, some sparse vocals and other sounds floating about and you've got a great album. I hate to compare it to other artists because this only reveals the uniqueness of this particular album.

The highlight of the album is the eight minute Hablando with a great drum track and ambient sound scape with some very lush and soothing vocal work.

If you're looking for a break from the overtaxed techno and/or pop scene, this one will engage you and set you free.'

Or this one:
'Suave Suave, the album which introduced me to the magic B-Tribe - The Brave world, is truly masterpiece, which gives you so much positive emotions , ambitions, that you can't remain uninterested. One can forget about any sadness in the world, while listening to Suave Suave. On the other hand the music doesn't bring you surface joy. No. Everything is much more internal, sensual, spiritual, suave... suave....

A very philosophic music. It brings fire and at the same time ambiance - an equilibrium.'

OK his grammar sucks but he puts it rather well I think!



Enjoy!

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If any of you play guitar, it might have come to your attention that if you go looking for any tabs or chords recently, you'll find your usual sites are not as they were...they are now the subject of the great authorities on copyright etc. I am fucking annoyed! More later.

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Pink Floyd...Wish you were Here

Sorry this took me so long but life is as it is...
Before any of you music snobs give me some crap about posting this old and unoriginal album...piss off. Not everyone has spent years in darkness and clouds of swirling weed smoke until they know every note from every progressive album from 1967 onwards. (not everyone is like me then).
Sometimes it is nice to start people off on the journey to some great music. I still remember the night when I first heard Dark Side of the Moon. I remember where I was, what I was doing etc etc and most of all just how amazed I was that there were such things as an album like that and just how powerful the medium of music was. A moment of reckoning for me probably. Maybe I just hadn't gotten used to being a pot head by then.
I can't remember to be honest.
What was I talking about?
Oh yeah...
Hope you enjoy the music folks. I highly recommend this album and I doubt if any of you have never heard it but, just for those few that haven't ventured into the Pink Floyd genius yet, please download this one and have a listen to it as it really is a work of art from beginning to end.
I love it.

For the uninitiated among you, of which I really hope there are some reading, here is a clip of a great track that will forever stand the test of time. Unlike your latest bloody Kaiser chiefs or Keane album!
This one is a low quality track just so it loads faster in your browser, the download is high quality ;)



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Dadawa - Voices From The Sky [1998]

Hello folks. I have to say I absolutely fell in love with this music. One of the site visitors (sorry I forgot who!) was kind enough to suggest the artist and also upload a couple of albums and wow, I am blown away with it.
I've had a really bad week of my illness symptoms increasing yet again and, sorry to mention it yet again but if that is what is happening in my life then I can hardly avoid the subject here, where I'd like to think I can write about what I think about things and how I see the world, as well as the music I post!


The situation of pain being as it is, I have found that this music has been so, so relaxing and therapy to me! I would recommend it to anyone and not just for therapy(!!) but to let yourself really unwind. Sit down in a quiet place, try to empty your mind of the stresses you collect up...which I know we all do. You don't need to have a stressfull 9 to 5 job to be a collector of unmanageable stress. Anyway I am going off on one here I know. Let me the liberty of blaming it on the painkillers I am on right now. I don't know whether I'm coming or going or even here to be honest but one thing's for sure:
This music is great.
It's been a hell of a weekend. There hasn't beena n hour I've spent that has been even slightly devoid of pain. Not looking for sympathy, I've kind of outgrown sympathy. Just telling the story cos' right now I have little else to tell.
Just do me a fovour will you and please enjoy this music.
Let me know if you liked it, hated it, want something different or more of the same by clicking and leaving a comment.
That's all that is required of you here.
Cheers!

By the way, if you are curious about the artist, due to the fact that I have sat here and typed virtually nothing about her...read here.

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Hopefully I'll return with a better day tomorrow.

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[2007] Amon Tobin - Foley Room {advance}

Wish I had more time for this one but alas, my health is keeping me down today. A pretty amazing piece of work altogether this album. Quite a head-trip.
Literally. It's such a journey that it's almost too much to take in one sitting.
For me anyway.
I'll give you the notes I got with the album below which really gives a great review of it but I'll just say that this is electronic and ambient whilst being very 'machine' and haunting. Very haunting now I think of it. You'll see.
A couple of tracks I just had to skip over as the intensity of noise became too much for my delicate ears (hehe). Generally though this album gives an instant entry into some weird and wonderful world that you almost feel privileged to be privy to.
Yes I am being serious.
I was kind of surprised to read that this guy wrote the music for a Video Game..you might know of it - 'Splinter Cell'.
Surprisingly this isn't available until 5th March!
Not around these here parts though eh.
Click below image for the notes that came with it.


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[2005] Chuck Jonkey - Charana: An Odyssey of India

To contrast the 'banging beats' of Infected Mushroom I picked an album I really am fond of that settles you down a bit and takes you on a journey that is a little more, well grounded..
I will tell you now: It is only of a mere 128K bitrate but it is all I can find of this release and believe me, it makes little difference surprisingly. I would be the first to complain of a low bitrate recording and how it ruins the experience, but I picked this up a while back and have listened to it a lot without even remembering it's of such a bitrate so please, don't be put off by it!
What we have here is a rather inventive and original mixture of traditional Indian sound and the instruments that go with it, notably Sitar and Drums, layered over some cool and hypnotic drumbeats and electronica, and some brilliantly worked in guitar. Bass riffs mixed with what sounds like Spanish Flamenco Castanets. It sounds like there are so many instruments in there at times, all fitting together, complimenting one another, offbeat timings, harmonies, the human voice chants, it really gets under your skin and into the nerve centre if you like(!). Some flamenco inspired guitar playing appears seemingly out of nowhere as if on the wrong track; but then you realise, it sounds just as natural as all the other sounds.



I don't know of any other band or album I could seriously compare this to.
Though this is most definitely Indian in roots, the influences that unfold are so many and varied that it makes this one of the finest soundscapes you might hear.
I am aware that this is tagged as 'New Age' and so a lot of people pigeon hole it or disregard it right away. I have to admit, I friggin' hate those new age shops where you go in and they have rack after rack of CD's with all this relaxation music and world music..none of it seems to have any soul. Just mass produced mass marketed pap.
This guy is different, methinks.
I just read on his site - he travels the world gathering experiences and collecting instruments..then he tries to convey that in his music. As well as making a huge profit no doubt.
Anyway it's bloody good stuff and I will be seeing if I can get any more soon.
Read his breakdown of this album on his page.

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Time for some shut-eye.

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[2000] Infected Mushroom - Classical Mushroom

Psych-Trance giants from Israel bring a helping of high energy goodness and I love it. Or is that Progressive trance?
Not for everyone I know, these guys have some of the greatest techno rooted tunes I've ever heard. They must have some basis in Classical music...maybe they are students of some musical college somewhere?
Who knows.
I do know that they are slightly more intellectual in their music than other outfits of the genre. It's a really nice sound to hear classical arrangements, chords and melodies forming partnerships with a such a modern and Trance oriented dance beat. If you haven't experienced what this means then I urge you to give it a try...!
Apparently this is seen by those who know as their best album and some say it is THE trance album of the decade!
I would have to agree - though I don't exactly own many others!
Read more here and a bit more here (an Amazon.com reviews page but it is worth reading just how many people are saying how good this one is!).

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Introducing... Nitin Sawhney [1999]

After that idea from 'my woman' I decided to post it with an album that is of a completely different genre. Sorry but it is another artist I had never heard of, not once, until this very day. I played the album twice over this afternoon and I can only tell you to download and try it. It's erm, well..beautiful. In parts at least. I sound like a prick saying that but it honestly was a fucking beautiful and pleasant experience damn you!
I firstly decided to grab the album after reading this which states in the very introduction:
'Nitin Sawhney is a London-based composer and DJ of various styles of music, including jazz, drum and bass, hip hop, flamenco and modern orchestral compositions. His major works include Beyond Skin, Prophesy, Human, and Philtre. He is considered one of the pioneers of what is known as the Asian Underground music scene, defining a music genre that mixes south-Asian musical influences with western electronica and breakbeat style'.

Well that sounded bloody interesting to me.
I have to say that I wasn't really disappointed but well...maybe a little on a couple of the tracks: they were so mellow and almost sounded a bit like those new age relaxation albums you can buy in bloody health shops! Don't take that wrongly though, this album is a winner on many levels and I will be keeping it (a lot of albums I download to try out are deleted and never thought of again!) and I fancy listening to it again tomorrow so it's got a hold of me.
I can't add much to the description of the music that Wikipedia gives it. Here is a quick rundown..Ethnic and Asian music layered over the bass and beat of electronica or maybe you might call it some kind of Lo-Fi techno or dance (I don't know that actual fucking terms...seems they are inventing a new term every time someone adds a friggin' cymbal into the drumbeat or speeds up the tempo).
Anyway why not visit his official site?
I clearly know nothing of what I am trying to convey!

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Min Huifen - Moon (ERHU) [Great Masters & Masterpieces of Chinese Instruments [1998]

Well. After bringing you the great Japanese album which introduced us to the Shakuhachi flute (I assume you read it!), I wanted to have a little look into Oriental music in general and see if I could find something as traditional, authentic and pure but Chinese. I think I have just the album!
Again, we are introduced to a new(to us that is) instrument which is a great Chinese tradition and is worthy of your time so I hope you will read it along with me, before listening to the great music that it produces.
We turn again to that floating oracle, Wikipedia.
The instrument in question is called the Erhu. The basics of it are that it is a violin type instrument. It only has two strings but it does resemble a violin moe than say..a flute!
The entry in wikipedia is here



I will quote a little from it.
'The erhu can be traced back to instruments introduced into China more than a thousand years ago. It is believed to have evolved from the xiqin, which was described as a foreign, two-stringed lute in an encyclopedic work on music by music theorist Chen Yang called Yue Shu (book of music), written during the Northern Song Dynasty. The xiqin is believed to have originated from the Xi people of Central Asia, and have come to China in the 10th century.

...Erhu with liu jiao qin tong (6 sided body)The first character of the name of the instrument, èr, meaning "two", is believed to come from the fact that it has two strings. An alternate explanation states that "èr" comes from the fact that it is the second highest huqin in pitch to the gaohu in the modern Chinese orchestra. The second character, "hú", indicates that it is a member of the huqin family. The name huqin literally means "barbarian instrument," showing that the instrument may have originated from regions to the north or west of China.'



I recommend you go and read the rest. Isn't it fascinating how these instruments and their names always seem to have a story and a history around them that is as interesting as the instrument itself. Moreso I'd say!
So now I will be finding out about the Huqin family of instruments - something I never realised existed...how about you?

I would love to write more about this but my health is still dragging me down so this will be short.
The musician on this album of Erhu music, although I have struggled with online translations (not even sure of the correct album name! Though google translations seem to call it Moon, so I go with that!) and a lack of English information, It seems to be the case that Min Huifen is one of the great musicians of the Chinese traditional music world. (I found this short line of text somewhere: Min Huifen, a renowned mainland erhu (two-stringed violin) soloist - So there is the proof right!). Also, for your information, Min is a woman. Wow! I found a photograph of her too!!



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I sincerely wish you a relaxing time with this music.
Comments are most appreciated.
What else would you like?

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Chinese Ambience - The Relaxing Sound Of Oriental Music

OK I messed up. Royally.
After the recent Japanese music album which I am sure made you tingle with sheer delight etc etc bla bla bla, I said I had some Chinese music to come.
Well this isn't it.
I have a rather unorganised Hard Drive right now. Well, actually I ALWAYS have it that way but right now is much worse than usual as I just got myself a nice new 300Gb SATA drive and, as my only other large Drive(160Gb PATA) has started with bad sectors about a month ago (and also stores all of my MP3 collection), I decided I need to transfer or burn a lot of that music before the drive suddenly dies and turns it all into useless bytes of corrupt crap. Upon trying to arrange and sort and file the stuff, I have inevitably ended up with folders of MP3s at various stages in the renaming/tagging/fixing/encoding/whatever process. This means a shitload of files and even less organisation than before (which was a total mess).

Now that you have an idea what's going on I can tell you that I was listening to the only two albums of Chinese music that I have the other day and it was then I planned on sharing one of them here: The one I uploaded afterwards and am posting now is erm, not the one I planned to share!
Oops.
I had two: One album is Shanghai Orchestra playing fantastic traditional Chinese folk music. I love it.
The other album is a more modern flavour with the title you see above.
I am not saying it's not worth posting and I have no doubt, there are people who love or at least like this kind of music. It is basically ambient (or elevator, depending on how you look at it!) music with a Chinese theme enforced upon it!
Not for me really.
In fact I should probably delete the album as I am supposed to be sorting my files out but I do find it hard to delete music.
Anyway my friends...Please, give it a listen as you might be one of those that decides it's pretty good.
I'll tell you this: When I listened to it the other day I was lying on the sofa, in an horrendous situation of pain that wasn't letting up at all and I was watching the clock and awaiting the painkillers to take some effect and just trying hard to relax, This album definitely assisted me in that department ... I almost fell asleep.
Is that a positive thing in terms of how good the music is? Not sure.
Decide for yourself.
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Since discovering I only had two Chinese albums I went on a search and I now have about 6 of them. Traditional, authentic Chinese music that is.
Expect one of them to be posted very soon.

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