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Mar 122010

Relax…

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Hoy por fin he encontrado un huequecillo para poder subir, como primer plato este temita de Alex Guerrero (seguro que conocido por todos) con un rollo muy tranquilito… Running Up That Hill (Original Mix)
http://www4.zippyshare.com/v/4234822/file.html

Parece que últimamente se puso de moda lo de hacer remixes de pitbull… pues aquí otro más: Pitbull And Jump Smokers – Now You See It – (Miguel Vargas Original House Mix) (gracias al forero mike por aportarla)
http://www17.zippyshare.com/v/37816437/file.html


Posted by Hellion at 2:26 AM
Mar 122010

HARMONIES AND CHIMES

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A good warm up of breathing exercises and scales prepared us for the long sweeping phrases of AND THE NIGHT SHALL BE FILLED WITH MUSIC which is now beginning to sound more fluid and delicate as we gain confidence. We sang it today as a two part round but the full effect of the harmonies will come when we sing in three parts.

BEAUTIFUL AFRICA is a great sing but really needs the alto harmony in the chorus. We did learn this some time ago and returned to it this morning, spending some time consolidating what some remembered from the past and giving new members a chance to learn it. We’ll return to it next week.

The Sydney Carter song JULIAN OF NORWICH has a chiming accompaniment on glockenspiels which Rosemary and Carol learned quickly while we sang through the verses for the benefit of those who missed it last week. It sounded good but could take another two instruments which we’ll add next week.

Remarking on how with all the coughing and tiredness at this time of year, we all really need a week in Majorca, the morning’s music certainly helped by getting our energy flowing and we ended, as last week, with SPRING, SPRING, SPRING!


Posted by Hellion at 2:26 AM
Mar 122010

Phased – A Sort Of Spastic Phlegm Induced By Leaden Fumes Of Pleasure

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Here’s another (bong) hit from the Elektrohasch label of Germany. Phased is the band and their new (and fourth) album comes with the unwieldy title of A Sort Of Spastic Phlegm Induced By Leaden Fumes Of Pleasure. They call their brand of noise “psychedelic deathrock” and it’s an accurate catchphrase. Phased play loud space rock but without any hippy cosmic peace n love stuff. When you’re floating in space you’re gonna get sick to your stomach and your eardrums will explode. Save yourself a ton of money and get this album rather than sign up for a trip to Uranus with Lance Bass on the next NASA express.

These 3 bald muthers (2 Swiss, 1 Finn) have spent a lot of time listening to Hawkwind, Black Sabbath, Can, early Pink Floyd, Chrome, Sleep, Electric Wizard and the first Stooges album. They’ve also spent a lot of lonely nights playing at ear splitting volume in their practice space coming up with eternal space boogie riffs that recall all their favorite albums but also bear their own personality. They’ve been together since 1997 so they know what they’re doing.

The 8 songs on this album were recorded and mixed in 9 days, which is pretty impressive given how complex some of the arrangements are. The root sound is basic power trio but with lots of extra noise layered on top to keep things interesting. Chris Sigdell handles guitar and vocals. His guitar playing brings to mind Dave Brock, Helios Creed and Ron Asheton at different times. Vocally, he bleats out the words like a cross between Nik Turner and Jus Osborne of Electric Wizard. Chris Walt has a fat, distorted Geezer Butler meets Lemmy tone that blends well with the guitar. Drummer Marko Lehtinen pounds hard and furious and gets bonus points for having an enormous Elvis Presley collection. DJ Fontana rules! Scott “Dr. Space” Heller guests on about half the album on synthesizer.

“A Surreal Deal” opens the album sounding like something that Sleep would have come up with if they had a chance to write songs with Nik Turner when they toured with him back in 1994. Heavy as hell but with excellent groove and only 3 and a half minutes. Even though the songs aren’t mixed into each other, the entire album flows nicely. Tempos are generally mid-tempo but occasionally speed up like on “The Osteopath” or slow down like on “I Come Toulouse.” Album closer “The Need” is the only super slow dirgey one and is only 2 and a half minutes. Most of the songs are a tidy 4 or 5 minutes but the long ones never get dull. “Maelstrom” is a 9 minute Sabbath-Wind crusher and “Nachspiel Revisited I & II” is the longest at 11 minutes and sounds like Electric Wizard taking on The Stooges’ “Little Doll.

Special mention must be made of the excellent lyrics on this record. Too often space/stoner/doom/whaterver bands take themselves too seriously or write throwaway lyrics and bury the vocals. Phased actually incorporate some humor in their words and they’re up front in the mix so everyone can enjoy them. Who wouldn’t want to sing along with “Tip Of The Sky” – “I smoke barrels of Hash in a starch wooden pipe, Lord I’m filling my lungs just to reach for the height.” They also don’t mind a little tokin n stroking on “Maelstrom” where the protagonist claims he “fell into a lesbian scene dream…a spellbinding hex of lovers of the same sex.” Nastay! Somewhere Elvis is smiling.

 –Woody
http://www.phased.ch/

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Posted by Hellion at 2:26 AM
Mar 122010

My Own Private Alaska – Amen

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I’ve always loved the radical, the rebellious ones who went against modern convention. The people who looked at tradition and felt that it didn’t allow for individual growth and, therefore, fought against it. Those people who just did things the way they wanted, regardless of what the masses would think, because to go against this natural calling would be the equivalent of slavery or death. Some might call artists with this type of mindset as experimental, but is it experimental if it comes natural to the artist? Experimental conveys the idea that said person is just trying out new ideas, testing theories until those theories can be proven wrong or turned into fact. My Own Private Alaska isn’t experimenting with anything. They are simply creating what they feel, as naturally as you or I breathe in . . . and breathe out. At least, that’s the way I hear it. No ulterior motives, no visions of grandeur, just a trio of musicians who look at the world and reflect what that world feels like in an expressive and emotional mixture of sound.
My Own Private Alaska is part screamo, part classical, and all avant garde, as they perform as a trio made up of piano, drums, and vocals. That’s it. Stripped down to the bare bones and purely acoustic. The piano work shifts from these dark, moody passages to amazingly uplifting melodies, while the vocals very rarely drop below a tortured bellow, but when they do mellow out, they convey an image of a guy dealing with some pent up personal turmoil that’s just raging for release. The lead track, “Anchorage,” encompasses all of these elements. Just listen as the vocals start off subdued and slowly build, measure by measure, to finally explode with rage and fury. I find it remarkable that these guys were able to create this much tension in their music with just the vocals, piano, and drums! And based on the emotional performance of the vocals, I’m even more curious about the subject matter. There’s mention of killing and movies in the head and waiting for sleep to come and giving his life to the garbage and the ocean, and fuck! Just sitting back and listening to this guy open up is intense and sends chills up the spine as I try to decipher what’s reality and what sounds like the ranting of a delusional mind. I almost get the visual of this guy sitting in a darkened psychiatrist’s office, repeating the lyrics as dialogue, all while the shrink is sitting there with a burning cigarette pinched between his fingers. Fuckin’ creepy!
“After You” has a bit of a groove to it, the drums making more of a dramatic impression. The piano melody is pretty awesome and I absolutely love how they remove a note from the end of each run. Little things like that add a wrinkle of further interest, and actually something I had missed on previous listens. Midway through the tune, the keys make a dramatic shift and begin to sound all sorts of doom-y and ominous, all the while, the vocals just do their thing . . . building into greater and greater waves of tension before ultimately howling away in their tortured and desperate way. On top of these various musical aspects, My Own Private Alaska uses subtle dynamics by creating some space in between the seemingly never ending flurries of sound. It’s not a fancy technique or some use of studio technical wizardry, but it is highly effective in making the song morph into a large sounding piece of music, and something that occurs in the songwriting rather than in the production. Once again, going back to that “natural” sound of the music . . . if it can’t be done live, then it ain’t natural.
My favorite song from the disc is “Broken Army,” mainly because of the highly infectious melody of both the piano and the vocals. On top of that, this one of the more complex arrangements on the album, filled with breaks, mood changes, times changes, volume swells and highly emotive performances. Though, as complex and tripped out as the song is, it’s also one of the more accessible songs from Amen. That doesn’t necessarily mean that you’ll hear this song on every radio station, but more attributable to that melody running throughout the track. It’s one of those melody lines that you’ll hear in your sleep, and odds are will have you waking up in a cold sweat, jumping at the shadows that dance across your walls. It’s one of those odd moments in music that is downright scary as much as it is beautiful.
And, of course, there’s “My Girl,” which was made popular by Nirvana, who credit Lead Belly with actually writing it. After learning all of this, it definitely sounds like an old blues tune and amazingly fits in with the rest of My Own Private Alaska’s brand of whatever it is they do. Talk about creepy, though. The combination of crooning vocals and softly plinking of piano keys creates the eeriest of elements. After hearing this song, I wouldn’t want to lie to this guy even in the slightest, mainly because I don’t know if he’s going to hurt me or himself. Talk about the tortured soul of the artist! This is a performance of epic proportions, the vocals creating that air of desperation that can only come from one who is tortured by love and pain, lines of lyrics spill from his mouth like he’s spent the entire night drinking to try and ease the pain, to blind the guilt, to accompany him to the grave. Even as the vocals open up to the more abrasive variety, they don’t lose the impact of pain. In fact, it sounds even more as if he’s having some internal struggle of right and wrong, or as if he were being dragged against his will into the darkness by his personal demons. Absolutely chilling song and one that requires more than one listen!
My Own Private Alaska isn’t going to appeal to everybody, of that there’s no doubt. But for those who are interested in hearing something left of center and as passionate as it comes, Amen is a quality record and can act as your personal soundtrack of tragedy. As I’ve mentioned, this album is about as avant garde as they come, but it never sounds forced or as if the band were trying to be something that they’re not. It feels natural and very stream of conscious in execution, almost like words from a poem set to the most haunting and chilling sounds ever created by a piano. Though the instrumentation is sparse, the arrangements have a complexity to them that keep them intriguing and worth further and further investigation. The happy times are practically impossible to be found, so be prepared to don your darkest duds, stock up on cigarettes, and pour yourself a tall glass of whiskey as you immerse yourself in the mire of desperation that is Amen.  -  Pope JTE
Buy here:  M.O.P.A. [Explicit]

www.myspace.com/myownprivatealaska


Posted by Hellion at 2:26 AM
Mar 122010

New Releases, Adds & Restocks

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New Releases
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Beat The Devil’s Tattoo
The Besnard Lakes – Are The Roaring Night
Crystal Antlers – Little Sister/Dead Horses 7”
Frightened Rabbit – The Winter of Mixed Drinks
Coconuts – S/T
Johnny Cash – American VI Ain’t No Grave
Lovvers – OCD Go Go Go Girls
Burning Star Core – Papercuts Theater
Jimi Hendrix – Valleys of Neptune
Jimi Hendrix – Are You Experienced (reissue)
Jimi Hendrix -Axis: Bold as Love (reissue)
Jimi Hendrix -Electric Ladyland (reissue)
Jimi Hendrix -First Rays of the New Rising Sun (reissue)
Shooter Jennings & HIerophant – Black Ribbons
JJ – No. 3
Pavement – Brighten the Corners (Reissue)
Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (Reissue)
Pavement – Quarantine the Past: The Best of Pavement
Pavement – Slanted and Enchanted (reissue)
Pavement – Terror Twilight (Reissue)
Pavement – Watery, Domestic (Reissue)
Pavement – Wowee Zowee (Reissue)
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists – The Brutalist Bricks
The Bundles – S/T
The Holloys/Dengue Fever – Split 7”
The Morning Benders Big Echo
Titus Andronicus – The Monitor
Twin Tigers – Gray Waves
Twin Tigers – Sexless Love 7”
White Hinterland – Kairos

New Adds
Lylas – Do You Believe in Blood”
Franklin Bruno – Zero Return 7”

Restocks
Girls – Album
Kurt Vile – Childish Prodigy
Ratatat – Classics
The Big Pink – Velvet Remixes 12″
The Horrors – Primary Colours
The Morning Benders – Promises 7″
The National – Boxer
The XX – XX
Vampire Weekend – Contra


Posted by Hellion at 2:25 AM
Mar 122010

Alizée – new photos, new stuff, new new new

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The tumblr account is rolling today…wow that was a terrible pun.
New photos….AGAIN.

What I am looking forward to is that Virgin Megastore…what? what did you think I was going to say…anyway…Virgin Megastore appearance March 29
Out of the controlled photo shoot envioroment…in Paris. That will be interesting to see the Paris reaction.


Posted by Hellion at 2:25 AM
Mar 122010

Elissa – Ajmal El Aghany (The Best Of)

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Tracklist:

01.Bastanak
02.Ahla Donya (The Most Beautiful World)
03.A’ayshalak
04.W’akherta Maak
05.Irjaa Lilshowk
06.Taa
07.Koul Youm Fee Oumri
08.Agmal Ehsas
09.Betgheeb, Betrouh (Feat. Ragheb Alama)
10.Law Taarafou
11.Khalini Aiish
12.Shaghilni
13.Kermalak
14.Bedy Doob (Feat.Gipsy Kings)
15.Kilmit Hob (Feat. Gerard Ferrer)
16.Fatet Seneen
17.Wahyatt El Hob

Mp3 256 Kbps

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Posted by Hellion at 2:25 AM
Mar 122010

Afaf Radi – Aker Karar – 1998

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Tracklist:
01.Ahebak
02.Zamank Rah
03.Akher Karar
04.Kan
05.Roho Asalho
06.Ana Melk Amrak
07.Kedba Kberah
08.Ana Badaf Odamk

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Posted by Hellion at 2:25 AM
Mar 122010

Yara The Best Of Yara – 2009

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Tracklist:

01. Sahibat Al Imtiyaz
02. Sedfa
03. Akendni Maak
04. Behlam Bi A’inayk
05. Betlef El Dounia
06. Bala Eshk
07. Law Basseli (Gaya We Eidi Ala Albi)
08. We Ana Ganbak
09. Hob Kebir
10. Lamma Tettalla’a
11. Twasa Feyi
12. Nasetny Zaman
13. Alf Zayyak
14. Ayam

Bitrate : 160 Kbps
Size : 66 MB

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Posted by Hellion at 2:25 AM
Mar 122010

Abdallah Al Rowaished – Leilet 3omr – 2010

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Tracklist:

01 – Ya Wa3d
02 – Ya Sa7by
03 – Ya A3az Elnas
04 – Wla gheirak
05 – Hala
06 – Mrasilna
07 – Magnonha
08 – 3lik Allah
09 – Tgheib Shlon
10 – Tesada2
11 – En Wgdy

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