Fantaziya 2000

Michail Jurowski, Norrköping Symphony Orchestra - Ture Rangström: Complete Symphonies (2000)

Michail Jurowski, Norrköping Symphony Orchestra - Ture Rangström: Complete Symphonies (2000)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 829 Mb | Total time: 170:34 | Scans included
Classical | Label: CPO ‎‎| 999 748-2 | Recorded: 1995

Swedish composer Ture Rangström (1884–1947), a contemporary of Sibelius and Nielsen, was largely self-taught and defiantly independent in his approach to symphonic composition. Though well versed in counterpoint and sonata principles, Rangström largely rejected these techniques in favor of his own, which emphasized content over form, and drama over development. While there’s no doubting the dramatic and narrative power of the music, the lack of true counterpoint (his themes are not harmonically interrelated or contrasted, but rather blatantly juxtaposed) makes them ultimately unsatisfying as symphonies but perfectly suitable, as, for example, film scores, or as multi-movement symphonic poems (poets were his main inspiration).
Michail Jurowski, Norrköping Symphony Orchestra - Ture Rangström: Complete Symphonies [3CDs] (2000)

Michail Jurowski, Norrköping Symphony Orchestra - Ture Rangström: Complete Symphonies (2000)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 829 Mb | Total time: 170:34 | Scans included
Classical | Label: CPO ‎‎| 999 748-2 | Recorded: 1995

Swedish composer Ture Rangström (1884–1947), a contemporary of Sibelius and Nielsen, was largely self-taught and defiantly independent in his approach to symphonic composition. Though well versed in counterpoint and sonata principles, Rangström largely rejected these techniques in favor of his own, which emphasized content over form, and drama over development. While there’s no doubting the dramatic and narrative power of the music, the lack of true counterpoint (his themes are not harmonically interrelated or contrasted, but rather blatantly juxtaposed) makes them ultimately unsatisfying as symphonies but perfectly suitable, as, for example, film scores, or as multi-movement symphonic poems (poets were his main inspiration).
Free - Songs Of Yesterday (2000) {5CD Box Set, Remastered} Repost / New Rip

Free - Songs Of Yesterday (2000) {5CD Box Set, Remastered}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 2,13 Gb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 868 Mb
Full Scans ~ 257 Mb | 05:59:50 | RAR 5% Recovery
Hard Rock, Blues Rock | Island Records #IBXCD3/542499-2

It's strange that a band with a song as immediate as "All Right Now" is a bit of an acquired taste, but it's the truth. Free was a powerful, majestic hard rock band at their peak, but they were also a little obtuse; a lot of their power came from their playing, and their songwriting was epic, but often elliptical. As such, they're for hard rock connoisseurs – a band who gained a spirited, dedicated following largely because they took devotion to unlock their treasures, especially in the years following their breakup. For those fans, the five-disc Songs of Yesterday is a godsend. This is not a box for listeners with less than a consuming interest in the band (even if you think you want total immersion in Free, this will not be as effective as purchasing each of their albums) since this contains a wealth of unreleased material. Very few of the tracks are actual album tracks, most are alternate mixes or alternate versions, plus there are a lot of live tracks in the mix, as well.

IQ - The Seventh House (2000)  Music

Posted by gribovar at Dec. 10, 2024
IQ - The Seventh House (2000)

IQ - The Seventh House (2000)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 405 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 134 MB | Covers - 41 MB
Genre: Neo-Progressive Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Giant Electric Pea (GEPCD1028)

The Seventh House came out almost four years after IQ's previous studio album, Subterranea. In light of this CD, it appears that the critically acclaimed 1997 concept album was the band's creative peak, which does not mean The Seventh House is weak. The general feeling of the album makes it closer to 1993's Ever. Peter Nicholls' theatrical voice gains in beauty with age. The playing is unsurprisingly tight, the musical approach firmly anchored in melodic progressive rock. Highlights include "Guiding Light," "The Wrong Side of Weird," and the title track, the latter a complex and exhilarating number. On the other hand, "Erosion" and "Zero Hour" feel like they miss a dimension, even if the acoustic guitar on the latter brings in a different texture…
Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, John Bonham - Rock And Roll Highway (2000) {2007, Japanese Reissue}

Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, John Bonham - Rock And Roll Highway (2000) {2007, Japanese Reissue}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 227 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 89 Mb
Covers Included | 00:34:15 | RAR 5% Recovery
Rock | Southern Sea #QACL-30013

Besides hardcore Led Zeppelin fans, it's a little known fact that Jimmy Page produced and played on a 1970 album by theatrical rocker Screaming Lord Sutch, Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends. In addition to Page's appearance (he also co-penned a few tracks), the other 'friends' included John Bonham, Jeff Beck, Nicky Hopkins, and Noel Redding. Since the album is quite difficult to find nowadays, select tracks have popped up over the years on compilations, such as the 2000 set Rock and Roll Highway.

Deep Forest - Pacifique (2000) [Japanese Edition] (Repost)  Music

Posted by gribovar at Oct. 8, 2024
Deep Forest - Pacifique (2000) [Japanese Edition] (Repost)

Deep Forest - Pacifique (2000) [Japanese Edition]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 285 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 120 MB | Covers - 378 MB
Genre: New Age, Electronic, World, Soundtrack | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Epic/Sony Music (ESCA 8271)

Deep Forest awash in the Pacific. There is certainly the flavour of that region, with Polynesian chanting and rhythms. However, unlike their other releases, Pacifique is a soundtrack to a movie rather than a stand-alone album.
For Pacifique, they've collected percussion samples and vocals from Samoan and other island cultures. The raw components are fairly good. The sampled voices on Pacifique form a nice melodic and rhythmic counterpoint to underlying percussion. La Legende (Part 2) provides similarly well blended vocals with a solid, if unextraordinary, rhythm and melodic line. And Huaine Reggae is a nice upbeat piece to close the album.

Aerosmith - Just Sorted Enough, But... (2000)  Music

Posted by Rtax at Dec. 11, 2024
Aerosmith - Just Sorted Enough, But... (2000)

Aerosmith - Just Sorted Enough, But… (2000)
FLAC (tracks) - 628 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 183 MB
1:19:12 | Hard Rock | Unofficial Release | Label: The Polar Bear Records

Live at Veteran's Auditorium, Columbus, Ohio, USA, March 24, 1978.

Magazine - Maybe It's Right To Be Nervous Now (2000)  Music

Posted by Rtax at June 14, 2023
Magazine - Maybe It's Right To Be Nervous Now (2000)

Magazine - Maybe It's Right To Be Nervous Now (2000)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log, scans) - 1.3 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 535 MB
2:53:35 | New Wave, Rock, Art Rock | Label: Virgin Records

Magazine's three-disc box set is a mess. Breaking the group's history down to two eras spread across the first two-thirds of the box and adding a fantastic and well-needed third disc dedicated solely to Peel Sessions, it's yet another multi-disc package that half-pleases both fan and neophyte. Only four of the 45 tracks come directly from the band's four studio LPs. Oddly enough, seven-tenths of the decent live album Play is strewn across the first two discs.

Neil Young - Sourthanman 2000 (2000)  Music

Posted by Rtax at March 6, 2023
Neil Young - Sourthanman 2000 (2000)

Neil Young - Sourthanman 2000 (2000)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 619 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 272 MB
1:58:26 | Country Rock, Classic Rock | Unofficial Release | Label: Shout To The Top

Recorded live at, (what was) GTE Virginia Beach Amphitheatre, Virginia Beach, Virginia, August 08, 2000.

Anouar Brahem - Astrakan Cafe (2000) {ECM 1718}  Music

Posted by tiburon at Feb. 2, 2023
Anouar Brahem - Astrakan Cafe (2000) {ECM 1718}

Anouar Brahem - Astrakan Cafe (2000) {ECM 1718}
EAC 1.3 | FLAC tracks level 8 | Cue+Log+M3U | Full Scans 300dpi | 345MB + 5% Recovery
MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | 238MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Ethnic Fusion

Innovative Tunisian oud virtuoso Anouar Brahem presents this highly-acclaimed album of typically Middle Eastern music, recorded in 1999 with a trio that had been his first priority for several years. The improvisational exchanges between Brahem, clarinettist Barbaros Erköse and percussionist Lassad Hosni are exceptionally fluid and the atmospheres they create here are by turns mysterious, hypnotic and dramatic.