Life Line Project is a project in the true meaning of the word. It is build around one musician, Erik de Beer, either playing all instruments himself or contracting all the necessary vocalists or players according to the needs of the work in progress. Born in The Hague, Holland Erik started to play the guitar when he was 14 years old and keyboard at the age of 16. Right from the start his preference was symphonic rock. Erik started his studies at the conservatory for music in 1977 and finished them in 1983. He now works as a guitar & keyboard teacher. He started his first symphonic rock band J.S. Quasar in 1975 in which he played both keyboards and lead guitar. After some short stays in several bands Erik founded keyboard-dominated power-rock trio Brancard in 1979…
"Live in India" was recorded at the Windmills Craftsworks in Bangalore, India. One can feel the distinct energy that surrounds the band's music in this incredibly soulful environment taking their NYC sound to a different dimension. 4 CDs to discover the magic of the Stephane Wrembel Band and the allure of India.
Excellent series from TIME-LIFE Music with 120 nostalgic songs we loved, at their original versions. Travel back more than 50 years and enjoy all those fabulous singers like Frankie Avalon, Pat Boone, Elvis Presley, Connie Francis, Perry Como, Patti Page and many more. Original remastered recordings, ripped in lossless. Memories are made of this.
One Little Indian release a brand new CD boxset dedicated to the wonderful Black Box Recorder. The package includes previously unreleased material and a DVD containing live footage and official music videos. Sleeve note writers include John Moore, Sarah Nixey and Luke Haines. It includes the albums England Made Me, Facts of Life, Passionoia and a 16 Track Bonus CD of Unreleased material, BBC Sessions, Single versions, remixes etc plus DVD with Live The Forum on 27 October 2008 and 5 Videos.
Anhidema presents the third journey into the Underworld, The Lamb's Book Of Life. A new musical journey which accompany you through the darkness towards the light. You will find yourself within a dark woods where your straight pathway will be lost. You will stand before a dark cave, where the voice will say: "Come in". You will see unseen. 21 musical masterpieces will guide you on your way to Hell and Heaven. You will see no sun , no stars , no clouds. But an innocent Lamb, standing before you, looking as if it had been slain. The world will be unseen to you because you will see everything with your inner eye.
After two albums (At Last and Brotherhood) as bandleader of a quintet of precocious jazz talents, Marcus Strickland returns with Twi-Life, an independently released, ambitious double-disc set which finds Strickland working with two separate quartets and soundscapes. The first disc features his acoustic quartet playing seven originals and Wayne Shorter's classic "Oriental Folk Song." The quartet (brother E.J. Strickland, pianist Robert Glasper and bassist Vicente Archer) is a cohesive clan of young musicians that represent the best of their peers on their respective instruments.