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Norrbotten NEO & Fredrik Burstedt - Djuro Živković: Citadel of Love (2023)

Norrbotten NEO & Fredrik Burstedt - Djuro Živković: Citadel of Love (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 194 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 124 Mb | Digital booklet | 00:51:19
Classical | Label: BIS

Serbian-Swedish Djuro Živković has quickly established himself as one of Europe’s leading young composers. His musical style is strongly marked by Byzantine Orthodox music – spiritual, mystical and characterized by fantastic narration, virtuosic instrumentation and a stylistic, highly profiled sound. Živković’s music presents a profound and abstract space to reflect on the subject matter of mystery, ecstasy and transcendence.
Norrbotten NEO & Christian Karlsen - Klas Torstensson: Lantern Lectures (2022)

Norrbotten NEO & Christian Karlsen - Klas Torstensson: Lantern Lectures (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 289 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 175 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:11:06
Classical | Label: BIS

Although born in Sweden, Klas Torstensson has spent most of his working life in the Netherlands following his studies in Utrecht in the early 1970s. Stylistically, he may call to mind Varèse, Xenakis and – perhaps more distantly – Stravinsky. First and foremost, however, Torstensson’s music is personal and distinctive. It is often nourished by his experiences of nature: rough granite, the sea, ice in the frozen Baltic inlets, the polar ice cap. His Lantern Lectures were composed in the aftermath of his opera The Expedition, about an ill-fated journey to the North Pole. While occupied with the opera he had received commissions from several different ensembles, and he therefore decided to write a cycle of works for these ensembles – compositions to be performed separately or as ‘movements’ forming a greater whole.

Ryuichi Sakamoto - Neo Geo (1987)  Music

Posted by Designol at Jan. 13, 2024
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Neo Geo (1987)

Ryuichi Sakamoto - Neo Geo (1987)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 230 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 86 Mb | Scans included
Experimental, Electronic, World Fusion | Label: Epic | # EK 40994 | 00:34:46

Sakamoto's all-star blend of Western and Eastern music styles is a triumphant success for the composer, and a consistently good listen. On the title track he takes a traditional Japanese folk song and blends it into a funk groove provided by Bootsy Collins, Bill Laswell, and Sly Dunbar. Unlike Byrne and Eno's My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, this blend of cultures is coming from the opposing angle and stays truer to the source material. But that track is only one of Sakamoto's approaches, and on several other tracks he joins with Laswell to create a crisp, techno-cultural hybrid that sounds like nothing except like pure Sakamoto. On "Risky," a subdued Iggy Pop lends vocals and lyrics, and doesn't come across as an interloper. And on "Okinawa Song," Sakamoto seamlessly integrates the southern island culture into his grand scheme.
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Neo Geo (Japan Bonus Track Edition) (1987/2009)

Ryuichi Sakamoto - Neo Geo (Japan Bonus Track Edition) (1987/2009)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 314 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 109 Mb | 00:47:24
Electronic, World Fusion, Synthpop | Label: GT Music, Sony Music

Neo Geo is a 1987 album by Ryuichi Sakamoto. The term "neo geo", or "new world", is derived from Sakamoto himself as a way to describe worldwide musical diversity in regard to genre (similar to world music and world beat).

Mike Fahn - Close Your Eyes And Listen (2002)  Music

Posted by Domestos at Sept. 20, 2017
Mike Fahn - Close Your Eyes And Listen (2002)

Mike Fahn - Close Your Eyes And Listen (2002)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) ~ 285.75 Mb | 55:53 | Scans included
Hard Bop, Neo-Bop | Country: USA | Label: Sparky 1 Productions (SPI 957-2)

Valve trombonist Mike Fahn delivers a mellow and satisfying set of modern, straight-ahead jazz performances on this album, which features an impressive array of sidemen who shift around throughout the disc, providing a quintet setting on most tracks. The album is appropriately titled: even when the tempos are sprightly, the group's overall vibe is a gentle and soft one, a sound that invites the listener to sit back and enjoy rather than get up and dance.

Haley Reinhart - Listen Up! (Deluxe Edition) (2012)  Music

Posted by Domestos at Sept. 24, 2017
Haley Reinhart - Listen Up! (Deluxe Edition) (2012)

Haley Reinhart - Listen Up! (Deluxe Edition) (2012)
MP3 CBR 320kbps | 00:48:50 | 112.57 Mb | Cover
Pop | Country: USA | Label: Interscope/19

Listen Up! is the debut studio album by American Idol tenth season finalist Haley Reinhart. It was released on May 22, 2012, by Interscope Records. The lead single, "Free", was released on March 20, 2012. The album is released in two different versions: the 'Standard Edition' has a total of ten tracks while the 'Deluxe/Walmart Exclusive Edition' has four bonus tracks making it a fourteen-song album. The deluxe edition is currently available on Reinhart's official website and Walmart's Internet site. Haley tweeted that the Walmart Edition and the iTunes Deluxe Edition are the pre-order deluxe version from her website. The album has received critical acclaim upon its release and its songs are featured in several critics' playlists. "Listen Up!" debuted at number 17 on the Billboard 200 chart.

King Creosote - I DES (2023)  Music

Posted by Fizzpop at Nov. 2, 2023
King Creosote - I DES (2023)

King Creosote - I DES (2023)
WEB FLAC (Tracks) 498 MB | Cover | 01:23:49 | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 199 MB
Indie-Rock, Folk-Rock, Neo-Folk | Label: Domino Recording Co

King Creosote releases "I DES", his first studio album since 2016 via Domino Records!

Red Sand - Crush The Seed (2020)  Music

Posted by v3122 at Jan. 18, 2022
Red Sand - Crush The Seed (2020)

Red Sand - Crush The Seed (2020)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
SPBN Music, 686186958122 | ~ 370 or 135 Mb | Artwork(jpg) -> 24 Mb
Neo Progressive Rock

RED SAND comes here to release its 9th album by offering a variation on the sounds of PINK FLOYD, Gimour being one of the masters of SImon. This opus therefore radically changes the sounds of the MARILLION Fish era with which it had quite a few similarities. RED SAND has just released a neo prog wonder quite simply…

Quidam - The Time Beneath The Sky (2002)  Music

Posted by JET 1 at March 24, 2023
Quidam - The Time Beneath The Sky (2002)

Quidam - The Time Beneath The Sky (2002)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Image) +CUE, LOG | 415 MB | Scans
Genre: Prog-Rock, Neo-Progressive | Label: Rock-Serwis | Catalog Number: RSDVD104

Poland can be considered like a second home for current neo Progressive music, along with Italy and the Netherlands. QUIDAM is certainly the main and most appreciated act to have emerged from this field, with ABRAXAS and COLLAGE. Note that female singer Emila DERKOWSKA's vocals and charm add a lot to the whole. As the sophisticated pop-rock melodies of "Sny Aniolow" ("Angels' Dream" for the English-sung version, 1998) contrasted with a first eponymous album (Revelation of the year 1996) extremely appreciated for its instrumental developments, the third opus "The Time Beneath The Sky" (2002) orchestrates a new stylistic change that keeps the characteristical QUIDAM sound.

Supper's Ready - Listen to the Pictures (2000) [Reissue 2006]  Music

Posted by gribovar at Aug. 16, 2021
Supper's Ready - Listen to the Pictures (2000) [Reissue 2006]

Supper's Ready - Listen to the Pictures (2000) [Reissue 2006]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 325 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 119 MB | Covers - 13 MB
Genre: Neo-Progressive Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: MALS (MALS 109)

Supper's Ready is a band from Luxemburg who released only one album in 2000 named "Listen to the Pictures". With a band name like Supper's Ready it's hard to not think of Genesis. And Genesis is where the music is firmly rooted, except for the vocals. Just add some Camel to the formula too, and then you know how this band sounds like. If you have heard the Swedish band Twin Age you're even closer.