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Jade Warrior - Wind Borne: The Island Albums 1974-1978 (Remastered) (2023) Music

Posted by Rtax at Nov. 20, 2024

Jade Warrior - Wind Borne: The Island Albums 1974-1978 (Remastered) (2023)
CD Rip | FLAC (tracks, no cue, no log) - 702 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 368 MB
2:39:32 | Rock, Prog Rock | Label: Esoteric

Four CD set. Wind Borne - The Island Albums 1974-1978 features newly remastered versions of Floating World, Waves, Kites, and Way Of The Sun. After releasing a series of albums for Vertigo Records, the original line-up of Jade Warrior split in 1973. Flautist Jon Field and innovative guitarist Tony Duhig decided to continue under the moniker and embarked on composing and recording a series of wonderful albums for Island Records in 1974. Coming to the attention of Island founder Chris Blackwell through a recommendation from Steve Winwood, Island issued Floating World in 1974. Stylistically, Jade Warrior had now evolved into an instrumental entity, pioneering a unique fusion of ethnic Japanese influences and ambient progressive rock which soon became critically acclaimed. The 1975 album Waves took this template still further and featured guest musician Steve Winwood on piano and Moog synthesizer. Kites, issued in 1976, was even more ambitious, featuring a host of guest musicians including Fred Frith of Henry Cow and Clodagh Simmons of Mellow Candle. Jade Warrior's final album for Island Records, Way Of The Sun, was issued in 1978 and was arguably their finest album. An incredibly evocative work, inspired by the mythology of the Incas, the album saw Field and Duhig at the peak of their creative powers.

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Monkey House - Left (2016) Music

Posted by Designol at July 27, 2024

Monkey House is the creation of singer/songwriter/arranger/producer Don Breithaupt. Left is their fifth album, and the follow-up to their 2012 album, Headquarters. Left features a slew of great players including Jay Graydon, guitar ace Elliott Randall, saxophonist Donnie McCaslin, Kim Mitchell, Drew Zingg and Michael Leonhart. Left is more than a collection of songs, it's a fully formed and compelling work of art Don explains that "I'm rather a traditionalist. I view the making of an album as part of the art form. It is meant to be cohesive, something that musically and sonically sounds like one body of work.

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Jade Warrior - Wind Borne: The Island Albums 1974-1978 (Remastered) (2023) Music

Posted by Rtax at Nov. 20, 2024

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Emma Rawicz, Ivo Neame, Ant Law, Conor Chaplin, Asaf Sirkis & Immy Churchill - Chroma (2023) [Official Digital Download 24/96] Vinyl & HR

Posted by delpotro at Aug. 22, 2023

Emma Rawicz, Ivo Neame, Ant Law, Conor Chaplin, Asaf Sirkis & Immy Churchill - Chroma (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 43:17 minutes | 914 MB
Contemporary Jazz, Modern Creative, Fusion | Label: ACT Music, Official Digital Download

Emma Rawicz’s ACT debut features a prominent quintet with pianist Ivo Neame, bassist Connor Chaplin, guitarist Ant Law and drummer Asaf Sirkis - all of whom are established figures on the UK scene. "Chroma," Greek for "color," shows the full spectrum of an artist who has long outgrown newcomer status. As Jazzwise Magazine stated: "Emma Rawicz is already the real deal!"

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Toots & The Maytals - Essential Artist Collection: The Maytals (2023) Music

Posted by Rtax at Sept. 1, 2023

Toots & The Maytals - Essential Artist Collection: The Maytals (2023)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 628 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 346 MB
2:28:18 | Reggae, Ska, Rocksteady | Label: Trojan

2CD Set Led by the dynamic Frederick ‘Toots’ Hibbert, the Maytals are rightly regarded as one of the greatest singing trios in the history of Jamaican music. During an incredible recording career that spanned six decades, the group scored hit after hit on the island’s music charts, with their inimitable, unique blend of fervent gospel and down-home country seemingly impervious to changes in styles and fashion. The best of their work, however, is widely regarded to be their rock steady and early reggae recordings for Leslie Kong’s revered Beverley’s Records during the late Sixties and early Seventies; a period that spawned groundbreaking work such as ’54-46’, ‘Monkey Man’ and ‘Do the Reggay’, to name but a few. The Essential Artist Collection brings together the very best of their output from this period, including the above tracks, along with numerous other classics, such as ‘Sweet And Dandy’, ‘Pressure Drop’ and ‘Night And Day’. Available as a 50 track double CD, the collection superbly demonstrates just why the unforgettable music of the Maytals will continued to be loved and revered for many years to come.

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Goombay Dance Band - Sun Of Jamaica (Deluxe Edition) (2023) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Aug. 24, 2023

Goombay Dance Band - Sun Of Jamaica (Deluxe Edition) (2023)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 2:08:34 | 880 / 296 Mb
Genre: Latin, Disco, Pop / Label:Aviator-Entertainment

This Germany-based theatrical band was in a similar vein to the more successful Boney M. They were led by Olivier Bendt, and included his wife Alicia, children Danny and Yasmin, plus Dorothy Hellings, Wendy Doorsen, and Mario Slijngaard. Olivier is by profession a fire-eater who learnt his trade in St. Lucia, West Indies. By 1980, the Goombay Dance Band was one of the most successful acts in Germany, and entered the UK charts with ‘7 Tears’. Originally recorded in 1980, it was only released in the UK in 1982 and, after many previous flops, its success was something of a surprise. It eventually went all the way to number 1, only the second UK chart-topper by a German act following Kraftwerk’s ‘The Model’. The follow up ‘Sun Of Jamaica’ fared less well and the band returned to Germany to continue their domestic success. However, occasional singles still received a UK release, such as 1986’s ‘A Typical Jamaican Mess’.

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Aerosmith - Greatest Hits (Japanese Edition) (2023) Music

Posted by delpotro at Oct. 31, 2023

Aerosmith Celebrates 50th Anniversary and Completely Moves to Universal Music! Aerosmith celebrates its 50th anniversary this year with a complete transfer of its entire catalog to Universal Music! For 50 years, the legendary Boston rock band, Aerosmith, has been a household name, delivering anthems and hits that everyone knows and loves, winning four Grammy Awards(R) and being certified Diamond for the highest-selling album of all time (note: 10 million copies sold in the U.S.). This 3 CD deluxe edition of the ultimate best-selling album of the Smiths' entire career includes 3 bonus live discs prepared by the band for Japanese fans, for a total of 6 discs.

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Monkey House - Left (2016) [Official Digital Download 24/192] Vinyl & HR

Posted by Pisulik at Feb. 4, 2020

Monkey House - Left (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/192 kHz | Time - 56:02 minutes | 2,15 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital Booklet

Welcome to the Monkey House. This acclaimed project is the brainchild of singer/songwriter/arranger/producer Don Breithaupt, and, nearly 25 years into its career, Monkey House has recorded its strongest work yet. Left, the fifth Monkey House album, is the follow-up to the 2012 album Headquarters. That recording made believers out of some internationally renowned musicians who were then eager to participate in Left. That elite grouping includes LA session great Jay Graydon, guitar ace Elliott Randall (Steely Dan), and jazz star Donny McCaslin (David Bowie), while returning guests include current Steely Dan members Drew Zing and Michael Leonhart.

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VA - Avantgarde (2023) Music

Posted by delpotro at Dec. 12, 2023

VA - Avantgarde (2023)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 4,31 Gb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 2,2 Gb | 16:17:13
Avant-Garde Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon

The legendary DG Avantgarde vinyl series (1968-1971) is turning 55! In order to celebrate this occasion, the series is now released on 21 CDs for the first time. The Avantgarde series serves as a historical document for a time of radical change in musical thinking and the breaking of artistic boundaries. The question "What is music?" confronted many of the composers and musicians involved in the series, and the anti-authoritarian spirit of the 1960s and 1970s was a palpable influence. Deutsche Grammophon's Avantgarde Series reflects all the currents that thus arose, without aesthetic demarcations and across genres and instrumentations: large orchestral works stand alongside chamber music and solo forms, electronic music and improvisations.

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Escher String Quartet - Janacek & Haas: String Quartets (2023) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at May 19, 2023

Escher String Quartet - Janacek & Haas: String Quartets (2023)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 1:15:46 | 173 / 384 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: BIS

While the concept of the programmatic and autobiographical quartet seems to have been introduced by Beethoven, nowhere has it been taken up more forcefully than in the Czech lands, as the works presented here attest.

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