Nag

A celebration of all things noisy and extreme, featuring tracks from My Bloody Valentine, Yoko Ono, Neu!, The Fall, King Crimson, Jonny Greenwood, Sunn O))) and more!

This recording is the World Premiere of Charles Koechlin's Jungle Book and received the Orchestral Gramophone Award and was, memorably, accepted by the son of the composer. Charles Koechlin loved Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book and set different parts of the book to music at various points in his career. The first of these - The Three Poems - bear the titles: Seal Lullaby, Night Song in the Jungle and Song of Kala Nag, with texts from The Jungle Book. The music, scored during 1904 - 04, is exotic and evocative. The lullaby mimics the gently lapping of waves as the soprano and chorus spin a soothing tapestry of sound. The Night-Song in the Jungle had a cadence that suggests movement (sung by the soprano, tenor, baritone and chorus) and is a song of well-wishing to the animals of the night. The Song of Kala Nag is a lament of an elephant that has been tamed for his old life in the jungle, sung by the tenor. The poem describes a night in the year when all of the elephants gather to dance together and, rather than being somber, the music is triumphant as the elephant recounts his past freedom and vows to have it again.

VA - Rough Trade Shops 25 Years
4xCD | EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 1,51 GB | Full Artwork: 110 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Mute Records # CDSTUMM191 | Country/Year: UK 2001
Genre: Rock, Electronica | Style: Punk, New Wave, IDM, Indie Rock, Industrial

Rough Trade's story began in 1976 with a shop in Notting Hill, branching out within a couple years to become a label and a distributor. Beginning with Pere Ubu and concluding with Tindersticks, Rough Trade Shops: 25 Years chronologically distills the history of the pioneering independent outlet into four discs and 56 tracks, concentrating on old and new favorites that have graced the shop's new release racks. Just about every style associated with U.K.-based independent and underground music between 1975 and 2000 is accounted for. (…) But quite successfully, 25 Years provides a fantastic skip through Rough Trade's existence. Many great artists have Rough Trade to thank for bin space, recording costs, and retail distribution. Here's hoping for 25 more years – and here's hoping that they're less turbulent financially.

Cabaret Voltaire - Red Mecca (1981)
Post-punk | EAC Rip / FLAC / LOG, CUE | 295 MB | MP3 320kbps / 44100Hz | 51:59 | 86 MB
Cabaret Voltaire - Red Mecca (1981)

In 1981, Cabaret Voltaire released their fourth vinyl album, Red Mecca. The album did not produce any singles but the album did reach the #1 spot on the U.K. indie albums chart.

Cabaret Voltaire - The Voice of America (1980)
Post-punk | EAC Rip / FLAC / LOG, CUE | 220 MB | MP3 320kbps / 44100Hz | 40:09 | 69 MB
Cabaret Voltaire - The Voice of America (1980)

The band formed in Sheffield in 1973 and experimented widely with sound creation and processing. These early experiments are documented on the triple album CD set Methodology (Mute 2002). They eventually turned to live performance. In one incident, Mallinder was hospitalised with a chipped backbone after the band had objects thrown at them. However the arrival of punk rock brought a more accepting audience for their industrial, electronic sound and they were championed by Sheffield punk fanzine Gunrubber edited by Paul Bower of local band. In 1978, Cabaret Voltaire signed to Rough Trade Records. With Rough Trade they released several acclaimed musically experimental singles and EPs, including Extended Play, "Nag Nag Nag" and "Three Mantras", and albums such as The Voice of America in 1980, and Red Mecca in 1981.

Les douze études que rassemble ce volume abordent sous différentes facettes le personnage de la femme dans la gnose et dans le manichéisme. Dans la première partie (Images et symboles), l'auteur dévoile la signification cachée de quelques figures féminines qui ont joué un rôle sur la scène du mythe. …