The Absence of Angels

The Bangles - Albums Collection 1984-2003 (5CD) [Japanese Releases]

The Bangles - Albums Collection 1984-2003 (5CD) Japanese Releases
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 1.75 Gb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 627 Mb | Scans included
Rock, Pop Rock, Jangle Pop, New Wave, Paisley Underground | Time: 04:03:06

Collection includes: All Over The Place (1984); Different Light (1985); Everything (1988); Greatest Hits (1990) and Doll Revolution (2003). The Bangles combined the chiming riffs and catchy melodies of British Invasion guitar pop with a hint of the energy of new wave. In the process, they became one of the handful of all-female bands of the '80s to win both critical and commercial success.

«Extreme Magic» by Hortense Calisher  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by Gelsomino at Sept. 27, 2022
«Extreme Magic» by Hortense Calisher

«Extreme Magic» by Hortense Calisher
English | EPUB | 0.6 MB
Quatuor Hanson - George Crumb: Black Angels & Music for a Summer Evening (2022)

Quatuor Hanson - George Crumb: Black Angels & Music for a Summer Evening (2022)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 61:09 | 242 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: B Records

Ritual music populated by angels and demons, mystical incantations, unheard-of percussions and supernatural harmonies, the work of American composer George Crumb is a spectacular experience that remains etched in the memory of its performers and its listeners. With Black Angels and Music for a Summer Evening, B Records brings together in one album two great moments of the 2021 Deauville Festival and a host of renowned artists: pianists Théo Fouchenneret and Philippe Hattat, artists from the Hanson Quartet and those from the Trio Xenakis…

Kronos Quartet - Black Angels (1990)  Music

Posted by Designol at June 5, 2024
Kronos Quartet - Black Angels (1990)

Kronos Quartet - Black Angels (1990)
George Crumb, Thomas Tallis, István Mártha, Charles Ives, Dmitri Shostakovich

EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 243 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 149 Mb | Scans included
Label: Nonesuch/Elektra | # 7559-79242-2 | Time: 01:01:39
Classical, Contemporary, Avant-Garde

This disc is supposed to hurt. Just look at the program: it starts with Crumb's Black Angels for electric string quartet, a work that is the aural equivalent of Coppola's Apocalypse Now, and ends with Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 8, a work that is either the aural equivalent of a monument to the victims of war and fascism written in the ruins of Dresden or the musical equivalent of a suicide note written before the composer joined the Communist Party. With the spooky and evocative performances of Thomas Tallis Spem in Alium, Istvan Marta's Doom. A Sigh, and Charles Ives' There They Are!, this disc is so painful it could be the soundtrack for an unmade Kubrick movie. The question is, is this disc supposed to hurt so much? The Kronos Quartet is a harsh and aggressive ensemble with an angular approach to rhythm and structure and an overwhelming need to assert its individual and collective identity.
Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True (1977) {2007, Deluxe Edition, Remastered}

Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True (1977) {2007, Deluxe Edition, Remastered}
2CD | EAC Rip | WavPack (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 894 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 343 Mb
Full Scans | 01:03:39 + 01:09:54 | RAR 5% Recovery
Pub Rock, New Wave, British Punk, Rock & Roll, Power Pop | HIP-O Records #B0009514-02

My Aim Is True is the debut album by English singer-songwriter Elvis Costello. In 1977 Rolling Stone magazine named the album one of the best of the year. In 2003, the TV network VH1 named My Aim Is True the 80th greatest album of all time. In 2003, the album was ranked number 168 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. In 2004, it was ranked 37 of the top 100 albums of the 1970s by Pitchfork which reported the album to be "held by many as the most impressive debut in pop music history." In 2007, the album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

Angels Tapping at the Wine-Shop's Door: A History of Alcohol in the Islamic World  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by IrGens at Sept. 30, 2023
Angels Tapping at the Wine-Shop's Door: A History of Alcohol in the Islamic World

Angels Tapping at the Wine-Shop's Door: A History of Alcohol in the Islamic World by Rudi Matthee
English | June 1, 2023 | ISBN: 0197694713 | True EPUB | 352 pages | 11.9 MB
Mariah Carey - Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel (2009) {Special Edition}

Mariah Carey - Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel (2009) {Special Edition}
2CD | EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 530 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 174 Mb
Full Scans ~ 175 Mb | 00:58:12 + 00:14:09 | RAR 5% Recovery
R&B, Soul, Dance, Pop | Island Records #B0013226-02

Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel is the twelfth studio album by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey. It was released on September 25, 2009 by Island Records. After promotion for her previous album, E=MC² (2008) ended, Carey began to work on a new album, producing songs with Terius "The-Dream" Nash and Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, and revealed the album's title through Twitter. Carey said that Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel would have "big ballads", and that "each song is its own snapshot of a moment in a story".
Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights (2002) The 10th Anniversary Edition 2012 [2CDs + DVD5]

Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights (2002) The 10th Anniversary Edition 2012
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 831 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 295 Mb | Time: 02:08:53
DVD5 | NTSC | 4:3 (720x480) VBR | AC3, 2.0 320 kbps / LPCM, 1536 kbps | 00:51:00 | ~ 2.78 Gb
Alternative/Indie Rock, Post-Punk Revival | Label: Matador | # OLE 993-2 | Scans ~ 270 Mb

Turn On The Bright Lights is now fully remastered in a beautiful deluxe hardbound book with unreleased photos and a second disc of bonus tracks, many unreleased, plus the demos and B-sides and a DVD. Packaging includes super-deluxe hardbound book, with 28 pages of photos, ephemera & liner notes. Also included are 17 bonus tracks, many never before on vinyl, including one previously unreleased song, four previously unreleased demos, eight B-sides and pre-album EP tracks, four peel session tracks (two unreleased) and a DVD with all three music videos and bonus live footage from May 2000 at The Mercury Lounge and September 2002 at the Troubadour.
Patti Smith Group - Albums Collection 1976-1979 (3CD) [Non-Remastered]

Patti Smith Group - Albums Collection 1976-1979 (3CD) [Non-Remastered]
XLD | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 783 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 348 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Punk-Rock, New Wave, Pop/Rock| Time: 01:59:45

Smith and her band represented the vanguard of the American punk movement in the mid-'70s. Collection includes: Radio Ethiopia (1976); Easter (1978); Wave (1979).
Ennio Morricone - State of Grace: Expanded Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtrack (1990) 2CD Limited Edition 2017

Ennio Morricone - State of Grace: Expanded Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtrack (1990)
2CDs, Expanded Remastered, Limited Edition 2017
EAC | FLAC (Image) + cue.+log ~ 625 Mb | Mp3, CBR320 kbps ~ 309 Mb | Scans included
Soundtrack, Score | Label: Quartet Records | # QR282 | 02:03:16

Quartet Records, in collaboration with Universal Music Group and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, is glad to present the premiere release of the complete score composed, orchestrated and conducted by Ennio Morricone for State of Grace, the 1990 cult mafia-drama film directed by Phil Joanou, starring Sean Penn, Gary Oldman, Robin Wright, Ed Harris, John Turturro, John C. Really, Burgess Meredith and Joe Vitarelli. The legendary Morricone won an Oscar for The Hateful Eight and has composed many other outstanding scores, including The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Sacco and Vanzetti, Days of Heaven, Cinema Paradiso, Malena, En mais fais ce qu’il te plait and many others. State of Grace is about Terry Noonan (Penn), who returns home to New York's Hell’s Kitchen after a ten-year absence. He soon hooks up with childhood pal Jackie (Oldman), who is involved in the Irish mob run by his brother Frankie (Harris). Terry also rekindles an old flame with Jackie's sister Kathleen (Wright). Soon, however, Terry is torn between his loyalty to his friends and his loyalties to others.