Birdsong Time of Silence

Birdsong in a Time of Silence  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by First1 at Aug. 28, 2021
Birdsong in a Time of Silence

Birdsong in a Time of Silence by Steven Lovatt
English | March 4th, 2021 | ISBN: 0241493005 | 160 pages | True EPUB | 2.76 MB

A lyrical celebration of birdsong, and the rekindling of a deep passion for nature.

VA - A Guide to the Birdsong of Western Africa (2022)  Music

Posted by delpotro at Dec. 30, 2023
VA - A Guide to the Birdsong of Western Africa (2022)

VA - A Guide to the Birdsong of Western Africa (2022)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 260 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 96 Mb | 00:41:25
World | Label: Shika Shika

A Guide to the Birdsong of Western Africa is an album of music inspired by endangered birdsong. Each featured artist was challenged to make an original track using and inspired by the song of an endangered bird from their country. The album aims to raise awareness about the plight of these birds while raising funds for organisations that are working to protect them.
Diana Ross & The Supremes - Sing and Perform "Funny Girl" (1968) [2CD] [2020, The Ultimate Edition]

Diana Ross & The Supremes - Sing and Perform "Funny Girl" (1968) [2CD] [2020, The Ultimate Edition]
R&B, Pop-Soul, Jazz, Vocal, Stage & Screen | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (PNG) | 02:15:07 | 1,3 Gb
Label: Motown/Real Gone Music (USA) | Cat.# RGM-1112 | Released: 2020-09-25 (1968-08-26)

"Diana Ross & The Supremes Sing and Perform "Funny Girl"" is the 13th studio album released by Diana Ross & the Supremes on the Motown label, released in 1968. Berry Gordy had Diana Ross & the Supremes cover the songs from Barbra Streisand's Broadway musical Funny Girl original cast LP to tie-in with the September release of the feature-film version of the musical, also starring Streisand. The LP was not a success, and, with a Billboard 200 peak of 150, ranks as the lowest-charting of the Diana Ross-led Supremes albums. It was, however, praised by the composer, Jules Styne as one of the finest renditions of his score after the Broadway cast and movie soundtrack albums. Despite the commercial failure, fans celebrated the release, and the group performed a medley on the Ed Sullivan Show . Diana continued to perform "Don't Rain on My Parade" and "My Man" (equally associated with Fanny Brice), at her solo concerts throughout the 1970s.

Mark Wingfield, Jane Chapman & Adriano Adewale - Zoji (2021)  Music

Posted by delpotro at Jan. 6, 2021
Mark Wingfield, Jane Chapman & Adriano Adewale - Zoji (2021)

Mark Wingfield, Jane Chapman & Adriano Adewale - Zoji (2021)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 417 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 150 Mb | 01:04:50
Jazz, Ethnic Fusion | Label: Self-Released

Parallel Times. Dizzying constellations of notes netted within the soundboard of the harpsichord, quill-plucked and sent spinning in darting arcs and ascending steps. . . Harmonic fog adrift from which notes slip out in silvery streaks, gleaming with passion, while some, disconsolate, fall into dark silence snuffing out their glow. . . Cymbals sizzle and resonate, ceding space to the crackle of shells shaken. Wood, skin, clay all brushed, touched and tamped, honed into accents and beats, breathing between the firefly flurries criss-crossing through their time…
Mark Wingfield, Jane Chapman & Adriano Adewale - Zoji (2021) [Official Digital Download 24/88]

Mark Wingfield, Jane Chapman & Adriano Adewale - Zoji (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/88,2 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 64:50 minutes | 1,2 GB
Jazz, Ethnic Fusion | Label: Mark Wingfield, Official Digital Download

Parallel Times. Dizzying constellations of notes netted within the soundboard of the harpsichord, quill-plucked and sent spinning in darting arcs and ascending steps. . . Harmonic fog adrift from which notes slip out in silvery streaks, gleaming with passion, while some, disconsolate, fall into dark silence snuffing out their glow. . . Cymbals sizzle and resonate, ceding space to the crackle of shells shaken. Wood, skin, clay all brushed, touched and tamped, honed into accents and beats, breathing between the firefly flurries criss-crossing through their time…
Various Artists - Heavy Sugar Second Spoonful: More Pure Essence Of New Orleans R&B (1954-1960) {3CD Fantastic Voyage FVTD131}

Various Artists - Heavy Sugar Second Spoonful: More Pure Essence Of New Orleans R&B (1954-1960) {3CD Fantastic Voyage FVTD131 rel 2011}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 527 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 362 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (jpg) -> 16 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1954-60, 2010 Fantastic Voyage | FVTD131
Rhythm & Blues / Rock ‘n’ Roll / Rockabilly

Following the critical acclaim and enthusiastic response to Heavy Sugar: The Pure Essence of New Orleans R&B, compiler Stuart Colman has dug deep into the city’s unique recording legacy to bring about a sumptuous second helping. In addition to the requisite sourcings, the net has been cast wider still in order to focus on material gleaned from such picayune outlets as Rustone, Pontchartrain, Athens, Winner and Spinett. There is a very good reason for this.

Brian Eno - Foreverandevernomore (2022)  Music

Posted by Rtax at Oct. 13, 2022
Brian Eno - Foreverandevernomore (2022)

Brian Eno - Foreverandevernomore (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 213 | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 106 MB
44:54 | Rock, Ambient, Experimental | Label: UMC

FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE is the 22nd solo studio album from Brian Eno and the first since January 2017’s Reflection. The 10-track album was recorded and produced by him at his studio in West London and sees Eno singing on the majority of tracks. It’s a sonically beguiling, ultimately optimistic exploration of the narrowing, precarious future of humanity and our planet. As Eno himself concludes, “Briefly, we need to fall in love again, but this time with Nature, with Civilisation and with our hopes for the future.” Making gardens out of silence in an uncanny valley was originally included in an audio installation which is Brian Eno’s contribution to the London Serpentine’s long-term, interdisciplinary programme addressing the ongoing climate emergency, Back To Earth. This full-length version of the track is exclusive to the CD format of FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE.
V.A. - I'll Give You My Heart I'll Give You My Heart: The Cherry Red Records Singles Collection (8CD Box Set, 2008)

V.A. - I'll Give You My Heart I'll Give You My Heart: The Cherry Red Records Singles Collection (8CD Box Set, 2008)
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | Run Time: 9:44:27 | 1,32 Gb | Artwork: Digital booklet - 6,67 Mb
Genre: Indie, Punk, New Wave, Post-Punk | Label: Cherry Red Records

2008 eight CD box set. Cherry Red Records marks it's 30th Anniversary in style with this lavish 185 track boxset. I'll Give You My Heart chronologically plots 61 single/EP a and B-sides from 1978 to 1983. Features 24 tracks from the U.K. Top 50 Indie chart including 12 Top 20 and two #1 hits. Includes cuts from Dead Kennedys, the Monochrome Set, Eyeless in Gaza, the Runaways, Marc Bolan, Everything But the Girl, Robert Wyatt and many more. A comprehensive 78 page booklet plots the story of Cherry Red Records and details many rare 7" and 12" picture sleeves. Features extensive interviews conducted by Alex Ogg with 'fly-on-the-wall' accounts from label founders and band members. Cherry Red.
Hallé Orchestra, Kent Nagano - Messiaen: Saint Francois D'Assise (1999)

Hallé Orchestra, Kent Nagano - Messiaen: Saint Francois D'Assise (1999)
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 1.1 Gb | 03:54:20
Genre: Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon

The most ambitious work by 20th-century French master Olivier Messiaen, Saint Francis is also his most all-embracing. He spent nearly a decade creating the opera, which not only encapsulates the composer's abiding Catholic faith but draws on a lifetime of musical discovery and brings together the elements of Messiaen's far-ranging, rich vocabulary: birdsong and nature as a source for music, Eastern modes, complex rhythms derived from ancient Greek poetry and Hindu talas, plainsong, and percussive gamelan-like sonorities, to list a few of the most salient. Messiaen chose Francis for operatic representation as the saint "most like Christ" and wrote his own libretto, using the gentle poetry of the Fioretti.

The Casimir Connection - Cause and Effect (2019)  Music

Posted by delpotro at Dec. 24, 2019
The Casimir Connection - Cause and Effect (2019)

The Casimir Connection - Cause and Effect (2019)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 369 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 164 Mb | Scans - 70 Mb | 01:11:25
Jazz, Third Stream | Label: Ciconia Records

The reference is to the Casimir effect, a mysterious force in quantum physics that draws elements together. I see it as a metaphor for the spontaneous energy created by musicians interacting intuitively when playing together. Cause and Effect is a journey through the influence of childhood experiences. The music sometimes reflects a mood, sometimes evokes a half forgotten memory, combining the sensibility of classical music with the instinctive spontaneity of jazz improvisation.