Imagined Villages

Paul McCartney - McCartney III Imagined (2021)  Music

Posted by delpotro at Aug. 24, 2021
Paul McCartney - McCartney III Imagined (2021)

Paul McCartney - McCartney III Imagined (2021)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 308 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 123 Mb | 00:50:16
Pop Rock, Electronic | Label: Universal Music

Personally curated by Paul, McCartney III Imagined features an A-List assortment of friends, fans and brand new acquaintances, each covering and / or reimagining their favorite McCartney III moments in their own signature styles. The result is a kaleidoscopic reinterpretation of an album Rolling Stone accurately tagged “an inspiration to us all”—one that serves as an extension of the instantly beloved McCartney III while standing on its own as brilliant and adventurous milestone in the McCartney discography. The all-star lineup Includes Anderson .paak, Beck, Blood Orange, Damon Albarn, Eob, Josh Homme, Khruangbin, 3d Rdn From Massive Attack, Phoebe Bridgers, St. Vincent and more.

The Future Sound of London - My Kingdom: Re-Imagined (2018)  Music

Posted by delpotro at May 16, 2018
The Future Sound of London - My Kingdom: Re-Imagined (2018)

The Future Sound of London - My Kingdom: Re-Imagined (2018)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) | 00:42:26 | 261 Mb
Electronic, Leftfield, Ambient, Trip-Hop | Label: Electronic Brain Violence, FSOL

Originally reached no.13 in the UK charts in 1996 – taken from the top 30 album DEAD CITIES and loosely based on “Rachael’s song” from BLADERUNNER by Vangelis. Now 22 years later the group have recreated the track in 10 new compositions, seamlessly flowing together the journey, it travels from ambient rock to a land of electronica.
Sally Beamish: The Imagined Sound of Sun on Stone; The Caledonian Road; The Day Dawn; No, I'm not afraid (2000)

Sally Beamish: The Imagined Sound of Sun on Stone;
The Caledonian Road; The Day Dawn; No, I'm not afraid (2000)
Sally Beamish, narrator; John Harle, saxophone
Swedish Chamber Orchestra; Ola Rudner, conductor

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 226 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 163 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical | Label: BIS | # BIS-CD-1161 | Time: 01:07:21

This is the second recording by BIS of Sally Beamish’s music, and the four pieces it contains confirm utterly her high standing. Her work is thoughtfully lyrical, intense, individual, instinctively dramatic, in ways that remind me somewhat of Nicholas Mawmusic. Like him she has a particular gift for expressive harmony and timbre. The earliest piece here is No, I’m not afraid (1989), six poignant poems written from prison by Irina Ratushinskaya spoken – by Beamish herself – against sparse but hugely effective instrumental backgrounds and interspersed with five purely instrumental interludes. The disc opens with The Caledonian Road of 1997. The name of this piece refers not just to the north London thoroughfare remembered by Beamish from childhood but to her own pilgrimage northward to Scotland, where she now lives. The music resonates with a sense of ritual, of something inevitable. By contrast, the work that follows, the unabashedly poetic The Day Dawn (written for a summer school organised by Contemporary Music-making for Amateurs in 1997, and revised in 2000) derives from a Shetland fiddle tune, and is all about new beginnings.
Enchant - A Dream Imagined... (The Complete Collection 1993-2014) [10CD Box Set] (2018)

Enchant - A Dream Imagined… (The Complete Collection 1993-2014) [10CD Box Set] (2018)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 4,52 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 1,48 GB | Covers - 4,12 GB
Genre: Heavy Progressive Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: InsideOut Music (IOMLTCD 509)

In what will be 25 years since the release of Enchant's debut album "A Blueprint of the World", the San Francisco-formed progressive rock group will celebrate with a special limited 10 CD boxset compiling all of their studio albums, from the aforementioned debut, right up to 2014's "The Great Divide". The package also features 2 discs of bonus tracks that include a selection of demo versions, live tracks, acoustic versions & instrumentals, plus extensive liner notes covering the entirety of the bands career up to now and brand new interviews with various members past & present.
Enchant are renowned for their catchy melodies, driven by Ted Leonard's excellent vocals. The build-up of their compositions brings to mind acts such as Rush, Dream Theater and Kansas among others, but in their long career they have clearly developed their own sound.
Judith Bingham - Chamber Music (Landscapes, Real and Imagined) (Suh, Chamber Domaine)

Judith Bingham - Chamber Music (Landscapes, Real and Imagined) (Suh, Chamber Domaine)
Classical | EAC: FLAC+Cue+Log | 1 Cd, Covers | 381 Mb
Date: 2011

Landscapes, whether real or imagined have been a recurring theme in the chamber music of Judith Bingham, performed here by the internationally renowned Chamber Domaine and the supremely talented Korean soprano Yeree Suh.

VA - Blue Note Re:imagined II (2022)  Music

Posted by delpotro at Oct. 10, 2022
VA - Blue Note Re:imagined II (2022)

VA - Blue Note Re:imagined II (2022)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) | 01:09:16 | 407 Mb
Nu Jazz, R'n'B | Label: Blue Note Records

Blue Note Re:imagined returns in 2022 with a new 16-track compilation featuring fresh takes on music from the illustrious Blue Note vaults recorded by a heavyweight line-up of the UK jazz, soul and R&B scene’s most hotly-tipped rising stars. Arriving off the back of the widespread international success of the first volume, which topped jazz charts around the globe in 2020, Blue Note Re:imagined II once again infuses the spirit of the new UK jazz generation into the legendary label’s iconic catalog, balancing the genre’s tradition with its future and reflecting the melting pot of talent and diversity within the current scene. The second volume presents covers of classic Blue Note tracks by Donald Byrd, Grant Green, Wayne Shorter, Thelonious Monk, Bobbi Humphrey, Marlena Shaw, Chico Hamilton, Chick Corea, Joe Lovano, Cassandra Wilson, and Norah Jones by a rollcall of acclaimed talent including Yazz Ahmed, Conor Albert, Parthenope, Swindle, Nubiyan Twist, Ego Ella May, Oscar Jerome, Daniel Casimir, Theon Cross, Maya Delilah, Kay Young, Venna & Marco, Reuben James, Binker Golding, Cherise, and Franc Moody.

The Little Unsaid - Imagined Hymns and Chaingang Mantras (2017)  Music

Posted by Pisulik at April 13, 2017
The Little Unsaid - Imagined Hymns and Chaingang Mantras (2017)

The Little Unsaid - Imagined Hymns and Chaingang Mantras (2017)
Folk, Folk Rock | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 00:41:54 | 96 MB
Label: Carbon Moon Records | Release Year: 2017

Recent winners of the Steve Reid InNOVAtion Award for boundary-pushing new music creators, The Little Unsaid have spent the last year travelling the UK and Europe, leaving audiences emotionally rapt with a live show that’s been described as ‘a thumping depth of passion, recalling the intensity and melancholic overtones of Nick Cave and Leonard Cohen.’ Led by Yorkshire-born songwriter and multi-instrumentalist John Elliott, the band have just completed their forthcoming album, Imagined Hymns & Chaingang Mantras, recorded with Radiohead engineer and acclaimed film score producer Graeme Stewart. Stewart’s touch lends a sweeping, cinematic quality to the album’s ten deeply personal songs, written during Elliott’s recovery from post-traumatic stress disorder after a year of ongoing personal trauma brought his life and music career to a standstill.

VA - Blue Note Re:imagined (2020)  Music

Posted by delpotro at Nov. 8, 2020
VA - Blue Note Re:imagined (2020)

VA - Blue Note Re:imagined (2020)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 522 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 226 Mb | Covers included | 01:24:22
Jazz, R'n'B, Soul | Label: Blue Note Records

Blue Note Re:imagined presents classic Blue Note tracks, reworked and newly recorded by a selection of the UK scene’s most exciting young talents today. Representing a bridge between the ground-breaking label’s past and future, the project will feature contributions from a rollcall of internationally acclaimed jazz, soul and R&B acts – Shabaka Hutchings, Ezra Collective, Nubya Garcia, Mr Jukes, Steam Down, Skinny Pelembe, Emma-Jean Thackray, Poppy Ajudha, Jordan Rakei, Fieh, Ishmael Ensemble, Blue Lab Beats, Melt Yourself Down, Yazmin Lacey, Alfa Mist, and Brit Award-winning Jorja Smith.
Ambrose Akinmusire - The Imagined Savior is Far Easier to Paint (2014)

Ambrose Akinmusire - The Imagined Savior is Far Easier to Paint (2014)
MP3 320 kbps CBR | 78:31 min | 180 MB
Genre: Jazz | Label: Blue Note Records

The title's prose speaks of trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire's poetic leanings. A rising jazz star who's received a lion's share of awards and accolades yet is not resting on past laurels, he continues to search for artistic expression with in-demand chops and inventive writing that has illuminated the recordings of other artists and his own band since 2008's debut Prelude: to Cora (Fresh Sound New Talent).
Matt Bianco - The Essential Matt Bianco: Re-Imagined, Re-Loved (2022)

Matt Bianco - The Essential Matt Bianco: Re-Imagined, Re-Loved (2022)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 915 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 327 MB
2:16:35 | Sophisti-Pop Jazz-Funk, Blue-Eyed Soul | Label: Matt Entertainment

Matt Bianco is a UK group formed in 1982 by Mark Reilly (vocals), Danny White (keyboards) and the late Kito Poncioni (bass), all originally members of the band Blue Rondo A La Turk. For their first album "Whose Side Are You On?" they hired unknown polish vocalist Basia Trzetrzelewska. Her vocal arrangements gave the album a jazzy dimension that Reilly and White couldn't anticipate and hits like "Get Out of Your Lazy Bed" and "Half a Minute" turned Matt Bianco into one of the biggest acts of the 1980s. Forty years later the group is releasing this new double album: "The Essential Matt Bianco", including thirty tracks from throughout their career, lovingly re-imagined and re-loved. Meaning these favourite tracks from the Matt Bianco catalogue are either re-recorded or remixed and have been interpreted for where we are now in 2022. This album will be extensively toured with concerts around the world.