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Esoteric, Modal and Progressive Jazz inspired by Islam 1957 - 1988. Songs ancient and divine - the seventh volume of our acclaimed Spiritual Jazz series examines the influence and impact of Islam on four decades of jazz innovation.

For their debut recording, the Flash Ensemble presents the largely undiscovered works of Hungarian composer Laszlo Lajtha (1892-1963), including the world premiere recording of String Trio No 2, Op 18, from 1932.

Brilliant Classics has made availabe this 6 disc set of a wide selection of attractive music in truly spectacular performances by Modo Antiquo under Bettina Hoffmann. It's imaginative, vital, energetic, thoroughly musical and really makes the old pieces come alive.

Leap Day was founded on the 29th of February 2008. This Dutch sympho outfit has members of wellknown bands from the world of progressive rock, such as Flamborough Head, King Eider, Nice Beaver, Trion and Pink Floyd Project. In 2008 they released their demo cd containing three songs, including Awaking The Muse which is the title of their first full-length studio album released through Oskar music in 2009. In terms of musical style we're treated to neo-prog of the vintage variety here, with nods in the directions of Camel and Genesis as far as possible influences go. Lush sonic tapestries with multiple keyboard layers and melodic, gentle guitar soloing will be found aplenty on this album, and the lead vocals calm and soothing with a few subtle dramatic flairs on select occasions. Melody and harmony are keywords for this production though, and if that sounds enticing you'll most probably enjoy this effort…

A project started by Christopher Bleckmann and Hannes Wenner, whose minimal recordings for M-nus / Detroit added some new aspects to the minimal techno-world. Keeping the faith to minimal sound-structures, Clubsessel combines rhythm-pattern which may appear simple with deep pad-sounds and noisy ambient soundscapes. The club is always part of the music but more in the background, like a memory. Steady live editing and mixing of sounds while recording add an live-performance-like atmosphere to the tracks. One part of each track coming from the machines, the other coming from the hands of the producers, Clubsessel comes with the human touch of a live-recording-session in this slowly developing soundscapes. Somewhere between noisy ambient and minimal techno Clubsessel finds its own way of sound.

Cette nouvelle intégrale retrace la fructueuse carrière de Dalida. Elle reprend sa discographie française originale depuis les tout premiers enregistrements de 1956 jusqu'aux derniers grands succès parus en 1987, sans oublier des titres live, moments forts de l'artiste sur scène. Et pour la première fois, elle offre des interviews rares où la voix de Dalida nous parvient sincère et touchante. L'intégrale "Les Diamants Sont Eternels" est présentée dans un luxueux écrin.