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The Utopia Strong - The Utopia Strong (2019) [Official Digital Download]  Vinyl & HR

Posted by delpotro at March 23, 2024
The Utopia Strong - The Utopia Strong (2019) [Official Digital Download]

The Utopia Strong - The Utopia Strong (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 43:29 minutes | 439 MB
Progressive Electronic, Space Ambient, Krautrock | Label: Rocket Recordings, Official Digital Download

The overall sound was pretty accidental” reckons Kavus Torabi. “I certainly didn’t expect the music to sound so ecstatic and positive, Without wanting to puncture the mystery, there really felt like an element of magic at play in making this album. For the most part it was incredibly effortless”
The Utopia Strong - The BBC Sessions (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/48]

The Utopia Strong - The BBC Sessions (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/48 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 43:54 minutes | 509 MB
Progressive Electronic, Neo-psychedelia, Krautrock | Label: Rocket Recordings, Official Digital Download

The history of BBC Maida Vale Sessions is familiar to The Utopia Strong. As musicians, and lifelong music fans, the legacy - the importance - of such recordings is not lost on them. Space and place influence creativity, as is the case here, and the sleeve is a loving homage to those classic BBC releases, affectionately nodding to Strange Fruit Peel Sessions from days of yore.
The Utopia Strong - International Treasure (2022) [Official Digital Download]

The Utopia Strong - International Treasure (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 40:39 minutes | 441 MB
Progressive Electronic, Space Ambient | Label: Rocket Recordings, Official Digital Download

Call it synchronicity, call it happenstance, call it no more than three friends getting together to give their speakers a workout. Yet The Utopia Strong’s formidable conflagration of psychedelic radiance and beatific harmony has evolved way beyond all or any expectations since the band’s inception at the start of 2018. The following year’s Rocket debut was a powerful document of kosmische transcendence fit to banish all or any talk of its originators’ collective histories firmly into the background.

The Utopia Strong - Gyre (2023) [Official Digital Download]  Vinyl & HR

Posted by delpotro at March 24, 2024
The Utopia Strong - Gyre (2023) [Official Digital Download]

The Utopia Strong - Gyre (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 49:54 minutes | 516 MB
Progressive Electronic, Space Ambient | Label: The Utopia Strong, Official Digital Download

Written and performed by Steve Davis, Kavus Torabi and Michael J York Recorded at The Carlton Club, Manchester, 13th November 2021.

Sabotaged: Dreams of Utopia in Texas  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by roxul at March 28, 2024
Sabotaged: Dreams of Utopia in Texas

James Pratt, "Sabotaged: Dreams of Utopia in Texas"
English | ISBN: 1496207920 | 2020 | 336 pages | EPUB | 4 MB

The Relational Nordic Welfare State: Between Utopia and Ideology  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by roxul at March 20, 2024
The Relational Nordic Welfare State: Between Utopia and Ideology

Sakari Hänninen, "The Relational Nordic Welfare State: Between Utopia and Ideology"
English | ISBN: 1788974646 | 2019 | 288 pages | PDF | 3 MB

Utopia - Utopia (1982)  Music

Posted by v3122 at Sept. 10, 2020
Utopia - Utopia (1982)

Utopia - Utopia (1982)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
Rhino Records, 8122-70713-2 | ~ 335 or 115 Mb | Artwork(jpg) -> 1.91 Mb
Art Rock, New Wave

Utopia followed Swing to the Right, their first album for Elektra subsidiary Network, a mere six months after, dubbing the new album Utopia. Presumably, an eponymous release signaled a new beginning for the group, which is true to a certain extent. Utopia finally became a true collective here, with each member's contributions sounding remarkably similar, in performance and composition…
Utopia - Deface The Music Tour: Official Bootleg, Vol. 6 (2003) 2CDs

Todd Rundgren's Utopia - Deface The Music Tour: Official Bootleg, Vol. 6 (2003)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 568 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 211 Mb | Scans included
Pop Rock, Power Pop | Label: Castle Music | # CMXBX735/2 | Time: 01:31:07

Easily, 1980 could have gone down as the year that Utopia broke through to the mainstream. With the commercial success achieved with the album Adventures in Utopia and its single, "Set Me Free," it appeared as though Rundgren and company were well on their way with their next release. But instead of issuing another album of new wave-esque pop, the group completely switched gears and released a twisted Beatles parody, Deface the Music. While longtime fans loved it, the release obviously confused and alienated their newfound mainstream following, as it failed to follow its predecessor's strong chart showing (and with John Lennon's death just two months after its release, a Beatles parody wasn't exactly what many rock fans wanted to hear at that point in time). As a result, the group only performed selections from the Deface album during its short supporting tour. Now fans can finally hear what the songs sounded like on the concert stage, with Vol. 6 of Rundgren's bootleg series, Deface the Music Tour.

Utopia - Oops! Wrong Planet (1977) [UDCD 637]  Music

Posted by JET 1 at April 25, 2022
Utopia - Oops! Wrong Planet (1977) [UDCD 637]

Utopia - Oops! Wrong Planet (1977) [UDCD 637]
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) +CUE, LOG | 320 MB | Scans
Genre: Rock | Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | Catalog Number: UDCD 637

Despite his efforts to democratize the group, Utopia still feels very much like Rundgren's baby, mainly because the only songs that really work are ones that he writes and sings. And since Utopia is now merely a hard rock band, Rundgren reserves his more ambitious ideas and complex songs for his solo records. The end result of all this is that Oops! Wrong Planet is more consistent than earlier Utopia records, but is not as sporadically brilliant or rewarding as Rundgren's solo albums. Even the bad moments, such as the very silly "Gangrene," aren't particularly unlistenable, yet there are simply too many average, undistinguished songs for the record to actually soar. Nevertheless, Rundgren turns in some fine moments – "Love in Action" is a terrific hard rocker, as is "Trapped," and "Love Is the Answer" is an ideal stadium anthem – that make the record worthwhile for the cult, even if it will sound like little more than a period piece to most listeners.

Utopia - Todd Rundgren's Utopia (1974)  Music

Posted by v3122 at Sept. 16, 2020
Utopia - Todd Rundgren's Utopia (1974)

Utopia - Todd Rundgren's Utopia (1974)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
Rhino Records, R2 70865 | ~ 396 or 140 Mb | Artwork(jpg) -> 12 Mb
Progressive Rock

For much of the double-album Todd, Todd Rundgren was exploring weird instrumental avenues, creating a warped, synth-fueled variation of prog rock. This wasn't the culmination of the weirdness A Wizard, A True Star initiated – it was merely the beginning. Not long after completing Todd, Rundgren assembled Utopia, a prog rock group with no less than three synth players, plus guitar, bass and drums…