The Ascent Of Everest - How Lonely Sits The City (Remastered Edition)

Artist:The Ascent Of Everest
Album: How Lonely Sits The City (Remastered Edition)
Year: 2008 (Studio Album, released in 2006)
Genre:Post - Rock
Country:United States

The Ascent of Everest formed in the spring of 2005 in the shadows of Music City USA (Nashville, Tennessee). Since then the band has embarked on two east coast tours and played dozens of regional shows in support of their 2006 release "How Lonely Sits the City" (the re-master of which will be released June 30, 2008 on the shells music label). Currently the six piece outfit is preparing to tour the UK and working on material for their next record.

“The songs communicate sentiments that simply cannot be put into words.”
– Performer Magazine

“The Ascent of Everest has created a unique sound full of swirling textures, intense and beautiful soundscapes, and exploding crescendos.”
– Panoptic Journalism Ltd.

“The Ascent of Everest performs music in the style of largely layered, epic, huge sounding instrumental rock. It’s like watching a movie score at times. They’ll be bringing their cellos, drum mallets, piano, and other various instruments along with them to 12th & Porter to play with Sparrows Swarm and Sing."
– Nashvillezine.com

“The Ascent of Everest makes spacious, gradually swelling songs that bring to mind the drama and dynamics of Mogwai and GSYBE. The name alone should tell you something about their creative motives. A seven-piece string-heavy outfit who’s freely psychedelic post-rock is something like Dirty Three on acid. It was a hell of a show—these guys are Murfreesboro gold. With lush and slow-building songs, sparse vocals and a heavy-lidded female cellist, the band entertained the attentive, yet brooding, crowd. Several people wearing black scooted their chairs center stage and the subsequent hands-in-pockets style head nodding was not only justified, but sincere.”
– Nashville Scene

"Presentation is a key component to the work of The Ascent of Everest, and it readily switches forms from guitar driven segments to orchestral upwellings to thick atmospheric drone and ambiance. The segues are often huge and greatly overlapping, which results in some extremely cinematic or cathartic passages… Undoubtedly this is one of the better instrumental releases from the U.S. in 2006, if not the world at large."
– Jordan Volz

“9 out of 10”
“Top 40 Records of 2006”
– thesilentballet.com

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Mutyumu — Mutyumu

Artist:Mutyumu
Album: Mutyumu
Year: 2006
Genre:Rock, Experimental, Avantgarde, Symponic Metal, Piano
Country:Japan

A quite original debut from this japanese band.

Mixing rock, metal and ambient music, with slight influences from folk music and jazz; this is a highly eclectic mix of tunes. The band has a well developed sense of drama, and are fond of mixing styles in individual tunes as well as creating variation from one tune to the next.

TRACK LIST:

1. Koku 5:28
2. Zantetsu 4:44
3. Kronos Kairos 5:46
4. Fujyo Kouhuku Sanka 6:14
5. Sonzai No Kakuritsu 3:17
6. Madouin Mousou Tenshi Kyoku 4:55
7. Tetsu No Hanataba 8:53
8. Syosou Kuka Gengai No Sirabe 4:30
9. Rakuen 12:44
10. Mumu No Renzokukousa 1:41
11. Hakugoku No Yume 4:46
12. Tata 4:25

LINEUP:

Ryota Yoda - guitars
Jyunpei Suda - drums
Hachisunoit - vocals
Yuko Ikenaga - keyboards
Chiaki Okamoto - violin, bass

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Arvo Pärt - Alina

Artist:Arvo Pärt
Album: Alina
Year: 1999
Genre:Neo-classical, Minimalism
Country:Esthonia



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Arvo Pärt (born 11 September 1935 in Paide) is an Estonian composer, often identified with the school of minimalism and more specifically, that of “holy minimalism” or “sacred minimalism”. He is considered a pioneer of this style, along with contemporaries Henryk Górecki and John Tavener.

the fragile beauty of music..Utter perfection!!

from Amazon.com
"This is a remarkable release, both for its beauty and its novelty at programming. Für Alina is a two-minute solo piano piece composed by Pärt in l976 that ushered in his "tintinnabuli" style, that is, the bell-like, simple, no-notes-wasted method for which he has become beloved and famous. On this CD, pianist Alexander Malter plays it twice, as the second and fourth tracks; each iteration takes almost 11 minutes (Pärt assumed it would be embellished, and he chose this pair for the CD). There are minute variations in tempo, emphasis, and rubato from one to the other, but, all that being said, it amounts to 22 minutes of the most beautiful, contemplative music ever performed. Almost equally gentle is Spiegel im Spiegel, played as tracks 1, 3 and 5 and scored for piano and, respectively, violin, cello, and then violin again. The instruments mirror one another (Spiegel is German for mirror), with notes added to the scale with each repetition, and so on. Almost impossible to describe in its loveliness, each of the three sets is beautiful; the cello in track 3 gives it extra mellowness. This is music staggering in its simple complexity and a treat for the ear and heart." --Robert Levine
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Planet Boelex - Suunta

Artist:Planet Boelex
Album: Suunta
Year: 2007
Genre:Electronica, Downtempo, Ambient
Bitrate:320 Kbps
Country:Finland

Beautiful ambient and downtempo electronica from Planet Boelex an electronic music project originating from Finland.

FROM NETLABEL:
"..each track having great style, flair and production and most important, each track a mini epic in itself. This time around we have a 'mini-lp' - 44 minutes of blissful works entitled Suunta (Direction) full of beautiful vibes, deep, atmospheric sounds, resounding basses with an analogue twist and those fabulous bleeps that Boelex is reknowned for. Throughout the release the highly polished results of many sleepless nights (right up to the day before release!) are apparent - this is a release to treasure, take a small taster and then dive right in.."

All his music is free and available to share under the Creative Commons 3 license so..
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Spyweirdos And John Mourjopoulos With Floros Floridis - Epistrophy At Utopia (2008)

Artist: Spyweirdos And John Mourjopoulos With Floros Floridis
Album: Epistrophy At Utopia
Year: 2008
Genre:Electronica,Ambient
Country:Greece




Spyweirdos-utopia

T
he three artists who have collaborated on the album are Spyros Polychronopoulos (Spyweirdo), who supplies the electronics and processing, acoustics professor and jazz musician John Mourjopoulos and jazz and improv artist Floros Floridis. The latter two provide various free jazz improvisations, which tend to the minimal, moodier end of the spectrum, on piano, double bass, clarinet, oboe and saxophone amongst other things, while Spyweirdo pulls all the pieces together and meshes them with his own brand of electronics into their completed forms.
This is quite a remarkable album. That it’s creators have been working in their various fields since the late 70s is apparent in the maturity and focus of the work, while there is a refreshing newness to the sounds which, inspite of the obvious use of homage, do not rely on nostalgia for their potency.

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POLY QUARTET - perfumed dreams (2008)

Artist: Poly Quartet
Album: perfumed dreams
Year: 2008
Genre:Jazz,Ambient
Country:Greece



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our Greek musicians meet each other in Holland...They work with various “multi-ethnic” groups for about 3 years until they form the Poly Quartet centred on the ‘Perfumed Dreams’ compositions of Andreas Polyzogopoulos. This is a cycle of compositions written in the course of the past three years: ten compositions inspired by Mediterranean aromas and the sound-colours of Northern Europe and sketching out the dreams that impassion our life, the dreams that enable us to believe in

utopias…

Poly Quartet gets 1st place in "Motives For Jazz" Contest, Play Festival, Hasselt, Belgium.

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Λουδοβίκος των Ανωγείων - Το Μεϊντάνι

Artist: Loudovikos ton Anoyíon
Album: To Meintani
Year: 1993
Genre:Folk
Country:Greece




Loudovikos-Ποιο το χρώμα της Αγάπης

Loudovikos ton Anogeion with his gentle voice, the compelling lyricism of his songs and his emotionally sensitive arrangments have enchanted Greek audiences for years. His midnight concerts in historic settings have cult status, and his CDs habitually top the Greek charts, staying there for weeks.
His lyrics are inspired by his profound knowledge of the way of life, the feelings and the destiny of the people who live here. In the foreword to this edition, Loudovikos wrote: "Up here on the barren slopes of Mount Psiloritis, people listen to the spirit of the stones. We sing of unrequited love and the paths it takes. And we still sing of death in a deeply erotic way. The people of the mountains are closer to the heavens."

Matthew Robert Cooper - Miniatures

Artist:Matthew Robert Cooper
Album: Miniatures
Year: 2008
Genre:Piano, Ambient, Neo-classical, Minimal
Country:United States

Matthew Robert Cooper is widely known as Eluvium and less known to be a part of Concert Silence. He makes cinematic ambiental guitar and piano-based music.His first album under his own name is released by Gaarden Records and is called “Miniatures”. Nine short saturnian interludes make up the first proper vinyl release by the sound artist who has intrigued your collapsed antenna many times before as Eluvium, Matthew Robert Cooper. Atmospheric chamber music from the cardboard box vortex. Miniatures moves from swirling spatial feedback manipulations to stripped down minimal piano pieces and back while you watch from the curbside the ghostly parade.

Brian Eno's ambient echoes and drones mixed with piano and string themes of Philip Glass austerity?..

"..Nine short, simply numbered titled saturnian interludes make up the release of atmospheric chamber music from the cardboard box vortex. Miniatures moves from swirling spatial feedback manipulations to stripped down minimal piano pieces and back while you watch from the curbside the ghostly parade. Eluvium’s strength lies in creating music that evokes a whole host of emotions. As horns hold long notes over a twinkling sheen of keys, the opener unfurls slowly and sets the contemplative mood of the album. Like what follows, it’s produced as if the music were being transmitted from within the womb: Sounds ring out and bleed together. Such fuzzy edges don’t mean that the sound is muddied, though. Instead, they charge the music with an insular coherence.
With one foot in pop music and one in avant-garde composition, Cooper has crafted an album that is at once minimal while deceptively complex. These instrumentals command a listener’s attention but never stoop to pop-music gimmickry. They exist in another world altogether, adrift in an echoing atmosphere.."indieducky.com

Planet Boelex and Lisas Antenna - Little World

Artist:Planet Boelex and Lisas Antenna
Album: Little World
Year: 2008
Genre:Lounge, Piano, IDM, Chill-Out
Bitrate:256 Kbps (VBR)
Country:Finland - Sweden



Are you there?

A beautifull netaudio release from a new nordic netlabel called Soft Phase: an ep entitled 'Little world' produced by Planet Boelex (an electronic music project originating from Finland, started in 2004, consisting of only one member) in collaboration with a swedish singer/songwriter known as Lisa's Antenna creating exquisite, beautifully sequenced soundscapes around Lisa's lovely vocals and and minimal piano chords.

FROM LABEL:
“The days are slowly becoming shorter, the leafs on the trees begin to change their colour,
the weather is getting colder, the autumn is approaching. We welcome you to the world of
Soft Phase netlabel with our first release, which is a collaboration between
two northern artists, Planet Boelex and Lisa’s antenna. The former you might know
from the past releases on Monotonik and Kahvi Collective, and we’d suspect you might learn
something about Lisa while listening to these songs. Enter Little World, journey into the
mysterious sound universe full of soft and sensitive vocals, lyrics that’ll tell you little
stories, backed up by the floating melodic atmospheres you’ve grown to expect from Planet
Boelex. Perfect for taking with you, while walking in the misty autumn evening, watching the
nature silently preparing for the coldness of the winter. Get yourself a nice cup of tea,
sit comfortably and let Little World’s songs surround you with warmth and emotion.”

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Silent Ballet Compilation - Volume IX

Artists:Various
Album: Silent Ballet Compilation - Vol.IX
Year: 2008
Genre:Instrumental, Ambient, Neo-classical
Bitrate:192 Kbps



Rudi Arapahoe - Conversation Piece

The Silent Ballet IX is an absolutely beautiful collection of tracks which delicately combine strings and orchestral sounds with minimal electronics in a quiet post-rock sensibility. the compilation maintains a very cohesive, classical-inspired sound; each carefully selected track is an exquisite composition on its own, which also perfectly compliments the others. from the repressed intensity of the Bersarin Quartett, to the plaintive strains of Redhooker, to the soaring violins and piano arpeggios of Bosques de mi Mente, this is dream music for your nights and days.

Tracklist

Track 1. The Dead Sea: Nulla Desiderata
TBA, 2008 TBA.
website: www.thedeadsea.org
myspace: www.myspace.com/thedeadseamusic

Track 2. Olafur Arnalds: Fok
Variations of Static, 2008 Erased Tapes Records.
website: www.olafurarnalds.com
myspace: www.myspace.com/olafurarnalds

Track 3. Anoice: Glitch
Out of Season, 2008 Ricco Label.
website: www.fleursy.com
myspace: www.myspace.com/anoice

Track 4. Bersarin Quartett: Mehr Als Alles Andere
Bersarin Quartett, 2008 Lidar Productions.
website: www.beatsbeyond.de
myspace: www.myspace.com/bersarinquartett

Track 5. Emanuele Errante: Fecunda
Humus, 2008 Somnia Records.
website: www.e-errante.com
myspace: www.myspace.com/errante

Track 6. Peter Broderick: Atlantic
Unreleased, 2008 The Silent Ballet
website: www.myspace.com/peterbroderick
myspace: www.myspace.com/peterbroderick

Track 7. The Abbasi Brothers: The Social Evening (In 1992)
Music for Film and Dreams, 2008 Dynamophone Records.
website: www.myspace.com/abbasibros
myspace: www.myspace.com/abbasibros

Track 8. Sumner McKane: Doris
What a Great Place to Be, 2008 Don’t Hit Your Sister.
website: www.sumnermckane.com
myspace: www.myspace.com/sumnermckane

Track 9. Cam Butler: I Surrender
Dark Times (Symphony No. 2), 2008 Self-Released.
website: www.cambutler.com
myspace: www.myspace.com/cambutlermusic

Track 10. Redhooker: Telling Time
TBA, 2008 TBA.
website: www.myspace.com/redhooker
myspace: www.myspace.com/redhooker

Track 11. Bosques de mi Mente: Nubes Apiladas en Forma de Montaas
Ruido Blanco, 2008 Self-Released.
website: www.myspace.com/bosquesdemimente
myspace: www.myspace.com/bosquesdemimente

Track 12. Rudi Arapahoe: Conversation Piece
Echoes from One to Another, 2008 Symbolic Interaction.
website: www.rudiarapahoe.com/
myspace: www.myspace.com/rudiarapahoe

Track 13. Joe Frawley: Sketches from Memory
TBA, 2009 TBA.
website: www.joefrawley.com
myspace: www.myspace.com/joefrawleymusic
Highly Recommended

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Andrei Machado - Lacuna

Artist:Andrei Machado
Album: Lacuna
Year: 2008
Genre:Piano, Ambient, Neo-classical
Bitrate:256 Kbps
Country:Brasil

Andrei Machado is a Brazilian amateur musician and Lacuna is his debut album.In our blog Andrei found some of his influences(Peter Broderick, Max Richter, Alaska In The Winter, Balmorhea, Bosques De Mi Mente, Eluvium) and wanted to share his wonderfull work with us.Thank u Andrei for sharing your inspiring music with us!!
Minimal soundspaces but not boring,excellent touches of piano,simplicity and emotional airy melodies that leaves the listener in peace and beauty - the "Eu sei que sou fraco" is my favorite track :)Keep up the great work Andrei.Thanks again..Greetings from Greece!

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Kafabindunya - Kafabindunya (demo)

Artist: Kafabindunya
Album: Kafabindunya (demo)
Year: 2006
Genre:Post - Rock
Country:Turkey

Kafabindunya is a post-rock, drone-metal, noise-rock band from Istanbul, Turkey.

The band is famous in underground scene because of their "hypnotic" live shows and shocking high volume. The band composes and plays instrumental music. According to the songwriter/guitarist Burc Tuncer, ordinary songs with lyrics limit the story that the listener imagines, by the lyrics of the songs. kafabindunya composes because they want the listener to imagine his/her own story and use their music as the soundtrack of their own fiction, by just limiting the edges of their imagination with -only- the names of the songs.
In 2006, the band opened the phonem by miller festival as the support band of Mogwai. The band continues to play live locally.

All in all, "kafabindunya" is now an art project, more than an avant-garde band. Sometimes they produce visual material in harmony with their audible material. Their live shows are like not only a rock band performing in the stage, but also an experience awaiting you to experiment.

Nina Simone - Little Girl Blue

Artist: Nina Simone
Album: Little Girl Blue
Year: 1957
Genre:Jazz, Soul
Country:United States



Don't smoke in bed

Little Girl Blue is the debut album by singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone (1933–2003) for Bethlehem Records. It was also released as Jazz As Played in an Exclusive Side Street Club. Nina was in her early twenties at the time of this album, and still aspiring to be a classical concert pianist.

"Little Girl Blue, released in 1957, was Nina Simone's first recording, originally issued on the Bethlehem label. Backed by bassist Jimmy Bond and Albert "Tootie" Heath, it showcases her ballad voice as one of mystery and sensuality and showcases her up-tempo jazz style with authority and an enigmatic down-home feel that is nonetheless elegant. The album also introduced a fine jazz pianist. Simone was a solid improviser who never strayed far from the blues. Check the opener, her reading of Duke Ellington's "Mood Indigo," which finger-pops and swings while keeping the phrasing deep-blue. It is contrasted immediately with one of the -- if not the -- definitive reads of Willard Robison's steamy leave-your-lover ballad "Don't Smoke in Bed." The title track, written by Rodgers & Hart, features "Good King Wenceslas" as a classical prelude to one of the most beautiful pop ballads ever written. It is followed immediately by the funky swing in "He Needs Me" with a smoking little piano solo in the bridge where Bach meets Horace Silver and Bobby Timmons. It's also interesting to note that while this was her first recording, the record's grooves evidence an artist who arrives fully formed; many of the traits Simone displayed throughout her career as not only a vocalist and pianist but as an arranger are put on first notice here. "My Baby Just Cares for Me" has a stride shuffle that is extrapolated on in the piano break. Her instrumental and improvising skills are put to good use on Tadd Dameron's "Good Bait," which is transformed into something classical from its original bebop intent. "You'll Never Walk Alone" feels more like some regal gospel song than the Rodgers & Hammerstein show tune it was. Of course, one of Simone's signature tunes was her version of "I Loves You, Porgy," which appears here for the first time and was released as a single. Her own "Central Park Blues" is one of the finest jazz tunes here, and it is followed with yet another side of Simone's diversity in her beautiful take on the folk-gospel tune "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands," with quiet and determined dignity and drama. Another of her instrumentals compositions, "African Mailman," struts proud with deep Afro-Caribbean roots and rhythms."For The Love Of Soul Jazz - TheDadDyMan