Postales Musicales

Sigur Rós - Takk... (2005)

2010-05-29T14:56:00.003-03:00

Tracklist:

Takk...
Glósóli
Hoppípolla
Með blóðnasir
Sé lest
Sæglópur
Mílanó
Gong
Andvari
Svo hljótt
Heysátan

Just when this Icelandic crew seemed stuck in loud/soft/loud/ soft rut a la Mogwai or Godspeed You Black Emperor, they release their most beguiling, subtle and beautiful album yet. This album, allegedly the group's first sung in Icelandic rather than their own made-up "Hopelandic" (not that this listener could tell the difference) is relentlessly joyous, unaffectedly rad and inventive but never just for its own sake. Strings hold an ever more prominent place in the music, and this is a good thing. Songs unfold slowly as usual, but they take unexpected turns as often as not. The brilliant "Glósóli" burbles with as much melodic invention and anything by their fellow Icelanders Mum. Takk is a delight from start to finish, managing to be both their most accessible and experimental album yet. --Mike McGonigal

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The Killers - Sam's Town (2006)

2010-05-05T15:20:00.007-03:00

Tracklist:

1. "Sam's Town" - 04:05
2. "Enterlude" – 0:49
3. "When You Were Young" – 3:40
4. "Bling (Confession of a King)" – 4:08
5. "For Reasons Unknown" – 3:32
6. "Read My Mind" – 4:06
7. "Uncle Jonny" – 4:25
8. "Bones" – 3:47
9. "My List" – 4:08
10. "This River Is Wild" – 4:38
11. "Why Do I Keep Counting?" – 4:24
12. "Exitlude" – 2:29

When the Killers emerged with Hot Fuss, in 2004, the box-fresh immediacy of the quartet's songs helped to disguise what a strange band they were. Four wide-eyed Las Vegas boys from good Mormon stock, the Killers had no interest in the decadence of their hometown, longing, instead, for life in the rain-soaked north of England in the miserable early Eighties. Their kindred spirits were misanthropes like Joy Division yet they had such a knack for radio-friendly choruses that their new wave songs, all of which were swathed in synths, always ended up sounding like chart-bound smashes.
Dan Martin

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Badi Assad/Larry Coryell/John Abercrombie - 3 Guitars (2003)

2010-04-27T00:09:00.007-03:00

01. Seu Jorge E Dona Ica (6:00)
02. New Lute (Prelude) (1:34)
03. New Lute (Interlude) (3:14)
04. Soundtrack (4:17)
05. After The Rain (4:56)
06. Descending Grace (5:28)
07. Metamorphosis (4:03)
08. No Flight Tonight (4:24)
09. Ralph\'s Piano Waltz (5:09)
10. Suspended Circles (5:25)
11. Exercise In Fourths (2:33)
12. Autumn Breeze (3:30)
13. Tímeles (7:04)

Combine three guitar masters, each with a lifetime of impressive musical experiences, and you have the ideal ingredients for an eclectic, original trio known as Three Guitars. The group is comprised of Larry Coryell, from the famed '70s fusion group The Eleventh House; Brazil's Badi Assad, whose innovative sound includes mouth and body percussive techniques; and John Abercrombie, one of the most influential guitarists of the last 25 years. Down Beat Magazine gave their debut CD four stars, praising the trio's "graceful flights of acoustic virtuosity."

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Tom Waits - Mule Variations (1999)

2010-04-09T15:56:00.005-03:00

Tracklist:

1. Big In Japan (4:04)
2. Lowside Of The Road (2:58)
3. Hold On (5:32)
4. Get Behind The Mule (6:51)
5. House Where Nobody Lives (4:13)
6. Cold Water (5:22)
7. Pony (4:31)
8. What's He Building (3:19)
9. Black Market Baby (5:01)
10. Eyeball Kid (4:25)
11. Picture In A Frame (3:39)
12. Chocolate Jesus (3:54)
13. Georgia Lee (4:23)
14. Filipino Box Spring Hog (3:09)
15. Take It With Me (4:24)
16. Come On Up To The House (4:36)

Tom Waits is one of the most innovative artists in popular music. His singular vision embraces everything from blues to tin-pan-alley to jazz to just about anything else you can think of. Grammy winner, actor, poet, a master of the musical collage and lyrical surprise, Tom Waits is simply a giant.

"Mule Variations" offers the most complete picture of Tom Waits of any of his albums. Edgy stomps, humor and experimentation are interspersed with some of the most beautiful and personal songs he's ever written.

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Regina Spektor - Begin To Hope (2006)

2010-03-29T09:00:00.004-03:00

Tracklist:

"Fidelity" – 3:47
"Better" – 3:22
"Samson" – 3:10
"On the Radio" – 3:22
"Field Below" – 5:18
"Hotel Song" – 3:29
"Après Moi" – 5:08
"20 Years of Snow" – 3:31
"That Time" – 2:39
"Edit" – 4:53
"Lady" – 4:45
"Summer in the City" – 3:50
"Bartender" (bside)

Ni tan folk como Songs, ni tan ruso como Soviet Kitsch, ni tan jazzero/blusero como 11:11, este disco parece ser una transición de la vieja Regina "indie" a un sonido más pop comercial. Pero buenos temas eh!

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Radiohead - In Rainbows (2007)

2010-03-16T09:25:00.005-03:00

Tracklist:

"15 Step" – 3:58
"Bodysnatchers" – 4:02
"Nude" – 4:15
"Weird Fishes/Arpeggi" – 5:18
"All I Need" – 3:48
"Faust Arp" – 2:09
"Reckoner" – 4:50
"House of Cards" – 5:28
"Jigsaw Falling into Place" – 4:09
"Videotape" – 4:42

It's a very different kind of Radiohead record. Liberated from their self-imposed pressure to innovate, they sound-- for the first time in ages-- user-friendly; the glacial distance that characterized their previous records melted away by dollops of reverb, strings, and melody. From the inclusion and faithful rendering of longtime fan favorite "Nude" to the classic pop string accents on "Faust Arp" to the uncharacteristically relaxed "House of Cards", Radiohead's sudden willingness to embrace their capacity for uncomplicated beauty might be In Rainbows' most distinguishing quality, and one of the primary reasons it's an improvement on Hail to the Thief.

Mark Pytlik

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Pat Metheny - The Way Up (2005)

2010-03-06T12:31:00.003-03:00

Tracklist:

"Opening" – 5:17
"Part One" – 26:27
"Part Two" – 20:29
"Part Three" – 15:54

The Way Up represents, in the words of guitarist Pat Metheny himself, "our most ambitious undertaking ever as a group"-a single, brilliant 68-minute piece composed by Metheny and his collaborator of 28 years, Lyle Mays. Metheny has likened the creation of The Way Up to making a film, and in some respects, the album feels like a vividly rendered journey, its moods shifting like scenes glimpsed from a fast-moving vehicle.

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Erik Satie - Gymnopedies/Gnossiennes (~1888)

2010-02-14T17:50:00.009-03:00

Erik Satie was an important French composer from the generation of Debussy. Best remembered for several groups of piano pieces, including Trois Gymnopédies (1888), Trois Sarabandes (1887) and Trois Gnossiennes (1890), he was championed by Jean Cocteau and helped create the famous group of French composers, Les Six, which was fashioned after his artistic ideal of simplicity in the extreme. Some have viewed certain of his stylistic traits as components of Impressionism, but his harmonies and melodies have relatively little in common with the characteristics of that school. Much of his music has a subdued character, and its charm comes through in its directness and its lack of allegiance to any one aesthetic. Often his melodies are melancholy and hesitant, his moods exotic or humorous, and his compositions as a whole, or their several constituent episodes, short. He was a musical maverick who probably influenced Debussy and did influence Ravel, who freely acknowledged as much.

Trois Gymnopedies - 1) Lent et Doloreux
Trois Gymnopedies - 2) Lent et Triste
Trois Gymnopedies - 3) Lent et Grave
Gnossienne no 1
Gnossienne no 2
Gnossienne no 3
Gnossienne no 4
Gnossienne no 5
Gnossienne no 6
Gnossienne no 7

Pianista: Bojan Gorisek

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David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (1972)

2009-12-29T01:21:00.002-03:00

Tracklist:

1. "Five Years" – 4:43
2. "Soul Love" – 3:33
3. "Moonage Daydream" – 4:35
4. "Starman" – 4:16
5. "It Ain't Easy" (Ron Davies) – 2:56
6. "Lady Stardust" – 3:20
7. "Star" – 2:47
8. "Hang on to Yourself" – 2:37
9. "Ziggy Stardust" – 3:13
10. "Suffragette City" – 3:19
11. "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide" – 2:57

After flirting with heavy guitar rock ("The Man Who Sold the World") and lighter pop ("Hunky Dory"), Bowie found middle ground on Ziggy Stardust. The creation of the Ziggy Stardust persona would live on well after Bowie shed the alien skin, marking the first rock concept album by a sexually ambiguous, artistically bent musician who confounded critics at every turn. A blend of dramatic strings, swaggering saxophones, jagged guitars, and theatrical arrangements, the album's darker rock numbers like "It Ain't Easy," "Moonage Daydream," "Ziggy Stardust," and the irresistible "Suffragette City," still serve as solid excursions into the future (then and now) of rock. The buoyant "Hang on to Yourself" and the dreamy "Star" offer hints of optimism in Ziggy's bleak world. The dramatic "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide" and the image-heavy "Star Man" ("he'd like to come and meet us but thinks he'd blow our minds!") no doubt provided plenty of stage-worthy moments when Ziggy toured in the '70s, but years later they still thrill. Bowie blew our minds! --Lorry Fleming

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Outkast - The Love Below (2003)

2009-12-22T01:58:00.003-03:00

Tracklist:

"The Love Below (Intro)" – 1:27
"Love Hater" – 2:49
"God (Interlude)" – 2:20
"Happy Valentine's Day" – 5:23
"Spread" – 3:51
"Where Are My Panties?" – 1:54
"Prototype" - 5:26
"She Lives in My Lap" (featuring Rosario Dawson) – 4:27
"Hey Ya!" – 3:55
"Roses" – 6:09
"Good Day, Good Sir" – 1:24
"Behold a Lady" – 4:37
"Pink & Blue" – 5:04
"Love in War" – 3:25
"She's Alive" – 4:06
"Dracula's Wedding" (featuring Kelis) – 2:32
"The Letter (Interlude)" - 0:20
"My Favorite Things" – 5:14
"Take Off Your Cool" (featuring Norah Jones) – 2:38
"Vibrate" – 6:33
"A Life in the Day of Benjamin André (Incomplete)" 4:50

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below is the fifth studio album by American hip hop duo OutKast, released September 23, 2003 on LaFace Records in the United States. Issued as a double album, it clocks at over two and-a-half hours and consists of a solo album from both of the group's members. Speakerboxxx has Big Boi performing tracks that are rooted in basic hip hop, while The Love Below, the solo project of André 3000, covers musical styles such as soul, pop, funk, and jazz.

Most critics were also particularly more interesed in André's half of the album than on Big Boi's solo venture, due to the experimentation with several music genres on The Love Below. The intro of the album was already a trip on classical music, "Love Hater" has purely jazz influences (apart from a cover of "My Favorite Things", a Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein tune), and the rest was a combination of soul, funk, R&B, and hip-hop. Will Hermes from Entertainment Weekly pointed that André's album "is as strange and rich a trip as pop offers nowadays, a song cycle about love's battle against fear and (self-) deception that's frequently profound, hilarious, and very, very sexy."

Wikipedia

Sólo The Love Below de Andre 3000 (Speakerboxxx no).

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Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night (2008)

2009-12-10T17:51:00.005-03:00

Tracklist:

Closer
Crawl
Sex On Fire
Use Somebody
Manhattan
Revelry
Seventeen
Notion
I Want You
Be Somebody
Cold Desert

Despite a wave of criticism asserting that Kings of Leon's fourth full-length is "too commercial," Only by the Night may be the closest thing to a pitch-perfect album to drop in 2008. Granted, Tennessee's band of brothers (and one first cousin) takes a turn for the heavily polished here, but what the album lacks in rough-edged raunch, it more than makes up for in earnestness and--yes--stunning beauty. From the opening notes of "Closer" to the listing balladry of "Cold Desert," Only by the Night hardly misses a beat. Highlights abound, particularly in the trading off of melodic lines between instruments, and in this regard, bassist Jared Followill is the album's quiet MVP. Above these gorgeous instrumentals, singer Caleb emotes with a dramatic grit that never loses its command. A model of melodic rock composition, arranged and produced with a warm, inviting veneer, and performed with aching sincerity, these 11 tracks coalesce into a sanguine whole that eclipses the band's much-discussed rock posturing and yields more with every play. A good band's great album, Only by the Night (finally) establishes Kings of Leon as a rock act that's worthy of seriously sustained attention.

Jason Kirk

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Tom Waits - Closing Time (1973)

2009-11-23T15:34:00.006-03:00

Tracklist

1. "Ol' '55" – 3:58
2. "I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love With You" – 3:54
3. "Virginia Avenue" – 3:10
4. "Old Shoes (& Picture Postcards)" – 3:40
5. "Midnight Lullaby" – 3:26
6. "Martha" – 4:30
7. "Rosie" – 4:03
8. "Lonely" – 3:12
9. "Ice Cream Man" – 3:05
10. "Little Trip to Heaven (On the Wings of Your Love)" – 3:38
11. "Grapefruit Moon" – 4:50
12. "Closing Time" – 4:20

When I listen to Closing Time, I visualise a rundown, unkept bar in an unnamed U.S. city. I see a foggy, smoky atmosphere. I see a handful of patrons alone in their own individual spaces. I see a pool table gathering dust, with no cues and no balls to play with. I see a piano hidden away in a deserted corner. I see a young jazzman, late twenties perhaps, in front of it. Nobody cares that he's been playing all night, and he doesn't care that they're not listening. A few people take a casual interest upon entrance, but soon return to their own problems. With an oft-refilled glass of scoth and a well-used ashtray atop the piano and a cigarette lit in his mouth, the musician plays the opening chords of Ole 55. He's content to be his own audience. He doesn't play for anybody else. In fact, he prefers that nobody take too close an interest in his music. If they look too closely, they'll make him uncomfortable. They'll criticize his words and his music. He doesn't want that.

Dave De Sylvia

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Bat For Lashes - Two Suns (2009)

2009-11-05T01:14:00.009-03:00

Tracklist:

1. Glass 4:32
2. Sleep Alone 4:02
3. Moon And Moon 3:08
4. Daniel 4:11
5. Peace Of Mind 3:28
6. Siren Song 4:58
7. Pearl's Dream 4:45
8. Good Love 4:29
9. Two Planets 4:47
10. Travelling Woman 3:46
11. The Big Sleep 2:55

Khan's real breakthrough might simply be her willingness to wear her influences more brazenly. One needn't have any more than a basic working knowledge of female innovators from the past few decades to be able to spot the ghosts lurking around this stage. The strident piano chords and lone snare of "Traveling Woman" echoes PJ Harvey's desolate roadsongs, while "Moon and Moon"'s delicate piano playing and cabinet-reverbed backing vocals evoke early Tori Amos. Elsewhere, with its pummeling rhythms, double-timed handclaps, glass harmonica trills and vocal histrionics, the moonstruck rave-up "Two Planets" owes its entire existence to Björk. But even in the moments where those influences risk running on the wrong side of overt, they never feel stolen or unearned. Just as Khan seems most comfortable when she's adorned in a patchwork of styles, eras, and ideologies, this record feels more satisfying and fully formed for its overt cutting and pasting of those different sensibilities.
What's more heartening, though, is that during Two Suns' highlights, Khan has few peers. I could probably fill this entire space just writing about "Glass", the album's aggressively propulsive opener, and about how its strange mix of elements (chamber pop, prog metal, new age-- what?) magically coalesced into some entirely new genre that I wish existed and yet still can't quite wrap my brain around. Then there's the booming "Sleep Alone", which, with its rusty guitar licks, Knife-inspired synths, buzzing basslines and floorboard percussions, feels kind of like a sea shanty circa 2074.

Mark Pytlik

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Tori Amos - Under The Pink (1994)

2009-10-28T11:23:00.005-03:00

Tracklist:

All songs written by Amos.

1. "Pretty Good Year" – 3:25
2. "God" – 3:58
3. "Bells For Her" – 5:20
4. "Past the Mission" (feat. Trent Reznor) – 4:05
5. "Baker Baker" – 3:20
6. "The Wrong Band" – 3:03
7. "The Waitress" – 3:09
8. "Cornflake Girl" – 5:06
9. "Icicle" – 5:47
10. "Cloud on My Tongue" – 4:44
11. "Space Dog" – 5:10
12. "Yes, Anastasia" – 9:33

Under the Pink," Tori Amos' second solo album, continues the singer/songwriter's exploration of her life's journey from the confines of a strict religious upbringing to personal and artistic freedom. She is armed with an attention-grabbing mezzo-soprano and lyrics that can kill with a turn of phrase. And Amos is still unsatisfied. God, parents, boyfriends, girlfriends, herself: No one escapes judgment.

Once again, Amos accompanies herself on piano, with drums, bass and guitar assisting; the occasional string arrangement or synth is added for not-so-subtle effect.

Her acoustic bent is well served on the album: The piano is not hidden beneath grandiose group arrangements as it was on her previous outing Little Earthquakes (1992), and her quirky hesitations and sudden shrieks are more in tune with the emotional states of her characters. Under the Pink still doesn't match Amos' riveting, piano-only live performances, but it sure comes close.

Under the Pink is Amos' honest reporting of a life fraught with turmoil and disappointment. Can it take her beyond her devoted cult to greater popularity? Possibly. The album is focused, the lyrics quirky and personable, the melodies eccentric enough to entice and simple enough to be catchy. Those qualities – and her emotional fearlessness – make Tori Amos a musical find to treasure.

Marie Elsie St. Leger

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Herbie Hancock - River: the Joni Letters (2007)

2009-10-16T12:33:00.003-03:00

Tracklist:

All songs were written by Joni Mitchell, except where noted.

"Court and Spark" feat. Norah Jones
"Edith and the Kingpin" feat. Tina Turner
"Both Sides Now"
"River" feat. Corinne Bailey Rae
"Sweet Bird"
"The Tea Leaf Prophecy (Lay Down Your Arms)" feat. Joni Mitchell
"Solitude" (Eddie DeLange, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills)
"Amelia" feat. Luciana Souza
"Nefertiti" (Wayne Shorter)
"The Jungle Line" feat. Leonard Cohen

Hancock and his fine band -- Lionel Loueke (guitar), Wayne Shorter (soprano and tenor saxophones), Dave Holland (bass), Vinnie Colaiuta (drums) -- prepare a series of instrumentals and vocal interpretations of the songs of Joni Mitchell. The vocalists here include those who were inspired by Mitchell, namely Norah Jones, Corinne Bailey Rae, and Mitchell herself on one number, and some of her peers in the pop world, including Tina Turner and Leonard Cohen.

But Hancock understands something implicit about Mitchell: she was never -- ever -- a folksinger. Her compositions have always walked wildly adventurous rhythmic and harmonic terrain. Indeed, she has played with jazz musicians solidly since the 1970s, beginning with the L.A. record, The Hissing of Summer Lawns, and toured with jazz groups, including the all-star band assembled for Shadows and Light that included Pat Metheny, Jaco Pastorius, Lyle Mays, Don Alias, and Michael Brecker (Shorter played on a number of those dates as well).

The material here doesn't walk the line between pop and jazz -- something Hancock is very comfortable doing. This is a jazz record with vocals. The album's ten tracks are, for the most part, programmed for a vocal tune, followed by an instrumental.

River approaches brilliance; it's another accomplishment in a career full of them for Hancock. The album doesn't simply recontextualize Mitchell. Any fan of hers has known that she never comfortably fit the whole singer/songwriter thing anyway. It actually does that more for jazz and pop. He takes a sound that has been floating around since Jones issued her debut album, and roots it deeply in the jazz camp without giving up the immediacy of sophisticated adult pop -- which is, in a way, an element of the tradition of jazz itself. For jazz fans, this is a wonderful new chapter, a new way to hear him (and Shorter). For pop and Mitchell fans, this is a way to step quietly into another world and experience wonders.

by Thom Jurek

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Dave Matthews Band - Before These Crowded Streets (1998)

2009-10-03T17:24:00.005-03:00

Tracklist:

Pantala Naga Pampa
Rapunzel
The Last Stop
Don't Drink The Water
Stay (Wasting Time)
Halloween
The Stone
Crush
The Dreaming Tree
Pig
Spoon

With the notable exception of its 1994 breakout single, "What Would You Say," Dave Matthews Band has always been more about sound than songs. This continues to be true on the group's propulsive new album, Before These Crowded Streets. Teaming up again with producer Steve Lillywhite, DMB is more successful on this outing than ever before in translating the roiling energy of its stage show to the studio. The band also pushes in adventurous new directions, incorporating bright new hues into its highly distinctive, instantly recognizable sonic palette.
DMB's lethal secret weapon has always been its extraordinary – and criminally underpraised – rhythm section. If you want to organize a band with a front line of violin, saxophone, and acoustic and electric guitars, and your music relies on tricky time signatures, complex arrangements and fevered ensemble playing that bolts into reckless improvisational flights, your drummer and bass player better swing like Joe DiMaggio. Stefan Lessard and Carter Beauford more than fill the bill – they anchor this unwieldy outfit without ever weighing it down. And when it's time to fly, they give the band wings.

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Igor Stravinsky - L' Oiseau de Feu (Firebird Suite) (1910)

2009-09-27T23:59:00.007-03:00

Tracklist:

14. Introduction - The Princesses' Game With Apples Of Gold (2:32)
15. Kastchei's Enchanted Garden (1:46)
16. The Firebird Appears, Pursued By Ivan (2:26)
17. Dance Of The Firebird (1:21)
18. Ivan Tsarevitch Captures The Firebird (0:53)
19. The Firebird's Entreaty (8:13)
20. The Princesses' Game With Apples Of Gold (2:24)
21. The Sudden Appearance Of Ivan Tsarévitch (1:37)
22. The Princesses' Round (3:43)
23. Dawn - Ivan Enters Kastchei's Palace (1:31)
24. The Capture Of Ivan - Arrival Of Kastchei The Immortal (5:41)
25. Dance Of Kastchei's Retinue, Under The Firebird's Spell (0:44)
26. Infernal Dance Of Kastchei's Subjects (4:42)
27. Kastchei Awakes - Death Of Kaschei - Profound Darkness (5:16)
28. Kastchei's Spells Are Broken (3:13)

Orquesta sinfónica de Chicago, dirección por Pierre Boulez. Un "clásico" moderno.

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The Cure - Bloodflowers (2000)

2009-09-11T15:33:00.006-03:00

Tracklist:

"Out of This World" – 6:44
"Watching Me Fall" – 11:13
"Where the Birds Always Sing" – 5:44
"Maybe Someday" – 5:04
"The Last Day of Summer" – 5:36
"There Is No If..." – 3:44
"The Loudest Sound" – 5:09
"39" – 7:20
"Bloodflowers" – 7:31

No one revels in the sumptuous pleasures of melancholy like Robert Smith, the Cure's leading mopemeister. In Smith's world, it is always raining, comfort and happiness are fleeting, love is epic and torturous. On Bloodflowers, the band's 11th studio album, his lyrical prowess continues to astound. Considering the subject matter, Smith's always managed to steer clear of the clichéd, bad-high-school-poetry trap, and on Bloodflowers, the imagery is some of his most vivid and stabbing. On "The Loudest Sound," a story about a couple who are, of course, growing apart, he sings of their tension: "She dreams him as a boy / And he loves her as a girl / And side by side in the silence without a single word / It's the loudest sound I ever heard." The music grows out of the same dichromatic marriage of love's eternal hope and heartbreak's inevitable bleakness. Layers of the Cure's signature ethereal, buoyant guitar licks are paced at the momentum of a lava lamp, while melodies lurk only in an understated synth or distorted guitar. None of the songs scream "radio hit" like Wish's "Friday I'm in Love" anomaly; and although Bloodflowers is less abstract, comparisons to Disintegration are easily drawn. If this really threatens to be the last Cure album--no, really, the real end--it's a vision of loneliness and loveliness, a low note rarely surpassed in beauty and breadth.
Beth Massa

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Pat Metheny - Day Trip (2008)

2009-09-04T13:55:00.004-03:00

Tracklist:

Son Of Thirteen
At Last You're Here
Let's Move
Snova
Calvin's Keys
Is This America?
When We Were Free
Dreaming Trees
The Red One
Day Trip

Our job is to be deeply in the moment, says Pat Metheny. Day Trip, the first release from Metheny's current trio lineup, featuring bassist Christian McBride and drummer Antonio Sanchez, vividly depicts the group at one particularly inspired moment. As Metheny explains, We did it the old-school way. We'd been touring for about four or five years at different times and then went in and recorded, rather than making a record and touring behind it. We worked like gangbusters and finished in a day, so the title Day Trip fit. Besides, this is kind of a trip band; they take you on a journey. The Day Trip sessions were recorded at Manhattan’s Right Track studio in late October 2005 and sequenced into a ten-song set earlier this year.

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Tom Waits - The Heart of Saturday Night (1974)

2009-08-24T14:02:00.005-03:00

Tracklist:

1. New Coat of Paint
2. San Diego Serenade
3. Semi Suite
4. Shiver Me Timbers
5. Diamonds on My Windshield
6. The Heart of Saturday Night
7. Fumblin' With the Blues
8. Please Call Me, Baby
9. Depot, Depot
10. Drunk on the Moon
11. The Ghosts of Saturday Night

Escuchando The Heart of Saturday Night uno prácticamente se puede imaginar el bar casi vacio, mal iluminado, de ambiente viciado a cigarrillo; y en un rincón, el californiano de la voz rasposa cantando sus canciones (monólogos?) con tintes de folk, jazz y blues; con su infaltable whisky y puchos arriba del piano. Este es el disco definitivo del sábado bajonero.

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Joni Mitchell - Blue (1971)

2009-08-01T11:55:00.009-03:00

Tracklist:

"All I Want" – 3:32
"My Old Man" – 3:33
"Little Green" – 3:25
"Carey" – 3:00
"Blue" – 3:00
"California" – 3:48
"This Flight Tonight" – 2:50
"River" – 4:00
"A Case of You" – 4:20
"The Last Time I Saw Richard" – 4:13

Sad, spare, and beautiful, Blue is the quintessential confessional singer/songwriter album. Forthright and poetic, Joni Mitchell's songs are raw nerves, tales of love and loss (two words with relative meaning here) etched with stunning complexity; even tracks like "All I Want," "My Old Man," and "Carey" -- the brightest, most hopeful moments on the record -- are darkened by bittersweet moments of sorrow and loneliness. At the same time that songs like "Little Green" (about a child given up for adoption) and the title cut (a hymn to salvation supposedly penned for James Taylor) raise the stakes of confessional folk-pop to new levels of honesty and openness, Mitchell's music moves beyond the constraints of acoustic folk into more intricate and diverse territory, setting the stage for the experimentation of her later work. Unrivaled in its intensity and insight, Blue remains a watershed.

by Jason Ankeny

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Björk - Homogenic (1997)

2009-07-24T17:22:00.005-03:00

Tracklist:

1. Hunter
2. Joga
3. Unravel
4. Bachelorette
5. All Neon Like
6. 5 Years
7. Immature
8. Alarm Call
9. Pluto
10. All Is Full Of Love

I wanted to make it an honest record. Me, here, myself, at home. I asked myself if there is such a thing as Icelandic techno, and how it could sound. Well, in Iceland, everything revolves around nature, 24 hours a day. Earthquakes, snowstorms, rain, ice, volcanic eruptions, geysers... Very elementary and uncontrolable. But at the other hand, Iceland is incredibly modern; everything is hi-tech. The number of people owning a computer is as high as nowhere else in the world. That contradiction is also on Homogenic. The electronic beats are the rhythm, the heartbeat. The violins create the old-fashioned atmosphere, the colouring. Homogenic is Iceland, my native country, my home.
Björk

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Keith Jarret - Köln Concert (1975)

2009-07-18T17:37:00.005-03:00

Tracklist:

"Part I" – 26:15
"Part II a" – 15:00
"Part II b" – 19:19
"Part II c" – 6:59

A musical chameleon, pianist Keith Jarrett was at his finest when he recorded these sustained solo improvisations in a German concert hall in 1975, the first lasting 26 minutes, the second 40. Melodies and rhythmic figures arise fluidly from his fingers as he moves from one idea to another, while his strong left hand is often used for repeated motifs that generate a rolling hypnotic power. This couples with strongly consonant harmonies to impart the flavor of gospel music at times, dance musics and Debussy at others. Above all, it's Jarrett's ability to knit all of his moods and wanderings into an almost seamless tapestry of warm and tuneful ideas that gives this music its enduring appeal.

Stuart Broomer

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Peter Gabriel - III (Melt) (1980)

2009-07-06T12:15:00.006-03:00

Tracklist:

"Intruder" – 4:54
"No Self Control" – 3:55
"Start" – 1:21
"I Don't Remember" – 4:41
"Family Snapshot" – 4:28
"And Through the Wire" – 5:00
"Games Without Frontiers" – 4:06
"Not One of Us" – 5:22
"Lead a Normal Life" – 4:14
"Biko" – 7:32

Generally regarded as Peter Gabriel's finest record, his third eponymous album finds him coming into his own, crafting an album that's artier, stronger, more song-oriented than before. Consider its ominous opener, the controlled menace of "Intruder." He's never found such a scary sound, yet it's a sexy scare, one that is undeniably alluring, and he keeps this going throughout the record. For an album so popular, it's remarkably bleak, chilly, and dark — even radio favorites like "I Don't Remember" and "Games Without Frontiers" are hardly cheerful, spiked with paranoia and suspicion, insulated in introspection. For the first time, Gabriel has found the sound to match his themes, plus the songs to articulate his themes. Each aspect of the album works, feeding off each other, creating a romantically gloomy, appealingly arty masterpiece. It's the kind of record where you remember the details in the production as much as the hooks or the songs, which isn't to say that it's all surface — it's just that the surface means as much as the songs, since it articulates the emotions as well as Gabriel's cubist lyrics and impassioned voice. He wound up having albums that sold more, or generated bigger hits, but this third Peter Gabriel album remains his masterpiece.

by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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David Bowie - Low (1977)

2009-06-12T10:23:00.011-03:00

Tracklist:

Side A

"Speed of Life" – 2:46
"Breaking Glass" (Bowie, Dennis Davis, George Murray) – 1:52
"What in the World" – 2:23
"Sound and Vision" – 3:05
"Always Crashing in the Same Car" – 3:33
"Be My Wife" – 2:58
"A New Career in a New Town" – 2:53

Side B

"Warszawa" (Bowie, Brian Eno) – 6:23
"Art Decade" – 3:46
"Weeping Wall" – 3:28
"Subterraneans" – 5:39

"I blew my nose one day and half my brains came out." With these gentle words, David Bowie said farewell to L.A., where he'd spent much of the mid-Seventies buried up to his clavicle in white powder, and fled back to Europe for some personal detox - not to mention some of the most amazing music of his amazing career. Low, released in January 1977, was a new beginning for Bowie, kicking off what is forever revered as his "Berlin trilogy," despite the fact that Low was mostly recorded just outside Paris. Side One consists of seven fragments, some of them manic synth-pop songs, some just chilly atmospherics. Side Two consists of four brooding electronic instrumentals. Both sides glisten with ideas: Listening to Low, you hear Kraftwerk and Neu!, maybe some Ramones, loads of Abba and disco. But Low flows together into a lyrical, hallucinatory, miraculously beautiful whole, the music of an overstimulated mind in an exhausted body, as rock's prettiest sex vampire sashays through some serious emotional wreckage.

Brian Eno gets much of the credit for Low - not only did he play keyboards on six of the eleven tracks and co-write "Warszawa," but you can hear the heavy influence of his own solo records, especially Another Green World. Still, Eno only dreamed about making noise like this, mainly because he never assembled a band anywhere near this great: A big hand, please, for the fuzzed-out guitars of Ricky Gardiner and Carlos Alomar, and the fantastic production of Tony Visconti, who distorted Dennis Davis' snare to create one of rock's all-time most imitated drum sounds. Bowie sings haikulike lyrics about emotional death and rebirth, sometimes hilarious ("Breaking Glass"), sometimes brutally honest, as in the electric-blue loneliness of "Sound and Vision" and "Be My Wife" or the doomed erotic obsession of "Always Crashing in the Same Car."

The record company begged Bowie not to release Low, but it became a surprise hit and holds up today as one of his most intense and influential albums, inspiring two excellent Berlin trilogy sequels, Heroes (1977) and the insanely underrated Lodger (1979). It makes sense that Bowie released Low the week after he turned thirty, for the same reasons it sounds so timely today: Low is the sound of the slinky vagabond falling to earth, trying to catch up with the speed of life - and maybe even find some kind of home there.

by Rob Sheffield

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Kazuhito Yamashita - Wind Color Vector (Takashi Yoshimatsu) (1991)

2009-06-01T09:57:00.011-03:00

Tracklist:

Guitar Sonata 'Sky color Tensor' Op.52 - Noon
Guitar Sonata 'Sky color Tensor' Op.52 - Twilight
Guitar Sonata 'Sky color Tensor' Op.52 - Night
Guitar Sonata 'Sky color Tensor' Op.52 - Midnight
Guitar Sonata 'Sky color Tensor' Op.52 - Dawn
Wind color Vector Op.48 - Leeward
Wind color Vector Op.48 - Calm
Wind color Vector Op.48 - Windward
Water color Scalar Op.57 - Prelude
Water color Scalar Op.57 - Intermezzo-A
Water color Scalar Op.57 - Dance
Water color Scalar Op.57 - Intermezzo-B
Water color Scalar Op.57 - Rondo
2 Little Pieces - Canticle
2 Little Pieces - Noel
Litmus Distance Op.10 - Bedouin in Acid
Litmus Distance Op.10 - Bedouin in Alkali

"Wind color Vector", "Water color Scalor", "Sky color Tensor" were composed for Kazuhito Yamashita by Takashi Yoshimatsu as a Trilogy for guitar. These 3 works combine with to make up the overall character of Wind, Sky, Water, in the context of the 5 elements of the universe in Japan, Ground-Water-Fire-Wind-Sky.

Música simplemente hermosa. Evidentemente no todos los asiáticos son pechofríos...

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Bat For Lashes - Fur And Gold (2006)

2009-05-24T18:32:00.011-03:00

Tracklist:

Horse And I
Trophy
Tahiti
What's a Girl To Do?
Sad Eyes
The Wizard
Prescilla
Bat's Mouth
Seal Jubilee
Sarah
I Saw A Light

With Fur & Gold, Bat for Lashes -- aka Natasha Khan -- brings a fairytale quality and air of mystery to her music, performing a delicate balancing act between everyday emotions and the power of fantasy. As the title suggests, there's something gorgeous but raw about her songs, which fly from spare British chamber folk to shades of lavish rock, pop, and dance as she throws herself into stories that update the traditions of other iconic female artists. She's a warrior princess of the moors with only her steed to keep her company on "Horse and I," a song whose dramatic sweep would do Kate Bush proud; on the fable-like sensual duet "Trophy," Khan sings "creatures of mercy/shoot them down and set me free" with Björk-like urgency. Despite Fur & Gold's unabashedly mystical vibe, Khan emphasizes the reality in her magical reality, whether she makes it sound like it's perfectly natural to sing "drink his blood and he's our leader" on "The Wizard," or crafts strong heroines on songs such as "Prescilla"'s urban folk or "Sarah"'s surprising rock. The most remarkable thing -- out of a lot of remarkable things -- about Fur & Gold is the emotional power of Khan's songs. "What's a Girl to Do?" might be decorated with beautifully ghostly girl group beats and harmonies, but the pain of falling out of love is palpable. Best of all is "Sad Eyes," a love song so warm and fragile that the way it cuts to the quick when Khan sings "trying to keep it together/keep my love as light as a feather" is breathtaking. As far flung as these songs can be, they never sound scattered, and only rarely overdone: the thunderstorm-laden ballad "I Saw a Light" is the only moment that feels close to over the top. This is a vivid, accomplished, transporting debut.
by Heather Phares

Una cruza entre PJ Harvey y Björk. Excelente disco.

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Regina Spektor - 11:11 (2001)

2009-05-08T11:27:00.009-03:00

Track listing

"Love Affair" – 2:22
"Rejazz" – 3:37
"Back of a Truck" – 5:52
"Buildings" – 4:43
"Mary Ann" – 2:56
"Flyin" – 1:59
"Wasteside" – 2:22
"Pavlov's Daughter" – 7:43
"2.99 Cent Blues" – 3:33
"Braille" – 4:55
"I Want to Sing" – 3:56
"Sunshine" – 2:23

Su primer disco, probablemente el más crudo de todos. La mayoría de los temas son sólo voz y piano, en algunos se suma un contrabajo, y otros son sólo voz y contrabajo o directamente a cappella.

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King Crimson - The Power To Believe (2003)

2009-04-25T17:26:00.003-03:00

Track listing

"The Power to Believe (Part I: A Capella)" – 0:44
"Level Five" – 7:17
"Eyes Wide Open" – 4:08
"EleKtriK" – 7:59
"Facts of Life (Intro)" – 1:38
"Facts of Life" – 5:05
"The Power to Believe (Part II: Power Circle)" – 7:43
"Dangerous Curves" – 6:42
"Happy with What You Have to Be Happy With" – 3:17
"The Power to Believe (Part III)" – 4:09
"The Power to Believe (Part IV: Coda)" – 2:29

Si bien no es radicalmente distinto al clásico "sonido Krimson", se podría decir que es una de las pocas bandas "progresivas" que supo mantenerse vigente y no en un frasco de formol setentoso o venderse totalmente al pop comercial (Phil Collins te estoy apuntando a vos).

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Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes (1992)

2009-03-28T21:38:00.004-03:00

Track List

Crucify
Girl
Sillent All These Years
Precious Things
Winter
Happy Phantom
China
Leather
Mother
Tear In Your Hand
Me And A Gun
Little Earthquakes

With her haunting solo debut Little Earthquakes, Tori Amos carved the template for the female singer/songwriter movement of the '90s. Amos' delicate, prog rock piano work and confessional, poetically quirky lyrics invited close emotional connection, giving her a fanatical cult following and setting the stage for the Lilith Fair legions. But Little Earthquakes is no mere style-setter or feminine stereotype — its intimacy is uncompromising, intense, and often far from comforting. Amos' musings on major personal issues — religion, relationships, gender, childhood — were just as likely to encompass rage, sarcasm, and defiant independence as pain or tenderness; sometimes, it all happened in the same song. The apex of that intimacy is the harrowing "Me and a Gun," where Amos strips away all the music, save for her own voice, and confronts the listener with the story of her own real-life rape; the free-associative lyrics come off as a heart-wrenching attempt to block out the ordeal. Little Earthquakes isn't always so stomach-churning, but it never seems less than deeply cathartic; it's the sound of a young woman (like the protagonist of "Silent All These Years") finally learning to use her own voice — sort of the musical equivalent of Mary Pipher's Reviving Ophelia. That's why Amos draws strength from her relentless vulnerability, and that's why the constantly shifting emotions of the material never seem illogical — Amos simply delights in the frankness of her own responses, whatever they might be. Though her subsequent albums were often very strong, Amos would never bare her soul quite so directly (or comprehensibly) as she did here, nor with such consistently focused results. Little Earthquakes is the most accessible work in Amos' catalog, and it's also the most influential and rewarding.

by Steve Huey

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John Coltrane - Giant Steps (1959)

2009-03-27T19:33:00.001-03:00

Tracklist:

"Giant Steps" – 4:43
"Cousin Mary" – 5:45
"Countdown" – 2:21
"Spiral" – 5:56
"Syeeda's Song Flute" – 7:00
"Naima" – 4:21
"Mr. P.C." (Mr. Paul Chambers) – 6:57

History will undoubtedly enshrine this disc as a watershed the likes of which may never truly be appreciated. Giant Steps bore the double-edged sword of furthering the cause of the music as well as delivering it to an increasingly mainstream audience. Although this was John Coltrane's debut for Atlantic, he was concurrently performing and recording with Miles Davis. Within the space of less than three weeks, Coltrane would complete his work with Davis and company on another genre-defining disc, Kind of Blue, before commencing his efforts on this one. Coltrane (tenor sax) is flanked by essentially two different trios. Recording commenced in early May of 1959 with a pair of sessions that featured Tommy Flanagan (piano) and Art Taylor (drums), as well as Paul Chambers -- who was the only band member other than Coltrane to have performed on every date. When recording resumed in December of that year, Wynton Kelly (piano) and Jimmy Cobb (drums) were instated -- replicating the lineup featured on Kind of Blue, sans Miles Davis of course. At the heart of these recordings, however, is the laser-beam focus of Coltrane's tenor solos. All seven pieces issued on the original Giant StepsIra Gitler accurately dubbed "sheets of sound." Coltrane's polytonal torrents extricate the amicable and otherwise cordial solos that had begun decaying the very exigency of the genre -- turning it into the equivalent of easy listening. He wastes no time as the disc's title track immediately indicates a progression from which there would be no looking back. Line upon line of highly cerebral improvisation snake between the melody and solos, practically fusing the two. The resolute intensity of "Countdown" does more to modernize jazz in 141 seconds than many artists do in their entire careers. Tellingly, the contrasting and ultimately pastoral "Naima" was the last tune to be recorded, and is the only track on the original long-player to feature the Kind of Blue quartet. What is lost in tempo is more than recouped in intrinsic melodic beauty.
are likewise Coltrane compositions. He was, in essence, beginning to rewrite the jazz canon with material that would be centered on solos -- the 180-degree antithesis of the art form up to that point. These arrangements would create a place for the solo to become infinitely more compelling. This would culminate in a frenetic performance style that noted jazz journalist
by Lindsay Planer

Otro clásico infaltable del jazz, no necesita introducción.

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Jeff Beck - Blow by Blow (1975)

2009-03-18T00:54:00.008-03:00

Tracklist:

"You Know What I Mean" (Jeff Beck, Max Middleton) – 4:05
"She's a Woman" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 4:31
"Constipated Duck" (Beck) – 2:48
"Air Blower" (Beck, Phil Chen, Middleton, Richard Bailey) – 5:09
"Scatterbrain" (Beck, Middleton) – 5:39
"Cause We've Ended as Lovers" (Stevie Wonder) – 5:52
"Thelonius" (Stevie Wonder) – 3:16
"Freeway Jam" (Middleton) – 4:58
"Diamond Dust" (Brian Holland) – 8:26

Músicos:

Jeff Beck - guitarra
Max Middleton - teclados
Phil Chenn - bajo
Richard Bailey - batería, percusión
George Martin - producción

Blow by Blow typifies Jeff Beck's wonderfully unpredictable career. Released in 1975, Beck's fifth effort as a leader and first instrumental album was a marked departure from its more rock-based predecessors. Only composer/keyboardist Max Middleton returned from Beck's previous lineups. To Beck's credit, Blow by Blow features a tremendous supporting cast. Middleton's tasteful use of the Fender Rhodes, clavinet, and analog synthesizers leaves a soulful imprint. Drummer Richard Bailey is in equal measure supportive and propulsive as he deftly combines elements of jazz and funk with contemporary mixed meters. Much of the album's success is also attributable to the excellent material, which includes Middleton's two originals and two collaborations with Beck, a clever arrangement of Lennon and McCartney's "She's a Woman," and two originals by Stevie Wonder. George Martin's ingenious production and string arrangements rival his greatest work. Beck's versatile soloing and diverse tones are clearly the album's focus, and he proves to be an adept rhythm player. Blow by Blow is balanced by open-ended jamming and crisp ensemble interaction as it sidesteps the bombast that sank much of the jazz-rock fusion of the period. One of the album's unique qualities is the sense of fun that permeates the performances. On the opening "You Know What I Mean," Beck's stinging, blues-based soloing is full of imaginative shapes and daring leaps. On "Air Blower," elaborate layers of rhythm, duel lead, and solo guitars find their place in the mix. Propelled by the galvanic rhythm section, Beck slashes his way into "Scatterbrain," where a dizzying keyboard and guitar line leads to more energetic soloing from Beck and Middleton. In Stevie Wonder's ballad "Cause We've Ended as Lovers," Beck variously coaxes and unleashes sighs and screams from his guitar in an aching dedication to Roy Buchanan. Middleton's aptly titled "Freeway Jam" best exemplifies the album's loose and fun-loving qualities, with Beck again riding high atop the rhythm section's wave. As with "Scatterbrain," Martin's impeccable string arrangements enhance the subtle harmonic shades of the closing "Diamond Dust." Blow by Blow signaled a new creative peak for Beck, and it proved to be a difficult act to follow. It is a testament to the power of effective collaboration and, given the circumstances, Beck clearly rose to the occasion. In addition to being a personal milestone, Blow by Blow ranks as one of the premiere recordings in the canon of instrumental rock music.
by Mark Kirschenmann

Un clásico esencial para todos los amantes del jazz rock setentoso y el rock instrumental.

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Dave Matthews Band - Crash (1996)

2009-03-11T18:07:00.005-02:00

Tracklist:

"So Much to Say" – 4:06
"Two Step" – 6:27
"Crash Into Me" – 5:16
"Too Much" – 4:22
"#41" – 6:39
"Say Goodbye" – 6:12
"Drive In, Drive Out" – 5:55
"Let You Down" – 4:07
"Lie in Our Graves" – 5:42
"Cry Freedom" – 5:54
"Tripping Billies" – 5:00
"Proudest Monkey" – 9:11

It's tempting to label the Dave Matthews Band as torchbearers of the Grateful Dead's moderate rock fusion and send them off on the next summer tour featuring either Blues Traveler or the Spin Doctors. But there is more at work here, particularly on the band's second major-label release. Crash pairs soothing sounds (flute, acoustic guitar, six-string bass) with a dark emotional undercurrent. The South African (by way of Virginia) frontman reveals a rare intensity on the title track and the free-form "41," while the group shows that it's not afraid to let loose on songs such as the stirring "Too Much." Producer Steve Lillywhite adds an impressive sheen to the recordings. --Aidin Vaziri

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The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003)

2009-03-04T16:46:00.004-02:00

Tracklist:

"Son et Lumière" – 1:35
"Inertiatic ESP" – 4:24
"Roulette Dares (The Haunt of)" – 7:31
"Tira Me a las Arañas" – 1:28
"Drunkship of Lanterns" – 7:06
"Eriatarka" – 6:20
"Cicatriz ESP" – 12:29
"This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed" – 4:58
"Televators" – 6:19
"Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt" – 8:42

La forma más simple que se me ocurre para describir la música que como una suerte de mezcla entre King Crimson mezclado con ritmos latinos y punk/hardcore. Es un disco bastante oscuro (lo cual es entendible conociendo la historia que relatan las letras), original y experimental.

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Prokofiev - Conciertos para piano Nº 1 y 3, por Marta Argerich (1912-1921)

2009-02-25T18:19:00.011-02:00

Concerto Nº1 (1912):

Concerto Nº3 (1921):

Andante - Allegro (9:43)
Tema con variazioni (9:39)
Allegro, ma non troppo (9:48)

Solista: Marta Argerich
Director: Charles Dutoit
Orquesta: Sinfónica de Montreal
Año de grabación: 1998

La escuela de Vienna todo lo que quieran....pero para mí los capos de verdad siempre fueron los rusos. For mother Russia!

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Frou Frou - Details (2002)

2009-02-17T18:18:00.005-02:00

Tracklist:

Let Go
Breathe In
It's Good to Be in Love
Must Be Dreaming
Psychobabble
Only Got One
Shh
Hear Me Out
Maddening Shroud
Flicks
The Dumbing Down of Love

Review (allmusic.com):

Critics of electronica often complain that much of it has a cold, impersonal quality -- that warmth and humanity are missing from what can be a very producer-driven medium. But there is no law stating that electronica has to be cold; it all comes down to how the participants decide to use technology. And technology is used in a very human way on Details, a collaboration between producer Guy Sigsworth and singer/songwriter Imogen Heap. Together, Sigsworth and Heap comprise the British duo Frou Frou, which has the sort of name that listeners might expect from one of Europop's more bubblegum acts. Hearing the name Frou Frou, one might expect something along the lines of ABBA, Fun Fun, Jemma & Elise, Bananarama, or Aqua. But there is nothing bubblegum about Details -- quite the contrary. Tracks like "The Dumbing Down of Love" and the single "Breathe In" have an atmospheric, dreamy, ethereal outlook. Björk (who Sigsworth has worked with extensively) is a strong influence, and other valid comparisons range from Kate Bush to Dido. Although Sigsworth's high-tech production is attractive, this 2002 release isn't about production gloss for the sake of production gloss -- it's also about solid songwriting and expressive vocals. Had Sigsworth and Heap been forced to record an acoustic project, Details still would have had a lot going for it. Sigsworth uses technology to his creative advantage, but he doesn't hide behind it -- for Frou Frou, technology is not an attempt to compensate for weak singing or weak material. Ultimately, quality singing and composing are the things that make Details a cut above much of the electronic Europop that came out in 2002.

Electropop de calidad.

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Astor Piazzolla - Libertango (1974)

2009-02-11T12:24:00.009-02:00

Tracklist:

Libertango (2:45)
Meditango (5:36)
Undertango (4:07)
Adiós Nonino (5:35)
Violentango (3:31)
Novitango (3:31)
Amelitango (4:00)
Tristango (6:58)

A comienzos de 1974, Astor y Amelita (Baltar, su pareja) se instalan en Roma, en un departamento cercano a Piazza Navona, y Astor se entrega de lleno a la composición. El resultado es una serie de piezas instrumentales breves (el tema de la duración fue una sugerencia de Pagani, para que pudiera ser difundido por la radio), emparentadas por sus títulos.

Al poco tiempo de establecerse en Italia -continúa Daniel-, papá nos manda a los fanáticos de él -incluyéndome, por supuesto- un cassette con una grabación medio trucha de Libertango y otros temas de esta nueva serie que había compuesto. Cuando escuchamos eso nos quisimos matar, porque era espectacular. Aparte, era un Piazzolla totalmente distinto al del noneto y del quinteto, que eran los grupos inmediatamente anteriores a este disco.

Ahí arrancó todo. El tema "Libertango" pasó a ser número 1 en todas las jukeboxes de Italia, con lo cual, gracias a las ventas y la popularidad que había alcanzado, al poco tiempo le entregan el premio Sagitario de Oro.

La formación que grabó Libertango se parece bastante a las ensoñaciones de Piazzolla cuando escuchaba a su admirado Quincy Jones: entre los excelentes músicos italianos reclutados para el disco se incluye la instrumentación de órgano Hammond, marimba, flauta grave en do, bajo eléctrico, batería, guitarra eléctrica, percusión y efectos, además de cuerdas.

Liber Tango. Tango libre. Libre de las limitaciones autoimpuestas por los tangueros argentinos, que en ese entonces lo defenestraban a Piazzolla por su nuevo estilo de tango; lo que lo llevaría al exilio en donde conseguiría fama y reconocimiento internacional para más tarde convertirse en héroe nacional de la música.

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Al Di Meola - Flesh On Flesh (2002)

2009-02-04T13:26:00.005-02:00

Tracklist:

"Zona Desperata" – 9:23
"Innamorata" – 8:38
"Meninas" (Egberto Gismonti) – 5:41
"Flesh on Flesh" – 5:57
"Fugata" (Ástor Piazzolla) – 5:46
"Deep and Madly" – 1:45
"Saffire Soleil" – 4:11
"Senor Mouse" (Chick Corea) – 9:24

Fusión con mucha influencia latina, excelentes músicos (entre ellos Anthony Jackson y Gonzalo Rubacalba), arreglos y producción de primera. De lo mejorcito del género en mi opinión, y definitivamente de lo mejorcito del guitarrista.

A pesar de la aparente complejidad de esta música, gracias a sus exquisitas melodías y arreglos se mantiene música bastante accesible para cualquiera, sea habitué del fusión o no.

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David Bowie - Hunky Dory (1971)

2009-01-29T13:43:00.009-02:00

Track listing

All songs written by David Bowie, except where noted.

"Changes" – 3:37
"Oh! You Pretty Things" – 3:12
"Eight Line Poem" – 2:55
"Life on Mars?" – 3:53
"Kooks" – 2:53
"Quicksand" – 5:08
"Fill Your Heart" (Biff Rose, Paul Williams) – 3:07
"Andy Warhol" – 3:56
"Song for Bob Dylan" – 4:12
"Queen Bitch" – 3:18
"The Bewlay Brothers" – 5:22
"Bombers" - 2:41

Justo antes de la creación del disco y alter-ego Ziggy Stardust (que lo convertiría en un hito del rock), Bowie saca este ecléctico disco plagado de increíbles canciones en distintos estilos pero casi siempre manteniendo un espíritu pop. Con sólo escuchar Life on Mars? ya deberían estar convencidos de bajar el disco.

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Porcupine Tree - In Absentia (2002)

2009-01-22T02:33:00.015-02:00

Tracklist:

"Blackest Eyes" – 4:23
"Trains" – 5:56
"Lips of Ashes" – 4:39
"The Sound of Muzak" – 4:59
"Gravity Eyelids" – 7:56
"Wedding Nails" - 6:33
"Prodigal" – 5:35
".3" – 5:25
"The Creator Has a Mastertape" – 5:21
"Heartattack in a Layby" – 4:15
"Strip the Soul" – 7:21
"Collapse the Light into Earth" – 5:54

by Bradley Torreano
Continuing in the growing commercial vein of their previous releases, Porcupine Tree's In Absentia may be the most accessible release to ever spew forth from the group. Rolling electronic percussion blends with simple and solid live drumming to provide an understated backbeat as perennial Tree leader Steven Wilson pastes his complicated pop over the proceedings. Wilson's ability to bury his layered vocals in mountains of spacy electric guitar without drowning out his fragile lyrics is still a valued feature of the music, and the rare moments of clarity that his vocals display are breathtaking in their power. A reliance on a somewhat gothic heavy metal sound makes for some bizarre moments, especially when held up against his gentler material. The best example of this is the chugging "Wedding Nails," which recalls Dream Theater in its grandiose scope without utilizing the same sort of technical wizardry. But Wilson manages to bridge the gap between the various genres he utilizes, creating an environment where his haunting melodies could take a drastic turn at any minute. Porcupine Tree also continue their Radiohead fascination, although the influence is much less direct than on their last few efforts. Instead, it comes through at odd intervals, like the moments of sparse instrumentation on the otherwise lush "Heartattack in a Lay By." Sonically gorgeous and deceivingly complex, In Absentia has the most immediate appeal of anything Wilson has released under this moniker up to this point. By keeping the songs at manageable lengths and avoiding the avant-garde electronica flourishes of the band's early days, Porcupine Tree has grown into a fully realized pop group without cutting any of the elements that also make them an important force in the neo-prog movement.

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Miles Davis - Kind of Blue (1959)

2009-01-15T02:19:00.007-02:00

Tracklist:

"So What" – 9:25
"Freddie Freeloader" – 9:49
"Blue in Green" – 5:37
"All Blues" – 11:35
"Flamenco Sketches" – 9:26

Músicos:

Miles Davis – trumpet, leader
Julian "Cannonball" Adderley – alto saxophone, except on "Blue in Green"
John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
Wynton Kelly – piano, only on "Freddie Freeloader"
Bill Evans – piano on all, except "Freddie Freeloader"
Paul Chambers – bass
Jimmy Cobb – drums

by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Kind of Blue isn't merely an artistic highlight for Miles Davis, it's an album that towers above its peers, a record generally considered as the definitive jazz album, a universally acknowledged standard of excellence. Why does Kind of Blue posses such a mystique? Perhaps because this music never flaunts its genius. It lures listeners in with the slow, luxurious bassline and gentle piano chords of "So What." From that moment on, the record never really changes pace -- each tune has a similar relaxed feel, as the music flows easily. Yet Kind of Blue is more than easy listening. It's the pinnacle of modal jazz -- tonality and solos build from the overall key, not chord changes, giving the music a subtly shifting quality. All of this doesn't quite explain why seasoned jazz fans return to this record even after they've memorized every nuance. They return because this is an exceptional band -- Miles, Coltrane, Bill Evans, Cannonball Adderley, Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb -- one of the greatest in history, playing at the peak of its power. As Evans said in the original liner notes for the record, the band did not play through any of these pieces prior to recording. Davis laid out the themes before the tape rolled, and then the band improvised. The end results were wondrous and still crackle with vitality. Kind of Blue works on many different levels. It can be played as background music, yet it amply rewards close listening. It is advanced music that is extraordinarily enjoyable. It may be a stretch to say that if you don't like Kind of Blue, you don't like jazz -- but it's hard to imagine it as anything other than a cornerstone of any jazz collection.

Uno de los discos más influyentes de la historia y que marcó un antes y un después en el jazz. No puede faltar en la colección de ningún fanático de la música.

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Joni Mitchell - Don Juan's Reckless Daughter (1977)

2009-01-08T21:13:00.012-02:00

Track listing

"Overture/Cotton Avenue" – 6:41
"Talk to Me" – 3:45
"Jericho" – 3:22
"Paprika Plains" – 16:21
"Otis and Marlena" – 4:09
"The Tenth World" – 6:45
"Dreamland" – 4:38
"Don Juan's Reckless Daughter" – 6:36
"Off Night Backstreet" – 3:20
"The Silky Veils of Ardor" – 4:01

Un disco extraño para Joni Mitchell; ya un poco alejada del folk/pop de sus principios y más cercano al jazz vanguardista (Paprika Plains) y a la música étnica de distintos lugares (The Thenth World es un samba brasilero y Dreamland suena como un ritual de indios norteamericanos).

Como siempre, Joni está acompañada por grandes músicos, entre otros, Jaco Pastorius, Wayne Shorter, Larry Carlton, etc.

Tiene 2 o 3 temas medio de relleno, pero aunque fueran todos temas de relleno aún así lo seguiría subiendo por una de las piezas de músicas más hermosas que escuché: Paprika Plains.

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Buckethead - Population Override (2004)

2009-01-02T16:43:00.007-02:00

Tracklist:

Unrestrained Growth
Too Many Humans
Population Override
Humans Vanish
Cruel Reality of Nature
A Day Will Come
Earth Heals Herself
Clones
Superhuman
...

Músicos:

Buckethead: Guitar, bass
Pinchface: Drums
Travis Dickerson: Keyboards

Buckethead and I had talked about doing a bit of a nod to some of the great vinyl records of
of the '60s and '70s for some time. Some of the records we were talking about included John Mayall's
Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton, Hendrix's "Electricladyland," Traffic and some of the post-James Brown-inspired
funk of the '70s. After finishing the sessions that became the Cornbugs' "Brain Circus," where the three of us
-- Bucket, Pinchface and I -- jammed under Choptop's vocalizing, we thought the circumstances might be right.
So, armed with his white Les Paul and my brother's old Tele, Bucket turned his amp up to 10, I threw an analog
synth on top of my suitcase Rhodes and pushed them next to my Hammond B3. Pinch played my studio Gretsch
kit, and for two days we played for hours while the tape rolled. Over the next few weeks we culled the stuff
we thought had the vibe we were looking for, added bass and a few guitar and keyboard overdubs.

Travis Dickerson (teclados)

No es precisamente la clase de música que se espera de un tipo que usa un balde de sombrero y una máscara de hockey en la cabeza y que tiene fama de tocar música extremadamente bizarra; pero este disco está más cerca de Jeff Beck que otra cosa. Fusión funky setentosa al mango.

(Videos en el tracklist)

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M. Mussorgsky - Cuadros de una Exposición, orquestación de M. Ravel (1874/1922)

2008-12-28T21:47:00.014-02:00

Promenade (1:26)
I. El Gnomo (2:21)
Promenade (0:51)
II. El Viejo Castillo (4:11)
Promenade (0:29)
III. Las Tullerías (1:04)
IV. Bydlo (2:49)
Promenade (0:41)
V. Polluelos En El Cascarón (1:11)
VI. Samuel Goldenberg & Schmuyle (1:58)
VII. Mercado En Limoges (1:16)
VIII. Catacumba (Sepulcrum Romanum) (1:57)
Con Mortuis In Lingua Mortua (1:52)
IX. Baba-Jaga (3:31)
X. Gran Puerta De Kiev (5:34)

Wikipedia:

Cuadros de una exposición es una famosa suite de 15 piezas, compuesta por Modest Músorgski en 1874. Músorgski escribió la obra para piano, pero probablemente es más conocida en la forma de la orquestación y arreglo que de ella hizo el compositor francés Maurice Ravel.

Mussorgsky compuso esta obra (originalmente llamada Suite Hartmann) inspirado por la exposición póstuma de diez pinturas y escritos de su gran amigo, el artista y arquitecto Viktor Alexandrovich Hartmann, quien sólo tenía 39 años cuando murió en 1873. A manera de homenaje el compositor quiso «dibujar en música», algunos de los cuadros expuestos.

Toda la obra en youtube: Parte 1 2 3 4

Por la Orquesta Filarmónica Checa, dirigida por Václav Neumann, grabación del 2002.

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Frank Zappa - Apostrophe/Overnite Sensation (1973-1974)

2008-12-22T23:25:00.007-02:00

En conmemoración del cumpleaños de Zappa (21/12/1940) subo estos dos discos que no tienen desperdicio; rock, jazz, funk, soul, blues, pop y demás con su famoso toque bizarro.

Amazon.com
History will show that Frank Zappa (1940-1993) was one of the greatest American composers of the 20th century in any musical form, and this superb episode of the Classic Albums series offers ample proof of Zappa's genius. As Zappa's reverent son and musical heir Dweezil Zappa rightly points out, Over-Nite Sensation (1973) and Apostrophe (') (1974) are the albums that epitomize Zappa's masterful jazz/rock fusion, virtually defining a unique musical genre that can only be called "Zappa." The recording of both albums is chronicled here not simply because they best represent the dazzling complexity of Zappa's music, but also because they were recorded simultaneously in a burst of creativity, proving beyond any doubt that Zappa was more than simply a mischievous provocateur. While the world may know Zappa from his mainstream novelty hit "Valley Girl" (with daughter Moon on vocals), any devoted Zappaphile will tell you that this is the real Zappa, in full musical bloom, working miracles in the studio with The Mothers of Invention and a stellar variety of topnotch musicians who cite their time with Zappa as the most rewarding period of their careers.

Apostrophe:

Don´t Eat the Yellow Snow
Nanook Rubs It
St. Alfonzo´s Pancake Breakfast
Father O´Blivion
Cosmic Debris
Excentrifugal Forz
Apostrophe´
Uncle Remus
Stink-Foot

Overnite Sensation:

Camarillo Brillo– 3:59
I'm The Slime– 3:34
Dirty Love– 2:58
Fifty-Fifty – 6:09
Zomby Woof– 5:10
Dinah-Moe Humm– 6:01
Montana– 6:35

St. Alphonzo's Pancake Breakfast/Father O'Blivion (minuto 2 en adelante)
Uncle Remus
Montana
Camarillo Brillo

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Screaming Headless Torsos (1995)

2008-12-18T11:45:00.007-02:00

Tracklist:

01 - Vinne
02 - Free Man
03 - Cult Of The Internal Sun
04 - Word To Herb
05 - Blue In Green
06 - Chernobyl Firebirds
07 - Graffiti Cemetery
08 - Smile In A Wave (Theme From Jack Johnson)
09 - Wedding In Sarajevo
10 - Hope
11 - Kermes Macabre
12 - Another Sucka

Funk rabioso y experimental con influencias del jazz, hip hop, rock, etc. con cantidades industriales de groove. Músicos de primerísimo nivel; el guitarrista/lider es David "Fuze" Fiuczynski y el baterista nada menos que Jojo Mayer. Disco obligatorio para todo fan del funk/fusión.

Smile in a Wave (Theme From Jack Johnson)
Cult Of Internal Sun

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Kronos Quartet - Music of Bill Evans (1986)

2008-12-15T23:53:00.004-02:00

No hay mucho que decir, el Kronos Quartet arregló estos temas de Bill Evans para cuarteto de cuerdas (lógico) e invitó a dos grandes del jazz a participar del disco, Jim Hall (guitarra) y Eddie Gómez (contrabajo). Lindo disco.

Tracklist:

1. Waltz for Debby
2. Very Early
3. Nardis
4. Re: Person I Knew
5. Time Remembered
6. Walking Up
7. Turn Out the Stars/guitar improvisation
8. Five
9. Peace Piece

Waltz For Debby

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Genesis - Selling England By The Pound (1973)

2008-12-09T16:09:00.005-02:00

Track Listings

1. Dancing With The Moonlit Knight (8:01)
2. I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) (4:06)
3. Firth Of Fifth (9:34)
4. More Fool Me (3:09)
5. The Battle Of Epping Forest(11:43)
6. After The Ordeal (4:12)
7. The Cinema Show (11:06)
8. Aisle Of Plenty (1:31)

Total Time: 53:22
Line-up/Musicians

- Tony Banks / keyboards, 12 String guitar
- Phil Collins / drums, percussion, backing vocals, lead vocals (4)
- Peter Gabriel / lead vocals, percussion, flute, oboe
- Steve Hackett / electric guitar, nylon guitar
- Mike Rutherford / bass guitar, 12 string guitar, electric Sitar

Ya que estamos con Peter Gabriel, el mejor disco de Genesis en mi opinión, obviamente con Peter Gabriel, y a la vez lo mejor del rock sinfónico/progresivo. Una banda que supo ser vanguardista y artística, pero a la vez, increíblemente melódica y accesible para cualquiera que tenga la paciencia de escucharlos. No tiene desperdicio, 53 minutos y 22 segundos de pura magia sónica.

Firth of Fifth
Cinema Show 1 2

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Que me agarren esta

2008-12-09T16:06:00.002-02:00

De ahora en más, los links van a estar incompletos, a ver si así la zafo.

Ej: /files/168940901/Genesis-1973_-_Selling_England_by_the_Pound.rar

Lo que falta al principio empieza con R y termina con a p i d s h a r e . c o m

Edit 11/12/08: Voy a volver al viejo método de siempre de poner links hasta no tener otra advertencia.

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Cerdos capitalistas me quieren cerrar el blog

2008-12-02T15:27:00.003-02:00

Me acaba de llegar esto al mail:

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The notice that we received from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) and the record companies it represents, with any personally identifying information removed, will be posted online by a service called Chilling Effects at http://www.chillingeffects.org
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Affected URLs:

http://postalesmusicales.blogspot.com/2008/11/genesis-selling-england-by-pound-1973.html

Y me borraron la última entrada con el disco de Genesis.....yo quiero seguir con el blog, si alguno tiene idea de como zafarla, me dice.

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Peter Gabriel - Secret World Live (1994)

2008-11-24T11:53:00.004-02:00

Track listing

All songs written by Peter Gabriel except as noted.

Disc one

"Come Talk to Me" – 6:13
"Steam" – 7:45
"Across the River" (Stewart Copeland, Gabriel, David Rhodes, L. Shankar) – 6:00
"Slow Marimbas" – 1:41
"Shaking the Tree" (Gabriel, Youssou N'Dour) – 9:18
"Red Rain" – 6:15
"Blood of Eden" – 6:58
"Kiss That Frog" – 5:58
"Washing of the Water" – 4:07
"Solsbury Hill" – 4:42

Disc two

"Digging in the Dirt" – 7:36
"Sledgehammer" – 4:58
"Secret World" – 9:10
"Don't Give Up" – 7:35
"In Your Eyes" – 11:32

Personnel

Peter Gabriel – vocals, harmonica, keyboards
Tony Levin – bass, vocals
Manu Katché – drums
David Rhodes – guitar, vocals
Jean-Claude Naimro – keyboards, vocals
Levon Minassian – doudouk
Shankar – violins, vocals
Paula Cole – vocals

Pop de calidad. Recomiendo muchísimo conseguir el dvd en vivo de este mismo disco.

Come Talk To Me
Digging In The Dirt
Solsbury Hill

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Sergei Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No. 2 op. 18 (1901)

2008-11-18T23:56:00.005-02:00

Por Vladimir Ashkenazy con la orquesta Sinfónica de Londres, dirigida por André Previn.

Moderato
Adagio Sostenuto
Allegro Scherzando

Tiempo total: 30 minutos

No me dá el cuero ni para hacer un minireview de esto, asi que mejor juzguen ustedes:

Concierto entero en youtube, por Evgeny Kissin:
1º movimiento: Parte 1 Parte 2
2º movimiento: Parte 1 Parte 2
3º movimiento: Parte 1 Parte 2

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The Darkness - One Way Ticket To Hell And Back (2005)

2008-11-16T21:04:00.005-02:00

Tracklist:

01. One Way Ticket
02. Knockers
03. Is It Just Me
04. Dinner Lady Arms
05. Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time
06. Hazel Eyes
07. Bald
08. Girlfriend
09. English Country Garden
10. Blind Man

Segundo y último disco de esta banda inglesa que suena como una cruza entre Queen y AC/DC. En este están un poco más poperos que en su primer disco pero aún así sigue siendo bien rocknnnrolllnnennnenn, aunque menos cuadrado que antes.

Rock bien powa y grasa como dios manda.

English Country Garden
One Way Ticket
Dinner Lady Arms

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Jamiroquai - Emergency On Planet Earth (1993)

2008-09-29T11:29:00.005-03:00

Tracklist:

"When You Gonna Learn (Didgeridoo)" – 3:50
"Too Young to Die" – 6:05
"Hooked Up" – 4:35
"If I Like it, I Do It" – 4:53
"Music of the Mind" – 6:22
"Emergency on Planet Earth" – 4:05
"Whatever It Is, I Just Can't Stop" – 4:07
"Blow Your Mind" – 8:32
"Revolution 1993" – 10:16
"Didgin' Out" – 2:37

Un disco con mucho groove. Funk con tintes jazzeros (muy ala Kool & the Gang por momentos) actualizado a los 90' (aunque todavía suena vigente). Excelente producción, suena bárbaro, bajalo ya.

Samples:
Too Young To Die
Blow Your Mind
Music Of The Mind

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Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust (2008)

2008-09-15T12:11:00.007-03:00

Tracklist:

"Gobbledigook" – 3:05
"Inní mér syngur vitleysingur" (Within me a lunatic sings) – 4:05
"Góðan daginn" (Good day) – 5:15
"Við spilum endalaust" (We play endlessly) – 3:33
"Festival" – 9:24
"Með suð í eyrum" (with a buzz in our ears) – 4:56
"Ára bátur" (Oar boat/Boat of years) – 8:57
"Illgresi" (Weeds) – 4:13
"Fljótavík" [A place in Iceland] – 3:49
"Straumnes" [A mountain near Fljótavík] – 2:01
"All alright" – 6:21

Review de allmusic:

With their fifth full-length album, Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust (translated as With a Buzz in Our Ears We Play Endlessly), Sigur Rós have taken the poppy, sunshiny leanings of their previous album a step further into the light. The band has always been known for otherworldly soundscapes, and while there is enough of that here to keep the faithful happy, the band also writes straightforward, three-minute pop songs like the incredible catchy, sticky-sweet duo ("Gobbldigook," "Inní Mér Syngur Vitleysingur") that kick the album off like the first rays of the morning sun blazing through your bedroom window. That feeling continues on through the album as both the joyously soaring vocals and the buoyant melodies keep things floating happily on air. The arrangement of sound is quite different from previous albums, too. In the past their sound was characterized by a great wash of instruments merging together into great, gently heaving walls and waves of sound; on this album, for the most part, you can pick out individual instruments whether it's the acoustic guitar that underpins many of the songs (and provides the main backing on the intimate and quite lovely, and quite un-Sigur Rós-like, "Illgresi") or the lone piano that begins "Ára Bátur" (which does expand out into an epic undertaking with over 90 people including the London Sinfonietta and London Oratory Boy's Choir eventually playing on the track). Despite the few tracks that reach for the heavens, for the first time the band sounds grounded and stripped down. Songs like "Festival," with its pounding bassline and charging drums, and the melancholy album closer, "All Alright," which is based on a lonely piano figure (and features lyrics sung in English for the first time in the group's history), are firmly tethered to earth and shorn of excess artifice. In the past it was easy to be impressed with the sound of Sigur Rós, to be carried away by the grandeur of the band and be hit hard by the titanic emotions. On Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust you can really hear the human hearts behind the wall of sound, and while the emotional impact is on a smaller scale, somehow it is even more affecting.

Samples:
Gobbledigook
Íllgresi
Inní mér syngur vitleysingur

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The Cure - Disintegration (1989)

2008-09-09T18:17:00.009-03:00

Tracklist:

"Plainsong" – 5:12
"Pictures of You" – 7:24
"Closedown" – 4:16
"Lovesong" – 3:29
"Last Dance" – 4:42
"Lullaby" – 4:08
"Fascination Street" – 5:16
"Prayers for Rain" – 6:05
"The Same Deep Water as You" – 9:19
"Disintegration" – 8:18
"Homesick" – 7:06
"Untitled" – 6:30

En mi opinión, la obra maestra de Robert Smith. Un disco de aquellos. Y es otra prueba de que se puede hacer música profunda con muy poco.

Melancólico, triste, depresivo, enojado son los adjetivos que mejor le caben, aunque también hay algunos temas "alegres" (un sentimiento de felicidad post-tragedia diría yo, los primeros 3 tracks).

Para escuchar un día de lluvia.

Samples:
Disintegration
Plainsong
Last Dance

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Joaquín Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez (por Paco de Lucía)

2008-09-02T11:25:00.009-03:00

1) Allegro con Spirito
2) Adagio
3) Allegro Gentile

40 minutos total.

LA obra "clásica" para guitarra. Tiene una majestuosidad y liricismo impresionante, sublime.

Esta es la versión de Paco de Lucía, la versión preferida por el mismísimo Joaquín Rodrigo. Realmente suena español, a diferencia de otros (brillantes) guitarristas que la tocan a la perfección pero no se escucha el flamenco (John Williams, Kazuhito Yamashita, etc.)

Dejo un video del segundo movimiento, el más conocido léjos, probablemente ya lo conozcan de algún tributo. Una de las melodías más preciosas que escuché:

Adagio (video)

Formato mp3 vbr (40mb)

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Now playing: Paco de Lucia - Adagio

Goldfrapp - Felt Mountain (2000)

2008-08-27T11:41:00.005-03:00

Tracklist:

1. "Lovely Head" – 3:49
2. "Paper Bag" – 4:07
3. "Human" (Goldfrapp, Gregory, Locke, Norfolk) – 4:34
4. "Pilots" – 4:27
5. "Deer Stop" – 4:04
6. "Felt Mountain" – 4:15
7. "Oompa Radar" – 4:44
8. "Utopia" – 4:16
9. "Horse Tears" – 5:10

Cita:

Difícilmente los primeros seguidores de Alison Goldfrapp (los que conocían sus colaboraciones con Tricky, en Maxinquaye, Orbital, en Snivilisation y Add N to X, en Avant hard) podían esperar un debut como Felt mountain. En lugar de una nueva muestra de exuberancia vocal, lo que escuchamos es un trabajo de electrónica ambiental, con una contenida Goldfrapp en una faceta desconocida hasta entonces, etérea, como surgida del cosmos, incluso tratada en ciertos temas para abundar en ese mismo efecto de voz no terrenal. Es una electrónica que jamás soñó con sonar tan orgánica y cálida, que no desprecia la escritura tradicional y conoce la hondura sentimental que confiere una sección de cuerdas de sabor cinematográfico. Desde el sugerente silbido inicial de Lovely head hasta los tensos acordes con los que finaliza Horse tears, el álbum debut del dúo Goldfrapp (formado por la vocalista y Will Gregory) es tan emotivo y penetrante como el desesperado gripo que se escucha Deer stop y que nos pone la sensibilidad a flor de piel.

Aunque tras una primera escucha Felt mountain puede dar la sensación de ser en exceso monotono, algo que se debe a su brillante homogeneidad y coherencia, sucesivas aproximaciones a esta maravilla desvelan sus múltiples influencias y la enorme variedad de los nueve temas. Desde las bandas sonoras de films de espías a la música de cabaret (Oompa radar), pasando por los ritmos latinos (Human), el ocasional empleo de instrumentación jazzística, sabor folk, atmósferas de ciencia ficción y hasta pop sesentero. Un álbum, en su conjunto, intimista y melancólico, de carácter invernal, ideal para que vuele la mente y afloren los sentimientos más profundos. Deja para la posteridad, además, piezas como Pilots o Utopia, posiblemente la cumbre Felt mountain.

Yo no escribí eso, pero es bastante acertado.

Links a youtube de algunos temas en vivo:

Lovely Head
Utopia
Felt Mountain

Formato mp3 320kbps

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Now playing: Goldfrapp - Pilots

Opeth - Blackwater Park (2001)

2008-08-20T12:22:00.005-03:00

Tracklist:

1. "The Leper Affinity" – 10:23
2. "Bleak" – 9:16
3. "Harvest" – 6:01
4. "The Drapery Falls" – 10:54
5. "Dirge for November" – 7:54
6. "The Funeral Portrait" – 8:44
7. "Patterns in the Ivy" – 1:53
8. "Blackwater Park" – 12:08

# Mikael Åkerfeldt – vocals, guitar
# Peter Lindgren – guitar
# Martin Mendez – bass
# Martin Lopez – drums
# Steven Wilson – (productor) vocals (on track 2), backing vocals, keyboard, guitar

Esta banda sueca (y este disco en gran medida) revolucionó el death metal progresivo, incorporando influencias del folk nórdico, del rock progresivo de los 70' y hasta por momentos un poco de jazz también.

Son temas largos, con muchos cambios y cortes y contrastes más que interesantes. Desde los contundentes riffs y más podrido del death a lo más tranquilo y melodioso del folk, todo en un mismo tema.

Todos los temas escritos por Mikael Äkerfeldt, lider, cantante y guitarrista de la banda....tienen que escuchar la voz de este muchacho, tanto podrida como "normal". El disco es producido por Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree) asi que es garantía de que suena bien.

Samples:
The Leper Affinity

Formato mp3 320kbps

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Now playing: Opeth - Opeth - Bleak

Regina Spektor - Songs (2002)

2008-08-15T20:01:00.003-03:00

Tracklist:

1. "Samson" – 3:54
2. "Oedipus" – 4:50
3. "Prisoners" – 3:03
4. "Reading Time with Pickle" - 5:33
5. "Consequence of Sounds" - 5:09
6. "Daniel Cowman" - 4:51
7. "Bon idée" - 4:10
8. "Aching to Pupate" - 2:13
9. "Lounge" - 3:34
10. "Lacrimosa" - 5:14
11. "Lulliby" - 2:27
12. "Ne me quitte pas" - 4:38

Regina Spektor es una cantante/pianista/compositora nacida en Rusia, desde los 9 vive en Nueva York. Tiene una importante formación clásica, aunque su música se podría decir que es pop con influencias del jazz, soul/blues, hip hop, (y también clásico).

Sólo piano y la (hermosa) voz de Regina.

Samples:
Samson
Oedipus

Formato mp3 vbr (50mb)

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Now playing: Regina Spektor - Oedipus

Shawn Lane/Jonas Hellborg/Jeff Sipe - Personae (2002)

2008-08-07T15:58:00.006-03:00

Tracklist:

1) Hell is Other People
2) Heretics
3) Personae
4) Rag
5) Rice With The Angels
6) Time Is The Enemy

Integrantes:

Shawn Lane - Guitarra
Jonas Hellborg - Bajo
Jeff Sipe - Batería

Fanáticos del fusión tienen que escuchar este disco. Es un disco de estructura jazzera, lo único que está escrito serían los estribillos que hay cada tanto y los vamps sobre los cuales improvisan, sacando eso es todo improvisado.

Los tres son grandes virtuosos de su instrumento, Hellborg fue bajista de Mc Laughlin y Shawn Lane es simplemente impresionante (aunque más impresionante es lo desconocido que es). Sipe no toca nada mal tampoco.

Samples
Hell is Other People

Formato mp3 256kbps

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Now playing: Shawn Lane & Jonas Hellborg - Hell Is Other People

Henryck Gorecki - Sinfonía Nº 3 "Sorrowful Songs" (1976)

2008-08-03T23:41:00.005-03:00

Autor: Henryk Gorecki (1933-presente)
Obra: Sinfonía Nº 3 (Sorrowful Songs)

Un cachito de información robada del wiki:

Symphony No. 3, Op. 36, also known as the Symphony of Sorrowful Songs (Polish: Symfonia pieśni żałosnych), is a symphony in three movements composed by Henryk Górecki in Katowice, Poland, between October and December 1976. The work is indicative of the transition between Górecki's dissonant earlier manner and his more tonal later style.
A solo soprano sings a different Polish text in each of the three movements. The first is a 15th-century Polish lament of Mary, mother of Jesus, the second a message written on the wall of a Gestapo cell during World War II, and the third a Silesian folk song of mother searching for son killed in the Silesian uprisings.^[1]
The first and third movements are written from the perspective of a
parent who has lost a child, and the second movement from that of a
child separated from a parent. The dominant themes of the symphony are
motherhood and separation through war.

Es de lo más emotivo, solemne y enternecedor que escuché. Una verdadera lástima que compositores como este sean prácticamente desconocidos, incluso en círculos "académicos".

El "género" vendría a ser minimalismo sacro, en una línea similar a la de Arvo Pärt (ya voy a subir algo del tío Arvo también )

Video del 2º Movimiento

La interpretación de Upshaw está mejor que la del video, y suena mucho mejor también.

La calidad de audio es excelente, formato FLAC. La misma calidad de un cd de audio común pero con un peso muy reducido. Si no pueden reproducirlo dejo links para bajar los codecs:

Para winamp: http://www.winamp.com/plugins/details/143614
Para otros: http://flac.sourceforge.net/download.html
El windows media player creo que baja los codecs automáticamente

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Now playing: Nico Muhly - Clear Music

Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All (1975)

2008-08-01T14:45:00.004-03:00

Tracklist:

1. "Inca Roads" – 8:45
2. "Can't Afford No Shoes" – 2:38
3. "Sofa No. 1" – 2:39
4. "Po-Jama People" – 7:39
5. "Florentine Pogen" – 5:27
6. "Evelyn, a Modified Dog" – 1:04
7. "San Ber'dino" – 5:57
8. "Andy" – 6:04
9. "Sofa No. 2" – 2:42

Line Up:

* Frank Zappa – vocals, guitar
* George Duke – keyboards, vocals, backing vocals, synthesizer
* Ruth Underwood – marimba, vibraphone, percussion
* Johnny "Guitar" Watson – vocals
* James "Bird Legs" Youman – bass guitar
* Chester Thompson – drums, sound effects, voices
* Tom Fowler – bass guitar
* Captain Beefheart (credited as 'Bloodshot Rollin' Red') – harmonica
* Napoleon Murphy Brock – tenor saxophone, vocals, backing vocals, flute

Uno de los discos más "normales" y rockeros de Zappa. Perfecto para iniciarse en su enorme discografía. Con uno de los mejores lineups que tuvo la banda, y muchos temas que terminaron en clásicos de él.

Samples:
Inca Roads
San Berdino
Florentine Pogen

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Now playing: Frank Zappa - Andy

Mr Bungle - California (1999)

2008-07-31T17:39:00.005-03:00

1. "Sweet Charity" - 5:05
2. "None of Them Knew They Were Robots" - 6:03
3. "Retrovertigo" - 4:59
4. "The Air-Conditioned Nightmare"- 3:55
5. "Ars Moriendi" - 4:10
6. "Pink Cigarette" - 4:55
7. "Golem II: The Bionic Vapour Boy" - 3:34
8. "The Holy Filament" - 4:04
9. "Vanity Fair" - 2:58
10. "Goodbye Sober Day" - 4:29

Grupo de rock/metal experimental, liderado por el ex-Faith No More, Mike Patton.

Es increíble la cantidad y diversidad de influencias que mezcla (y de manera muy Zappa) esta banda, y para lo eclécticos que son, este disco es bastante coherente y estructurado (al menos comparandolo con otros en los que estuvo Patton, sin contar FNM).

La producción es de puta madre también, el disco suena bárbaro, y sorprendentemente está grabado en cinta (se deben haber vuelto locos los técnicos con lo cargados que son algunos temas :mrgreen: )

Samples:
http://www.youtube.com/v/J4rqXqpLCZ0
http://www.youtube.com/v/ha2l7oYsIDY
http://www.youtube.com/v/lVptUewHi24

Formato mp3 256kbps

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Now playing: Mr. Bungle - Golem II: The Bionic Vapour Boy

Radiohead - KID A (2000)

2008-07-30T14:03:00.003-03:00

"Everything in Its Right Place" – 4:11

"Kid A" – 4:44

"The National Anthem" – 5:50

"How to Disappear Completely" – 5:55

"Treefingers" – 3:42

"Optimistic" – 5:16

"In Limbo" – 3:31

"Idioteque" (Radiohead, Paul Lansky) – 5:09

"Morning Bell" – 4:29

"Motion Picture Soundtrack" – 6:59

Del wikipedia:

Cita:

The album's songwriting and recording were experimental for Radiohead,^[7] as the band replaced their earlier "anthemic" rock style with a more electronic sound.^[8] Influenced by Krautrock,^[9] jazz,^[10] and 20th century classical music,^[11] Radiohead abandoned their three-guitar lineup for a wider range of instruments on Kid A, using keyboards, the Ondes martenot, and, on certain compositions, strings and brass.[9
Kid A has been considered one of the more challenging pop records to have commercial success,^[14] and it polarised opinion among both fans and critics.^[7] The album won a Grammy for Best Alternative Album and was nominated for Album of the Year. It also received praise for introducing listeners to diverse forms of underground music.^[7]

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Wynton Marsalis - Black Codes From The Underground (1985)

2008-07-30T11:58:00.005-03:00

"Black Codes" – 9:31

"For Wee Folks" – 9:06

"Delfeayo's Dilemma" – 6:46

"Phryzzinian Man" – 6:44

"Aural Oasis" – 5:35

"Chambers of Tain" – 7:38

"Blues" – 5:21

51 minutos de buen jazz. Wynton es quizá, EL trompetista del momento, domina tanto en el jazz como en el ambiente clásico.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poZWg-pVboE

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Igor Stravinsky - Consagración de la Primavera (Rite of Spring) (mp3 320kbps)

2008-07-30T11:50:00.006-03:00

Probablemente la obra orquestal más importante e influyente del siglo XX. Es un ballet (por eso no tiene la típica forma sonata de 3 movimientos) y causó mucha controversia en su estreno en 1913.

Obra muy densa, compleja y difícil de tocar, innovó con la inclusión de varios recursos que no se usaban prácticamente hasta entonces, como la politonalidad (superponer dos tonalidades a la vez), polirritmos, nuevas formas de orquestación y demás cuestiones armónicas y rítmicas que no me da el cerebro para analizar. Todo esto con un resultado altamente musical, aclaro.

Un videito:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgHMpYsv0_0

La versión que les dejo es dirigida por Pierre Boulez (capo en todo lo que sea siglo XX), mp3 320kbps (flac se las debo):

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Now playing: Jeff Beck - Constipated Duck

Introducción II

2008-07-30T11:39:00.003-03:00

Arranco de nuevo el blog con el sólo propósito de usarlo como depósito (que rima papá) de links para bajar discos que a mí me vuelan la cabeza, sientanse con libertad de comentar.
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Now playing: Jeff Beck - You Know What I Mean
via FoxyTunes