Saï...Tham – Hold On Tight whitedude877 2025-01-25 | 1. Hold On Tight (featuring Jack) - 0:002. Let's Do It (featuring Imma) - 7:32Produced by Alliance RecordsMastered by TranslabDesign, graphics by ZzoltarMixed by Ambroise BoretWritten and composed by Saï...ThamMade In France2001Let's Do It was uploaded on the channel NUGGETS here on youtube at this address: youtube.com/watch?v=RaGEE3qICHQI was immediately taken with it, so much so that I got a hold of the vinyl not long after. I really, really had to hear that first track, Hold On Tight, and I was not disappointed. The vocals of, I'm assuming Jack, gosh. That mother fucker really gave it to this track. Imma's vocals on Let's Do It are more subtle, but she lends such a coolness that Hold On Tight does not. Two fantastic songs I would love to hear on the dance floor. I intend to clean up the record and put a better quality upload at the below link, hopefully sooner than later: mediafire.com/file/miinpdgwwexcvcs/Hold+On+Tight+(2001).zip/fileEDIT, 7/29/2025: The above link has been changed to a cleaned up version of Hold On Tight. Using RX11, I cleaned up some of the crackling and hissing.
gothparade, May 18th, 2024 (poor audio quality) whitedude877 2024-05-19 | I just wanted to put this up. Unfortunately recorded from my pocket, a small snippet of nightlife: the noise of the crowd, the sound of the music. To anyone not interested in this, there are some albums in the pipe of uploading, I won't just make this channel live recordings from my phone. I'll write something more in-depth later, great fucking night.EDIT May 19th 2024:instagram.com/gothparadeInitially I had gone to see Cyboy, somebody I had seen a few times before.instagram.com/cyboy_And a few others were up as well, including jacobra, aundreja, and czar.instagram.com/jacobramusicinstagram.com/aundrejainstagram.com/czar________The only one I didn't get to see, sadly, was czar. I had to dip out to get some sleep for work. Jacobra opened up and he really stepped up keeping his energy high while people were still too nervous to approach the dance floor. By the time aundreja got on however, people were ready to dance the night away. And then cyboy? Shoulder to shoulder, but that didn't stop anybody. But this guy gothparade, he just fucking stole the show for me. What a treat. I wanted to get some kind of recording in; to capture the sounds of 300 people having such a good time to this amazing music. It's a shame it's all muffled, I really should invest in some professional recording equipment.Also, 49:30, the famous melody from Dido's "Thank You"/Eminem's "Stan" was worked into the set, and EVERYBODY recognized it. Fucking fantastic moment.
Sun Kil Moon - Harper Road and Duk Koo Kim | Venice West, February 28th, 2024 whitedude877 2024-03-28 | 1. Harper Road - 0:002. Duk Koo Kim - 5:43I greatly apologize for the audio quality. Security was dogging on people with their phones out so I had to keep mine hidden. I never thought I'd hear Harper Road live, as Mark tends to avoid April tracks in the times I've seen him live. I really love April, but it was likely a painful time in his life so I can see why he'd avoid those songs. Still, I was more than happy when he started his little preamble before playing it. The nostalgia it evokes, the new meaning it takes on in this time in my life, the beauty of it by itself; such a wonderful song. He plays it ever so slightly slower than the album version, which is quite welcome.Mark actually did not play Duk Koo Kim sequentially after this, it just so happens that they fit together perfectly with no jarring overlap. In fact it was the last song he played that night. I've heard him play it live several times before, and this was definitely my favorite one. It's a lot of little bit of a shame that there was this poor girl suffering from some kind of cough, and she was right next to me. I hope she's doing better.
Check Engine - Check Engine (2002) (with download) whitedude877 2023-12-18 | 1. Where's My Social Worker? - 0:002. So, We've Got Some Balls. What Else Do We Got? - 1:303. How Bad (Do You Want It?) - 4:264. I'll See You In Two and Two - 7:275. She Asked Me Some Question, and I Answered Them - 9:226. Bold Style - 13:317. Don't Make Friends With Salad - 18:088. Nobody Ever Tells Jenny Anything, Ever - 23:089. Pain Don't Hurt - 27:0310. Mr. Beer - 31:00Joe Cannon - vocals, guitarChris Daly - guitarPaul Joyce - bassSteve Sostak - vocals, saxophoneBrian Wnukowski - drumsMike Hagler - masteringMike Lust - engineerSouthern Records2002mediafire.com/file/l34a4awj7ampil9I found this quite a while ago, I think 2015. I come back to it very irregularly over the years, and it's high time to share it with the world. It's not that I purposely hoard things for myself, not at fucking all. It's just that I try to keep the channel packed with albums that are special to me in some way or another. That's why I don't just upload willy nilly. I didn't find out until recently that Steve Sostak and Chris Daly were in a much more known band in the late 90s and early 2000s called Sweep The Leg Johnny. I'm definitely gonna check them out, as Check Engine's 2002 effort is a lot of fun and has won me over for years. It's rather short unfortunately, and most of the ideas here don't come to a true fruition, but you can feeeeel that these fuckers had something here. "So We've Got Some Balls. What Else Do We Got?", besides being one of the best titles for a song ever, is kind of what really made sure I'd forever return to this album. It's kind of where the album shows what it's really about, with Where's My Social Worker? being more of a really sick primer straight to the ears. The first 30 seconds of She Asked Me Some Questions are magical, but then it goes into this sort of jam that isn't nearly as engaging, primarily carried by the energy of the vocals. It gets some of that magic back at the end, and just in time for the best track on the album: Bold Style. Holy shit I love Bold Style. What I'd give to have been at a show with this playing, dancing along.Mr. Beer is from a compilation that featured Check Engine called OIL: Chicago Punk Refined.
Sun Kil Moon - Quiet Beach House Nights (from new album 2023) whitedude877 2023-08-16 | Available for order now:sunkilmoon.comI was lucky enough to see Mark Kozelek August 9th in Santa Ana, CA where along with putting on a great show, he dropped his new album. I just wanted to upload this beautiful track from it and encourage people who might be inclined to give it a purchase. Saw him in July as well and that was awesome too. Here's to more.
Bluebeard- Correct/Over, Two Songs Tape, Purity whitedude877 2023-07-10 | 1. Correct - 0:002. Over - 3:583. Room 501 - 7:454. Bittersweet - 10:465. Purity - 14:24Correct/Over:Recorded at Bea Pot Studio, Tokyo. May 1999Designed and Built by Power Graphixx & Jun5Drums – Takushi KawakamiEngineer, Mixed By – Takaaki HanyaPerformer – Shimon Tsurusawa, Takuji Kitamura, Takuma Togawa, Yoshikazu TakahashiTwo Songs Tape:"Recorded at SHOUT AT THE DEVIL STUDIOS, June & July 1998Engineered and mixed by Shinsuke Suzukithanks to shinsuke shizuki and friends and families a͟n͟d͟ youcontact to 03-3388-0746 Takuji Kitamura"Purity (from a split with the Japanese band Nine Days Wonder)Too Young To Rock Recordings, 1999Recorded by Takaaki Hanya May 1999 at Bea Potbluebeard is shimon, yoshizaku, takuji, takumaall drums on this recording played by takushi kawakamiBluebeard's one and only album:youtube.com/watch?v=QM0Ni09YRU0I've been on a Mark Kozelek/Sun Kil Moon killing, I've been listening to Bluebeard, other Japanese rock bands, trying to keep up with my, local scene. It's all so wonderful, but kinda stressful in a way to keep up with. There's just never going to be enough time to do everything you want to. Correct/Over and Purity are fucking great. In a perfect world at least Purity made it onto Bluebeard's later album. It's almost a crime we don't live in that world. This cut of Room 501 that later appeared on their album is very charming, and I can't quite say I like listening to one more than the other. Bittersweet fucking rocks but I can see why it wasn't revisited. But seriously, Purity, oh my god. Perfect. These songs and Bluebeard's album just scream the word "youth" to me. I'm not particularly sure why, maybe because I've been listening to them for a little over four years now. I don't really know. Reminds me to get on with my goals and such before it's too late.
Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts of the Great Highway bonus CD 2007 + Gentle Moon acoustic version whitedude877 2023-07-10 | 1. Somewhere - 0:002. Carry Me Ohio (Alt. Version) - 2:133. Salvador Sanchez (Acoustic) - 7:384. Arrival - 11:525. Somewhere (Version 2) - 14:206. Gentle Moon (Radio Recording) - 16:367. Gentle Moon (Acoustic from "Ghosts" vinyl) - 21:18"Geoff StanfieldAnthony KoustosTim MooneyMark KozelekAdditional musicians: Alan Molina, Michi Aceret, Claire Byrant, David Revelli, and Jerry VesselAll songs written and produced by Mark KozelekPublished by God Forbod, BMIExcept: 'Somewhere' written by Leonard BernsteinCopyright Leonard Bernstein Publishing Company, BMIRecorded and mixed by Aaron PrellwitzRecorded at Toast and Hyde Street Studios, San FranciscoAdditional recording in Seattle by Geoff StanfieldGentle Moon (radio version) recorded at Antena 3 Radio, Libson, Portugal, June 25th, 2002Mastered by John GoldenDesign by David RagerThanks to Ivo, Aaron Prellwitz, Andrew Lurie, Dorothy Bowman, Redeye"Not enough people have heard these disc 2 songs, here they are. Even less have heard this acoustic version of Gentle Moon. Some of the notes on Version 2 of Somewhere I've definitely heard in another SKM song, can't put my ear on which one at the moment. Arrival has bits of Pancho Villa and Gentle Moon in it, the little bells and the flourish of Spanish guitar. Lovely song, could have ended the album that way honestly.
Jazzanova - The Remixes 1997-2000 whitedude877 2023-03-25 | 1. 4Hero - We Who Are Not As Others - 0:002. Marschmellows - Soulpower - 7:083. Men From Nile - Watch Them Come!!! - 13:114. Trüby Trio - Carajillo - 20:545. Incognito - Get Into My Groove - 29:046. Karma - High Priestess - 36:197. Har-You Percussion Group - Welcome To The Party - 44:308. United Future Organization - Friends...We'll Be - 52:409. Azymuth - Amazon Adventure - 59:2610. Soul Bossa Trio - Words Of Love - 1:07:2811. Ski - Fifths - 1:14:5412. Ursula Rucker - Circle - 1:22:5713. Koop - Absolute Space - 1:31:0214. Liquid Lounge - Complete Life - 1:37:5715. Ian Pooley - What's Your Number - 1:46:0016. Balanco - Metti Una Sera A Cena - 1:53:0517. Tate's Place - Burnin' - 1:59:2918. Visit Venus - Planet Of Breaks - 2:05:4519. Soul Quality Qaurtet - Toda Tersafeira - 2:13:5920. MJ Cole feat. Nova Caspar & Ja - Sincere - 2:20:27"Jazzanova are a Berlin based producer collective consisting of the Jazzanova DJ-team (Jürgen von Knoblauch, Alexander Barck and Claas Brieler), the producers of Extended Spirit (Stefan Leisering and Axel Reinemer) and Kosma (Roskoe Kretschmann).Jazzanova had discovered their sonic brotherhood DJing at Berlin's Delicious Doughnuts Club and hooked up as a team back in 1995.To Jazzanova, music means the search for a common language of international club music, to take in influences from all different cultures and musical styles, to fuse these styles together and get the audience involved in the whole musical spectrum of that fusion. Their love for deep jazz and modern beats has led their music to become a somewhat stunning amalgamation of retro and new sounds that echoes almost all musical styles from HipHop or Afrofunk to Drum & Bass, Boogie, Brazil, Latin, and Soul. Always reacting directly to new and fresh influences, Jazzanova have developed a percussion-oriented, sophisticated, clean and warm broken-beat-style that is constantly changing in form and allows no pigeon-holing. It's just simply jazzanova!Ever since Gilles Peterson played their first track, "Fedime's Flight", on his radio show in 1997, Jazzanova have been asked to produce remixes for many of their idols, acts like U.F.O., 4Hero, Incognito, and Azymuth.Jazzanova still first and foremost remix pieces of artists that have especially influenced and inspired them. In their attempt to pay tribute to the artist they are interpreting, Jazzanova always try to capture the very essence not only of the particular track, but of the entire album. As you listen closely to their remixes, you will always discover elements of the artist's former records and find the spirit of his entire work reflected. As each Jazzanova remix is produced with great respect and effort, it is no wonder they sometimes spend up to three months in the studio before a remix is completed. What they finally come up with are some excellently produced, very DJ-set oriented pieces that shift between different styles and tempi, oscillate between jazzy and electronic feelings and are sure to enjoy dancers and listeners alike."released October 24, 2000jazzanova.bandcamp.com/album/the-remixes-1997-2000NOTE: The track "Absolute Space" by Koop is not included in the bandcamp reissue, so perhaps I'll link a download to that later.Anyone ever played Flash games on the internet growing up or watched Flash movies? Stickdeath.com, newgrounds, flashportal, txmafia, vgdc, Armorgames, allllll kinds. On Armorgames there was one called Orange, it used to be here:armorgames.com/play/350/orangeBut support for Flash was dropped and Orange may never see the light of day ever again. There isn't even footage of somebody playing it. You were in an orange bunker of some sort with the ability to shoot little orange pellets against an onslaught of falling dark spheres. You had an auto-charging meter that would allow you to fire larger pellets for extra knockback. The soundtrack to Orange? Absolute Space by Koop. A simple little flash game took on a different tone, different gravitas by including such a piece. Some of the attacks of the enemies were even synchronized to the music in creative ways. Graciously, the author credited the song in the game's description, but it wasn't until 2019 or so that I got a hold of the entire collection of tracks Absolute Space comes from. To everyone who listens, be sincere!
Seiichi Yamamoto - Playground acoustic+ whitedude877 2023-01-18 | 1. Hana (Phew & Seiichi Yamamoto 'Shiawase No Sumika' Yori) - 0:002. Machiawase - 5:293. Playground - 11:504. Mezame No Ballad - 19:285. Houseki No Umi - 24:046. Mizu - 29:437. Days - 32:288. Candy Says - 40:279. Masao No Yume ('Shiawase No Sumika' Yori) - 44:1210. Yume No Hanshuu (Novo Tono 'Panorama Paradise' Yori) - 48:1711. Akanbou No Me ('Nazanazo' Yori) - 53:07A&R - Atsushi InoueDesign - Satoshi OguriMusic, lyrics - Seiichi YamamotoPhotography - Seiichi YamamotoProducer - Seiichi YamamotoRecorded, mastered - Tomohito NomuraJanuary 19, 2011Blues Interactions Inc.P-VINE RECORDSmusic.apple.com/jp/album/playground-acoustic/411643089?l=enWho knew the guitarist from Boredoms had this sort of album in him. 11 acoustic guitar tracks with some of the softest singing you ever heard. I first listened to this quite a few years ago, but I'll admit it was kind of a hard listen. These tracks are pretty long and not very dynamic, but I return to it again and again for some reason. It helps that Hana is immediately arresting to the ears, with Machiawase being a fine followup, but if I had my way I'd probably trim a track or two. I don't mean to sound so scathing, I really do enjoy this and I've been coming back to it for years; Mizu, Akanbou No Me, Masao No Yume, and Seiichi Yamamoto's tender voice. It's all really lovely.
Sun Kil Moon - Tonight The Sky EP whitedude877 2022-11-23 | 1. Tonight In Bilbao (Alt. Version) - 0:002. The Light (Alt. Version) - 9:223. Like The River (Alt. Version) - 15:134. Tonight The Sky (Alt. Version) - 18:125. Tonight In Bilbao (Live in Barcelona) - 25:346. Lucky Man (Live in Glasgow) - 34:39Mark Kozelek - guitar, producer, vocals, written-byPhil Carney - guitarDavid Rager - designAndy Fischer - layoutAaron Prellwitz - recorded byJohn Golden - mastered byNyree Watts - photography byCaldo Verde Records2009Why upload this separately from the previous one? It's very curious to me that the tracks featured here were slowed down for the CD bonus release of April, and I wanted to highlight that difference with two separate uploads. I actually prefer these versions so much more, and the Barcelona recording is just gorgeous. I submit that Tonight In Bilbao is worthy of the title of "classic". Such lovely guitar work, each note dancing gracefully in your ear, replete with memories of meeting potential friends and lovers, leaving them behind, the simple pleasures of driving and eating bread. The rest of the songs are just as easy on the ears. I definitely prefer this acoustic The Light over the album April version, ditto Tonight The Sky. It's easy to see why they are the way they are on April; you couldn't put the alternate version of The Light directly after Lost Verses with that ending two minute electric guitar jam without it being too incongruous. I actually think this Tonight The Sky version would have been just fine on April. I wish I could say more about Like The River. I love it very much, the verse:"I have all these memories, I don't know what forI have them and I can't help itSome overflow and spill like wavessome I will harborFor all of my days"These precious, fleeting moments. We can't hold them all.
Mark Kozelek - Lost Verses / Sun Kil Moon - April (with bonus tracks) whitedude877 2022-11-22 | Lost Verses 1. Unlit Hallway - 0:002. Carry Me Ohio - 4:403. Four Fingered Fisherman - 10:534. Moorestown - 14:085. Salvador Sanchez - 19:186. Heron Blue - 22:587. Lost Verses - 30:098. Tiny Cities - 38:059. Lucky Man - 40:5410. Send in the Clowns - 47:0411. Harper Road - 50:0712. Tonight In Bilbao - 54:4713. Blue Orchids - 1:03:3614. Katy Song - 1:09:37April1. Lost Verses - 1:13:582. The Light - 1:23:423. Lucky Man - 1:31:314. Unlit Hallway - 1:37:185. Heron Blue - 1:41:376. Moorestown - 1:49:157. Harper Road - 1:53:568. Tonight The Sky - 1:57:529. Like The River - 2:08:1310. Tonight In Bilbao - 2:12:2311. Blue Orchids - 2:21:51CD 21. Tonight In Bilbao (Alt. Version) - 2:27:482. The Light (Alt. Version) - 2:37:303. Like The River (Alt. Version) - 2:43:334. Tonight The Sky (Alt. Version) - 2:46:36Lost Verses:Mark Kozelek – vocals and guitarsPhil Carney – guitarsRecorded live to CD-R at:The First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia – June 15, 2008Williamsburg Music Hall, Brooklyn – November 12, 2008Attuck's Theatre, Norfolk – November 7, 2008Aladdin Theatre, Portland – April 17, 2008The Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco – April 26, 2008Stenhammarsalen, Gothenburg – October 24, 2007Santiago Alquimista, Lisbon – October 27, 2007Mastered by Aaron PrellwitzPhotography by Nyree WattsDesign by David RagerCaldo Verde Records 2009April:Mark Kozelek – vocals, guitarAnthony Koutsos – drumsGeoff Stanfield – bass guitarMichi Aceret – violaDavid Revelli – percussionWill Oldham – additional vocalsBen Gibbard – additional vocalsEric Pollard – additional vocalsMark Kozelek – producerAaron Prellwitz – engineerGeoff Stanfield – engineerJason McGerr – engineerSteve Armstrong – additional engineeringHT Waterman – additional engineeringJohn Golden – masteringNyree Watts – photographsDavid Rager – designCaldo Verde Records2008Most people know Mark Kozelek and Sun Kil Moon from the 2014 album "Benji". It's really a classic album of introspection - death, living long, lost friends, but ending off with wonderful resolve to remain competitive in a world that will not wait for you to catch up. But Mark has made music under the Sun Kil Moon moniker since 2000, and even before that with his band Red House Painters in the 1990s. Lost Verses is a beautiful collection of live recordings of various SKM and Red House Painters songs, named after the Lost Verses track on the SKM album April released just the year before. Personally my SKM journey was Benji, Admiral Fell Promises (2010), and then Among The Leaves (2012). These are still in line with Benji's more spoken world style of delivery, so I was floored and enraptured with the singing of Lost Verses. A user on songmeanings.com sums it up nicely:"Ooh, I get it. It's fog. They're the ghosts of the fog. The fog is personified - 'I came up from under the ocean / Evaporated sea salt water / A mist above the skyline' - And I think he's personifying the fog as all of those ghosts, all those lost verses, the people still haunting the "Many places we / Lay down in sleepy hidden shadows" - Tamalpais, Marin Headlands, San Francisco - and watching over loved ones, peering into windows. These are the 'ghosts of April' that 'Fill the foggy day' and 'hide the hills away' creeping "on the bay flowing into the ocean glowing."Among the many outstanding songs Mark/SKM have created, Lost Verses stands tall. There are some hiccups for me on an album that's become one of my favorites ever. I just don't agree with the vocals on the album version of Tonight The Sky, or that weird guitar solo seemingly going nowhere. The strings on Moorestown sound so...cheesy for lack of a better word. I kept revisiting Sonora Pine tracks to crystalize how I felt about them, and I think they could have used more melody than backing. But Harper Road, Tonight In Bilbao (BOTH versions for me), Blue Orchids, oh lord Blue Orchids! Hit after hit on this album, the alternate versions too, but Blue Orchids almost steals it all away. The most beautiful guitar slide I've ever heard in those first few seconds. Tonight In Bilbao, fuck, there's so much! What sticks with me the most is the line "And all the kindness she had shown/Was only a dream". Getting back to the live recordings, I really enjoy how much darker Unlit Hallway feels compared to the April version. The way Mark borders on bellowing (WAAAKE MY LOOOVE) is so raw, so heartfelt. The live version does lack the banjo, which I thought was a genius touch and makes revisiting that song so enjoyable. Moorestown gets the more weighty version it deserves by subtracting the strings, it's all fantastic stuff and I wish I could write more but youtube has this darn character limit. Katy Song, holy shit Katy Song. What a completely forlorn version. The most compared to its sisters of RHP and SKM. I was very shocked this had only gotten to youtube five months ago, and with so few views. Here's hoping it gets more.
Just Neighbors - Inside Voices(2021) and playlist(2016-2020) whitedude877 2022-09-02 | 1. TV - 0:002. Darkside - 2:123. Capture - 4:124. Holes - 6:125. Apart - 8:126. Dreaming - 8:597. Close - 11:428. Understand - 13:249. Player - 14:2310. Never Better - 18:4011. Fire - 21:18Dan Lohr - Guitars, Vocals, KeysJustice Diamond - Guitars, Vocals, KeysJarrett Haines - KeysReid Casey - KeysMatthew Fowler - VocalsRecorded by Dan Lohr and Justice Diamond at the Lonely Lodge and Eastland SaloonMixed by Ryan WilliamsArt by Zach RosebrughReleased May 19, 2021justneighbors.bandcamp.comrateyourmusic.com/artist/just_neighborsDiscography playlist:1. Next Year - 23:552. To Sunset - 28:023. Incoming! - 32:254. Disconnect - 35:015. Jackoriah - 39:426. L i g h t - 42:337. Arrow Whip - 47:058. Field Day - 50:329. Steady - 55:5410. Ook - 58:3611. Rollover Minutes - 1:02:3812. Cavitation - 1:06:1913. Mama Bear (Extended) - 1:13:1014. Nice Shot! - 1:20:2815. Advances, None Miraculous - 1:23:1016. Burn The Ships - 1:26:0317. Reverie - 1:30:1318. Take Me Home - 1:34:02 19. Sandwedge - 1:37:3320. End You Can DEPend On - 1:40:3021. Springboard (Extended) - 1:43:2922. Coffee Gets Cold - 1:46:4323. Context - 1:53:2924. Pontius's Plight - 1:59:1125. My Alamo I - 2:05:5326. My Alamo II - 2:11:0927. Extra Innings - 2:14:4328. Sometimes, I See Colors Too - 2:19:2329. What's Next? - 2:24:4330. Field Day (Extended last part) - 2:26:1331. Pockets - 2:28:02Years ago, I believe in 2014, I had correspondence with a guy and we were talking about rap duo Atmosphere's album God Loves Ugly. He listed off some praise I don't really remember, but he ended off with something like "and most importantly, it is inexorably dripping and linked with nostalgia". Each and every one of us has songs we've listened to in our formative years, even out of our formative years that will always mean more to us because of the memories. It will transport us to emotions we remember fondly, or not fondly. In the last year and a half I started a new job. I have this defunct LG K10 that I use as a music device on drives. On it was Just Neighbors' album Being Where I Thought I'd Be. I didn't remember putting it there, but I put it on and was immediately taken with it, and now I can't stop associating all its sounds with working that summer of 2021. I was a little happier back then, or maybe just more ignorant. Brilliant sunsets, nice people, good music. I've certainly fallen for these albums since then, these sounds, the guitars, the drums, the voices, the words. Sometimes, I See Colors Too is right up there with Slint's Good Morning, Captain. Coffee Gets Cold is the anthem of my life right now. I could go on and on about every single song, but there's just never a dull moment with Just Neighbors.Inside Voices (2021) is an acoustic foray for the band, and also prominently features vocal work more than any other album thus far. Maybe it's the length of the album, but I've listened to it more than any other of Just Neighbors (and that's saying a LOT). A snapshot of covid stay inside culture in 26 minutes of wonderful acoustic guitarring.
Minority - Enemies to the Heir whitedude877 2022-07-01 | 1. The Bloody Dollar - 0:002. See You In Hell - 4:113. Not Necessarily Evil - 6:564. Eternal Night - 11:195. May The Clown Cry Another Day - 15:03Matthew Martinez - Bass/vocalsJesse "Mr. Portillo" Portillo - GuitarXavier Garcia - DrumsAugust 20, 2021"Minority is a 'heavy' band based out of the Los Angeles area in the suburbs of Downey, California originally formed in fall of 2013. What started out as a means of playing cover songs, evolved into an obsession with music. The group consists of Drummer Xavier Garcia, Guitarist Jesse 'Mr. Portillo' Portillo, and bassist/vocalist Matthew Martinez. During the fall of 2019, the band released their first single entitled 'Dread', followed by the raw in your face styled 'Clueless Manikins - EP' in spring of 2020, giving fans a retrospective look into the early days of the band. With the pandemic putting a halt on the entire world, the band took the opportunity to head into the studio to record a follow up. Fueled by frustration with the current state of music, the band makes a statement with 'Enemies To The Heir - EP', capturing a cathartic representation of the band’s take no prisoners mentality." - From Minority's youtube pageI caught Minority at Shady Moose Ranch along with six other bands on June 4th, but Minority really stuck with me the most that night. Absolutely killer performance even after Martinez's equipment malfunctioned. It pains me to say that this EP doesn't really do them justice, but they are releasing an album this year that I hope captures the utter manic energy of their live performance.minority.bandcamp.cominstagram.com/0minority0youtube.com/channel/UCUnEmZ87gBnNXLp8ongV_Qg
Soviet Kitsch is back on the channel (read description) whitedude877 2022-01-20 | I uploaded this album in 2018, but the rights holders at the time blocked it worldwide. Either the rights expired, or they stopped caring, but they've lifted the block. Go check it out if this sample intrigues. youtube.com/watch?v=KsOvJ_O5j_g
Boris - Heavy Metal Me (with download) whitedude877 2021-11-26 | 1. A Bao A Qu - 0:002. The Evil One Which Sobs (Remix Video) - 9:233. Heavy Metal Me Pt. 1 - 25:504. Heavy Metal Me Pt. 2 - 37:195. Feedbacker - 49:016. Flood - 1:15:507. Staff Credit - 1:38:17Bass, Guitar, Vocals – TakeshiDrums, Vocals – AtsuoGuitar – WataDirected by fangs anal satan & ryuta murayama (foodunited.)Designed by fangsanalsatanDIWPHALANX RECORDS2005The A Bao A Qu is a mythical being that waits for the person who can ascend a great tower to Nirvana. It starts as a small being, growing into a greater form the closer it gets to the top. But humans can never reach the top, and so it tumbles back down the steps and gives a faint cry as quiet as billowing silk. Is this to say that humans are imperfect? Is the A Bao A Qu foolish for placing its faith in humanity? Why can't it it ascend the tower itself? The video's chief subjects are people (Boris band members) waiting for something, or walking seemingly to nowhere. Could it be that all of humanity are the A Bao A Qu? Are we waiting for someone or something to guide us to Nirvana? Toiling away in our daily lives, waiting, waiting for something, anything. The song here is the standout of this DVD for me.The Evil One Which Sobs video is abstract visualization. Feels like looking at the surfaces or oceans of alien planets.Heavy Metal Me is a Boris riff on the works of film director Andrei Tarkovsky. Beautiful as it is, I don't feel correct in writing more on it until someone can translate the Japanese text within.Rest of the DVD is stellar live footage of Boris performing arguably their most popular song Feedbacker, and the not far behind Flood. Fantastic content. Feedbacker has never been my favorite Boris work, and admittedly this rendition of Flood here doesn't engage me as much as the studio version, but these are sure to please Boris fans out there. Download:mega.nz/file/1BBHQKJQ#WNSYAhNp2c9XN-lJ_G6JDrjEaC1TzS6AmTYEK62mUXE
Björk - Hyperballad (music video) whitedude877 2021-10-26 | I noticed I couldn't find this on youtube anymore so I decided to upload it, but upon uploading I was notified that it is only blocked in the United States. Oh well. I'll keep it up just in case. The vocals here are unique and make up my favorite version of the song.
Последние Каникулы - Антон whitedude877 2021-07-08 | 1. Зелёная - 0:002. Фиолетовая - 5:503. Просто Закрой Глаза И Вдыхай Стекловоздух - 12:484. Синяя - 15:285. Оранжевая - 22:176. Добрые Люди С Деревянными Игрушками Разбудят Этот Город - 25:417. Голубая - 27:438. Жёлтая - 37:069. Красная - 42:2110. Звёзды Умрут В Своей Пустоте Когда Солнце Увидит Закат - 50:1011. Белая - 53:50"conceptual album based on some soviet cartoons, american psychedelic films and some morecreditsreleased July 1, 2010Egor Klochihin - music, guitar, bass, electronics, samples, synthesizerscover art by Ian Kikkas & Egor Klochihin"moiposledniekanikuly.bandcamp.com/album/-The bandcamp link here actually subtracts three tracks which were primarily comprised of samples, but this is how Последние Каникулы originally organized the album. Maybe track 6 I can see the album doing without, and perhaps track 3, but not 10. Please give the artist your money if you enjoy this work, but here is the download link for this page's version of the album:mediafire.com/file/ru2ps6maonlm0xx/Последние+Каникулы+-+Антон+2010.7zYou will need 7zip File Manager.I strongly suggest listening to this work in full before reading any further due to spoilers, and you really should listen to this spoiler free.I was first exposed to Последние Каникулы via the other album on this channel by him, Ромашка:youtube.com/watch?v=Q9WMMNGp2L4So when I finally decided to check out what else he's done, I was gobsmacked at the content of this one. I was expecting more strings, more of that gravitas that Ромашка champions. But here the opener has got a beat, a lively beat. Some bips and bops! Such an out of left field surprise that I didn't know if I was enjoying it or not. I felt like I was flying high when sample of the man starts speaking track 2, which is from the film Psych-Out; just a total "holy hell this album is amazing". Food for thought throughout the album on youth and age via these samples. I think it really hit me I listening to something special during the latter half of the album. Track 7 is the pure antithesis to everything going on in Ромашка. Just pure hopefulness and joy, samples of children laughing and seemingly on a roller coaster. The ending of 7 and the beginning of 8 has an excerpt from a conversation from the film Zabriskie Point, and I like to think the title could be "You and Me". Some more of that pure joy extending from track 7. I was all over it when I first heard it, holy crap I thought it was the best song ever. But over the listens it feels quite a bit undeveloped, the climax coming seemingly from nowhere and unearned. I still enjoy it a hell of a lot, but that "underdeveloped" thought will nag at the back of mind forever.Track 9 takes on a somber air, appropriately colored with another sample from Zabriskie Point about the tangles of our minds. If you could sum up the album in one track it'd be between track 7 and 9. I'm getting a little older now, not by a whole lot, but I listen to this at work a lot. The bit from the Nowhere Man from Yellow Submarine against the instrumentation really gets me. I really am starting to hate that there's so few hours in the day, or that we each have things we want to do and surely will not accomplish all of them. Reminds me of Tara Jane O'Neil's line from Sweet Luck Of Amaryllis: "A box of my dreams is bigger than me". Just have to push, and push. The ending sample here is from Easy Rider, another line that hits me: "I never wanted to be anybody else". Film and music coming together to elevate themselves into something grand, but ultimately disposable. How many people have actually heard this album and take what it's going for to heart? It's not a tragedy or anything, but it can be saddening to think about. 10 is an excerpt from a film or something that I've never heard before, and googling lines from it doesn't yield any results for me. The shriek at the tail end is truly terrifying, and I can see why the author decided to cut this out from the bandcamp release, but it just works for me. Like a reminder of the darkness outside our moments of light.11 is much in line with 9 in tone, and this one's sample is again from the film Easy Rider, where two characters muse on the meaning of freedom, ending in a crescendo of drums and vocals and petering out into some soothing instrumentation and bird calls. An amazing work, I'm listening to it every day as I get on and on with my life.
Zbogom, Ajda - Med Zarjo (with download) whitedude877 2021-05-05 | 1. Moj oče / My father - 0:002. Slutnja / Foreboding - 7:523. Vodnjak / Fountain - 16:224. Pesem o zvezdah / A song about the stars - 23:10Andi Koglot - guitar, piano, vocals, drums, ambient sounds, lyricsEva - vocals2012From the band's soundcloud: "Zbogom, Ajda is a Slovenian post-rock band formed by three students. The music is guitar oriented with addition of piano, vocals and bowing guitar used in some songs. Music is many times accompanied by field recordings of dialog spoken in their native language and ambient sounds.The band is influenced by artists like Set Fire To Flames, Gregor Samsa, Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Mono."soundcloud.com/zbogom-ajdaHere is a review of Med Zarjo by Slovenian music website rockline.siweb.archive.org/web/20130328070524/rockline.si/podrobnosti-recenzije/med-zarjo-5602I've had great affection for Statika, the band's first album which can be listened to here: youtube.com/watch?v=RkVzB1g9ZL4ever since I first heard it, and I've had Med Zarjo for so long but only just got around to it. The production is almost night and day, Statika feeling like an independent work, with Med Zarjo feeling very professional, refined. It's quite a different turn, and I think it makes Med Zarjo more appreciable on repeated listens, which is something I never found myself considering until listening to these two albums back to back. The lovely Eva returns from the first album, her vocals a highlight for me. The way she and Andi duet on Slutnja is like lovers. Moj oče seems to be some sort of dirge, a true descent downward that fizzles out in static and void. It betrays what the rest of the album will sound like. I was left extremely surprised by Med Zarjo's final track, this truly uplifting piece (at least as far as my perception is going, as I cannot understand the vocals). But as with the stars, beauty is fleeting, the final moments of the track slowing down very obviously with a clock or some type of metronome. It's like being awoken from a dream. Unfortunately, this would be the end of Zbogom, Ajda, and that saddens me. As I said, I have great affection for Statika, and now I have even greater affection for Med Zarjo. I daresay I love this album. I hope the members are doing well, nearly ten years on.Both albums are unavailable for purchase anywhere, so here are download links:mediafire.com/file/aveuvp4ujefn5hy/Statika.7z/filemediafire.com/file/7f3yojxrgadf6xd/Med_Zarjo.7z/fileYou will need 7zip File Manager, or WinRar
The Ida Retsin Family - Volume One (with download) whitedude877 2021-04-18 | 1. 3 Chords For Greta - 0:00Guitar – Daniel LittletonVocals, Guitar – Tara Jane O'NeilVocals, Melodica – Cynthia NelsonWritten-By – Retsin2. Tales Of Brave Ida - 2:08Guitar – Tara Jane O'NeilTambourine – Cynthia NelsonVocals – Elizabeth Mitchell, Karla Schickele, Matthew SchickeleVocals, Guitar – Daniel LittletonWritten-By – Ida3. The Pitter Patter - 5:38Guitar – Tara Jane O'NeilVocals, Guitar – Cynthia NelsonWritten-By – Retsin4. Be Careful - 7:25Choir [Greek Chorus] – Cynthia Nelson, Jan Kotik, Tara Jane O'NeilGuitar, Vocals – Daniel LittletonViolin – Ida PearleVocals – Elizabeth Mitchell, Karla SchickeleWritten-By – Karla Schickele5. Log Ride - 11:05Guitar – Cynthia Nelson, Tara Jane O'NeilWritten-By – Retsin6. The Great South River - 12:58Guitar – Tara Jane O'NeilVocals – Cynthia Nelson, Elizabeth MitchellVocals, Guitar – Daniel LittletonWritten-By – Ida7. Sad Song Wisconsin - 16:51Bass – Karla SchickeleDrums, Guitar – Tara Jane O'NeilGuitar – Daniel LittletonVocals – Elizabeth MitchellVocals, Guitar – Cynthia NelsonWritten-By – Retsin8. Save Me A Place - 20:00Bass, Vocals – Karla SchickeleDrums – Michael LittletonVocals – Elizabeth MitchellVocals, Guitar – Daniel Littleton, Matthew SchickeleWritten-By – Lindsay Buckingham9. Scrump - 23:15Vocals, Guitar – Tara Jane O'NeilWritten-By – Retsin10. How Deep Is Your Love - 25:50Written-By – Bee GeesArtwork By – Tara Jane O'NeilArtwork By [Layout] – Sue Havens And Scott AdkinsPhotography – Elaine AhnRecorded By – Matthew SchickeleRecorded at Snarsh, New York City November 1997 and April 1998Muss My Hair RecordsFrom the old IDA website:"After years of touring together, sitting around and playing guitars and singing together, they finally did it - The Ida Retsin Family Volume One, with a couple moments of Ida Retsin Beekeeper Family thrown in for good measure. With band incestuousness in full effect, the songs were recorded in Matthew's apartment - the basement of a garment factory in Chinatown (Beekeeper and Ida's practice space at the that time). The room had no ventilation, natural light, or oxygen. All tracking was done with gas masks, flashlights, oxygen tanks, and acoustic guitars. Matthew engineered the sessions so that they managed to sound like they were recorded around a campfire in the woods or at least on somebody's back porch. Cynthia brought the rock in "Sad Song Wisconsin", Karla let the Greek chorus visit Snarsh during "Be Careful", Matthew and Liz's duet on Fleetwood Mac's "Save Me a Place" was just like the white winged dove. Dan and Tara hinted at a future soft-rock experimentalism trajectory with their touching (touched?) reading of the Bee Gees classic "How deep is your love?"."Information courtesy of discogs"Time ain't movin' slowly. It's moving like they told me it would when I was a baby""That was years ago. My brain gets slow, and I need a drink""Now I'm a stranger here""Lovers can slip under your skin when you're not looking""But I can still see you standing there, so close to my side""I'm keeping it together in the face of unjustified rejection""I'll come running if you love me today""And I don't mean I don't love you enough""How deep is your love?"mediafire.com/file/g2fgah1vr4pav6prateyourmusic.com/release/album/the-ida-retsin-family/the-ida-retsin-family-vol-1
Tara Jane ONeil - Wings. Strings. Meridians. A Blighted Bestiary (with download) whitedude877 2021-03-12 | 1. 11/9/2006, Long Beach - 0:002. Pearl Into Sand (Live) - 1:293. 5/18/2007, Paris - 5:054. A Partridge Song (Kitchen Concert) - 6:335. Sunday Song 2006 - 8:546. Grain (Cascadia Terminal) - 13:537. Hey, That's... - 18:038. Found Banjo - 21:489. Blue Light Room (Discovery 4track) - 23:0510. 5/7/2007, Istanbul - 26:2211. The Poisoned Mine (Discovery) - 27:4512. 5/6/2007, Istanbul (2) - 31:5113. Dig In (Live) - 32:2914. Bitterness Lake - 37:3315. Yeah Money - 43:12Support Tara Jane O'Neil via bandcamp:tarajaneoneil.bandcamp.com-Track 1 featuring Bruce McKenzie, Jason Bokros-Track 2 recorded by Etienne Foyer-Track 5 recorded by, featuring – Nicolas Vernhes-Track 6 featuring Cynthia Nelson, Michael Hurley-"Hey, That's" by Leonard Cohen-Track 10 featuring Saz-Track 15 featuring Elizabeth Venable, Kristina DaviesManufactured By – C&C Offset Printing Co. LtdPublished By – Yeti Publishing LLCIllustration [All Images By] – TJOLayout – Rachel CarnsPhotography By – Aylin Gungor, Melanie Standage, Michelle Show, Nora Danielson, Pat GrahamRecorded By – TJO* (tracks: 2, 4, 6 to 9, 11, 13 to 15)Published by Yeti Publishing. Comes with a 96-page book of paintings by TJO. (A signed and numbered limited edition of 100 copies features three screenprints.)2007Hey That's... has this annoying high pitched effect on Tara's voice, and it's wholly unnecessary, but I can understand why it's there. Sometimes as an artist you try something out. I don't know if Tara liked how this turned out, or if it was a "let's throw it on there," but man do I wish that high pitched crap wasn't there. Her voice is lovely on its own, and of course she has this incredible talent at creating landscapes of atmospheric sound. Tracks 1, 2, and 3 attest to that wonderfully. The repeats from her albums - Blue Light Room, Sunday Song, A Partridge Song - they're quite at home here with these live renditions. Blue Light Room in particular for me. The absolute standout for me is Bitterness Lake. That track came out of nowhere when I first listened to this. Floored me, what is potentially just Tara noodling guitar on a lazy, gloomy, Sunday afternoon, has become one of my favorite songs ever.This work came with an art book by Tara Jane O'Neil, and is available for preview here:books.google.com/books?id=GWLCqnq-FHoC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=falsemediafire.com/file/7edb73l5pngxzhjrateyourmusic.com/release/album/tara-jane-oneil/wings-strings-meridians-a-blighted-bestiary
Boredoms - Osorezan no Stooges Kyo (with download) whitedude877 2021-03-12 | 1. Wipe Out Shock Shoppers - 0:002. Boredom ,Vs, SDI - 0:213. We Never Sleep - 3:454. Bite My Bollocks - 5:565. Young Assouls - 8:206. Call Me God - 14:247. No Core Punk - 17:428. Lick'n Cockboatpeople - 18:549. Melt Down Boogie - 24:0610. Feedbackfuck - 28:56Bass [Eggmafin], Saxophone, Performer [Meat], Trumpet – ナウ (Poppu)Performer [Drunk & Eat & Sleep] – スバトニック中絶 (Poomie)Performer [Kick & Hit & Shot], Performer [Car], Violin – コムホース (Poosuu)Performer [Penis, Tennis & Punk] – Hum (Poogie)Performer [Sdi, Sugar, Wood], Cello, Synthesizer – ふらり (Pooly)Voice [Talk], Performer [Assmouth], Synthesizer [Bicyclesynth] – 水子アスホール (Poppy)Selfish Records1988Let'sGO!The first in a long, wondrous history of this legendary band. This was before Yoshimi P-We joined the band, when it was Eye, Toyohito Yoshikawa on drums (who would return to play drums on Pop Tatari, and contribute vocals on Wow2), Yamamoto Seiichi (who would be guitarist with Boredoms until 1999), along with one Hosoi as bassist. Like Wow2, I never really gave it its dues. Been spending more time with it, and holy fuck I'm enjoying the fuck out of it. The only, I don't think it's a black mark, so I'll say caveat instead, is the extended belching on Young Assghouls. When I first heard this years ago, I thought it was hilarious, and I still do. I just know that without it, this album would be far better paced in terms of "I need some good noise in my ears right now". This is up there with Wow2 for me. Feedbackfuck is probably the scariest thing Boredoms ever created, and I wonder what their works would have been like if they followed that nose a little more. I'll have to start revisiting Soul Discharge, because I seemingly don't like it as much as Wow2 and Oso. mediafire.com/file/pvlank5by3ze20o/Osorezan_no_Stooges_Kyo.zip/file
Dark Souls III Extended OST whitedude877 2020-10-22 | 1. Dark Souls III - 0:002. Prologue - 5:183. Premonition - 11:374. Iudex Gundyr - 15:455. Firelink Shrine - 22:536. Vordt of the Boreal Valley - 29:187. Curse-Rotted Greatwood - 37:178. Crystal Sages - 44:599. Deacons of the Deep - 53:2210. Abyss Watchers - 59:4411. High Lord Wolnir - 1:08:5912. Old Demon King - 1:17:4313. Pontiff Sulyvahn - 1:24:4214. Aldritch, Devourer Of Gods - 1:31:4915. Yhorm The Giant - 1:38:5716. Dancer Of The Boreal Valley - 1:46:3617. Oceiros, The Consumed King - 1:53:3918. Secret Betrayal - 2:00:3819. Ancient Wyvern - 2:06:0920. Champion's Gravetender & Gravetender Greatwolf - 2:11:4921. Sister Friede and Father Ariandel - 2:18:5122. Demon Prince 2:26:5923. Halflight, Spear of the Church - 2:33:2624. Slave Knight Gael - 2:41:0625. Darkeater Midir - 2:51:1026. Dragonslayer Armor - 2:59:1827. Nameless King - 3:07:4128. Lorian, Elder Prince, Lothric, Younger Prince - 3:15:5829. Soul Of Cinder - 3:21:2730. Epilogue (feat. KOKIA) - 3:32:4731. Epilogue (Post-DLC release, feat. KOKIA) - 3:39:3332. Dark Souls III (Demo Version, Old King of the Eclipse) - 3:46:4933. Unused Track 1, Angel of Dragons - 3:52:5634. Unused Track 2, Rosaria, Mother of Rebirth - 3:56:4935. Unused Track 3, Pus of Man - 4:03:3236. Unused Track 4, The Old King of Lothric - 4:08:1237. Unused Track 5, Lothric Castle (Twin Princes?) - 4:13:2138. Unused Track 6, Kiln of the First Flame - 4:20:1739. Dragonslayer Armour (Alternate unused version) - 4:23:4840. Unused Track 7, Carthus Sandworm - 4:34:2941. Unused Track 8, Halleck The Giant - 4:38:2342. Unused Track 9, Crimson Bat - 4:43:2843. Unused Track 10, Eclipse - 4:48:5144. Slave Knight Gael (Trailer ending version) - 4:55:4845. For the dark soul (Transitory Lands) - 5:05:27Yuka KitamuraKOKIA (Shunsuke Kida - Return To Slumber, Demon's Souls)Tsukasa Saitoh (Bloodborne, Armored Core) - Iudex GundyrMotoi Sakuraba (Dark Souls, Dark Souls II) - Vordt of the Boreal Valley, Nameless King, Old Demon King, Curse-Rotted Greatwood, Crystal Sages, High Lord WolnirNobuyoshi Suzuki (Bloodborne) - Deacons of the DeepTokyo Philharmonic (according to an article by Chris Greening: http://www.vgmonline.net/dark-souls-iii-composers-and-soundtrack-detailed)UnreleasedGameMusic (youtube.com/channel/UCCZ_7jLzNcjLYTaZvC-eEmQ) - Extended editsI emailed UnreleasedGameMusic some time ago asking his permission to upload his Dark Souls III extended OST as a full video because I really enjoyed his edits so much. His original channel went down, and he has since created a mirror to restore all of his content (linked above). He has a playlist for all of the DSIII extended tracks, the unused tracks, and for Bloodborne. He also has explanations for all of the unused tracks on his unused tracks playlist, so check that out if you want to know more about them. UGM also provides download links to the OST you hear on this page on the Epilogue (Alternative Edit) video's description.Yuka Kitamura first saw involvement in the Souls series with Dark Souls II, most notably with Sir Alonne, and the Burnt Ivory King. These two are absolute standouts, so it's no surprise she was brought on to do almost all of Dark Souls III's music. Abyss Watchers is one of the best expressions of forlorn music I've ever heard, so it's a shame it seems to have been mixed very poorly compared to the rest of the soundtrack - it sounds so much flatter than the other songs, and that will always mar it for me. Still, it's a great piece. These men, undead who have sworn to contain the Abyss, who gave themselves to the First Flame to further drive the dark off, now find the abyss within each other. They cut each other down, but being undead, they rise and rise again until the Ashen player character gathers their cinders. Tragic, and Kitamura's orchestration really brings it home.Motoi Sakuraba returns with plenty of contributions. I think the internet is most familiar with Vordt of the Boreal Valley due to its prominent usage in comedic videos. It's here I must admit I've never been the biggest fan of it. That second phase just sounds bombastic for me, and not the good definition of bombastic. Overblown, inflated. That sounds rather damning, but I do really like the first phase. Here's where it gets damning: I've never really enjoyed Nameless King's theme. The first phase, which you could call his Stormdrake's theme, is really good. It's really frenetic, fitting of suddenly being faced with a man riding a dragon, a first in the Souls series (Dragon Rider who?). But NK's theme proper, it just doesn't do it for me. This is the former war god, a man who has tamed a fucking drake (Dragon Rider who??), and he gets this sort of mixed up, directionless theme with what I think is a harpsichord thrown in for no good reason. What do those plucked notes do to further the story of the NK? Nothing for me. It sounds so thrown in.Saitoh and Suzuki's tracks are A+ I've run out of s
血眼 - whiteout/chimanaco - whiteout (with download) whitedude877 2020-10-13 | 1. 光の部屋/hikari no heya - 0:002. ルビースパークス/rubysparks - 3:593. 涙のブラウニー/namida no brownie - 8:444. she ”S” - 13:255. 八月十日/8/10 - 16:446. しし座流星群/leonids - 23:267. 青二才/aonisai - 27:468. ハイドランジア/hydrangea - 32:109. 溶ける/tokeru - 36:47せつこ [Setsuko] (guitar, vocals), ばんどう [Bandō] (bass, vocals), きゃまだ [Kyamada] (drums, vocals)2015Chimanaco (Bloody Eyes) was a female threepiece from Japan. I found them by chance here on youtube at this address: youtube.com/watch?v=UPxB5btoXBEand immediately fell for this album. Normally I don't like to upload albums other people have with so many views, as I like to expose people to things that aren't really anywhere, but I really feel that this is an absolute treasure. Chimanaco has come and gone, the band having changed their name to Shiroi asa ni saku (Blooming in the white morning) with the departure of its drummer and bassist, leaving the lead vocalist to form her own solo projects under the name Suicideblue, but Chimanaco left us with a golden piece of work. Unbridled emotion, poppy tunes, and two closers that are to die for. Please see the link above's description for links to the band's official blog, Suicideblue's youtube page, and other relevant information.If somebody could please translate the lyrics, that would be wonderful.imgur.com/a/YZ308HRMP3 320:http://www.mediafire.com/file/2848jkn8c6l7gkf/chimanaco_-_whiteout_%2528MP3%2529.zip/fileLossless (.wav):http://www.mediafire.com/file/66nuhfmxte8lnvp/chimanaco_-_whiteout_%2528WAV%2529.zip/file
Jasmine Rodgers - Live recordings + Baby Yoko whitedude877 2020-08-28 | 1. My Only Friend - 0:00(2015)youtube.com/watch?v=m_lrUSBkNMgyoutube.com/watch?v=NQA7FcKklJ4Drawingroom Gig (2010)1. Night Song - 3:322. Drinking - 6:383. Two Years - 10:034. Icicles - 13:235. El Paisa - 15:54youtube.com/playlist?list=PLc0P1aGvxsXeZch26hg0Ai3PFjiCzPrWLRegal Room (2011)1. Night Song - 19:132. The Tempest - 22:373. Icicles - 26:054. Follow You (Blood Red Sun) - 28:57 5. I, Lucifer - 33:056. El Paisa - 36:54youtube.com/playlist?list=PLc0P1aGvxsXfIehMrLctEWJsPxOuvno692. Baby Yoko - 40:08(2001, Armitage Dual Matrix OST)youtube.com/watch?v=v2e9SsOL3O8Videos:2010 EPmusic.apple.com/us/album/jasmine-rodgers-ep/1118881417open.spotify.com/album/20CTmN3PXNLrUKugPft1AL2016 Albummusic.apple.com/gb/album/blood-red-sun/1166697934jasminerodgers.bandcamp.com/album/blood-red-sunGo check out Jasmine Rodgers' youtube channel:youtube.com/c/JasmineRodgers/videosShe recently put out a video of her performing Blood Red Sun.The UK band, Bôa, has had a wonderful cult following across the internet for ages thanks in part to the Japanese anime Serial Experiments Lain. If you have not yet heard of them, you must check out their song Duvet.youtube.com/watch?v=T0N5YblvT1cDuvet is probably the tightest song Bôa ever put out. Not a slur on the rest of their work, but wow. Duvet is definitely their masterpiece. "And you don't seem the lying kind/a shame that I can read your mind." Pure gold.Jasmine Rodgers, the lead vocalist, has been playing solo for years, culminating with an EP in 2010, and a full album in 2016 called Blood Red Sun. Collected here are live tracks of some tracks from BRS, as well as all of her EP. Originally this upload contained the 2010 EP along with these live versions, but the publisher CDBaby blocked it worldwide. I figured this is a good way, nonetheless, to showing off the songs on the EP, especially since CDBaby has now closed down their music store.I must confess, I prefer the EP version of My Only Friend, and not because of the baby. The EP version has this melancholic air; the way it sort of ends without a solution, so to speak. The way the vocals pile up on each other with desire to fly away with this someone, but seemingly unable to.I remember finding the Drawing Room and Regal Room sets as they were uploaded. I think it was my first exposure to Jasmine Rodgers as a solo artist. I totally fell for her deft play, her angelic voice, especially evident on Drinking. "You sing like an angel, your voice melts my heart" just oozes over my ears like sweet aural honey. Another favorite of mine here would be El Paisa. A hook for me was always the starting "and this is for him." A lover? A relative? What must it take to be able to make a woman like that sing about you so serenely. I even prefer this performance to the EP version. The Regal Room version is dedicated to her friends, to the people she loves, perhaps the fans if I'm reading the Colombia and Venezuela line right, and it's much more upbeat, brighter even. A nice contrast, really fun to put on, truly. The Tempest and I, Lucifer are really tight, and remind a great deal of Duvet in that regard. Probably my favorite tracks from the Regal Room set. Night Song was written no doubt as a response to the Bôa song Daylight: youtube.com/watch?v=aBrc1iXgfpcI enjoy the dual vocals on the studio track a lot, both Daylight and Night Song. I haven't heard Daylight in quite a while, will have to give that a serious listen later and really dive into its content, and Night Song's to find some insight. Follow You I remember being my favorite many years ago. Completely mesmerizing it was for me, especially the bit at 31: 35. It's interesting to know this bit's lyrics are omitted from the studio version.I am not familiar with Armitage, but I have always enjoyed Jasmine Rodgers' performance on Baby Yoko a great deal. Easily one of my favorite songs sung by her, maybe even my favorite for the vocalizations at 43: 03. They do me in every single time I hear them, along with the closing ones from 43: 41 to the end. Just divine. As far as I'm aware, it's available nowhere on the internet except youtube, so I wanted to nab it and share it in case something happened to its original upload.
Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno - Hotter Than Inferno/Live in Sapporo (with download!!) whitedude877 2020-06-17 | 1. Master of the Cosmic Inferno ~ Heart of Earth - 0:002. Pink Lady Lemonade ~ including Doobie Wonder Land ~ - 26:30Artwork – Tobi KaoriBass, Voice, Performer [Malatab] – Tabata MitsuruDrums, Performer [Latino Cool] – Shimura KojiDrums, Voice, Performer [Cosmic Shaman] – Pikachu (Higashi Mineko)Guitar, Performer [Speed Guru], Producer, Mastered By – Kawabata MakotoProducer, Mastered By – Richard HornerSynthesizer, Guitar, Performer [Dancin' King] – Higashi HiroshiRecorded live at Counter Action, June 29, 2008.Special thanks to Nagata Rui, Koiso Takuya, Ogawa Makoto, Maeda Aoi (kakuni), Sugawara Ayako, Yagiya.http://www.mediafire.com/file/ca2qneh4a0hl5q1I don't think it's any stretch to say that Acid Mothers Temple is my favorite band of all time. These guys are just endless inspiration and endless pleasure of the ears. Originally I had another AMT album in my queue of things to listen to, Chaos Unforgiven Kisses, but I mistook it for this one. I hadn't heard this one before, and what the goddamn I was fucking floored. Just totally. The riff Kawabata Makoto improvs over is absolutely infectious for the mind, and Pikachu's drums/vocals just send me sky high. AMT is no stranger to vocals in their performances or studio work, but shouting akin to Boredoms is something I never knew I wanted from AMT. It's so perfect, like hot sauce AMT always needed. There is something to be said about vocals really helping to drive, or color, longer instrumental pieces. Look at Amon Duul II's 18 minute masterpiece, Yeti. Chris Karrer and Renate Knaup briefly trade and share vocal duties in the song's breakdown. They come out in frenzied shouts, giving the listener something to really hold on to. I wish I had a better way to describe it, but a similar and perhaps more crystal example is on Boredoms' 55 minute noise piece, "GO!!!" Five minutes of sampling and light noises before vocalist eYe shouts "GO!!!" into the listener's ears. Then it's cacophonic noise for...almost then on. There's a spoiler, and I wish I didn't have to do this to illustrate my point, but around the 20 minute mark, all sound stops, like an engine sputtering out suddenly, when eYe shouts the band back in again with another "GO!!!" There's an enormously different, I would say lesser, energy without eYe's vocals at the beginning and 20 minute marks. The same thing is happening here, on Master of the Cosmic Inferno, and the Pink Lady Lemonade rendition. Tabata Mitsuru's constant "Pink Lady Lemonade!" and "You're so sweet! Ooohh you're a Pink Lady Lemonade!" just add oodles of fun to a classic AMT track. Factor in the noise and fuzz, either from the quality of the recording or some alterations to their instruments, and this is just a damn perfect live show. Some people might be put off by Doobie Wonderland, I know I was, but I've learned to really love it. "Disco, hey!" Helps that the show doesn't end with Doobie, but with more PLL.
Coughs - Fright Makes Right (with download) whitedude877 2020-06-17 | 1. Intro - 0:002. Animal Hospital - 0:073. Come Back To Me - 1:374. Elephant - 2:395. Elimidate - 6:546. Fright Makes Right - 9:257. Garter Snake - 11:558. Give Peace a Chance - 15:439. Homeland - 16:2310. I'm Just a Bill - 18:1211. Mail Order - 19:4112. Narwahl - 20:4613. Penal Colony - 23:5214. Photo Safari - 26:0015. Starchitect - 28:4716. Stars & Stripes Whatever - 31:19Cover – Paul ErschenGuitar – Kate Gronner (tracks: 1-10, 12-16)Percussion – Jon Ziemba, Seth SherSaxophone, Keyboards – James FlanaganVocals – Anya Davidson"Narwahl"Accordion – Kate GronnerBassoon – Katherine YoungGuitar – Seth SherViola – Amy CiminiVocals – Seth Sher2005http://www.mediafire.com/file/18hnubd98mwwyb3/Fright_Makes_Right.zipCoughs is like a more self-serious Boredoms, at least by Fright Makes Right. Bent Babies, their first studio work, still retains a heavy sense of play (Coughs Theme comes to mind). But the ending twelfth track seems to preview just how different the tone would be more wholly on FMR. There's also some sort of political undertone (the brass intro, Stars And Stripes Whatever, Give Peace A Chance), and 2005 was part of the height of the War On Terror. But nothing of substance is really said in this regard. That's not necessarily a slur - they just used the times as inspiration for their anger. All that aside, I feel like Anya Davidson gives the vocal performance of her career with FMR. Secret Passage, the last Coughs album which I adore, just doesn't hold a candle to her performance here. Bat Skin Robes, the last Cacaw album, comes pretty damn close, but Elephant is fucking phenomenal to me. Just tearing apart her vocal cords as she screams about watching people drown at her own creations. It's not the Anya Davidson show, however. All the right players came together for FMR, this noisey extravaganza of goodness. The saxaphone in particular, a seeming staple of noise, putting in much work here.Coughs' debut work:youtube.com/watch?v=qmA7nzR20rUhttp://www.mediafire.com/file/xb3d8dbv9hd27xv/%255B2003%255D_Bent_Babies.zip/fileCoughs' final work:youtube.com/watch?v=0SucrCt6F1Qhttp://www.mediafire.com/file/pxq1o85sub4oqk6/coughs_-_2006_-_secret_passage.zip/fileAnya Davidson related band, Cacaw:First album:youtube.com/watch?v=YDoXvrN5d3shttp://www.mediafire.com/file/1df8l2qss00qat1/Get_a_Brain.7z/file(You will need 7zip File Manager or WinRar)Second album:youtube.com/watch?v=wLM_sfY6Hswhttp://www.mediafire.com/file/6gj2rjuwrza39r6Final album:youtube.com/watch?v=77Bq5VNiWVkhttp://www.mediafire.com/file/2lbwv23bg32rowp/Bat_Skin_Robes.zip/file
Sandoz - Pay Attention (with download) whitedude877 2020-06-17 | 1. Apple Core Machine - 0:002. I Ain't Strong - 8:353. Demi-God - 17:09Bass – Jim MercerDesign, Illustration – Edward BarkerGuitar, Vocals, Vocals [Toxicological Whisperings], Written By – John GoodsallLiner Notes – Colin HillPercussion – Gary LonsdaleSleeve design and illustration by Edward BarkerRecorded 1971Released 1995http://www.mediafire.com/file/jf7f2gi7t4mrav4/Sandoz_Pay_Attention.zip/fileCaptain Beefheart, eat your heart out as Sandoz lay out manic shouting, monologuing, and truths. I've had this since 2012 or so and have returned to quite often over the years. I refrained from uploading it because another user already had, but that video has been taken down so here this is. As heady as any great in Can, or Amon Duul II, "Pay Attention" lacks the pedigree of those, but it makes up with passionate vocals, wonderful repetitious psych, and the aforementioned truths (Well I ain't strong; see bad things in others, it's a reflection of yourself; Don't hide your you from your brothers). A classic I have never stopped listening to since first encountering it. The 1995 release comes with a wonderfully colorful biography of the band and its members. A transcription of it is included in the download that should open with any word processor, but here is a pastebin for your convenience:pastebin.com/wDFAV0Uk
Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. - Live In Tolosa (with download) whitedude877 2020-05-20 | 1. La Novia - 0:002. Pink Lady Lemonade ~ OM Riff From The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. - 9:543. La Le Lo - 38:414. Cometary Orbital Drive - 53:45Tsuyama Atsushi - Bass, voiceShimura Koji - DrumsHigashi Hiroshi - Synthesizer, voiceTabata Mitsuru - Guitar, guitar-synthesizer, voiceKawabata Makoto - Guitar, voiceRosina De Peira - ChantProduced by Kawabata MakotoLive recorded at Connexxion Cafe Toulouse on 15th Nov. 2012Engineered by Amic BedelConverted M/S to L/R by Audrey GinstetDigital mastered by Yoshida TatsuyaArtwork by Kawabata SachikoLive photo by Amic Bedel and Kawabata Makotomediafire.com/file/589bi4hdmc0e40o/Acid_Mothers_Temple_-_Live_in_Tolosa.zip/fileFor the longest time I rated this pretty low on the AMT ladder. I primarily uploaded this because it has the absolute best rendition of La Novia, at least next to the one on their Live in Japan album. And that was quite a while ago now, but I held off making it public because I was already uploading many AMT albums at the time. I was listening to some 70s psych and was reminded of this album. Been spending more time with it, and my opinion has really changed. Not of La Novia though. I always loved this album's La Novia. Rosina De Peira, a French singer of traditional Occitan folk songs, just elevates this to heavenly. I do believe the chant of La Novia is in Occitan, at that. And the way the other band members join in with her, it's just wonderful. I never not chant it with them when I listen to this. This version of Pink Lady Lemonade/OM Riff mix is a hard mother fucker. I especially like the off-key jump-back-in late in the song. Maybe I'm jumping the gun, but this just might tie as the best version of PLL next to the one off Love Electronique. The way the halfway mark has Higashi taking us to space right into the nebula of the OM Riff, shifting BACK to PLL very briefly, and then that explosion. Very fucking nice.I think what always turned me off is the slow going La Le Lo. But just relaxing, feeling AMT, listening to the crowd feel AMT, it's grown on me a lot. I don't know how I used to abhor the chanting on La Le Lo. I really enjoy it now. I think for a while I kept viewing AMT as up and down music. They'd have the quiet, the explosion, the come down, repeat. And when viewed like that, La Le Lo's come down was a hard hurdle for me. Just went on too long. So instead of listening with those expectations, I just relaxed and let the music take me. I often forget to do that with music. The rendition of Cometary Orbital Drive I used to think "oh they're doing that again I guess," as COD has become a staple of AMT live shows. But, again, letting it take me, and those chants that bookend it!, it's as good as any other rendition of it. Hell, even better with those chants that bring the audience into the moment. Helluva sendoff as always, AMT.Rosina De Peira left us last year on June 16, 2019. She was 86, a long and hopefully fulfilling life. I actually have a lot of her music in storage and totally forgot about it. Time to dig it out.
Abilene - Two Guns, Twin Arrows (with download) whitedude877 2020-03-19 | 1. Twisting The Trinity - 0:002. Blanc Fix - 5:023. Fitch - 10:414. Ghost Writer - 16:155. Fellini - 20:146. Apache County - 24:327. Phase Four - 29:438. Solidarity - 33:46Artwork – Damon LocksLayout [Mechanics] – Craig AckermanPerformer [Abeline Is] – Alex Dunham, Craig Ackerman, Fred Erskine, Scott AdamsonRecorded By – Scott AdamsonRecorded At – Semaphore Recording, January 2002, Chicago, ILManufactured By – Cinram – No. 20927Z37mediafire.com/file/fnpu9km6dep4ff3Abilene's first album:youtube.com/watch?v=1xlIzdLFZTALouder than its predecessor, Two Guns, Twin Arrows is an interesting followup to Abilene's self-titled. Interesting in that I can't quite make out what it's about. I recognize the energy, forlorn and angry, but can't make heads or tails of the words, and will add more to this description as things come to me. I didn't want to put off publishing any longer just because I don't have a writeup yet."Solidarity"Fate vs Faith in the final track carries separate meaningful connotations. The lyrics has it written "fate outlined this morning," but the spoken lyric is "faith outlined this morning." Faith has more in it to make things happen than subscribing to the notion that fate will. Faith in nearly anything can bring about wonder if the faith is strong enough to move the person. Whatever "this morning" is in reference to, some sort of black light, it's very interesting to me the very separate connotations of fate bringing about this black light vs faith. Fate? Nothing anyone could do about it, like a force of nature. Faith? Someone took the time, and strained hard enough, to bring it. It could also just be a minor changing of words that vocalists often tend to do when singing vs the written lyrics that doesn't really mean anything in that moment.
Atmosphere - Sad Clown Bad Dub 3 (with download) whitedude877 2020-02-23 | 1. Aspiring Sociopath - 0:00 (Lucy Ford (Lucy))2. The Woman With The Tattooed Hands - 2:32 (Lucy Ford (Ford))3. Between The Lines - 5:49 (Lucy)4. Like Today - 10:16 (Lucy)5. 3.2 Red Dog 2.28.96 - 15:03 (Headshots: Se7en)6. It Goes - 17:15 (Lucy)7. The Abusing Of The Rib - 22:20 (Headshots: Se7en)8. Party For The Fight To Write - 28:55 (Ford)9. Don't Ever Fucking Question That - 32:32 (Lucy)10. The River - 35:14 (Sad Clown Bad Dub 2)11. Scapegoat - 39:35 (Overcast!) 12. Shrapnel - 43:01 (God Loves Ugly)parentheses = "off of"Bass – Sean McphersonDrums – Peter LeggettGuitar – Josh PetersonLiner Notes – Sean DaleyPiano – Tasha BaronVocals – SlugRecorded At – First Avenue Ballroom, 2001Limited to 2000 copies. Individually numbered on inside of cover artwork.Released 2002"So I walked out of the main room... little bit intoxicated little bit exhausted. On my way up seventh street I saw my good friend Sean Mcpherson beating the piss out of some kid who apparently is known for bootlegging concerts and selling them on ebay... As the kid lay on the sidewalk, basking in his bloody afterglow, I dug through his pockets and stole his mini-disc player... The contents of which are now here on this CD for you to either make fun of, or make love to. Thanks for the food."Sean Daley."This was recorded on Dec 26th 2001 @ the lovely first avenue ballroom in Minneapolis... This is me (Slug) along with the heiruspecs"I've never been a big fan of live albums.. But I am arrogant enough to release one.Enjoy."mediafire.com/file/j26gezocjt5wc8q/2002_-_Atmosphere_-_Sad_Clown_Bad_Dub_3.zip/fileI was digging through my music and found this guy. Atmosphere is one of the groups that really set me on my journey through music. I first heard this many years ago, and it was such a treat for me, as a fan, to hear other fans wild n' out to some of my favorite early work by Atmos. Accompanying Sluggo is the live hip-hop band Heiruspecs, and booy howdy do they lend a wonderful hand. The live bass, drums, guitars they really make the tracks into, not wholly something else in some cases, but in others? Look at Abusing Of The Rib. At the end of its run, it takes on a rocky air with Slug shouting the vocals out. Makes one wonder how many other universes Atmosphere is a successful rock band. I hesitate to say this is a good starting point for those unfamiliar with Atmosphere due to the lack of Ant and his beats, but it does introduce the uninitiated to the strengths of Slug's writing abilities. "I want to follow a train up my lover's arm/destination the brain pop out find out what's going on" has been one of my favorite couplets for fucking YEARS. Introspection and partying, the aptly named Sad Clown.
Ichiko Aobas 0% is FINALLY up (read description) whitedude877 2020-02-05 | I uploaded this live album in 2016, but the rights holders at the time blocked it worldwide, understandably since Ichiko Aoba was still quite active at the time. Either the rights expired, or they stopped caring, but they've lifted the block. Go check it out if this sample intrigues. youtube.com/watch?v=7u-K13wQGrU
Faunts - M4 (with download) whitedude877 2019-12-12 | 1. M4 (Part II) - 0:002. Sleepwalker - 8:183. M4 (Part I) - 16:014. Meno Mony Falls - 25:195. Of Nature - 31:12Released September, 2006Design – Lindsay Batke, Tim BatkeEngineer – Graham Lessard Mastered By – Phil Demetro Mixed By – Faunts, Graham Lessard Performer – Joel Hitchcock, Paul Arnusch, Steven Batke, Tim Batke"Originally written for a live performance hosted by the Film And Video Arts Society, M4 (which includes the song "M4 Part II," as featured in the video game "Mass Effect") is composed of scores originally created to accompany three independent short films. This CD EP (which is basically a full album) was self-released by the band and distributed via Friendly Fire Recordings, who re-released it in December 2007 as a download release, available through iTunes (FFRD-01). Released in a cardboard sleeve."music.apple.com/us/album/m4/1280781709mediafire.com/file/mugqhxoomvdpvxoLicensed music can have a wonderful place in video game soundtracks. From Starsailor's "Way To Fall" during the credits of Metal Gear Solid 3, to Poets of the Fall's "Late Goodbye" during Max Payne 2's credits. Faunts' "M4 (Part II)" joins those in its sublime use during the credits of 2007's Mass Effect; this eight minute wonder that serves as the cherry on top for such a memorable experience as Mass Effect. The mid-way climax that gives way to an extended coda is just genius; the words still ringing in your head as the rest of the song plays out. And fuck me, the "And I need you to recover/Because I can't make it on my own", that works for me on the same level as Brian McMahan's "I MISS YOU" on Slint's "Good Morning, Captain."What I didn't know until many years after finishing Mass Effect, is that there are four songs that were supposed to come after it. And after having heard part two of M4 so, so, so many times, it took a lot of adjusting to the immediate calm of Sleepwalker before I really started to enjoy what this album/EP has to offer. I don't like uploading things necessarily for the sake of it, I upload things I enjoy a great deal, so I didn't want to cross myself on that until I was sure I could appreciate this body of work. It took long enough, but I can say I've had this on repeat for weeks and am enjoying it greatly. Of Nature, in particular, is plain beautiful. I must say I love everything about this song. I love the way its last tone leads into part two of M4. It's subtle, but it's there. This song steals the show for me. Whenever I put this album on, I just know Of Nature is waiting for me. Its content particularly resonating with me during this time of my life. It's a nice touch that while M4 Part II and Sleepwalker end on dejected notes ("Because I can't make it on my own," "The floors crack, the walls suffocate,") Of Nature ends on "Waking to the silence in your voice/Waking to the light, I'll now rejoice." In fact both M4 Part II and Sleepwalker are incredibly anxious in lyrical content when you give it a good perusing. You can clichely sum all this up as "Of Nature is the light at the end of the tunnel" shenanigans, but that's not the whole story. Even Of Nature, with "This day is dragging on, why don't you die " isn't totally lighting. But it's hopeful in a way the other songs aren't. That dejectedness, that hope, those are always magical to me the way everyone finds and records that experience of finding the light and struggling in dark. It's a large part of why I listen to music.
Seam playlist whitedude877 2019-11-05 | 1. Heroes (David Bowie cover) - 0:002. Berlitz - 4:543. Feather - 8:074. Granny 9x (Headsparks ver.) - 13:375. Wig - 18:276. Hey Latasha (Single ver.) - 19:597. Atari - 23:318. Stage 2000 - 26:409. Pins & Needles - 30:0810. Sweet Pea - 33:3211. Port of Charleston - 37:0512. Haole Redux - 43:0413. King Rice - 46:0014. Dust and Turpentine - 49:0715. Little Chang, Big City - 53:1616. Tuff Luck - 58:1017. Rafael - 1:03:3018. Bunch - 1:05:5319. Kernel - 1:09:1920. Sky City - 1:12:4121. Shame (Single ver.) - 1:15:1822. Shame (Headsparks ver.) - 1:17:3223. Kanawha - 1:19:1624. Two Is Enough - 1:23:3625. Inching Towards Juarez - 1:29:0426. Decatur - 1:35:3327. Rainy Season - 1:38:5328. Pale Marble Movie - 1:43:0629. Broken Bones - 1:47:3330. Sometimes I Forget - 1:51:2031. Petty Thievery - 1:57:2432. The Wild Cat - 2:00:5033. Autopilot - 2:06:14 34. Aloha Spirit - 2:10:4335. Nisei Fight Song - 2:16:3036. New Year's - 2:23:5337. Look Back In Anger (Television Personalities cover) - 2:26:5738. Days Of Thunder - 2:29:1639. Driving The Dynamite Truck (Breaking Circus cover) - 2:34:3640. Which Way To Go? (Big Boys cover) - 2:40:4041. Get Higher - 2:44:1842. Granny 9x (Single ver.) - 2:47:21Headsparksyoutube.com/watch?v=uWKCbM1b8MMmediafire.com/?d4ga0w6kblodixoThe Problem With Meopen.spotify.com/album/1rIn4WNRO74Cxienw6QHUFmusic.apple.com/us/album/the-problem-with-me/1120155684http://www.mediafire.com/?b7s2zwcb503lky2Are You Driving Me Crazy?open.spotify.com/album/0fEQA7IWkrS1vJg8bRqoavmusic.apple.com/us/album/are-you-driving-me-crazy/1120065262http://www.mediafire.com/download/ds6rcxz7zzl5gnsThe Pace Is Glacialopen.spotify.com/album/0X3E8ko9cpzNWJ8cY5P8qJmusic.apple.com/us/album/the-pace-is-glacial/1120146689http://www.mediafire.com/download/yhbapfrraz4683uKernelopen.spotify.com/album/1PCIUbIXn7yPQhqO2LEeE0music.apple.com/us/album/kernel-ep/1120087992http://www.mediafire.com/file/9h9x6znrbarzclaI put this together a long while back now. Seam was the third band I looked into when I really started listening to rock albums (after Faust, and Slint). The Days of Thunder single is among the first collected works I've uploaded to this channel. Are You Driving Me Crazy? got me through some times back then. The Problem With Me was a lesson, for me, in letting expectations cloud your judgment. All this was quite some time ago, but I keep coming back to these guys. It helps that they had a prolific output, but Seam really hits a spot with the lack of theatrical vocals coupled with down and out, lovelorn subject matter. The astute fan will have noticed "Something Burning" is missing, and I wish I could have fit it in here, but I cannot divorce that song from the album it is on. It felt incredibly wrong no matter where I tried to squeeze it in this playlist.
Forest306 - 東方阿漕集 (with download) whitedude877 2019-09-04 | 1. 阿漕臭 ～ Introduction - 0:002. 亡き王女の為のソロギター - 1:563. フォールオブフォール - 5:114. 恋色マスタースパーク - 8:375. 風神少女 - 11:576. 芥川龍之介の河童 - 14:557. 緑眼のジェラシー - 18:168. 千年幻想郷～竹取飛翔 - 21:349. おてんば恋娘 by dovecrow - 23:4110. 幽雅に咲かせ、墨染の桜 - 26:3911. 砕月 by 町田直哉 - 20:3312. ネクロファンタジア by dovecrow - 32:1413. 紅楼 ～ End of Dream... by ヨーダ - 35:41All songs by だ unless otherwise specified. Additional credits such as art in an image in the download. If someone can get those credits in text I'll happily put them here.(recorded or released) November 2nd, 2008First album (the page we're on):mediafire.com/file/2hk6aogc2nlq6l4Second album:http://www.mediafire.com/file/mx73mj7nga7fn5jyoutube.com/watch?v=KBKO8_lQJ70Third album:http://www.mediafire.com/file/8d2m3e46xhq8vz6youtube.com/watch?v=3noKRmGAj3wYou will need WinRar or 7zip File Manager to open any of these.Forest306 did an appearance on this album:youtube.com/watch?v=SWu6JtBJfeYI love all the works these guys have produced. All the forays into rock, into noise, into ambient, and the acoustic guitar keeps me coming back. Touhou was incredibly formative to me and holds a near and dear place in my heart, and although I never ventured much beyond Imperishable Night, I still regularly listen to the EoSD, PCB, and IN arrangements. All those years ago when ZUN was making EoSD, I don't imagine he could ever dream just how many re-imaginings of his work would be created. I didn't care much for Dovecrow's contribution to 東方阿漕祭/東方阿漕祭, but ネクロファンタジア is such a wonderful way to send off the album before handing it off to ヨーダ.
Dazzling Killmen - Dig Out The Switch (with download) whitedude877 2019-08-28 | 1. Serpentarium - 0:002. Dig The Hole - 2:383. Captain Is Dead - 4:474. Bottom Feeder - 7:115. Here Comes Mr. Big Face - 9:246. Spiral Mirror - 12:367. Reactor - 14:388. No - 15:389. Premonition - 17:3710. Torture - 20:0111. Ghost Limb - 23:0912. Numb - 27:3413. Code Blue - 31:23Artwork [Cover Painting And Sleeve Drawing By] – Miles RutlinDrums – Blake FlemingElectric Bass – Darin GrayPhotography By [Photo By] – Mark BuckheitProducer [Produced By] – Jeff TweedyRecorded By – Steve AlbiniVocals, Guitar – Nick SakesRecorded April 1992 in Chicago.Pressing plant identified by the matrix.This album and all future recordings are dedicated to the memory of Miles Rutlin.Band biography: http://www.skingraftrecords.com/bandhtmlpages/dazzkillmen.htmlDownload:mediafire.com/file/ggn9ygu7sx6hcn3/1992_-_Dig_Out_The_Switch.zip/fileDazzling Killmen - Face Of Collapseyoutube.com/watch?v=AI4hYND_YBI
Bluebeard - Bluebeard (with download) whitedude877 2019-06-22 | 1. - 0:002. Room 501 - 2:223. Over Again - 5:214. Sleepless - 9:475. Snow - 14:276. Earthbound - 18:227. Can't Rely On - 18:538. Endless Way - 23:58Bass – Takuma TogawaDesign – Masahito HanzawaDrums, Tambourine – Shimon TsurusawaEngineer – Miyuki Kobayashi, Takashi "Patch" KitaguchiGuitar – Stanley George BodmanIllustration – Yu NagabaMastered By – Tatsuya KasePhotography By – Junko TozakiRemastered By – Koichi HaraVocals, Guitar – Yoshikazu Takahashi2001One of those ever popular happenings of a supergroup coming together for one outstanding album, only for everyone to go their separate ways immediately. A shame, but Bluebeard left us with a real treasure. Their self-titled is fraught with emotion, with longing. The Japanese band's choice to sing in English may cause a disconnect between the emotionality and the music, but I don't think so. I feel every fucking word of this guy. That immediate air of melancholy and crunchy guitars, the instrumental section of Over Again, ENDLESS WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY, oh man. I love driving around to this album.The band has two EPs and did a split with another band I'll be sure to put up. http://www.mediafire.com/file/9rqp1ctawqbg2q3
té - それは、鳴り響く世界から現実的な音を『歌』おうとする思考。(with download) whitedude877 2019-05-29 | 1. 如何に強大な精神や力といえども知性なくしては『無』に等しい。 - 0:002. 美しき旋律も、音を語る言を持たずしては心にも『留』めがたし。 - 2:453. 愛も信仰も同じ様に日々のささやかな勤行でのみ『維持』される - 8:044. 明日を最も必要としないものが、最も快く明日に立ち『向』かう - 13:065. 大胆は無知と卑劣の子であって、他の資格よりはるかに『劣』る - 16:116. 言葉を用いて奏でる者は才能に在らず、ただの記憶に『過』ぎぬ - 22:057. 節度と正義は、ただ優者のみが勝手に利用しうる『名目』である - 25:368. 心は正しい目標を欠いてしまうと偽りの方向にはけ口を『作』る - 31:379. 何らの苦しみにもあわずして、何人をも幸福とは『呼』ぶなかれ - 37:1010. 人間とは理性によって自己自身を破壊する能力を『有』している - 42:25Arranged By, Producer – TéMixed By – Tatsuyoshi FujiRecorded By – Yoshimasa Hayashi2007Romaji title: Sore wa, Narihibiku Sekai kara Genjitsutekina Oto o "Uta"ō to Suru Shikō.open.spotify.com/album/7LT3mtf0O9f3QhC7LbFr33music.apple.com/us/album/%E3%81%9D%E3%82%8C%E3%81%AF-%E9%B3%B4%E3%82%8A%E9%9F%BF%E3%81%8F%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E3%81%8B%E3%82%89%E7%8F%BE%E5%AE%9F%E7%9A%84%E3%81%AA%E9%9F%B3%E3%82%92-%E6%AD%8C-%E3%81%8A%E3%81%86%E3%81%A8%E3%81%99%E3%82%8B%E6%80%9D%E8%80%83/1367080002Courtesy of allmusic:The Japanese band Té (often written Te') produced a powerful, muscular style of instrumental post-rock infused with hardcore punk elements, more akin to Mogwai than Tortoise. Full of crunchy, overdriven riffs, knotty, complex rhythms and time signatures, and lacking the long buildups and lulls of many post-rock acts, their relatively short songs immediately throw the listener into a mass of rapidly shifting dynamics, interspersed with gentler, soothing passages. Té drew attention to themselves with the twin gimmicks of using ludicrously long, intellectual titles to name all of their songs and albums and by making all of their CD covers identical, with the exception of the color. Unconstrained by any language barrier, they built a dedicated fan base abroad as well as at home, and their first three albums were also released outside of Japan. The meaning of the band's name has never been explained, but the word "té" means "tea" in several Romance languages, and the Japanese word "te" means "hand."Té formed in Tokyo in January 2004 and started gigging around the city to rapturous critical acclaim, their intense live performances quickly earning them rabid devotees who snapped up every copy of their demo CD. They signed to the small indie label Zankyo and released their debut single in September of that year. While post-rock was a popular genre in Japan, the single was an unprecedented success for a band of their genre, and led to Tower Records in Tokyo taking the unusual step of offering to help promote the band. This undoubtedly led to an increase in their visibility, and over the next few years, they produced a steady stream of albums and singles which continued to sell well.In 2006, the band undertook a lengthy promotional tour of the United States, and their debut album, Naraba, Imi Kara Kaiho Sareta Hibiki Wa "Oto" no Sekai no Shinen wo Kataru ("Thus, The Echoes Free of Interpretation Speak the Abyss of a 'Sonic' World") was released on CD in the U.S. through the label Status Quo Audio, remastered with two bonus tracks, and its title was translated to the decidedly more unwieldy If That Is What Is Being Thought, Liberated Sound Talks the Depth of "Musical" World. In 2010, the German label Denovali, which had released music by fellow Japanese post-rock act Mouse on the Keys, issued Té's first three albums as a lavishly packaged triple-vinyl set; that same year, the band's popularity culminated in their signing at home to the heavyweight major-label Tokuma Japan Communications for the release of their fourth album.Download: mediafire.com/file/y5742xwh3r72885You will need 7zip File Manager, or WinRar.I first found these guys while waiting at an airport last year, randomly browsing music websites that have to do with math rock. Found some wordpress, downloaded the album, listened to the first track and told myself I'd listen to it later. I didn't really get around to it much until a full year later, and my goodness do I feel a fool. té have made an incredibly inspiriting, soothing work, here. It's not soothing like Steve Roach, Tara Jane O'Neil, Ichiko Hashimoto, and it's not inspiriting like the opening minutes of GY!BE's Lift Yr Skinny Fists, but those words are so fitting. I don't think I've seen such a fusion, before. The drums hitting as hard as they do, particularly on tracks 1 and 6, give such an infectious energy despite the guitars being so quieting by comparison. And goddamn, those drums are really something. Everyone's really something on this album. Listening to it all is so immediately arresting, a true treat for the ears, and one I'm revisiting often.
Boredoms - Wow2 (with download) whitedude877 2019-05-02 | 1. Domsbore - 0:002. Jet Net - 3:523. Rat Soup - 8:124. Pop Can - 13:425. Rydeen!! - 15:556. Herbs - 22:147. V V Rule - 28:318. Domdoms - 29:449. 100 Dom - 35:3010. Mogo? - 40:0911. OK - 43:4012. Do - 47:0113. On - 47:5314. Up - 52:20rec oct 92 at b.c. studio bklyn Design – Tomoyo T.L.Engineer – Martin BisiExecutive-Producer – Disk Union, John ZornProducer – Boredoms, John ZornProducer [Associate] – Kazunori SugiyamaTypography [Typeset] – Lisa Wells (2)Written-By, Composed By – BoredomsCover, inside, back, CD:imgur.com/a/IMiVylhDownload:http://www.mediafire.com/file/2u98xkecqiu48sfThis is an obscure one even among hardcore Boredoms fans. It is the only Boredoms major release to lack a full album video on youtube. Over on rateyourmusic, of the major Boredoms works, this one has the least amount of user ratings (299! The next most ratings is Chocolate Synthesizer at 1,190 at the time of this writing!) I, myself, didn't really think much of it for years. But in the last four months, I absolutely cannot stop listening to it. It's become my favorite early Boredoms work, with no exaggeration. It occupies this unique space of psychedelic rock mixed with the raw aggression that only comes from a live recording. Couple those with typical Boredoms antics like a silly trumpet out of nowhere, or EYE's (and Yoshikawa's, who was Boredoms' first drummer on Osorezan no Stooges Kyo) shoutings, growlings, and laughing, and you have this fantastic 54 minutes of rock music. Domsbore, Jet Net, and Rat Soup are up for one the greatest three track openers ever. It's track four where Wow2 will lose people. The endless fucking energy just ends with the plodding Pop Can. It's primarily carried by, I want to say Yoshikawa. They're just being silly, and I used to really hate this track. "Why couldn't the whole album just be like those first three tracks?" But I've been revisiting Boredoms lately, and even on Soul Discharge the band was keen to just fuck around with dog barks and laughter. Pop Tatari has Noise Ramones, Okinawa Rasta Beef (Mockin' Fuzz2), and so on. When this began to sink in, I started to appreciate Wow2's Pop Can, Rydeen!!, V V Rule, Domdoms, etc. It helps that even Herbs and Rydeen!!, despite their silliness, have extremely rewarding moments of rock. 100 Dom is another track that will make people drop the album. It's like the band took opiates and are just relaxing. Mogo? would later become Super Coming on Super ae/ar. I never really liked the sort of goblin noise throughout Super Coming, but I do enjoy the track. Mogo? is everything I wanted it to be. Just really chaotic, up and down. The last four tracks are really special to me, but I wanna focus on On, and Up. Cory & The Mandara Suicide Pyaramid Or Gas Satori has been my favorite Boredoms track for a long time. But it always bothered me that much of were noises added in post. I will never denounce it based on that fact - I maintain it is one of the most cathartic songs of all time - but On, by virtue of being all live, is on another level for me. I can't believe years ago I just never picked up on this track. It's fucking phenomenal to me. This constant ramping up of energy, up, and up, good god I'm listening to it now it's so good. Up is really nothing special by comparison. You could almost dismiss it as a sound check, but after the entire album it's actually quite sobering. Once the guitars start there are no more silly sounds, no more vocals. It's just this ebb and flow, building up to something...and then it's all over. It's perfectly placed, especially if you set your music to loop like I do. It leads into Domsbore immaculately, ready for everything to go crazy again.
Hurtmemore - Weltschmerz whitedude877 2019-03-09 | 1. My Gravesong - 0:002. Journey Through My Mind - 6:243. Razorheart - 10:344. Weltschmerz - 18:405. Let Go - 24:00hurtmemore.bandcamp.com/album/weltschmerzFrom the bandcamp:"hurtmemore is nothing but pure hate. hurtmemore doesn't care about anything. there is nothing to gain and nothing to lose in this life... everything is pointlesscreditsreleased December 24, 2012 Kane Bittruf - Drums and Guitar B. - Vocals Trauerklang - Guitar on My Gravesong, Journey through my mind and razorheart ( Graveson, Journey & Razorheart )"Wikipedia has a bit defining Weltschmerz as "the kind of feeling experienced by someone who believes that physical reality can never satisfy the demands of the mind," but there isn't an actual source for this definition. The literal translation of Weltschmerz is "world pain," which is roughly equivalent to being world-weary. A couple of webpages in my cursory search puts it as originating in 18th or 19th century German romanticism poetry, but again, cannot find that definition wikipedia puts forth. I like the definition by wikpedia, despite having no source, because I don't think there's another word in language that describes that exact feeling that I imagine many people feel. The notion of looking at who you are, and wondering who you'll never be.All that said, Hurtmemore's album is a helluva ride into the realm of "pure hate" and pointlessness. The beastial sobbing throughout the album, the melodramatic samples, it's all over the top and a lot of people really won't like it, they'll even disdain it, but I've come to really love this album. It completely hits a button for me that I never knew could be hit. The utter sincerity that these guys put in being hateful and depressed is really something. There's a bit in the latter half of "Let Go," where a sample of a crying woman plays as she exclaims "You don't know how this feels!" It's quick, it lasts less than a second, and to most people that, hell, the whole album just comes off as teenage angst bullshit, and perhaps it is, but they fucking put it in there without ANY sense of irony or self-awareness. I rarely see such a thing in music, and I fucking love it here. It really moved me.
Rachels - The Sea and the Bells is back on the channel whitedude877 2019-01-24 | youtube.com/watch?v=xtwe3y3_RM8Yeeeesssssssssssssssssssss
Seam - Kernel (with download) whitedude877 2019-01-05 | 1. Kernel - 0:002. Sweet Pea - 3:213. Shame - 6:554. Driving The Dynamite Truck (Breaking Circus cover) - 9:09Recorded at Idful MusicAll Songs ℗1993 Touch And Go Records. Tracks 1 & 2: ©1993 Seam Track 3: ©1987 Mark Saltzman Track 4: ©1986 Twin Tone Records Made/printed in CanadaI can only assume this is the Lexi on bass, Sooyoung on guitar, Craig White on guitar, and Mac McCaughan lineup. Seam released two versions of the Kernel single, one that ends with Feather, and one without Feather but with Shame and "Dynamite Truck." The recording quality is also different for the title track on each, and I prefer how it sounds on this version. Kernel is a strange track. It gallops along like nothing else Seam has done. The lines "It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, that's what I tell you" are very uncharacteristic of Seam's more dejected lyrics. It's a welcome break, and I revisit it often. Shame is a track that would appear on Seam's first album, Headsparks, but with vocalist Sarah Shannon of Velocity Girl. On this single, it is much slower and has Sooyoung on vocal duties. Sweet Pea, here, lacks the distinctive second guitar that really drives it on The Problem With Me. Vocals are also more pronounced, and the "I know" bit not being shouted. A neat little novelty. Driving The Dynamite Truck is a cover, but wow. Seam really takes it and makes it their own. I adore this version. Had it on repeat for fucking days. I really wish Seam had put out more music with these shouting type of vocals from Sooyoung. Every single time Sooyoung goes "YOU'RE PURRING IN MY ARMS, fuck it gets me so good. In another life, perhaps, they did more like this.Download: http://www.mediafire.com/file/9h9x6znrbarzclaOther Seam works:youtube.com/watch?v=WdvrycNARgQ - Granny9x singleyoutube.com/watch?v=IYYdSw4xbBc - Days Of Thunder singleyoutube.com/watch?v=70xURBQmMrU - Headsparks (first album)youtube.com/watch?v=fexHLfwrCF4 - The Problem With Me (second)youtube.com/watch?v=Kt59SP1zIvA - Are You Driving Me Crazy? (third)youtube.com/watch?v=3W97-SiFh4w - The Pace Is Glacial (last)Each of these works is well worth checking out. They all carry such earnestness about them without being melodramatic in any way.
Ida - Tales Of Brave Ida (lyrics in comments) whitedude877 2018-12-31 | 1. F. Boyfriend - 0:002. Temping - 4:323. Post Prom Disorder - 10:314. Slow Dance - 14:295. Coupons - 18:546. Shotgun - 24:547. Dollface - 30:00 8. Accidents - 34:459. Dog Show - 39:3310. Nick Drake - 42:4211. Equator - 45:1412. Looking Through The Glass - 50:3113. Vacation - 56:4814. Baroque Boyfriend - 58:30Artwork [Collage] – Brian SelznickCello – Julia KentDouble Bass [Stand-up] – Rick LassiterEngineer – Bruce HathawayGuitar, Vocals, Drums [Imaginary] – Daniel LittletonGuitar, Vocals, Piano [Virtuostic] – Elizabeth MitchellLayout – Ida, Kristin ThomsonMastered By – Chris 'Master Brewer' HerlesPainting – Erin CourtneyPhotography By – Rebecca Jane GleasonProducer – Bruce 'Fancy Pants Went To France', Daniel Littleton, Elizabeth MitchellWritten-By – Ida Recorded at Excello, Brooklyn NY Spring 1994.Album art and inside: imgur.com/a/7DkxvC8Listen on Spotify so that someone might get paid: open.spotify.com/album/6K9LOioFDMxeF7onNdfYEoWorking, getting older, losing friends, losing lovers. Elizabeth Mitchell, and Daniel Littleton, hit these marks with finesse, passion, and really great harmony. "There's something pulling me back under your covers/But a woman who knows better sees that it's time to leave" is a wonderful couplet in F. Boyfriend/Baroque Boyfriend that says just enough about the relationship and the narrator, presumably Elizabeth Mitchell: It's not the best relationship, and that they're too immature to leave it. But we have to go through these things to become that someone who knows better. Especially when we're losing friends because we're so busy with other things (Temping) that they can't help us. And then there's Dollface and Dog Show. Perhaps I'm missing something, but I think they interrupt the flow of the album more than anything else. More so Dog Show.I hadn't really been much for music, lately. My last upload was a month ago with 33.3's self-titled. But this just really swept me away. One of my most enjoyed discoveries in a long time; I really do adore this album. I'm almost sad that I've nearly got all I can out of it and will eventually look for new albums to absorb. Coupons is incredible, ditto for Looking Through The Glass. What a work.
33.3 - 33.3 (with download) whitedude877 2018-11-27 | 1. Miles - 0:002. Coalesce - 5:283. Quilted Giraffe - 9:164. Sacco & Vanzetti - 11:435. Latex Matrix - 13:376. Rancho Diablo - 19:467. Sine Curve - 26:218. Window Treatment - 30:389. Disperse - 32:57Brian Alfred - Composer, GuitarScott Amore - ComposerDominique Davison - CelloBernd Gotttinger - Engineer, ProducerMark Owens - Layout DesignCasey Rice - MasteringJordana Robinson - Cover Design, DesignVictoria Samburnaris - PhotographySteve Walls - Drums
Juche - Juche whitedude877 2018-11-15 | 1. Interval Signal - 0:002. Voice of Korea - 2:043. Peoplebones - 7:394. UVB-76 - 11:505. DUGA-3 - 14:156. Letter Beacon - 16:41 7. 0:00+18.64 - 21:408. Sine - 24:499. World -1 - 27:4210. Random Pop - 32:19 11. Cherry Ripe - 34:3512. Dead Hand Station - 38:3513. Idumea, Valley of Salt - 40:2014. Buzz - 41:44Jon Martin, Jack Boyle, Andrew Bankson. Artwork by Rebecca Phem, Jon Martin and Andrew Bankson.2012juche.bandcamp.com/album/jucheJuche has generously put their album up for download on Bandcamp for free, or with a donation. Shared under the Creative Commons Licensecreativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
Motoi Sakuraba - Forest Of Glass (with download) whitedude877 2018-10-27 | 1. Sign - 0:002. Aoi Uzu/Blue Swirl - 1:363. Tone Blender - 6:184. Tears - 11:305. Tsuioku/Reminiscence - 13:116. Broken Thought - 19:177. Fly! - 22:418. Narratage -(Kono chi ni arite)-/Narratage ~In This Land~ - 26:439. Lost One? - 31:0210. Kanashimi No Mori/Forest Of Sadness - 35:0211. Maze Of Mirrors - 36:3312. Resolution - 39:2713. Memory In A Forest - 45:3614. Glass No Tsuki/Moon Of Glass - 50:20Recorded At – Misty Inn StudioMixed At – Misty Inn StudioMastered At – Memory-Tech Studio2008A&R – Mitsugu NakamuraArtwork [Glass], Other [Title] – Yuko SakurabaEngineer [Piano Tuner] – Noboru TakayanagiGraphics, Design – Daichi Kambayashi, Shinsuke TambaMastered By – Kazuya SatoPhotography By – Mardegan AndreaPiano [Bösendorfer 225], Written-By, Arranged By, Recorded By, Mixed By – Motoi SakurabaProducer – Taku KitaharaMotoi Sakuraba is known, these days, for composing the soundtrack for Dark Souls, the majority of Dark Souls II, and a few tracks off of Dark Souls III. The man has been around, however, since 1989, and is clearly a glutton for the art of music making. Case in point: He has composed, arranged, or otherwise participated in the soundtracks of 171 games since 1989. He composed the soundtracks for the video games, Star Ocean: 'Till The End Of Time, Star Ocean: The Second Story, and Star Ocean: The Blue Sphere, along with Valkyrie Profile. In 2003, he held a concert where he and his band performed progressive rock interpretations of tracks from all four of these games. However, he has very few solo efforts he created entirely for the sake of it. Forest Of Glass is one of them. Just Mr. Sakuraba and a piano. "Sign" is such a wonderful opening piece. The way it lulls the listener with that slow intro. Very soothing. Then there's a good bit from 00:45 to 00:56 where he builds tension. The song really sounds like it's about to go down a hectic and dark turn, but it comes right back up with that air of wonder. Sounds rather like a Joe Hisaishi song. "Blue Swirl" and "Tone Blender" is where the album might lose some listeners. They are exercises in Sakuraba's eccentric strengths of composition. He covers a lot of ground in these 4 and five minute songs with just the piano. The variability in the structure of these two carries over to the rest of the album, for better or worse. I truly enjoy this album - I've had it on repeat for days and days - but I feel that with a little more focus, maybe cutting out two or three tracks, this album could be one of the greats of the 2000s. But as it stands, now, it may seem a little too showboating and meandering for some people.
Omoide Hatoba - Dai Ongaku/想い出波止場 - 大音楽 (with download) whitedude877 2018-10-07 | 1. Astro Volcano Breakdown - 0:002. Surfin' U.F.O.- 2:133. Egg Head - 5:134. Mother - 8:115. Daraku Koushinkyoku [Degradation March] - 10:086. C.T.I. - 13:067. Nuba- II - 17:508. Marine Show - 18:509. Miya [Shrine] - 25:0210. Nuba- I - 29:1011. Kubi Juui [Pick Up Your Neck] - 30:4212. A Scab Forms Crone - 38:45Bass, Guitar – 津山 篤Design [Sleeve] – 大野雅彦Drums – 長谷川 ChuEngineer – 小谷哲也Featuring – Betsy Hopkins (tracks: 1, 9), David Hopkins (tracks: 1, 3)Guitar, Sleeve – 山本精一Illustration [Sleeve] – 山本精一Producer – 想い出波止場Synthesizer – 杉本祐一Recorded at Omega Sound, Osaka, 1990.http://www.mediafire.com/file/wjqqfaqldv181p3The opening two numbers promise a rowdy romp the likes of early Boredoms. But Omoide Hatoba had other ideas. The groovy "C.T.I," the ambient and psychedelic "Marine Show;" this is a pretty damn eclectic collection. Takes a lotta patience, that's for sure. Pick Up Your neck, at eight minutes, doesn't really do much of anything. But damn if that bass ain't hypnotic. I'm not a fan of the speech on Egg Head. It is completely out of place in an album that has nothing else to say on the subject of that speech.
Yann Tiersen & Shannon Wright - Yann Tiersen & Shannon Wright (lyrics in comments) (with download) whitedude877 2018-06-28 | 1. No Mercy For She - 0:002. Dragon Fly - 5:423. Sound The Bells - 8:574. Something To Live For - 12:465. Dried Sea - 16:596. While You Sleep - 21:127. Ode To A Friend - 23:468. Ways To Make You See - 27:369. Callous Sun - 31:4710. Pale White - 35:03Accordion - Yann Tiersen (track 2)Acoustic Guitar (Nylon) - Yann Tiersen (tracks: 2, 10)Artwork By – Yann Tiersen & Shannon Wright + Vicious Circle & Ici D'Ailleurs staffBass – Shannon Wright (tracks: 1, 5), Yann Tiersen (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 9)Bowed Guitar - Yann Tiersen (track 10)Cello - Yann Tiersen (tracks: 1, 7)Drums – Shannon Wright (tracks: 3, 5 to 7, 9, 10)Electric Piano (Rhodes) - Yann Tiersen (tracks: 3, 7), Shannon Wright (track 9)Guitar – Shannon Wright (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 7, 9), Yann Tiersen (tracks: 8)Lyrics By [Words], Voice – Shannon WrightMastered By – Roger SeibelPiano – Shannon Wright (tracks: 1, 7 to 9), Yann Tiersen (tracks: 3 to 5, 10)Recorded By, Mixed By – F.LorVibraphone - Yann Tiersen (tracks: 1, 3, 5)Viola - Yann Tiersen (tracks: 4, 5, 7, 10)Violin – Yann Tiersen (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 6, 7)2004http://www.mediafire.com/file/ynnpwatkmd4adkt
Retsin - Moon Money Moon (lyrics in comments) (with download) whitedude877 2018-06-24 | 1. Duck Out - 0:002. Pauline And Susie - 3:023. The Moon Fickle - 5:434. Money Song - 7:445. Moonshine - 9:35Guitar, Voice, Banjo, Drums, Accordion – Tara Jane O'NeilGuitar, Voice, Flute – Cynthia NelsonMixed By – Paul Oldham, TJORecorded By – TJORecorded at 121 Main Place, Louisville, KY. mixed at Rove Studios with Paul Oldham, Summer 2001. Track 5 is dedicated to H.S. and R.S.http://www.mediafire.com/file/g2qjel446flkatdDuck Out first made its appearance on Egg Fusion, no siren here. Interestingly, Moonshine references a siren in its last lines. Duck Out is about those sleepless nights spent thinking too much, specifically about whether or not god exists. The latter half seems to be an argument between lovers - one wants to have sex and the other doesn't. It's got a a sort of off-kilter melody that sounds like it'd be right at home in a bar somewhere in the mid-west. A very sedating song, I quite enjoy it. Pauline and Susie is more upbeat. I truly adore these lines here:Rum and peachesThe night beforeRum and secretsNow I've got moreThose nights where you drink among friends, secrets come out, and now you have more secrets than you began the day with. Such an instantly recognizable image, for me. The Moon Fickle is positively gorgeous and exemplary of its title. We have the lulling intro that gives way to a more foreboding atmosphere in the middle, characteristic of a fickle moon that can often times be beautiful, and other times be menacing. Some skillful use of a delay effect, here.Money Song I'd've loved if it were two minutes longer. That banjo is completely pleasing to hear. I'm not too sure about the first verse, but the second verse is one I'm sure many of us are all too familiar with; starting the day when we don't want to. Nelson reminds us it'll be alright.Moonshine is almost completely esoteric to me, but it has its links to Duck Out. "A bright moon/To keep the long night short." The night is long, and perhaps unpleasant, and it's nice to have a bright moon to keep you company while you're up all night thinking. Then the last lines, "There is no siren's whistle/This is simple." There is literally no siren in Duck Out, unlike its Egg Fusion incarnation. What this means, and what the line means in regards to Moonshine, I'm not sure. I will say that it doesn't sound like a TJO exclusive song. It really does sound like something only Retsin could come up with in terms of instrumentation, and not solely Cynthia Nelson or TJO. I'm reminded of Bodega, and other songs they've done together of this nature. Though, Bodega was far more comprehensible.
Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO - Live In Japan (2002) (with download!!) whitedude877 2018-06-20 | 1. Cosmic Introduction ~ Untitled Space - 0:002. In E - 8:243. La Novia ~ Speed Guru - 21:31Live recorded at Tokuzo (Nagoya) 9th Dec. 2001 on digital 16 track. Limited Edition 1000 copies. Special thanks to Morita (Tokuzo), Kinski, Acid Mothers' family.Artwork – Kawabata SachikoBass [Monster], Vocals, Performer [Cosmic Joker] – Tsuyama AtsushiDrums [L], Performer [Kendo Master] – Ichiraku YoshimitsuDrums [R], Performer [Sleeping Monk] – Koizumi HajimeEngineer – Usui YasuhiroGuitar, Backing Vocals [Chorus], Synthesizer, Performer [Speed Guru], Mixed By – Kawabata MakotoGuitar, Synthesizer, Backing Vocals [Chorus], Performer [Dancin' King] – Higashi HiroshiPhotography By – Ishida Yoko, Telle KumazawaVocals, Synthesizer, Performer [Beer & Cigarette] – Cotton Casinohttp://www.mediafire.com/file/ayqp8292xp1h65oI can't stress enough how great of a listen this is. If you listen to one Acid Mothers Temple release, let it be this one. If you want to introduce someone to Acid Mothers Temple's rocky side, introduce them via this. The ebb and flow throughout is wonderful. Like a gigantic wave that just keeps pounding the shore. Untitled Space almost seems like they show their hand too early, but it just ain't so. In E gallops right in afterward, and to be honest, it might get a tad too repetitious for some. I gotta give it that. It makes up for that in volume and energy. Like Boredoms' Super Roots 3 or 7. In E tapers off with a very short Pink Lady Lemonade. Then the vocalizations for La Novia start, Acid Mother's Temple's most well received work. The studio album is actually one of AMT's more quieter works, but whenever La Novia is played live it's so much louder. There's a short climax before the instruments die down, the bass playing us off while some bells and the vocals sound. The bass here reminds me of Dave Anderson's playing from Amon Duul II's Yeti. Then AMT does something they almost never do: They play Speed Guru, off of their first proper release, live. Speed Guru is a noise rock masterpiece, and while it's obviously missing the drone here, the novelty of it lifts this release so fucking high; the drums crash and crash the entire time it's played. Then it's that ebb again, and Higashi's (or maybe Cotton's) engine taking us through hyperspace! Holy fuck. It's an amazing 40 minute ride of vocals, La Novia, Speed Guru, die down, back to vocalizing. A golden formula. One of the most satisfying listens Acid Mothers Temple has ever created. I've had it repeating for days and days at the time of this writing (except when putting together that Shipping News mix). The ONLY flaw is the lack of utilization of Cotton Casino's vocals. After Troubadours From Another Heavenly World, you'd think they'd use her during the Speed Guru parts of this performance for maximum effect.10/10. 8-10s are must listens, as they provide a unique and consistent experience all the way through with no, or very few, hiccups that take you out of the music. They keep you within the confines of their sounds the entire time, or nearly the entire time in the case of less than 10. 10 - Consistent concept and/or sound 9-1 - Less consistent on down.
Shipping News - Mix whitedude877 2018-06-19 | 1. Everglade - 0:002. Books On Trains - 3:223. Haunted On Foot - 8:494. Diamond Lined Star - 14:225. Cock-A-Doodle-Do - 18:286. All By Electricity - 27:397. Steerage - 32:098. Dogs - 43:039. Half A House - 45:1910. Do You Remember The Avenues? - 49:5411. A True Lover's Knot (Live in Chapel Hill at Lizard and Snake on 10/29/1997) - 52:55Half A House miiiiiiight be stretching it out a bit too much, but I just could not see this being complete without it.
