From Middle Earth to Outer Space: The Phoenix Foundation - "Hitchcock"

One more lucky find. It was posted on the channel presenting short films, which it is indeed. But at the same time this is a video to a song by a New Zealandish band The Phoenix Foundation. I've never heard of them, but judging from this song, this is a mistake I have to correct as soon as possible. This is a truly brilliant video, combining very original animation with perfectly corresponding music. It was directed (or in this case rather "made") by Reuben Sutherland, a visual artist specialising in mixing up live action and animation. And the music is also original. I guess it could be labeled "post rock", but it wouldn't do justice to this great piece. This is a combination of atmospheric instrumental rock fueled by prominent guitars with electronic sounds straight out of Jean-Michel Jarre's most "cosmic" tunes. The result is something I would call "space rock". OK, enough talkingwriting. I have to book a ticket for a nightflight to Venus.

The Phoenix Foundation - "Hitchcock"

A higher quality version can be found here.

Obsessions - "Obsessions" [EP]

A classy rock / punk rock offering (8/10) Obsessions powstał na początku 2013 roku jako poboczny projekt osób związanych z takimi warszawskimi zespołami jak The Black Tapes i Capital. Szybko okazało się, że taka mieszanka osobowości i pomysłów oznacza, że Obsessions wyjdzie poza salę prób i zacznie funkcjonować jako pełnoprawny zespół. I tak się stało. Po debiutanckim występie przed amerykańskim Obits w warszawskiej Cafe Kulturalna zespół wszedł do studia i zarejestrował cztery autorskie utwory, który złożyły się na debiutancki materiał, który wyda Antena Krzyku. Na winylowej siódemce, bo to jest odpowiedni nośnik dla takiej muzyki! Pomyśl o Hot Snakes i przefiltruj to przez całą brytyjską scenę muzyczną końca lat 70. a otrzymasz Obsessions w pełnej krasie. This is a really surprisingly good minialbum from the Polish band Obsessions. I know nothing about them except that supposedly this is a side project of the three musicians connected with another Polish act The Black Tapes. They claim they play punk rock, but in my humble opinion this is just a straightforward rock. It is uptempo and loud, definitely influenced by punk, but lacking punkish aggressiveness. Anyhow, they are good. They know how to play, the songs are well recorded, riffs are great, vocal lines are catchy, the singer's singing manner is adequately slovenly. No genre bending here - pure rock at its best. So keep rocking, boys - it is nice to hear such classic approach for a change. The album has been released on vinyl only (sic!) by the Antena Krzyku label and you cannot officially download it in any digital format. You can buy a vinyl in some online stores for around 7 euros (serpent.pl, seeyousoon.pl). But you have to act fast, as only 250 records have been made. You can also listen to the full album online on Bandcamp, but downloads are switched off. Of course, it is possible to download it anyhow in Bandcamp's preview quality (mp3 @ 128 kbit). No option to pay the artist this way, though. What a pity.

YouTube sidebar recommends: The Grates - "Turn Me On"

Damn you, YouTube sidebar! I have some work to do, you know?! This time simply a fantastic video to the song (not bad either) by the Australian act The Grates. It was directed by Dimitri Basil. Dimitri is not on Wikipedia (yet), but you can read an online interview with the guy. I hope his future career will be as successful as this clip.

The Grates - "Turn Me On"

Music is well, thank you: Selah Sue - "Raggamuffin"

Some people like to complain that true music died and all that contemporary artists produce is shit. Usually it is strangely related to those people getting older and becoming less open, more nostalgic and focused on the past. Well... What can you do? The world moves on. However, as long as you can still top the charts just with a good melody, powerful voice and acoustic guitar, I officially announce: the Music is well, thank you for your concern. OK, good looks won't hurt, either. ;-P

Selah Sue - "Raggamuffin"

Peszek, Maria - "Maria Awaria" (2008)

Maria Peszek is a highly acclaimed Polish singer/songwriter. She is considered to be controversial, especially by right-wing retards and tabloids, because she is not afraid to openly discuss - both in lyrics to her songs and in interviews - themes such as sex, faith, patriotism and mental diseases. Each of her three albums was a commercial success, at the same time being praised by the critics and receiving many awards in her native Poland. She sings exclusively in Polish. Maria Awaria (Maria the Failure) is a loose concept album about sex, love and femininity. All lyrics are in Polish and they are really good, witty and powerful, being an important factor in making these songs as awesome as they are. Therefore, this album may not appeal to non-Polish speaking public, as some tracks are built around lyrics with musical background playing only a small part ("Milosc w systemie Dolby Surround", "Reks", "Ladne slowa to"). Nevertheless, I still encourage you to check this album out, because many other tracks are brilliant from the musical side too (e.g. "Rosol", "Hujawiak", "Maria Awaria", "Muchomory"). From the musical perspective this is a pop (or pop rock) record, with some jazz and modern electronica influences. The album is masterfully produced by one of the best Polish producers and electronica composers, Andrzej Smolik, so the said musical background is full of pleasant surprises on many occasions. Many of Peszek's vocal lines are catchy as hell too and should be enjoyable even without understanding of her lyrics. Maria Awaria To zdecydowanie najbardziej kobieca i erotyczna płyta na polskim rynku od czasów... Hmmm... No właśnie, takiego albumu jeszcze w kraju nad Wisłą nie było. Maria Peszek na swoim drugim krążku odkrywa przed słuchaczami swoją kobiecą naturę. Bez zażenowania śpiewa o tym, że "dla własnej wygody zapuszcza swe ogrody i kolekcjonuje wzwody". Zdradza też swoje swoje erotyczne fantazje. Zachęca kochanka do lizania, solenia i miętolenia swego drobnego ciała. Z niemal fotograficzną dokładnością opisuje również style współczesnych kobiet, które z jednej strony "chude, wysokie z wydepilowanym krokiem", a z drugiej mogą być kurami domowymi. Odkrywa też swoją romantyczną duszę i w piękny, metaforyczny sposób (swoim delikatnym aksamitnym głosem) śpiewa o tęsknocie. I od razu zapewniam: mimo różnych – może kontrowersyjnych – stwierdzeń teksty nie są wulgarne, nie przekraczają cienkiej granicy dobrego smaku (choć się do niej niebezpiecznie zbliżają). Jeszcze słowo o samej muzyce, za którą odpowiedzialny był Andrzej Smolik. To miks przeróżnych styli muzycznych: od delikatnego, transowego, nastrojowego trip-hopu i chilloutu pełnego "powietrza" i ciepłych muzycznych plam, przez nieco jazzujące swingi, altarnatywnego retropopu, po elementy starego rocka z lat 60-tych. I mimo takiego przemieszania gatunków płyta jest zaskakująco spójna. Szczerze polecam! [Mariusz Rodziewicz] Tracklist: 01. Mis [03:33] 02. Kobiety pistolety [04:52] 03. Marzne bez Ciebie [03:28] 04. Rosol [02:38] 05. Milosc w systemie Dolby Surround (feat. Edek) [03:48] 06. Reks [00:26] 07. Hujawiak [03:29] 08. Maria Awaria [03:40] 09. Superglue [02:26] 10. Cialo [04:00] 11. Rozpuda [03:27] 12. Hedonia [03:57] 13. Ladne slowa to [03:03] 14. Muchomory [03:47] Playing Time.........: 46:40

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Abogix (J.K.), the - "Friends"

Work of a genius - a feast for the ears (8/10) Dieses Album ist eine widmung an die Leute,die Freunde die sich jetzt seit längerer zeit auf Jamendo "rumtreiben" und immer schön fleissig mitschreiben in den foren. Das sind dann auch die Menschen die dafür sorgten dass endlich mal leben in die "Bude" kam und man(n) sich nicht mehr so einsam fühlte wie es ne lange zeit der fall war. Die idee zu diesem Album kam aber erst als mehrmals das thema eines treffen in Deutschland zu sprache kam...und noch immer im gespräch ist! Dauernd schwebten mir Bilder im Kopf wie denn ein solches treffen aussehen würde und während dem ich mein neues "Album" produzierte merkte ich zumindest dass schon der anfang meines stückes diese gedanken noch verstärkten...also war schnell ein titel und eine neue idee geboren. Eigentlich sollten da noch einige titel mehr zu hören sein,aber mir fiel auf dass diese titel nicht hier zu diesem Album passten. Also entschloss ich mich dass dieses Album nur zwei, ein sehr kurzer und ein langer titel haben wird...naja, wenigstens kein 1:22 Album LOL!!! Ich hoffe ihr könnt iergendwie meine gedanken beim zuhören dieser musik verstehen und raushören. Thank's for....everything! The Abogix (J.K.) alias Reznamor alias Jean Kops Abogix is a genius. Or he sold his soul to the devil. How else could you explain the fact that this man composes and records three perfect albums in half a year?

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This record is one of his best. It's a great mixture of electronica, rock, jazz, even some traces of industrial. All is perfectly blended and flawlessly produced. It's simply a true feast for the ears. The music is beautiful, intelligent, original, surprising - everything is perfect on this album. I have only two complaints: first of all - IT'S TOO SHORT!!!!! ;-). And secondly, I don't like long tracks. And this one could have been cut very easily, as it comprises of several different tunes. Of course I don't mean putting silence between them - they are perfectly combined and it is great, but each tune could be just put in his own track. It would be easy to find one's favourite part, repeat them, compare different melodies and so on. Oh, and I love the cover - very funny and perfectly corresponds with the mood of this album. But this is also usual with Abogix - covers of his albums are always great. PS. Why on earth I wrote all the above? I could just write: "Just another album from Abogix." and everything would be perfectly clear. ;-)

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Therapy? - "Iron Man" (live in Firenze, Italy, 1994)

Therapy? is an outstanding hard rock / metal band from Ireland. Influenced by such stylistically diverse bands as Black Sabbath or Hüsker Dü they managed to build their own distinct sound, based on a wall of noise constructed from loud guitars and powerful drums on the one hand and melodic vocal lines, catchy tunes and clever emotional lyrics passionately delivered by the singer Andy Cairns on the other hand. A concert bootleg is probably not the very best start if you do not know Therapy? yet, in which case I encourage you to check out the albums Troublegum and Infernal Love, but should be interesting for every fan of this great band. The highlights of this album are rare songs Auto Surgery and Totally Random Man coming from an early EP, a poem by A.A. Milne sang a capella, a crazy cover of the Black Sabbath's Iron Man with the changed lyrics, an early version of Me Vs. You - again with different lyrics and finally extended Lunacy Booth with an insane speech of Andy Cairns. This release of the 1994 Firenze concert has been compiled from two separate sources: 1. "Shock Treatment" [bootleg CD, Octopus Octo 010] 2. "Iron Man" [bootleg CD, On Stage Records CD/ON2339] The first source had inferior sound quality, but it included 2 more songs. The second source had two songs missing (Isolation and Nowhere), but its sound quality was better and it included longer breaks between several songs. Tracklist: 1. Therapy? - Stop It You're Killing Me [03:24] 2. Therapy? - Trigger Inside [04:04] 3. Therapy? - Potato Junkie [02:49] 4. Therapy? - Auto Surgery [02:21] 5. Therapy? - Die Laughing [03:09] 6. Therapy? - Totally Random Man [02:23] 7. Therapy? - Accellerator [02:11] 8. Therapy? - Hellbelly [03:55] 9. Therapy? - Halfway Down The Stairs (A.A. Milne) [00:55] 10. Therapy? - Unbeliever [03:30] 11. Therapy? - Teethgrinder [03:09] 12. Therapy? - Brainsaw [04:04] 13. Therapy? - Femtex [03:15] 14. Therapy? - Turn [04:04] 15. Therapy? - Isolation [04:14] 16. Therapy? - Knives [01:48] 17. Therapy? - Screamager [02:39] 18. Therapy? - Nausea [03:24] 19. Therapy? - Nowhere [02:15] 20. Therapy? - Iron Man [05:24] 21. Therapy? - Opal Mantra [02:48] 22. Therapy? - Me Vs. You [03:38] 23. Therapy? - Lunacy Booth [06:25] Playing Time.........: 01:16:01

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Support artists, not recording industry Pay the artists directly. They do not profit from CD sales. If you buy brand new mainstream albums in regular record stores (no matter whether online or offline, CDs or downloads), almost all the money goes to the recording industry mafia and is later used for committing crimes such as unlawful harassment of fans and bribing authorities to implement changes in law, which would infringe basic human rights. If you really want to support mainstream artists (and you should, if you love their music!), go to concerts or buy merchandise off the official websites. If you can afford buying music, but it is not possible to pay a particular artist without a mafia tribute, consider supporting some independent artists instead. You can find many great acts on such websites as magnatune.com, jamendo.com, cdbaby.com, bandcamp.com, megatotal.pl. Supporting independent artists helps fight the recording industry mafia. Interested? Ask Uncle Google the magic question: 2457CD468C0FAAC677A885778A77AABB58DA9263C559E5ECF986650B1A5E9C7A avax More by Therapy?: Therapy? - "Infernal Love" (1995) Therapy? - "Lonely, Cryin', Only" [CDS] (1998)

Therapy? - "Infernal Love" (1995)

Therapy? is an outstanding hard rock / metal band from Ireland. Influenced by such stylistically diverse bands as Black Sabbath or Hüsker Dü they managed to build their own distinct sound, based on a wall of noise constructed from loud guitars and powerful drums on the one hand and melodic vocal lines, catchy tunes and clever emotional lyrics passionately delivered by the singer Andy Cairns on the other hand. The final vocal line on Infernal Love might be "There is a light at the end of the tunnel," but there's no denying that Infernal Love is anything but optimistic; it's an unrelentingly dark and sometimes bluntly turgid record. Anyone familiar with the band had grown accustomed to Andy Cairns' spins on depression, anger, bitterness, and self-destruction, but even the most devoted listener probably screamed "Snap out of it!" while first listening to this third record. Darker chords and slower tempos prevail, and the pop-punk hooks are all but washed away. The sequentially buried, bouncing "Loose" is an anomaly, sounding like a refugee from Troublegum that reads like a dystopian "Jack and Diane." Other than that, it's nothing but despair and heartache. [Read more --->] Tracklist: 01. Epilepsy [3:50] 02. Stories [3:11] 03. A Moment of Clarity [6:02] 04. Jude the Obscene [3:32] 05. Bowels of Love [2:53] 06. Misery [3:40] 07. Bad Mother [5:46] 08. Me Vs You [6:24] 09. Loose [3:00] 10. Diane [5:00] 11. 30 Seconds [5:25] Playing Time.........: 48:42

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Log translation at http://eachelper.uphero.com/ EAC extraction logfile from 2. June 2004, 11:59 for CD Therapy? / Infernal Love Used drive : TEAC CD-W54E Adapter: 0 ID: 0 Read mode : Secure with C2, accurate stream, NO disable cache Combined read/write offset correction : 0 Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No Used output format : D:\audio\Monkey's Audio\MAC.exe (Monkey's Audio Lossless Encoder) High Lossless Compression Other options : Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000 Track 1 Filename F:\upload\(01) Epilepsy.wav Peak level 94.9 % Track quality 100.0 % Copy CRC 4F055E5E Copy OK Track 2 Filename F:\upload\(02) Stories.wav Peak level 94.4 % Track quality 100.0 % Copy CRC D7397074 Copy OK Track 3 Filename F:\upload\(03) A Moment Of Clarity.wav Peak level 94.4 % Track quality 100.0 % Copy CRC 8B90DBA8 Copy OK Track 4 Filename F:\upload\(04) Jude The Obscene.wav Peak level 96.0 % Track quality 100.0 % Copy CRC AF417E90 Copy OK Track 5 Filename F:\upload\(05) Bowels Of Love.wav Peak level 96.1 % Track quality 100.0 % Copy CRC 2ACB71A1 Copy OK Track 6 Filename F:\upload\(06) Misery.wav Peak level 91.0 % Track quality 100.0 % Copy CRC 533D3C19 Copy OK Track 7 Filename F:\upload\(07) Bad Mother.wav Peak level 94.9 % Track quality 100.0 % Copy CRC CDC707C3 Copy OK Track 8 Filename F:\upload\(08) Me Vs You.wav Peak level 95.4 % Track quality 99.9 % Copy CRC 213EC073 Copy OK Track 9 Filename F:\upload\(09) Loose.wav Peak level 95.5 % Track quality 100.0 % Copy CRC 3F0B381C Copy OK Track 10 Filename F:\upload\(10) Diane.wav Peak level 94.4 % Track quality 100.0 % Copy CRC 8E224C1C Copy OK Track 11 Filename F:\upload\(11) 30 Seconds.wav Peak level 96.3 % Track quality 100.0 % Copy CRC 8D4F532F Copy OK No errors occured End of status report ----------------------- DON'T MODIFY THIS FILE ----------------------- PERFORMER: auCDtect Task Manager, ver. 1.5.1RC4 build 1.5.1.5 Copyright (c) 2008-2010 y-soft. All rights reserved http://y-soft.org ANALYZER: auCDtect: CD records authenticity detector, version 0.8.2 Copyright (c) 2004 Oleg Berngardt. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2004 Alexander Djourik. All rights reserved. FILE: 11 - 30 Seconds.flac Size: 40209506 Hash: E3ED3AEADDF1E8964F4FBF371602E64E Accuracy: -m0 Conclusion: CDDA 100% Signature: AD73A19782887B20675BF0B4FAF17B377B490168 FILE: 10 - Diane.flac Size: 29755009 Hash: 24179F579E36AC07264A625EE7B36329 Accuracy: -m0 Conclusion: CDDA 100% Signature: 9FC334D429754AEE6A46D36F077A8EBDA269BEB6 FILE: 09 - Loose.flac Size: 24402481 Hash: B7519DE6AC8FBA2B7923B41FE7849742 Accuracy: -m0 Conclusion: CDDA 99% Signature: AE7138CAD9FF9D6A3736CECF92EEAC8D8E13C5A5 FILE: 08 - Me Vs. You.flac Size: 39218855 Hash: FD5571B7F3AB751BEFAF76472A178102 Accuracy: -m0 Conclusion: CDDA 100% Signature: 46317E4B51EB5CF729FB65DA79AE6E62C44D3B98 FILE: 07 - Bad Mother.flac Size: 39890190 Hash: 15845B49729F86CCE9D48CC1D96F294F Accuracy: -m0 Conclusion: CDDA 100% Signature: E2CE5AC6D1DCA2960A28E2BF0E3AB99802678648 FILE: 06 - Misery.flac Size: 28434375 Hash: 01AEFCF6D4B94D207E9F3FC85F16B771 Accuracy: -m0 Conclusion: CDDA 99% Signature: AF16F9E12DB5044B5A6066ADD1E78E06F1D54E0F FILE: 05 - Bowels Of Love.flac Size: 20155063 Hash: 3CFB348D9AA91AB645BC743B76D8E541 Accuracy: -m0 Conclusion: CDDA 100% Signature: 2D8D3962B0DA487C966ED38CD113286F2B0E0AD0 FILE: 04 - Jude The Obscene.flac Size: 27292041 Hash: BF2402ED26E602A473D0D9555B0507F2 Accuracy: -m0 Conclusion: CDDA 100% Signature: DC97E8FB0297938B5E6AD9B37BB39DCD3ED11070 FILE: 03 - A Moment Of Clarity.flac Size: 39232592 Hash: D4139D794D19B34C1E5804AB7879683E Accuracy: -m0 Conclusion: CDDA 100% Signature: 0AB60D56781A96B6BF138802CC328EDB4FDC9F1D FILE: 02 - Stories.flac Size: 23991853 Hash: D3A20D4B89BBD232B13F51C90BB505DC Accuracy: -m0 Conclusion: CDDA 100% Signature: 62F32917559ACF21CF0884022339527ED4ADE85D FILE: 01 - Epilepsy.flac Size: 27855181 Hash: F80285E5C0AE4BA0E62B8B3870D05480 Accuracy: -m0 Conclusion: CDDA 100% Signature: BB917F85ACAE54BFBC9EC42A1ECC4913A7394DB7 Disclaimer: As you can see in the EAC log, the person that ripped this CD used some settings that make "secure mode" much less secure: use of C2 pointers, use of cache, 1-pass rip (no test). Further, "Combined read/write offset correction" set to "0" probably means there are some missing samples (but it does not mean these differences are audible - it just means the copy is not "exact"). I carefully listened to this rip and I heard no audible ripping errors. CUETools database contains 4 different pressings of this album and all the checksums are different to this rip. I suppose it means this release is from another pressing (or maybe it's the result of the wrong offset set in EAC?). Interested? Ask Uncle Google the magic question: E3ED3AEADDF1E8964F4FBF371602E64E avax More by Therapy?: Therapy? - "Iron Man" (live in Firenze, Italy, 1994) Therapy? - "Lonely, Cryin', Only" [CDS] (1998)

Therapy? - "Lonely, Cryin', Only" [CDS] (1998)

Therapy? is an outstanding hard rock / metal band from Ireland. Influenced by such stylistically diverse bands as Black Sabbath or Hüsker Dü they managed to build their own distinct sound, based on a wall of noise constructed from loud guitars and powerful drums on the one hand and melodic vocal lines, catchy tunes and clever emotional lyrics delivered by the singer Andy Cairns on the other hand. "Lonely, Cryin', Only" comes from the Semi-Detached album and it was released on A&M Records on May 18, 1998. This single reached number 32 in the UK Singles Chart. Semi-Detached is not the best album by Therapy? and "Lonely, Cryin', Only" is not the best song on this album. Still, it leaves many contemporary rockers' efforts behind. But forget the single track - you can find it on the regular album, anyhow. The B-Side tracks are much more interesting and should be more than enough for a fan to get this single. "High Noon" is a cover of the song by DJ Shadow, a prominent DJ and electronic music artist. It sounds like a typical Therapy?'s song, while still being faithful to the original and catchy as hell. Brilliant work. The remaining two songs are reworked versions of their past masterpieces, so they should be interesting for fans as well. Tracklist: 1. Lonely, Cryin', Only [02:40] 2. High Noon [05:09] 3. Diane (new recording) [06:23] 4. Teethgrinder (new recording) [03:20] Playing Time.........: 17:34

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Support artists, not recording industry Pay the artists directly. They do not profit from CD sales. If you buy brand new mainstream albums in regular record stores (no matter whether online or offline, CDs or downloads), almost all the money goes to the recording industry mafia and is later used for committing crimes such as unlawful harassment of fans and bribing authorities to implement changes in law, which would infringe basic human rights. If you really want to support mainstream artists (and you should, if you love their music!), go to concerts or buy merchandise off the official websites. If you can afford buying music, but it is not possible to pay a particular artist without a mafia tribute, consider supporting some independent artists instead. You can find many great acts on such websites as magnatune.com, jamendo.com, cdbaby.com, bandcamp.com, megatotal.pl. Supporting independent artists helps fight the recording industry mafia. Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011 EAC extraction logfile from 9. January 2012, 11:26 Therapy? / Lonely, Cryin', Only Used drive : PLDS DVD+-RW DH-16AAS Adapter: 1 ID: 0 Read mode : Secure Utilize accurate stream : Yes Defeat audio cache : No Make use of C2 pointers : No Read offset correction : 6 Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000 Gap handling : Appended to previous track Used output format : Microsoft PCM Converter Sample format : 44,100 kHz; bitów: 16 ; Stereo TOC of the extracted CD Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector --------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 0:00.32 | 2:40.18 | 32 | 12049 2 | 2:40.50 | 5:09.65 | 12050 | 35289 3 | 7:50.40 | 6:23.20 | 35290 | 64034 4 | 14:13.60 | 3:20.72 | 64035 | 79106 Track 1 Filename c:\Temp\01 - Lonely, Cryin', Only.wav Pre-gap length 0:00:02.42 Peak level 97.9 % Extraction speed 5.6 X Track quality 100.0 % Test CRC 81932BF9 Copy CRC 81932BF9 Accurately ripped (confidence 1) [F1CE457A] (AR v1) Copy OK Track 2 Filename c:\Temp\02 - High Noon.wav Pre-gap length 0:00:00.44 Peak level 98.0 % Extraction speed 6.3 X Track quality 100.0 % Test CRC 7FDF3991 Copy CRC 7FDF3991 Accurately ripped (confidence 1) [1FB82682] (AR v1) Copy OK Track 3 Filename c:\Temp\03 - Diane (new recording).wav Pre-gap length 0:00:01.04 Peak level 98.0 % Extraction speed 7.1 X Track quality 100.0 % Test CRC 66849A63 Copy CRC 66849A63 Accurately ripped (confidence 1) [E6098FCD] (AR v1) Copy OK Track 4 Filename c:\Temp\04 - Teethgrinder (new recording).wav Peak level 98.0 % Extraction speed 7.8 X Track quality 100.0 % Test CRC 31FD2F75 Copy CRC 31FD2F75 Accurately ripped (confidence 1) [F1873252] (AR v1) Copy OK All tracks accurately ripped No errors occurred End of status report ==== Log checksum 25C424B4DAF3FB88973024500FE33EE14245F51AFF39BEA175B276584764B8F9 ==== ----------------------- DON'T MODIFY THIS FILE ----------------------- PERFORMER: auCDtect Task Manager, ver. 1.5.1RC4 build 1.5.1.5 Copyright (c) 2008-2010 y-soft. All rights reserved http://y-soft.org ANALYZER: auCDtect: CD records authenticity detector, version 0.8.2 Copyright (c) 2004 Oleg Berngardt. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2004 Alexander Djourik. All rights reserved. FILE: 04 - Teethgrinder (new recording).flac Size: 25396288 Hash: F0D0B8ECE2724FD85F91176E3A99D8EF Accuracy: -m0 Conclusion: CDDA 99% Signature: F518522A3EEDCD61746CDD9E39542BB042D1083E FILE: 03 - Diane (new recording).flac Size: 38254952 Hash: 67C06C3E0E427378C85D95FB3545F71E Accuracy: -m0 Conclusion: CDDA 100% Signature: 269056DC7834188E663FE0459106EA1934F45B32 FILE: 02 - High Noon.flac Size: 33888957 Hash: C5A8EDBDADF93B4B4D40CD2B8FBF1CBD Accuracy: -m0 Conclusion: CDDA 99% Signature: 4192DBB3B37AF2255525FE4AFB69564AB729E916 FILE: 01 - Lonely, Cryin', Only.flac Size: 18672938 Hash: 8F7BE53FE2D672429917A5023B7C76C7 Accuracy: -m0 Conclusion: CDDA 100% Signature: 23BB8FF9F8821ED51EC9BFDCAA0CF5AC2E7476D2 Interested? Ask Uncle Google the magic question: 25C424B4DAF3FB88973024500FE33EE14245F51AFF39BEA175B276584764B8F9 avax More by Therapy?: Therapy? - "Infernal Love" (1995) Therapy? - "Iron Man" (live in Firenze, Italy, 1994)

Sylmer - "Perdus dans le temps"

Bad bad bad (2/10) Ce troisième disque que je mets en partage est dédié à mon père disparu le 12 janvier dernier. N' hésitez pas à me critiquer où à me faire un don symbolique / Another miss. And no progress since "Ultime cri". Unfortunately... The album has been released on Jamendo and is available for downloading in mp3 encoding format.

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Sylmer - "Ultime cri"

Lousy vocals ruin everything (2/10) Ultime cri , ce sont 10 chansons plutôt tristes et qui sont malheureusement pour moi de circonstance....... Ce C.D n' est pas mixé plus que celà, mais ce que j' ai voulu exprimer est dedans : il parait que pour apprécier il faut le même symtôme m' a dit un psychanalyste...... La pochette c' est une sculpture sur pommier que j' ai réalisée dans mon jardin et qui s' appèlle "monsieur Bonhomme" Il me parait évident que les pros de l' enregistrement vont dire que mon son est merdique et ils auront raison.......Retenez uniquement la mélodie simple et les mots..... A bientôt pour le 3ème CD Sylvain

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What can I say... It's better than "Originaire", but still bad. The same weaknesses as before. Oh, I like the cover photo.

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Sylmer - "Originaire"

Beware (1/10) album DEMO enregistré "à la maison " sur Magix studio 6ème génération avec de trés petits moyens. un clavier casio (enfant), un magnéto 4 pistes(table), un micro chant, et une guitare electro-acoustique LAG modèle spring. Les moyens de production sont faibles mais l' essentiel est posé.Je ne suis pas un "chanteur". Je suis trés heureux de partager avec les auditrices et les auditeurs de JAMENDO. INFO: un deuxième CD est en préparation ( il faut dire que je stocke depuis logtemps maintenant..)

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I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. Lousy voice, terrible drums, uninteresting melodies. Guitar is quite good, but all is wasted because of badness of other elements. Poor production tops it off, but the biggest problem is lack of vocal and arranging talent. Maybe the lyrics are impressive? I don't know it, because I can't speak French.

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k.ROCKSHIRE - "Doggystyle, the" [EP]

Surreal sandwich (9/10) the doggyStyle EP est le premier album de k. ROCKSHIRE. Cet album s'adresse aux gens qui souffrent du mauvais temps, de la mondialisation, ou encore des petites déceptions qu'offre chaque jour la vie pour ses vertus médicinales et revigorantes ; mais aussi aux insatiables épicuriens qui cherchent à préserver leur bonheur dans un monde frétillant de délicatesse et de fleurs hawaïennes. Déjà culte depuis de nombreuses heures, the doggyStyle EP est un condensé de fraîcheur et d'amour. En bref, le sage dit : "k.ROCKSHIRE est à la vie ce que le citron est au Mojito." et ce n'est pas faux. k.ROCKSHIRE a grand soin de regrouper un maximum d'instruments différents, sans compter ceux qu'ils développent eux-mêmes, concrets ou vrituels. La double plaques chauffantes musicales et la banane musicale sont des exclusivités k. Rockshire. This bizarre piece of liquid heaven is filled with yummy landscapes with cream on top. Not to forgot bananas roasted on musical double hotplate. Waiter! I want a second helping! SUPPORT INDEPENDENT ARTISTS If you like this album and you can afford it, consider supporting the artist by making a donation on this page - use the button "Donate" in the upper left corner.

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TAT - "Quinta Essentia"

Good gothic album (7/10) D-SIDE n°32, Emmanuel Hennequin - Septembre 2006: "Les canevas acoustiques et hors classe du projet français TAT conduisent à une première oeuvre autoproduite d'envergure et de grande personnalité, au fil de laquelle s'expriment les voix et instruments de talents divers et variés (parmi lesquels AlBéRiCk de .cut aux mots, et la basse de Cypher d'Omnicore). Les thèmes musicaux investissent des décors acoustiques rituels et mortuaires, parsemés de cloches ("Quinta Essentia : Part 1") mais sans y voir une limite. Et la sévérité des sujets ("Thalidomide", du nom du médicament ravageur) se confronte en permanence à la douceur poétique des cordes classiques. Dès lors, l'acclimatation nécessaire à une entreprise poly-linguistique, créant un univers fait de subtils reliefs et mû par le paradoxe. Formellement, TAT crée une musique d'un nouveau genre : folk, progressive, post-classique et expérimentale. A la fois limpide et ténébreuse, elle ne veut pas tromper sur la marchandise. L'expérience auditive, captivante, est donc proposée en download libre, et ce préalablement à tout achat. La beauté et la culture de l'objet nous font dire ici que sa survie aux tentations de la musique libre de défraiement doit s'organiser. C'est un appel à l'achat, oui, car de disques comme ceux-ci sont durs, et rares. Ils sont beaux." Lacrimosa meets Dead Can Dance meets Einsturzende Neubauten - these are the first associations that came to my mind after listening to this album. But TAT is still quite original. For example, use of a classical guitar gives a very interesting effect. Dark ghotic tunes - very haunting. The only downside is the terrible French accent in English songs. SUPPORT INDEPENDENT ARTISTS If you like this album and you can afford it, consider supporting the artist by making a donation on this page - use the button "Donate" in the upper left corner.

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Tryad - "Tryad Demo (Public Domain)"

Strong debiut (7/10) industrial, classical, and pop all come together with this new 'virtual band' known as try^d. with members in seattle, ohio, and japan, try^d music is created entirely over the internet. most members have never met in person. try^d includes vavrek, ema, and arna from seattle on lead vocals, rjmarshall from japan on keyboards, and john holowach as the band's producer. I started my adventure with Try^d with their third album "Listen". I was completely mesmerized and shocked by the quality and beauty of this album. Their debut "Tryad Demo (Public Domain)" is of course weaker than "Listen" but this is still beautiful music for every fan of triphop or atmospheric rock/pop. I have one complaint - I don't like the voice of the singer on "The Final Rewind". But apart from that - great job. I gave 7 points, but that's only because this album is followed by "Listen". Let's say it's 7 points on "Try^d scale". SUPPORT INDEPENDENT ARTISTS If you like this album and you can afford it, consider supporting the artist by making a donation.

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Abogix (J.K.), the - "Fantasmagoria"

Good psychedelic electronica (8/10) Mein viertes Album. Hypnotized Part II und III sind die nachfolger von Hypnotized aus dem Album "Signs". Wiederum zwei stücke die extrem psychedelisch klingen und ...wer weiss, auch eine Hypnotisierende wirkung haben? Wake up!...bringt euch dann wieder zurück aus der Hypnose. ;-) Ich hoffe es wird euch gefallen! The Abogix (J.K.) Abogix doesn't drop below a certain level (a very high level for many others). However, I consider this album to be weaker than "Tales of mystery and imagination" and "Signs". I don't know why... Maybe there are too many elements that distract you and you cannot simply drift with a melody. Or maybe some of these elements just don't fit...? But still - 8 points. And of course I still recommend it to all fans of intelligent electronic music. SUPPORT INDEPENDENT ARTISTS If you like this album and you can afford it, consider supporting the artist by making a donation on this page - use the button "Donate" in the upper left corner.

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Hype - "Just A Catwalk From Heaven"

One great track + four decent ones (7/10)

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"Parfaite alchimie de lyrisme pop électrique, rageuse et entêtante grâce à un songwriting subtil, des gimmicks et un chant à vous coller des frissons…" c'est ainsi que les premières chroniques ont définies la musique de HYPE.

Grâce à un chanteur franco-allemand, un batteur britannique d'alliance et deux "frenchies", HYPE est riche tant par ses origines que par ses influences.

Le groupe qui a déjà 2 EP à son actif, s'est forgé une solide expérience "live" en défendant ses titres avec rage sur les plus prestigieuses scènes de la capitale (Elysée Montmartre, Maroquinerie...).

"Ain't That Far" - I recommend this track to every true rock fan. Really great song. The others are nice, but not so catchy. They are just ordinary rock songs lacking freshness but "Ain't That Far" definitely will stay for good on my 'Favorites' playlist. Although I must say that after several times I started to like all the five. I just had to give the others some time, because they are not immediate hits.

The album has been published on Jamendo under the Creative Commons license and later removed from this website. Fortunately, a CC license is irrevocable and the recording has been archived by the one and only archive.org Internet library. You can listen to the album online or download it in mp3 or ogg format - all of this legally.

Hype - "Lies And Speeches"

Very good REM-like and Live-like rock (9/10)

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"Parfaite alchimie de lyrisme pop électrique, rageuse et entêtante grâce à un songwriting subtil, des gimmicks et un chant à vous coller des frissons…" c'est ainsi que les premières chroniques ont définies la musique de HYPE.

Grâce à un chanteur franco-allemand, un batteur britannique d'alliance et deux "frenchies", HYPE est riche tant par ses origines que par ses influences.

Le groupe qui a déjà 2 EP à son actif, s'est forgé une solide expérience "live" en défendant ses titres avec rage sur les plus prestigieuses scènes de la capitale (Elysée Montmartre, Maroquinerie...).

Association with REM is obvious. But I do not say these guys are plagiarists. I say that to get them people's attention. They just explore a similar area of rock music and the vocalist has a voice resembling that of Michael Stipe. I will not be original either, saying that I agree with everybody that "My Innocence" is definitely the greatest song on this album. But I will say more - it is so awesome that it would be high on any list of the greatest rock hits of all time - if only more people had a chance to listen to it.

Apart from REM, several tracks remind me of Live and I think Hype is even more similar to Live than to REM. Especially with regard to "My Innocence", but also "Anybody here", which is almost as good as "My Innocence". Both songs could be placed on "The Distance To Here" right beside "The Dolphin's Cry" and nobody would notice any difference in quality. In my opinion Hype has a potential for a big career - not only in France but on international scale.

And one more thing - how stupid one has to be to rate the music album by the quality of the cover? Maybe such people should move to the graphical arts website? So, 10 points for "My Innocence" and "Anybody here", 7 points for the rest. Overall: 8,5. I must choose 8 or 9 when rating, so I choose 9 - those two songs are REALLY great. Check them out - it is free, remember? And also check out their second album "Just A Catwalk From Heaven", especially track no. 2 "Ain't That Far". One more precious gem.

The album has been published on Jamendo under the Creative Commons license and later removed from this website. Fortunately, a CC license is irrevocable and the recording has been archived by the one and only archive.org Internet library. You can listen to the album online or download it in mp3 or ogg format - all of this legally.

Sans Bagage - "Tant pis pour la lune"

Mostly boring tunes... Easy to listen, easy to forget... (6/10) Voici le nouvel album de sans bagage "Tant pis pour la lune" Nous l'avons enregistré assez rapidement puisque nous avons débuté en Juillet 2006, pour aboutir au mix final débur Décembre. Le mix a été réalisé indépendemment par un professionnel (merci Mathieu) qui a apporté une oreille plus objective et pas mal d'idées pour la dernière touche... Nous en avons fait graver 500.... alors n'hésitez pas à nous le commander (sur www.sansbagage.com)... c'est important pour nous de pouvoir en vendre un minimum pour pouvoir assurer la production du prochain.... et afin de remercier ceux qui voudrons bien nous aider en l'achetant, il y a quelques morceaux en plus sur le CD.... Sinon, je crois que nous avons pas mal progressé par rapport à l'album précédent (dont nous étions et restons très fierts). en espérant que cela vous plaira ..... bonne écoute.... Definitely better than their previous album. Professionally played, sang and produced, but still lacks the main feature of good poprock albums - catchy melodies (although one can see a development here). Easy to listen, easy to forget. [mirror @ archive.org] | [Myspace] SUPPORT INDEPENDENT ARTISTS If you like this album and you can afford it, consider supporting the artist by making a donation on this page - use the button "Donate" in the upper left corner.

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Sans Bagage - "Sans Bagage"

Boring tunes... Easy to listen, easy to forget... (5/10) Cet album est le second de Sans Bagage. Contrairement au premier album réalisé en prise live c'est un vrai travail de studio, avec un mix et un mastering pro... le son est donc au rendez-vous ! Professionally played, sang and produced, but lacks the main feature of good poprock albums - catchy melodies. The songs are just boring, unoriginal and banal. Easy to listen, easy to forget. [mirror @ archive.org] | [Myspace] SUPPORT INDEPENDENT ARTISTS If you like this album and you can afford it, consider supporting the artist by making a donation on this page - use the button "Donate" in the upper left corner.

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