Showing posts with label acoustic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label acoustic. Show all posts

18 March 2013

Gardzienice, Osrodek praktyk teatralnych - "Orkiestra antyczna" (2003)

Maybe not as hypnotic, not as mesmerising as the first album, Metamorfozy, but still exceptional piece of music, both as something simply enjoyable or something to listen to and as a set of highly elaborated compositions. Work of Gardzienice is one of the most convincing reconstructions of ancient mousikē - they do their best to squeeze out as much as possible from incomplete data and to reconstruct irreconstructible. [junusynu @ rateyourmusic.com]



The music itself is 4-stars, but the priceless scientific book on the subject that accompanies it is worth additional half star. This is by far the most convincing and probably accurate reconstructions of Ancient music I've ever heard. Recommended for everyone interested in ancient mysteries and theater, not recommended for those imagining Ancient Greeks as some clean-singing noble elves. [hattivat @ rateyourmusic.com]


Osrodek praktyk teatralnych "Gardzienice" (Centre for Theatre Practices "Gardzienice") was founded in 1977 by Włodzimierz Staniewski, and formally registered in 1978. The name comes from the village where the theatre is located. The group gained international critical acclaim, and is classified as an experimental anthropological theater. In 1997 the association established the Academy for Theatre Practices. This carries out numerous projects: research, arts, music, and cultural investigation into the humanities.

Orkiestra antyczna (The Ancient Orchestra) was a scientific project directed by Tomasz Rodowicz and Maciej Rychły, focused on reconstruction of music of ancient Greece and Rome, conducted in cooperation with musicologists. The reconstructed music was then played and recorded by the theatre's musical ensemble. This CD record accompanied the Polish edition of the book Music in Ancient Greece and Rome by John Landels. The book (and so the CD) is currently out-of-print.




Projects like this one are highly controversial among the scholars, as well as "classical" music critics and fans, because the sources from which we can learn about works, practices and instruments of ancient music are not even scarce - they are almost non-existent. And I mean it - just to give you some perspective, we are talking here about building instruments, which nobody have touched for 2 thousand years, on the basis of pictures found on ancient ceramic vessels. Or "reconstructing" songs upon seven and a half words and not many more musical notes found on a broken stone slab (like it is with the track no. 13: "Hode Galatan Ares"). The painful truth is that nobody knows how these notes have been sung and how this music sounded. Therefore, maybe it would be more proper to call such efforts "artistic interpretation" rather than "scientific reconstruction".

Some may say I'm a little bit too harsh, not respecting hard work of these researchers. That is not true. I have great esteem for them. But let's be reasonable. Just imagine that in two thousand years some future civilization will play Beethoven's For Elise on a "piano" built from this illustration, after "reconstructing" the piece on the basis of a few random bars coming from the burnt score and a review from a magazine. It may be a great work, but do you think it will sound anything like the composition that I linked above? No way.

So is this album a disappointment? Not at all! All I say is - let's not treat it like a definitive recording of ancient music, but rather as a suggestion: it might have sounded like that.

So how is it, when judged on its own merits? Brilliant. Astounding. Breathtaking. Mesmerizing. I have to stop right now, because I'm running out of adjectives. You're lucky you're reading me in English, because in Polish I'd go on like this for several more pages. Each of these songs is so powerful, hypnotic, full of emotions that you are immediately carried away by the procession of ancient Greeks. You can only hope you won't end up offered as a sacrifice to Greek gods.

So all this long introduction was to prepare you for what I am about to write now: I don't give a fuck if this is true ancient music or just a new-age'y / folky imitation. This is a masterpiece of Music. Who cares for labels. Let's just listen to this awesome record and praise ingenious people that created it.

I have to end with a small disclaimer. Due to high originality and uniqueness of this music, this record is of course not for everyone. For the majority of pop/rock oriented public it would be probably just a cacophony. But if only you have open mind (and ears) for sonic experiments and you are not afraid of new musical experiences and unusual sounds, I am sure you will be delighted.

Tracklist:

01. Promoleth' Helikona                                    [02:44]
02. All' o chryseokitharin                                 [03:14]
03. Tripoda manteion                                       [04:02]
04. All' o Phoibe                                          [05:12]
05. En, klyta megalopolis Atthis                           [02:22]
06. Ganytai                                                [02:54]
07. Alla Latous                                            [01:50]
08. Paian, o Paian                                         [02:49]
09. Kronos archon                                          [03:18]
10. Melipnoon                                              [02:56]
11. Chelidon                                               [02:46]
12. En kymasin                                             [04:01]
13. Hode Galatan Ares                                      [03:17]

Playing Time.........: 41:30



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14 March 2013

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"

31 January 2013

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.
Beware!

[Creative Commons License]

[Artist's Website]

17 January 2013

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

Beware!

[Creative Commons License]

[Artist's Website]

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

The album has been released on Jamendo and is available for downloading in mp3 encoding format.

16 January 2013

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..)

Beware!

[Creative Commons License]

[Artist's Website]
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.

The album has been released on Jamendo and is available for downloading in mp3 encoding format.

20 December 2011

Celibatfighters - "Remise en ordre"

Lack of interesting melodies, too eclectic (5/10)

Second album d'une longue série: Plus guilleret, il mêle une grande partie de nos influences musicales. Parlant des choses qui nous entourent, qui nous font rire, pleurer et nous énervent. Cet album est moins intime mais reste très proche de notre état d'esprit.

I was not too pleased with this recording. It lacks interesting melodies and is too eclectic. Eclecticism must not be a bad thing, but only if it is a planned action. Eclecticism on this album seems to be a result of a coincidence: "we somehow succeeded in composing some songs, so here they are". Also technical skills and quality of recording of some of these tunes are questionable (e.g. 03 Qu'est ce qui m'arrive?).

Only two tracks are better than average:
1 Aller simple - a very dark and moody tune with an interesting melody;
10 Bande a part - a light acoustic guitar song with a funny melody.

[Artist's Myspace]

Creative Commons License

07 December 2011

Kaczmarski, Gintrowski, Lapinski - "Mury" (1981)

Jacek Kaczmarski (March 22, 1957, Warsaw - April 10, 2004, Gdańsk) was a Polish singer, songwriter, poet and author.

Kaczmarski was a voice of the Solidarity trade union movement in 1980s Poland, for his commitment to a free Poland, independent of Soviet rule. His songs criticized the ruling communist regime and appealed to the tradition of patriotic resistance within Poles. He remains best known for his protest songs on social and political subjects ("Mury" (Walls) based on "L'estaca" by Lluís Llach, "Obława" (Wolf hunt (lit. Raid))). However, he was more a poet than a political singer, and his texts have not lost their relevance with the demise of the Soviet union and its communist bloc.

Kaczmarski was known not only for his politically motivated lyrics but also for his characteristically dynamic — even aggressive — classical guitar playing, and expressive performance style. His deep knowledge of not only his nation's history but also of classical literature gave his songs a particularly deep and multi-layered resonance (e.g. "Powtórka z Odysei," recalled Homer's Odyssey, and "Lalka," was a masterful strike at the heart of a riveting Polish novel). He often performed before contrastingly different audiences: groups of friends in their homes, campus venues, and large concert halls in Poland, the rest of Europe and America.



MURY to płyta, od której wszystko się zaczęło, pierwszy program artystyczny tria Przemysław Gintrowski/ Jacek Kaczmarski/ Zbigniew Łapiński. Mury to także tytuł pieśni dzisiaj jeszcze, ponad 20 lat później, utożsamianej z narodzinami fenomenu, jakim była w Polsce lat „Solidarności" (1980–1981) autorska piosenka literacka o kontekście historycznym i politycznym. Nikt wcześniej, ale też i nikt później, nie wykonywał tekstów tak głęboko osadzonych w tradycji kulturowej. Co więcej – absolutnie nikt nie czynił tego z taką pasją, jak Gintrowski i Kaczmarski.

To czysty przypadek, że znalazła się na tej płycie – jakże ważna dla twórczości Jacka Kaczmarskiego – pieśń Źródło, ale MURY są źródłem właśnie: zjawiska jakim miała się okazać działalność artystyczna tria Gintrowski/Kaczmarski/Łapiński oraz źródłem indywidualnej drogi obu bardów, Gintrowskiego i Kaczmarskiego. Oczywiście wkład twórczy tego ostatniego jest dominujący – Kaczmarski pisze i komponuje muzykę do swoich tekstów. Gintrowski komponuje do wierszy poetów, w tym – a w przyszłości coraz więcej – do wierszy Kaczmarskiego. Zbigniew Łapiński w niezwykle świeży i nieustannie twórczy sposób wzbogaca dość monotonną i jednolitą muzykę kolegów. Jego muzyka do wierszy Kaczmarskiego zacznie z czasem odgrywać istotną rolę.

Kilka zaprezentowanych tu piosenek Jacka Kaczmarskiego sygnalizuje podstawowe wątki kontynuowane następnie w całej jego dalszej i dojrzalszej twórczości. Młodość jest w nich niepodważalnym atutem, to z niej płynie gniew poety i pasja wykonawcy. Ale wiersze Kaczmarskiego zaskakują powagą oraz głębią przemyśleń, zapowiadają długą drogę artystyczną, a jak konsekwentna miała się okazać, zademonstrował czas.

Wizytówką Kaczmarskiego-poety jest piękny wiersz, Źródło, jedna z ulubionych pieśni barda i metafora, do której będzie wracał w dalszej twórczości: „I niech łączą się zbocza bezlitosnych wąwozów, bo cóż drąży kształt przyszłych przestrzeni, jak nie rzeka podziemna?" Młodego poetę porwie już wkrótce owa „podziemna rzeka", ale nadzieja – wbrew logice – pozostanie, dopóki źródło... „źródło wciąż bije".

Zaskakuje dojrzałością obserwacji życia wkoło piosenka Starzy ludzie w autobusie. Przy swoich szerokich zainteresowaniach historią, literaturą czy sztuką, Kaczmarski pozostał wiernym świadkiem codzienności i jej bacznym, uważnym obserwatorem: „[...] pasażerów chór nas zdławi i dobrotliwie skarci nas, dwie możliwości nam zostawi – pętlę lub do zajezdni zjazd". A rozmowa z kierowcą zabroniona...

Każda z kolejnych pieśni to początek cyklu, linii tematycznej, obecnej w twórczości Kaczmarskiego już zawsze. Pompeja to wycieczka w antyk: „Odkopywaliśmy miasto Pompeję, jak się odkrywa spodziewane lądy". Jedna z najbardziej znanych wczesnych pieśni tria, Krajobraz po uczcie, jest utworem historycznym z czasów bliskiej sercu Kaczmarskiego-historyka Polski rozbiorowej: „A w stolicy koronacja się zaczyna i król światowy pokazuje szyk, ale z obecnych jeszcze nie wie nikt, że na tortach dał napis: Wiwat Katarzyna!" Imponujący rozmachem utwór Casanova-Fellini (Scena niemiecka) – nieistotne, że inspirowana pośrednio dziełem filmowym – to przykład Kaczmarskiego epickiego. Jego poetycki rozmach zaowocuje z czasem poematami, które przerosną ramy utworu muzycznego (jak chociażby Widzenia na temat końca świata, napisane w Berkeley w 1984 roku). I dalej. Już od pierwszej, debiutanckiej płyty, Kaczmarski realizuje swój niezwykle oryginalny pomysł na pisanie utworów inspirowanych dziełami malarskimi. Pierwszym przykładem owego interesującego, konsekwentnie realizowanego wątku jego twórczości jest pieśń Encore, jeszcze raz według obrazu Fiedotowa („Mam wszystko, czego może chcieć uczciwy człowiek – światopogląd, wykształcenie, młodość, zdrowie, rodzinę, która kocha mnie, dwie, trzy kobiety, gitarę, psa i oficerskie epolety"). Ale owa obrazowość, plastyczność opisu zawsze służy metaforze. Słyszymy to wyraźnie w pieśni Pejzaż z szubienicą według Bruegela (tym razem do muzyki Gintrowskiego), kiedy z ust powieszonego padają zdumiewające słowa: „Tu jasne są przestrzenie i widzę krągłość Ziemi, gdy czasem wiatr podrzuci mnie ponad czarny las..." Na koniec wreszcie została otwierająca album pieśń Ze sceny, według Wysockiego. Jacek Kaczmarski nie ukrywał swojej fascynacji twórczością rosyjskiego barda. Zaadaptował z czasem kilkanaście jego utworów – z legendarną Obławą na czele – zawsze jednak były to przemyślane wybory i twórcze, poetyckie adaptacje tekstów. Oto więc Kaczmarski-tłumacz.

Mury to obrazowy przykład sztuki translatorskiej Jacka Kaczmarskiego. Adaptacje barda zawsze wychodzą poza zwykły przekład i to wychodzą daleko. Tłumaczenie pieśni nie ogranicza się do przekładu języka, bywa często – jak w tym przypadku – szukaniem odpowiednika dla jednej kultury w kulturze drugiej. Dla katalońskiego barda, Louisa Llacha Grande, którego pieśń posłużyła za kanwę Murów, metaforą zniewolenia jest pal, do którego przywiązuje się na pastwiskach owce i oryginalny utwór taki ma właśnie tytuł: L’Estaca („Pal"). Gdyby wszystkie owce pociągnęły postronki w jedną stronę, wyrwałyby pal – stąd metafora, ale zupełnie nieczytelna poza Półwyspem Iberyjskim. Jacek Kaczmarski zamienił pal na mur i powstała najważniejsza pieśń w całym dorobku tria Gintrowski/Kaczmarski/Łapiński, pokoleniowy manifest o przesłaniu tak samo aktualnym wtedy, co i dzisiaj.

Aż zobaczyli ilu ich, poczuli siłę i czas
I z pieśnią, że już blisko świt szli ulicami miast
Zwalali pomniki i rwali bruk – Ten z nami! Ten przeciw nam!
Kto sam – ten nasz najgorszy wróg!
A śpiewak także był sam...

Review by Daniel Wyszogrodzki


I usually discourage people from buying records issued by the majors, as almost all the money goes to the recording industry mafia anyhow and will be used later for committing crimes such as unlawful harassment of fans and bribing authorities to implement changes in law, which would infringe basic human rights.

However, in this case, the said "mafia" did a really good job at remastering all the works of Jacek Kaczmarski and helped reviving his popularity in the 90-ties, supporting him until his premature death in 2004. His works are published with all due respect and esteem that this greatest Polish singer/songwriter deserves. Therefore - you won't hear it from me often - if you like this album, I encourage you to buy it. In this case the record label (Pomaton EMI) really earned its pay and deserves to be rewarded.


Tracklist:
01. Ze sceny
02. Encore, jeszcze raz
03. Pani Bovary
04. Przyjaciele, których nie miałem
05. Pejzaż z szubienicą
06. Śmiech
07. Casanova - Fellini. Scena niemiecka.
08. Pompeja
09. Kraj
10. Krajobraz po uczcie
11. Dziady
12. Cesarz
13. Starzy ludzie w autobusie
14. Mur
15. Źródło (Wąwóz)
16. Mury

[Wikipedia]



Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 1 from 15. November 2010

EAC extraction logfile from 19. November 2011, 19:08

Kaczmarski, Gintrowski, Łapiński / Mury

Used drive  : Optiarc DVD RW AD-7240S   Adapter: 2  ID: 1

Read mode               : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache      : No
Make use of C2 pointers : Yes

Read offset correction                      : 48
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       : No
Used interface                              : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000

Used output format : Internal WAV Routines
Sample format      : 44.100 Hz; 16 Bit; Stereo


TOC of the extracted CD

     Track |   Start  |  Length  | Start sector | End sector 
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        1  |  0:01.00 |  2:44.36 |        75    |    12410   
        2  |  2:45.36 |  4:31.42 |     12411    |    32777   
        3  |  7:17.03 |  2:09.16 |     32778    |    42468   
        4  |  9:26.19 |  3:26.04 |     42469    |    57922   
        5  | 12:52.23 |  3:43.55 |     57923    |    74702   
        6  | 16:36.03 |  3:56.49 |     74703    |    92451   
        7  | 20:32.52 |  5:06.66 |     92452    |   115467   
        8  | 25:39.43 |  3:13.67 |    115468    |   130009   
        9  | 28:53.35 |  1:49.17 |    130010    |   138201   
       10  | 30:42.52 |  3:07.38 |    138202    |   152264   
       11  | 33:50.15 |  3:00.74 |    152265    |   165838   
       12  | 36:51.14 |  2:26.66 |    165839    |   176854   
       13  | 39:18.05 |  2:19.35 |    176855    |   187314   
       14  | 41:37.40 |  2:06.15 |    187315    |   196779   
       15  | 43:43.55 |  3:39.23 |    196780    |   213227   
       16  | 47:23.03 |  4:26.45 |    213228    |   233222   


Range status and errors

Selected range

     Filename V:\temp\Kaczmarski, Gintrowski, Łapiński - Mury.wav

     Peak level 98.8 %
     Extraction speed 2.0 X
     Range quality 100.0 %
     Test CRC D7336061
     Copy CRC D7336061
     Copy OK

No errors occurred

 
AccurateRip summary
 
Track  1  accurately ripped (confidence 11)  [B8E2788E]
Track  2  accurately ripped (confidence 11)  [EF393CBE]
Track  3  accurately ripped (confidence 11)  [67938CDB]
Track  4  accurately ripped (confidence 11)  [BB14C99D]
Track  5  accurately ripped (confidence 11)  [0D982376]
Track  6  accurately ripped (confidence 11)  [DAEA8685]
Track  7  accurately ripped (confidence 11)  [77E3EBA5]
Track  8  accurately ripped (confidence 11)  [2F55716C]
Track  9  accurately ripped (confidence 11)  [0B5159F0]
Track 10  accurately ripped (confidence 11)  [BAF757DC]
Track 11  accurately ripped (confidence 11)  [1F226FDD]
Track 12  accurately ripped (confidence 11)  [9D4783C1]
Track 13  accurately ripped (confidence 11)  [0A6B4CA7]
Track 14  accurately ripped (confidence 11)  [6C647BB6]
Track 15  accurately ripped (confidence 11)  [04A5FE53]
Track 16  accurately ripped (confidence 11)  [8ADEE545]
 
All tracks accurately ripped

End of status report

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ANALYZER: auCDtect: CD records authenticity detector, version 0.8.2
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FILE: 16 - Mury.flac
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  Conclusion: CDDA 100%
  Signature: 5DCFB99141CBB61328031028510060898D1B239A
FILE: 15 - Zrodlo (wawoz).flac
  Size: 19256353 Hash: 11E526DA744657B3B1E2A853F939FA2A Accuracy: -m0
  Conclusion: CDDA 100%
  Signature: DF2F3AEBAD5BA28489992C5F068663165F0250A0
FILE: 14 - Mur.flac
  Size: 10590655 Hash: CCEC8898804B7D5AD48260985028B11B Accuracy: -m0
  Conclusion: CDDA 100%
  Signature: D443DDDC65F00E6CB25CF3A675FC70C8CEE98290
FILE: 13 - Starzy ludzie w autobusie.flac
  Size: 13237348 Hash: 6BD59E05A3DAE262352EE3425CE9B7F7 Accuracy: -m0
  Conclusion: CDDA 99%
  Signature: 0DCFCF4F05AEDCEFC9B1EBC9291F2C732E61FFA5
FILE: 12 - Cesarz.flac
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  Conclusion: CDDA 100%
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FILE: 11 - Dziady.flac
  Size: 17841914 Hash: F8BAED545DE9D4E848187F9159794495 Accuracy: -m0
  Conclusion: CDDA 100%
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FILE: 10 - Krajobraz po uczcie.flac
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  Conclusion: CDDA 100%
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FILE: 09 - Kraj.flac
  Size: 9679471 Hash: 0ED159681E208EA8C4B1CBC54A26C6BB Accuracy: -m0
  Conclusion: CDDA 100%
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FILE: 08 - Pompeje.flac
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  Conclusion: CDDA 100%
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FILE: 07 - Casanova - Fellini. Scena niemiecka.flac
  Size: 30096478 Hash: 1837353510E3D73E181D3A7CFDC18445 Accuracy: -m0
  Conclusion: CDDA 99%
  Signature: A2B5FCD405E3ECDF389F775331523AE6F66DCD68
FILE: 06 - Smiech.flac
  Size: 23707508 Hash: FFA234142352E7E5DC662FDE3E5C048C Accuracy: -m0
  Conclusion: CDDA 99%
  Signature: 5F8931BE4E035F0E9A4DC55007B313FD3D90A5D9
FILE: 05 - Pejzaz z szubienica.flac
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  Conclusion: CDDA 99%
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FILE: 04 - Przyjaciele, ktorych nie mialem.flac
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  Conclusion: CDDA 100%
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FILE: 03 - Pani Bovary.flac
  Size: 11009145 Hash: 6D3618661926F79DCCC1B4B04B9C1862 Accuracy: -m0
  Conclusion: CDDA 100%
  Signature: C32694790644A6DB25FB42D639CE5F74D04683B4
FILE: 02 - Encore, jeszcze raz.flac
  Size: 24982117 Hash: 25B0B131803B56870921D29F952DAC77 Accuracy: -m0
  Conclusion: CDDA 100%
  Signature: FDEE7FB5C3F97607E53226B6BE9B7A1CCB97C63F
FILE: 01 - Ze sceny.flac
  Size: 17905666 Hash: FF0A14B9603EA833B16B3D38DF4EBEED Accuracy: -m0
  Conclusion: CDDA 100%
  Signature: 6F3F63D2FD6364A1E01722FA6EF8A48F488E64F9


Interested? Follow this link:
http://polskiecd.blogspot.com/2009/08/gintrowski-kaczmarski-apinski-mury.html

18 April 2011

ajk - "Uratowac resztke mnie cz. 2"

Decent acoustic rock (6/10)

ajk is a singer from Poland.

Album został nagrany 02 czerwca 2009 roku, w Studiu KWART w Bochni.
Projekt okładki: Adam Pyrz Trzeci

It is quite decent acoustic rock. First of all, we have here good lyrics sang in tune and with confidence. Maybe the voice of the artist could be stronger, maybe the melodies could be catchier, but it is not a bad recording. Check it out if you are a fan of the genre.

All the songs are in Polish, and since lyrics are quite important in such kind of music, this work probably will not be interesting for people not speaking po polsku. ;-)

Creative Commons License

20 February 2011

Macroform - "Letting Your Self Go"

Brilliant orthodox ambient (8/10)

These songs are inspired from my recently expanded training in the Alexander Technique. These ambient atmospheres and guitar textures are meant to accompany and encourage the experience of letting your muscles stop working and while laying on your back, allowing gravity to restore your natural skeletal structure. Hopefully this may be of some benefit to others who hope to restore there natural bodily form. Enjoy! Feedback appreciated at paulshuler at gmail dot com

Brilliant orthodox ambient. What I mean by "orthodox"? I mean it strictly follows the rules - it's completely devoid of rhythm, very relaxing, silent, dreamy, atmospheric, the sounds just flow by peacefully. Truly meditative tunes.

Usually I don't like such played-by-rules ambient, because very often it is boring and uncreative. Ambient artists tend to think that it suffices to extend the chords, put in some silent passages and the masterpiece is ready.

Not so fast. One more element is required. And this element is called the "talent".

Macroform has plenty of it. Come and taste it.

Creative Commons License

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