Sunday, November 30, 2008

V. Sjöberg New Jazz Ensemble - Do nothing 'til you hear from me

Po dlhej dobe som sa konečne dokopal k uploadu tohto albumu. Ide o jednu z mála kapiel, ktoré počúvam pravidelne a neustále sa k nim vraciam. Nechcem tu škatuľkovať, i keď ten nešťastný názov k tomu zvádza. Nejde totiž o žiaden jazz, tobôž už nie o new jazz alebo nujazz. Neviem kam presne V. Sjöberg New Jazz Ensemble zaradiť, ale asi najlepšie to pre mňa vystihuje škatuľka dark ambient. Najdôležitejšie však je, že som sa zatiaľ nestretol s kapelou, ktorá by znela podobne, a to si v dnešnej hudbou presýtenej dobe cením asi najviac. Album "Do nothing 'til you hear from me" je ako stvorený na novembrové upršané večery, keď sa nechcete utápať v depresiách, ale skôr si len tak v podvečernom šere oddýchnuť a zamyslieť sa. Môže to znieť pateticky, ale tento blog je o pocitoch a na tomto albume ich rozhodne nájdete. A aby som nezabudol, je to švédska kapela priamo z Goteborgu, čiže aj geograficky si môžete približne zaradiť štýl (ja viem, je to klišé, ale na každom klíšé je kúsok pravdy).

V. Sjöberg New Jazz Ensemble - Do nothing 'til you hear from me



Tracklist:

1. Do Nothing Til' You Hear From Me
2. Freee? I Can't Even Spell The Word
3. Steppers
4. Cloud My Memory
5. Transition

Download:
http://www.mediafire.com/?zdobztz3yir

Na ukážku nejaké doslovne temné videá (nekorešpondujú však s albumom):









Thursday, November 27, 2008

Starkey - Ephemeral Exhibits

Nestáva sa často, aby ma album, od ktorého mám veľké očakávania, nesklamal. Na debut amerického producenta Starkeyho pod názvom Ephemeral Exhibits som sa tešil najmä potom, ako som počul jeho set u Marii Anči Hobbitovej. Potom prišli krátke ukážky z tohto debutu a moje očakávania boli ešte väčšie. No a keď som si ho konečne vypočul mohol som s pokojným svedomím skonštatovať, že ma nesklamal. Výborný elektronický album pre ktorý je škatuľka dubstep príliš tesná.



Tracklisting:

1 Gutter Music (4:51)
2 Pictures (4:00)
3 Miracles (4:25)
4 Dark Alley (4:00)
5 Escape (6:01)
6 Marsh (5:21)
7 Pressure (5:02)
8 Time Traveler (3:33)
9 Striking Distance (4:52)
10 Last Chance (4:31)
11 Bang Bang The Witch Is Dead (4:58)
12 Spacewalk (6:15)

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Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Pole 3



Tracklisting:

1 Silberfisch (6:36)
2 Taxi (7:10)
3 Karussell (6:40)
4 Überfahrt (8:04)
5 Rondell Zwei (7:01)
6 Klettern (8:03)
7 Strand (7:32)
8 Fohlenfurz (3:11)

Download:
Part 1 http://www.mediafire.com/?mzrmkmuojjw
Part 2 http://www.mediafire.com/?jeymm2y2zmn

Monday, November 24, 2008

Pole 1



Tracklisting:

1
Modul (4:36)
2
Fragen (6:47)
3
Kirschenessen (5:20)
4
Lachen (7:30)
5
Berlin (4:41)
6
Tanzen (5:51)
7
Fremd (5:27)
8
Paula (6:15)
9
Fliegen (4:46

Download:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=INPXTWWD



















Pole 2

Druhý z trojice ranných albumov od Pole aka Stefan Betke, ktoré sú napriek samostatným vydaniam vzájomne pevne prepojené. Dubtechno v najkrajšej podobe. Postupne doplním aj zvýšné dva albumy.



Tracklisting:

1 Fahren (9:18)
2 Stadt (3:27)
3 Streit (5:58)
4 Huckepack (4:40)
5 Hafen (4:26)
6 Weit (5:46)

Download:

http://uploaded.to/?id=ee1628


A tu je ešte anglické info:

"Originally released as three consecutive albums in their own right, it makes sense to treat these releases as a coherent trilogy. A deliberate statement reinforced by the numbering and stringent monochrome cover art.

Minimalism as a form of art. A statement not unlike Yves Klein's blue canvasses. Confronted with one of Klein's seminal images, a viewer might take it for a mere joke or provocation, but will soon enough one find himself drawn in and devoured by the maelstrom-like expanse of intense colour. Stefan Betke aka Pole's music can have a similar effect. Here, reductionism and minimalism do not equal austerity, but a sensuous, almost baroque experience - oscillations produced by crackles and bass envelop the body and leave it vibrating.

It all started with the analogue Waldorf 4 Pole filter that gave Betke his memorable moniker. Inspired by the defective equipment's distinctive crackles, Pole took them as a starting point for his equally simple and subtle sound layers.Here, rhythmic textures and warmly pulsing bass lines join in play and, at least from 'Pole 2', experience a slow shift towards Minimal Dub. Pole's music has a unique way of oscillating between euphony and avant-guarde, between pop and experiment. While many of his electronic avant-garde peers swore off all danceable elements during the latter half of the 1990s, Pole decided to walk the edge, championing both radical reductionism and groovy, almost psychedelic dream states. Tracks like 'Kirschenessen' or 'Hafen' give ample proof that his music does not exhaust itself in mere functionalism, but encourages new and poetic associations.

By now, all this is history. Like many genres and movements before it, Techno has been declared dead more than once. Yet this does not matter to Pole one iota. He never restricted his trademark sound to Techno or any other genre and his trilogy, a classic already, still resonates in contemporary electronic music. Pole's unmistakeable crackles have infiltrated mainstream Pop and even the burgeoning Dubstep scene. Now, with the reissue of his first three albums, listeners get a chance to experience Pole 1-3 as a coherent entity and explore this defining benchmark in the history of electronic music."