# albums

artist: Geoff Cawthorn
albumname: By the Sea
sku: gcawthorn-bythesea
upc: 847646004364
also:
  fuzz-soulful headroom-dominus indidginus-align carlin-schubertfour wolff-moments ilic-fugitive satamian-dry sforster-beethoventwo quist-moon curl-ultimate satamian-canada unkai-unkai dinohaak-switzerland sftu-musings kspringer-hope ruiz-soliloquies wickedboy-chemistry kaissa-lookingthere mit-diplomat wahl-christmas vguzman-telemann jpalmer-nevada wheresmoo-dopamine beatunder-cosmic atek-horrorbox jbwallach-encdaydreams dbautista-weirdos ljelinek-liszt chiwawa-bright tee-epone bots-now thedirtylove-rouletterom processor-real jpalmer-blueguitar rougge-fragments almanova-christmas almernirvan-lifeinrev angelight-shamania alforest-alforest therapture-tenraptures hazelmain-soonerlater therapture-garden cfarran-onsurfarione ewallace-rabbithole youngwere-youngwere firehead-allthedays ewallace-reason jbwallach-mmscented processor-medition heifervescent-gluefact townmonster-janmar heifervescent-furthermonkey bradsucks-guesswho ryoutasato-forkingdom magicarpet-magicarpet chadlawson-autumn washinmash-evilmustdie dubmaster-indub celticreggae-everythingcomes lehtmojoe-nofilter vate-exotica nmathes-bellweatherarbutus liquidrainbow-landscapesntreasures mtravisano-whitewhale rompaey-jade ewallace-dreaming francoiscouture-aftertherain kflexer-kflexerfriends artemis-truth headroom-ya monom-velenjeremix wahl-meditative josephnimoh-reflections juansanchez-rebirth lara-fourseasons liquidrainbow-yellowep liquidrainbow-violetep lehtmojoe-hindsight babylon-stereo teng-monsoon jbwallach-inmoonlight carlin-enlightenment dini-bliss hopkins-sweet rompaey-eastern3 shira-wildwood carychow-zirkus kara-kara ilic-romantic indidginus-feast modica-native mexeena-ether kimribeiro-majestic saros-aquadelph sforster-beethoventhree emavision-dalliance manno-sea dpkaufman-ruinfalls kkahra-kora markcook-evening

description:
  By the Sea invites the listener into an emotionally evocative yet unsentimental musical journey. There is a refreshing simplicity yet sophistication to these improvised piano pieces that lingers in the air and the ear.

  Designed to play as music for contemplation or relaxation this collection of musical musings works beautifully as background music yet rewards careful attention.

  Evocative soundclouds in the opening track, "Sky is Underwater", suggest a dark, atmospheric journey till the gentle songlike quality of the follow up offers a playful antidote and hints that this is an album of unexpected treasures. Each piece states simple themes that give way to subtle improvisations, using jazz scales and chords, creating deceptively complex musical journeys. Several tracks, like the epic "Shifting Sands", use minimalist strategies, of ostinato and repetition, to lay a sonic foundation for a circling cascade of thematic variations.

  The result is both mesmerising yet surprisingly energetic.


artist: Geoff Cawthorn
albumname: The Cat's Whiskers
sku: gcawthorn-catswhiskers
upc: 847646004357
also:
  fuzz-soulful headroom-dominus indidginus-align carlin-schubertfour wolff-moments ilic-fugitive satamian-dry sforster-beethoventwo quist-moon curl-ultimate satamian-canada unkai-unkai dinohaak-switzerland sftu-musings kspringer-hope ruiz-soliloquies wickedboy-chemistry kaissa-lookingthere mit-diplomat wahl-christmas vguzman-telemann jpalmer-nevada wheresmoo-dopamine beatunder-cosmic atek-horrorbox jbwallach-encdaydreams dbautista-weirdos ljelinek-liszt chiwawa-bright tee-epone bots-now thedirtylove-rouletterom processor-real jpalmer-blueguitar rougge-fragments almanova-christmas almernirvan-lifeinrev angelight-shamania alforest-alforest therapture-tenraptures hazelmain-soonerlater therapture-garden cfarran-onsurfarione ewallace-rabbithole youngwere-youngwere firehead-allthedays ewallace-reason jbwallach-mmscented processor-medition heifervescent-gluefact thirtydnotice-singles heifervescent-furthermonkey bradsucks-guesswho ryoutasato-forkingdom magicarpet-magicarpet chadlawson-autumn washinmash-evilmustdie dubmaster-indub celticreggae-everythingcomes lehtmojoe-nofilter vate-exotica nmathes-bellweatherarbutus liquidrainbow-landscapesntreasures mtravisano-whitewhale rompaey-jade ewallace-dreaming francoiscouture-aftertherain kflexer-kflexerfriends artemis-truth headroom-ya monom-velenjeremix wahl-meditative josephnimoh-reflections juansanchez-rebirth lara-fourseasons liquidrainbow-yellowep liquidrainbow-violetep lehtmojoe-hindsight babylon-stereo teng-monsoon jbwallach-inmoonlight carlin-enlightenment dini-bliss hopkins-sweet rompaey-eastern3 shira-wildwood carychow-zirkus kara-kara ilic-romantic indidginus-feast modica-native mexeena-ether kimribeiro-majestic saros-aquadelph sforster-beethoventhree emavision-dalliance manno-sea dpkaufman-ruinfalls kkahra-kora markcook-evening

description:
  This is an album of rich variety, from moody jazz atmospherics, plaintive folksong, to stark minimalist stylings.

  Playful, uplifting, with a sometimes crystalline beauty. This is the second album of improvised piano music by Geoff Cawthorn, playing around with themes and melodies that reflect a rich tapestry of emotions. Keeping things even more simple and honest, these pieces use space and subtle changes in register to present quiet yet forceful statements.

  A number of pieces, such as Miles House and Night Garden were written as film music, and evoke images and places, landscapes and emotional states.

  Where most of the pieces are recorded live in one take "Night Garden" makes use of overdubs and echo effects, creating a haunting soundtrack. Others, like "Time in a Minor Key" and "Moon Cloud" push the music into an atmospheric, cinematic space, drawing on jazz notes and chords.


artist: George Clifford
albumname: Ravishing Sweetenesse
sku: georgeclifford-ravishingsweetenesse
upc: 847646008089
also:
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description:
  Thomas Baltzar (1630-1663) was a German violinist and composer. He was born in Lubeck to a musical family; his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather were all musicians.

  Baltzar emigrated to England in 1655, leaving behind his newly attained position of Ratslutenist of Lubeck. Baltzar's arrival in England was met with acclaim. On March 4, 1656, he performed the violin at the residence of Roger L'Estrange, where John Evelyn was in attendance. Evelyn wrote in his diary that night:

  "This night I was invited by Mr. Rog: L'Estrange to heare the incomperable Lubicer on the Violin, his variety upon a few notes and plaine ground with that wonderfull dexterity, as was admirable, and though a very young man, yet so perfect and skillful as there was nothing so crosse and perplext, which being by our Artists, brought to him, which he did not at first sight, with ravishing sweetenesse and improvements, play off, to the astonishment of our best Masters: In Summ, he plaid on that single Instrument a full Consort, so as the rest, flung-downe their Instruments, as acknowledging a victory."

  Anthony Wood heard Baltzar play at a performance in Oxford, and described his "very great astonishment" at the German's skill. "[I] saw him run his fingers to the end of the finger-board of the violin, and run them back insensibly," he wrote, "and all with alacrity and in very good tune, which [I] nor any in England saw the like before." Also in attendance was John Wilson, a professor of music at the University of Oxford, who (according to Wood) bowed at Baltzar's feet after the performance.

  On December 23, 1661, Baltzar entered Charles II's service as a member of the king's private music ensemble with an annual salary of 110 pounds, a high figure for the time.

  According to Wood, Baltzar's drinking habits contributed to his death. He was buried in the cloisters of Westminster Abbey on July 27, 1663.

  Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber von Bibern (1644-1704) is one of the most significant composer-violinists of the late 17th century. He composed music for a virtuoso technique including the extensive use of doublestops and arpeggios, his works also display a wealth of formal compositional devices.

  Biber was born in the small Bohemian town of Wartenberg, Biber worked at Graz before he illegally left his Kremsier employer (Prince-Bishop Carl Liechtenstein-Castelcorno) and settled in Salzburg. He remained there for the rest of his life, publishing much of his music but apparently seldom, if ever, giving concert tours.

  Johann Paul von Westhoff (1656-1705) was a German Baroque composer and violinist. As one of the most important exponents of the Dresden violin school, he was among the highest ranked violinists of his day. He was a member of Dresden's Hofkapelle (1674-1697) and at the Weimar court (1699-1705), and was also active as a teacher of contemporary languages.

  Westhoff's surviving music comprises seven works for violin and basso continuo and seven for solo violin, all published during his lifetime. More works, particularly a 1682 collection of solo violin music, are currently considered lost.

  Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) was a German Baroque composer (one of the most prolific in history!) and multi-instrumentalist. Almost completely self-taught in music, he became a composer against his family's wishes. After studying in Magdeburg, Zellerfeld, and Hildesheim, Telemann entered the University of Leipzig to study law, but eventually settled on a career in music. He held important positions in Leipzig, Sorau, Eisenach, and Frankfurt before settling in Hamburg in 1721, where he became musical director of the city's five main churches. While Telemann's career prospered, his personal life was always troubled: his first wife died only a few months after their marriage, and his second wife had extramarital affairs and accumulated a large gambling debt before leaving Telemann.

  Johann Georg Pisendel (1687-1755) was a German Baroque musician, violinist and composer who led the Court Orchestra in Dresden for many years: then the finest instrumental ensemble in Europe.

  Pisendel was born in Cadolzburg, a small town near Nuremberg, where his father Simon Pisendel was the cantor and organist. At the age of nine, Johan became a choirboy at the court chapel of Ansbach. The Director of Music there was the virtuoso singer Francesco Antonio Pistocchi and the Concert Master was the celebrated violinist and composer Giuseppe Torelli. It is thought that Pisendel studied the violin with Torelli. After his voice broke, Pisendel went on to play the violin in the Court Orchestra but, in 1709, he left Dresden for Leipzig to further his musical studies.

  On the way to Leipzig, he met Johann Sebastian Bach at Weimar and, once in Leipzig, was introduced to Georg Philipp Telemann. Pisendel was an enthusiastic member of the student Collegium musicum founded by Telemann and they became close friends. In 1711, after a performance at Darmstadt, Pisendel was offered a place in the court orchestra there, but declined.

  The following year he accepted a place in the Dresden Court Orchestra. He remained with the Dresden orchestra for the rest of his life, though he accompanied his new master, the Crown Prince, on a tour of Europe, visiting Antonio Vivaldi (some of whose solo violin works he had already performed) in Venice.

  In 1728, Pisendel was promoted and became Concert Master of the Dresden Court Orchestra.

  Pisendel's compositions are few in number but high in quality. All of his surviving works are instrumental. They include 10 violin concertos, 4 concertos for orchestra, 2 sonatas for violin, a Sinfonia and a Trio.


artist: Gerard Satamian
albumname: Canada, Mon Amour
sku: satamian-canada
upc: 876809004125
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/canada-mon-amour/id370470090
also:
  fuzz-soulful headroom-dominus indidginus-align carlin-schubertfour wolff-moments ilic-fugitive satamian-dry sforster-beethoventwo quist-moon curl-ultimate sforster-beethoventhree emavision-dalliance manno-sea dpkaufman-ruinfalls kkahra-kora markcook-evening mrepic-sideways vguzman-meditations tomkins-beethoven middleearth-lavender artemis-orbits lmccauley-wintertime ruiz-schumann mountain-deadbeatsep lwood-duel thedirtylove-bandw indidginus-sofasurfer processor-industry nightfall-underworld chiwawa-chimeres okandcm-beyondcir bradsucks-mixtertwocd1 estrem-bachcellotwo jbwallach-magicalt headroom-bereru ilic-sparkling angelight-tantraone heifervescent-hoofed voltergeist-burntnburied kettleblack-kettleblack chiwawa-sickyona gelatine-electroluv heifervescent-verbalbandit youngwere-sotp raindoggs-onearmed madeofwood-chillfunk apremjee-cresentmoon townmonster-janmar heifervescent-furthermonkey bradsucks-guesswho ryoutasato-forkingdom magicarpet-magicarpet chadlawson-autumn washinmash-evilmustdie dubmaster-indub celticreggae-everythingcomes lehtmojoe-nofilter vate-exotica nmathes-bellweatherarbutus liquidrainbow-landscapesntreasures mtravisano-whitewhale rompaey-jade ewallace-dreaming francoiscouture-aftertherain kflexer-kflexerfriends artemis-truth headroom-ya monom-velenjeremix wahl-meditative josephnimoh-reflections juansanchez-rebirth lara-fourseasons liquidrainbow-yellowep liquidrainbow-violetep lehtmojoe-hindsight babylon-stereo teng-monsoon jbwallach-inmoonlight carlin-enlightenment dini-bliss hopkins-sweet rompaey-eastern3 shira-wildwood carychow-zirkus kara-kara ilic-romantic indidginus-feast modica-native mexeena-ether kimribeiro-majestic saros-aquadelph modica-water manno-second markcook-voodoo robin-silent robin-stranger markcook-highway ezivian-chopin

description:
  This album is a tribute to Satamian's adopted country, Canada. It is a 'thank you' for the loving and dignified way he was treated as a refugee from Lebanon (starting in 1989). Without the compassion he was shown, he would not have been inspired to write such beautiful music. Canada gave him a sense of stability, security and happiness that were necessary for his creativity.
  Elvira Voskanyan (violin) / Gerard Satamian (piano)

  The Depth of Joy, Hope from Above
  "Mr. Satamian has done it again. From the depths of his inspired soul, he voices yet another message of hope from heaven, as it were. He captures impressions and expresses them with a feeling of hope; he inspires with lilting phrases and mature movement. Much of the spirit of his "Dry Fig Leaves" is evident here, with added verve and joy. Congratulations to him on another gift to all of us."
  - Stephen Ehat


artist: Gerard Satamian
albumname: Dry Fig Trees
sku: satamian-dry
upc: 876809002336
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257785387&s=143444
also:
  fuzz-soulful headroom-dominus indidginus-align carlin-schubertfour wolff-moments ilic-fugitive indidginus-feast modica-native mexeena-ether kimribeiro-majestic saros-aquadelph sforster-beethoventhree emavision-dalliance manno-sea dpkaufman-ruinfalls kkahra-kora markcook-evening mrepic-sideways vguzman-meditations tomkins-beethoven middleearth-lavender artemis-orbits lmccauley-wintertime ruiz-schumann mountain-deadbeatsep lwood-duel thedirtylove-bandw indidginus-sofasurfer processor-industry nightfall-underworld chiwawa-chimeres okandcm-beyondcir bradsucks-mixtertwocd1 estrem-bachcellotwo jbwallach-magicalt headroom-bereru ilic-sparkling angelight-tantraone heifervescent-hoofed voltergeist-burntnburied kettleblack-kettleblack chiwawa-sickyona gelatine-electroluv heifervescent-verbalbandit youngwere-sotp raindoggs-onearmed madeofwood-chillfunk apremjee-cresentmoon townmonster-janmar heifervescent-furthermonkey bradsucks-guesswho ryoutasato-forkingdom magicarpet-magicarpet chadlawson-autumn washinmash-evilmustdie dubmaster-indub celticreggae-everythingcomes lehtmojoe-nofilter vate-exotica nmathes-bellweatherarbutus liquidrainbow-landscapesntreasures mtravisano-whitewhale rompaey-jade ewallace-dreaming francoiscouture-aftertherain kflexer-kflexerfriends artemis-truth headroom-ya monom-velenjeremix wahl-meditative josephnimoh-reflections juansanchez-rebirth lara-fourseasons liquidrainbow-yellowep liquidrainbow-violetep lehtmojoe-hindsight babylon-stereo teng-monsoon jbwallach-inmoonlight carlin-enlightenment dini-bliss hopkins-sweet rompaey-eastern3 shira-wildwood carychow-zirkus kara-kara ilic-romantic hube-translucent headroom-kananga curl-complex shiva-nour musicinside-silicon modica-water manno-second markcook-voodoo robin-silent robin-stranger markcook-highway

description:
  Francois Houle, clarinet
  Gerard Satamian, piano

  This charming album consisting of original compositions by Gerard Satamian was recorded at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). It received a grant from Socan (the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada). Here is what the critic of Socan wrote in their monthly magazine about Dry Fig Trees (named after a gorgeous painting by Armenian painter Vartan Tashdjian): "The works featured on this album are clearly of a Middle Eastern flavour, notable for their modal scales and nostalgic mood. His nine 'Chansons sans paroles' are lovingly played by clarinetist Francois Houle with Gerard Satamian at the piano, while the composer is on his own in two excerpts from his Suite Lyrique. Warm, approachable and innocent music." Words and Music

  Francois Houle (Clarinetist on Dry Fig Trees)
  Francois Houle's energetic performances are bridging the gap between the new music and improvisation. He went to McGill University in Montreal where he received his bachelor of music degree and graduated with a Masters degree from the Yale school of music. He also spent two years in residence at the Banff Centre for the arts. His great interest in contemporary music has led him to perform under the direction of Bruce Mather, Mauricio Kagel, Arthur Weisberg, Toru Takemitsa and Yannis Xenakis, among others.

  Since moving to Vancouver in 1990, Houle has established itself as a strong new voice on the Canadian creative music scene. Recent performances include all Western Canadian gas festivals, the Ottawa Jazz Festival, the Festival de Music Actuelle de Victoriaville, new music across America, time flies, and Seattle World Jazz Festival. He has also dedicated much of his time composing for his own critically acclaimed group Francois Houle Et Cetera.


artist: Gerard Satamian
albumname: Forget Me Not
sku: satamian-forget
upc: 876809000646
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/forget-me-not/id348776321
also:
  fuzz-soulful headroom-dominus indidginus-align carlin-schubertfour wolff-moments ilic-fugitive indidginus-feast modica-native mexeena-ether kimribeiro-majestic saros-aquadelph sforster-beethoventhree emavision-dalliance manno-sea dpkaufman-ruinfalls kkahra-kora markcook-evening mrepic-sideways vguzman-meditations tomkins-beethoven middleearth-lavender artemis-orbits lmccauley-wintertime ruiz-schumann mountain-deadbeatsep lwood-duel thedirtylove-bandw indidginus-sofasurfer processor-industry nightfall-underworld chiwawa-chimeres okandcm-beyondcir bradsucks-mixtertwocd1 estrem-bachcellotwo jbwallach-magicalt headroom-bereru ilic-sparkling angelight-tantraone heifervescent-hoofed voltergeist-burntnburied kettleblack-kettleblack chiwawa-sickyona gelatine-electroluv heifervescent-verbalbandit youngwere-sotp raindoggs-onearmed madeofwood-chillfunk apremjee-cresentmoon townmonster-janmar heifervescent-furthermonkey bradsucks-guesswho ryoutasato-forkingdom magicarpet-magicarpet chadlawson-autumn washinmash-evilmustdie dubmaster-indub celticreggae-everythingcomes lehtmojoe-nofilter vate-exotica nmathes-bellweatherarbutus liquidrainbow-landscapesntreasures mtravisano-whitewhale rompaey-jade ewallace-dreaming francoiscouture-aftertherain kflexer-kflexerfriends artemis-truth headroom-ya monom-velenjeremix wahl-meditative josephnimoh-reflections juansanchez-rebirth lara-fourseasons liquidrainbow-yellowep liquidrainbow-violetep lehtmojoe-hindsight babylon-stereo teng-monsoon jbwallach-inmoonlight carlin-enlightenment dini-bliss hopkins-sweet rompaey-eastern3 shira-wildwood carychow-zirkus kara-kara ilic-romantic hube-translucent headroom-kananga curl-complex shiva-nour musicinside-silicon modica-water manno-second markcook-voodoo robin-silent robin-stranger markcook-highway

description:
  Gerard follows his heart, instinct, taste and musical ear instead of traditional musical or harmonic rules while composing. He aims for quality rather than quantity, releasing nothing unless he is totally committed to the piece. His interests lie in the Eastern music of Armenian Folk, Arabic, Romanian, Jewish (and alike), and also French Impressionists.

  When Gerard started out composing these pieces between 2007 and 2008 they were for voice and piano, but they soon evolved into something more complicated, so he arranged them for flute, cello, violin and piano.

  Playing with Gerard on this album are:
  Heidi Kurz - flute
  Evan Buttar - cello
  Elvira Voskanyan - violin

  Song # 1 is inspired by a poem by Bonnie Nish.
  Song # 7 is a beautiful piece dedicated to Gerard's mother.


artist: Ghost of Maine
albumname: Persistence of Vision
sku: gom-vision
upc: 876809009007
also:
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description:
  "Persistence of Vision" is a reflection and reaffirmation of the progression, drive, motivation and vision of this Indiana-based metal band. This album is a compilation of highlights from the past two years for Ghost of Maine and reinforces the direction the band is going. It's a transitional album that reflects GOM's journey from its hardcore roots to the foothills of progressive metal. The bonus tracks on the album (8, 9 and 10 which are amended from a 2007 release) are the culmination of this journey and a taste of what is to come.


artist: Gianmarco Leone
albumname: The Birth of a Dancing Star
sku: gianmarcoleone-dancing
upc: 847646005439
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  chinaski-megatonpie kabanov-overwaves heifervescent-hoofed craighanson-messecouvents kyven-forcommercialuseonly euchmad-whendroplets magnacomp-dinnerlounge aryehfrankfurter-harpersbrew chinaski-megatonpieinst aryehfrankfurter-stepintime liquidrainbow-orangeep aryehfrankfurter-moonwintertime musicinside-siliconinst beier-galilei mit-diplomat rompaey-mozaic weigl-landwater rompaey-djembolale2 heifervescent-gluefact beight-rhythm seismic-sweetrock yaelah-each immune-immune jjohnson-telemann headroom-cos okandcm-christmasgateway ashganley-univaccept slouchingstars-sadmooneyes townmonster-julsept angelight-shamansity lillywolf-playloud angelight-zenstation 4oresight-moretimethanever angelight-lwld dubmaster-dubprotection angelight-innerspace dubmaster-indub angelight-energyol terracottablue-futurelongago mburaglia-plaintesdepsyche windpearl-motherearth mburaglia-weiss rayborn-qadim wbrooks-brokenbeast voxnostra-notredame wbrooks-wings cbooth-wcroft sambodhiprem-sunlightrainriver quist-dance dini-legends voxnostra-assumpta dini-zenandthepiano tilopa-pictures mystified-spheric erickamen-erictwo hectormukomol-immersion dufay-cancionero valtervarda-annunzio chadlawson-spacebetween arodriguez-somewherenew tilopa-turkishauch mirable-triemer cbooth-jsbach juergenson-prospects hopkins-tincan dammersonv-overnight therapture-garden asalvo-sanctuary stevetyler-ephemeral hadidian-garden brunoelisabetsky-passoslargos nmathes-bellweatherarbutus fourstones-magnaremix2 gcostantini-liquidharm zeroslum-rewind lynnetortorelli-silentnight tokyo-tokyoinst sforster-beethovenfour funkinchely-riseandfall sforster-beetnine processor-insomnia modica-acousticearth mokhov-massivelove modica-jenny lvxnova-lvxnova modica-stillness jhietanen-datacube rmackenzie-tombeaux redskylullaby-echolalia berget-weiss11 dac-within carilive-holfrost monom-aroundtheworld carilive-mindreader etherine-gleam dbautista-weirdos thomaswalker-lasuperbe dbautista-cocktaileleven solarcycle-devotion weigl-silently

description:
  The Birth of a Dancing Star is a piano album emphasising deep emotions and fascinations. Instead of focusing on the composer's feeling, this introspective album tries ascending on a celestial level where individual emotions split and collide.

  While the composition is kept simple and minimalistic, this doesn't compromise its beauty. On the contrary it brings down any remaining stiffen barrier between listeners and music.


artist: Gilles Zimmermann
albumname: The Missing Link
sku: gzimmermann-missinglink
upc: 847646005668
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description:
  I have to explain a little bit about my work as a composer and musician. The "missing link" I'm talking about here is the viola da gamba, originally an improvisation instrument, which happens to be able to associate with all traditional instruments of the world.

  There is the manifestation, then the writing of a composition (to communicate with other musicians), and most important of all, its interpretation. In both cases, for me, it is always a question of improvisation.

  Open-minded music for Open-minded people.

  Why "World Music"?

  In the jungle of commercial-style classifications, as on MySpace or other internet portals there isn't any label (open-minded music) yet, I have to use the catch-all wording of "World Music". As my music "blends" influences from all over the world, so be it; whatever, I'll always be French. When I started playing music, and later the viola da gamba, I never wondered about musical style, which brought me some problems with various "police", the "jazz police", the "baroque police", the "art producer police" ("this music is too good for that film") ... are there also "World music police"?

  Meeting with older "masters" did help me a lot on my way. Martial Solal in 1979: "You can do what you want but should be able to explain it". Constantly unsatisfied, I never felt at ease in a style, and always went too far for my colleagues. Someday someone offered me a book by A.K. Coomaraswamy: "The Transformation of Nature in Art", in which he explains traditional art, and the idea that Style is the man, and by no means the essence of art.

  Another "master", Dr. M. Bernhard, professor at the Music Institute of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences (sounds good ay!),opened the doors of his library to me. So I studied European medieval music treaties and naturally Gregorian music. I discovered real treasures. References always go back to Plato. But as information here was relatively vague, I continued by searching in Arabic and Indian music.

  Traditional bases of music theory are almost the same everywhere on this planet. Learning through books, is fine, but I consider it not enough, and the theory must be experienced through actual traditional practice, when possible. So I experienced with mostly oriental musicians (Arab, Turkish, Indian), as the practice of modal improvisation is more than rare in the West.

  So I have been able to revitalize all these modes, which have been known as "church modes" ever since good old Gregory.

  The discovery of the viola da gamba in 1993 for a film score did change my music a lot. For about 15 years I stopped working with chords and did only melodies, but as I still liked ensemble music I composed pieces using parallel melodies, like in "The City". Meeting modern hurdy-gurdy player Valentin Clastrier has been crucial, as he advised me to use electronics with the viola da gamba. Here I found a link to my past with electric guitar, where I used all well-known effects like echo, reverb, wah-wah, flanger etc., plus the synthesizer and sampler worlds. In my career during some studio recordings, I happened to have to replay a bass line, then a keyboard and even percussion part, realizing at the end, apart from the vocals and possibly drums, I had played everything. Little Mike Oldfield from Nancy was born.

  I always use a special concept for a composition, as in film music. I have about 3 hours of compositions waiting for recording (Dragon, Tortue, Libellule, Papillon, Funambule...), the titles say it all.

  In this recording I chose the most accessible compositions, leaving too complex rhythms (9, 6, 5, 11 and 13, in the relevant order), and used almost everything I had at my disposal (Ableton Live software), a lot of vocoder. As I don't have a midi viol, I "had to" put the sound of the viol through the filter of a synthesizer or sampler. And then even a wah-wah effect. "Why not?" said Frank.

  Not being subjected to time constraints as support for images, the compositions did not have to be formatted in an acceptable way for the masses; each musical idea implies its own development, and so the pieces are relatively long, sort of "symphonic poems".

  The interpretation is another "paire de manches" (a whole different ball game). Find the musicians who can, who will, who dare, and who stay, most importantly of all modal improvisers. And keep it going. This recording reflects my ideal ensemble, and I hope to reproduce it live as soon as possible.


artist: Giorgio Costantini
albumname: Atmosphere
sku: gcostantini-atmosphere
upc: 847646002872
also:
  estrem-bachtrios dkrasnoukhov-dropsrainbow acosmo-inbetween fatherofsam-csection wavebuffet-strictlyeclectic seismic-highroller psycliq-chaostheory robertotto-pausebetween thomaswalker-lasuperbe spoons-static koshanin-oversevenseas vate-exotica panicensemble-differentstory aryehfrankfurter-harpsongmidnight prettyhowtown-hydrogenalpha woodrowgerber-facelesskings wcr-onmyway wbrooks-buffalo bledsoe-octopants yongen-yello voicesofmusic-concerto mystified-hellwaste estrem-bachvol1 carlin-schubertfour allmeadowcostlow-switchon strojovna-switch emielstopler-stargazing jackal-cathedral spheres-toujoursamour etherine-24days sophiamarie-evil freshbody-uglyarmy galliarda-josephmaria kaarenorge-fantasia ppavan-up sforster-beethovenone dammersonv-overnight bbunkertrio-bbunkertrio hube-harvest wretch-ambulatory tomaslozano-manana kabanov-breath kimribeiro-majestic doughamer-rainforestsuite solvert-genetic dshoskes-lautenschmaus kmcintosh-soler markcook-backwoodschaos artemis-orbits kabanov-renaissance asteria-doulx hunterjacks-singlebarrel atek-phoenix francoiscouture-mylittlebook markerbeacon-deadfreq sandeep-soundsguru francoiscouture-yahndawa abaroque-seasons robcosh-ponder bradsucks-mixtertwocd2 mountsounds-mountsounds dac-spctr francoiscouture-tapespeed magnacomp-electromelange carlosschwarz-impressions markitos-inside domased-newmemories domased-analog operarock-starborn elecfrank-timenow celticreggae-everythingcomes bledsoe-updown barkscrock-stadtstrand humanresponse-survival ivilion-sartinal snowsleep-tidesep holowach-elements reverie-cantica zolani-peaceful filles-german martinwalker-courante magnacomp-dinner deepwinter-deepwinter fourstones-magnaremix rapoon-psitransient monoide-zeitpunkt conwayhambone-hbone musicinside-forces francoiscouture-dalsegno mystified-narcotic oberlin-lawes beier-molinaro hanschristian-thelake mmcguill-stult liamkins-reasonsoftly rapoon-suppose francoiscouture-ludovica nmathes-bellweatherarbutus

description:
  Atmosphere is listening music for relaxation, meditation, chakras redressing, and massaging. If you know "Cafe del Mar" and "Buddha bar" collections and you like chill out music, you'll appreciate for sure the regenerative spirit of this musical genre. "Atmosphere" goes into emotions in a balanced way, and it inspires relaxation without being too intimate.


artist: Giorgio Costantini
albumname: Liquid Harmony
sku: gcostantini-liquidharm
upc: 847646002889
also:
  chinaski-megatonpie chinaski-megatonpieinst okandcm-christmasgateway angelight-lwld angelight-innerspace angelight-energyol arodriguez-somewherenew ogma-yaiinst properauthorities-psainst in_giro-demonstrate ehren-crywolf wheresmoo-slowpol allmeadowcostlow-switchon humanresponse-immortal andrewjohn-coolsilence tolife-tasabasaba atek-electro almanova-afterhours headroom-ya massimo_deangelis-affinity heringman-holburns fitch-amb gzimmermann-missinglink fulton-harpsinthetrees atek-horrorbox almernirvan-lifeinrev ehren-lines amccartney-toccatatouched angelight-awakeningsource angelight-sacraltravel angelight-intimthree angelight-intimfour stromenti-italian cbooth-darkharp cbooth-wtcb1c1 therapture-mania modica-timeless rocketcity-guilty andygabrys-constant andrewjohn-berlincalls markitos-unreachable andrewjohn-sonicembrace wheresmoo-dopamineinst allmeadowcostlow-reunion inserra-incense1 numa-numainst rocketcity-snai tolife-anewage loveamp-virtuosothirteen barkscrock-letiturn atek-devil almanova-christmas lukegartnerbrereton-balmsisyphus heringman-luismilan allencote-sublimativesessions1 anamar-transfado allencote-sublimativesessions3 almaghrib-silenzio almaghrib-silenzisub2 crummarks-spagna abaroque-seasons shallgren-studioc paternoster-haydn amccartney-rondeaumelancolique piotrjaneczek-ambientsoundscapes almqvist-goldberg angelight-deeptransformation ammonite-recon angelight-openheart angelight-harmonymotion atek-phoenix angelight-intimone stromenti-uccellini cbooth-wtcb1c2 rmackenzie-bianchini almaghrib-silenzisub1 seldon-lost misericordia-passion inserra-incense2 abaroque-rameau bledsoe-updown almanova-giulani jnilssonproj-eighthrsession heringman-artlute woodrowgerber-facelesskings jilin-lastdayofsummer dufay-estampida rildrim-breathing estrem-bachcello angelight-shamania angelight-intimtwo angelight-heavenlyangels atek-tronicselection angelight-energyvibrations arodriguez-somewhereinst mirable-influenza beight-shapes rocketcity-wntgmi chinaski-youmightlikeinst sftu-musingsinst

description:
  Liquid Harmony is a collection of 9 pieces that were live recorded during a rebirth session in volcanic water. It has a strong emotive impact and it is suitable for introspection, energy redressing, regression, massaging, reiki, rebirth. By a proper use of frequencies and reverberations, this music guides you in an ideal journey through the depth of sea, helping in releasing the deepest emotions.


artist: Giorgio Costantini
albumname: PianoPianoForte
sku: gcostantini-ppforte
upc: 847646002896
also:
  chinaski-megatonpie kabanov-overwaves heifervescent-hoofed craighanson-messecouvents kyven-forcommercialuseonly euchmad-whendroplets magnacomp-dinnerlounge aryehfrankfurter-harpersbrew chinaski-megatonpieinst aryehfrankfurter-stepintime liquidrainbow-orangeep aryehfrankfurter-moonwintertime musicinside-siliconinst beier-galilei mit-diplomat rompaey-mozaic weigl-landwater rompaey-djembolale2 heifervescent-gluefact beight-rhythm seismic-sweetrock yaelah-each immune-immune jjohnson-telemann headroom-cos okandcm-christmasgateway ashganley-univaccept slouchingstars-sadmooneyes townmonster-julsept angelight-shamansity lillywolf-playloud angelight-zenstation 4oresight-moretimethanever angelight-lwld dubmaster-dubprotection angelight-innerspace dubmaster-indub angelight-energyol terracottablue-futurelongago mburaglia-plaintesdepsyche windpearl-motherearth mburaglia-weiss rayborn-qadim wbrooks-brokenbeast voxnostra-notredame wbrooks-wings cbooth-wcroft sambodhiprem-sunlightrainriver quist-dance dini-legends voxnostra-assumpta dini-zenandthepiano tilopa-pictures mystified-spheric erickamen-erictwo hectormukomol-immersion dufay-cancionero valtervarda-annunzio chadlawson-spacebetween arodriguez-somewherenew tilopa-turkishauch mirable-triemer cbooth-jsbach thomasotten-transcendvoid hopkins-tincan vasilyboykov-relaxation4elements therapture-garden williams-long stevetyler-ephemeral hadidian-dolce brunoelisabetsky-passoslargos nmathes-amwhitecaps fourstones-magnaremix2 gcostantini-atmosphere zeroslum-rewind lynnetortorelli-silentnight tokyo-tokyoinst sforster-beethovenfour funkinchely-riseandfall sforster-beetnine processor-insomnia modica-acousticearth mokhov-massivelove modica-jenny lvxnova-lvxnova modica-stillness jhietanen-datacube rmackenzie-tombeaux redskylullaby-echolalia berget-weiss11 dac-within carilive-holfrost monom-aroundtheworld carilive-mindreader etherine-gleam dbautista-weirdos thomaswalker-lasuperbe dbautista-cocktaileleven solarcycle-devotion weigl-silently

description:
  A "trait d'union" between classical music and pop sounds, the PianoPianoForte album of Giorgio Costantini offers a journey through fifteen intense and essential piano songs in the "New-Classic" genre - a musical style that has representatives in Sakamoto, Nyman and Yanni.

  From the evocative atmosphere and minimalism of "Elegia" to songs by strong impact and cinematic orchestration as "Rosso", the album PianoPianoForte is an indie album that garnered great success among the audience, climbing up to seventh in the Italian iTunes chart on January 2009.


artist: Glen Bledsoe
albumname: Up and Down
sku: bledsoe-updown
upc: 876809004279
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257902284&s=143444
also:
  chinaski-megatonpie chinaski-megatonpieinst angelight-awakeningsource angelight-sacraltravel angelight-intimthree angelight-intimfour stromenti-italian gcostantini-liquidharm ogma-yaiinst properauthorities-psainst in_giro-demonstrate ehren-crywolf wheresmoo-slowpol allmeadowcostlow-switchon humanresponse-immortal andrewjohn-coolsilence tolife-tasabasaba atek-electro almanova-christmas headroom-ya massimo_deangelis-affinity heringman-luismilan allencote-sublimativesessions1 anamar-transfado gzimmermann-missinglink crummarks-spagna atek-horrorbox ehren-lines amccartney-rondeaumelancolique piotrjaneczek-ambientsoundscapes almqvist-goldberg angelight-deeptransformation angelight-openheart angelight-harmonymotion angelight-intimone stromenti-uccellini cbooth-darkharp cbooth-wtcb1c1 therapture-mania modica-timeless rocketcity-guilty andygabrys-constant andrewjohn-berlincalls markitos-unreachable andrewjohn-sonicembrace wheresmoo-dopamineinst allmeadowcostlow-reunion inserra-incense1 numa-numainst rocketcity-snai tolife-anewage loveamp-virtuosothirteen barkscrock-letiturn atek-devil almanova-giulani lukegartnerbrereton-balmsisyphus heringman-artlute allencote-sublimativesessions3 woodrowgerber-facelesskings almaghrib-silenzio jilin-lastdayofsummer almaghrib-silenzisub2 abaroque-seasons shallgren-studioc paternoster-haydn estrem-bachcello angelight-shamania ammonite-recon angelight-intimtwo angelight-heavenlyangels atek-phoenix angelight-energyvibrations cbooth-wtcb1c2 arodriguez-somewhereinst mirable-influenza rmackenzie-bianchini almaghrib-silenzisub1 seldon-lost misericordia-passion inserra-incense2 abaroque-rameau almanova-debut dshoskes-patrons chiwawa-collectorsofsouls jnilssonproj-eighthrsession connorbfitz-rcomplexinst heringman-blackcow reverie-string fitch-anotherday kitka-vine fulton-harpersholiday dufay-estampida eddurbrow-renaissancelute innovat-tradcarols rildrim-breathing mountsounds-mountsoundsinst susanrmorris-ohhenry okandcm-christmasgateway angelight-lwld angelight-innerspace

description:
  Somehow detailed and minimal at same time, the esoteric synth compositions of Up And Down are often just single lines of delicately rapid fire sonic happenings. As you listen they become miniature, ultra-modern worlds of their own. An eccentric, uniquely intimiate foray into the future.


artist: Gokul Salvadi
albumname: Valaji
sku: gokulsalvadi-valaji
upc: 847646009529
also:
  andygabrys-constant jiveasssleepers-getbiz jpalmer-cherry berget-jsbach wahl-guitarscapes wahl-string mirable-conversations saros-labyrinth skarazula-litha kaarenorge-fantasia fwheel-pastourelle tolife-tasabasaba inserra-incense2 almanova-debut aryehfrankfurter-intheirfootsteps aryehfrankfurter-auroranorthern estrem-viveight cbooth-wtcb1c1 sforster-beetsix sforster-beethoventhree williams-dusty teng-whisper teng-monsoon tilopa-bytheway tilopa-turkishauch fulton-harpsinthetrees mundi-myhouse liquidrainbow-eightx liquidrainbow-theredep liquidrainbow-greenep wbrooks-buffalo wbrooks-fowl antiqcool-nowthen kflexer-kflexerfriends shira-mistral shira-almanac shira-waters kara-kara heifervescent-hoofed kitka-rusalka loveamp-canwenotcare loveamp-deathrebirth loveamp-mahadeva loveamp-zaxis okandcm-beyondcir fielding-distant 1kub-frenchkiss fitch-celocity carilive-iacdaze carilive-mindreader carilive-holfrost beier-knights amccartney-rondeaumelancolique aitua-elements jbwallach-heartstrings apremjee-cresentmoon jpalmer-soulgard jiveasssleepers-funkfactor wahl-light wahl-symmetry estrem-cimarosaonguitar voicesofmusic-bachviolinson saros-soundscapes estrem-bachvol1 kristiantaus-clouds parksttrio-goodnightdaylight abaroque-mozart inserra-hang almanova-giulani aryehfrankfurter-harpersbrew estrem-spaintwo berget-weiss11 asteria-jaqueline sforster-beetnine sforster-beethovenone williams-long teng-kingdom ranchhands-backhome tilopa-outblue tilopa-unravelling voicesofmusic-gardensogreen liquidrainbow-yellowep liquidrainbow-landscapesntreasures fiddlewham-oldschool telemann-telemann wbrooks-wings wbrooks-brokenbeast antiqcool-acousticguitar justinstpierre-insulaire koshanin-oversevenseas shira-dayofjoy stevetyler-ephemeral lucas-whisper shira-wildwood heifervescent-verbalbandit kitka-vine loveamp-codewordname loveamp-entersingularity loveamp-paradox dubmaster-dubprotection

description:
  Valaji is a collection of hand-picked tracks from two EPs, in which each track has a distinct theme and revolves around a particular Indian Raga.

  Expect nice blends between traditional Indian and modern instruments, the strong melodic structure and intricate rhythm patterns that are typical in Indian classical music, and tracks that employ both to explore different thematic soundscapes, leading to musical surprises.

  If you love Indian music and/or fusion experiments, this album is made for you!


artist: Gonzalo X Ruiz
albumname: JS Bach - Transcriptions for Oboe
sku: ruiz-bach
upc: 876809003760
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=258043477&s=143444
also:
  cbooth-melodiousbirde reverie-string voicesofmusic-bach lara-fourseasons paternoster-vivaldi ilic-sweets estrem-bachvol1 estrem-reverie dshoskes-lautenschmaus voicesofmusic-bachtelemann crummarks-spagna sforster-beetsix sforster-beeteight cbooth-louiscouperin kperl-clavier3 carlin-schubertsolo dshoskes-patrons mirable-influenza sforster-beetnine spheres-evolution ingridmatthews-sixsonatas2 ppavan-lookingout reverie-ancmosaic aciacca-driemoty magnacomp-dinner lara-sonatas1 ilic-vitality carlin-schubertfour heringman-josquin jjohnson-goldberg beier-galilei edwards-canarios canconier-canconier fwheel-pastourelle almqvist-goldberg ruiz-schumann stromenti-italian abaroque-rameau asteria-souvenir heringman-pickering droptrio-cezanne wahl-string jiveasssleepers-scratch paternoster-haydn beier-knights askold-askold cbooth-buxtehudes fleagle-bliss ecarpediem-dolcimiei cbooth-pphilips cbooth-bachgold almanova-christmas eayres-maiden ilic-sparkling susanrmorris-ohhenry dufay-estampida beier-falckenhagen voicesofmusic-bachviolinson mburaglia-conversation cbooth-groundsplease estrem-cimarosaonguitar voxnostra-assumpta amccartney-elizabethslutes mburaglia-suitesdeweiss dshoskes-weissundercover martin-leslarmes spheres-spheres sarasa-bach ingridmatthews-sixsonatas1 ppavan-velvetface ppavan-swingthings susanadams-pianoforte paternoster-violoncelloromantico kperl-clavier1 lara-sonatas2 lara-bach beier-molinaro jjohnson-chopin fulton-airs mirable-triemer stromenti-uccellini quist-silver kara-kara almanova-afterhours abaroque-mozart paternoster-sonatas2 sarasa-baroque asteria-soyes heringman-artlute ehren-lines wahl-light kmcintosh-bach dufay-cancionero kshao-jsbach wildcat-fairest cbooth-scarlatti kmcintosh-boismortier ljelinek-beethoven sforster-beethovenfive


artist: Gonzalo X Ruiz
albumname: Imported from Italy
sku: ruiz-imported
upc: 876809002305
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257902804&s=143444
also:
  cbooth-melodiousbirde craighanson-messecouvents chadlawson-solochristmas estrem-viveight spheres-toujoursamour ernststolz-ciaconna estrem-bachtrios voicesofmusic-gardensogreen estrem-telemanntrios pboehnke-bachteachers shira-dayofjoy thomaswalker-stilemodernostileantico fulton-once jjohnson-suites carlin-enlightenment paternoster-ilvioncello eayres-laughing filles-german martin-luismilan abaroque-seasons ingridmatthews-sixsonatas2 carychow-zirkus ppavan-lookingout reverie-ancmosaic aciacca-driemoty cbooth-ricercars magnacomp-dinner lara-sonatas1 ilic-vitality carlin-schubertfour heringman-josquin jjohnson-bach kperl-french ilic-sweets yaelah-each beier-piccinini berget-weiss11 edwards-tresor jjohnson-telemann jiveasssleepers-galaxy jjohnson-inventions satori-tibet nuova-caccini shira-mistral shira-castle inserra-hang quist-lucidity almanova-debut triodafne-airs heringman-blamenot heringman-luismilan droptrio-bigdipper thursdaygroup-first estrem-bachvol1 estrem-spain sforster-beethovenone proosdij-chambon tomaslozano-manana markcook-highway kmcintosh-soler estrem-reverie sforster-beethoventhree satori-subcon cbooth-wcroft rossignol-domnaditz cbooth-darkharp bachplay-nunkomm cbooth-jmatthesonvol2 mochoa-fauna kmcintosh-bachinvsin bachplay-everyone bachplay-bacharr ejp-gratis estrem-bachcellotwo tmatsuishi-preludes ilic-godowsky jjohnson-clavierubung innovat-tradcarols asteria-jaqueline parksttrio-goodnightdaylight estrem-bachukulele galliarda-josephmaria dshoskes-lautenschmaus voicesofmusic-bachtelemann estrem-soloukutwo crummarks-spagna sforster-beetsix sforster-beeteight billrobinson-thirdconcert cbooth-louiscouperin modica-grace modica-water estrem-telemann kperl-clavier3 carlin-schubertsolo kimribeiro-majestic dshoskes-patrons mirable-influenza


artist: Gonzalo X Ruiz
albumname: Schumann Romances
sku: ruiz-schumann
upc: 876809003753
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=258043222&s=143444
also:
  ilic-fugitive lara-bach cbooth-melodiousbirde wolff-moments estrem-reverie magnacomp-christmas sforster-beetsix sforster-beeteight modica-grace modica-water sforster-beetnine ilic-vitality ilic-sweets abaroque-rameau vguzman-telemann almanova-christmas fulton-harpsinthetrees amccartney-elizabethslutes voicesofmusic-bach canconier-canconier abaroque-mozart ehren-lines markcook-evening wildcat-fairest ljelinek-beethoven okandcm-christmasgateway sforster-beethovenfive sforster-beetseven voxnostra-notredame ppavan-up paternoster-bach-paternoster lara-fourseasons almanova-giulani sforster-beethoventwo estrem-bachcello ljelinek-smetana sforster-beethovenfour chadlawson-solochristmas spheres-toujoursamour carlin-enlightenment abaroque-seasons vguzman-meditations robinstine-daydream hadidian-dolce sforster-beethovenone markcook-highway sforster-beethoventhree estrem-bachcellotwo estrem-bachukulele voicesofmusic-bachtelemann monom-aroundtheworld estrem-telemann carlin-schubertsolo kimribeiro-majestic dshoskes-patrons spheres-evolution carychow-zirkus ppavan-lookingout aciacca-driemoty cbooth-ricercars jpalmer-soulgard shallgren-studioc wahl-christmas tiniguez-raintrip magnacomp-dinner lynnetortorelli-silentnight chadlawson-chopintwo aryehfrankfurter-harpsongmidnight dkrasnoukhov-dropsrainbow francoiscouture-ludovica gianmarcoleone-dancing ewallace-reason lara-sonatas1 carlin-schubertfour heringman-josquin kperl-french berget-weiss11 jiveasssleepers-galaxy satori-tibet stromenti-italian inserra-incense1 paternoster-cellosuites2 asteria-souvenir heringman-pickering droptrio-cezanne wahl-string jiveasssleepers-scratch paternoster-haydn curl-ultimate askold-askold cbooth-buxtehudes mochoa-acoudreams ljelinek-liszt ilic-sparkling estrem-byrd voicesofmusic-bachviolinson mburaglia-conversation


artist: Gonzalo X Ruiz
albumname: Soliloquies
sku: ruiz-soliloquies
upc: 876809008796
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/soliloquies/id400940792
also:
  cbooth-melodiousbirde chadlawson-solochristmas carlin-enlightenment abaroque-seasons carychow-zirkus lara-sonatas1 ilic-vitality carlin-schubertfour ilic-sweets sforster-beethovenone markcook-highway estrem-reverie sforster-beethoventhree estrem-bachcellotwo ilic-godowsky sforster-beetsix sforster-beeteight modica-grace modica-water carlin-schubertsolo kimribeiro-majestic sforster-beetnine lara-sonatas2 ilic-fugitive ruiz-schumann vguzman-telemann ljelinek-liszt almanova-christmas ilic-sparkling lara-bach jjohnson-chopin tomkins-beethoven kara-kara markcook-voodoo markcook-evening ljelinek-beethoven okandcm-christmasgateway sforster-beethovenfive estrem-collage sforster-beetseven fulton-harpersholiday wolff-moments ilic-romantic robinstine-daydream lara-fourseasons ilic-transcendental sforster-beethoventwo ezivian-chopin estrem-bachcello ljelinek-smetana sforster-beethovenfour craighanson-messecouvents estrem-viveight spheres-toujoursamour ernststolz-ciaconna estrem-bachtrios voicesofmusic-gardensogreen estrem-telemanntrios pboehnke-bachteachers shira-dayofjoy thomaswalker-stilemodernostileantico modica-seraphim monom-velenjeremix fulton-once jjohnson-suites koshanin-sacredtree paternoster-ilvioncello eayres-laughing filles-german martin-luismilan ingridmatthews-sixsonatas2 ppavan-lookingout reverie-ancmosaic aciacca-driemoty cbooth-ricercars jpalmer-soulgard middleearth-lavender shallgren-studioc wahl-christmas ewallace-alicewonder ewallace-letshibernate magnacomp-dinner lynnetortorelli-silentnight chadlawson-chopintwo chadlawson-summer francoiscouture-ludovica gianmarcoleone-dancing chiwawa-collectorsofsouls ewallace-reason heringman-josquin jjohnson-bach kperl-french yaelah-each beier-piccinini berget-weiss11 fuzz-soulful edwards-tresor jjohnson-telemann jiveasssleepers-galaxy

description:
  Gonzalo Ruiz explains: three works on this disc were composed for cello and the fourth for flute. The baroque oboe is not an instrument normally heard in an unaccompanied setting. I don't believe Bach ever envisioned that these particular pieces would be performed on oboe, although I like to think that he would approve. The truth is that I play them simply because I love them and have lived with them for many years.

  When I first heard Johann Sebastian Bach's unaccompanied suites I practically had a crisis, fearing that I had picked the wrong instrument. My love for the oboe was shaken by the realization that there was nothing in its repertoire like these complete masterpieces for a single player, and suddenly my warmup routines seemed intolerably dry and boring next to those of cellists who started their day with a bracing round of Bach. It was years before I dared tackle an arrangement of one of them and then it was for strictly personal reasons. The suite became my main etude, my biggest challenge, and a constant companion that traveled everywhere in my instrument case. As the number of these arrangements grew, so did my abilities on the instrument. I found that working on them was the best way to prepare for the next concert, whatever repertoire it contained. I never thought I'd perform or record them, but over time I ceased to think of them as "music written for other instruments" and began to feel them simply as "music I enjoy playing".

  Listeners familiar with these works will notice the ways in which I altered them to fit the oboe. These include the choice of key, some degree of octave transposition, and adapting or omitting many double stops, but in some cases they are simple esthetic choices. In measure 32 of the G minor Sarabande for instance, I suspect I am plausibly correcting a copyist's mistake in the surviving manuscript. In the repeat of measure 24 of the Sarabande of BWV1008 the F natural is not what Bach wrote but a beautiful alternative, and is dedicated to Anner Bylsma and Michael Marissen as my talisman against the risks involved in changing the text.


artist: Grayson Wray
albumname: Picassos Dream
sku: wray-picassos
upc: 876809002299
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=7439678&s=143444
also:
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description:
  With more than a passing nod at The Beatles, The Doors and Motown, Grayson Wray's tuneful, psychedelic, 60s inspired rock is completely relevant and compelling today. Be sure to listen to The Doors/Motown inspired second song on the album: "There You Were". The third song "In 1671" is a trip back to the Beatles' golden era.


artist: Greg Annussek
albumname: Little Palaces
sku: annussek-palaces
upc: 876809007201
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/little-palaces/id65460912
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description:
  Greg's debut CD "Little Palaces" offers a number of musical choices, from the indie rock of tunes like "Young Again" and "In the Movies" to the twangy alt-country of "Long Way Down. As Shredding Paper magazine put it, "Annussek sleekly takes parts of pop, western, and electrics, and mixes it into a non-acoustic version of the singer-songwriter tradition. It's nice to see the tradition stretched in directions beyond its standard confines."

  Songs from the album, which was produced by Ernest Adzentoivich, have been licensed by a number of TV shows such as Big Brother, Flipping Out, and Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders.


artist: hands upon black earth
albumname: The True Harvest
sku: hube-harvest
upc: 876809004118
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description:
  "The True Harvest" was born of sonic adventures deep in the woods of Northern California. It was birthed and nurtured in the cool earth of the River House, now offered to you as a musical companion. An audible feast of rich pulsing soundscapes; rhythms of the intangible within our vast, churning world.

  Performed and recorded solely by multi instrumentalist and producer Bobby Cochran, "The True Harvest" succeeds in widening the scope of h.u.b.e. music and pushing the vision further.


artist: hands upon black earth
albumname: hands upon black earth
sku: hube-hube
upc: 876809003289
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257903494&s=143444
also:
  indidginus-align indidginus-kaleid fallingyou-human antiguru-fall braun-crow novaexpress-gimme rootsrebel-surfacing blownaparts-thrillhype westexit-nocturne tokyo-tokyo wall-passage brokenpoets-nature properauthorities-psa solarcycle-flare babylon-beat twilightarchive-twilight fuzz-soulful lehtmojoe-spaghetti ustoz-soundtrack therapture-garden rildrim-poetryun joeyfehrenbach-mellowdrama beatunder-cosmic etherine-24days babylon-knives drsounds-bungalow markitos-evolution saros-soundscapes introspekt-ideology strojovna-number1 mantic-eproms spinecar-upmud shira-wildwood seismic-deadmans rocketcity-pop elecfrank-timenow debenedictis-fruitless bradsucks-dontknow psycliq-seraph hube-harvest loveamp-ami loveamp-criticalmass loveamp-loveamplifier loveamp-zaxis artemis-truth artemis-auralei rrich-trances2 fitch-amb fallingyou-touch artemis-gravity mountain-lunar braun-miles opened-occult rootsrebel-looking seldon-circles quist-silver fallingyou-faith fernwood-almeria dini-bliss hopkins-sweet sieber-lush thursdaygroup-first jiveasssleepers-getbiz fielding-lightfields allmeadowcostlow-switchon indidginus-feast rildrim-across rildrim-lonely curl-inner beatunder-intro etherine-gleam babylon-stereo rildrim-breathing mattrusin-electroblues weigl-silently strojovna-mirnix ehren-depths mantic-eponyms domased-newmemories hanschristian-surrender shira-waters elecfrank-sicksongs jackalopes-jacksploit leoni-human wahl-guitarscapes jackman-equilibrium drsounds-abstract fitch-anotherday hube-translucent loveamp-canwenotcare loveamp-deathrebirth loveamp-mahadeva rildrim-syntheticdream artemis-triptych rrich-eleclad rrich-trances1 amoeba-pivot fitch-amb2 artemis-orbits indidginus-circadiem

description:
  The enlightened-yet-sleek Hands Upon Black Earth flows effortlessly and-for the most part-serenely, but has enough bite and back end to keep the overall mood energetic and upbeat. Luminous little flourishes of Eastern and Middle eastern vocals drift in and out of solid, sensual beats, perfectly illustrating what breakbeat has in common with world's complex polyrythms. Standout instrumental/ambient vocal tracks include "Inspiral" and "Kalimayantra," but there are also some really strong vocal-driven tracks too. "Ghost Song" is a beautifully melancholy trip-hop track featuring Sharon Knight on vocals, and graceful countermelodies sung in Hindi, while "Otherside," is a subtly torchy song that alludes the group's early Massive Attack influences. "Divindei" and "Lastime" provide the album's most driving and darkly mystical moments, while "Priest" ends things on a hypnotic, spirtual note.


artist: hands upon black earth
albumname: Translucent
sku: hube-translucent
upc: 876809007546
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/translucent/id308778254
also:
  indidginus-kaleid indidginus-align fallingyou-human antiguru-fall williamson-afew braun-and braun-nowzen westexit-modern rompaey-eastern2 sieber-unspoken brokenpoets-optimism uniontrade-everyday fuzz-messy wray-picassos lehtmojoe-aisle tokyo-tokyoinst insoba-platterspins rildrim-fracuniv joeyfehrenbach-dontwakeme curl-complex diometrix-newfoundland indidginus-sofasurfer dpkaufman-ruinfalls swivel-deep quist-lucidity domased-slowdown monoide-zeitpunkt spinecar-autophile domased-return hanschristian-phantoms rapoon-vernal elecfrank-conquers juergenson-prospects droptrio-bigdipper stellamara-starsea myles-marginal euchmad-lightoff acosmo-inbetween loveamp-ami loveamp-criticalmass loveamp-loveamplifier loveamp-zaxis artemis-truth artemis-auralei rrich-trances2 fitch-amb fallingyou-touch artemis-gravity hube-hube braun-crow novaexpress-gimme rootsrebel-surfacing blownaparts-thrillhype westexit-nocturne tokyo-tokyo wall-passage brokenpoets-nature properauthorities-psa solarcycle-flare babylon-beat twilightarchive-twilight fuzz-soulful lehtmojoe-spaghetti ustoz-soundtrack therapture-garden rildrim-poetryun joeyfehrenbach-mellowdrama beatunder-cosmic etherine-24days babylon-knives drsounds-bungalow markitos-evolution saros-soundscapes introspekt-ideology strojovna-number1 mantic-eproms spinecar-upmud shira-wildwood seismic-deadmans rocketcity-pop elecfrank-timenow debenedictis-fruitless bradsucks-dontknow psycliq-seraph hube-harvest loveamp-canwenotcare loveamp-deathrebirth loveamp-mahadeva rildrim-syntheticdream artemis-triptych rrich-eleclad rrich-trances1 amoeba-pivot fitch-amb2 artemis-orbits mountain-lunar braun-miles opened-occult rootsrebel-looking

description:
  Set on a reliable path from the first beats, the new Hands Upon Black Earth album, Translucent, evolves organically swelling into a presence, ripe and provocative, and ebbing gracefully into submission. It carries emotion and summons release, seductive and soothing when so inclined, well scripted and perfectly unpredictable. In Translucent, h.u.b.e producer Bobby Cochran continues his path to uncharted sonic territories, and extends to accomplish what can only be the goal to enrapture.

  On this follow-up to the groundbreaking self-titled debut album, Cochran is joined by vocalist and collaborator Irina Mikhailova, formerly of Medicine Drum and currently of Lumin, Kaya Project and many others, Irina is a well respected and established solo recording artist in her own right, and adds new sensuality and Eastern European flavor to the mix. Additional collaborations feature downtempo producer and cellist Rena Jones (Native State/Aleph Zero), singers and composers Artemis, Sharon Knight and Celeste Lear, among others.

  Sometimes echoing the moody downtempo of Massive Attack meets Solar Fields, the ethereal lushness of Ulrich Schnauss meets Sigur Ros, and the sensual, hungry rhythms of Bassnectar meets Cheb I Sabbah. Translucent is an amalgamation of traditional electronica styles, infused with new and exciting energy that pushes the edges of contemporary music, and grounds itself in the universal medium of Bass, Beats, and Beauty.

  These are songs that mix the ancient salt of tide pools with the gleam of mercury; natural ambiences tastefully introduced and skillfully blended, pulsing and undulating rhythms fused with soothing strings and electronic textures awakening the body to movement while opening the mind to infinite possibilities. Translucent is a doorway to the uncharted territory within us all.


artist: Hanneke van Proosdij
albumname: Les Baricades Misterieuses
sku: proosdij-baricades
upc: 876809004132
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/les-baricades-misterieuses/id370500765
also:
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description:
  Les Baricades Misterieuses features Dutch harpsichordist Hanneke van Proosdij, renowned for the elegance, virtuosity, and expressiveness of her playing. She performs on a harpsichord based on the Ruckers-Goujon harpsichord in the Musee d'Art et d'Histoire in Neuchatel, Switzerland; it has more than a frisson of the original Ruckers, and tenders energy and complexity to the works of Jean?Henri D'Anglebert, Francois Couperin, Antoine Forqueray, Jacques Duphly and Claude Balbastre. The title of the album derives from Couperin's famous work "Les Baricades Misterieuses" which was published in 1717 in his VIth Ordre de Clavecin. Although countless theories have been advanced as to the meaning of the title, none is convincing, and the ineluctable modality of the piece has captured the imaginations of composers, writer and artists. In 1961, Rene Magritte painted "Les Barricades Mysterieuses," which eventually was transformed into a grand mural in Halle Delvaux at the Palais des Congres in Brussels.

  The French harpsichord school of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries is known as Les Clavecinistes. They flourished and achieved a refinement of keyboard writing which was constantly admired and often imitated outside their home country. The French Clavecinistes flourished at the royal court and the aristocratic salons of Paris. This recording will take you on a journey among the different generations and styles of French harpsichordists and composers.


artist: Hanneke van Proosdij
albumname: Harpsichord suites of Chambonnieres
sku: proosdij-chambon
upc: 876809002282
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257903595&s=143444
also:
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description:
  Jacques Champion de Chambonnieres (ca1601- ca1672) is considered the father of the French harpsichord School, a style of playing that reached its zenith in the works of Francois Couperin and Rameau. He was the first musician to hold the position of Harpsichordist of the King. To the pay of six hundred livres (pounds) he added, around 1650, a pension of one thousand ecus (crowns) drawn on the royal treasury, which is an indication of the esteem he then enjoyed. He published two books of works for solo harpsichord in 1670, and a number of other pieces survive in various manuscripts. In addition to his activities as a composer Chambonnieres was also an accomplished teacher. Among his pupils were many of the most important players and composers of the time: the three Couperin brothers, Hardel, one of the Gautiers, d'Anglebert, Lebegue, Cambert and Nivers.

  Chambonnieres showed the desire, never realized, to seek his fortune at the court of Queen Christina of Sweden. To this end, Constantijn Huygens was enlisted to pave the way for him there. Meanwhile, his current position at the French court was jeopardized by a nearly successful plot to force Chambonnieres to resign in favor of his student Louis Couperin. The loyal refusal of Louis Couperin to displace Chambonnieres could only have sprung from high personal regard. In 1662 he finally found himself abruptly deprived of his pension. As a result he sold his post to his pupil d'Anglebert for 2000 pounds. Chambonnieres held his engagements, but the services were covered by d'Anglebert; Chambonnieres no longer appeared at court, in the concerts or the ballets.

  Chambonnieres was famous early in his life. Mersenne described his playing as distinguished by delicacy and subtlety of touch, fleetness without display, and imaginative embellishment: "each time he played a piece he mingled in new beauties ports de voix, passages and various ornaments, with doubles cadences". A little later Mersenne praised him even more highly: "After listening to the harpsichord played by the Sieur de Chambonnieres ! I can only express my feeling by saying that one should hear nothing afterwards, whether one desires lovely melodies and fine accompanying parts mingled together, beauty of rhythm, fine touch or lightness and speed of hand ! it can be said that this instrument has met its ultimate master."

  The works of Chambonnieres have been preserved for us in two engraved volumes and in several manuscripts. The Bauyn Manuscript (ca1690) is considered one of the most important sources of French keyboard music of the seventeenth century. This single source brings together 350 pieces, most written for the harpsichord, and is organized into three sections, the first consecrated entirely to Chambonnieres, the second to Louis Couperin, and the third to various composers like Froberger, Hardel and du Mont. The pieces in the ms are grouped to mode, and within each modal grouping are further organized accordingly to dance forms. Some of the Doubles have been taken from a manuscript in the Bibliotheque du Conservatoire in Paris. These doubles are published in the complete Chambonnieres edition published by the Broude brothers (edited by P. Brunold and A. Tessier). I have adhered to the French customary grouping; allemande, courante, sarabande, gigue. Even though Chambonnieres is not known to have formally used the word "Suite" he does group his dances in this order. Optional pieces include the chaconne, pavane, gaillard, volte, brusque and menuet.

  (d minor Suite) Allemande La Loureuse - Courante* - Double de la Courante* - Sarabande* - Pavanne* - Sarabande* - Gigue la Madelainette
  (G major Suite) Pavane l'Entretien des Dieux - Courante - Double de la Courante** - Sarabande Jeunes Zephirs* - Double de la Sarabande Jeunes Zephirs** - Menuet -Chaconne* - Gigue*
  C major Suite Allemande Le Moutier* - Double Allemande Le Moutier by L. Couperin* - Courante Iris - Double de la Courante Iris by d'Anglebert** - Sarabande de la Reyne - Gigue La Verdinguette - Double de la Gigue La Verdinguette attributed to d'Anglebert**
  (g minor Suite) Allemande dite l'affligee* - Courante - Sarabande - Gigue
  (F major Suite) Allemande - Courante* - Sarabande O Beau Jardin attributed to d'Anglebert** - Double de la Sarabande O Beau Jardin attributed to d'Anglebert** - Chaconne* - Chaconne*

  All pieces were taken from the engraved books except where noted:* Bauyn Manuscript** ms Reserve 18 223 Bibliotheque du Conservatoire Paris.

  A note on the recording:The harpsichord used in this recording was made by in 1996 in Amsterdam by Joop Klinkhamer after an instrument by Ruckers-Goujon (1632/1742) currently in the Musee d'Art et d'Histoire in Neuchatel, Switzerland. In its present state, the original is strung very lightly to preserve it; our instrument conforms more to 17th century stringing practices which makes it suitable for earlier harpsichord repertory since its tonal palette is both dark and transparent with clear articulation. 2x8' 1x4' FF-ff''' A=392.

  Every technical effort was made in this recording. Producer David Bowles and engineer David Tayler tried to recreate the feeling of sitting in front of the instrument as it was being played, with the image hovering slightly higher than the speakers. In addition, we felt it was necessary to have an absolutely transparent texture, in which the inner voices of the music can be clearly heard without any metallic ring to the overtones. Two matched pairs of Schoeps microphones were used in conjunction with a Mytek 8X96 AD converter in four tracks at 88. 2 kHz/24 bit. A high speed preamp was used to capture the transients in the sound and provide superior imaging, and the tracks were combined and edited using the Sadie system. The imaging is so sharp that you can hear the bass notes coming from the right side of the harpsichord, just as in a live acoustic!

  Recording Production, Digital editing and Mastering: David v. R. Bowles
  Engineering: David Tayler and David v. R. Bowles
  Tuning: Andrew Lagerquist
  Recorded 1-4 October 2001 at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Belvedere, CA


artist: Hans Christian
albumname: All Is Well
sku: hanschristian-alliswell
upc: 847646001738
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description:
  Unconventional cellist Hans Christian has recorded and released a new solo album called All Is Well. This album, as part of a trilogy of live recordings from Chartres France, where Hans appears as adjunct faculty to Wisdom University's annual New Chartres Mystical School, is steeped in introspection, spiritual suspense, and sonic symmetry.

  Hans employs a technique called live-looping which enables him to record himself on the fly and play to it, adding or subtracting multiple melodic layers. The music is an exquisite construction of a harmonic web which captures the listener with its gentle but probing quality. Subtle and passionate, understated and elegant, deliberate yet played with abandon, All Is Well will remind the listener of their own spiritual journey. A great album to chill out, do yoga, slow movement, or have a talk with God.


artist: Hans Christian
albumname: Cinema of Dreams
sku: hanschristian-cinema
upc: 876809005924
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=267135807&s=143444
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description:
  Unravel and/or time travel to Hans Christians' glorious Cinema Of Dreams, a collection of solo cello pieces combined with keyboards, sarangi, tape, nyckelharpa, sitara, bass, sarod, and various rhythm instruments. This album also has some great sound design with tape effects, backwards phrasing, half speed loops and more. Finding new musical settings for the cello has always been of interest to Hans, and on this CD he has discovered some amazing new territory in this regard. Some pieces have an electronic quality with oscillator-driven drone scapes, while others incorporate a distinctly classical orchestral sound. Esoteric yet very warm. Enjoy!


artist: Hans Christian
albumname: Undefended Heart
sku: hanschristian-heart
upc: 876809008840
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description:
  Solo cello with live loops and delays. Recorded live in Chartres, France, July 5-10, 2010

  Undefended Heart is a courageous step towards vulnerability, a documentation of a journey towards a light that liberates us from ourselves, from the egoic selves, and opens an internal space that permits us to be who we really are. It is also a place of healing, where all internal tensions, lies, and deceptions recede and yield to a vision of the compassionate true nature of mankind. It opens a timeless listening experience, perfect for yoga, massage, movement, or just being quiet.

  "Hans Christian's music is unique. It marries sumptuous classical elegance with a raw and profound spiritual passion. Anyone who listens to it will find in it the voice of their longing and ecstatic soul."
  -Andrew Harvey


artist: Hans Christian
albumname: Hidden Treasures
sku: hanschristian-hiddentreasures
upc: 847646007259
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description:
  Hans Christian, veteran cellist, music producer and member of the GuruGanesha Band, is offering a new album called Hidden Treasures. The music on this instrumental album spans a four year creative time period in which Hans would freely record musical ideas, often archiving them for future completion. The lyrical, orchestral blend of layered strings within a contemporary production reflect Hans' fluid musicality, ranging from gorgeous melodic structures to deeply felt emotional renderings on solo cello.

  This unique sound was first shared with a wide audience through his work with his mystical world music group RASA (featuring singer Kim Waters). His appearance as a guest musician on countless albums in the greater devotional music genre has often added a highly virtuosic and emotional quality to those projects, and so it also happens on this album, there is something infectious about the strong sense of melodies on this album which weave, turn, and morph with a captivating beauty.

  Some pieces on Hidden Treasures are contemplative in nature, while others are rhythmically driven to reveal a darker and more muscular color. This musician is not afraid to express the frequencies of all chakras with an earthy foundation, imaginative soundscapes, and ethereal overtones in the upper frequency range.

  A deeply sonorous cello weaves a continuous lead throughout the album, and Hans Christian fans will not be disappointed with his heartbreakingly beautiful performances on Heart To Heart, Cathedral Of Tears (recorded inside Chartres Cathedral, France), and I Lift Up Mine Eyes.

  Review of Hidden Treasures
  While the harp may be the instrument of Heaven, the cello is the voice of the soul, especially when Hans Christian holds the bow. His mastery with "live looping" - accompanying himself with rhythm, melody, punctuation and majestic strings - and expertise with other exotic instruments (mohan veena (adapted sitar), the Swedish nyckelharpa, and the sarangi) creates mini-masterpieces that form an exquisite whole.

  His appearance as a guest musician on countless CDs in the devotional music genre has added a virtuosic and emotional quality to those projects. There is something infectious about his strong sense of melody which flows with a captivating beauty. Some pieces on Hidden Treasures are contemplative in nature; others are rhythmically driven to reveal darker tones. Hans is not afraid to express the frequencies of all chakras with an earthy foundation, imaginative soundscapes, and ethereal overtones in the upper frequencies. Hans' deeply sonorous cello weaves magic throughout this album.
  Lloyd Barde


artist: Hans Christian
albumname: Phantoms
sku: hanschristian-phantoms
upc: 876809002275
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257923498&s=143444
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description:
  Hans Christian's first journey into his imaginary music realm. Phantoms is rich with musical imagery, passion, and unusual instrumentation. A mixture of classical, rock, and world music. Originally released in 1993, remastered in 2003, it is rich in ethnic, pop, and neo-classical ingredients, with the cello soaring through a colorful tapestry of rhythms and melodies. Passionate intensity is the driving force behind this stunningly beautiful and rich music. It clearly penetrates deeply into life and is unafraid to explore the full breadth of existence - including the shadow side, without which we would be unable to know the light. Cello is often the lead instrument, along with a full regalia of exotic instrumentation, including electric basses, electric and acoustic guitars, keyboards, sound effects, vocals, percussion, didjeridoo, tablas and frame drums. Rhythmic, experimental and innovative, this is supreme music for the daring and the deeply caring and offers a welcome relief from canned music of all varieties.


artist: Hans Christian
albumname: Rumi Symphony
sku: hanschristian-rumi
upc: 847646002063
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description:
  The Rumi symphony is a glowing, magical, passionate and profoundly inspiring journey into the heart of the world's greatest mystic's experience of divine love. It is a collaboration between Andrew Harvey, internationally acclaimed spiritual teacher, Rumi scholar and translator, and the world renowned musician and composer, Hans Christian.

  Rumi is the world's greatest and most passionate and inspiring mystical poet. He combined the philosophical intellect of a Plato or Kant and the soul force and grandeur of a Buddha or Christ with the sublime literary gifts of a Shakespeare. As millions of seekers of whatever religion or persuasion all over the world now know: Rumi's extraordinary words have an unique power and initiatory effect. The return of Rumi to the consciousness of the world is one of the great forces behind our global mystical renaissance.

  For many years Andrew Harvey dreamed of creating with a great musician, a Rumi Symphony that would fuse together his translations and freshly composed music in a complete unfolding of Rumi's vision of the path of divine love and passion. When he heard Hans Christian's profound and wonderful playing during an initiation into the Chartres Mystery School of Wisdom University in France, he was overwhelmed with joy and knew that he had at last found the musician and composer that had the musical virtuosity and depth of spirit that could create exactly what he had dreamed of.

  This holy work, The Rumi Symphony is the child of the marriage of their hearts and gifts.

  The music of this symphony carries Hans Christian's unique combination of instruments that crosses any familiar stylistic boundaries and genres. At times passionate and rousing, then again languishing and wanting, with assertive rhythms that are contrasted by deeply sensitive spaces, the music works on multiple levels to transport the listener into the world of spirit and mystique.

  The journey is in four parts: in the first, "The Call" Rumi's words arouse the heart to the core of the beloved. In the second, "Falling in Love", the heart opens to the ecstasy of the love of the beloved. In the third "The Dark Night" the heart undergoes the death into eternal life. In the fourth, "Divine Union" the heart revels in the peace and passion of identity with God.

  This sublime symphony will prove an ideal inspiration for your meditation and your search for God. An instrumental version of the Rumi Syphony is also included as a second album.


artist: Hans Christian
albumname: Rumi Symphony (instrumental)
sku: hanschristian-rumiinst
upc: 847646002070
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description:
  The Rumi symphony is a glowing, magical, passionate and profoundly inspiring journey into the heart of the world's greatest mystic's experience of divine love. It is a collaboration between Andrew Harvey, internationally acclaimed spiritual teacher, Rumi scholar and translator, and the world renowned musician and composer, Hans Christian.

  Rumi is the world's greatest and most passionate and inspiring mystical poet. He combined the philosophical intellect of a Plato or Kant and the soul force and grandeur of a Buddha or Christ with the sublime literary gifts of a Shakespeare. As millions of seekers of whatever religion or persuasion all over the world now know: Rumi's extraordinary words have an unique power and initiatory effect. The return of Rumi to the consciousness of the world is one of the great forces behind our global mystical renaissance.

  For many years Andrew Harvey dreamed of creating with a great musician, a Rumi Symphony that would fuse together his translations and freshly composed music in a complete unfolding of Rumi's vision of the path of divine love and passion. When he heard Hans Christian's profound and wonderful playing during an initiation into the Chartres Mystery School of Wisdom University in France, he was overwhelmed with joy and knew that he had at last found the musician and composer that had the musical virtuosity and depth of spirit that could create exactly what he had dreamed of.

  This holy work, The Rumi Symphony is the child of the marriage of their hearts and gifts.

  The music of this symphony carries Hans Christian's unique combination of instruments that crosses any familiar stylistic boundaries and genres. At times passionate and rousing, then again languishing and wanting, with assertive rhythms that are contrasted by deeply sensitive spaces, the music works on multiple levels to transport the listener into the world of spirit and mystique.

  The journey is in four parts: in the first, "The Call" Rumi's words arouse the heart to the core of the beloved. In the second, "Falling in Love", the heart opens to the ecstasy of the love of the beloved. In the third "The Dark Night" the heart undergoes the death into eternal life. In the fourth, "Divine Union" the heart revels in the peace and passion of identity with God.

  This sublime symphony will prove an ideal inspiration for your meditation and your search for God. An instrumental version of the Rumi Syphony is also included as a second album.


artist: Hans Christian
albumname: Sancta Camisia
sku: hanschristian-sancta
upc: 876809006945
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/sancta-camisia/id294072235
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description:
  Contemplative solo cello recorded inside Chartres Cathedral.

  Hans' latest album, Sancta Camisia, was recorded live inside the famous Chartres Cathedral in France and features Hans Christian on solo cello. The album sets a contemplative and devotional mood with energetic passages, as well as Gregorian chant type repetitive melodic structures. The music is improvised, yet clearly structured and well recorded with lots of ambience.


artist: Hans Christian
albumname: Surrender
sku: hanschristian-surrender
upc: 876809002268
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257786300&s=143444
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description:
  Surrender is a deep journey into Hans Christian's musical realm. His unmistakable cello virtuosity is bound in a spellbinding ethnic context - you will hear Middle-Eastern, East-Indian, and European Classical influences.

  Highlighting Hans Christian's unmistakable cello virtuosity, Surrender features the cello, this most soulful of instruments, in new and exciting musical contexts. The pieces on Surrender suggest a musical path that freely crosses the boundaries between Eastern and Western traditions in a fusion of cultural styles. where the classical/European voice of the cello, the Far Eastern or Middle Eastern sounds of an oud-like guitar, Balalaika or Shakuhachi are integrated with the modern pulse of electronic timbres. Each composition in this collection is decidedly different; passion dominates one piece, the next is reflective, another brings powerful rhythms - yet each is carried by a clear melodic voice which gives rise to a deep probing into the listener's soul. An intensely beautiful album that is an emotional rendering of compassion and transcendence.


artist: Hans Christian
albumname: The Lake
sku: hanschristian-thelake
upc: 847646006986
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description:
  Nine songs that celebrate the beauty and mystery of the Great Lakes. Timeless arrangements for cello, voice, piano, guitar and traditional folk instruments.

  Several unusual instruments were used on this record: A Swedish bowed string instrument called a Nyckelharpa, where wooden keys are played to alter the pitch; an Indian bowed instrument with 36 strings called a Sarangi; and a small Indian keyboard with a bellows and reeds called a Harmonium.

  This music was recorded in late September in a cabin on the shores of Lake Michigan. We sifted through a number of traditional folk songs and shanties looking for music that reflected the beauty and mystery of the Lake. In the end, three original songs were also included. We would play a melody, share arrangement ideas and then perform the songs together, recording as we went.


artist: Hans Christian
albumname: You are the Music of my Silence
sku: hanschristian-youaremusic
upc: 847646004401
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description:
  Harry Manx on Mohan Veena (20 string Indian slide guitar), lap steel, acoustic guitars, banjo. Hans Christian on cello, Indian sarangi, Indian sitara, swedish nyckelharpa, fretless bass, piano, keyboards, percussion and programming.

  The creative energies of Hans Christian and Harry Manx on this recording capture a timeless journey that combines the traditional music cultures of India and Western Europe in a contemporary sound. The artist flow effortlessly as they are in their elements, and the listener is blessed with an extraordinary end result.

  There is an ageless magic that unfolds when two master musicians sit down to "do some music". Ideas formulate very rapidly, a common language is spoken, knowledge and intuition start to dance, in short, inspiration appears!

  This album is a celebration of original, artistic, exotic and inspired creativity. Enjoy the journey!


artist: Harlan Williams
albumname: The Glass Desert
sku: harlan-glass
upc: 876809004873
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/the-glass-desert/id370466311
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description:
  The compositions on The Glass Desert are instrumental and range in moods from ambient and celestial to darkened and tragic, always with a layering of harmonies and an intricate structure. The writings are usually in minor key and can sometimes end up gothic sounding. The style is very unlike traditional classical guitar music, using multiple instrument parts, elaborate arrangements, and unusual timings.

  The front cover artwork is one of Harlan's original paintings. These detailed works have been on display in galleries in North Carolina and Louisiana. The subjects are all structural or things that don't actually exist, sometimes taking as long as an entire year to finish.

  All of the song titles on this recording are found somewhere in the scope of Christian history or directly in the Bible itself. For example, "In Nomine Domini" is Latin for "In the Name of the Lord", "Gregory IX" was the pope who instituted the inquisition, and "The Limb of the Fiend" is 16th century reference that's another way of saying "The Arm of Satan".


artist: Harper's Hamper
albumname: All Hayle to the Days
sku: harham-allhayle
upc: 847646002230
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description:
  In All Hayle to the Days, Celia Harper, composer behind the group Sulis on Magnatune, has researched and arranged a refreshing collection of carols old and new, sacred and secular, mediaeval to modern.

  Engagingly performed by an intimate group of her singer and instrumental friends, there's something for everyone here in an immediate and unusual recording. "All Hayle" is ideal for the whole holiday season through to wassailing songs for the New Year.


artist: Hazelmain
albumname: Sooner or Later
sku: hazelmain-soonerlater
upc: 847646003091
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description:
  Led by the gorgeous, fragile vocals of Charmian Kingston, Hazelmain's music is bitter-sweet pop with hints of jazz, rock and even a little bit of country. Written and recorded by multi-instrumentalist Connor Fitzgerald (with a little help from his friends!), 'Sooner or Later' was recorded during the members' last months of university in NSW, Australia. While real life led the project to end before it began, the music and the good memories remain.

  Sadly this project ended before it began, for several reasons. However I'm still quite fond of the music, and the singer (Charmian Kingston) remains one of my favourites. Again, I wrote the tunes (with a little help from Dave Tweedie and Jack Britten) and played the instruments, but I got a real singer to do the vocals :)


artist: Hazelmain
albumname: Sooner or Later (instrumental)
sku: hazelmain-soonerlaterinst
upc: 847646003121
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description:
  This is the instrumental version of the album Sooner or Later. The music is bitter-sweet pop with hints of jazz, rock and even a little bit of country.

  Written and recorded by multi-instrumentalist Connor Fitzgerald (with a little help from his friends!), 'Sooner or Later' was recorded during the members' last months of university in NSW, Australia. While real life led the project to end before it began, the music and the good memories remain.


artist: Healing Muses
albumname: Dolce Musica - A Contemplative Journey
sku: hadidian-dolce
upc: 876809006150
itunes: NONE
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description:
  Based on studies that certain kinds of music can promote healing and relaxation during stressful hospital stays and procedures, Eileen Hadidian and Natalie Cox's music is designed to create a peaceful sound environment for patients, using a combination of medieval, Renaissance, and Celtic music. In addition to their busy performance schedule, they often play in medical and retreat based settings and seek out other non-traditional places for live music.


artist: Healing Muses
albumname: Garden of Healing
sku: hadidian-garden
upc: 847646000250
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/garden-of-healing/id432579870
also:
  sforster-beethovenone shira-ragged shira-dayofjoy lara-sonatas2 voicesofmusic-bach shira-almanac shira-waters estrem-reverie shira-castle dbp-wtc1a dbp-wtc2a carlin-enlightenment humanresponse-immortal ezivian-chopin estrem-bachcello susanrmorris-between estrem-viveight nouwens-sonatinas paternoster-sonatas2 chadlawson-chopinone sforster-beetnine fickle-waters robinstine-daydream wahl-meditative lmccauley-beauty dini-calm zephyrus-angelus fulton-once debenedictis-welcome josephnimoh-reflections carilive-holfrost fulton-harpersholiday rmackenzie-tombeaux dshoskes-patrons canconier-canconier amccartney-elizabethslutes mirable-conversations kaissa-lookingthere bcsd-sixmotets lukegartnerbrereton-balmsisyphus jeremymoyer-bicyclestories dbp-wtc2b jjohnson-inventions hanford-24preludes estrem-bachvol1 sforster-beethoventwo cbooth-bachgold sforster-beethovenfour sforster-beethovenfive susanrmorris-ohhenry estrem-bachukulele estrem-dowland chadlawson-chopintwo sforster-beetseven estrem-spain paternoster-chinesekoreanfour magnacomp-relaxclass senne-aerial wahl-light firehead-nothingright fulton-airs sieber-hidden rmackenzie-parisiandelight fwheel-pastourelle ewallace-santanight dini-legends potvin-christemas paternoster-bach-paternoster braid-soundtrack martin-artfrance heringman-holburns monom-foresttales dufay-estampida tilopa-bytheway kishor-sowebo1 lara-sonatas1 dbp-wtc1b almqvist-goldberg lara-fourseasons jjohnson-goldberg kmcintosh-bachinvsin ilic-godowsky estrem-collage ljelinek-liszt estrem-bachmandola sforster-beetsix sarasa-bach hadidian-reflections estrem-spaintwo mpacifica-dancing lmccauley-wintertime lmccauley-quieting wahl-guitarscapes magnacomp-dinner heringman-blackcow skarazula-litha asteria-soyes sieber-unspoken berget-jsbach abaroque-mozart

description:
  Soothing heart and spirit. Experience a lush soundscape of of musical pieces selected from various world traditions for their ability to lift stress and banish anxiety. The music is specially chosen by the musicians of Healing Muses for their healing properties, an organization whose mission is to bring healing music to hospitals, clinics, hospices, convalescent homes, retreat centers and homebound individuals. This album is suitable for promoting relaxation and reducing anxiety during stressful hospital stays and medical/dental procedures (patients and staff both benefit), and providing calming music in the midst of life's daily challenges. Performed on harp, recorder and flute, the music is drawn from various world traditions including medieval and Renaissance Europe, Celtic and American folk tunes and spirituals.


artist: Healing Muses
albumname: Reflections - music to soothe and uplift the spirit
sku: hadidian-reflections
upc: 847646000243
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/reflections-music-to-soothe/id440533310
also:
  sforster-beethovenfour carychow-zirkus potvin-christemas ranchhands-backhome chadlawson-autumn lynnetortorelli-silentnight dbp-wtc1a dbp-wtc2a carlin-enlightenment humanresponse-immortal sforster-beethovenone ezivian-chopin estrem-debussy estrem-bachcello susanrmorris-between estrem-viveight nouwens-sonatinas paternoster-sonatas2 chadlawson-chopinone sforster-beetnine fickle-waters shira-ragged shira-dayofjoy wahl-guitarscapes chadlawson-solochristmas masley-allstrings ljelinek-beethoven antiqcool-acousticguitar lara-sonatas2 voicesofmusic-bach dbp-wtc2b jjohnson-inventions hanford-24preludes estrem-bachvol1 sforster-beethoventwo cbooth-bachgold sforster-beethovenfive susanrmorris-ohhenry estrem-bachukulele chadlawson-chopintwo sforster-beetseven shira-almanac shira-waters estrem-spain westexit-unearthed paternoster-chinesekoreanfour juliafindon-victorianacorent fallingyou-human lara-sonatas1 dbp-wtc1b almqvist-goldberg lara-fourseasons jjohnson-goldberg estrem-reverie kmcintosh-bachinvsin ilic-godowsky estrem-collage ljelinek-liszt estrem-bachmandola francoiscouture-labuchevol1 sforster-beetsix sarasa-bach shira-castle hadidian-garden estrem-spaintwo wahl-christmas farallon-senfl lynnetortorelli-lightinthewood carilive-holfrost humanresponse-delirious lara-bach sforster-beethoventhree estrem-bachcellotwo knewdigate-stillwaters susanrmorris-amonglasses jjohnson-chopin tmatsuishi-bachlab estrem-soloukutwo paternoster-vivaldi sforster-beeteight shira-mistral hadidian-dolce kperl-french wahl-guinevere reverie-string fulton-harpersholiday aitua-elements rildrim-movinginward doughamer-rainforestsuite mmcguill-sleepmode raymontford-onestep fielding-lightfields tonethief-fadingblue fuzz-messy jackman-sanctuary paternoster-haydn almernirvan-lifeinrev franca-boismortier estrem-bachkeyboard rildrim-ecosystems

description:
  Music to soothe and uplift the spirit. Experience the power of music to calm and release anxiety in today's noisy, high stress world. Reflections gives the listener the opportunity to sit back and calmly reflect upon the day's events within a lush, comforting soundscape of music drawn from various world traditions including medieval and Renaissance Europe, Celtic and American folk tunes and spirituals. Performed on harp, recorder and flute. Also suitable for promoting relaxation and reducing anxiety during stressful hospital stays and medical/dental procedures. Patients and staff both benefit.


artist: Heavy Mellow
albumname: Acoustic Abstracts
sku: heavymellow-acoustic
upc: 876809002251
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257786649&s=143444
also:
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description:
  Heavy Mellow is the instrumental duo of Barry Sulkin and Paul Hadley, based in Nashville, Tennessee and Sylva, North Carolina. They play relaxing and melodic music using various guitars (6 and 12 string, classical), dobro, mandolin,and other instruments, interweaving finger-style and flat picking. Their first album, "Acoustic Abstracts", is a collection of duets, some of which have been used as film sound tracks.


artist: Heavy Mellow
albumname: Horizons
sku: heavymellow-horizons
upc: 876809005399
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257933022&s=143444
also:
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description:
  The name of this best-selling instrumental Magnatune group basically says it all, but we can't resist singing the praises of their latest album a bit anyway: Horizons is a gorgeously mellow album of all original acoustic guitar duets by Paul Hadley on lead acoustic guitar and Barry Sulkin on 6 and 12 string guitar and finger-picked dobro. Their sparkling compositions are rounded out with well-placed touches of mandolin, Hammond organ, slide, bass, and harmonica.

  Horizons by Heavy Mellow is one of those rare albums that serves as the perfect accompaniment to almost anything - waking up, winding down, working, driving, hanging out...whatever!


artist: Hector Mukomol
albumname: Immersion
sku: hectormukomol-immersion
upc: 847646009079
also:
  chinaski-megatonpie kabanov-overwaves heifervescent-hoofed craighanson-messecouvents kyven-forcommercialuseonly euchmad-whendroplets magnacomp-dinnerlounge aryehfrankfurter-harpersbrew chinaski-megatonpieinst aryehfrankfurter-stepintime liquidrainbow-orangeep aryehfrankfurter-moonwintertime musicinside-siliconinst beier-galilei mit-diplomat rompaey-mozaic weigl-landwater rompaey-djembolale2 heifervescent-gluefact beight-rhythm seismic-sweetrock yaelah-each immune-immune jjohnson-telemann headroom-cos okandcm-christmasgateway ashganley-univaccept slouchingstars-sadmooneyes townmonster-julsept angelight-shamansity lillywolf-playloud angelight-zenstation 4oresight-moretimethanever angelight-lwld dubmaster-dubprotection angelight-innerspace dubmaster-indub angelight-energyol terracottablue-futurelongago mburaglia-plaintesdepsyche windpearl-motherearth mburaglia-weiss rayborn-qadim wbrooks-brokenbeast voxnostra-notredame wbrooks-wings cbooth-wcroft sambodhiprem-sunlightrainriver quist-dance dini-legends voxnostra-assumpta dini-zenandthepiano tilopa-pictures mystified-spheric erickamen-erictwo hectormukomol-unexploredworld dufay-cancionero celticreggae-everythingcomes chadlawson-spacebetween genco-numinous tilopa-turkishauch bindisoc-falling cbooth-jsbach juergenson-prospects hopkins-tincan dammersonv-overnight therapture-garden asalvo-sanctuary stevetyler-ephemeral hadidian-garden brunoelisabetsky-passoslargos nmathes-bellweatherarbutus fourstones-magnaremix2 gcostantini-liquidharm zeroslum-rewind lynnetortorelli-silentnight tokyo-tokyoinst sforster-beethovenfour funkinchely-riseandfall sforster-beetnine processor-insomnia modica-acousticearth mokhov-massivelove modica-jenny lvxnova-lvxnova modica-stillness jhietanen-datacube rmackenzie-tombeaux redskylullaby-echolalia berget-weiss11 dac-within carilive-holfrost monom-aroundtheworld carilive-mindreader etherine-gleam dbautista-weirdos thomaswalker-lasuperbe dbautista-cocktaileleven solarcycle-devotion weigl-silently

description:
  This time - as well as on the later album "Unexplored World" - Hector Mukomol creates worlds and spaces that are not alone. This is not the only reason why the feeling arises as though you merge into three worlds at once.

  One of them is, sure, that of water. Rapid and slow, cold and warm, transparent and not really - grand water, in which there is enough space for plankton, and for whales, and for those who have no name in the modern language.

  The second one - sure, that of air. At that, it is not just open space, in which there is nothing except for wind and distant voices. No, this is, rather, wind as it is, which has consciously chosen the direction - from land straight into the sky, without any curves - and easily but confidently it carries away all those who hear, all those who sound. Well, and at the crossing of these two, but also independently of them, there arises the third one - sure, that about which they do not speak in words, because this is in vain. We will not speak about it either - in the end, sometimes it is just enough not to forget about unnamed things, and to leave them unnamed. Strange enough, but it is so that they become obvious, do not disappear from horizons of life. In the course of time you find that it is no longer you who plunges into the world, but the world that plunges into you.


artist: Hector Mukomol
albumname: The Unexplored World (Journey of Consciousness)
sku: hectormukomol-unexploredworld
upc: 847646009086
also:
  chinaski-megatonpie kabanov-overwaves heifervescent-hoofed craighanson-messecouvents kyven-forcommercialuseonly euchmad-whendroplets magnacomp-dinnerlounge aryehfrankfurter-harpersbrew chinaski-megatonpieinst aryehfrankfurter-stepintime liquidrainbow-orangeep aryehfrankfurter-moonwintertime musicinside-siliconinst beier-galilei mit-diplomat rompaey-mozaic weigl-landwater rompaey-djembolale2 heifervescent-gluefact beight-rhythm seismic-sweetrock yaelah-each immune-immune jjohnson-telemann headroom-cos okandcm-christmasgateway ashganley-univaccept slouchingstars-sadmooneyes townmonster-julsept angelight-shamansity lillywolf-playloud angelight-zenstation 4oresight-moretimethanever angelight-lwld dubmaster-dubprotection angelight-innerspace dubmaster-indub angelight-energyol terracottablue-futurelongago mburaglia-plaintesdepsyche windpearl-motherearth mburaglia-weiss rayborn-qadim wbrooks-brokenbeast voxnostra-notredame wbrooks-wings cbooth-wcroft sambodhiprem-sunlightrainriver quist-dance dini-legends voxnostra-assumpta dini-zenandthepiano tilopa-pictures mystified-spheric erickamen-erictwo hectormukomol-immersion dufay-cancionero celticreggae-everythingcomes chadlawson-spacebetween genco-numinous tilopa-turkishauch bindisoc-falling cbooth-jsbach juergenson-prospects hopkins-tincan dammersonv-overnight therapture-garden asalvo-sanctuary stevetyler-ephemeral hadidian-garden brunoelisabetsky-passoslargos nmathes-bellweatherarbutus fourstones-magnaremix2 gcostantini-liquidharm zeroslum-rewind lynnetortorelli-silentnight tokyo-tokyoinst sforster-beethovenfour funkinchely-riseandfall sforster-beetnine processor-insomnia modica-acousticearth mokhov-massivelove modica-jenny lvxnova-lvxnova modica-stillness jhietanen-datacube rmackenzie-tombeaux redskylullaby-echolalia berget-weiss11 dac-within carilive-holfrost monom-aroundtheworld carilive-mindreader etherine-gleam dbautista-weirdos thomaswalker-lasuperbe dbautista-cocktaileleven solarcycle-devotion weigl-silently

description:
  In the sphere of ambient Hector Mukomol (Genadiy Mel'nyk) is, presumably, one of the best known musicians today, at least in the territory of the CIS. Personally I, for example, heard his music first in Russia - although he lives and creates in Kyiv. However, it would be even strange if global geography had any substantial influence on the presence here. Because the space of his works is directly related to internal geography, to travels of a person in the internal universe - and as is known, is the direct reflection of the external universe. Consequently - not subject to borders.

  Moreover, this time Mykola Oorzhak took part in recording the album by Hector Mukomol. This is also a person who is not simple, and known in the world - and his depth has become an important part of the local sound field. Actually, the author tells us about it in the booklet, I will not retell it therefore. I will say about another thing. Music is usually a guide - in various places - and a purposeful guide. But high-quality ambient, as to me, does not send a listener in any concrete direction. It, as a bullet, grows harmoniously, broadens in all directions at once - and, in fact, that is what happens to the audience. The crooked becomes smooth, cavities are filled in, slits grow over - this music helps a person to become integral. Healthy. Light. What is needed is the desire and readiness to work, because hurrying is impossible here. And, since you are already here - maybe, you should try...


artist: Heifervescent
albumname: Further Adventures in Monkeyland
sku: heifervescent-furthermonkey
upc: 847646002599
also:
  tolife-anewage kaarenorge-fantasia kristiantaus-clouds parksttrio-threeplusfive kristiantaus-movements fwheel-pastourelle aryehfrankfurter-intheirfootsteps tolife-tasabasaba teng-whisper parksttrio-goodnightdaylight carilive-wabisabi kabanov-breath conwayhambone-folkrattleroll lehtmojoe-hindsight debenedictis-fruitless andygabrys-constant jiveasssleepers-getbiz jpalmer-cherry berget-jsbach wahl-guitarscapes wahl-string mirable-conversations saros-labyrinth skarazula-litha inserra-incense2 almanova-debut aryehfrankfurter-auroranorthern estrem-viveight cbooth-wtcb1c1 sforster-beetsix sforster-beethoventhree williams-dusty mogilalia-flowers teng-monsoon tilopa-bytheway tilopa-turkishauch kenbonfield-legacy mundi-bookflower voicesofmusic-concerto liquidrainbow-orangeep liquidrainbow-blueep kingsbury-italian almqvist-goldberg wbrooks-karma wbrooks-bitter jasmineb-four carykanno-wonderland fickle-waters shira-ragged plunkett-days jackman-equilibrium heifervescent-hoofed kitka-rusalka loveamp-canwenotcare loveamp-deathrebirth loveamp-mahadeva loveamp-zaxis okandcm-beyondcir fielding-distant 1kub-frenchkiss fitch-celocity carilive-iacdaze carilive-mindreader carilive-holfrost beier-knights amccartney-rondeaumelancolique cfarran-anotheride timvajda-bootstrap emmalee-formantine aitua-elements jbwallach-heartstrings apremjee-cresentmoon jpalmer-soulgard jiveasssleepers-funkfactor wahl-light wahl-symmetry estrem-cimarosaonguitar voicesofmusic-bachviolinson saros-soundscapes estrem-bachvol1 abaroque-mozart inserra-hang almanova-giulani aryehfrankfurter-harpersbrew estrem-spaintwo berget-weiss11 asteria-jaqueline sforster-beetnine sforster-beethovenone williams-long teng-kingdom ranchhands-backhome tilopa-outblue tilopa-unravelling fulton-harpsinthetrees mundi-myhouse liquidrainbow-eightx liquidrainbow-theredep liquidrainbow-greenep

description:
  Further Adventures in Monkeyland - Exploring the archives of unreleased demos from his days in Monkeyland, Andy re-recorded some of his first songs, trying to keep the original sentiments as far as production goes. The album has a synergy and collectively illustrates Andy's love of shimmering guitars soaked in reverb and delay on top of lush strings and walls of overdriven guitar sound.

  Seed of Sin was originally laid down as a quick idea on a 4 track cassette. 15 years later it was finished and re-recorded and is probably more relevant now that Andy's obviously older with lyrics proclaiming "I still feel this young". A driving edgy guitar track full of apprehension.

  Chase the Vagabonds explores the innocent sentiment of trying to hold onto a relationship by offering lots of promises. Chiming, shimmering echoey guitars mixed with big ambient vocals give this very melodic pop track an ethereal quality.

  Rejuvenation cranks up the tempo and the guitar noise and talks hopefully about a brave new world. There's a few twists where the track virtually stops and then explodes again.

  Figure 8 is a very catchy love song with jangly guitars, shuffle beats and a very simple chord structure.

  The Furthest Outpost is more ethereal and builds up with suspense, into a huge wall of guitar sound. Again the sound focuses on hope and optimism, albeit in an escapist way.

  All the Way to the Pit is a strange acoustic based bouncy track with an odd minor chord structure. The vocals talk in a more negative way about a relationship gone sour.

  The heaviest of the tracks is Don't Die on Me - funky sequenced beats and baseline underlays big crunching guitars and a driving chorus line talking about not giving up in a desperate situation.

  Big Mistake is one Andy's oldest songs - a simple descending chord structure, driven by acoustics and overlaid with ringing guitars, the song has a medium tempo and energy.

  Vagrancy appeared on many Monkeyland recordings as a new wave punk style track, but this is the original feel which was more laid back and casual.

  Eyesore, again appeared very differently to this on Monkeyland recordings with a funkier Madchester beat. This was the original flavour though - an ambient, gentle track with small bells and piano, talking about collateral damage in a war zone.

  The Wooden Attraction is a short, fast paced indie guitar song, which was written simply about a wooden bench in Andy's hometown that was akin to a throne for the local idiot of the moment. Some great idiots have sat there and this song pays homage to them all.

  Closer Than completes the album and this is a mysterious ethereal track that builds and falls all the way through and speaks about the everlasting life.


artist: Heifervescent
albumname: The Glue Factory
sku: heifervescent-gluefact
upc: 847646002582
also:
  tolife-anewage kaarenorge-fantasia kristiantaus-clouds parksttrio-threeplusfive kristiantaus-movements fwheel-pastourelle tolife-tasabasaba aryehfrankfurter-intheirfootsteps parksttrio-goodnightdaylight andygabrys-constant jiveasssleepers-getbiz wahl-guitarscapes wahl-string saros-labyrinth almanova-debut teng-whisper kenbonfield-legacy wbrooks-karma wbrooks-bitter jasmineb-four jackman-equilibrium heifervescent-hoofed apremjee-cresentmoon jiveasssleepers-funkfactor wahl-light wahl-symmetry estrem-cimarosaonguitar saros-soundscapes estrem-bachvol1 almanova-giulani wbrooks-buffalo wbrooks-fowl kara-kara jiveasssleepers-scratch wahl-christmas wahl-meditative saros-aquadelph almanova-afterhours oldrecruits-keepheadup wbrooks-wings wbrooks-brokenbeast shira-wildwood carilive-wabisabi debenedictis-fruitless wahl-guinevere wahl-playingwithsilence almanova-christmas estrem-reverie oldrecruits-lookinfly ppavan-up wbrooks-socialcreatures wbrooks-blue jackman-sanctuary ejp-genuine ewallace-letshibernate kiwi-mischief artemis-undone ckovach-underground westexit-extra malileche-whenthedust sora-scorpionmoon magnacomp-electronica magnacomp-persuasion magnacomp-spa castlepines-porvida fuzz-milestones monom-deep kkahra-kora amarchand-romanticpiano amarchand-vivalatina voicesofmusic-bach artemis-truth zhaba-sharena lmccauley-wintertime lmccauley-beauty conwayhambone-folkrattleroll chadlawson-spacebetween jpalmer-cherry berget-jsbach mirable-conversations skarazula-litha inserra-incense2 aryehfrankfurter-auroranorthern estrem-fourseasons estrem-viveight magnacomp-xmas2014 cbooth-wtcb1c1 sforster-beetsix sforster-beethoventhree williams-dusty teng-monsoon oldrecruits-offtherails tilopa-bytheway tilopa-turkishauch mundi-bookflower voicesofmusic-concerto liquidrainbow-orangeep liquidrainbow-blueep kingsbury-italian

description:
  After 4 albums, there were many tracks that weren't included as they didn't fit the respective album styles and so the best of these were brought together to form The Glue Factory, Heifervescent's fifth album.

  Superglue opens the album and mixes heavy distorted guitars with analogue synths. Vocals talk about being overwhelmed by a lover and being out of control.

  Magnetized has a similar theme but the music is more raw and less synth driven.

  The pace slows down on As far as the eye can see, a track full of psychedelia, random bursts of energy and subdued vocals.

  Tripping Touring Taxi gets a little more country and blues with a slight twist here and there. Again the vocals have a slightly random and mixed up feel with lots of questions.

  Lunar Module takes the listener through a very short relationship full of small talk, which ends prematurely. the innocence of the event is reflected in the simple chord structure and simple guitar sounds.

  Last Drop Loverboy steers in the opposite direction and approaches the subject of abuse and desperation. A roller coaster of a track, the majority of the mix is low key, with loud chorus bursts.

  The mood makes way for manic chaos in I'm Not Moving Honey - full of crazy 60s organs and punk guitars and distorted vocal chants.

  What's this all about is more melancholy and melodic with a reminiscing vocal theme and soft overdriven guitars.

  Murder in the Garden (part 2) ends the album with a strange painful rumbling approach full of intrepidation and guitar noise


artist: Heifervescent
albumname: Hoofed and Dangerous
sku: heifervescent-hoofed
upc: 847646002520
also:
  tolife-anewage kaarenorge-fantasia kristiantaus-clouds parksttrio-threeplusfive kristiantaus-movements fwheel-pastourelle aryehfrankfurter-intheirfootsteps tolife-tasabasaba teng-whisper fitch-celocity parksttrio-goodnightdaylight fitch-amb carilive-wabisabi fitch-amb2 kabanov-breath conwayhambone-folkrattleroll rrich-trances1 lehtmojoe-hindsight intersonicsub-intotheovid debenedictis-fruitless andygabrys-constant jiveasssleepers-getbiz jpalmer-cherry berget-jsbach wahl-guitarscapes wahl-string mirable-conversations saros-labyrinth sieber-hidden skarazula-litha inserra-incense2 almanova-debut aryehfrankfurter-auroranorthern estrem-viveight cbooth-wtcb1c1 sforster-beetsix sforster-beethoventhree williams-dusty mogilalia-flowers teng-monsoon tilopa-bytheway tilopa-turkishauch kenbonfield-legacy mundi-bookflower voicesofmusic-concerto liquidrainbow-orangeep liquidrainbow-blueep kingsbury-italian almqvist-goldberg wbrooks-karma wbrooks-bitter jasmineb-four carykanno-wonderland fickle-waters shira-ragged plunkett-days jackman-equilibrium heifervescent-furthermonkey kitka-rusalka loveamp-canwenotcare loveamp-deathrebirth loveamp-mahadeva loveamp-zaxis okandcm-beyondcir fielding-distant 1kub-frenchkiss carilive-iacdaze carilive-mindreader carilive-holfrost beier-knights amccartney-rondeaumelancolique mmcguill-stult rrich-eleclad cfarran-anotheride fallingyou-faith fallingyou-human timvajda-bootstrap emmalee-formantine madeofwood-birdstate aitua-elements jbwallach-heartstrings apremjee-cresentmoon jpalmer-soulgard francoiscouture-tapespeed jiveasssleepers-funkfactor wahl-light wahl-symmetry estrem-cimarosaonguitar voicesofmusic-bachviolinson rowan-panta saros-soundscapes sieber-timeless estrem-bachvol1 abaroque-mozart inserra-hang almanova-giulani aryehfrankfurter-harpersbrew estrem-spaintwo

description:
  An upbeat, melodic, pop driven album.

  The album starts with 'The Mind Laboratory' a uniquely styled funky pop track featuring wah-pedalled guitars and a quirky synthesizer riff. The sentiment of the song is about conditioning the mind to feel optimistic, despite an acceptance of growing older. A song about being thankful about what you have, and holding on to love and life.

  100 miles or more is quite the opposite of the preceding track - a song about self doubt and worry that you've overstepped the mark. Acoustics and overdriven guitars give this a pacey indie rock feel with slightly distressed vocals.

  Shopping for religion asks the big questions about organised religion - why? how? what? It doesn't necessarily rebuke any particular religion, it just says 'don't shove it down my throat'. The music mixes a very catchy melodic chorus with psyched and 80s synth patterns.

  Billy Comes Home moves along on top of catchy repeating guitar progression, throwing in analogue synths and lush strings. Focusing on returning to a place you left many years before and finding everything changed - you're no longer part of a particular society, you're not in the cliques any more and frankly you start regretting going away in the first place. Jangly guitar arpeggios ring throughout with 60s style backing vocals.

  Bomb is a short, quiet acoustic track about feeling like a ticking bomb running out of time, hoping that someone can defuse the situation.

  Sharkbite is a lamentation - remembering a loved one who was taken away. Waltzing acoustics, strings and piano and flute underlay vocals which compare the death to a final sea journey.

  Chased by a cow was sparked by an actual event where Andy was actually chased by a cow whilst trespassing across a farm field. However the incident also triggered a feeling of mindless giddiness and whilst running away sparked a further feeling of invincibility. The music is very upbeat, uplifting and optimistic, with jaunty electric guitars and strong happy pop melodies.

  In contrast again, The Man from the County Court depicts a man in trouble, apologizing for dragging his lover down. A predominantly acoustic track which keeps you in suspense until the big crescendo at the end.

  Rational Behaviour brings a punk/new wave indie feel back to the album with crunchy guitars and aggressive drums. However the track retains a simple catchy melody and talks about a friend who criticizes everything but doesn't really know what he/she's talking about.

  A Friend for Life is a song for when you're simply sick of the human race. Animals don't answer back or try and change your life and that is the focus of this song. Bouncy acoustics and electric guitars set the base for happy catchy vocal melodies.


artist: Heifervescent
albumname: Murder in the Garden
sku: heifervescent-murderinthe
upc: 847646002568
also:
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description:
  Possibly the darkest of all of Heifervescent's albums, Murder in the Garden combines edgy guitars with big strings and orchestral sections to create some dark atmospheric alternative rock moments along with some shimmering pop.

  The album starts quite upbeat with Bessie's secret, which probes behind the door of a seemingly sweet old lady who harbours a dark secret past. Crunching guitars over pacey acoustics.

  Wonderful Thing ambles along at first with just rhythm guitar, bass and vocals until the chorus where everything joins the mix and the song paints a wonderful picture of the lover, given extra depth with the hammond organ and then horns and big symphonic strings.

  Electric Towers is essentially a melodic indie rock song, combining overdriven guitars with delicate piano parts and organs, the words illustrating the beginning of the end of a relationship.

  They've got tanks and everything has a sense of urgency with reverb soaked synth loops and punk drums and bass. The lyrics paint a picture of being surrounded and fear and anticipation.

  Where I once was brings the tempo right down with an atmospheric period of reflection, reminiscing about good times. The echoey guitars and harmonies add to the ambience.

  A disturbing look at the effects of war is brought to the table with Someone just took our babies. Ironically the song has quite a pleasant tempo and melody. The combination of pleasantries with the disturbing subject matter makes the song seem even darker.

  Respond take the atmosphere even darker beginning with menacing laughter and deals with a person who has had the life sucked out of them. Heavy rock guitars join the mix and the track goes up from level to level until the wall of guitar sound that is the chorus.

  The Diplomat is noise fuelled crashing alternative rock song with repeating riffs and focusing on the subject of diplomacy and avoiding making a decision.

  Journey through the slugs keeps the heavy theme going but with the 60s style organ and upbeat melody, the track is actually a bizarre love song.

  Murder in the Garden is a deep schizophrenic love song where the girl is told, by her lover, that her lover is dead, as if he is another person. The words are sincere and heartfelt and erupt into a powerful chorus where the lover admits he had problems. The song is a roller coaster of delicate intricate acoustic guitars and crashing distorted guitars.


artist: Heifervescent
albumname: Pondlife Fiasco
sku: heifervescent-pondlife
upc: 847646002575
also:
  tolife-anewage kaarenorge-fantasia kristiantaus-clouds parksttrio-threeplusfive kristiantaus-movements fwheel-pastourelle aryehfrankfurter-intheirfootsteps tolife-tasabasaba teng-whisper parksttrio-goodnightdaylight carilive-wabisabi kabanov-breath conwayhambone-folkrattleroll lehtmojoe-hindsight debenedictis-fruitless andygabrys-constant jiveasssleepers-getbiz jpalmer-cherry berget-jsbach wahl-guitarscapes wahl-string mirable-conversations saros-labyrinth skarazula-litha inserra-incense2 almanova-debut aryehfrankfurter-auroranorthern estrem-viveight cbooth-wtcb1c1 sforster-beetsix sforster-beethoventhree williams-dusty mogilalia-flowers teng-monsoon tilopa-bytheway tilopa-turkishauch kenbonfield-legacy mundi-bookflower voicesofmusic-concerto liquidrainbow-orangeep liquidrainbow-blueep kingsbury-italian almqvist-goldberg wbrooks-karma wbrooks-bitter jasmineb-four carykanno-wonderland fickle-waters shira-ragged plunkett-days jackman-equilibrium heifervescent-furthermonkey kitka-rusalka loveamp-canwenotcare loveamp-deathrebirth loveamp-mahadeva loveamp-zaxis okandcm-beyondcir fielding-distant 1kub-frenchkiss fitch-celocity carilive-iacdaze carilive-mindreader carilive-holfrost beier-knights amccartney-rondeaumelancolique cfarran-anotheride timvajda-bootstrap emmalee-formantine aitua-elements jbwallach-heartstrings apremjee-cresentmoon jpalmer-soulgard jiveasssleepers-funkfactor wahl-light wahl-symmetry estrem-cimarosaonguitar voicesofmusic-bachviolinson saros-soundscapes estrem-bachvol1 abaroque-mozart inserra-hang almanova-giulani aryehfrankfurter-harpersbrew estrem-spaintwo berget-weiss11 asteria-jaqueline sforster-beetnine sforster-beethovenone williams-long teng-kingdom ranchhands-backhome tilopa-outblue tilopa-unravelling fulton-harpsinthetrees mundi-myhouse liquidrainbow-eightx liquidrainbow-theredep liquidrainbow-greenep

description:
  The "most listened to" of all the Heifervescent albums, Pondlife Fiasco is a melodic twisting journey through indie guitar psychedelia.

  The opening track When the Stars Fall from Grace begins with chiming acoustic and electric guitars and describes a fateful love affair where nothing seems enough for the lover. Strings, backing harmonies and flutes give the track a gentle ambience, but the chords have a sense of urgency.

  Deep Sea Diver is probably the most well known Heifervescent track, and was at one stage, for a short time, one of the most listened to Creative Commons tracks in the world. A hard chugging baseline joins stabbing guitars as the distorted vocals sing about a couple locking themselves into a shelter to sit through the impending chaos.

  Kaleidoscope begins slowly and gently with just vocals, electric piano and flutes. The vocals explain the reserved beauty of a lover and plans to make everything ok. The chorus is joined by tremelo guitars and strings with a pleasant low key melody.

  We've got to plug you in speaks to a vacant lifeless person who simply needs a kick up the ass to get on with their lives. The minor key and distorted vocals, gives the track a slightly distressed feel.

  Stop Following Me could be relevant to anyone who's being followed, hounded, stalked by sinister people but it was actually just a song about a wasp. A slow paced ballad with piano and full orchestral parts.

  It's Coming Together is a more light hearted love song with melancholy piano riffs and bells. The chorus is full of optimism and pop naivety.

  Out of Tune brings the mood down again - a slow waltzing number with the pain of failure and self loathing. The song goes from quiet reflection to crashing guitar solos and back again.

  Counting without Numbers is possibly the poppiest track on the album with a catchy guitar melody, and approaches the subject of sheer confusion, when you're in a situation that just defies logic? like counting without numbers.

  Victim of Crime is a big slow lamenting song asking all the questions after a lover has left. Big strings and woodwinds give the track some classic moments, but the crashing guitars and backing vocals keep the track edgy.

  The final track - And the Pond Life Flourished is made of a big repeating guitar riff and vocals that try and justify the loss of the lover by playing the memories down and remembering all the pain. The song plods along slowly and aggressively but maintains a catchy chorus and vocal layers.


artist: Heifervescent
albumname: Verbal Bandit
sku: heifervescent-verbalbandit
upc: 847646002551
also:
  tolife-anewage kaarenorge-fantasia kristiantaus-clouds parksttrio-threeplusfive kristiantaus-movements fwheel-pastourelle aryehfrankfurter-intheirfootsteps tolife-tasabasaba teng-whisper parksttrio-goodnightdaylight carilive-wabisabi kabanov-breath conwayhambone-folkrattleroll lehtmojoe-hindsight debenedictis-fruitless andygabrys-constant jiveasssleepers-getbiz jpalmer-cherry berget-jsbach wahl-guitarscapes wahl-string mirable-conversations saros-labyrinth skarazula-litha inserra-incense2 almanova-debut aryehfrankfurter-auroranorthern estrem-viveight cbooth-wtcb1c1 sforster-beetsix sforster-beethoventhree williams-dusty mogilalia-flowers teng-monsoon tilopa-bytheway tilopa-turkishauch kenbonfield-legacy mundi-bookflower voicesofmusic-concerto liquidrainbow-orangeep liquidrainbow-blueep kingsbury-italian almqvist-goldberg wbrooks-karma wbrooks-bitter jasmineb-four carykanno-wonderland fickle-waters shira-ragged plunkett-days jackman-equilibrium heifervescent-furthermonkey kitka-rusalka loveamp-canwenotcare loveamp-deathrebirth loveamp-mahadeva loveamp-zaxis okandcm-beyondcir fielding-distant 1kub-frenchkiss fitch-celocity carilive-iacdaze carilive-mindreader carilive-holfrost beier-knights amccartney-rondeaumelancolique cfarran-anotheride timvajda-bootstrap emmalee-formantine aitua-elements jbwallach-heartstrings apremjee-cresentmoon jpalmer-soulgard jiveasssleepers-funkfactor wahl-light wahl-symmetry estrem-cimarosaonguitar voicesofmusic-bachviolinson saros-soundscapes estrem-bachvol1 abaroque-mozart inserra-hang almanova-giulani aryehfrankfurter-harpersbrew estrem-spaintwo berget-weiss11 asteria-jaqueline sforster-beetnine sforster-beethovenone williams-long teng-kingdom ranchhands-backhome tilopa-outblue tilopa-unravelling fulton-harpsinthetrees mundi-myhouse liquidrainbow-eightx liquidrainbow-theredep liquidrainbow-greenep

description:
  Verbal Bandit has a slightly more folky feel in parts than the other Heifervescent albums. Songs are about real life and the strange situations that you find yourself in set to very melodic indie pop tunes, with an abundance of guitars - acoustic and electric.

  Golden Gun is the opening track - a 60s style rhythm with a slight country lead guitar, the song tells tales of the paranoid thoughts of closet hypochondriac. Strings and vocal harmonies give the song depth and charm.

  Wishbone has more of big ambient chorus with swirling strings and harmonies, but quickly dips into mysterious verses and lyrics that contrast the feeling of optimism and hope with all the negative things that are occurring.

  Northern Casanova tells the tale of a hapless love affair. Although everything goes wrong, the song speaks to the ex-lover about the side they never saw. Acoustics, harps,strings and french horns bring the story to life.

  Run while you've still got your legs describes being at the end of your tether, in a no win situation, where it's ok to take the easy way out through the back door. A sweeping ballad with big symphonic strings and gentle acoustics.

  Strange kind of fiction tells the twisted story of couple who think their sex life is over. So the man phones a sex chatline and recognises the female voice as his wife. A country/folk style track with a twist.

  Fabricated Loony Commune describes a scary big brother world where nothing is private, everybody knows everything about everybody. The songs retains its pop melody but the track has quite an eerie ominous feel.

  The Suspect List once again deals with the subject of paranoia, but this time, it's deeply paranoid man that thinks everybody wants to kill him. An indie guitar style fused with a slight latin chord structure.

  Yesterday's News closes the album, and is a folky acoustic track that tackles how to move on in life when it seems like your best days are behind you. The mix slowly builds up as more instruments are introduced.


artist: Heir to Madness
albumname: The Citadel
sku: heirtomadness-citadel
upc: 876809006723
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-citadel/id287182938
also:
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description:
  Heir to Madness is the moniker under which Jason Wiscarson administers his style of dynamic and dark progressive music. HTM is difficult to classify, atmospheric ambiance combines with scathing guitar work to make a unique blend of emotionally driven, sonically devastating soundscapes that are haunting in their depth. Sometimes calamitous and assertive; sometimes gentle and tenuous. Strong influences such as Opeth, Tool, and Porcupine Tree can be heard throughout, mixing with HTM?s style and grace.

  After several attempts at a normal band experience, he finally decided the only way to make the music he truly wanted was to do it himself. Thus Heir to Madness thrust itself upon humanity. The name Heir to Madness is derived from the idea that we are all inheritors of madness; the madness of mind, ego, and separation.


artist: Hollywood Drunks
albumname: Swell
sku: hollywoodrunks-swell
upc: 847646007204
also:
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description:
  "Man I feel different now!" Eric Winzenried exclaims from the Hollywood Drunks albums' title track "Swell". It's a feeling that we all experience at various stages in our lives. We wake up and suddenly everything has changed but we're not sure how or why. You're just not the same person. "Swell" is a coming of age album for a new adulthood. In Winzenried's case, it's one that has been severely delayed.

  Once again combining an eclectic mix of musical styles, The Hollywood Drunks second album is a free for all of pop, rock, reggae, hip hop, and alternative. And lyrically, whether he's crooning or flowing, his style is all over the map as well. It represents his life as an artist, always changing and evolving, never staying in the same place. But what remains constant is his honesty and his ability to laugh at himself and his life.

  "Swell" is an album that's both humorous and reflective. It's about adapting to the new circumstances and obstacles life likes to throw in our way."That Age" follows the aging process as it recognizes that, with each new year we're on this planet, more and more friends will drop out of our lives. And whether it's due to their death or that they're just sick to death of us, we experience and mourn each loss. He sets a somber tone in "Lonely Feeling" which explores emotional loss. But then, follows it with the humorous "Wake You", where Eric, attending a friend's party, laments the loss of his youth realizing, "Over half the people there I could've been their father." Entering the mind-blowing age of parenthood is sensitively addressed in, "Getting Young." You can almost see the bemused smirk on his face as he tries to convince himself and us that through each change he "feels swell in a perfectly unusual way." And his enthusiasm is contagious.

  The Hollywood Drunks are able to make us laugh at the absurdities in life, all the while encouraging us to live each day as if it's our last. and by the end of "Swell" we can see the power and beauty of accepting each face-slapping change that life blindsides us with and we, too, feel "Swell".

  Eric Winzenried - Vox
  Lloyd Stuart Casson - Guitars, Bass
  Carl West - Bass
  Paul Sandberg - Keys
  Sebastian Sheehan - Drums and Percussion


artist: Homeless Balloon
albumname: Oriental Spaces
sku: homelessballoon-orientalspaces
upc: 847646007228
also:
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description:
  "Oriental Spaces" by Homeless Balloon has 76 minutes of chill out music mixed with world fusion grooves and acoustic performances shattered with experimental, electronic sounds, ambient atmospheres and some strong melodic themes.


artist: Horstreich
albumname: El Zoo
sku: horstreich-elzoo
upc: 847646003909
also:
  tolife-anewage kristiantaus-clouds kaarenorge-fantasia parksttrio-threeplusfive kristiantaus-movements aryehfrankfurter-intheirfootsteps fwheel-pastourelle chadlawson-spacebetween parksttrio-goodnightdaylight tolife-tasabasaba martin-leslarmes lehtmojoe-hindsight kabanov-breath timvajda-bootstrap horstreich-loepoenk arodriguez-somewhereinst debenedictis-fruitless crimson-freakinst mikegoudreau-twentyyears kishor-color teng-whisper conwayhambone-folkrattleroll cfarran-anotheride horstreich-legswithoutbrains emmalee-formantine hectormukomol-immersion arodriguez-somewherenew carilive-wabisabi mogilalia-flowers horstreich-tinytension chinaski-megatonpie kabanov-dalemuses heifervescent-hoofed erik-polska federicomoscogiuri-arpeggi magnacomp-dinnerlounge aryehfrankfurter-harpsongmidnight chinaski-megatonpieinst aryehfrankfurter-serenity liquidrainbow-orangeep aryehfrankfurter-twistingrope beier-knights rompaey-eastern3 weigl-landwater rompaey-djembolale1 heifervescent-gluefact macabro-envelopes seismic-sweetrock jjohnson-inventions jjohnson-chopin headroom-cos okandcm-twobridges ashganley-univaccept angelight-awakeningsource angelight-skws angelight-sacraltravel 4oresight-moretimethanever angelight-intimthree dubmaster-dubprotection angelight-intimfour dubmaster-indub stromenti-italian terracottablue-futurelongago mburaglia-promenade windpearl-motherearth mburaglia-weisssuites rayborn-qadim wbrooks-buffalo voxnostra-notredame sambodhiprem-mirrorofthesun cbooth-wcroft dini-aprilthirteenth quist-dance dini-sunearth voxnostra-assumpta mystified-hellwaste tilopa-pictures mystified-tension erickamen-erictwo hectormukomol-unexploredworld dufay-cancionero celticreggae-everythingcomes genco-numinous tilopa-turkishauch bindisoc-falling cbooth-jsbach juergenson-prospects hopkins-tincan dammersonv-overnight therapture-garden asalvo-sanctuary stevetyler-ephemeral hadidian-garden nmathes-bellweatherarbutus gcostantini-liquidharm zeroslum-rewind lynnetortorelli-silentnight tokyo-tokyoinst sforster-beethovenfour

description:
  The album El Zoo is a straight forward punk rock music collection. It is short but highly energetic and great fun with a very independent, charismatic note. The ones who are aware of the german language also might recognize the wordplay of the album and the band name: Horstreichelzoo - Stroke your ears with this album!


artist: Horstreich
albumname: Legs without Brains
sku: horstreich-legswithoutbrains
upc: 847646008836
also:
  tolife-anewage kristiantaus-clouds kaarenorge-fantasia parksttrio-threeplusfive kristiantaus-movements aryehfrankfurter-intheirfootsteps fwheel-pastourelle lehtmojoe-hindsight tolife-tasabasaba martin-leslarmes kabanov-breath timvajda-bootstrap debenedictis-fruitless horstreich-loepoenk emmalee-formantine arodriguez-somewhereinst mogilalia-flowers crimson-freakinst mikegoudreau-twentyyears kishor-color teng-whisper conwayhambone-folkrattleroll cfarran-anotheride hectormukomol-immersion chadlawson-spacebetween arodriguez-somewherenew carilive-wabisabi parksttrio-goodnightdaylight horstreich-elzoo horstreich-tinytension kabanov-dalemuses erik-polska magnacomp-electromelange federicomoscogiuri-arpeggi djcary-sonicchill aryehfrankfurter-harpsongmidnight liquidrainbow-yellowep aryehfrankfurter-serenity marcoshbolanos-unchainedmelodies1 aryehfrankfurter-twistingrope sgx-chroma beier-knights curl-exitreallife rompaey-eastern3 artemis-auralei rompaey-djembolale1 seismic-ramifications macabro-envelopes artemis-ofthisdirt jjohnson-inventions jjohnson-chopin headroom-dominus okandcm-twobridges mountain-dreadnought angelight-awakeningsource vstrs-pandemoniumseesaw angelight-skws conwayhambone-onedropimposter angelight-sacraltravel 4oresight-endofsummer angelight-intimthree dubmaster-finalbeats2 angelight-intimfour hopkins-six stromenti-italian terracottablue-spectra mburaglia-promenade cbooth-ricercars mburaglia-weisssuites cbooth-darkharp wbrooks-buffalo rayborn-veils sambodhiprem-mirrorofthesun cbooth-wtcb1c1 dini-aprilthirteenth quist-lucidity dini-sunearth therapture-ninefiftyeights mystified-hellwaste tilopa-kyotakubreeze mystified-tension erickamen-nativeunit hectormukomol-unexploredworld chadlawson-summer celticreggae-everythingcomes chadlawson-songpray genco-numinous therapture-mania bindisoc-falling therapture-rush juergenson-prospects hopkins-sweet dammersonv-overnight intersonicsub-intotheovid asalvo-sanctuary nodal-flowingtangles hadidian-garden twilightarchive-ritual nmathes-bellweatherarbutus

description:
  Stray feet step out to dance on a fragile surface...

  This striking illustration on the silver printed artwork of the band's 20th anniversary album gives a good impression of the collection of gems inside.

  Explosive harmonies and highly energetic drive are carefully combined with an abundance of stops and goes, ups and downs and whispers and shouts. The polish of arrangements, the detail of composition and the warmth of the production prove that the band has come a long way and that the boys know exactly what they're doing. This highly entertaining album is topped off by fine lyrics and stories about white rooms, hypnotic isolation, blindfolded rat race and shoes that just won't fit.

  Guest vocals: Eva Gold
  Production: Tom Korbler


artist: Horstreich
albumname: Loepoenk
sku: horstreich-loepoenk
upc: 847646001202
also:
  tolife-anewage kristiantaus-clouds kaarenorge-fantasia parksttrio-threeplusfive kristiantaus-movements aryehfrankfurter-intheirfootsteps fwheel-pastourelle lehtmojoe-hindsight tolife-tasabasaba martin-leslarmes kabanov-breath timvajda-bootstrap debenedictis-fruitless conwayhambone-folkrattleroll horstreich-legswithoutbrains emmalee-formantine arodriguez-somewhereinst mogilalia-flowers crimson-freakinst mikegoudreau-twentyyears kishor-color teng-whisper cfarran-anotheride hectormukomol-immersion chadlawson-spacebetween arodriguez-somewherenew carilive-wabisabi parksttrio-goodnightdaylight horstreich-elzoo horstreich-tinytension kabanov-dalemuses erik-polska magnacomp-electromelange federicomoscogiuri-arpeggi djcary-sonicchill aryehfrankfurter-harpsongmidnight liquidrainbow-yellowep aryehfrankfurter-serenity marcoshbolanos-unchainedmelodies1 aryehfrankfurter-twistingrope sgx-chroma beier-knights curl-exitreallife rompaey-eastern3 artemis-auralei rompaey-djembolale1 seismic-ramifications macabro-envelopes artemis-ofthisdirt jjohnson-inventions jjohnson-chopin headroom-dominus okandcm-twobridges mountain-dreadnought angelight-awakeningsource vstrs-pandemoniumseesaw angelight-skws conwayhambone-onedropimposter angelight-sacraltravel 4oresight-endofsummer angelight-intimthree dubmaster-finalbeats2 angelight-intimfour hopkins-six stromenti-italian terracottablue-spectra mburaglia-promenade cbooth-ricercars mburaglia-weisssuites cbooth-darkharp wbrooks-buffalo rayborn-veils sambodhiprem-mirrorofthesun cbooth-wtcb1c1 dini-aprilthirteenth quist-lucidity dini-sunearth therapture-ninefiftyeights mystified-hellwaste tilopa-kyotakubreeze mystified-tension erickamen-nativeunit hectormukomol-unexploredworld chadlawson-summer celticreggae-everythingcomes chadlawson-songpray genco-numinous therapture-mania bindisoc-falling therapture-rush juergenson-prospects hopkins-sweet dammersonv-overnight intersonicsub-intotheovid asalvo-sanctuary nodal-flowingtangles hadidian-garden twilightarchive-ritual nmathes-bellweatherarbutus

description:
  Loponk. How many umlauts can you fit in one title? The word is pronounced like french "le punk" and is a perfect description of the album's content. Charming, happy three minute punk songs, friendly melodies and a timid voice. Not rough, not intended to hurt but a toe tapping delight that gets the summer started.


artist: Horstreich
albumname: tinytension
sku: horstreich-tinytension
upc: 876809009809
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/tiny-tension/id426733787
also:
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description:
  A well balanced composition of straight-in-the-face punk rock with twisted arrangements, a fragile emotional voice, and plenty of energetic drive. In the last 15 years the band has grown in sound, spent a lot of time on structured songwriting, focused on harmonies and worked to make the music last longer. While the sound has become less accessible on the first take, there is a lot more to discover. If you let the album sink in, you will be struck by those catchy pop-monsters that are hidden beyond the surface.


artist: Howard Ferre
albumname: Journey's End
sku: hferre-journeysend
upc: 847646001530
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description:
  On his debut album, Journey's End, Howard Ferre brings his original music to another stage creating an organic soundscape that takes the listener on a road through a rich universe of sound and emotion.

  'Journey's End' fuses innovative musical facets of electronic, rock, and old world sounds, as well as melds several works with classical elements to form a mosaic of music both vivid and compelling.


artist: Human Response
albumname: Delirious
sku: humanresponse-delirious
upc: 876809002213
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=258043580&s=143444
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description:
  Jan Hanford (aka "Human Response") is a classically trained musician in piano and composition but is as passionate about electronica and its various subgenres as she is about J.S. Bach.

  She creates electronic music with layers of melodic and rhythmic interaction. Her extensive use of the minimoog gives her music a vintage analog sound which she continued when her music evolved using digital samplers and sequencing.


artist: Human Response
albumname: Dreamer
sku: humanresponse-dreamer
upc: 847646003053
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description:
  Before samplers, before midi, before sequencing; it was me, my minimoog and my Teac 4-track. Every note had to be performed live, every melody line played and overdubbed from beginning to end. There was no digital editing, no computers, no copy and paste. Difficult? Sure was, but I loved every minute of it.

  In the mid-1980's samplers became commonplace and in the early 1990's excellent, powerful sampling keyboards became affordable. Having spent so many years recording with a limited studio and multi-track tape, I found the sounds offered by keyboard samplers and the ease and power of sequencing irresistible.

  However, what to do with all that old analog music I worked so hard creating? Every musician has huge reservations about letting the world hear anything they've done that isn't perfect. I decided that I love this music too much not to let it be heard, flaws and all.

  I hope you enjoy listening to this music as much as I enjoyed creating it.


artist: Human Response
albumname: Immortal
sku: humanresponse-immortal
upc: 876809006235
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=277014665&s=143444
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description:
  Before samplers, before midi, before sequencing; it was me, my minimoog and my Teac 4-track. Every note had to be performed live, every melody line played and overdubbed from beginning to end. There was no digital editing, no computers, no copy and paste. Difficult? Sure was, but I loved every minute of it.

  In the mid-1980's samplers became commonplace and in the early 1990's excellent, powerful sampling keyboards became affordable. Having spent so many years recording with a limited studio and multi-track tape, I found the sounds offered by keyboard samplers and the ease and power of sequencing irresistible.

  However, what to do with all that old analog music I worked so hard creating? Every musician has huge reservations about letting the world hear anything they've done that isn't perfect. I decided that I love this music too much not to let it be heard, flaws and all.

  I hope you enjoy listening to this music as much as I enjoyed creating it.


artist: Hunter and the Dirty Jacks
albumname: Single Barrel
sku: hunterjacks-singlebarrel
upc: 847646006580
also:
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description:
  Hunter and the Dirty Jacks are a Los Angeles based blues/rock band that is on the rise, putting on great shows with an exhilarating mix of originals with choice covers, and have been playing around extensively.

  Hunter and The Dirty Jacks have performed at House of Blues Sunset, House of Blues Anaheim, Saint Rocke, Biscuits and Blues, The Mint, Harvelle's, and toured all throughout California, including San Francisco, Monterey, Sacramento, Humboldt County, as well as into Nevada.

  Hunter and The Dirty Jacks have also started and run a weekly residency on Tuesday nights for a year and a half at Harvelle's Santa Monica, which benefits feeding the homeless and teaching underprivileged children music. Many international touring artists come out regularly to join the band onstage to jam, which helps raise awareness.


artist: Hwy E
albumname: Concordias Finest
sku: hwye-concordia
upc: 876809006327
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description:
  In a small place located in the rural south, the Black Belt Region, bottom of the Delta, there emerged a click of young men. Certain circumstances brought these young men together, forming what is now known as Highway Entertainment Records, specializing in tight logos, spectacular beats, and lyricists with nice flows. The camp includes: Rob, Nate, ill Friss, Joe Bear, Clay Mac, Grip, KC, Lil James, and Lloyd. Pay close attention, these guys could very well be the next multi-platinum rappers in the hip hop world.


artist: Hwy E
albumname: Strait 2 the Streets
sku: hwye-straitstreets
upc: 847646003244
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description:
  Strait 2 the Streets takes you more into the personal lives of the Hwy E artists as it relates to the environment in which they live. This album has a darker mood than the previous Concordia's Finest, released 3 years prior.

  "Strait 2 the Streets" reflects all of the shifting and infrastructure changes within certain circles of people and can be deemed somewhat controversial. However, with bangin' beats and interesting subject matter combined with superior lyricism, "Strait 2 the Streets" will become a classic in any true hip hop fans' album collection.


artist: Icicle
albumname: Axioms
sku: icicle-axioms
upc: 847646010990
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description:
  Krassy Halatchev (Icicle) has proven with his 9 studio albums to date that he has a lot of colours in his musical palette.

  Axioms is no exception with its 12 tracks of driven alt rock/pop that is chockfull of imagination and good beats. The sound is as eclectic as it is manic, but it is the quirkiness that unifies it all.

  It's the same kind of musical Krazy-Glue that bonds such acts as Foals, The Stone Roses, Arctic Monkeys, Beck, Spoon, Blur, Kasabian, Talking Heads̷0; to name a few.

  Icicle handles the vast majority of the vocals but occasionally, as in previous records, would invite singers on lead and/or backups. This time it is the Brit Kat Howell who takes charge of the fairy-tail-ish One Bad Boy for Every Girl (track 4) and completes the choruses on The Force Within (track 2).

  Axioms goes in many directions throughout its 12 compositions but the manic, head-spinning theme continues throughout. Snowman at My Door (track 2) is a cool, hypnotic trip well backed by acoustic guitar and keys, with the latter breaking into subtle shimmering stars at the choice moment. This is Not a Love Song (second single/track 9) is another enjoyable sing-along tune based around a P.I.L.-esque vocal hook and some hip-hop style well stitched verses. Desert Tree (first single/track 11) is a beautiful heartfelt piece about the colliding forces of science and ambition. It should well provide some clues to the other strange places that Icicle will lead you to throughout this record. Meanwhile, bluesy guitar grooves provide the perfectly askew backdrop for White Horse, You Against You and Tone It Down a Little.

  For more info please visit Icicle's website.


artist: Icicle
albumname: Provenance
sku: icicle-provenance
upc: 847646010402
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description:
  Provenance, the latest album by Montreal-based Icicle, is set to release March 20, 2019. The album will be available to download and stream through all major online retailers. Fans can also purchase hard copy CDs through BandCamp.

  In line with Icicle's previous work described as "genre-bending" (Darcia Helle, Sound Waves Review) and pushing his own sound to the forefront" (Richard Lyne, The Appetizer) the 12 new tracks playfully point to highly eclectic influences, all the while furthering Icicle's ever-shifting, distinctive sound.

  Krassy Halatchev, the composer, singer, bass player and driving force behind Icicle, describes the album as life-affirming, built around themes of beginnings, growth, evolution, and love: "It reveres the miracle of life, birth, and growth, as well as strength, endurance, persistence, fight - all the necessary elements for one's survival. Of course, love is the backbone of it all. As David Bowie says, 'The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return."

  Fans who've come to know what Jeremy Bregman from Medium.com called Icicle's "giant melting pot of different sounds ranging from groovy, bouncy bass lines to tracks with a new wave, 80's feel" won't be disappointed with the buoyant Let It Snow or the defiant I Had Enough. The 11th track, Because You Asked, features lyrics by Antonia Gueorguieva, based off a verbatim-style notation of Halatchev's words. The record also features vocals on select tracks by Laurie Gordon and Kat Howell.

  Halatchev has charmed Canadian and international audiences for over two decades, following his defection from communist Bulgaria with the band The Clouds. From 1996 to 2012, he was a core member of the Montreal-based band Chiwawa. Provenance is Icicle's 7th LP since he went on his own in 2013.

  For more information, visit: http://icicle.club.


artist: Icicle
albumname: Resonance
sku: icicle-resonance
upc: 876809008970
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description:
  Herd Records presents RESONANCE by Icicle (icicle.club) - 4th solo album of genre-defying tracks.

  Official Release Date - February 19th, 2017

  Listeners are invited to discover select early-release tracks on Bandcamp (icicle-band.bandcamp.com) and SoundCloud (soundcloud.com/icicle-band).

  "These 13 songs take us on a journey of style and depth," reports Soundwaves Review (soundwavesreview.com/new-album-preview-resonance-by-icicle). "We have funky dance, spacey grooves, instrumental tracks blending industrial and electronic sound, and lyrics that captivate with their honesty."

  RESONANCE reaches a broad new scope for Icicle, the alias of Krassy Halatchev who has been swept up in an intensely productive and personal wave of song-writing since going out on his own. Thus it is no surprise that this new record stands tall to its predecessors - Resurgence (2014), Theorems (2015), and Reverie (2016).

  Floridian poet Joel Jenkins lends lyrics to Win Win Win, Super Connected, and Hanging Ten. All other lyrics and all songs on RESONANCE are written, performed, arranged, recorded, and produced by Icicle.

  The new album is characterized by especially strong and inventive writing. The mix ranges from raw and brutal sounds like those in War and Smoke and Ash, to Runaway Train - a "break-up song." 1962, says Icicle, "is a throwback into the height of the Communist regime; a parallel between the East and the West," while Madness Is My Home (first single) evokes "the mad scientist, working relentlessly on a small miracle, finding that Eureka moment at the break of dawn." The album opens with the instrumental Tuck the Puck - Icicle's signature, and closes with Hanging Ten - "a reminiscence and reflection upon the way of the world and its mechanism; a call for awakening and realization; a call for revolution of the mind."

  For more information on Icicle and RESONANCE contact: info@herdrecords.ca

  @herd_recs @Icicle_band


artist: Icicle
albumname: Restiveness
sku: icicle-restiveness
upc: 847646010914
also:
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description:
  The Trilogy Is Complete - The Latest Offering From Icicle Is Here

  Restiveness follows up Provenance (2019) and Senescence (2020) to close out this musical chapter by Krassy Halatchev - the force behind the Icicle persona.

  "I wanted to put out three connected records that focused on beginnings, lives lived in between, and the ends that complete our stories", says Halatchev.

  Restiveness has a classic indie rock feel but intermingled with a great variety that is emblematic of the myriad of impacts in all our lives. It is a deeply thoughtful album, both poignant and provocative, driving and driven.

  It is Icicle's 9th studio record, and can be seen as a collection and reinterpretation of all influences on an artist's road to self-knowledge and musical self-expression.

  This Wonderful Smack, the first single (track 10), is a hooky frantic synth and heavy guitar number - right in your face from bar one! It opens a window on drug addiction, self-destruction and disillusionment - recurrent themes on the album. The vocals are filled with tension and vulnerability.

  Murder Is Murder (track 2) is a groovy, bass-driven song with a heavy guitar intro riff to remind that there will always be challenges in the search for sanity and peace of mind, so often out of our reach.

  We Are Both to Blame (track 13) is a song dedicated to Halatchev's closest childhood friend, Bobby Karaboitchev, who first introduced him to the bass - still Krassy's favorite instrument. Bobby died of an overdose before he even reached 30.

  "He was my Syd Barrett" reminisces Halatchev. "I miss him to this day and hope he finally found peace or perhaps peace found him. After all, life is an incurable disease."

  The album deals with the issues we will all have to deal with eventually, but with music! The strong songwriting, heavy guitar riffs, sexy bass lines and bang on drums on Restiveness will leave you breathless!


artist: Icicle
albumname: Resurgence
sku: icicle-resurgence
upc: 847646007976
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description:
  Krassy Halatchev, a familiar face in the Canadian music scene, lays new ground as Icicle with Resurgence. The album bounces between rock and pop. It is both accessible and innovative yet open and defiant. Bright and multi-layered sounds fill the 51-minute album, created during an exceptionally intense period for the artist.

  Halatchev has charmed Canadian and international audiences for over two decades following his defection from communist Bulgaria with the band The Clouds.

  From 1996 to 2012, he was a core member of the Montreal-based band Chiwawa - a group that had some success touring as well as collaborating on various film and video projects.

  While Resurgence marks his first solo album, his collaborative spirit brought him together with Florida based poet Joel Jenkins who wrote lyrics for many of the songs. The merging of the cultural and expressive styles has brought forward a work that is both unique yet familiar. "Morning Bells", the album's second single and closing track, draws on a text by Halatchev's partner Antonia Gueorguieva.


artist: Icicle
albumname: Reverie_
sku: icicle-reverie
upc: 847646008867
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description:
  Montreal writer and composer Krassy Halatchev (Icicle) invites us into the universe of his latest album - a world of sensual fantasies, eerie nightmares and biting reality. The third instalment of his solo career titled "Reverie", releases officially on April 3rd, 2016.

  Matured and eclectic sound (think of a blend between Depeche Mode, Placebo, Simple Minds, The Black Keys and Beck) fills the 48-minute record.

  This latest studio full-length consists of 12 unmistakable compositions that are woven with passion and conviction. They span through delicate slow rhythms, voluptuous mid-range and furious up-tempo.

  Icicle takes us through his world of tenderness ("Nothing In You"), apocalypse ("Fools Refuse To Learn"), personal disappointment ("What Day Is Today"), intimate stasis ("Boggles My Mind") and social criticism ("Paranoid Pigeon", "The Edge On Which We Run").

  Icicle's philosophy has closely tied him together with Florida-based poet Joel Jenkins, the man behind the integral and deep-felt lyrics of 4 songs on this record. This collaboration has given life to compositions that are extremely personal and universal at the same time. "Paranoid Pigeon", the album's first single, is a perfect example of their remarkable teamwork. The song is simply contagious, driven by a hypnotic groove and infectious hooks. Its imagery reflects the zeitgeist of today and the chorus resonates long after the song's end.


artist: Icicle
albumname: Senescence
sku: icicle-senescence
upc: 847646010884
also:
  estrem-musicoffernandosor lehtmojoe-hindsight angelight-awakeningsource conwayhambone-onedropimposter angelight-sacraltravel 4oresight-endofsummer dubmaster-finalbeats2 hopkins-six cbooth-ricercars cbooth-darkharp sambodhiprem-mirrorofthesun cbooth-wtcb1c1 dini-aprilthirteenth dini-sunearth chadlawson-summer chadlawson-songpray bindisoc-falling dammersonv-overnight nodal-flowingtangles cozmikbeats-indigo sforster-beetnine rmackenzie-tombeaux dac-mech dac-sferica dbautista-weirdos dbautista-cocktaileleven donnistrio-alldirections jakebradford-six scottcok-sonatas redskylullaby-burst windpearl-happproject wahl-guitarscapes monom-deep wahl-symmetry vate-endhere mokhov-sunbloom fallingyou-touch redskylullaby-ampm almanova-christmas teng-monsoon georgeclifford-ravishingsweetenesse cbooth-pphilips massimo_deangelis-affinity vandenheuvel-petalsoffire zaranka-raritiesandoddities robin-groundup ppavan-blackhand dbautista-untamedsymphonies dbautista-newwaysdestroy dbautista-eurotrip fitch-amb2 malileche-fallingapart allencote-sublimativesessions1 kalotone-oubaitori dbp-wtc2b stargarden-modern allencote-sublimativesessions3 woodrowgerber-spillway apremjee-cresentmoon almaghrib-silenzio christosanestopoulos-wishyoucouldstay aitua-elements almaghrib-silenzisub2 martin-leslarmes abaroque-seasons fielding-lightfields dkrasnoukhov-legend commusicare-commusicare fallingyou-human amccartney-rondeaumelancolique amarchand-blueoccasions angelight-deeptransformation 4oresight-cocktailofvibez angelight-openheart dubmaster-finalbeats4 angelight-harmonymotion hopkins-kairos cbooth-buxtehudes cbooth-jmatthesonvol1 sambodhiprem-onehourbirdsong cbooth-wtcb1c2 dini-bliss dini-ontogeny chadlawson-thepiano hopkins-shadow dammersonv-thedoor dubmaster-finalbeats1 mogilalia-sometimescity dac-red carilive-afterglow dbautista-xxanniversary almaghrib-silenzisub1 donnistrio-colepond amarchand-vivalatina adrianofontana-smallkitchen scd-biber mjamal-mardommove simplicissimus-mensasonora dkrasnoukhov-aboutlove 4oresight-lessismore

description:
  Senescence (Icicle's latest offering), in its essence, is about death, mortality and the finality of things.
  Indeed, it is an album which deals with difficult subjects. It questions, and it consoles. It is full of zest, clarity and above all - peace and resolve. It celebrates death rather than dread. In fact, it even brings a festive feel to it.

  The opening/intro track Killer sets the mood for a journey that is rich in amplitudes and anticipation.
  The second track Questions (Part 1) gets to the point rather adroitly with a powerful and assertive tone. It is as if Krassy Halatchev (the main force behind Icicle) is racing with the clock but, in reality, aren't we all U+003F ?
  The first single Talk Talk Talk was dubbed as "the best break-up song ever" by one of Icicle's long-time loyal fans. It is a track that masterfully captures the feeling of abandonment, betrayal, hurt and loss. It grips with raw anger, despair and agony from the first note.
  The second single Another Moment, featuring Laurie Gordon on lead vocals, is in full contrast to the latter. It is a soft ballad-esque tune which focuses on the importance of moments and details that matter the most. Time is running out after all.
  Senescence is a record in the most traditional sense. It is an album which beckons you sit down and listen to in its entirety because, as Prince reminded us, "Albums still matter."

  For more info please visit Icicle's website.


artist: Icicle
albumname: Silence
sku: icicle-silence
upc: 876809008987
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description:
  Icicle's newest record SILENCE is one of the finest in his acclaimed catalogue, taking him down yet another new sonic path 5 albums into his career. This is an act whose name has been built on the progressive evolution of its own aural dynamics, innovative compositions and stellar arrangements.

  SILENCE is a bold, upfront, driving album, relying on grooves of pulsing keyboard twists, infectious guitar hooks and the off-kilter, slinky rhythms to carry the vocals of singer/bassist Krassy Halatchev. Lyrically, the record is demanding attention and mindfulness. The topics are broad, deep and above all - painfully honest and sincere.

  These 13 songs are some of the most sensual, serendipitous, sparse recordings to come from Icicle, showcasing a new dimension in his songwriting and marking SILENCE as that crucial next sonic step forward for one of Montreal's best artists.

  For news and more visit: http://icicle.club/

  Contact: info@herdrecords.ca


artist: Icicle
albumname: Theorems
sku: icicle-theorems
upc: 847646007921
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description:
  Icicle is back with a second instalment - Theorems.

  This follow-up solo record consists of 12 very strong and personal compositions. It bounces between rock and pop. It is both accessible and innovative yet open and defiant. Bright and multi-layered sounds fill the 50-minute album, created during an exceptionally intense period for the artist.

  Halatchev has charmed Canadian and international audiences for over two decades following his defection from communist Bulgaria with the band The Clouds.

  From 1996 to 2012, he was a core member of the Montreal-based band Chiwawa - a group that had some success touring as well as collaborating on various film and video projects.

  While Theorems marks his second solo release, Halatchev's team spirit has closely tied him together with Florida based poet Joel Jenkins who wrote lyrics for some of the songs. The merging of the cultural and expressive styles has brought forward a work that is both unique yet familiar. "On And On", the album's second single, is a perfect example for their remarkable collaboration.


artist: Idlemine
albumname: 6
sku: idlemine-6
upc: 847646006283
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description:
  Experience a fresh taste of experimental instrumental rock!

  This album, entitled "6", contains the newest release of material from Idlemine and is structured around straight ahead rock and metal. Using their power house of drums, in your face throttling bass, and exquisite guitar, this album was designed to give you a solid taste of a real 3 piece group of musicians without overdubs and samples.

  The songs on this album are heavy hitting and in your face telling a story from beginning to end of every track and leaving you on edge with heart wrenching instrumentation and a colossal sound.

  Idlemine quote;
  "It was an awesome journey recording this latest album, a definite soul grabber".


artist: Idlemine
albumname: Idlemine
sku: idlemine-idlemine
upc: 847646006177
also:
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description:
  Experience a new style and sound of Hard Rock Instrumental Music.

  This album was put together not knowing if any of the riffs and melodies would ever make it on our next album, we were coming off the road and preparing to write our next album we started experimenting with our riffs, melodies, structures, sounds, and what is to be on this album.

  As it would end up this Journey opened the door for what is Idlemine music today.

  This music is a power house of drums, bass, and guitar, with a fresh twist of riffs and melodies, A solid taste of a real 3 piece group of musicians without the overdubs and samples.

  "Not realizing once these songs started coming together they would be as they are, nothing arranged, nor planned, just music recorded straight from the soul, presenting something we feel is new and refreshing in the music world today".


artist: Idlemine
albumname: In Life
sku: idlemine-inlife
upc: 847646007136
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description:
  With epic riffs, dark undertones, and an enticing blend of spoken poetry the music in general is classic to the roots Idlemine always produces, but the vocals generate a whole new aspect to the norm.

  This album is a straight shot to the thinker, the music is made to arouse thought and foster change.

  Idlemine quotes: "Teaming up with a vocalist is always fun for us because we do write around being Instrumental, Rick Noble, (AKA) Rick Threat was phenomenal to work with. Most of the lyrics you hear in this album were recorded in one take, shot straight from the hip.

  A few of the songs on this album were recorded together as a pre-pro but ended up so good we re-recorded them and put them on the album.

  Although there are some EXPLICIT LYRICS in this album we feel you will still enjoy the point at hand when thought through after listening."


artist: Immune
albumname: Immune
sku: immune-immune
upc: 847646005132
also:
  chinaski-megatonpie kabanov-dalemuses heifervescent-hoofed erik-polska kyven-forcommercialuseonly federicomoscogiuri-arpeggi magnacomp-dinnerlounge aryehfrankfurter-harpsongmidnight chinaski-megatonpieinst aryehfrankfurter-serenity liquidrainbow-orangeep aryehfrankfurter-twistingrope musicinside-siliconinst beier-knights mit-diplomat rompaey-eastern3 weigl-landwater rompaey-djembolale1 heifervescent-gluefact macabro-envelopes seismic-sweetrock jjohnson-inventions torndownunits-qualitryrock jjohnson-chopin headroom-dominus okandcm-twobridges mountain-dreadnought angelight-awakeningsource vstrs-pandemoniumseesaw angelight-skws conwayhambone-onedropimposter angelight-sacraltravel 4oresight-endofsummer angelight-intimthree dubmaster-finalbeats2 angelight-intimfour hopkins-six stromenti-italian terracottablue-spectra mburaglia-promenade cbooth-ricercars mburaglia-weisssuites cbooth-darkharp wbrooks-buffalo rayborn-veils sambodhiprem-mirrorofthesun cbooth-wtcb1c1 dini-aprilthirteenth quist-lucidity dini-sunearth therapture-ninefiftyeights mystified-hellwaste tilopa-kyotakubreeze mystified-tension erickamen-nativeunit hectormukomol-unexploredworld chadlawson-summer celticreggae-everythingcomes chadlawson-songpray genco-numinous therapture-mania bindisoc-falling therapture-rush juergenson-prospects hopkins-sweet dammersonv-overnight intersonicsub-intotheovid asalvo-sanctuary nodal-flowingtangles hadidian-garden twilightarchive-ritual nmathes-bellweatherarbutus lehtmojoe-spaghetti gcostantini-liquidharm cozmikbeats-indigo lynnetortorelli-silentnight dpkaufman-fearcuriosity sforster-beethovenfour mokhov-euphoricmagic sforster-beetnine processor-medition modica-acousticearth mokhov-perfectdream modica-jenny barkscrock-eight modica-stillness mokhov-solace rmackenzie-tombeaux dac-mech berget-weiss11 dac-sferica carilive-holfrost cavalcade-variable carilive-mindreader senne-senne dbautista-weirdos liquidrainbow-blueep dbautista-cocktaileleven solarcycle-flare weigl-silently

description:
  Anthemic modern rock with classic roots and a powerful message.

  Immune has crafted a brand new set of songs which combine the sonic elements of classic rock with the production flourishes, raw power and lyrical potency of modern rock. Each song stands alone in its message yet works in conjunction with the other tracks to form a cohesive musical whole. Roaring guitars and soaring vocals are the engine driving the well oiled machine of hooks found in abundance throughout.


artist: Immune
albumname: Immune Instrumental
sku: immune-instrumental
upc: 847646005309
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description:
  Anthemic modern rock with classic roots and a powerful message. This is the instrumental version of the self titled album by "Immune".

  Immune has crafted a brand new set of songs which combine the sonic elements of classic rock with the production flourishes, raw power and lyrical potency of modern rock. Each song stands alone in its message yet works in conjunction with the other tracks to form a cohesive musical whole. Roaring guitars and soaring vocals are the engine driving the well oiled machine of hooks found in abundance throughout.


artist: in giro
albumname: demonstrate (from where to Now - volume 2)
sku: in_giro-demonstrate
upc: 847646011140
also:
  estrem-musicoffernandosor dkrasnoukhov-dropsrainbow fulton-harpsinthetrees cbooth-wtcb1c1 fitch-anotherday cbooth-darkharp thomaswalker-lasuperbe fulton-harpersholiday abaroque-seasons wahl-christmas almanova-christmas abaroque-mozart almanova-giulani fitch-amb abaroque-rameau almanova-afterhours amccartney-toccatatouched woodrowgerber-facelesskings almanova-debut dshoskes-patrons rmackenzie-bianchini gcostantini-liquidharm ppavan-blackhand jakebradford-fairplay jakebradford-triangle soundexplorers-magicgarden fielding-pieces allencote-sublimativesessions1 allencote-sublimativesessions3 angelight-awakeningsource angelight-heavenlyangels almaghrib-silenzisub2 wahl-string paternoster-haydn fitch-celocity cbooth-wcroft cbooth-jmatthesonvol1 tiniguez-raintrip cbooth-bachgold andygabrys-constant wahl-light valtervarda-annunzio magnacomp-dinner dbp-wtc1b bcsd-sixmotets chadlawson-chopinone aitua-medievalgame chadlawson-solochristmas simplicissimus-mensasonora cbooth-louiscouperin amccartney-elizabethslutes chadlawson-chopintwo chadlawson-summer cobbbussinger-nebula wahl-thehymns martin-luismilan dshoskes-weissundercover mburaglia-versailles poeticallmusi-majestie susanrmorris-ohhenry crummarks-spagna dkrasnoukhov-waveswings dkrasnoukhov-fairypeace malileche-fallingapart vate-endhere loveamp-paradox allencote-sublimativesessions2 amccartney-rondeaumelancolique gzimmermann-missinglink angelight-deeptransformation angelight-innerspace almaghrib-silenzio amarchand-blueoccasions cbooth-scarlatti jiveasssleepers-getbiz wahl-guinevere innovat-tradcarols dufay-estampida dbp-wtc2a cbooth-pphilips paternoster-bach-paternoster paternoster-violoncelloromantico okandcm-christmasgateway teng-monsoon paternoster-lockdown cbooth-ricercars susanadams-pianoforte billrobinson-thirdconcert chadlawson-sethill chadlawson-thepiano martin-artfrance thomaswalker-stilemodernostileantico scottcok-sonatas aryehfrankfurter-harpsongmidnight dkrasnoukhov-aboutlove dkrasnoukhov-legend ryoutasato-eternalflame inserra-incense1 sophiamarie-malevolence soundexplorers-fifthdimension

description:
  Our first release, demonstrate, volume 2 of the from where to Now cycle, is an abstract protest rock opera. A "dram rock" concept album with gaplessly flowing tracks, the suite follows "characters" with both lyrical and musical descriptions that repeat and evolve. We're playing our parts in relation to each other in hopes of waking up, balancing, and breaking out together; singing to set down our baggage long enough to catch a glimpse of something more, something pure. An examination of society, culture, and privilege, demonstrate is a critique turned meditation turned struggle for freedom, both personal and collective.


artist: In Nova Cantica
albumname: Medieval and Traditional Carols, Chansons and Festive Dances
sku: innovat-tradcarols
upc: 847646002902
also:
  almanova-christmas rmackenzie-bianchini abaroque-mozart okandcm-christmasgateway sieber-hidden hawkshaw-ice asteria-soyes canconier-canconier heringman-holburns berget-jsbach lukegartnerbrereton-balmsisyphus fulton-once lara-fourseasons mirable-influenza martin-artfrance lara-bach cbooth-groundsplease dshoskes-patrons robinstine-daydream fielding-pieces estrem-bachcello stromenti-italian mirable-conversations stromenti-uccellini dshoskes-lautenschmaus berget-sienalute cbooth-buxtehudes paternoster-haydn amccartney-elizabethslutes amccartney-toccatatouched wahl-christmas kabanov-windorient jiveasssleepers-galaxy abaroque-rameau fulton-airs heringman-luismilan martin-luismilan voxnostra-assumpta estrem-reverie mburaglia-plaintesdepsyche dpkaufman-valleybellow amarchand-blueoccasions andrewjohn-majestic eddurbrow-renaissancelute chadlawson-solochristmas mochoa-acoudreams asteria-souvenir vermillian-stolen fielding-distant dufay-cancionero mburaglia-conversation abaroque-seasons crummarks-spagna fulton-harpersholiday potvin-christemas paternoster-violoncelloromantico andrewjohn-berlincalls andrewjohn-sonicembrace almqvist-goldberg almanova-giulani magnacomp-christmas reverie-string tolife-tasabasaba paternoster-chinesekoreanfour lynnetortorelli-silentnight mburaglia-versailles misericordia-passion heringman-pickering thomaswalker-lasuperbe paternoster-lenovesonate shallgren-studioc rmackenzie-tombeaux heringman-artlute inserra-incense1 voxnostra-notredame canconier-dragon martinwalker-courante heringman-blackcow dshoskes-weissundercover andrewjohn-coolsilence snowsleep-noisesaroundus askold-askold fogelberg-karooshi amarchand-mojotrip cbooth-wtcb1c1 jnilssonproj-eighthrsession hanschristian-rumiinst inserra-incense2 rowan-panta cbooth-darkharp bcsd-sixmotets acosmo-inbetween semmensdevine-delicatessen reverie-cantica poeticallmusi-instantfires lisalynne-elfintribe beier-piccinini

description:
  Each Hausmusik concert featured a different theme, spanning the late Middle Ages through the 18th century. In Nova Cantica celebrates the music of Christmastide, with medieval and traditional carols, Chansons and festive dances from the 13th to 17th centuries.

  Possibly the first recording for Eileen Hadidian, it was originally recorded in Belvedere, California and then remixed and released as a CD on the Healing Muses label in 2003.


artist: Indidginus
albumname: Align
sku: indidginus-align
upc: 876809000288
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/align/id266020708
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description:
  Align is a downtempo excursion beyond time and space. Featuring several collaborative tracks with Ishq, the album draws on a wide spectrum of influences ranging from world music to IDM which are incorporated in unique and refreshing ways.


artist: Indidginus
albumname: Circa Diem
sku: indidginus-circadiem
upc: 876809009656
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/circa-diem/id423034895
also:
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description:
  Circa Diem contains ambient soundscapes that echo the phases of day and night and evoke the passage of time. Ethereal, haunting atmospheres fuse and evolve with organic, soothing, and contemplative textures to create a beautiful collection of spacious instrumental music.


artist: Indidginus
albumname: Feast or Famine
sku: indidginus-feast
upc: 876809000240
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/feast-or-famine/id369478321
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description:
  Focussed on the funkier, groovier, slower side of psychedelic trance, Feast or Famine takes you on a kaleidoscopic journey through time and space, which will make your booty move and keep you coming back for more!

  The album exhibits a diverse array of influences and includes a masterful collaboration with Colin Angus (The Shamen, Pablo Sandoz). Sure to be a winner on dancefloors the world over....


artist: Indidginus
albumname: Kaleidoscope
sku: indidginus-kaleid
upc: 876809000028
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/kaleidoscope/id346368255
also:
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description:
  Open, spacious and relaxed Kaleidoscope presents the listener with ethnic atmospheres, emotive soundscapes and ambient vistas. The intricate and evolving nature of the album keeps the ears open and the eyes wide.

  Michael Martin of Indidginus has grown leaps and bounds musically over the past few years. As part of that, he felt that much of his older material no longer represented where he now is. His music was previously simpler and more beat oriented, and it's now much more nuanced and takes in many more influences and genres. As such, he rerecorded many of his older songs and along with much new material, decided to replace his previous 2 Magnatune albums (and one "singles" EP) with 3 new albums: "Kaleidoscope", "Align" and "Feast or Famine".


artist: Indidginus
albumname: Sofa Surfer
sku: indidginus-sofasurfer
upc: 847646001561
also:
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description:
  In the latest album Sofa Surfer from Indidginus you'll find dubstep, dub, dancehall, world-fusion, electronica and dance drawing on a diverse array of influences. Featuring collaborations with Teba Shumba, EJ Von Lyrik, Steve Newman, Fletcher, Francesca Krnjak, Riccardo Moretti, Colin Angus, High Frequency Bandwidth, Seb Taylor, Tripswitch, Suns of Arqa, Raggasouljah, 7Ft Soundsystem and OOOD.

  The album has been well received worldwide and has garnered early support from Adrian Sherwood, The Orb, DJ Fresh, Liquid Stranger, ill Gates, DimmSummer, Greg Hunter, Red Bull Studios and Unity Radio amongst others.


artist: Individual Choice
albumname: Make Your Choice
sku: indchoice-makechoice
upc: 847646000717
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/make-your-choice/id440931649
also:
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description:
  Inspired by Miles Davis' fusion of jazz and rock, "Individual Choice" have created music that follows the basic format of jazz (melody-improvisation-melody), but uses sonorities and rhythms belonging to the sphere of rock and progressive music.

  Make Your Choice is the natural expression of the experiences and artistic inclinations of four musicians, with different musical backgrounds, revealed in an original, personal and creative manner.


artist: Industrial Sound Bank
albumname: Easy Sixes
sku: insoba-easysixes
upc: 847646006184
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description:
  Easy Sixes represents an evolutionary step forward for Industrial Sound Bank. Taking roughly a year to assemble, this album started as a few melodies strung together in a few free minutes during a bachelor party weekend in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Initially slated to be one long song, the melodies and hooks each began to take on a life of their own; when all the composition and mixing was completed, that one song had grown into nine individual tracks.

  Filled with cinematic moments and a fury of blended genres, Easy Sixes is an album that's meant to be listened to over and over again.


artist: Industrial Sound Bank
albumname: Light and Science
sku: insoba-lightscience
upc: 847646003602
also:
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description:
  Light and Science is an evolutionary leap in electronic sound and style; it was written over the course of a few months and recorded / mixed / mastered in the same studio. With a more modern edge and cohesive sound this album is meant to be left on repeat while you drive, work, dance, or lay on the sofa... Just listen.


artist: Industrial Sound Bank
albumname: The Disk Platter Spins
sku: insoba-platterspins
upc: 847646000861
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/the-disk-platter-spins/id440901761
also:
  fuzz-soulful fuzz-messy fuzz-cool hawkshaw-ice braid-soundtrack rildrim-breathing fuzz-fuzz colfax-tape fuzz-sunset bmeuwsen-pfff kabanov-renaissance lunar5-soundpainting kabanov-breath lillywolf-thispaintlife piotrjaneczek-ambientsoundscapes magnacomp-powersynths federicomoscogiuri-orpheus magnacomp-eastgroove jbwallach-magicalt liquidrainbow-indigoep aryehfrankfurter-soundsseason liquidrainbow-violetep beier-bstrozzi musicinside-forces beier-piccinini williamson-afew rompaey-eastern2 curl-inner juergenson-badsun artemis-sephyra macabro-welivelies seismic-deadmans jjohnson-suites ashganley-magic jjohnson-bach headroom-apa almqvist-goldberg atomic-penguin angelight-deeptransformation townmonster-aprjun angelight-ssmf firehead-bsides angelight-openheart 4oresight-oveanviews angelight-harmonymotion dubmaster-finalbeats3 angelight-intimone atek-tronicselection stromenti-uccellini terracottablue-fentonellsworth mburaglia-suitesdeweiss musicalmandalas-morphogenesis wbrooks-bitter cbooth-groundsplease wbrooks-fowl tiniguez-raintrip sambodhiprem-onehourbirdsong cbooth-jmatthesonvol2 dini-bliss tiniguez-thegarden dini-ontogeny robin-missile mystified-hellwasterev tilopa-kyotaku mystified-darkrites emmalee-formantine edwards-canarios emielstopler-reminiscence myles-marginal chadlawson-autumn mirable-conversations therapture-twothoushertz gianmarcoleone-dancing tilopa-unravelling vasilyboykov-mysticalspirit terracottablue-shores dammersonv-thedoor intersonicsub-thinair ranchhands-backhome dubmaster-sonicreflections hadidian-reflections jag-juke nmathes-recs domased-return gcostantini-ppforte sterling-sterling oberlin-lawes loveamp-canwenotcare sforster-beethovenone etherine-24days sforster-beetseven version-versions modica-angel mokhov-magictimes modica-myheartisacastle modinski-choose modica-timeless kinkyatoms-whitenoise berget-jsbach jhietanen-cinematic

description:
  The Disk Platter Spins is a musical journey; a gapless, seamless blending of dance, trance and noise. The album has been inspired by years of living and listening. There's a strong "dance-ability" factor, but even for those who choose to just listen, this album provides great material. The songs were written over the course of the last 15 years in various studios and environments, and were finally compiled and mixed in the comfort of home. These songs have been floating around in disconnect since 1996. Some on CD, some on Floppy disk, some just melodies scribbled on fading sheet music.


artist: Ingrid Matthews and Byron Schenkman
albumname: CD1-JS Bach-Six Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord
sku: ingridmatthews-sixsonatas1
upc: 876809006778
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/js-bach-six-sonatas-for-violin-and/id272431149
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description:
  Music for brain and soul, this is the last collaboration between two of the most stunning players on the American early music scene.

  Ingrid Matthews and Byron Schenkman have long been regarded as well-established stars of the American early music scene. Their collaboration began in the 1980s, when the two were graduate students at Indiana University's Early Music Institute under Stanley Ritchie and Elisabeth Wright. Since that time, Matthews and Schenkman have performed and recorded together extensively, as a duo, with the chamber ensemble La Luna, and as directors of the Seattle Baroque Orchestra, which they founded in 1994. Matthews won first prize in the Erwin Bodky International Competition for Early Music in 1989, and Schenkman was awarded the Bodky Prize in 1999. In addition to their extensive joint discography, Schenkman has produced dozens of solo harpsichord CDs, to international critical acclaim, and Matthews has recorded the complete Sonatas and Partitas for Unaccompanied Violin of Johann Sebastian Bach, of which the American Record Guide writes: "this superb recording...is my top recommendation for this music, on either period or modern instruments."

  Byron Schenkman is now working as a modern pianist based in New York. This album is the last project the two undertook together before Byron's musical metamorphosis was complete, and as such stands as a significant memento of a wonderful and rare musical collaboration.


artist: Intersonic Subformation
albumname: Into the Void
sku: intersonicsub-intotheovid
upc: 847646007471
also:
  sambodhiprem-sevenwaves doughamer-acousticjrnl francoiscouture-tapespeed cobbbussinger-breathlife andrewjohn-coolsilence oliostere-circonflexe carilive-spaceflute ejp-genuine intersonicsub-thinair sambodhiprem-sunlightrainriver ejp-gratis dini-watersky carlosschwarz-impressions timvajda-bootstrap dini-sunearth parksttrio-threeplusfive ejp-handmade carilive-meditations snowsleep-songsofcold fitch-anotherday palargic-solstice nuform-lymph raymontford-manyroads kristiantaus-clouds andrewjohn-sonicembrace dini-legends conwayhambone-hbone francoiscouture-dalsegno francoiscouture-downtownride jambedaem-balance parksttrio-goodnightdaylight carilive-coldreflect andrewjohn-majestic hopkins-sweet robinstine-daydream mountsounds-mountsounds bellhours-bellhours hawkshaw-ice chadlawson-chopinone francoiscouture-aftertherain andrewjohn-berlincalls dini-ontogeny markcook-voodoo carilive-iacdaze soundexplorers-magicgarden zaranka-raritiesandoddities almaghrib-silenzisub2 jakebradford-fairplay conwayhambone-folkology euchmad-lightoff ewallace-alicewonder paternoster-chinesekoreanfour jbwallach-passions dkrasnoukhov-fly dkrasnoukhov-waveswings dkrasnoukhov-legend angelight-awakeningsource robertotto-kuiperencounter angelight-skws angelight-intimthree angelight-intimfour soundexplorers-pathtomyth amarchand-mojotrip dini-calm vasilyboykov-mysticalspirit marcoshbolanos-unchainedmelodies1 gcostantini-atmosphere lynnetortorelli-lightinthewood artemis-ofthisdirt modica-seraphim modica-grace modica-nearfuture dubmaster-finalbeats3 carilive-holfrost carilive-wabisabi windpearl-motherearth chadlawson-summer chadlawson-songpray dubmaster-finalbeats1 funkinchely-realdealmusic gcawthorn-bythesea almaghrib-silenzisub1 kpolitzer-blueinblue pduquesnel-lovelyskies pduquesnel-oldfriends jakebradford-sharpnoe jakebradford-six ou-scambled francoiscouture-quallunak suchitralata-tripalong yoria-handshake burnshee-art ejp-seasons felixdroid-longing headroom-dominus sandeep-divetwo dayazell-dayazell wbrooks-karma

description:
  Deep space travels where sights, sounds and illusions reflect onto human emotions. The extra-terrestrial vistas one encounters here are created out of organic elements mixed with micro noises, seamlessly fused into lush soundscapes. Images projected by these textures and melodies bring about both, melancholy and a sense of wonder, sometimes looking deep into the future, other times revealing ancient and primeval past.


artist: Intersonic Subformation
albumname: Out of Thin Air
sku: intersonicsub-thinair
upc: 847646011409
also:
  snowsleep-songsofcold intersonicsub-intotheovid soundexplorers-magicgarden teng-mystic ejp-handmade hawkshaw-ice dac-mech stargarden-excursions ion-synchronicity soundexplorers-pathtomyth andrewjohn-berlincalls oliostere-circonflexe fitch-anotherday ion-future rildrim-movinginward apremjee-cresentmoon dac-within fallingyou-human bellagaia-beautifulearth teng-monsoon kristiantaus-clouds piotrjaneczek-ambientsoundscapes estrem-musicoffernandosor dubmaster-dubprotection fitch-amb2 vandenheuvel-petalsoffire inserra-hang cobbbussinger-breathlife andrewjohn-sonicembrace inserra-altitude dubmaster-sonicreflections fitch-celocity teng-enchanted tilopa-bytheway fallingyou-touch inserra-incense2 tolife-anewage smerkulov-airbibrations cobbbussinger-nebula andrewjohn-majestic teng-whisper barkscrock-sumsavage fallingyou-faith inserra-incense1 soundexplorers-fifthdimension robinstine-daydream andrewjohn-coolsilence parksttrio-threeplusfive dac-nocturnalmusic fitch-amb windpearl-motherearth dac-spctr tilopa-outblue amarchand-blueoccasions twilightarchive-ritual quist-silver ejp-gratis estrem-reverie parksttrio-goodnightdaylight ejp-genuine zaranka-raritiesandoddities sambodhiprem-sunlightrainriver wahl-guitarscapes fulton-harpsinthetrees mundi-myhouse amccartney-rondeaumelancolique dpkaufman-valleybellow sambodhiprem-rosewatermoon sieber-unspoken jakebradford-nujazzexperiments jakebradford-triggerwarning dkrasnoukhov-dropsrainbow paternoster-lockdown ewallace-firstimpressions susanadams-pianoforte windpearl-happproject conwayhambone-folkology dac-sferica stargarden-art teng-miles rapoon-cidar tilopa-pictures raycarldaye-navigator twilightarchive-twilight shira-waters braid-soundtrack futureformer-decade beatunder-cosmic dini-watersky kpolitzer-labyrinth carlosschwarz-impressions chadlawson-chopintwo julianblackmore-essence kpolitzer-blueinblue rildrim-syntheticdream dini-legends

description:
  This album is a musical exploration of various imaginary landscapes, a collection of snapshots of nature's both, static and dynamic states.

  At the same time, it is a meditation on human condition, and an insight into one's emotions in relationship to those landscapes and nature's events.

  Slow moving and constantly evolving, these ambient pieces invite a listener to look at the presented sights and vistas through a unique sonic prism - as if painted with various shades of greys, blues and off-white brush strokes.

  We invite you to emerge yourself in this convergence of sound and sight, and flow gently through the chapters of this musical novel.


artist: iNTROSPEKT
albumname: iDEOLOGY
sku: introspekt-ideology
upc: 876809002176
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257905422&s=143444
also:
  indidginus-kaleid indidginus-align fallingyou-human antiguru-fall williamson-afew braun-and braun-nowzen westexit-modern rompaey-eastern2 sieber-unspoken brokenpoets-optimism uniontrade-everyday fuzz-messy wray-picassos lehtmojoe-aisle tokyo-tokyoinst insoba-platterspins rildrim-fracuniv joeyfehrenbach-dontwakeme curl-complex diometrix-newfoundland indidginus-sofasurfer dpkaufman-ruinfalls swivel-deep strojovna-number1 mantic-eproms spinecar-upmud shira-wildwood seismic-deadmans rocketcity-pop elecfrank-timenow debenedictis-fruitless bradsucks-dontknow psycliq-seraph hube-harvest loveamp-ami loveamp-criticalmass loveamp-loveamplifier loveamp-zaxis artemis-truth artemis-auralei rrich-trances2 fitch-amb fallingyou-touch artemis-gravity hube-hube braun-crow novaexpress-gimme rootsrebel-surfacing blownaparts-thrillhype westexit-nocturne tokyo-tokyo wall-passage brokenpoets-nature properauthorities-psa solarcycle-flare babylon-beat twilightarchive-twilight fuzz-soulful lehtmojoe-spaghetti ustoz-soundtrack therapture-garden rildrim-poetryun joeyfehrenbach-mellowdrama beatunder-cosmic etherine-24days babylon-knives drsounds-bungalow markitos-evolution saros-soundscapes strojovna-mirnix ehren-depths mantic-eponyms domased-newmemories hanschristian-surrender shira-waters elecfrank-sicksongs jackalopes-jacksploit leoni-human wahl-guitarscapes jackman-equilibrium drsounds-abstract fitch-anotherday hube-translucent loveamp-canwenotcare loveamp-deathrebirth loveamp-mahadeva rildrim-syntheticdream artemis-triptych rrich-eleclad rrich-trances1 amoeba-pivot fitch-amb2 artemis-orbits mountain-lunar braun-miles opened-occult rootsrebel-looking seldon-circles

description:
  Intelligent, varied, beat-driven electronica.

  iNTROSPEKT (aka Benny Sanches) is a decade-long producer of electronic music, with remixes for Depeche Mode and Meat Beat Manifesto among his portfolio.

  Frequently called on for production music, iNTROSPEKT's credits include a Sony/Tomb Raider III TV commercial, work for MTV's "Making the Video", and multiple independent films.

  As a producer and musician, iNTROSPEKT has worked with Ahou Yazmeen (vocalist, guitarist, aka ISYSS); David Pulfinger (percussionist, Cabaret Voltaire/Cocteau Twins); Jorge Bermudez (The Bermudez Triangle); Ammie Moore (Chicago-based Lounge/Trip Hop vocalist); Lisa Talev (Austin-based Poet, vocalist, guitarist); Christophe Royer (San Francisco-based House and Funk producer); Rasa N' Rice (Los Angeles-based Electro producer); Shemp (Bass guitarist for Schloss); and many others.

  In addition to his own production efforts, Benny works for the celebrated digital-recording company Digidesign.

  Benny is the co-collaborator on Magnatune artist "Version".


artist: Ion
albumname: Future Forever
sku: ion-future
upc: 876809006099
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=278050840&s=143444
also:
  teng-mystic chiwawa-sickyona chiwawa-chimeres estrem-reverie jjohnson-chopin jfa-bach magnacomp-dinner bcsd-sixmotets jjohnson-german asteria-jaqueline ion-synchronicity chiwawa-element vate-cachonda abaroque-mozart chiwawa-watermark vate-exotica robinstine-daydream droptrio-bigdipper tilopa-outblue andrewjohn-coolsilence ewallace-temptation susanrmorris-amonglasses rayborn-honey rayborn-veils ishwish-meditations aryehfrankfurter-auroranorthern aryehfrankfurter-moonwintertime aryehfrankfurter-twistingrope dkrasnoukhov-fly dkrasnoukhov-dropsrainbow fleagle-bliss francoiscouture-downtownride francoiscouture-mylittlebook francoiscouture-yahndawa fulton-harpsinthetrees gcostantini-liquidharm jeremymoyer-bicyclestories ryoutasato-longsnowsmoon inserra-altitude tilopa-bytheway tilopa-pictures stargarden-excursions satori-bestmed satori-meditation satori-spaceoflight satori-relocean cbooth-wtcb1c1 ppavan-lookingout jakebradford-herewego loveamp-ami sophiamarie-senseoverload soundexplorers-magicgarden magnacomp-metal magnacomp-rock loveamp-codewordname mundi-myhouse vate-umbra kyven-singles magnacomp-downchill bradsucks-outofit heringman-mudarra fitch-anotherday psychetropic-china mystified-darkrites windcheater-windcheater rrich-eleclad wahl-string paternoster-haydn armchair-octopants quist-moon voicesofmusic-concerto lara-bach terracottablue-fentonellsworth ilic-transcendental modica-water kmcintosh-bach dufay-cancionero jpalmer-cherry intersonicsub-intotheovid lmccauley-quieting fitch-celocity jpalmer-soulgard sieber-unspoken cbooth-wcroft gom-vision fulton-airs malileche-hero shira-almanac potvin-christemas wickedboy-filthy cbooth-jmatthesonvol1 beier-bstrozzi cbooth-darkharp mburaglia-promenade tiniguez-raintrip bachplay-nunkomm sarasa-baroque franca-boismortier fulton-once

description:
  Ever seen pictures of the ice hotels they build in Norway and Sweden every year? Well this sublimely wintery ambient album by David Hughes' side project, Ion, may just may be the perfect soundtrack for staying in one. Firmly rooted in the Berlin school, it's incredibly clean and crystalline and we love the modern utopias it conjures up with its frosty sequencing and big serene arcs of sound. Standout tracks include "Future Forever" and "The Silent Scream."


artist: Ion
albumname: Synchronicity
sku: ion-synchronicity
upc: 876809009311
also:
  estrem-reverie intersonicsub-thinair teng-mystic jfa-bach crummarks-spagna ion-future dac-nocturnalmusic dac-within robinstine-daydream markcook-voodoo estrem-bachkeyboard tilopa-outblue piotrjaneczek-ambientsoundscapes intersonicsub-intotheovid andrewjohn-coolsilence cbooth-groundsplease francoiscouture-downtownride fulton-harpsinthetrees tilopa-bytheway tilopa-pictures satori-bestmed cbooth-wtcb1c1 chiwawa-sickyona chiwawa-chimeres soundexplorers-magicgarden fitch-anotherday rrich-eleclad carlosschwarz-impressions homelessballoon-orientalspaces jjohnson-chopin cbooth-wcroft cbooth-jmatthesonvol1 beier-bstrozzi mburaglia-promenade tiniguez-raintrip franca-boismortier cbooth-bachgold heringman-blamenot heringman-pickering jiveasssleepers-funkfactor beier-falckenhagen magnacomp-dinner mburaglia-suitesdeweiss bcsd-sixmotets estrem-bachmandola chadlawson-chopinone jjohnson-german jjohnson-telemann simplicissimus-mensasonora estrem-bachcellotwo estrem-telemann amccartney-elizabethslutes asteria-jaqueline chadlawson-chopintwo cobbbussinger-nebula martin-luismilan tmatsuishi-bachlab berget-sienasteel dshoskes-weissundercover ernststolz-ciaconna mburaglia-versailles pboehnke-bachteachers reverie-cantica thomaswalker-lasuperbe tilopa-kyotaku tilopa-turkishauch chiwawa-element vate-cachonda nuform-lymph raymontford-manyroads bellhours-bellhours rildrim-syntheticdream rildrim-breathing jamesakers-thesaurusharmonicus stargarden-excursions fwheel-pastourelle beier-knights jjohnson-goldberg ithomas-indiansummer mirable-conversations ruiz-soliloquies wildcat-fairest cbooth-scarlatti kabanov-windorient heringman-josquin parksttrio-goodnightdaylight ejp-gratis jiveasssleepers-getbiz abaroque-mozart ingridmatthews-sixsonatas1 berget-weiss11 cbooth-pphilips estrem-viveight paternoster-bach-paternoster jjohnson-bach paternoster-lockdown estrem-bachharpsichord estrem-telemanntrios

description:
  Synchronicity is the second full length collection from Ion, and follows on directly from their highly successful debut album, Future Forever.

  The songs on this album were composed between 2007 and 2014. Some were recorded during the original Future Forever sessions but were not included in the final release because they didn't fit the style or direction of that album. Several of these tracks came out of rehearsal sessions for various concerts although the majority are studio compositions.

  Updated for 2018, all of these pieces have been given a fresh coat of paint in the form of additional sounds, improved mastering and updated arrangements.


artist: Iordache
albumname: One Life Left
sku: iordache-onelifeleft
upc: 847646005507
also:
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description:
  Drawing upon elements of cool jazz, nu jazz, exotica and lounge funk, Iordache's tone colors can sound like Herbie's "Speak Like a Child", Jagga Jazzist, Snarky Puppy, Henry Mancini, Gil Evans or Dolphy's "Hot Cool and Latin". "One Life Left" is new cool jazz for the 21st, with lots of odd quirky eccentricities to boot.

  Iordache leads a seven piece band on here including himself and Lucian Nagy on woodwinds, plus trumpet, bass, drums and two guitars. Guitarist Toni Kuhn also doubles on a very funky analog sounding synthesizer too. The three horns, and sometimes flute, combine with the electronic guitars and keyboards to create instrumental textures that work perfectly with the music they play.

  Some album highlights include "Peace" with its classic mid-90s trip-hop down tempo beat and lush vibratoed chords on the electric piano, and "Suriname" which opens with smooth horn orchestrations backing an exotic synth melody that recalls the old Don Ellis experimental big band. This is a very creative and well executed album. To the serious post bop fan this album may seem a little light, but these players are not light weight at all, they just prefer to keep their cool, with their tongues planted in cheek.
  (A review of One Life Left from the Jazz Music Archives website).


artist: Ireen Thomas
albumname: Contemplations
sku: ithomas-contemplations
upc: 847646003725
also:
  chadlawson-spacebetween lukegartnerbrereton-balmsisyphus panicensemble-differentstory fielding-pieces mokhov-jupitermelodies mokhov-euphoricmagic mokhov-massivelove barkscrock-letiturn dpkaufman-ruinfalls monom-foresttales ingridmatthews-sixsonatas1 cbooth-darkharp abaroque-seasons euchmad-whendroplets cbooth-groundsplease cbooth-louiscouperin amarchand-mojotrip cbooth-pphilips cbooth-wcroft vate-endhere heringman-holburns innovat-tradcarols berget-weiss11 amccartney-toccatatouched beier-molinaro mburaglia-plaintesdepsyche mburaglia-weisssuites heringman-neusidler federicomoscogiuri-arpeggi martin-luismilan dufay-cancionero thomaswalker-lasuperbe libroprimo-fantasiaincantata eddurbrow-renaissancelute heringman-mudarra lara-fourseasons fogelberg-karooshi almanova-giulani estrem-bachtrios estrem-reverie estrem-spaintwo robcosh-aphelion droptrio-cezanne raymontford-shedyour windpearl-iloveyouabit mirable-conversations mokhov-futurehope mokhov-solace barkscrock-stadtstrand monom-aroundtheworld craighanson-messecouvents ingridmatthews-sixsonatas2 estrem-cimarosaonguitar streicher-musicadacamera asteria-soyes cbooth-jmatthesonvol1 sieber-hidden amarchand-romanticpiano cbooth-ricercars fiddlewham-oldschool cbooth-wtcb2c1 dshoskes-patrons berget-sienalute amccartney-elizabethslutes beier-bstrozzi beier-piccinini mburaglia-promenade heringman-blackcow heringman-pickering rmackenzie-bianchini martin-allemande dufay-estampida thomaswalker-stilemodernostileantico canconier-canconier reverie-ancmosaic robinstine-daydream paternoster-ilvioncello paternoster-violoncelloromantico almqvist-goldberg lara-sonatas1 potvin-christemas almanova-afterhours estrem-bachcello estrem-bachukulele estrem-collage estrem-telemann heringman-artlute estrem-bachmandola mochoa-acoudreams dpkaufman-valleybellow mrepic-sideways droptrio-bigdipper mirable-influenza mokhov-halcyondays

description:
  How did it all begin.... probably in a long cherished wish to play Erik Satie's Gymnopedies and Gnossiennes (originally written for the piano) on the lute. Having fulfilled that wish and thinking of recording Satie, I asked myself which lute composer could stand next to Erik Satie? The answer came quickly in the form of Robert Ballard, Musicien Ordinaire du Roy. Ballard's music is quintessentially French: as with Satie, his compositions are exquisitely refined and 'courteous'. Perhaps because of this shared quality of serenity, when one hears their music side by side the distance of 300 years which divides these two Parisians quickly fades away. However, when one returns to earth, Paris, as one of the greatest cultural centers of Europe, also took many foreign composers to her heart. Among these was Fernando Sor. His intense and romantic Fantaisie Elegiaque for guitar, with its highly concentrated emotional content, forms a most 'earthy' contrast with the more ethereal and transparent tones of Ballard and Satie.

  Contemplations
  Being descended from a family of music publishers and lutenists Robert Ballard (ca 1572 - after 1650) possessed all the genetic material required to grow into one of the more prominent lutenists of his time. His father, Robert Ballard senior, founded, together with his cousin Adrian le Roy, the famous music publishing house 'Le Roy et Ballard'. When Maria de Medici, the French regent, was looking for a lute teacher for the Dauphin Louis XIII, she chose Ballard's son Robert. Ballard junior wrote two books of lute music: Premier Livre de tablature de luth (1611) and Diverses Pieces mises sur le luth (1614). From 1618 onward he was allowed to bear the title Musicien Ordinaire du Roi. The Entree's, Courantes and Ballets, which are here performed on a 10-course gut-strung lute (after Gerle, Brian Cohen 1979), are from the first lute book. In addition to having certainly played them, Louis XIII probably used them as a subtle accompaniment to his dance.

  Born in Spain, the composer and guitar virtuoso Fernando Sor (1778-1839) received his music education from the Benedictine monks of Montserrat. With the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte he left Spain for Paris, where he soon became well known. Sor is especially famous for his large oeuvre for guitar, but he also wrote operas, symphonies and ballets. Most of these are lost. As a performing guitarist he traveled widely throughout Europe. In addition to his many concerts in Paris, where he remained for most of his life, he gave performances in other large cultural centers such as London, Berlin, Warsaw and Moscow. Sor composed the Fantaisie Elegiaque (1836) after the death in childbirth of a dear friend and pupil. Its melodies, which are moving as well as charming are grouped into sharply contrasting phrases which follow each other in quick succession, a characteristic which might well have pleased his fellow Parisian Frederique Chopin.

  On this album Sor is being played on a Stauffer guitar (1830) copied by Martin de Witte in 2011. Its strings are of gut and silk.

  For the 'self-made' composer and Rosicrucian (a secret philosophical society) the music of Erik Satie (1866-1925) was conceived in a very architectural manner: as if assembling a construction kit, he formed his compositions from audible building blocks, not shrinking from seemingly interminable repetitions. Today Satie is mostly famous for his Trois Gymnopedies (1888) and his Trois Gnossiennes (1890) which, because of their long drawn-out melodies and their repeated chord patterns, can easily put Satie's listeners into a trance-like state. To fit them into the range of the 14 course liuto attiorbato the Gnossiennes and Gymnopedies have been transposed down a fourth and a fifth respectively. To preserve Satie's harmonies virtually unaltered it was necessary to develop a new right hand technique. Satie's often soft and mysterious sound combinations translate surprisingly well onto the gut-strung liuto attiorbato (De Witte 2007, after Choc 1630).


artist: Ireen Thomas
albumname: Indian Summer of the Lute
sku: ithomas-indiansummer
upc: 876809008451
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/indian-summer-of-the-lute/id400991079
also:
  chadlawson-spacebetween lukegartnerbrereton-balmsisyphus panicensemble-differentstory fielding-pieces mokhov-jupitermelodies mokhov-euphoricmagic mokhov-massivelove barkscrock-letiturn dpkaufman-ruinfalls monom-foresttales ingridmatthews-sixsonatas1 cbooth-darkharp abaroque-seasons euchmad-whendroplets cbooth-groundsplease cbooth-louiscouperin amarchand-mojotrip cbooth-pphilips cbooth-wcroft vate-endhere heringman-holburns innovat-tradcarols berget-weiss11 amccartney-toccatatouched beier-molinaro mburaglia-plaintesdepsyche mburaglia-weisssuites heringman-neusidler federicomoscogiuri-arpeggi martin-luismilan dufay-cancionero thomaswalker-lasuperbe libroprimo-fantasiaincantata eddurbrow-renaissancelute heringman-mudarra lara-fourseasons fogelberg-karooshi almanova-giulani estrem-bachtrios estrem-reverie estrem-spaintwo robcosh-aphelion droptrio-cezanne raymontford-shedyour windpearl-iloveyouabit mirable-conversations mokhov-futurehope mokhov-solace barkscrock-stadtstrand monom-aroundtheworld craighanson-messecouvents ingridmatthews-sixsonatas2 estrem-cimarosaonguitar streicher-musicadacamera asteria-soyes cbooth-jmatthesonvol1 sieber-hidden amarchand-romanticpiano cbooth-ricercars fiddlewham-oldschool cbooth-wtcb2c1 dshoskes-patrons berget-sienalute amccartney-elizabethslutes beier-bstrozzi beier-piccinini mburaglia-promenade heringman-blackcow heringman-pickering rmackenzie-bianchini martin-allemande dufay-estampida thomaswalker-stilemodernostileantico canconier-canconier reverie-ancmosaic robinstine-daydream paternoster-ilvioncello paternoster-violoncelloromantico almqvist-goldberg lara-sonatas1 potvin-christemas almanova-afterhours estrem-bachcello estrem-bachukulele estrem-collage estrem-telemann heringman-artlute estrem-bachmandola mochoa-acoudreams dpkaufman-valleybellow mrepic-sideways droptrio-bigdipper mirable-influenza mokhov-halcyondays

description:
  The album "Indian Summer of the Lute" presents the fairly unknown repertory for baroque lute from the time of the sons of Johann Sebastian Bach and of the young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. These compositions in a pre-classical style bring out a surprisingly expressive aspect of the lute.

  Johann Friedrich Daube, Rudolf Straube and Ferdinand Seidel composed their music in a period during which the expression of individual feelings was paramount. Whereas before, the religious and worldly majesty were the major source of inspiration for composers, in this period the individual stood at the center. Because the melody was considered to be the carrier of feelings, composers thought of polyphony as an unnecessary distraction. As a consequence of this swing in musical language new instruments, such as the Forte-piano, were developed and concert life shifted from the courts increasingly to places open for the public. Because of these changes the lute lost its function and came to be thought of as old-fashioned.

  In spite of these developments German composers kept writing for the lute until as late as the 1790s. Typical for this Indian Summer of the lute is the respectable number of solo sonatas written for it. Also in chamber music the lute played an important role in the works of composers such as Johann Ludwig Krebs, Bernhard Joachim Hagen, Carl Joseph Toeschi and Joseph Haydn. Though declining in most European countries, in the German speaking ones the lute was given a new language. In a word the lute had to become 'outspoken' and through this transformation it experienced a beautiful Indian Summer.


artist: Ishwish
albumname: The Gates of Dawn
sku: ishwish-gates
upc: 876809007737
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-gates-dawn/id336048531
also:
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description:
  ishwish utilizes sound, art and technology to communicate universal knowledge purely on a vibrational level. Being in harmony with the universe will evolve our consciousness.

  With this new album, ishwish has created a vast sonic universe for the listener to explore. Christopher Currell, utilizing new audio technologies, has created a tapestry of sound and music which becomes a unique and personal experience to each listener. An important factor in ishwish music is improvisation. When music is created in "present time", a special energy happens. That energy is unique because it remains long after the actual performance is finished, still influencing the people and the environment.

  "Sound is a vibration. Like sound, the universe is also vibration. If we look closer, there is information in the vibration. All knowledge we seek resides there. All we have to do is listen."

  Christopher Currell


artist: Ishwish
albumname: Meditations
sku: ishwish-meditations
upc: 876809008314
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/meditations/id383195747
also:
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description:
  Meditations is the third CD by Ishwish. With Meditations, Christopher Currell (composer, musician and producer) has gone much deeper with his concept of using sound vibrations to raise human consciousness. Meditations are five musical/sound collages that are designed to resonate specifically with the human spirit and the universe. The harmonious interaction of spirit and sound sets free information that is contained within the vibration. This information holds the key to elevating consciousness. Each person resonates differently, much like a radio tuner, and therefore has his own unique experience. Each person receives only information that they are ready to receive based on their own current awareness and life experiences.

  Christopher says this about the powerful harmonious interaction of music and meditation:

  "Light is the creative source. The universe is an echo of the creative source...fundamentally a vibration. Everything is a result of a creative thought. The spiritual essence of man is interested in trying to understand the nature of the creative source. Science is about analyzing its results. Meditation stills the vibration long enough to perceive its source. Music is a process that resonates directly with the creative source. Meditations are pathways to consciousness. Sound illuminates the way. May your travels be guided from the darkness into the light."


artist: Ishwish
albumname: Remember
sku: ishwish-remember
upc: 876809006242
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=277102664&s=143444
also:
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description:
  ishwish is communication from the universe, using vibration in the auditory and visual frequency spectrum to transmit a message of peace, harmony and universal knowledge for all people of planet Earth.

  Multi-instrumentalist and sound designer Christopher Currell has worked with diverse artists such as Quincy Jones, Paul Simon and Stevie Wonder. His pioneering work with the Synclavier (a sophisticated digital synthesis computer) culminated in his contribution to the multi-platinum album "Bad" by Michael Jackson.

  Christopher's current work with ishwish is a reflection of new knowledge of reality discovered in quantum physics...that EVERYTHING in the universe is connected.

  On this first ishwish venture, Cirque du Soleil vocalist Beth Quist joins Christopher to explore and unleash latent memory stored in our DNA via sound vibrations. Christopher's sonic textures along with Quist's angelic voice combine with the influence of the listener and environment to open our hearts and memories of our distant past.

  "The sound vibrations of ishwish are intended to be a journey through the universe, different times and dimensions. The journey ultimately begins and ends with you. Please enjoy!"

  Christopher Currell


artist: Ivan Ilic
albumname: Fugitive Visions - Piano Masterworks by Chopin and Liszt
sku: ilic-fugitive
upc: 876809007041
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/fugitive-visions-piano-masterworks/id339074510
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description:
  John writes: it's a pleasure for me to work with a musician who really "gets" the world of Internet music, and very unusual for a classical musician. He's been peppering me with questions about Creative Commons and sharing his music via Wikipedia, and has focussed on making stunning Internet-only releases through Magnatune. Check out the intense album covers I've made with him! If you watch the video on his home page, you'll see that he can really play: a thousand edits aren't needed.


artist: Ivan Ilic
albumname: Godowsky and Ecstasy
sku: ilic-godowsky
upc: 847646002506
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description:
  22 Chopin Studies by Leopold Godowsky - American pianist Ivan Ilic has recorded his 7th album for Magnatune, entitled Godowsky and Ecstasy, 22 Chopin Studies. Godowsky was a celebrity in his day: Artur Rubinstein said that "it would take him 500 years" to acquire Godowsky's technique. Rachmaninoff wrote that "Godowsky is the only musician of this age who has given a real, lasting contribution to the development of the piano".

  But following Godowsky's death in 1938, his compositions were largely ignored until the year 2000, when super-virtuoso pianists such as Marc-Andre Hamelin and Boris Berezovsky began to record and perform his works in concert.

  Ivan Ilic is the latest pianist to rise to the formidable challenge. His album focuses on the 22 Studies for the left hand alone, considered among the most difficult pieces ever written for the instrument.

  But there is a poetry in Ilic 's interpretations which makes one forget the difficulty, and allows the listener to bask in Godowsky's rich, dark re-working of Chopin's masterpieces.

  This album is a tour de force of virtuosity and musicianship.

  - Daily Telegraph Classical CD of the Week
  - Classique News Top 5 CD of the Month

  "A major achievement"
  BBC Radio 3


artist: Ivan Ilic
albumname: Romantic - Powerful Miniatures by Schumann and Brahms
sku: ilic-romantic
upc: 876809006624
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/romantic-powerful-miniatures/id339081619
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description:
  John writes: it's a pleasure for me to work with a musician who really "gets" the world of Internet music, and very unusual for a classical musician. He's been peppering me with questions about Creative Commons and sharing his music via Wikipedia, and has focussed on making stunning Internet-only releases through Magnatune. Check out the intense album covers I've made with him! If you watch the video on his home page, you'll see that he can really play: a thousand edits aren't needed.


artist: Ivan Ilic
albumname: Sparkling - The Complete Preludes by Claude Debussy
sku: ilic-sparkling
upc: 847646002100
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description:
  Pianist Ivan Ilic 's award winning recording of the 24 Debussy Preludes is finally available on Magnatune, in its entirety. Originally released in 2008, it is his 6th Magnatune album.

  Described as 'masterful' by Gramophone, the recording won prestigious awards from:
  - Mezzo Television (France)
  - Fanfare Magazine (US)
  - ClassiqueNews.com (France)

  It was a hit with critics worldwide, and continues to be broadcast across 6 continents.

  "The rich humanity of these priceless miniatures is joyfully relished."
  - International Piano, London

  "His playing is characterized by clarity, vivacity and his intuitive feel. The pianist has real personality and his name is one to remember."
  - Le Monde de la Musique, Paris

  "Fidelity to what the score says is impeccable." Four stars
  - Classical Music Magazine, London

  This is the first Magnatune album dedicated to Claude Debussy's piano music. Enjoy masterpieces such as 'The Girl with the Flaxen Hair', 'The Sunken Cathedral' and 'Fireworks'.


artist: Ivan Ilic
albumname: Elegance and Refinement - Baroque Suites, French Sweets
sku: ilic-sweets
upc: 876809007058
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/elegance-refinement-baroque/id339089223
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description:
  John writes: it's a pleasure for me to work with a musician who really "gets" the world of Internet music, and very unusual for a classical musician. He's been peppering me with questions about Creative Commons and sharing his music via Wikipedia, and has focussed on making stunning Internet-only releases through Magnatune. Check out the intense album covers I've made with him! If you watch the video on his home page, you'll see that he can really play: a thousand edits aren't needed.


artist: Ivan Ilic
albumname: Transcendental - Transcriptions by Brahms and Godowsky
sku: ilic-transcendental
upc: 876809007997
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/transcendental-transcriptions/id348776641
also:
  teng-monsoon lara-fourseasons ilic-godowsky modica-water chadlawson-thepiano lara-sonatas1 sforster-beethovenone timvajda-bootstrap chadlawson-chopinone lara-sonatas2 sieber-second thirty3-rare hawkshaw-ice francoiscouture-groundcherry mogilalia-dropsfromthesky cobbbussinger-breathlife ilic-fugitive sforster-beethoventwo quist-moon kspringer-hope ruiz-soliloquies wahl-christmas vguzman-telemann jpalmer-nevada jbwallach-encdaydreams jpalmer-blueguitar rougge-fragments almanova-christmas alforest-alforest jbwallach-mmscented liquidrainbow-eightx chadlawson-spacebetween chadlawson-chopintwo sforster-beetsix sforster-beetnine dejanilijic-sun lara-bach jbwallach-inmoonlight dini-bliss sieber-unspoken jesus-traces sora-heartwood tilopa-turkishauch mogilalia-wavesfreedom kristiantaus-lights sora-scorpionmoon matthewesargent-orchestralmaster julianblackmore-essence rildrim-movinginward soundexplorers-pathtomyth magnacomp-spa lmccauley-quieting inserra-hang kara-kara ilic-romantic modica-native magnacomp-christmas mexeena-ether sforster-beethoventhree manno-sea dpkaufman-ruinfalls vguzman-meditations lmccauley-wintertime nightfall-underworld jbwallach-magicalt ilic-sparkling voltergeist-burntnburied chadlawson-autumn nmathes-bellweatherarbutus mtravisano-whitewhale francoiscouture-aftertherain josephnimoh-reflections juansanchez-rebirth teng-kingdom dini-calm ehren-depths satori-bestmed tiniguez-raintrip jasmineb-four sieber-hidden jhietanen-cinematic weigl-prisma modica-jenny rrich-eleclad satori-meditation robinstine-daydream headroom-kananga manno-second ezivian-chopin jpalmer-soulgard otis-otis okandcm-christmasgateway modica-angel knewdigate-stillwaters raymontford-earlysessions gcawthorn-bythesea gcawthorn-catswhiskers headroom-polaris tolife-tasabasaba zeroslum-warehouse

description:
  Renowned for their technical difficulty, Ivan Ilic presents Leopold Godowsky's Studies on Frederic Chopin's etudes. Critic Harold C. Schonberg called them "the most impossibly difficult things ever written for the piano." Ilic also presents Johann Sebastian Bach's D minor Chaconne, transcribed to the left hand by Johannes Brahms. An interesting set of left-hand piano pieces from the greats (Bach and Chopin), as interpeted for a more contemporary setting.


artist: Ivan Ilic
albumname: Vitality and Virtuosity - Sonatas by Haydn and Beethoven
sku: ilic-vitality
upc: 876809006617
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/vitality-and-virtuosity-sonatas/id339079234
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artist: Ivilion
albumname: Terean
sku: ivilion-terean
upc: 876809003562
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257788793&s=143444
also:
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description:
  Imagine a peace-filled primitive world where the atmosphere is painted with swirling ambience, where intense tapestries of sound envelope and enrich every aspect of life. A world in which the air breathes and the wind has a mind and life of its own. A world where meditation is common and spiritual response is immediate and uplifting. This is a world of fantasy, a world of mystery, and a world of beauty. You can keep imagining this world, or you can pick up the new Ivilion release, Terean, and experience it for yourself in surround sound.

  Terean is the culmination of Michael Weeks' previous works with Ivilion, pulling in and adding to the structures started in his first release, Sartinal, and making use of the darkly melodic concepts from his unofficial release, What I see in the dark. I recently had the pleasure to review his other project, The Wretch, and I cannot enforce the difference between these two projects enough. While The Wretch takes listeners on a fast-paced trip through a schizotypal, A.D.H.D. crazed mind, Ivilion serves to take listeners on an intrinsic journey through their own psyche.

  Terean is characterized by perpetual, evolving tribal beats, crafted on a base of dark, drifting ambience, and given life by the beautiful melodies throughout. Delicate, haunting string and piano arrangements visit songs, adding strength and body to the overall value of this work of art. While some ambient works are sparsely layered, change little, and drone into nothingness, Terean weaves its way into the listener's mind, taking over the subconscious and inspiring 44 minutes and 44 seconds of thought and meditation.

  If you don't like tribal drums and ambience, I don't have to tell you that you probably won't enjoy this album. But if you have even a passing interest, I can promise Ivilion's Terean is for you. The production on this release is impossibly flawless; the sound is amazing and inspiring. With Terean Michael Weeks shows an absolute command over his resources, turning what can be a dull and stale genre into a living masterpiece. I fully intend to dwell on this release for quite some time, and will be strongly suggesting it to anyone I meet.
  Review by: Shaun Phelps


artist: J Nilsson Project
albumname: 8hr Session (8 hours)
sku: jnilssonproj-eighthrsession
upc: 847646001790
also:
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description:
  J. NILSSON PROJECT - 8hr SESSION

  This is a new lineup, consisting of some of the finest musicians in Sweden. Except for one: the composer and guitarist Johan Nilsson (also the guitar player in EJP and Burnshee Thornside). What he did though, was to initiate one day in the studio. One day with 8 compositions. Lunch and coffe-breaks were served. Music were played. Unedited. Unrehearsed. No strings, no rules. Just "go with the flow".

  A long life dream, for me, just to have these guys in the same room and play together and see what came out. Well, the "8hr session" is what came out. And the guys stretched. The first track is ten minutes long! Which is crazy and a bit brave and bold. But as the title suggests, "Blues for Monk", it's a tribute to a brave and bold person. Then right after that comes a beautiful ballad, titled "Half Goodbye", and the tenor saxophone will make you cry...

  Join the J. Nilsson project and be amazed.

  Tomas Bergquist: Bass.
  Andre Ferrari: Drums.
  Jonas Lindeborg: Trumpet/Flugelhorn.
  Joakim Milder: Saxophone.
  Johan Nilsson: Electric guitar.
  Martin ostergren: Grand Piano, Rhodes, Prophet 5.


artist: Jackal and Wolf
albumname: The Cathedral and the Bazaar
sku: jackal-cathedral
upc: 876809002947
also:
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description:
  With influences that range from the classic sounds of Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath to the metal power of Metallica and the informed vitriol of Rage Against the Machine, punters can expect potently raw riffage and a groove-oriented sound.

  Commerce versus art; capital greed or creative freedom; the cathedral and the bazaar? Inspired as much by philosophy as the need to make very loud noise. This new power-trio are intent on creating great, hard-hitting tunes and playing them live. The title of their debut album, "The Cathedral and the Bazaar" is a tribute to the free music philosophy that inspires them.


artist: Jackalopes
albumname: Jacksploitation
sku: jackalopes-jacksploit
upc: 876809002152
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257788918&s=143444
also:
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description:
  Horror Punk similar to The Misfits, Samhain, The Damned as well as influences ranging from 50's Rockabilly to 60's and 70's Psych and modern punk and hardcore.

  Founded in 1999 in the back of a Tattoo shop owned by lead singer, Rev. Chad A. Wells, The Jackalopes have continually strived to carve their very own X into the foreheads of music listeners everywhere.

  Dealing in imagery ranging from sacred to profane, violent and sexy to downright silly, The Jackalopes are here to entertain you and provoke you and they push all the right buttons on their now classic first full length, "Jacksploitation!". The Jackalopes combine the dark and brooding elements of acts like Samhain, The Misfits, The Doors, The Damned and Christian Death with the revved up fury of Motorhead, Electric Frankenstein and early Metallica while combining lethal doses of Beach Boys, Beatles and Monkees inspired sing-along with the stage antics of early Kiss, Alice Cooper and Motley Crue! Throw in a heapin' helpin' of Social Distortion, Fear and Black Flag and top with copious amounts of Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Charles Manson and Anton LaVey and we're getting very near to the heart of the Beast! Coat the whole package in the world renowned, Lowbrow Art of the band's own Rev. Wells and we have the making of one HELL of a party!


artist: Jacob Heringman
albumname: The Art of the Lute Player
sku: heringman-artlute
upc: 876809002091
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=160454141&s=143444
also:
  mirable-influenza heringman-holburns abaroque-mozart estrem-bachcello cbooth-melodiousbirde heringman-blackcow innovat-tradcarols crummarks-spagna dshoskes-patrons beier-piccinini berget-weiss11 paternoster-haydn beier-knights rayborn-honey mpacifica-dancing skarazula-litha dufay-estampida fulton-harpsinthetrees voxnostra-assumpta amccartney-elizabethslutes reverie-string beier-galilei berget-sienalute canconier-canconier almqvist-goldberg abaroque-rameau asteria-souvenir dufay-cancionero fulton-harpersholiday voxnostra-notredame beier-molinaro fulton-airs asteria-soyes amarchand-blueoccasions canconier-dragon rmackenzie-bianchini fulton-once eddurbrow-renaissancelute abaroque-seasons heringman-siena berget-jsbach jiveasssleepers-getbiz robinstine-daydream asteria-doulx heringman-luismilan estrem-bachvol1 estrem-reverie asteria-jaqueline magnacomp-christmas estrem-bachukulele galliarda-josephmaria dshoskes-lautenschmaus voicesofmusic-bachtelemann carychow-zirkus reverie-ancmosaic aciacca-driemoty misericordia-passion shallgren-studioc martin-artfrance lara-sonatas1 heringman-josquin jiveasssleepers-galaxy satori-tibet nuova-caccini shira-mistral shira-castle almanova-debut droptrio-cezanne jiveasssleepers-scratch askold-askold vguzman-telemann cbooth-buxtehudes fleagle-bliss almanova-christmas susanrmorris-ohhenry beier-falckenhagen mburaglia-conversation cbooth-groundsplease bcsd-sixmotets dshoskes-weissundercover martin-leslarmes sieber-unspoken vivapepa-vivapepa voicesofmusic-bach fwheel-pastourelle satori-journey ruiz-schumann stromenti-italian shira-waters inserra-incense1 paternoster-cellosuites2 heringman-pickering ehren-lines wahl-light jfa-sonatas kmcintosh-bach andrewjohn-coolsilence okandcm-christmasgateway

description:
  The Art of the Lute Player, was released in October 2002. This disc is a compilation of material from the first three solo CDs, plus solo tracks from the ASV Milan and Mudarra albums made with the singer Catherine King

  "The supple expressivity of the performances reflects Heringman's love of the music. What more is there to be said, other than to urge anyone with an interest in this small but very lush musical pasture to buy it without delay."
  Gramophone


artist: Jacob Heringman
albumname: Black Cow
sku: heringman-blackcow
upc: 876809002244
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257786831&s=143444
also:
  abaroque-mozart heringman-holburns dshoskes-patrons mirable-influenza canconier-canconier dufay-estampida amccartney-elizabethslutes asteria-soyes heringman-artlute berget-jsbach robinstine-daydream canconier-dragon estrem-bachcello cbooth-melodiousbirde berget-weiss11 estrem-reverie innovat-tradcarols crummarks-spagna martin-artfrance beier-galilei berget-sienalute almqvist-goldberg abaroque-rameau paternoster-haydn mpacifica-dancing skarazula-litha reverie-string beier-molinaro fulton-airs stromenti-uccellini dufay-cancionero fulton-harpersholiday voxnostra-notredame paternoster-bach-paternoster potvin-christemas heringman-siena mirable-conversations amarchand-blueoccasions rmackenzie-bianchini fulton-once eddurbrow-renaissancelute abaroque-seasons sieber-hidden beier-piccinini heringman-luismilan estrem-bachvol1 asteria-jaqueline magnacomp-christmas estrem-bachukulele estrem-dowland dshoskes-lautenschmaus poeticallmusi-instantfires reverie-ancmosaic misericordia-passion lara-sonatas1 fwheel-pastourelle stromenti-italian shira-waters paternoster-cellosuites2 asteria-souvenir heringman-pickering droptrio-cezanne beier-knights rayborn-honey cbooth-buxtehudes almanova-christmas beier-falckenhagen mburaglia-conversation cbooth-groundsplease fulton-harpsinthetrees voxnostra-assumpta bcsd-sixmotets dshoskes-weissundercover martin-leslarmes sieber-unspoken lara-sonatas2 voicesofmusic-bach shira-ragged almanova-afterhours paternoster-sonatas2 wahl-light heringman-neusidler rmackenzie-parisiandelight mburaglia-versailles amccartney-toccatatouched martin-allemande cbooth-wtcb1c1 jiveasssleepers-getbiz vermillian-stolen shira-almanac almanova-giulani paternoster-cellosuites1 paternoster-inzaffirio asteria-doulx mburaglia-promenade shira-dayofjoy paternoster-ilvioncello

description:
  Consists mainly of works by the great 16th-century Transylvanian lutenist and composer, Valentin (Balint) Bakfark, interspersed with Polish dances by his Prussian contemporary, Matthaeus Waissel. Full of variety, contrasting moods and breathtaking virtuosity, this CD shows that lute music has the power to move a modern audience as much as it could a renaissance one.

  Recorded 15-16 December 1998 in Wiltshire, UK
  Recording engineer: David Singleton
  Assistant engineer: Alex Mundy
  Post-production by Adrian Hunter

  Lute made in New York in 1997 by Andrew Rutherford, after Gerle (c1580).


artist: Jacob Heringman
albumname: Blame Not My Lute
sku: heringman-blamenot
upc: 876809004705
itunes: NONE
also:
  cbooth-melodiousbirde estrem-bachukulele dshoskes-lautenschmaus estrem-soloukutwo crummarks-spagna cbooth-louiscouperin estrem-telemann dshoskes-patrons mirable-influenza ingridmatthews-sixsonatas2 reverie-ancmosaic cbooth-ricercars lara-sonatas1 heringman-josquin beier-piccinini berget-weiss11 edwards-tresor jiveasssleepers-galaxy almanova-debut heringman-pickering droptrio-cezanne paternoster-haydn cbooth-buxtehudes mochoa-acoudreams cbooth-pphilips cbooth-bachgold almanova-christmas estrem-spaintwo dufay-estampida beier-falckenhagen mburaglia-conversation cbooth-groundsplease federicomoscogiuri-orpheus estrem-cimarosaonguitar amccartney-elizabethslutes paternoster-chinesekoreanfour mburaglia-suitesdeweiss dshoskes-weissundercover amccartney-mesangeau martin-leslarmes ingridmatthews-sixsonatas1 reverie-string paternoster-violoncelloromantico lara-sonatas2 beier-galilei berget-sienalute edwards-canarios canconier-canconier almqvist-goldberg stromenti-italian abaroque-rameau heringman-artlute dufay-cancionero cbooth-scarlatti estrem-collage heringman-neusidler estrem-bachmandola estrem-bachkeyboard mburaglia-versailles thomaswalker-lasuperbe federicomoscogiuri-arpeggi amccartney-toccatatouched mburaglia-plaintesdepsyche martin-allemande cbooth-wtcb1c1 paternoster-bach-paternoster heringman-holburns lara-bach beier-molinaro berget-sienasteel mirable-triemer stromenti-uccellini almanova-afterhours abaroque-mozart paternoster-sonatas2 asteria-soyes heringman-mudarra amarchand-blueoccasions canconier-dragon cbooth-jsbach mburaglia-promenade cbooth-jmatthesonvol1 estrem-bachcello ejp-handmade paternoster-vivaldi estrem-viveight estrem-bachtrios estrem-telemanntrios thomaswalker-stilemodernostileantico paternoster-ilvioncello martin-luismilan abaroque-seasons reverie-cantica paternoster-lockdown heringman-blackcow potvin-christemas heringman-siena

description:
  Recorded and engineered by Magnatune founder John Buckman, Blame Not My Lute perfectly captures the warm, natural tones and relaxed yet elegant playing of world-renowned lutenist Jacob Heringman. Fifty eight instrumental tracks are exceptionally soothing and are perfect for any time you'd like to bring a little peace into your day.


artist: Jacob Heringman
albumname: Holburns Passion
sku: heringman-holburns
upc: 876809002237
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257925469&s=143444
also:
  abaroque-mozart dshoskes-patrons amccartney-elizabethslutes heringman-blackcow berget-jsbach estrem-reverie innovat-tradcarols magnacomp-christmas mirable-influenza martin-artfrance canconier-canconier abaroque-rameau fulton-airs stromenti-uccellini asteria-soyes heringman-artlute voxnostra-notredame robinstine-daydream canconier-dragon estrem-bachcello rmackenzie-bianchini cbooth-melodiousbirde eddurbrow-renaissancelute abaroque-seasons sieber-hidden berget-weiss11 heringman-luismilan crummarks-spagna beier-galilei berget-sienalute almqvist-goldberg stromenti-italian asteria-souvenir heringman-pickering paternoster-haydn mpacifica-dancing cbooth-buxtehudes almanova-christmas dufay-estampida cbooth-groundsplease fulton-harpsinthetrees voxnostra-assumpta dshoskes-weissundercover martin-leslarmes sieber-unspoken voicesofmusic-bach beier-molinaro dufay-cancionero fulton-harpersholiday amccartney-toccatatouched cbooth-wtcb1c1 paternoster-bach-paternoster potvin-christemas heringman-siena mirable-conversations vermillian-stolen amarchand-blueoccasions fulton-once beier-piccinini estrem-bachvol1 asteria-jaqueline estrem-bachukulele estrem-dowland dshoskes-lautenschmaus reverie-ancmosaic misericordia-passion shallgren-studioc lara-sonatas1 fwheel-pastourelle shira-waters droptrio-cezanne beier-knights skarazula-litha beier-falckenhagen mburaglia-conversation bcsd-sixmotets paternoster-chinesekoreanfour reverie-string cbooth-talkingfingers lara-sonatas2 lara-bach wahl-light jfa-sonatas heringman-neusidler rmackenzie-parisiandelight mburaglia-versailles mburaglia-plaintesdepsyche martin-allemande jiveasssleepers-getbiz lara-fourseasons almanova-giulani asteria-doulx mburaglia-promenade shira-dayofjoy martin-luismilan reverie-cantica

description:
  As a soloist, Jacob released his first CD, Holburns Passion: music for lute, cittern and bandora by Anthony Holborne, on the ASV label in 1998. This disc was chosen by Gramophone Magazine as one of the best CDs of 1999, and given a rosette and three stars in the Penguin CD guide.

  Early Music: "an unusual disc combining sparkling virtuosity with carefully paced musicianship".


artist: Jacob Heringman
albumname: Josquin des Prez Lute Settings
sku: heringman-josquin
upc: 876809002220
itunes: NONE
also:
  cbooth-melodiousbirde estrem-bachukulele dshoskes-lautenschmaus estrem-soloukutwo crummarks-spagna cbooth-louiscouperin estrem-telemann dshoskes-patrons mirable-influenza ingridmatthews-sixsonatas2 reverie-ancmosaic cbooth-ricercars lara-sonatas1 beier-galilei berget-sienalute edwards-canarios canconier-canconier almqvist-goldberg stromenti-italian abaroque-rameau heringman-pickering droptrio-cezanne paternoster-haydn cbooth-buxtehudes mochoa-acoudreams cbooth-pphilips cbooth-bachgold almanova-christmas estrem-spaintwo dufay-estampida beier-falckenhagen mburaglia-conversation cbooth-groundsplease federicomoscogiuri-orpheus estrem-cimarosaonguitar amccartney-elizabethslutes paternoster-chinesekoreanfour mburaglia-suitesdeweiss dshoskes-weissundercover amccartney-mesangeau martin-leslarmes ingridmatthews-sixsonatas1 reverie-string paternoster-violoncelloromantico lara-sonatas2 lara-bach beier-molinaro berget-sienasteel mirable-triemer stromenti-uccellini almanova-afterhours abaroque-mozart paternoster-sonatas2 asteria-soyes heringman-artlute dufay-cancionero cbooth-scarlatti estrem-collage heringman-neusidler estrem-bachmandola estrem-bachkeyboard mburaglia-versailles thomaswalker-lasuperbe federicomoscogiuri-arpeggi amccartney-toccatatouched mburaglia-plaintesdepsyche martin-allemande cbooth-wtcb1c1 paternoster-bach-paternoster heringman-holburns potvin-christemas heringman-siena berget-jsbach robinstine-daydream mirable-conversations vermillian-stolen lara-fourseasons almanova-giulani paternoster-inzaffirio heringman-mudarra amarchand-blueoccasions canconier-dragon cbooth-jsbach mburaglia-promenade cbooth-jmatthesonvol1 estrem-bachcello ejp-handmade paternoster-vivaldi estrem-viveight estrem-bachtrios estrem-telemanntrios thomaswalker-stilemodernostileantico paternoster-ilvioncello martin-luismilan abaroque-seasons reverie-cantica paternoster-lockdown

description:
  The stature of Josquin des Prez (c.1450-1521) is without question, indeed he is credited with being the mastermind behind the transition of music from of the Middle Ages into the renaissance. His output is for the most part vocal music, masses and motets, so this recording is unusual in as much as it is made up of settings of vocal music in a purely instrumental context, that being the solo lute. This process known as intabulation was undertaken by a number of 16th century lutenists and vihuelaistas (the vihuela being the Spanish equivalent of the lute) that obviously held Josquin des Prez in high regard. Surprisingly enough we are told by Jacob Heringman, in the inlay notes, that intabulation represents the largest proportion of all the known lute literature and this disc being the first to be made up entirely of intabulations.

  Some of the composers who took Josquin des Prez' music as inspiration are familiar to me such as Valentin Bakfark (c.1526-1576) from Transylvania, Hans Newsidler (c. 1509-1563) from Germany and the Spaniards Miguel Fuenllana (early 16th century) and Alonso Mudarra (c. 1510-1580). Probably the best known work contained here is Luys de Narvaez' (fl.1530-1550) 'La cancion del Emperador' taken from his collection 'El Delphin de Musica' published in Valladolid, in 1538, this being a setting of Josquin de Prez' 'Mille regretz' said to have been a favourite song of Charles V of Spain.

  Jacob Heringmans authentic sound and playing style suits this music perfectly, although it does take repeated listening to reap the rewards. For the most part though I do feel that this disc is more of a historical document for early music enthusiasts and scholars rather than a purely entertaining experience.
  Andy Daly

  This is a disc of arrangements: sixteenth-century arrangements for lute (and its Spanish counterpart, the vihuela) of vocal music by the greatest of renaissance composers, Josquin Desprez. The arrangements, from Italy, Spain, Germany and France, are by the leading lutenists of the early and mid sixteenth century; the earliest is by Spinacino (1507) from the first surviving published book of lute music; the latest is by the Transylvanian virtuoso Valentine Bakfark, from the Cracow Lute Book of 1565 (which also includes Bakfark's setting of the splendid four-part motet "Qui habitat in adjutorio" -- see my previous DGM CD, Black Cow).

  Intabulation is the "official" name for an instrumental arrangement of a vocal piece. The sixteenth-century solo lute and vihuela repertoire can be divided into three categories:

  1) fantasias and other freely composed pieces
  2) dances
  3) intabulations of vocal originals

  A cursory survey of sixteenth-century lute music, both in manuscripts and in printed books, shows that intabulations form the largest category. And yet this category is largely unrepresented in performance and in recordings today.

  Over a period of several years, with the help of leading scholars of lute music, I have assembled and played through as complete a list as possible of the hundreds of surviving sixteenth-century lute settings of Josquin Desprez's vocal music. After a long process of studying the intabulations and the vocal originals, I compiled this programme of some of the finest settings, and, during 1999, I toured with the programme, giving concerts in London, Turin, Vancouver and Norwich.

  This is not only the first CD/concert programme ever to be devoted entirely to intabulations, it is also the first lute project ever devoted entirely to the great Josquin Desprez and to the legacy of Josquin instrumental arrangements, and much of the music has not been recorded or performed in modern times.

  Why have we avoided intabulations until now? They are, after all, the meat and potatoes of the sixteenth-century lutenist's activity. Probably it is because: 1) they are difficult technically; 2) they have, in our culture of "originality", perhaps been thought of as somehow derivative (not unlike piano reductions of orchestral scores in the nineteenth century); and 3) the vocal originals are less well-known among lutenists and audiences today, which removes the music from its original context.

  I believe that none of these reasons is particularly convincing: the technical difficulty has not proven an obstacle; it's simply a matter of giving the music one's time and commitment. The musical rewards are rich. Regarding the derivative quality of intabulations and the fact that, generally, people are unfamiliar with the vocal originals, I am convinced (and audiences have confirmed) that the best Josquin lute settings are fine instrumental pieces in their own right. I like to think of these pieces as transformations of vocal music rather than as reductions. Of course a knowledge of the vocal originals greatly enhances one's appreciation of these lute pieces, but Josquin's music is of such high quality, and the best settings so skilful, that his genius shines through them. Quite simply, this is great music which needs no apology.

  Josquin des Prez and intabulations
  Sometimes it feels as though Josquin will disappear in a whiff of smoke. Since Helmuth Osthoff's great biography of the composer (1962-5) it has become clear that a very large part of his details actually concerned other musicians -- Josquin de Kessalia at the court of Milan (d.1498), Josquin Steelant at the court of Burgundy, Josquin Doro at the court of Ferrara, Johannes Stokem (called Jo. de Pratis) at the Papal chapel, and so on. Fortunately some new documents have also been found, but our picture of his life is a lot more tentative than it once looked.

  The present view is like this. He was born around the present French-Belgian border, probably in the mid-1450s, some 15 years later than once thought. His early career was not in Milan but probably at the chapel of 'Good' King Rene of Anjou (d.1480) at Aix-en-Provence and then in the Sainte-Chapelle of King Louis XI of France. After Louis died in 1483 Josquin seems to have been in Milan for a few years before joining the Papal chapel in 1489 (three years later than once thought). In 1496 he again disappears from trace, possibly returning to France; but he was certainly at the court of Ferrara for the year 1503-4, after which he moved north to Conde, where he was provost of the collegiate church until his death in 1521. What is abundantly clear, however, is that from the time when Ottaviano de' Petrucci published his first book of Josquin masses in 1502 Josquin stood as incomparably the most famous composer of the day.

  An even more serious disappearing act has happened with his music. Josquin's fame in the 16th century seems to have led copyists and particularly printers to add his name to pieces of all kinds. Just over 300 works exist with his name on them in some 1000 early sources. The complete Josquin edition of Albert Smijers (finished in 1969) printed only two-thirds of these: some were unknown at the time, but in most cases their omission from the Smijers edition was already a judgment that they could not be authentic. Jeremy Noble's worklist for The New Grove Dictionary (1980) gave only 176 as being probably by Josquin. Since then the number of accepted works has continued to fall. Every few months there is another article arguing that a particular work is not really by him.

  So today many Josquin scholars prefer to take a different tack, beginning from the other end. They look for works that present an overwhelming documentary case for being indeed by Josquin des Prez. Often that case includes ascriptions in several sources of independent authority, survival in sources from Josquin's lifetime or from editors who could be expected to have good information (Senfl and Glareanus, for example), and perhaps a passing reference by some writer or theorist. That approach obviously raises questions: it excludes the broader picture of what Josquin meant to hundreds of musicians in the later 16th century; and it seriously risks losing dimensions of Josquin's creativity that may just happen to be less well supported by documentary evidence. But it yields a small body of music that is of a stunningly high quality: 12 masses, some 40 motets and around a dozen songs.

  But it turns out that this fairly small repertory, the hard-core Josquin, is the music that made by far the greatest impact in the 16th century. These are the works that appear in the largest number of sources (a whiff of circular argument here, but let it pass); by and large, they are the pieces that formed the basis of parody works down to the time of Lassus and Palestrina; and they are also the ones overwhelmingly preferred by the musicians who arranged his music for lute or vihuela. Among them, on this disc, are the three great six-voice motets Praeter rerum seriem, Benedicta es and Pater noster. All had a huge impact on later composers. Pater noster may be one of his last and most serene works; Josquin chose it to be sung annually in his memory at Conde. The other two may date from around 1500, and stand at the very root of the six-voice motet tradition in the 16th century. Despite the difficulties of reducing six voices to lute tablature, there are no fewer than 24 tablature sources for Benedicta es and 15 for Pater noster.

  Similarly with the masses. The mass Pange lingua -- the only Josquin mass that was not printed by Petrucci, and therefore possibly his last surviving mass -- was excerpted and recopied throughout the century. And in many ways the mass La sol fa re mi, perhaps from the mid-1490s, is the most perfect of all his works. Although the vihuelist Diego Pisador famously intabulated eight entire masses of Josquin in 1552, the general pattern was to select shorter sections, which is what we find in the Spanish printed tablatures of Mudarra and Fuenllana as well as in the Venetian manuscript of Capirola (one of the earliest sources for any music of the Pange lingua mass).

  Of the solidly documented songs, "Adieu mes amours" must be one of the earliest, composed before 1480; and it was also to be one of his most successful -- known from nine tablature sources, alongside 16 staff-notation sources. And the latest may well be "Mille regretz", with a similar spread of sources: this work has in fact been informally doubted by some, partly because only one (much later) source supports the ascription to Josquin in Narvaez's tablature; but I have recently convinced myself that a closer examination of the evidence not only shows it to be by Josquin but also suggests that it is one of his very last works, perhaps from 1520.

  The five-voice chanson "Faulte d'argent" (perhaps from soon after 1500) has been questioned on stylistic grounds; but the documentary case for its being by Josquin seems hard to shake, and with the shifting picture of Josquin's output it seems wise for the moment to resist stylistic judgments. The six-voice "Nimphes, nappes" -- a work widely distributed with the Latin text "Circumdederunt me" (following the borrowed chant presented in canon within the texture) -- is also among his most solidly ascribed works: it surely dates from his last years in Conde.

  "Comment peut avoir joye" (4vv) and "En l'ombre d'ung buysonnet" (3vv) remain hard to place within Josquin's output, though again they are among the most securely ascribed of his songs. As an intriguing teaser, this recording also includes the anonymous three-voice "Scaramella" setting that seems to be the basis of the more famous settings by Josquin and Compere as well as the mass by Obrecht. The anonymous piece is known from four sources (all tablatures), which is more than any of the other Scaramella settings.

  For the rest, though, these later arrangements for plucked instruments give an astonishingly direct report of Josquin's most influential and loved works. In many cases one is hearing them through the medium of another musician's creativity, hearing them as they were heard in the generations after the composer's death, when he stood as the unassailable model for fine and refined music. But paradoxically it is through the eyes and ears of these later musicians that we can begin reassembling a plausible picture of Josquin des Prez.
  David Fallows


artist: Jacob Heringman
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description:
  Born in Pressburg (modern-day Bratislava) in 1508 or 1509, Hans Neusidler (often spelled "Newsidler") spent the majority of his life in Nuremberg, where he was active as a lute teacher and lute maker. He died in 1563.

  Between 1536 and 1549, Neusidler published eight books of lute music, which are of great importance to the history of the lute, partly because of the fine music which they contain (arrangements of German, French and Italian songs and motets; dances; preludes), ranging from music for beginners to highly ornate and virtuosic intablulations, and partly also because his books contain valuable and rare instructional material for beginning lute players.

  In this recording, I present a small selection of pieces from Neusidler's published books, with the intention of showing something of the variety of his musical output. His first work (Ein newgeordent kunstlich Lautenbuch, 1536) is represented by tracks 2, 8, 9, 14, 17, and 25. His second (Part 2 of the previous book, also 1536) is represented by tracks 1, 10, and 23. From Ein newes Lautenbuchlein (1540), I have included "Passa mesa" (Passamezzo), track 24. The remaining pieces are taken from Das erst Buch (1544).

  Recorded by John Buckman for ToneGnome Early Music Recordings


artist: Jacob Heringman
albumname: Jane Pickeringes Lute Book
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  Jane Pickeringe's lute book, technically known as British Library manuscript Egerton 2046, is one of the finest sources of the English lute repertory, but it is also an intensely personal and poignantly evocative document. We know nothing of the life of its original owner: indeed it is pure serendipity that we know her name, for the first section of the manuscript has been lost, the damage narrowly missing the folio containing her signature and a date (1616). However, Jane's manuscript still conveys a vivid impression of her musical taste, technical attainment, and even the type of instrument she owned.

  If 1616 marked the beginning of Jane's copying, both her musical tastes and her lute were quite conservative. Much of her chosen repertory is late Elizabethan or early Jacobean, and most of it requires a lute with only 6 courses: some 20 pieces require a 7-course lute, and a single piece requires a fashionable 9-course instrument. Her precise and elegant hand fills the first 36 folios, beginning with a selection of duets. This is a characteristic of many didactic anthologies compiled under the guidance of a teacher, but if Jane was learning to play the lute as she filled her book she was precocious indeed, for the very first pieces reveal the hand of a practised scribe, and require some considerable technique in performance. However such a situation could explain the conservative repertory, which would then be largely that of her teacher's generation. Demonstrable musical accomplishment was a skill much prized in young unmarried women, and it is likely that Jane would have been expected to play for her family, friends and potential suitors, as well as, one hopes, for her own enjoyment.

  It appears that Jane worked on her collection fairly intensively, stopped for a period, then returned to it briefly some time later, for her distinctive tablature hand is remarkably uniform until folio 35, whereupon it changes abruptly. Only 3 pieces are added in this later writing style, one of them a duplicate of an earlier entry. Did Jane give up her lute playing, perhaps upon marriage, and return to it later in life? We shall probably never know. Most of the great English lute composers of the day - Dowland, Rosseter, Bacheler, Johnson - are represented in this collection, but Jane did not scorn simple, artless trifles, which are sprinkled liberally throughout the manuscript. She copied them into the tiny gaps remaining at the foot of several pages, after more substantial pieces had claimed most of the space, and we are indebted to her for this endearing habit. If Jane and scribes like her had not seized the opportunity offered by a few inches of blank stave, many of these appealing little tunes, drawn from a largely oral tradition, would have been lost for ever. These simple, melodious titbits serve admirably to warm up the fingers, test the tuning, and gently ease the listener into the subtle and intimate soundworld of the lute.

  Philip Rosseter is best known today for his beautifully wrought lute songs, but a number of his lute solos survive. The Pavin is a highly individual work: its poignantly turned melody is faintly reminiscent of Dowland's famous "Lachrymae", and its divisions, tumbling through the lute's entire compass, explore unusual textures to a quite unprecedented degree. The reassuringly straightforward galliard serves as a welcome anchor for the Pavin's flights of fancy, and allows free rein to Rosseter's superb melodic gift.

  Lute transcriptions from keyboard originals are uncommon, simply because most keyboard solos have too wide a compass and are too complex to transfer idiomatically to the lute. William Byrd's set of variations on "My lord willoughbies welcom home" is a rare exception, and the lute version is probably the work of Francis Cutting, who made expert transcriptions of other keyboard works by Byrd, as well as Morley. The keyboard original survives in the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book: here it is transposed down a fourth, the better to fit the compass of the lute, but the figurations are preserved surprisingly exactly. The tune appears in many continental sources as "Roland": its English title commemorates the successful return of the commander of the English troops in the Netherlands, Peregrine Bertie, eleventh Baron Willoughby de Eresby.

  "Mall Symes" is a set of variations upon a ballad tune. This particularly extended and virtuosic setting is anonymous in the manuscript, but is strongly reminiscent of other variation sets by Daniel Bacheler, such as "Monsieur's Almain" and "Une Jeune Fillette", especially in its exploitation of the extremes of the lute's register, and its use of rapid arpeggiated figures and quasi-tremolo effects.

  Jane Pickeringe was not the only lutenist to leave a legacy in Egerton 2046; after the manuscript left her hands it was used by three other musicians, two of whom added several pieces. These all wrote for lutes with 10 or more courses, mostly using a variety of new French tunings which became popular during the 1620s and 1630s. These are characterized by narrow intervals between courses - (mostly major and minor thirds instead of the fourths of the old Renaissance lute tuning used by Jane), and thus a narrower compass overall. However they enable a few chords to be produced using mostly open strings. This gives unparalleled resonance, but a very limited range of convenient keys, hence the plethora of slightly different tunings, each lending its particular sound to one or two keys.

  The next pieces jump a generation, and are part of this second layer of copying. The Coranto uses the old Renaissance tuning. In two sources it is attributed to the Parisian Charles de Lespine, who was in England in 1610-11, and its form and texture are certainly typical of French taste. Tracks 13-17 use two of the French "accords nouveaux": the "Allemande" uses "Harpe way" tuning, the following four require what the scribe called "Guateir" tuning, probably named after the volatile French lutenist Jacques Gautier, who was in England from 1617 until about 1640. "Harpe way" is an unusually resonant minor key tuning, with the top five courses tuned to one minor chord; it was also known as "flat tuning" or "Lawrence" tuning. "Gautier" tuning is almost its major key equivalent, though with the top course lowered a further semitone. It is sometimes called "sharp tuning". Both tunings lend a conspicuously different timbre to the lute, which is further enhanced by the open, "brise" texture of the writing. Initially these tunings were used for a repertory which was wholly French in origin, including new French dance forms such as the Sarabande and the Courante. However their characteristic timbres were peculiarly well suited to English folk tunes, such as we hear in tracks 15-17. Tracks 18 and 19 use yet different tunings, which illustrate the extremes of this confusing period in the lute's history. The former uses a tuning unique to this manuscript, indeed to this piece; the latter uses "flat French" tuning, the commonest and longest used of the accords nouveaux, which for several decades challenged the "D minor" tuning which we now perceive as the standard baroque lute tuning. With John Johnson's Pavin we return to Jane Pickeringe's work. Johnson was one of Queen Elizabeth's "musicians for the three lutes" from 1579-1594. He was held in high esteem by his contemporaries, with both his solos and his duets being widely copied. Geoffrey Whitney's A Choice of Emblemes and other devices (Leiden, 1586) includes the following tribute:

  When that Apollo harde the musicque of theise daies, And knewe howe manie for theire skill, deserved iustlie praise, He left his chaire of state, and laide his lute away, As one abash'd in English courte, his auncient stuffe to plaie. And hyed unto the skyes somme fyner pointes to frame: And in the meane, for cunninge stoppes, gave Johnsonne all the fame.

  This Pavin, in the remote key of F minor, certainly has more than its share of "cunning stops".

  Daniel Bacheler was apprenticed in the household of Sir Francis Walsingham, and later appointed a Groom of the Privy Chamber to Queen Anne in 1603. He was a noted composer of music for the broken consort, and many of his works for this medium are dedicated to members of the Walsingham / Sidney circle. His numerous lute solos are widely disseminated amongst surviving sources, and in 1610 two were printed in Robert Dowland's Varietie of Lute Lessons, wherein Bacheler was described as "the right perfect Musition".

  The following "Fantasia" is anonymous in Jane's manuscript, but survives in Johann Daniel Mylius's Thesaurus Gratiarum (Frankfurt am Main, 1622), where it is attributed to "Rosideri Angli generosi". On the basis of its similarity to some of John Dowland's chromatic fantasias, it was included in the Poulton and Lam edition of Dowland's lute works, and has long been regarded as part of his oeuvre, but there is no reason to doubt Mylius's attribution.

  Rosseter, as we have seen, was fully capable of writing such intricate, challenging works. The anonymous "Madlay" is a curious work, called the "new Medly" in the Trumbull lute book (Cambridge University Library, Add.8844). A similar work, called the "Old Medley", exists, and is variously attributed to John and Edward Johnson. The different sections of the present work have the flavour of popular tunes, though no specific ones can be identified; they are here provided with divisions on the repeats, in the style of an embellished pavan or galliard. The result is an exhilarating tour de force resembling a dance suite in miniature. The piece was printed, though without its divisions, as a "Padoana", in Matthaus Waissel's Tabulatura (Frankfurt an der Oder, 1591). It is not known which version came first, though the melodies have a distinctly English flavour.

  John Dowland needs no introduction. "Sweet Robyne" is a set of variations on the tune from which Ophelia sings a fragment in Hamlet IV, v, 182: "For bonny sweet Robin is all my joy". By the standards of the day Dowland's variations are quite restrained, complementing the poignant melody with effective counterpoint, but adding few divisions which might obscure it. This marriage of a simple ballad tune and masterly handling of the lute's sonority, encapsulates the very quintessence of the Jacobean lute repertory.

  In an age when printed lute music was the exception rather than the rule, and personal anthologies were compiled from pieces circulating on individual sheets, there was little standardization, and no "authorized" text. Some scribes copied the divisions from their exemplar, some wrote their own into their manuscripts, others copied only the plain unadorned pieces and probably improvised embellishments afresh with each performance. The pieces performed here are as Jane Pickeringe (or her successors) copied them, with only obvious errors corrected. Where no divisions are included, Jacob Heringman has improvised his own, rather than import them from another source. The individual nuances of Jane's versions are thus preserved, a grateful tribute to a woman who unwittingly left us this priceless musical legacy and a window into her long-vanished world.

  Recorded February 6-8, 2001 at the National Centre for Early Music, St. Margaret's Church, York, England.

  Instruments used: eight-course lute after Venere, Martin Haycock, 1997, and ten-course lute by Michael Lowe, 1991.


artist: Jacob Heringman
albumname: Siena Lute Book
sku: heringman-siena
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description:
  The works on the present recording have been selected from the contents of two manuscripts produced in Tuscany during the late sixteenth century. The sources are largely the work of a single scribe whose name has been lost to us. While originating from the same hand, they are different from one another in important ways.

  The "Siena Lute Book" (The Hague, Gemeentemuseum, MS 28.B.39) is a lengthy anthology of over 150 items that was compiled in Siena. Its highly organized layout suggests careful planning and that it may have been assembled as a preservation copy, a repository for tablatures that could be recopied into other manuscripts. It begins with fantasias and ricercars grouped according to mode and intabulations of French chansons, all for six-course lute. There follows a section of fantasias, toccatas, contrapunti upon "La spagna," and untitled dances, some of which require a lute with a seventh course.

  Because of the wide range and high quality of its contents as well as its careful copying, the "Siena Lute Book" is an outstanding source of lute music. It dates from c. 1590, but the time period of composition for its contents spans much of the 1500s. There are a number of pieces by some of the most famous lutenists of the early sixteenth-century: Francesco da Milano, Albert de Rippe, and Perino Fiorentino. The source also has arrangements of ensemble ricercars by the organist Giulio [da Modena] Segni, whose works enjoyed some popularity as lute intabulations in mid sixteenth-century publications. The chanson intabulations include those of music by Clement Janequin, Thomas Crecquillon, and Pierre Sandrin, composers whose songs were popular with lutenists and other instrumentalists from the middle to the end of the sixteenth century. Pieces more contemporary with the copying of the manuscript are those by the Neapolitans Fabritio Dentice and Giulio Severino as well as those by the Sienese composer Andrea Feliciani. Some of the works in the source are found nowhere else, which makes it an invaluable collection of sixteenth-century lute music.

  Four pieces in the manuscript are contrapunti (highly ornate melodies) composed upon the famous dance tune "La spagna." For the present recording Jacob Heringman has reconstructed tenors (accompaniments incorporating "La spagna") for two of these contrapunti to create lute duets; this is likely to have been their intended manner of performance.

  The other source for the works on the present recording is a manuscript preserved at the Dolmetsch Library in Haslemere (MS II C23). In its present state-some pages are missing-it is a modest collection of less than two dozen pieces for lute and guitar. Most of the compositions are for six-course lute, and they are in the handwriting of the "Siena Lute Book" scribe. A different hand was responsible for two pieces for seven-course lute, and a third hand copied a guitar tablature (with alfabeto notation) into the source.

  Haslemere contains fantasias, ricercars, dance pieces, solo intabulations of vocal music, and arrangements for voice and lute. While the casual arrangement and eclectic nature of the manuscript's tablatures indicate that it may have belonged to an amateur rather than a professional musician, the technical demands of its music suggest that the owner was a very proficient lutenist. Perhaps the "Siena Lute Book" scribe copied pieces into Haslemere for a highly gifted student or friend. The manuscript may have been the lute book of a member of the Medici family or household, since the Medici insignia appears in the upper left corner of the first page of tablature.

  One of the ways Haslemere differs from the "Siena Lute Book" is that its intabulated vocal works include Italian pieces rather than French chansons. Among them are "Nasce la pena mia" by Alessandro Striggio, "Vivo sol di speranza" by Giovane Domenico da Nola (it is incorrectly attributed to Orlando di Lasso in Haslemere), and "Vestiva i colli" by Palestrina. These mid sixteenth-century madrigals were favorites with lutenists as solo intabulations and in arrangements for voice and lute throughout the second half of the century.

  The program of the present recording features works that represent the breadth of the repertory in the manuscripts they are drawn from. They include "classics" by Francesco da Milano and Perino Fiorentino, later works by Fabritio Dentice and Giulio Severino, chanson intabulations, and dance pieces. Thus, the program gives us an idea of the richness of lute practice in Tuscany at the end of the sixteenth century.
  Richard K Falkenstein

  Notes from the lute player
  1. This piece is attributed in the manuscript to Francesco da Parigi, whose identity is a mystery. Five pieces are attributed to him in this source, but some of these are known to be by Francesco da Milano or Albert de Rippe. This Fantasia, actually not much like the work of either Francesco or De Rippe, is a fine piece, with a marvellous balance of rhapsodic passagework, and sophisticated counterpoint and dissonance.

  2. Next is an anonymous Fantasia which seems related to another Fantasia (21) in the Siena manuscript, attributed to Perino Fiorentino.

  5. This fantasia is anonymous, but strongly reminiscent of Francesco da Milano's style.

  7. This remarkable four-part Fantasia from the Medici Lute Book is written in strict and somewhat dense four-part counterpoint. Either it was written by a lutenist/composer with an unusually strong commitment to contrapuntal principles, or it is an intabulation of a pre-existing four-part instrumental piece. To test these ideas, I (re)arranged the piece for four instruments, and can report that it is also highly effective performed in this way.

  8. The "Passemezo del giorgio" (or "Zorzi") was a well-known chord progression (or ground) at the time. It survives in many versions for ensemble, for keyboard, for cittern and for lute.

  10. Fantasia 23 shares its first few bars with those of a Fantasia in the Barbarino Manuscript (Cracow, Mus. Ms. 40032), there attributed to Dentice. This has led to the assumption that Fantasia 23 is by Dentice. However, because only the first few bars are the same, and because there are other instances of sections of Fantasias by one composer migrating into Fantasias by another, I don't believe we can necessarily assume that this piece is by Dentice. But the extremely high quality, and the stylistic similarity to other works by Dentice, suggest that it may indeed be a case in which Dentice wrote two different Fantasias which share their opening material.

  13 + 14. The two lute duets are settings of La Spagna. The manuscript includes only the top line for each of these (and for two more like them), but clearly these top lines are "contrapunti" or trebles on the famous and extraordinarily long-lived La Spagna ground, and, like the countless other Spagna settings that survive (including the one for two lutes by Francesco da Milano), are meant to be accompanied by the Spagna tenor in some form. I have here reconstructed lute accompaniments on that basis, choosing to place the Spagna tenor at the bottom of the second lute parts as a bass line, rather than embedding it in the texture. Interestingly, some of the very last surviving settings of La Spagna (from the early 17th century) are Neapolitan. As the Siena Lute Book has a strong Neapolitan connection (through the presence of music by Severino and Dentice), it is tempting to speculate that these anonymous lute Spagnas might have a Neapolitan link.

  20. Although this piece is labelled in the manuscript as a Fantasia, it sounds suspiciously like an intabulation of an as yet unidentified three-part vocal original, in the light style of a villanescha or villanella or chanson rustique. The piece bears a passing resemblance to Passereau's "Il est bel et bon", and an even stronger relation to Certon's "Je ne fus jamais si ayse".

  21. For me, Severino's Fantasia (42) is the high point of the programme. It sums up perfectly the emotional profundity, sophistication and sweetness to be found in the late renaissance Italian lute Fantasia.

  22. This delightful Fantasia occurs twice in the manuscript (40 and 132). Strangely, it is attributed to Francesco da Parigi the first time it appears, and to Francesco da Milano the second time. Interestingly, the version attributed to Parigi has no bar lines. This may be significant: of the five pieces in Siena attributed to Parigi, three have no bar lines. This is a high proportion when one looks at the total number of pieces in Siena which are without bar lines, which is very small--there are only two others (discounting the later seven-course pieces at the end of the manuscript): 22 and 64.

  23. This piece survives in many versions from various parts of Europe. John Dowland seems to have appropriated it for his famous almain "Lady Hunsdon's Puffe".

  25. Again, many versions survive of this galliard, in manuscripts from all over Europe. These three pieces (tracks 23-25) are the last items in the Siena Lute Book, and, together with the four settings of La Spagna which precede them, are the only dance music in the manuscript.

  26. I conclude with another Dentice Fantasia (73). This splendid piece, with its triple-time dance-like middle section, its nearly three-octave range, and its technical demands, must surely be one of the finest pieces in the manuscript, and, indeed, one of the most memorable Fantasias of the period.
  Jacob Heringman

  Dedication
  While I was preparing, performing and recording this music, the West was planning and executing its war in Iraq. This has served to remind me that the lute was brought to the West more than a thousand years ago, from Eastern centres of high culture - notably Baghdad; European lutenists learned their art from Eastern masters, whose influence formed part of the basis of a renaissance lute tradition (and a modern guitar tradition). Thus the lute and its music powerfully symbolize a harmonious and fruitful meeting of East and West. I dedicate this recording to the memory of Ziryab (c790-852) and other lutenists of the distant past who brought us the lute, and to the cause of East/West harmony.

  This disc was recorded at the Church of St. Michael and all Angels, Great Tew, Oxfordshire, on 19-20 September 2003 (tracks 1-3, 8-9, 13-14, 18-20), 7 November 2003 (tracks 4-7, 15-17, 23-25), and 15 December 2003 (tracks 10-12, 21-22, 26).

  Tracks 1-3, 8-9, 13-14, 18-20: six-course lute in g' by Grant Tomlinson, Vancouver, 2002, after early sixteenth-century models
  Tracks 4-6, 15-17: six-course lute in e' by Michael Lowe, Oxfordshire, 1999, after Frei (early sixteenth century)
  Tracks 7, 23-25: seven-course lute in g' by Martin Haycock, East Sussex, 2001, after Gerle (c. 1580)
  Tracks 10-12, 21-22, 26: six-course lute in g' by Andrew Rutherford, New York, 1997, after Gerle (c. 1580)

  All four lutes were strung entirely in gut from Gamut Strings (http://www.gamutstrings.com/)
  Produced, engineered, edited and mastered by Adrian Hunter.
  Lute duet arrangements (tracks 13 and 14) copyright Jacob Heringman.
  Design and art direction by Hugh O'Donnell. Cover photograph by Susanna Pell.


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artist: Jake Bradford-Sharp
albumname: I Would Call It Fair Play
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upc: 847646010624
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description:
  A blend of electro swing, dubstep and electronica. Exploring the darker side of electro swing, heavy textures and atmospherics fused with upbeat electro swing samples and electronica grooves.


artist: Jake Bradford-Sharp
albumname: Here We Go Again
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upc: 847646010617
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description:
  A blend of electro swing, dubstep and electronica. Exploring the darker side of electro swing, heavy textures and atmospherics fused with upbeat electro swing samples and electronica grooves.


artist: Jake Bradford-Sharp
albumname: The Nu-Jazz Experiments
sku: jakebradford-nujazzexperiments
upc: 847646009963
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description:
  Prepare to be blown away as Jake Bradford-Sharp takes off in this absolutely exhilarating experimental jam that cannot be classified or categorized. Shaping a breadth of genres into a high-charged and pumping collection of Jazz-based grooves that work so well with cinematic energy.


artist: Jake Bradford-Sharp
albumname: Remix The Orchestra
sku: jakebradford-remixorchestra
upc: 847646010648
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description:
  Jake Bradford-Sharp's new album Remix The Orchestra delves into a world of orchestral and electronic samples, twisting and turning the very natural sounds of orchestral music, manipulating them alongside electronic textures and beats. Remix The Orchestra is an exploration; taking and changing something familiar and comfortable to create something unfamiliar, new and interesting, and at times, uncomfortable.


artist: Jake Bradford-Sharp
albumname: Sharp With No E
sku: jakebradford-sharpnoe
upc: 847646010150
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description:
  This album takes you on a Jazzy EDM Joyride. Inspired by everything from the groovy swinging sixties, to the intense in-your-face attitude of modern day EDM. Sharp With No E's catchy bass lines, hooky melodies and tongue in cheek groovy-ness make it stand out from the crowd, all the while making sure your crowd are still dancing at 3am.


artist: Jake Bradford-Sharp
albumname: SIX
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description:
  Blending modern electronica of the 90's and 00's with gypsy jazz (jazz manouche) of the 30's and 40's, Jake Bradford-Sharp's 'SIX' takes you on a journey through time and space leaving you wanting nothing more than to hit play again and keep the party swinging!


artist: Jake Bradford-Sharp
albumname: The Network
sku: jakebradford-thenetwork
upc: 847646010631
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description:
  "A bit of a departure from my recent releases, The Network is a dark and brooding album written with the contrast of light and dark in mind. I spent some time exploring dark and heavy beats, blended with light and floaty melodies. A lot of the album was written whilst in transit so the majority of the sounds were recorded using various apps and programs on my old iPhone 4, then transferred to computer(s) for mixing. Over the years I've kept it with me, knowing I'll eventually find the right time to release it.

  I've been sat with this album for a while - a good few years - but it's great to be happy with the results, and to find some time to perfect the tracks ready for commercial release." - Jake

  Inspired by electronic artists such as Four Tet, Caribou, Thom Yorke (solo albums), Modeselektor and Moderat, amongst many others. All sounds heard were recorded on various apps & programs on iPhone 4, iPhone 5C, then transferred to Logic Express 7 & later, Logic Pro X to mix and master.


artist: Jake Bradford-Sharp
albumname: Triangle Marks The Spot
sku: jakebradford-triangle
upc: 847646010167
also:
  estrem-musicoffernandosor dkrasnoukhov-dropsrainbow fulton-harpsinthetrees cbooth-wtcb1c1 ppavan-blackhand jakebradford-fairplay soundexplorers-magicgarden fitch-anotherday wahl-string fitch-celocity cbooth-wcroft cbooth-jmatthesonvol1 cbooth-darkharp tiniguez-raintrip cbooth-bachgold wahl-light valtervarda-annunzio magnacomp-dinner dbp-wtc1b bcsd-sixmotets chadlawson-chopinone aitua-medievalgame chadlawson-solochristmas simplicissimus-mensasonora cbooth-louiscouperin amccartney-elizabethslutes chadlawson-chopintwo chadlawson-summer cobbbussinger-nebula wahl-thehymns martin-luismilan dshoskes-weissundercover mburaglia-versailles thomaswalker-lasuperbe dkrasnoukhov-waveswings dkrasnoukhov-fairypeace fulton-harpersholiday malileche-fallingapart vate-endhere sophiamarie-malevolence loveamp-paradox abaroque-seasons amarchand-blueoccasions wahl-christmas cbooth-scarlatti wahl-guinevere almanova-christmas abaroque-mozart dbp-wtc2a cbooth-pphilips paternoster-bach-paternoster paternoster-violoncelloromantico teng-monsoon paternoster-lockdown cbooth-ricercars susanadams-pianoforte almanova-giulani billrobinson-thirdconcert chadlawson-sethill chadlawson-thepiano martin-artfrance thomaswalker-stilemodernostileantico scottcok-sonatas dkrasnoukhov-aboutlove dkrasnoukhov-legend ryoutasato-eternalflame soundexplorers-fifthdimension dubmaster-dubprotection cbooth-jmatthesonvol2 wahl-guitarscapes cbooth-buxtehudes sforster-beetnine dbp-wtc2b libroprimo-fantasiaincantata fitch-amb teng-whisper abaroque-rameau almanova-afterhours commusicare-commusicare chadlawson-songpray christosanestopoulos-wishyoucouldstay wahl-playingwithsilence martin-allemande amccartney-toccatatouched dkrasnoukhov-angelbirth in_giro-demonstrate soundexplorers-pathtomyth dbp-wtc1a cbooth-jsbach wahl-meditative fitch-amb2 cbooth-groundsplease georgeclifford-ravishingsweetenesse vivapepa-vivapepa almanova-debut chadlawson-autumn chadlawson-spacebetween cobbbussinger-breathlife wahl-symmetry

description:
  The 4th full album in the Electro Swing series, Jake takes you on a modern-meets-old-school ride through the swing, big band and gypsy jazz of the 30's, 40's and 50's all the way to modern day electronica and EDM (with a little bit of funk in there for good measure). There's a perfect time to play this album - and that's all the time.


artist: Jake Bradford-Sharp
albumname: Trigger Warning
sku: jakebradford-triggerwarning
upc: 847646010655
also:
  estrem-musicoffernandosor angelight-awakeningsource angelight-sacraltravel 4oresight-moretimethanever dubmaster-dubprotection sambodhiprem-mirrorofthesun cbooth-wcroft dini-aprilthirteenth dini-sunearth chadlawson-spacebetween bindisoc-falling cbooth-jsbach dammersonv-overnight stevetyler-ephemeral sforster-beetnine rmackenzie-tombeaux redskylullaby-echolalia dac-within dbautista-weirdos thomaswalker-lasuperbe dbautista-cocktaileleven wahl-string thedgtl-archive02 dbautista-earfatigue donnistrio-alldirections jakebradford-six scottcok-sonatas redskylullaby-burst windpearl-happproject wahl-guitarscapes monom-deep wahl-symmetry vate-endhere mokhov-sunbloom fallingyou-touch redskylullaby-ampm almanova-christmas teng-monsoon georgeclifford-ravishingsweetenesse cbooth-pphilips massimo_deangelis-affinity quist-aegean equinoxdivine-glittersandzen mogilalia-33 chadlawson-sethill zaranka-raritiesandoddities fitch-amb2 allencote-sublimativesessions1 kalotone-oubaitori stargarden-modern ryoutasato-eternalflame woodrowgerber-spillway gzimmermann-missinglink aitua-elements conwayhambone-folkology martin-leslarmes dkrasnoukhov-fairypeace commusicare-commusicare amccartney-rondeaumelancolique amarchand-mojotrip soundexplorers-fifthdimension lehtmojoe-hindsight angelight-deeptransformation conwayhambone-onedropimposter angelight-openheart 4oresight-endofsummer angelight-harmonymotion dubmaster-finalbeats2 hopkins-six cbooth-ricercars cbooth-darkharp sambodhiprem-onehourbirdsong cbooth-wtcb1c1 dini-bliss dini-ontogeny chadlawson-summer chadlawson-songpray dammersonv-thedoor nodal-flowingtangles cozmikbeats-indigo dac-mech carilive-afterglow dac-sferica dbautista-xxanniversary donnistrio-colepond amarchand-vivalatina adrianofontana-smallkitchen scd-biber mjamal-mardommove simplicissimus-mensasonora dkrasnoukhov-aboutlove 4oresight-lessismore abaroque-rameau wahl-light monom-greentransformer redskylullaby-vosd almanova-giulani cbooth-louiscouperin icicle-senescence

description:
  From the dark and ominous to the light and atmospherical, disturbing and heavy to whimsical and light-hearted. A mix of cinematic tracks perfect for any situation.


artist: Jambedaem
albumname: Balance_
sku: jambedaem-balance
upc: 847646000809
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/balance/id440752903
also:
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description:
  Balance is the first album of this young Austrian Jazz formation. The lyric melodies and subtile Grooves in various meters are very positive and unobtrusive. It sounds happy, elegant, emotional and is fun to listen to.

  You can hear the joy and passion! Apart from the Jazz tradition, this work is inspired by Austrian folk music and the music of the world. It is quite simply structured and has a relaxed mood. The blending, musicianship and instrumentation produces a charming atmosphere.


artist: James Akers
albumname: Thesaurus Harmonicus
sku: jamesakers-thesaurusharmonicus
upc: 847646007235
also:
  fulton-once voicesofmusic-bach abaroque-seasons wahl-meditative jiveasssleepers-galaxy modica-acousticearth berget-jsbach askold-askold sieber-hidden rompaey-eastern2 shira-castle asteria-doulx amarchand-blueoccasions satori-bestmed satori-relaxation kpolitzer-watercolor magnacomp-newage figueroaohlsen-cifraselect rmackenzie-bianchini mirable-influenza rayborn-threenoble svanevit-svanevit skarazula-litha heringman-siena eddurbrow-renaissancelute eayres-dowlanddialoguesone estrem-bachvol1 voicesofmusic-bachtelemann mediva-gabriel williams-dusty paternoster-sonatas2 jiveasssleepers-getbiz berget-weiss11 droptrio-bigdipper sieber-unspoken misericordia-passion shira-ragged beier-knights droptrio-cezanne rayborn-honey potvin-christemas satori-journey dufay-cancionero wahl-light estrem-bachcello innovat-tradcarols rossignol-domnaditz fulton-airs voxnostra-notredame skarazula-ostara rayborn-qadim heringman-holburns heringman-pickering amccartney-elizabethslutes jfa-sonatas shira-dayofjoy estrem-spain abaroque-mozart markcook-highway paternoster-inzaffirio jiveasssleepers-scratch magnacomp-metal berget-sienalute braid-soundtrack canconier-canconier shira-almanac beier-galilei asteria-souvenir aciacca-driemoty kmcintosh-bach satori-relforest daughters-galdrbok dufay-estampida fwheel-pastourelle chadlawson-summer vivapepa-vivapepa fulton-harpersholiday fulton-harpsinthetrees hurdy-itinerante fleagle-bliss stellamara-starsea heringman-blackcow heringman-josquin nuova-caccini zephyrus-angelus heringman-luismilan lara-sonatas1 voicesofmusic-concerto abaroque-rameau robinstine-daydream jag-prettygirl thursdaygroup-first magnacomp-persuasion jackalopes-jacksploit ejp-gratis shira-mistral beier-molinaro asteria-soyes

description:
  Jean-Baptiste Besard (c.1567-c.1620) published the Thesaurus Harmonicus in Cologne in 1603. It is an almost encyclopaedic collation of early 17th century lute music containing pieces by twenty-one credited composers from throughout Europe, along with many un-credited and anonymous works. These are organised into ten books, according to genre, and there is also a manual on lute playing, suggesting the publication had a didactic purpose. Most of the music is for solo lute, though there are also pieces for lute and voice and lute ensemble.

  Although he composed roughly one tenth of the pieces in the Thesaurus Harmonicus, Besard was not a professional musician. Educated in law and medicine at the Universities of Dole and Heidelberg, by around 1600 he had established himself as a lute teacher in Cologne, while continuing to practice as a lawyer and doctor. It has been suggested that he paid for the publication of the Thesaurus by working as an editor of legal texts for his publisher Grevenbruch. Besard later moved to Augsburg where in 1617 he published a second book of lute music, Novus partus, and an expanded edition of his lute tutor in German. Nothing further is known of Besard after this date.

  Attempting to condense a collection of music as vast as the Thesaurus Harmonicus into a one hour length recording is a seemingly quixotic endeavour and this in no way claims to be a comprehensive survey of the text. The pieces were chosen for purely personal reasons as being the most interesting, moving and outstanding works I discovered while exploring the book. Much more has been left out than is included in this collection, my intention being to create an expressive musical programme rather than an academic overview.

  The Thesaurus Harmonicus contains some of the best-known lute music along with some of the most obscure. Both are presented here. The pieces by Dowland are probably the most famous works for lute, though they contain subtle variations that should make them interesting to even the most experienced listener. Many of the pieces in the collection are extremely short, especially the dance tunes. Tracks 2 and 14 are both formed of three shorter pieces put together to create a longer structure, using one of the dances as the theme in a rondo-esque structure.


artist: James Edwards
albumname: Le Tresor dOrphee by Antoine Francisque
sku: edwards-tresor
upc: 876809002022
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257906665&s=143444
also:
  chinaski-megatonpie kabanov-overwaves heifervescent-hoofed craighanson-messecouvents kyven-forcommercialuseonly euchmad-whendroplets magnacomp-dinnerlounge aryehfrankfurter-harpersbrew chinaski-megatonpieinst aryehfrankfurter-stepintime liquidrainbow-orangeep aryehfrankfurter-moonwintertime musicinside-siliconinst beier-galilei mit-diplomat rompaey-mozaic weigl-landwater rompaey-djembolale2 heifervescent-gluefact beight-rhythm seismic-sweetrock yaelah-each immune-immune jjohnson-telemann headroom-cos okandcm-christmasgateway ashganley-univaccept slouchingstars-sadmooneyes townmonster-julsept angelight-shamansity lillywolf-playloud angelight-zenstation 4oresight-moretimethanever angelight-lwld dubmaster-dubprotection angelight-innerspace dubmaster-indub angelight-energyol terracottablue-futurelongago mburaglia-plaintesdepsyche windpearl-motherearth mburaglia-weiss rayborn-qadim wbrooks-brokenbeast voxnostra-notredame wbrooks-wings cbooth-wcroft sambodhiprem-sunlightrainriver quist-dance dini-legends voxnostra-assumpta dini-zenandthepiano tilopa-pictures mystified-spheric erickamen-erictwo hectormukomol-immersion dufay-cancionero celticreggae-everythingcomes chadlawson-spacebetween genco-numinous tilopa-turkishauch bindisoc-falling cbooth-jsbach juergenson-prospects hopkins-tincan dammersonv-overnight therapture-garden asalvo-sanctuary stevetyler-ephemeral hadidian-garden brunoelisabetsky-passoslargos nmathes-bellweatherarbutus fourstones-magnaremix2 gcostantini-liquidharm zeroslum-rewind lynnetortorelli-silentnight tokyo-tokyoinst sforster-beethovenfour funkinchely-riseandfall sforster-beetnine processor-insomnia modica-acousticearth mokhov-massivelove modica-jenny lvxnova-lvxnova modica-stillness jhietanen-datacube rmackenzie-tombeaux redskylullaby-echolalia berget-weiss11 dac-within carilive-holfrost monom-aroundtheworld carilive-mindreader etherine-gleam dbautista-weirdos thomaswalker-lasuperbe dbautista-cocktaileleven solarcycle-devotion weigl-silently

description:
  Antoine Francisque 1570-1605
  Francisque's book of solo lute music "Le Tresor D'Orphee" was published in 1600. His music has one foot in the 'renaissance', and the other pointing to new styles that became associated with the 'baroque' era. I find it a fascinating blend of the old and the new. His was the first lute book published that had music for the instrument in a non-traditional tuning. These are the pieces he calls a cordes avalees. The surprising harmonic twists and engaging dance rhythms throughout the book are particularly delightful.

  O, glory and prize of Phoebus
  By whom of old the Thracian Orpheus
  Made the winds halt
  And the gathering trees run,
  I hail thee, o harmonius lute
  Who rakest from me all spiteful care
  And from my piercing love
  The pains, if thou sing!
  from - A son luc by Ronsard, 1542


artist: Jami Sieber
albumname: Hidden Sky
sku: sieber-hidden
upc: 876809002015
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=258045385&s=143444
also:
  shira-ragged sieber-lush almanova-afterhours sieber-unspoken almanova-debut canconier-dragon sieber-timeless kitka-vine yaelah-each sieber-second asteria-souvenir dbp-wtc1a asteria-doulx dbp-wtc2b lara-sonatas2 eayres-laughing ilic-sparkling heringman-blamenot paternoster-lockdown semmensdevine-delicatessen cbooth-wtcb2c1 inserra-altitude carilive-meditations drsounds-abstract susanadams-pianoforte rayborn-asked senne-senne kitka-nectar robin-missile ruiz-soliloquies shira-waters magnacomp-dinnerlounge magnacomp-electromelange beier-piccinini hube-harvest tilopa-outblue artemis-gravity hanschristian-alliswell hanschristian-surrender teng-whisper dayazell-dayazell jpalmer-nevada asteria-soyes hadidian-dolce canconier-canconier heringman-mudarra fleagle-bliss sforster-beethovenone voxnostra-assumpta dufay-estampida vguzman-telemann eayres-maiden asteria-jaqueline francoiscouture-suiteforaine mediva-gabriel cbooth-groundsplease magnacomp-electronica cobbbussinger-nebula inserra-hang manno-second kaarenorge-fantasia beight-shapes kitka-sanctuary robin-silent anamar-transfado shira-almanac magnacomp-downchill2 magnacomp-powersynths shallgren-studioc satori-edrums hube-translucent tilopa-pictures artemis-orbits hanschristian-cinema hanschristian-heart askold-askold tilopa-kyotakubreeze jpalmer-soulgard farallon-senfl jjohnson-chopin dbp-wtc1b fulton-airs paternoster-haydn dufay-cancionero abaroque-rameau francoiscouture-labuchevol1 eayres-dowlanddialoguesone innovat-tradcarols susanrmorris-between cbooth-wtcb1c1 rayborn-honey rossignol-domnaditz angelight-intimthree hawkshaw-ice inserra-incense1 manno-sea dammersonv-overnight kitka-rusalka robin-stranger

description:
  If you're in the mood to relax or reflect, you've found the right album. Characterized by an impeccably clear recording and spaciously produced arrangements, Hidden Sky is electric cellist Jami Sieber's deep and seamless musical meditation on her meeting with the elephants of Thailand, and like those animals, is both large in scope, yet profoundly tender and wise. Strings Magazine described the album as being full of "slowly unfolding romantic melodies voiced with the dense, dark timbre of Sieber's masterfully wielded instrument," and there's also quietly exotic quality to Hidden Sky?a perfect meeting of Western and Eastern sensibilities in Sieber's sophisticated interplay between major and minor chords. It's this this deft reciprocity that makes Sieber's music so poignant and resonant?it's the clear-eyed acceptance of humanity's oneness with nature as well as our eternal separation from it. "Sukhotai Rain" and "A Common Music" tracks include sounds made by the Elephant Orchestra from Thai Elephant Conservation Center.


artist: Jami Sieber
albumname: Lush Mechanique
sku: sieber-lush
upc: 876809002008
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=258045204&s=143444
also:
  sieber-unspoken sieber-timeless canconier-dragon sieber-second sieber-hidden asteria-souvenir asteria-doulx dbp-wtc2b semmensdevine-delicatessen shira-ragged shira-waters beier-piccinini teng-whisper asteria-soyes hadidian-dolce canconier-canconier almanova-afterhours voxnostra-assumpta vguzman-telemann asteria-jaqueline francoiscouture-suiteforaine cbooth-groundsplease shallgren-studioc jjohnson-chopin fulton-airs almanova-debut paternoster-haydn dufay-cancionero innovat-tradcarols rayborn-honey hawkshaw-ice teng-kingdom mpacifica-dancing kitka-vine martin-leslarmes dshoskes-patrons yaelah-each robinstine-daydream teng-monsoon dbp-wtc1a lara-sonatas2 eayres-laughing ilic-sparkling heringman-blamenot paternoster-lockdown cbooth-wtcb2c1 inserra-altitude carilive-meditations drsounds-abstract susanadams-pianoforte teng-enchanted rayborn-asked senne-senne kitka-nectar robin-missile ruiz-soliloquies magnacomp-dinnerlounge magnacomp-electromelange hube-harvest tilopa-outblue artemis-gravity hanschristian-alliswell hanschristian-surrender dayazell-dayazell jpalmer-nevada fielding-distant touchinggrace-submission rildrim-breathing erik-dram rowan-panta magnacomp-classical voxnostra-notredame magnacomp-relaxclass alasdeka-oasis mburaglia-versailles crummarks-spagna euchmad-lightoff curl-ultimate pavlova-presents chinaski-megatonpie estrem-bachcellotwo rmackenzie-bianchini beier-bstrozzi beier-molinaro amccartney-elizabethslutes kenbonfield-legacy martin-allemande barbepeste-bootlegers dshoskes-weissundercover vermillian-stolen heringman-mudarra fleagle-bliss sforster-beethovenone dufay-estampida eayres-maiden mediva-gabriel melia-sister1 magnacomp-electronica cobbbussinger-nebula

description:
  The incredible Jami Sieber creates sounds never before associated with the cello, expertly exploring the breadth and depth of her instrument on this highly atmospheric best-selling debut solo recording, Lush Mechanique?a world of her own creation that manages to capture both the pattern and poetry of music. Multiple layers of cello are accompanied by imperceptably subtle percussion, with occasional ripples of Sieber's rich, evocative voice added to the mix. Standout tracks include "All She Can Carry" and "Dancing at the Temple Gate," but really this is one of those rare albums that you'll want to play from start to finish, because it's as perfectly suited to reading and relaxing as it is activity and conversation. the In 1997, Lush Mechanique gained distinction by being one of LadySlipper's top ten best-selling recordings by female artists, placing Sieber among the ranks of the Indigo Girls, K.D. Lang, and Ani DiFranco. On this recording Sieber is joined by Will Dowd (percussion), Louis Peralta (percussion), and Kim Scanlon (vocals).


artist: Jami Sieber
albumname: Second Sight
sku: sieber-second
upc: 876809001995
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257907833&s=143444
also:
  shira-ragged sieber-lush almanova-afterhours sieber-unspoken almanova-debut canconier-dragon sieber-timeless kitka-vine yaelah-each sieber-hidden asteria-souvenir dbp-wtc1a asteria-doulx dbp-wtc2b lara-sonatas2 eayres-laughing ilic-sparkling heringman-blamenot paternoster-lockdown semmensdevine-delicatessen cbooth-wtcb2c1 inserra-altitude carilive-meditations drsounds-abstract susanadams-pianoforte rayborn-asked senne-senne kitka-nectar robin-missile ruiz-soliloquies shira-waters magnacomp-dinnerlounge magnacomp-electromelange beier-piccinini hube-harvest tilopa-outblue artemis-gravity hanschristian-alliswell hanschristian-surrender teng-whisper dayazell-dayazell jpalmer-nevada asteria-soyes hadidian-dolce canconier-canconier heringman-mudarra fleagle-bliss sforster-beethovenone voxnostra-assumpta dufay-estampida vguzman-telemann eayres-maiden asteria-jaqueline francoiscouture-suiteforaine mediva-gabriel cbooth-groundsplease magnacomp-electronica cobbbussinger-nebula inserra-hang manno-second kaarenorge-fantasia beight-shapes kitka-sanctuary robin-silent anamar-transfado shira-almanac magnacomp-downchill2 magnacomp-powersynths shallgren-studioc satori-edrums hube-translucent tilopa-pictures artemis-orbits hanschristian-cinema hanschristian-heart askold-askold tilopa-kyotakubreeze jpalmer-soulgard farallon-senfl jjohnson-chopin dbp-wtc1b fulton-airs paternoster-haydn dufay-cancionero abaroque-rameau francoiscouture-labuchevol1 eayres-dowlanddialoguesone innovat-tradcarols susanrmorris-between cbooth-wtcb1c1 rayborn-honey rossignol-domnaditz angelight-intimthree hawkshaw-ice inserra-incense1 manno-sea dammersonv-overnight kitka-rusalka robin-stranger

description:
  "Incredible listening pleasure," says one fan of this gorgeously rich sonic, spiritual journey that weaves all the warmth and passion of Jami Sieber's cello together with subtle horns piano, accordion, vocals and acoustic guitar. This is work that is subtly spiced by various world music influences, yet still represents a highly original world of Jamie Sieber's own creation. Standout tracks include the moody, vaguely Parisian "Dancing Backward" as well as the perfectly articulated "Tree of Love," which reveals Siebers voice to be as crystalline and captivating as that of Laurie Anderson or Annie Lennox. Also features guest vocalist Rhiannon on the darkly evocative track "I Carry You;" as well as pianist Julie Wolf on two tracks. A delicious variety in arrangements ranges from full, rich layered sounds to the poignant simplicity of solo cello.


artist: Jami Sieber
albumname: Timeless_
sku: sieber-timeless
upc: 847646005378
also:
  sieber-lush sieber-unspoken sieber-second sieber-hidden shira-ragged almanova-afterhours mediva-gabriel shira-waters almanova-debut canconier-dragon kitka-vine yaelah-each asteria-souvenir dbp-wtc1a asteria-doulx dbp-wtc2b lara-sonatas2 eayres-laughing ilic-sparkling heringman-blamenot paternoster-lockdown semmensdevine-delicatessen cbooth-wtcb2c1 inserra-altitude carilive-meditations drsounds-abstract susanadams-pianoforte erik-dram cbooth-scarlatti horstreich-tinytension joeyfehrenbach-dontwakeme jasmineb-acousticlev figueroaohlsen-cifraselect ejp-handmade magnacomp-metal plunkett-days jjackson-badthings jasmineb-storyrain mattrusin-electroblues ewallace-rabbithole dbautista-eurotrip fitch-anotherday kaarenorge-fantasia dammersonv-overnight kitka-rusalka robin-stranger fickle-waters satori-relforest magnacomp-eastgroove robinstine-daydream hube-hube tilopa-kyotaku artemis-auralei artemis-undone hanschristian-sancta teng-whisper dayazell-dayazell jpalmer-nevada asteria-soyes hadidian-dolce canconier-canconier heringman-mudarra fleagle-bliss sforster-beethovenone voxnostra-assumpta dufay-estampida vguzman-telemann eayres-maiden asteria-jaqueline francoiscouture-suiteforaine cbooth-groundsplease magnacomp-electronica cobbbussinger-nebula inserra-hang daughters-galdrbok brokenpoets-brokenpoets ashganley-univaccept horstreich-loepoenk indidginus-sofasurfer shiva-nour anup-embrace collectget-saveas yumi-beginning soundami-illemental manno-second senne-aerial zhaba-sharena kitka-wintersongs tomaslozano-manana shira-mistral magnacomp-dinnerlounge magnacomp-electromelange beier-piccinini hube-harvest tilopa-outblue artemis-gravity hanschristian-alliswell hanschristian-surrender askold-askold tilopa-kyotakubreeze

description:
  Timeless, the latest album by visionary cellist Jami Sieber, is a transmission of pure stillness, sacredness and prayer. Layer upon layer of cello transport the listener into a world without clocks or calendars, where stress and striving dissolve, the heart melts open, and the walls that separate us from each other, nature, and our own self-love magically crumble.

  Timeless conveys a powerful presence that goes beyond the haunting melodies and velvety striations of cello and voice. It invokes a realm where inner experience - be it meditation, massage, movement, or stillness - is deepened and intensified. This is powerful musical medicine.

  This quote speaks to the nature of Timeless:
  "There's a world behind the world we see that is the same world but more open, more transparent, without blocks. Like inside a big mind, the animals and humans all can talk, and those who pass through here get power to heal and help."
  - Gary Snyder

  May this music take you to this world and bring peace to your heart, to your life, and to those you touch.


artist: Jami Sieber
albumname: Unspoken
sku: sieber-unspoken
upc: 876809006563
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/unspoken-music-only-breath/id305003667
also:
  sieber-hidden shira-ragged shira-waters canconier-dragon dini-sunearth lara-sonatas2 sieber-lush carilive-meditations teng-enchanted teng-whisper wahl-guinevere fulton-once carilive-holfrost asteria-soyes canconier-canconier almanova-afterhours sforster-beethovenone dufay-estampida asteria-jaqueline estrem-dowland sieber-timeless cobbbussinger-nebula inserra-hang shira-almanac tilopa-pictures wahl-meditative dini-calm braid-soundtrack farallon-senfl fulton-airs almanova-debut francoiscouture-labuchevol1 sieber-second angelight-intimthree shira-castle tilopa-bytheway teng-kingdom tilopa-unravelling magnacomp-relaxclass josephnimoh-reflections lukegartnerbrereton-balmsisyphus mpacifica-dancing voicesofmusic-gardensogreen kitka-vine dshoskes-patrons yaelah-each senne-aerial robinstine-daydream teng-monsoon magnacomp-dinner estrem-reverie estrem-bachukulele aryehfrankfurter-serenity angelight-awakeningsource angelight-harmonymotion angelight-intimone sambodhiprem-sevenwaves genco-numinous lunar5-soundpainting tiniguez-thegarden chadlawson-autumn jag-prettygirl asteria-souvenir dbp-wtc1a asteria-doulx dbp-wtc2b eayres-laughing harham-allhayle ilic-sparkling heringman-blamenot paternoster-lockdown semmensdevine-delicatessen cbooth-wtcb2c1 inserra-altitude drsounds-abstract susanadams-pianoforte rayborn-asked senne-senne kitka-nectar robin-missile ruiz-soliloquies magnacomp-dinnerlounge simplicissimus-mensasonora magnacomp-electromelange beier-piccinini hube-harvest francoiscouture-aftertherain tilopa-outblue artemis-gravity hanschristian-alliswell hanschristian-surrender dayazell-dayazell jpalmer-nevada lmccauley-sabbathday ehren-depths rmackenzie-parisiandelight skarazula-litha potvin-christemas berget-jsbach bachplay-everyone

description:
  From trance-dance rhythms to prayerful stillness, Unspoken dissolves boundaries of musical genre, melding indigenous chants and rhythms with visionary compositions that quiet the mind and set the body dancing. Beginning with Sieber's pulsing, ambient cello and vocals in "Opening", a current of multi-layered sound carries the listener seamlessly from the contemplative depths of "Benediction", through the rushing torrent of percussion, flute, bass, vocals and cello in "The River Between" to Ulali's primal cries at the close of "Night Song". In the center of the journey, Benjy Wertheimer's esraj and Jami's electric cello weave an lush interior world that gives birth to the irresistible grooves of the two worldbeat dance tracks, "Broken Open" and "Unspoken," which fuse Native American chanting with layers upon layers of exotic instrumentation. The CD closes with the heart-opening track, "Returning," set in a quartet of cellos with guitars, percussion and organ.


artist: Jamie Janover
albumname: Evolutions
sku: janover-evolutions
upc: 876809001971
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257792860&s=143444
also:
  jiveasssleepers-funkfactor beatunder-cosmic rompaey-eastern2 rompaey-mozaic ehren-lines headroom-dominus seldon-lost braun-miles damseldown-seasons kalotone-a kalotone-speaker jambedaem-balance wbrooks-blue seismic-afterburner tiny-alice greatmook-sezame debenedictis-fruitless harris-temptation yoria-oflovely estrem-bachvol1 eyot-horizon palargic-ambitronika jasmineb-mews jasmineb-dreams headroom-cos shiva-ethnic magnacomp-downchill debenedictis-tigers freshbody-uglyarmy sieber-unspoken lehtmojoe-spaghetti artemis-orbits processor-industry chiwawa-busscb wbrooks-socialcreatures kokoon-nothree braun-crow hazelmain-soonerlater dinohaak-switzerland kenbonfield-legacy psycliq-chaostheory panicensemble-panicensemble quist-moon oliostere-sclave ppavan-lookingout robinstine-daydream artemis-ofthisdirt icicle-provenance aciacca-driemoty icicle-resurgence icicle-theorems monom-greentransformer ppavan-velvetface ilic-sparkling ejp-handmade heifervescent-hoofed ppavan-blackhand clayne-sharkweek westexit-unearthed malileche-fallingapart magnacomp-cc magnacomp-electronica magnacomp-persuasion magnacomp-spa castlepines-blessthishouse fuzz-fuzz monom-aroundtheworld saros-soundscapes almanova-christmas wahl-thehymns wahl-light mexeena-ether kkahra-kora ckgem-ithurtsinst amarchand-blueoccasions ckgem-ithurts andygabrys-constant francoiscouture-mylittlebook askold-askold lmccauley-quieting atomic-alpha jiveasssleepers-galaxy beatunder-intro rompaey-djembolale1 rompaey-eastern babylon-beat parksttrio-goodnightdaylight ehren-depths lukegartnerbrereton-balmsisyphus seldon-cdv madeofwood-birdstate damseldown-nowrise kalotone-addict leda-atomica wbrooks-buffalo otis-musicelev seismic-ramifications jdarling-ayearofliving yongen-yello artemis-gravity

description:
  Hammered dulcimer takes a road less traveled. From the wellspring of creativity that is 2002 national hammered dulcimer champion Jamie Janover's recording "Evolutions".

  Evolutions is a digital recording of solo hammered dulcimer improvisations. Jamie recorded four days worth of improvisations and chose his favorites after weeks of listening to all the material. He played a custom 4+ octave, fully-chromatic, hammered dulcimer with a custom dual-damper pedal system made by the respected builders Sam Rizzetta and Nicholas Blanton. Evolutions has 12 pieces that flow through a range moods. This has been a popular title over the years with thousands sold since it was released in 1993. It has been featured on NPR, massage videos, and on documentary soundtracks.


artist: Jamie Janover
albumname: Now Center of Time
sku: janover-nowcenter
upc: 876809001964
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257929403&s=143444
also:
  sieber-unspoken quist-moon magnacomp-spa lukegartnerbrereton-balmsisyphus jasmineb-storyrain magnacomp-meditation dini-sunearth lara-fourseasons ewallace-letshibernate wahl-guinevere magnacomp-relaxclass sieber-hidden quist-silver wahl-playingwithsilence lisalynne-lifebutdream magnacomp-dinner wahl-meditative estrem-reverie piotrjaneczek-ambientsoundscapes aryehfrankfurter-soundsseason dini-calm dini-watersky teng-whisper asalvo-sanctuary sambodhiprem-sevenwaves modica-stillness carilive-holfrost tilopa-pictures jag-prettygirl jiveasssleepers-funkfactor beatunder-cosmic rompaey-eastern2 rompaey-mozaic ehren-lines headroom-dominus seldon-lost braun-miles damseldown-seasons kalotone-a kalotone-speaker jambedaem-balance wbrooks-blue vguzman-meditations seismic-afterburner tiny-alice greatmook-sezame debenedictis-fruitless harris-temptation yoria-oflovely estrem-bachvol1 eyot-horizon josephnimoh-reflections palargic-ambitronika jasmineb-mews jasmineb-dreams headroom-cos shiva-ethnic magnacomp-downchill debenedictis-tigers francoiscouture-aftertherain freshbody-uglyarmy lehtmojoe-spaghetti artemis-orbits processor-industry chiwawa-busscb wbrooks-socialcreatures kokoon-nothree braun-crow hazelmain-soonerlater dinohaak-switzerland kenbonfield-legacy voicesofmusic-gardensogreen psycliq-chaostheory panicensemble-panicensemble shira-waters oliostere-sclave ppavan-lookingout robinstine-daydream artemis-ofthisdirt lukegartnerbrereton-roguesandlovers icicle-provenance aciacca-driemoty icicle-resurgence icicle-theorems rejuvenescence-dreamscapes monom-greentransformer ppavan-velvetface ilic-sparkling satori-healingearth ejp-handmade heifervescent-hoofed ppavan-blackhand clayne-sharkweek westexit-unearthed malileche-fallingapart magnacomp-cc magnacomp-electronica magnacomp-persuasion castlepines-blessthishouse fuzz-fuzz

description:
  From rhythmically expressive tapestries of sound to contemplative trance grooves, these solo hammered dulcimer compositions fuse an improvisational jazz sensibility with classical, new age, jam - groove and world music influences.


artist: Jamie Janover
albumname: All Strings Considered
sku: masley-allstrings
upc: 876809001988
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257928509&s=143444
also:
  jiveasssleepers-funkfactor ppavan-up manno-sea jiveasssleepers-getbiz celticreggae-everythingcomes mundi-myhouse brothad-beatsthatcollecteddust soundexplorers-fifthdimension jiveasssleepers-scratch lukegartnerbrereton-balmsisyphus allmeadowcostlow-reunion rompaey-jade kara-kara jiveasssleepers-galaxy madeofwood-chillfunk eightgates-firstgate oldrecruits-offtherails vivapepa-vivapepa kabanov-ambrelyre okandcm-twobridges nuform-lymph suchitralata-lavalounge lukegartnerbrereton-ambrosia frankfurterlynne-twoworldsone aryehfrankfurter-harpsongmidnight lisalynne-newmorning smerkulov-airbibrations fuzzit-quazijazz teng-monsoon cozmikbeats-indigo dubmaster-sonicreflections beatunder-cosmic rompaey-eastern2 rompaey-mozaic ehren-lines headroom-dominus seldon-cdv madeofwood-birdstate doublethink-seeingred kalotone-nowhereshome wbrooks-bitter wbrooks-karma otis-otis seismic-deadmans jdarling-greatupset yongen-moonrise redskylullaby-burst indidginus-sofasurfer yoria-here mtiernan-jumpingin birdy-alter slimdon-slimvol1 acosmo-inbetween curl-ultimate jasmineb-acousticlev mako-livingonair robin-silent artemis-sephyra curl-complex freshbody-uglyarmy sieber-unspoken lehtmojoe-spaghetti sieber-timeless chiwawa-bright chiwawa-chimeres tolife-anewage braun-nowzen burnshee-blues funkinchely-jungleoutthere ehren-crywolf monom-velenjeremix mercy-mercy quist-lucidity connorbfitz-rcomplex panicensemble-differentstory processor-game curl-shapeshifters icicle-provenance icicle-axioms icicle-reverie superdirt-algoriddims jackman-equilibrium robin-groundup ejp-genuine ewallace-letshibernate kiwi-mischief artemis-undone brunoelisabetsky-passoslargos iordache-onelifeleft ckovach-underground clayne-potemkin westexit-extra malileche-whenthedust sora-scorpionmoon magnacomp-dinner magnacomp-newage magnacomp-sampler fuzz-cool fuzz-sunset

description:
  Symbiotic musical conversations between two hammered dulcimer masters, utilizing, among other things, Masley's invention called bowhammers, "All Strings Considered" reaches far into uncharted realms of the timbral universe."

  Michael Masley (MAZE-lee) invented "bowhammers" - his own technique for playing the hammered dulcimer using small bows as a striking surface, enabling him to pluck, bow and strike (PBS) the strings simultaneously. He has recorded with artists as diverse as Ry Cooder, Butch Vig, Tom Waits and Zakir Hussain. He is included in "Bakers Biographical Dictionary of Musicians -8th edition".

  Jamie Janover is a self-taught musician and photographer. He has been playing the drums since an early age, and has developed his own unique style of playing the hammered dulcimer based on his percussive techniques. He performs solo on hammered dulcimer at numerous festivals including The Telluride Bluegrass Festival and he has appeared on stage with a wide range of artists, from Stanley Jordan and Bela Fleck to The String Cheese Incident and Phish. This recording captures musical conversations between these two innovative hammered dulcimer players. The combination of their diverse and unique techniques reaches far into new realms of the timbral universe, from cascading symphonies of sound to spacious ethereal ambience.


artist: Jan Hanford
albumname: 24 Preludes for Solo Piano
sku: hanford-24preludes
upc: 876809001957
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=267131913&s=143444
also:
  fuzz-soulful headroom-dominus indidginus-align carlin-schubertfour wolff-moments ilic-fugitive satamian-dry sforster-beethoventwo quist-moon curl-ultimate satamian-canada unkai-unkai dinohaak-switzerland sftu-musings kspringer-hope ruiz-soliloquies wickedboy-chemistry kaissa-lookingthere mit-diplomat wahl-christmas vguzman-telemann jpalmer-nevada wheresmoo-dopamine beatunder-cosmic atek-horrorbox jbwallach-encdaydreams dbautista-weirdos ljelinek-liszt chiwawa-bright tee-epone bots-now thedirtylove-rouletterom processor-real jpalmer-blueguitar rougge-fragments almanova-christmas almernirvan-lifeinrev angelight-shamania alforest-alforest therapture-tenraptures hazelmain-soonerlater therapture-garden cfarran-onsurfarione ewallace-rabbithole youngwere-youngwere firehead-allthedays ewallace-reason jbwallach-mmscented processor-medition heifervescent-gluefact thirtydnotice-singles madeofwood-birdstate townmonster-julsept liquidrainbow-eightx tolife-anewage chadlawson-spacebetween townmonster-octdec chiwawa-collectorsofsouls ewallace-fairytales ewallace-santanight chadlawson-chopintwo ammonite-recon hollywoodrunks-swell sforster-beetsix icicle-resurgence lisalynne-elfintribe icicle-theorems sforster-beetnine gelatine-underthesamesun dejanilijic-sun lara-bach artemis-triptych monom-aroundtheworld kenbonfield-legacy madeofwood-narcotherapyhypnosis solarcycle-devotion wahl-playingwithsilence suchitralata-vaanamvendum ewallace-immortal liquidrainbow-orangeep liquidrainbow-indigoep babylon-knives ryoutasato-eternalflame jbwallach-inmoonlight carlin-enlightenment dini-bliss hopkins-sweet rompaey-eastern3 shira-wildwood carychow-zirkus kara-kara ilic-romantic indidginus-feast modica-native mexeena-ether kimribeiro-majestic saros-aquadelph sforster-beethoventhree emavision-dalliance manno-sea


artist: Janine Johnson
albumname: JS Bach Works For Harpsichord
sku: jjohnson-bach
upc: 876809004859
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257931146&s=143444
also:
  chinaski-megatonpie kabanov-overwaves heifervescent-hoofed craighanson-messecouvents kyven-forcommercialuseonly euchmad-whendroplets magnacomp-dinnerlounge aryehfrankfurter-harpersbrew chinaski-megatonpieinst aryehfrankfurter-stepintime liquidrainbow-orangeep aryehfrankfurter-moonwintertime musicinside-siliconinst beier-galilei mit-diplomat rompaey-mozaic weigl-landwater rompaey-djembolale2 heifervescent-gluefact beight-rhythm seismic-sweetrock yaelah-each immune-immune jjohnson-telemann headroom-cos okandcm-twobridges ashganley-univaccept angelight-awakeningsource townmonster-julsept angelight-skws lillywolf-playloud angelight-sacraltravel 4oresight-moretimethanever angelight-intimthree dubmaster-dubprotection angelight-intimfour dubmaster-indub stromenti-italian terracottablue-futurelongago mburaglia-promenade windpearl-motherearth mburaglia-weisssuites rayborn-qadim wbrooks-buffalo voxnostra-notredame sambodhiprem-mirrorofthesun cbooth-wcroft dini-aprilthirteenth quist-dance dini-sunearth voxnostra-assumpta mystified-hellwaste tilopa-pictures mystified-tension erickamen-erictwo hectormukomol-unexploredworld dufay-cancionero celticreggae-everythingcomes chadlawson-spacebetween genco-numinous tilopa-turkishauch bindisoc-falling cbooth-jsbach juergenson-prospects hopkins-tincan dammersonv-overnight therapture-garden asalvo-sanctuary stevetyler-ephemeral hadidian-garden brunoelisabetsky-passoslargos nmathes-bellweatherarbutus fourstones-magnaremix2 gcostantini-liquidharm zeroslum-rewind lynnetortorelli-silentnight tokyo-tokyoinst sforster-beethovenfour funkinchely-riseandfall sforster-beetnine processor-insomnia modica-acousticearth mokhov-massivelove modica-jenny lvxnova-lvxnova modica-stillness jhietanen-datacube rmackenzie-tombeaux redskylullaby-echolalia berget-weiss11 dac-within carilive-holfrost monom-aroundtheworld carilive-mindreader etherine-gleam dbautista-weirdos thomaswalker-lasuperbe dbautista-cocktaileleven solarcycle-devotion weigl-silently

description:
  A visual artist who adorns world class harpsichords with intricate artwork, the multitalented Janine Johnson is also a gifted musician and is known for her elegant yet extremely agile style of playing. This album of Johann Sebastian Bach by Johnson was recorded on an instrument commissioned specifically for the performance of his work; her selections were chosen to show off the unusual "organ-like colors" of this remarkable harpsichord.


artist: Janine Johnson
albumname: Chopin Recital
sku: jjohnson-chopin
upc: 876809004668
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257930051&s=143444
also:
  teng-mystic beatunder-cosmic chiwawa-bright ewallace-fairytales gelatine-underthesamesun chiwawa-chimeres chiwawa-sickyona gelatine-electroluv vate-exotica birdy-evenings robinstine-daydream chiwawa-watermark chiwawa-element ewallace-temptation estrem-reverie windcheater-windcheater chiwawa-aay fuzz-cool windcheater-rarh psychetropic-china tilopa-outblue droptrio-bigdipper terracottablue-fentonellsworth fuzz-soulful headroom-dominus indidginus-align carlin-schubertfour wolff-moments ilic-fugitive satamian-dry sforster-beethoventwo quist-moon curl-ultimate satamian-canada unkai-unkai dinohaak-switzerland sftu-musings kspringer-hope ruiz-soliloquies wickedboy-chemistry kaissa-lookingthere mit-diplomat wahl-christmas vguzman-telemann jpalmer-nevada wheresmoo-dopamine atek-horrorbox jbwallach-encdaydreams dbautista-weirdos ljelinek-liszt tee-epone bots-now thedirtylove-rouletterom andrewjohn-majestic processor-real jpalmer-blueguitar rougge-fragments almanova-christmas almernirvan-lifeinrev angelight-shamania alforest-alforest therapture-tenraptures hazelmain-soonerlater therapture-garden cfarran-onsurfarione ewallace-rabbithole youngwere-youngwere firehead-allthedays ewallace-reason soseventythree-soseventythree jbwallach-mmscented processor-medition heifervescent-gluefact thirtydnotice-singles madeofwood-birdstate townmonster-julsept liquidrainbow-eightx tolife-anewage chadlawson-spacebetween townmonster-octdec chiwawa-collectorsofsouls ewallace-santanight chadlawson-chopintwo ammonite-recon hollywoodrunks-swell sforster-beetsix icicle-resurgence lisalynne-elfintribe icicle-theorems sforster-beetnine dejanilijic-sun lara-bach artemis-triptych monom-aroundtheworld kenbonfield-legacy madeofwood-narcotherapyhypnosis asteria-jaqueline solarcycle-devotion wahl-playingwithsilence suchitralata-vaanamvendum

description:
  Recorded on a 1890 Broadwood grand piano, Janine Johnson's Chopin interpretations of Frederic Chopin show off her elegant, agile style of playing as well as this Romantic-era composer's full range of poetic expression. The waltzes are charming, the preludes delicate, and the nocturnes-rich.


artist: Janine Johnson
albumname: Selections from JS Bach ClavierUbung III
sku: jjohnson-clavierubung
upc: 847646003770
also:
  mtravisano-dogsofrome lisalynne-elfintribe sforster-beeteight kpolitzer-labyrinth jasmineb-acousticlev kpolitzer-blueinblue hanschristian-alliswell okandcm-twobridges dini-sunearth jbwallach-magicalt jnilssonproj-eighthrsession andrewjohn-coolsilence sforster-beethovenfive parksttrio-goodnightdaylight raymontford-onestep jasmineb-mews bindisoc-falling angelight-skws knewdigate-stillwaters ewallace-reason rmackenzie-bianchini gcawthorn-bythesea mattrusin-electrvoltwo sieber-timeless tolife-tasabasaba adrianofontana-smallkitchen katwebb-betterpicture ppavan-up doughamer-rainforestsuite tolife-anewage francoiscouture-mylittlebook cobbbussinger-nebula sforster-beetsix spheres-toujoursamour vasilyboykov-quietude smerkulov-thebridge mikegoudreau-looksunshine dpkaufman-valleybellow eelectra-barsanti paternoster-bach-paternoster martin-leslarmes tilopa-pictures cbooth-wtcb1c2 sieber-second droptrio-bigdipper dacamera-celtic sieber-unspoken lara-bach fitch-celocity fitch-amb wamsley-curve heringman-pickering fernwood-almeria farallon-senfl gregwilliams-circle ruiz-schumann janover-evolutions dini-bliss hanschristian-surrender hanschristian-phantoms ehren-lines juergenson-prospects satori-meditation wahl-guinevere carlin-enlightenment trucios-cooperarms stargarden-five asteria-souvenir magnacomp-classical zephyrus-angelus magnacomp-world jag-cypress tilopa-kyotaku rejuvenescence-dreamscapes dini-calm mokhov-perfectdream misericordia-passion hawkshaw-ice lmccauley-quieting jpalmer-cherry timvajda-bootstrap satori-healingearth tiniguez-raintrip lmccauley-beauty mochoa-fauna durand-vibaircol eyot-horizon lmccauley-foreignlander amarchand-vivalatina hferre-journeysend ejp-handmade carilive-iacdaze dejanilijic-journey tmatsuishi-preludes triodafne-airs andygabrys-constant carilive-countrystroll gcostantini-atmosphere

description:
  One of my favorite works for organ is the great Praeludium in E flat from Bach's Clavier ubung III, which is usually followed in recital by the Fugue in E flat, called "St. Anne's", though in Johann Sebastian Bach's manuscript the two are separated by the entire remainder of the work, 27 pieces in all. As a harpsichordist, the temptation was too great to not adapt these and other works to my own instrument. The Praeludium especially reminds me of the French Ouverture in Clavierubung II and the Ouverture of Partita #4 in Clavierubung I, both harpsichord works. I also have a great fondness for Bach's Chorale Preludes, as well as his Fugues. Clavierubung III being organ music, often has pedal parts, though much is also for manuals alone, including the Duetti which are often performed on the harpsichord.

  I chose for this album pieces that both touch me musically and are playable on the harpsichord. Those with pedal parts sometimes required octave transpositions but mostly demanded I get my not so large hands to stretch more than usual. These large reaches were in part facilitated by the keyboard of the Grabner harpsichord with it's narrow key span. The piece in this set that required the most rewriting was "Vater unser im Himelreich" (two manuals + pedal), but being one of the most complex and moving of the entire book, I could not leave it out.

  For this album I worked from the facsimile of the original publication (1739) and found some of the text to be different from "corrected" modern versions. Of particular note is the hair raising cross relations in the "Fuga super Jesus Christus unser Heiland ". Bach is very specific in his notation and in order to retain an extensive canonic imitation between the bass and alto there can be no other option than what he has written (this section appears in the backdrop on the album cover). The other unfortunate "correction" is in Duetto IV. To my ear Bach's sometimes strange harmony is part of what makes his music so fascinating. I also love some of his allusions to the texts of the Chorales he has chosen to set, such as the great flowing river in "Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam".

  The harpsichord, built in 2008 by John Phillips, Berkeley, is modeled after the 1722 Johann Heinrich Grabner preserved in the Villa Bertramka in Prague; the earliest of four surviving Grabner harpsichords. Although now much modified, it is a very good example of the large middle German harpsichord with which Bach would have been intimately familiar. It is even likely that Bach knew J. H. Grabner, as the latter held the position of official tuner at the Electoral Saxon court in Dresden. One of Grabner's sons, Christian Heinrich, studied organ with Bach in Leipzig. Typical of the largest German instruments of the 1720s; it has a range of FF-d3, two manuals with a sliding coupler, and a registration of two unisons and an octave. Special thanks to the owner for the use of this harpsichord and to John Phillips for his assistance, and allowing me the use of his shop for recording.


artist: Janine Johnson
albumname: German Keyboard Masters
sku: jjohnson-german
upc: 876809004842
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257793470&s=143444
also:
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description:
  Known for the intricate artwork with which she adorns world-class harpsichords, the multitalented Janine Johnson's style of playing is elegant yet extremely agile. Her German Keyboard Masters album highlights the splendid work of Dietrich Buxtehude, whom Johann Sebastian Bach walked for miles to hear and study, and Johann Pachelbel, who was Bach's brother's teacher--the brother who in turn taught Bach. This album makes a great pairing with her recordings of J.S. Bach's, as these two composers had a profound effect on his work.


artist: Janine Johnson
albumname: Bach Goldberg Variations
sku: jjohnson-goldberg
upc: 876809004651
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257796793&s=143444
also:
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description:
  Known for her intricate artwork that adorns the creations of renowned harpsichord builder John Phillips, the multi-talented Janine Johnson is also a gifted musician in her own right. Her beautiful recordings of Johann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations on harpsichord as well as the Chopin recital that she gave on her 1890 Broadwood grand piano show off her elegant yet agile style of playing.


artist: Janine Johnson
albumname: JS Bach Inventions and Sinfonias
sku: jjohnson-inventions
upc: 876809007911
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/js-bach-inventions-and-sinfonias/id339083507
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description:
  Despite the sophistication of the Inventions and Sinfonias, and their value as teaching pieces of performance and compositional technique, these works were not published in Bach's lifetime, but rather in 1801, 51 years after his death. The "simple" version we are all presently accustomed to comes from this 1801 publication (Neue Bach Ausgabe), though we now are aware of other handwritten copies, including by Johann Sebastian Bach himself. Begun as teaching pieces for his own son, Wilhelm Friedemann, they were likely finished in Leipzig, where he moved in 1722.

  Perhaps "finished" is not quite the right word, as Bach continued to tinker with them. It is evident to me that as teaching pieces, personal instruction by Bach would have been invaluable to his pupils, as improvised ornamentation would have been encouraged, hence the varying versions that have come down to us. It is my opinion that the simpler versions were kept as such to allow for the freedom to exercise one's own taste in regards to ornamentation (within reason). Unlike Francois Couperin, who was annoyed at anyone's altering of his text, Bach expected it.

  In the pupils' versions I am working from I find it interesting that in many, suggested ornamentation of the main subject only appears at the beginning. I would think the student was expected to extend the logic through the entire piece, though in my performance, I mostly stick to the text, so that you, the listener, can hear what was passed down to us. In a few cases I do carry the ornamentation a bit further, (see above) but am pretty discreet. In several of the later Sinfonias, the students' ornamentation is heavy throughout, as is also true in Bach's final versions.

  The two most radically different works, in Bach's hand, are Invention #1 with triplets, and Sinfonia 5, highly ornamented in the French style. In the case of Sinfonia 5, I wonder if my simple performance is even remotely correct. I suspect not.

  In this performance, I also do not play every conceivable ornament. Sinfonia 12, for example, has some appogiaturas in the subject (appearing only once), that I personally don't care for, though I suppose one could get used to them, and maybe even like them if they were carried out in all voices. The same holds true of an appogiatura in the opening subject in Sinfonia 14, which to me sounds like an interruption. It all eventually boils down to taste.

  I hope you enjoy this, and those of you who play, I hope this inspires you to be more free and creative with these pieces. I also feel that sticking to these pupils' versions is not essential, nor was Bach's true intent, though they are quite instructive to us now.JJ


artist: Janine Johnson
albumname: Spain
sku: jjohnson-spain
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description:
  No one casts a larger shadow over eighteenth century Spanish keyboard music than the Italian Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757). His sonatas written after 1729 are full of imitations of the guitar, and folk tunes with their distinctive rhythms, harmonies and shifts between major and minor. Scarlatti's genius is that his music preserves the intensity of its provincial elements while raising them to the level of high art. Before Scarlatti, Spanish keyboard music was mainly in the sacred contrapuntal tradition inherited from Cabezon and Cabanilles. After Scarlatti, the spinning out of contrapuntal material or sets of variations were abandoned for the Scarlatti model of secular sonata in binary form, often in sets of two or three by key.

  Two of the most remarkable Spanish keyboard composers of the generation after Scarlatti are Padre Antonio Soler (1727-1783) and Manuel Blasco de Nebra (1750-1784), while the music of Juan Sesse (1736-1801) represents the sort of Spanish keyboard music that escaped the influence of Domenico Scarlatti.

  The harpsichord used for this recording was built by John Phillips in 1993 and is based on mid-eighteenth century Florentine models, the cousins of the lost Spanish originals.


