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V.A. On The Other End Of The Fog (2011)

2011-11-27T23:01:00.007+01:00

ARTIST`````Various
ALBUM`````On The Other End Of The Fog
GENRE`````Pop, Indie, Oldies, Folk,
YEAR````````2011

A Bleeding Panda Compilation!

Finally a new Bleeding Panda Compilation. This one is for my one and only <3
Perfect for this shady November weather.

TRACKLIST:
01 Quartetto Cetra - Brivido Blu (1958)
02 Amen Dunes - Swim Up Behind Me (2011)
03 Little Anthony & The Imperials - Tears On My Pillow (1958)
04 Emilio Pericoli - Ultime Foglie (1962)
05 The Fred Berlipp Orchestra - Love Without Shadow (1972)
06 Yellow Magic Orchestra - Shadows On The Ground (1983)
07 Thomas Dolby - Airwaves (1982)
08 Reneé Claude - La Bagumane (2010)
09 Mikis Theodorakis - Asma Asmaton - Song Of Songs (1981)
10 The Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin Cover
11 Electrelane - The Invisible Dog (2001)
12 Kollaa Kestaa - Tahtien Rauha (1978)
13 Lee Hazlewood - Your Sweet Love (1966)
14 Tindersticks - Rumba (2011)
15 Art Of Noise - Love (1986)

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Dj Deeon - Let Me Bang (2003)

2011-10-17T13:26:00.013+02:00

ARTIST`````Dj Deeon

ALBUM`````Let Me Bang

GENRE`````Ghetotech, Tech, House, Fuck Yeah Party, Underground

YEAR````````2003
From me:
Damn this is some fun raw tech stuff.

Who

Though he's revered among Chicago DJs and around the world as the original master of ghetto dance music, Deeon started small, on Chicago's south side. He sold his DJ mixtapes in the parking lot where he lived, and played house parties in the projects.These crowded living room parties started the feeling and inspiration for the sound Deeon produced, music he simply refers to as, "for the strippers, for the street".While tracks like "Accelerate" on Dance Mania were doing well overseas, he was getting little support or play from local Chicago clubs. Deeon calls ghetto house the "stepchild of Chicago house". Eventually the incredible response from his music forced the clubs to concede and play his records.These "techno with a ghetto edge" tracks have found way to the decks in clubs around the world. Deeon found his home on Chicago's own Dance Mania label, where he released hits like "Let Me Bang", "Who You Wit", "Da Dick Suck" and "The Freaks".Deeon is currently signed to Databass Records, which is rereleasing most of his back catalog with new remixes.

Here's an interview with DJ Deeon:

http://www.5chicago.com/theproject/dj-deeon/

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Here's a bonus track Da Dick Suk
http://www.mediafire.com/?b3tujqpv2241a1z

Woima Collective - Tezeta (2010)

2011-09-15T12:37:00.004+02:00

ARTIST`````Woima Collective

ALBUM`````Tezeta
GENRE`````Ethiopian Jazz, Funk,
YEAR````````2010

Words
Infectious album of Ethiopian and Afro-jazz inspired grooves from members of lauded German funk unit Poets Of Rhythm. 'Tezeta' came about after group leader and tenor sax player Johannes Schleiermacher was smitten with the sounds he soaked up on trips to Morocco and the feelings of celebration and healing in Gnawan trance performances. Further meetings with the legendary Ethio-jazz master, Mulatu Astatke, prompted him to set up a ten piece unit and after a three day rehearsal and a pair of two day recording session, this album was created. The result is brilliantly diverse album, ranging from fiery funk arrangements akin to the Heliocentrics, to super-cool and dubby workouts imbued with a skilled freedom and sublime groove which will surely impress any fans of the Ethiopiques series.

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Also you can get my compilation BLEEDING ETHIOPIA.
And get the magnificent classic ETHIO JAZZ AND MUSIQUE INSTRUMENTALE 1969-1974

V.A. Future Space Travellers Vol. 1 by takexmexhome (2011)

2011-08-15T13:40:00.007+02:00

ARTIST`````Various

ALBUM`````V.A. Future Space Travellers Vol. 1
GENRE`````Space Disco, Italo, Soundtrack, Progressive, Kitsch, House, Electro,
YEAR````````2011

A Guest Compilation by takexmexhome

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A spectacular 31 track long odyssey into the farthest corners of the cosmos. This sexy, sleazy selection is just chock-full with much loved classics, forgotten gems and fresh, new discoveries. This is a must have.

TRACKLIST:
01 Raymond Lefèvre - Rencontre Du Quatrième Type (1979)

02 Jeff Wayne - The Eve Of The War (1978)

03 Cerrone - In The Smoke (1977)

04 Tim Blake - Lighthouse (1978)

05 Logic System - Unit (1981)

06 Charlie - Spacer Woman (1983)

07 Bamboo - Spaceship Crashing (1979)

08 Chilly - Dance With Me (1978)

09 Arik Rudich - Sattalla 2 (edit) (1981)

10 Paul Brookes - Steps From Beyond (Part 1 Edit) (1978)

11 Albion - Space Time Continuum (2009)

12 Kébekélektrik - Mirage (1977)

13 Who's Who - Hypnodance (1979)

14 Pluton & The Humanoids - World Invaders (1981)

15 Loud-E - Boutique (2008)

16 Sauveur Mallia - Robot Avenue (1980)

17 Mistral - Starship 109 (1978)

18 The Seebach Band - Bubble Sex (1977)

19 Newcleus - Destination Earth (1999) (1984)

20 Ganymed - Future World (1979)

21 Mito - Droid (1982)

22 Kasso - Key West (1981)

23 The Twins - In The Year 2525 (1982)

24 Script - UFO's Fly Again (1979)

25 Chris Craft - Casablanca Is Alright For Dancing Tonight (1978)

26 Change - The End (1980)

27 Daft Punk - Veridis Quo (2001)

28 Wolfgang Riechmann - Wunderbar (1978)

29 Moon Birds - Net Work (1978)

30 Space - Ballad For Space Lovers (1977)

31 Moon Birds - Interlude (1977)

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Ernst Reijseger - Requiem For A Dying Planet (2006)

2011-06-06T16:57:00.004+02:00

ARTIST`````Ernst Reijseger

ALBUM`````Requiem For A Dying Planet, Sounds For Two Films By Werner Herzog - The Wild Blue Yonder - The White Diamond
GENRE`````Classical, Electronic, Folk, World, & Country, Stage & Screen
YEAR````````2006

Words
By GLENN ASTARITA
Recognized for his efforts with jazz drummer Gerry Hemingway, as well as numerous other roles as a session man and leader, Dutch cellist Ernst Reijseger is also known for his avant/classical/world music proclivities. Requiem For A Dying Planet was brought about when German filmmaker Werner Herzog approached Winter & Winter record label chief Stefan Winter to find "some very personal music for two documentaries, The Wild Blue Yonder and The White Diamonds.

Regardless of taste, preference or attitude, this is a curiously interesting progression of musical frameworks, setting forth notions of divine contemplation prior to a doomsday-like event.

Whole review here

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V.A. True Horrors Vol. 02 (2011)

2011-06-03T02:43:00.005+02:00

ARTIST`````Various

ALBUM`````True Horrors Vol.02
GENRE`````Electro, Minimal Wave, Ambient, Experimental, No-Wave, Odd Shit
YEAR````````2011
A Bleeding Panda Blog Guest Compilation by Bagheera Münchgstettner

What?

A perfect, twisted and scary sequel to Bagheera Münchgstettner's True Horrors Vol.01.

This is a much more skilled, precise and organised selection of dark, cold synth tracks than on the previous comp. A few scattered oddities and classics give color to this emotional wasteland but overall - there is a prevailing feeling of doom.

A deep, dark mixture of unique and very memorable tracks (some very rare) that should be all listened as a whole. A definite standout is the Yabboq Penuel's 1.05 - I only wish it was twice as long.

This selection is definitely not for everybody as it takes away a lot of attention in it's uncompromising coldness and oddness - but that's why it's interesting and exotic at the same time.

Tracklist
01 Teddy Lasry - Workmen Choir (1981)

02 Florenza Mavelli - March Of The Soviets (2009)

03 A Blaze Colour - An Addict of Time (1982)

04 Hadamard - Take Me Away (2007)

05 Keen K & P Muench - The Spiral (Polygamy Boys Pain Mix) (2009)

06 Rechenzentrum - IBM (2001)

07 Phuture - Your Only Friend (1987)

08 Rebolledo feat. Matias Aguayo - Pitaya frenesi (Vocal) (2009)

09 Yabboq Penuel - 1.05 (2009)

10 Dark Day - Arp's Carpet (1980)

11 Bene Gesserit - Mickey, Please (2006)

12 Adriano Canzian - You Excites Me So Much (2005)

13 Beta Evers - Paralyzed (2008)

14 Soft Cell - Frustration (1980)

15 Skinny Puppy - The Pit (1984)

16 Zeebee - Pain & Pleasure (2004)

17 Dokaka - Since I've Been Loving You (Led Zeppelin) (2004)

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Junie Bezel - That's How Mess Get Started (2001)

2011-06-03T02:06:00.003+02:00

ARTIST`````Junie Bezel

ALBUM`````That's How Mess Get Started

GENRE`````Rap, Underground, Local Rap, Hip Hop

YEAR````````2001

No Info

I rarely listen to hip hop/rap and I probably know more about Mongolian folk but I liked this immediately + I have no idea where I got it from. There is basically nothing about this girl but I found some info about the label here: The Take Fo' Story.

Excerpt: Take Fo' Records is a little known (outside of New Orleans) music label that truly broke ground with its motley roster of artists and progressive attitude, yet it's never received adequate recognition for its pioneering role in music. Take Fo' welcomed gangstas but also ball busters, dancer-cum-rappers, party starters and probably the first openly gay rapper. Read the whole article here.

- I really love the way she just won't keep her mouth shut in more fast-paced tracks that are for me - the best ones. I have no idea what she is rappin about most of the time but the longer, faster and more irritating she does it - it just gets better and better. Add a lot of really sharp retro synth stabs pouring all over the place and you get some really choppy, hot, funky rhythms. The general attitude seems to be "we, over here, live like shit and we don't care" so I guess that may be one additional element why this obviously never got any coverage.

Here is a useless Myspace profile

Also, a completely useless Last.fm page

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Reupload: V.A. Body Work (2011)

2011-05-11T13:52:00.000+02:00

Reuploaded V.A. Body Work (2011)

V.A. True Horrors Vol. 01 (2011)

2011-05-06T01:49:00.006+02:00

ARTIST`````Various

ALBUM`````True Horrors Vol.01
GENRE`````Avant-Garde, Indie, Electronic, Minimal Wave, Experimental, Alternative, Post-Punk
YEAR````````2011
A Bleeding Panda Blog Guest Compilation by Bagheera Münchgstettner

What?

I am very happy to bring you True Horrors Vol 01 - the first in a series of Bagheera Münchgstettner's compilations.

Spooky, reverberated, metallic and wet it sounds like a dying promise or a that last, really bad cough that snatches away your breathe. From the energetic screams of Diamanda Galas over Rechenzentrum's barren Ahab and Hands In The Dark by Chromatics to the humorous, dancy and demented John Maus this compilation is a great intro for Bagheera's future works.

Enjoy this fine selection of bleached life and stand by for the excellent Vol. 02.

Tracklist
01 Diamanda Galas - Judgement Day (1992)
02 I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness - The Owl (2006)

03 Gus Gus - Is Jesus Your Pal (1996)

04 A Blaze Colour - Through With Life (1982)

05 Rechenzentrum - Ahab (2001)

06 Chromatics - Hands In The Dark (2007)

07 Peaches - I'm The Kinda (2003)

08 Twisted Wires - The Hunted (unreleased)

09 Disciplina Kičme - Novac Neće Doći (1985)

10 Second Layer - Japanese Headset (1981)

11 Metallic Falcons - Misty Song (2006)

12 Burzum - Dunkelheit (1996)

13 Sebastien Tellier - Kissed By You (2001)

14 Eyeless In Gaza - Still Air (1981)

15 John Maus - Don't Worship The Devil (2007)

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Conrad Schnitzler - Ballet Statique (1992 Reissue of 1978 Con)

2011-03-30T14:25:00.005+02:00

ARTIST`````Conrad Schnitzler

ALBUM`````Ballet Statique

GENRE`````Electronic, Experimental, Progressive, Ambient

YEAR````````1992 / 1978

Review

This is truly one of the greatest electronic albums ever made and definitely the best place to start exploring the wonderful world of Conrad Schnitzler. Electric Garden is a masterpiece of atmospherics, reverberating drips in the canyons of your mind . Overloaded harmonisers and delays build to an orgasmic rush of nitrous oxide clangs that can seriously warp your mind.

M=Minimal continues their collaboration with electronic music legend Conrad Schnitzler, and presents after 30 years, the re-release of one of the key works from Conrad's large, adventurous back catalog. Ballet Statique is not only a musical milestone but also a highlight of music production. It was recorded in 1978 at the legendary Paragon Studio, Berlin by Tangerine Dream's Peter Baumann in the same period when other masterworks like Cluster's Großes Wasser and solo recordings by Roedelius and Asmus Tietchens were recorded. Ballet Statique was first released on the German Paragon label, under the original title Con (also issued on legendary French label Egg). This album is a must-have, and not only for fans of Emeralds and Oneohtrix Point Never.

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Shit. Fish Tail Lion blog deleted

2011-03-14T13:11:00.004+01:00

The awesome http://fishtail-lion.blogspot.com/ blog has been deleted. Until we get some news you can download this great guest mix from Feq'wah / owner of Fish Tail Lion.

Now, I have been planning to backup/move Bleeding Panda blog to a new location for a while but I am not sure which platform to use. It would be very helpful if you guys could recommend some safe websites.

Thanks

Richard Devine - Asect-Dsect (2003)

2011-03-12T21:02:00.003+01:00

ARTIST`````Richard Devine

ALBUM`````Asect-Dsect

GENRE`````Electronic, IDM, Glitch, Breakcore

YEAR````````2003

A metallic shitstorm of samples, cracks, bangs, rips and green slimy goo.

Review

Richard Devine’s aspirations to the profession of cinematic sound designer have become increasingly apparent with each of his recent offerings, and in Asect:Dsect, he has, even without the aid of a corresponding film, actually managed to enter into the realms of planetary creation. The man is a specialist in throwing sounds around an area, and he uses this technique as much as is technically possible within the confines of a stereo setup, to the effect of placing the listener in an artificial space – one that upon entering, becomes eerily reminiscent of movies such as Ridley Scott’s “Alien” series.

From Dusted

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Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden (1988)

2011-02-28T23:32:00.004+01:00

ARTIST`````Talk Talk

ALBUM`````Spirit of Eden

GENRE`````Post Rock, Alternative, Long

YEAR````````1988

A true classic.

Review

Spirit of Eden is a 1988 album by the English band Talk Talk. It was written by Mark Hollis and Tim Friese-Greene, and performed by numerous musicians using a diverse combination of instruments. It is widely regarded as a masterpiece. In 2008, Alan McGee of the Guardian wrote: "Spirit of Eden has not dated; it's remarkable how contemporary it sounds, anticipating post-rock, The Verve and Radiohead. It's the sound of an artist being given the keys to the kingdom and returning with art."

Compare Spirit of Eden with any other previous release in the Talk Talk catalog, and it's almost impossible to believe it's the work of the same band -- exchanging electronics for live, organic sounds and rejecting structure in favor of mood and atmosphere, the album is an unprecedented breakthrough, a musical and emotional catharsis of immense power.

Here is a rather nice article on Wikipedia about the album.

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Psycho Baba - On The Roof of Kedar Lodge (2000)

2011-02-28T22:32:00.004+01:00

ARTIST`````Psycho Baba

ALBUM`````On The Roof of Kedar Lodge

GENRE`````Experimental Tribal Psychedelic Japan

YEAR````````2000

Excellent Japanese experimental non-stop fluids.

The project and the album

Psycho-Baba is one of a growing contingent of bands that has been dropping hefty supplies of dynamite on traditional connotations of Japanese music. The group's strength is their innovative mixture of Indian sitars, tablas, drums, and effects. While most Japanese bands are a direct reaction to American culture, Psycho-Baba ventures outside the norm, borrowing largely from the hypnotic trends of Europe and the traditional sounds of Southwest Asia. TabLoveDubLa TabLoveDubLa TabLoveDubLa, their first album, released in 1998 on Japan Overseas, is one drawn out 54-minute track. This monumental piece was noteworthy enough to catch the attention of the paragons of Japanese youth experimentalism, the Boredoms, who they opened for on a 1998 world tour. Originally led by sitar master Mhayow, tablist Ahkio, and drummer Suttgun, the threesome made quite an impression on the Boredoms. For the 2001 release On the Roof of Kedar Lodge, Yoshimi P-We and Atr joined the band, augmenting an already impressive rhythm section.

Making experimental music is easy. Seek out disorganized noise in a relatively new form and you're all set. Making good experimental music, however, is next to impossible. That requires an intuitive sense of breakneck originality that's engaging enough to make an audience take notice. Atr and Yoshimi P-We, dueling drummers for the avant-something troupe the Boredoms, should appreciate this theory as much as anyone. They've slapped together oodles of unlistenable noise albums, and they've also composed sublime, earnest, and ethereal melodies. Psycho-Baba, one of the projects they do to kill time while away from the Boredoms, shows just how wonderful it can be when it all comes together. Led by sitar player Mhayow, the modern experimental tendencies of the Boredoms have been put on the back burner in favor of South Asian harmonies. The ethnic ambiance melds seamlessly with subtle, hypnotic electronic inducements, along with elaborate percussion arrangements that keep it all moving. It's pleasant from start to finish, with moments of near perfection. A great album even for those who might shy away from the Boredoms.

By Kieran McCarthy, Rovi

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Colleen - Everyone Alive Wants Answers (2003)

2011-02-28T22:02:00.003+01:00

ARTIST`````Colleen

ALBUM`````Everyone Alive Wants Answers

GENRE`````Indie Post Rock Experimental Electronic

YEAR````````2003

As promised:)

Review

Just when you thought this kind of tangled, floating, ambient wash -- sometimes with guitars, sometimes without -- couldn't get any better than specific parts of Susumu Yokota's Sakura and Grinning Cat, Colleen came along with Everyone Alive Wants Answers. Colleen is actually Cecile Schott, a Parisian who wrenches out cobwebbed melodies that are fully fleshed out as frequently as they are stunted and knotted. Her means aren't all that unique. Barbed glockenspiels, worn music boxes, humming keyboards, happenstance guitar melodies, soft-focus production -- all of that's been done before, right? What makes her stand out is that her songs seem meticulously stitched together while nearing the brink of collapse at the same time, almost all of the time.

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The Mumps - Fatal Charm (1994)

2011-02-28T21:14:00.011+01:00

ARTIST`````The Mumps

ALBUM`````Fatal Charm

GENRE`````Campy Glam New York Underground Punk / New Wave

YEAR````````1994

I ain't dead yet - I just had a little nap:)

Biography:

The Mumps were one of the most obscure, but distinctive, New York bands of the late '70s, performing an absurdly theatrical fusion of pop, punk, and glam rock. Led by vocalist Lance Loud, the group's music was an affectionate satire of '70s kitsch culture, predating the similar obsessions of the B-52's by a number of years. The Mumps rocked as hard as the New York Dolls, while writing clever pop hooks that updated trashy garage and bubblegum singles of the '70s. Although they never even earned a large underground following, the group was a favorite of many punk rockers of the era (including the Ramones, Blondie, the New York Dolls, X, Television, the Cramps, Devo, and the Go-Go's), as well as '80s alternative rockers like R.E.M., Game Theory, and Sparks.

Check their shitty website.

About the album/compilation:

Fatal Charm compiles essentially the complete recorded works of the quirky New York band, including the simply wonderful "Crocodile Tears," as well as some equally spirited outtakes and live rehearsals. Though very little of the Mumps' music was released during their five years together as a band, their live shows were legendary, influencing many of the next generation of new wave and alternative rockers; Fatal Charm helps explain why bands continue to namedrop them 20 years later.

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V.A. Body Work (2011)

2011-01-06T23:02:00.005+01:00

ARTIST`````Various

ALBUM`````Body Work

GENRE`````Stuck in 1980's, Classics, Funk, Electro-Funk, Disco, Breaks

YEAR````````2011

A Bleeding Panda Compilation!

Why?

I've been meaning to finish this one ever since the HD Computer Music comp. This one is brimming with "stuck in 80's" funk-disco classics, a few mega icky childish pop tracks (Scritti Politti anyone?) and as always some lost or faded gems (Tarzan The Breakman, Ja Ready To Rock, Gettin' Loose). Also, the highlight here is most definitely one of the dopest disco-funk tracks of the 1980's: Tee's Happy (Tee Scott Club Mix), a gorgeous paradise of rhythm machinery and heart ripping guitar and synth work.

Tracklist

01 D-Train - You're The One For Me (1982)

02 Hot Streak - Body Work (1983)

03 Freestyle - Fly Freestyle (Instrumental Version Excerpt) (1984)

04 Man Parrish - Boogie Down (Bronx) (1986)

05 Scritti Politti - Hypnotize (1985)

06 Aleem - Sweet Treat (1987)

07 Kleeer - De Ting Continues (1982)

08 Bumble Bee Unltd. - Bumble Bee Rap (1981)

09 Captain Rock - Cosmic Blast (12''Mix) (1984)

10 Break Machine - Street Dance (1983)

11 Alex O - Gettin' Loose (1988 Nigeria)

12 Northend - Tee's Happy (Tee Scott Club Mix) (1981)

13 Aleem - More n More Love (1987)

14 Warp 9 - Nunk (1982)

15 Ministry - What He Say (1983)

16 Konk - Your Life (1984)

17 Afro Joe & The Bangos - Tarzan The Breakman (Radio Edit) (1984)

18 Hong Kong Syndikat - Roby (1984)

19 Midnight Star - Operator (Vocal LP Version) (1984)

20 Zapp And Roger - Ja Ready To Rock (1985)

21 Herbie Hancock - Autodrive (12'' Version) (1983)

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!!! The folder is marked with (2010) because I uploaded it before the 2011 so just retype that if you care:)

Megafaun - Gather Form And Fly (2009)

2011-01-03T13:18:00.004+01:00

ARTIST`````Megafaun

ALBUM`````Gather Form And Fly

GENRE`````Experimental Country-Rock, Freak-Folk, Indie

YEAR````````2009

Why?

Megafaun sound completely lost in time, frolicking around in forests, exploring gorges and finding shady rocks to use as diving boards into hot springs. Guys from The Onion said it the best - "Megafaun fits squarely in the bearded Caucasian folkie camp, but the ethereal Gather, Form & Fly is far too extraterrestrial-sounding to be bound to this planet, much less this country. Evoking a warmly inviting yet mysteriously alien countryside terrain reminiscent of those gorgeously golden wheat fields from Terrence Malick’s Days Of Heaven, Gather, Form & Fly has a psychedelic mind & a Pentecostal heart, applying raggedly strummed banjos and woozy acoustic guitars to harmonies that swell heavenward like ghostly dust clouds."

Be sure to google the lyrics - they are excellent.

Bio

When Justin Vernon left Raleigh-by-way-of-Eau-Claire-WI indie folkers DeYarmond Edison to go on to late-'00s indie wunderkind status as Bon Iver, the remaining members of DE, Phil Cook, Brad Cook, and Joe Westerlund, carried on in North Carolina as Megafaun. With an impossible-to-pinpoint, laid back lo-fi sound incorporating Byrds-esque harmonies, elegiac folk-picking, and off-kilter instrumentation (think a rougher-around-the-edges Fleet Foxes), Megafaun earned accolades beyond their feted former bandmate. The trio gained solid enough reviews for the sparse debut disc Bury the Square in 2008; however, their sophomore release the next year, Gather, Form & Fly, on the Home Tapes label, drew raves, with high marks from the Onion AV Club and Pitchfork.

Review byStephen M. Deusner

Megafaun's songs change shape constantly-- a thrillingly mercurial quality that makes Gather, Form & Fly a headily absorbing, occasionally unsettling listen. Despite their musical wanderlust, the trio remain firmly rooted in the Appalachian foothills, enamored with folk traditions and pastoral airs.

Read the rest...

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Documentary: Last Train Home (2009)

2011-01-02T11:37:00.008+01:00

Info

Last Train Home tells the story, movingly and without narration, of the world's largest human migration, which takes place once a year during the Chinese New Year's holiday. That's when 130 million Chinese migrant workers, many of whom have come from rural villages to work in urban factories, return home to visit the families they left behind.How to tell such a huge story? By focusing on a single family.

It's depressing enough to watch this family's struggles with life. But their pain really hits home when you think that the pants you might be wearing could have contributed to it.

Review from New York Times

Tells the story of a family caught, and possibly crushed, between the past and the future--a story that, on its own, is moving, even heartbreaking. Multiplied by 130 million, it becomes a terrifying and sobering panorama of the present.

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Review by Emanuel Levy

This extraordinary Chinese-Canadian documentary illuminates the human price involved in China's ascent into a global economic power: every year over 130 million migrant workers take an arduous journey back home. Emotionally engaging and starkly beautiful, the film offers intimate observations of one fractured family, shedding light on the human cost of China’s ascendance as an economic superpower. It's hard to think of another film that captures so vividly and painfuly the human price paid in the country's rapid process of modernization.

► Wikipedia

► IMDB page

► @ Rotten Tomatoes

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Here's a torrent software if you need it:)

Some notable films made by EyeSteelFilm:
Antoine A film about a very creative blind boy. Watch the trailer.
(if you find a download link let me know)

RiP: A Remix Manifesto A very fun documentary about the remix & mash-up culture and the music industry's reaction to it. Watch the trailer.

Up the Yangtze A film about the collateral damage caused by the building of the Three Gorges Dam.Watch the trailer.

Within a Deep Forest (Indie Freeware PC Game)

2011-01-01T23:49:00.004+01:00

NAME``````````````Within a Deep Forest

TYPE```````````````Platform Game

DEVELOPER```Nicklas Nygren

SIZE````````````````Just 20MB

Happy New Year Everybody! Now waste some time with this excellent minimalist indie freeware platform game.

Review by dessgeega (http://indygamer.blogspot.com/)

The game is drenched in twilight, the horizons frayed with purple. small pixel creatures lend hints of life and detail to the game’s massive rooms. a downtempo soundtrack ranges from hushed to softly jazzy, and hovers at the fringe of the player’s perception. the game itself is about a ball, with small eyes that sometimes blink and a short mouth that never moves.

Read the whole review

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Bruno Pronsato - Why Can't We Be Like Us (2008)

2010-12-26T15:16:00.005+01:00

ARTIST`````Bruno Pronsato

ALBUM`````Why Can't We Be Like Us

GENRE`````Minimal Techno, Microhouse

YEAR````````2008

Info & Review

It is very hard for me to find good techno (especially minimal) these last years so this gem comes as a very pleasant surprise. I suppose that playing the mega sexy and hypnotic What They Wish to a packed club would be a DJ's suicide but it is evident that author didn't spend 2 years of his life producing this just to create dance music for fluorescent thongs - he spent 2 years because he enjoyed it. This should be listened on the most expensive, finest and loudest headphones you can steal because there are endless little layers and touches of sound between the booming basslines.

Who is it?

The journey from speed-metal/punk drummer to minimal techno producer isn't exactly a common one, but it's exactly the music path that a certain Steven Ford has forged over the past 20 years. After leaving his Voice Of Reason bandmates back in Texas and making a move out west to Seattle, Ford became increasingly interested in computer-based music and electronic minimalism, steadily learning the tools that have made him such an accomplished producer.His early years in the electronic music scene saw him split his output between two different monikers. While his now defunct Bobby Karate pseudonym explored Ford's more abstract side, his more dance floor-focused work came out under the Bruno Pronsato name, and was promptly picked up by respected labels as Musique Risquee, Philpot and Orac.

Excellent review by RA

Why Can’t We Be Like Us is like the unexpected fulfilment of a promise: unexpected because none of Pronsato’s EPs so far had hinted at anything this good; and a fulfilment in the sense that he has spared nothing with this work—there is nothing missing, lacking, insufficient. Not since We Are Monster has a producer so subtly yet undeniably redefined what’s possible within the rubric of house. Listen to this, and so many things seem possible. All you other wannabes, you’re on notice: the bar has just been raised.

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Slapp Happy - Acnalbasac Noom (1973)

2010-12-26T13:47:00.004+01:00

ARTIST`````Acnalbasac Noom

ALBUM`````Slapp Happy

GENRE`````Avant-pop, Cabaret, Glam-Prog

YEAR````````1973

Info & Review

In 1974 Virgin Records rejected the album Acnalbasac Noom by the Avant-pop band Slapp Happy, made them re-record it with different backing musicians and then released it under the corrected title Casablanca Moon. Thirty-plus years later, Slapp Happy have re-released the original version of Acnalbasac Noom in the form it was intended, with four bonus tracks. It was recorded in Wümme, Germany in 1973 with Faust as their backing band and American guitarist Peter Blegvad, who was in Britain to complete his studies.

What made the album stand were the musical styles appearing on the album, which were absolutely out of step with what was common in those days - simple as glam but at moments complex as progressive, mixed into popular housewife styles of the 60's kitsch, tangos and even straightforward chansons. There are moments that totaly sound like hippie parents of Stereolab's band members. A dated sound when heard today but it's clean production and naive atmosphere make this collection of surreal and Kurt Weill-inspired expressionist cabaret ditties a must listen.

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This an alternate version of Slapp Happy's album Casablanca Moon

Bill Hicks - Rant In E-Minor (1997)

2010-12-24T23:43:00.002+01:00

ARTIST`````Bill Hicks

ALBUM`````Rant In E-Minor

GENRE`````Stand-up comedy, Genius, Character assassination

YEAR````````1997

Why?

Recently I watched American: The Bill Hicks Story documentary (very bleak & shitty fan-made effort if you ask me) and later discovered that I missed the best and rather famous Bill Hicks material ever recorded - Rant In E-Minor. Some bits from this album are just stunning pieces of character assassinations. It doesn't matter if you heard this before - hear it again and again because recordings like these remind us that it is healthy to occasionally express our anger in the most direct way possible.

Review from allmusic

Rant in E-Minor is the comedy equivalent of an Ingmar Bergman film. This posthumously released CD is so brutal, bitter, pessimistic, and honest that it is a very difficult task indeed to listen to it. Recorded most likely while he was going through chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer in 1993, Bill Hicks must have sensed the end was near for him. Like John Coltrane's wailing saxophone on "Interstellar Space," Rant in E-Minor seems to exorcise the burden of life from Hicks' body, while simultaneously reaching a level of passionate intensity rarely matched.

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Review by NICK TAVARES

The images are as graphic as any nightly newscast. Pro-life warriors murdering doctors. Cops storming trailer parks. Jesse Helms and Jay Leno killing themselves. Ronald Reagan, George Bush and Dan Quayle urinating into Rush Limbaugh’s mouth. Federal officers blowing fire into a Waco compound. It’s likely more explicit than any NC-17 movie released in the past decade. But at no time is it obscene. Sure, it’s not appetizing, but it’s funny as anything,and it’s all geared towards proving his ultimate point: that we are all one and we have to live with each other.

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Review by ALAN RANTA

Till that point, I thought Denis Leary's No Cure For Cancer was hilarious. Then I found out Leary lifted many of the ideas for his breakout CD from the material Bill had been developing since the early eighties for this album, watered them down, of course, to cater to the beer swilling, soap opera and wrestling watching pop fans Hicks stood against. Bill didn't really hate the people too lazy or ignorant to understand. His ultimate message, revealed to those who could see past his foul language and unapologetic delivery, was one of love, compassion, and understanding.

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