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Oliver Thomas – The Brightest Light (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 39:58 minutes | 475 MB | Genre: Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © V2 Records Benelux
Thomas Oliver represents the openness of the mind and the heart, both as a musician and as a human. He touches people’s lives in all corners of the globe as he draws a connection between various forms of music that could otherwise be considered polar opposites. His warm demeanor and story-telling on stage are as much a part of his musical identity as his unmistakable falsetto-singing range, his award-winning songwriting (he was awarded the APRA Silver Scroll (Song Of The Year) – award in New Zealand in 2016), his world-renowned touch on the lap-slide guitar, or his celebrated vocal contributions to the genre of Drum & Bass music (for which he was recently a finalist for the Best Vocalist Award at the Drum & Bass Arena Awards). “The Brightest light” is a combination of Soul, Roots, Folk and Pop, but it certainly carries some of the energy and diversity of Berlin. “I had set out to write a new record in New Zealand where I lived, but I had the distinct sense that I needed to change my surroundings in order to write music that was inspired in a different way. So I moved to Berlin, Germany, and set up a studio soon after completing a 19-date European tour. Berlin is unconventional, colourful, and sometimes challenging, which is what made it the perfect place to base myself while I wrote this music. I started writing songs as soon as I touched down; I couldn’t help it.” After multiple tours and support shows of artist such as Fat Freddy’s Drop, Joe Cocker, Eric Clapton and Xavier Rudd, the start of 2020 will see more new music from ‘The Brightest Light’, until its release on March 6th, with full-band touring across Europe, New Zealand and Australia. Tip for enthusiasts of: Gary Clark Jr, Son Little and Amos Lee.
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David Hill, BBC Concert Orchestra, The Bach Choir – Missa Sabrinensis & Michael Fanfare (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:11:26 minutes | 1,20 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Hyperion
It was The Bach Choir (under Sir David Willcocks) which played an important role in helping rehabilitate the Missa Sabrinensis, and this fine recording with David Hill marks a significant new chapter in the work’s performance history.
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The Ayoub Sisters – The Ayoub Sisters (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 52:17 minutes | 1012 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Decca (UMO) (Classics)
Multi-instrument playing sisters spotted by Mark Ronson bringing together classical with pop.
Discovered two years ago by Mark Ronson to record a cover of ‘Uptown Funk’ at Abbey Road. The talented sisters now return to Abbey Road to record their album with a full symphony orchestra.
Includes an upbeat and jazz-influenced full orchestral arrangement ‘Uptown Funk’
Mark Ronson said: “It was brilliant to bring together unique talents and produce a new cover of Uptown Funk. It’s an honour that such talented people are interested in my music…we created something special.”
Performing their own arrangements of classical and pop tracks.
Newly composed track ‘Call to Prayers’ brings together musical themes from Islam and Christianity. Will be released to coincide with International Peace Day on Thursday 21 September 2017.
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Thomas Lefort & Pierre-Yves Hodique – Folk (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:18:49 minutes | 806 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Mirare
This album is an opportunity to pay tribute to folk music, to the traditional dances and songs that inspire a large part of the violin repertory. Between the end of the Nineteenth Century and the first half of the Twentieth, a number of composers succeeded in transmitting through their music powerful, emotionally charged impressions, resulting from their travels and their encounters with certain musical traditions, traditional melodies, rhythms and specific harmonies.
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Thomas Hobbs, Romina Lischka, Sofie Vanden Eynde – Orpheus’ Noble Strings (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:04:10 minutes | 1,18 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Paraty Productions
Orpheus and his lyre: how to better picture the power of music? Orpheus could move stones to tears, he even moved to pity the gates of death. Music overturns the world, this the composers of the English Renaissance knew very well. Even more, music is the soul of the world, a unifying force. Thomas Hobbs celebrates the many facets of music in lutesongs, in particular those of by T. Campion and J. Danyel. It is not solely the lute which accompanies the song, but also less frequently heard instruments such as the lyra viol, the bandora, the orpharion. With their generous strings, these instruments bring to the ears the sound of Orpheus’ magical lyre.
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The Beach Boys & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – The Beach Boys With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 54:01 minutes | 1,12 GB | Genre: Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Capitol Records
This album combines the brilliant original vocal harmonies of The Beach Boys’ beloved classics with brand new symphonic arrangements performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, creating a unique and special experience of these iconic songs. 17 tracks produced by Nick Patrick and Don Reedman. Executive produced by Jerry Schilling. Orchestra conducted by Sally Herbert and Steve Sidwell and recorded by Peter Cobbin at Abbey Road Studio 2.
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The Beach Boys – The Beach Boys In Concert (1973/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:14:20 minutes | 2,60 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Capitol Records
Although somewhat unimaginatively titled, 1973’s Beach Boys in Concert is significantly more than a hastily compiled live collection of hits. To the contrary, the set includes highlights from the band’s earliest sides (“Surfer Girl”) through to the groundbreaking Smile era (“Good Vibrations” and “Heroes and Villains”) as well as more concurrent material (“Sail On Sailor” and “Marcella”). These are complemented by a generous representation of deeper cuts including “You Still Believe in Me” from Pet Sounds, “Let the Wind Blow” from Wild Honey (1968), as well as later tracks like “Leaving This Town” and “Funky Pretty.” The song “We Got Love” was originally recorded and penciled in for inclusion on Holland, but the laid-back rocker didn’t make that release and instead makes its debut here.
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The Beach Boys – Wild Honey (1967/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 24:22 minutes | 777 MB | Genre: Pop Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Capitol Records
Released in late 1967, Wild Honey marks the first time the Beach Boys had incorporated elements of soul and R&B into their classic California sound. As the follow-up to the ill-fated and poorly received (at the time) Smiley Smile, there was a lot of pressure on the band to rebound with a hit and Wild Honey did the trick very nicely, earning rave reviews and going on to become one of the most respected and acclaimed Beach Boys albums.
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The Beach Boys – The Beach Boys Today! (1965/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 29:37 minutes | 1,26 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Capitol Records
Newly remastered for vinyl and in hi-res by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, The Beach Boys Today! is presented here in stereo.
The album is the eighth by the band, and featured hits such as “Do You Wanna Dance?”, “When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)”, and “Dance, Dance, Dance”. The album peaked at #4 on the US Billboard 200 chart, and the production hints at the more mature depth that would appear on albums such as Pet Sounds.
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The Beach Boys – The Smile Sessions (2011)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 02:21:17 minutes | 2,48 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Capitol Records
From the summer of 1966 into early 1967, the iconic Californian rock band embarked on the anticipated follow-up to their 1966 masterpiece, Pet Sounds. The unreleased album, SMiLE, was recorded and drafted through various sessions but was ultimately abandoned and unreleased, until now. This definitive collection features the full participation of original Beach Boys, Al Jardine, Mike Love and Brian Wilson. The band’s trademark vocals harmonies and riveting guitar work have made them one of America’s bestselling artists of all time. This essential release, embodying the California spirit, features the hit songs, “Good Vibrations,” “Surf’s Up,” “Heroes and Villains,” “Cabin Essence,” “Wonderful,” “Our Prayer” and dozens more. A stunning mosaic of pop-rock anthems, The SMiLE Sessions is a truly long awaited release, now available as a pristine hi-res download.
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The Beach Boys – Beach Boys’ Party! Uncovered And Unplugged (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 02:27:50 minutes | 2,80 GB | Genre: Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92)
Beach Boys’ Party! Uncovered and Unplugged is an upcoming compilation and remix album to be released by Capitol Records on November 20, 2015. It is an 81-track expansion of Beach Boys’ Party!
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1965 release of the Beach Boys’ top 10 album Party!, group members have overseen this remixed, remastered and expanded edition, Beach Boys’ Party! Uncovered And Unplugged, which removes the overdubbed party sounds from the 12-track original album’s mix and adds 69 more songs and dialogue tracks culled from all of the band’s Party! recording sessions.
“Mike was saying, why not a party album and we can act like we are (at a party) and just be ourselves on tape, you know? And that’s what happened. It was a very spontaneous album.” –Brian Wilson
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The Beach Boys – The Beach Boys’ Christmas Album (Mono & Stereo) (1964/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 55:18 minutes | 2,06 GB | Genre: Christmas
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Capitol Records
Beach Boys’ Christmas Album features the Beach Boys performing a variety of holiday favorites. Most of the featured songs are well-known, some of the more popular being “Frosty the Snowman,” “White Christmas,” “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town,” and “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” among others. Furthermore, there are four songs composed by the Beach Boys — “Little Saint Nick,” “Man With All the Toys,” “Santa’s Beard,” and “Merry Christmas, Baby” — which begin the album. This mix of favorites and originals makes this a balanced holiday album that should please both Beach Boys admirers and those unfamiliar with the group. – Jason Birchmeier
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Thomas Grimmonprez Quartet – Big Wheel (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 47:13 minutes | 839 MB | Genre: Contemporary Jazz, Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Outnote Records
Thomas Grimmonprez writes: The big wheel. The wheel that reminds us of our relationship to movement and time. The freewheel of letting go, of the suspended moment. The wheel that turns round in a square world. The symbolic nature of the big wheel inspires myths and sacred themes; it refers to the idea of perfection, like the circle; it refers above all to movement, evolution, what is to come. It is also a new beginning, perpetual creation. It was this idea of a cycle and a new beginning that stimulated me to compose this album; a new repertory with longstanding companions. After the album Kaléidoscope, released in October 2016, my desire to reveal my sonic identity further now leads me to continue my journey in the quartet form. This new project takes flight thanks to the talent of musicians free of all aesthetic dogmatism, who have consented to place their talent at the service of my compositions in order to cast light on these various tableaux in sound. By combining four strong personalities who share the same artistic attitude, I hope to be able to invite the listener to travel within my universe. It was our long friendship that prompted me to write this repertory.
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Thomas Enhco & Vassilena Serafimova – Bach Mirror (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 57:10 minutes | 943 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Masterworks
On the album “Bach Mirror” the French pianist Thomas Enhco and marimba player Vassilena Serafimova give well-known and less well-known works by Johann Sebastian Bach an innovative sound. Pieces such as the Prelude No. 2 from the Well-Tempered Clavier or the Air from the orchestral suite No. 3 sound new and fresh in the unusual instrumentation of piano and marimba. With their sound painting arrangements, Thomas Enhco and Vassilena Serafimova expose Bach’s harmonic-melodic work structures and enable the audience to gain new perspectives on the architecture of his unique compositions.
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Thomas Enhco – Feathers (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 58:03 minutes | 560 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Universal Music Division Decca Records France
Bercé par la musique classique émanant d’une lignée de musiciens doués (son père n’est autre que le chef d’orchestre Jean-Claude Casadesus), Thomas Enhco s’est fait un nom dans le jazz contemporain avec ses trois albums précédents travaillés en trio, Esquisse (2006), Someday My Prince Will Come (2010) et Fireflies (2012). Avec ce premier opus réalisé en solitaire, l’héritage familial ressort davantage au long des huit séquences composées par le pianiste.
Écrit en majeure partie à New York, Feathers évoque selon son auteur les différentes étapes d’une histoire d’amour, racontées par un piano volubile, instrument idéal pour ce qui est de transmettre toute la gamme d’émotions y afférant : la rêverie de « Watching You Sleep » que l’on croirait tirée d’un cahier de Debussy ; la passion folle de « Looking for the Moose », pièce maîtresse et savante exprimant l’enthousiasme et ses battements de coeur ; « Je voulais te dire » où la violence des sentiments laisse place à la réflexion, voire au doute ; et ainsi de suite du malicieux « Mischievous », multipliant les détours, et de « The Last Night of February », jouant sur deux tableaux (mineur et majeur).
Les plumes (feathers) du recueil sont à la fois celles de la légèreté des jambes, de la tête et du coeur qui s’emballent, et les traces qu’elles laissent quand l’histoire prend fin ou mauvaise tournure, comme dans « Letting You Go ». Les sentiments laissent alors place aux souvenirs de « Sand Creek Song » et de « I’m Fine, Thank You ». En équilibre entre l’écriture et l’improvisation, Thomas Enhco démontre une nouvelle fois ses qualités de compositeur éclectique et de virtuose sensible.
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