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Tamar Braxton – Calling All Lovers (Deluxe) (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 56:22 minutes | 657 MB | Genre: Soul, R&B, Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Epic – Streamline Records
Tamar Braxton’s return to music in 2013 could not have gone much better. Love and War debuted at number two, featured a number one R&B hit and two additional singles that either scraped or peaked near the Top Ten. Three Grammy nominations resulted. Follow-up Calling All Lovers is wrapped up like it offers even more theatrics. Braxton isn’t smiling in any of the photos contained in the booklet, which is made to look like a newspaper titled Tamartian Times. (Braxtonian Beacon was likely never considered; “Tamartian” is a nod to her followers). The album starts in scattered fashion with some neo-reggae, a retro-modern midtempo groove that evokes breakbeat-driven early-’90s productions, and a church-ified ballad. After those three songs, the album stabilizes, sliding between a number of plush ballads and sophisticated but bumping slow jams. Heartache prevails during the first half and crests with “Never,” an authoritative and elegantly paced kiss-off of an inappreciative lover. The latter half is mostly about devotion and awe, while the back-to-back “Love It” (all booming bass, tapping keyboards, and rattling percussion) and “Must Be Good to You” (light and springy disco-funk) turn it up several degrees with Braxton offering firm declarations of her sexual power. Calling All Lovers doesn’t merely offer more than what its packaging suggests. It might not feature a single as big as “Love and War,” but it tops that song’s parent album. ~ Andy Kellman
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Tall Heights – Pretty Colors For Your Actions (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 37:35 minutes | 785 MB | Genre: Indie Pop, Alternative
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Masterworks
The electrofolk’s duo Tall Heights brand new album Pretty Colors For Your Actions is a living and breathing record. The album finds the duo exploring a range of musical influences and emotions. The 11-track album is underpinned by the duo’s signature melodies, layered and shaped with live instrumentation and contemporary production to create the sonic universe that is Pretty Colors For Your Actions.
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Tall Heights – Neptune (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 41:53 minutes | 479 MB | Genre: Pop Rock, Folk, Progressive Folk
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Masterworks
Neptune is the major label debut album from Boston progressive folk duo, Tall Heights. Neptune is the follow up to 2015 s Holding On, Holding Out EP which was met with critical acclaim from outlets like NPR and The Wall Street Journal who compared their emotive harmonies and poignant lyrics to the likes of Simon & Garfunkel, Sigur Ros and Bon Iver. Of particular note is the track Spirit Cold , the lead single from the forthcoming release. In a short time it has reached almost 5.5 Million streams on Spotify and is growing quickly.
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Talking Heads – Talking Heads: 77 (1977/2009)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 39:03 minutes | 838 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino – Warner Records
Talking Heads’ groundbreaking 1977 debut remains one of the most celebrated releases of the New Wave era. The album featured the breakout hits “Psycho Killer” and “Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town” and introduced the world to the band’s singular and nervy blend of pointilistic funk, punk, and rock. The album is ranked as one of Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.
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Talking Heads – Speaking In Tongues (1983/2011)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 52:24 minutes | 969 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino – Warner Records
Talking Heads’ 5th studio recording remains one of their most commercially successful recordings and made Rolling Stone’s “100 Greatest Albums of the Eighties” list. The album infuses the group’s sophisticated, yet funky new wave sound. Although the Heads were well-known, this breakthrough album helped make them a household name. Featuring the groundbreaking “Burning Down the House”, which was their first top 10 hit and expanded the borders of pop music. Experience the group’s most celebrated album now as a high resolution download.
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Talking Heads – Remain In Light (1980/2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 41:55 minutes | 873 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino – Warner Records
Talking Heads’ 1980 masterpiece stands among the most celebrated work of the decade. Largely defined by the ground-breaking recording methods of legendary producer Brian Eno, the music draws from funk, African rhythms, electronic music and rock indiscriminately, making for a startling original and hugely influential sound.
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Talking Heads – Naked (1988/2011)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 58:10 minutes | 1,20 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino/Warner Bros.
This album stands as a wonderful departure from normal Talking Heads fare, as the band opts for a more international sound which includes a cast of French musicians and lyrics which would be finished later in New York by David Byrne. The Heads are under no pressure to produce radio-ready hits and free to be themselves. That being said, the album contains a number of gems, including ‘Nothing But Flowers’ and ‘Blind’.
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Talking Heads – More Songs About Buildings & Food (1978/2011)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 41:43 minutes | 903 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino – Warner Records
Talking Heads’ 1978 masterpiece remains one of the most celebrated albums in the rock canon. The record—co-produced by Brian Eno—featured the band’s chart-topping cover of Al Green’s “Take Me to the River,” and brought together elements of reggae, funk, punk and country for a singular and innovative sound. The album is one of Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Albums of All Time” and is widely regarded as one of the greatest musical achievements of the New Wave, punk, and post punk genres. Featuring the classics “Found A Job” and “I’m Not In Love.”
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Talk Talk – The Colour Of Spring (1986/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 51:43 minutes | 1,01 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Parlophone UK
The Colour of Spring was originally released in 1986 (1985 in Germany) and was Talk Talk’s third album. Featuring the singles “Life’s What You Make It”, the band was able to expand their fan base with The Colour of Spring, even though it was a stylistic departure from their previous synthpop/new wave albums.
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Talk Talk – Spirit Of Eden (1988/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 45:38 minutes | 854 MB | Genre: Post Rock, Ambient
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Parlophone UK
Spirit of Eden was originally released in 1988 and was Talk Talk’s fourth album. Much more experimental than their previous albms, it was not a commercial success but garnered praise from critics and musicians. Since it was first released, the album has come to be regarded as influential to post-rock and alternative rock.
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Talisco – Kings and Fools (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 39:36 minutes | 495 MB | Genre: Alternative Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Roy music
Talisco is back with King and Fools, a third album he describes as muscular. The group is no exception to its line: “to be kiffer and not to be eaten by a business. And he carries us with powerful titles, raised and bursting with freedom.
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Tale Of Us – Endless (Remixes) (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:30:41 minutes | 1013 MB | Genre: Classical, Electronic
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
Titled ‘Endless Remixes‘, the new LP ranges from “serene ambience to barrelling techno“, thanks to contributions from Alva Noto, Antigone, Antonio Ruscito, Kettenkarussell, Kiasmos, Monoloc, Rødhåd, SCB (aka Scuba), Sebastian Mullaert, Somne and Woo York.
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Tale Of Us – Endless (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:17:17 minutes | 750 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
Since bursting onto the scene in 2011, Matteo Milleri and Carmine Conte have become one of the biggest acts in dance music, pushing a dark, emotional brand of tech house via labels like Life & Death, R&S and their own Afterlife. For their first full-length, however, they’re changing tack, releasing an album that fuses electronic synthesis with classical, ambient and film score music. It’ll come out via world-renowned outlet Deutsche Grammophon, which is owned by Universal Music Group. The label describes it as “a haunting mix of otherworldly textures and melodies embedded in a contemporary sound.”
Listen to album cut “Distante,” which has been floating around since 2015. You can also read Will Lynch’s in-depth interview with Milleri and Conte from 2014.
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Tal Wilkenfeld – Love Remains (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 43:11 minutes | 459 MB | Genre: Alternative Rock, Indie Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Tal Wilkenfeld is a musical marvel; the kind of dynamic young talent whose fresh vision and uncanny intuition puts a whole new perspective on an age-old art form. While many people know Tal as the masterly bassist with Jeff Beck and her high-profile guest appearances with legends from Mick Jagger and Prince to The Allman Bros and Herbie Hancock, music fans are about to discover an entirely new side of Tal as a vocalist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. On her forthcoming vocal debut album, Tal’s range of talents are on full display, achieving a stunning balance between instrumental prowess and exquisite song craft, quickly captivating the ear and soul. After relocating stateside from her native Sydney, Australia at just 16-years-old, Tal made believers of rock royalty and fans with her uncommon combination of melodic sensibilities and technical prowess. Following the release of her instrumental debut, Transformation, Bass Player magazine’s readers’ choice poll in 2008 named her “The Year’s Most Exciting New Player,” and iconic bassist and producer Don Was presented her the publication’s 2013 “Young Gun Award.”
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Takuya Kuroda – Zigzagger (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 59:10 minutes | 724 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Concord Records
Takuya Kuroda’s follow-up to his breakthrough 2014 album, Rising Son, 2016’s colorful Zigzagger finds the trumpeter digging even deeper into his hip-hop and Afrobeat-influenced jazz sound. Whereas last time Kuroda benefitted from the production of one-time boss and collaborator/singer Jose James, here he mans the production chair himself. It’s a bold, if natural choice for the Japan-born/New York-based performer and brings his journey from James’ talented sideman to jazz star and captain of his own funk-jazz ship full-circle. Although steeped in acoustic jazz tradition, Kuroda (who studied at both Berklee and the New School) has gravitated toward more jam-oriented sounds in recent years. Blessed with a warm, robust trumpet sound and a knack for delivering lithe, soulful solos that bring to mind both Roy Hargrove and Hugh Masekela, Kuroda is truly a 21st century performer. Another shift from Rising Son is Kuroda’s choice to use his longtime backing ensemble, featuring trombonist/vocalist Corey King, keyboardist Takeshi Ohbayashi, bassist Rashaan Carter, and drummer Adam Jackson. It’s the same group that appeared on 2012’s superb Six Aces, and lends this album a familiarity and interplay that only musicians who’ve played together for a long time have. Together, Kuroda and his band make a kinetic blend of harmonically rich jazz that’s equal parts organic hip-hop, angular post-bop, and buoyant, rhythmically infectious Afro-beat. As if to reinforce the latter, Kuroda also brings on board longstanding New York Afro-beat ensemble Antibalas for the ’90s trip-hop-meets-’70s Fela Kuti-sounding “Think Twice.” Elsewhere, cuts like the title track, “R.S.B.D.,” and “Actor” find Kuroda framing his searching trumpet lines in quivering R&B-style synths, laser-tone bass, and pulse-pounding beats pushed way to the front of the mix. Similarly, on tracks like the bass-heavy “No Sign” and the Maceo Parker-esque “Thirteen,” he pulls the groove way back, underlining his hard funk aesthetic with puckered horn lines, loping drum beats, and shimmering wet keyboards. He even takes an inventive approach to jazz balladry, bringing to mind the ’70s work of trumpeter Eddie Henderson on his fractured, languidly melodic “Little Words.” As the title implies, with Zigzagger, Kuroda continues to push his distinctive jazz-funk explorations in ever more engaging and unexpected directions.
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