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Abstract INC. – Goodbye Big Idea (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 42:11 minutes | 800 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © ZenneZ Records
‘Goodbye Big Idea’, the first full-length album by Brussels-based jazz sextet ‘Abstract INC.’, takes you by the hand from the first note. As the name predicts, the album is an ode to the complexity of life. It recounts the tension between a comfortable existence and the harsh reality outside. Willingly, guitarist Machiel Heremans and his five excellent musicians suck you into an alternative world of spacey landscapes, bright contrasts and intriguing characters. Thus, ‘Goodbye Big Idea’ becomes a musical trip that leaves you slightly off balance.
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Gregory Hutchinson – Da Bang (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 50:31 minutes | 1,05 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Music Central Europe
He is considered one of the outstanding drummers of his generation and is also an absolute exception as a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter: Gregory Hutchinson. In recent decades, he has regularly collaborated with the big names in jazz music, but the New York musician has never released his own solo album. There is already a foretaste in the form of the first single “Straight From The Heart feat. Leona Berlin & Karriem Riggins“ – an atmospherically dense, emotionally charged track in which Hutchinson makes common cause with the highly acclaimed German neo soul singer/producer Leona Berlin and the award-winning hip-hop producer and drummer Karriem Riggins (J Dilla, Common, Robert Glasper) from Detroit, who also drums together with Hutchinson and directed the recordings of the entire album.
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The Lonely Heartstring Band – Smoke & Ashes (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 46:35 minutes | 852 MB | Genre: Folk, Bluegrass
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rounder
‘Smoke & Ashes’ is the second album from roots music quintet The Lonely Heartstring Band. This album takes their musical experimentations further than ever before, and announces the arrival of a band, which isn’t just genre-bending – they’re creating an entirely new sound. They’ve taken their cumulative experience of musical tastes, ranging from pop to classical to folk, and discovered a common ground. Poetic depth, 60s pop, blues-inspired grooves, and more tease out exciting textures from the band’s bedrock bluegrass foundation. Produced by Lake Street Dive’s Bridget Kearney, ‘Smoke & Ashes’ puts an ideal blend of common ground and diverse directions on ferocious display.
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The Hi-Lo’s – Now (1981/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 38:19 minutes | 699 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © MPS
This 1980 set from influential vocal quartet The Hi-Lo’s includes pop hits of the era (Just The Way You Are, After the Love Is Gone) and standards arranged to highlight the precise harmonies of the four members. The album was one of a pair the ensemble recorded after a 14 year hiatus; the response from the public encouraged the quartet to work together more regularly throughout the rest of the 1980s.
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Del Water Gap – I Miss You Already + I Haven’t Left Yet (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 42:16 minutes | 536 MB | Genre: Indie Pop, Pop Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Mom+Pop
Del Water Gap is the solo project of songwriter and producer S. Holden Jaffe, which has grown from a bedroom setup to a nationally touring band since releasing his self-titled debut LP in 2021. The album features tracks “Ode to a Conversation Stuck in Your Throat” (performed on Late Night with Seth Meyers), “Perfume” (Top #8 Most Spun at SiriusXM), “Sorry I Am” (Triple J’s Best New Music)” and more. In addition to a run of sold out headline dates in the US and UK/EU, Del Water Gap has recently been on the road with Maggie Rogers, Arlo Parks, girl in red and Jeremy Zucker. His sophomore album I Miss You Already + I Haven’t Left Yet will be out this fall.
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David Ian – Vintage Christmas Trio Melody (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 40:53 minutes | 1,39 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Prescott Records
Vintage Christmas Trio Melody follows David Ian’s previous releases Vintage Christmas and Vintage Christmas Trio. This album features instrumental-only jazz trio interpretations of Christmas favorites using the most minimal elements–highlighting Ian’s craft as pianist and arranger. David Ian’s delightful performances transport you to an era that birthed the most sentimental songs of this season.
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The Linarol Consort – La la hö hö: Sixteenth-Century Viol Music for the Richest Man in the World (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:07:24 minutes | 1,33 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Inventa Records
Making their Inventa Records debut, the Linarol Consort of Renaissance Viols presents a recording of German, Flemish and French viol consort pieces of the early-sixteenth century – “La la hö hö”. Recorded from a new edition of a rare manuscript held in the vast collection of the National Library of Austria, in Vienna, the manuscript is not widely known by exponents of music of this period. The completion of the manuscript dates to around 1535, and soon after it was finished it was in the library of the wealthiest and most influential of German merchants of the sixteenth century, Jacob Fugger, who is held to be one of the wealthiest individuals in history.
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Danny Bryant – Rise (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 40:25 minutes | 499 MB | Genre: Blues, Blues Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Jazzhaus Records
One of the most prolific and celebrated blues-rock artists in the UK, Danny Bryant is to release a brand-new album – ‘Rise’ – on 29 September through Jazzhaus Records. His 13th album, it is Danny at his dynamic best – his distinctive guitar once again complementing his gravel tone vocal that exudes with the raw emotion this new body of work intended. ‘Rise’ follows the release of his critically acclaimed 2021 album ‘Rage To Survive’ which Blues Matters! Magazine described as”… everything I part with money for and this will be played and played” and Classic Rock Magazine noted Danny’s true blues-rock credentials by describing it as”… new songs with blues-rock provenance.” Written by Danny (except for the Bob Dylan cover ‘I Want You’) and co-produced with Ian Dowling and mastered by Gwyn Mathias, ‘Rise’, like all twelve albums previous, further deepens Danny’s authority as one of the leaders in British blues-rock proving his genuine authenticity.
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Danijel Brecelj – Brahms Piano Variations (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:05:10 minutes | 539 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © ZKP RTVSLO
ZKP RTV Slovenia in cooperation with Radio Slovenia – ARS programme is releasing Brahms Piano Variations on themes by Schumann, Händel and Paganini performed by pianist Danijel Brecelj. “I appreciate the Brahms’s feeling for creating full harmonies with Romantic rapture within a meaningful formal structure. This allows the performer profound personal expression which along with virtuosity and symphonic sonority, completes the musical narrative in a thoughtful and effective way,” Brecelj explains his choice for Brahms.
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The Hermes Experiment – Song (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:07:35 minutes | 1,11 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Delphian Records
Hot on the heels of their acclaimed debut project, The Hermes Experiment’s second Delphian album is an equally bold statement. Songs commissioned specially for the ensemble – by Philip Venables, Ayanna Witter-Johnson and others – are interleaved with new arrangements (of composers including Barbara Strozzi, Clara Schumann and Lili Boulanger) for the group’s distinctive line-up of voice, clarinet, harp and double bass. Moving and original, “Song” reinvents a genre: here every instrument is a voice in its own right, and they all carry the drama.
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Compagnia Transalpina, Andreas Böhlen – Telemann: Trio Sonatas & Quartets (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:11:05 minutes | 1,33 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Aeolus
The trio sonatas by Telemann were already regarded by his contemporaries as “models of their kind”, they demonstrate Telemann’s imaginative composing style. Compagnia Transalpina under the direction of Andreas Böhlen highlights the colourful partnership of recorder and oboe.
The upper parts are complimented by a rich bass line combining bassoon, cello and harpsichord. Sumptuous ornamentation is applied to the upper lines, inspired by Telemann’s own writing, resulting in dynamic and flamboyant ensemble playing.
Recorder player and jazz-saxophonist Andreas Böhlen, professor for recorder at the renowned Schola Cantorum in Basel, Switzerland, has combined forces on this recording with leading baroque oboist Andreas Helm, professor in Vienna.
The Heads Of The Family – Play and Sing (Remastered from the Original Alshire Tapes) (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 29:29 minutes | 624 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Alshire
The Heads of the Family present a programme of 60s roots rock on their release Play and Sing, with tracks from CCR, Dorothy Love Coates, and more! The collection comes courtesy of Countdown Media’s restoration of the master tapes from renowned legacy label, Ashire/Somerset.
The Alshire/Somerset labels feature the renowned 101 Strings Orchestra, a household name in easy listening, and many other artists. It boasts 10,000 recordings of classic pop songs, soundtracks, latin and world music, all remastered from the original tapes
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The Kanneh-Masons – Carnival of the Animals (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:04:02 minutes | 1,21 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Decca Music Group Ltd.
Decca Classics announces the release of Carnival, a very special collaboration between Academy Award-winning actor Olivia Colman, children’s author Michael Morpurgo and the seven “extraordinarily talented” (Classic FM) Kanneh-Mason siblings – Isata, Braimah, Sheku, Konya, Jeneba, Aminata and Mariatu.
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Charlotte Keeffe – ALIVE! in the studio (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 49:16 minutes | 538 MB | Genre: Contemporary Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Discus Music
For her second Discus Music release, Charlotte has convened her regular working quartet to explore open ended versions of her compositions which form the basis of their live set. Captured with energy and clarity in the studio, here we have 60 minutes of real group interaction where the music from each player is balanced equally within the total group sound.
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The Hank Jones Trio – Bluebird (1956/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 42:30 minutes | 291 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Music Manager
Bluebird, also released later as The Trio with Guests (1956) and Hank’s Pranks (1962), is an album by American jazz pianist Hank Jones recorded in 1955 for the Savoy label.
AllMusic reviewern Scott Yanow stated: “These relaxed cool jazz performances feature pianist Hank Jones in a variety of settings. …It’s a tasteful set of melodic bop”. The Penguin Guide to Jazz commented on Jones’s preference for flutes instead of saxophones at this time, and praised Mann’s articulation on the title track.
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