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Kady Diarra – Burkina Hakili (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 54:37 minutes | 611 MB | Genre: World, Female Vocal
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Lamastrock
Sometimes, a creation from the contemporary world conceals some of the greatest treasures of the human soul. Between millenary tradition anchored in a territory and globalised modernity, Burkina Hakili is a melting pot of humanity. Few albums contain so much cross-energy: the fibres of the same fabric from which the great Kady Diarra is made!
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The Mavericks – En Español (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 49:02 minutes | 1,04 GB | Genre: Latin
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Mono Mundo Recordings
The Mavericks will release their first album sung entirely in Spanish on August 21st. The band, who marked their 30th anniversary last year, assemble original material and classic songs on En Español, a dream project for the group’s co-founder Raul Malo.
The eclectic band preview the LP, coming via their own Mono Mundo Recordings and Thirty Tigers, with both the studio version of the song “Poder Vivir” and a live performance video.
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The Manhattan Transfer – The Junction (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 43:27 minutes | 550 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © BMG
During the 1970s, and especially the 1980s, Manhattan Transfer topped the charts with its clever blend of jazz vocal light, doo-wop and cabaret. Following the passing of their leader, Tim Hauser, in 2014 due to a heart attack, very few observers gave them much of a chance. But The Junction is proof that the flame still shines bright, thanks in part to the arrival of Trist Curless (a rather surprising replacement for Hauser) and the intact virtuosity of Cheryl Bentyne, Janis Siegel and Alan Paul. Nine years after the surprising The Chick Corea Songbook, Manhattan Transfer offers a rather eclectic repertoire, mixing original compositions and well-chosen covers (US3/Herbie Hancock, Rickie Lee Jones, XTC). All in all, The Junction is as much a beautiful tribute to Tim Hauser as the signal of a new start.
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Thelma Plum – Better In Blak (Anniversary Edition) (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 56:27 minutes | 631 MB | Genre: Alternative Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © WM Australia
Ltd First Nations Flag Coloured Edition ….Gamilaraay singer songwriter Thelma Plum today celebrates the first anniversary of her critically acclaimed debut album ‘Better In Blak’ with the release of a special edition vinyl of the album. The new anniversary edition vinyl features the colours of the First Nations/ Indigenous Flag. With over seventy million global streams, countless accolades, a national sold out tour and a debut London show that sold out two months in advance – it has truly been a monumental twelve months since the release of ‘Better in Blak’. Featuring the certified ARIA Platinum single “Clumsy Love” and ARIA Gold single “Better In Blak”, the album went on to garner nominations for the Australian Music Prize Album of the Year, six ARIA nominations (including Album of the Year, Best Pop Release, Best Female and Breakthrough Artist), two APRA nominations and two National Indigenous Music Award nominations (for Album and Song of the Year). Thelma also landed three songs in the triple j Hottest 100 including the album’s title track at #9, as well as becoming the highest fan voted indigenous artist in the history of the poll and went on to place second in the triple j album of the year listeners poll. Most recently Thelma unveiled a stunning re-record of Powderfinger’s 1999 hit single “These Days” that soundtracks the current CBA We Can. Together campaign.
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The Norwegian National Opera Orchestra & Ingar Bergby – Norwegian Opera Overtures (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:10:54 minutes | 2,49 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Lawo Classics
The Norwegian opera literature is a well concealed and all too little known gem in our national cultural heri-tage. There is general agreement that it begins with the Waldemar Thrane/Henrik Bjerregaard Singspiel Fjeld-eventyret (The Mountain Story) from 1824. And through-out the nineteenth century there were a number of Norwe-gian composers who wrote operas, most of them now long forgotten.
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The Northern Consort – Fiesta Boccherini (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:18:06 minutes | 1,33 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Aliud Records
Luigi Boccherini occupies a special place in cellists’ hearts: he must have been a phenomenal player, and, happily, he was also a composer. His exceptional knowledge of the technical possibilities of the cello helped him create a completely knew sound-palette. It is particularly evident in his chamber music, with its splendid vocalic lines, often revealing an undertone of melancholy, combined with impressive virtuosity, and with a wink or a smile appearing now and then from under the surface. The settings are very varied: not only calling for two celli, but also for two violas, and for a wide variety of solo instruments with string quartet: violin, oboe and guitar.
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The Tenors – Christmas with The Tenors (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 47:50 minutes | 980 MB | Genre: Pop, Christmas
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © WM Canada
The Tenors recently welcomed Grammy and Juno award nominee and international recording artist Mark Masri and the most celebrated new voice to emerge from Italy in a generation, winner of Italy’s most prominent TV competition “AMICI”, Alberto Urso.
These two remarkable Tenors join Victor Micallef and Clifton Murray, who have been thrilling audiences around the world for over a decade with their powerful songs, outstanding harmonies, and undeniable charm. Their distinct sound, with 4 powerful voices again, reimagines iconic hits and blends classical music, contemporary pop, classic rock, folk, and inspired self-penned original songs. The award winning and multi-platinum selling band have achieved international success, performing thousands of live shows and hundreds of national and international TV appearances on five continents. The band’s repertoire includes songs in English, French, Spanish, and Italian featuring both covers and original songs.
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The Sundays – Reading, Writing And Arithmetic (1990/2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 38:23 minutes | 775 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Parlophone UK
Originally released in 1990 on Geffen Records, the debut album by The Sundays features their breakout single, “Here’s Where The Story Ends”. It was released in 1990 on Rough Trade Records in the United Kingdom, and on DGC Records in the United States. The album’s title is a reference to the band’s hometown, Reading, Berkshire. Pitchfork ranked Reading, Writing and Arithmetic at number 15 on its list of “The 30 Best Dream Pop Albums”.
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Sven Wunder – Late Again (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 34:18 minutes | 392 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Piano Piano
When the sun hovers near the horizon, the rays of white sunlight are scattered out of the beam by small particles and molecules in the atmosphere that sprinkle the sky with brilliant hues indicating that the day starts to fade. As night begins to fall, tree-tops redden and begin to glow. Darkness closes in and falls like a blanket covering the sky. It is late again and all is in shadow below. It is when stars align and dreams come true. Sven Wunder thrives at nightfall and welcomes the horizon of beginnings on ”Late Again”, a collection of nocturnal jazz pieces that depict shooting stars and scattered beams from the setting sun, with an emphasis on gentle compositions for piano and orchestral pop-jazz arrangements for flute, brass, and strings.
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The Rolling Stones – Sweet Sounds Of Heaven (Single) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 12:29 minutes | 267 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Polydor Records
The Rolling Stones have released the second single of their new album “Hackney Diamonds”, which will be released in October, today (28.09.). It is called “Sounds of Heaven” and shows that the band has actually set on a diverse sound for the new long player. The Stones are supported on this track by Lady Gaga and Stevie Wonder.
The two stars have agreed to get involved in the new track. For example, Lady Gaga can be heard alongside Mick Jagger, while Wonder provides instrumental support. After the up-tempo song “Angry”, “Sweet Sounds of Heaven” is a more soulful number, which – also thanks to Lady Gaga’s vocal power – builds up to a pompous number with a big band character.
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The Replacements – Tim (Let It Bleed Edition) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 03:22:32 minutes | 3,84 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino – Warner Records
This expanded Let It Bleed edition of the Replacements’ fourth studio album Tim—the final with their full, original lineup—is a marvelous, absolutely necessary corrective to the muddled-sounding original release from 1985. Tim found the band at their creative peak, with some of the best songs Paul Westerberg, Chris Mars, and brothers Tommy and Bob Stinson would ever write, fresh under their belts. Here we get to enjoy not only the demos and an entire live show that are staples of the expanded reissue game, but we get to hear a version of the original album that’s worthy of the material, thanks to veteran producer and engineer Ed Stasium.
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The New Society – The Barock Sound of the New Society (1966/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 30:57 minutes | 1,15 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RCA – Legacy
The New Society take baroque pop to a whole new level. The cover photo of them dressed ridiculously in Renaissance clothing is not a joke. They seriously wanted to merge baroque culture with rock culture…Which they call “barock”. I can’t even count how many times they say stuff like “methinks, thou, willist, shalt” in their lyrics. Sometimes it sounds genuine, but it usually sounds like one big bubblegummy act.
The music really isn’t that bad. Its typical baroque pop/rock with lots of electric guitar and harpsichord. Plenty of folk is on hand as well. If I was to compare them to anyone, I’d say they’re like all those west coast sunshine and folk bands like: The Mamas & The Papas, Jefferson Airplane, New Christy Minstrals, etc.
You can tell this was a failed experiment. But hey, they’re good for a laugh and the music’s alright.
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The Orb & David Gilmour – Metallic Spheres In Colour (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 40:02 minutes | 403 MB | Genre: Electronic, Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia – Legacy
‘Metallic Spheres’ by The Orb and David Gilmour, the guitar and voice of Pink Floyd, has been reimagined and remixed as ‘Metallic Spheres in Colour’. Of this rework, producer Youth says ‘The idea for ‘Metallic Spheres in Colour’, was that Alex Paterson (founder of The Orb) could have done more on the first version, and he didn’t really have the opportunity because we had a philosophy of making the music like the ‘Blade Runner’ soundtrack meets ‘Wish You Were Here’. So, I asked him why don’t we remix it and make it like an Orb classic? And in doing that, it’s almost like a completely different album’.
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The Lovelites – Love So Strong – The Lovelite Recordings (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 56:37 minutes | 686 MB | Genre: Soul, R&B
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © P-VINE RECORDS
The rich 70s legacy of the Lovelites – a Chicago trio who first sprang onto the soul with some wonderfully fragile work when they were young, and who continued to record some really great music – even though they never fully got their due at the time! The music here was all done after the girls got their one shot at an LP on the Uni label – and the set features rare work for a variety of different labels, all issued only as 7″ singles – plus a few tracks that were never released at the time. All the strength of their early vocals is still in place here, but guided by a sense of maturity that makes the music even more powerful – and which seems to indicate that the trio have already lived a lot of life in the time since their first records – all of which they bring to play in the music. Most tracks have a groovy vibe – midtempo and mellow, but with a gentle groove too – one that brings out the best in lead singer Patti Hamilton, in a set of 16 tracks that includes “My Conscience”, “Love So Strong”, “Got To Be There”, “Oh What A Day”, “Get It Off My Conscience”, “My Baby Loves Me”, “Bumpy Road Ahead”, “Man In My Life”, “Love Is Pretty”, “I’m The One You Need”, “Come & Get It”, and “Cravin For Your Love”. © 1996-2023, Dusty Groove, Inc.
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The New Christy Minstrels – On Tour Through Motortown (1968/2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 30:32 minutes | 674 MB | Genre: Folk
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia – Legacy
The New Christy Minstrels were formed by singer/guitarist Randy Sparks in 1961. Sparks had been a solo musician in the late 1950s, mixing folk music with Broadway. In 1960 he formed the Randy Sparks Trio with his wife, Jackie Miller, and Nick Woods, but soon realized he wanted a larger group. At the time folk music was very popular and choral groups like the Norman Luboff Choir and Les Baxter’s Balladeers began incorporating it in their repertoires. Sparks created a 14-voice ensemble, The New Christy Minstrels, by combining his trio with another trio, The Inn Group (John Forsha, Karol Dugan and Jerry Yester), a quartet, The Fairmount Singers, and banjo player Billy Cudmore, folk-blues singer Terry Cudmore, folk singer Dolan Ellis and singer/guitarist Art Podell.Large commercial folk groups did not exist in those days, and The New Christy Minstrels burst onto the folk scene with “a barrage of color-coordinated blazers, starched petticoats, choreographed grins, and stage makeup.”[5] The group’s name was derived from Christy’s Minstrels, a blackface group formed by Philadelphia-born showman Edwin Pearce Christy in 1842. Sparks modeled his relationship to his band after legendary composer Stephen Foster, who had given many of his compositions to the original Minstrels to help popularize them.
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