Dunedin Consort, John Butt – Handel: Messiah (Dublin Version, 1742) (2006)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 02:19:58 minutes | 2,45 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Linn Records
This superb 2-disc set, which features the Messiah as premiered by Handel in Dublin in 1742, was named the winner of Baroque Vocal Album of the Year in the 2007 Gramophone Awards.
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Duncan Sheik – Alice By Heart (Original Cast Recording) (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 45:54 minutes | 538 MB | Genre: Soundtrack
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Ghostlight Records
In the rubble of the London Blitz of World War II, Alice Spencer’s budding teen life is turned upside down, and she and her dear friend Alfred are forced to take shelter in an underground tube station. When the ailing Alfred is quarantined, Alice encourages him to escape with her into their cherished book and journey down the rabbit hole to Wonderland. As they travel through the tale, ALICE BY HEART explores the poignancy of first love, coming to terms with loss, and finding the courage to move forward. This world premiere musical encourages us all to celebrate the transformational power of the imagination, even in the harshest of times.
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Duncan Honeybourne – De Profundis Clamavi (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:36:42 minutes | 2,41 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © EM Records
De Profundis Clamavi is a double CD with recordings of English piano music that contrasts three dramatic sonatas with a lively selection of shorter pieces ranging from sublime poetry to dark rhapsody.
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Duncan Honeybourne – A Hundred Years of British Piano Miniatures (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 54:00 minutes | 380 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Grand Piano
The piano pieces here trace a trajectory from the Edwardian poetry of Leo Livens to the overdubbing of Peter Reynolds by way of a century of evocative, descriptive and exciting miniatures. Reflecting pastoral, light and experimental traditions, these previously unrecorded works offer rich variety from neglected composers. Duncan Honeybourne enjoys a colorful and unique career as solo pianist, chamber musician, educator and artistic director. He has appeared at many major concert halls and at leading festivals, and has been a frequent broadcaster at home and abroad. One of his generation’s leading exponents of 20th century English piano music, several celebrated contemporary composers have also dedicated major new works to him. An inspiring teacher and educator, he has devised and written several recital programmes blending words and music and has created and directed several series of piano and chamber concerts. Duncan is also sought-after nationwide as a thought-provoking and entertaining lecturer on his experience of living with autism.
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Dumpstaphunk – Where Do We Go From Here (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:01:32 minutes | 713 MB | Genre: Funk
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © The Funk Garage
In New Orleans, “groove” can be used as a noun, adjective, verb, or pronoun as well as a universal language, and a religion if you will, understood and aspired to by all. No current NOLA collective understands the concept and the history behind that fraught term better than Dumpstaphunk, led by Ivan and Ian Neville—sons of musical royalty Aaron and Art Neville, respectively—whose sound echos their fathers’ bands The Meters and The Neville Brothers, but amped up for a new century. Known for monster grooves and extended instrumental jams, and inspired by the energy that only crowds can provide, Dumpstaphunk’s recording catalog is dominated by live albums. Where Do We Go From Here, only their third studio collection in nearly 20 years together, has solved the problem of finding intensity without an audience by updating their famous 2017 political statement song, “Justice” (now called “Justice 2020”) and by putting their particular spin on three tunes that are part of the band’s collective musical foundation. An album whose title poses a question relevant not only to the band’s future but also to the state of the planet opens with all its funk rock guns blazing on a storming rendition of Buddy Miles’ “United Nation Stomp” (from his 1973 album Booger Bear), that features guest guitarists Marcus King and Waddy Wachtel. A cover of “Let’s Get At It” by obscure local ’70s funk band Blackmail keeps The Meters bounce alive. And Dumpstaphunk’s version of Sly Stone’s “In Time”—a noted favorite of Miles Davis among others—features drummer Alvin Ford Jr. expertly negotiating the tune’s wickedly complex rhythms. Echoes of horn driven funk from the likes of Average White Band and Tower of Power color the punchy “Itchy Boo.” Sonically, in-your-face volume is emphasized over dynamics throughout, though the levels come down slightly in certain tunes like the dance grooves of “Make It After All” and the throwback slice of Meters-like funk, “Backwash.” The funky spirit of New Orleans’ first family of the groove marches on. – Robert Baird
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Dulces Exuviae, Romain Bockler and Bor Zuljan – Josquin: Adieu mes amours (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:02:50 minutes | 1,05 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Ricercar
A composer admired by his contemporaries, Josquin Desprez (ca 1450-1521) was a solitary artist who sublimated in his chansons the melancholy character and the elegance emblematic of the Renaissance. For their first recording, Dulces Exuviae explore the intimacy of these chansons in a fresh light: the sweet melodies are embellished by ornaments and accompanied on the lute, leaving ample room for improvisation, and thus allowing music to come out all the more alive, delicate and filled with emotion.
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Dukes of the Orient – Freakshow (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:00:20 minutes | 745 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Frontiers Records s.r.l.
Dukes of the Orient will finally release their eagerly anticipated second album, “Freak Show” on August 7, 2020. The band’s sophomore album follows their impressive self-titled debut, which successfully launched the new international AOR with a touch of Mid-Atlantic Prog band.
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Dukes of the Orient – Dukes of the Orient (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 53:01 minutes | 651 MB | Genre: Rock, Progressive Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Frontiers Music s.r.l
What do you get when you match a Brit from London who loves American AOR with an American from California who grew up on British Prog? Dukes of the Orient is the masterful pairing of vocalist John Payne (ex-Asia, GPS) with keyboardist Erik Norlander (Last in Line, Lana Lane) who now present their eponymous debut album, ten years in the making. The two are backed by a world-renown ensemble of top musicians including Jeff Kollman, Guthrie Govan, Moni Scaria and Bruce Bouillet on guitar and Jay Schellen on drums. Payne provides bass guitar and additional lead and rhythm guitar parts to complete the audiophile production. Dukes of the Orient has its origins in 2007 as “Asia Featuring John Payne,” a band that continued on after Asia keyboardist, Geoff Downes, left to re-form the original 1982 lineup.
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Duke Robillard – Duke Robillard And His Dames Of Rhythm (2017/2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:02:01 minutes | 365 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © M.C. Records
“Duke Robillard & His Dames of Rhythm, an eclectic collection of Jazz/Swing tunes from the 1920’s & 30’s. Duke invited some swinging and sultry ladies to the party, Maria Muldaur, Catherine Russell, Kelly Hunt, Sunny Crownover, Elizabeth McGovern (Downtown Abbey) and Madeleine Peyroux. The record features a generous 15 tracks with liner notes from acclaimed producer and D.J. Bob Porter. Duke, a founding member of the acclaimed swing band Roomful of Blues has recorded and toured with a who’s who of roots music including Bob Dylan, Herb Ellis, Big Joe Turner, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Ruth Brown, Jay Geils and John Hammond to name several. Duke’ talents have garnered Grammy Award nominations, as well as having won or been nominated for multiple Blues Music Awards and Canadian Maple Blues Awards. > Madeline Peyroux has been compared to Billie Holiday. > To hear Kelly Hunt in this context is a real treat. > Maria Muldaur is no stranger to older material. She has toured with traditional jazz bands performing songs of the ’20s and ’30s. > Catherine Russell is a performer who has occupied a position right on the swing/blues cusp. > Sunny Crownover met Duke Robillard back in 2008 and has they have been part of each other’s projects since that time. Sunny sings with great rhythmic feeling.”
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Duke Robillard – Blues Full Circle (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 51:43 minutes | 606 MB | Genre: Blues
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Dixiefrog Records
“This album really does represent a full circle of blues for me. Eight of the tunes are new compositions and three tunes here represent songs I wrote as much as 30 to 45 years ago when I was leader and front man for the original Roomful of Blues in the 1970s. We hope you enjoy our back to the basics approach to the music here. Just straightforward small band, old school blues.” –Duke Robillard
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Duke Pearson Trio – Profile (1959/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 36:25 minutes | 327 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Music Manager
Profile is the debut album by American pianist and arranger Duke Pearson, featuring performances by Pearson with Gene Taylor and Lex Humphries. It was recorded in 1959 and released the same year on the Blue Note label. Like the following Tender Feelin’s, Profile has been released singularly on CD only in Japan by Blue Note/EMI. However, at present, it can be found on the twofer Profile & Tender Feelin’s – Duke Pearson Trio issued by Fresh Sound Records in May 2011. Duke dedicated this album to his mother, Emily Pearson, “the one responsible for my coming this far”.
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Duke Pearson Quintet – Hush! (1962/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 45:05 minutes | 427 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Music Manager
Hush! is the fifth album by American pianist and arranger Duke Pearson recorded in 1962 and released on the short-lived Jazzline label in 1962 as The Duke Pearson Quintet. Hush! features performances by an unusual quintet featuring two trumpeters, Donald Byrd, and Johnny Coles. The album was later reissued on the Polydor label and in 1989 released on CD under Byrd’s & Coles’ name on the Black Lion label as Groovin’ for Nat with additional takes and unissued tracks.[2] It has been subsequently released on other labels, particularly under Donald Byrd’s name. It was released on digital media by the Blue Velvet label as “Duke Pearson: Hush”, including the bonus tracks, in 2017.
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Duke Jupiter – You Make It Look Easy (1982/2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 39:01 minutes | 884 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Coast To Coast Records
Duke Jupiter’s 5th album (1982) was the band’s most polished rock ‘n roll effort to date and could have produced a number of hit singles. Radio embraced This is Japan and I’m Available, but Coast to Coast failed to promote the album, and it quickly became buried under the Ds in the record bins.
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Sion Orgon – Dust (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 39:48 minutes | 433 MB | Genre: Art Rock, Experimental Rock, Electronic
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Lumberton Trading Company
For a number of years now, Sion Orgon has been crafting music that fuses abstract electronic mulch with the kind of bright melodies one would expect from a shiny pop group. Using avant-garde sensibilities and a vision partly shaped by his affiliation with both Thighpaulsandra and Coil, the Welsh producer/musician has never been afraid to push these into areas most artists of a similar disposition would never be bold enough to touch. At once catchy, psychedelic, filmic and disturbed, Sion Orgon’s work has a very distinctive feel to it that only arrives from a craftsman firmly locked on to his own path. Dust is the very latest collection of work, comprising six new tracks featuring Thighpaulsandra (Coil, Spiritualised, Julian Cope) on half of them and a number of other guests, including Claudio Gian, Lara Ward and Richard Johnson (Splintered, Theme). Somewhere amongst the many convoluted folds of often weird ‘n’ wonderful sounds are texts spoken by a number of random Finnish and Latvian people, further enhancing the multi-dimensional stealth attack of any one of the songs presented here. Like, again, his regular collaborator Thighpaulsandra’s work, Sion’s is enmeshed in rich layers and tangents so disparate they’d never make sense in anybody else’s hands, and despite the countless such claims put forward by those essentially creating music permanently stuck in first gear this truly is aimed at those who demand far more from their listening experience.
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