Noam Lemish – Twelve (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:05:25 minutes | 1,32 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © TPR Records
Noam Lemish is a Toronto-based pianist-composer whose music often defies categorization. In Twelve he leads a formidable jazz 12tet presenting a captivating set of six original compositions. This chamber-sized jazz orchestra – a nimble, yet powerful ensemble – features a stellar cast that includes many of Canada’s most prominent jazz artists, including multiple JUNO award winners. Growing up “in-between” cultures and places, having lived for extended periods in Israel, the United States and now Canada, Lemish’s music fuses an array of disparate influences and traditions. In Twelve, Lemish and his orchestra distill this integrated, transcultural musical life into a compelling, poignant, and joyful artistic statement.
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Norman Harper – Church Bells Beyond the Stars: The Organ of St George’s Cathedral, Westminster (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:07:12 minutes | 1,87 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Signum Records
Norman Harper was organ scholar at Gonville & Caius College Cambridge, where he studied composition with Peter Tranchell and organ with Peter Le Huray and Gillian Weir. His career has included director of music posts at churches and schools in the north-west of England and in London. Most of his compositions have been written for choirs he has directed, including Mass for Lower Voices, for the Lay Clerks of St George’s Metropolitan Cathedral Southwark, and Unison Canticles and Mass of St George for the Cathedral Girls’ Choir. Most recently he composed Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis for the Northern Cathedral Consort. Norman has performed widely as organ soloist and accompanist in the UK and abroad, including solo recitals on BBC Radio 3, and he has accompanied or directed numerous broadcast choral services on BBC radio and television. He commissioned two organ works from the composer Thomas Hyde: Præludium (1996) and Lucis Creator (2005). Norman gave Lucis Creator its premiere in a recital at King’s College Cambridge, and has recorded both works on CD together with music by Timothy Craig Harrison. In 2018 he retired from his post as director of music at St George’s Cathedral and remains active as a composer and organist.
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Noisia – Closer (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:19:15 minutes | 909 MB | Genre: Drum & Bass, Electronic
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Vision Recordings
After Outer Edges we were trying to find a new direction for Noisia. This resulted in an extensive journey that took us through a lot of new ideas and music.
Although we eventually decided to stop, we are proud of the things we made along the way, and these tunes were always meant to be part of a larger whole.
So before we finally close the book on Noisia, we wanted to share them with you, on one last album.
Previously released or newly finished, they all represent directions we enjoyed exploring.In the end, we didn’t manage to figure things out. But we did get closer.
‘Closer’ includes previously released singles and new collaborations with Skrillex, Camo & Krooked, Halogenix, Black Sun Empire, IMANU and Posij.
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Niek Baar, Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra – Obsession (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:03:11 minutes | 1,15 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Channel Classics Records
On this recording, Dutch violinist Niek Baar returns to the pieces that inspired him to become a violinist. Together with the Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, he has recorded some of the most wonderful violin repertoire ever written!
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Emile Parisien Quartet – Let Them Cook (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 56:15 minutes | 1,10 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © ACT Music
When accidents happen, they are normally over in seconds, sometimes minutes; this one has been going on for 20 years. It is two decades since the members of Emile Parisien’s quartet played a jam session together. At the end, they looked at each other in disbelief. They had not just been hit by a collective musical thunderbolt, they also knew they had just brought…well…something…into being. The common ground between them was jazz, but each had all kinds of seeds to sow in it, from classical music and contemporary sounds to rock, electronica and chanson. Saxofonist Emile Parisien, Pianist Julien Touéry, Bassist Ivan Gélugne and drummer Julien Loutelier rip up labels, break down barriers, upset codes, and yet they know exactly where they are headed. There is a shared obsession with narrative. “The central axis of the quartet has always been storytelling,” Parisien emphasizes.
Read moreDua Lipa – Training Season (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 15:28 minutes | 186 MB | Genre: Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Records
“Training Season” is a song by the English-Albanian singer Dua Lipa. It was released on 15 February 2024, as the second single from her upcoming third studio album. Lipa premiered the song at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards.
Read moreDina Ögon – Orion (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 30:00 minutes | 345 MB | Genre: Psychedelic Pop, Female Vocal
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Playground Music
Warm and harmonic, this four-piece Scandinavian soul act deliver nostalgia steeped tracks with a timeless feel. Described as the bastard lovechild of Fleetwood Mac, Khruangbin, obscure Motown singles, hip-hop duo Eric B & Rakim seasoned with a bit of Stevie Wonder, Selda Bagcan, Elis Regina and Ted Gärdestad, Dina Ögon borrow across decade, country, and genre, ultimately delivering cohesive and homely retro pop from a laidback Nordic horizon. With two critically acclaimed albums under their belt and backing from the likes of Tyler The Creator, many sold out tours and and an organic growth and word of mouth build up on a global level in just two years, they are gearing up to release their third album “Orion” in February 2024.
Read moreNickelback – Get Rollin’ (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 41:08 minutes | 885 MB | Genre: Rock, Hard Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
2022 release. Get Rollin’ is the 10th studio album by iconic rock band Nickelback and their first in five years. Nickelback is the 11th best selling musical act of all time with over 50,000,000 units sold and the 2nd best selling “foreign” group in the U.S. of the 2000s, behind only The Beatles. Amongst all these accolades, they’ve also been named Billboard’s “Top Rock Group of the Decade”, and they have received a staggering nine Grammy Award nominations, three American Music Awards, a World Music Award, a People’s Choice Award, twelve JUNO Awards, seven MuchMusic Video Awards, and have been inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame (2007).
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Crawlers – The Mess We Seem To Make (Deluxe) (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:18:22 minutes | 1,49 GB | Genre: Alternative Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Polydor Records
The Mess We Seem To Make is the eagerly anticipated debut album from Crawlers. Digging deeper into what fans already know and love about their eclectic alt-rock sound, it builds on the relationship of trust they have with producer Pete Robinson and engineer Tom Roach at Liverpool’s Coastal Studios and takes on a whole range of challenging topics; trauma, sexual politics, mental health, the general goings on in a young person’s life.
The album features 12 tracks, including the single ‘Would You Come To My Funeral.”
Coach Party – KILLJOY (Deluxe) (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 43:37 minutes | 565 MB | Genre: Indie Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Chess Club Records
KILLJOY represents the culmination of four years of constant graft including three EPs (2020’s Party Food, 2021’s After Party and last year’s Nothing Is Real) and a subsequent slew of tours supporting Wet Leg, The Amazons, We Are Scientists, and more. In 2022 alone, the band played 120 live shows including a mind-boggling night at the 97,000-capacity Stade de France supporting Indochine. Growing closer, discovering their own unique interpersonal alchemy and leaning into the live side of their sound have become the keys to Coach Party’s kingdom.
Read moreChromeo – Adult Contemporary (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 54:38 minutes | 652 MB | Genre: Electronic
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
David ‘Dave 1’ Macklovitch and Patrick ‘P-Thugg’ Gemayel bring back Chromeo for the band’s first album in six years, and their sixth altogether. Adult Contemporary finds the Canadian duo confronting middle age and the perils of trying to keep it funky when hurtling toward your mid-forties, and includes the singles ‘Words With You’ and the La Roux-featuring ‘Replacements’.
Read moreCat Stevens – New Masters (Deluxe Edition) [2004 Remaster] (1967/2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:03:41 minutes | 1006 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © UMC-Decca
Matthew & Son and New Masters – both released in 1967 – feature some classic songs including ‘I Love My Dog’, ‘Matthew & Son’, and ‘The First Cut Is The Deepest’.
These new editions feature ‘newly enhanced’ vocals courtesy of Abbey Road Studios’ ‘demix’ software used on the original master tapes. SDE’s understanding is that this is used when the vocals are not available isolated on one channel (because otherwise you could simply do a standard remix with the vocals pushed higher).
Read moreBoston Symphony Orchestra – Holst: The Planets (1980/2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 49:28 minutes | 1,56 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Decca Music Group Ltd.
Experience the majestic cosmos through Holst’s timeless masterpiece, “The Planets,” as brought to life by the Boston Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Seiji Ozawa. Released in 1980 by Universal International Music, this iconic album takes listeners on an interstellar journey, each movement representing a celestial body in our solar system. From the ominous grandeur of “Mars, the Bringer of War” to the ethereal beauty of “Neptune, the Mystic,” Ozawa and the Boston Symphony Orchestra deliver a captivating performance that captures the cosmic essence of Holst’s visionary composition.
Read moreNew Philharmonia Orchestra – Albéniz: Frühbeck De Burgos Suite Española (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/176,4 kHz | Time – 38:04 minutes | 1,49 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Decca Music Group Ltd.
Tuneful, exotically scored (by the conductor Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos), and giving orchestra and recording engineers alike a chance to show their paces, the Suite Española makes highly entertaining listening. We are given here seven pieces from Albeniz’s original piano suite plus Cordoba, which is from the same composer’s Cantos de Espana. As this has a very fetching tune to end the record graciously, no one is likely to complain. But try the opening Castile for its glittering castanets or the Asturias with its eloquent and sonorous brass chords to offset the flurry of strings.
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Andrea Bocelli – Cinema (Edición en Español) (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:11:54 minutes | 1,43 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Universal Music Group International
International superstar Andrea Bocelli will be back again. With “Cinema” his hotly anticipated new album with some of the most beautiful songs from the well-known cinema films will be released.
It has been two years since Bocelli celebrated great success with his last studio album “Passione”. On “Cinema“ he has now teamed up with well-known pop artists and performs ”E Piu Ti Penso“ from the film ”Once Upon a Time in America” /”The Magic of Malena” with Ariana Grande, for example.
In addition to this highlight, Bocelli’s new album features a collection of theme songs from legendary films such as “Gladiator”, “The Godfather”, “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” and much more, as well as well-known songs from the musicals “West Side Story” and “Evita”.< The deluxe version comes with 3 bonus tracks, including “Dont Cry For Me Argentina” from the musical “Evita” in a duet version with Nicole Scherzinger.
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