Tagua Tagua – Todo Tempo (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 20:34 minutes | 234 MB | Genre: Latin Pop, R&B, MPB
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © WONDERWHEEL RECORDINGS
Having solidified his reputation as one of Brazil’s most promising new acts while garnering an international fanbase, Felipe Puperi aka Tagua Tagua returns with a new EP – ‘Todo Tempo’.
Dialing back the psych element in his sound, the six tracks contained
on the EP showcase the tenderness and longing in Felipe’s voice coupled with his immense songwriting talent. What’s resulted is all new arrangements recorded solely on his acoustic guitar with minimal production as he carefully and lovingly re-imagines 6 standout tracks from his debut album ‘Inteiro Metade’ (Costa Futuro) and his last LP, ‘Tanto’ (Wonderwheel Recordings). Todo Tempo is being released by Wonderwheel Recordings in conjunction with Costa Futuro.
Stephen Grew – Now we are Here (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 57:00 minutes | 501 MB | Genre: Jazz
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This second volume of solo piano from Grew comes hot on the heels of his 2023 Discus Music release “Chasm”, also for solo piano. For all the brilliance of that earlier work, Grew was keen to push himself even further and engage with a piano and a space with which he was already very familiar – at Lancaster Baptist Church, close to his home in the North West.
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Orla Gartland – Woman on the Internet (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 56:32 minutes | 588 MB | Genre: Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © New Friends
On 16 October 2020, Gartland released a single called “Pretending”. The song discusses the difficulty and trouble of pretending to be the person someone else wants, in order to be a “people pleaser”. This was the first single to be released from Woman on the Internet. The second single, “More Like You”, was released on 13 January 2021. According to Gartland herself, the song deals with identity, jealousy, and the desire to have the life of someone who seems to have everything easy. The third single, “Zombie!”, was released on 13 April 2021. It deals with the topic of toxic masculinity and with Gartland entreating another individual to open up about their emotions and stop repressing their true feelings. The song was produced alongside Pete Robertson, a producer for Beabadoobee and the Vaccines.
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Lumas Winds – The Naming of Birds: British Wind Quintets (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:12:31 minutes | 1,24 GB | Genre: Classical
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Lumas Winds presents The Naming of Birds, an album illustrating the development of the British wind quintet, starting in the 1960s, and finishing in the early 21st century, exploring one piece from each decade. The group comments: “This album is designed to serve as a point of accessibility for these works, especially the three world-premiere recordings by Sally Beamish, Gavin Higgins and Elizabeth Maconchy. We have always been drawn to performing fresh and exciting music that is rarely heard or performed but have found programming new works can be difficulty without knowing how the sound will complement or contrast the rest of the concert. We hope this recording will provide a reference point for future ensembles, encouraging them to programme these works. We have reflected the diverse British identities of the Lumas Winds members in our choices. Welshman William Mathias’ Wind Quintet is the earliest work on the disc and was one of the first pieces we chose for this programme.” Lumas Winds is a dynamic young wind quintet based in London, comprised of recent graduates for the Royal Academy and the Royal College of Music, the members of Lumas are committed ambassadors for wind chamber music and the rich variety of repertoire that it offers.
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Kevin Juillerat and Cedric Pescia – Kevin Juillerat: Dämmerung (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 48:06 minutes | 677 MB | Genre: Classical
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Dämmerung is a true odyssey of sound and drama. It is the exploration of a new piano, transformed through various preparations and enhanced by an electronic device that literally turns it into a speaker. The work is the result of a collaboration lasting several years between the French-Swiss pianist Cédric Pescia and the Swiss composer Kevin Juillerat. It was written in 2020 during a 6-month artist residency in Berlin and premiered on May 20, 2022 in Lausanne (CH).
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Hattler – Velocity (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 54:04 minutes | 606 MB | Genre: Jazz, Future Jazz, Downtempo
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Hardly a German musician has distinguished himself so consistently as an instrumentalist and songwriter by such an unmistakable musical language and has constantly evolved as well as ECHO award winner and exceptional bassist Hellmut Hattler, who has been with Kraan, Tab Two or his for nearly five decades Formation Hattler – always innovative and confidently indicating groove and sound.
One year after his last album »Bassball II« and meanwhile recovering from his severe illness, Hellmut Hattler presents »Velocity«, a highly vital and equally inspired work. The musician, who has an unmistakable sound-technical and compositional handwriting, plays his musical preferences on the now seventh studio album of the form named after him – with well-proven top-class companions such as Joo Kraus, Peter Musebrink or Fola Dada.
“Velocity” is much more than just a musical statement, but also a very personal sign of life of the groove guarantor. So the exciting musical journey of funk-clocked soul-pop (»teaser«) with a sensitive Fola Dada on the mic and the instrumental number »Anthem For Approaching Starships« set in the best Kraan tradition about the dream sequential (electronically infected ) Title track to exotic seductive world sounds (“Delhi Mail”).
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Gebhard Ullmann & Philipp Gerschlauer – Twelve + 1 Murals (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 43:29 minutes | 397 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Between the Lines
“Intermediate tones are only cramps in class struggle,” the folksinger/songwriter with left-wing politics Franz-Josef Degenhardt once criticized.
The two saxophonists Philipp Gerschlauer and Gebhard Ullmann see this very differently. They even deal in detail with the realm of microtones on “Twelve 1 Murals”. Gerschlauer entered the cosmos of microtones in 2017 on the album “Mikrojazz” with David Fiuczynski, Jack DeJohnette, Giorgi Mikadze and Matt Garrison, and Gebhard Ullmann plays in the band Mikropuls with Hans Lüdemann, Oliver Potratz and Eric Schaefer; the album under the same name was released in 2019. The common musical interests of Gerschlauer and Ullmann led to a collaboration that began a few years ago, however was slightly slowed down by Corona. “For me, Philipp is one of the best alto saxophonists in Berlin,” Ullmann states enthusiastically about his co-musician. “During the first Covid year we tried out microphones and positions to achieve an optimal recording result for a saxophone duo.” Thus an album was produced, and when mastering the sound engineer said: ‘This is one of the best recordings I ever heard’.
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Charles Aznavour – La Bohème (1966/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 28:54 minutes | 1,17 GB | Genre: Chanson, French Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Universal Music Division Barclay
Charles Aznavour, also known as La bohème is an album by French-Armenian singer Charles Aznavour, released in 1966. It included such international hits as “La Bohème” and “Jezebel”. The album includes songs by Charles Aznavour, Georges Garvarentz, Gilbert Bécaud and others. In 1966 it was originally released by Barclay Records in France and Canada, then by Reprise Records in the US (as Aznavour).
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Wyly Bigger – Broken Telephone (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 32:08 minutes | 368 MB | Genre: Rock
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Growing up along the edge of the murky waters of the Mississippi River, it is no surprise Wyly Bigger chose the path of blues and rock and roll music. Hailing from Marion, Arkansas, just across the water from Memphis, Tennessee, Wyly started his journey on the piano at only four years old, teaching himself songs by ear and following in the footsteps of those from all over the southern delta. Spending a lot of his time between Memphis and Clarksdale, Mississippi, Wyly learned the blues from several mentors, including Pinetop Perkins and Bob Margolin. At age 26, he’s now been taking over the Memphis music scene, keeping the spirit of rock n’ roll alive through the walls of Earnestine and Hazel’s, Beale Street clubs, Cooper-Young hot-spots, and many other local dives.
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Sweet Megg – Bluer Than Blue (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 41:51 minutes | 803 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Turtle Bay Records
On her newest album, “Bluer Than Blue,” Sweet Megg combines Nashville musicians with early jazz players from the roster of Turtle Bay Records artists. The band’s style is relaxed and convivial, using elements of both styles, and the solos flow together without any stylistic conflict. The repertoire was pulled equally from jazz and country standards, with one new song co-composed by Megg and Justin Poindexter. While the general mood of the album is joyous and upbeat, most of the lyrics are about heartaches, which explain the album’s title.
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Olivier Collette – The Bridge (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 51:43 minutes | 1,02 GB | Genre: Jazz
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The repertoire consists entirely of classical music arranged in jazz (Schumann, Chopin, Bach, Mozart, Piazzolla, etc.).
This album is a continuation of the critically acclaimed Classical Tribute project. “The Bridge’ is a bridge between classical music and jazz, between past and present.
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Michael Schiefel & David Friedman – Hiptoe (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:10:48 minutes | 680 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Traumton
I made up a definition, solely for myself, a highly subjective description of the result of a truly spontaneous musical interaction. I call it “pure music”. It’s not some term that musicologists might use to analyze musical phenomena. It’s personal. It describes a feeling I get in an ideal improvisational setting. It defines what happens to me when I feel that certain spark of creative excitement beyond the material, structure, form, harmony, etc.
It’s special, selective, the opposite of “the norm”, the “every day” experience.
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Maria Bertel – Monophonic (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 34:44 minutes | 665 MB | Genre: Jazz
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Monophonic is the name of the new album by Maria Bertel. As the title hints the album is a study of music played with ‘one voice’. The amplification of the trombone mimics the effect of a magnifying glass, that let otherwise inaudible sounds be heard and brought forward. The compositions are long swathes of sound slowly developing, heavily inspired by drone and noise.
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Makenzie – A Really Pretty Fucking Cool EP (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 35:55 minutes | 515 MB | Genre: R&B, Soul
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Records
Hey y’all!!! Soooooooo, my new EP: A Pretty Fucking Cool EP is out this Friday, April 26.
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Various Artists – Lin-Ni Liao: Bagatelles (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 55:41 minutes | 497 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © NEOS Music
The exceptional artist LIAO Lin-Ni brings silence to life and gives us something previously unheard of.
“The luminosity, clarity, tenderness and humor of the poetry of Emily Dickinson, from which these compositions are inspired, are messages that allow me to go beyond the living silence of the earth and our inner world that never dies…
These works express the relationship between the morphology of sound and light, sound and physical gesture. The writing of light and shadow coexists with that of the instrumental in several pieces. Both are inseparable and live in each other. They unite in physical light and spatialized sound.”
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