https://www.myspace.com/leftlanecruiser





Origine du Groupe : North America

Style : Punk Rock Blues

Sortie : 2012

By The Triggerman  from http://www.savingcountrymusic.com

Holy shitballs.

Listen to me folks, GET THIS ALBUM! I know it’s my job as some high fallutin’ music writer to come up with a bunch of stuff to say about music. But after listening to Painkillers, if I were you, I’d skip all the gabbing and just go get it. And then find the biggest, loudest audio player you can procure and crank it to 10. If you want to flatter me, come back and read the rest at some other point.

The merging of Black Diamond Heavies keys player James Leg with the dirty punk blues duo Left Lane Cruiser known as Painkillers is not a cover album. No, it’s a concept album. Yes, it is made of all covers, songs like “Come to Poppa” made popular by Bob Seger, “When The Levee Breaks” by Led Zepplin, but this is a concept album in the truest sense. Concept is what so many albums are lacking these days, and how this album takes a rag tag of recognizable songs from the rock and blues worlds and makes them into a remarkable collection that marks the most viscerally-satisfying album I have heard so far this year. Wanton, ribald, reckless, and uninhibited, Painkillers will have you slam dancing and pissing off the neighbors.

Painkillers isn’t just a catchy idea to sketch some cover art around, it is the idea this album is built from, to take a bunch of timeless, kick ass songs, give them the dirty, heavy-handed Left Lane Cruiser/James leg punk blues treatment, with the result being an album that is perfectly concocted to kill pain. That’s what’s so genius about it. If they had released a batch of original songs under this concept, the painkilling would just be a placebo. By taking songs we all know and love already, songs that mean something to us, the medicine is potent, fast-acting, striking right at your gut.

How’s the instrumentation on the album? The approach? Dirty. Real dirty. Nasty, filthy. All the songs are awash in a mess of gritty reverb and distortion. Don’t come here looking for any lightning-fast chicken-picking licks to tinkling of keys, this is about immersing you in a wall of sound. And though the nasty, dirty punk blues approach may not be for everyone, the song selections are. Pure genius went into picking these songs. For me personally, I didn’t care for some of the blues standards, but “Chevrolet” made famous by Taj Mahal, and The Rolling Stones’ “Sway” are two of my favorite songs of all time, and to hear the James Leg/Left Lane Cruiser tandem do their worst with them was a gift tantamount to a pull of nectar from a goddesses nipple.

One word of caution: Yes, Painkillers is habit forming. (Come on, did you think I was going to make it all the way through this review without some drug cliches?) And just like many albums that pull you right in on the first play, Painkillers can lose its potency rather quickly. But after you set it down for a few days, you will find it calling you back once again.

No joke, if you’re depressed, lonely, angry, sad, whatever, as prescribed, Painkillers will get you to feeling right.

Two guns up!


Tracklist :
01. Sad Days Lonely Nights (3:18)
02. She's Gone (3:13)
03. Come To Poppa (3:50)
04. Red Rooster (2:55)
05. If 6 Was 9 (3:48)
06. Shake It (5:21)
07. Ramblin On My Mind (2:55)
08. Chevrolet (2:34)
09. When The Levee Breaks (4:24)
10. Sway (3:23)

http://www.last.fm/music/Lunatic+Calm

http://www.discogs.com/artist/Lunatic+Calm





Origine du Groupe : U.K

Style : Industrial Breakbeat , Electro Rock

Sortie : 1997

By "blackfox23"   From http://www.amazon.com

This is one of the first techno/breakbeat style CDs that I've owned, and its been one of my favorites ever since. One of the most popular songs, "Leave you Far Behind" has made appearances in numerous soundtracks for films, games and other media (Such as "The Matrix," "The Jackal", "Mortal Kombat", "Test Drive 6" and so on)...and for good reason, this song is probably one of the best in its genre. Some other highlight songs include "Roll the Dice" and "Neon Ray," both interesting and different and have worked their way into games and movies (i.e. "Need for Speed:HS", "Arlington Road"...etc). Over all, this CD includes music made to get your adrenaline going and others that have a mellow tone, and almost all tracks being good in their own way. This should be a must for someone into tech, breakbeat, and/or rock music.


Tracklist :
01 - Fuze
02 - Leave You Far Behind
03 - The Sound
04 - Neon Ray
05 - It Evolves On Its Own
06 - Choke
07 - Long Shadows
08 - Roll The Dice
09 - Meltdown
10 - Metropol
11 - Punkywhitenoisething
12 - Neon Reprise

https://www.myspace.com/orelhanegra





Origine du Groupe : Portugal

Style : Alternative , Instrumental, Soul, Funk, Hip Hop, Trip-Hop, Downtempo

Sortie : 2012

From http://www.enchufada.com

The thrive to share experiences- in a studio and on stage- was always in the core of music creation. When you combine the individual experience with the common goal, you get more than the sum of all parts, you have ORELHA NEGRA.

Unique bunch of “characters” that bring their talent and knowledge of music to another level compose this Project. For whom it might concern we have Cruz (DJ/ Scratches), Ferrano (Drums), Gomes Prodigy (Keyboards, Synths), Mira Professional, (Voice Sampler/MPC, Synths) and Rebelo Jazz Bass (Bass guitar, Rhythm Guitar).

Orelha Negra uses the sleeve cover technique (sleeveface.com) as a way to bring up the image of a collective enhancing the core and prominence of this project, which is their music.

A MPC, a pair of Technics turntables, Drums, Keybords, Bass and Rhythm guitar. United becomes living tissue that emanates groove beats, samples, loops and a sound of their own.

Orelha Negra is the result of putting together pieces of a puzzle. In each piece you find music history, the roots of black music such as Jazz, Soul, Funk, Groove and Hip-Hop, and a lot of Portuguese culture represented by renowned musicians that are translated to the collective’s language. The ability to transform their influences in to a unique and new sound is their challenge….

You find in their sound borders that are defined by the past, present and a near future. A sound that makes you stamp your foot or clap your hands, a sound that you can´t stay different to…. It makes you reminisce and try to recognize that groove or beat or sample but it turns out to be a fresh new sound in your face!!!!!


Tracklist :
01. Um Brinde
02. Blue Tu
03. Polaroid
04. Throwback
05. Round4Round
06. No Ar
07. Espelho
08. Golden Hotel
09. Juras
10. O Segredo
11. Bala Cola
12. Viva Ela
13. 34-7
14. Luta
15. Aurora

http://mrmoods.bandcamp.com

http://www.vickyflint.co.uk





Origine du Groupe : Canada , U.K

Style : Abstract Hip Hop Jazz , Acid Jazz

Sortie : 2011

http://soundcloud.com/silverstreaks

https://www.facebook.com/pages/SilverStreaks





Origine du Groupe : U.K

Style : Trip Hop

Sortie : 2012

From https://www.facebook.com

About
We are Silverstreaks. We are dark bass, heavy beats, layered with soft and dreamy vocals and surreal key changes to add a fairy tale like athmosphere.


Description
So we are silverstreaks, an electronic band from East London.

We are dark bass, heavy beats, often outside the 4/4 dimensions... layered with soft and dreamy vocals, surreal key changes to add an other-worldlyness and fairytale like ambience to our songs. You might even say Tim Burton is in there somewhere.

Influence wise, we can not deny the love for trip hop/indi bands and artists such as Blonde Readhead, Portishead, Beth Gibbons, Massive Attack, Björk, Ladytron, Robots in Disguise, Sneaker Pimps, Fisherspooner etc.... Jack White, Radiohead, Kasabian and other rock/indi-electro groups have found their way into our songs, especially in the later ones. And yes, if you listen very carefully you might just hear some traces.

We are hard to pigeonhole. So we've been told by quite a few producers and whatnots. I have to say, I'm pretty proud of this.


Tracklist :
01. Black Sheep
02. Dream Noir
03. City Sirens
04. Vexed & Things
05. Sepia
06. Folkz
07. The Black Light
08. Ashtray
09. A Secret
10. Shadow Puppets - Pi Ying Xi
11. Like City

http://holliecook.com





Origine du Groupe : U.K

Style : Reggae

Sortie : 2012

Durée 01:01:34

Par http://liveweb.arte.tv



Quoiqu’elle ait chanté les chœurs dans les Slits, Hollie Cook n’a rien d’une « typical girl ». A l’âge où ses semblables écoutent des comptines sur un lecteur Fischer Price, la petite Hollie
assiste aux répétitions de Culture Club, le groupe de sa mère, tandis que papa Paul Cook – batteur des – l’initie au rock. A l’adolescence, au lieu d’user ses pantalons sur les bancs de l’école
d’art, la Londonienne part en tournée aux côtés d’Ari Up, la regréttée égérie punk aux longues dreads-locks, qui lui fait découvrir le chant.



Mais marcher dans les pas de son père en jouant sur des guitares crasseuses serait trop facile, aussi Hollie Cook va chercher d’autres racines musicales du côté du rocksteady, du ska et du dub.
Sur son premier album paru en 2011, elle remet au goût du jour le reggae old-school – dont elle invite les figures de proue George Dekker (The Pioneers) et Dennis Bovell – en mêlant aux orgues et
au skank des éléments plus pop (piano, chant éthéré), le tout étant relevé par la production très contemporaine de Prince Fatty. Un mélange qu’elle qualifie elle-même de « tropical pop » –
adjectif qui devrait convaincre les festivaliers en manque de soleil.

https://www.myspace.com/suhovbeat

https://www.facebook.com/suhovbeat





Origine du Groupe : Hungary

Style : Beatmaker , Abstract Hip Hop

Sortie : 2012

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From http://suhov.bandcamp.com



A full-length beat lp from the collaboration of two Hungarian dj/producers, Mil and Suhov offers a personal view of the country's musical heritage.The genre is somewhere around instrumental
hip-hop and features unique 70's and 80's samples. The creators raked up a dozen forgotten vinyls, including soundtracks, freaky Hungarian beat, jazz, disco and funky records. Howewer officially
blocked, the Western music found its way to the Eastern Blocks' youth via the Luxemburg Radio, and created an underground club scene and some really hard-to-find singles. Mil and Suhov infused
these items with dusty grooves and stricts rhythms so at last they can return to the dancefloor.





Tracklist :

01.Ördög (Devil) 02:50    

02.Meccs (Match) 01:44

03.Út (Road) 01:28

04.Soha (Never) 02:39

05.Zene nélkül (Without music) 02:43

06.Rejtett zug (Secret Place) 02:01

07.Fütyülök rá (I don't care a damn) 02:00

08.Szivárvány (Rainbow) 02:14

09.Kiáltozás (The Scream) 02:28    

10.Zöld Wartburg (Green Wartburg) 03:06

11.Fénysugár (Ray) 02:34

12.Levél (Leaf) 03:00    

13.Pénz Bábel (Money Babel) 02:47

14.Az utcán (On the street) 03:01    

15.Estefelé (At Night) 03:13    

16.Jóbarát (Good Friend) 01:47    

17.Színes éjszakák (Colorful Nights) 02:33    

18.Szerenád (Serenaide) 01:31    

19.Kígyó (Snake) 01:56

20.Nathalie Ütem (Nathalie Beat) 02:02    

21.Svihák (Wide boy) 00:51    

22.Várok (Waiting) 02:10

23.Röpke percek (Ephemeral minute) 02:55

24.Könnyű (Easy) 01:49

25.Próbáld ki (Try it) 01:46

26.Bázis (Base) 01:42    

27.Ki vagy (Who are you) 02:51    

28.Modern idők (Modern Era) 02:44

http://www.abrulepourpoint.com





Origine du Groupe : France

Style : French Touch , Indie

Sortie : 2012

Par Laura Aupiais pour http://www.radioneo.org

Quand on évoque Batlik, ici à Néo, on a l'impression de parler d'un vieil ami qu'on n'a jamais perdu de vue. Il revient nous voir tous les ans. Et d'autres diraient qu'il fait partie des meubles. Une chose à savoir, peu importe le nombre de journées ou de mois que vous passez à Néo en tant que stagiaire ou bénévole, vous entendrez toujours un mot sur lui comme la source même du « Libérateur de talent ».

C'était en octobre, en 2004, la première fois qu'on l'a rencontré et il nous a dit « Regarde mes images ». A l'époque, il se faisait appeler Gaspard Batlik. Après huit ans d'amitié chaleureuse, aujourd'hui, il nous montre son 7e album studio, « Le poids du superflu » toujours sous son propre label abrulepourpoint.

Batlik fait partie de ces artistes qui arrivent à dépoussiérer la chanson française. Beaucoup n'y croient plus, mais il peut faire changer d'avis. Il suffit juste d'écouter le poids de ses mots. Sa première scène, il l'a faite en première partie de Karpatt à l'EMB de Sannois. On raconte qu'une fille au premier rang s'est évanouie au moment de son entrée sur scène. Nul ne sait si se fut à cause de la chaleur ou du charisme de l'artiste.

Puis, bien sûr, y'en a eu toute une tripotée après, en Belgique, Québec et un peu partout en France. Il y a cette fois-là, en Belgique, où son chien a vomit sur scène, ou encore à Montréal où il a joué devant 15 personnes dans une salle de 1500 places.

    « Une indépendance musicale, et son refus des majors lui offre une liberté d'expression artistique totale ». Muriel

Faîtes-nous plaisir, allez le voir sur scène en compagnie de ses charmants acolytes James Sindatry et Benjamin Vairon et Nicolas Bruche. Notez bien, c'est le 3 mai à la Dynamo à Toulouse, et le 11 et 12 mai au Café de la Danse à Paris.

Voir Batlik sur scène, c'est comme revoir un vieil ami. Il nous rappelle les bons et les mauvais souvenirs qu'on a passé ensemble. A la fin, on se quitte le sourire accroché aux lèvres et les yeux pétillants. Pas besoin de formuler une phrase. On sait pertinemment qu'on se reverra. Sans doute, l'année prochaine.


Tracklist :
01. Enfumée (3:25)
02. Le poids du superflu (4:14)
03. La mer d’Aral (3:34)
04. De la même façon (4:33)
05. Hospitalité (3:57)
06. Encore (3:37)
07. Subtils subterfuges (3:51)
08. Carnaval (3:53)
09. Comédie (3:15)
10. Les transitoires (3:38)
11. Les grandes plaines (3:23)
12. Tentatives ratées (3:42)

http://www.marconiunion.com

https://www.myspace.com/marconiunion





Origine du Groupe : U.K

Style : Electronic , Ambient

Sortie : 2012

By Gareth O'Malley    from http://www.musicomh.com

Marconi Union don't want to sound pushy, but the title of their new album is obviously hinting that a change has taken place within the band. They're six albums in, which is an impressive enough feat in itself, but they had to make it clear they were moving on. More of the same from the band would have been good, sure - their discography is full of strong albums that still hold up very well - but not good enough. One gets the feeling that they knew that, too. Having worked as a duo up until 2010, Richard Talbot and Jamie Crossley decided to bring Duncan Meadows (who had helped to flesh out their live sound) into the fold permanently as their pianist, and Meadows' influence can be felt quite clearly on the new record, most notably on the penultimate track On Reflection.

At times it's hard to believe that just three people are behind the lush soundscapes created on Different Colours. Across its seven tracks, there is a minimalistic approach applied (most notably on Almost Numb, which gets an incredible amount of mileage out of a simple melodic motif and little else), but it often sounds like much more than the sum of its parts, as said parts are allowed to breathe and develop at their own pace. This is an album on which the slightest addition to the mix can have a huge effect. The best example of this is on the measured album opener First Light, which progresses at an unhurried pace for its first half, up until the point that everything falls away and only dreamy keyboard chords remain - that is, until the xylophone is introduced. In an instant, the atmosphere of the track is transformed. Different Colours is full of moments like that.

It's an album that works on multiple levels; it can be either a pleasant background listen, or something to be closely scrutinised. Its ambient style is quiet, reflective and sometimes otherworldly; in fact, should the listener want to be temporarily transported to another world, then it would be a good idea for them to dive in and take as much notice of everything as they possibly can. While it can sometimes come off as a little too contemplative for its own good, there are some unexpectedly euphoric moments scattered here and there, such as when the soft patter of a bass drum enters midway through Flying (Through Crimson Skies) and a gorgeous melody makes its presence felt.

Added to this, there is the gradual unfolding of the stately closer Broken Colours, which is downbeat, but builds to a relatively intense climax, featuring a wall of sound, or at least, the closest the trio have come to it. It is moments like these that reward perseverance, though those who are looking for a more immediate fix will need to look no further than Time Lapse, the album highlight. It's a great place to start, as it is the most direct offering on the album, as well as being the track on which the album's creators show that they are most aware of the constraints of the genre in which they operate, whilst simultaneously defying convention by letting their playful side out. Yes, there's no denying that, with this album, they have changed, but their horizons have also been broadened in its creation. Different Colours is a more diverse album than one might expect, and shows that the state of the Union is very healthy indeed.


Tracklist :
01 – First Light
02 – Alone Together
03 – Flying (in crimson skies)
04 – Always Numb
05 – Time Lapse
06 – On Reflection
07 – Broken Colours