http://www.karennielsen.net

Country : USA
Genre : Trip Hop
Style : Industrial , Electronic

Label : Auto Prod
Year : 2013

WOMAN debuted at #20 on the college electronic music charts (CMJ RPM) on February 5, 2013 after just one week. Karen's music merges industrial electronic beats and cinematic orchestration with a voice that seems to come from the bottom of her soul. She lures you into her sonic world. Once you are there, it is difficult to escape, though you may not want to. Her deep and layered arrangements create the atmosphere for her darkly poetic lyrics. Each song feels like its own epic film noir as she sings about the secret parts of our psyche. In her own words: “We live in a world of mass distraction. Bombarded by facebook and tweeting and texting and reality shows. But this is not reality. We have learned to fear reality. We have learned to fear our dark emotions because they make us vulnerable. So we hide these emotions, we bury them beneath the surface. But the raw experience of feeling is beautiful even if it is often painful. It is what makes us human and connects us as human beings. Without it we are vacuous. Our emotions do not exist in isolation. They are layered and complex. Beneath the surface we are passionate, we are angry. We are guilty, we are proud. We are scared, we are strong, we are wounded. We are mean, giving, untrustworthy and loyal. We are lost and looking for answers and can make mistakes in finding them. We are beautiful and grotesque. We have things that make us unlovable. We want to be loved. And so I offer you my new album WOMAN. I wrote these songs to connect with you. I wrote them to connect with myself. I wrote them because I am alive, I am a human, I am woman". Karen's music was born while she was attending medical school, which was an unusual place for her to end up after receiving her degree in theater. She didn’t quite fit the mold of a medical school applicant. Music may have saved her life during her medical training. Not literally, but it pulled her out of some very dark corners. She says, "When you are working 80-100 sleepless hours a week there is no room for expression. And you need it when surrounded by so much death and sadness". She sought solace in writing, arranging, and recording her own music. Karen has evolved from those harsh days of medical training. And while she still writes and sings about the hidden sides of our psyche, she has let go of a lot of the internal angst she experienced and wrote about on her first album, Animals in the Street. Her music is now an external lamentation and she approaches those darker topics with confidence and femininity. This can be heard on WOMAN, which was released February 12, 2013. Karen wrote, recorded, arranged and produced WOMAN in it’s entirety as she did with her first album, Animals in the Street. Animals in the Street also charted and peaked at #27 on the CMJ RPM charts. Both albums were mixed and mastered by Darren Morze.Source

Tracklist :

1.SIN 04:40
2.ODE 03:44
3.BOY 03:47
4.ICE 04:12
5.DOG 04:38
6.TRUTH 03:54
7.WINTER 06:19
8.WOMAN 05:15
9.CRIME 04:38
10.RAIN 05:09
11.GUN 04:55

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http://www.nickcave.com

Country : Australia
Genre : Alternative Rock
Style : Alternative Rock , Experimental

Label : Bad Seed Ltd.
Year : 2013

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds release their fifteenth studio album PUSH THE SKY AWAY on 18 February 2013 “Well, if I were to use that threadbare metaphor of albums being like children, then Push The Sky Away is the ghost-baby in the incubator and Warren’s loops are its tiny, trembling heart-beat.” Nick Cave At the heart of Push the Sky Away is a naturalism and warmth that makes it the most subtly beautiful of all the Bad Seeds albums. The contemporary settings of myths, and the cultural references that have time-stamped Nick’s songs of the twenty-first century mist lightly through details drawn from the life he observed around his seaside home, through the tall windows on the album’s mysterious and ambiguous cover. The songs on this album took form in a modest notebook with shellac covers over the course of almost a year. The notebook is a treasured analogue artefact but the internet is equally important to Nick: Googling curiosities, being entranced by exotic Wikipedia entries “whether they’re true or not”. These songs convey how on the internet profoundly significant events, momentary fads and mystically-tinged absurdities sit side-by-side and question how we might recognise and assign weight to what’s genuinely important. Push the Sky Away was produced by Nick Launay and recorded at La Fabrique, a recording studio based in a 19th Century mansion in the South of France, where the walls of the main studio are lined with an immense collection of classical vinyl. “I enter the studio with a handful of ideas, unformed and pupal; it’s the Bad Seeds that transform them into things of wonder. Ask anyone who has seen them at work. They are unlike any other band on earth for pure, instinctive inventiveness.” Nick Cave On this album it’s not always apparent what instruments the band is playing: they may be traditional musical instruments but other sounds are clearly generated by objects unrelated to musical instruments. What’s being created is a collective musical language that’s rich and complex. Push the Sky Away has a clarity and sweet strangeness that’s built upon the refusal to accept limitations, whether they be the traditional uses and sounds of musical instruments, lyric styles, or diminished spiritual horizons. “I don’t know, this record just seems new, you know, but new in an old school kind of way” Nick Cave.Source

Tracklist :

01 We No Who U R
02 Wide Lovely Eyes
03 Water’s Edge
04 Jubilee Street
05 Mermaids
06 We Real Cool
07 Finishing Jubilee Street
08 Higgs Boson Blues
09 Push The Sky Away

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http://enigmatiksounds.bandcamp.com

Country : Australia
Genre : Electro Dub
Style : Psydub , Glitch , Experimental

Label : Enig'matik Records
Year : 2012

Introducing the latest addition to the ever growing Enig'matik collective,QUANTA. Fusing authentic dub elements with futuristic ripping leads and soul shaking basslines,Quanta provides a unique and refreshing 5 track EP which uncovers a undeniable talent. From the infectious groove of overflow, with monstrous rolling basslines reaching deep into every orifice, to the masterfully placed atmospherics of Uprising, with its primal ethnic vibes sending your mind deep into outer space, encompassing squelch laden leads which stretch between stratospheres whilst sub frequencies massage your aural senses into distant realms, QUANTA provides a definitive release on Enig'matik and provides a dense and cohesive release which will provide longevity to countless eardrums. Being no stranger to music, QUANTA (Shane Harris, U.K) has been creating musical journeys for over 18 years, playing bass,keyboards and guitar for as long as he can remember. This all comes across in flawless mixing techniques, leaving no frequency un-turned on his aural documentation of explorations through the remarkable journeys he encounters in far away dub worlds. Source

Tracklist :

1.Uprising 06:02
2.Overflow 05:01
3.Recept 05:51
4.Twisted Strains 05:56
5.Center Of The Lamp (Bonus Track) 05:43

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http://www.bristolarchiverecords.com

Country : UK
Genre : Reggae
Style : Reggae Jazz , Reggae Roots

Label : Bristol Archive Records
Year : 2012

An influential figure on the Bristol reggae scene since the 1970s, Bunny Marrett has been shamefully neglected on record with just two tracks on the A side of a 1981 Shoc Wave 12” his sole output, although his compositions have fared somewhat better having been recorded and released by both Black Roots and Delroy Ogilvie. Bristol Archive Record's June 18th release of Bunny's 1986 recorded album “I'm Free,” should go some way to making up for that oversight. As a bonus, Bunny is accompanied by legendary Bristol band The Startled Insects and equally legendary local jazz drummer Tony Orrell. Bunny may be a reggae artist, but he is also a jazz lover and with first rate jazz accompaniment, the music they produced is a totally natural fusion of reggae and jazz that more than twenty five years after it was recorded still sounds totally fresh. It's naturalness, it's simplicity and it's beauty make this music timeless and with an appeal far beyond the traditional reggae market. This is joyful music created by musicians who were obviously having fun and that shines through. There is no artifice in this meeting of Jamaica's and the United States' greatest musical gifts, it just works as a perfect blend of styles. Bunny has been singing since his childhood in Montego Bay and after relocating to Kingston was soon entering talent competitions. Moving to England whilst still in his teens, Bunny continued to sing as well as becoming involved with sound systems. He also embraced the local jazz scene as well as the diverse music of the West Indies including learning to play Piano with Laurel Aitken. Although his profile outside of Bristol may not have been high, by the time he recorded “I'm Free” he was an experienced writer and performer. When they collaborated with Bunny the, Startled Insects had already made an impact with their first two records on Antenna and were about to be signed by Island. One of the Startled Insects, Richard Lewis, will be well known to fans of Bristol Archive Records as legendary engineer and producer UK Scientist. The remaining band members known as just the Insects, would go on to a very successful career scoring music for film and television, writing for Massive Attack and working with several leading UK acts. Drummer Tony Orrell is something of a legend in Bristol music circles. In fact, having played with Spirit Level, Sphere, Andy Sheppard and Adrian Utley to name just a few, he's a hugely respected musician on the UK jazz scene and has often utilised his talents for non jazz artists. The vinyl LP contains the 1986 album as it was envisioned, four vocals, the uplifting title track “I'm Free”, Bunny's tribute to Bob Marley with “Jazzy Reggae” making an excellent adaptation of the Wailers original. “Farm Diggin'” inspired by life in rural Jamaica and “Natural Princess” a pure love song, “Jazzy Reggae and “Farm Digging” are accompanied by their versions/dubs. For the CD issue we have added “Times Are Getting Harder” and “Hard Times (dub)” both tracks from Bunny's Shoc Wave 12”. Source

Tracklist :

1.I'm Free 03:48
2.Natural Princess 03:08
3.Farm Diggin 04:27
4.Farm Dubbin 04:22
5.Jazzy Reggae 03:38
6.Jazzy Reggae (Dub) 03:40
7.Times Are Getting Harder 03:28
8.Times Are Getting Harder (Dub) 05:21

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http://www.amplesoul.com

Country : U.S.A
Genre : Abstract Hip Hop
Style : Abstract Electro , Downtempo

Label : Hydeout-Tribe
Year : 2012

With Rapture Kontrolle, Fat Jon returns under the alias of Maurice Galactica (previously heard on 2002’s Humanoid Erotica) to present another round of interstellar beatscapes. Under the auditory tutelage of Humanoid Erotica (and a handful of other records at hand) my eardrums wised up to the joys instrumental music had to offer. I’d always been a fan of instrumentals, however self-sufficient instrumental music is arguably something different – but unarguably something Fat Jon is legendary for. Because of this, there’s a slight apprehensiveness in writing about his music, like anything said will be a pretentious attempt to define his assured craft which, in all truthfulness, escapes many definitions. But here goes… Like I’ve found with the bulk of Fat Jon’s discography, Rapture Kontrolle sounds almost inoffensive upon its first spin as it predominantly utilises familiar elements of down-tempo music to induce head-nodding grooves. However, it’s in the replays that things come to life; each one revealing a new layer, a new favourite track, until the whole thing damn near sounds like a masterpiece. It happened to me with Humanoid Erotica and, in time, it’ll likely happen to me with this. I credit this to what I believe to be Fat Jon’s masterful use of nuance; you’ll find transitions occurring effortlessly and instrumentation coming and going stealthily from all corners of the tracks. The elements of music are like tai-chi; delicate in their movement but resolute in their purpose. Even the first track “Thoughtform” – which, true to its name, initially sounds like a discordant tangle of musical synapses firing uncontrollably – becomes something more malleable in Fat Jon’s mind as he subtly draws out harmonious elements. Elsewhere, fleshed-out characters are created within the tracks from the instruments themselves. There’s the flute on “Magic Flute” hitting Minnie Ripperton level whistle-registers, the woebegone strings and woodwind on “Losing You”, and the dancing hi-hats and buoyant bass on “Thirdbass Allday”. Things get more up-tempo in the spirit of Humanoid Erotica with the G-Funky space jam “Eternal Type Satellite”, “Various Randoms” in its entirety, and “Galaxy Class” which contains beat breaks ill enough to get people forming a circle for the BBoys and BGirls; all before it evolves into a more expansive spectacle. Then there’s “Intellect Bombs” – lordamercy – this is Fat Jon at his synaesthesia-inducing best. Immediately conjuring up a potent soundscape, understated vocal elements are introduced to great effect (more so than some of the vocal-heavy tracks from Lightweight Heavy or Afterthought) until the piano work prevails through at the end. This is the kind of music that makes you want to look up at the night sky and ask some big questions. Rapture Kontrolle plays like a lot of Fat Jon’s art but, as you’ve probably gathered thus far, that’s no bad thing at all. Despite this, the album is still far from predictable. With so many styles presented over the years, some more experimental than others, Fat Jon has a wealth to choose from at this point, and it’s only from this that I can draw any criticism. With so many styles in this album it’s expected that I personally won’t dig all of them, and there are a couple of tracks where I’m not feeling the vibe. Regardless diversity is almost always a good thing and this album is perhaps his most diverse yet.Source

Tracklist :

01. Thoughtform
02. Divided Ascention
03. Magic Flute
04. Eternal Type Satellite
05. Galaxy Class
06. Losing U
07. Little Green Book 8. Intellect Bombs
09. Awingman Supreme
10. Various Random
11. The Prowess
12. Pain Of A Cultured Night
13. Thirdbass Allday
14. Just Amoment

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http://www.brinasings.com

Country : Jamaica
Genre : Reggae
Style : Reggae Roots

Label : Tribal Global Productions
Year : 2012

Brina is a new voice of World Roots Reggae Music from Jamaica, an artiste steeped in the sounds and rhythms of her Jamaican culture. With the release of this incredible debut album “Under One Sun”, Brina is ready to share her music with the world. Under One Sun features Jamaican legends Toots Hibbert (of Toots and the Maytals) guest vocals, and Sly Dunbar (of Sly and Robbie) on Drums. The quality of the songs and music, combined with Brina’s talent and sincerity drew many great musicians, eager to be part of this album. The seeds for Under One Sun were planted in 2007 when Brina met Kieran C Murray, a Scottish musician living in Jamaica. This meeting of minds and cultures sparked a flow of creativity and they began writing songs together. It was now time for Brina to record her debut album, truly representing the talent and creativity that exists in Jamaica. Descended from The Maroons, Brina’s deep connection with drums and African music is as natural as her vocal expressions of freedom and justice. Her desire is to fuse together elements of her rich cultural and musical heritage using Reggae, Nyabinghi and other musical styles from the African diaspora; singing of justice, equality, liberation, oneness and love. Brina's songs bring a positive healing message to the world. Using driftwood from the Caribbean, Kieran and Brina built a small Tribal Global Studio in their cottage in Stony Hill on the mountains above Kingston, here the recording and production of the album began. This was in 2009. They tracked live drums and bass at Bob Marley’s world famous Tuff Gong recording studio, drums with Sly Dunbar at Anchor Studios and Grafton Studio for the live horn sessions. Memorable vocal sessions were recorded in Jamaica’s mystical Blue Mountains. Some drum and guitar sessions were recorded in Columbia and California through the internet, lending a truly global dimension to the project. Between hurricanes, tropical storms and loud street sound systems the rest of the album was tracked in the Tribal Global Studio. Recording was completed in the summer of 2010, final mixing and mastering completed in 2011. The full album credits read like a who’s who of some of Jamaica’s finest musicians including: Sly Dunbar on drums, Jubba White, Jallanzo, and Luke Dixon of Dubtonic Kru on drums, guitar and keyboards respectively. Rupert Bent III and Omar Francis on guitars, Michael ‘Ibo’ Cooper of Third World, Demar Gayle of Raging Fyah, Sheldon Bernard, Stephen Maxwell and Jerome Tulloch on pianos & keyboards. Dean Fraser, Nambo Robinson and Dwight Richards on Horns. Calvin Mitchell and Phillip Supersad on Nyabinghi hand drums. Kieran C Murray played Bass Guitar and also produced the album. From other corners of the globe, L.A. producer John Barnes III was integral in vocal production, Canadian Guitarist/Producer JB Eckl (Santana, War) on guitar, the renowned Afro-Caribbean drummer Istvan Dely from Columbia on percussions and Paul Gonzales from the USA added some Latin funk flavours on drums. Two tracks ‘Listen’ and ‘Real Reggae Music’ were mixed in Jamaica by Errol Brown (Bob Marley, Ziggy Marley) and released in 2010. The rest of the album was mixed in Los Angeles by Jon Rezin (Santana, Maroon 5) With Brina’s incredible and powerful voice and songs backed up by this stellar line up of musicians, Brina's iconic debut album will delight lovers of music and reggae worldwide. This album will take you on a musical journey, with the classic sounds of; Roots Rock Reggae, rocked up Nyabinghi, classic One Drop Riddims, acoustic Nyabinghi drumming and chanting with a rural Jamaican gospel style, Funky Pop Rock, Rocking Dub, African, Latin and Brazilian grooves. Like many classic Jamaican albums embraced by fans of myriad musical genres, this album embraces all the diverse musical influences mentioned, while effortlessly staying firmly rooted in the Reggae tradition. Brina believes that music is a universal language crossing all borders, a powerful force that will help bring about the dream - the oneness of humanity - to millions of people around the globe. “Under One Sun” will place Roots Reggae Music with a spiritual message on the world map. The release of this incredible album allows Brina to share her music with the world and should not be missed.Source

Tracklist :

1 - Real Reggae Music
2 - Feet Don't Fail Me Now
3 - Lala Vizuri (Sleep My Little Baby)
4 - Where Is Your African Pride?
5 - Daughter of Zion
6 - Simple Progression
7 - Interlude - Binghi Breathing Space
8 - Soul's Song
9 - Listen
10 - Guns and Rose (feat. Toots Hibbert)
11 - We Are Free
12 - Under One Sun

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https://soundcloud.com/glory_gang

Country : U.S.A
Genre : Hip Hop
Style : Rap , Future Hip Hop

Label : Collective Resonance
Year : 2013

The 21yr old Harlem rapper Chase Rush (Derrick Martin) & the 25yr old Milwaukee producer EL-S (Lucas Slattery) release their highly anticipated first project entitled "2 Weeks Notice".The Mixtape has been received well to Hip-Hop fans and the two young men continue to deliver the future of Hip-Hop.Source

Tracklist :

1.Any Love 02:44
2.Fuck You (Interlude) 00:45
3.Fuck Bitches Get Money 04:01
4.Class Of 3000 02:56
5.Cookie Monster Color Haze 04:42
6.Bloodflow 02:58
7.Heaven Sake Hell Yeah 02:45
8.Coffee & E Pills 03:01
9.Girls 03:20
10.3 Way Medusa 03:12
11.80's Tough Luck Bullshit 03:39
12.Space Jam 02:45
13.Like A Pac Movie 03:36
14.VEGAS 02:49
15.Phantogram 02:45
16.Red Laces Ft. P. West 03:19 

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https://soundcloud.com/inkliing

Country : U.K
Genre : Downtempo
Style : Ambient , Abstract Hip Hop

Netlabel : Dusted Wax Kingdom
Year : 2013

After releasing two solo EPs as well as having tracks featured on compilations from Nightmares On Wax, London based producer Inkliing steps into the netaudio world, releasing his new album with Dusted Wax Kingdom. "Generals" LP is an enchanting fusion of tranquil smoky vibes and crackling jazzy grooviness, creating a cosy, sensual atmosphere.Source

Tracklist :

01-Healing
02-Confused
03-Trust Me
04-Detoxx
05-Generals
06-Deeper
07-Lessons
08-Blue
09-Winston
10-Sold Ma Soul
11-Tropic Tangoe
12-Fallen Angels
13-Auroville
14-Panic

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http://naturalselfmusic.com

Country : U.K
Genre : Alternative
Style : Electro , Experimental

Label : Tru Thoughts
Year : 2013

It appears that Nathaniel Pearn has had an interesting few years since I checked out his last album, My Heart Beats Like A Drum. This is Pearn's first album with him in the front seat as singer-songwriter, a move that holds promise given the over-reliance on occasionally formulaic instrumentals on previous releases. Having said which, Neon Hurts My Eyes still starts with an instrumental in the form of Metropolis. That opening still sign-posts how much Natural Self has changed this time around though. Whilst this album retains elements of Pearn's hip-hop and funk production influences the opening highlights there is a lot more going on. The press-release may be a little over-eager in name-checking Radiohead and the Beta Band but this is clearly a more experimental album. So Neon Hurts My Eyes opens with glitchy electronic-bleeps and wild, soaring vocal choruses before early preview track Red Wire Blue Wire picks up the baton. Here Pearn's vocals are applied to a head-nodding electronic track, complete with arpeggiated synths and bass-heavy keys. Its a marked departure, and a refreshing one. There are moments when Neon Hurts... seems to drift much more towards the traditional Natural Self sound, on the soulful choral female vocals of The Valleys, for example. On the whole however this is an album that sounds like the creator grew tired of his pigeonhole, and Pearn's adventures are generally a more worthwhile listen as a result. Yet there are a few missteps - a general overwhelming sense of earnestness and a cover of Laurie Andreson's O Superman that I struggle to wholly get behind. The album is strongest when it forges its own path. Mirror To The Sky is an entrancing post-apocalyptic ballad of our demise, complete with haunting cello and mechanical drums whilst Take It Back is fuzzy, jiving and chaotic - a whirl of electronic noise and grimy bass. The album closes on a haunted, spectral instrumental in Paper Skyline that conjures a sense of conflicted optimism. Pearn is no longer wrestling with his inspiration as he was on previous albums. Neon Hurts My Eyes is Natural Self creating his own identity, and so far it's sounding pretty good.Source

Tracklist :

01. Metropolis (02:59)
02. Red Wire Blue Wire (04:23)
03. Machine (04:33)
04. Take It Back (04:03)
05. Pulsar (02:09)
06. An Invisible Light (03:46)
07. In A World (04:09)
08. Mirror To The Sky (04:04)
09. Kingdom (03:32)
10. O Superman (07:09)
11. The Valleys (featuring Tanya Auclair & Milly Blue) (05:07)
12. Paper Skyline (03:51)

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https://www.myspace.com/dutch

Country : U.S.A
Genre : Trip HoP
Style : Electro , Downtempo

Label : Auto-Prod  http://archive.org
Year : 2010

Rigolo ! C'est le terme qui revient à la fin de chaque écoute de l'album de Dutch. Les productions sont riches et la voix pleine de bonnes intentions. Une base excellente de hip-hop et de sampling, saupoudrée d'une douce brise féminine : tout pour plaire ! Surtout que le producteur Stoupe n'en est pas à son premier coup d'essai. Mais voila le souci, c'est que c'est peut être un peu trop ! Un peu trop rempli, un peu trop similaire. Quand Liz Fullerton se met à chanter, elle ne s'arrête plus, et on attend l'instant où les chansons sauront respirer un peu. D'une chanson à une autre, l'album s'écoute en apnée. Les compositions s'enchainent de façon monocorde. Où est la petite prise de risques supplémentaires qui viendrait hisser ce disque au rang d'indispensable ? Ainsi, si le premier essai s'avère relativement convaincant, aucun titre ne viendra réellement me hanter par la suite. Un album sympathique donc, très accessible et agréable à l'écoute, mais qui risque de faire saturer très vite ceux qui recherchent un certain espace dans la musique qu'ils écoutent.Source

Tracklist :

1. Intro
2. Just Before the Rain
3. Pearls
4. 2000 Leagues Under My Keyboard
5. Woman Like The Wind
6. Charlotte
7. California Cloaked In Wool
8. Tristess
9. Cerulean
10. Beyond All Walking
11. Meaning Of Unequipped
12. Shoe (Outro)

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