http://dustedwax.org

https://www.facebook.com/impulsmusic

http://soundcloud.com/impuls





Origine du Groupe : Germany

Style : Abstract Electro , Abstract Hip Hop , Downbeat

Sortie : 2012

(cc) by-nc-nd

From
http://dustedwax.org



Here is the long-expected new album by the German meastro Impuls. "Leaf" (LP) is a spectacular fusion of high quality acid jazz, funky hip-hop rhythms, beautiful ambience and thrilling trancy
vibes. To support/purchase/donate, feel free to visit Impuls bandcamp store.





Tracklist :

1.Bewegungen 01:20    

2.Actinidia 06:52    

3.Jam At The Werkstatt I feat. Ulle 00:57    

4.Terra Furum 05:26    

5.Fee Verte (Chopped Eartrolude) 01:36    

6.Equals 04:11    

7.Jam At The Werkstatt IV feat. Pascal & Flo 00:57    

8.Choices 01:42    

9.Haze Horizon feat. Dj Racy A.J 06:21    

10.Jam At The Werkstatt III feat. Pascal & Flo 00:48    

11.Looney feat. Ulle Kamelle 04:52    

12.La chica que va de rojo (Rhodetrolude) 01:57    

13.Missin 04:37

14.Jam At The Werkstatt IV feat. Pascal & Flo 01:12    

15.Passed The Right Port 06:12    

16.Jam At The Werkstatt V (Pascal & Flo) 00:22

17.Underground Vibes feat. Violent Public Disorderaz 04:22    

18.Valerian Valley feat. HairyBo 03:04    

19.Guess Where I Come From (Pastrolude) 00:59    

20.Jam At The Werkstatt VI Outroskit feat. Pascal & Ulle 00:29

http://www.jimmycliff.com





Origine du Groupe : Jamaica

Style : Reggae

Sortie : 2012

By Paul Whitelaw    from http://www.bbc.co.uk

Has anyone ever sounded as joyous as Jimmy Cliff when expressing such deep concern for the state of the world? Now aged 64, the reggae superstar sounds as socially engaged as ever on this remarkably consistent set of mostly self-penned songs, which explicitly revisit the sonic terrain of his biggest 60s/70s hits.

What could've felt like an ageing artist desperately chasing past glories instead succeeds as a vibrant reconnection with what made him so great in the first place. The refusal to modernise that signature fusion of reggae, pop and soul is an astute decision on the part of Cliff and his producer, Rancid frontman Tim Armstrong.

These crisp, uncluttered arrangements are perfectly in tune with the instantly memorable, pleasingly familiar material Cliff’s made his name with. And much of it compares favourably with his best work.

He remains in tremendous voice, sounding fully engaged with a project that clearly means the world to him. Indeed, Rebirth is nothing if not his urgent state of the planet address.

And yet whether pointing his finger at corporate greed and expressing support for the Occupy movement in Children's Bread, or offering a heartfelt prayer to recession-hit families in Cry No More, he never sounds overly-earnest. Instead, the sheer exuberance and grace that he brings to these universal protest anthems more than makes up for the occasional lyrical lapse.

So, while a line like “Rebel, rebel, rebel, take it to the next level” is rather nebulous – a clarion cry generalised into meaninglessness – it's the spirit of Cliff's performance that matters most, rather than any specific meaning.

Which is why a song like World Upside Down – essentially a mirror-image sequel to his exultant 1969 hit Wonderful World, Beautiful People – doesn't sound as trite as it might in the hands of, well, practically anybody else. Even when ploughing through his rhyming thesaurus for broadsides against everything from “ecological calamity” to mere “vanity”, Cliff undoubtedly believes in every word.   

The title of this delightful album is no idle boast: this is the sound of a great artist fully re-engaged with his muse.


Tracklist :
01 – World Upside Down
02 – One More
03 – Cry No More
04 – Children’s Bread
05 – Bang
06 – Guns Of Brixton
07 – Reggae Music
08 – Outsider
09 – Rebel Rebel
10 – Ruby Soho
11 – Blessed Love
12 – Ship Is Sailing
13 – One More

https://terrakotaofficialpage.wordpress.com

https://www.myspace.com/terrakota





Origine du Groupe : Portugal

Style : Dub World , Reggae

Sortie : 2012

From http://optimusdiscos.pt

Terrakota nasceu da viagem e cresceu com a mistura. Não sabe nem quer saber o que são fronteiras. Considerados os embaixadores da multiculturalidade de Lisboa, são já uma referência da música mestiça e de fusão no cenário nacional e internacional.Detentores de uma identidade musical sólida construída a partir de uma inspiração global em elementos tradicionais e contemporâneos, têm vindo a apurar o seu estilo inventivo, mestiço e bem condimentado. A sua música fala por si, une povos, línguas e culturas. Reivindica, exige e concretiza a dimensão universal do ser humano através de uma consciência política e interventiva vital que intensifica ainda mais a energia do espectáculo.
A semente plantada no Burkina Faso, em 1999, germinou em território português e tem dado frutos pelo mundo fora, entre viagens de pesquisa musical e concertos nos palcos mais importantes do roteiro da world music.O reconhecimento disso foi a recente nomeação para o Songlines Music Awards 2011 na categoria de Best Group. O mapa-mundo é virado do avesso e as fronteiras são varridas por esta música poliglota, como se português, creolo, wolof, espanhol, inglês, francês, árabe, fossem uma língua só. Um passaporte para uma viagem pelo globo em passo de dança ao som de ritmos mandinga, afro-cubanos, soukous, funaná, samba, reggae, gnawa, afrobeat, desert blues, batuque, flamenco, maracatu, música árabe, rap ou chimurenga, e mais recentemente com influências da música indiana.
Os Terrakota passaram o inverno passado a "dubbar" sons dos álbuns antigos e a convidar outros cantores que a banda foi conhecendo por esse Mundo fora, sem medo de entrar por novas e mais ousadas texturas musicais. O  EP “Re-Cooked Sessions” é o primeiro resultado destas experiências. Trata-se da reinvenção de temas dos álbuns “World Massala” e “Oba Train” (a abrir o apetite para um álbum completo de remisturas previsto para o final de 2012) e tem a participação de Mahesh Vinayakram, da estrela de Bollywood Vasundhara Das, Kuthla Khan dos Rajasthan Roots, Hélio Bentes dos Ponto de Equilíbrio e Florian Doucet dos Family Jammin’, Conductor (Ngonguenha, Buraka Som Sistema), Ikonoklasta (Batida, Ngonguenha), K Kota (Nigga Poison) e Beat Laden. Ao contrário do habitual, são os próprios músicos que estão a remisturar, aplicando uma linguagem dub a todo o tipo de ritmos na procura de sonoridades novas, mais planantes e envolventes.


Tracklist :
01 - So Free feat Helio Bentes
02 - Massala Dub feat Vasundhara Das & Mahesh Vinayakram
03 - Move On feat Florian Doucet
04 - Ayam Dub
05 - Chelo Habibi Dub feat Mahesh Vinayakram & Kutla Khan

http://www.haciendaonline.net

https://www.myspace.com/haciendaspace





Origine du Groupe : North America

Style : Alternative Rock , Indie

Sortie : 2012

By WOODY  from http://www.hearya.com

I’ve had Hacienda’s new LP for a couple of months now and to be honest, I wasn’t feeling it on the first few spins. I recently revisited it as I was scrolling though my iPod, mostly because I like the guys so much. I felt like I owed it to them. Thankfully their good nature won out because now I’m in love with it.

Shakedown finds the San Antonio quartet working with Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys for the third time. And just as Auerbach has been picking up some new ideas and sounds from past collaborations with Danger Mouse, Hacienda has broadened their sound as well. That’s what threw me off on the first few spins. There were areas that I found a little too polished, but once I starting paying attention, I realized I was missing the cool nuances and tones that Auerbach had instilled in this album.

After digging into Shakedown, there were a couple of things that really stuck out to me. The tones that Auerbach pulls out of the rhythm section are sublime. They vary from funky to distorted to soulful. After producing their first two albums and backing his solo tour, Hacienda are obviously quite comfortable taking some sage advice from Auerbach. The other thing that really tickled my fancy were the backing vocals. They really bring something to tracks like Let Me Go, Natural Life and Veronica.

So after three great albums with Dan Auerbach, where does Hacienda go from here? I love that each album shows Hacienda trying out new tricks while staying true to their roots. Obviously Auerbach has been instrumental in this, but I really would like to see the boys step out on their own, even for one album. Maybe see things from a different point of view. Either way, I’m sure whatever lies ahead will be awesome.


Tracklist :
01 – Veronica
02 – Let Me Go
03 – Don’t Turn Out the Light
04 – Savage
05 – You Just Don’t Know
06 – Don’t Keep Me Waiting
07 – Natural Life
08 – Doomsday
09 – Don’t You Ever
10 – Pilot in the Sky

http://www.cinematicorchestra.com





Origine du Groupe : U.K

Style : Electro Ambient , Instrumental , Downtempo

Sortie : 2001

From http://www.amazon.com

2001 release, a collection of remixes from this intelligent British Electronic outfit led by Jason Swinscoe. Remixes 1998-2000 includes seven reconfigurations of Electronica gems from the likes of Kenji Eno, DJ Krust, and Piero Umilani. Atop their own core sound of bass, drums, and keyboards, the band deftly mixes in samples from the original tracks. The result is a loose-sounding mix of lengthy wide-screen pieces, which conjure up thoughts of Henry Mancini, John Barry, Jah Wobble, DJ Spooky, Herbie Hancock, and King Tubby. Ninja Tune.


Tracklist :
01. Faze Action – Moving Cities (The Cinematic Orchestra Remix)
02. The Cinematic Orchestra – Channel 1 Suite (Tom Tyler Remix)
03. Kenji Eno – The Fear Theme (The Cinematic Orchestra’s Re-interpretation)
04. Les Gammas – Guauanco (The Cinematic Orchestra’s Extended Version)
05. Piero Umiliani – Panoramica (The Cinematic Orchestra Remix)
06. Nils Petter Molvaer – Vilderness (The Cinematic Orchestra Remix)
07. DJ Krust – Re-Arrange (The Cinematic Orchestra Remix)
08. The Cinematic Orchestra – Exit Music (Radiohead cover)

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