Note :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Make-Up

Origine du Groupe : North America

Style : Post-Punk , Funk Rock , Soul Rock

Sortie : 1998

For 1998's In Mass Mind, their second studio album and fourth long-player overall, the Make-Up recruited Adam & Eve -- a.k.a. Royal Trux's Neil Hagerty and Jennifer Herrema -- for production
duties. As evidenced by the album's warm, detailed sound, the collaboration is a perfect fit, bringing just enough polish and focus to the Make-Up's music to make it even more powerful. "Black
Wire Pt. 1," "Drop the Needle," and "The Joy of Sound" show off the group's dynamic, theatrical side, while "Earth Worm," "Do You Like Gospel Music," "Time Machine," and "Caught Up in the
Rapture" are atmospheric and soulful, further explorations into the band's widening sonic territory.



By ~ Heather Phares

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Tracklist :

   1. "Black Wire Pt. 1" − 1:03

   2. "Live in the Rhythm Hive" − 3:02

   3. "Joy of Sound" − 3:38

   4. "Watch it with that Thing" − 4:21

   5. "Drop the Needle" − 2:17

   6. "Earth Worm Pt. 1" − 2:03

   7. "Do You Like Gospel Music?" − 3:59

   8. "Come up to the Microphone" − 2:50

   9. "Centre of the Earth" − 2:59

  10. "(I've Heard About) Saturday Nite" − 3:05

  11. "Earth Worm Pt. 2" − 2:25

  12. "Time Machine" − 2:38

  13. "Caught up in the Rapture" − 4:41

  14. "Black Wire Pt. 2" − 2:02

Note :

http://www.myspace.com/andreyatriana

Origine du Groupe : U.K

Style : Alternative , Nu-Soul , Downtempo

Sortie : 2010

I’ve never been invited to a dinner party, as anyone who’s read one of my reviews might not be surprised to hear. So I don’t know what sort of music people play at them, but I know that to attach
the tag of ‘dinner party music’ to anything is a grave insult, implying sounds bland enough to ensure the focus stays on the balsamic drizzle and not the hi-fi.



Lost Where I Belong veers a little close to the background, but is saved heroically from blandness partly by Triana’s voice – an elegant, sultry zephyr that dips low and soars high with breathy
ease, bringing to mind Amy Winehouse, Erykah Badu or Jill Scott – and partly by the production from Bonobo, who makes that voice the star and frames it with not much more than understated
percussion and acoustic guitars. It won’t startle the guests, but it’s still a deeply soulful and promising debut.



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Tracklist :

1. Draw The Stars

2. Up In Fire

3. Lost Where I Belong

4. A Town Called Obsolete

5. Darker Than Blue

6. Daydreamers

7. Far Closer

8. Something In The Silence

9. X

Note :

http://www.myspace.com/wovenhand

Origine du Groupe : North America

Style : Alternative Folk , Rock

Sortie : 2010

Indie Folk Américaine / 2010. Wovenhand a été purgé des vices de « Ten Stones » et on ne retrouvera sur « The Threshing Floor » ni les guitares rugueuses de « The Beautiful Axe », ni le punk-folk
de « Kicking Bird », ni les refrains fédérateurs de « Not One Stone », ni même l’émotion des post-ballades comme « Quiet Nights & Quiet Stars ». Non, il s’agit d’un album plus intimiste comme
« Mosaic », d’un album où David Eugene Edwards continue de se chercher et poursuit l’exploration de lui-même entamée avec « Blush Music ». Le songwriting y est ainsi implicitement moins ambitieux
mais toujours aussi personnel.



Dès les chants mystiques de « Sinking Hands », on sait que « The Threshing Floor » sera un album plus opaque, plus mystérieux, un véritable labyrinthe dans la pensée déjà torturée de son créateur
; une impression rapidement confirmée par « Raise Her Hands ». Quelque soit le procédé créatif, David Eugene Edwards aime à se retrouver isolé, évitant souvent les grosses tournées et la
promiscuité d’un groupe. Wovenhand est une extension de son univers, de sa vie, un parcours à mille chemins qui se croisent et s’entrechoquent, mais un parcours que l’on doit suivre seul.



On pourrait du coup reprocher à Wovenhand de tourner en rond, d’appliquer une recette tant chacun des titres porte en lui tout l’héritage des précédents opus (« A Holy Measure ») et que chacune
des intersections possèdent les mêmes attributs que la précédente. Les chansons usent toujours du même schéma narratif imposé dès 2003 par des titres comme « My Russia ». Les introductions
instrumentales particulièrement ambiantes laissent supposer que la voix ne viendra jamais se poser avant que cette dernière ne finisse toujours par nous prendre à revers (« Singing Grass »).
L’étrange interlude « Wheatstraw » est lui une émanation du spectre de « Snake Bite ». Mais la précieuse capacité du pèlerin à imbriquer brillamment les influences médiévales et les fluttes
enchanteresses (« Terre Haute ») prouve qu’il y a une légitimité à consolider les défenses du terrain qu’on est le seul à occuper. Au fond, les briques du « Shametown » de 16 Horsepower servent
toujours 15 ans plus tard de fondations au dédale.



C’est lorsque la rythmique joue le décalage avec l’univers folk et qu’un mur de son porte la force des incantations que Wovenhand se fait le plus envoûtant (« Thruth », reprise de New Order).
Plus le temps passe, plus David Eugene Edwards marche dans les pas de David Tibet, et les abîmes de Wovenhand pourraient bientôt côtoyer ceux de Current 93 (« Behind Your Breath »).



« The Threshing Floor » se clôture sur un « Denver City », blues-rock à souhait et étonnamment empli d’espoir, qui ne peut se défendre d’être une évidente référence au Denver Sound dont David
Eugene Edwards fut en quelque sorte l’effigie. Faut-il y voir la sortie du labyrinthe ? Non plutôt un oasis de verdure caché au milieu de celui-ci. Nul doute que le voyage initiatique n’est pas
fini et que les shamans ont encore fort à faire avec Wovenhand.



par Benjamin F

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Tracklist :

1. Sinking Hands

2. The Threshing Floor

3. A Holy Measure

4. Raise Her Hands

5. His Rest

6. Singing Grass

7. Behind Your Breath

8. Truth

9. Terre Haute

10. Orchard Gate

11. Wheatstraw

12. Denver City

Note :

http://www.amplesoul.com

http://www.myspace.com/fatjon35

Origine du Groupe : North America , Germany

Style : Abstract Hip Hop

Sortie : 2004

There aren't enough natural resources on planet Earth to keep us going. And there are insufficient amounts of love, hospitality or, indeed, humane warmth. That's all a given. But what is not
lacking in any way, shape or form on our madly spinning orb, is - instrumental hip hop.



Not that this bothers Fat Jon. Beat creator for Cincinnati based hip hop outfit Five Deez crew and sometime collaborator with German dubmeister Pole, Jon has carved a nice little side niche for
himself as a purveyor of, yup, the genre that has expanded exponentially ever since DJ Shadow showed the world how complete an instrument a sampler could be in the right hands.



Do we really need more?



Jon showed us back in 2002, on his album Wave Motion, that an ostensibly vocal-less album could speak volumes. He showed us how basslines could moil and mutter seductively, how jazz riffs could
burble magnificently, and how cleverly placed samples and skilful arrangements could trick us into thinking these instrumentals were actually songs.



Lightweight Heavy does the same again, conjuring up a certain sound ­summed up neatly in the title ­that balances butch, punchy riddims with summery vibes and simple structures that seem
multi-dimensional.



The first single, "Everywhere" is a case in point. A tripping, folkish vocalstitched to a coruscating harmony produces an endlessly pleasant bump that has simplicity written all over it, but is
still hopelessly infectious.



Opening gambit from the album, "Talk To Me", is pure pillow-talk; breathy vocal samples rising up from a deceptively brisk beat ride a classical piano riff that pushes your thoughts towards an
abstract horizon.



Trademark dubby basslines are a big reason for Jon's allure. "Torn Again" and "Mystery Soul" tug directly at the knees, compensating for the overall lack in rhythm shifts and chord changes.



"Synopsis" takes another jazz-road entirely, heading for a kind of middle ground; strong and melodic, unburdened by the weight of weed-smoke, un-tempted by the noodling of free avant-gardism.
Then there's the cosmic phunk of "Space Man", and the slathering sentimentality of "Her", which show that Jon is concerned with space, both inner and outer.



More economic than RJD2, less experimental than Prefuse 73, Jon has his own lucid, light-heavy sound that, regardless of the glut of beatz in the world today, occupies a special ­and necessary
place.



by Andrew McGregor

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Tracklist:

1. Talk To Me 3:45

2. Dreamers 2:37

3. Day 3:11

4. Everywhere 3:22

5. Her 3:38

6. Far Away 3:14

7. Torn Again 3:06

8. Mystery God 3:22

9. Synopsis 3:17

10. You Are 3:10

11. Body Language 3:29

12. Beyond Love 3:53

13. Space Man 3:23

14. Point a 2 b 2:58

Note :

Origine du Groupe : V.A Brazil

Style : World Music

Sortie : 2010

Uma coisa bem diferente pra variar. Eu também tenho um coração

Brasileiro e fiz ese compilação para vocês. Espero que vão gostar.



Thanks Global Groove



Tracklist :

1 Alberto Mota e seu conjunto - Tamborim

2 Marilia Medalha - Ausencia

3 Ary Cordovil - O que é que eu dou

4 Gal Costa e Caetano Veloso - Coração vagabundo

5 Thelma Soares - Palhaço

6 Noël Rosa - Gago apaixonado

7 Chico da Silva - Sambaterapia

8 Garota de Ipanema

9 Manoel Conceição - Genta humilde

10 João Gilberto - Este seu olhar

11 Thelma Soares - Fora do baralho

12 Cartola - Peciso me encontrar

13 Alberto Mota e seu conjunto - Jogado fora

14 Maria Bethânia - Ultimo desejo

15 Aparecida - Saravá, Saravá Bahia

16 Maria Creuza - Pouco importa

17 Raul de Barros - Folhas secas

18 Doris Monteiro - Nos e o mar

19 Abel Ferreira - Chorando baixinho

20 Tito Madi - Chove la fora

Note :

Origine du Groupe : Congo

Style : World Music , Soukous

Sortie : 1986

It is hot in the Netherlands. With temperatures rising up to 36º C, or more

this weekend. The whole country is in a hot summer mood, hanging out

on terraces with big glasses of cold beer. Same time we are all very exited

about being in the finals of the worldcup. Orange fever going 'round the land.

The music that fits a hot summer night like no other, a nice piece

of steady soukous. Choc Stars are the band to fulfil that request

for us tonight. Make a slow but groovy dance with Choc Stars.



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Tracklist :

1 Kelemani - djeuni

2 Deserteur

3 Presence

4 Ozi

Note :

http://timbertimbre.com

http://www.myspace.com/timbertimbre

Origine du Groupe : Canada

Style : Alternative Rock , Folk Psyché

Sortie : 2009

Je vous avais déjà parlé de Timber Timbre (bon, j’peux pas vous faire un lien vers le billet en question, un 403 Forbidden  de plus et j’explose), ce groupe canadian de folk/blues dont la
notoriété ne cesse de grimper, qui a été récompensé par un prix Polaris et qui en pleine tournée américaine, ce qui devrait leur offrir une plus grande visibilité internationale. J’me prends même
à espérer une tournée européenne en 2010. Comment définir leur musique… C’est en quelque sorte un mélange de Devendra Banhart et M. Ward, avec une voix qui me fait penser à Charlie Winston,
notamment dans « Demon Host ». C’est génial.



par Le Choix de Mlle Elodie

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Tracklist :

   1. "Demon Host"

   2. "Lay Down in the Tall Grass"

   3. "Until the Night is Over"

   4. "Magic Arrow"

   5. "We'll Find Out"

   6. "I Get Low"

   7. "Trouble Comes Knocking"

   8. "No Bold Villain"

Note :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mute_Beat

Origine du Groupe : Japan

Style : Dub

Sortie : 1996

A Mute Beat era uma banda influente do reggae dub do Japão. Sua primeira liberação foi uma fita  cassete intitulada ´´Mute Beat ´´ em 1984 na etiqueta Roir de Nova Iorque,mostrando um reggae
do estilo dub, jazz e ska. Esta banda japonesa pouco conhecida desenvolveu realmente todos os três estilos. Embora a música tenha suas raízes profundamente no reggae autêntico, com as linhas de
baixo gordas de Takayosi Matsunaga e o rufar apertado da bateria de Gota Yasiki,assim como na música de Mile Davis o jazz borbulha frequentemente à superfície, agradecimentos a um duo de
tocadores de metais (o trompetista Kazufumi Kodama e trombonista Akihito Masui). O grupo trabalha extremamente bem juntos, e seu som varia do dub-pesado, ao dancehall como em "Still Echo" ao
´´groovy´´ relaxante de "Mixed Up" (uma de poucas trilhas com vocais) e a vibrante " Downtown". Um álbum inacreditável e influente, que a começa a ganhar a atenção que mereceu já há muitos anos.
Conduzida pelo trumpetista  Kazufumi  ´´Echo´´ Kodama, a música do Mute Beat é dominada pelos metais, o trumpete e o trombone frequentemente  incorporando e entrelaçando o som em
um bailado harmônico, como em ´´Landscape´´. Membros da banda: Akihito Masui(trombone), Gota Yashiki (bateria), Hirofumi Asamoto (teclados), Izumi Miyazaki(teclados,dub mixer), Kazufumi Kodama
(trumpete), Takayoshi Matsunaga (baixo),Kenji Kitamura (teclados) e Mitsuwa Sakamoto (piano,teclados) ,entre outros membros itinerantes.

A banda contou no álbum Mute Beat - Live (gravado em 1989) com convidados jamaicanos como Gladstone 'Gladdy' Anderson nos teclados,Dwight 'Brother Dee' Pickney na
guitarra,e Roland Alphonso no tenor saxofone..

Gravaram um álbum tributo a Roland Alphonso em 1988 chamado Roland Alphonso meets Mute Beat´´com temas dos Skatalites e de Roland..

Augustus Pablo participou de Still Echo (Melodica Mix)..

Em ´´Mute Beat Dub Wise´´ de 1989 utilizaram temas os temas dos monstros jamaicanos do dub

Lee´´Scratch´´ Perry e King Tubby....

par Jahman

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Tracklist :

01 METRO

02 FIOLINA

03 BEAT AWAY

04 LANDSCAPE

05 DOWN TOWN

06 MIXED UP

07 SCHOOL YARD DUB(JENKA)

08 DUB NO.5(TAKE 5)

09 STILL ECHO

10 MONEY MONEY

11 RHYTHM AND ECHO

Note :

http://www.redearthmusic.co.uk

http://www.myspace.com/soothsayers

Origine du Groupe : U.K

Style : Electro Dub , Dub

Sortie : 2010

With their outstanding third album One More Reason, rootsjazzical south London horns-men Soothsayers and musical spars the Red Earth Collective gave us authentic-sounding, vintage roots reggae
with enough of their jazz, funk and afrobeat influences to avoid stale nostalgia. Now, their follow-up set of dub versions supplies that record’s ideal companion.



Rest assured, the group has far too much exuberance to make the kind of sparse repetitive dub that's incomprehensible to the sober mind. Comprising six remixes from the One More Reason sessions,
one from second album Tangled Roots and some unreleased material (all mixed live by UK dub eminence Manasseh), these dubs are as busy and melodic as those of Treasure Isle and Tuff Gong’s Errol
Brown, with the power and UK moodiness of reggae-jazzmaster Dennis Bovell.



The repositioning of Red Earth Collective before Soothsayers on the cover is no accident. For while the horns are prominent – check Robin Hopcraft’s militant trumpet and Idris Rahman’s swooping,
eddying sax on new track The Brixton Pound – the other players have a lot more room to be heard. This is particularly true of Idris’s sister Zoe, who was quite low in the mix last time but whose
electric piano and organ runs now take on a new life amid the spacious grooves.



There's an instrumental to the Johnny Clarke-inspired Music (shorn of its English Capital Letters-style harmonies to reveal its Aggravators-based structure) and a more traditionally one-drop
retool of the Clarke collaboration Bad Boys.



Conversely, the flip to another fresh tune, Hard Times, is suffused with guest violinist Sami Bishai's strings (a big no-no in traditional UK roots) encapsulating the philosophy of a band who,
unlike many non-Jamaicans, know exactly how to play reggae yet want something more. Meanwhile, West African-tinged efforts such as Benin City Dub and a timely cover of Fela Kuti’s Africa (with
spoken word by percussionist Adesose Wallace) pick up the pace as and when required.



Few modern dub albums can sustain interest across an entire disc. Red Earth Dub, the work of a group still on the rise, is a member of that exclusive club.



by Angus Taylor

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Tracklist :

01 Intro 01:24

02 Bad Boys Dub (Manasseh Remix) 03:34

03 Cant Live Without IT (Music) 04:27

04 Hard Times Dub 03:28

05 Benin City Dub 01:54

06 Heavymore 03:47

07 We Better Dub 05:24 [--split--]

08 The Brixton Pound 04:54

09 Dubirie 03:43

10 Melodical Medicine (Interlude) 01:37

11 Never Give Up (Manasseh Dub Remix) 03:02

12 River Effra Dub 03:53

13 Cant Slow Down (Interlude) 00:58

14 Dub Africa 05:39

Note :

http://www.myspace.com/bgradiation

http://no-source.info/backgroundradiation

Origine du Groupe : Nederlands

Style : Alternative , Ambient , Downtempo , Folktronic

Sortie : 2010

Background Radiation, is folktronic pop. Tim Dwyer and Ludo Maas, both on different sides of the world, collaborate in a Postal Service like fashion through the internet. Moot Point is the
ironically named follow-up to their ironically named debut, "False Start". Much like the first EP, these songs, layer acoustic tinkerings and mesh them with slow, electronic rhythm sections.
"False Memories Take You By Surprise" is a short instrumental intro as if the opening credits to a film. Themes of film, space, and love come and go over the course of album from the folksy
number "Give Me Light" to the ambient pop of "Double Negative". You'll hear lots of different influences in the EP from the almost National sounding "Motion Trees" to the David Sylvain-esque
"Need The Constant".



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Tracklist :

01) False Memories Take You By Surprise

02) Give Me Light

03) Radiate

04) Double Negative

05) Motion Trees

06) Need The Constant