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V.A. KRAUTROCK - Masters + Echoes
Germany – at the end of the sixties. Things were beginning to bubble on the underground music scene. Kraut-Rock was known as the bastard. It fed on anything and everything that haunted young heads at the time, reworking influences from Hendrix through to student protest leader Dutschke, from LSD sounds through to Free Jazz, from ethnic elements to a touch of modern E-music. Kraftwerk, Can, Amon Düül, Tangerine Dream, Neu!, Faust – the music of these bands was raw and experimental, it sounded different from that of Velvet Underground, Jefferson Airplane, Zappa, Cream or Pink Floyd. Inspired by psychedelics, sci-fi and religion, the cosmic couriers were intent on diving into new worlds and galaxies, as far removed as possible from the burden of recent German history and the predominant Anglo-American trends. Klaus Schulze, trailblazer of electronic Pop and part of Tangerine Dream's original line-up recalls that 'whereas, previously, we'd seen a guitarist, a bass player and a drummer, suddenly there's someone sitting there, all alone, surrounded by a thousand cables.
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Brazilution 5.7
The successful Brazilution Series of Stereo Deluxe Records is now sounding the bell for the 7th round. This issue of the valuable series comes along with deep and placid tracks as well as delicate Bossa Nova and Brazilian rhythms – the perfect soundtrack for this year’s summer!
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3-11 Porter
There is a certain kind of music that is impossible to forget about again once you listened to it for the first time. Within seconds, it takes a certain place in your heart, triggering certain emotions... and from then on keeps staying in those emotional charts for a long time, if not forever.
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The Orb
The Orb virtually invented the electronic genre known as ambient house, resurrecting slower, more soulful rhythms and providing a soundtrack for early-morning ravers once the clubs closed their doors. Now they invite you to join them to sit back, relax, and drift into ‘The Dream’. It’s been a busy year for the orb, recording the album, playing Bestival, and seeing the seminal number 1 album, UFOrb getting a re-release. ‘The Dream’ sees Alex Paterson and Youth at their blessed, and melodious best. Their history speaks volumes, and the future is certainly bright…
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Pat Appleton Watch Video - Click here
Born the daughter of a German mother and a Liberian father, Pat Appleton spent most of her childhood and all her school days in Liberia. When she came back to Germany to study politics, she soon discovered that she could be a far better representative for music than for political affairs. After vocal training and many performances as the lead or background singer in various bands, and after excursions into advertisement and film music, she joined the sound collective De-Phazz in 1998, where she supplies lyrics and lead vocals to this day.
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Florian Horwath - Speak To Me Now
„In diesen Zeiten sollte man nicht lange drumherumreden: Florian Horwath ist der erste österreichische New-Folk-Star. Er ist cool, er ist schön, und seine Musik ist es auch. Außerdem ist sie wild und sehr akustisch, so akustisch, dass es scheppert, und das ist viel wert. Man wird den Eindruck nicht los, als ob hier jemand endlich mal den Weg beschreitet, auf den sich die anderen bisher alle nicht getraut haben, und zwar mit großen Schritten und ohne Rücksicht auf Verluste. Bravo, Florian“ (Sven Regener)
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Coming Home by Nightmares On Wax
"Everybody has the right to feel good. And with that in mind, my selection of music sanctions that right. ENJOY & FEEL GOOD!" (E.A.S.E., Nightmares On Wax)
With great pleasure and a wide smile, Stereo Deluxe opens the next chapter in that big and ever expanding book of comfy audio delight, known to many as the well established „Coming Home“ series. Following up on seriously personal selections by a.o. Tim Love Lee and Nouvelle Vague, this „Coming Home“ volume provides a truly individual choice of stand out tunes selected by George Evelyn aka E.A.S.E., the positive force behind Nightmares On Wax.
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JEN
„Words become whispers. We exchange glances, leaden with meaning. Music melts the moment, we dance.”
Spoken Word Poetry.
A form of literary art, in which lyrics, poetry or stories are spoken rather than sung, often done with a musical background, but emphasis is kept on the speaker. Like The Last Poets with their engagement for the afro-american values. Like Gil Scott-Heron, who recited out of his self-written volume of poetry for his first album.
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ROAD
ROAD sound like Massive Attack going on a trip to brazil and Africa, taking with them the soul of Terry Callier and the raw funk of Gorillaz.
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Coming Home
Nouvelle Vague is the exceptionally successful project of French music producers Olivier Libaux and Marc Collin. Their unusual and charming rearrangments of various new wave and post-punk classics has become a classic itself.
Accordingly, Libaux and Collin have, with help from their singers (among others Melanie Pain, Gerald Toto), bared the heart and soul of songs by Joy Division, The Clash or Blondie and translated them into chanson and bossa nova spheres on their last two albums. For the second part of the “Coming Home” compilation, they have come up with a special concept, which is a credit to its name that also refers to the French film genre: “Coming Home” compiles 20 pieces that are all taken from movie soundtracks
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