Yoko Ono - Between My Head and Sky (2009)

When I was just a kid who thought Yoko Ono is no more than the "Woman who broke the Beatles apart", this one fellow came in and showed me how wrong I was.

Very few people know how incredible this japanese lady is. Besides being a very well-known artist since early fifties (when John Lennon was still wearing diapers), and a very special musician, Yoko has already proved to be a wonderful and very humble person. Difficult qualities for musicians, these days.

To record Between My Hand and Sky, Yoko regrouped with the Plastic Ono Band and Sean Lennon. The result is one of her more accesible albuns. It has rocknroll, funk, moving ballads and electronic goofiness.

I wouldn't know about all this, if it wasn't for this old fellow of mine. Today is a special day for him, and this post goes as a homage.


1. Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band - Waiting For The D Train (2:48)
2. Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band - The Sun Is Down (4:50)
3. Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band - Ask The Elephant (3:04)
4. Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band - Memory Of Footsteps (3:16)
5. Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band - Moving Mountains (2:54)
6. Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band - Calling (4:19)
7. Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band - Healing (4:24)
8. Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band - Hashire, Hashire (3:35)
9. Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band - Between My Head And The Sky (5:35)
10. Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band - Feel The Sand (6:01)
11. Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band - Watching The Rain (5:31)
12. Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band - Unon. To (3:18)
13. Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band - I'm Going Away Smiling (2:52)
14. Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band - I'm Alive (0:20)
15. Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band - Higa Noboru (5:45)

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Tangerine Dream - Phaedra (1974)

Ok, so people always send me emails saying how nice the records I put on the blog are, how I never post bad music here, how my musical taste and fantastic and etc...

Well, here's a terrible record. I hate it.

Phaedra is regarded by many as Tangerine Dream's masterpiece. Supposedly, this album is one of the best ambient-music records that have ever been made. Many call it a ""transcendental experience"", or, to quote some fellow from amazon.com: "it took me beyond the limits of my imagination".

I have no idea how can someone go beyond the limits of his imagination listening to 40 minutes of one keyboard note constantly pressed. I guess I just don't have what it takes to reach the spiritual potential of such deep albuns, as, for example: Brian Eno's extremely highly acclaimed ambience albuns.

Brian Eno, a very spiritual guy.

If you wanna listen to it and come up with an opinion by yourselves, the download link is right below:

1. "Phaedra" – 17:45
2. "Mysterious Semblance at the Strand of Nightmares" – 9:55
3. "Movements of a Visionary" – 8:01
4. "Sequent C' " – 2:18

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Can - Ege Bamyasi (1972)

This is a fantastic record. One of my favourites ever, definitely.
If you still arent familiar with Can and Krautrock, I'd recommend you to search wikipedia to see what they stand for. In resume, they are a german band with a japanese singer who sings in mumblings.

This record is one of those you get high while listening to. I mean, not literally, it's just that the sound is so grasping and involving, you can't help but start feeling part of the experience.

Prindle describes it as:
"Like you just fell like putting on dark sunglasses and shaking your head back and forth like a heroin user might before the dark slumber of death rolls over."

Starostin describes it as:
"Keywords: 'organic', 'polyrhythmic', 'tribal', 'voodoo', 'dark', 'mystical', but far from the generic game 'Let's Pretend We're So Very Psychic''. Let it just grow on you."

1) Pinch;
2) Sing Swan Song;
3) One More Night;
4) Vitamin C;
5) Soup;
6) I'm So Green;
7) Spoon

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Pogo - Children movies into Lounge

Pogo is the pseudonymus of a musician who mixes sounds from children well-known movies (like Mary Poppins and HarryPotter) into great lounge and jazzy tunes.

In this download, I've put 6 of his tracks that are favourites of mine. But you can hear the rest on www.myspace.com/pogotracks

My two favourites are Expialidocious(the one from the video right below) and Scrumdiddlyumptious. Just listen to these two, m'kay?


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Dan Deacon - Bromst (2009)

Epic electronic music that screams "BIZARRE!".
This is truly hard to describe. Just listen to the youtube video.

1. Build Voice
2. Red F
3. Paddling Ghost
4. Snookered
5. Of The Mountains
6. Surprise Stefani
7. Wet Wings
8. Woof Woof
9. Slow With Horns/Run For your Life
10. Baltihorse
11. Get Older
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Zen CD: A Ninja Tune Retrospective (Part 2)

Tracklisting:

1. Coldcut - More Beats & Pieces
2. DJ Vadim - Terrorist
3. Kid Koala - Fender Bender
4. DJ Vadim - Your Revolution
5. The Herbaliser - Mr Chombee Has The Flaw
6. Mr. Scruff - Shrimp
7. The Herbaliser - The Blend
8. 9 Lazy 9 - Black Jesus
9. Up, Bustle & Out - Aqui No Ma
10. The Cinematic Orchestra - Channel 1 Suite
11. Amon Tobin - Deo
12. The Cinematic Orchestra - All Things To All Men
13. Jaga Jazzist - Lithuania
14. Funki Porcini - Purrfect
    Featuring Unitone Hifi
15. The Herbaliser - Something Wicked

Como prometido, aí vai o link pra 2a parte:

Download: Link

Links avulsos emprestados por: http://shicka.blogspot.com

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As promised, the second part of Ninja Tune's retrospective.

ZEN CD: A Ninja Tune Retrospective (Parte I)

Zen CD: A Ninja Tune Retrospective (Parte I)

Tracklisting

Disc 1

1. DJ Food - Dark Lady
2. Coldcut - Atomic Moog
3. Amon Tobin - Get Your Snack On
4. Bonobo - Pick Up
5. Mr. Scruff - Get A Move On
6. Mr. Scruff - Sweetsmoke
7. Wagon Christ - Bend Over
8. Kid Koala - Skanky Panky
9. Luke Vibert - Get Your Head Down
10. Amon Tobin - Sardid
11. DJ Food - Spiral
12. Hexstatic - Auto
13. Coldcut - Timber
    Featuring Hexstatic
14. Amon Tobin - Easy Muffin
15. Coldcut - Autumn Leaves
16. The Cinematic Orchestra - All That You Give
17. Funki Porcini - Long Road

Ninja Tune é uma gravadora independente sediada em Londres, especializada em música eletrônica, hip –hop alternativo e instrumental, Nu Jazz, Drum n’bass e chillout.

A Ninja Tune Retrospective é uma coletânea não oficial “autorizada” pela gravadora, e contém 32 músicas (o Disc 2 vai ser postado mais tarde) dos principais nomes da casa, indo do oldschool até as produções mais recentes. Indispensável.

Link

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A Ninja Tune Retrospective (Part I) is an unofficial “Greatest Hits” by Zen CD and its quite essential for those who want to get into the style of the label.