Thursday, February 26, 2009

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Verve Remixed Vol. 4


















Rating: 4.5/10
Sound Quality: 320 kb/s
Format: Mp3
Record Label: Verve
Year Released: 2008
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Σίγουρα όχι τόσο καλή αυτή η συλλογή όσο οι προηγούμενες Verve Remixed. Παρ' όλα αυτά περιέχει μία από τις πιο ωραίες διασκευές που έχω ακούσει τα τελευταία χρόνια. Αυτή του θρυλικού "I Get A Kick Out Of You" (με την φωνή της Ella Fitzgerald) από τους Cinematic Orchestra.
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Can't Get Enough - Barry White


















Rating: 6/10
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Record Label: Mercury
Year Released: 1974
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Και λίγο Barry για να αντέξουμε το κρυο...
Αφιερωμένο στον Άγιο Θεοφάνη τον ερωτιάρη και τον φίλο μου τον "Q" που εύστοχα αποκαλέι τον Barry White ελληνιστί "Ο Αγαπούλης"...

About Barry White
Barry Eugene White (born Barrence Eugene Carter, September 12, 1944(1944-09-12) – July 4, 2003) was an American record producer, songwriter and singer.A multiple Grammy Award-winner known for his deep bass voice and romantic image, White's greatest success came in the 1970s with the Love Unlimited Orchestra, crafting many enduring hit soul and disco songs. Worldwide, White had many gold and platinum albums and singles, with combined sales of over 100 million, according to critics Ed Hogan and Wade Kergan.

White was born in Galveston, Texas and grew up in the high-crime areas of South Central Los Angeles, where he joined a gang at the age of 10. At 17, he was jailed for four months for stealing $30,000 worth of Cadillac tires.

While in prison, White listened to Elvis Presley singing "It's Now or Never" on the radio, an experience he later credited with changing the course of his life. After his release, he left gang life and began a musical career at the dawn of the 1960s in singing groups before going out on his own in the middle of the decade. The marginal success he had to that point was as a songwriter; his songs were recorded by rock singer Bobby Fuller and TV bubblegum act The Banana Splits. He was also responsible in 1963 for arranging "Harlem Shuffle" for Bob & Earl, which became a hit in the UK in 1969. He discovered disco artist Viola Wills in 1965, and signed her to Bronco Records.

In August 1969, he got his break producing a girl group called Love Unlimited. Formed in imitation of the legendary Motown girl group The Supremes, the group members honed their talents with White for the next two years until they all signed contracts with 20th Century Records. White produced, wrote and arranged the classic soul ballad "Walking in the Rain (With The One I Love)", which hit the Top 20 of the pop charts. The group would score more hits throughout the '70s and White eventually married the lead singer of the group, Glodean James.

While working on a few demos for a male singer, the record label suggested White step out in front of the microphone, to which he reluctantly agreed. His first solo chart hit, 1973's "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby", rose to #1 R&B and #3 Pop. That same year, the Love Unlimited Orchestra's recording of White's composition "Love's Theme" reached #1 Pop in 1974, one of only two instrumental recordings ever to do so. Some regard "Love's Theme" as the first disco hit ever.

Other chart hits by White include "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up" (1973), "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" (1974), "You're the First, the Last, My Everything" (1974), "What Am I Gonna Do With You" (1975), "Let the Music Play" (1976), "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next To Me" (1977), "Your Sweetness is My Weakness" (1978), and "Change" (1982).

Considered handsome and deeply romantic by his many female fans and admired for the unique blend of soul and classical orchestral musical elements he created, White was often affectionately referred to as the "Maestro" or "The Man with the Velvet Voice". His portly physical stature led some in the popular press to make condescending jokes about his weight by referring to White as the "Walrus of Love," a moniker considered disrespectful by many fans. Barry White was also referred to as "The Sultan of Smooth Soul," but it was his role as brainchild of the funk-fueled, deep soul band, the Love Unlimited Orchestra, in which he was widely branded on several early albums as the group's Maestro, earning him the only documented nickname for which he and his musical colleagues were responsible.

Although White's success on the pop charts slowed down as the disco era came to an end, he maintained a loyal following throughout his career. In the 1990s, he mounted an effective comeback with the albums The Icon Is Love (1994), whose biggest hit, "Practice What You Preach" reached the top of the charts. In 1996, White recorded the incredibly steamy "Wildest Dreams" with rock icon Tina Turner. Staying Power (1999) won 2 Grammy Awards. In addition, his music was often featured on the sitcom Ally McBeal and he appeared on the show twice.

White had been ill with chronically high blood pressure for some time, which resulted in kidney failure in the autumn of 2002. He suffered a stroke in May 2003, after which he was forced to retire from public life. On 4 July, 2003, he died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles from renal failure. White was cremated, and his ashes were scattered by his family off the California coast.

On 20 September, 2004, he was posthumously inducted into the Dance Music Hall of Fame at a ceremony held in New York.

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

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Here To Stay - Freddie Hubbard


















Rating: 4.5/10
Sound Quality: 320 kb/s
Format: Mp3
Record Label: Blue Note
Year Released: 1962
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About Freddie Hubbard
Frederick Dewayne Hubbard (7 April 1938 – 29 December 2008) was an American jazz trumpeter. He was known primarily for playing in the bebop, hard bop and post bop styles from the early 60s and on. His unmistakable and influential tone contributed to new perspectives for modern jazz and bebop.

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Minor Move - Tina Brooks


















Rating
: 4/10
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320 kb/s
Format: Mp3
Record Label: Blue Note
Year Released: 1958
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About Tina Brooks
Harold Floyd (Tina) Brooks (June 7, 1932 – August 13, 1974), was an American hard bop tenor saxophonist and composer. Tina Brooks was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and was the brother of David "Bubba" Brooks. He initially studied the C-melody saxophone, which he began playing shortly after he moved to New York with his family in 1944. Brooks' first professional work came in 1951 with rhythm and blues pianist Sonny Thompson, and, in 1955, Brooks played with vibraphonist Lionel Hampton. His friendship with trumpeter and composer Little Benny Harris led to his first recording as a leader. Harris played a key role in Brooks' acquiring a contract with Blue Note Records in 1958.

He is best known for his work for Blue Note Records, for whom he recorded four sessions as leader between 1958 and 1961, and for whom he also recorded as a sideman with Kenny Burrell, Freddie Hubbard, Jackie McLean, Freddie Redd, and Jimmy Smith. McLean and Redd also appeared on Brooks' albums, and McLean and Brooks' musical performances in The Connection, a play by Jack Gelber with music by Redd, were highly regarded. Brooks was McLean's understudy in The Connection and performed on an album of music from the play.

Because of health problems due to drug addiction, Brooks did not record after 1961. He died of liver failure.

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The Latin Bit - Grant Green


















Rating: 6/10
Sound Quality: 320 kb/s
Record Label: Blue Note
Year Released: 1961
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About Grant Green
Grant Green (June 6, 1935 – January 31, 1979; some sources erroneously give the birth year as 1931) was a jazz guitarist and composer.Recording prolifically and almost exclusively for Blue Note Records (as both leader and sideman) Green performed well in hard bop, soul jazz, bebop and latin-tinged settings throughout his career. Critics Michael Erlewine and Ron Wynn write, "A severely underrated player during his lifetime, Grant Green is one of the great unsung heroes of jazz guitar ... Green's playing is immediately recognizable -- perhaps more than any other guitarist." Critic Dave Hunter described his sound as "lithe, loose, slightly bluesy and righteously groovy". He often performed in an Organ trio, a small group with an organ and drummer.

Green was born on June 6, 1935 in St. Louis, MO. He first performed in a professional setting at the age of 12. His influences were Charlie Christian, Charlie Parker, Ike Quebec, Lester Young, Jimmy Raney, Jimmy Smith and Miles Davis, he first played boogie-woogie before moving on to jazz. His first recordings in St. Louis were with tenor saxophonist Jimmy Forrest for the Delmark label. The drummer in the band was Elvin Jones, later the powerhouse behind John Coltrane. Grant recorded with Elvin again in the early Sixties. Lou Donaldson discovered Grant playing in a bar in St. Louis. After touring together with Donaldson, Grant arrived in New York around 1959-60.

Lou Donaldson introduced Grant to Alfred Lion of Blue Note Records. Lion was so impressed with Grant that, rather than testing Grant as a sideman, as was the usual Blue Note practice, Lion arranged for him to record as a bandleader first. Green's initial recording session went unreleased until 2001, however, owing to a lack of confidence on Green's behalf. Despite the shelving of his first session, Green's recording relationship with Lion and Blue Note was to last, with a few exceptions, throughout the Sixties. From 1961 to 1965, Grant made more appearances on Blue Note LPs, as leader or sideman, than anyone else. Grant's first issued album as a leader was Grant's First Stand. This was followed in the same year by Green Street and Grantstand. He often provided support to many of other great musicians on Blue Note. These included saxophonists Hank Mobley, Ike Quebec, Stanley Turrentine and Harold Vick, as well as organist Larry Young. Grant was named best new star in the Down Beat critics' poll, 1962. As a result, his influence spread wider than New York.

Sunday Mornin' , The Latin Bit and Feelin' the Spirit are all loose concept albums, each taking a musical theme or style: Gospel, Latin and spirituals respectively. Grant always carried off his more commercial dates with artistic success during this period. Idle Moments (1963), featuring Joe Henderson and Bobby Hutcherson, and Solid (1964), featuring the Coltrane rhythm section, are acclaimed as two of Grant's best recordings. Many of Grant's recordings were not released during his lifetime. These include Matador, in which Grant is once again in the heavyweight company of the Coltrane rhythm section, and a series of sessions with pianist Sonny Clark.

In 1966 Grant left Blue Note and recorded for several other labels, including Verve. From 1967 to 1969 Grant was, for the most part, inactive due to personal problems and the effects of heroin addiction.

In 1969 Grant returned with a new funk-influenced band. His recordings from this period include the commercially successful Green is Beautiful and the soundtrack to the film The Final Comedown. Grant left Blue Note again in 1974 and the subsequent recordings he made with other labels are usually described as "commercial".

Grant spent much of 1978 in hospital and, against the advice of doctors, went back on the road to earn some money. While in New York to play an engagement at George Benson's Breezin' Lounge, Grant collapsed in his car of a heart attack in New York City on January 31, 1979. He was buried in Greenwood Cemetery in his hometown of St. Louis, Missouri, and was survived by six children.


Monday, February 23, 2009

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Rare Grooves: Africa Vol.1


















Rating: 5/10
Sound Quality: 320 kb/s
Format: Mp3
Record Label: Radio Nova
Year Released:
2006
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Nigeria 70 - Lagos Jump


















Rating: 6/10
Sound Quality: 320 kb/s
Record Label: Strut
Year Released: 2008
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Sunday, February 22, 2009

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In The Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson











Rating: 8/10
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Record Label: Island Records
Year Released: 1969
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Ένα από τα πιο όμορφα ψυχεδελικά/progressive rock δισκάκια που νομίζω ότι το ακούω από πάντα και... μάλλον για πάντα. Πάρα πολύ μπροστά για την εποχή του...

About the Album
In the Court of the Crimson King (an observation by King Crimson) is the 1969 debut album by the British progressive rock group King Crimson. The album reached #3 on the British charts. The album is certified gold in the United States.

The album is generally viewed as one of the strongest of the progressive rock genre, where blues-oriented rock was mixed together with jazz and European symphonic elements. In his 1997 book Rocking the Classics, critic/musicologist Edward Macan notes that In the Court of the Crimson King "may be the most influential progressive rock album ever released."The Who's Pete Townshend was quoted as calling the album "an uncanny masterpiece".

The album was remastered and re-released on vinyl and CD several times during the 1980s and 1990s. The original stereo master tapes were finally located in a Virgin Records storage vault in 2003, leading to a much improved remastered CD version released in 2004.

About King Crimson
King Crimson are an English progressive rock band founded by guitarist Robert Fripp and drummer Michael Giles in 1969.

They have typically been categorised as a foundational progressive rock group, although they incorporate diverse influences ranging from jazz, classical and experimental music to psychedelic, New Wave, hard rock, gamelan and folk music. King Crimson have garnered little radio or music video airplay, but gained a large cult following. Their debut album, In the Court of the Crimson King, is widely regarded as a landmark in progressive rock. Their later excursions into even more unconventional territory have been influential on many contemporary musical artists.

Throughout the early-1970s, King Crimson's membership fluctuated as the band explored elements of jazz and funk. Today, its early music seems to owe a lot to the compositional frameworks of jazz innovators, like Charles Mingus. As the band developed an improvisational sound influenced by hard rock, the band's personnel became more stable in the mid-1970s, before breaking up in 1974. The band re-formed in 1981 for three years, influenced by New Wave and gamelan music, before breaking up again for around a decade. Following their 1994 reunion, King Crimson blended aspects of their 1980s and 1970s sound with influences from more recent musical genres, a synthesis which has continued into the 21st century.

King Crimson's membership has fluctuated considerably throughout their existence, with eighteen musicians and two lyricists passing through the ranks as full band members. Fripp, the only constant member of King Crimson, has arranged several distinct lineups, but has stated that he does not necessarily consider himself the band's leader. He describes King Crimson as "a way of doing things", and notes that he never originally intended to be seen as the head of the group.

Saturday, February 21, 2009

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Hail To The Thief - Radiohead


















Rating: 7.5/10
Sound Quality: 320 kb/s
Format: Mp3
Record Label: EMI
Year Released: 2003
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About Radiohead
Radiohead are an English alternative rock band formed in 1986 in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. The band is composed of Thom Yorke (lead vocals, rhythm guitar, piano, electronics), Jonny Greenwood (lead guitar, other instruments), Colin Greenwood (bass guitar, synthesisers), Ed O'Brien (guitar, backing vocals) and Phil Selway (drums, percussion). Radiohead achieved international popularity in the late 1990s and have sold approximately 30 million albums as of 2008.

Radiohead released their first single, "Creep", in 1992. Their debut album, Pablo Honey, followed in 1993. "Creep" was initially unsuccessful, but the song became a worldwide hit when reissued a year later. Radiohead's popularity in the United Kingdom increased with the release of their second album, The Bends (1995). The band's textured guitar parts and Yorke's falsetto singing were warmly received by critics and fans. Radiohead's third album, OK Computer (1997), propelled the band to greater fame worldwide. Featuring an expansive sound and themes of alienation from the modern world, OK Computer has often been acclaimed as a landmark record of the 1990s.

The release of Kid A (2000) and Amnesiac (2001) saw Radiohead reach the peak of their popularity, while the albums divided critical opinion. This period marked a change in Radiohead's musical style, with their incorporation of avant-garde electronic music, Krautrock, post-punk and jazz influences. Hail to the Thief (2003), which mixed guitar-driven rock with electronics and lyrics inspired by headlines, was the band's final album for their major record label, EMI. Radiohead's seventh album, In Rainbows (2007), was first released independently as a digital download for which customers selected their own price, later meeting with critical and chart success.

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Rain Dogs - Tom Waits


















Rating: 7/10
Sound Quality: 320 kb/s
Format: Mp3
Record Label: Island
Year Released: 1985
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Note From Dada!
Απλά ένα από τα πιο χαρακτηριστικά δισκάκια του Waits.
Επίσης μιας και το ανέφερα και στο δίσκο του Nick Drake "Five Leaves Left" ας το αναφέρω και εδώ καθώς πρόκειται για έναν από τους πιο ωραίους τίτλους δίσκων.
"Τα σκυλιά της βροχής" είναι εκείνα τα σκυλιά που χάσανε το δρόμο της επιστροφής για το σπίτι τους καθώς η βροχή έσβησε όλα τα ίχνη και τα σημάδια...

About Tom Waits
Thomas Alan Waits (born 7 December 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car." With this trademark growl, his incorporation of pre-rock styles such as blues, jazz, and vaudeville, and experimental tendencies verging on industrial music, Waits has built up a distinctive musical persona. He has worked as a composer for movies and musical plays and as a supporting actor in films, including The Fisher King, Coffee & Cigarettes, Down by Law, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Wristcutters: A Love Story, and Short Cuts. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his soundtrack work on One from the Heart.

Lyrically, Waits' songs contain atmospheric portrayals of bizarre, seedy characters and places, although he has also shown a penchant for more conventional ballads. He has a cult following and has influenced subsequent songwriters despite having little radio or music video support. His songs are best-known to the general public in the form of cover versions by more visible artists—for example, "Jersey Girl," performed by Bruce Springsteen; "Downtown Train" and "Tom Traubert's Blues" performed by Rod Stewart; and "Ol' '55," performed by the Eagles. Although Waits' albums have met with mixed commercial success in his native United States, they have occasionally achieved gold album sales status in other countries. He has been nominated for a number of major music awards and has won Grammy Awards for two albums, Bone Machine and Mule Variations.

Waits currently lives in Sonoma County, California with his wife and their three children.

Thursday, February 19, 2009

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The Budos Band II - The Budos Band


















Rating: 8/10
Sound Quality: 320 kb/s
Format: Mp3
Record Label: Daptone Records
Year Released: 2007
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Note From Dada!
Strongly Reccomended...!
Ένα γευστικότατο - σύχρονο coctail με βάση από Fela Kuti, Mulatu Astatke και άλλων μουσικών afro/groove "γεύσεων" από τους Νεοϊορκέζους Budos Band που καταφέρνουν ωστόσο να διατηρούν τον πρoσωπικό τους χαρακτήρα ως μπάντα.
Εδώ το δεύτερο και κατά την γνώμη μου καλύτερο τους album.

About the Budos Band
The Budos Band are an "Instrumental Staten-Island Afro-Soul" outfit recording on the Daptone Records label. The band has eleven members (up to thirteen members at times) who play instrumental music that is self-described as "Afro-Soul," a term and sound which - in a recent interview - baritone saxophone player Jared Tankel elucidates as, being drawn from Ethiopian music the band had been listening to that had a soul undercurrent to it, which the band then "sprinkled a little bit of sweet 60's stuff on top" of.

Jazz, deep funk, Afro-beat, and soul influences can be heard in the Budos Band albums, both of which are Daptone Records releases recorded at the label's own studio, Daptone's House of Soul, in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Numerous other funk and soul outfits appear on the same label including: The Mighty Imperials, Sugarman 3, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, plus others.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

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Naked As We Came - Iron & Wine



Note From Dada!
Το Naked As We Came δεν περιέχεται στο προαναρτηθέν "The Creek Drank The Cradle" αλλά στο δεύτερο album των Iron & Wine με τίτλο Our Endless Numbered Days, που κάποια στιγμή θα αναρτηθεί κι αυτό...
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The Creek Drank The Cradle - Iron & Wine


















Rating: 7.5/10
Sound Quality: 320 kb/s
Format: Mp3
Record Label: Sub Pop
Year Released: 2002
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About the Album
The Creek Drank the Cradle is the first full-length release from Iron & Wine (aka Sam Beam). It was released on September 24, 2002. The vinyl LP release came with a bonus 7" vinyl single. The promo CD for this album was released in a cardboard sleeve with alternate artwork.

About Iron & Wine
Iron & Wine is the stage and recording name of folk rock singer-songwriter, Samuel Beam. He has released three studio albums, several EPs and singles, as well as a few download-only releases, which include a live album (a recording of his 2005 Bonnaroo performance). Beam was raised in South Carolina before moving to Florida to attend school, but now resides outside of Austin, Texas. The name Iron & Wine is taken from a dietary supplement named "Beef Iron & Wine" that he found in a general store while shooting a film.
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Day Is Done - Nick Drake



Note From Dada!
Αφιερωμένο σε κάθε μέρα που έφυγε...
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Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake


















Rating: 8/10
Sound Quality: 320 kb/s
Format: Mp3
Record Label: Island
Year Released: 1970
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Note From Dada!
Αυτό το δισκάκι εκτός από "αφετηρία" αρκετών δημιουργών, το θεωρώ και "αφετηρία"μιας ολόκληρης σχολής του folk (μετέπειτα indie...) που φτάνει ως τις μέρες μας περιλαμβάνοντας ονόματα όπως: Andrew Bird, Joe Henry, Beth Gibbons (στο Out Of Season), Leafcutter John, Devendra Banhart και πολλούς άλλους μαζί με τους Iron & Wine από τους όποιους ποστάρω στην επόμενη ανάρτηση ένα από τα πιο καλά τους δισκάκια - ως "συνέχεια" αυτού του δίσκου.
Επίσης ένας από τους πιο όμορφους τίτλους δίσκων.
(Το προειδοποιητικό μήνυμα που αναγράφεται στα χαρτάκια για το στρίψιμο των τσιγάρων όταν έχουν απομείνει μόνο πέντε από δαύτα...)


About Nick Drake
Nicholas Rodney Drake (19 June 1948 – 25 November 1974) was an English singer-songwriter and musician best known for his acoustic, autumnal songs. His primary instrument was the guitar, though he was also proficient at piano, clarinet, and saxophone. Although he failed to find a wide audience during his lifetime, Drake's work has grown steadily in stature, to the extent that he now ranks among the most influential English singer-songwriters of the last 50 years.


Drake signed to Island Records when he was twenty years old and released his debut album, Five Leaves Left, in 1969. By 1972, he had recorded two more albums—Bryter Layter and Pink Moon. None of the albums sold more than 5,000 copies after their initial release.[4] His reluctance to perform live or be interviewed further contributed to his lack of commercial success. Despite this, he was able to gather a loyal group of people who would champion his music. One such person was his manager, Joe Boyd, who had a clause put into his own contract with Island Records that ensured Nick's records would never go out of print. Drake suffered from depression and insomnia throughout his life, and these topics were often reflected in his lyrics. Upon completion of his third album, 1972's Pink Moon, he withdrew from both live performance and recording, retreating to his parents' home in rural Warwickshire. On 25 November 1974, Drake died from an overdose of amitriptyline, a prescribed antidepressant; he was 26 years old.

There was residual interest in Drake's music through the mid-1970s, but it was not until the 1979 release of the retrospective album Fruit Tree that his back catalogue came to be reassessed. By the mid-1980s, Drake was being credited as an influence by such artists as Robert Smith and Peter Buck. In 1985, The Dream Academy reached the UK and US charts with "Life in a Northern Town", a song written for and dedicated to Drake. By the early 1990s, he had come to represent a certain type of 'doomed romantic' musician in the UK music press, and was frequently cited by artists including Kate Bush, Paul Weller, and The Black Crowes. Drake's first biography was written in 1997, and was followed in 1998 by the documentary film A Stranger Among Us. In 2000, Volkswagen featured the title track from Pink Moon in a television advertisement, and within a month Drake had sold more records than he had in the previous thirty years.

Monday, February 16, 2009

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Part III - Kora Jazz Trio


















Rating: 5.5/10
Sound Quality:
320 kb/s
Format: Mp3
Record Label: ANTI
Year Released: 1999
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Note From Dada!
Πάνω στο ίδιο ήχο με το (κατά την γνώμη μου) εξαιρετικό 2ο album τους, αλλά με σαφώς λιγότερες εμπνευσμένες στιγμές το τελευταίο δισκάκι των Kora Jaz Trio.
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Mule Variations - Tom Waits


















Rating: 5.5/10
Sound Quality:
320 kb/s
Format: Mp3
Record Label: ANTI
Year Released: 1999
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About Tom Waits
Thomas Alan Waits (born 7 December 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car." With this trademark growl, his incorporation of pre-rock styles such as blues, jazz, and vaudeville, and experimental tendencies verging on industrial music, Waits has built up a distinctive musical persona. He has worked as a composer for movies and musical plays and as a supporting actor in films, including The Fisher King, Coffee & Cigarettes, Down by Law, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Wristcutters: A Love Story, and Short Cuts. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his soundtrack work on One from the Heart.

Lyrically, Waits' songs contain atmospheric portrayals of bizarre, seedy characters and places, although he has also shown a penchant for more conventional ballads. He has a cult following and has influenced subsequent songwriters despite having little radio or music video support. His songs are best-known to the general public in the form of cover versions by more visible artists—for example, "Jersey Girl," performed by Bruce Springsteen; "Downtown Train" and "Tom Traubert's Blues" performed by Rod Stewart; and "Ol' '55," performed by the Eagles. Although Waits' albums have met with mixed commercial success in his native United States, they have occasionally achieved gold album sales status in other countries. He has been nominated for a number of major music awards and has won Grammy Awards for two albums, Bone Machine and Mule Variations.

Waits currently lives in Sonoma County, California with his wife and their three children.

Sunday, February 15, 2009

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Field Songs - Mark Lanegan


















Rating: 5.5/10
Sound Quality:
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Format: Mp3
Record Label: Beggars Banquet Records
Year Released: 2001
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About Mark Lanegan
Mark Lanegan (born November 25, 1964) in Ellensburg, Washington) is an American rock musician and songwriter. Lanegan began his music career in the 1980s, forming the grunge group Screaming Trees with Gary Lee Conner, Van Conner and Mark Pickerel. During his time in the band Lanegan would start a low-key solo career.

The Screaming Trees eventually disbanded in 2000 and although Lanegan became a permanent member of Queens of the Stone Age for a period he continued to collaborate on tracks with other artists such as Melissa Auf der Maur, Martina Topley Bird, Creature with the Atom Brain and recently on Black River by the electronic outfit, Bomb the Bass.

Since leaving the Queens of the Stone Age in 2005, Lanegan has worked with fellow Gutter Twin Greg Dulli's Twilight Singers as well as collaborating with Soulsavers and former Belle and Sebastian singer Isobel Campbell (on two albums).

His last studio album (solo) was 2004's Bubblegum.

His current project is The Gutter Twins, which he formed with Greg Dulli in 2003.

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Other Directions - Nicola Conte


















Rating: 7/10
Sound Quality: 320 kb/s
Record Label: Blue Note
Year Released: 2004
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Note From Dada!
Ένα από τα καλύτερα δισκάκια του Conte κι ένα από πιο όμορφα-χαλαρωτικά albums. Το συνιστώ ακόμα και σε όσους δεν είναι λάτρεις της jazz.

About Nicola Conte

Nicola Conte is an Italian DJ, producer and guitar player known for introducing an innovative style of acid jazz that incorporates bossa nova themes, melodies drawn from Italian film scores of the 1960s, easy listening themes, and ethnic Indian music.

Conte, a classically-trained musician, is mastermind of a collective of acid jazz revivalists, "The Fez Collective," based in the Italian town of Bari, and the Schema label, their record label for promoting their distinctly Italian approach to acid jazz.

Conte's first album was Jet Sounds of 2000. The single "Bossa Per Due" gained international recognition and was an underground hit. It was used almost immediately for a prime-time commercial for Acura automobiles. The album was licensed for American distribution by Thievery Corporation's Eighteenth Street Lounge (ESL) label in the summer of 2001 as Bossa Per Due, and was slightly reconfigured version of the Italian Jet Sounds album. This was followed by the Jet Sounds Revisited remix album in late 2002. Two years later, Blue Note's French subsidiary released Conte's next album Other Directions. In November 2008, Conte released his latest album, Rituals.

Conte also produced albums by other artists such as Rosalia De Souza and Paolo Achenza Trio.

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Αφιέρωμα Gyspy Swing - Πάπαλα - Γιοκ!













News From Dada!
Ώτα μου διαπλανητικά καλή σας μέρα!

Καθώς το αφιέρωμα για το gypsy swing κάπου εδώ φτάνει στο τέλος του (...σαν να ακούω ήδη από κάποιους "επιτέλους"!) είπα να κάνω αυτή την ανάρτηση έναν μικρό διαδικτυακό μπούσουλα με θέμα το gypsy swing. Ένα post με βιογραφίες, δισκογραφίες, ενδιαφέροντα άρθρα και άλλα πολλά, που θα εμπλουτίζεται και θα ανανεώνεται συνεχώς για όλους εκείνους που θέλουν να ψάξουν λίγο παραπάνω για τη gypsy jazz - gypsy swing.

Μέχρι το επόμενο αφιέρωμα η dada θα κινείται σε ελεύθερο ήχο και ύφος.

Αυτιά.
Καλή ακρόαση.
Radiodada


Gyspy Swing Internet Guide
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Useful Links

  1. http://www.gypsyjazz.net (click here)
  2. http://www.hotclub.co.uk (click here)
  3. http://www.gypsyjazzguitar.com/main.htm (click here)


Biographies - Artists Information
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Django Reinhardt
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  1. http://www.redhotjazz.com/django.html (click here)
  2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Django_Reinhardt (click here)
  3. http://www.djangomontreal.com/doc/DjangoStory.htm (click here)
  4. http://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608000437/Django-Reinhardt.html (click here)
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Oscar Aleman
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  1. http://oscar-aleman.blogspot.com (click here)
  2. http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=3321 (click here)
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Stephane Grappelli
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  1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%C3%A9phane_Grappelli (click here)
  2. http://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608001473/Stephane-Grappelli.html (click here)

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Michel Warlop
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  1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Warlop (click here)
  2. http://www.answers.com/topic/michel-warlop (click here)
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Guy Viseur
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  1. http://www.bioandlyrics.com/gusviseur (click here)
  2. https://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=27702 (click here)
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Tony Murena
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  1. http://www.speedylook.com/Tony_Murena.html (click here)
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Paul Vidal "Tchan-Tchou"
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  1. http://www.gypsyjazz.net/Article.php?aid=9 (click here)

Friday, February 13, 2009

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Notre Ami Django - Henri Crolla


















Rating
: 4.5/10
Sound Quality: 320 kb/s
Format: Mp3
Record Label: Gitanes Jazz Productions
Year Released: 2001
Album Covers: Included
Pass: radiodada
Links:
rapidshare

About Henri Crolla
Henri Crolla (born Enrico Crolla on 26 February 1920 in Naples, Campania, Italy, died 17 October 1960 in Paris, France) was a French jazz guitarist and film composer. Born to a family of itinerant Neapolitan musicians, he moved with his family to Porte de Choisy in France in 1922 following the rise of fascism in Italy. One of his neighbours was a young Django Reinhardt, with whose family he became close.

Thursday, February 12, 2009

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Two Of A Kind - Django Reinhardt & Michel Warlop


















Rating: 5.5/10
Sound Quality:
320 kb/s
Format: Mp3
Record Label: Saga
Year Released: 2003
Album Covers: Included
Pass: radiodada
Links: rapidshare

Michel Warlop (January 23, 1911 – March 20, 1947) was a French jazz violinist. He was a contemporary of Stephane Grappelli, with whom he played often.

Warlop was one of France's early native stars on the violin; he accompanied singers Maurice Chevalier and Germaine Sablon in the mid-1930s, and worked with Stephane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt from 1934 to 1937. In the second half of the 1930s he played in the Jazz du Poste Parisien and with accordionist Louis Richardet, as well as with Grappelli and Eddie South in 1937. He worked extensively with American expatriates, including Garland Wilson (with whom he recorded as a duo in 1938), and visiting musicians such as Coleman Hawkins.

In the early 1940s he was a member of Raymond Legrand's orchestra, and he led his own string septet from 1941 to 1943. He composed the work Noel du Prisonnier (Christmas of a Prisoner) and premiered it as conductor with the Paris Symphony Orchestra in 1942. He died at the age of 36 in 1947.

Monday, February 9, 2009

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Swing Tanzen Verboten - Swing music And Nazi Propaganda During World War II - 4 Cd Set


















Rating: 5.5/10
Sound Quality:
320 kb/s
Format: Mp3
Record Label: Proper
Year Released: 2003
Album Covers: Included
Pass: radiodada
Links: rapidshare (Disc 1), rapidshare (Disc 2), rapidshare (Disc 3), rapidshare (Disc 4)

Note From Dada!
"Ναζί κανείς ή να μη ζει κανείς ναζί?"
Αυτά είναι ωραία ερώτηματα με ξεκάθαρες απαντήσεις...όχι εκείνες οι σεξπηρικές αηδίες.
Τι σχέση έχουν όλα αυτά θα μου πεις με το αφιέρωμα στο gypsy swing?
Επίσης απλή η απάντηση καθώς όταν είσαι δυσκοίλιο φασιστάκι εκτός από εβραίους, μαύρους, αλλόθρησκούς, κίτρινους, μελαμψούς, ψηλότερους, ωραιότερους, εξυπνότερους, πρέπει να κυνηγήσεις και τους gypsy. Kαι όχι μόνο τους ίδιους αλλά και την κουλτούρα τους διότι είσαι κομπλεξάρα*.
Έτσι λοιπόν σε τούτη την τετραπλή (παρακαλώ) συλλογή έχει απ' ολα.
Από τα "mainstream" gyspy swing εώς και...άκουσον άκουσον... "Stormy Weather" σε ναζιστική φιλογερμανική εκτέλεση! Είναι αυτό που λέμε ..."Τον κακό σας τον καιρό"!

Θα προσπαθήσω να σκανάρω και το πολυσέλιδο ένθετο (που είναι καμιά εξηνταριά σελίδες!) καθώς περιέχει πολλές και καλές πληροφορίες.


*Ο Χίτλερ προσπάθησε να σπουδάσει στην Ακαδημία Καλών Τεχνών της Βιέννης. Η Ακαδημία απέρριψε εις διπλούν την αίτηση του (1907 και 1908), λόγω έλλειψης ταλέντου.
Που πας ρε Καραμίτρεν?...