CosmoSoul Delivers Soul from Spain

Sunrise was the debut album of CosmoSoul with all the lyrics written and sung by Alana Sinkëy, whose sweet soul voice is sure to bring you a smile. In fact, when there are multiple layers of Alana's voice, such as in the song "Sunny Days," it is hard not to smile.

A truly international act, the five members of CosmoSoul come from three continents and five different continents.

The album was originally hosted on Jamendo and has since been reissued on Bandcamp. You can still get either version, and if you get it at Bandcamp, you can support band with a purchase.

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MUSIC COPYRIGHTS: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA
IMAGE: original and reissue album covers; photographs by Gianfranco Tripodo; art design 2011 edition by Javier Castro and 2012 edition by Belén Chavarri.
NATIONALITY: Euro W: Spain: Madrid
CLASSIFICATIONS: Soul; Funk; Fusion; Rhythm and Blues; Dance
LANGUAGE: English; Portuguese, Spanish
FILED UNDER: Digital: Popular Class: Rhythm And Blues: Contemporary

Gordon and Stravinsky Multimedia

In this recording, the La Jolla Symphony under the direction of conductor Steven Schick performs two very different works in one multimedia program.

The first is Gotham, a contemporary work by composer Michael Gordon and its film by Bill Morrison. The second is composer Igor Stravinsky's work with André Gide's text, Persephone.
  

Gordon + Stravinsky - La Jolla Symphony
from University of California Television
Premiere Date: May 2016; 82 minutes

Orchestra: La Jolla Symphony
Conductor: Steven Schick

1. Gotham
Composer: Michael Gordon
Filmmaker: Bill Morrison

The first half offers GOTHAM, a 2004 joint production by filmmaker Bill Morrison and composer Michael Gordon. Using archival footage of New York City, Gotham combines film, projectors, lighting, and the orchestra to create a haunting impression of the city.

2. Persephone
Composer: Igor Stravinsky
Narrator: Alice Teyssier
Tenor: John K. Russell
Chorus: North Coast Singers Caprice Choir

Stravinsky’s opulent PERSEPHONE, which the composer described as a "melodrama," sets a text by André Gide that tells of the descent of the goddess Persephone into the underworld and her return. For this presentation the Symphony is joined by the Lux Boreal Dance Company, a narrator, a tenor soloist, and a children’s choir.

Video of the performances, including the film and the dance troupe are available to stream or download at UCTV (University of California Television) and on their YouTube profile. The film is also available for viewing in three pieces at the official website of filmmaker Bill Morrison.

MUSIC COPYRIGHTS: All Rights Reserved
IMAGE: A still image from Bill Morrison's film
NATIONALITY: USA: California: San Diego
CLASSIFICATIONS: Contemporary Composition; Orchestral
COMPOSERS: Michael Gordon; Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky
WRITER, FILMMAKER: André Gide; Bill Morrison
LANGUAGE: (instrumental); French
FILED UNDER: Digital: Art Music: Recent (Post-Romantic to Contemporary)

Nina Hagen Live At DNA Lounge

Nina Hagen is many things — The Mother of Punk, model, actress, singer, songwriter, all-around performer, to name a few. She is also a hero to countless punks of at least two generations.

This live show from the The DNA Lounge Live Collection was recorded at the club in San Francisco, California, 9 February 2005. Nina performs songs reaching all the way back into her catalog to the 1970s, as well as two songs from her then current album, Big Band Explosion, and some uniquely Nina cover renditions.

Live Recording Sets

recorded via the soundboard
 

1.) DJ Set by AplusD [Adrian (of Blue Period) and Mysterious Dee]

2.) Opening Set by Jill Tracy

3.) DJ Set by AplusD [Adrian (of Blue Period) and Mysterious Dee]

4.) 03:28:04 Nina Set Begins

Nina Hagen Set Playlist

01.  Acappella German cabaret song (This is Nina, after all!)

02. Let Me Entertain You (2003, Big Band Explosion)

03. Return of the Mother (2000, Return of the Mother)

04. Zero Zero U.F.O. (2001, Sternenmaedchen)

05. Fever (2003, Big Band Explosion)

06. I'm Going to Live the Life I Sing About in My Song (gospel classic by Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey) (1993, Revolution Ballroom)

07. New York New York (1983, Fearless) / Prima Nina in Ekstasy (with a new rap) (1985, In Ekstasy)

08. A Horse With No Name (reggae version of a classic by America) / Hey Shiva Shankara

09. King of Hearts (1993, Revolution Ballroom)

10. All Apologies (Nirvana cover)

11. Take A Giant Step (The Monkees cover, song by Gerry Goffin and Carole King)

12. She's So Stupid

13. Ska Thing (1996, Bee Happy -- music and words by Nina)

14. Born In Xixax (1982, Nunsexmonkrock)

15. Just Squeeze Me (Ella Fitzgerald classic)

16. LSD

17. Born To Die In Berlin (1996, Bee Happy -- music by Dee Dee Ramone, words by Nina)

18. Bang Bang

19. Pollution Pirates (1993, Revolution Ballroom)

20. Ave Maria (1989, Nina Hagen)

21. 1st Encore: Young People / United Women of the World (2003, charity song with other women singers)

22. 1st Encore: Runaway (1996, Bee Happy -- music and words by Dee Dee Ramone)

23. 1st Encore: How Could I Be So Lucky?

24. 2nd Encore: (uncertain about this one)

25. 2nd Encore: TV-Glotzer (White Punks on Dope) (1978, Nina Hagen Band)

Official Website | AllMusic | Wikipedia | IMDB | Facebook

MUSIC COPYRIGHTS: All Rights Reserved
NATIONALITY: Euro W: Germany: Berlin
CLASSIFICATIONS: Punk; Voice; Pop; Dance; Vocal Experimentation; Vocal Pop; Frontwoman
SOURCES: The DNA Lounge Live Collection, Internet Archive
LANGUAGE: German; Madhya; Hindi; English ESL
FILED UNDER: Digital: Popular Music: Punk, Post-Punk, Power Pop

United States of Electronica

United State of Electronica, or U.S.E, is a Seattle, Washington based dance rock band. The U.S.E self-titled album United State of Electronica feels like Daft Punk as power pop. Fun at parties!

Check out the first track, "It Is On", and see if you are smiling before the end.



Smiling yet? Here's the whole album!

Official Website | Bandcamp | Facebook | myspace | Wikipedia 

Music License: All Rights Reserved
Artist Location: Seattle, Washington, USA
Image: U.S.E promo photo from official website gallery

Funk Diva Saidah Baba Talibah

Canadian chanteuse Saidah Baba Talibah is bringing the funk sound today, as powerfully as diva Betty Davis did in her day. Saidah's album (S)Cream is funky, sticky, rocking, and waiting for you.

Press release: Satisfying and soulful. Raw and raunchy. Inspiring, tantalizing and scandalous. Dripping with sensuality. Saidah Baba Talibah will take you on a trip, get you high, bring you to your knees and take you to that place called grace, all in one album. Known as an electrifying performer, Saidah Baba Talibah has a powerful voice, which goes from a seductive, soft purr to a powerful bellow at the turn of a dime.

Now Magazine (Canada's largest weekly): "There’s Rock n' Roll. And then there’s the Rock n' Soul of buzzy Toronto-bred vocalist Saidah Baba Talibah, daughter of Tony and Grammy Award-nominated icon Salome Bey, 'Canada's First Lady of Blues'. Strong bloodline notwithstanding, Saidah is a fierce artist that isn't afraid to combine rock/funk/soul in all of her performances!"

Official Website | Noisetrade | Bandcamp | Facebook | iTunes | Amazon

Music License: All Rights Reserved
Image: Saidah Baba Talibah for Kamoy Magazine
Artist Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

VitalFM Compilations

VitalFM, "First for Underground and Underrated Dubstep, Drum and Bass, and Electro", put out the call to artists for their compilations and met with success. Move your body to Infinity and Dystopia. Preview videos of both albums below. You will also find mixes and podcasts at VitalFM.

Various Artists - Infinity

Various Artists - Dystopia

Official Website | SoundCloud | Facebook

Music License: assume © All Rights Reserved

RhymeSquare Comps

Being fans of Ill Papa Giraffe [Facebook], we were happy to find them on the new sampler from UK independent clothing label RhymeSquare, RhymeSquare: Volume Three, Late Spring. Check all three volumes.

Typical modern hip hop sadly reflects ignorance, negativity, misogyny, and violence. In some shining scenes, however, you find intelligence, positivity, equality, and community -- all vital to early hip hop. This is one of those shining scenes. Hear their messages. Most of the artists on this RhymeSquare compilation are artists to support and celebrate. That says something good about the good people at RhymeSquare, too.

Go on and get yourself some fun music, fun threads, and a cool little bear at RhymeSquare!

Official Website | Bandcamp | Facebook | Blog

Music License: all rights reserved
Artist Location: United Kingdom

Positive Messages To Get You Through

"Imagine what you could do, if you just believed in you?" -- Dawn Pemberton

Message Positive is an uplifting 18-track mix on the Free Music Archive with songs of positivity and inspiration to act.

The compilation jumps nations and continents and visits the genres of hip hop, soul, rhythm and blues, funk, ambient, chill, reggae, dub, rock, folk, singer-songwriter, rockabilly, blues, electronica, pop, novelty, children, dance.

Message Positive features Axial, BJ Block and Dawn Pemberton, The Crevulators, Eaters, Great Lake Swimmers, Higgins, Ill Papa Giraffe, Jon Rauhouse and Neko Case, Kelley Stoltz, Neko Case, Nobody's Bizness, Propaganda Anonymous, Salakapakka Sound System, Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars, Spinnaface, Spinningmerkaba, Uncle Neptune, and Underling.

Every moment is a once-in-a-lifetime experience, baby.

[Download Message Positive]  

UPDATE: Sorry. Download stopped working when mix featured on FMA, 
so here is a rebuild. Hope it works for you now.
 

Music License: see individual track for license
Image: "Happy Sun" by pinkpuffball

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Get Your Dark Industrial Fix with Deuxvolt

After playing for years in various industrial, dark and goth projects, Olympia, Shade, and Just combined their powers to create something new, Deuxvolt, uniting gothic, techno, dance, industrial, and classical. Pounding beats drive industrial layers of sound, synthethizersclassical instruments, such as piano, violin, and harpsichord, and a variety of vocal styles, including classical voice.

Last February, the band released the album Union of Opposites following a modern model of promotion: the Social Pay model. They ask downloaders to support Deuxvolt through social networks (Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, etc.) or in any other way of spreading the word and promoting the album.

In October, the Art Director JustDeux launched his electronic album The Dance Machine with the same Social Pays stipulation. This release was hand-in-hand with his Worldwide Industrial Dance Contest in cooperation with DasKlub, the largest Industrial Dance Kommunity. The best dancers were awarded earlier this year.

Some time back, Deuxvolt also released a horror mix that is sure to get the ghouls at your next Halloween party on the dance floor.

Official Website | Facebook | SoundCloud | YouTube | ReverbNation

license: varies by album, see official website for each license

Ugress

Ugress is a project of prolific electronic musician Gisle Martens Meyer (GMM) of Bergen, Norway. You may also know his work as Nebular Spool, Shadow of the Beat, PixxelTyger and Ninja9000, and from scoring soundtracks for film and television. The music of Ugress might draw comparisons to Crystal Method, Chemical Brothers and Propellerheads. GGM describes the project this way, "Ugress is cinematic sci-fi electronica."

Spend some time at the Ugress site, and you will find many free releases and fall in love with this gifted and eccentric composer and musician.

Official Website | Support |  YouTube | Facebook | iTunes | last.fm

Some Ugress videos:

New Life for Classic Polish Grooves

For several years, producer and mixmaster 77cuts has presented a sample heavy critically acclaimed "Polish jazz / retro / lounge mixtape series" called Fonoteka (Tape Library) as Estrada Nagrania (Recording Stage) under the auspices of Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza (National Publishing Agency).

From a fabulous tape catalog of Polish recordings and library music 77cuts  creates seamless releases of jazzy lounge, downtempo, soul, dance, space age pop, now sound, and hip hop beats. (Especially check out Printempo for hip hop beat. Many familiar samples there, such as Roger "Wildchild" McKenzie).

Here's a Google translation of the process:

... Ministry of Culture and Art in Warsaw central switch on the phone standing in a small room next to the minister. Switched to another phone number of the office is the head of the department. Behind the wall of this small room has its head office capital Estrada. Using the same phone line, its employees interact with all the musicians in the country. Created new recordings, records, stage performances - recorded hundreds of tapes. As usual in the history of popular music at the end of the decade began to emerge in a new style.... Developed so naturally and so - in principle - "quietly" that the general public does not realize this, it is at the threshold of a new era of style. But there are already hundreds of recorded tapes.

And from those tapes come 77cuts' new sounds. Several of the Fonoteka recordings as Estrada Nagrania and subsequent remixes are available for free download in '60s stylized blog and for purchase at Bandcamp.

However, the remixes, such as the newest volume, Fonoteka 7: Remixed, include Western samples. This detracts from the unique quality of the original mixes of studio tapes from Poland. This sentiment is echoed in something 77cuts once wrote (another Google translation):

Many critics believe that some musicians use today, for example, elements of Indian music and the blues, do not really know about Indian music and blues. Those critics are right - Recordings Estrada knows only Polish music. Thus was created the music for a period of time in Poland, the peace, the lack of stability. I barely hear it, but still the game will play loud and long.

That knowledge is exactly what makes the original Fonotekas so special.

licenses: uncertain due to sample clearances; released as Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

** Videos after the jump...

Iyadede

Rwanda (via Belgium) transplant Iyadede will have you dancing with her sincere pop. Her website seems to be down now, but her 2011 demo, a 2012 tune, and a track with Afrik Yambre are available at Bandcamp.

Dancing Is Free

Two brand new free albums for dancing from American acts, Odesza (Soundcloud, Facebook) out of Washington and GRiZ (Soundcloud, Facebook) out of Detroit



direct album downloads:
GRiZ - Mad Liberation (Topspin Media Services)
Odeza - Summer's Gone (Mediafire)

Disco Pirata

This is a free "pirate disc" sampler from Barcelona Sonora, a group of professionals in the arts in Spain. They are graphic designers, photographers, web developers, promoters, and t-shirt designers who promote the Creative Commons "paradigm shift" parallel to their commercial work. The complete "gold box set" of the entire pirate disc series (110 tracks) is available through P2P thanks to Barcelona Sonora. Read more about their mission with this disc from the official Barcelona Sonora site (in Spanish).

The selections in this diverse yet fluid compilation can be classified as Alternative Hip-Hop, Big Band/Swing, Dance, Dub, Folk, Latin, Metal, Pop, Rock, and Synth Pop.

license: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Spain License

Weekend Sunshine

Here are five collections of free and legally shared tunes to bring sunshine to your weekend! There is something here for everyone and something for any occasion. Feast your ears!

FreeMusicArchive.org player:

• Click artist name for more from this artist.
• Click "i" or song title for license and song info.
• Click down arrow picture to download song.
• Click DOWNLOAD ALBUM to download all tracks at once in a zip.

MEU CORAÇÃO É BRASILEIRO

ABOUT: Brazilian flavors from old traditional folk songs to favela funk
TAGGED AS: funk carioca, favela funk, baile funk, pop, folk, brazil, afro-brazilian, brazilian

TOYLAND

ABOUT: Bouncy, boingy, squeaky, squirmy, twinkling, sparkling! Welcome to a wonderful world of toys, ear candy, and giggles brought to you by Thiaz Itch, El Zoologico, Gangpol & Mit, Cindy Sizer, Lawrence Power, The Bran Flakes, Christian Bjoerklund, René Vis, 8bit Betty, Valzi & Zinger, and Bubblyfish!
TAGGED AS: synth pop, novelty, pop, experimental pop, toyland, toys, chip music, children, childrens music

KAIRAKUDA: AFRICAN WATER

TAGGED AS: international, world, african, africa, north african

UPDATE 06/14/10: Just learned that Kairakuda has a second African mix that you might also enjoy.

MACEDONIA: THE HARMONIC EQUIVALENT OF RUN-ON SENTENCES...

ABOUT: "... made with a road trip mixtape aesthetic in mind, but it should work as well for office cubicle therapy. Be it hip-hop or minimal techno, be it quirky and upbeat click and glitch-laden electronics, from the smooth and introspective to the edgy and erratic"

JASON: INTERNATIONAL SOUNDS 2009

ABOUT: Argentina, Mali, Haiti, Eastern Europe, India, and performances on Transpacific Sound Paradise

Many more to come! Hopefully some by YOU.

More Gifts from Digi G'Alessio

Remember Love, Beats and Pina Coladas? Yeah, that is a fun album! Guess what! Here are two more free albums with a very different sound from the dancefloor packers on Love, Beats and Pina Coladas. This time it is more dub with ghetto blasting beats. It is all still free for you. What a nice guy Digi G'Alessio is!

Genres: Dance, Dubstep, Electronic, Hip-Hop, Trip-Hop

album licenses:

L'Attentato ai Mondiali by Digi G'Alessio is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 Italy License.

The Rain Book by Digi G'Alessio is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.

WM Recordings Celebrated by Happy Elf

This one makes me dance! Here's a sneak preview of a tune for the WM Recordings 100th release. Deadline is next week, 20 October 2009. (info)


UPDATE: The 100th free release from WM Recordings was release on 7 November 2009.

LICENSE: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Netherlands License





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Tuesday's Delectable Dozen

Bourbonese Qualk entire discography available online, think Clock DVA and 808 State (thanks for the news, Nash Rose) [industrial, pop, experi, electro]	Tortue Super Sonic the Neogrotesque CD lays together traditional and some electronic instrumentation with dreamy and sexy results [downtempo]	Bob Ostertag recordings of accomplished experimental artist with the likes of Fred Frith, Kronos Quartet, John Zorn [experi, avant garde]
Victrola Flores, Nubes, y Pajaritos release featuring seven songs: "sweeping, orchestrated short movies of sound" ( also on last.fm) [trip hop, downtempo]	Wesley Willis some of the recordings of the late schizophrenic artist who gained a cult following for his unique, simple music and funny, bizarre lyrics [rock, spoken]	Vinnie Bell enjoy mp3s from perhaps the greatest session guitarist of all time, see the hit records for yourself! [rock, oldies, space age pop, guitar, sitar]
OurTeamIsFresh official site of the Brekfast Club, "a heavy collective of... hip-hop enthusiasts who move for the preservation and progression of real hip-hop"	VA - Skafferi Stefan Zachrisson put together this comp in the '90s through his award-winning (Scandinavian Indies) zine [indie, pop]	Michael Leigh our pal Jim shares our pal Michael's 1992 60 minute tape of an American radio show of "stuff he'd got at charity shops and jumble sales" and sent to America [varied, sampling]
The Normals [FR] from Strasburg, France play muddy, fuzzed out and loud garage rock [garage, rock]	Forestbrook Brona McVittie, UK singer-songwriter shares sounds and images of her gentle world, including tunes in tribute to outsider musicians	Musica per Bambini Manuel Bongiorni and collaborators hail from Italy and perform theatrical shows; enjoy tracks from their first three CDs[electro, rock]

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Tuesday Means Another Dozen

Tuesday is a real good news day. Here you have a new set of 12 free and legal collections and CDs! Eat up and be sure to spread the love by supporting these artists!

Axial Brazil artists who blend soft vocals, organic sounds, synth beds and electro glitches generating a gorgeous result [Brazil, folk, electro]	Pueblo Nuevo inspiring netlabel in Santiago, Chile, founded by Mika Martini and djef featuring Chilean electronic artists [electro]	VA - Tribute to a Love Singer reinterpretations that only share the lyrics the original love songs by the masters [varied]
NullRepublik Records Argentinian netlabel and Synthfonik Fest organizers with focus on artists from Argentina [electro, synth]	Schilli-San - Smooth Situations two years after its release, this 7-song CD still pops up in regular play at the Oddio House [downtempo, urban]	John Frusciante singer songwriter guitarist best known for his work with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, shares his demos [rock]
Luv sound growing, thoughtful netlabel offering electroacoustic, drone, microchip and other styles [varied]	Error! Lo-FI Spanish netlabel is the lo-fi folk pop subdivision of Error! Records [lo-fi, folk, pop]	Brunk from Belgium comes this fine, "DIY lowbudget homerecording, w/o any musical restrictions or stylistic premises" [guitar, lo-fi, pop]
D-Trash Canadian label shares its netlabel of more than 100 free breakcore, industrial and digital punk full-length releases	Morning Zephyr three piece playing violin, piano, double bass and drums offers three releases of subtle pieces [folk, jazz, experi]	Kip Jones the violinist and pianist of Morning Zephyr shares works from his other bands and field recordings [folk, jazz, field]

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