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WAKEMAN, RICK - Time Machine (1988)

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 02:09:48 +0000

This is one of the better Alan Parsons Project albums, wait... No, this is a Rick Wakeman album! Sure sounds like Alan Parsons Project to me; (too) many vocalists involved on different tracks (both male and female), very well produced, melodious songs, weakly conceptual, some repetitive instrumental passages, not very progressive overall. Sounds like a perfect description of an Alan Parsons Project album.

The drums on some songs are horrible, Angel Of Time probably being the worst. The whole album just screams 80's at you. Some of the lyrics are extremely cheesy and unimaginative; You know, there's nothing quite as nice as ice, nothing quite as nice as ice... What? There's nothing quite as nice as the bass guitar solo on this song though (well, there is actually, but its nice enough).

The electric guitars are mostly absent or silent (Slaveman has a nice guitar solo though). But more electric guitars had been nice.

However, I would lie if I said that I don't enjoy this music!

If all the songs had been sung by the same vocalist (Ashley Holt, for example) and the drums had been better, and the electric guitars allowed more space, then this would be a much stronger album. As it stands however, this is only for Wakeman fans (and perhaps for Alan Parsons fans?)

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DTPodcast024: Jon Carter von Data Transmission

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:38:35 +0000

Mr. Monkey Mafia, Junior Cartier, or just plain and simple Jon Carter – whatever the name, he’s been one of our favourite DJs since back in the days of the legendary Heavenly Social parties in London. From his earlier days engineering for drum & bass producers like Trace & MC Rhyme Time at pioneering label No U-Turn, through his residency at the Social alongside the likes of The Chemical Brothers, Norman Cook and Andy Weatherall, to his seminal work in the big beat era for labels like Wall Of Sound through to more recent studio forays for the likes of Tim Sheridan’s VeryVeryWrongIndeed label, he’s remained a consistent force in dance music for many moons now.

As for DJing – well, if you’ve ever seen him play, you’ll know that he is one of the most sure-fire dancefloor destroyers in the game, delivering a bruising selection of house, techno and electro in one slick, intense package. Enjoy his block-rockin’ mix and be sure to check him out at a club near you soon.

What’s your personal favourite track on it?
The last one with the Superstition sample on it. A new style!
What’s the special ingredient in this mix?
As ever, hopefully diverse rhythms that aim at the butt.

What’s the best gig you’ve played recently?
Had a great one in Dubai recently, but never had sex on the beach

What have you got coming up? (PLUG PLUG PLUG!) More tunes out under the name Gentleman’s Agreement. The next one with Andy Chatterley called ‘Resist’. And gigs at Cream on Boxing day, and Dubai again on NYE. There’s a whole load of dancehall flavoured tunes for next year too. Again under Gentleman’;s Agreement with Alex Blanco.

And finally, do you have a special message for our readers?
Peace on Earth, and goodwill to all men. Oh, hang on. That’s next month isn’t it!

Tracklisting
1. Dum - Martin Brothers
2. Heller and Farley Project - Ultraflava
3. The Giant From Nibiru - David west
4. Control - Dataworx
5. Bad Weed - ATFC
6. Blow Up feat. Ask by Blatta and Inesha(hijack remix)
7. Anutha Day in the Ghetto - DJ Fame
8. K Rizzle - Trevor Loveys
9. The Rabbit - The Gentleman’s Agreement pres. Stretch Carter
10. Black Daniel - Say Hello (Medicine 8 Remix)
11. Buraka Son Sistema - Sound of Koduro (Jon carter mix)
12. Township Funk - DJ Mujava (Ashley Beedle remix)
13. Stevie Carnival - Gentleman’s Agreement pres Jon Carter & Alex Blanco

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GDJB | Markus Schulz - Global DJ Broadcast (20 Nov 2008)

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:36:56 +0000

Fresh from gigs across the world, from Prague to Peru? resident mixology Markus Schulz returns to lake the listeners on a journey of the newest tunes from the Coldharbour staple. Be sure to tune in for the latest world premiers? the weekly Global Selection winner? and the announcement of the next destination for the Global DJ Broadcast World Tour.

01. Kenneth Thomas & Chad Cisneros - Breakthrough (Oliver Smith Late Night Remix)
02. Moonbeam Featuring Avis Vox - Storm of Clouds
03. Seb Olavi - 25th of June
04. Marco V - Coma Aid (Remix)
05. The Thrillseekers Featuring Fisher - The Last Time (Club Mix)
06. B.E.N. - Raised (Danilo Ercole Remix)
07. Anton Firtich - Moonlight Madness
08. Synthika - Nirvana
09. Keemo & Tim Royko Featuring Cosmo Klein - Beautiful Lie (Inpetto Remix)
10. R.E.N.O.I.S.E. - Synthetic Fantasy
11. OceanLab - Breaking Ties (Duderstadt Remix)
12. Mike Foyle Presents Statica - Bittersweet Nightshade [Global Selection]
13. Ronski Speed Featuring Karen Ires - Revolving Doors (Sun Decade Remix)
14. B.E.N. & Mark Sixma - Untitled
15. G-Sky - Ursa Minor
16. Paul Van Dyk Featuring Ashley Tomberlin - Complicated (Kyau & Albert Remix)
17. Dyor - Vision (Big Emotion Mix)
18. Myon & Shane 54 Featuring Carrie Skipper - Vampire (Gareth Emery’s Garuda Remix)
19. Ali Wilson - Heat Haze
20. Ashley Wallbridge - Masqurade (Nifra Remix)
21. Riva - Who Do You Love Now? (Stringer) (Bart Claessen 08 Tek Bootleg)
22. Ilya Soloviev & Paul Miller - Lover Summer (Orjan Nilsen Remix)

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Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:32:00 +0000

Ashley Thomas - Tale Of Two Cities [2008]

A tremendous full length set from Ashley Thomas -- and one that's a bit different than his earlier work on singles! This album's got a really rich vibe -- one that echoes Bill Withers and Terry Callier at points -- especially in the way that Thomas mixes acoustic guitar in with his vocals. Rhythms are sometimes spacey, but often more conventionally soulful -- not mainstream, but not too broken or skittish either -- and some of the best moments have a gentleness that's really refreshing, one that really fits the acoustic soul of the whole production. However, a broader, more underground approach appealed to his sensibilities. He set about combining the quality of 60s/70s soul/funk with the more contemporary sounds - a fusion of classic vocal hooks and syncopated rhythms held together by beautifully crafted song structures.

Ashleys influences have yielded a unique vocal sound that is hard to pigeonhole, and with "A Tale Of Two Cities" Ashley utilizes all of his experiences too, from his time on the burgeoning London scene to the sophisticated, Gallic charms of his current Parisian home.

Titles include "Spotlight", "The Same Love That Made Me Laugh", "Find Me", "A Tale Of Two Cities", "Merry Go Round", "God Given", and "Maybe Is Maybe".

* Another Great Timbateamz Post *

All track info is in the comment section..

Aquasky November 2008 Mix

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:05:29 +0000

Nicely done. 100% Banging tracklist all the way through, Bass is extra thick in spots. There’s even a Joker remix in there amongst Sinden, AC Slater, Jack Beats, Chase & Status etc.

1 Sticky Fingers (Tom Real & The Rogue Element remix) Rob Le Pitch 777
2 I Like What I See (The Beatmonkeys Northern Line mix) The Body Snatchers feat. Goldmouf Passenger
3 Control (Rogue Element remix) Lee Coombs Lot49
4 The Click (Zombie F***ers mix) Disco of Doom Passenger
5 Club Beat Internationale The Body Snatchers Passenger
6 Talking / Pole Dancer Backdraft feat. Spyda Passenger
7 How You Like Me Now? The Beatmonkeys 777
8 Should I Stay Or Blow (Aquasky remix) BPA feat. Ashley Beedle Southern Fried
9 Take It Back (HeavyFeet remix) Is A Crowd A New Hope Records
10 Tim Healey- Ghetto Blaster [InStereo]
11 Keep On Truckin’ (Mickey Slim mix) Mighty Dub Katz Southern Fried
12 Say Whoa (Sinden remix) A-Trak Kitsune
13 Bring It On Down (Jack Beats remix) Leon Jean Marie Island
14 Jack Got Jacked (Jack Beats remix) AC Slater Palms Out Sounds
15 Down In The Midz SliPZ N DaPZ feat. Micsman Basslayerz
16 I Aint Scared SliPZ N DaPZ feat. Micsman + Spyda Basslayerz
17 I Like What I See (Joker remix) The Body Snatchers feat. Goldmouf Passenger
18 End Game (R Demon remix) Forensics DubKraft
19 Pieces Chase & Status feat. Plan B Ram
20 Still Here (Baron remix) Stanton Warriors Punks
21 Breathe & Stop Xample Frequency

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A Thread To Cheer Up R-T

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:24:23 +0000

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Liverpool, whose American owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett stand two months away from the expiry date of loans which could force them to sell up, are the most financially vulnerable club in the land, the Premier League's most experienced football financier declared yesterday.

Keith Harris, of Seymour Harris, who brought Roman Abramovich to Chelsea and is currently seeking buyers for Everton and Newcastle United, said he had doubts about whether Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Wachovia, buffeted by the worldwide financial crisis, were either willing or able to refinance the loans which are currently propping up Liverpool.

Speaking at the International Football Arena conference in Zurich, Harris said of Britain's debt-laden clubs: "The one that worries me is Liverpool. The principal lenders [RBS and Wachovia] are two of those that have suffered. Whether they want to lend it again or not, they may not be able to." Without fresh investment, said Harris, the club's joint owners could be forced to sell players. If neither refinancing, nor new financial stakeholders can be found, the banks must consider whether to repossess the club. "It's a brave banker that would repossess Liverpool Football Club," he said.

By the indicator which bankers judge the financial health of the club the ratio of operating profit against interest payments due on their debt Harris is right. Newcastle, one of the clubs routinely cited as financially troubled, have had their debt removed by Mike Ashley, and West Ham, despite Sheffield United's impending legal suit over the Carlos Tevez affair and the damage caused to its owners by the problems of the Icelandic financial system, make almost enough profit to cover their interest twice.

Bankers begin to get uncomfortable when profit is less than twice the interest payments and Liverpool's profit barely covers the huge interest payments with which Hicks and Gillett have saddled the club. "If their's was a normal business they would be financially in the intensive care ward," one financier said yesterday.

Harris' comments comes amid new hints that Hicks and Gillett are looking to sell Liverpool despite their fantastic start to the season before the 25 January deadline by which RBS will decide whether to allow them a six-month extension on the refinancing arrangement they struck last January. Gillett steadfastly refused to discuss the sale issue in London two weeks ago during an interview in which he suggested that he was planning new sporting investment in India.

It is believed that a prospective Middle East investor unrelated to Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai walked away from discussions to buy the club three weeks ago, during which they tabled an offer believed to be no better than the £500m Dubai International Capital (DIC) have bid in the past. Sources suggest that the prospective buyer was told that the club's projected profit for this financial year was £45m. Most informed estimates would put the likely figure at nearer to £30m at best. It is understood that the DIC offer still stands, months after the Americans walked away from it.

In the current climate, with Hicks and Gillett too cash-strapped to progress the Stanley Park stadium which is integral to their development plans for Liverpool, it is difficult to see how the pair can afford to offer Rafael Benitez the improved five-year contract which he is seeking. Hicks has told the Liverpool manager that talks can get under way, though one interpretation of his willingness to go public on that fact is that the Americans are looking to establish a sense of stability which would help any sale.

RBS are currently being lobbied by the Spirit of Shankly supporters group not to allow the six-month extension. It is unclear whether their move into public ownership as a result of the credit crunch will affect their willingness to allow an extension. No government would welcome the attention which a refusal to extend would bring.

Harris was equally gloomy about Everton, who, he said, were proving difficult to sell. "There is no progress at all," Harris said "The demographics of Liverpool as an area are not hugely compelling. It is not a very wealthy city and Everton share the city with another club which arguably has been in the vanguard for the last decade.

"They both have a stadium to build, so the economics need a lot of looking at whereas Newcastle is a one-club city with a fabulous stadium."

Never, said Harris, had it been more difficult to find the right buyers. "It's not a question of price negotiation it's should we? People are wondering if now is the time to spend." Speaking after a private address to football financiers in Zurich, he re-iterated that there were still two genuine offers in the pipeline for Newcastle but refused to name them.

Dublex Inc. - The Game

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:55:51 +0000

A long time is gone since their last release "Bienvenido". Pulver Records celebrated it's 5th birthday, the boys are working slowly (but hard) on their second album and beneath all that they did some really nice remixes for the likes of Shana & Kiran - The Mating Game (Quango), Watch TV - Best Shot (Hi Top) und Streamer - Try My Voodoo (Kidnap). Time for a new Maxi 12"... The distinctive voice on this track belongs to no one less than Ashley Slater. Ashley was born in Schefferville, Quebec, Canada, in 1961. he worked in England and Europe as a session trombonist, working with, among others, Carla Bley, George Russell and Andy Sheppard. In the late 80s Slater released his first album the band Microgroove. In 1993, Slater began working with Norman Cook (aka Fatboy Slim) on the now seminal band, Freak Power. They had a Europe-wide number 1 hit in 1995, following use of their tune "Turn on, Tune in, Cop Out". After the band has split up in 1999, Slater has busied himself with a solo release "Biglounge" on his own "patsy" imprint. by soulseduction

label pulver
style nu jazz/dub/swing/big band/bigbeat
release 2006

1		The Game (Vocal Version)
2		The Game (Instrumental Version)
3		The Game (Swing)

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FAIRPORT CONVENTION - Full House (1970)

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 06:46:28 +0000

Full House is the fith studio album from UK folk/ rock act Fairport Convention. The album was recorded after the departure of two of the most prolific members of the band. Female vocalist Sandy Denny and bassist Ashley Hutchings were both heavily involved in the songwriting and re-arrangement of the traditional folk songs for their fourth album Liege & Lief. The band chose not to replace Sandy Denny with another female vocalist and took on the lead vocal duties themselves but Ashley Hutchings was replaced by new bassist Dave Pegg ( who would much later become a member of Jethro Tull).

The overall style didn´t change much as the music is still basically folk/ rock. The male vocals are not very strong though and I greatly miss Sandy Denny if I have to be honest. Violinist Dave Swarbrick is even more dominant on Full House than he was on Liege & Lief and IMO in a bad way. The mood of the album really suffers from the very traditional folky edge. Liege & Lief also had a very traditional folk sound but there were strong emotions involved on that album. That´s totally lacking here and the only track I partially enjoy is Sloth. The two instrumentals Diry Linen and Flatback Caper are terrible IMO. If you like traditional folk this might suit your taste but I dislike this kind of music.

The musicianship is good but as I mentioned above the lead vocals are really weak and it sounds like they needed a bit more practice before they should have recorded them.

The production is not as good as it was on Liege & Lief and of course this doesn´t help the music to shine either.

Full House is a great disappointment after the excellent Liege & Lief and I can only reward the album with 2 stars. I´m simply not entertained and the folky edge sometimes embarres me. I was really expecting more than this from Fairport Convention.

by UMUR

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FAIRPORT CONVENTION - Liege and Lief (1969)

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 04:54:53 +0000

Liege & Lief is the fourth studio album from UK folk/ rock act Fairport Convention and it´s the third album the band would release in 1969. It´s also the third and last album with Sandy Denny ( She would return a couple of years later, but that´s another story). The first being What We Did On Our Holidays and the second being Unhalfbricking. Liege & Lief was written and recorded during the summer of 1969. Producer Joe Boyd has installed the band in a large English country house and the band had set up their rehearsal gear in one of the large downstairs livingrooms. In the spring of 1969 the band had been struck by tragedy when drummer Martin Lamble and Richard Thompson´s girlfriend Jeannie Taylor were killed in a car crash and the band was at that time unsure if they wished to continue. After a while the band got the pieces together and set out to record their next album. A new drummer Dave Mattacks and Violinist Dave Swarbrick ( who had guested on Unhalfbricking) were added to the lineup.

It was decided that they would start from scratch to prevent them from being reminded about the dead too often. This means that many of the songs on Liege & Lief are traditional british folk songs which has been re-arranged by the band. In fact only three out of the eight songs on the original release were written by members of the band and that´s come All Ye, Farewell, Farewell and Crazy Man Michael. That doesn´t mean that the music has changed that much since Unhalfbricking IMO. Unhalfbricking was also pretty folky if you ask me.

The difference is the mood on Liege & Lief which I think reflects the sad mood the members must have been in at the time. There are some truly beautiful songs on the album and I´ll mention the powerful Matty Groves as my favorite, but also songs like The Deserter, Tam Lin and Raynardine are excellent. Only Medley : The Lark In The Morning/ Rakish Paddy/ Foxhunters Jig/ Toss The Feathers is below standard and that´s just because it doesn´t suit my taste. I just can´t stand the dirtkickin`, leather jiggin` violin led piece.

The two bonus tracks which has been added to the CD re-release are also great songs. I especially enjoy Quiet Joys Of Brotherhood. Fairport Convention´s version of The End.

The musicianship is excellent. Sandy Denny is a strong female vocalist. She really gave Fairport Convention their identity in that period. I also enjoy the great interplay between the two guitarists.

The production is really well done. It suits the music perfectly. Warm and pleasant.

Liege & Lief is a notch better than Unhalfbricking IMO and deserves a 4 star rating. I can´t claim that this is music I listen to very often but this exact album ( and the debut) has something special that can´t be taught or practised. It´s got real emotions. Out of the three Sandy Denny led albums this is by far my favorite from Fairport Convention. Sadly Sandy and bassist Ashley Hutchings would leave the band shortly after the recording of the album.

by UMUR

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[video] State Bird - "I Saw The Light"

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:28:00 +0000

Getting big name female celebrities to appear in your band’s video is usually reserved for, well, big named bands. So how the little known freak folkers in State Bird got Mary Kate (or Ashley?) Olsen into this video from album highlight “I Saw The Light” is beyond me. With or without her cameo though, this video looks like fun, what with a bunch of hairy shirtless men dancing around, sometimes dressed as ghosts and with random animated monsters flashing behind them. Not quite as weird as this one, but close. And what a great song!

MP3 :: I Saw The Light
(from Mostly Ghostly. Buy here. Read PHW's original post here)
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WAKEMAN, RICK - Time Machine (1988)

DTPodcast024: Jon Carter von Data Transmission

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GDJB | Markus Schulz - Global DJ Broadcast (20 Nov 2008)

--=[ Ashley Thomas ]=--

Aquasky November 2008 Mix

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A Thread To Cheer Up R-T

Dublex Inc. - The Game

FAIRPORT CONVENTION - Full House (1970)

FAIRPORT CONVENTION - Liege and Lief (1969)

[video] State Bird - "I Saw The Light"