Thursday 29 January 2009

Stars Of The Lid - Holy Trinity Church, Leeds - 25.05.2008















Stars Of The Lid - Holy Trinity Church, Leeds - 25.05.2008

Superb sound quality on this exquisitely beautiful audience recording. Actually its one of the best I have heard. Very Special show this one - highly recommended.
NB: The MP3's are all in one single file and are VBR

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Monday 26 January 2009

Stars Of The Lid - Live at the Tripledoor 18.04.2008















Stars Of The Lid - Live at the Tripledoor 18.04.2008

Another first. Here is a great quality live recording of Stars Of The Lid. Possibly one of the best Ambient/Drone/Modern Classical groups out there. Of this particular style of music, Stars Of The Lid are my absolute favourite. Perfect relaxing, studying, chillout music. Although I think you lose a bit of the quality of the experience of what these guys are doing on CD with this particular concert, its still an absolute treat for fans.

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No-One Wished To Settle Here - Constant Slapstick and Traveling





















No-One Wished To Settle Here - Constant Slapstick and Traveling

A little late but this one gets one of my 'Top 5 best Post Rock albums of the year award for 2008' Its everything I love about post rock. There is plenty of ascending emotional guitar but there is also so much quiet in the tracks. Even in just one track you can go from bird singing in a wood to 'Mono-esk' driven guitars, back to some lazy sunday afternoon ambient sounds, only to arise again like to fall back down to the sounds of a summer fair. It really is an amazing album and above all else its really interesting to listen to, you get taken to so many places. I absolutly love it. I would personally miss out track 01 and just start on track two
I believe this has a creative commons liscence meaning in can be legaly downloaded for free but if not I will take it down. Highly reccomended - The thinking mans Post Rock

Track List:

01 WTF It Should Have Gone Different Anyways (Pt. 1)
02 WTF It Should Have Gone Different Anyways (Pt.2)
03 So Long Urban Ascents! (Pt.1)
04 So Long Urban Ascents! (Pt.2)
05 Everything May Vanish Like In Beichuan
06 A Night In The Fields
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(forgot to put the link on - No wonder no-one has been downloading it!!)

Sparklehorse - Video / Concert FMTV06.11.1996















Sparklehorse - Video / Concert FMTV06.11.1996

Lineage: TBA

Finally I found video footage of Sparklehorse! Seems to be a very difficult thing to find. There is a five song concert here as well as two of the songs performed live in studio by Mark and the band. Unfortunately I cant find the original files on my computer so until I do there will be no lineage or set list. More info asap. The video and concert are uploaded together as one file. Enjoy this rarity. All songs are loss less FLAC

Set List:


Video:

01 Painbirds
02 All Night Home

Re-Upload coming (hopefully!!) UPDATE:
Sorry to keep you waiting. I had a hard drive crash + a computer crash at the same time a while back so it looks like this might be lost for ever. Im trying to remember the source but its proving elusive. If I do find it I will post it. You can leave an email if you like and I will let you know if I am successful. Sorry, im pretty bummed to have lost this... but i will keep looking

IF YOU HAVE ANY VIDEOS OR YOU DOWNLOADED THIS ONE PLEASE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW :)

Saturday 24 January 2009

Sigur Rós - Wiltshire Theatre, LA 06.10.2001 Re-Master 09















Sigur Rós - Wiltshire Theatre, LA 06.10.2001 Re-Master 09

Lineage: Audience DAT > cd-r (low gen) > EAC (secure) > wav > Trader's Little Helper > flac > Wav>Re-Master>wav/mp3>you

An Absolute gem of a concert. Its one of those that has an amazing exciting energy running through. The sound is very clear with Jonsi's voice rising above. I love the drums on this one as well, big powerful hits with plenty of crashing cymbols. I was thinking how I never really comment on Kjartan, Orri, or Georg but I think this is because the keyboards, drums and bass never really stand out but this is not a critism rather the highest compliment. The playing as a whole is so good it allows the mind full scope to just listen, enjoy and drift off. If Georg started playing fancy jazz riffs on his bass it might be cool to listen to but it would distract you from the essence of the Sigur Rós sound. Thanks to Einzack for original upload

Set List:

01 Vaka
02 Njósnavelin
03 Ný batterí
04 E-bow
05 Álafoss
06 Olsen Olsen
07 Fyrsta / Samkeyti
08 Svefn-G-Englar
09 Dauðalagið
10 Popplagið

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Sunday 18 January 2009

Sigur Rós - Portland 06.10.2008 - Re Master
















Sigur Rós - Portland 06.10.2008

This show is simply awesome. I think its the best from 2008. Listen to the guitar change during Ny Batteri - terrifyingly brilliant. Also some different and quite beautiful singing and lyrics on Popplagið. It doesn't get any better than this. Seriously

Track List:

01 Svefn-G-Englar
02 Glósóli
03 Ny Batteri
04 Fljótavík
05 Við Spilum Endalaust
06 Hoppipola
07 Með Blóðnasir
08 Inní Mér Syngur Vitleysingur
09 Svo hljótt
10 Heysátan
11 Sæglópur
12 Festival
13 talking
14 Gobbledigook
15 encore break - Not included
16 All Alright
17 Popplagið

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[MF]  Part 1   Part 2   Part 3   Part 4    New links 20.08.11 

Friday 16 January 2009

Just to let everyone know I'm slowing down a bit. Ive put up a tremendous amount in the last few months, (over 500 files) Recently I have been concentrating on getting some of FLAC Sigur Ros concerts posted over on victoryrose lossless Dont worry though I still have a lot to post here : )

Epigram - Anything That Comes To Mind - EXCLUSIVE













Epigram - Anything That Comes To Mind - Debut Album EXCLUSIVE

Its rare that I buy an album after just a cursory listen but with Epigram I made an exception. What first struck me and what it is that puts them apart from other Post Rock Bands is the whole range of emotions that you can actually feel coming through the music. There is enough of the 'Rock' to satisfy but its in the quieter moments that you cant help but feel these guys are actually happy. When listening you cant but help be re-minded of 'Explosions In The Sky' but I think in a good way. Actually both these bands remind what it is I like about Post Rock, and that's how a good song can conjure up a multitude of images and with 'Epigram' I really like what I am seeing.
I asked the band if I could post the songs from their My Space site in full 320kbps MP3 so you could more appreciate this great music. I was mightily impressed to find their full album available at iTunes for only £5.00. Enjoy this excellent Post Rock

Track List:

02 Fear Of Heights
04 What's Mine Is Yours
07 This Is Not Where We Are Supposed To Be

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Thursday 15 January 2009

Our Ceasing Voice - Steadied Stars In The Morphium Sky EP







Our Ceasing Voice - Steadied Stars In The Morphium Sky EP

I had a request to post and review this so here goes. I have to say from the outset, this is excellent Post Rock. Within Post Rock itself, as a genre you can find different styles. These guys are in the realms of BIG and EPIC Post Rock. There is a great theme of grandeur and immensity that runs through this music, a feeling of power. Playing this live you would feel 10 feet tall. I also love the way it goes from walls of Post Rock power to a simple acoustic finger picked tune. This is quite heavy music but if you like that style you will love this. The best thing I can say about 'Our Ceasing Voice' is that they remind me of 'The Evpatoria Report's - Golekva' which for me is perhaps one of the best Post Rock Records ever written.

Track List:

01 - the inevitable fall
02 - of lives once lost
03 - as the horizon's on fire
04 - dazzled eyes are shut.

This EP is available for download at a very reasonable 5 euros+p&p Here
Myspace
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NO Derivative Works 3.0 Austria License. Some rights reserved.

Monday 12 January 2009

Heima - Audio Commentary














Heima - Audio Commentary - from the band's manager John Best

"The audio commentary is quite light, with only the band's manager talking you might think there was little of interest, but actually he does have some interesting points to make about the music, the tour and the locations. One of the benefits of the audio commentary is taking you through the strong cinematography once again, and sometimes with a few additional insights"

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Sunday 11 January 2009

A-N-N-O-U-N-C-E-M-E-N-T

The sister site to Victoryrosemusic - Victory Rose Loss-Less is now up and running. Over time I will be posting a good majority of the concerts found here, in Lossless FLAC audio. I will be starting in 1998 and moving towards 2008. I will be posting in this order as most of the concerts of interest tend to be from the earlier years.
With love - Jon

http://victoryroselossless.blogspot.com/

Jim Morrison - The Lost Interviews




















Jim Morrison - The Lost Interviews

A little unusual post perhaps but its absolutely fascinating listening to Jim Morrison. Some is just conversation with, I presume the band, some unpublished poetry and the majority being a great interview. Im sorry but the track titles dont seem to match the actual tracks.

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Saturday 10 January 2009

Sparklehorse - Amsterdam 16.09,1998 FM Broadcast - Re-Master















Sparklehorse - Amsterdam 16.09,1998 FM Broadcast - Re-Master

A very nice and very rare little concert from Mark in the early days. A little hissy but great sound and content

Track List:

01 Spirit Dutch
02 Junebug
03 Someday I Will
04 Saturday
05 Homecoming Queen
06 Saint Mary

[MF] Download (new link 28/07/10)

Sigur Rós - Festival Hall, Melbourne 01.08.2008 Re-Master 09



















Sigur Rós - Festival Hall, Melbourne 01.08.2008 Re-Master 09

Lineage: Church Audio STC-11 > Church Audio ST-9100 w/Bass Rolloff at 80hz > iRiver iHP-120 w/Rockbox installed Transfer: iRiver iHP-120 > Sony Sound Forge 8 (Raised Volume +6dB, Fade In/Out, Splits) > FLAC Frontend (Level 8) > FLAC

Excellant 'big' sounding concert full of spirit.

Track List:

1 Svefn-G-Englar
2 Glósóli
3 Sé Lest
4 Ný Batterí
5 Við Spilum Endalaust
6 Hoppipolla
7 Með Blóðnasir
8 Festival
9 Fljótavík
10 Sæglópur
11 Inní Mér Syngur Vitleysingur
12 Hafsól
13 Gobbledigook
14. Popplagið
15. All Alright

[MF] Download - Part 1 Part 2
(New Links 18.03.2010)

Sigur Rós - Photos

Since starting these blogs I have collected many photos of Sigur ros to use as album art. I thought it might be nice to post them. There is about 480. They span over 10 years from 1998 up to 2008. A few non-Sigur ros ones have sneaked in there. Sorry

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Thursday 8 January 2009

Sigur ros - Club Quatro Tokyo 14.10.2001 Re-master 09




















Sigur ros - Club Quatro Tokyo 14.10.2001 Re-master 09

This is quite an unusual post in that I have re-mastered from an MP3 320kbps instead of the usual uncompressed format. The reason I did this was because this is one of those very special old concerts with an amazing line up. At the very quietest moments (mostly crowd noise) you may notice some drop outs but the actual music parts sound great. Because the original file was an MP3 I have posted this as FLAC files. Also, so you can put your mind at ease I have included a small sample for you to download so you can decide for yourself. Personally I am very happy with it and feel it has very much been worthwhile. I hope you also enjoy this vintage classic. I think its worth a download if only to hear Jonsi singing in the background during Frysta - Havn't heard this before, its so beautiful

Track List:

01 Vaka
02 E-Bow
03 Sven-G-Englar
04 Alafoss
05 Lagið í gær
06 Olsen Olsen
07 Fyrsta
08 Samskyeti
09 Death Song
10 Ný batterí
11 Pop Song

NB: There will shortly be a revised version of this concert from the original LossLess source soon
In MP3 and FLAC, which will posted on victoryrose Lossless

(FLAC - 520mb)
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Sigur ros - Vienna Arena 08.07.2008 Re-Master 09















Sigur ros - Vienna Arena 08.07.2008 Re-Master 09

Lineage: sony ecm-717 -> microtrack 24/96 (16bit/48khz) ->music cleaning lab (track splitting) -> flac8

Another lovely concert, quite similar to the previous post - Zurich which they played on the 14th. Thanks to Gobolino and all of his fish

Track List:

01 Svefn-G-Englar
02 Glósóli
03 Sé Lest
04 Ný Batterí
05 Við Spilum Endalaust
06 Hoppípolla
07 Með Blóðnasir
08 Flótavík
09 Viðrar Vel Til Loftárása
10 Sæglópur
11 Inní Mér Syngur Vitleysingur
12 Olsen Olsen
13 Hafsól
14 Gobbledigook
15 Popplagið
16 All Alright

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Wednesday 7 January 2009

Sigur ros - Icelandic Opera House - Reyjkavic 12.06.1999 RE MASTER 09

















Sigur ros - Icelandic Opera House - Reyjkavic 12.06.1999 RE MASTER 09

Lineage: FM > ? > CDR > EAC > SHN

I am absolutely delighted to re-post this classic concert. The Re-Mastering has revealed a real jewel of a concert. The quality of the original was great, now I feel the sound is fantastic. This one is easily now in my top 3. Thanks to Einzac for making this possible

Here are the notes from the original uploader:

This is a stellar early show from the band. I think this version may have been uncirculated, or atleast virtually uncirculated until recently. It came about from a thread on the sigur-ros.co.uk forum about this concert. One of the moderators of the site said he had a clean soundboard version of this concert. He was asked to upload it so it could be checked against the hissy FM version thats widely circulated. This is the version we have here. Huge thanks to bjössi for unleashing this version!
It marks the last appearance by the original drummer ágúst, and the first by amiina as the string accompaniment. As mentioned above, there does exist a quite well circulated FM version of this which is quite hissy - this is a huge upgrade on that
enjoy,
einzack (2008-04-06)

Setlist:
01 Von
02 Syndir Guðs
03 Flugufrelsarinn
04 Olsen Olsen
05 Ágætis Byrjun
06 Viðrar Vel Til Loftárása
07 Svefn-G-Englar
08 Ný Batterí
09 Nýja Lagið
10 Hafssol

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Sigur ros - Volkshaus Zurich 14.07.2008 Re-Master09















Sigur ros - Volkshaus Zurich 14.07.2008 Re-Master 09

Lineage: OKMII Pop > IRiverH320 Rockbox > WAV Transfer: Goldwave > Volume > FLAC (8)
Taper: badrockar

An Awesome concert ! with the full band and Amina, Quite loud and wonderfully clear. Se Lest is always great with the band. Also I love the way Gong begins on this one and melds into the song.
NB: Sorry - made a bit of a boob - Please download 'track 1' and replace the track 1 in the first zip

Track List:

01 Svefn-G-Englar
02 Glósóli
03 Sé Lest
04 Við Spilum Endalaust
05 Hoppipolla
06 Með Blóðnasir
07 Gong
08 Andvari
09 Festival
10 Góðan Daginn
11 Sæglópur
12 Inní Mér Syngur Vitleysingur
13 Hafsól
14 Gobbledigook
15 Popplagið
16 All Alright

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Monday 5 January 2009

Interview with Sigur ros's Sound Engineer - Biggi

















I was chuffed to read this as we both use the same software for working on Sigur ros's live material (of course he is a little better at it than me!!)

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Sigur ros - The Fillmore Detroit 09.23.2008 Re-Master 08















Sigur ros - The Fillmore Detroit 09.23.2008 Re-Master 08

Lineage: Sony ECM-717 + Sony TCD-D8 (44.1 kHz, FOB 2nd level) Transfer: M1 -> 7-Pin -> M-Audio 2496 -> CD-WAVE-> Audacity (Normalize)-> FLAC. Taped by RyanJ

This one is special. It is unique in that the combination of Ryan J's excellent recording, the acoustics of the venue and the re-mastering have produced what for me sounds like Sigur ros live. There is an amazing energy at this particular concert, more so than I have heard for a long time. Also listen to the truly terrifyingly powerful guitar that comes in at about 50 seconds of the 1st song, Sven-G-Englar. Turn the lights down, put on your best headphones, close your eyes, turn up the volume, imagine yourself there and enjoy the experience. Thanks to Ryan J.
NB: This particular master is very 'colorful' and 'big' sounding

Track list:

01 Svefn-G-Englar
02 Glósóli
03 Ny Batteri
04 E-bow
05 Fljótavík
06 Við Spilum Endalaust
07 Hoppípolla
08 Meo Blódnasir
09 Inní Mér Syngur Vitleysingur
10 Festival
11 Svo Hljótt
12 Heysátan
13 Sæglópur
14 Hafsól
15 Gobbledigook
16 Popplagio

[MF] Download part1 part2
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Sunday 4 January 2009

Sigur ros - Splendour In The Grass Festival-Australia 2008 FM BROADCAST
















Sigur ros - Splendour In The Grass Festival-Australia 2008 FM BROADCAST

Lineage:Broadcast 29th September, 2008 JJJ Live at the Wireless.

This is to replace/(or to be an alternative) to the low 128kbps bitrate concert posted earlier, on November 11th. Same concert just 320kbps from the lossless version. With thanks to Azure Sea

Track List:

01 Glósóli
02 Hoppípolla
03 Með Blóðnasir
04 Við Spilum Endalaust
05 Festival
06 Sæglópur
07 Hafsól

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Mono - NEW SONG - Ashes in the Snow













1st track taken from Mono's forthcoming album 'Hymn To The Immortal Wind' due in March this year. I love it !

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From the website:

Just in time for their 10-year anniversary, MONO return with their fifth studio album, the absolutely massive Hymn To The Immortal Wind.

After touring almost non-stop for five years, the band hibernated for over a year to focus solely on writing Hymn. The result is their most thoughtful and eclectic album to date. Written and arranged with a hopeful, romantic narrative in mind, the songs string together like chapters in an epic love story. The music is naturally majestic, with MONO's trademark wall of noise crashing beautifully against the largest chamber orchestra the band has ever enlisted. The instrumentation is vast, incorporating strings, flutes, organ, piano, glockenspiel and tympani into their standard face-melting set-up.

Recorded to analog tape with long-time friend and producer Steve Albini, there is an intimacy captured here that is at once beautiful and a little terrifying. The creaking of old wooden chairs as the orchestra rocks in their seats (both literally and figuratively), puckered lips rolling along flutes, and even the conductor's opening cue can be heard during the hauntingly quiet opening moments

While Hymn continues to mine the cinematic drama inherent in all of MONO's music, the dynamic shifts now come more from dark-to-light instead of quiet-to-loud. The maturity to balance these elements so masterfully has become MONO's strongest virtue.

Friday 2 January 2009

Sigur ros - Alexandra Palace London - 21.11.2008 - Re-Master 2008 (complete show)















For a Minor Reflection/ Sigur ros - Alexandra Palace London - 21.11.2008 - Re-Master 2008 (complete show)

Lineage: GM Standard > GM Battery Box > iRiver H320 > Audacity (Hard Limiter) > CD Wave (tracksplitting) > Trader's Little Helper > flac > wav>re-master > flac

- Sincerest apologies to the taper of this show Jan Willem. This show was posted as MP3 when in his notes he clearly states his wishes not to share this show in a Lossy format. Im not sure how that was missed, but again I can only apologise and hope this hasn't caused any distress. Jan has however kindly consented to allow this concert to be shared in a Loss Less format

Set List:

01 intro
02 Svefn G Englar
03 Glosoli
04 Ný batterí
05 Fljótavik
06 Við spilum endalaust
07 Hoppípolla
08 talking
09 Með blóðnasir
10 Inní mér syngur vitleysingur
11 E-bow
12 Sæglópur
13 Festival
14 Hafsól
15 talking
16 Gobbledigook
17 encore
18 All alright
19 Popplagið

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Sigur ros - Le Route de Rock - St. Malo FR 15.08.2008 Re-Master 08




















Sigur ros - Le Route de Rock - St. Malo FR 15.08.2008 Re-Master 08

Lineage: Aud>2xDpa4061>Edirol R-09>Wav(24/48)>Flac24

A fairly good concert. The sound quality is good for an audience recorded internal mic'd show but is slightly limited because of this. Popplagio is interesting as in places its sung differently from usual. Also Jonsi seems to sometimes use a different effects pedal for feedback, evident on this track.

Track List:

01 Svefn-G-Englar
02 Ný Batterí
03 Við Spilum Endalaust
04 Með Blóðnasir
05 Festival
06 Sæglópur
07 Inní Mér Syngur Vitleysingur
08 Hafsól
09 Gobbledigook
10 Popplagið

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Thursday 1 January 2009

Sigur ros - Chicago Theatre - Chicago 21.09.2005 RE-Master 08














Sigur ros - Chicago Theatre - Chicago 21.09.2005 RE-Master 08

Lineage: Source: AT853's (stealth) -> Batt Box -> JB3

Another superb top quality concert from 2005 posted with kind permission of Brian Emerick. A classic from the Takk period. Of note is a beautiful 9 minute Smaskifa. A Lovely, lovely concert. Thanks Brian.

Track List:

01 Takk
02 Glósóli
03 Ný batterí
04 Sven-G-Englar
05 Sæglópur
06 Vaka
07 Gong
08 Andvari
09 Hoppipolla
10 Með Blóðnasir
11 Viðrar vel til loftárása
12 Hafssól
13 Smáskifa
14 Smáskifa
15 Avalon

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