The Middle East - KCRW-SXSW Festival 17.03.2010

One of the few bands that I have bought an actual CD rather just flac. Spellbinding stuff. Worldwide tour - check the link below :)

5 songs from The Middle East live at the SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas. Beautiful music + a very rare live performance. These guys are touring now. Check the website & the myspace page for the 2 songs that totally sold me to this band!

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http://www.themiddleeastmusic.com/

New Sigur rós album for 2011 !!!

Update 03.2011:
~The live DVD from the London concerts late 2008 is in final production, a final edit has been completed. No info. on release date yet
~News coming soon with regard to the 10 Anniversary Agaetis Byrjun

" yep the SR hiatus isn't indefinite, it's temporary. they start rehearsing new songs next month as far as i know. not sure what journalist first invented this "indefinite" label, makes it sound like it's gonna last forever."

bjossi - Jónsi/Sigur rós - Managment team

& from Jónsi himself

" Im going to tour for the rest of the year and in between touring I'm going to try to meet the guys from Sigur rós and we are going to record some more songs and a new album in 2011"

1Live interview - 01.04.2010

Update: Jónsi said last week that he is really looking forward to getting back into the studio with the 'boys' to start playing [recording] music again :D 08/12/2010

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Jónsi - Roseland Theatre, Portland 13.04.2010

Jónsi - Roseland Theatre, Portland 13.04.2010

So here at last, the first full length concert from Jónsi. The quality is good with just a little clipping at some of the louder parts. Each track was recorded separately so a little mixing has made this into a full concert but with some fade outs where necessary to keep the continuity and flow of the concert. I should add that the mastering is always done as 'flat' as possible to leave you with as much room as possible to use your own personal favourite EQ settings.

Huge thanks to DC Media for recording this and making it available. A lot of work has gone into this. Enjoy :)

Set List:

01 Stars in Still Water

02 Hengilás

03 Icicle Sleeves

04 Kolniður

05 Tornado

06 Saint Naive

07 Sinking Friendships

08 Go Do

09 Boy Lilikoi

10 K12

11 New Piano Song

12 Around Us

13 Jonsi's New Guitar Song

14 Animal Arithmetic

15 Grow Till Tall

[MF] MP3 - Part 1 Part 2

[MF] FLAC - Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 (tr 07 download)

Mimicking Birds - OPB Radio Session - 27.09.2009 + Videos

Mimicking Birds - OPB Radio Session - 27.09.2009 + Videos

Brilliant new discovery, more info in the post below!

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Mimicking Birds - Now & Then - not an album, just songs

Mimicking Birds - Now & Then - not an album, just songs

Mimicking Birds has just released a new album (s/t) It is brilliant! Fantastic acoustic guitar work with complex intelligent lyrics interspersed through out, delivered with a 'The Books' like urgency. Truly a wonderful album and a great surprise find.
The album can be found here: http://www.glacialpace.com/mimickingbirds/
THIS album however is a freely available download of 14 home recorded songs offered through the kindess of Issac himself

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myspace
website

Jónsi - 2010-04-17 San Francisco, Amoeba Music - Mastered

Jónsi - 2010-04-17 San Francisco, Amoeba Music - Re-Mastered

Lineage: Sonic Studio mics -> Edirol R-09HR (24 bit / 96 kHz) -> Nero (level boost & downsample to 16 bit / 44.1 kHz) -> cd wav -> flac level 8 > MASTER > Flac

The first recorded Jónsi public appearance! The appearance at the 'Amoeba Music Store' coincided with 'record store day' To the delight of fans there was an opportunity to meet Jónsi and the band afterwards for a record signing session. There is some hiss in quieter moments (which became apparent during the mastering process) However its my hope that a good balance has been achieved between the improvement in the overall sound and the original.

The original 'Un Mastered' version is available here @Dimeadozen [LINK]
Im posting this Master just in FLAC for now. LINKS BELOW

Heartfelt thanks & gratitude to 'tomzero' for both recording the show and permission to both allow me to master and share this with you

NB: You want to hold off on downloading as we have another version which combined with this show should be even better :)

Set List:

01 Stars in Still Water

02 Icicle Sleeves

03 Kolnidor

04 Go Do

05 Sinking Friendships

06 Boy Lilikoi

07 St Naive

08 Outro

[MF] FLAC - Part 1 Part 2 (tr05 Sinking Friendships)

(Any problems with files please let me know a.s.a.p by email me for a solution)

Jónsi - Tour 2010 Video Preview (The Making of Part 4)

Jónsi - KCRW Radio Session 19.04.2010

Jónsi - KCRW Radio Session 19.04.2010

Be excited! This is one of, if not the best session yet. Superb sound from the wonderful KCRW Studio's, some different versions of songs and finally a superb quality 1st appearance of St Naive.

Fantastic show with superb quality sound

Set List:

01 Stars in still water

02 Icicle sleeves

03 Kolnidor

04 Sinking friendships (acoustic version)

05 Go do

06 Boy Lilikoi

07 St. naive

00 Interview

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[MF] Flac - Part 1 Part 2

[MF] VIDEO - Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

Jónsi - Sinking Friendships

jónsi - sinking friendships (live) from Jónsi on Vimeo.

mp3-download

We Play Endlessly / Ara Batur - Documentary VIDEO

Both parts of this video now complete

[LINK]

Lusine - Triple Door 18.04.2008

Lusine - Triple Door 18.04.2008

I don't anything about this guy other than he opened for Stars of the Lid and makes similar music but with some nice electronica mixed in. Really really nice stuff, very warm calm ambient, electronica. Highly recommended. Perfect quality.

edit: as I was posting something else I started listening to this and now I can't stop listening to it. This is some of the best ambient/electronica music I have heard in a longggggg time.

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[MF] Download FLAC - part 1 part 2 (new links 22.04.10)

website

Nick Drake - Lost Boy - BBC2 Radio Documentary mp3

Something a little different -1 hour long BBC2 audio documentary about the life of Nick Drake. Worth it if only to hear the monologue by Brad Pitt. "Im Brad Pitt & Im a huge admirer of this English singer songwriter" (Joking apart, its really nice)

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Ólafur Arnalds - The Star Live, Beijing 03.04.2010 - Audio + Video Full Concert

Ólafur Arnalds - The Star Live, Beijing 03.04.2010 - Audio + Video Full Concert

Finally we have a full concert of Ólafur Arnalds thanks to his kindly offering his last performance in China for free viewing. Although beset by technical problems, the Video and Audio is offered here complete (I think!) There is some slight clipping during louder parts but nothing to unduly worry about. The video offered here is the highest quality I could arrange, MP4. The audio I have Mastered to bring out the best. Bear in mind the source is from a webcast recording but I think you will be very happy with the quality.

Set List:

01 Þú ert jörðin

02 Tunglið

03 Untitled (new improvisation)

04 Untitled (Rain Song)

05 Loftið verður skyndilega kalt / 0040

06

Ljósið

07

Allt varð hljótt

08

Fok

09 3055

10 - Talking

11 Himininn er að hrynja, en stjörnurnar fara þér vel

12 - Talking

13 Undan hulu (Cello Song)

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Thanks to Rhubarbidoo for his usual invaluable help

Jónsi - 1Live Première Concert Performance - 01.04.2010

Jónsi - 1Live Première Concert Performance - 01.04.2010

NB: Apologies, the date has been corrected

First posting of a full concert, and what a great concert! This was the first public performance by Jónsi and his new band. I was a little dubious at first at how well this would turn out but the mastering went very well. Quite a raw, unfocused performance but not in a bad way (they had only been practising for 3 weeks at this point) New Piano Song is definatly the highlight for me - Just wonderful.

Enjoy. Jon x

Set List:

01 Stars in still water

02 Icicle sleeves

03 Kolnidor

04 Tornado

05 Sinking Friendships

06 Go do

07 New piano song

08 Boy lilikoi

~ Separate upload

09 Interview 1

10 Interview 2

11 Interview 3

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[MF] Concert FLAC Download Part 1 Part 2 - (let me know asap if you have any probs with these-Mediafire isn't always the most reliable at file integrity)

[MF] Interviews

[MF] Videos:

download 'Stars in still water'

download 'Go do'

download 'Boy lilikoi'

download 'Interview'

The date has been corrected - you may need to Re-tag your files

Anomie Belle - KEXP Radio Session 16.08.2009

Anomie Belle - KEXP Radio Session 16.08.2009

My friend RRCM kindly pointed me in the direction of this little treasure so I had a listen and as a consequence Im now enjoying the album as well. Fantastic stuff. Her début album 'Sleeping Patterns' is just brilliant. To quote someone:

"Anomie Belle is the moniker of Portland composer, multi-instrumentalist and producer Toby Campbell. Performing here with her band, she blends old-school trip-hop beats, live violin and socially conscious lyrics into a potent but chilled concoction well suited to late-night listening"

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Tr04 Greenhouse (if you have problems)

myspace

website

Jónsi - Unreleased Songs

Just to let you know at some point in the future I have been considering a project of sorts - to mix all the non-album tracks (from the various radio sessions & hopefully, upcoming concerts) as best I can into a complete 'CD' There has been a lot of comments about some really good songs not making it onto the final cut of 'Go' so I will try to mix/master the songs (as much as possible), into a consistently sounding, smooth flowing companion to 'Go' at a later date

Jon :^) x

Helios + Goldmund - Unreleased Music - WORLD EXCLUSIVE!

You may remember Keith Kindly let me post some unreleased tracks a while back from his personal Un-Mastered MP3 collection. [LINK] Im happy to announce he has released a new album of new previously Un-Heard Music from 2000-2009 called 'Unleft' I've heard some snippets & it sounds just beautiful. You can listen & order it from here:

http://www.unseen-music.com/shop/

(Do check out the album Keith allowed me to post. It took me a long time and lot of thought to mix it and it still stands as a very special and unique example of the many talents of Keith Kenniff. Included are tracks showcasing his guitar/electronica/ambient/ music skills as well as some un heard Goldmund Piano tracks)

Oh! Almost forgot - Ps check out this new video of Helios live: http://vimeo.com/9863414

I have it on good authority he will be releasing a 'Mastered' version of it! (hopefully!)

Sleepingdog - Southern Session + Video

Sleepingdog - Southern Session + Video

Sleepingdog is a new and the most exciting discovery for me in a while so...

My 1st post about this band is further down the page or [HERE] including all relevant links. Here we have some alternative versions of the album (best listened too after you hear the album) The songs here are acoustic songs played very naturally in their living room.

The video (I dont know if its from the same session as above) is a very natural acoustic session lasting just under 1 hour and is in .flv format. (any play back issues just leave a comment)

Enjoy :)

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You can watch the whole video HERE

The Album Leaf - Deaf Institute, Manchester 22.03.2010

The Album Leaf - Deaf Institute, Manchester 22.03.2010

An amazing concert with over 90 minutes of music playing to a packed house. This was Jimmy's 1st time playing in Manchester and he clearly enjoyed it. A quartet of classical musicians came to help play some of the songs from the RNCM. I think Jimmy really appreciated them being there. It was lovely to watch him stop playing and just stare up at the girls playing their parts with a rapt and appreciative attention.

I was road testing some new mics at this concert. The sound is fabulous and Im very happy with them BUT because the venue was very small and the bass was ridiculously loud and 'present' (no offence, just my personal view!) there is some 'fuzzy' distortion in the background, present at the lower end but, all in all its a great concert.

Set List:

01 Perro

02 Blank pages

03 There is a wind

04 Within dreams

05 Falling from the sun

06 Stand still

07 Twentytwofourtenn

08 The outer banks

09 Shine

10 Until the last

11 We are

12 Vermillion

13 Almost there

14 Wherever I Go

15 On your way

16 Always For You

17 Red-Eye

18 Tied Knots

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Tr 04 & 09 (if any problem extracting)

NB: If youre interested - Mics used

Jónsi - KEXP Radio Session 09.04.2010

Jónsi - KEXP Radio Session 09.04.2010

A short and quiet session with Jónsi at KEXP

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[MF] Download Flac - (songs only - Go Do & Boy Lilikoi)

Jónsi - Go Quiet Trailer

...Beautiful

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Jónsi + Nico - Awesome Interview! - I mean, just look at that picture!!

LINK (.Pdf Magazine)

Download (the .pdf magazine)

Jónsi - Album Interview & Making of Video

Jónsi - Album Interview & Making of Video

This is a really lovely 11 minute video of Jónsi interspersed with clips from 59 Productions & his concert with Nico Muhly.

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Jónsi - Icicle Sleeves - Club69

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Kjartan Sveinsson & Olof Arnalds + poets R. Currie and Penelope Thomas

Kjartan Sveinsson & Olof Arnalds + poets R. Currie and Penelope Thomas

Only some brief music but interesting none the less. Composed in honor of Roni Horn by poet Anne Carson, this performance of sung and spoken word features a mix of voice and harmonium. Icelandic musicians Olof Arnalds and Kjartan Sveinsson of Sigur Ros, join Carson and poets R. Currie and Penelope Thomas for this special program.

~With much gratitude to Nathan. x

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Stars of the Lid - Les Voutes, Paris 18.05.2007

Stars of the Lid - Les Voutes, Paris 18.05.2007

With this post we now have all the Stars of the Lid Live Concerts there are currently available (publicly) Its at 192kbps. I may Master this and upload in FLAC...

Set List:

01 - Intro

02 - Fratres (Arvo Part cover)

03 - December Hunting For Vegetarian Fuckface

04 - Mullholland + Requiem For Dying Mothers

05 - Even If You're Never Awake (live)

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Sigur Rós - Tíu lifandi *UPDATED Now 4 CD's * - Finally Complete!!

Sorry this has taken soooooooo long but the origins of the concerts that the individual songs where taken from are now up. :)

LINK

Do While - Demo

Do While - Demo

Im not 100% sure who John Somers is although I think I will be kicking myself soon as the name is very familier! Anyway if you enjoyed 'Jónsi & Alex - Riceboy Sleeps' and 'Parachutes' then you will love this dreamy ambient pop music. Lovely summer evening music. Their 1st album is out any day now. Details below on their my space page

NB: Just found out - John Somers is the Brother of Alex Somers whose song 'A Candy Coated Slow Down' was featured on Jónsi & Alex's 'Rain Down My Favourite Songs' compilation CD!

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[SS] Download (alt link) :)

myspace

Sleepingdog - 2009.04.05 [F]luister Festival Audio + Video

Sleepingdog - 2009.04.05 [F]luister Festival - Audio + Video

A new discovery! Sleepingdog is the recording alias of Belgian songwriter and vocalist Chantal Acda, who teams up with Adam Wiltzie of Stars Of The Lid and Dead Texan fame. A bit like Heather Woods Broderick playing with Stars of the Lid. I love this music!. Superb quality sound. They have a new album out called 'Polar Life' I love it to bits, hauntingly beautiful.

More to be posted soon...

Enjoy

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[MF] Download Video of Concert

Buy 'Polar Life' + Stream it

Joanna Newsome - Washington DC 31.03.2010

Joanna Newsome - Washington DC 31.03.2010

Fantastic concert. Perfect quality, loads of crowd banter, a great selection of her most recent songs and a perfectly delivered set make this a must have experience.
I was advised to give Joanna a few goes to really 'get her' At first I wasn't so sure but Im really glad I stuck with it because now I just love her songs and her new 3x CD 'Have One On Me' is just fantastic.

Set List:

01 '81
02 Kingfisher
03 The Book of Right-On
04 Easy
05 Soft as Chalk
06 Inflammatory Writ
07 Good Intentions Paving Company
08 Have One on Me
09 You and Me, Bess
10 Monkey & Bear
11 Encore (talking)
12 Baby Birch

[MF] Download p1 (tr 1 download - tr 7 download) (if you have problems with these tracks)
[MF] Download p2
myspace(fansite)

Review (Independant Newspaper)

Jónsi - Club 69 - 31.03.2010 - (UPDATED - New Track!)

Jónsi - Club 69 - 31.03.2010

Two songs now from this session 'Icicle Sleeve' is just breathtaking! The first time we have heard 'Icicle Sleeve' in full quality live. Words fail... ('Go Do' now added 01.04.2010)

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