Sigur Rós - Rare and Unreleased - UPDATE

New track added to Rare and Unreleased:
Sven-G-Enlgar -(different guitar intro)
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Odin's Raven Magic - Update

Original concert booklet added to the Re Mastered Odin's Raven Magic concert

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Sigur Rós - CD & DVD Covers

Here is a collection of fan made CD and DVD Covers for concerts from 1999 to 2007. Although this is probably more relevant for those who frequent the lossless blog and make CD's there some really beautiful artwork here

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The Sigur Ros Message Board Music Project - Album - VERY EXCLUSIVE !

The Sigur Ros Message Board Music Project - Album - VERY EXCLUSIVE !

In april 2009 a board member on the SRMB suggested we could do a music project. People would send in sound clips and we could make songs out of them. Four months later and here is the result. For a bit of 'tongue in cheek' project this CD is actually really good. There is a great split between Upbeat Electronica and some lovely Ambient Acoustic stuff. Give it a try. (in amongst the tracks there is a well known artists who has quite a few albums out at the moment!)
- Please note the back cover featured above is a revised, corrected cover which can be downloaded by simply clicking on it and opening in a new window or just right click-save as etc

NB: The artwork above is new and is different from the tagged. Please download it separately. Thanks to Munross

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Sigur Rós - Teatro Ciak,Milano 12.04.2001 Re Master

Sigur Rós - Teatro Ciak,Milano 12.04.2001 Re Master

Lineage: Aiwa CM-30a > Sony MD MZ-R55 > Audiophile 2496 Soundblaster > HD > SoundForge 7.0 > CD Wave > FLAC Frontend (level 6)> WAV > Re Master > FLAC Frontend (level 6)

Im so excited about this, another previously unavailable concert from 2001. Its a superb one as well with a great sound and a fantastic collection of songs. A thousand thanks to Cubo_Metro for allowing me to Re Master and post his recording. Its very much appreciated. A must have for any serious fan. Available in FLAC only

Set List:

01 Nýja lagið
02 Fyrsta / Samskeyti
03 Von
04 Ny Batteri
05 Dauðalagið (The death song)
06 E-Bow
07 Olsen Olsen (fades in)
08 Hafssòl
09 Svefn-g-englar
10 Popplagid (The Pop Song)

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(only available as a download in FLAC)

Sigur Rós - Phoenixhalle Mainz, Germany 23.02.2003 Re Master 09

Sigur Rós - Phoenixhalle Mainz, Germany 23.02.2003 Re Master 09

Another newly discovered concert this time from 2003. Its a really lovely one although I had a lot of problems with the 1st 4 tracks. The remaining tracks however settle down to reveal a really nice show

Set List:

01 Vaka
02 Milano
03 Samskeyti
04 Nybatteri
05 Njosnavelin
06 Gong
06 Salka
07 Olsen Olsen
08 viðrar vel til loftárása (half track only-see below)
09 Hafsol
-- Staralfur (missing)
10. Popplagio

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download 08 viðrar vel til loftárása (complete track-apologies)

Sigur Rós - Werchter 05.07.2008 - Re Master 09

Sigur Rós - Werchter 05.07.2008 - Re Master 09

No details due to hard drive crash!

Set List:

01 Svefn g englar
02 Ný batterí
03 Glósóli
04 Sæglópur
05 Við spilum endalaust
06 Hoppípolla
07 Með blóðnasir
08 Inní mér syngur vitleysingur
09 Hafssól
10 Gobbledigook
11 Popplagið

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Tiny Vipers - KEXP Session + Video EXCLUSIVE!

Tiny Vipers - KEXP Session + Video EXCLUSIVE!

Ive just bought the new CD of Tiny Vipers 'Life On Earth' after just one listen. Its absolutely stunning. Rather than ramble on myself, I will just include some press. You can download her KXEP Radio session featuring songs from her 2007 CD 'Hands Across The Void' and a video of the song 'Dreamer' from 'Life On Earth' from the links below

"Dark corners and spatial abysses haunt and taunt the curious.
Nothingness questions existence and philosophically torments those willing to address the disparity and similarity between the two.
Simplicity is best employed when conveying these: the most complex of these notions and emotions, like a barely colored canvas that intensely tells only the story it intends. Jesy Fortino makes the noises that tinged canvas cannot.
“Life on Earth” is all eerie echoes, naked acoustic guitar and the vulnerable, otherworldly voice of Seattle’s Fortino, the waif who records and performs as Tiny Vipers.
It’s Fortino’s second long player released on Sub Pop, tailing her 2007 debut on the label and first-ever full-length “Hands Across the Void,” and the two years of progression show. With slightly more production, there’s a cleaner vibe to “Life On Earth,” that doesn’t render the record sterile.
Fortino calls up Cat Power from Chan Marshall’s “Myra Lee” period, a voice certain of nothing but the syllables it carefully spews, with a shaky, bare guitar.
“Life on Earth” is the play between light and dark, with its every sonic element being both. The light guitar plucks balance the dissonant, dark buzz, just as Fortino sings sweet and her blurring echoes remain.
“Eyes Like Ours” opens slowly. “Do you recall when the world was still young? Just a small town,” Fortino asks. She channels ageless spirits in her delivery, without show or silliness, her voice bowing from lovely alto to deep and brutish, dulcet to savory.
“Dreamer” unearths some of Fortino’s most polar, striking lyrics: “I’m going to die. I’m dying for a way out.”
There’s a thematic breath throughout the record, each track taking its time to hypnotically inhale and exhale, the shortest just over four minutes in length, and giving lyrics and strums their due.
With length comes some of Fortino’s best: The title track stretches over ten largely instrumental minutes and finds the medium swaying peacefully with a world of uncertainty.
Here her voice is reminiscent of Joanna Newsom’s regal note bending and she sings, “I’ve been first and last, living slow and living fast.
Always trying to get the best of it all. But there’s more to life than getting. There’s more to the beginning.”
This pure and primal gothic viewpoint is not often explored in popular culture, but Fortino drudges through. What could come off as jaded or manufactured is, instead, childlike and infinitely, wisely wondering"

Recommended If You Dig: Joanna Newsom, Karen Dalton, Cat Power

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(I accidently uploaded the whole session as well as the split tracks but decided to leave it as it should still fall under the free user 100mb limit)

The Calm Blue Sea - Siegfried, an original score UPDATE

Received my CD's yesterday and was inspired to write a further comment - From the sleeve:
The album was recorded in one long day on April 4th 2009 at Cacophony Recorders in Austin TX. In keeping with the spirit of the event the album was tracked live, with virtually no corrections, revisions or additions

Just makes this album all the more extraordinary in my view and has increased my respect for these guys and their music .

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Woodworkings - 3 Albums

Im so, so happy and greatful to Kyle for allowing me post 3 of his self released CD's for free download! I love this music, its everything I ever wish for in Classical, ambient, minimal music.

In his own words:

"pieces for lonely piano" - music made for my love who had to be away for too long.
(.self released cd.) - download


"winter lives in our hands" - nearly thirty minutes of piano and guitar based ambient & classical songs. on cd-r and limited edition tape cassette.
(.self released cd. .cassette on ten ten tapes.) - download

"the grey tapes" - nearly sixty minutes of minimal ambient work with layered piano, guitars, keyboard, field recordings, etc.
(.self released cd.) - download

This really is wonderful stuff. Thanks Kyle.
Coming projects are listed below:

untitled 20 minute e.p.
(.heat death records. .september 2009.)
haiku limited edition
(.futurerecordings. .october 2009.)
woodworkings & the outdoor strings "the autumn symphony" in full
(.sonicpieces. .fall 2009.)
full length limited edition vinyl
(.futurerecordings. .december 2009.)

woodworkings myspace

Sigur ros - Grand Ball Room NYC - 16.06.2008 Re master '09

Sigur ros - Grand Ball Room NYC - 16.06.2008 Re master '09

Lovely clear big arena sounding concert including the brass band, 'The Horny Brasstards' !

Set List:

01 Sven G Englar
02 Glósóli
03 Sé Lest
04 Ný Batterí
05 Viospilum
06 Hoppípolla
07 Heysátan
08 Viðrar Vel Til Loftárása
09 Sæglópur
10 Olsen Olsen
11 Hafsol
12 Inni
13 Gobbledegook

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Jasper TX & Anduin - Live 07.12.2009

Jasper TX & Anduin - Live 07.12.2009

Finally ! some live Jasper TX. I dont know Anduin as well as Jasper TX but for those of you who are a fan - Finally ! some Anduin live. A superb quality recorded concert from these two masters in their class. Im not sure who actually does what over these six songs but it doesn't really matter as the concert is a real beauty. Thanks to those who made this possible

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