Thursday 25 December 2008

Sigur ros - St Andrews United Church CA - 01.10.2001 FM Broadcast















Sigur ros - St Andrews United Church CA - 01.10.2001 FM Broadcast

As a special Christmas treat I would like to offer, what for me is perhaps the best Sigur ros concert I have heard. Of course its just my personal preference but . . . Here is why this is my all time favourite. Firstly the pace of this concert is so slow and smooth its exquistite and its one of those where Jonsi's voice just seems to float perfectly through out. Secondly the recording is one of the best I have heard. There is a fair number of FM concerts out there but the recording in this one is professional, the mics are high end and everything in the production, mixing and mastering is perfect. Thirdly, having heard a lot of different line ups this is my absolute favourite. A lot of people, myself included never had the chance to hear Sigur ros play in the early days so it really is a pleasure to share this particualr concert which I feel really encapsulates Sigur ros at their very best. Enjoy this perfect concert
NB: The last track Popplagio fades out near the end. This is from the original file. Apologies

Track List:

01 Vaka
02 Njosnavelin
03 Ny Batteri
04 E-bow
05 Alafoss
06 Olsen Olsen
07 Frysta
08 Samskyeti
09 Sven-G-Englar
10 Daudlagio
11 Popplagio

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Tuesday 23 December 2008

Low - You May Need A Murderer - Acoustic Tracks















Low - You May Need A Murderer - Acoustic Tracks

A sweet little post. Six short acoustic songs from the DVD pictured above.

Track List:

01 I started a joke
02 Done
03 Dinosaur act
04 Sharp tooth dinosaur
05 Little argument with myself
06 Pretty People

[MF] D/L new link 2012

Sigur ros - Greek Theatre LA 02.10.2008 Re-Master 2008















Sigur ros - Greek Theatre LA 02.10.2008 Re-Master 2008

Lineage: Edirol R-09 24/48 wav -> batterybox -> CA-11 (last song is recorded with internal R-09 mic)Transfer: wav 24/48 -> SoundStudio (cut and upped 12db) -> xACT (flac) ->

A superb recording from near to the end of Sigur ros's recent tour. Its one of those concerts that is just that little bit slower, more introverted, relaxed than others. As soon as the first track Sven-G-Englar begins with that beautiful discordant feedback floating in the background you know its going to be good one. I love the guitar work on Popplagio - it is Huge!! Heartfelt thanks to Shota for allowing me to Re-master this concert and share it with you. Enjoy

Track List:

1 Svefn g englar
2 Glosoli
3 Ny batteri
4 Vid spilum endalaust
5 Hopp’polla
6 Festival
7 Heysatan
8 E-bow
9 Saeglopur
10 Inni mer syngur vitleysingur
11 Hafssol
12 Gobbledigook
13 Popplagio
14 All alright (edit)

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Saturday 20 December 2008

The Album Leaf - Neighbourhood Theatre NC 26.03.2005 - SOUNDBOARD















The Album Leaf - Neighbourhood Theatre NC 26.03.2005 - SOUNDBOARD

Lineage: unknown

Im excited about this post. I have been waiting for a soundboard quality live recording of The Album Leaf for years, Literally ! So here it is. Superb quality, very close to commercial CD. Thanks to the taper. Make the most of this one - extremely rare!!

NB: Apologies - Track 2 and 3 are mixed up. I will fix when I have time

Track List:

01 Window
02 Another Day
03 Thule
04 On Your Way
05 Twentytwofourteen
06 The Outer Banks
07 Brennivin
08 Micro Melodies
09 Vermillion
10 Unkown
11 Eastern Glow
12 Seal Beach
13 Another Day
14 Essex
15 Malmo

[MF] Download New Link 20/12/2010

Sigur ros - Smaskifa Birds screen saver


















Here is a nice little thing. Its a screen saver for your computer. Now you can watch a nice looped section of the Smaskifa birds featured in the backdrop of some of the Sigur ros concerts.

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Low - Live in Europe Documentary 2007 VIDEO















Low - Live in Europe Documentary 2007 VIDEO

A lovely 49minute video documentary featuring Low on their 2007 European Tour. Many interviews and live clips. Very nice. Excellant quality

[MF] Download Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 -new links 15.12.2010
Split & zipped using Winrar

Sigur ros - Spark 7 Hall Vienna 16.10.2002 FM Broadcast

















Sigur ros - Spark 7 Hall Vienna 16.10.2002 FM Broadcast

Lineage: FM > DAT > flac >

There is a lower bitrate version of this concert which is widely found on the internet. Its great quality but it gives me much pleasure to Re-master and offer a 320kbps version for those who wish it. I have been meaning to post this one for a while but thanks to Einzack we now have a bit of a better quality version. A lovely listen. Well recommended.
Edit: This is a new Re-master - 01.01.2011. Basically Ive taken away much of the hiss & crackle which was audible during some moments. A nicer more balanced sound now. Very enjoyable listen

Track List:

01 Intro
02 Vaka
03 Fyrsta / Samskeyti
04 Ný Batterí
05 Njósnavélin
06 Svefn-g-englar
07 Salka
08 Hafssól
09 Von
10 Popplagið
11 Olsen Olsen

[MF] Download MP3 - Part 1 Part 2
Flac - will appear on Victoryroselossless

Sigur ros - Lowlands Festival 17.08.2008 - Re-Master 2008















Sigur ros - Lowlands Festival 17.08.2008 - Re-Master 2008

Lineage: DVD

As requested, the audio from this concert. The audio from the DVD track wasn't particularly good. I haven't done much to it, just reduced the hiss and put a little more meat on its bones. Its not too bad but hopefully there will be an opportunity to work with a more qualified recording at a later date

Track list:

01 Sven-G-Englar (2nd half only)
02 Glosoli
03 Se Lest
04 Ny Batteri
05 Via Spilum Endalaust
06 Hopipolla/Mea Blotnasir
07 Festival
08 Saeglopur
09 Inni
10 Hafssol
11 Gobblidegook

You may need to re-tag track 5! sorry : (

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Wednesday 17 December 2008

Sigur ros - Grand Rex Paris - 13.02.2003 Re-Master 2008















Sigur ros - Grand Rex Paris - 13.02.2003 Re-Master 2008

Its been a while since the last proper Sigur ros post. Apologies for that. I will more than make up for this in the near future !
A lovely concert from that amazing 2003 period. Its a little hissy in quieter parts but this is un-noticeable later on. In terms of line-up this is a great show. Of particular note is a slow version of Gong which has Jonsi giving it his all. Relatively rare live performances of Staralfur and Guitardjamm are also here. Enjoy this great concert. (This will replace the lower bitrate version of this concert)

Track List:

01 Vaka
02 Mílanó
03 Starálfur
04 Njósnavélin
05 Ný batterí
06 Samskeyti
07 Gong
08 E-Bow
09 Viðrar vel til loftárása
10 Hafssól
11 Gítardjamm
12 Popplagið

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(part 3 reported as not working)

Download
(in one link) - Apologies if you have to download some tracks again.

Tuesday 16 December 2008

Dave Beans - The Loss and Recovery EP - EXCLUSIVE !

















Dave Beans - The Loss and Recovery EP - EXCLUSIVE !

I am absolutely delighted to offer you this Beautiful EP for free download by the grace of the artist, David Beans. As David says on his website: The Loss and Recovery EP is a six song, thirty minute movement exploring the growth and movement acquired through loss and recovery. Each piece articulates various emotions including misfortune, doubt, desperation ||| love, faith hope.
This record is a short journey of thought compiling two years into one sunrise to sunset

This record would be a close tie for my no.1 record of the year. There are elements of Max Richter, Olafur Arnalds, Eluvium, modern classical, and Drone at its very best. There is such a powerful emotional content thredded throughout this music it reminds me what music is all about and anyone who can express their heart through music in this way will always be a firm favourite of mine. The track called Father made me cry. Thank you so much David for such beautiful music.

Track List:

01 Preface
02 Dream
03 Peaks
04 Father
05 Children
06 Remorse, meet Recovery

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Sigur ros - Various Un Re-Mastered Concerts








THIS IS THE PERMINANT POST FOR ALL UN RE-MASTERED LOWER BITRATE CONCERTS OF SIGUR ROS. THIS POST WILL BE UPDATED REGULARLY SO PLEASE COME BACK HERE PERIODICALLY

The concerts are good enough quality to post but some may need to be adjusted with EQ on your media player to get the best from them

01. Womans Club Theatre - Minneapolis 28.09.2001 - 160 kbps. vaka, njosnavelin, ny batteri, lagid i gear,
alafoss, olsen olsen, fyrsta, samskyeti - download

02. Laugardalshollin FM - Iceland 03.06.2001 - 192 kbps. fyrsta, samskyeti, vaka (1st performance) untitled w/Steindor Anderson, untitled w/Steinder Anderson, death song, pop song -download fixed

03. Grand Rex - Paris 13.02.2003 - vaka, milano, staralfur, njosnavelin, ny batteri, samskyeti, gong, e-bow, vidrar vel til loftarasa, hafssol, guitardjamm, popplagio - download part1 part2 (Higher Quality Available)

04. Fillmore - San Fransisco 02.05.2001 - ny batteri, nyja Lagio, e-bow, daudlagio, sven-g-englar, steindor 1, steindor 2, death song, samskyeti, olsen olsen, hafssol, popplagio -
download part1 part2

05. Edinburgh England SBD 03.10.2002 - vaka, frysta, samskyeti, ny batteri, njosnavelin, sven-g-englar, salka, hafssol, von, popplagio - download part1 part2

06. Lisbon 09.04.2001 - (Ny lagio missing) - frysta/samskyeti, von, daud lagio, e bow, olsen olsen, hafssol, sven g englar, popplagio - download

07. Munchen Herkulessaal, Germany 21.02.2003 - vaka, milano, samskyeti, ny batteri, njosnavelin, gong, salka, olsen olsen, vidra vel til loftarasa, hafssol, staralfur, poplagio+standing ovation - download

08. Colmena Festival, Mexico 07.06.2008 - sven-g-englar, glosoli,vaka, icelandic music, festival, flotavik, heysatan, gobbledigook, all alright. - download

Monday 15 December 2008

Low - Studio 105 Paris 23.04.2007 FM Broadcast















Low - Studio 105 Paris 23.04.2007 FM Broadcast

Lineage: Recording and simultaneous broadcast : 04-23-2007- FM -> CDWAVe -> SoundForge -> FLAC -> you. Recorded and edited by svp


The last in the current posts of Low concerts is a wonderful FM broadcast of their Studio 105 live session in Paris on 'France Inter' radio station in 2007. Excellent quality although a little hissy in quiet sections. On Occasion the DJ will say a few words of appreciation but not over any off the songs themselves.

Track List:

01 Sandinista
02 In silence
03 Take your time
04 Dragonfly
05 Belarus
06 Sunflowers
07 Laser Beam
08 Silver rider
09 Pissing
10 Violent past
11 Murderer
12 Breaker
13 Pretty People

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Future Sigur ros Posts

In the near future all Sigur ros concerts which are NOT Re-Mastered and are of a lower quality or bitrate will be uploaded into 1 single post. That post will then be updated as and when. The Highest quality 320kbps Soundboard and FM/Video Broadcast Re-Mastered concerts will be uploaded as usual into their repespective posts.
The reason for posting the lower bitrate/lower quality concerts is for reasons of historical interest or where an Un-compressed version is not available

Thursday 11 December 2008

Sparklehorse - Radio sessions















Sparklehorse - Radio Free Minneapolis 2006 / WNCY Radio 28.02.2007

To start our little trip into the wonderful world of Sparklehorse here is two wonderful interviews with songs. Enjoy

download Radio Minneapolis session - new link 15.11.09
download Radio WNCY Radio session - new link 15.11.09

Sparklehorse - Dragging Pianos -Stockholm 21.09.1998 SOUNDBOARD















Sparklehorse - Dragging Pianos -Stockholm 21.09.1998 SOUNDBOARD

This is probably the most well known and widely available of all Sparklehorse live shows, Im pretty sure I had it myself many years ago BUT here we have the full quality soundboard master. An essential Sparklehorse concert. Enjoy

01 Spirit dutch
02 Someday i will you good
03 Saturday
04 Heart of darkness
05 Junebug
06 Cruel sun
07 Hundreds of sparrows
08 Tears of fresh fruit
09 Maria's little elbows
10 Painbirds
11 Sunshine
12 Homecoming queen
13 All night long
14 Happy man
15 Saint mary
16 Pig

download part 1 - new link 15.11.09
download part 2 - new link 15.11.09

Mark Linkous (Sparklehorse) Manchester UK 24.07.2008 Re-Master















Mark Linkous (Sparklehorse) Manchester UK 24.07.2008 Re-Master

Lineage: CA STC-11 > CA ST-9100 > iHP-120 > SoundForge > FLAC Frontend
Recorded & transferred by Daniel Potter

Part of the Daniel Johnston and friends concert in the New Century Hall, Manchester, England. Mark played three solo songs with an almost unbelievable quiet emotional intensity. very, very sweet to listen to, you really feel involved. Its a real treat hearing Mark and the audience singing homecoming queen together so gently. If you like Sparklehorse's, more gentle songs this will be a real treasure for you.

Track List:

01 Homecoming queen
02 Oh child
03 Most beautiful widow in town
[MF] Download     (new link 02.2012)

Sparklehorse - La Cigale - Unknown Date
















Sparklehorse - La Cigale - Unknown Date

Lineage: unknown - 128kbps

For this final post a concert from - anyone know? Although its a very low bitrate I have posted it because of the rarity of Live Sparklehorse shows in general. It is as good quality as you can get though.

Track List:

01 Its a wonderful life
02 Apple bed
03 Sea of teeth
04 Piano fire
05 Eyepennies
06 Saturday
07 Weird sisters
08 Sunshine
09 Morning hollow
10 Ghost in the sky
11 More yellow birds

[MF] Download (new link 16.03.2010)

Sunday 7 December 2008

Parachutes - Live In Alex's Living Room 16.10.2008 AUDIO+VIDEO














Parachutes - Live In Alex's Living Room 16.10.2008

A very sweet little mini concert. Parachutes performing 3 acoustic songs in the living room of Alex (one of the band members) in downtown Reykjavik. Also included are the videos of the session plus a nice video of the song Grass Leaves.

Track List:

01 Of Sleep
02 Trees Turn To Forts
03 All Along

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Sigur ros - Kárahnjúkar Protest Concert 15.01.2003 Re Master 2008















Sigur ros - Kárahnjúkar Protest Concert 15.01.2003 Re Master 20008

Lineage: unknown

From website: Sigur ros will perform a short set next wednesday (january 15th) at a conference whose aim is to protest against the impending construction of the kárahnjúkar power plant in east iceland. this kárahnjúkar hydropower project will result in irreputable environmental damage to approximately 290000 hectares of land in this area. other icelandic artists who have protested against the project include björk, who recently submitted a protest article in the icelandic newspaper morgunblaðið. the conference takes place at borgarleikhúsið in reykjavík and begins at 20:30
A special treat here - Also posted on the 'rare and un-released' post

Track List:

01 Samskyeti (version)
02 Big
03 Avalon (extended with lyrics)

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Sigur ros - Leeds UK 23.04.2001 Re-Master 2008















Sigur ros - Leeds UK 23.04.2001 Re-Master 2008

Lineage: unknown

Excellent early concert rescued somewhat through being re-mastered. The original wasn't as good as some, but the end result is a vast improvement and a really enjoyable listen. Track names have been corrected from the original. Enjoy

Track List:

01 Intro (Fur Alina)
02 Nyja Lagio
03 Ny Batteri
04 Syndir Guos
05 Sven-G-Englar
06 Untitled with Steindor Anderson
07 Untitled with Steindor Anderson
08 Samskyeti
09 Daudlagio
10 Von
11 Olsen Olsen
12 Hafssol
13 Popplagio

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Sigur ros - Verisson Wireless Theatre TX 31.03.2003















Sigur ros - Verisson Wireless Theatre TX 31.03.2003

Lineage: unknown - 256kbps

Another great concert form the 2003 era. Enjoy - This concert has not been Re-mastered

Track list:

01 Vaka
02 Milano
03 Ny Batteri
04 Gong
05 Olsen Olsen
06 Salka
07 Viorar Vel Til Loftarasa
08 Hafssol
09 Smaskifa
10 Staralfur
11 Popplagio

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Sigur ros - Austin TX 01.04.2003















Sigur ros - Austin TX 01.04.2003

Lineage: unknown - 256kbps

A really nice concert. A lot of the songs here are sung and played slower than usual. Milano in particular is beautiful. Much to the delight of the audience there is also a version of Staralfur here as well. Enjoy - This concert has not been Re-mastered

Track List:

01 Vaka
02 Milano
03 Samskyeti
04 Gong
05 Olsen Olsen
06 Salka
07 Viorar Vel Til Loftarasa
08 Hafssol
09 Smaskifa
10 Staralfur
11 Sven-G-Englar
12 Popplagio

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Saturday 6 December 2008

Low - Bennington College VT 06.09.1999















Low - Bennington College VT 06.09.1999

Lineage: FOB DAT master (2 AKG C535EB microphones > TLA tube mic preamp > rackmount Sony DAT recorder @ 44.1kHz) - Transfer: Sony portable DAT > Audiomedia III > Sound Designer II > SoundEdit 16 > WAV > SHN > xACT > .flac Taped by Phil S

I thought is was about time we had some Low posted. The first time I heard Sigur ros (thanks Elin) I was also given a Low CD to listen to, so I have a fond affinity for Low A lot of the following Low concerts have a bit of an upbeat quality where as this one contains for the most part their slower songs. This is probably my favourite. Its so delicate, fragile but powerful. Enjoy
Ps the sound quality on this one is 10/10

Track List:

01 I Remember
02 Starfire
03 Weight of Water
04 Missouri
05 Don't Understand
06 Words
07 Shame
08 Lord Can You Hear Me
09 No Need, Immune
10 Soon
11 Over the Ocean
12 Will the Night

[MF] Download new link 07.2011

Low - Great American Music Hall - 13.11.2002















Low - Great American Music Hall - 13.11.2002

Lineage: SP-CMC-2>SP-SPSB-1>Sony PCM-M1 PythonDS>DAT2WAV> SoundForge> Hyperprism Harmonic Exciter>Hyperprism Compressor>FLAC

A 10/10 quality concert from 2002. Perfectly Re-mastered by Chris Bellew. Thank to Chris for this excellent show

Track List:

1 That's How You Sing Amazing Grace
2 John Prine
3 Tonight
4 Little Argument With Myself
5 La La LA Song
6 Sunflowers
7 Fearless
8 In The Drugs
9 Canada
10 2-Step
11 Point of Disgust
12 I Am The Lamb
13 Dinosaur Act
14 Over The Ocean
15 The Last Snowstorm of the Year
16 The Plan

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Friday 5 December 2008

Low - The Mill Iowa City 22.02.2006 SOUNDBOARD

















Low - The Mill Iowa City 22.02.2006 SOUNDBOARD

Lineage: Source: Soundboard > Nomad Jukebox 3 (wav @ 44.1 khz) Transfer: JB3 > PC > Cool Edit Pro 2.1 > CDWave Editor > mwkACT > SHN Taped by: Tim Jamison (cyfan@cfu.net)

Although a low 128 kbps bitrate this is a very listenable and enjoyable concert from Low. Thanks to Tim for taping this great show

Track List:

01 Dragonfly
02 Monkey
03 Sandinista
04 In the Drugs
05 California
06 (That's How You Sing) Amazing Grace
07 Condescend
08 Pissing
09 Violent Past
10 Lazy
11 Sunflower
12 Murderer
13 encore break
14 Over the Ocean
15 When I Go Deaf
16 Small Words

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Thursday 4 December 2008

Low - All Tomorrows Parties - 20.09.2008 BROADCAST















Low - All Tomorrows Parties - 20.09.2008 BROADCAST

Here is a nice broadcast quality live concert for fans of Low. Alan Sparhawk's dry humour is on form and dry as ever as he takes the piss out of his own fans. Excellent concert featuring their new bassist Steve Garrington. Track 4 is not included as its a new song

Track List:

01 Candy Girl
02 Murderer
03 Pretty People
05 Always Fade
06 Tonight
07 Walk Into The Sea
08 Breaker
09 Canada
10 Argument With Myself
11 AM Jog Banter
12 Hatchet
13 Santas Coming Over
14Shots and Ladders

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Tuesday 2 December 2008

Sigur ros - Sodra Teatern, Sweden 20.10.2002















Sigur ros - Sweden 20.10.2002

Lineage: Unknown

This is such a beautiful, gentle, sweet concert with, for me anyway, probably the very best version of Salka and Von I have yet heard. At this time Salka had not been played that much live and so was a relatively new song, but you really wouldn't think it listening to the perfectly smooth delivery. Also a really slow rendition of Von that builds with such an exquisite softness. Really wonderful.

Track List:

01 Vaka - Missing (I will upload it when/if I find it!)
02 Fyrsta
03 Samskyeti
04 Ny Batteri
05 Njosnavelin
06 Sven-G-Englar
07 Salka
08 Hafssol
09 Von
10 Popplagio

[MF] FLAC - Part 1   Part 2   Part 3 (new links - 20.08.2011)

Sigur ros - Rare, Unreleased and Different








Sigur ros - Rare, Unreleased and Different

There are 2 * albums here. The first one is dedicated to rare and unreleased songs and the second to songs that are in some way different to the album versions. With the exception of Guitardjamm and Vaka the second album is probably only of interest to serious fans. This doesnt refer to fans with no sense of humour but to fans who, like myself, get excited at hearing even a slightly different version of a song. Enjoy
All these tracks are live recordings or not commercially available

* Note: as I find more rare and unreleased tracks I will add them to this post

Album 1 - Rare and Unreleased

01 Bium Bium Bambals/Danarfregnir Og Jaroafirir
(rare Live version from 1999. Not from the EP)
02 Lagið í Gær (rare 1999)
03 Duet (rare 1999)
04 Syndur Guos (rare 1999)
05 Orrilagid (rare1999)
06 Flugufrelsarinn (Played rarely)
07 Alafoss (Played rarely)
08 Christmas Song (Gauker Stong 1999)
09 Unfinished Song (Heima early version)
10 Njosnavelin (acoustic BBC Culture Show)
11 Fljúgðu (First ever song) - released on "Smekkleysa í Hálfa Öld", the compilation released to celebrate the 50th anniversary of icelandic independence, before Von. the song was added thanks to Bjork.
12 Little Match Girl (Written for Danish Ballet)

Album 2 - Different Versions

01 Guitardjamm (different version)
02 Samskyeti (different lyrics)
03 Salka (slow version)
04 Smaskifa (poor quality)
05 Ny Batteri (no guitar)
06 Rokklagio (long version)
07 Vaka (different ending version)
08 Njosnavelin (solo at end)
09 Fyrsta (slow version)

Album 3 - Rare/Un-released (Karahnjukar Protest Gig 15,01,2003)
~~ NEW Soundboard version now posted ~~

01 Samskyeti (Different version)
02 Big (Live)
03 Avalon (Extended and with vocals)

Post 4 - Rare / Different

Popplagið - Portland 06.10.2008 - (Different lyrics and guitar)
Hafssól - Philharmonie 24.04.2002 - (Different lyrics)
Gong - Le Grand Rex - 13.02.2003 - (slow version)
Við Spilum Endalaust - Paris - 11.2008 (acoustic)
Viðrar Vel Til Loftárása - Gothenburg - 03.11.2005 (longer and different beginning)
Milano - Montreaux Jazz Festival - 13.07.2001 - (Mostly voice/Different Lyrics)

Post 5 - Rare / Different

Fyrsta - Philadelphia 22.09.2001 (sung differently)

Post 6 - Rare / Different

Vaka - Montreux Jazz 03.07.2006 (slowed down vocal sample)

Post 7 - Rare / Different

Sven-G-Englar - Copenhagen 09.08.2008 (different guitar intro)

Post 8 - Rare / Different

Milano & Smaskifa - Oakland CA 08.04.2003 (sung differently & rare)

Post 9 - Rare / Different

Milano - Lincoln Theatre, Washington DC 04.11.2002 (different version)

Post 10 - Rare

Unknown, un-released Song - Ferraro, Italy 23.06.2003

album 1 rare live

album 2 different live

album 3 karahnjukar live

post 4 rare/different

Viðrar Vel Til Loftárása - Gothenburg - 03.11.2005 (longer and different beginning)
(As Above - single track)

Fyrsta - Philadelphia 22.09.2001 (sung differently)

(as above - single track)

Vaka - Montreux Jazz 03.07.2006 (slowed down vocal sample)


Sven-G-Englar - Copenhagen 09.08.2008 (different guitar intro)

Milano & Smaskifa - Oakland CA 08.04.2003 (sung differently & rare)


Milano - Lincoln Theatre, Washington DC 04.11.2002 (different version)

Unknown, un-released Song - Ferraro, Italy 23.06.2003

Sunday 30 November 2008

Sigur ros - BBC6 Radio Interview 11.10.2002


















Sigur ros - BBC6 Radio Interview 11.10.2002

A lovely 55 minute Radio 6 radio interview with the band including many clips of the bands favourite artists. Includes the first song Jonsi ever played on the guitar when he was 13!

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Sigur ros - Alafoss Reykjavik-Acoustic Set 18.02.2007 AUD CAM

















Sigur ros - Alafoss Reykjavik-Acoustic set 18.02.2007 AUD CAM

Fairly good quality audience cam shot of this acoustic set from 2007. Its funny watching Jonsi trying to find somewhere to put his guitar at the beginning! Another one for fans

part 1
part 2
part 3

Sigur ros - Louisville 26.03.2003 - Audience CAM VIDEO















Sigur ros - Louisville 26.03.2003 - Audience CAM VIDEO

Not a very good quality video, most of the time you only see half of the stage above the heads of the audience and the camera is a little bit wobbly - so why post it? because despite the quality I couldnt help myself watching the whole show. As per usual, with Sigur ros, I found myself absorbed into the experience and the music and ended up really enjoying it. Perhaps this is more for fans but its worth it to able to get a taste of the band from 2003

part 1 part 2 part 3 part4 part 5 part 6 part 7

Eluvium / Explosions - Complete Show - 03.05.2007 - Eugene OR


















Eluvium / Explosions - Complete Show - 03.05.2007 - Eugene OR


Lineage: Location: DFC, ~50' from stage lip. Mics NOS (12" separation at 90 degrees), 10' high in AT8415 shockmounts. Source: AKG C1000S > Edirol UA-5 (Oade T+ mod) > S/PDIF > Microtrack (16/48)
Lineage: Hitachi 6GB Microdrive > USB > Audition (cropping, fades, resample, amplify +5db) > CD Wave (tracking, compression) > FLAC(5) Taper: Brian Connolly

Superb quality complete show from 2007.

Track List:
Eluvium:

01 Unknown
02 Under the water it glowed
03 Taken
04 Unknown
05 Repose in blue

Explosions in the Sky:

01 intro
02 First Breath After Coma
03 Welcome, Ghosts
04 With Tired Eyes, Tired Minds, Tired Souls, We Slept
05 Your Hand In Mine
06 Greet Death
07 Catastrophe And The Cure
08 The Only Moment We Were Alone
09 outro

download Eluvium
download explosions p1
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Thursday 27 November 2008

Sigur ros - St. Georges Church Brighton UK 21.04.2001- Re-Master

















Sigur ros - St. Georges Church Brighton UK 21.04.2001- Re-Master

Lineage: Sony lapel mic --> Sharp Minidisc (mono mode) --> Cool Edit --> Light EQing and normalizing --> Master CD --> FLAC (level 8)

Another great oldie featuring Steindor Andersen. I wish I had been to this concert. Having lived in Brighton for a while I cant think of a more perfect location. From the taper:
Without doubt, this is the best gig I have ever seen. The venue - a still-consecrated Georgian church in a residential area in Brighton, not far from the seafront - was somehow perfect. We were first in, but sat in the third row for fear of the mics being spotted. The band were set up in the altar area. There was some light amplification, but not much due to the church's location and the fact that I reckon the band wanted the place's natural acoustics to be to the fore.

It was light - just - when the band came on. There was very little extra lighting to my recollection, but it didn't matter peering into the gloom as dusk came. As you'll be able to hear, the audience were respectfully silent for the most part apart from applause. It was the most incredible atmosphere you could imagine. A couple of hours later, after a sublime set, we left reeling towards the doors. People were in tears. I'm still not sure how we got home that night. Thanks to Alyssa for track corrections

Track List:
01 Fyrsta
02 Samskyeti
03 Von
04 Ný batterí
05 Hugann seiða svalli frá (with steindór andersen)
06 Kem ég enn af köldum heiðum
(with steindór andersen)
07 Fjöll í austri fagurblá (with steindór andersen)
08 Death song
09 Nyja lagið
10 Olsen Olsen
11 Hafssól
12 Svefn-G-Englar
13 Pop song

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Message to Bears - EP 1 EXCLUSIVE!















Message to Bears - EP 1 EXCLUSIVE!

I'm delighted again to be able to offer another album which has become a firm favourite of mine this past year, through kind permission of the artist. I will just post what the record company says as I think it says it all. I hope you enjoy this wonderful album by an artist who I hope will be releasing more music in the near future. Thanks Jerome.

What the label says:

Message to Bears is the alias of Oxford based ambient folker Jerome Alexander. EP1 was originally self released by Jerome back in 2007, but it quickly sold out as it's popularity spread. After appearing on the very first Dead Pilot release, I knew I wanted to work with Jerome further, so a re-release of EP1 was the perfect option to go for. Describing Jeromes music as ambient folk is only scratching the surface as so many influences can be heard in every aspect of his music. The only way I feel I can get close to giving you any idea of the sound of Message to Bears is to ask you to imagine Explosions in the Sky on acoustic guitars being led by Max Richter, playing your favourite song, on a hill top under the shadow of a tree, on a perfect summer evening. It's uplifting, nostalgic, hopefull, calm and it lives in you.

Tracklist:
1.Sparrow
2. Found You and You're Safe
3. Good Morning
4. Swin
5. Green
6. Plane Over Evening Sky
7. To Make A Porttrait
8. Unfold

packaged in brown recycled card sleeve with screen printed back and front covers. ltd. 100.

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Wednesday 26 November 2008

The Tumbled Sea - Songs By The Tumbled Sea - EXCLUSIVE!
















The Tumbled Sea - Songs By The Tumbled Sea - EXCLUSIVE!

My choice for 'Album of the year 2008'

I'm delighted to be able to offer this wonderful album for download by kind permission of the artist. I have to say this is the best album I have heard this year. Not an easy thing to say but I hope you will download this music and try for yourself. So why is this album so good? Imagine a mix of Eluvium, Goldmund, Jasper TX, a touch of Max Richter and add Olafur Arnalds in love, and you should get an idea of the majestic, delicate, joyful excellence that is - Songs By The Tumbled Sea. As soon as I heard the first 3 songs on this album I immediatly e-mailed the artist asking where I could find a CD to buy. As it turns out Sam is not selling this album but has done it just for the love of music and has been giving just a few handmade copies to friends. However, through his kindess, here it is! There is so much in this album - classical, piano, ambient, drone, sampling. If you enjoy the afore mentioned bands or these genres then please download this ablum. Thanks so much to Sam for sharing this wonderful music with both myself and with you. I should add that Sam currently does not have a record contract - so download this now, while you still can as Im sure a record contract will be forthcoming very soon. Enjoy

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Sunday 23 November 2008

Sigur ros - Bonnaroo 2008 - Web Video















Sigur ros - Bonnaroo 2008 - Web Video

Audio: Windows Media Audio 44100Hz stereo 48Kbps [Raw Audio 0]
Video: Windows Media Video 9 480x270 29.97 fps 651Kbps [Raw Video 1]

This is the video streamed on the web. Its good quality for a stream but not too great compared to an AVI. It would work well enough on an ipod sized screen though. Enjoy

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Saturday 22 November 2008

Sigur ros - Massey Hall Totonto 30.10.2002















Sigur ros - Massey Hall Totonto 30.10.2002

Lineage: Unknown

I was a little bit dubious about posting this one because of the sound, which -to my taste- was very bass heavy but then I reduced the bass and increased the treble on the Equalizer on my MP3 player and WOW ! what a concert. Brilliant quality and best of all a stunning 18 minute long Death Song.
Truly great concert. Enjoy

Track List:

01 Vaka
02 Frysta
03 Samskyeti
04 Ny Batteri (abandoned)
05 Milano
06 Ny Batteri
07 Njosnavelin
08 Sven-G-Englar
09 Salka
10 Hafssol
11 Deathsong
12 Popplagio

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Sigur ros - Berkley Performance Centre MA 15.03.2003 Re-Master 2008















Sigur ros - Berkley Performance Centre MA 15.03.2003 - Re-Master 2008

Lineage: Unknown

An absolutely fabulous concert with all the right ingredients, crystal clear recording with huge and punchy sounding drums and a real 'live' exciting quality to it. Its one of those concerts where Jonsi sings in such a way that his voice seems to travel quite freely and unrestrained in the songs, very dream like and quite beautiful. I think this particular set list is becoming my favorite. Enjoy

Track List:

01 Vaka
02 Milano
03 Samskyeti
04 Ny Batteri
05 Gong
06 Salka
07 Olsen Olsen
08 Viorar Vel Til Loftarasa
09 Hafssol
10 Samskifa
11Popplagio

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Thursday 20 November 2008

Sigur ros - Copenhagen 27.01.2001 FM BROADCAST















Sigur ros - Copenhagen 27.01.2001 FM BROADCAST

Lineage: unknown 192kbps

This concert comes highly recommended. The sound quality is excellent but be warned there is a very bizarre radio jingle at the beginning which if you're not expecting can be a bit frightening! This is such a great concert in many ways. Being an early one, there are parts where you hear some fragility in the singing and playing which comes across as very endearing, especially when at other parts you hear the potential power behind some of these songs starting to be released.
There is a very early version of I Gaer here which is in many ways different from the Hvarf version. There is also an stunning 12 minute Bium Bium Bambalo * which is very rare live. Just before the last song, Popplagio, Jonsi announces he feels like Tom Jones !? A must have concert for fans. Enjoy

- * Correction on Track 04 - Actually 2 tracks together. Thanks Alline

Track List:

01 E-bow
02 I Gaer
03 Ny Lagio
04 Bium Bium Bambalo/Danarfregnir og jaroafirir
05 Sven-G-Englar
06 Popplagio

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Tuesday 18 November 2008

Sigur ros - Warfield San Francisco 04.10.2001 RE-MASTER 2008















Sigur ros - Warfield San Francisco 04.10.2001 RE-MASTER 2008

Lineage: Taper: mahntoh Gear: Core Sound DPA4061s > PZMOD CS BBox > M1 @ 48khz
Transfer: DAT Master > Sony DTC-59ES > Monster Optical Cable > Terratec 24/96>Soundforge (+8 dB Boost) > CDWAV > TLH (FLAC) 44.1 khz



Take note, here is a real special one. Definatly in my top 5 . . . again! On Vaka Jonsi just sings the backing vocals - really beautiful. The whole concert here is a superb balance with Jonsi's voice clearly rising above it. I wont say much more, the concert will speak for itself. Enjoy

Track list:

01 Vaka
02 Njósnavelin
03 Ný batterí
04 E-bow
05 Nýja Lagið
06 Olsen Olsen
07 Fyrsta
08 Samskeyti
09 Svefn-g-englar
10 Dauðalagið
11 Popplagið

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Sigur ros - Tabernacle Atlanta 27.03.2003















Sigur ros - Tabernacle Atlanta 27.03.2003

Lineage unknown 192kbps

A great concert containing an epic collection of songs including: a haunting rendition of Milano, Salka, Gong and Smaskifa. Ive been reading a few concert reviews lately and would like to include the following because it mirrors a temperament which is repeated time and time again:
- (the experience of Sigur ros I mean, not the audience noise!!) -

' this was my first sigur rós concert, as they have long been one of my favorite bands. i had no idea what was in store for me. this has been the most incredible concert experience of my life. the only thing that bothered me was the persistent redneck yelling from the balcony. but it didn't seem to phase the band. i've never seen a more passionate band onstage. when jónsi sang the high-pitched chorus in "track 1", tears came from my eyes. and track 8...words can not explain. this was a religious experience, to say the very least. god bless sigur rós '
(hunter dorne)

Track List:

01 Vaka
02 Mílanó
03 Ný batterí
04 Gong
05 Olsen Olsen
06 Salka
07 Viðrar vel til loftárása
08 Smaskifa
09 Sven-G-Englar
10 Popplagið

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Monday 17 November 2008

Sigur ros - Int. Forum Hall Tokyo 14,04 2003 Complete. RE-MASTER 2008




















Sigur ros - Int. Forum Hall Tokyo 14,04 2003 Complete. RE-MASTER 2008

Lineage: DSM6S>SONY TCD-D100>TASCAM DA-20MKII>COAX>TASCAM DA-20MKII

There are already 4 superb quality re-mastered DVD tracks from this show posted earlier but for the sake of completeness, here is the complete concert. Unfortunately its not the same source as the DVD so the tracks aren't as good. Its a big improvement from the original but I think - due to sheer number of difficulties with aspects of the sound itself I had when trying to re-master this - this must of been quite a difficult show to record in the first place due to the acoustics of the room. Anyway, dont let this put you off too much it really is a fantastic show and certainly worth downloading

Track List:

01. vaka
02. mílanó
03. ný batterí
04. göng
05. olsen olsen
06. njósnavélin
07. viðrar vel til loftárása íåò
08. hafssól
09. smáskífa
10. gítardjamm
11. starálfur - (missing)
12. svefn-g-englar
13. popplagið

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Sigur ros - Warfield Theatre, San Francisco 23.11.2002 SBD RE-MASTER 2008
















Sigur ros -Warfield Theatre-San Francisco 23.11.2002 SBD RE-MASTER 2008

Correction - Previously posted as 'Fillmore' Is actually Warfield

Lineage: unknown

Wonderful concert. A 9 minute rendition of Fyrsta is enough to make any concert my favourite but this version in itself is . . . words fail. Also the Version of Salka here is one of the most blissful as well - listening to it is just like dreaming ! A must have.

Track List:

1. Vaka
2. Fyrsta
3. Samskyeti
4. Salka
5. Ny Batteri
6. Njosnavelin
7. Sven-G-Englar
8. Milano
9. Hafssol
10. Olsen Olsen
11. Von
12. Popplagio

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Sigur ros - Dreikonigs-Frankfurt Germany 18.04.2001 SBD RE-MASTER















Sigur ros - Dreikonigs-Frankfurt Germany 18.04.2001 SBD RE-MASTER

Lineage: Unknown

Ive been really enjoying and appreciating some of the 2001, 2002 shows. For me, there is a real slow majestic prescience in the music which is lost somewhat now we have moved on to happier musical times. I love them both but . . . still.
Some concerts lend themselves particularly well to being re-mastered. This one is no exception. Its a great one as it contains some songs from the Rimur EP and is one of the earliest good quality recordings i have been able to find.

Track List:

01. Untitled 3-untitled 8
02. Nýja lagið
03. von
04 Ný batterí
05. Untitled with steindór andersen
06. Untitled with steindór andersen
07. Untitled with steindór andersen
08. Death song
09. Olsen Olsen
10. Hafssól
(encore)
11. Svefn-g-englar
12. Pop song

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Saturday 15 November 2008

The previous posts have a creative commons license which means the artists have allowed their material to be downloaded for free. Because this is excellant music I have posted it. All the videos posted below are in .AVI format. - - - More Sigur ros on the way soon ! - - -

The Sea Shall Not Have Them - Traces EP - EXCLUSIVE
















The Sea Shall Not Have Them - Traces EP - EXCLUSIVE

Curt from 'The Sea Shall Not Have Them' has very kindly allowed me to post their debut EP here on Victoryrosemusic for free download. It really is an exceptional debut. You can hear many influences mixed into what is an excellant post rock CD. Curt is writing a new album penned for sometime in 2009 which will be a mix of Eluvium style drone and post rock. Really Looking forward to it.
Particularily like Track 6 - End Song. They are also doing a split ep with another artist from Brisbane called aheadphonehome

Review:
Instrumental music is sometimes met with resistance by music-loving punters, but local Brissie/Gold Coast act, ‘The Sea Shall Not Have Them’ are turning heads and swaying opinions with their lush, cinematic and yet at times totally rock-n-roll soundscapes. Toted by local street press as the ‘outfit to watch’, we are proud to feature the primarily instrumental act ‘The Sea Shall Not Have Them’ as our feature artists this week. The duo’s debut EP ‘Traces’ is distributed by Musicadium, and we are highly impressed with this journey into their beautiful, sound-driven world.

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La Verite - This Devine Desolite City


















La Verite - This Devine Desolite City

Stunning post rock. The thinking mans post rock. Post rock to be in love to. Post rock just doesn't get much better than this. Very very nice

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Milhaven - I.M.Wagner EP



















Milhaven - I.M.Wagner EP

In the scorching heat of Summer we banned this four songs on tape. While the debut was recorded wearing woolly hat and scarf, this time the band was lost in sweat and fatigue. I.M. Wagner is less intimate than Bars Closing Down, but there's a trace of frantic power in the new songs that'll be new to you if you've never seen Milhaven live on stage. Check the noise-eruptions in half-improvised Lord Of Birds or the all-consuming end of Oh! Great Pacific. Still, there are expanded moments of gentle guitar-play you can find a lot of beauty in; the initial parts of Clean Room and the final acoustic-track Firnis maybe just the most obvious examples. Milhaven refined their songwriting both at the quiet and the loud parts and managed to record a dignified successor to the highly acclaimed debut LP.

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French Teen Idol - Enlightened False Conciousnouss


















French Teen Idol - Enlightened False Consciousness

From: http://postrockcommunity.blogspot.com

Melancholic piano patterns, dreamy atmospheres, vocal samples and striking instrumental crescendos, some of the ingredients of French Teen Idol's debut album, are sill there, enriched by the continuous search for new musical solutions, including a more classical "song-structure" approach in some tracks.
Athens-based band GardenBox and Roman artist Patrizio Piastra collaborated with French Teen Idol on track #2, "The Longest Night". Other collaborations include Fabrizio Lagani (track #3) and Olalla Rey Fernández (track #5).

10/10!

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French Teen Idol - French Teen Idol

















French Teen Idol - French Teen Idol

From: http://postrockcommunity.blogspot.com/

French Teen Idol is a solo project out of Rome, Italy from Andrea Di Carlo. His music is strongly in the post-rock camp with influences from bands such as Mogwai, and God is an Astronaut. There is a strange and beautiful synthesis going on that melds together bits of rock, electronic, and ambient. Sometimes calming, sometimes disquieting, Teen French Idol makes for some very interesting listening. Two albums are currently available as free downloads. The first album is self-titled and available from the Nishi netlabel. The first track sets the formula; keyboards and string-like electronic in a repeating melody adding keyboard and string-like electronics in an emotional crescendo. It is a simple formula that works well in Di Carlo’s hands. “Your Fault” is an especially good example of the enjoyable tension Teen French Idol is capable of. The sophomore album Enlightened False Consciousness is released by Lost Children. The orchestral patterns with building tension continues but the atmosphere leans toward moody and slightly dark. This album is even more dream inducing. The title track and “The Longest Night” are two of the best tracks.
10/10 perfekt!

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