Ólafur Arnalds - Bridgewater Hall, Manchester 01.07.2010

Ólafur Arnalds - Bridgewater Hall, Manchester - Première performance of '...And They Have Escaped The Weight Of Darkness' with the RCNM Orchestra, Directed by André de Ridder - 01.07.2010

This particular post was originally the full concert but Ólafur requested that I only post the 4 tracks below that he was happiest with. There are some very good reasons for this which he kindly explained & was happy for me to share his words with you...

"- This is a work in progress, after this concert i realised that many of the arrangements weren't good enough (this is my first ever try at arranging for an orchestra) and i will be re-arranging things for the next show. But as many people are quite excited for this, i don't want them to stumble upon this recording and write it off as it is now.

- Due to exreme time restrictions on the day of the show we didn't manage to sound check properly and some elements are missing while some elements are way too loud (for example the electronic drums in Hægt, kemur ljósið, which are supposed to be a background ambience rather than a heavy drumbeat)
- In fact we made our own, professional recording of the show and ideas are aloft about releasing them (or a recording of the next orchestra show, because of the few flaws in this one). If people have your recording already, whatever opinion they may have of it, they will probably not be so exciting to get my recording of it.
- In the end i just want to keep this as an exclusive thing for now, we will be doing more concerts like this in the future and give people to experience this both live and on proper recordings"

The 4 tracks presented here have been personally chosen & offered through Ólafur's kindness :)

I will keep you posted with news of future concerts & of a very exciting impending release.

Thanks again to Ólafur for allowing his live material to be posted for fans enjoyment.

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Great interview HERE

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NB: Unfortunately I wasn't able to record the Jonny Greenwood set but there is a 3 minute edit of a part of it here as I set my levels. (kind of interesting to hear the difference in quality when the actual mic's get turned on) [Made a mistake - THIS, that I recorded, is from Avner Dorman -Download

Here is the Jonny Greenwood piece] (from another source) Download

Grizzly Prospector - Old Mountain Radio

Grizzly Prospector - Old Mountain Radio

This record has been haunting me for a while now, offered for free download by Magic Goat Music. If your a teeny bit folky like me + you have a small penchant for music from the American Civil War period, then this will delight you no end. Its a wonderful collection of Lo-fi, warm, intimate songs. Imagine an old time miner stuck in a small shed during the harsh winter months in a run down gold mine long abandoned by all the other miners, writing songs of long lost loves & losses.

I just love this album & though I find it perplexing at times yet it intrigues me and induces me time and time again to return. :)

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Stars of the Lid - In Session 17.12.2002

Stars of the Lid - In Session 17.12.2002

Im really excited about this post. Superb quality and some songs which may be new or at least un-heard before. I may be wrong, I don't recognise a lot of this music. Nevertheless its an absolutely brilliant set and if you are a fan of SOtL this will be wonderful find, almost like a long lost album

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P. Broderick - Re-ups

As requested, in full quality (previously posted in 128kbps):

P. Broderick - In Session 08.06.2009

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P. Broderick&Machinefabriek - In Session 05.09.2009

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TwinSisterMoon - Full Session 27.09.2008

TwinSisterMoon - Full Session 27.09.2008

Amazing full session in highest quality

Set List:

01 John Henry

02 The Spears Of The Wolf

03 The Underwater

04 Water Barrier

05 Scaffold

06 The Bride Of Spirits

07 Sur La Mountain

08 The Desert Has Eyes

09 Spells

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NB: track names for 1 & 9 have been revised

Jónsi - Cemetery Gates Session NY

Jónsi - Cemetery Gates Session NY

A very beautiful short semi-acoustic session from New York, recorded a month ago.

Set List:

01 Icicle Sleeves

02 Kolniður

03 Go Do

04 Hengilás

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There are some things I don't share publicly. You can email me if you have any questions

Beautiful ! - Icicle Sleeves & Kolnidur - Cemetary Gates NY

Jónsi - Club69 31.03.2010 - Re-master - Full Concert !

Jónsi - Club69 31.03.2010 - Re-master - Full Concert !

I'm so excited to present the full concert from the 1st public performance by Jónsi. Its a wonderful fun filled concert with loads of banter between Jónsi & the crowd. The quality is great. I had a lot of fun mastering this particular one, taking most of a day & a night to gently tease and bit by bit enhance all the various aspects of the original recording. It was quite a learning experience just to patiently keep going until finally it came together as I had envisioned !

I must give my heartfelt thanks to the person who recorded the original with which to work with. Without their kindness we wouldn't have been able to experience this historically important 1st concert from Jónsi. In many ways this one is fast becoming my favourite. It has a really nice honest & sincere simplicity about it, less polished and confident than recent shows - but in a good way! I love it. I hope you do to.

Set List:

01 Stars In Still Water

02 Hengilás

03 Icicle Sleeves

04 Kolniður

05 Tornado

06 St Naive

07 Sinking Friendships

08 Go Do

09 New Piano Song

10 Around Us

11 Boy Lilikoi

12 New Guitar Song

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Jónsi - 2010.06.03 Paradiso, Amsterdam

photo by Catherine Carmichael

Jónsi - 2010.06.03 Paradiso, Amsterdam

Lineage: Sony ECM-719 -> Edirol R-09 -> USB2 -> Har-Bal v2.3 -> Wavelab v6.10 Build 340 -> CD Wave Editor v1.98 -> Flac Frontend v1.7.1 Etree Edition

Please enjoy another wonderful performance from Jónsi from his 2nd night at the Paradiso. Grigio kindly let me share his recording. It's not mastered so you get to hear it as recorded on the night. Huge thanks to Grigio for his kind share.

Set List:

1. (00:05:50) Jonsi - stars in still water

2. (00:05:33) Jonsi - hengilas

3. (00:05:25) Jonsi - icicle sleeves

4. (00:06:26) Jonsi - kolniour

5. (00:04:33) Jonsi - tornado

6. (00:05:01) Jonsi - sinking friendships

7. (00:05:08) Jonsi - saint naive

8. (00:04:46) Jonsi - go do

9. (00:04:25) Jonsi - boy likiloi

10. (00:05:27) Jonsi - new piano song

11. (00:11:16) Jonsi - around us

12. (00:03:46) Jonsi - animal arithmetic

13. (00:09:02) Jonsi - grow till tall

14. (00:00:58) Jonsi - curtain call

Total Size...........: 409.76 MB

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(Originally uploaded on Dimeadozen -

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=307405)

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Paradiso, Amsterdam 18.04.2002 - Re-Master 2010

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Paradiso, Amsterdam 18.04.2002 - Re-Master 2010

Lineage: Captured @88,200 kHz 32bit > Mastered [Ozone Mastering Suite 4/T-Racks/Waves] > Re-sample to 44,100 kHz 16bit > FLAC 8 sbe > tagged - MD5 (md5 I have put in the comments as I forgot to include it in the zips)

There are many different copies/versions of this concert in circulation. As a long time fan I would like to add my own input for those who may enjoy a Re-mastered version. I have spent a fair amount of work on this using various elements from the Mastering suites mentioned above. I hope you enjoy listening to this as much as I do. :)

Nb: Track 6 [Flac] is split into 2 parts with 7-zip. Use 7-zip to re-join (Win & Mac)

Set List:

01 Tazer Floyd

02 Lift Your Skinny Fists...Gathering Storm

03 Dead Metheny

04 World Police & Friendly Fire

05 Motherfucker=Redeemer Part I

06 Motherfucker=Redeemer Part II

07 Sad Mafioso & John Lee Hooker Outro

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~~Part2 MP3 - new link 16.04.2011
(for track 6 - Using 7-zip>right click on part 'one' & select extract to.. They will unzip and join automatically)

Jónsi - Unreleased Songs - Updated 18.06.2010

Part 4

15

'Un-named New Piano Song-Version 3' - HMV

16

'Un-named New Piano Song-Version 4' - Paradiso

LINK :)

Thanks

Thanks so much for all the help recently with set lists. I will get on to it asap.

Oh! and thank you everyone for visiting...Over 200000! :^)

jon x

Ps loads more stuff on the way...bit busy at the mo