tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7998151776560358312024-03-04T23:45:37.634-08:00Hongo PodridoRSShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00047169897383222732noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-799815177656035831.post-64801337129425134352019-05-24T19:55:00.003-07:002019-05-24T19:57:42.607-07:00DUCKS HONK <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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ENGINES TRAVELERS<br />
MOVED FAR AWAY<br />
A SLIP IN THE SHADOW<br />
OF GOLDEN AGERSShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00047169897383222732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-799815177656035831.post-75454302891688802362015-11-26T21:53:00.000-08:002015-11-26T21:53:41.079-08:00alan moore's providence #6 reviewalan moore is never NOT a creepy fucker. loved the journal entry of this issue but finding moores continual use of rape scenes banal and out of touch, though the dialogue was consistently a goodly ol' mindfuck and overall the issue was ok. seriously tho, i called it 4 issues ago and when you can meme out a guys misogynist telegraphed schlock time after time it wears on you. black is losing his mind faster than i thought so heres hoping #7 is aiming towards the more subtle of the series issues like #2,4 - if this dissolves into more monsters fucking women garbage i'll be so dissapointed<br />
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Between their first and second LPs, Slowdive was fashioned into a Marketable Product and given treatment akin to a major label band (because they were). But between those two and all throughout the years consecutive, Slowdive wrote and recorded a load of tracks, only the selected 11 we now know making it onto <i>Slouvaki</i>. And thus we have this wonderful little bootleg, <i>I Saw the Sun</i>, first bootlegged on CD in 96 and now repackaged as a vinyl with only about 3/4 of the tracks and a different title (<i>For Yer Eyes</i>). What is here is both wonderful and heartbreaking, a collection of tracks similar in sound to those on <i>Just For A Day</i> while (unfortunately) being demo quality. But sound quality is the only minus because these are -mostly- fully formed songs, a few of which rank among Slowdive's best recorded work. "Silver Screen" is criminally overlooked. "Sleep" is the definitive version of Eternal's song of same name. The demo of "Dagger" is actually better in lo-fi form and also stands out as being better than the one that made it onto <i>Slouvaki</i>. Actaully, quite a few of these 21 songs sound good in lo-fi form, helping the listener imagine their hazy soundscapes as <b>A.M.</b>bient washes of pink noise with pop song structures over them. The heartbreak comes from knowing these will probably never get mixed properly and even with the band touring (and talks of a new album in the rumor mills) and continuing--- these tracks will probably be relegated to the past, themselves a time capsule of a band at their highest peak both commercially and sonically. One of the great lost recordings of the 90s. <br />
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<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download/r9crcip1ty3m9sp/%5Bunreleased%5D_I_Saw_the_Sun.zip" target="_blank">watching the silver screen...</a>RSShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00047169897383222732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-799815177656035831.post-25172535683547140242012-07-22T15:09:00.003-07:002012-07-22T15:09:44.119-07:00An Evening of Contemporary Sitar Music<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The two main members of Spacemen 3, Sonic Boom and Jason Spaceman, created as much a rift between fans as they did themselves later in the year (which was 1988, now that I mention it) and even further in the future with <i>Recurring</i>. I for one am thoroughly in the Spaceman Camp, though Sonic Boom's additions to the record that came shortly after (the masterful <i>Playing With Fire</i>) are not to be dismissed. (They're even given added importance with this album's closing tracks, the glitchy "Ecstasy in Slow Motion" and "Spaceman Jam".)<br />
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But for unwavering, heroin-like drone-out bliss, you have to look to <i>Dreamweapon</i>'s most druggy, eye-rubbing wonder, "An Evening of Contemporary Sitar Music". A single forty-four minute track, it buoys and wavers like a phased Rhys Chatham piece, and indeed is based mostly around guitar, completely repetitive but also mystic in its execution. <i>[I have to note that while it isn't necessary, listening to their then-contemporary recorded output before this helps in its "narcotic tug"<sup>[<a href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/dreamweapon-an-evening-of-contemporary-sitar-music-mw0000118520" target="_blank">1</a>]</sup>; familiarity warms the soul, ya know?]</i><br />
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The musicianship and dedication to completely tonal catharsis are enough to bring this high up in the order of Spacemen 3 recordings, but the ambiance of the recording itself captures the live feeling perhaps better than any other live album. It's not for everyone; people close to mic chat away (though no actual conversation to distract you with can be heard), a baby cries in the foreground and the house phone can be heard behind the bar a couple of times, amidst the bustle of drunken Brits and smashed glasses inside of a trashcan. None of this can be heard individually of course, though it's worth noting, seeing as how some detractors prefer the "real" <i>Live</i> album better than this. About half way through, a man (one of the band?) coughs and announces over the P.A. that the wet bar is "now open, so you can float away." Or at least that's what I imagine I hear as I completely surrender myself to this complete Eden of drone music—primitive and esoteric all at once, when it ends it's hard to think of a way to bring yourself back to terrestrial roots. Like chicken soup for the cosmic bowl, yeah?<br />
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LRD is the psychedelic music lovers best (un)kept secret. <i>Cable Hogue</i> was assembled by singer and
axe man Mizutani back in the 90s to accompany a video of same name.
Looking at the tracklist is peculiar, because many songs are
repeated, and while I'm not sure of what venue goes with which
recording, it makes no difference because all versions of said tracks, (especially "Night
of the Assassins" on disc 2) have their own merit; one being a
softer, though quicker paced version (and clearer, for what it
matters), and the other being a sweaty bar-room rocker with that does
almost away with the romping, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JVhbusBDi4" target="_blank">ripped off</a> rhythm section during the
guitar parts, and then goes barebones behind Mizutani when his vocals
do pick up, the bassist lagging behind when he feels like it. There are also other great tracks here including a
scorcher of a version of "The Last One" that feeds back
until forever and still only takes 25 minutes of your Earth-time with
its decending, chugging rhythm section and saucerspinning guitar
feedback. Most notable to me is how Mizutani introduces the band on
this set. The opening track is nigh unlistenable; a collage of
instruments falling onto each other, begging you to push past (all
the other versions of this song on here are better), arriving at a
pair of tracks that show a softer side of Rallizes. Track 2, this
time called "FallIn Love With", though also known as
"Romance of the Black Grief," and about two other titles,
is a space-rock fantasy piece that relaxes you with its drone and amp
buzz until you're just about numb, never leaving its trotting pace.
The next track, also having a sister on the second disc, is "White
Awakening," (sometimes refered to as "White Walking")
again softer than even the preceding track, grounding you with it's
initial drum fill until it's last note, leaving you surrounded by
smoke from the Ether itself; this is music made almost tangible, with
reality feeling a bit more dull after having lived through the sounds
of Mizutani and his axe, strings soaking with Hendrixian LSD and
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<i>Decembers Black Children</i> evokes the idea that every playthrough for this band was a exercise in what jazz musicians would say is a work out in the Shed. Each subsequent release from this band seemed to eclipse the last, showcase something new and different, and while I think this release came out in the late 80s, no real info is available other than noting it wasn't released on any label. So what are out there, bootlegs? Mizutani doing it for love or cash? More mystery from the eye-dropper of a band that was Rallizes. The blues takes on "Flames of Ice" on this set, and treats it like a slow-burning cigarette instead of a squat thrust work-out like on future releases. Both versions of "Deeper than the Night" here are rocking-chair porch blues versions, and have Mizutani's vocals mixed in a way actual words can be made out. The version of "Night of the Assassins" that finishes up disc 1 is quick and to the point, taking only 12 minutes to make it's point, an almost Richie Blackmore-type swell in some of the guitar riffs here.</div>
Julian Copes review of this release in <i>Japrocksampler</i> says that the album says disc 2 starts with "Night Assassins" but really commences with all 19 minutes of the band's 1960s track,"Smokin' Cigarette Blues". I've found neither to be true, weirdly enough. What I have is a jazz-lounge version of "Enter the Mirror," complete with emotive (and even restrained) soloing from Mizutani, capping at only 5 minutes. Following that is two of the most blissful recordings of staple tracks in the band's decades long career. The sixteen minutes of "White Awakening" here brings to mind the one on <i>Cable</i>, but eschews direction for length, Mizutani's lips hissing and fingers probably bleeding from the performance—but it's only a warm-up! The 13 minutes of "Enter the Mirror" that follow rise like a tide, crashing and piercing through what ear drum you do have left, both blissful and scalding in turn, this version turns out better than even the famed <i>Live 77 </i>version, in its early moments as much obscured by the clouds as it is riding a-top and leaving a trail of its own accord, the band members vapor signatures collectively reacting at just the right moments. It's a wonderful thing this was captured on tape, as hearing it is like sitting in on Bob Calvert's space ritual as Sunday mass for plastic-mind melting fools like us. Almost scientific in it's execution though generative to the point of changing with repeated listens. The set closes with Mizutani flogging through another version of "The Last One". Essential stuff.<br />
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<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?2dfisp6sqf22iu2" target="_blank">1part1 </a><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?l6wybfh4bf6466f" target="_blank">1part2 </a><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?wggvoc7u7w47oic" target="_blank">disc2</a></div>RSShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00047169897383222732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-799815177656035831.post-43197824914087282152011-07-25T18:45:00.000-07:002011-07-25T19:07:43.934-07:00High Rise — Live [1994]<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v46/robertstewart/folder.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v46/robertstewart/folder.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>I know I've abandoned this thing the past year and I meant to post far before this but my motherboard died while coping with the feedback and balls of this here record.<br /><br />As a guitarist I see performance in two identifiable present participles: shredding, and blowing. Shredding is well known by any 15 year old with a baby Gibson and a stack of Maiden CDs, but blowing is the improvisational side you don't dig until maybe you've said <span style="font-style: italic;">fuck you</span> to Kerrang magazine and left eleven far behind. Blowing is the forte of Narita-san and this live album showcases the band like...well, like their studio albums do, but somehow this is better; dirtier, even less restrained and even more ear bruising. Like everyone, I started with <span style="font-style: italic;">High Rise II</span> and the <span style="font-style: italic;">Disallow</span> ep, probably their best studio records, but the versions of "Pop Sicle" and "Sadame" here are somehow more mind-blowing, even with every track showcasing a shorter run time than its studio equivalent (check out 4 minute (?!) version of "Mainliner"). The booklet doesn't list any venues or dates, unfortunately, and its hard to tell if any editing has been done (probably only at the ends of tracks, if any) but this is one of my all time favorite live albums as it never wastes a single note and serves as the best introduction of the band you can have. So many godlike guitar solos here but the greatest moment of inspiration comes during "Ikon" where the feedback reaches new heights and Narita seems to be playing through banging his pickups with his fist alone (right around the 4:00 mark), but in a melodic way that perfectly complements Nanjo's throbbing bass, before completely flatlining only to come back even stronger. Have seventeen minute blowouts its awesome, but shortening them sometimes increases the impact of the sheer <span style="font-style: italic;">heat</span> that this brings to your speakers. If you can't handle it, you don't like rock'n'roll.<br /><br />Genre: Psychedelic/Heavy Metal<br />Label: P.S.F.<br />Origin: Japan<br />Bitrate: 192k<br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?603k2z03r3hidl0">定めて掴む</a>RSShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00047169897383222732noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-799815177656035831.post-83860581232123789682010-07-04T13:54:00.000-07:002010-07-04T14:13:20.955-07:00Fraser & DeBolt — With Ian Guenther [1971]<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41wIv7lPl0L._SL500_AA300_.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41wIv7lPl0L._SL500_AA300_.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>I've spent the last week digesting this. It's true, every bit of good criticism this has gotten is worth it. A true gem of folk music right here, and one that somehow DIDN'T explode when it was released on Columbia at pretty much the EXACT right time and still didn't sell a damn bit. This is also one of the truly great crossovers of country and rock and like John Gabree's review (included in this file) is 'one of the best pop records I've ever heard'. The lyrics here are damn poetic. Listen to the way they croon together on "Waltze of the Tennis Players" between the punctual, emotive playing of Guenther. "My love for you/ is an over night sensation/ Your love for me is an overnight sensation, too". The words are deftly simple and in a couple places hit you hard enough to weep. The songwriting is some of the best of the 70s, period. They apply an alto sax and piano to great effect on "Them Dancehall Girls", the albums most heard of track, and the most well produced. Everything else seems like it was recorded with no overdubs, but I'm not sure; it might as well be. Listen for the mild, playful wordplay on "Warmth"; notice the great guitar play on things like "Stoney Day" and "All My Paradise" which opens the album with an intro so slow and angellic as to make things almost surreal. Not even mentioning that they tackle a Beatles song (not even a year after it'd be realeased, and even better than the original!), or that a few of the tracks are mere snippets, this is one of the truly great folk/rock gems of the 70s, with many a song that could be placed on your mixtape of greatest love songs of all time. Drop everything else you're listening to if you haven't heard this. I wish I had sooner.<br /><br /><div id="{9C693287-742F-4554-9275-531710C02685}" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?grxznghqwmg">I held her sunshine, and I drank her rain<br /></a></div>RSShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00047169897383222732noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-799815177656035831.post-65342258301966149122010-02-16T15:32:00.000-08:002010-02-16T16:02:30.286-08:00Spirit Caravan — Jug Fulla Sun [1999]<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyo1S7-zhHga38qDIAkd96OGeTojHVrHjF4VwnTAVWhzaNLnZrf8j0VlO1LVkgy2w7Kx5l2sqxDdBx9SFncFwHAw6BtV_yIuL8yd5GUgxBKEbxRoJ_CLZ5k1Sla6ZYEkeWRy_oiPKJ4dw4/s400/spirit1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyo1S7-zhHga38qDIAkd96OGeTojHVrHjF4VwnTAVWhzaNLnZrf8j0VlO1LVkgy2w7Kx5l2sqxDdBx9SFncFwHAw6BtV_yIuL8yd5GUgxBKEbxRoJ_CLZ5k1Sla6ZYEkeWRy_oiPKJ4dw4/s400/spirit1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Wino Weinreich is one of the most under appreciated and inventive guitarists you've never taken the time to hear out. When he wasn't busy with reviving The Obsessed (who will have their own place on this blog, sometime), or moving on to more political tunes (the first Hidden Hand record), he was cranking out riff after classic motherfucking riff on this debut from Spirit Caravan, the short-lived side project from Wino before he announced his arrival in Place of Skulls and the aforementioned. While he was always a fan favorite for the doom scene, he elevates himself to <span style="font-style: italic;">livingfuckinglegend</span> within the first half of this album. I hate to sound stale by working in those overused adjectives that I did in the first sentence, here, but the guys ability to churn out head-banging, catchy leads is unrivaled and you'll know it right up front, with "hate on you can look real pretty," the albums first lyric of archetypal biker-rock. This, along with some of the shorter pieces here, rank among the man's best (and most FUN (which doesn't see enough love in metal)) song writing. The preceding break, with its 'primal' half-time drumming cannot help but form itself into a Vitus song of old when you hear it. Some may say this is treading old ground, but others would say<span style="font-style: italic;"> you're not a doom fan</span>. Song like "Courage" and "Fang" have such simple guitar melodies its a wonder that they work on the high level that they do; that is, live up to the stature of slower, less melodic pieces that he's known for (<span style="font-style: italic;">Born Too Late</span>). But the wonder has a direct answer in Winos guitar <span style="font-style: italic;">tone</span>, a thing that gets no love in this digitally-produced age of pussies. Listening to "Powertime" for the first time makes this seem obvious; a simple, Iommi-influenced riff that brings into being what may be Wino's most shining three minutes in his entire career, both vocally and otherwise. The following, and title, track only ups the ante, by simultaneously paying homage to Sleep (with its instrumental anticipation) while keeping things on the clean end for the first half of the song, before really smacking you around with its almost pop chorus. The only complaint, and it's very minor, is that the album wears a bit thin toward the end, especially with such a large amount of marijuana haze and whiskey-stained-vox within the first six tracks. Whatever... Every track has at least one completely menacing guitar riff, and Wino has never sounded so good. This is a classic album of newer-age doom from a guy whose entire career has revolved around a single, but undeniable, perfecting sound -- this is the culmination of that very <span style="font-style: italic;">tone</span>.<br /><br />Genre: Doom/Stoner<br />Label: Tolatta Records<br />Origin: Leather-lovin' Cali<br />Bitrate: 256k<br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/kqzwwntlwd2/Spirit%20Caravan%20-%20[1999]%20Jug%20Fulla%20Sun.rar">Gonna ride in the cloud-swept sky</a>RSShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00047169897383222732noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-799815177656035831.post-24222220913095424332009-11-24T06:46:00.000-08:002009-11-24T06:54:03.870-08:00David Tagg — Wind Blown Guitar [2009]<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOoQvSoNuCN1fCUbOJR9S2cJA5MiBOwfqdUIbz5BfOlMPBlW-uaOCYzH8ip5BY4qJZn_srq2UpmWBUtoyrYaupFMLKPbt5UhW49C051DL38KORctXftj8nEII49gX5RTlkAKVZuPBcX2Ex/s1600/R-1833881-1246647015.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOoQvSoNuCN1fCUbOJR9S2cJA5MiBOwfqdUIbz5BfOlMPBlW-uaOCYzH8ip5BY4qJZn_srq2UpmWBUtoyrYaupFMLKPbt5UhW49C051DL38KORctXftj8nEII49gX5RTlkAKVZuPBcX2Ex/s320/R-1833881-1246647015.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407681986517661426" border="0" /></a><br />For all my insomniac, ambient loving friends. Dreamy drone done right on guitar (gasp)!<br /><br />Genre: Ambient, Drone<br />Label: Second Sun<br />Origin: 'The Future of Modern Guitar'<br />Bitrate: 128k<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?xyjfcynjtm0"><br />MediaFire</a>RSShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00047169897383222732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-799815177656035831.post-64231885159803360792009-08-18T09:12:00.000-07:002009-08-18T09:19:26.649-07:00Citay — Little Kingdom [2007]<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.austinchronicle.com/binary/6f8b/music_phases5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 308px;" src="http://www.austinchronicle.com/binary/6f8b/music_phases5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Recent psych masterpiece. If you play guitar (or have any interest whatsoever in guitar-driven rock music) then this IS for you. There are like 80 good riffs per side; I have this on CD, LP and on my fucking computer and I listen to it all the time. Their first release is good, but this is ... well, it just <span style="font-style: italic;">is</span>. Complex layering, multiple delays, synths, 12-strings, and all of what Zeppelin would've been if they'd embraced their feminine side completely.<br /><br />Genre: Contemporary psych<br />Label: Dead Oceans<br />Origin: San Fran, USA<br />Bitrate: 192k<br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/ty2iz3zjthi/citay%20-%20little%20kingdom.zip">MediaFire</a>RSShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00047169897383222732noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-799815177656035831.post-41782855943934276222009-07-12T13:41:00.000-07:002009-07-12T13:49:18.047-07:00Squarepusher — Music Is Rotted One Note [1998]<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QohZg_vj3f0/SF7jz0kCplI/AAAAAAAAAEA/AJVzKvQd9YQ/s400/Squarepusher+-+Music+Is+Rotted+One+Note.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QohZg_vj3f0/SF7jz0kCplI/AAAAAAAAAEA/AJVzKvQd9YQ/s400/Squarepusher+-+Music+Is+Rotted+One+Note.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Uploading this for my friend Matt. Classic Rephlex release anyways, might as well be here since I get a huge throbbing in my loins for most of the shit that comes out on this label. Worth the download for "Circular Flexing" & some of the more free-form oriented tracks alone. Though, I kinda wish the guy would join a rock band because his chops are <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppAd3stS85w">damn impressive</a>.<br /><br />Genre: Jazz / Electronica<br />Label: Rephlex<br />Origin: UK<br />Bitrate: 128<br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/ktym1g5j4gm/music%20is%20rotted%20one%20note.zip">MediaFire</a>RSShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00047169897383222732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-799815177656035831.post-49357050101986054422009-05-19T22:21:00.000-07:002009-05-19T22:27:35.832-07:00Tyrannosaurus Rex — My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair... But Now They're Content to Wear Stars on Their Brows [1968]<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a2/TRex_1st_album_cover.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 297px; height: 300px;" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a2/TRex_1st_album_cover.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>More on this after you finish reading the album title...<br /><br />Genre: Acid Folk<br />Label: Regal Zonophone<br />Country: U.K.<br />Bitrate: 192<br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/n5jqkxyj30y/T.Rex%20-%201968%20-%20My%20People%20Were%20Fair.zip">MediaFire</a>RSShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00047169897383222732noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-799815177656035831.post-37069959004184766862009-05-04T15:17:00.000-07:002009-11-24T06:23:27.132-08:00UCHÜ — UCHU + Buddha [2006]<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-tgDEGAvinMwry0afWYfhKAjkkZ94lC5gIqwAWDYbh9ET35olaEmY1x31RduOia4oFTHHm_JQ5v8gJHSOM8aOupDnkfbKgTUqOeTsuY64P5ATjWU_K0LDLYaV3_NZmBUJGd1MP4glcHg/s400/uchu2%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-tgDEGAvinMwry0afWYfhKAjkkZ94lC5gIqwAWDYbh9ET35olaEmY1x31RduOia4oFTHHm_JQ5v8gJHSOM8aOupDnkfbKgTUqOeTsuY64P5ATjWU_K0LDLYaV3_NZmBUJGd1MP4glcHg/s400/uchu2%5D.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTjmgrAXuqeiiD_I7LHYXBOEGBlnXMfsS1SQkF9MrRahunbtimsm7MOSUmZONv_LK7ZyjnWakAUGPBY0IghGBFuLrfx9ke_Rcas6QzJLhFzXCjG2ECFs79Uy2jziJG3hJ4MfNhyphenhyphenRpvhGY/s400/uchu1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTjmgrAXuqeiiD_I7LHYXBOEGBlnXMfsS1SQkF9MrRahunbtimsm7MOSUmZONv_LK7ZyjnWakAUGPBY0IghGBFuLrfx9ke_Rcas6QzJLhFzXCjG2ECFs79Uy2jziJG3hJ4MfNhyphenhyphenRpvhGY/s400/uchu1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Here's the first two releases from UCHU. That is Kawabata and Hiroshi from Acid Mothers Temple with the addition of female vocals from Ayano. I picked this dreamy piece of work up at the AMT show. The liner notes proclaim "no synthesizer, no sampler, no programming, ...only Guitars!" and thats exactly what you get. Drone out bliss. There is some discrepancy here as the original recording I have of "Buddha" has different track titles as well as one track being completely absent. Though there is a hidden track on this compilation. Enjoy.<br /><br />Genre: Psych/Drone<br />Label: Acid Mothers Temple [original releases] / na-mu [re release]<br />Country: Japan<br />Bitrate: ripped from CD @ 192k<br />[REMOVED BY REQUEST]RSShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00047169897383222732noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-799815177656035831.post-195273246502959082009-05-04T14:22:00.000-07:002009-05-04T14:24:01.321-07:00<3<3<3<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kJ0_IlD7c14&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kJ0_IlD7c14&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />What the guy has to say about humiliation & its juxtaposition with performance is brilliant. I also love the guitar tone here.RSShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00047169897383222732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-799815177656035831.post-58167492763209399602009-03-29T10:04:00.000-07:002009-03-29T10:07:18.593-07:00frippertronics<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PSStufx6jYU&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PSStufx6jYU&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />So emotional towards the end.RSShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00047169897383222732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-799815177656035831.post-58396008711665234102009-02-13T10:45:00.000-08:002009-02-13T10:50:23.894-08:00Spiritualized — 01.16.09<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.malcontentrecords.com/images/J-spaceman.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 415px; height: 520px;" src="http://www.malcontentrecords.com/images/J-spaceman.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.moshcam.com/#?page=player&type=gig&id=481">Here</a> is a full live set from J. Spaceman & Co. (I can't keep up w/ who he hasn't kicked out of the band yet) from last month. It isn't bad, what I've seen of it. You atleast have to go watch "Ladies & Gentlemen..." and remember why this is one of the best bands making music right now.RSShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00047169897383222732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-799815177656035831.post-82144198243932426112009-02-05T11:27:00.000-08:002009-02-14T08:11:54.074-08:00Electric Wizard - s/t [1995]<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img11.nnm.ru/imagez/gallery/9/f/8/f/7/9f8f7109171a6592a904960ad93de5ef_full.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 297px;" src="http://img11.nnm.ru/imagez/gallery/9/f/8/f/7/9f8f7109171a6592a904960ad93de5ef_full.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>No new posts in a bit, so here's something extra special to me that doesn't get the props it deserves. The debut Electric Wizard.<br /><br />So many people like to stick up for <span style="font-style: italic;">Dopethrone</span>, but for me, this is their best release. Hard-hitting, very typical 4/4 rhythms and catchy, swords-and-sorcery lyrics are all a good doom album make. In fact, this is one of my FAVORITE doom release of all time, and none of it really does anything Black Sabbath hadn't done decades before, but that's one of the reasons I love it. Take the first three tracks for example. "Mourning Prayer" especially, with its delayed jump into the verse; you can feel your pulse skip on that one. And the nice instrumental "Mountains on Mars" psyching things up for a bit. And the nearly instant classic "Devil's Bride". So much fucking crunch in these riffs. Basically, if you've never heard this, you're missing out. Sometimes it's nice to just sit back and enjoy a fun song with conventional structure and forget all about 20 minute epics.<br /><br />Genre: Doom<br />Label: Rise Above<br />Country: England<br />Bitrate: ~192k<br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/narozzizdmf/%281995%29%20electric%20wizard.zip">MediaFire</a>RSShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00047169897383222732noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-799815177656035831.post-50478535230679584832009-01-08T08:47:00.000-08:002009-01-08T08:56:05.290-08:00Eternal Elysium - Spiritualized D [2000]<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.stonerrock.com/store/images/covers/ath-545.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://www.stonerrock.com/store/images/covers/ath-545.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>This is a masterpiece. Being both a Japanophile and huge doom nut, I'm fucking surprised I didn't know about this band's greatness until just recently. They are my new favorite band because of this record. I have their whole recorded output but nothing really comes close to what this album does. It blends psychedelic melodies with fuzzed out, doom-laden riffs and emotive, strong vox. "Floating Downer", "Splended Selfish Woman" and "What a Diff'rence a Day Makes" are instant classics if any contemporary doom is. The album's absolute best moment is on the short "Trick or Steal" where, at the one minute mark, the smoke lifts for a moment and takes a backseat to a lovely psyched-out melody with a huge, beefy bassline, reminiscent of the more well known Japanese psych masters. This is great! You must have this.<br /><br />Genre: Doom/Psych<br />Label: Meteor City<br />Country: Japan<br />Bitrate: 320k<br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/hynlyvmzdfg/Spiritualized%20D%20%5B2000%5D.zip">MediaFire</a>RSShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00047169897383222732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-799815177656035831.post-28925367981386515072008-12-31T09:57:00.000-08:002008-12-31T10:08:49.100-08:00Les Rallizes Denudes - Mizutani [1991]<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.yk.rim.or.jp/%7Eubud/rc2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 342px; height: 298px;" src="http://www.yk.rim.or.jp/%7Eubud/rc2.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a>Here's one of the first official CD releases from LRD, recorded live in '70 and unearthed decades later, this is the lo-fi experience of delay and fuzz from a garage somewhere in Japan. "Otherwise Fallin' In Love With", the last track, is probably the most well known of this, and was recorded at a later date (discogs says '73) and goes by another name, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke-mE0DdM1c">"Romance of the Black Grief"</a>. This is one of R'N'Rs most overlooked groups of the 70s and if you don't know them, I suggest you read up. Mizutani Takashi is probably my favorite guitarist. By the time this album came out officially Kevin Shields was already borrowing from this guy and hipsters everywhere were proclaiming genius.<br /><br />Genre: Psych/Noise<br />Label: Rivista<br />Country: Japan<br />Bitrate: 128k<br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/mgzntzvzgti/les%20rallizes%20denudes%20-%20mizutani.zip">MediaFire</a>RSShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00047169897383222732noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-799815177656035831.post-27430542395887992482008-12-29T07:43:00.000-08:002008-12-29T08:07:54.951-08:00Nagisa ni te - The Same as a Flower [2004]<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/510F8VSWFPL._SL500_AA240_.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 240px;" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/510F8VSWFPL._SL500_AA240_.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>More sweeping acid folk from the land of the rising-san, this boyfriend-girlfriend couple do things up right with clear acoustics, fuzzy wah freakouts and typical hippie vocals. The band leader runs the label, which has also put out shit from Maher Shalal Hash Baz (which I don't like, but whatever). This will make you think of summer days and hallucinogenic drugs. You can't ask for more.<br /><br />Genre: Acid Folk<br />Label: Org<br />Country: Japan<br />Bitrate: 192k<br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/azdyzznhz3y/nagisa%20ni%20te%20-%20the%20same%20as%20a%20flower%20-%202004.zip">MediaFire</a>RSShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00047169897383222732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-799815177656035831.post-77571934444172167502008-12-16T21:47:00.000-08:002008-12-16T22:01:45.159-08:00Hallucinogen - In Dub [2002]<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5QcCmIoEa56sye8B5kjKLJ3L_cIDhm3yVrlzNDyMtpSBmz4i8bheWtBEH8pStTPQ13TZRA6pceoQQ8Ljqwb7LkLXvOI89JGgVnG4rQG7VFvSC65doCgKMKHzrG0Cx_NijbHOzo03Mz7aL/s1600-h/hallucinogen+in+dub.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5QcCmIoEa56sye8B5kjKLJ3L_cIDhm3yVrlzNDyMtpSBmz4i8bheWtBEH8pStTPQ13TZRA6pceoQQ8Ljqwb7LkLXvOI89JGgVnG4rQG7VFvSC65doCgKMKHzrG0Cx_NijbHOzo03Mz7aL/s320/hallucinogen+in+dub.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280634932580642482" border="0" /></a>I'm one to scoff at remix albums but holy FUCK - this is just amazing.<br /><br />I had forgotten this was laying around on the hard drive. Within around 15 minutes (which barely covers the first track), I was hooked. This is everything awesome about Hallucinogen (who if you don't know, you fucking should) with everything "dubbed up" on MDMA and Red Bull by producer Ott. He's chosen six Hallucinogen favorites, amped up the bass and phasing and seemingly had them injected into Scratch Perry's amygdala. There is just so much going on here. And with six tracks going an hour you'd figure he'd wear out his welcome, but I'll be damned if I ain't gonna search out this dudes solo work (as well as the other Posford remixes he's done (one with Shpongle!)) and see if I can't get more info on him (the wiki is barebones, yo). This will have you craving for more.<br /><br />And you'd think "LSD", being a staple for the entire goa scene, could NEVER be outdone or remade in any respectable way. Well fucking download this and tell me I'm wrong.<br /><br />Genre: Dub/Goa/Psytrance<br />Label: Twisted<br />Country: England<br />Bitrate: 320k<br />Length: 59:49<br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/i2akiwt3gzj/hallucinogen%20in%20dub%20part%201.zip">Part 1</a> - <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/ymylbnzlzwu/hallucinogen%20in%20dub%20part%202.zip">Part 2</a>RSShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00047169897383222732noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-799815177656035831.post-21308960019158933012008-12-16T12:50:00.000-08:002008-12-16T13:02:23.616-08:00Hanatarash - 3 [1992]<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho3yqSkdTbdD7wjodYONpwWbzdrWzduAjMK9DJtuIGCGIWm7IzkPvN_YNJeMmTdSiJYsU8VL-KFjr3bCm_fH84eeLx_XoSvyDv9QVmpaVeiKay4TnzNSykgx8QuGSqEVVT_4uKxsIn9UuU/s1600-h/hanatarash3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 314px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho3yqSkdTbdD7wjodYONpwWbzdrWzduAjMK9DJtuIGCGIWm7IzkPvN_YNJeMmTdSiJYsU8VL-KFjr3bCm_fH84eeLx_XoSvyDv9QVmpaVeiKay4TnzNSykgx8QuGSqEVVT_4uKxsIn9UuU/s320/hanatarash3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280495909830832946" border="0" /></a>Hanatarash is best known for being Yamatsuka Eye's original snot-nosed <a href="http://www5a.biglobe.ne.jp/%7Egin/rock/japan/hanatarasi/hanatarashi2/hanatarashi2.html">disturbers of the peace</a> before he started the most important band in the world. This is their third release and contains all of the unintelligible screaming, tape loops, warped instruments, power tools and feedback you could want. Most of this shit makes Boredoms sound like an all virginal female twee pop band from Scotland. Makes Merzbow look kinda tame by comparison, too.<br /><br />Genre: Noise<br />Label: RRRecords<br />Country: Japan<br />Bitrate: 128k<br />Length: 46:18<br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/dt2ymn2hlnz/hanatarash%20-%203.zip">MediaFire</a>RSShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00047169897383222732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-799815177656035831.post-85304557185581724442008-12-15T10:14:00.000-08:002008-12-15T10:27:08.591-08:00Acid Mothers Temple - The Day Before the Sky Fell In America [2003]<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYV_TglkIWKCAN_67QQVf7pUgrOviHIociJpCYnhashS68SRS33_aXqqQGYOrMYSVIlzF__HURMbdbu11sokoE2qPoMQsQ4h-1YZM58EX5hsJkib4KVb7YKjx9GwQZ9EdbUFFP9PDXS9Rz/s1600-h/amt-thedaybefore.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYV_TglkIWKCAN_67QQVf7pUgrOviHIociJpCYnhashS68SRS33_aXqqQGYOrMYSVIlzF__HURMbdbu11sokoE2qPoMQsQ4h-1YZM58EX5hsJkib4KVb7YKjx9GwQZ9EdbUFFP9PDXS9Rz/s320/amt-thedaybefore.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280084150581539170" border="0" /></a>Here's a somewhat overlooked and really great live recording from Kawabata & co. most often known as the '06 release with the Amon Düül-like cover. This is the same recording under the original Eclipse label and showcases no "speed-guru" rock-outs but only a single, droning improvised jam. This was also before Cotton Casino left for a solo career (did that even happen?) and was recorded during their tour for <span style="font-style: italic;">La Novia</span>. So if you liked that release at all you really fucking need to hear this. The main <span style="font-style: italic;">Novia</span> theme is heard at the beginning of the second track. I prefer the first side better but theres a lot going on here for any AMT fan. Alongside <span style="font-style: italic;">Crystal Rainbow Pyramid</span> this is my favorite AMT release.<br /><br />Genre: Psych<br />Label: Eclipse<br />Country: Japan<br />Bitrate: ~256k<br />Length: 41:23<br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/ljwmkxjgayn/%5B2003%5D%20the%20day%20before%20the%20sky%20fell%20in%20america.zip">MediaFire</a>RSShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00047169897383222732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-799815177656035831.post-44127311662053795672008-12-12T19:38:00.000-08:002008-12-12T19:50:43.191-08:00disembowelment - Transcendence Into the Peripheral [1994]<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOqAagyIbz9J1Qcm_r7HcZ2P9LWSCWmXKTKPufSJjXNjEX2l-Rf1UhKytgDqncOP595G-FoWe3zHQ9z5luvD75ni9qcztxMWe0Rfj7xbQuh5kU3OI2uhW_rIgH-cQf35CKtYJnQ_P9Acjy/s1600-h/Transcendence+into+the+Peripheral.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOqAagyIbz9J1Qcm_r7HcZ2P9LWSCWmXKTKPufSJjXNjEX2l-Rf1UhKytgDqncOP595G-FoWe3zHQ9z5luvD75ni9qcztxMWe0Rfj7xbQuh5kU3OI2uhW_rIgH-cQf35CKtYJnQ_P9Acjy/s320/Transcendence+into+the+Peripheral.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279116929815058594" border="0" /></a>Here's a famous Relapse release most everyone is familiar with by now with its 3xLP/2xCD re-release a few years back. Just to reiterate, this is essential listening for anyone into doom, funeral doom, black metal and grind. Just listen to the first 40 seconds or so and you should know immediately what the fuck is up. Further listening reveals long dirges, bits of ambiance and shattering blastbeats, sometimes all within the same track (the first two tracks being an example). That moment at 8:15 on "The Tree of Life and Death" has to be one of my favorite moments in metal. I could talk forever about why this album is amazing but its all been said before, probably by people who can say better than I. For a band that never had but a handful of recordings and never played one show, it's staggering. It's essential.<br /><br />Genre: Funeral Doom/Grind<br />Label: Relapse<br />Country: Australia<br />Bitrate: 192k<br />Length: 59:37<br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/t22qtxz0qty/transcendence%20into%20the%20peripheral.zip">MediaFire</a>RSShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00047169897383222732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-799815177656035831.post-43533322353541043892008-12-12T11:33:00.000-08:002008-12-12T12:05:24.802-08:00Trees Community - The Christ Tree [1974]<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipTwheKMJPn3Cwoz421NlUeV2Yvkv3Qr01bawXEbIdfivg8hBgsymTnnR1mHoYxsax58dsiWNWP1AygDyUahiWqggmPSffMcdhvRmekugC25JcFZdbwaWy1-fIWov7BNTbb_34hyphenhyphenKJ4woI/s1600-h/ChristTreeCDSingleCover.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 231px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipTwheKMJPn3Cwoz421NlUeV2Yvkv3Qr01bawXEbIdfivg8hBgsymTnnR1mHoYxsax58dsiWNWP1AygDyUahiWqggmPSffMcdhvRmekugC25JcFZdbwaWy1-fIWov7BNTbb_34hyphenhyphenKJ4woI/s320/ChristTreeCDSingleCover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278990446636111154" border="0" /></a>Imagine Ken Kesey's merry group of fuckups getting hijacked on the freeway by Gideons with LSD-blotter papered Bibles and have them record an album and this is what you'd get. This is one of the 70s biggest psych/folk gems, whether you're a Bible beater or a Bible reader beater like myself. There is so much here to enjoy and a lot of it is downright beautiful. The arrangements are godlike (heheh) and the lyrics can be appreciated on more than one (read: Christian) level. For anyone saying Christianity hasn't done anything good in the music world I'll point them to Trouble, and then this group. If you get down with Joanna Newsom, Feathers, Maher Shalal or the like, you really need this. Get this.<br /><br />Genre: Psych/Folk<br />Label: Dark Holler<br />Country: USA<br />Bitrate: 320k<br />Length: 37:42<br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/ww5w1mzyq43/The%20Trees%20Community%20-%20The%20Christ%20Tree.zip">Merry Xmas</a>RSShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00047169897383222732noreply@blogger.com1