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The Saboten is a long-running collaboration between three of Japan's most cutting edge artists - Hoppy Kamiyama, Saguaro, and DJ Force. With diverse tastes and backgrounds, these three musical masterminds create a unique sound that blends all of the purest elements of techno-electronic-progressive-experimental-jazz, while at the same time, developing something entirely new and beyond the borders of categorization.The sounds of The Saboten are experimental and truly avant-garde, yet there's a familiarity to it that keeps it palatable and accessible to those outside of their exclusive circle. Their sound, which has been described as "Mixture Head Music", is a combination of techno, rock, jazz and ambient elements... plus a dash of eclectic craziness.The Saboten have already received worldwide critical acclaim and Kanpai Records is proud to present them to the U.S., with this, their debut stateside release.
Saboten's music is a puzzle. The young female quartet from Tokyo plays rock instruments (guitar, bass, keys, and drums) but they don't exactly make rock music. Without knowing if this is true, Saboten seem to come from a classical background -- imagine one of dutifully studying piano in their parents' drawing rooms -- then switched to the immediacy of a live band context at university. The playing is rough, sparse, the singing endearingly naive. The first half of the album is devoted to their impressionistic songs, such as "Emerald Echo" and "Low Chair," mix and match cut-ups of melody, with the arrangements offering up duets of plucked guitar leads and synthesizer runs. "Excessive Premonitions" switches halfway into a Spanish dance, complete with homegrown castanets. The second half focuses on instrumentals, ranging from a twisted surf-not-surf song ("Hi no Maru") to their own Martin Denny exoticism ("Knee Guitar"). As admirers of Erik Satie, they cover one of his pieces ("Yachting") on "Kanojo," turning it into something strange and burbling, and another on "Horse." ~ Ted Mills
Saboten: DJ Force, Hoppy Kamiyama, Saguaro.
Saboten Songs | 1. | Toelly (Soul Coaxing) |
| 2. | Lenin Web |
| 3. | Orgasm |
| 4. | Yummy, Homo, Yummy |
| 5. | Zoe Achilles |
| 6. | Time Cafe (Happy Dementia) |
| 7. | Rituel (How to Sex) |
| 8. | Night Rugby |
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Purchase Saboten CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Rod Stewart Never A Dull Moment (Gold) CD (1972) Gold
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NEVER A DULL MOMENT picks up where EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY left off. Here we have more raucous rock & roll with healthy dollops of soul and twang thrown in for good measure. Always looking for a good songwriter to cover, Stewart's honorees here include Jimi Hendrix ("Angel"), Dylan ("Mama You Been On My Mind"), and Rod's personal hero, Sam Cooke ("Twistin' The Night Away"). Sidling up nicely next to these heartfelt interpretations are some ...
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| | Tom Waits Glitter And Doom Live CDs (2009) Digipak
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Glitter and Doom Live, a double-disc set, marks Tom Waits' third live effort in his nearly 40-year career, each one summing up his career to the point of its release. The first, Nighthawks at the Diner issued in 1975 on Asylum, is regarded by many as one of the greatest live albums of all time. The second was Big Time, released during his tenure at Island in 1986. The musical performances on disc one of Glitter and Doom Live were culled from Waits' historic sold-out tour of the U.S. and Europe. He compiled and sequenced the set himself, intending to make them sound like ...
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| | Daughtry Leave This Town CD (2009)
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When he was recording his debut album in 2006, Chris Daughtry didn't have the time to assemble the real rock band he so desperately wanted to have, so it appeared under the band name Daughtry without featuring any of the musicians who later became part of the group. That's not the case with LEAVE THIS TOWN, Daughtry's second record: all five members are glowering on the album cover, floating like specters over an abandoned Californian street. The five rockers serve as visual evidence that Daughtry is a band, not a person, and such reminders may be necessary because LEAVE THIS TOWN doesn't differ much ...
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| | Christine Mcvie CD (1984) Reissue
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During her years with Fleetwood Mac, Christine McVie only recorded one album. It was released in 1984, after Mirage had run its course and the band was taking an extended break. Given its release date, it's not surprising that Christine McVie sounds like it could have been recorded during the Mirage sessions -- it's a collection of soft rock/pop and ballads that are pleasantly melodic and ingratiating. Only a handful of cuts, such as the wonderfully catchy, lightly bouncy hit single "Got a Hold on Me," work their way into the memory, but nothing on Christine ...
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| | Punch Drunk 4 CD (2002)
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Performers include: The Beltones, The Generators, Reducers S.F., Last Target, Class Assassins, Those Unknown, Antiseen, The Riffs, Slaughter & The Dogs, Ritchie Whites, New York Rel X, The Krays, Bottles & Skulls, Sixer, ...
| | Flare Hung CD (2003)
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On Hung, Flare's second full-length effort, vocalist L.D. Beghtol and multi-instrumentalist Charles Newman collaborate to yet again offer up some of the most intelligent musical narratives this side of Morrissey or Radiohead, although the songs, in the end, are uniquely Flare in both timing and structure. Opening with the brief "All the Money's Gone," Beghtol then offers up the playfully orchestral "School of New York," one of the band's lightest tracks to date. Like many of the tracks on the disc, the first two songs include a slew of unique instruments from the band, including autoharp, cello, ukulele, five-string banjo, and sleigh bells. Despite the wonderful results of using a variety of instruments on some songs (nearly 70 different instruments are used on the album), the sparseness on a song like the wonderfully arranged "If/Then" wouldn't be nearly as powerful if additional instruments were added. "Keep It to Yourself" might be the best song on the disc, with Beghtol keeping the lyrics to a minimum for maximum effect, while the instrumentation sets an eerie, defiant mood as a backdrop. "(Don't Like) The Way We Live Now" is the tale of a modern love story, complete with witticisms and wonderfully illustrated narratives, while "Glitter" is an ambitious acoustic epic. The restrained "Differently Othered" might be Beghtol's best performance to date, his restrained vocals perfectly capturing the pain and heartache of the lyrics. The simple closer "Wound Culture" is perfectly accentuated by Mark Gunderman's violin, as Beghtol and Marty Flanagan share vocal duties on the crisp duet. While Beghtol and Newman lead the critically acclaimed chamber pop band, Flare is not complete without an impressive lineup of guest musicians, including Stephin Merritt, Ida Pearle, and John Wesley Harding. Le Grand Magistery Records released Hung in 2003. ~ Stephen Cramer
NYC Based chamberpop ensemble Flare, headed by songwriter/vocalist LD Beghtol (left)and multi-instrumentalist Charles Newman (right), blends classic pop with experimental, classical, country music and noise into a distinctive, contemporary sound. Rife with haunting vocals, lush keyboards, fragile ukuleles, delicate guitar and banjo textures and intense string arrangements, Flare is richly melodic and subtly unsettling. In a review of the album version of "Celebrate the misery," British baroque synthpop legend Momus said: "There's almost a machismo of melancholy [to the song]... to me that's very romantic." And CHICKFACTOR #12 called Flare's 1998 debut CD, BOTTOM (Tamper Evident), "the perfect music for lying ...
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Pretty much anytime a hardcore band chooses to go with two guitarists instead of one, there's a good chance that the rather limited and hamstrung purist's definition of the genre is about to be transcended. This is very much the case for Philadelphia's Passion, whose metal-tinged 2006 debut, The Fierce Urgency of Now, is undoubtedly rooted in the hardcore aesthetic and spirit, but simultaneously rejects those restrictions of simplicity that keep so many hardcore bands predictable, stagnant, and forgettable. Rather, the group's instantly compelling assault begins with the provocatively plain-spoken, unflinchingly caustic nature of their lyrics, which tackle difficult subjects ranging from child abuse ("One Way Ticket"), to totalitarian government tactics ("In Ourselves We Trust"), to irresponsible media organizations and their shameless tactic of fomenting ...
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