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enrcmp17 - Various Artists - Impromeetin' 2011

Impromeeting is a meeting place for the improvisation of sound artists from different artistic disciplines as a form of collaboration, experimentation and fun. Impromeeting accommodates musicians and non-musicians, narrators, poets, electronics, sound art, djing, turntablism or any other form of creating sound and noise from the point of view of experimental music. Organised by Mauri (producer, artist and dj). First edition was in 2010 and the second edition was on 10th of july 2011 in Gijón (Spain) with 4 artists from different musical styles (were first improvising in pairs, and ended up playing all together). The artists for Impromeetin’2011 were: Non Ergo (with a computer, synthesizer, and voice). vRED (electronic violoncelo, guitar, contrabass and some footswitch). Violeta Nureyev (bass and voice). Las Casi Casiotone (with 2 MacBook Pro, Midi controller, delay footswitch and microphone).
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ESB Jazz Radio - New and upcoming releases - January 2012

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Artist: Lee Ritenour
Album: Masterpieces-Best of the Grp Years (Jazz Club)
Release Date: 06 Apr 2012



Artist: Bill Evans
Album: Bill Evans Trio With Symphony Orchestra
Release Date: 27 Mar 2012



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Artist: Esperanza Spalding
Album: Radio Music Society:Deluxe
Release Date: 27 Mar 2012



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Artist: Toots Thielemans
Album: Yesterday & Today
Release Date: 26 Mar 2012



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Artist: Ben Webster
Album: In a Mellotone
Release Date: 20 Mar 2012



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Artist: Ken Navarro
Album: Test of Time
Release Date: 20 Mar 2012



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Artist: Esperanza Spalding
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1. Burial - Untrue
2. Róisín Murphy - Overpowered
3. Simian Mobile Disco - Attack Decay Sustain Release
4. The Angelic Process - Weighing Souls With Sand
5. Tegan & Sara - The Con
6. El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead
7. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Is Is
8. Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass
9. Glass Candy - B/E/A/T/B/O/X
10. Chromatics - Night Drive

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11. M.I.A. - Kala
12. Distance - My Demons
13. Black Milk- Popular Demand
14. Vladislav Delay - Whistleblower
15. Kanye West - Graduation
16. Gowns - Red State
17. vive la fete - Jour de Chance
18. Sundowner - Four One Five Two
19. of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
20. Syl Kougai - La fille Verte
21. Lil Wayne - Da Drought 3 / The Carter III Mixtape

These were also extremely good:

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Adult. - Why Bother?
Air Formation - Daylight Storms
Anais Mitchell - The Brightness
Battles - Mirrored
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25. Save Your Breath - Vices

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Took a while but these guys finally released their first full-length album. More Welsh pop-punk following the likes of Kids In Glass Houses, thoroughly enjoyed this. Features Sean Smith from The Blackout which always appeals too!

Best 3; Nothing Worth Having Comes Easy, The Lost Boys, Fake It Like You Mean It



24. Ed Sheeran - +

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Didn't really wanna get into Ed Sheeran because of how popular he is (I don't hate popular music in general, just don't LOVE following the crowd), but couldn't really help it. You'd think that after releasing 243 E.P's like he has, his album would be good, and that's all it is. Quite depressing though if you're single.

Best 3; Grade 8, Small Bump, Lego House



23. We Are The In Crowd - Best Intentions

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We invite you to listen to our new web releases!

USC-WR-1201.0004 - WMRI - Voices of Space
USC-WR-1201.0005 - SKAARJ - The Human and the World: the Retrospective of the Modern
USC-WR-1201.0006 - WMRI - Dark Passage
USC-WR-1201.0007 - Ptarkh - Insulin
USC-WR-1201.0008 - sokpb avabodha - Трава / Грань
USC-WR-1201.0009 - Ptarkh & WMRI - Power Plant Violence
USC-WR-1201.0010 - Various Artists - 10.10.10
USC-WR-1201.0011 - Dmitriy Samoylenko - This is Mine
USC-WR-1201.0012 - Wandering Wind & WMRI - Luminutopia

All this music is available for free download on our blog.

Various Artists
Benefiz-Projekte wurden Mitte der 80er Jahre des letzten Jahrhunderts populär, hauptsächlich mit Mainstream-Schmachtfetzen wie "Do They Know It's Christmas?" (Band Aid) und "We Are The World" (USA For Africa). Aber auch im Metal-Bereich gab es damals ein Pendant namens Hear 'n Aid, ins Leben gerufen vom seligen Ronnie James Dio. Das Problem daran war für mich immer, dass es dabei um weit entfernte Gebiete ging und man nie so richtig mitbekam, wie viel von den Einnahmen wirklich bei den Bedürftigen ankam. Einen etwas anderen Weg geht da das Death und Grind-Projekt Noise gegen Armut, dessen Gigs praktisch direkt beim Empfänger der Erlöse, der Armenspeisung Rappelkiste e. V. stattfinden. Die Erlöse aus der Veranstaltung gehen in Form von Lebensmitteln direkt an den Verein, wodurch die wirklich Bedürftigen zumindest mit einer warmen Mahlzeit versorgt werden können.

Ebenso verhält es sich mit den Einnahmen aus dem Begleit-Sampler…

Late as hell, I know. However, no one reads this crap any more and I just do it for myself so here we ago! Another year, another list! Less than last year, but still too many.

Some surprises for me this year were Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Mary J. Blige and Rihanna. YU-A also blew me away with a fabulous album kicking her weak debut's ass. OMG, May J.'s album too!! After two really really really crappy ones, she finally put out great album!! Here's to hoping we get another from her in 2012.

Enjoy the list and comment if you like! I will try to reply if anyone bothers to say something. Toodles ~

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2 Girls - YU-A

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Ami Selection - 鈴木亜美

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ayu-mi-x 7 presents ayu trance 4 - 浜崎あゆみ

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ayu-mi-x 7 presents ayu-ro mix 4 - 浜崎あゆみ

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