London Philharmonic Orchestra – Conductor’s Gallery, Vol. 10: Carlo Zecchi, Piero Coppola (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

London Philharmonic Orchestra – Conductor’s Gallery, Vol. 10: Carlo Zecchi, Piero Coppola (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:13:21 minutes | 676 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd.

The Decca Conductor’s Gallery series presents an A–Z of 23 conductors in a feast of classic recordings from Decca’s early years – 1929–1949 – including the golden age of its ‘ffrr’ technology. Newly remastered from the best available sources by Mark Obert-Thorn, Ward Marston and Andrew Hallifax, this comprehensive set features several new digital releases. It is a must-have for any follower of historical recordings.

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Stabil Elite – Spumante (2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Stabil Elite – Spumante (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:00:04 minutes | 671 MB | Genre: Synth-pop, Leftfield, Krautrock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © ITALIC recordings

In the last years, STABIL ELITE from Düsseldorf have created a cosmos of driving bass lines, danceable rhythms, floating pads and shimmering electric guitars. Using repetitive lyrics with double meanings, analogue synths and icy cold clackering computers, Lucas Croon, Nikolai Szymanski and Martin Sonnensberger revive Krautrock and the avant-garde moments of the German New Wave. They combine glamor and emotion and cosmic transcendence, which is well aware of its musical heritage, yet does not seem overly reflective for even a second. One can immediately hear where this stylish band comes from. Just think of that city Düsseldorf on the Rhine, which has become a work of art in itself, and its electronic musical history, which has significantly influenced many styles, from hip-hop to techno.

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St. Olaf Orchestra – A New Song of Grace and Truth (Live) (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

St. Olaf Orchestra – A New Song of Grace and Truth (Live) (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:47:13 minutes | 1,03 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © St. Olaf Records

For many people, over several generations, the celebration of the AdventChristmas-Epiphany season begins with the annual St. Olaf Christmas Festival, a century-old tradition of the college. The first festival was a musical program for the college community, planned and directed by F. Melius Christiansen, founder of the St. Olaf Music Department. The festival continues as an outgrowth of Christian conviction and an expression of the rich musical heritage at St. Olaf, a college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

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Svetlana Andreeva – Synesthesia (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Svetlana Andreeva – Synesthesia (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 44:04 minutes | 380 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Evidence (LTR)

Piano works composed by Christian Schittenhelm. Born in the south of Ukraine, Svetlana Andreeva’s musical youth was spent on the Moscow Volga. After a brilliant academic career in Vienna, “Synesthesia” is now taking her on an unprecedented adventure. Sfumato Records is a newly established French label specialising in premiere recordings and musical creation, which it promotes alongside leading international artists and institutions.

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Supergrass – Life On Other Planets (2023 Remaster) (2022/2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Supergrass – Life On Other Planets (2023 Remaster) (2022/2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:38:22 minutes | 2,58 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Supergrass Records

Supergrass makes music so effervescent and so effortlessly joyous that it’s easy to take them and their skills for granted. Surely that was the case around the release of their third album, 1999’s eponymous effort, which in its labored fun and weary ballads illustrated just how much hard work it was to craft records as brilliant as I Should Coco and In It for the Money. It suggested the group might have burned too bright and flamed out, but, happily, 2002’s Life on Other Planets is a smashing return to form, an album giddy with the sheer pleasure of making music. What makes this all the more impressive is that this is the record that Supergrass attempted to be – a perfect balance of the sensibility and humor of I Should Coco with the musicality and casual virtuosity of In It for the Money. Where that album felt labored and a little weary, Life on Other Planets is teeming with life. The tempos are sprightly, the hooks tumble out of the speakers, the band mixes up styles and eras, and they never, ever forget the jokes (Gaz’s fleeting Elvis impression on “Seen the Light,” an allusion to Spinal Tap’s “All the Way Home,” or the chorus of “Evening of the Day”). Sure, it’s possible to spot the influence all the way through the album – most clearly T. Rex on “Seen the Light” and “Brecon Beacons,” where Gaz’s warble is uncannily like Marc Bolan’s – but it never sounds exactly like their inspirations – it all sounds like Supergrass. And Supergrass hasn’t offered such pure, unabashed pop pleasure since their debut; there hasn’t been an album that’s this much fun in a long time. Since they’ve been away for a while and have never broken in the States, Supergrass has been curiously overlooked, even though they’re better than 99 percent of the power pop and punk-pop bands out there (plus, their everything-old-is-new-again aesthetic can be heard in such albums as the Strokes’ Is This It?). But, as this glorious record proves, there are few bands around these days who are as flat-out enjoyable as this trio. The world is a better place for having Supergrass in it.

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Super Furry Animals – Phantom Power (2023 Remaster) (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Super Furry Animals – Phantom Power (2023 Remaster) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 03:03:01 minutes | 3,74 GB | Genre: Indie Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited

Produced by the band, ‘Phantom Power’, celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2023,keeps a much lower profile than the band’s previous work.The album, for the most part, is awash with pedal steel, acoustic guitars and vocal harmonies. But if you think the creative juices have ceased, you could barely be more wrong. Gruff Rhys’ songwriting moves a step forward on ‘Phantom Power’, with playful story-based lyrics about turtles, mingers, ninjas and cabbages contrasting with lines about death, radiation and war. This remastered and expanded 3CD set features loads of bonus material, including out-takes, demos, and live versions, much of it previously unreleased.

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Steep Canyon Rangers – Morning Shift (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Steep Canyon Rangers – Morning Shift (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 47:31 minutes | 924 MB | Genre: Country, Alt. Country, Progressive Bluegrass
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Yep Roc Records

Steep Canyon Rangers, Asheville, North Carolina’s GRAMMY Award-winning bluegrass outfit, are back with their forthcoming album Morning Shift, produced by Darrell Scott (Robert Plant, Sam Bush, Emmylou Harris). The album marks the band’s first since the departure of lead vocalist and founding member Woody Platt. The Rangers have added acclaimed singer-songwriter Aaron Burdett as an official member of the band, bringing new ideas and harmonies to the sextet’s ever-evolving sound. The album was recorded over a weeklong period at the Inn Bat Cave, a legendary spot that used to be Lynyrd Skynyrd’s old hideout.

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Sparklehorse – Bird Machine (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Sparklehorse – Bird Machine (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 43:48 minutes | 917 MB | Genre: Alternative Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Anti – Epitaph

ANTI- Records is honored to share a never-before-heard album by Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse titled Bird Machine. Originally recorded in 2010 and mixed by Mark Hamilton (who also worked on It’s A Wonderful Life), Mark’s brother Matt notes “great care has been taken to archive and preserve Mark’s music. We are very thankful for Mark and the beauty he brought to this world.”

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Spanish Love Songs – No Joy (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Spanish Love Songs – No Joy (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 45:11 minutes | 526 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Pure Noise Records

Back with their first original music since since 2020, this is the start of a new era. Each single will be presented with an official music video and full global marketing campaign at the start of a brand-new cycle. The album is produced by Colin Pastore.

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Sons Of Kemet – Burn (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Sons Of Kemet – Burn (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 55:02 minutes | 597 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Native Rebel

Includes bonus track “The Junglist” – recorded in the original sessions.

Seldom has a band on the British jazz scene created such a buzz before releasing an album, but through their live shows – and some delightfully unexpected airplay – Sons of Kemet did just that. A super-group of sorts led by clarinettist, saxophonist and composer Shabaka Hutchings with Oren Marshall on tuba and both Tom Skinner and Seb Rochford on drums.

A curiously addictive album that manages to appeal to both heart and mind, there is little to compare it with. Instead, Burn feels like that rare thing, an exciting new sound that somehow worms its way into your brain and won’t let go. Exceptionally assured for a debut album, Burn surely has to become one of the standout releases for 2013.

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Sonny Rollins – Sonny Rollins Plus 4 (1956/2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

Sonny Rollins – Sonny Rollins Plus 4 (1956/2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 32:35 minutes | 609 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Vinyle Numérique

Sonny Rollins Plus 4 is a jazz album by Sonny Rollins, released in 1956 on Prestige Records. On this album Rollins plays with the Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet. The album was the last recording including pianist Richie Powell and Brown, as both died in a car accident three months later.

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Sonic Youth – Live in Brooklyn, Ny. (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Sonic Youth – Live in Brooklyn, Ny. (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:25:07 minutes | 1019 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Goofin’

The final U.S. show, a triumphant and blistering bookend to the storied career of one of the most influential bands in rock music, featuring a unique and expansive eighty-five minute set list that spans Sonic Youth’s nearly three decade catalog. Mixed from multitrack by longtime live engineer Aaron Mullan and mastered and cut by Carl Saff. On August 12, 2011 Sonic Youth played their final US show on an outdoor stage overlooking the East River at the Williamsburg Waterfront in Brooklyn. Fitting that their storied career would bookend with a panoramic view of New York City where it all began 30 years before, having left in their wake one of one of the most powerfully influential careers in rock music. Following incredible sets from Kurt Vile and Wild Flag, the band took the stage. As the sun went down over the city, Sonic Youth ripped through a 17 song set that spanned from deep cuts off their first studio album and highlighting many other albums all the way through to their last, like a band with everything to prove. Or as Brooklyn Vegan’s Andrew Sacher said at the time: “While most bands who are thirty years into their career are either fading away or living off of the nostalgia of their older material, Sonic Youth continue to sound and perform as fresh as ever.”

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Soen – Memorial (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Soen – Memorial (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 43:02 minutes | 546 MB | Genre: Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Silver Lining Music

Never ones to take the restrained path, on their sixth studio album Memorial, Soen face down the ills and ways of current society with a crisp, wounded venom that betrays their pain, anger and frustrations. Each guitar carries a greater serrated edge, each melody a richer heart, each lyric a soul and spleen venting definitive proclamation. At the same time, Soen’s unique blend of progression, aggression, and beauty shows more maturity than ever before.

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Slowdive – everything is alive (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Slowdive – everything is alive (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 41:42 minutes | 861 MB | Genre: Indie Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Dead Oceans

everything is alive, Slowdive’s 5th record, is exactly what the title suggests: an exploration into the shimmering nature of life and the universal touch points within it. While there are parts of this record that could sit neatly next to the atmospheric quality of 1995’s Pygmalion; everything is alive also manages to break down the boundaries of what’s come before it. Spanning psychedelic soundscapes, pulsating 80’s electronic elements and John Cale inspired journeys, the album lands immediately as something made for 2023 and beyond. For a genre that is often thought of as divisive, and often warrants introspection, here Slowdive show their craft as the masters of it by pushing it outwards, beyond the singular; the end result being a record which feels as emotional and cathartic as it is hopeful.

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Sloppy Heads – Sometimes Just One Second (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Sloppy Heads – Sometimes Just One Second (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:14:47 minutes | 461 MB | Genre: Indie Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Shrimper

Sometimes Just One Second by the Sloppy Heads goes against everything the Sloppy Heads have fought for as a band, which is the radical freedom to ignore the square world and spend their time at their practice space in Brooklyn, New York, slowly writing songs, being heads, refining their hipster jive talk, and accumulating a private sessionography of legendary jams. The gist of the truth is that the Sloppy Heads are three old friends who collaborate as fully as possible, switch instruments, and have a long secret history of which Sometimes Just One Second is the most un-secret manifestation to date.

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