domingo, 22 de janeiro de 2012

Halou

TRIP HOP X L'AGE D'OR SERIES #74

The debut album of the quite well-known trip-hop/dream pop band from San Francisco, Halou, was actually not their first album. Before that, they recorded under the name Anymore an album called Umani and an EP called Thistlestar. Back then, there was an extra member and their sound was different. Only few songs from Umani anticipated the juicy and alert style from We Only Love You.
So, OK, sometimes this sounds more like drum'n'bass than like trip-hop, but I hope that does not hinder you from enjoying this masterpiece. By the way, I highly recommend listening to it by the sea or something...


Tracklisting:
1. Halfbreath (5:22) / 2. Loop in Blue (6:19) / 3. Ifish (5:33) / 4. La Mer (6:13) / 5. Clip (2:51) / 6. Present Tense (5:15) / 7. It Was Safer When You Were Near (4:53) / 8. You Are One of Us (5:14) / 9. Feeling This Is Like to Fall Awake (5:16) / 10. I'll Carry You (Full Version) (7:47)

(FLAC on request )  / MP3 320kbps



Sans Soucie (2000) is a compilation of rarities, outtakes, remixes of the songs from the first album as well as 3 songs from the album published as Anymore, "Thistlestar". A lot of great songs where you can hear more and more the Halou we know and love. Highly recommended.

Tracklisting:
1. Present Tense (Different) (4:21) / 2. Lovesong (Original Demo) (6:02) / 3. Half-Gifts (4:19) / 4. I'll Carry You Two (6:35) / 5. Blue Eye Smile Girl (4:29) / 6. Words (6:11) / 7. You are One of Us (Grassy Knoll) / 8. I'll Carry You (Edit) (6:20) / 9. Dog Dreams (5:47) / 10. Heroine (4:56) / 11. They Bite (4:34)

(MP3 256kbps)


Wiser (2001) sets what would become the trademark sound of the band: "dream pop" with trip-hop bands, as the critics put it. However you name it, it's definitely something beautiful and worth exploring. Some of the best songs from the previous songs, like "I'll Carry You", are redone here, though pale in comparison with the new material. "Milkdrunk" and "Oceanwide" are two examples of songs that have been stuck on my replay list.

Tracklisting:
1. Milkdrunk (4:53) / 2. Wiser (4:36) / 3. Him to Me to You (4:11) / 4. Political (3:24) / 5. I'll Carry You (5:57) / 6. Before There Was Color (4:27) / 7. Oceanwide (7:13) / 8. I Would Love to Give Up (3:54) / 9. Feeling This is Like to Fall Awake (4:47) / 10. We Only Love You (5:17) / 11. Arrhythmia (5:41)

(MP3 192kbps)



Wholeness & Separation (2006) is a whole new album, with a whole new vision. Pun aside, Halou's style is getting more complex here; whilst many elements still remind of Wiser, the band generally comes with a more serious and - in the same time - intimate approach, reminding somewhere of post-rock and IDM.

Tracklisting:
1. Separation / 2. Tubefed / 3. Honeythief / 4. Everything is OK / 5. Morsecode / 6. Stonefruit / 7. Your Friends / 8. The Ratio of Freckles to Stars / 9. Alaska / 10. Wholeness / 11. Today / 12. Hollow Bones / 13. I Am Warm / 14. Things Stay the Same

(MP3 APS VBR)

Wholeness EP (2003) contains a few additional versions and songs from the same period as W&S.

Tracklisting:
1. Everything is OK / 2. Ingenue / 3. The Ratio of Freckles to Stars / 4. Wholeness / 5. Wiser (Different) / 6. Firefly

(MP3 320kbps)



Separation EP (2006) contains a few additional versions and songs from the same period as W&S.

Tracklisting:
1. Honeythief / 2. Everything is OK (Different) / 3. Exoskeleton / 4. Far Too Far / 5. Tubefed (Score)

(MP3 320kbps)



Albatross EP (2006) is an interesting set of rarities circa W&S period, essential for fans, if not for all of the songs, at least for "One Sunny Day", one of their most sincere songs.

Tracklisting:
1. Cello (1:12) / 2. Ingenue (Different) (4:45) / 3. Albatross (3:43) / 4. One Sunny Day (4:37) / 5. Night Divides the Girls (2:58)

(MP3 320kbps)

Here are a few remixes done by Halou, an obscure EP named "Threesongs/Oceanwide Symphony" that is probably not an official Halou release (may not be actually by Halou) and an official internet single, "Simple" that was available for purchase on the official site of the band and was created in the Wiser era.

Cause and Effect - Into the Light (Haloumix) / Long Way Down (Haloumix)
I Am Warm / Oceanwide Symphony / Arrythmia / Delia (Inbody Mix) / Breathe / Ordinary
Simple

(MP3)

sábado, 21 de janeiro de 2012

poll

Since MU has been removed, I have to re-upload most of the stuff that I had uploaded over there. Which albums do you want first?
Megaupload é destruído, então eu sou forçado de reupload. Escolha os álbuns que vocês quer:



Aim - Cold Water Music
Airlock - Parabellum OST
Alpha - Made in space
Amstrong
Anti Atlas - Future Nostalgia
Antenne
Atomica - Metropolitan

Bergman - Inner + Lust (in progress)
Bitstream Dream - Disconnected
Blue Tofu
Bowery Electric
Canidas- Golden
Cinephile - Comatose
Crustation - Now 'Til Never
Coldfinger - live album , EP,01

Dashes - Blades of Grass
Dol-lop - Cryptic Audio Rag
Dot Allison - singles
Dreamfield
Earthling - Blood Music EP
Earthphish
Endless Blue
Folk & Rovere- Kaustiksoda
Genesis P-Orridge & Astrid Monroe - When I Was Young
Gry
Halou, R/R Coseboom, Stripmall Architecture - albums (in progress)

Harland - Phoelar and other albums
Heed - Postdynamic Tide + Breakeven 2200

Hooverphonic - B-sides
Hungry Lucy
Ilya - They Died for Beauty
Jute - A Violent Narcotic
Karmacoda - Evidence
Krom - This
Lacunae
Lamb - 5
Laika
Leaf
Little Aida
Lo-fi - Nano
Lost Balance - Bed + Songs Lost in Demos
Lotus - Float
Low in the Sky - Dear Birds
Market - Market
Mensch

Mig - Dhikrayat
Ming - Red
My Scarlet Life


Perfume Tree (several albums)
Pomegranate
Puracane - Things You Should Leave Alone

Red Snapper - Red Snapper (2003)

Sankt Otten
Sarah Fimm - Nexus
Sepiamusic - Prototype

Sin
Slim - Slim
Slouch - Viva
Smith & Mighty - Bass Is Maternal
Somnambul - Somnambul
Sutrastore
Spherical - Amusements + Bloominous
Swandive
Thorn Apple - Crystalline
The Starseeds
Vacabou - Vacabou + 12 Songs Inside
Velure - Care for Fading Embers
Watch the Men Fall
Uztari - Manana Gris

Various Artists - SHE: A Female Trip-Hop Experience

quarta-feira, 21 de dezembro de 2011

Emilie Simon – Franky Knight (2011)

Emilie Simon – Franky Knight (2011)

Tracklist:
01 – Mon Chevalier
02 – I Call It Love
03 – Holy Pool Of Memories
04 – Something More
05 – Bel Amour
06 – Franky’s Princess
07 – Sous Les Etoiles
08 – Les Amants Du Meme Jour [Instrumental]
09 – Walking With You
10 – Jetaimejetaimejetaime

Bonus Tracks:
11 – Walking With You
12 – Mon Chevalier

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