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From Wikipedia:::The Black Mages was a Japanese instrumental rock band formed in 2002 by Nobuo Uematsu, Kenichiro Fukui and Tsuyoshi Sekito - three composers for Square Enix. The band arranged Uematsu's Final Fantasy video game series-based compositions in a rock style often similar to progressive metal, achieved with the additional use of synthesizers.[1] Since its inception, the band had expanded to six members with the addition of Keiji Kawamori, Michio Okamiya and Arata Hanyuda. On August 7, 2010, Nobuo Uematsu announced the band had disbanded, but he would continue to perform rock arrangements of his music as a part of another band, the Earthbound Papas.
The band has released three studio albums. Their first was released eponymously as The Black Mages in 2003, and contained arrangements of Final Fantasy battle themes. The second album, The Black Mages II: The Skies Above, was released in 2004 and featured additional pieces besides battle themes including the group's first original song, "Blue Blast ~Winning the Rainbow", which was created for Japanese K-1 fighter Takehiro Murahama. The third album, The Black Mages III: Darkness and Starlight, was released on March 19, 2008. Music from the group has also appeared in other albums, including one track in Dark Chronicle Premium Arrange, an album of arranged music from the video game Dark Chronicle, a piece in the animated film Final Fantasy VII Advent Children and its corresponding soundtrack album, and one track on Final Fantasy III Original Soundtrack, the soundtrack album for the Nintendo DS version of Final Fantasy III.
The Black Mages did not tour as a band, but performed several concerts to promote their album releases. For their first album they performed in Shibuya and Kanagawa, Japan in 2003 and later released a live video of the first concert on DVD exclusively to Uematsu fanclub members. They repeated this for the release of their second album, performing in Kawasaki and Osaka, Japan in 2005 and similarly released on DVD to fanclub members. The third album saw a performance in Yokohama, Japan in 2008; a DVD of the show was released commercially on March 25, 2009.
Related Artists:::
Members
Nobuo Uematsu
Kenichiro Fukui
Tsuyoshi Sekito
Keiji Kawamori
Arata Hanyuda
Michio Okamiya
Instrumental rock
Progressive metal
Symphonic rock
Neo-prog
Years active 2002–2010
I have posted a song from each release.
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THE BLACK MAGES-THE BLACK MAGES-[2003] 1ST
The Black Mages is an arranged soundtrack album of video game music from the Final Fantasy series of role-playing video games. The album contains a selection of musical tracks from the games, arranged and performed in a hybrid of power metal and progressive metal by The Black Mages. All the selected tracks are "battle" music from the games. The pieces have been described as "hard-rock" with "blazing synthesizers and guitars".[8] It was first released on February 19, 2003, by DigiCube, and subsequently re-released on May 10, 2004, by Square Enix. It spans ten tracks and covers a duration of 51:29.
The album reached #43 on the Japan Oricon charts.[9] It was well-received by critics like Andy Byus of RPGFan, who termed it "addicting" and "powerful". He criticized the overuse of synthesizer as opposed to live instruments in some tracks, and that some of the arrangements stayed too close to the original tracks, especially "Dancing Mad". Tetra of Square Enix Music Online also enjoyed the album, saying "all of the members are strong musicians, and Sekito and Fukui were equally strong arrangers". His primary complaint with the album was he felt many of the songs followed the same general pattern in their arrangements.
1. "Battle Scene" (from Final Fantasy I - Battle) 4:19
2. "Clash on the Big Bridge" (from Final Fantasy V - Battle on the Big Bridge) 4:16
3. "Force Your Way" (from Final Fantasy VIII - Force Your Way) 3:51
4. "Battle, Scene II" (from Final Fantasy II - Battle Scene 2) 3:52
5. "The Decisive Battle" (from Final Fantasy VI - The Decisive Battle) 4:02
6. "Battle Theme" (from Final Fantasy VI - Battle) 3:21
7. "J-E-N-O-V-A" (from Final Fantasy VII - JENOVA) 6:08
8. "Those Who Fight Further" (from Final Fantasy VII - Fight On!) 4:25
9. "Dancing Mad" (from Final Fantasy VI - Dancing Mad) 12:04
10. "Fight With Seymour" (from Final Fantasy X - Fight With Seymour) 5:05
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THE BLACK MAGES-THE BLACK MAGES II :THE SKIES ABOVE [2004]
The Black Mages II: The Skies Above is an arranged soundtrack album of video game music from the Final Fantasy series of role-playing video games. Like the previous album, it contains a selection of musical tracks from the games, arranged and performed in a hybrid of power metal and progressive metal by The Black Mages. Unlike their first album, The Skies Above includes other pieces besides battle themes; the album also features songs, which were performed by Kazco Hamano, credited as "KAZCO", and Tomoaki Watanabe, or "Mr. Goo". It also includes a non-Final Fantasy track, "Blue Blast — Winning the Rainbow", an original piece that was created for Japanese K-1 fighter Takehiro Murahama. The Skies Above, as opposed to the first album, features real drums rather than sequenced drums, as the band had expanded from its original three members, none of whom played drums. The line "Maybe I'm a Lion" in the track of the same name was spoken by Alexander O. Smith, a translator for Square Enix and close friend of Okamiya, one of the new members. It was released on December 22, 2004, by Universal Music Group. The album spans eleven tracks, and covers a duration of 50:56.
1. "The Rocking Grounds" (from Final Fantasy III - Battle 2) 3:56
2. "Zeromus" (from Final Fantasy IV - Zeromus) 3:56
3. "Vamo' Alla Flamenco" (from Final Fantasy IX - Vamo Alla Flamenco) 4:25
4. "Hunter's Chance" (from Final Fantasy IX - Hunter's Chance) 4:44
5. "Otherworld" (from Final Fantasy X - Otherworld) 3:14
6. "Matoya's Cave" (from Final Fantasy I - Matoya's Cave) 4:44
7. "The Man with the Machine Gun" (from Final Fantasy VIII - The Man with the Machine Gun) 4:17
8. "Maybe I'm a Lion" (from Final Fantasy VIII - Maybe I'm a Lion) 5:34
9. "Battle with the Four Fiends" (from Final Fantasy IV - Battle with the Four Fiends) 3:58
10. "The Skies Above" (from Final Fantasy X - To Zanarkand) 7:18
11. "Blue Blast — Winning the Rainbow" (original track) 4:49
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THE BLACK MAGES-THE BLACK MAGES III:DARKNESS & STARLIGHT [2008]
The Black Mages III: Darkness and Starlight is the third arranged soundtrack album of video game music from the Final Fantasy series of role-playing video games. The album contains a selection of musical tracks from the games, arranged and performed in a hybrid of power metal and progressive metal by The Black Mages in a similar manner to their previous albums. It was released on March 19, 2008, by Uematsu's Dog Ear Records, spanning ten tracks and a duration of 60:40. The Black Mages sing the chorus for the song "Darkness and Starlight", the only vocal track on the album. The album has been described as being composed of a mix of "intense" symphonic metal pieces and rock opera. Like the previous album, Darkness and Starlight features an original piece, "Life ~ in memory of KEITEN ~", which was composed by Uematsu for Yoshitaka Tagawa, a boy he had met who died of leukemia.
The album was well-received by websites like RPGFan, which said the album was "very much worth the over three year wait" and described the tracks as "enjoyable" and "inspiring". He had few complaints with the album, only describing "Opening ~ Bombing Mission" and "Assault of the Silver Dragons" as "bland", but still worth listening to. Square Enix Music Online was even more positive in its review of the album, calling it "a masterpiece" and "The Black Mages' finest effort to date", wishing only the album had been longer.
The album received mixed reviews from critics; Jesse Jones of RPGFan said that he was "simply amazed" by the album, though it was not without flaws. While terming the music overall as "excellent", he disliked the vocal arrangements in "Otherworld" and "The Skies Above", finding that the voices of the singers did not match with the songs' instrumentals. Zane of Square Enix Music Online was less approving of the album, calling it "passable" and saying that the new arrangements gave "mixed results". He blamed the "intolerable vocals" and occasional poor choices in instruments as the problems with the album, concluding that the second Black Mages album was inferior to the first.
1. "Opening ~ Bombing Mission" (from Final Fantasy VII – "Opening ~ Bombing Mission") 4:39
2. "Neo EXDEATH" (from Final Fantasy V – "The Final Battle") 4:39
3. "The Extreme" (from Final Fantasy VIII – "The Extreme") 5:51
4. "Assault of the Silver Dragons" (from Final Fantasy IX – "Assault of the Silver Dragons") 5:01
5. "KURAYAMINOKUMO" (from Final Fantasy III – "This is The Last Battle") 4:56
6. "Distant Worlds" (from Final Fantasy XI – "Distant Worlds") 7:32
7. "Premonition" (from Final Fantasy VIII – "Premonition") 5:23
8. "Grand Cross" (from Final Fantasy IX – "The Final Battle") 5:34
9. "Darkness and Starlight" (from Final Fantasy VI – "Overture", "Aria di Mezzo Carattere", "Wedding Waltz~Duel") 15:32
10. "Life ~ in memory of KEITEN ~" (original track) 1:38
Hideki Matsutake and K.I.Capsule
007 Digital Moon
1979 CBS sony 2003 reissue Sony MHCL 297
K.I. Capsule is Katsunori Ishida. He is the arranger while Matsutake programs sounds and sequences. This is a fun album of 10 covers of James Bond themes and songs through Moonraker (skipping Thunderball for what it's worth). I think there is always a leagal tiptoe around unsanctioned Bond albums. The "007" if it was part of the tiltle is now off the title leaving just "Digital Moon". There was never a problem with covering the themes, I think legal issues come in when it's being sold as James Bond merchandise.
The tracks are in a fun moog meets disco sound. There is some solo violin by Hiroki Tamaki and real? drums though some drums are programmed too. A few hints of Moroder though overall the feel is more like a synth cover album. Much more technically advanced sounding and well mastered than The Fanatsia (1978).
1 Theme From James Bond
2 You Only Live Twice
3 Man with the Golden Gun
4 From Russia With Love
5 Diamonds Are Forever
6 Moonraker
7 Live & Let Die
8 On Her Majesty's Secret Service
9 Spy Who Loved Me
10 Goldfinger
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Link in comments::: Thanks to 'another' for original files. More to come from solo, and Logic System
01 September Winds
02 Bud Man
03 Thrill
04 That Day
05 The Last Word
06 They Are Back
07 Let Me Hear
08 Recollections
09 Beyond the Sky
10 Silverly Snow
Thanks to "Dave" for this new find. They are new to me also,but after a listen will have to find the other releases.There are 2 a box set [ESSENCE] and an early recording[PRELUDE]
QUI A cool Canterbury taste jazz rock with flute In 1994, three high school boys who were keen on listening to KING CRIMSON, SOFT MACHINE, MILES DAVIS, JOHN COLTRANE, ete. got together forming Qui after their graduation in Tokyo.
At the time, the members were Takashi Hayashi (Guitar) who wrote most of the songs, and two persons.
The band were playing jazz-rock taste sound at live clubs regularly till 2003.
Demo-recordings around the early days titled "Prelude" were released from Vital Records, a division of POSEIDON Records.
In "Prelude" three members played live at the studio, after that adding Hayashi's synthesizer sound.
Then Hayashi is being a professional musician but others were not able to continue playing for personal reasons.
In 2004, Hayashi reformed Qui with Seto (bass) and Yoshikawa (drums) who are professional jazz musicians and rehearsed during the year then played live again.
In 2006, Yoshida (flute) and Itani (percussion) joined the band.
Unique Qui Sound is a mixture of Hayashi's progressive/Canterbury taste guitar playing and other members' jazz/latin elements. Official debut CD "Qui" released from POSEIDON/MUSEA in 2008.
Qui is the only progressive band who can play live from Tokyo to east area of Japan regularly.
In fact, they play twice a month in Tokyo. Qui's performance are always fascinate us with their cool technical instrumental playing and aggressive improvisation.
Songs / Tracks Listing
1. Puyol (8'20)
2. Mimique (4'48)
3. Minamo Ni Tsuki (8'59)
4. Dachou No Uta (5'55)
5. Jirou (10'36)
6. Astratto (9'55)
Related Artists:::
Takashi Hayashi / guitar
Kazuo Yoshida / flute
Naoyuki Seto / bass
Dan Yoshikawa / drums
Takashi Itani / percussion
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Link in comments::: progarchive lists them as :::jazz rock/fusion. I'll post a song
Back to 'electric' for this nice release, thanks to 'jt' for this, appreciated.
1. Double Helix
2. Voice From Darkness
3. Castle in the Mist
4. Moondawn
5. Silent Tears: Cyber Transmission
6. Suite of Fate I: Fugue
7. Suite of Fate II: Argus Last Stand
8. Suite of Fate III: The Lancer
Related Artists:::
- Satoshi Hirata / guitars
- Tei Sena / violin
- Yoshihiro Kawagoe / keyboards
- Kiyotaka Tanabe / drums
- Yoh Ohyama / bass
Thanks to windhawk for the addition[prog archives]
1. Groove It
2. Silver Rash
3. My Stupid Imagination
4. Innocent Heart
5. Black Train
6. Kind Of Doubt
7. FINE
8. Why
9. Bittersweet Days
10. High Brow
Related Artists:::
Thanks to the original files from "errny".6/25/2012 THANKS TO ERMY REUPPING AND REPOSTING THIS. I WILL POST HIS PAGE FOR THE DOWNLOAD...I WILL ALSO POST HIS LINK IN THE COMMENTS;;
Round House has been steadily gaining momentum now with their 4th release, this most recent on the Poseidon Lable, one of the new labels that is offering fans of progressive music an opportunity to hear some of Japans' more obscure talents in the genre. With this cd - 3D, Round House continues to follow the style from their previous efforts, which is all - instrumental progressive rock, with fusion tendancies, much in the style of fellow Japanese bands Kenso and Ain Soph. The keyboards and guitars shape the music, which has a deft feel, almost softness to the sound, those that know Kenso might understand my sentiments for this description.
The musicianship is very good, and the sounds that the guitars and keyboards integrate are soothing and dreamlike, full of melody, ear friendly sounds that are both relaxing and introspective. My only problem here with the bands' recent effort are the fact that there is no drummer. The drums were programmed, and while they are done in a respectable manner, the feel of real drums is truely absent from what could have been the bands crowning moment. The music is very good, tasteful and well conceived, yet hearing the plasticity of those programmed drums takes a bit away from the otherwise fully emotive content from the rest of the musicians, this music certainly would have had more personality had a respectable drummer performed those fills and rhythms.
I would not dismiss this cd simply for that reason, as there is a huge upside to what Round House is doing here, as much as those drums bother me, I find that the music is often enough to overcome them, showing me that they are a very capable and talented band.
3-D
Romantic Rally
Super Warp
Inori
Amber Rain
Tears Of Sphinx
Suisyagoya No Asa
Carnival Night
Jinzo-Nigen.2005
This is a 3 disc set of some of the best from them.
DISC 1
01. Fly up in the air ~ Tension (eco. size)/ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA (MACROSS PLUS) [2:54.16]
02. Tank!(TV stretch)/SEATBELTS (COWBOY BEBOP) [3:26.30] - I promise this isn’t the TV stretch.
03. Kouya no Heath/AKINO (Sousei no Aquarion) [5:34.27]
04. Turkey (eco. size)/Gabriela Robin (Ghost in the Shell STAND ALONE COMPLEX) [5:34.58]
05. WHAT PLANET IS THIS./SEATBELTS (COWBOY BEBOP Knocking on Heaven’s Door MAXI SINGLE Ask DNA) [2:46.10]
06. High Heel Runaway (DARKER THAN BLACK) [2:41.12]
07. Ask DNA (eco. size)/SEATBELTS (COWBOY BEBOP Movie) [4:41.65]
08. could you bite the hand?/steve conte (WOLF’S RAIN O.S.T.) [3:38.10]
09. player (eco. size)/Origa with Heartsdales (Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. S.S.S.) [5:34.48]
10. Power of the Light (eco. size) (Brain Powerd) [2:45.02]
11. Kagiri naki Tabiji / Aki Okui (?GUNDAM) [4:59.63]
12. DANCE OF CURSE (eco. size) (THE VISION OF ESCAFLOWNE) [2:52.17]
13. Genesis of Aquarion/AKINO (Sousei no Aquarion) [3:13.13]
14. lithium flower/Scott Matthew (Ghost in the Shell S.A.C.) [3:26.10]
15. shiro,long tail’s (WOLF’S RAIN O.S.T.2) [3:11.65]
16. inner universe (eco. size)/Origa (Ghost in the Shell S.A.C.) [4:35.72]
17. Lion/May’n/Megumi Nakajima (Macross F) [5:03.32]
18. Chikyuu Kyoumei/Gabriela Robin (Arjuna into the another world) [2:02.03]
19. Rakuen~secret garden. (WOLF’S RAIN O.S.T.2 Secret Track) [5:25.23]
DISC 2
01. MOON (eco. size)/Gabriela Robin (Turn A Gundam Movie) [5:06.43]
02. high spirit (Sousei no Aquarion) [3:09.72]
03. Yakusoku wa Iranai (eco. size) /Maaya Sakamoto (Tenkuu no Escaflowne) [3:02.32]
04. be human/Scott Matthew (Ghost in the Shell S.A.C.) [4:05.38]
05. GET9 (hyper eco. size) /jill max (Ghost in the Shell S.A.C.) [3:21.50]
06. THE GARDEN OF EVERYTHING~Denki Rocket ni kimi o Tsurete~ [6:19.68]
/Maaya Sakamoto feat. Steve conte (Rahxephon Single M2)
07. CORACAO SELVAGEM/Joyce (WOLF’S RAIN O.S.T.) [3:31.20]
08. Hamduche/SEATBELTS (COWBOY BEBOP Movie) [1:53.53]
09. VOICES/Akino Arai (MACROSS PLUS O.S.T.) [3:49.50]
10. Cloe (eco. size)/Chinatsu Yamamoto (Arjuna into the another world) [3:01.56]
11. White Falcon (?GUNDAM) [1:22.52]
12. THE REAL FOLK BLUES (save money size)/Mai Yamane (COWBOY BEBOP) [5:03.10]
13. I Do/Ilaria Graziano (Ghost in the Shell S.A.C.) [4:54.61]
13. End title Nostalgina (Turn A Gundam Movie) [4:47.18]
14. Yubiwa (Single Ver.)/Maaya Sakamoto (Escaflowne) [3:48.15]
15. Toki no Kioku/SEIKA (Please save my Earth) [4:23.63]
16. BLUE/Mai Yamane (COWBOY BEBOP) [5:08.18]
17. THE STORY OF ESCAFLOWNE ~END TITLE (eco. size) (THE VISION OF ESCAFLOWNE) [4:15.44]
DISC 3
01. Sasurai no Cowboy - Cowboy Bebop Theme/TADA ‘ED’ AOI (COWBOY BEBOP CD-BOX) [3:16.34]
02. Doggy Dog (hungry size)/SEATBELTS (COWBOY BEBOP) [2:51.59]
03. Neko no Kimochi (Demo Version)/Gabriela Robin (Tenkuu no Escaflowne) [3:51.00]
04. Miwaku no Horse Riding/EHARA ANDY MASASHI (COWBOY BEBOP) [2:39.00]
05. WO QUI NON COIN/Aoi Tada (COWBOY BEBOP) [3:42.00]
06. No Money (more money size)/SEATBELTS (COWBOY BEBOP Movie) [1:20.27]
07. WARATTETA/Gabriela Robin (Oban Star Racers) [4:45.53]
08. CAT’S DELICACY/Gabriela Robin (Tenkuu no Escaflowne) [3:22.00]
09. AI Sentai Tachikoma/Tamagawa, Sakiko (Ghost in the Shell S.A.C.) [1:06.37]
10. Ranka and Bobby’s SMS Chant/Ranka Lee with Bobby Margaux (Macross F) [1:00.44]
11. ABC Mouse Parade/Gabriela Robin (Song to fly) [5:09.01]
12. Yoake no Octave/Maaya Sakamoto (Maaya Sakamoto Single Collection + Nikopachi) [1:51.25]
Related Artists:::
YOKO KANNO SEATBELTS (Artist) KANNO YOKO (Composer)
AKINO (Artist) GABRIELA ROBIN (Artist)
RAJU RAMAYYA (Artist) STEVE CONTE (Artist)
ORIGA WITH HEARTSDALES (Artist) Aki Okui (Artist)
SCOTT MATTHEW (Artist) ORIGA (Artist)
MAY'N (Artist) Megumi Nakajima (Artist)
Maaya Sakamoto (Artist) JILLMAX (Artist)
Maaya Sakamoto (Artist) JOYCE (Artist)
HASSAN BOHMIDE (Artist) Akino Arai (Artist)
Chinatsu Yamamoto (Artist) Mai Yamane (Artist)
ILARIA GRAZIANO (Artist) SEIKA (Artist)
TADA ED AOI (Artist) EHARA ANDY MASASHI (Artist)
Aoi Tada (Artist) TAMAGAWA SAKIKO (Artist)
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Greatest hits album release from Seatbelts featuring the songs of "Cowboy Bebop," "Macross Frontier," "Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex," "The Vision of Escaflowne," "Turn A Gundam," "Macross Plus" and more on 3 CDs.
Here are 2 releases that I have been looking for, and wala!!! Found them.
1st is ZOOM from 1982, great stuff.
Zoom are Motohiko Hino on drums & percussion, Nobuyoshi Ino on bass, Naoki Kitajima on piano & keyboards, Kazumasa Akiyama on guitar and Kenji Nishiyama on trombone, plus Kimiko Itoh on vocals. The LP was released in 1982 on the japanese Better Days label.
1. Last Lover
2. Good Morning Birds
3. Dawn
4. Black Forest
5. Crystal Eyes
6. Shake A Hip
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This was posted by ??? Here is their link as well:::
First album by this instrumental technopop unit with connections to Shi-Shonen and others. The a-side of this disc is thoroughly technopop, while the b-side gets orchestral... and a bit schmaltzy. Real maniacs like me will perversely enjoy the b-side, but I think the a-side is pretty stellar, including one mega-jam in the form of By Me. One of the best technopop songs ever, if you ask me!
I have another by them also posted.
This was posted by:::c.patera
1-BIT WALK
2-BOOMERANG
3-BY ME
4- BILLY
5-JPT
6-JPT
7-JPT
8-JPT
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Again here is their link:::
http://www.mediafire.com/?03gbqx55s5q366l
The prolific Japanese composer Yoko Kanno Samply rejoined Red, grouping also Japan's, and bring us a discazo, hellish mix of big band jazz with industrial technological rococo.
01 Perfect Rouge II - South blue mountain dub
02 Perfect Rouge III - TV version
03 Perfect Rouge III - Orange boudage dub
04 Perfect Rouge II - TV version
05 You & i - Perfect Rouge III
06 Perfect Rouge I - TV version -
07 One more kiss, Mr. Perfect Rouge (JetBikini´s Romantix)
08 Sono kuchibeni - Tomaranai romantix
My favorite jazz/fusion bands currently playing..period [more to come-LL]
1. Never
2. Message From You
3. Cross Point/
4. Travels In The Blue
5. Arise
6. My Rule
7. Lost In Language
8. Secret Walk
9. Raining In Your Heart
10. Intoxication
BETTER GET USED TO THE PRESENT—BECAUSE
THERE’S NO END OF NOW!
TAMPA BASED JAZZ/ROCK POWER TRIO TRANSCENDS GENRES,
EXPLORING LIMITLESS SONIC POSSIBILITIES
ON THEIR EXPLOSIVE NEW FULL LENGTH RECORDING
‘SOME MUSIC WE MADE’
We may not always be able to live a life without limits—but an explosive new Tampa based jazz/rock power trio is showing us the endless possibilities of how to embrace today, this very moment, like there’s No End of Now.
That provocative moniker perfectly reflects the free flowing, wild musical, groove and sonically expansive conversations that drive Rex Shepherd (guitars), John Tschirhart (bass) and Jason Stander (drums). Together, they create a hard to peg, alternately infectious and trippy, hypnotic vibe that expands and revolutionizes the many genres they draw from—starting with jazz, rock, funk, blues and world music. It’s an ever-evolving aesthetic they share on their new full length recording Some Music We Made, recorded live in two days at Clear Track Studios in Clearwater, Florida.
With this “live in the present” philosophy, where every musical notion is an open door to a new way to think about rock and jazz, the three principals of No End of Now are open to letting their growing legion of fans define the live and recorded experience.
Some dub No End of Now as “hippie Jazz,” others as “psychedelic fusion.” Shepherd’s favorite comparison came from a guy in a bar where they were playing one night: “Robin Trower meets Miles Davis,” a spot on observation considering that Shepherd’s guitar influences range from Trower and Hendrix on the classic rock side to jazz greats Jim Hall and Bill Frisell.
Still others get drawn in beyond the point of no return and are left almost speechless, save for “What the hell was that? That was cool.” With titles like “Meditation on the Occasional Uselessness of a Guitar Pick,” “Lunch With The Departed” and “Soy Mash,” that’s pretty much the norm.
Before moving to Central Florida about a decade ago, Shepherd was a long established musician on the jazz circuit in Cleveland, primarily playing the Telecaster and doing straight ahead jazz. Over the years, he began finding new ways to meld jazz with his foundational love of rock and also began incorporating more exotic sounds from his growing interest in Indian music. He started gigging heavily around Tampa, where he met and ultimately joined creative forces with Tschirhart, a Detroit native (and fellow enthusiast of both jazz and rock) whose upright bass was in high demand on the local scene. The duo’s chemistry went over well at numerous local venues, from clubs to coffee shops, hookah bars and a hip pizza joint in New Port Richey, where they scored the longest running jazz gig (a year and a half) that the restaurant had ever had.
After a long deserved creative break, Shepherd was inspired to start making music again after the unexpected passings of his grandmother and mother within a six month time span. He began writing some of what he calls “the best music of my life” and called up Tschirhart to see about hooking up again. After six months of searching for the perfect drummer/percussionist, they met Stander, one of the hottest drummers on the Southeast Jam scene thanks to his recording and touring with Worldwide Zoo and Green Sunshine--who blew them away at his audition.
While their ultimate goal is to get on the jam band and festival circuits, No End Of Now has done gigs thus far at several Tampa Bay area clubs including The Roosevelt 2.0, Skipper’s Smokehouse and Mr. Dunderbaks.
“The most exciting thing about having this incredible lineup is our ability to play not only the handful of songs I had previously written out, but also to naturally improvise on the other tracks that didn’t have an initial roadmap,” says Shepherd. “Working with John and Jason gives me a chance to express the edgier side of me that I never got to show when I was playing straight ahead jazz. Our chemistry lies in the listening each of us does, the ability to have the others hear what one of us is doing and then respond to it and take off in unexpected directions.”
Official website: www.noendofnow.com
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For more information on No End of Now, please contact Chip Schutzman at Miles High Productions: chip@mileshighproductions.com or 323-806-0400.
link:::
http://www.mediafire.com/?hc273i9k55xem5j
please respond in comments about this band, it will surve as feedback
It’s the first fusion jazz album entirely made in Taiwan. From the first note on the paper, to the recording studio, to the factory, and be in your hand. The key person, or the keyboard person behind this is Fred Lui.
Fred is the most active keyboard player, songwriter, and the arranger in Taiwan music theme. His works can be heard among Taiwanese pop music scene, as well as the Taiwanese movie soundtracks. Fred is also well known as music director of several biggest pop stars.
Fred always has been attracted by Japanese fusion jazz music since childhood, like T-Square. And Fred’s always dreamed to popularizing fusion jazz music to the Taiwanese audience. To achieve this dream, Fred started by having his own label “Timeless Fusion Wave Music Co., Ltd.”, and formed his own jazz ensemble “Timeless Fusion Party”.
Thanks to 'A FRIEND OF THE SITE-ED,' for both of these appreciated. very good..
# 1 --2010...
01. Timeless Fusion Party (Crazy Party ’09) ???????
02. Taipei Love Story ??????
03. Vidka, Tequila, and You ??????????
04. 3 O’clock Dance ??3????
05. Between The Breath ????
06. French Quarter ??????
07. What Happened Last Night ????(??????)
08. The Peep of The Dawn ??
09. Time to Leave ?????
10. Long lost Theme ??
Fred Lui / Piano, Keyboard
Shuen-Wen Tung / Saxophones, Flute
Eric Chuang / Guitar
Jun-Hong Lin / Drums
Micheal Ning / Bass
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Link in comments:::
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# 2--2011...
01 ???? | Wo De Tian Shi
02 ???? | San Fang Tong Hua
03 ???? | Cheng Shi Man Bu
04 ???? | Cui Can Ru Xing
05 ??? | Bei Er Gao
06 ??? | Bai Jin Nu
07 ????? | Ling Yi Ge Kong Jian
08 ???? | Jian Feng Shi Ke
09 ???? | Hua Dong Zhi Lu
10 ???? | Ai De Li Cheng
11 ?? | Qing Niao
Fred Lui / Piano, Keyboard
Shuen-Wen Tung / Saxophones, Flute
Eric Chuang / Guitar
Jun-Hong Lin / Drums
Micheal Ning / Bass
01 Giant Steps
02 And I love her
03 Mumbo No. 5
04 Ode to Joy
05 Leisure Suit
06 Summer Breeze
07 So What
08 Brombo
09 Wishful
Akira Jimbo-[D]
Brian Bromberg-Acoustic Bass
Otmaro Ruiz-[K]
JB Project #2--
01 Action Figure
02 Tell me a bed time story
03 Sound of Music
04 You & I
05 Steppin' Out
06 Fields of Gold
07 Daisy Bloom
08 Nardis
09 Towed
10 Going Home
Lu7 is instrumental music unit by umegaki Luna ( Kb) and Kurihara Muan ( Gt). I think I want to produce sounds with rich imagination, can feel the various landscapes and colors. If you can not only, and be able to feel even the temperature and scent, very happy. World when I heard the sound of the Lu7 image may be a possibly non-existent world. Free fantasy in the world enjoy the Lu7 music.
The core of Japanese band Lu7 is the duo of guitarist Tsutomo Kurihara and keyboardist Luna Umegaki, with assistance from numerous guests on drums, percussion, bass, violin, bagpipes and vocals. After a brief intro of flowing dreamy keyboards and bagpipe melody, the band launches into "Canary Creeper", a light progressive rock and jazz fusion tune that characterizes the style of music heard across the albums' ten tracks. Lu7 excel at melodic construction and mixing elements of progressive rock and fusion into a kind of "prog-light", and in many cases "soft jazz", blend that is enjoyable and sounds great due to the outstanding production. However, the music doesn't do much to challenge the listener, offering little in the way of compositional development, the result being that much of the music sounds very much the same. Kurihara has a distinct Holdsworth guitar sound, and while he only rarely lets loose, it's clear that he has the ability to do so. He lets rip with short fiery phrases every once in a while, but that's about it. There were a couple standout tracks that caught my attention. "Secret Recipe", though one of the shortest tracks of the set, is also one of the most interesting and thematically varied. This one really perked me up. Ditto for "Danse Rituelle Du Feu", one of the more energetic tracks on the album. Overall this was a bit too fluffy for my tastes. But there are enough hints throughout the album to conclude that these folks could do something a lot more exciting if they wanted to.
1. Itsumo Hajimari
2. Canary Creeper
3. Golem
4. Bluetail of Passage
5. Air Flow
6. Secret Recipe
7. L'esprit de l'exil
8. Mariana's Garden
9. Danse Rituelle du Feu(Ballet Musique"El Amour ...
10. Ripple(Mizu no Wa)
Guest Musician??Itoga Toru, Shimamura Kazunori, hirofumi Suzuki, sekine Asato,, Toshimi NagaiSuzuki bakabon, Hasegawa, Kazumi, mark Irvine Hamilton
320 hq
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lINK IN COMMENTS:::also here is something that was posted by 'smoothjazzfusion' awhile ago>>"for all user who download from this blog (and from other blog too) maybe you can post a comment every time when you downloading album's for say thank you.
not only when it s a new stufs only.
i don't have blog but i think it's one minimum of courtesy towards the blogers who make an amazing job
Last night I found out that another of the best sites has disappeared. Do not know if it was self removed or not, but wanted to make notice due to the fact that many people visited this site from that one... Hope it'll make a come back..JJ
SAomeone wrote to us and said it is still going, here's what I get--
Sorry, the blog at lamusicadepere1109.blogspot.com has been removed
This "Best of" is uploaded in WAV & FLAC
Released 9/23/2003
1. Departure
2. Beat 5
3. Are You Gonna Win?
4. Yellow Sunshine
5. Se.le.ne
6. Break Out
7. Georgy Porgy
8. Close to Your Heart
9. IF
10. Nudistic
11. ROUND TRIP
12. Something about you and me
1st Thanks to 'another' for the original files..and to 'ROIO' for sending them..
“ Best pop / instrumental album 53 Grammy Award ”, and after finally be released long-awaited solo album.
New collection of guitar instrumental music echoes in the unique tone and beautiful melody line with the story of of the best content on added Apocalypse again, such as a guitar solo in the new approach, all new mix & re-mastered, and new songs.
No. 53 times Grammy Award, Tak Matsumoto etched in vivid history of Japan music, and world music fans. Release of the long-awaited first solo album has decided after the award-winning.
Familiar to this film as the ending theme of TV Asahi music station of "# 1090 1000 dreams one night", was described as “ Tak Matsumoto only ” and once again even the Grammy winners, such as cosy an elegant play filled with Japanese-style love song","Hana"" beautiful melody lines and distinctive tone sounds, recorded 13 songs plus also repaired all videotapes such as guitar solos. Are reborn in the new mix high music made popular, topical Apocalypse again, including the guitar solo too, of the best content is, of course, enjoy the latest quality sound and work.
Also, Larry Carlton, who co-starred in the Grammy-winning film "TAKE YOUR PICK" participates in the famous song "SUKIYAKI", Paul Brown, with the winning "best pop / instrumental album Grammy ” as producer, engineer, mixer, engaged mix, including the new song"Live Life".
From various solo works ever published in limited edition.
This talented young bassist familiarly called by the name Barry Likumahuwa. Nama Barry sendiri merupakan nama panggilan yang diambil dari kedua orang tuanya. Barry's name itself is a nickname taken from both parents. Awal terjun ke dunia musik, putra dari jazzer senior Benny Likumahua ini sempat tidak mau memakai nama Likumahuwa dibelakangnya karena ia tidak ingin dibanding-bandingkan dengan kebesaran nama sang ayah. Initial foray into the world of music, the son of a senior jazzer this Likumahua Benny had not wanted to use the name Likumahuwa behind him because he did not want comparisons with the greatness of his father's name. Lantas ia mulai tampil dari panggung ke panggung dengan nama Barry Likoe.Cikal bakal bermain bassnya dimulai saat ia duduk di bangku sekolah dasar. Then he began to appear from stage to stage by the name Barry Likoe.Cikal would play bass began when he sat in elementary school. Ketika itu ia dan teman-teman sebayanya sedang terkena demam hits Cerita Cinta dari Kahitna. When he and his peers were hit by fever hits Love Story of Jasmine Trias. Namun disaat teman-temannya sibuk menghapal dan menyanyikan lagu tersebut, ia justru sibuk menghapal bass line-nya. But while his friends busy memorizing and singing the song, he just busy memorizing his bass line. Sesampainya dirumah, ia mencoba mentransformasikan bass line tersebut melalui gitar lalu kemudian pindah ke media bass. Arriving home, he tried to transform the bass line through the guitar and bass and then moved to the media. Pada masa-masa tersebut ia mempelajari bass secara diam-diam dan melakukan recording sederhana dengan tape recorder.Beberapa tahun kemudian penggila Jaco Pastorius ini mulai tampil dari panggung ke panggung dengan ditemani oleh bass Washburn model steinberger headless. In these periods he studied bass privately and do a simple recording with tape recorder.Beberapa year later Jaco Pastorius enthusiast began appearing from stage to stage accompanied by a headless Steinberger bass Washburn model. Demi mendalami ilmu bass ia sempat berguru di lembaga musik Farabi. For the sake of science explore the bass he had studied at the music institute Farabi. Sejumlah festival musik berskala lokal dan nasional-pun berkali-kali menganugerahinya gelar 'The best bassist'. A number of local-scale music festivals and national-even repeatedly bestowed on him the title 'The best bassist'. Tidak main-main karena ajang yang ia ikuti tersebut merupakan ajang bergengsi seperti Asian Beat dan Indonesian Music Festival tahun 2003. No kidding because he followed the event, which is a prestigious event like the Asian and Indonesian Beat Music Festival in 2003. Pada saat itu ia sudah mulai menggunakan nama Barry Likumahuwa.Sepanjang karir bermusiknya ia pernah menjadi pemain bass untuk Glenn Fredly, Tangga, dan tentu saja Bass Heroes. At that time he had started using the name Barry Likumahuwa.Sepanjang musical career he had been a bass player for the Glenn Fredly, Appliances, and of course Bass Heroes. Barry juga pada tahun 2007 ini diendorse oleh Cort dan melakukan serangkaian tur klinik ke beberapa daerah. Barry also was endorsed in 2007 by Cort and conducted a series of clinic tour to some areas.
Barry Likumahuwa is one of the fastest rising star in Indonesia. Recently he just won the Indonesia Cutting Edge Music Award 2010 (ICEMA Awards 2010) in Jazz category. Recently he just won the Indonesia Cutting Edge Music Awards 2010 (ICEMA Awards 2010) in Jazz category. The whole songs contain in this album are ready to groove you out. The whole songs contain in this album are ready to groove you out. Make yourself feeling good with Goodspell. Make yourself feeling good with Goodspell.
1. Intro - My Prayer
2. Walkin' With The Bass (feat Gadis V)
3. Mati Saja (with The Pentatones & Matthew Sayerz)
4. Scholastica (feat Benny Likumahuwa)
5. Saat Kau Milikku
6. Remembering You
7. Good Spell
8. Aku & Hadirmu (feat Soulmate)
9. The Journalist (feat Nicky Manuputty)
10. Bananas & Cucumbers (with Bazzatlack)
11. 'Til The NExt Hello (feat Bass G)
DIMENSION Album collection "of DIMENSION ~ 20th Anniversary BOX ~ "Has been released.
DIMENSION since its debut in 1992, has continued to lead the instrumental scene without any change of members at a time. Is the emergence of 20th Anniversary BOX containing all the albums to commemorate the 20th anniversary of debut, it was announced so far.
Included with the single "ROUND TRIP" is the only one mini-album deal with expensive pieces and 24 original album, and even impossible to obtain. Dates back from the original source of all the tape, has been completely re-mastered under the supervision at Barney Gurandoman members.
The single [3 songs] 'ROUND TRIP' is on youtube at least.
Recorded at The Audio Kitchen (Akron, OH), John Schwab Recording (Columbus, OH), Mike’s Barn (Elyria, OH), The House of Todd (Las Vegas, NV), Studio M (San Antonio, TX), ADR Studio (Avezzano, Italy)
01. Funeral For A Friend 05:40
02. Endless Highway 06:52
03. Higher And Higher 2012 03:42
04. Jewel 03:50
05. Adagio Intro 01:26
06. Adagio 04:34
07. Melodia 2012 03:08
08. Violet Twilight 04:19
09. Untitled 2012 03:32
10. The National Anthem 01:53
11. In My Dreams (Live Studio Version) 03:58
releases 12 February 2012
Neil Zaza-All Guitars
Garrett Janos-Drums (1,2,3,6,7,9,10)
Steve Smith-Drums (4,8)*
Walter Cerasani-Bass (2,4,5,6,7,8,9)
Todd Rogers-Keys (1,2,3,4,5,6,9,10)
Mark Leach-Hammond B3 (2,7,8)
Timothy M. Bradford-Piano (2,4,8, 11)
Mistheria-Piano (6)
John Sferra-Drums (11)*
Raymond J. Liptak-Bass (11)
320vbr
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Link in comments::: thanks to my friend 'stan' for this.
Here is the 3rd [and final ,I have] of the 2012 remastered editions, thanks to 'a friend of the site,michi. I have certainly enjoyed this /I don't know about anyone else, they don't comment..
1. 夕星の歌
Evening Star: Oh, Star of Eve, Thy Tender Beam (5:28) [Wagner]
2. ノアの箱舟
Noah's Ark (4:24) [Jun Fukamachi]
3. 裏切り
Perfidy (4:43) [Jun Fukamachi]
4. バンブー・ボング
Bamboo Bong (13:49) [Kenji Ohmura]
5. 亜麻色の髪の乙女
La Fille Aux Cheveux de Lin (3:51) [Debussy]
6/11/2012///Refill-series first work under the name fukamachi Jun (recorded in 1975). Pioneering crossovers works with analog synthesizers. First CD of. Long known as the break beats 13 minutes over intense shock to listen bamboo Bong, a Jazz-Funk sound quality!
Bass– Rei Ohara
Drums– Ponta Murakami*
Electric Guitar– Kenji Omura*
Engineer– Yoichi Namekata*
Keyboards, Arranged By, Conductor– Jun Fukamachi
Percussion– Motoya Hamaguchi
Producer– Hideaki Takahashi
Recorded at Toshiba EMI Studio, Onkio Haus, and Mouri Studio
from March to June 1975, Tokyo, Japan
Re-Mixed at Mouri Studio, 23th June and 7th, 8th July
Thanks again to 'jb' for this as well. The new one. enjoy.
Deja vu long-awaited 3rd series! Keiji Matsumoto, a novel arrangement pianist Western classics of the 1980s golden age!
Us masterpieces of yesteryear fade completely even after more than 20 years of its release, mainly instrumental piano cover Matsumoto consuming more polished. 。 Extensive use of native instruments such as mandolin and strong colors reminiscent of a tropical ukulele, defying an unprecedented approach. Music fans were attracted to Western as well as the 1980s, a whole generation, "pleasant to hear every" um work.
01 Uptown Girl Billy Joel ★★★★★
02 True Spandau Ballet ★★★★★
03 Hard to Say I'm Sorry Chicago ★★★★★
04 Lately Stevie Wonder ★★★★★
05 Girls Just Want to Have Fun Cyndi Lauper ★★★★★
06 Blue Monday New Order ★★★★★
07 Man in the Mirror Michael Jackson ★★★★★
08 Through the Fire Chaka Khan ★★★★★
09 Live to Tell Madonna ★★★★★
10 Tom's Diner Suzanne Vega ★★★★★
11 King of Pain The Police ★★★★★
12 Symbiosis Keiji Matsumoto ★★★★★
After two solo bass releases , the “bass ninja” returns with a trio format for much of this new project. Playing guitar is the young virtuoso Yuya Komoguchi (from Tri-Offensive & TRIX) and drumming is Ryosuke Wakabayashi. The standards include: “Mr. P.C.”, “All Blues”, “Cantaloupe Island”, “Help”, “Sex Machine”& “Back In The USSR”.
Related Artists:::
Quagero Imazawa: Moon MBC 6string fretless bass "Q.I.special ",Moon MBC 6string fretted bass "Q.I.special ", Moon Climb-6 6string fretted bass "Q.I.special ",Furch B-40-CM Acoustic Bass,History AH-BJ5 5string bass,History GH-BJ4,CoolZ ZJB-1R,Roland GR bass synthesizer.
Here is the 2nd of the 3 remastered releases.6/11/2012///QIAG-70052
Japanese artist Jun Fukamachi released a now very rare electronic version of Sgt. Pepper's in 1977 on Japan's EMI Toshiba label. The cover is a reproduction of the original Sgt. Pepper's photo, except everyone is facing backwards, and the writing is mirror-image.
Thanks again to 'a friend of the site-michi, for this appreciated..
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
With a Little Help From my Friend
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
A Day in the Life
She's Leaving Home
Sgt. Pepper's (reprise)
320k
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Link in comments::: [I think it is also 1st time on cd..
Four members of SIXNORTH plus Futoshi OKANO (ex-Subvert Blaze, Acid Mothers) plays improvisation music.
Thanks to "a friend of the site" this was a release that I had been looking for.Appreciated as always.LIMITED TIME ONLY
1-METAMORPHOSIS......19:58
2-ESSENTIAL TALK..5:32
3-0...4:05
4-BOSSA NOVA FRACTURE...10:13
5-YIN YEN DANCE...9:15
6-PLANET DRUM...8:51
7-KADOLO...13:15
Here is the 1st [of 2] SOURCE releases, Great stuff and a thanks to "smoothjazzfusion" for this [htf], appreciated.
This was a nice 'super' band that made these 2 recordings,with some pretty good artists..
Akira Onozuka : Keyboards--[dimension]
Hiram Bullock : Guitar (2)-[soloist and many bands]
Jerry Jemmott : Bass (9)
Jun Kajiwara : Guitar--soloist and many recordings]
Masaharu Ishikawa : Drums-- [soloist and many recordings]
Masahiro Kobayashi : Trumpet
Osamu Koike : Sax
Sadao Watanabe : Alto Sax (5)[many recordings]
Steve Thornton : Percussion (1,2,3,8)
Tishiro Jemmott : Rap (9)
Tomohito Aoki : Bass-[soloist and many bands]
320HQ
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Link in comments:::REPOSTED 2011]
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SOURCE--SOURCE II [2000]
Thanks to "XISMZERO" we all can enjoy this.[ORIGINAL POST 2010]
01 Green Apartment
02 JP Title
03 Cadillac Woman
04 Broken Head
05 Drive At Day Break
06 Back To Straight
07 The Song
08 Big Time Town
09 Champ ---[IN PLAYER, CHECK IT OUT]
10 Thank You
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