Sage & Seer 1969

Artist: Sage And Seer
Title: Sage And Seer
Year: 1969
Format: LP
Label: Stylist

Courtesy Of Faintly Blowing
Sage & Seer were a folk-pop-psych duo based in Denver, Colorado and consisted of Don Beckman (lead guitar, vocals) and David Rea (lead vocals, guitar).

Unusual item for a private press as it’s an ambitious and elaborate lite-psych effort that would have fit well on Epic or ABC. There are a few standout tracks, but all are filled with well-orchestrated string and horn sections. Influences are mainly British with obvious nods to 1967 Donovan and the Beatles.

In addition to this album, the duo also released three singles, one of them included the non-LP tracks “I Can’t Take You Home” and “Calling” All their recordings were released on the local Denver Stylist Records label. (Collectors Frenzy)

Track Listing

1. Pictures Through A Sunday Afternoon
2. She Died Again
3. Candle
4. I’ve Cried
5. Time Has Come Between Us
6. Be Still When You Cry
7. Clarissa
8. I Want You To Know
9. All Those Yesterdays
10. No
11. Blue, Blue And Blue
12. Farewell St. John

Various Artists - Ornli’ Syg Gadefest for Flere Fristeder (cd, uden selskab, 2007)

Info: Piratparty- og gadeplade delt ud ved en af de mange piratfester, der opstod under kampen for et nyt ungdomshus i København i 2007 og 2008. Denne plade blev (bl.a.) delt ud ved en fest i fodgængertunlen under Sølvgade i efteråret 2007.

En udgivelse med vægt på party og smil. Electro fra en række mere eller mindre etablerede navne i diverse forklædninger og koblet med genrer som rock, techno og pop. Sygt sjov.

Info: Pirataparty- and streetrelease handed out at an illegal party in a pedestrian tunnel in the center of Copenhagen in the autumn of 2007 during the struggle for a new Ungdomhus. The title means something like 'Sickly nice Streetparty for more Autonomus Spaces'.

Very partylike release with some more ore less wellestablished danish artists. Electro has influenced genres like rock, pop and techno on this very happy compilation.

Tracklist:
1. Keeping warm in a warm country (holtoug remix) - Oh No Ono
2. Doom city - Snake & Jet's Amazing Bullit Band
3. Doppelt Whisky wodka - Teppop
4. Tronic horses on a beam of light - Spektr
5. Just to get down (touch of death mix) - Turboweekend
6. Disk amf champ - Karsten Pflum
7. Chanson pour les pirates - Chez Debs
8. Stranded on an island alone - Junior Senior
9. Slip mig dog fri - Le Petit Mort
10. Teach me tiger (supertroels remix) - Speaker Bite Me
11. 1Music - Heidi Mortenson
12. In the air Fifty - Foot Spiders
13. Trust Tissue (edit) - I Scream Ice Cream
14. Polizia - Suicide Sushi
15. 004 - The Good The Bad

Country: Denmark
Year: 2007

Xtc - [1978] - Explode Together (The Dub Experiments 78-80) [319k VBR]

Xtc - [1978] - Explode Together (The Dub Experiments 78-80) [319k VBR]


of Amazon:

Though yes, this certainly is not a "driving album" or a great party record, you wouldn't hang Warhol in your bathroom either. The sole purpose for this recording was to give Mr. Partridge a chance to flex his creative muscles, and to create from the clay of his and Colin's earlier work, brand new art. Like "The Greatest Living Englishman" collaboration and the new Home Demos album, this is not about the music, but rather this is about what the music's about. Its detractors are, I feel, missing the point. Spend a day as Brian Wilson, or eat lunch with Jim Starlin, or transcribe the dialogue in "Waiting for the Electrician", then listen to this again. If you follow all that, you'll absolutely love this album. If you don't, Buy "Big Express" and put "Smalltown" on repeat for an hour or so. When you figure out what the kazoo sound really is, come back to this one.

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Xtc - Explode Together (The Dub Experiments 78-80)
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1. (00:03:32) - (VBR 318 kbit/s) Xtc - Dance With Me, Germany
2. (00:02:20) - (VBR 320 kbit/s) Xtc - Beat The Bible
3. (00:02:40) - (VBR 320 kbit/s) Xtc - A Dictionary Of Modern Marriage
4. (00:02:27) - (VBR 320 kbit/s) Xtc - Clap Clap Clap
5. (00:02:20) - (VBR 320 kbit/s) Xtc - We Kill The Beast
6. (00:03:08) - (VBR 320 kbit/s) Xtc - Commerciality
7. (00:03:52) - (VBR 320 kbit/s) Xtc - The Day They Pulled The North Pole Down
8. (00:04:19) - (VBR 320 kbit/s) Xtc - The Forgotten Language Of Light
9. (00:03:11) - (VBR 320 kbit/s) Xtc - Steam Fist Futurist
10. (00:05:34) - (VBR 320 kbit/s) Xtc - Short Leave Ornithology (Another 1950)
11. (00:01:52) - (VBR 320 kbit/s) Xtc - Cairo
12. (00:03:21) - (VBR 320 kbit/s) Xtc - The Rotary
13. (00:03:18) - (VBR 320 kbit/s) Xtc - Madhattan
14. (00:03:14) - (VBR 320 kbit/s) Xtc - I Sit In The Snow
15. (00:04:05) - (VBR 320 kbit/s) Xtc - Work Away Tokyo Day
16. (00:05:28) - (VBR 320 kbit/s) Xtc - New Broom

Playing Time.........: 00:54:41
Total Size...........: 125,59 MB

NFO generated on.....: 30-01-2008 18:15:00

Christoffer Øien and his "Pain Relief Program"

This guy from Trondheim is making some good music.
Christoffer Øien is the name and for the age of 20/21 he is an incredible songwriter.
Check his music out on either: Myspace or the Norwegian type: Urørt

PS: Myspace is the best choice since there you can listen to the song "Pain Relief Program"

Bugge Wesseltoft - Moving (2001)

I just rediscovered an album i had forgotten about for a long time. I have to thank Merete for introducing me to this fabulous artist.
Bugge Wesseltoft [Allmusic link] is an Norwegian Nu-Jazz composer and artist, widely considered as one of the best in his genre here in Norway, he has also won acclaim for his albums in Europe. The album Moving features landscapes of music, relaxing and calm with generally straight forward piano/synth parts. In some perspectives the music can be tracked or linked to the works of Pat Metheny (in my opinion), as they generally have the same ideas when it comes to working with long stretches of seamlessly simple arrangements and little change in the melody. although familiar in the ways it is composed, the music on Moving seems a bit more European in trend and sound. Alot of the sounds and arrangements come from the Cafe Del Mar scene in the late 90's and early 00's and could easily be called coffee shop music.

Tracklist:
Change
Gare Du Nord
Yellow is the Colour
Lone
Moving
Heim

My personal favorites are "Yellow is The Colour" and "Lone", but almost all of the melodies and songs have the same qualities and muscicianship. Bugge has gotten help from members of his record company including Håkon Kornstad and "Sidsel Endresen" (which he also has recorded an full album with: Out Here, In There).
If you like music which has a little pump but still manages to be soothing and calming this is the album for you. Also if you are a coffeshop owner you should consider it.

Official website (Bugge Wesseltoft)
Official website of his recordcompany

Porcupine Tree - Signify (1997)

Although not especially old, its still a classic in my book. the album Signify from one of the best band's ever to come out of the British isles is widely considered as one of the best albums ever released in what i like to call "the sub-Pink Floyd genre". In a interview given in 2007 They said this about the album:

"It was an result of a gathering of thougts in the band, we wanted to make something that would outlast us. We wanted a testimony"

And what a testimony it is. Porcupine Tree [allmusic link] is playing with many genres in this amazing album, from jazz, to psychedelic rock to prog. It's all here to enjoy.

Tracklist:
Bornlivedie
Signify
Sleep of no Dreaming
Pagan
Waiting phase One
Waiting phase Two
Sever
Idiot Prayer
Every Home is Wired
Intermediate Jesus
Light Mass Prayer
Dark Matter

Personal favorites on this album is the tracks; "Every Home is Wired", "Sleep of no Dreaming" and "Dark Matter". A great album for anyone who likes Pink Floyd, early Genesis or Prog in general. Porcupine Tree just released a new album which were given good critics, check that one out as well!

Allmusic link to the record
Official website

Foy Vance - Hope (2007)

Traveling to Dublin last autumn i picked up on an English/Irish artist called Foy Vance [allmusic link] . Since the early 00's we've been tuning in to almost only singer/songwriters especially here in Norway, and I've started to grow tired of the constant stream of both mediocre melodies and artists. But Foy Vance really hit me. His stunning vocal performances and lyrics complimented by easy and straightforward arrangements really made the difference for me.
So when we landed in Dublin i bought three copies of his debut cd "Hope". One for me, one for my girlfriend and one for the friend who introduced me to him (I had to buy them in Dublin since you couldn't get any copies here in Norway)

Tracklist

Be With Me
Shed a Little Light
Doesn't Take a Whole Day
Fifteen
I Was Made
Treading Water
Gabriel and the Vagabond
First of July
Elshaneed
Indiscriminate Act of Kindness
Hope, Peace and Love
If you could only see yourself like i See you
Dry Wells
Pull me through
Two Shades of Hope

My personal favorites on this album must be the heart wrenching "Two Shades of Hope", "Gabriel and the Vagabond" and "Indiscriminate Act of Kindness", whereas the later one has a vocal performance which is stunningly good.
If you are tired of the Dime-a-dozen singer songwriter, Foy Vance is a good choice. He takes it back to people like Nina Simone and Jeff Buckley, both musically and spiritually.

Official Website (Foy Vance)
Allmusic link to the Record