Faith No More, Live at Brixton - The Second Coming

Bootleg, 2009

It took a while, but they're back. This is my recording from FNM's first reunion show on 10/06/2009. Quality varies from pretty good on the calmer songs like Stripsearch, to good with an awful lot of singing, but that's what you get when you're dead centre at the front surrounded by fans. Feel free to use this recording to mix with other sources and produce a better bootleg.



Playlist:

1 - Reunited
2 - The Real Thing
3 - From Out of Nowhere
4 -Land of Sunshine
5 - Caffeine
6 - Evidence
7 - Chinese Arithmetic
8 - Surprise! You're Dead!
9 - Easy
10 - Last Cup of Sorrow
11 - Midlife Crisis
12 - Cuckoo for Caca
13 - Gentle Art Of Making Enemies
14 - RV
15 - King for a Day
16 - Malpractice
17 - Jizzlobber
18 - Be Aggressive
19 - Epic
20 - Mark Bowen

Encore 1
21 - Chariots of Fire
22 - Stripsearch
23 - Just a Man

Encore 2
24 - I Started a Joke
25 - Pristina
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The Cancer Conspiracy, Omega

US, 2008.

The Cancer Conspiracy is a progressive rock group, whose sound draws heavily upon King Crimson and Yes, though incorporating fusion, hardcore and math rock influences as well.

Playlist:

1. I
2. II
3. III
4. IV
5. V
6. VI
7. VII
8. VIII

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Lis Er Stille, Apathobvious

Denmark, 2007

Following up on the amazing post by kollaps, here's Lis Er Stille's second studio album.

As one of the fans described the album:
A powerful crescendos led by marching piano lines and incredible vocal layers give way to a capella breaks that lead into somber piano bits and epic finales.


Playlist:

1. Preludium
2. Lorelei
3. Land Mítt
4. Hvalfangeren
5. Transition
6. Lys Over Tid
7. Spurven
8. Fyr I Framman

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Blueneck, Scars of the Midwest

England, 2006.

Formed in 2000, Blueneck are a reclusive four-piece based in North Somerset. Blueneck’s music can be best described as a cinematic soundscape of ambient atmospherics, dark skeletal rhythms and swirling crescendos, all created with analogue synths, sparse piano and soaring guitars.

Playlist:

1. The Hills Have Eyes
2. Judas! Judas!
3. Oig
4. Le:465
5. UB1
6. Epiphany
7. UB2
8. Amoc
9. Yesterday's Forgotten

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The Mars Volta, Octahedron

US, 2009

This leaked yesterday and I still haven't had a chance to hear it yet. Album launch is on the 18th @ ICA.


Playlist:

01. Since Weve Been Wrong
02. Teflon
03. Halo Of Nembutals
04. With Twilight As My Guide
05. Cotopaxi
06. Desperate Graves
07. Copernicus
08. Luciforms

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Lis Er Stille, The Construction of the Amp-Train

Denmark, 2006.

What an amazing band. Lis Er Stille was founded in 2004, as part of an art project between lead singer Martin Byrialsen and an artist known as Vindril. The idea was to transform Vindril's surreal paintings into music. Their music became so powerful that a band was build up around it.

Playlist:

1. Styrke
2. Forsyn
3. Løbetid
4. End Credits

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The Gathering, The West Pole

Netherlands, 2009.

When Anneke van Giersbergen left in 2007, I thought The Gathering's music would be resigned to monotony. I was fortunately wrong as their ninth album demonstrates that they can still produce an interesting and atmospheric alternative rock. In addition, Silje Wergeland's melodic voice is surprisingly delightful.

Playlist:

1. When Trust Becomes Sound
2. Treasure
3. All You Are
4. The West Pole
5. No Bird Call
6. Capital Of Nowhere
7. You Promised Me A Symphony
8. Pale Traces
9. No One Spoke
10. A Constant Run

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maudlin of the Well, Part the Second

US, 2009.

Part the Second is maudlin of the Well's fourth album, entirely funded by fan donations and released online on May 14 free of charge. The band reunited to record it following a five year break. The album maintains motW's essentially avant-garde/progressive composition, though it seems to be more instrument-oriented, especially violin-based, than their previous work. Highly recommended.

Playlist:

1. Excerpt from 6,000,000,000,000 Miles Before the First, or, the Revisitation of the Blue Ghost
2. Another Excerpt: Keep Light Near You, Even When Dying
3. Rose Quartz Turning to Glass
4. Clover Garland Island
5. Laboratories of the Invisible World (Rollerskating the Cosmic Palmistric Postborder)

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Mike Oldfield, Tubular Bells

England, 1973.

Tubular Bells is Mike Oldfield's groundbreaking album from 1973, becoming one of the greatest references in progressive rock. It is considered to be the first rock album to incorporate elements of classical composition, particularly the use of repetition with subtle variations in the minimalist style as pioneered by composers such as Philip Glass, Steve Reich and LaMonte Young, although these influences were filtered through rock sensibilities.

"There is nothing wrong with repetition so long as it is something worth repeating.”

Playlist:

1. Tubular Bells, Part 1
2. Tubular Bells, Part 2

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pg.lost, Yes I Am EP

Sweden, 2007

“Yes I Am”, the debut EP.
It’s obvious that pg.lost bear their influences boldly on their sleeve, and therefore, deeply and unashamedly root them in the music they compose. The plodding, repetitive nature of “The Kind Heart of Langion” is particularly reminiscent of the style featured in Explosions in the Sky’s “Earth is not a Cold Dead Place”, whilst the slowly building climax in “Yes I Am” could fit perfectly into a Godspeed You! Black Emperor track.


Playlist:

1. Yes I Am
2. Kardusen
3. Fartyget
4. …
5. The Kind Heart Of Lanigon



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Black Math Horseman, Wyllt

US, 2009

Black Math Horseman is a four-piece band from Los Angeles, CA. They combine the best elements of progressive, doom and stoner with a great female voice. This amazing album was produced by Scott Reeder of Kyuss.

Playlist:

1 - Tyrant
2 - Deerslayer
3 - A Barren Cause
4 - Origin of Savagery
5 - Torment of the Metals
6 - Bird Of All Faiths And None \ Bell From Madrone

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Kattoo, Places

Germany, 2004.

Places is the debut album of German electronic artist Kattoo. This is a minimalist musical project, ranging over ambient and IDM influences.

Playlist:

1. Place1
2. Place2
3. Place3
4. Place4
5. Place5
6. Place6
7. Place7
8. Place8
9. Place9
10. Place10
11. Place11
12. Re-Place7 (rmx by Flaque)

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