BRUCE COCKBURN - Christmas

Christmas is gone.... The new year is here .....but this is still the right time to listen to this "alternative" xmas songs. It was for a fortune case that I was listening to this 1993 LP the 23th of December driving my car. It was a good surprise that I want to share with you. Bruce Cockburn is great and this album  is something special with a mystic atmosphere.

enjoy ....http://www.mediafire.com/?hea1v2eh39n833i

STAN RIDGWAY - Neon Mirage

New work from Stan Ridgway. The heart of  the "unforgettable" Wall of Voodoo is still live.
It was since a long time  I had not listened  to Stan Ridgway or Wall of Voodoo sound. In these days I had to opportunity  to know the  new work of Stan and I was curious to go back in the past and this Is my conclusions:
Wall Of Voodoo in the 80's and the first two solo album of Stan are another thing but I listen with pleasure to the actual (Neon Mirage and probably the better  "Anatomy" of some year ago) music of Stan Ridgway. There is no more the energy of the 80's but is still available the class of a big artist. Unfortunatly I miss the last year tour in Italy so I hope to have the possibility to see him in the future. in the meantime we can listen to his "ballads" and new western waiting for the next .......

http://srwrites.blogspot.com/


http://filetram.com/download/mediafire/6798137260/stan-ridgway-neon-mirage-rar

PAT METHENY & BRED MEHLDAU - Metheny Mehldau quartet

http://www.mediafire.com/?lx8jjg848i3733g

This is wonderful for relax moments. I use to listen to this (or similar) for example on Sunday morning  just when I  wake up.  I Think it's a good way to start a new day.

GUN CLUB - Death Party

Jeffrey Lee Pierce was one of the icons of the "loner and damned artist". All the Gun Club works (and this in a special way) are a mix  of desperation, rage and resignation. Jeffrey voice and his "wrong" way of singing seem perfect to directly transmit this feeling to the audience.
They never had an extraordinary success but  they deserve a position in the rock history.
Death Party EP (5 songs) is from 1983  and it is  my favourite one. It include  "the house on highland avenue" an unforgettable beautiful damned ballad.

http://www.mediafire.com/?cn9qvl6wdwu72dg

LOVE AND ROCKETS - Earth Sun Moon

Love & Rockets alias 3/4 of Bauhaus components is an example of the fact that not always the disband of a great band (Bauhaus) means  the end of the story. From Bauhaus ashes two wonderful reality comes: from one side Peter Murphy start a brilliant solo carrier and on the other side David J, Daniel Ash and Kevin Haskins  created  Love & Rockets. The sound is different from Bauhaus, but it is a great sound. Listening to their works I cannot avoid to compare with some Pink Floyd sonority.
Earth Sun Moon is  athipic in Love and Rockets discography. This is the most  "oniric" of their work and not the most known.


http://www.mediafire.com/?7yd8dyjd94vyp8w

FRA LIPPO LIPPI - Songs

Fra Lippo Lippi was  a strange band in the '80 scene. I consider their music  as " romantic atmosphere" probably because I associate their music to "romantic" periods or relaxed times.
They came from Norway but the sound has something of  "Latin". The had a brief success period with some hits in 85-87. This wok "Songs" was released on the international market in 1985 but songs were already known on the domestic market since few years.

http://www.mediafire.com/?uanfzld6tk95twb

STATE OF ART - At Work

"State of Art"  was part of  the '80 Italian New Wave (Milan area). I saw my friend Andrea (State of Art member ) few months ago in occasion of the   WIRE concert (see post 24 Feb 2011 on this blog).  Andrea gave  me  some new tracks from  "State of Art" to listen for. I really appreciate  that tracks !!. The style is  different (of course ) form the '80 sound  (listen to "Gathered" italian new wave compilation); the sound is now  more funky,  more dance, more rythm, more...!!
My favourite track is "make it work". It is  an irresistible dance-hit   and in the meantime the  memory goes back to the original  models: "A Certain Ratio", Rip Rig& Panic, Talking Heads and... why not ABC.
Finally the new album of State of Art in on the market. "At work" is the title and it is on  itunes.
Here are some links with example of their music and some fanzines review

MAKE IT WORK = http://www.youtube.com/user/edizioniishtar  

You can also see the previous works:
http://www.spittlerecords.it/index.html#28

http://www.technodisco.it/musica/5306620-state-of-art-venice/
 

                                        

BLANCMANGE - Happy Families

"Blancmange" This duo  was part of the synthpop movement in the '80. They only produce three Lp  in the period '82-'85 (this was the first one) before they decided to close the adventure to take different ways.
In Europe they had quite good success also if not comparable with other Synth-band of the period like Depeche Mode and Soft Cell. Their music with obsessive refrain  can be consider  as a first stage  of  Techno music !!!

 Happy Families: http://www.mediafire.com/?12wr2hu260qawa3

SIMPLE MINDS - Empires and Dance

 Simple Minds is a well known name in the music world. This was their third album and it was my first contact with their music. I loved them in the '80 and '90, then I stay for a long time without listen to their music; now, writing this post, I'm listening to some old work like "sons and fashination" and it is  a good feeling again.

I saw Simple Minds first time live in Milan (it was 1983) and then again in piazza Grande at Locarno (1986 great concert!!!)
ENJOY:
http://www.mediafire.com/?fna3lnag4v47401

V,A, BE A CAVEMAN (Voxx Garage revival)

This is a Good compilation of revival '60/garage. Some tracks previous released on vynil (from '79 to '90), There are famous groups like  Plan 9, Fuzztones, Gravedigger V etc.
Voxx project (2000) give a real picture of the ' 80  garage/california sound of the period.
P.S.  in the note you can see that cover art is by Rudi Protrudi  (quality is guarantee).

 ENJOY:http://www.mediafire.com/?wj6vw6sio8y6ftw