Distribution changes & more jazz

So, we got a DMCA takedown notice. I'm not particularly fazed, but perhaps it may be prudent to find a new means of distribution.
So, here's what's going to happen from now: We'll be maintaining a nicely ordered pastebin with all the links so as to provide a layer of obfuscation. I'll also be switching to mega for hosting as it seems more ideal. The pastebin link can be obtained from our IRC channel topic (#mus/a/k on rizon.net), and will remain a constant link so if you really hate us in there you can always bookmark it and never come back.

Now, with that out of the way, let's get some more jazz up in here. This will be a pretty big post, hope you enjoy!

Post-rock

                                               

In case it wasn't already obvious, the one post per week goal was perhaps a bit ambitious. Nonetheless, please keep checking often, and don't forget to suggest genres and albums in the comments section - it definitely helps us with keeping this blog updated! Also let us know if you'd rather see more, shorter posts, or fewer and more in depth posts. Just feedback in general is handy.

Now, let's get started on post-rock, with some wildly different albums.

Trip-Hop (and apologies)

Hey-o, it's been a little while. Eggmun and I have been a little busy, but we'll compensate with a double post. Hope you can chill out to these tracks enough to forgive us! (Download links at the bottom of the page and on picture clicks)

Retro-R&B

Hello, Lawrell here. Eggmun will be absent this week, I will be posting two albums in his stead.

Summer has come, and what better way to celebrate it than with summery music? Retro-R&B most certainly fits that bill, and as you can guess, it sounds like old R&B. And when I say old, I'm thinking about 1950's old, not contemporary R&B from two or three decades ago. Think, say, Ray Charles. Retro music revival has become a thing lately, but retro-R&B is still pretty niche, which is a shame because it's so damned groovy. If JD McPherson's Signs & Signifiers and Nick Waterhouse's Time's All Gone were played on jukeboxes in good ol' 50's diners, it would definitely not feel out of place. 

Jazz

Good day. Sorry about my unfulfilled promise from last week, I was supposed to write another post last week, but things happened on my side that prevented me from doing so. You should at least expect one post a week, every Tuesday or Wednesday.

Anyway, let's get started with some Jazz albums, shall we?

Fresh blood

Hey guys, sorry for the delay between posts, things should be picking up soon™ due to a couple of reasons, the biggest of which I'm making this post for. There's also going to be some music (as always), so let's hop to it: I'm sure at least a few of you will know of Lawrell, a good friend and old regular of my streams who is now doing his own streams as the best DJ for Eden radio. Our tastes are almost identical, so it makes sense to me to invite him on board as a new contributor for this blog. I plan on co-operating with him very closely from here on, and I hope that this change will improve the breadth, quality and frequency of posts. I'll leave the rest of this post after the break in his hands.

A little romance

Hello, everyone. Sorry it's been so long. I've got no intention of letting this page wither and die without getting a lot, lot more content up first. Unfortunately my semester has been nothing short of insane, so I've had little time to sort through and select music.

This happened, though. I'm still super busy, so this post is rather bare-bones, but I'll update it with some niceties and maybe even extra content when I can find the time.

So, here's two intense orchestral albums of compositions by three very famous romantic era composers.

Wagner - The Ring Without Words
I'm sure you've all heard Ride of the Valkyries. Well, this an album of highlights from the opera its from, without the vocals. It's an incredible listen, I suggest you find some time to lay back and enjoy it all in one sitting.

Muti - Stravinsky, Mussorgsky
Orchestral arranges of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition are a miracle of the universe, and here you'll find out why. This particular album by The Philadelphia Orchestra also includes Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, which quite far out there as romantic music goes. Again, you'll find out  why.


Oh, and of course - password is 'Eggmun' (capital included).