Loren Connors "Sails", Univers Zero "Live"

LOREN CONNORS - SAILS

Year: 2006

1.Pretty as Ever [1:44]2.4 Mb

2.Pretty as Ever [3:14]4.3 Mb

3.Pretty as Ever [2:03]2.6 Mb

4.Pretty as Ever [1:23]1.7 Mb

5.Pretty as Ever [1:27]1.9 Mb

6.Pretty as Ever [1:06]1.5 Mb

7.Pretty as Ever [1:33]2 Mb

8.Pretty as Ever [1:24]1.8 Mb

9.Here Ill Whisper it to You [2:56]3.9 Mb

10.Trinity [1:37]2 Mb

11.Trinity [4:38]5.7 Mb

12.Trinity [2:08]2.9 Mb

13.Portrait of A Fool [2:29]3.2 Mb

14.Portrait of A Fool [5:18]6.9 Mb

15.In the Night [4:59]6.4 Mb

16.Dark is the Night Cold is the Ground (with John Fahey) [6:49]9.5 Mb

17.Sails [36:06]48.3 Mb

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Loren Connors "Sails" Album Review

Maybe Connor's best album
I bought this record at the Table of the Elements festival in Atlanta. Loren Connors was playing that night and after buying it I sheepishly approached him and asked if he would sign it. Because of his Parkinson's he has to wear wrist guards when not playing guitar. He obliged my request and I crouched there next to him while he undid the velcro straps to free his hands up in order to hold my pen. His writing is faint and honestly almost illegibal, but I can recognize my name and his. He seemed to be as nervous about the situation as I was, but his wife seemed happy with the attention I was giving him. This record is as wonderful and sad as that experience was for me. I love Loren Connors, I think he might be the greatest living guitarist in the world, I have many of his records and this one might be my favorite. I have been playing guitar for several years and I still don't understand how he does what he does. This is a great record to put on late at night while having a night-cap and just thinking about anything.

Anyone can dig the serene beauty of this album, it's like finding a love letter from when you were sixteen and being flooded with long forgotten memories.

Just buy this record you cannot regret it.

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UNIVERS ZERO - LIVE

Year: 2006

1.Xenantaya [12:52]20.8 Mb

2.Civic Circus [7:32]10.5 Mb

3.Electronika Mambo Musette [7:19]11.1 Mb

4.Kermesse Atomique [6:04]8.5 Mb

5.Bonjour Chez Voys [5:00]7.4 Mb

6.Meandres [10:33]15.6 Mb

7.Falling Rain Dance [8:52]13.7 Mb

8.Toujours plus A Lest [8:22]12 Mb

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Univers Zero "Live" Album Review

Univers Infiniti
There aren't enough stars in the heavens to express my pleasure with this release. UZero has been one of my favorite bands for about 25 years now -- and this is their first ever live album -- and this version of the band is the tightest, most powerful, most visceral, most focussed music they've ever done -- and the sound on this recording is simply unbelievable. The balance is so pristine that every nuance stands out in high relief.

Uzed's music, if you're not familiar with it, is a unique mix of jazz-like elements in a hard-rock shell. By using a lot of minor chords and off-kilter rhythms they create a driving, slightly dangerous-sounding juggernaut which, paradoxically, displays great beauty and delicacy in its intricate interplay. Instrumentation consists of oboe/bassoon, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, bass, keyboards and the genius drumming of leader Daniel Denis, who doesn't so much keep time as stoke the boiler.

It may sound trite to say, but this is the record Univers Zero has been dreaming of making since 1977.

Video Zaar Live 2006 (Sefir excerpts)

Zaar's last concert before they quit... www.myspace.com/michaelhazera Yan Hazera : guitar Cosia : hurdy-gurdy Pairbon : bass Michael Hazera : drums (more)

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