Fradleybox's 2010 Instrumental Mix!

Here's what fradleybox said:

I don't make any grand, egotistical claims like this is the "best of" instrumental music in the past year. They aren't the best instrumental albums of the year, either. Many of the albums these tracks come from are not themselves entirely instrumental. It is, however, a damn nice mix of some of the best instrumental tracks I've heard this year, and I hope you end up getting into one of these artists because you like their track.

so, download the mix here and enjoy
fradleybox - 2010 Instrumental Mix

Tracklist (artist-album-title):
01 - Boy Eats Drum Machine - 20 Beats - The Rabbit
02 - Fly*ng L*tus - P*ttern+Grid World - Kill Your Co-Workers
03 - T*bacco - Maniac Meat - Nuclear Waste Aerobics
04 - Autechre - M*ve of Ten - y7
05 - Waggers over the Station - Uphekka - Blankets of Oracle Bones
06 - Noveller - Desert Fires - Toothnest (For Chris Habib)
07 - Errors - Come Down with Me - The Erskine Bridge
08 - Balmorhea - Constellations - Bowsprit
09 - Black Prairie - Daytrotter Session - Ostinato Del Caminito
10 - Evenings - North Dorm - Favorite Maze
11 - Flotilla - flotilla - Cathedral
12 - Eluvium - Similies - In Culmination
13 - Mount Eerie - Song Islands Vol. 2 - (wind lyrics)
14 - Ólafur Arnalds - ...And They Have Escaped... - Loftið Verður Skyndilega Kalt

Crossposted from Deadly Boars (loosely affiliated).

No listening party planned yet but if there it you'll hear it here last! edit: listening party now planned for SATURDAY NIGHT @ 7PM EST!

~Harri

Boardie Incognito's Morricone Mix!

In case you can't read the thought balloon up there, it says:

Dear Harri..........
I have a nice surprise for you.........
especially for the board any anyone visiting.
I've compiled a selection of compositions from
the great legend, Ennio Morricone......
Well, that's all for now.... Godspeed & keep out
of trouble...(hmm... how do I do the
sideways smiley on this thing.)
Love... Boardie Incognito
XXX

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7ZGOIHH4

There you have it! Enjoy.

~Harri

P.S. just so you know, I'm not a "retard teabag"

Ja's Beethoven Mix!

♥ Rückenfigur

A note from Ja:

A compilation of pieces, orchestral and solo piano, from the great Ludwig van. Good for stress.

7PM EST WEDNESDAY 12th LISTENING PARTY! You may have to adjust the tracklist after you download the files so that they're in the correct order:

1. Barenboim & Berliner Staatskapelle - Symphony 8 - I. Allegro vivace e con brio (9:43)
2. Piano Sonata No. 14, 'Moonlight' in C sharp minor: Presto agitato (7:20)
3. Barenboim & Berliner Staatskapelle - Symphony 5 - I. Allegro con brio (8:04)
4. Piano Sonata No. 23, 'Appassionata' in F minor: Andante con moto (5:48)
5. Tan, Norrington - Piano Concerto No.5 'Emperor' in E flat major, Op.73 - 3. Rondo: Allegro (9:48)
6. Piano Sonata No. 8, 'Pathétique' in C minor: Adagio cantabile (4:42)
7. Barenboim Berliner Staatskapelle - Symphony 3 - IV. Finale (Allegro molto) (12:53)
8. String Quartet Op130 - 5 - Cavatina (7:09)

Spotify link

http://rapidshare.com/files/384268564/Beethoven_Playlist.rar.html

*somber*

Harri

Fradleybox's 2009 Instrumental Mix!

1. Fraet - Was It You (4:20)
2. Blindoldfreak - Pipe One (3:34)
3. Hauschka - Wonder (3:57)
4. Andrew Bird - Nyatiti (3:59)
5. Hannu - Hakolahti (5:12)
6. Memory Tapes - Pink Stones (3:54)
7. Tosca - Rosa (5:07)
8. Adamned.Age - Substanz P (4:10)
9. Black Moth Super Rainbow - Smile The Day After Today (2:33)
10. Mono - Follow the Map (3:55)
11. Mount Eerie - Something (2:22)
12. Tim Hecker - 200 Years Ago (4:45)
13. Loren Mazzacane Connors & Jim - Most Definitely Not Koln (10:40)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3VTG5IX2

Thanks frad! Some great tunes on this one!

Harri

Ja's Dissonant Mix!

In his own words:

This is a range of contemporary popular, contemporary classical and 19th century classical music. The pieces in it are predominantly but not totally dissonant, so its not completely atonal. Hope you guys enjoy.

1. Op. 22 Polka - Shostakovich (2:05)
2. String Quartet in F minor Op. - Beethoven (4:25)
3. Feux d'artifice - Debussy (3:55)
4. There Will Be Blood - Jonny Greenwood (2:05)
5. Two Piano Concerto in D minor (8:20)
6. Do You Love - Final Fantasy(3:03)
7. Atmospheres - Ligeti (8:34)
8. Naked Lunch Excerpts / Dinner Conversation - William S. Burroughs (7:16)
9. Berceuse from the Firebird - Stravinsky (3:27)
10. Prelude On The Esplanade - Sufjan Stevens (2:56)
11. Shelob's Lair - Howard Shore (4:07)
12. V-Prelude Nє5 In G Minor. - Alla Marcia / Rachmaninov (3:39)

http://www.mediafire.com/?4nmd44wm3ti

- Ja

Thanks Ja!

Harri

Jonny Greenwood's Century of Piano Mix!

From Dead Air Space:

Century of piano

Messiaen - Pierre-Laurent Aimard – Vingt regards sur l'enfant Jésus : III L'échange
Dutilleux - Anne Queffelec – Sonata for Piano: II
Ligeti - Jürgen Hocker – Continuum - Instrumental
Szymanowski – Martin Roscoe - 20 Mazurkas, Op. 50 : No. 1
Cage - Philipp Vandre – The Perilous Night - VI
Debussy - Jos Van Immerseel – Images No. 2 - Dans Un Mouvement D'une "Sarabande"
Messiaen - Pierre-Laurent Aimard – Vingt regards sur l'enfant Jésus : XI Première communion de la Vierge
Britten - Rolf Hind – Variations for solo piano: III
Thomas Ades – Thomas Ades - Darknesse visible
Ravel - Yukie Nagai – Gaspard De La Nuit: II. Le Gibet


So many great sounds from one box and 88 strings.....











If you've got Spotify, listen here.
Jonny

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=I9PMU6F2

Thanks to joeb in the chatbox for the music link!

Harri

Jonny Greenwood's Room Music Mix!

From Dead Air Space:

Room Music
Good out of speakers in rooms:

Borodin String Quartet – Schubert : String Quintet in C major D956 : II Adagio
Sepp Grotenhuis – Berg - 5 Altenberg Lieder, Op. 4 (Version For Piano, Harmonium, Violin And Cello): 5 Altenberg Lieder, Op. 4: No. 5. Hier Ist Friede
Belcea Quartet – Deutillux - Ainsi la Nuit: I Nocturne
Ligeti Project – Ligeti : Melodien
Martin Fröst – Penderecki - Clarinet Quartet: II. Vivacissimo
David Grimal – Bartok - Sonata for solo violin SZ 117 - Melodia
Yehudi Menuhin – Beethoven - 3eme Mvt Finale Presto Son Kreutzer Op47 Vl Pn
George Crumb – Black Angels: God-music
Kenneth Cooper – Bach - Sonata No. 1 in G Major for Cello and Harpsichord, BWV 1027/III. Andante - Instrumental
Pierre Charial – Ligetti Continuum - Instrumental


Or on Spotify.
Jonny

Probably my favorite of the orchestral Office Chart mixes (others are here and here), this is just gorgeous stuff. Freaky. Also, hard to find!

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=45XZQURO

Enjoy,

Harri

REMINDER: Hoot's Schubert Listening Party!

It's TOMORROW, folks! From the original post down below:

Q. Hey hoot, I hear you're having a listening party for Death and the Maiden! When is it?

A. Well little trooper, its scheduled for Wednesday at 9:00 CST.


Q. Where can I acquire the goods?

A. http://www.sendspace.com/file/acef9024


Q. Is this going to bore the fuck out of me?

A. Maybe, but the movement we're listening to is only 15 minutes long.

yay hoot!

Harri

Jonny's Office Chart: Who Is Virgilio Anderson?

From DAS:

Office Chart (for Virgilio Anderson, instead of rain...)
This week I'm into first goes....and:

Bartok Violin Concerto No,1
Brahms 1st Symphony
Penderecki 1st Symphony
John Cage First Inerlude for Prepared Piano
Shostakovitch Piano Trio No. 1 in C Minor
Bartok First String Quartet
Debussy First (and last) string quartet (G Minor)
Ravel (ditto) in F

..are all ace

Jonny

Thanks to okelydokely computer and hoot for putting this together! Some of the specifics, since this is the largest mix we've had on here:

Three hours and twenty two minutes running time!
Three hundred and twenty three megabytes of genius!
Literally fifteen miles of sheet music! (this may be a lie)
Lots and lots of musicians all doing things in big rooms! (probably an exaggeration)
etc!

Part 1

http://www.sendspace.com/file/7uzmja

Part 2

http://www.sendspace.com/file/yvjhj7

enjoy,

Harri

P.S. if you want to know more about this Virgilio Anderson business, go google it or something... it's some blasted British thing.

Hoot's Death and the Maiden Schubert Listening Party!

FAQ by Hoot:

Q. Hey hoot, I hear you're having a listening party for Death and the Maiden! When is it?

A. Well little trooper, its scheduled for Wednesday at 9:00 CST.


Q. Where can I acquire the goods?

A. http://www.sendspace.com/file/acef9024


Q. Is this going to bore the fuck out of me?

A. Maybe, but the movement we're listening to is only 15 minutes long.


Q. I hear you're going to do some fancy pants analysis while the piece is playing, this seems like a self fulfilling way to show off your knowledge of music theory, why do you gotta be such a dweeb?

A. It is true that I will be outlining the form of the piece while it is playing, but this is only to keep the listeners engaged. If I'm successful in communicating the form to the audience, the experience might well prove to be more satisfying!


Q. Do I need to know music theory to follow along?

A. No. (if you're able to understand the difference between a verse, a chorus, and a bridge, you're set)


Q. What is the Death and the Maiden?

A. A string quartet piece written by Franz Schubert, its really named String Quartet in D minor, but its popularly known as Death and the Maiden, or Der Tod und das Mädchen. We'll be listening to the second track, II. Andante con Moto, which is based off an earlier Lied (song) that Schubert wrote.


Q. You say this movement is based off a Lied that Schubert wrote which I just happen to know is an accompaniment to the poem "Der Tod und das Mädchen" by Matthias Claudius, do you have a link to this Lied?

A. Sure as shit I do - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgvM0g4fGBE25


Q. Do I need to listen to that?

A. No.

well I'll be there, for one!

Harri

P.S. poor Hoot, poor poor Hoot

2009 Instrumental Mix!

Some electronic or minimalist instrumental songs from this year that I thought some people out there might like to hear. This ranges from crazy arhythmic electronica to euro orchestral fun then swishy synth soundscapes and everywhere in between (mostly).

01 - Secret Mommy - Pool (3:46)
02 - Hauschka - Wonder (3:57)
03 - Clark - Distant Father Torch (4:38)
04 - Guiseppe Ielasi - Track 2 (3:50)
05 - Covox - Dubslide (4:08)
06 - Hannu - Hakolahti (5:12)
07 - Two Small Steps - Sparks (2:27)
08 - 10-20 - jjuvxszla (6:24)
09 - Paperfilm - Film 5 (3:44)
10 - FRAET - Just A Thought (6:16)
11 - Venetian Snares - Labia (3:01)
12 - Tim Hecker - Sea of Pulses (4:41)
13 - Mark Templeton & Aaron Munson - This Will Pass (5:19)
14 - Sean McCann - Look Out (4:13)
15 - Skyramps - Sky Ramping (6:49)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MEYUS470

enjoy!

Harri

PS I labeled Tim Hecker "Time Hecker" which is fun but wrong.
PPS Lady GaGa is nowhere on this mix. trust me.

DAS OFFICE CHART: Bank Holiday!

From YON DEAD AIR SPACE THING:

Mon, 04 May
bank holiday
the official office chart for aint no-one here except me the cleaner

1. Alphabet Aerobics (The Cut Chemist 2 1/2 Minute Workout) by Blackalicious
2. Nannou by Aphex Twin off the WIndowlicker Ep
3. Lars Von Sen by Mr Oizo off Lambs Anger
4. Steroids (feat Uffie) by Mr Oizo off Lambs Anger
5. A break in the the clouds (beats tool) by James Holden
6. La Mariee mise a nu par ses celibataires meme by Marcel Duchamp (apologise if this is not correct)
7. Saul, HWV 53, Act III scene V.78. Chorus "Mourn, Israel" written by Handel
performed by Rias Kammerchor, Rene Jacobs & Concert Koln
8. Numbers by Kraftwerk off Computer World
9. Black Sun by Kode9 off Black Sun/ 2 Far Gone
10.Ripped Knees by No Age off Nouns

Per usual, the work is left to me to put this together! bastards!

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

enjoy!

Harri

P.S. Some are reporting that the Kraftwerk track is corrupted, so here's a replacement: http://www.mediafire.com/?wz0zy2wtmux

Jonny Greenwood's Office Mix(es)!

From DEAD AIR SPACE:

Tried to do a Spotify arab collection.....but no Laila Mourad, or Um Khalthum, or much Abdel Halim Hefez on spotify yet......so it's bolstered with some random classical stuff - but then, it's all orchestras sitting down, right?

Talking of which - found out this week about the old Baghdad music school for blind children - hence the shaded musicians in arab orchestras, the prevalence of which I could never understand. I (offensively?) assumed it was just 60's iraqi hipsters being 60's iraqi hipsters...though they were that too, of course....

-J.G.

Spotify, for those who don't know, is a European contraption that lets people listen to music for free and whatnot (not available to many of us poor souls!) I put the files into two parts, one Arabic and one Western. The Bach is just a small clip from a larger piece that I would encourage everyone to pick up (here's an amazon.com link.) Track Lists and Downloads!

Jonny Mix - Arabic

1 - Tayer Ya Hamam - Abdel Halim Hafez
2 - Hawel Teftekrny - Abdel Halim Hafez
3 - Be Amr El Hob - Abdel Halim Hafez
4 - Maza Aqool Wa Qad Himt - Mohammed Abdel Wahab
5 - Ich Enta - Farid El Atrache
6 - Improvisation on Popular Themes - Saad Mustafa Soliman et al

http://www.mediafire.com/?zd14qzrnnyy

Jonny Mix - Western

1 - Mass in B minor (Bach) - Barbara Bonney et al
2 - Concerto for viola and chamber orchestra (Penderecki) - Arto Noras
3 - String Quartet Op. 3: I. Langsam - Alban Berg Quartet
4-7 - Messiaen: L'Ascension - Marius Constant

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

enjoy!

Harri

P.S. Personally, y'know, I'm looking forward to familiarizing myself with these tunes becuz usually the only time I hear anything like this is when a friend forces some crazeh Bollywood or Iranian flick on me, or I'm at an Indian buffet. JK!