Los Jaivas

Pic Credits: Paul Lowry and Jaivamigos

Los Jaivas + Illapu + Los Tres - "Todos Juntos" (Live)


Los Jaivas - Improvisation

Los Jaivas (High Bass)

This band from Chile is one of the most interesting blends of folk and symphonic rock. The band featured Claudio Parra, Gabriel Parra, Gato Alquinta, Eduardo Parra and Mario Mutis (this line-up is from the LP "Cancion Del Sur"), they are playing many instruments including the ethnic tutruka, charanjo, tarka, tumbadore, bongo and maracas. In ’73 the legal government was overthrown very bloody by a new, ‘CIA sponsored’ militarian dictatorship and Los JAIVAS had to flight. They first went to Argentina and then to France. In the Seventies en Eighties Los JAIVAS made a serie of LP’s, recorded in all aforementioned countries. They gradually incorporated more progressive elements into their rock and folk based sound. Eventually Los JAIVAS developped a very unique sound that is hard to compare with known progrock bands. Perhaps you could say “Los Incas meet Mike OLDFIELD”? On their own site I read that Los JAIVAS released the live-CD "Los Jaivas: en vivo Chile" ’88 and in ’97 they made a record with many friends (like the band Congreso) entitled "Trilogia: El Reencuentro".

In general the album "Cancion Del Sur" from ’77 is considered as a great effort. It sounds very progressive (native South-American instruments and flute along electric guitar and synthesizers) but I prefer the more mature and symphonic album "Alturas de Machu Picchu" from ’81, featuring Nobel prize winning poet Pablo Neruda, responsible for the lyrics. Highlight is "La Poderosa Muerte", a melodic and harmonic composition (around 12 minutes) that starts with the typical sound of the panflute and melancholic piano notes, very beautiful and moving, followed by emotional Spanish vocals. The build up is magnificent with propulsive drums and sparkling piano play, soon accompanied by a fat sounding synthesizer and fiery electric guitar. The dramatic atmosphere is emphasized by pathetic vocal harmonies. The moods keep on shifting with lots of (ethnic) instruments, a very emotional experience and a fine proove that progrock has emotion! (Erik Neuteboom)

En Vivo (live) - Alturas De Macchu Picchu (Gira 1981, correct year)


1. Del aire al aire
2. La poderosa muerte
3. Amor americano
4. Águila Sideral
5. Antigua América
6. Sube A Nacer Conmigo Hermano
7. Final
8. Una sorpresa
9. Sube A Nacer Conmigo Hermano (Bis)

Los Jaivas - Aconcagua

1. Aconcagua
2. Takirari del puerto
3. Debajo de las higueras
4. Desde un barrial
5. Huairuro
6. Corre que te pillo

Los Jaivas - Cancion Del Sur

1. La vida mágica Ay !Sí!
2. Canción del sur
3. Canción para los pájaros
4. En la cumbre de un cerro
5. Danzas
6. Dum dum tambora
7. Frescura antigua

Los Jaivas - Self-titled (Indio)

1. Pregón para iluminarse
2. Guajira cósmica
3. La conquistada
4. Un mar de gente
5. Un día de tus días
6. Tarka y ocarina

Los Jaivas - El Volantin

1. Cacho
2. La vaquita
3. Por veinticinco empaná
4. Tamborcito del milagro
5. Lado B
6. Que o la tumba serás
7. Foto de primera comunión
8. Último día

Los Jaivas - Hijos De La Tierra

1. Hijos de la tierra
2. Arde el Amazonas
3. Litoraleña
4. En el tren a Paysandú
5. Tan lejos del sol
6. Lluvia de estrellas
7. Virgen del amor
8. Bosques virginales
9. Nubecita blanca

Los Jaivas - Mamalluca

1. Alumno
2. Uva madura
3. Chaski
4. El tambo
5. Camino estrellado
6. Cerro de la virgen
7. Gabriela
8. Interludio
9. Elqui
10. Mamalluca

Los Jaivas - Obras De Violeta Parra

1. Arauco tiene una pena
2. El guillatún
3. Mañana me voy pa'l norte
4. Y arriba quemando el sol
5. Un río de sangre
6. El gavilán
7. Run run se fue pa'l norte
8. En los jardines humanos
9. Violeta ausente
10. Que pena que siente el alma

Los Jaivas - Palomita Blanca


1. Tema de los títulos
2. Huaynito de la mañana
3. Donde estabas tú
4. Vergüenza ajena
5. Tema de las clases
6. Tema del colegio
7. Himno del liceo Guillermo Rivera de Viña del Mar
8. Cueca de los rufianes
9. Verbo divino
10. Como el viento
11. Vergüenza ajena (orquestada)
12. Piedra roja
13. Disuación
14. Vete dolor

Los Jaivas - Si Tu No Estas

1. Si tu no estás
2. Rosas en el jardín
3. Pájaro errante
4. Solitarios de un beso
5. El dormilón imposible
6. Agua marina
7. Niña serrana (Raúl Pereira)
8. Como tus ríos te recorren

Los Jaivas - Todos Juntos (La Ventana)


1. Marcha al interior del espíritu
2. Todos juntos
3. Mira niñita
4. Los caminos que se abren
5. Ayer caché
6. La quebrá del ají
7. Cuero y piel
8. Ciclo vital
9. El pasillo del cóndor

Los Jaivas - Trilogía (El Reencuentro)

1. Cholito pantalón blanco
2. Mira niñita (con Los Tres)
3. Indio hermano (con León Gieco)
4. Los momentos (con su autor Eduardo Gatti)
5. Guajira cósmica
6. La centinela
7. Atacama
8. Run-Run se fue pa'l norte (Con Isabel y Javiera Parra)
9. Valparaíso (con Congreso)
10. Date una Vuelta en el Aire (con Florcita Motuda y Pablo Ugarte entre otros)
11. Un mar de gente
12. Todos juntos

Los Jaivas y Manduka - Los Sueños De America


1. Don Juan de la suerte
2. Date una vuelta en el aire
3. Ta bom ta que ta
4. La centinela
5. Traguito de ron
6. Los sueños de América
7. Primer Encuentro Latinoamericano de la Soledad.

Los Jaivas - Arrebol

1. Arrebol
2. Milonga carcelaria
3. Alegría de mi amor
4. Todos los americanos
5. Por los niños del mundo
6. Libre albedrío
7. Vamos por ancho camino
8. Chile
9. Me encontré al diablo
10. Pololeo por computer
11. Amores de antes
12. Que suerte tengo
13. El residente nacional

Charles Bukowski - 90 minutes in hell

Un registro de lecturas realizadas por Hank de ciertos fragmentos de sus libros. El genio perdedor nos da la posibilidad de conocer su voz, actitud, timbre y, por qué no decirlo, su vida, ya que no está de más decir que su obra se puede considerar como una autobiografía, y al leer sus trabajos, no está haciendo más que compartir sus vivencias con nosotros.
Historias, poemas y soliloquios intermitentes son el tópico principal de "Noventa minutos en el infierno"; su notorio estado de ebriedad en la sesión es el caldo perfecto: Buk entregado completamente, desnudando su visión oscura y cruda del mundo, la realidad desde el punto de vista de quien está en la parcela de los mendigos, los drogadictos, los fracasados, puteros, dementes y prostitutas. Búsquen un whisky y a escuchar.

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VA Big Scary Monsters: 50 Not Out: Celebrating a half-century of releases.

Completely against the run of play, Big Scary Monsters Records have made it to 50 releases! The half-century came as a bit of a shock to everyone but we prefer to think of it as one in the eye for the music industry Grim Reaper, rather than blind faith and an outstayed welcome from this little independent label. "...As we approached the big five-oh we needed to mark the occasion, and it seemed only right that it be with something a little out of the norm. 50 Not Out is a compilation CD made up of 50 MP3s (are you spotting the numeric pattern yet?) from past, present and future associates of the label - including a couple you might not realise are family just yet - along with a whole heap of our favourite others. It's like a big, happy Christmas gathering... In April... On a CD... Which won't play in your stereo.

"Here's to fifty more!"

Artist: Various - 50 from BSM (Yndi Halda, TTNG, C&C&C, Audrey, Jeniferever etc.)
Album: 50 Not Out - Celebrating a half-century of releases
Year: 2008
Genre: Post-Rawwwwk/Indie/Rock/Ambient/p-u-n-x
Quality: 160 kbs
Format: mp3 CD Album/compilation
Label: Big Scary Monsters

Tracklist:

01. Anathallo - Kasa No Hone
02. Audrey - Views
03. Blakfish - Merry Fucking Xmas
04. Cats And Cats And Cats - Brilliant The Brilli Ant
05. Chariots - Friends Forever
06. Copy Haho - To Balance A Diet
07. Cut The Blue Wire - The Race To The King
08. Data.Select.Party - So Long Sweet Lime
09. Days Ago - Where No Measure Refracts
10. Emotive Exposed - Russian Bride
11. Ever Since The Lake Caught Fire - Disaster! Disaster!
12. Fang Island - Curuga
13. Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly - Whitewash Is Brainwash
14. Hikikomori Broadcast - Three Cheers For Other Peoples Poems
15. House of Brothers - Lose Yourself
16. Hush The Many (Heed The Few) - In Bloom (live)
17. Itch - Sleeping Lions
18. Jacob's Stories - Dear Mr Pearson
19. Jeniferever - You Only Move Twice
20. Jonah Matranga - Not About A Girl Or A Place
21. Jonquil - Thick Mugs
22. Lucy And The Caterpillar - I Don't Want Your Stupid Crisps
23. Maps and Atlases - Every Place Is A House
24. Marvin's Revolt - Deliberate Deeds
25. Meet Me In St Louis - Ein Zwei Drei Hasslehoff
26. Mimas - Cats On Fire
27. My Awesome Compilation - Our Lives: The Sequel
28. My Favourite Co-Pilot - Cadence And Close
29. Nathaniel Green - The Hardest Man In The World
30. Outcry Collective - New Franchise Mess
31. Pennines - Open Closed Open
32. Richard Walters - Elephant In The Room
33. Rolo Tomassi - Beatrotter Remix (Please Will)
34. Sam Isaac - A Cinematic Low
35. Secondsmile - Years
36. Settlefish - Summer Drops
37. Shoes And Socks Off - Yeah, But
38. Stapleton - From Wood To Ridge
39. Tera Melos - When Worms Learn To Fly
40. The Campaign For Real Time - Rachel Says
41. The Dudley Corporation - Safety Shot
42. The Family Machine - Reminds Me Of You
43. The Next Autumn Soundtrack - Lost.Fondly
44. The Remarkable Rocket - I Only Count In Tens
45. The Sound OE - Party At The Moontower
46. This Town Needs Guns - If I Sit Still
47. Tubelord - Half Man Half Amazing
48. Wintermute - Shark Vs E-boat
49. Yndi Halda - We Flood Empty Lakes
50. 4 or 5 Magicians - I'm In The Band

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Library Tapes - A Summer Beneath The Trees (2008)

On 2007's Höstluft, the Swedish musician David Wenngren (a.k.a. Library Tapes) used ghostly pianos and sparse field recordings to create what sounded like Erik Satie compositions on dirty vinyl. Austere piano etudes either floated unadorned or hid inside a haze of scratchy ambiance. As if recognizing that he couldn't push this extreme minimalism much further (the next step would have been silence, and John Cage beat him to that by more than 50 years), Wenngren shifted into a heftier mode with last year's Sketches EP, where Danny Norbury added cello accents to the emboldened piano themes. Of course, "hefty" is relative: Like most of Wenngren's music, Fragment was stark, allowing for little interference between the listener and the limpid melodies.

A Summer Beneath the Trees is still pretty ascetic, but by Wenngren's usual standards, it's practically Wagner. A lot of the credit for this newfound mass is due to Peter Broderick (who also played on the superlative Fragment EP), a young musician from Portland who worked as a session man with M. Ward, Zooey Deschanel, and others, before moving to Copenhagen to join Efterklang. Here, Broderick complements Wenngren's piano with a wide variety of accompaniment: violin, guitar, accordion, trumpet, celesta, viola, and banjo. Höstluft and Fragment were almost accidental music-- like walking by a house and catching a couple minutes of someone picking out a melody on a beat-up old upright inside. This is the fullest, most finished-sounding Library Tapes project since it was an official duo (with Per Jardsell), and may suit listeners who need more than a few endlessly revolving piano notes better than recent offerings. For fans of Max Richter, Tim Hecker, and Eluvium, A Summer Beneath the Tress is a can't-miss album.

It is also, by and large, an exceptionally melancholy album that never slips into outright pathos. Its bucolic title is belied by the music's wintry strains. "The Sound of Emptiness" parts one and two are slow, shrieking dirges; landscapes of nothing but wind and rocks. "Pieces of Us Were Left on the Tracks..." features one of Wenngren's typical, glittering piano themes, buttressed by mournful strings and contrapuntal guitar. These tracks and others like them convey a strong presentiment or memory of loss. More importantly, they serve as foils for the record's handful of triumphant moments, and render them more affecting by contrast. One exemplary track, "Above the Flood", begins with heartbroken piano, but lights up unexpectedly with jaunty, staccato strings, and ends with positively joyful flourishes. And on "The Modest Triumph", the strings take the lead for a sweeping theme that sounds like elation incarnate. As such, it's neither a stereotypically sad record nor a happy one-- it's just human, highlighting emotional extremes to imply the whole range between them. (Pitchforkmedia).

Pistas
1.- The Sound Of Emptiness Part 1
2.- Pieces Of Us Were Left On The Tracks...
3.- Above The Flood
4.- A Summer Beneath The Trees
5.- The Fragile Tide
6.- The Modest Triumph
7.- The Sound Of Emptiness Part 2
8.- The Rivers Turned To Cobblestone
9.- ... And The Rain Did Fall

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Merzbow / Richard Pinhas - Keio Line (2008)

Double CD version of Keio Line; the complete recording of an incredible collaboration that sweeps across the generations of electronic music. Richard Pinhas is internationally recognized as one of France's major experimental musicians: the "father" of French electronic music. He was the founder of seminal space-rock band Heldon, a band whose violent fusion of electronics and guitar in the '70s rivalled the German electronic school. As a guitar player, he has been compared to Robert Fripp. Cited as an influence by many electronic musicians, Pinhas has helped to define the space music genre. Since founding Heldon in 1974, Pinhas has released over 15 albums, had involvement in dozens more and shaped the way we listen to music today. Masami Akita aka Merzbow is the forerunner of Japanese electronic music, and for the last 20 years plus, has been at the top of his game ploughing more and more extreme sonic territories.

Richard Pinhas

Merzbow

Disc One:
01. Tokyo Electric Gorilla
02. Ikebukuro: Tout Le Monde Descend!
03. Shibuya AKS

Disc Two:
01. Merzdon/Heldow Kills Animal Killers
02. Chaos Line
03. Fuck The Power (And Fuck Global Players)

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Anathallo - Canopy Glow (2008)

So how does it sound? Well for me it’s not quite as fun as Floating World was, in exchange for that they seemed to have gotten a lot darker. Don’t worry, they haven’t started to write heavy metal songs, it’s just a lot more darker than what I was expecting. Even with this added element they still kept faithful to theirbest core ingredient, which is to create interesting and life affirming music that often puts Sigur Ros, the masters of that style in my opinion, to shame.

Another remarkable thing about this album is it’s way of sounding completely different every time you listen to it. It’s almost as if it’s evolving right in front of you. This made the act of giving this album a rating out of ten harder with every listen as on first listen it was a 7/10 but now it’s at an 8/10. I’m sure whatever I put below will be retracted/changed at some point anyway so don’t pay too much attention to it!

Personal highlights for me have to be the stupidly beautiful ‘All The First Places’. I’m pretty sure this will be the tear jerking moment for everyone when they see it performed live.

When I found out Anathallo had signed to Anticon I, like many others, was shocked. The relationship just seems a little but weird, not just for Anathallo but for Anticon too. But at the end of the day all that matters is that Anathallo have written another great record and finally with the distribution Anticon has, they might just get the recognition and exposure they deserve.

Tracklist
01. Noni's Field
02. Italo
03. Northern Lights
04. The River
05. Cafetorium
06. Sleeping Torpor
07. All The First Pages
08. John J. Audubon
09. Bells
10. Tower Of Babel

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Preview "Noni's Field"

Minus the Bear – Acoustics EP [2008]

Minus The Bear is excited to announce the release of ACOUSTICS, an exclusive seven track EP available this fall. The self-released EP via Tigre Blanco Records will be available in two formats and feature newly recorded acoustic versions of fan favorites from the Seattle quintet's prolific career and one new track entitled "Guns & Ammo." Beginning October 7th, ACOUSTICS will be sold digitally via online outlets such as iTunes, Amazon and Emusic. Physical copies of the EP will be sold exclusively on the bands headlining tour beginning in Spokane, WA on October 8th.

A band known for their unique brand of rock n roll full of finger-taping guitar riffs mixed with memorable melodies and progressive arrangements, ACOUSTICS is an excellent inside look into the band's history of winning and entertaining a rabid and rapidly growing fan base.

Tracklist
1. Guns & Ammo (new track)
2. We Are Not a Football Team (from the album, Highly Refined Pirates)
3. Burying Luck (from the album, Planet of Ice)
4. Knights (from the album, Planet of Ice)
5. Pachuca Sunrise (from the album, Menos El Oso)
6. Throwin' Shapes (from the album, Planet of Ice)
7. Ice Monster (from the album, Planet of Ice)

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Preview of "Knights" (acoustic version)

Old Hearts Club

Six Parts Seven, post Old Hearts Club band.

Si bien Old Hearts Club tuvo una vida corta, ésto no obstó a que los miembros extendieran su carrera musical dentro de márgenes musicales muy parecidos, pero bastante más popular como banda: Six Parts Seven. La anterior agrupación, al parecer, tuvo tres lanzamientos (al menos dos oficiales): 1) v/a: israfel 2) v/a: taking a chance on chances 3) self-titled:

"Israfel" 12" (Ape Records) fue un compilatorio de catorce temas de diversas bandas de la época, como: The Panoply Academy Glee Club, Twenty Seven Hours, Reversal of Man, Old Hearts Club, The Locust, entre otras. Según el contenido del álbum, se trata de un compilado en beneficio de dos niñas que padecían atrofia muscular espinal infantil. En éste compilado se puede encontrar la canción "...red lipstick and drama" de Old Hearts Club.

"Taking a chance on chances" (Troubleman) contó con variados artistas de corte más experimental y no tan punk como el anterior. (no wave, math-rock, emo). Agrupaciones destacadas: Young Pioneers, Assembly Line People Program, Red Monkey, Tunic, y otros. Dentro del disco se encuentra "Hot day in mexico" de Old Hearts Club.

"Self-Titled". Éste lanzamiento fue hecho el año 1996, el sello y los nombres de los temas me son desconocidos. Lo que tengo claro, es que el disco es increíble: un sonido tan particular que creo que jamás he escuchado (es más, ni el proyecto nuevo se asemeja tanto); guitarras inteligentes, matemáticas, propias de la corta pero mágica, fructífera pero ingrata labor de la década de los noventa. Sólo tengo los temas de éste disco y no los de los compilados anteriores, por lo cual cabe la posible duda de que una de las canciones 1 ó 2 sea "... red lipstick and drama"; ojo, QUIZÁS, esperemos que no sea así, para que así tengamos la posibilidad de escuchar otro tema nuevo de OHC. Si alguien cuenta con los compilados, por favor contácteme por acá o vía lastfm.

Old Hearts Club - Self-Titled - 7'' (1996)

p.s: request: please someone upload some of the comps!
edit: thanks to anonymous for sharing the comps songs!

American Football Live - Fireside Bowl - Chicago, IL (04 03 99)

01. The One With The Tambourine
02. The One With The Wurlitzer
03. I'll See You When We're Both Not So Emotional
04. Letters And Packages
05. But The Regrets Are Killing Me
06. For Sure
07. Never Meant
08. Stay Home

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American Footbal - Honestly