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2016 Guest Spots and Other Tracks

Progressive

classyyy

Peace

awesome

It's mind blowing for me to realise that it is almost exactly 20 years since Porcupine Tree made their first ever live appearance, at a small club called the Nag's Head in High Wycombe, UK on the 4th December 1993. To commemorate the anniversary here is a recording from the archives of the first song played at that first ever show, the Van Der Graaf Generator / Dead Can Dance sampling, David Gilmour meets The Orb fusion of Voyage 34 (years before he did actually collaborate with The Orb!), the birth of PT as a band and a performing entity.  It was recorded straight from the mixing desk so the balance is a bit strange, but actually considering how nervous we must have all been, it's not bad at all. 

Buy archive PT CD here

PORCUPINE TREE - Voyage 34 (Nags Head 4/12/1993)

Desk Recording of Endless Tapes performing "Terminal 2" from Alice nella Citta, Cremona, Italy - 15th February 2014.
Personnel :
Colin Edwin - Fretless Bass
Alessandro "Petrol" Pedretti - Drums
Corrado Saija - Keyboards
Nicola Panteghini - Guitar

Terminal 2 (Live in Italy Feb 2014) - Desk Recording

Pid Yalinoyu

From soon to be released album 'Discontinuance.' Again,  much thanks to Colin Edwin of Porcupine Tree, Obake, and Metallic Taste of Blood for providing the bass tracks.

Departure

Deviant

Thu xong tím mặt tắt cmn thở _(:3JL)_
Instrumental link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhgMeYQQef8 

High By The Beach cover (Lana Del Rey)

The first remix for 'Index' was done by Pat Mastelotto of King Crimson - Pat is the drummer on the original studio version and did a beautiful job, exactly what I wanted, but in his words…

"I saw a YouTube clip of one of your early shows and Marco was drumming up a storm and I thought damn that's what I wanted to do!  But as a session man on the original track it felt self indulgent for me to send you back a brilliant song with a 'drummer goes nuts' treatment when the song clearly stands on its own as chords and a great story it didn't need it.  But it was always in my head it could be Dave Grohl does Mike Giles over the bar line never stop drumming ... I had the multi tracks so said what the hell let the horses run and see what I can do….”

Index (Pat Mastelotto Remix)

Brilliant Waves

2. Terminal 1

Sofyann Ben Youssef, Keys and composition
Yann Lecollere - Sax soprano
Sofiene Remadna - Bass
Benjamin Chaval - Drums
Recorded Live at Major Rene Dubreucq attic . 21 November 2009

the day of the Fallen Towers By LUNATIC ORDER

Stereo Love

Gaudi, a much respected producer and performer with 15 studio albums under his belt, has been working to dissolve musical boundaries for over 35 years now, and is best loved and noted for his genre blending and high quality dub-centric productions. 

He has been let loose in the RareNoise vaults and has set himself the creational challenge of composing an album of entirely new music using the full palate of the RareNoise catalogue as his orchestra.

Gaudi is no stranger to this kind of undertaking having previously taken on the challenge of composing and producing an album of new music working with vocal parts from archives of legendary Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. 

The result of this multi-year endeavor, released with the title “Dub Qawwali”, earned him a nomination for a BBC World Music Award: It was not only a beautiful and sensitively handled piece of work, but also a landmark album in which the very concept of ‘remix’ was taken to the next level to become ‘re-composition’. 

This hot-off-the-press taster, which will also be available in multiple DL formats, is an introduction to the forthcoming full length release, to be titled  Magnetic, due to be released late Spring 2017.

In this respect, “Magnetic’ represents an even greater challenge than Dub Qawwali: the sheer breath of the source material offered by the RareNoise catalogue, which spans a high dimensional manifold of genres, has stimulated and challenged Gaudi to work with a vast array of styles, instrumentation and flavors in order to create the master blend, a true challenge of distillation.

Side A of this 10” Vinyl EP is home to the track “30Hz Dub Prelude” and there’s no mistaking from the first bar that this one is all about the bass - provided by an unrecognisable transfiguration of underlying RareNoise source catalogue material originally featuring artists Colin Edwin, Ted Parsons  Eraldo Bernocchi and Coppé . Gaudi plays Minimoog, korg MS20 and fender rhodes. The trombone of Brian Allen (member of Brainkiller) draws you in and leads you as it meanders like a liquid brass river through the track.

Side B is a more subdued affair. “Electronic Impromptu in E-flat Minor” is an evocative time-slip into subjective reverie. A melancholy piece featuring transfigurations of a multitude of source catalogue multitracks originally featuring Bill Laswell, Lorenzo Feliciati, Masami Akita, Eraldo Bernocchi,  Alessandro Gwis and Steve Jansen, as Gaudi’s trademark Theremin encompasses all with it’s unmistakable and luring voice. .

30HZ DUB PRELUDE 
GAUDI : minimoog, korg MS20, fender rhodes, programming
COLIN EDWIN : bass  
TED PARSONS : drums 
BRIAN ALLEN : trombone 
ERALDO BERNOCCHI : guitar 
COPPE’ : voice 

ELECTRONIC IMPROMPTU IN E-FLAT MINOR 
GAUDI : theremin, minimoog, piano, programming
BILL LASWELL : bass 
STEVE JANSEN : drum 
ERALDO BERNOCCHI : guitar 
MASAMI AKITA (aka MERZBOW) : electronic noise 
LORENZO FELICIATI : bass 
ALESSANDRO GWIS : acoustic piano



30Hz Dub Prelude (from 'EP')

James Hope - words, vocals
Matthew Richards - guitars, synths, programming
Colin Edwin - Bass, ebow

Outside Us

INDEX (live in London)

Ghosts Aquatic

Written in 2001 for a planned metal style collaboration with Mikael Åkerfeldt, this song has been revisited several times since, but I could never really make it fit the style of whatever I was doing at the time.  In the meantime the album with Mike finally happened, but in a completely different style to the album we planned 10 years ago (it's coming out in April).  So finally here is the orphan song Cut Ribbon - this is the latest version from the 2010/2011 Grace For Drowning sessions.  Gavin Harrison on drums (recorded in 2008), all other instruments SW.  

Cut Ribbon

The new studio album from the Japan and Porcupine Tree maestro, Richard Barbieri. Planets + Persona is his most sonically expansive work to date with an array of guest performers
OUT NOW: http://found.ee/RB_PLANETS_PERSONA

As an ex-founder of the new-wave pioneers Japan, Barbieri was a leader in creating the ground-breaking synthesiser sound that defined the band and influenced the likes of The Human League, Duran Duran, Gary Numan, Talk Talk and a whole raft of artists to follow.

Following Japan, Barbieri joined Steven Wilson to form the legendary progressive outfit Porcupine Tree, playing keyboards on all the band’s albums since 1993 as well as releasing two striking solo albums: Things Buried and Stranger Inside.

In 2017, Barbieri releases his most sonically expansive work to date. Planets + Persona is his third solo album, but the first to feature such a wide pallet of instrumentation. Vintage analogue synthesisers combine with acoustic performances and jazz elements, including some stark and memorable improvisations from a personally hand-picked group of musicians. Twisted voices are always present, though not in a language we can recognise.

Recorded across Europe in studios in London, Italy and Sweden, Barbieri has succeeded in creating his most ambitious solo release with a central theme of duality that runs through the album. The album is complimented with photographic scenes of dramatic Icelandic landscapes in the 16-page booklet included with the CD to be released by Kscope in March 2017.

Order Planets + Persona: http://found.ee/RB_PLANETS_PERSONA

ORDER THE ALBUM

Richard Barbieri - Planets + Persona (album montage)

Soul Of An Octopus

Too Numb (from 'Soul Of An Octopus')

The songs and pieces of this project carry deep inspirations from the local and regional Arabic musical heritage mixed with the pulse and the sounds of modern arrangement approaches of the global musical culture form a reflection of the artist's vision on the creative capabilities inherent in the social movement accelerated in the modern Arab city, in its harmonies and disorders. Lyrics are a mix between contemplative look at the Jordanian identity, the country rural nomadic side and the mystic Soufi poetry. This is the 3rd production for Yacoub Abu Ghosh, who is considered one of the pioneers of the alternative music movement in Jordan.

Credits 
Yacoub Abu Ghosh: Composition, Lyrics, Bass, Guitar, Keys | Tamer Abu Ghazaleh: Vocals | Ahmed Barakat: Oud | Tareq Al Jundi: Oud | Ahmad Hisham: Drums | Tareq Abu Kweik: Drums | Nasser Salameh: Percussions | Khaled Yassine:
Percussions | Hamza Arnaout: Guitar | Udai Shawaqfeh: Guitar | Ayman Ibrahim: Guitar | Shadi Khashram: Guitar | David Tadovasyan: Trumpet | Dr. George Assad, Abdulrahman Dukhan, Qusai Abduljabbar, Qais Jumah: Strings | Nabih Boulos: Violin | Aziz Maraka: Piano | Oysten Bru Frantzen: Electric Piano | Yasmine Allami: Hammond Organ | Amro Salah: Synth

Track List
01 Blue Car
02 Mashghoul
03 Senses
04 On the Fly
05 Tal Al Safar
06 Bossa Share3 Al Malfouf
07 Asma
08 Sama3i Sa3eed
09 Mushtaq
10 Sukkar

As blue as the rivers of Amman

Samai Saeed

Download Album حمّل

Yacoub Abu Ghosh - Samai Saeed يعقوب أبو غوش - سماعي سعيد

Produced by @Jarreauvandal, Raj Makhija, & Anik Khan.
Additional Vocals by Chris Flowers & Jaemar Rhooms-Lewin
Bass by Raj Makhija & Anan den Boer
Guitar by Raj Makhija & Anan den Boer
Trumpet by Kyla Moscovish
Engineered and mixed by Raj Makhija at The Chutney Compound
Mastered by Tatsuya Sato at The Mastering Palace

Kites

Estelle ft. Tarrus Riley - Love Like Ours | Reggae Gold 2K17

Watch The Official Music Video Now: https://youtu.be/0T1tlWZI03A

Produced by: Supa Dups - https://www.instagram.com/supadups/

A&R: Neil "Diamond" Edwards - https://www.instagram.com/diamond4eva1/

Label: VP Records / Established 1980 Records

GRAMMY WINNING ARTIST ESTELLE ANNOUNCES NEW SINGLE 'LOVE LIKE OURS'

VP Records announces the completion of a new album deal with Grammy(R) winning R&B artist Estelle. The full length reggae album is scheduled for a fall 2017 release. The first single, ‘Love Like Ours’ featuring reggae star Tarrus Riley is available June 16th with a music video to follow.
 
The melodic and captivating ‘Love Like Ours’ gives fans a first taste of the upcoming album that will showcase the pivotal influence reggae music has had on the London, England born singer. Raised in a religious, Senegalese/ Grenadian household, Estelle's musical upbringing included a variety of Afro-Caribbean, Gospel, Hip-Hop and dance styles with a healthy dose of reggae music. 
 
Since 2008 and the release of the crossover radio hit "Come Over" featuring reggae star Sean Paul and produced by Supa Dups (Sean Paul, Drake, Party Next Door), fans have been encouraging Estelle to record a reggae album. This project will bring their desires to life with a unique fusion of lover’s rock, afro beats and dancehall flavors anchoring her soulful, R&B vocals. "When I told some friends about doing this album" said Estelle, "they were like - 'finally!'" She continued, "everyone who knows me, understands the deep connection I have to reggae music." Estelle has joined forces with Supa Dups again on this project and her fans excitement for the full album is brewing. 
 
"Love Like Ours" draws you in with smooth guitar and keyboard hooks and keeps the listener engaged with upbeat, feel good lyrics. "The song is shaping up to be the lover's anthem of the summer" said VP records President Randy Chin.
 
Estelle's performing credits include multiple nominations and a Grammy(R) win for "American Boy," her collaboration with Kanye West, The number one radio record anthem 'Thank You', a number one hit on the Billboard Top 200 with ‘Conqueror’, the epic duet with Jussie Smollet and a recurring cameo role on the Fox Network series Empire. She is also a featured character role on the Cartoon Network series Steven Universe. 
 
Estelle has shown a wide and expanding range of talent and with this album, will complete the musical circle, showcasing one of her earliest musical influences. The singer concluded, "I’m happy to give the people what they have been asking for and I’m proud to share another piece of my life and art with the world.”
 
‘Love Like Ours’ exclusively premiered on The Jamaica Gleaner today.

Follow Estelle

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/estelledarlings/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Estelle/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/EstelleDarlings

Love Like Ours

Watch The Music Video

Estelle ft. Tarrus Riley - Love Like Ours | Reggae Gold 2K17

Buy the album here - https://zetamusicuk.bandcamp.com

Introducing ZETA: the collective mind of Paul Ortiz (Chimp Spanner), Daniel 
Tompkins (TesseracT) and Katie Jackson. What is set to be a multi-sensory experience, The UK artists seek to push their own creative boundaries by exploring epic soundscapes that intertwine with stunning visuals. 

This unique project fuses the retro synth heavy decade of the 80s with futuristic and breathtaking imagery, bringing past and future together in a Cyberpunk-esque package. With a huge span of influences ranging from metal, future garage, retrowave, prog, classical and various game and film soundtracks, their music embraces the sounds of electronica, but with textures and layers inspired by the whole musical spectrum.

Buy the album here - https://zetamusicuk.bandcamp.com

Zeta

Lock and Key

I found this on an old computer - it's a demo for either the In Absentia or Deadwing albums, something that never got used - I can't be totally sure because while it shares lyrical themes with the songs on In Absentia, one of the melodies seems to relate to another piece from Deadwing era.  I don't remember too much about it, other than I guess it wasn't good enough to get any further than this.  Rescued from the abyss, so I only have a compressed audio file of this one, sorry about that.

Godfearing (demo 2001-03?)

dodicesimo brano estratto dal concerto degli ELIGA tribute band a Elisa e Ligabue, presso i giardini della flora caprense, isola di capri sabato 8 settembre 2012.

Eliga flora caprense 8set2012 12 urlando contro il cielo

Out Now: https://linktr.ee/FSmusic
Federico Scavo "One Heart" Area94 records

One Heart

Federico Scavo - One Heart (Vocal Mix Extended CUT) AREA94 records

Slow Down

ALFA Feat. Jutty Ranx - Slow Down

مدخل الأغنية 0:00 - 2:40
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وسط الناس  --   part 1 
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وانا وسط الناس, أحلامي, بتموت
و انا وسط الناس, انا عايش, لكن حوايا مكبوت
مفيش احساس, لكني راضي بالمكتوب
و انا وسط الناس, أحلامي بتموت
= (News report)
a huge train crash resulted in a death of almost 60 child, now am wondering who's responsible for that crises.
we've just received a report saying that almost a hundred and thirty Syrian body founded after a huge ....
A big explosion happen to take place a minute ago in Gaza, resulted in a death of....  
=
فاكر ولا مش فاكر, حلمك زمان كان ايه ؟
قول للزمن ارجع يا زمن, مش فاكر حلمي ايه !
-
الواقع بقى كابوس, الحلم مشفتوش
والسم عمال يكتر والفكر ثابت فالعقول
=وانا وسط الناس, أحلامي, بتموت
و انا وسط الناس, انا عايش, لكن حوايا مكبوت
مفيش احساس, لكني راضي بالمكتوب
و انا وسط الناس, أحلامي بتموت
==
الفكر مات, والعقل عيش بقالو قرون
فكرت احاول اصحي فكري لكن مجنون
اللي يشوف العالم بلون الطيف
كأن الوقت دايما لية
كانو زمان يقولو علية مجنون
دلوقتي لو في سواد الليل, اقلك قوم, تقولي لية !
مازال الفكر عايش لكنة مسجون
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وانا وسط الناس, أحلامي, بتموت
و انا وسط الناس, انا عايش, لكن حوايا مكبوت
مفيش احساس, لكني راضي بالمكتوب
و انا وسط الناس, أحلامي بتموت
X2
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التغيير    --      part 2
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صوت الطير من فوقي, و أنا عيناي نائمتان
بين عالمي الاسود, و جمال فكري يسرح في الخيال
-
و رئيت البعض من أحلامي, فوجدت البعض منها فاستقبالي
قد كرهت العيش دهرا  في خيالي, ها أنا, انسان امس قد نساني !
==================
فوقفت على قدماي في حالة السكون, فنظرت فالمرآة يا ترى من أكون
فبدأت بالتفكير, بدأت افكاري بالتغيير, ها انا قد كنت يوما صاحب عقل مجنون
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 فجعلت الرأي لي فالرأي رأي بالتأكيد , فتركت رأي غيري ان رأي من حديد 
لم أكن يوما جبانا, بل كان الحاه شين, فشددت بأمر فورا فغدا يوم جديد
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ابدأ انتا بالتغيير حتلاقي العالم ليك, وانساني وانسى كل الناس من حواليك
و تملي, شوف, فكر اكتر حتشوف,  تغير.
-
و من النهاردة حتشوف يوم جديد, ان كنت خايف خوفك اوعاه يزيد
و تملي, شوف, فكر اكتر حتشوف, تغير.
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Sympholution    --     part 3
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الحقيقة قدام الناس فتح عينك يا استاذ
انزل الشارع شوف, الظلم فكل مكان
ان كان العالم نايم, ارفع صوتك بالعالي
بكرى غيرك يسمع, يصحى العالم من تاني
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ان كان دا حلم مات, يبقى حاجة مل الحجات
اللي بكرى تفتكرها, اتعلم مل اللي فات
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اذا كنت فالطريق, يبقى بكرى يوم جديد
بكرى الحلم بيك يزيد, بكرة شمعة ليك تئيد 
بكرة شمعة ليك تئيد 
X8
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Ahmed Hamdi - خواطر - Part I,II,III

Here we all are
Born into a struggle
To come so far
But end up returning to dust

Oxfam panache tips his hat
(laces undone)
He has no truck with idle chat
(work to be done)
The songs he learned from scratched LP's
Stops in mid-flow to sip his tea

He strums the chords with less than grace
(songs we all know)
Each passing year etched on his face
(sun, rain or snow)
The words he sings are not his own
They speak of things he'll never know

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Steven Wilson - Vocals, Mellotron, Keyboards, Guitars
Nick Beggs - Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
Guthrie Govan - Lead Guitar
Adam Holzman - Fender Rhodes, Hammond Organ, Piano, Minimoog
Marco Minnemann - Drums, Percussion
Theo Travis - Flutes, Saxophones, Clarinet
Jakko Jakszyk - Additional Vocals

Kscope - Volume 4

Luminol

Please Don't Stop

Out on Beatport: http://btprt.dj/YJjEfb

Some singers don’t just light up a room when they sing, they move an entire arena. Emma Hewitt is one of them. Through the songs of her debut album ‘Burn The Sky Down’, the Australian songstress strives to take the listener beyond the expected. And her new single release ‘Crucify' is no exception.

Warmed up by her ‘Colours’, ‘Rewind’,  ‘Foolish Boy’ and ‘Miss You Paradise’, it’s now the mysterious ‘Crucify’ that’s set to conquer the hearts of its listeners. An emotional yet powerful beat-ballad with sharp edges, sweeping violin and of course the characteristic voice of Emma to guide you through the dark hours. ‘Crucify’ doesn’t only come with a stunning original, but also brings a set of remixes. 

The official ‘Crucify’ remix contest brought an abundance of quality remixes. But the one that stood out most, was the Cold Rush remix. The Estonian duo of Erkki Abel and Robert Roost were named the winner, and for good reason. Their remix of ‘Crucify’ is driven by a dark, proggy depth, but also unfolds a warm, synthy break.

Ukrainian producer Zetandel provided a warming Chillout remix, lush and ethereal, while LA’s most wanted, Clinton vanSciver, cracks the code by turning ‘Crucify’ into an eclectic affair of electro-house, prog and sugar-sweet melody.   

Crucify

Emma Hewitt - Crucify

Bassist for Porcupine Tree, other collaborations include: O.R.k. , Ex-Wise Heads (with flute/sax player Geoff Leigh), Burnt Belief (with guitarist Jon Durant), Endless Tapes (with multi-instrumentalist Alessandro Pedretti), Astarta/Edwin with (Ukrainian Vocal duo Astarta), Metallic Taste of Blood (with Eraldo Bernocchi), Slow Electric and Henry Fool (with Tim Bowness) also Twinscapes (with Lorenzo Feliciati) and Edwin/Durant/Kovtun.
Obake (with Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari,Eraldo Bernocchi and Jacopo Peirazuolli), latest album "Another World" with Robert Jurjendal,  and two solo albums so far....