Cyber1043 - Sublimatus - School Of Sorcery

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Music resulting in apocalyptic cleansing for the listener who is awakening or awake.


Deeply textured and vocally enchanting Trip-Hop and Downtempo excursions into varying levels of consciousness. This is a mild way of describing the far reaching effects of the album ‘School Of Sorcery’. It is unique in character in it’s influences, resource material and content and somehow brings a somewhat melancholic cohesion to it all.
Lead vocalist Zena Hagerty, allows her core beliefs to emanate in a soulful and yet almost haunting manner and is complemented by the outstanding production qualities of Andras Hornic who takes the album concept to fruition.

This is an album sits in a class somewhere between the conceptual child of Portishead and Dead Can Dance and will be appealing to fans of both.

Cyber1041 - Hands Upon Black Earth - Liminal EP

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“After hearing HUBE’s new track ‘Here With Me’, fans of Ulrich Schnaus, Lush and Cocteau Twins and more should all take note of this album”
We can’t think of a more appropriate explanation for this EP than the quote above, except to tell you that if you’re already familiar with ‘hands upon black earth’(also known as ‘HUBE’), you’re in for a treat. However if you are being freshly introduced to ‘HUBE’, then you’re about to have your mind opened and a wind of sultry bliss and melancholy and uplifting freqencies are about to cascade into wherever you feel your music most.
The EP includes a remix of ‘Artemis - Subterranean’ that was also included on her remix album Orbits as well as a remix of HUBE’s track ‘Inspiralized’ by Mystical Sun is added for good measure and ends the EP in thoroughly uplifting mood.

Cyber1040 - BLVD - Digital Disorder

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The BLVD that you’ve heard on the radio and passing through on tour in the past year is the BLVD you hear on this CD.
Leading a wave of electronic groups ‘going live’, BLVD have been there from the start.
The band have refined their sound and already people are talking about ‘that BLVD sound’.
It is the sound of raw fusion funk, jazzy jams and cutting edge electronica somehow fused into a coherent masterpiece.
Known for their live performances BLVD have rocked everywhere from jam band stages at festivals, to super-club nightclubs and this is all evident on ‘Digital Disorder’.
The album exploits their unique combination of talents and draws on a smorgesboard of genres for inspiration.
So if your into quality Breakbeat, House, Psy-trance, Jam Bands, Downtempo and generally just good grooves to listen or dance to, ‘Digital Disorder’ should meet your needs.
Keep your ear to the ground for BLVD passing through your town soon.

Cyber1039 - Aphrodesia - Lagos By Bus

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Aphrodesia’s sound represents the next generation of the American Afrobeat movement, where respect is paid to various music forms, but with fluid migrations between genres and cultures, all with the intention of making people move: heart, soul, and feet.
Below Aphrodesia Band Members Talk about the Songs on Lagos by Bus
1 Virgin of the Sun God
Lara: That song was inspired by a traditional mbira song. Then I put some kind of chant in the beginning from a Shona drum rhythm. The words refer to a kind of flirtation dance. The words mean: Do you see me dancing. Don’t you think I’m pretty? Do you want to dance with me?
The English part comes from this crazy book I was reading. Apparently the book was channeled by this Brazilian woman about Mary Magdalene; about what happened during the time of Jesus Christ. It is really obscurely written. It had passages like “we knew the one who turned himself into the sun and then the world began as one.” The language and the perception of time in the book is really vast and otherworldly. I wanted to write something kind of archaic and a little bit mythological like that.
The song title comes from an Yma Sumac song. My dad was big fan of hers. In the ’50s, this woman was a wild pagan enchantress from the Andes in Peru, with an incredible four or five octave vocal range. I have a couple of 78s of hers. One of the songs has the same name.
2 White Elephant
Maya: One of my favorite songs. [Laughter, sarcasm.] It’s an instrumental. I play cowbell on that song and get a lot of compliments. [More laughter]
Ezra: “White Elephant” marries the overlapping 6/4 rhythms of Ethiopian pop with dubbed-out Fender Rhodes keyboard effects.
Lara: It started out as part of another song, which ended up becoming two songs. This song is actually from Mali. Somebody taught me the song lyrics and melody. And I think the name may be a reference to another song we do called “Black Rhino.”
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Cyber1037 - The Wolfman - Why I Wonder

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If it is a wind instrument The Wolfman has it covered, this album has received praise and play along with the best in the easy listening jazz industry. Purchase settle back and drift of into bliss with a glass of your personal preference.

Cyber1033 - BLVD - Before We See The Sun

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BLVD is at the forefront of the US touring electronic band circuit having maged to bridge the gap between bands and DJs and still making themselves ‘Jam’ enough to rock the biggest summer jam band festivals . Tapping into the flourishing house and breaks music scene with their unique sound and high energy live performances, they have been able to introduce live dance music to clubs and festivals where bands don’t traditionally exist.

Performers/Musicians:
Dylan McIntosh: drums, sampler
Curtis Sloane: guitar, sampler
Tripp Bains: bass guitar

Cyber1032 - BLVD

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BLVD is at the forefront of the US touring electronic band circuit having maged to bridge the gap between bands and DJs and still making themselves ‘Jam’ enough to rock the biggest summer jam band festivals . Tapping into the flourishing house and breaks music scene with their unique sound and high energy live performances, they have been able to introduce live dance music to clubs and festivals where bands don’t traditionally exist.

Performers/Musicians:
Dylan McIntosh: drums, sampler
Curtis Sloane: guitar, sampler
Tripp Bains: bass guitar

Cyber1030 - The Funnies - Masters Of The Universe

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“The Funnies are funny… but they’re so much more than that.. Like the Universe. They will alter your consciousness. They may also prevent male pattern baldness, but the jury’s still out on that one.”
- John Barlow (Lyricist for The Grateful Dead and The String Cheese Incident)

Consisting of four musicians from the California Institute of the Arts, The Funnies seek to make a tangible connection with their audiences, which accounts for their highly energized and experimental musical language. Their repertoire incorporates an amalgam of African rhythms tonal and atonal jazz harmonies with melodic influences from North India to Bali all rooted within deep trance inducing electro funk grooves.

On stage, the immutable bond the four musician’s share as friends and spiritual brothers is overwhelmingly apparent, translating into their music and in turn, their audiences. For them, performance is about striving for balance and generating a sense of freedom, inspiring people to create and facilitating a space for individual expression that contributes to universal energy. Continue reading Cyber1030 - The Funnies - Masters Of The Universe…

Cyber1029 - The Funnies

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“The Funnies are funny… but they’re so much more than that.. Like the Universe. They will alter your consciousness. They may also prevent male pattern baldness, but the jury’s still out on that one.”
- John Barlow (Lyricist for The Grateful Dead and The String Cheese Incident)

Consisting of four musicians from the California Institute of the Arts, The Funnies seek to make a tangible connection with their audiences, which accounts for their highly energized and experimental musical language. Their repertoire incorporates an amalgam of African rhythms tonal and atonal jazz harmonies with melodic influences from North India to Bali all rooted within deep trance inducing electro funk grooves.

On stage, the immutable bond the four musician’s share as friends and spiritual brothers is overwhelmingly apparent, translating into their music and in turn, their audiences. For them, performance is about striving for balance and generating a sense of freedom, inspiring people to create and facilitating a space for individual expression that contributes to universal energy. Continue reading Cyber1029 - The Funnies…

Cyber1028 - Aphrodesia - Rough & Funny (Live Album)

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The excitement and energy of Aphrodesia live recorded for the first time. If you’ve never had a chance to check out this Afro-beat orchestra on stage, you can now hear what you’ve been missing.
Tracks 1 and 6 were recorded at the Elbo Room in San Francisco on April 27, 2006.
Track 2 was recorded at Mishawaka Amphitheater in Ft. Collins, Colorado on June 21, 2006.
Tracks 3, 4, and 5 were recorded at Moe’s Alley in Santa Cruz, California on April 22, 2006.

Aphrodesia’s extraordinary sonic stew encompasses touches of Afrobeat, Highlife, dub, funk, Caribbean spice, and East African trance music, all with the captivating vocal stylings of Lara Maykovich as their focal point. After living in Ghana and Zimbabwe during 1997 and 1998, where she studied and performed with members of Akrowa Dance Ensemble of Ghana, Hewale Sounds of Ghana, Ghana National Dance Company, and National Music and Dance Company of Zimbabwe, Maykovich returned to Boulder, Colorado, where she sang with The Motet and performed with Boubacar Diabete. She met bassist Ezra Gale soon after moving to the Bay Area in 2002, and the pair then recruited a stellar supporting cast that before long created such a buzz the East Bay Express dubbed them “The Bay Area’s answer to Antibalas.”