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Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro – Kung Fu Panda 4 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 48:25 minutes | 554 MB | Genre: Soundtrack
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Back Lot Music
Kung Fu Panda 4 is a 2024 American animated martial arts comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Universal Pictures. Hans Zimmer returns as composer — alongside series newcomer Steve Mazzaro — and the fiery percussive score lends the proceedings a mythic grandeur.
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Ezra Collective – Where I’m Meant To Be (Deluxe Edition) (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:33:08 minutes | 1,06 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Partisan Records
Ezra Collective won well-deserved critical and commercial acclaim for 2019’s You Can’t Steal My Joy, a raucous debut long-player laced with elements of Afrobeat, jazz, hip-hop, and grime. However, before they could take it on tour globally, the COVID-19 pandemic set in. They introduce the same musical chemistry on Where I’m Meant to Be and still employ massive doses of jazz-funk layered inside swinging Afrobeat, salsa, grime, and soul.
On “Life Goes On” (featuring Sampa the Great), party sounds meet James Mollison’s honking tenor sax, Femi Koleoso’s funky beats, and Sampa’s rapid-fire delivery as T.J. Koleoso’s insistent bassline and Ife Ogunjobi’s trumpet solo above Joe Armon-Jones’ organ and piano vamps before massive funk arrives with a trumpet solo to carry it out. “Victory Dance” commences as a triple-timed drum and percussion orgy atop shouted human voices. Afro-Cuban-styled horns and hand percussion bump and burn before the horns usher in an Afro-Cuban theme. Armon-Jones enters, then takes off with rapid montunos as the tune moves to intense salsa with soaring trumpet. They don’t let up when Kojey Radical fronts the band on the single “No Confusion.” Anchored by T.J.’s circular funk bassline, the horns pulse in driving Afrobeat style above Femi’s breaking snares and hi-hat while Armon-Jones lays down sinister chord voicings, adding to the rhythm section’s heft as Radical syncopates his incendiary delivery. “Welcome to My World” is all groove and grit as post-bop and Afrobeat horns meet dubwise rhythms in a strutting frenzy. “Ego Killah” is strictly dubwise steaminess with double-time bass and piano vamps; interlocking drums and percussion rub against and buoy one another. That track is followed by the R&B-centric “Smile” led by Armon-Jones’ crystalline jazz piano harmonies supported by a rhythm section playing smooth, gentle, neo-’80s soul. “Live Strong” inserts grooving ’70s-styled funk into shimmering contemporary jazz piano and swinging horns. Emeli Sande assists on the livelier sounding “Siesta,” offering her heavenly yet assertive soprano atop Rhodes piano, congas, bongos, and bass. “Belonging” arrives as interstellar space jazz with glorious soloing from Mollison and martial snare from Koleoso. Armon-Jones opens a harmonic door in the bridge as the tune begins to assert itself, wedding spacious spiritual jazz to driving neo-electro and funk. His knotty acoustic piano solos with both Koleosos in trio. The set closes with a reading of Sun Ra’s “Love in Outer Space” as a finger-popping, smooth, jazzy, neo-soul jam with Nao (Neo Jessica Jones) emoting in her wispy, reedy soprano as T.J. Koleoso guides her with a slippery, resonant bassline framed by ascendant horns and spectral keys. While Where I’m Meant to Be is a logical follow-up to Ezra Collective’s debut, it’s a soulful, musically advanced, rhythmically infectious one, too. – Thom Jurek
Chris Potter feat. Brad Mehldau, John Patitucci & Brian Blade – Eagle’s Point (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 56:42 minutes | 1,26 GB | Genre: Contemporary Jazz, Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Edition Records
Chris Potter announces the upcoming release of his new album, ‘Eagle’s Point’. Featuring a modern day supergroup of supergroups including Brad Mehldau, John Patitucci and Brian Blade, the new record will be released on Edition Records in Spring 2024. It promises to be an electrifying testament to modern jazz, uniting four unparalleled luminaries within the genre, performing eight original compositions written by Chris especially for the recording session. The planets finally aligned; despite never having the time to perform together, this supergroup seized the opportunity in late 2022 and assembled to record this landmark album. Each musician, a dominant force in their own right, contributes to every track with humility and mutual respect. The musicianship is nothing short of exceptional, with everyone bringing something different to the table; Brad Mehldau’s virtuosic performances on the piano dance and have an unmatched eloquence, John Patitucci’s bass lines weave intricate tapestries, and Brian Blade’s percussive finesse lays the rhythmic foundation for this dream team. Chris’ new compositions showcase his exceptional skill as a writer, crafting melodies which augment and reflect the talents of those in the group. In this setting, Potter’s musical narratives flourish, marked by moments of virtuosic interplay, infectious grooves, and those quintessential Potter-esque melodies. Each track reverberates with their collective genius, a confluence of unparalleled talent, virtuosic brilliance, and artistic expression of the highest calibre.
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Bananarama – Glorious – The Ultimate Collection (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 03:21:07 minutes | 3,51 GB | Genre: Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © London Records (Because Ltd)
Bananarama are celebrating their 40th anniversary with the release of Glorious – The Ultimate Collection. With 40 tracks selected by Sara and Keren themselves, the double CD album covers every decade of the band’s career. Featuring hits such as Cruel Summer, Venus, Love in the First Degree, Only Your Love, Preacher Man, Move in My Direction and more. Plus two new singles, Feel The Love (released October 18th) and Supernova.
Bananarama is THE original girl group. They are in the Guinness Book of Records for the most internationally charted hits by an all-female band, with over 30 million sales worldwide.
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Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band – BRSB (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 37:51 minutes | 414 MB | Genre: R&B, Soul, Funk
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Big Crown Records
Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band, the mysterious steel pan outfit hailing from Hamburg, Germany have amassed a cult following around the globe. With a slew of classic 7”s and three critically acclaimed full length albums, they set a high bar for themselves, one they clearly intend on pushing even higher with this new offering. On their fourth album BRSB, Bacao are back with more of the same, but more of the same with them is inherently different. Covering songs that span genres and range from mega hits to underground album cuts, they make them their own with their unique approach to the traditional steel pans of Trinidad and Tobago.
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Ariana Grande – eternal sunshine (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 35:32 minutes | 442 MB | Genre: Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Republic Records
Eternal Sunshine is the seventh studio album by American singer Ariana Grande. Her first body of work since her sixth studio album Positions (2020), it was released on March 8, 2024, through Republic Records. Supported by two singles, the album’s lead single, “Yes, And?” was released on January 12, 2024, and debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100, marking Grande’s eighth number-one song in the United States. Its second single, “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)”, was released in tandem with the album.
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Apollo’s Cabinet – Musical Wanderlust: Charles Burney’s European Travels in Pursuit of Harmony (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:19:46 minutes | 1,27 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Prima Classic
Murders, drinking songs, Cinderella stories, virtuosic cantatas, European tours, serene polyphony and candlelit rituals all feature in the evocative and story driven programmes of Apollo’s Cabinet. Winners of the Göttingen Händel Competition and the Maurizio Pratola competition in 2022, the group bring a signature mix of acting, dancing, poetry and silliness to bring historical performance to modern audiences. They have furthermore won the Brian Nisbet Prize for their fusion of Music and Poetry and most recently the F. J. Aumann Prize of the International Biber Competition for innovation and new discoveries in Baroque music.
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Amelia Coburn – Between the Moon and the Milkman (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 38:18 minutes | 471 MB | Genre: Folk
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Quiet Crown
My debut studio album. Recorded at Yawn Studios, West Kirby with Bill Ryder-Jones. A collection of songs I have written over the past few years of travelling far and wide with some fresh versions of familiar favourites and newer tracks too.
The album is also available on yellow and spatter Vinyl via slinky.to/btmatm
I would love for you to buy a copy. This really has been a labour of love and I have poured my heart, soul and bank account into it.
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Alice Cooper – Billion Dollar Babies (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:59:47 minutes | 2,32 GB | Genre: Hard Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino – Warner Records
There are aficionados and champions of Alice Cooper’s many albums and eras. Some fans insist that Easy Action is one of the most criminally underappreciated records of the rock era, while others feel that Killer is the most rockin’ album in the band’s entire catalog; heck, there are folks out there who vociferously advocate for the wild charms and unexpected pleasures of Cooper’s solo “blackout era” of the early ’80s (and those folks are not wrong!). However, one thing that is widely agreed upon is that Billion Dollar Babies is Alice Cooper (the band) at the peak of its powers. The commercial sheen—and success—of its predecessor, School’s Out, is seamlessly fused here with relentless, riff-fueled propulsion, decadent arrangements (brass band on “Elected”? Sure!), some of Cooper’s most wittily deranged lyrics to date, and, of course, fantastic production from Bob Ezrin, who masterfully balanced all of the band’s disparate elements. Babies is where commercial, creative, and critical success convene, and the result is not just a ’70s rock masterpiece, but also that rarest of things: a ’70s rock masterpiece that still manages to yield surprises. While packed with radio staples—the title track, “Elected,” “No More Mr. Nice Guy”—and canonical classics (“Raped and Freezin’,” “I Love the Dead”), there are also eyebrow-raising numbers like “Unfinished Sweet” (spaghetti western meets fuzzbox freakout meets rock opera) and “Mary Ann” (a sweet piano ballad that turns on an unexpected plot twist) that reiterate that, despite their success on the charts, Alice Cooper was still a delightfully transgressive band. The track lineup on this 50th anniversary “Trillion Dollar” deluxe edition slightly expands on 2001’s reissue. A 1973 Texas show featured earlier is rounded out with two additional, non-BDB songs from the concert, and the selection of outtakes is now accompanied by four single edits of album tracks. This edition also brings with it a warm, dynamic remastering that delivers on the original mix’s maximalistic approach, making this the definitive rendition of a classic. © Jason Ferguson
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Alex Siegers – From Here (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 49:49 minutes | 583 MB | Genre: Vocal Jazz, Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © ABC Jazz
Vocalist Alex Siegers was first given a taste of Australian jazz through her late teacher, the legendary Kerrie Biddell. Siegers later found out about the Australian Jazz Real Book project, which has been preserving important and iconic tunes written by local jazz composers.
However, hunting down early Australian recordings proved to be a difficult task, so Siegers took it upon herself to bring some of these classic tracks into the present day with an album of Aussie standards. She describes it as a postcard to the world from Australia, and on it, she’s brought her sound to songs by names like Bryce Rohde, Bob Sedergreen, Brian Brown and many others.
Joining Siegers on this session is her band of Sydneysiders, with Aaron Blakey on piano, Jacob Graham on bass and Andrew Dickeson on the drums. The project’s entitled From Here, and it’s our Feature Album all week!
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Academy of Ancient Music, Robert Levin – Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 6-8 (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:00:44 minutes | 1,98 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © AAM Records
Academy of Ancient Music (AAM) releases the penultimate volume of an acclaimed project to record Mozart’s complete works for keyboard and orchestra. This volume includes Mozart’s Concerto No. 7 for Three Pianos and Orchestra, performed here uniquely on three different types of keyboard instruments: by Robert Levin (tangent piano), Ya-Fei Chuang (fortepiano) and Laurence Cummings (harpsichord). It follows the release of the same concerto in Mozart’s own arrangement for two keyboards (Vol. 11) and is joined on this album by two other Piano Concertos composed in Salzburg in the early months of 1776.
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