Saturday 2 April 2011

2001: A Spiritualized Odyssey

"In 2008, The Almighty Sound published their first film project; a sync of the music of British blues / gospel / stoner rockers Spiritualized to Stanley Kubrick's 1968 masterpiece '2001 :A Space Odyssey'. You will never watch this film the same way again."


Download the NTSC iso torrent:
Download the PAL iso torrent:

View the playlist on Youtube here (Note: the first track is blocked by youtube):


2001: A Spiritualized Odyssey tracklist:

01 Ladies and Gentlemen We are Floating in Space [Elvis Mix]
02 Electric Phase
03 All of My Tears
04 On Fire
05 If I Were With Her Now
06 Shine a Light
07 Won't Get to Heaven (The State I'm in)
08 Lay It Down Slow
09 No God Only Religion
10 Electricity
11 Home of the Brave
12 The Individual
13 This Little Life of Mine
14 Rated X
15 I Didn't Mean to Hurt You
16 These Blues
17 Amazing Grace (Peace on Earth)
18 Broken Heart
19 Lay Back in the Sun
20 Born Never Asked
21 Electric Mainline
22 Lord Can You Hear Me
23 Cool Waves
24 Cheapster
25 Out of Sight
26 Good Times
27 Do It All Over Again [Evening Session]
28 Come Together [Evening Session]
29 I Think I'm in Love
30 Feel Like Goin' Home

Monday 14 February 2011

Perfection.

Perfection.

My Bloody Valentine - To Here Knows When [live @ Fuji Rock Festival, Japan 2008]

Tuesday 25 January 2011

The Godmother of Rock & Roll - Sister Rosetta Tharpe

The Godmother of Rock & Roll - Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Remember the 60min documentary about Sister Rosetta Tharpe that was on BBC4 just over a week ago (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00xf8k7)? Well I ripped it from the BBC iPlayer, converted to avi and uploaded it to Megaupload for anyone who wants it - a 257MB version and a 1.01GB version (higher quality).


The Godmother of Rock & Roll- Sister Rosetta Tharpe - LO-RES VERSION [257MB]
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TF9XB4NZ


The Godmother of Rock & Roll- Sister Rosetta Tharpe - HI-RES VERSION [1.01GB split into two rar files]
part1 [700MB]- http://www.megaupload.com/?d=GTAWU0RF
part2 [300MB]- http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FW2LL37N

(NB: If Megaupload says "The file you are trying to access is temporarily unavailable" then just try again every 10 minutes or so. The file will eventually become available.)

During the 40s, 50s and 60s Sister Rosetta Tharpe played a highly significant role in the creation of rock & roll, inspiring musicians like Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Little Richard and Chuck Berry. She may not be a household name, but this flamboyant African-American gospel singing superstar, with her spectacular virtuosity on the newly-electrified guitar, was one of the most influential popular musicians of the 20th century. Tharpe was born in 1915, close to the Mississippi in Cotton Plant, Arkansas. At the age of six she was taken by her evangelist mother Katie Bell to Chicago to join Roberts Temple, Church of God in Christ, where she developed her distinctive style of singing and guitar playing. At the age of 23 she left the church and went to New York to join the world of show business, signing with Decca Records. For the following 30 years she performed extensively to packed houses in the USA and subsequently Europe, before her death in 1973. In 2008 the state governor of Pennsylvania declared that henceforth January 11th will be Sister Rosetta Tharpe Day in recognition of her remarkable musical legacy.
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Some Youtube vids:

Up Above My Head
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeaBNAXfHfQ
Down By the Riverside
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xzr_GBa8qk
Didn't It Rain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7lN1R2LP-4
Trouble In My mind
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzRm4K7NZm0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Dq7vFuvpf0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZDQ3twfo44
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sister_Rosetta_Tharpe
http://www.myspace.com/rosettatharpe
http://www.last.fm/music/Sister+Rosetta+Tharpe


Sunday 28 November 2010

White Noise Sound

White Noise Sound are from Wales but sound like they're from space. If you like the sounds made Spacemen 3, Spectrum, Sonic Boom, Spiritualized, BRMC, etc, then you'll love them. Their self-titled debut album is out now.


Sunset

Is It There For You?

There Is No Tomorrow

No Place To Hide

Monday 2 August 2010

Spacemen 3 reunion (almost) - London 15/07/2010


Natty Brooker created the artwork for Spiritualized's "Lazer guided melodies" and Spacemen 3's "Recurring", as well as playing drums on Spacemen 3's "Sound Of confusion". He was a key influence on the whole spacemen 3 aesthetic. Sadly Natty has terminal bone cancer. It is in the light of this that he has agreed to share his work. A number of limited edition prints have now been made available for purchase here: http://www.nattybrooker.co.uk/gallery.html

On the 15th of July 2010 there was an exhibition of Natty's art at the Hoxton Bar & Grill in London.
That night few of Natty's old friends got together.....
Pete 'Sonic Boom' Kember, Will Carruthers, Mark Refoy and Jonny Mattock joined forces with Pat Fish (aka The Jazz Butcher) Kevin Shields (of My Bloody Valentine), Jason Holt (of Spectrum) and Dean Koolaid (of The Koolaid Electric Company) and this is what happened:

Walking With Jesus
 


Revolution


Suicide

jam
video coming soon

Filmed and mastered by Neil Rudd of Eat Lights;Become Lights - http://www.myspace.com/eatlightsbecomelights


I was so lucky to have made it down to this event. It was a last minute thing for me, but I am so glad I managed to get the time of work. Such an unforgettable night. I never got to see the Spacemen when they were around originally, so I guess this was the next best thing.
So, the question is, will a Spacemen 3 get-together like this happen again?

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Sunday 1 August 2010

Spiritualized - Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space live in NY - 30-07-2010 - AUDIO RIP

Well, here it comes, here comes the sound......
Spiritualized - LAGWAFIS live @ Radio City Music Hall NY - 30-07-10 (Webstream audio rip @ 192kbps mp3) ----- http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UCX4M1GN
Thanks to 'shalloboi' on the Spiritualized forum for ripping this. Sounds absolutely gorgeous.


Here's a video rip of the last 50mins of the videowebcast of the show - 'No God Only Religion', 'Cool Waves', 'Cop Shoot Cop', 'Out Of Sight', 'Oh Happy Day'.  Not sure who originally ripped this, but I downloaded it as a torrent and re-upped it to megaupload.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=68JHQR7Z  (600MB mpeg)
(As with any Megaupload links, if it says the file is temporarily unavailable then just try again later.)

There is a torrent of the full video webcast located on Demonoid. It's not fantastic video quality, but it does the trick. I don't believe there are any other versions of it out there.
http://www.demonoid.me/files/details/2339608/?report_comment=10724939&show_files=&page=1&rel=1281633827&tres=
(Note that with Demonoid sometimes it won't let you open a torrent link without an account. If so, just try again later. It'll eventually open up without the need for you to register.)

 



 
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