Category: LIBRARY

BOB DRAKE: Bob’s Drive In

A set of twisty, forty-ideas-a-minute, niftily arranged, irredeemably eccentric, but strangely brilliant songs that skip blithely across genre borders - from Nashville through the Miskatonic by way of the Beach Boys… even the production values range across the history of recording, sometimes switching inside a single song; so it’s a high-information ride - but still engagingly listenable. So far so good: another crafted, dense, idiosyncratic studio album. Now comes the twist. Finished with his versions, Bob now sends the raw songs – melody and chords only – to Dave Kerman (ds), David Campbell (bs, vc) and Kavus Torabi (guit, vc) and, a few months later, they all assemble at the Crumbling Tomes studio to work the songs up for a performance. Bob is in the band but the band is not being taught his interpretations and arrangements; it has to find its own. At the end of the rehearsal they give a show to an invited audience which is recorded, as it is. So now we have a second great album - quite different from Bob’s own. On the CD, both versions sit side-by-side, each very different, but still very closely linked to the other. Fun to listen to as well as being a study, if you are so inclined. That’s experimental. DOWNLOAD WHOLE ALBUM: MP3 - £6.99 FLAC - £9.99 [wp_eStore_buy_now_button id=3174] Buy album as CD (£12.50 POST FREE) [wp_eStore_buy_now_button id=3175]	TRACK PRICE: MP3: £0.70p\|FLAC: £1.00
	1. Keep Light Away From This Product	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl=[wp_eStore_audio_player src ="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Bobs Drive/01.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3149:end]
	2. Recreational Guide to the Solar System for Humans	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl=[wp_eStore_audio_player src ="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Bobs Drive/02.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3150:end]
	3. Don't Ask a Cat	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl=[wp_eStore_audio_player src ="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Bobs Drive/03.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3151:end]
	4. Pardon My Varmit	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl=[wp_eStore_audio_player src ="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Bobs Drive/04.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3152:end]
	5. Sad and Indifferent Animals Wearing Scarves	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl=[wp_eStore_audio_player src ="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Bobs Drive/05.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3153:end]
	6. Lesser-Known Explorers of the Arctic	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl=[wp_eStore_audio_player src ="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Bobs Drive/06.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3154:end]
	7. Everybody Wants to Meet My Racoon	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl=[wp_eStore_audio_player src ="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Bobs Drive/07.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3155:end]
	8. Earthquake Lights	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl=[wp_eStore_audio_player src ="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Bobs Drive/08.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3156:end]
	9. Phantom Forerunner	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl=[wp_eStore_audio_player src ="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Bobs Drive/09.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3157:end]
	10. A Sunny Day in Nairobi	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl=[wp_eStore_audio_player src ="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Bobs Drive/10.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3158:end]
	11. Swimming Pool	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl=[wp_eStore_audio_player src ="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Bobs Drive/11.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3159:end]
	12. Gone Gone Gone	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl=[wp_eStore_audio_player src ="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Bobs Drive/12.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3160:end]
	13. Biting of Glory	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl=[wp_eStore_audio_player src ="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Bobs Drive/13.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3161:end]
	14. Some Advice About Zombis	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl=[wp_eStore_audio_player src ="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Bobs Drive/14.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3162:end]
	15. A Sunny Day in Nairobi (live)	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl=[wp_eStore_audio_player src ="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Bobs Drive/15.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3163:end]
	16. Earthquake Lights (live)	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl=[wp_eStore_audio_player src ="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Bobs Drive/16.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3164:end]
	17. Don't Ask a Cat (live)	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl=[wp_eStore_audio_player src ="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Bobs Drive/17.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3165:end]
	18. Lesser-Known Explorers of the Arctic (live)	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl=[wp_eStore_audio_player src ="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Bobs Drive/18.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3166:end]
	19. Some Advice About Zombis (live)	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl=[wp_eStore_audio_player src ="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Bobs Drive/19.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3167:end]
	20. Sad and Indifferent Animals Wearing Scarves (live)	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl=[wp_eStore_audio_player src ="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Bobs Drive/20.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3168:end]
	21. Pardon My Varmit (live)	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl=[wp_eStore_audio_player src ="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Bobs Drive/21.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3169:end]
	22. Everybody Wants to Meet My Racoon (live)	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Bobs Drive/22.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3170:end]
	23. Keep Light Away From This Product (live)	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Bobs Drive/23.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3171:end]
	24. Recreational Guide to the Solar System for Humans (live)	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Bobs Drive/24.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3172:end]
	25. Biting of Glory (live)	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Bobs Drive/25.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3173:end]

July 23, 2014

L’ ENSEMBLE VOLTA / TRISTAN MURAIL: Les Nuages De Magellan

Our third collection featuring the ondes Martenot and the most experimental, in part because the Spectralist composer Tristan Murail, to whom this CD is dedicated, was himself a student of - and performer on - the ondes and, in these pieces, he explores some of its less conventional byways. These works are united here for the first time, performed by a new generation of musicians more attuned to the raw, less academic approach to sound that Murail himself favoured. Works for solo Onde, two Ondes, Onde and Piano, two Ondes, percussion and electric guitar . DOWNLOAD WHOLE ALBUM: MP3 - £6.99 FLAC - £9.99 [wp_eStore_buy_now_button id=3147] Buy album as CD (£12.50 POST FREE) [wp_eStore_buy_now_button id=3148]	TRACK PRICE: Listen: MP3: £0.70p\|FLAC: £1.00
	1.Mach 2,5 (For 2 Ondes Martenot)	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Les Nuages De Magellan/01.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3140:end]
	2. Tigres De Verre (For Onde Martenot And Piano)	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Les Nuages De Magellan/02.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3141:end]
	3. La Conquête De l'Antartique (For Onde Marteno)	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Les Nuages De Magellan/03.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3142:end]
	4. Les Miroirs Etendus (For Onde Martenot And Piano) 1. Sous Le Tumulte Des Amarres	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Les Nuages De Magellan/04.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3143:end]
	5. Les Miroirs Etendus (For Onde Martenot And Piano) 2. Les Miroirs Étendus	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Les Nuages De Magellan/05.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3144:end]
	6. Les Miroirs Etendus (For Onde Martenot And Piano) : 3. Coupant La Fièvre D'eaux Qui Montent	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Les Nuages De Magellan/06.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3145:end]
	7. Les Nuages De Magellan (For 2 Ondes Martenot; Electric Guitar And Percussion)	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Les Nuages De Magellan/07.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3146:end]

July 22, 2014

MERCY: Future(s)

This CD of songs, grittily arranged and produced is noticeably more straight-ahead than ReR’s usual releases though it sits comfortably within the broad range of Steve’s tirelessly experimental output. This is a project with a long history: Steve and his main collaborator Todd Dadaleares have been writing, recording and performing together for longer than MeRCy’s 20+ year existence and David Fields (drums) and Tim Inman (keyboards) are also long servers. New, for this phase of recordings and concerts, is 5 string bassist Greg Goodwin who steps into the previous incumbent, Mark Dickey’s, shoes. MacLean scores the music, in scary detail, and Dadaleares supplies the words. This is America, so they all have day jobs: MacLean as professor of music technology and performance at Berklee, Dadaleares in health robotics, Inman as a computer consultant and Fields in industrial art. You can listen to samples on the download site, so I’ll not attempt any further to describe what they do, just give it a listen. DOWNLOAD WHOLE ALBUM: MP3 – £6.99 FLAC – £9.99 File Type : Buy album as CD (£12.50 POST FREE)	TRACK PRICE: MP3: £0.70p\|FLAC: £1.00
	1. Perfectibilists	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Futures/01.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3127:end]
	2. Belly Bones	`[wp_eStore_audio_player src ="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Futures/02.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3128:end]
	3. Churn	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Futures/03.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3129:end]
	4. Matter Dark	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Futures/04.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3130:end]
	5. Not a Passenger	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Futures/05.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3131:end]
	6. MeRCy Me	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Futures/06.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3132:end]
	7. Equuleus	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Futures/07.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3133:end]
	8. Same Olde Games	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Futures/08.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3134:end]
	9. Doctor Robot	`[wp_eStore_audio_player src ="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Futures/09.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3135:end]
	10. Obey Okay	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Futures/10.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3136:end]
	11. Dark Matters	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Futures/11.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3137:end]

July 17, 2014

PETER CUSACK: Favourite Berlin Sounds

A beautifully realised sound homage to the city of Berlin, presenting its signature sounds, exquisitely recorded, in a carefully documented and evocatively designed package. There’s not a lot more to say; This does exactly what it says on the cover. DOWNLOAD WHOLE ALBUM: MP3 – £6.99 FLAC – £9.99 File Type : Buy album as CD (£12.50 POST FREE)	TRACK PRICE: MP3: £0.70p\|FLAC: £1.00
	1. Bells Of The Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtnis Kirche, Breitscheidplatz	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Berlin/01.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3094:end]
	2. Boats And Waves, River Spree At Bellevue	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Berlin/02.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3095:end]
	3. S-Bahn Trains, Alexanderplatz Station	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Berlin/03.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3096:end]
	4. Midnight Crowds, Warschauerstrasse S–Bahn Station	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Berlin/04.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3097:end]
	5. Schinkstrasse Hinterhof	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Berlin/05.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3098:end]
	6. Table Tennis Outdoors	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Berlin/06.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3099:end]
	7. Panke River Quiet	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Berlin/07.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3100:end]
	8. U-Bahn Screeching, Gleisdreieck Bridges	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Berlin/08.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3101:end]
	9. Traffic Light Clicks, Passing Trams	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Berlin/09.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3102:end]
	10. Riverside Atmosphere, Treptower Park	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Berlin/10.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3103:end]
	11. Glass Bottle Recycling, Marienburgerstrasse Hinterhof	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Berlin/11.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3104:end]
	12. Football By Ear, Germany V Greece Euro2012	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Berlin/12.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3105:end]
	13. Small Stones Thrown On Ice, Engelbecken	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Berlin/13.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3106:end]
	14. U-Bahn Sounds, Late Evening Klosterstrasse Station	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Berlin/14.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3107:end]
	15. Berlin Nightingale, Midnight	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Berlin/15.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3108:end]
	16. Quiet Streets In The Small Hours, Footsteps, Home	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Berlin/16.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3109:end]
	17. Blackbird, Hinterhof Dawn 4.00am	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Berlin/17.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3110:end]
	18. Reuterstrasse Hinterhof 8.00am	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Berlin/18.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3111:end]
	19. Stralau Church Bell Chimes 7.00am	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Berlin/19.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3112:end]
	20. Trumpet And Accordion Street Musician	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Berlin/20.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3113:end]
	21. Maybachufer Street Market Walk	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Berlin/21.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3114:end]
	22. Berlin Hauptbahnhof, Regional Train Jingles	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Berlin/22.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3115:end]
	23. S-Bahn Acceleration, Inside The Train	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Berlin/23.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3116:end]
	24. ‘Passengers For Schoenefeld Airport, Please Change Here’	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Berlin/24.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3117:end]
	25. Seaplane, Summertime, Stralau	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Berlin/25.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3118:end]
	26. Tempelhof Airfield Atmosphere With Crickets	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Berlin/26.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3119:end]
	27. Synchronous Kite Flying, Tempelhof Airfield	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Berlin/27.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3120:end]
	28. Wind Through Canvas And Plastic Sheeting	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Berlin/28.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3121:end]
	29. Teufelsberg, Cold War Reverberation	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Berlin/29.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3122:end]
	30. Bicycles On Cobblestones, Bergmannstrasse	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Berlin/30.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3123:end]
	31. New-Year Fireworks From The 24th Floor	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Berlin/31.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:3124:end]

July 11, 2014

CASSIBER: 1982 – 1992

BUY The Cassiber box, 6 CDs, DVD & Book Price: £45.00

		In 1982 Cassiber (phonetically: ‘a message smuggled out of prison’) crashed like a locomotive into the Deutsche Neue Welle. Founded by Heiner Goebbels, Alfred Harth, Christoph Anders and Chris Cutler, Cassiber managed to fuse materials and attitudes drawn from experimental rock, fringe jazz, punk, pop, plunderphonics, improvisation, close structure and musique concrete with an energetic and complex form of studio (and then concert) composition that was unique in its combination of diverse experimental approaches to form with a risky, emotional and expressive mode of execution. Through a deep connection between instrumentation, form and topicality, their musical evolution tracked and anticipated the political and technological changes of their time. Thus, in the course of their 10 years of intermittent touring and 4 records they evolved significantly through the high stakes energy of the earlier releases into their later, more complex and composed, studio works (by which time they had become a trio: Goebbels, Anders, Cutler) when they also had early access to the first generation of polyphonic samplers. Highly radical, their music opened up song form by abandoning, extending or crashing sideways into it – building structure from a combination of noise, libido, high musicality and – unique for the time – a great deal of cultural debris. This box collects it all (the majority of it out-of-print for some time now) alongside a lot of unreleased material – and full concert DVD. The 4 historic releases have been carefully re-mastered by Bob Drake and there are, in addition two extra CDs, one that collects the Cassix, Duck and Cover and Ground Zero projects (also re-mastered) and one of unreleased studio and live material, and a DVD (about 2 hours) of live and studio footage – including a mini documentary made during the recording of A Face We All Know. It comes in the usual sturdy box with a fat booklet of documents, interviews, information, photographs, pictures, itineraries and miscellaneous memorabilia. Limited to an edition of 1000 copies .

July 1, 2014