Category: COMPOSED

CASSIBER: The Way it Was

These are great recordings that paint the best – and most devil-take-the-hindmost – picture of this extraordinary, groundbreaking band. The sound is exemplary and the music constantly thinks around corners. Plus you have all the complexity and serendipity of live interaction and spontaneous rearrangement; you can hear the band is having a good time, even when some of the sounds seem to come out of nowhere. It’s a radical programme, all the more so for its shifts between organised noise, rhythmical intensity, lyricism, cultural debris and semantic complexity. OK I’m biased, but when I finished putting this together it was like finishing a new Cassiber CD and, arguably, the best of them. You really get a picture of what the group was made of. There’s also the pleasure of guests Dietmar Diesner and Rene Lussier on two tracks. DOWNLOAD WHOLE ALBUM: MP3 – £6.99 FLAC – £9.99 [wp_eStore:product_id:2964:end] Buy album as CD(£12.50 POST FREE) [wp_eStore:product_id:2965:end]	TRACK PRICE: MP3: £0.70p\|FLAC: £1.00
	1. This Was the Way it Was	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/The Way it Was/01 - Cassiber - This Was the Way it Was.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2945:end]
	2. Archways	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/The Way it Was/02 - Cassiber - Archways.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2946:end]
	3. A Screaming	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/The Way it Was/03 - Cassiber - A Screaming.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2947:end]
	4. They have Begun to Move	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/The Way it Was/04 - Cassiber - They have Begun to Move``.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2948:end]
	5. 2:00 in the Morning	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/The Way it Was/05 - Cassiber - 2-00 in the Morning.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2949:end]
	6. Todo Dia	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/The Way it Was/06 - Cassiber - Todo Dia.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2950:end]
	7. It’s Never Quiet	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/The Way it Was/07 - Cassiber - It's Never Quiet.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2951:end]
	8. Six Rays	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/The Way it Was/08 - Cassiber - Six Rays.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2952:end]
	9. Prisoner Chorus 1	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/The Way it Was/09 - Cassiber - Prisoner Chorus 1.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2953:end]
	10. Prisoner Chorus 2	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/The Way it Was/10 - Cassiber - Prisoner Chorus 2.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2954:end]
	11. Oh No	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/The Way it Was/11 - Cassiber - Oh No.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2955:end]
	12. I was Old when I was Young	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/The Way it Was/12 - Cassiber - I was Old when I was Young.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2956:end]
	13. Disk not Responding	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/The Way it Was/13 - Cassiber - Disk Not Responding.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2957:end]
	14. Gut	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/The Way it Was/14 - Cassiber - Gut.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2958:end]
	15. Crusoe’s Landing	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/The Way it Was/15 - Cassiber - Crusoes Landing.mp3"]`
		`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/The Way it Was/16 - Cassiber - Miracolo.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2960:end]
	17. Our Colourful Culture	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/The Way it Was/17 - Cassiber - Our Colourful Culture.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2961:end]
	18. In a Room	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/The Way it Was/18 - Cassiber - In a Room.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2962:end]
	19. Not Me	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/The Way it Was/19 - Cassiber - Not Me.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2963:end]

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December 11, 2012

BIOTA: Cape Flyaway

After 5 years of extensive and careful work, the new and much anticipated CD by this extraordinary collective, who have no parallels, no rivals and no peers, is at last complete. It’s a dense and indescribable orchestration of electric and acoustic guitars, clavioline, trumpet, Hammond organ, micromoog, biolmellodrone, electric and acoustic violins, bass, mandolin, accordion, piano, rubab, kit percussion and sometimes voice, layered and radically processed in the unique Biota manner. There is a leitmotif of folk elements in this piece that emerge from the roiling, swirling quicksand of sound we now expect from Biota, with texts by WB Yeats and snatches, arrangements and influences floating by way of Christy Moore, June Tabor, Judy Collins, Sandy Denny, Bert Jansch, the Bothy Band and older traditional sources. Biota craft sonic worlds that relate to, but are not built like, the music with which we are familiar; for them time is a continuum rather than a sequence of events; a simultaneous present in which past and future possibilities exist conterminously. With a 24 page full colour art portfolio from the Biota collective. DOWNLOAD WHOLE ALBUM: MP3 - £6.99 FLAC - £9.99 [wp_eStore_buy_now_button id=2770] Buy album as CD(£12.50 POST FREE) [wp_eStore_buy_now_button id=2872]	TRACK PRICE: Listen: MP3: £0.70p\|FLAC: £1.00
	1. Evening Full (The Lake Isle of Innisfree)	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Cape Flyaway/01 Biota - Evening Full.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2749:end]
	2. Every Day Is Not Its Day	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl=[wp_eStore_audio_player src ="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Cape Flyaway/02 Biota - Every Day Is Not Its Day.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2750:end]
	3. Flee and Wander	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl=[wp_eStore_audio_player src ="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Cape Flyaway/03 Biota - Flee and Wander.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2751:end]
	4. A Few Short Lines	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl=[wp_eStore_audio_player src ="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Cape Flyaway/04 Biota - A Few Short Lines.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2752:end]
	5. Clock of Keys	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl=[wp_eStore_audio_player src ="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Cape Flyaway/05 Biota - Clock of Keys.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2753:end]
	6. The Bonny Boy - Bruton Town	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl=[wp_eStore_audio_player src ="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Cape Flyaway/06 Biota - The Bonny Boy.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2754:end]
	7. Yet Untold	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Cape Flyaway/07 Biota - Yet Untold.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2755:end]
	8. Life Like Our Own	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl=[wp_eStore_audio_player src ="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Cape Flyaway/08 Biota - Life Like Our Own.mp3"][wp_eStore:product_id:2756:end]`
	9. Ran to Look	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl=[wp_eStore_audio_player src ="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Cape Flyaway/09 Biota - Ran to Look.mp3"][wp_eStore:product_id:2757:end]`
	10. Lantern	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl=[wp_eStore_audio_player src ="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Cape Flyaway/10 Biota - Lantern.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2758:end]
	11. Probably in the Sea	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl=[wp_eStore_audio_player src ="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Cape Flyaway/11 Biota - Probably in the Sea.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2759:end]
	12. Valley of Late	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl=[wp_eStore_audio_player src ="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Cape Flyaway/12 Biota - Valley of Late.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2760:end]
	13. Rosemary Lane	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl=[wp_eStore_audio_player src ="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Cape Flyaway/13 Biota - Rosemary Lane.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2761:end]
	14. Remember Another Name	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Cape Flyaway/14 Biota - Remember Another Name.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2762:end]
	15. Drawn Scarcely	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl=[wp_eStore_audio_player src ="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Cape Flyaway/15 Biota - Drawn Scarcely.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2763:end]
	16. Somewhere When	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl=[wp_eStore_audio_player src ="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Cape Flyaway/16 Biota - Somewhere When.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2764:end]
	17. Arboreal	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl=[wp_eStore_audio_player src ="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Cape Flyaway/17 Biota - Arboreal.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2765:end]
	18. Of the Linnet's Wings (Innisfree)	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl=[wp_eStore_audio_player src ="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Cape Flyaway/18 Biota - Of the Linnet's Wings.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2766:end]
	19. Scatter Tree	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl=[wp_eStore_audio_player src ="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Cape Flyaway/19 Biota - Scatter Tree.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2767:end]
	20. On This the Other	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Cape Flyaway/20 Biota - On This the Other.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2768:end]
	21. Once More; Mask of the Half Civilized Man	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl=[wp_eStore_audio_player src ="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Cape Flyaway/21 Biota - Once More.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2769:end]

August 8, 2012

PAOLO ANGELI & TAKUMI FUKUSHIMA: Itsunomanika

Paolo and ex-After Dinner/Volupuk violinist/singer Takumi Fukushima present an integrated, complex and largely composed programme of deft, focused pieces that make the most of their not inconsiderable individual talents and instruments; mostly sounding like a much larger ensemble. The sonorities of Paulo’s extended, customised, prepared giant Sardinian guitar doing extraordinary, and sometimes chameleonic, work as bass, chord accompaniment, melody instrument, viola/cello, and even percussion. There are some palpable After Dinner atmospheres here, but mostly the music occupies its own ambiguous, though convincing, cultural space. High definition, highly nuanced work. Hard to believe these are concert recordings 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.Vele spiegate	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Itsunomanika/01 Paolo Angeli - Vele spiegate.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2417:end]
	2. Kaze no tabi – Voyage du vent	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Itsunomanika/02 Paolo Angeli - Kaze no tabi - Voyage du vent.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2418:end]
	3. Vetro soffiato	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Itsunomanika/03 Paolo Angeli - Vetro soffiato.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2419:end]
	4. Nita	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Itsunomanika/04 Paolo Angeli - Nita.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2420:end]
	5. L’altra faccia della medaglia	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Itsunomanika/05 Paolo Angeli - L'altra faccia della medaglia.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2421:end]
	6. Itsunomanika	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Itsunomanika/06 Paolo Angeli - Itsunomanika.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2422:end]
	7. Dialogo tra sordi-Bricciole in fuga	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Itsunomanika/07 Paolo Angeli - Dialogo tra sordi-Bricciole in fuga.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2423:end]
	8. Sponde	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Itsunomanika/08 Paolo Angeli - Sponde.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2424:end]
	9. Nee dear my sister	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Itsunomanika/09 Paolo Angeli - Nee dear my sister.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2425:end]
	10. Perdita di tempo	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Itsunomanika/10 Paolo Angeli - Perdita di tempo.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2426:end]
	11. Okiwasureta	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Itsunomanika/11 Paolo Angeli - Okiwasureta.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2427:end]
	12. L’ultima nave	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Itsunomanika/12 Paolo Angeli - L'ultima nave.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2428:end]
	13. Vuoto a rendere	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Itsunomanika/13 Paolo Angeli - Vuoto a rendere.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2429:end]

October 13, 2011

BIOTA: Object Holder

Stunning work that breaks new ground; an extraordinary achievement that was 3 years in the making and rewrote lot of rules in passing. With texts and singing by the inimitable Susanne Lewis, the CD also features contributions from Charles Vrtacek (Piano), Andy Kredt (Guitar) and Chris Cutler (percussion, electrics, and some texts). A Dense, profound field of sound, music and silence. 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.Bumpreader	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Object Holder/01 Biota - Bumpreader.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2381:end]
	2. Spillway	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Object Holder/02 Biota - Spillway.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2382:end]
	3. Eavesdrop	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Object Holder/03 Biota - Eavesdrop.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2383:end]
	4. Blind Corner	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Object Holder/04 Biota - Blind Corner.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2384:end]
	5. Under the Hat	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Object Holder/05 Biota - Under the Hat.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2385:end]
	6. Flatwheel	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Object Holder/06 Biota - Flatwheel.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2386:end]
	7. Reckoning Falls	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Object Holder/07 Biota - Reckoning Falls.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2387:end]
	8. Swallow	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Object Holder/08 Biota - Swallow.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2388:end]
	9. Move	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Object Holder/09 Biota - Move.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2389:end]
	10. Steam Trader	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Object Holder/10 Biota - Steam Trader.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2390:end]
	11. Understander	`[wp_eStore_audio_player src ="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Object Holder/11 Biota - Understander.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2391:end]
	12. Private Wire	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Object Holder/12 Biota - Private Wire.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2392:end]
	13. Cinder	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Object Holder/13 Biota - Cinder.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2393:end]
	14. Distraction	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Object Holder/14 Biota - Distraction.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2394:end]
	15. Signal	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Object Holder/15 Biota - Signal.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2395:end]
	16. This Ridge	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Object Holder/16 Biota - This Ridge.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2396:end]
	17. Idea for a Wagon	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Object Holder/17 Biota - Idea for a Wagon.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2397:end]
	18. More Silence	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Object Holder/18 Biota - More Silence.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2398:end]
	19. Coat	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Object Holder/19 Biota - Coat.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2399:end]
	20. Gate Climbing	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Object Holder/20 Biota - Gate Climbing.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2400:end]
	21. Protector	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Object Holder/21 Biota - Protector.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2401:end]
	22. Visible Gap	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Object Holder/22 Biota - Visible Gap.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2402:end]
	23. The Trunk	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Object Holder/23 Biota - The Trunk.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2403:end]
	24. (Untitled Track)	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Object Holder/24 Biota - Untitled Track.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:2404:end]

October 13, 2011

BLAST 4tet: Sift

This is the second release, after a long wait, from this unique ensemble. Equally at home with the discipline of composition and the tightrope of improvisation Blast (now Blast 4tet) have evolved a fluid, pointillistic, unfathomable but transparent musical language that seamlessly integrates – over very short durations – highly complex writing and very free ranging improvisation, allowing the two languages to merge and combine into a new kind of logical exposition that makes sense but can’t be reverse-engineered into its component parts. This is a music that lives through detail and exposition; neither resolving into composition, nor able properly to be understood as improvisation. In this respect Blast have solved a problem that has defeated many in the last 40 years.DOWNLOAD WHOLE ALBUM: MP3 – £6.99 FLAC – £9.99 File Type : Buy album as CD (£12.50 POST FREE)	TRACK PRICE: MP3: £1.70p\|FLAC: £2.00
	1. Sift	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Sift/01 Blast - Sift.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:300:end]
	2. Cklack	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Sift/02 Blast - Cklack.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:301:end]
	3. Fluke	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Sift/03 Blast - Fluke.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:302:end]
	4. Swerves	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Sift/04 Blast - Swerves.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:303:end]
	5. Pole	`listen: [sc_embed_player fileurl="https://rerdownloads.com/wp-content/uploads/samples/Sift/05 Blast - Pole.mp3"]`[wp_eStore:product_id:304:end]

August 11, 2011