3 de dez. de 2015

Pazop - 70's Beligium Prog Rock


Pazop were an early-'70s progressive rock group with some jazz-fusion tendencies from Belgium. Though their music was beyond the ordinary, they were never able to release an album during their short lifetime. Pazop was formed at the end of 1971 by vocalist and flautist Dirk Bogaert, keyboardist Frank Wuyts, violinist Kuba Szczepansky, bassist Patrick Cogneaux, and drummer Jacky Mauer. Wuyts and Szczepanski had just left progressive rock band Wallace Collection, Wuyts had previously been involved with Bogaert, Cogneaux, and Mauer had been in another short-lived prog band, Waterloo. Cogneaux had also been a member of Arkham, a group that included future members of Magma and Univers Zero, while Sczcepansky, a classically trained musician born in Poland, played in the Brussels Opera Philharmonic Orchestra for a couple years before turning to rock with Wallace Collection in 1970. Even before they had decided on a name, the new group approached Wallace Collection's label, EMI, and though the record company did not sign the group, they offered them a two-day studio session to record a better demo. The four-song demo was in a style far more commercial than their normal sound, which had influences as diverse as Miles Davis, 20th century classical music, progressive rock groups like King Crimson and Caravan, and Frank Zappa. With the new demo Szczepanski and Mauer headed to Paris to hit up every record label there for a contract, but they had no success. They also finally came up with a name for themselves, Pas Op, Flemish for "Warning" but the spelling was soon changed to Pazop.


Psychillis of a Lunatic Genius They finally got a contract with producer Luigi Oglival in March of 1972, who was able to get them signed to CBS and the Barclay label. The band went into the Herouville Studio in France in July 1972 to record the album Psychillis of a Lunatic Genius. The group also played several gigs at the Gibus-Club in Paris, which brought them some excellent press, as well as other shows in France and Belgium. Meanwhile, near the end of that year, Barclay rejected their album as being too non-commercial, and chose to release one of the earlier demos as a single instead, much to the group's chagrin. Oglival, who realized he wouldn't recoup the studio costs, dropped the band as well, reneging on his contract and even keeping the master tapes. In 1973, the group was hired by pop musician Sylvain Van Holme to provide modern rock adaptations of various classical pieces by Tchaikovsky, Dvorák, Mozart and Verdi. Van Holme decided to co-produce a new record by Pazop, and booked them at the Start Studio in Belgium in the late summer of 1973. Van Holme contacted several record companies, but again the album was not commercial enough. The group continued touring Belgium and France until July of 1974 before calling it quits. Their inability to get enough gigs and to release either of their LPs had left them financially and emotionally strapped, and they split up for more successful groups. Their master tapes sat in a desk drawer for years. Pazop's two albums, minus the four commercial demos, were finally released on CD by Musea in 1996. (http://www.allmusic.com/artist/pazop-mn0001976155/biography).








30 de nov. de 2015

Pepper Tree - Canada Rock


Comprised of Chris Brockway,Jim White,Bob Quinn and Tim Garagon,Pepper Tree was signed by Capitol in 1970.You're My People (1971) featured the Canadian hit "Mr. Pride." Several singles followed in the early '70s,but Pepper Tree never duplicated their early success.Pepper Tree hailed from Nova Scotia and was formed in 1967.After a few years of saturating the club scene in Canada,the band finally landed a contract with Capitol Records in 1969.Producer,Jack Richardson,was drafted to produce a single which saw the band charting in their native country.Lineup changes ensued over the next year,until "You're My People" hit store shelves in 1971.The album was a solid mix of folk,pop,prog and organ driven hard rock.By 1973,the band was belly up and members went on to such bands as Rhinegold, Molly Oliver,Hanover Fist,Wrabit,Lee Aaron,Chilliwack and Headpins.Many of them are still active in both performing and producing music.











27 de nov. de 2015

Kieran White from Steamhammer


Kieran Raymond White (died March 1995, Oregon, USA) was an English baritone vocalist. and guitarist. He sang and played in the blues-rock band Steamhammer, formed in 1968. Their debut album, Steamhammer. was released in 1969 - on which he co-wrote many of the songs and played harmonica. White left the band in 1971 and recorded a solo album, Open Door (released in 1975) - he also worked for Gull Records as a staff songwriter, and later sang for the jazz-rock band Nucleus. After this period, he emigrated to the United States and became a truck driver, settling in Oregon. He died in 1995 from cancer.






23 de nov. de 2015

Supermax - Funky Dance Music


Um sonzinho diferente aqui no Som Mutante. Um Funky Dance muito bem tocado da Áustria...


In 1977, Kurt Hauenstein, multi–instrumentalist and forward thinking musician founds SUPERMAX in the city of Frankfurt am Rhein, and he releases his first Album "Don't stop the music". After his first tour through Germany’s biggest concert venues, SUPERMAX changes gear into the club-scene and introduces his exocentric, monotone (aficionados will know…) and smooth sound to a new flair oriented towards the European and American Underground-scene. The second album "World of today" yields a barn-burner hit after eleven months. SUPERMAX breaks all sales records and becomes "Best selling Artist" of WEA-Records. SUPERMAX receives its first Golden album, including the "Golden Aphax-Tape" award. Over 160 feverish concerts were played in Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Holland, Belgium and Spain. Born from this album was and still is the ambient disco-hit "Lovemachine", which excels SUPERMAX into galaxies of ephemeral disco heaven. Towards the end of 1978, Kurt Hauenstein leaves the European mainland to seek new inputs in the Caribbean Islands. (http://www.supermax.cc/history.html)







Backing Vocals – Juanita Schulz
Drums – Hartmut Pfannmüller
Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals – Brad Howell
Engineer – Fred Schreier, Jochen Wenke
Engineer [Assistant] – Armin Bannach
Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals – Rainer Marz
Lead Vocals, Bass, Organ, Synthesizer [Moog], Percussion, Backing Vocals, Strings [String Ensemble] – Kurt Hauenstein
Mastered By – Chris Brüggemann
Percussion – Daniel Ford, Jürgen Zöller, Peter Koch
Producer – Peter Hauke
Synthesizer [Moog], Piano [Fender Rhodes, Grand], Organ [Hammond], Keyboards [Hohner D6], Strings [String Ensemble], Backing Vocals – Richard Schoenherz*
Vocals – Cynthia Arrich, Tebles Reynolds*


19 de nov. de 2015

Spiders From Mars


The Spiders from Mars group had its origins in Bowie's earlier backing outfit The Hype, which featured Ronson and Woodmansey, but Tony Visconti on bass. They were briefly signed as a band on its own, known as Ronno. With Bolder taking over bass, they were subsequently named via the landmark 1972 Bowie concept album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars and were billed as such on the accompanying large-scale Ziggy Stardust Tour. They were present again on Bowie's 1973 album Aladdin Sane. Another leg of the tour followed that year, with the final show captured in the film Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. The group joined Bowie in the theatrical style of the material's presentation. Ronson's guitar and arranging during the Spiders from Mars era not only fit into this style, but also provided much of the underpinning for later punk rock musicians. In 1975 Bolder and Woodmansey reformed the band without Ronson, and were joined in this lineup by Mike Garson, Dave Black, Pete McDonald. Their self-titled album, released in 1976, was their only album before the group disbanded. The name came from the famous UFO sighting where a stadium crowd thought they had witnessed Martian spacecraft which turned out to be migrating spiders and not from the Martian areographic features often labelled as 'spiders' and 'baby spiders.' In 1976 the Spiders From Mars album was released. In 1975 the Spiders From Mars had been reformed by Trevor Bolder and Woody Woodmansey but without Mick Ronson and with no contribution or connection to David Bowie.







15 de nov. de 2015

Kedama - Suíça


Swiss band KEDAMA was formed in 1971 by Christian Linder (guitars, keyboards) and Richard Rothenberger (keyboards), and the band as such was finalized when drummer Peter Suter hooked up with them in 1972. In 1973 the band won a rock band contest giving them free studio time, which were used in between gigs to create and record their 1976 debut album "Live At Sunrise Studios" - a live in the studio recording where the trio played quirky instrumental numbers with references to the likes of Gentle Giant and King Crimson. Only two years later the career of Kedama hit full brakes though. Debts were accumulating, and the changing musical climate lead to fewer people wanting to see the band perform live. After a concert with an audience of just 30 people in 1978 the band decided to call it quits. After several years of a steadily building interest in their first album a CD reissue saw the light of day in 1999. The popularity of this second release of the album spurned a partial reunion of the band. Linder and Rothenberger got together and recorded new material, which surfaced as the self-titled CD "Kedama" in 2002. Kedama has since recorded at least one more full length album, "Hope Is...", which have yet to see the light of day. Furthermore, material enough to fill 3 more CDs have been recorded as well, but has since been scrapped over the years as the creative duo after consideration felt that this material didn't fulfill their ambitions. Time will have to tell whether or not any more of the material from this Swiss act will see the light of day sometime.






11 de nov. de 2015

Kalevala - Finlândia



KALEVALA was formed in 1969 by Juha Salonen (bass), Remu Aaltonen (drums/vocals) and Albert Järvinen (guitar). Their first name was VIETNAM, but they had to change it in order to get concerts. This first line-up played straightforward rock'n'roll, and they were a popular live act in Finland. There were no studio recordings from this line-up, but the Finnish broadcasting company recorded their performance from 1970 "Ruisrock" festival. After this the line-up changed. Remu founded HURRIGANES, which Albert also joined later. Now KALEVALA's musical direction was changed to more progressive direction. The new musicians on their second line-up were Markku Luukkanen on drums, Matti Kurkinen on Guitar and Harri Saksala doing singing. They recorded one album, "People No Names" (1972) which was released by Finnlevy. They had some guest musicians helping on doing it: pianist Olli Ahvenlahti, Raimo Wallen playing flute and on acoustic guitar Ile Kallio, who was playing on HURRIGANES during that time. The result was quite unique, you can form your own opinion of it by listening the sample mp3 presented on this page. The band was very unstable, as they had again changes in their line-up. Now they had Zape "Limousine" Leppänen on vocals, who has worked with many respected Finnish artists. The band recorded an album "Boogie Jungle" (1975), which is again more basic rock music. They had Jim Pembroke doing their lyrics plus backing vocals, and Jukka Gustavson playing keyboards on one track. Shortly after this band faced a sudden catastrophy, as Matti Kurkinen got in to a fatal car accident. Their name was defined as KALEVALA ORCHESTRA for their next album "Abraham's Blue Refrain" (1977). After this they toured Europe with ANGE, but they faced financial problems, and the musicians disbanded KALEVALA went to different directions.Some members of the band rejoined in studio 1995, but they couldn't get a record deal. These new tracks are available on "Anthology" (2004), which has some live recordings and before unreleased material on it.

: : : Eetu Pellonpää, FINLAND : : :



7 de nov. de 2015

Pink Floyd and Jazz...


2013 release, the newest volume in the ongoing saga of outstanding Jazz stylings synonymous with good taste and elegance. Jazz And Floyd brings you the songs made famous by the creators of the Wall in new Jazz versions, with all the sophistication of the New York Jazz club scene. The chance to give a twist to classics such as 'Another Brick in the Wall' and 'Wish You Were Here' excited the producers of this fantastic series and Jazz And Floyd, like it's predecessors, will surely be a hit with listeners of all ages.



01. Stella Starlight Trio – Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) (2:45)
02. The Cooltrane Quartet – Breathe (In the Air) (2:37)
03. Michelle Simonal – Time (3:44)
04. George White Group – Money (2:54)
05. Shirley Adamson – Us and Them (3:51)
06. 48th Collective – Shine on You Crazy Diamond (2:42)
07. Celso Mendes – Wish You Were Here (3:28 )
08. Mandy Jones – Mother (3:58 )
09. Jazzystics – Learning to Fly (3:21)
10. Dinah York – On the Turning Away (3:54)
11. Les Crossaders – See Emily Play (2:39)
12. The Bryan J. White Trio – Run Like Hell (2:37)

3 de nov. de 2015

Isaiah - Krautrock Jazz Prog - Áustria



Uma banda austríaca meio jazz, meio prog com flautas e sax sob uma batera e baixo muito bem marcados. SONZEIRA!





30 de out. de 2015

All Blues'd Up - The Songs Of Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin: This Ain't No Tribute Series -- All Blues'd Up! is a collection of songs performed and sometimes written by Led Zeppelin. It seems like the idea of this tribute is to point out the band's obvious blues roots, but the approach isn't the most successful. The problem is that the use of many of the same musicians several times (Eric Gales and James Cotton especially) and the album's very modern approach cause much of the passion and emotion attached to these tunes to simply disappear. The album is too planned-out to evoke the down-and-dirty blues feel, and despite some excellent performances, this is sunk by its smooth production and studio gloss.

All Blues'd Up: Led Zeppelin album was released Jul 09, 2002 on the Compendia Music Group label. Recording information: Ardent Studsio, Memphis, TX; Chicago Recording Company, Chicago, IL; Dockside Studios, Maurice, LA. All Blues'd Up: Led Zeppelin music CDs Arrangers: Dave Smith ; Eric Gales. All Blues'd Up: Led Zeppelin songs Personnel: Chris Thomas King, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Joe Louis Walker, Magic Slim, Matt Tutor, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Otis Rush, Eric Gales (vocals, guitar); Otis Clay (vocals); Michael Dotson, Criss Johnson, Jack Holder, Rico McFarland (guitar); Derek Trucks (slide guitar); Dave Smith (baritone guitar, drum programming); Carey Bell (harmonica); Kurt Clayton (clarinet, Fender Rhodes piano); Eric Demmer (alto saxophone); Jim Spake (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Joe Krown (piano); Norris Johnson (Fender Rhodes piano, Clavinet, synthesizer); Al Gamble (Wurlitzer organ); Steve Potts , Alan Kirk (drums); Jason Latshaw (drum programming); Jackie Johnson, Jacquelyn Reddick (background vocals). Liner Note Author: Lisa Robinson. All Blues'd Up: Led Zeppelin CD music contains a single disc with 14 songs.



01. Trampled Underfoot  - Eric Gales 
02. Since I've Been Loving You  - Otis Clay 
03. Good Times, Bad Times  - Carl Weathersby 
04. Custard Pie (Revisited)  - Eric Gales, Derek Trucks, Matt Tutor 
05. Heartbreaker  - Alvin Youngblood Hart
06. When the Levee Breaks, Pt. 2  - Magic Slim, James Cotton 
07. Hey, Hey (What Can I Do)  - Chris Thomas King 
08. I Can't Quit You Baby  - Otis Rush, Eric Gales
09. Custard Pie  - Eric Gales 
10. When the Levee Breaks, Pt. 1  - Magic Slim, Billy Branch, James Cotton 
11. You Need Love  - James Cotton, Joe Louis Walker 
12. Rock & Roll  - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown 
13. Bring It on Home, Pt. 1  - Robert Lockwood Jr. 
14. Bring It on Home, Pt. 2  - Robert Lockwood Jr.


26 de out. de 2015

All Blues'd Up - The Songs of Janis Joplin


Another in Entertainment One’s This Ain’t No Tribute series, this one features 13 tracks associated with Janis Joplin done in blues style by veteran singers in the genre. Since everything Joplin recorded essentially came out of her own Texas roadhouse approach to love, life, and music, nothing here is a serious departure from what she did in the first place, but it’s nice to hear Joplin gems like “Ball and Chain” done by the great Etta James, “Piece of My Heart” in the Otis Clay version, and Taj Mahal's wonderful and inspired take on “Mercedes Benz.”

All Blues'd Up!: Songs Of Janis Joplin album was released Jun 14, 2011 on the Intersound label. Another in Entertainment One's This Ain't No Tribute series, this one features 13 tracks associated with Janis Joplin done in blues style by veteran singers in the genre. Since everything Joplin recorded essentially came out of her own Texas roadhouse approach to love, life, and music, nothing here is a serious departure from what she did in the first place, but it's nice to hear Joplin gems like "Ball and Chain" done by the great Etta James, "Piece of My Heart" in the Otis Clay version, and Taj Mahal's wonderful and inspired take on "Mercedes Benz." ~ Steve Leggett Tributee: Janis Joplin. All Blues'd Up!: Songs Of Janis Joplin CD music contains a single disc with 13 songs.



01.Try (Just A Little Bit Harder) - Cathy Richardson & Sugar Blue
02. Move Over - Tad Robinson
03. Ball and Chain - Etta James
04. Piece of My Heart - Otis Clay
05. Longin' - Friend'n Fellow
06. Me and Bobby McGee - Syl Johnson
07. What Good Can Drinkin' Do - Tracy Nelson
08. Maybe - Lonnie Brooks
09. One Good Man - Lou Ann Barton
10. Down On Me - Paul Black
11. Turtle Blues - Lynn Jordan
12. Get It While You Can - Koko Taylor
13. Trouble In Mind - Willie Kent
14. Mercedes Benz - Taj Mahal

22 de out. de 2015

All Blues'd Up - The Songs of Eric Clapton


Eric Clapton has drawn so much from the blues -- a position he has admitted, endorsed, and never denied -- that it seems just a bit odd to see his songs (including songs he covered, like Robert Johnson's “Crossroads,” that have become Clapton songs in many people’s minds) translated back into a blues format when most of them were never far removed from the blues in the first place. Here we have it, though, versions of Clapton-associated songs done by blues veterans, including Carl Weathersby (“Lay Down Sally”), Buddy Guy (“Strange Brew”), Bo Diddley (he offers his own take on his own composition “Before You Accuse Me,” a song Clapton has played frequently in concert), and Honeyboy Edwards and James Cotton (they team up for a nice version of Johnson's “Crossroads”), and if it seems like one has heard all this before, well, that’s because Clapton did them.

All Blues'd Up: Songs of Eric Clapton album was released May 17, 2011 on the Intersound label. Eric Clapton has drawn so much from the blues -- a position he has admitted, endorsed, and never denied -- that it seems just a bit odd to see his songs (including songs he covered, like Robert Johnson's "Crossroads," that have become Clapton songs in many people's minds) translated back into a blues format when most of them were never far removed from the blues in the first place. All Blues'd Up: Songs of Eric Clapton music CDs Here we have it, though, versions of Clapton-associated songs done by blues veterans, including Carl Weathersby ("Lay Down Sally"), Buddy Guy ("Strange Brew"), Bo Diddley (he offers his own take on his own composition "Before You Accuse Me," a song Clapton has played frequently in concert), and Honeyboy Edwards and James Cotton (they team up for a nice version of Johnson's "Crossroads"), and if it seems like one has heard all this before, well, that's because Clapton did them. ~ Steve Leggett Tributee: Eric Clapton. All Blues'd Up: Songs of Eric Clapton CD music contains a single disc with 12 songs. 



01. Miss You - Larry McCray 
02. Blues Power  - Koko Taylor  
03. Wonderful Tonight  - Otis Clay  
04. Lay Down Sally  - Carl Weathersby 
05. Strange Brew  - Buddy Guy 
06. Before You Accuse Me  - Bo Diddley 
07. Roll It Over  - Joe Louis Walker (Feat. James Cotton) 
08. Crossroads  - Honeyboy Edwards (Feat. James Cotton) 
09. Old Love  - Otis Rush 
10. Too Bad  - Pinetop Perkins (Feat. John Hammond & Bob Margolin) 
11. Tears In Heaven  - Ann Peebles 
12. Layla - Eric Gales (Feat. Derek Trucks) 

18 de out. de 2015

All Blues'd Up Series - The Song of The Rolling Stones (2003)


That the Rolling Stones built a long and illustrious career with the blues as a template is hardly any kind of revelation, and while Mick Jagger and Keith Richards developed into a pretty fair and often brilliant songwriting team, the Stones themselves never ventured too far from the Chicago blues model that brought them all together in the first place. It should come as no surprise, then, that when veteran blues players get their hands on a Rolling Stones song, it usually works out well. This set has several examples of this migration back to the blues, and some of them, like Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown's shakedown of “Ventilator Blues,” Otis Clay's stunning take on “Wild Horses,” and Johnny Copeland's guitar-dominated “Tumblin’ Dice” (it was Copeland's last recording before his death in 1997), are near definitive interpretations. This set is a perfect illustration that “whatever goes around, comes around.” ~ Steve Leggett, Rovi.

All Blues'd Up! Songs of the Rolling Stones album was released May 17, 2011 on the Intersound label. That the Rolling Stones built a long and illustrious career with the blues as a template is hardly any kind of revelation, and while Mick Jagger and Keith Richards developed into a pretty fair and often brilliant songwriting team, the Stones themselves never ventured too far from the Chicago blues model that brought them all together in the first place. All Blues'd Up! Songs of the Rolling Stones songs It should come as no surprise, then, that when veteran blues players get their hands on a Rolling Stones song, it usually works out well. All Blues'd Up! Songs of the Rolling Stones album This set has several examples of this migration back to the blues, and some of them, like Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown's shakedown of "Ventilator Blues," Otis Clay's stunning take on "Wild Horses," and Johnny Copeland's guitar-dominated "Tumblin' Dice" (it was Copeland's last recording before his death in 1997), are near definitive interpretations. This set is a perfect illustration that "whatever goes around, comes around." ~ Steve Leggett Tributee: The Rolling Stones. All Blues'd Up! Songs of the Rolling Stones CD music contains a single disc with 13 songs.


01. You Can't Always Get What You Want  - Luther Allison 
 02. Tumblin' Dice  - Johnny Copeland
 03. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction  - Junior Wells 
 04. Wild Horses  - Otis Clay
 05. Honkey Tonk Woman  - Taj Mahal
 06. Sway  - Alvin 'Youngblood' Heart 
 07. Ventilator Blues  - Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown
 08. Beast Of Burden  - Wendell Holmes, Sherman Holmes & Willie 'Popsy' Dixon
 09. Under My Thumb  - Lucky Peterson 
 10. Its All Over Now  - Bobby Womack 
 11. Midnight Rambler  - Larry McCray 
 12. Heart Of Stone  - Joe Louis Walker
 13. Moonlight Mile  - Alvin 'Youngblood' Heart

12 de out. de 2015

Blues Power ~ Songs Of Eric Clapton


Although Blues Power: Songs of Eric Clapton contains a couple versions of blues standards recorded at one time or another by Clapton, it's mostly devoted to covers of Clapton compositions by blues veterans and relative newcomers alike (i.e., either influences on Clapton or artists who have been influenced by him). The performances are generally spot-on, but that's to be expected from an artist roster that includes Koko Taylor, Pinetop Perkins, Otis Rush, Bo Diddley, Buddy Guy, Larry McCray, and Eric Gales, among others.









8 de out. de 2015

Northern Soul OST


Um excelente filme musical... Dois amigos desanimados com a monotonia da cidade em que vivem descobrem um novo mundo ao ouvirem pela primeira vez o legítimo soul americano. A paixão recém-adquirida logo mostra-se uma interessante possibilidade de negócio, os dois se destacam discotecando nas festas locais e, a partir de então, nada será como antes. Nem mesmo a amizade. E muito som rolando... Segue uma palhinha: