VA – Cold Rain VI (冷たい雨 )

Cold Rain is a 17 track compilation that encapsulates the niche and fascinating subculture of modern music. Genres were spliced, conventions dispensed with, and oftentimes hybrid music of astonishing complexity was produced.

various | Apr 2020 | flac | CD audio | 591 mb

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VA – The beautiful die young

In the face of uncertainty and panic, music is a social balm for soothing anxiety, enhancing community connections and acting in defiance of a threat to community spirit.

The citizens of Wuhan chanting “Keep it up, Wuhan!” and singing patriotic songs from their windows encouraged themselves and their neighbors in their efforts to save their city. That’s music for. That’s why this CD was manufactured in Japan.

various | Apr 2020 | flac| CD audio | 491 mb

VA – Cold Rain I (冷たい雨 )

For many people, the days of wandering into a store, browsing the shelves, and walking out with music stored on plastic are a distant memory. In Japan, however, the CD is still king.

Here are the hits I heard very often in Japan last year.

various | Jan 2018 | mp3 VBR-extreme| CD audio | 473 mb

Abramis Brama – Tusen år

Abramis Brama returns with their seventh studio album, which also celebrates the 20th anniversary of the band’s debut on the Swedish heavy rock scene and national radio. At the time, however, heavy rock with strong ’60s and ’70s roots, sung in their native Swedish tongue, was hardly in fashion. Still, Abramis Brama persevered, and aside from one album (by request of the record label at the time), the band has not swayed, nor betrayed their initial ideals of fusing the doomy thunder of Black Sabbath with the deep groove of Mountain and the lyrical tradition that started with Swedish cult band November in the late ’60s – also adding a Swedish folk influence and some psychedelic touches.

Stoner rock | Apr 27, 2018 | lossless| Vinyl audio | 300 mb

VA – Cold Rain III (冷たい雨 )

Some people look down their nose at compilation albums but I think that when they get it right, there’s nothing better about getting to enjoy a mixed bag of the best tracks by a bunch of different artists. So, from now on here will be some of my favourites.

various | Mar 2018 | mp3 VBR-extreme| CD audio | 146 mb

Familjen ‎– Kom

Johan Tommy Karlsson (born April 10, 1976 in Hässleholm) is a Swedish techno/electropop artist who uses the alias Familjen (Swedish pronunciation: [faˈmɪljɛn], The Family).
Karlsson describes his music as indie-techno.
All his lyrics are in Swedish, or the southern dialect of Scanian to be more precise. He performs live with Andreas Tilliander on synthesizer.

Indie electronic | Mar 2, 2018 | lossless| Vinyl audio | 272 mb

ReVertigo – REVERTIGO

The debut album from ReVertigo, Sweden-based duo formed by Mats Levén (vocals) and Anders Wikström (guitar), on February 23. As close personal and musical friends for nearly 30 years, REVERTIGO album is the next chapter in an ongoing collaboration. I score it a remarkable 9.5/10.

AoR | Feb 2018 | lossless| CD audio | 359 mb