Manifold Records present Autumn Breeze Vol. 1 - Chill Sounds for Relaxing Moments. 22 excellent Chillout tracks and a continuous mix with mixing duties handled by DJ Maretimo.

Tim Buckley possessed a golden voice that spanned the range from baritone to tenor. More importantly, he knew what to do with it. Sometimes he used it simply as a vehicle to carry the lyrics. Other times he used it as an extraordinary musical instrument in its own right. This box contains three live albums on four CDs from Buckley’s classic phase: “Dream Letter – Live in London 1968” (on two CDs), “Live At The Troubadour 1969” and “Honeyman – Recorded Live 1973”. These performances feature eight songs that were never otherwise recorded, alongside selections from Goodbye And Hello, Happy Sad, Blue Afternoon, Lorca, Greetings From LA and Sefronia.

Albert Ayler Quartet - Copenhagen Live 1964 (2017) {hatOLOGY 665}
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Jazz / Avant-Garde Jazz / Saxophone

The legendary free jazz saxophonist Albert Ayler was at the height of his powers in 1964, the year of his landmark recording Spiritual Unity, so anything from this period is a big deal and this live album captures him in action with the people who accompanied him on that that classic LP, Gary Peacock on bass and Sunny Murray on drums. Even more interesting is the addition of Don Cherry on cornet, just after he finished serving in Ornette Coleman's pioneering quartet, going from strength to strength and shoring up the front line of this extraordinary band.

There has been no shortage of Deep Purple compilations over the years, but unlike some of the British hard rock legends' contemporaries (Sabbath, Zeppelin, etc.), they've managed a fairly consistent stream of output since their 1968 debut. Rhino's A Fire in the Sky, a 40-track career retrospective that includes at least one song from every studio album through 2013's Now What?!, is easily the most comprehensive anthology that the band has released to date – a more manageable, largely singles-oriented 20-track version is also available, as is a triple-vinyl edition. Despite cycling through too many lineup iterations to mention, the band has consistently adhered to the heavy blues-rock foundation that made career highlights like "Hush," "Smoke on the Water," "Highway Star," and "Woman from Tokyo" so essential.

Ada Zhuang (Zhuang Xin Yan) is a Chinese C-pop singer who started her music career in 2012. Since then, she has been gaining popularity in Mainland China and her albums have been also released also in Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Camille Saint-Saëns - Ascanio - Guillaume Tourniaire, De La Haute École de Musique de Genève (2018) {B Records LBM013}
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Classical / Romantic / Opera / French

Ascanio is the student of Benvenuto Cellini, a legendary Florentine sculptor. This latter character's genius and romances came to know a great operatic destiny. The name Ascanio is also the title of a grand lyrical drama by Camille Saint-Saëns which premiered in 1890, and is based on Paul Meurice's play. The opera was abridged several times and reassembled despite the composer's strong objections. It is a wonderful work, far too little-known, in which Italian lyricism, Wagnerian influence and French elegance combine. For the very first time, we will be able to hear the complete premiere performance of the version abiding by the 1888 autograph manuscript. It is brought to us by the impassioned conductor, Guillaume Tourniaire, and a topflight, French-speaking cast. They are accompanied by the Orchestra and Choirs from the Grand Théâtre de Genève and the Haute École de Musique. All this has been meticulously and enthusiastically recorded by B Records.

German mediaeval rockers In Extremo are a quite productive rock outfit with some releases spread out over the last years. The band started their winning streak back in 1995 and belongs to the spearhead of this genre. Twelve longplayers represent an impressive discography with some of them getting in pole position of German longplayer charts…

Dreaming of Sleep is the fourth album by progressive rock band Tetrafusion. The album was first streamed online on April 24th on Bandcamp, and the full album was released independently on April 28th. It features influences of Dream Theater, Pink Floyd, Between The Buried And Me, Monuments, Cynic, Opeth, Frank Zappa, Weather Report, King Crimson, TesseracT. This post-metal gem, featuring two ex-members of "Scale The Summit" on bass and drums, shines with various kinds of impressing guitar sounds, usually screeching in thorough distortion, frequently ponding pleasantly djenty. The heavy bass, sometimes slapped with amazing virtuosity, constitutes a solid base, and the excellent vocals and occasional keyboards complete the picture, yielding an overwhelming wall of sound that lasts for almost an hour.

After five years away from the live music scene, having been forced to sing on the streets because he was so disillusioned with the way the industry had treated him,Tony Lee King made an amazing comeback at the Kastav Blues Festival in 2014…

The return of Iron Maiden's "classic" Dickinson/Harris/Murray/Smith/McBrain lineup (plus third guitarist Janick Gers) in 1999 led to an incredibly successful world tour that saw the New Wave of British Heavy Metal legends commanding stages with the same unmitigated power and authority as they had during their mid-'80s heyday…