Petter Eldh & Koma Saxo – LIVE (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Petter Eldh & Koma Saxo – LIVE (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 38:46 minutes | 501 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © We Jazz

Koma Saxo, the explosive quintet led by Berlin-based Swedish bassist/producer Petter Eldh, returns on We Jazz Records with their new album, cut live at We Jazz Festival in Helsinki, December 2019. Whereas their lauded debut was a triumph of remapping the goal posts for an acoustic jazz combo for the 2020’s, “LIVE” takes you right to the heart of the actual ensemble sound, with 5 musicians tearing the place down, no post production. From the fiery opening sequence kicking off with “Euro Koma”, on to the much calmer beauty of “Waltz Me, Waltz Me Baby, All Night Long” and the first single “Fiskeskärsmelodin”, the 8-song set is pure fire, never failing to convey the extraordinary intensity of the group: Eldh on bass, Otis Sandsjö (Y-OTIS), Jonas Kullhammar and Mikko Innanen on saxes, and Christian Lillinger on drums.

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Petra Magoni & Ilaria Fantin – All of Us (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Petra Magoni & Ilaria Fantin – All of Us (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 42:24 minutes | 442 MB | Genre: Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Prima o Poi

All Of Us features singer and composer Petra Magoni and lutenist Ilaria Fantin. Together they perform 11 popular songs including Both Sides Now, Perfect Day, Cigarettes and Coffee, Feeling Good and All Of Me.

On this album, emotions of passage, like clouds, emerge through the songs of Sinéad O’Connor, Fabrizio De André, Domenico Modugno, Joni Mitchell, Deep Purple. It’s a concert-tale where the sound of the archlute blends with the unique stamp of Petra Magoni, creating a synergistic original.

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Petit Biscuit – Presence (2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Petit Biscuit – Presence (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 53:49 minutes | 596 MB | Genre: Electronic, ChillOut, House, Deep House
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Petit Biscuit Music

In 2016 when he released his first EP, Mehdi Benjelloun knocked more than one person off their feet. Fresh out the oven (he was only 16 years old!), this artist who calls himself Petit Biscuit is a high school student like any other, apart from the fact that he’s already a producer. With these 5 tracks, he claimed his place in the world of electronic music. Influenced by oriental music, the young prodigy from Rouen uses voice samples for his favourite recipe, following his master Fakear. His real work on textures also gives pride of place to analogue instruments. One year later, with his GCSEs in the bag (passing with flying colours) this album not only confirms his obvious talent but also the originality of his electronic kaleidoscopic voice. Jérémy Souillart a.k.a. Møme, the Parisians Isaac Delusion, Peder Losnegård a.k.a. Lido and Sonia Ben Ammar all come to lend a hand on this colourful adventure that mixes pure dancefloor with more introspective elements. The rainbow is complete and the hedonistic sensation very much real.

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Peter Zinovieff and Lucy Railton – RFG Inventions for Cello and Computer (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Peter Zinovieff and Lucy Railton – RFG Inventions for Cello and Computer (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 35:00 minutes | 340 MB | Genre: Experimental, Modern Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © PAN

‘RFG Inventions for Cello and Computer’ is a steeply adventurous, highly structured and rewarding electro-acoustic collaboration between pioneering British/Russian inventor and engineer Peter Zinovieff and preeminent cellist Lucy Railton.’

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Peter White – Music for STARLUX Airlines (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Peter White – Music for STARLUX Airlines (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 44:13 minutes | 510 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Lobster Music, Inc.

Peter White’s journey began as a member of Al Stewart’s band as a keyboardist. In addition to opening for artists like Linda Ronstadt, Billy Joel and Queen, White worked with Stewart in the studio in the making of Year of the Cat, which became a huge hit for Stewart in 1976. The tour and the album marked the beginning of a twenty-year association with Stewart. In that time, the two musicians co-wrote numerous songs, including Stewart’s 1978 hit, “Time Passages.” After fifteen years as a backup musician and a session player for Stewart and others, White launched his solo recording career with the 1990 release of Reveillez-Vous (French for “Wake up,” a title chosen by White in honor of his French mother). The album included several unused songs that White had written for Stewart, and it became a favorite among contemporary jazz radio stations, and kept him on that trajectory with many well received solo albums, and a thriving touring career, ever since.

Peter White composed all of the songs on this newest endeavor “Music for STARLUX Airlines”. He plays guitars, keyboards, harmonica, accordion – as well as programming, mixing and producing the project, with additional programming from D.C., Peter’s daughter, violist Charlotte White, accompanies him on the final track “Homeward Bound”.

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Peter White – Groovin’ (2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Peter White – Groovin’ (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 47:53 minutes | 976 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Heads Up

Over the years, British-born, LA-based Peter White has maintained a reputation as one of the most versatile and prolific acoustic guitarists on the contemporary jazz landscape. For his fifteenth recording as a leader, “Groovin'”, he returns to some of his favorite tracks from the ’60s and ’70s, giving each of them his own interpretation. The album features The Young Rascals’ Groovin’, Stevie Wonder’s Do I Do, Otis Redding’s (Sittin On) The Dock of the Bay, John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s Here, There and Everywhere and much more, augmented by an impressive array of special guests, including Vincent Ingala, Rick Braun, Charlotte White, Ricky Lawson, Ramon Yslas, David Dyson, Selina Albright and Stevo Theard.

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Peter Tosh – Legalize It (1976/2013) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Peter Tosh – Legalize It (1976/2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 39:00 minutes | 746 MB | Genre: Reggae
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia – Legacy

Legalize It is the stunning solo debut by Peter Tosh, following his departure from the Wailers. Released in 1976, this seminal album showcases Tosh’s creative talents as he explores issues of spirituality. Legalize It remains a pivotal work in the history of reggae. It features the hits “Legalize It,” “No Sympathy,” “Why Must I Cry” and “Ketchy Shuby.” It features acclaimed musicians including Al Anderson, Rita Marley, Bunny Wailer and Judy Mowatt.

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Peter Tosh – Equal Rights (1977/2013) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Peter Tosh – Equal Rights (1977/2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 40:08 minutes | 855 MB | Genre: Reggae
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia – Legacy

Equal Rights is widely acclaimed as one of Reggae’s most influential albums. It established Tosh as a leader in the genre. In peak form, this political outing includes the standouts “Stepping Razor,” “African” and “Apartheid.” It received outstanding praise from Rolling Stone, Spin, The Wire, Q, MOJO and more.

Equal Rights is roots reggae nonpareil and one of the most powerful political statements in any genre. – Spin

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Peter Sheppard Skærved – Tartini: 30 Sonate piccole, Vol. 5 (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Peter Sheppard Skærved – Tartini: 30 Sonate piccole, Vol. 5 (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:07:24 minutes | 766 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Toccata Classics

In the last years of his life, the composer, violinist and swordsman Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770) laboured at a vast cycle of sonatas for solo violin. The resulting manuscript offers the most important composition for solo violin after Bach and, at six hours in duration, the largest integrated work for the instrument. This first complete recording is based on a fresh study of the source and includes a number of works deciphered from Tartinis shorthand and overlooked in earlier editions. These Little Sonatas tread a delicate line between Baroque formality and proto-Romantic passion, occasionally illuminated with an echo of the folk-fiddling of his Slovenian homeland.

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Peter Sheppard Skærved – Florish in the Key: The Solo Violin in London 1650-1700 (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Peter Sheppard Skærved – Florish in the Key: The Solo Violin in London 1650-1700 (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:12:48 minutes | 2,38 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Athene

As well as being internationally recognized as a leading interpreter of music new and old, Peter Sheppard Skaerved is the only violinist to have performed on the personal violins of Viotti, Paganini, Joachim, Kreisler and Ole Bull. Here he presents the works from Preludes or Voluntarys (2nd edition, published by John Walsh in 1705). The edition includes petite gems from the leading lights of the age such as Purcell, Biber, Pepusch, Correlli and Torrelli, and some whose names are somewhat forgotten: Matteis, Bassani and Vitali – and more who are only known by their surname, probably musicians of the royal court who had presented a work to Walsh for publication. It’s also true that Walsh included several extracts from sonatas, suites and other chamber works, not always correctly attributed. These fascinating pieces are played on a 1664 violin of unknown make which was a instrument of King Charles II’s court orchestra. The album also contains several works by the (at the time) highly regarded Thomas Baltzar, played on the superb 1629 Girolamo Amati violin also used for Sheppard Skaerved’s most recent “Great Violins” recording. Altogether a wonderful album, both musically and historically.

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Peter Perrett – Humanworld (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Peter Perrett – Humanworld (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 35:34 minutes | 419 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Domino Recording Co

After years spent in the wilderness of addiction and recovery, Peter Perrett made a stunning comeback with 2017’s How the West Was Won. The former Only One returned with a set of songs that re-established him as one of the great punk romantics, possessed of a timeless voice and a gimlet eye for a hooky melody. He was backed by a band made up of his two sons, and they backed Perrett with a perfect mix of grit and grace. The same crew reunited for 2019’s Humanworld, and they’ve managed to make another great record. A little rougher around the edges, with spikier guitars and more energy, there are more up-tempo songs this time around and a little bit of bitter politics added to the lyrics. It’s a bracing album with a sound and feel that will be very familiar to fans of the Only Ones, and more importantly, it shows no drop-off in quality from How the West Was Won. Turns out Perrett didn’t just have one last shot left, he is back for real and it shows. Songs like “I Want Your Dreams” and “Believe in Nothing” have the lost romantic feel of vintage Only Ones, the rollicking “Love Comes on Silent Feet” is a brilliant slice of guitar rock, “48 Crash” and “War Plan Red” have the raw energy of vintage punk plus the perspective of experience, and the many ballads (like “Love’s Inferno” and “Heavenly Day”) have a sweetness at their core that’s surprising for someone who’s led a life as complicated as Perrett’s. The band once again provides sublime backing: the guitars kick up dust when they need to, the keyboards and occasional viola give the songs a widescreen feel, and the rhythm section is tight and powerful. The songs, words, and Perrett’s inimitable vocals combine with the music to create something special again. There’s not a moment on Humanworld that feels forced or phony, and Perrett sounds fully in command of everything. Both this record and How the West Was Won would have been notable just because Perrett was still alive and making music again; the high level of the music he’s actually making means that they are both vital transmissions from one of the great lost talents of the punk era. – Tim Sendra

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Peter Nelson – Clock Stories, Vol. 1 (2017/2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Peter Nelson – Clock Stories, Vol. 1 (2017/2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 24:23 minutes | 280 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Outside in Music

Peter Nelson is an exciting and creative trombonist making waves on the NYC jazz scene. Nelson has a sweet, stutter shuttled virtuosity on his valveless instrument of mystical musical astronomers, floating on deep rhythmic currents. If his name is on it, you know you are getting something good! With the music world brimming with talent more than ever, Peter’s one to keep an eye on.

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Peter Murphy – Should the World Fail to Fall Apart (Expanded Edition) (1985/2011) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Peter Murphy – Should the World Fail to Fall Apart (Expanded Edition) (1985/2011)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:02:36 minutes | 2,43 GB | Genre: New Wave, Post Punk
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Beggars Banquet

Following the collapse of Dali’s Car, Murphy embarked on a solo career in earnest, fortuitously hooking up with Howard Hughes, who had been working with fellow cult artists the Associates. With 4AD label head Ivo Watts-Russell drafted in to produce and guest musicians popping in as desired, Murphy and Hughes created a slightly fragmentary but still intriguing record. Caught between his recent past (the use of fretless bass on “Canvas Beauty” was a dead giveaway that he missed working with Mick Karn) and his eventual solo successes, Murphy concentrates here mostly on breaking free of the goth stereotype in which he had found himself trapped. His vocal passion isn’t diminished in the slightest, but this time the music over which he sings is generally lighter and freer in tone; he himself handles drum programming, core guitar parts, and keyboard lines while Hughes takes care of the rest. The quietly anthemic title track and “God Sends” stand out as thorough successes on these lines. Two covers also crop up, both worthy of note: A solid run-through of Magazine’s “The Light Pours Out of Me” with that band’s guitarist John McGeoch; more noteworthy is a fierce rip on Pere Ubu’s “Final Solution.” The ghosts of Bauhaus do crop up at points, most notably “Never Man,” with haunting backing vocals and a generally creepy feeling. Meanwhile, “The Answer Is Clear” has a more direct connection, with none other than Bauhaus guitarist Daniel Ash contributing some fine feedback squalls. Ironically enough, the song itself is a pointed response to Ash’s own recent Tones on Tail song “The Movement of Fear,” which Murphy took as an attack on himself!

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Peter Jay Jordan – Trap Hybrids (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Peter Jay Jordan – Trap Hybrids (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 36:21 minutes | 467 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Sonoton Music

Peter Jay Jordan released his new album Trap Hybrids on June 11 via Sonoton Music.

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Peter Hand Big Band – Hand Painted Dream (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Peter Hand Big Band – Hand Painted Dream (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 59:36 minutes | 1,27 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Savant

The deftly titled ‘Hand Painted Dream’ is the culmination of guitarist/arranger/leader Peter Hand’s work with some of the best musicians anywhere and whose collective efforts have produced an extraordinary testament to the best in modern big band music. With the supremely talented Camille Thurman contributing a track each on saxophone and vocals, the ensemble can easily be considered an “all-star” group, with trumpeters Eddie Allen and Valery Ponomarev, saxophonists, Don Braden, Bruce Williams, trombonist James Burton III and a dream rhythm section of James Weidman, Harvie S, Steve Johns and Hand himself. The resulting band is at once bold & beautiful, swinging and suave while consistently playing the imaginative arrangements with extraordinarily nuanced musicianship.

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