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A project that began as a commissioned work by the Muziekgebouw Eindhoven for composer Nico Muhly, Planetarium premiered in 2012 but was transformed by the arrival of this collaborative recording five years later. With Muhly, singer/lyricist Sufjan Stevens, the National guitarist Bryce Dessner, and drummer James McAlister receiving equal credit for the music, it also features a string quartet, seven trombonists, a keyboardist, and numerous instrument credits, including synths and programming, by the co-composers. Inspired by the Solar System, Planetarium's 17 tracks are named after celestial objects and related phenomena, with Stevens' often enigmatic lyrics focusing on the subjects of science and Greek and Roman mythology. (Falling after touring for his album Carrie and Lowell, Stevens has said it was a relief to work on something that wasn't personal.) "Hurricane heart/Hurricane haste/Wandering star/Put in its place" describes the planet "Jupiter." Like much of Planetarium, the song has a melancholy tone reinforced by humming, occasionally glitchy electronics. Its steady rhythm drops out halfway through, and filtered vocals proclaim: "Sermon of death says Jupiter is the loneliest planet." Distorted drums, mechanical noise, and eventually trombones warp the track into something more epic and ominous. Each piece is a musical mini-drama, to varying degrees and at widely fluctuating lengths, with the glistening wash of "Halley's Comet" lasting about 30 seconds, and "Earth" getting the most attention at around 15 minutes. Keyboard instruments ranging from piano, organ, and celeste to Mellotron, Moog, and other synths blend with strings, Dessner's lithe guitar, and Stevens' airy vocal timbre for a thematically atmospheric, unearthly effect across pieces that also contain passages of explosive percussiveness and symphonic grandeur (all of the above can be found on "Mars"). "Saturn" even develops into a pulsing club-type entry ("Tell me I'm evil/A Capricorn creature/A chemical addiction, first incision"). It's a sprawling effort with an over-70-minute running time, but also a haunting one, recommended for musically adventurous stargazers of all types. ~ Marcy Donelson Format: Vinyl Genre: Pop

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Double white, green and black colored vinyl LP pressing. Life on Other Planets is the fourth album by English alternative rock band Supergrass, originally released in 2002. It is the first album that includes Rob Coombes as an official member of the band. Tracklist: Za (2023 Remaster) Rush Hour Soul (2023 Remaster) Seen the Light (2023 Remaster) Brecon Beacons (2023 Remaster) Can't Get Up (2023 Remaster) Evening of the Day (2023 Remaster) Never Done Nothing Like That Before (2023 Remaster) Funniest Thing (2023 Remaster) Grace (2023 Remaster) La Song (2023 Remaster) Prophet 15 (2023 Remaster) Run (2023 Remaster) Rush Hour Soul Seen The Light Brecon Beacons Can’t Get Up Rush Hour Soul (AOL) Seen The Light (XFM) Evening Of The Day (BBC) Can’t Get Up (XFM) UPC: 4050538901535Label: Bmg Rights ManagemenRelease Date: 8.25.23Format: Vinyl

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The Planets is the most frequently performed piece of 20th century British music with immediate and lasting appeal. This high-profile live recording from 2006 was long overdue for the Berliner Philharmoniker who had not recorded The Planets since the legendary Karajan recording of 1981. Sir Simon Rattle had previously recorded another version of The Planets with the Philharmonia Orchestra, back in 1980, which was also hugely successful. Contrary to popular opinion The Planets is not a typically "English" piece. Holst's eclectic musical world was inspired by his fascination with astrology (mythology and horoscopes), Sanskrit writings and his admiration for the works of his contemporaries - particularly Debussy, Stravinsky, Ravel and Scriabin. "A magisterial performance, closely attentive to detail, in which the continental influences are highlighted as never before... The climax of 'Uranus' is a thriller: a massive build-up, with the famous organ glissando not spotlighted but spreading a great cloud of atmospherics in it's wake. Rattle also makes the best case yet for Colin Matthews' 'extra' planet 'Pluto'." BBC Music Magazine Tracklist: The Planets, Op. 32: I. Mars, the Bringer of War The Planets, Op. 32: II. Venus, the Bringer of Peace The Planets, Op. 32: III. Mercury, the Winged Messenger The Planets, Op. 32: IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity The Planets, Op. 32: V. Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age The Planets, Op. 32: VI. Uranus, the Magician The Planets, Op. 32: VII. Neptune, the Mystic Pluto, the Renewer UPC: 5021732827982Label: Warner ClassicsRelease Date: 12.12.25Format: Vinyl

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Kamasi Washington arrived on the international jazz scene from Los Angeles with a bang after the release of 2015's three-disc, three-hour The Epic. While he'd been around for a decade, playing with Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar -- whose To Pimp a Butterfly he arranged and played on -- the mammoth project turned him into jazz's perceived savior almost overnight. But he understood his own mission remarkably well and has remained undaunted by the hype. His second, double-length long-player Heaven and Earth was announced via tweet: "The Earth side.represents the world as I see it outwardly, the world that I am part of. The Heaven side.represents the world as I see it inwardly, the world that is a part of me." Washington reassembled his Next Step band -- which includes bassists Miles Mosely and Stephen "Thundercat" Bruner, drummers Ronald Bruner, Jr. and Tony Austin, trombonist Ryan Porter, pianist Cameron Graves, keyboardist Brandon Coleman, and vocalist Patrice Quinn -- supplemented by a jazz orchestra, West Coast Get Down, a symphony orchestra, and choir. Heaven and Earth is a major dose of Afro-Futurism. Earth opens with a killer cover of the theme from Bruce Lee's Fist of Fury, retitled in plural here. Quinn and Dwight Trible duet on lead vocals backed by a soaring, sweeping choir atop a cooking Latin jazz groove complete with montunos from Graves and a raw-boned solo from Washington (who is on fire throughout). The other cover is a funky take on Freddie Hubbard's "Hub-Tones," with layers of propulsive Latin rhythms. Dontae Winslow's jagged trumpet solo cuts across the mix before Washington's tenor answers. Of the originals, "Connections" is a space jazz embrace of hard bop and 20th century West Coast jazz, with great solos from Porter and Winslow, while "Testify" owes as much to Caribbean grooves and soul as jazz. Heaven commences with the spectral "The Space Traveler's Lullaby," with its gorgeous warm brass and reeds, swelling symphony strings, and soaring wordless chorus sounds like the Gil Evans and Sun Ra orchestras playing together. "Vi Lua Vi Sol" features a vocoder vocal from Coleman, with Porter blowing fills and a beefy solo, swooping synth lines atop Afrobeat drumming, and a popping upright bassline. The breaks and future funk of "Street Fighter Mas" owes equally to Miles Davis, Lamar, and Earth Wind and Fire as the choir extrapolates on the harmonics before Washington's skittering R&B-drenched solo. "Song for the Fallen" weds angular avant-jazz and future funk to wiry fusion and a multivalent rhythmic attack -- with the choir adding a celestial bent. Heaven and Earth is more a refinement of the ideas expressed on The Epic than an entirely new paradigm. There is less wandering, more focus, more inquiry and directed movement, as well as an abundance of colorful tonal and harmonic contrasts. More than anything else, it establishes Washington as a composer and arranger of dizzying potential and still underscores his twin rep as a soloist and jazz conceptualist. [The CD version contains a third, hidden bonus disc in the middle panel (it has to be slit open) containing three more originals -- "The Secret of Jinsinson," "My Family," and "Agents of Multiverse," plus covers of Carole King's "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" and Stan Vincent's "Ooh Child."] ~ Thom Jurek Format Detail: 4LP standard Jacket Format: Vinyl Genre: Jazz

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Love And Rockets is the seminal, groundbreaking trio of Daniel Ash (vocals and guitar), David J(vocals and bass) and Kevin Haskins (drums). Formed in 1985 after the first split of their band Bauhaus, Love and Rockets provided a clean slate and an opportunity to plumb the depths of imagination and influences. In 1987, Love and Rockets third album, the acoustic leaning Earth, Sun, Moon was released and spawned the college radio hit “No New Tale To Tell”. It was described as “at once gutsy and rootsy yet also rhapsodic and uplifting”. Title: Earth, Sun, Moon Artist: Love And Rockets Format: LP Release Date: 4/28/2023 Label: Beggars Banquet UPC: 607618225117 Genre: Alternative Track List: A1. Mirror People A2. The Light A3. Welcome Tomorrow A4. No New Tale To Tell A5. Here On Earth A6. Lazy B1. Waiting For The Flood B2. Rain Bird B3. The Telephone Is Empty B4. Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven B5. Earth, Sun, Moon B6. Youth Released: 4/28/23 Handling Note: **Please allow an additional 72 hours for this item's shipment.** Format Detail: LP Standard LP Jacket, Black Paper Innersleeve Format: Vinyl Genre: Rock

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Format Detail: 10" Format: Vinyl Genre: Rock

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Format Detail: 10" Format: Vinyl Genre: Rock

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Vinyl Track List:   Side A: Speak To Me Breathe (In The Air) On The Run Time The Great Gig In The Sky Side B: Money Us and Them Any Colour You Like Brain Damage Eclipse Released: 10/13/2023 Format: Vinyl

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