Arms And Sleepers - Matador Remixed

Arms and Sleepers began one night in the back of an ambulance in Cambridge. In an alleyway a man was bleeding with a cassette player in hand, the play button still on. What sounded like recordings of a gospel choir blared from the tin speaker, while down the street a jazz band could be heard.

The man was dying. He dropped the cassette player on the cement and closed his eyes, the sound carrying through the air into his ears for one last time. Though this moment in time died with him, his cassette lived on — and Arms and Sleepers were born.

Persistent international touring and constant dissemination of their sounds makes Arms and Sleepers a worthy opponent for the typical temporal constraints that can befall a band. Having issued a series of limited edition releases and the well-received Bliss Was it in That Dawn to be Alive EP (Fake Chapter) in 2007, Black Paris 86 is their debut full-length on Expect Candy Records (DE).

A tight and intense record, listening to it feels like sitting in a cinema, watching landscapes, beauty and tragedy - feeling warm and safe while a hint of mystery seems to whisper that not everything is ok out there.

(from Last.fm)

The brand new release of this great band. Remixes of their album "Matador" from other bands and themselves. Enjoy it!

Arms And Sleepers - Matador Remixed

(Expect Candy / 2010 / Trip Hop/Electronic/Ambient / 256 kbp/s)

Tracklist
01. Matador (Uzi & Ari remix) 5:42
02. The Architekt (Lymbyc Systym remix) 4:40
03. Twentynine Palms (Nolens Volens remix) 4:57
04. Simone (Amanda Rogers remix) 3:25
05. Helvetica (The American Dollar remix) 3:17
06. The Architekt (The Consulate General vs. Boy In Static remix) 4:32
07. The International (Arms and Sleepers remix) 5:38
08. Kino (Thisquietarmy remix) 5:31
09. The Architekt (Bigadiga remix) 4:03
10. The Paramour (Elika remix) 3:03

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Bliss - Quiet Letters

BLISS with founding members DJ Steffen Aaskoven and Marc-George Andersen, and with Alexandra (vocals) and Tchando (vocals) is an international chill out pop music collective from Denmark, Sweden and Guinea-Bissau, West Africa, Since 2001, they have become one of the true chill-out underground acts. releasing material on the Danish label, music for dreams, appearing on more than 60 compilations worldwide and in such tv shows as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

(from Last.fm)

I especially like the trip hop songs on this one like "Sleep Will Come" or "Evening Sun". But in anyway this is a fantastic album with a fantastic atmosphere to zone out to. Enjoy it!

Bliss - Quiet Letters

(Music for Dreams / 2003 / Ambient/Electronic/Downtempo / 192 kbp/s)

Tracklist
01 Sleep Will Come 5:59
02 Breathe 4:48
03 Right Here 5:03
04 Dunia 6:51
05 Song For Olabi 6:18
06 Wish U Were There 1:51
07 Kissing 6:10
08 Evening Sun 4:20
09 Manvantara 11:12
10 Wish U Were Here 6:17
11 Don\'t Look Back 5:25
12 Quiet Letter 4:22

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Arms And Sleepers - Arms And Sleepers

Arms and Sleepers began one night in the back of an ambulance in Cambridge. In an alleyway a man was bleeding with a cassette player in hand, the play button still on. What sounded like recordings of a gospel choir blared from the tin speaker, while down the street a jazz band could be heard.

The man was dying. He dropped the cassette player on the cement and closed his eyes, the sound carrying through the air into his ears for one last time. Though this moment in time died with him, his cassette lived on — and Arms and Sleepers were born.

Persistent international touring and constant dissemination of their sounds makes Arms and Sleepers a worthy opponent for the typical temporal constraints that can befall a band. Having issued a series of limited edition releases and the well-received Bliss Was it in That Dawn to be Alive EP (Fake Chapter) in 2007, Black Paris 86 is their debut full-length on Expect Candy Records (DE).

A tight and intense record, listening to it feels like sitting in a cinema, watching landscapes, beauty and tragedy - feeling warm and safe while a hint of mystery seems to whisper that not everything is ok out there.

(from Last.fm)

Arms And Sleepers - Arms And Sleepers

(Milkweed Records / 2007 / Trip Hop/Post-Rock/Ambient / VBR2 268 kbp/s)

Tracklist
01. We’re All Paris Now (Pt. 1) 2:52
02. Runner Misplaced 4:54
03. By My Bones 2:10
04. Red Light Pipe Dreams 3:50
05. Winter Is Coming 2:12
06. Lights & Alarms 7:24

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Arms And Sleepers - Lautlos

Arms and Sleepers began one night in the back of an ambulance in Cambridge. In an alleyway a man was bleeding with a cassette player in hand, the play button still on. What sounded like recordings of a gospel choir blared from the tin speaker, while down the street a jazz band could be heard.

The man was dying. He dropped the cassette player on the cement and closed his eyes, the sound carrying through the air into his ears for one last time. Though this moment in time died with him, his cassette lived on — and Arms and Sleepers were born.

Persistent international touring and constant dissemination of their sounds makes Arms and Sleepers a worthy opponent for the typical temporal constraints that can befall a band. Having issued a series of limited edition releases and the well-received Bliss Was it in That Dawn to be Alive EP (Fake Chapter) in 2007, Black Paris 86 is their debut full-length on Expect Candy Records (DE).

A tight and intense record, listening to it feels like sitting in a cinema, watching landscapes, beauty and tragedy - feeling warm and safe while a hint of mystery seems to whisper that not everything is ok out there.

(from Last.fm)

Lautlos means "silent" or "noiseless" in English.

Arms And Sleepers - Lautlos

(Self Released / 2007 / Trip Hop/Post-Rock/Ambient / VBR2 254 kbp/s)

Tracklist
01. Lautlos 4:22
02. Cinemas For Marseille 2:09
03. From Under The Floor Boards 2:43
04. Se Vende Limber 4:08
05. Found In Manhattan 3:05

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Arms And Sleepers - Cinématique

Arms and Sleepers began one night in the back of an ambulance in Cambridge. In an alleyway a man was bleeding with a cassette player in hand, the play button still on. What sounded like recordings of a gospel choir blared from the tin speaker, while down the street a jazz band could be heard.

The man was dying. He dropped the cassette player on the cement and closed his eyes, the sound carrying through the air into his ears for one last time. Though this moment in time died with him, his cassette lived on — and Arms and Sleepers were born.

Persistent international touring and constant dissemination of their sounds makes Arms and Sleepers a worthy opponent for the typical temporal constraints that can befall a band. Having issued a series of limited edition releases and the well-received Bliss Was it in That Dawn to be Alive EP (Fake Chapter) in 2007, Black Paris 86 is their debut full-length on Expect Candy Records (DE).

A tight and intense record, listening to it feels like sitting in a cinema, watching landscapes, beauty and tragedy - feeling warm and safe while a hint of mystery seems to whisper that not everything is ok out there.

(from Last.fm)

This release is a bit outstanding in the discography of Arms and Sleepers. It's more electronic/ambient based than on trip hop, but anyway outstanding and great to hear. Enjoy it!

Arms And Sleepers - Cinématique

(Self Released / 2007 / Electronic/Post-Rock/Ambient / VBR2 249 kbp/s)

Tracklist
01. Mimema 4:10
02. Embassy Theme 1:43
03. By The Harbor 3:07
04. Ankara (A Memory) 1:18
05. Potsdam Voltaire 3:48
06. Guests & Ghosts 1:28
07. Embassy Theme II 4:09
08. Tram 11 2:13
09. Pfarrstrasse 1:25
10. This Place Was My Home… 2:28
11. So Why Pause 4:34

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Arms And Sleepers - The Motorist

Arms and Sleepers began one night in the back of an ambulance in Cambridge. In an alleyway a man was bleeding with a cassette player in hand, the play button still on. What sounded like recordings of a gospel choir blared from the tin speaker, while down the street a jazz band could be heard.

The man was dying. He dropped the cassette player on the cement and closed his eyes, the sound carrying through the air into his ears for one last time. Though this moment in time died with him, his cassette lived on — and Arms and Sleepers were born.

Persistent international touring and constant dissemination of their sounds makes Arms and Sleepers a worthy opponent for the typical temporal constraints that can befall a band. Having issued a series of limited edition releases and the well-received Bliss Was it in That Dawn to be Alive EP (Fake Chapter) in 2007, Black Paris 86 is their debut full-length on Expect Candy Records (DE).

A tight and intense record, listening to it feels like sitting in a cinema, watching landscapes, beauty and tragedy - feeling warm and safe while a hint of mystery seems to whisper that not everything is ok out there.

(from Last.fm)

Arms And Sleepers - The Motorist

(Self Released / 2009 / Trip Hop/Post-Rock/Ambient / VBR2 186 kbp/s)

Tracklist
01. Dear Charles, My Muse, Asleep or Dead 2:11
02. The Motorist 4:48
03. Jetty 4:22
04. Algiers Point 1:28
05. In The Empire of Builders 2:30

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Arms And Sleepers - Matador Alternate Versions/B-Sides

Arms and Sleepers began one night in the back of an ambulance in Cambridge. In an alleyway a man was bleeding with a cassette player in hand, the play button still on. What sounded like recordings of a gospel choir blared from the tin speaker, while down the street a jazz band could be heard.

The man was dying. He dropped the cassette player on the cement and closed his eyes, the sound carrying through the air into his ears for one last time. Though this moment in time died with him, his cassette lived on — and Arms and Sleepers were born.

Persistent international touring and constant dissemination of their sounds makes Arms and Sleepers a worthy opponent for the typical temporal constraints that can befall a band. Having issued a series of limited edition releases and the well-received Bliss Was it in That Dawn to be Alive EP (Fake Chapter) in 2007, Black Paris 86 is their debut full-length on Expect Candy Records (DE).

A tight and intense record, listening to it feels like sitting in a cinema, watching landscapes, beauty and tragedy - feeling warm and safe while a hint of mystery seems to whisper that not everything is ok out there.

(from Last.fm)

Another release of this band, alternate versions and b-sides of their greatest album "Matador". Highly recommended!

Arms And Sleepers - Matador Alternate Versions/B-Sides

(Self Released / 2009 / Trip Hop/Post-Rock/Ambient / v0)

Tracklist
01. Matador (Bedside Version) 5:14
02. Armes 2:58
03. Leon (Instrumental Version) 5:44
04. Still 4:38
05. Kino (PV Version) 2:24
06. Simone (Alternate Version) 3:50
07. Kino (Airport Mix) 3:52

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Arms And Sleepers - Bliss Was It In That Dawn To Be Alive

Arms and Sleepers began one night in the back of an ambulance in Cambridge. In an alleyway a man was bleeding with a cassette player in hand, the play button still on. What sounded like recordings of a gospel choir blared from the tin speaker, while down the street a jazz band could be heard.

The man was dying. He dropped the cassette player on the cement and closed his eyes, the sound carrying through the air into his ears for one last time. Though this moment in time died with him, his cassette lived on — and Arms and Sleepers were born.

Persistent international touring and constant dissemination of their sounds makes Arms and Sleepers a worthy opponent for the typical temporal constraints that can befall a band. Having issued a series of limited edition releases and the well-received Bliss Was it in That Dawn to be Alive EP (Fake Chapter) in 2007, Black Paris 86 is their debut full-length on Expect Candy Records (DE).

A tight and intense record, listening to it feels like sitting in a cinema, watching landscapes, beauty and tragedy - feeling warm and safe while a hint of mystery seems to whisper that not everything is ok out there.

(from Last.fm)

The debut release of one of my most favorite bands out there. Enjoy it!

Arms And Sleepers - Bliss Was It In That Dawn To Be Alive

(Fake Chapter Records / 2006 / Trip Hop/Post-Rock/Ambient / 128 kbp/s)

Tracklist
01. Beneath Bricks And Books 3:05
02. A Mission To Prague 5:49
03. Arms/Sleepers 5:10
04. Warm 4:07
05. A Girl Named Clive 3:37
06. Moscow Pop 4:38
07. (Untitled) 6:47

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Arms and Sleepers & The American Dollar - From The Inland Sea

Arms and Sleepers is Max Lewis (Boston, MA) and Mirza Ramic (Portland, ME). The band was formed in 2006 and has since released a handful of albums and EPs. Arms and Sleepers have extensively toured North America, Europe, and the UK. Upcoming releases include “Matador” (2nd full-length) and “From The Inland Sea” (split with The American Dollar)

(from Last.fm)

Started by high school friends John Emanuele and Richard Cupolo from Queens, NY in 2005, The American Dollar creates cinematic, electronica-tinged instrumental rock. The duo fuses processed drums, spacious keyboards and powerful organ swells with electric guitar and bass, creating deep sonic textures while maintaining the passion and energy of a live band. The swirling soundscapes build and swell, punctuated by glitchy beats, breathing and expanding into crashing guitars and soaring leads: precisely constructed symphonies for a new era.

(from Last.fm)

This is my favorite Arms and Sleepers release, a split with The American Dollar. Delicious Trip Hop with Ambient and Post-Rock influence and some nice Instrumental Post-Rock for you. Enjoy it!

Arms and Sleepers & The American Dollar - From The Inland Sea

(Self Released / 2009 / Ambient Trip Hop/Post-Rock/Instrumental Post-Rock / 320 kbp/s)

Tracklist
The American Dollar
01. Landing 3:33
02. Schipol 3:54
03. Where We Are 4:21

Arms & Sleepers
04. The Catcher Elsewhere 4:56
05. Van Buren 5:06
06. The Inland Sea 6:56

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Arms and Sleepers - Black Paris 86

Arms and Sleepers began one night in the back of an ambulance in Cambridge. In an alleyway a man was bleeding with a cassette player in hand, the play button still on. What sounded like recordings of a gospel choir blared from the tin speaker, while down the street a jazz band could be heard.

The man was dying. He dropped the cassette player on the cement and closed his eyes, the sound carrying through the air into his ears for one last time. Though this moment in time died with him, his cassette lived on — and Arms and Sleepers were born.

Persistent international touring and constant dissemination of their sounds makes Arms and Sleepers a worthy opponent for the typical temporal constraints that can befall a band. Having issued a series of limited edition releases and the well-received Bliss Was it in That Dawn to be Alive EP (Fake Chapter) in 2007, Black Paris 86 is their debut full-length on Expect Candy Records (DE).

A tight and intense record, listening to it feels like sitting in a cinema, watching landscapes, beauty and tragedy - feeling warm and safe while a hint of mystery seems to whisper that not everything is ok out there.

(from Last.fm)

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Tracklist
1. Greetings From Tokyo
2. A Mission To Prague
3. Lausanne
4. Black Paris 86
5. Seems (If Ever)
6. 71 Fragments Of A Chronology Of Chance
7. Warm
8. I Was A Climber
9. Butterflycatcher
10. Like A Typewriter From A Moving Train
11. Rooftops/Lanterns
12. We're All Paris Now (Pt. 3)

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Arms and Sleepers - Matador

Arms and Sleepers began one night in the back of an ambulance in Cambridge. In an alleyway a man was bleeding with a cassette player in hand, the play button still on. What sounded like recordings of a gospel choir blared from the tin speaker, while down the street a jazz band could be heard.

The man was dying. He dropped the cassette player on the cement and closed his eyes, the sound carrying through the air into his ears for one last time. Though this moment in time died with him, his cassette lived on — and Arms and Sleepers were born.

Persistent international touring and constant dissemination of their sounds makes Arms and Sleepers a worthy opponent for the typical temporal constraints that can befall a band. Having issued a series of limited edition releases and the well-received Bliss Was it in That Dawn to be Alive EP (Fake Chapter) in 2007, Black Paris 86 is their debut full-length on Expect Candy Records (DE).

A tight and intense record, listening to it feels like sitting in a cinema, watching landscapes, beauty and tragedy - feeling warm and safe while a hint of mystery seems to whisper that not everything is ok out there.

(from Last.fm)

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Tracklist
1. Orly
2. Matador
3. The architekt
4. Twentynine palms
5. Helvetica
6. The international
7. Simone
8. Kino
9. Words are for sleeping
10. The paramour

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Yppah - You are beautiful at all Times

Welly, welly, welly, well…just when I was starting to lose faith in Ninja Tune, they release this, ‘You are Beautiful at all Times’, the debut album from Texas maestro Ypaah (pronounced Yippah). Born and bred in a somewhat unlikely part of the world, Joe Corrales has produced this modest little epic off the back of playing in rock band after band whilst also becoming, lets say more a than proficient hip-hop dj/turntablist. Lets see how this pans out shall we.
‘Ending With You’ kicks things off, immediately transcends my expectations, and quickly dissipates any scepticism I may have had after reading the press release, after all they are written with a somewhat biased view of the release. Sleepy, yet constantly engaging, ‘You are…’ is the perfect permutation of Corrales previous musical endeavours, whilst also taking them to a higher plain, and manages to fill you with a cosy sense of well being. ‘Again With The Subtitles’ sounds like a Boom Bip rework of the Chemical Brothers’ ‘Star Guitar’, stripping away the minimal techno to breed something much more organic, a truly beautifully uplifting piece of modern production. Swimming with all the right elements of a melancholic opus, ‘You are…’ somehow manages to skip the down and out vibe and move straight on to brooding optimism that’s missing in so many of the could be brilliant albums of our time. Despite being layered up to the eyeballs, none of these songs ever feel weighed down, and infact all have a very airy almost buoyant demeanour.

This is a truly superb debut, even superseding releases from season Ninja Tune artists. Perhaps more akin to the Lex sound this album is chock full of the kinda beats you’d expect from Anticon’s Alias, or perhaps even and early DJ Shadow release, then sprinkle with Bonobo-esque effect laden instrumentation, add My Bloody Valentine and Mogwai style atmospherics and you’re on to a winner. Sublime from start to finish, and this is only his debut; I can’t wait to see what else this kid is capable of.

(Taken from here...)

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Tracklist

1. Ending with you

2. I'll hit the Brakes

3. Again with the Subtitles

4. The Subtitles that Count

5. We Aim

6. What's the matter

7. In two, the Weakly

8. Almost in that Category

9. Good like that

10. Cannot see straight

11. It's not the same

12. Longtime

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Yppah - They know what Ghost know

Making a swift derivé into beat driven shoegazer styles, Ninja Tune deliver the sophomore album from Houston, Texas' Yppah. The sound is informed by such disparate influences as My Bloody Valentine, Caribou and Spacemen 3, but manages to neatly coincide these into a gloriously ecstatic blend of FX laden guitars and driving rock breakbeats. Joe Corrales Jr is the central character behind Yppah, a figure with a background in both rock bands and as a scratch DJ playing hiphop and house so it's easy to hear how such a guy would come to the sonic conclusion of 'They Know What Ghost Know'. Imagine Daedelus jamming with Kevin Shields and you've gone too far, take a couple of steps back and you've got Yppah.

(Taken from Boomkat)

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Tracklist

1. Son saves the Rest

2. Gumball Machine Weekend

3. Playing with Fireworks

4. Shutter Speed

5. The Moon Scene 7

6. They know what Ghost know

7. City Glow

8. Sun Flower, Sun kissed

9. The Tingling

10. Bobbie Joe Wilson

11. A Parking Lot Carnival

12. Southern Sky Tells

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