Thunderball - Ambassadors of Style (2000)

Thunderball - Ambassadors of Style

Original Release Date: Mar 14, 2000

Label: ESL

Genre: Electronica

Size: 388 Mb

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Tracklisting:
01. Hijack
02. Prime Minister
03. This Girl
04. Chronic Dose
05. Selector
06. Pop The Trunk
07. Late Nite Trick
08. Ambassadors of Style
09. Sirocco
10. The Moon, The Sky
11. Sid's Mellow Trip

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Thunderball - Cinescope (2004)

Thunderball - Cinescope

Original Release Date: Jan 27, 2004

Label: Eighteenth Street

Genre: Electronica

Size: 286 Mb

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Tracklisting:

01 Road to Benares (4:31)
02 Electric Shaka (4:36)
03 Return of the Panther (3:42)
04 Get Up with the Get Down (3:44)
05 Thunder in the Jungle (3:56)
06 Strictly Rude Boy (3:41)
07 Mysterious Mr. Sandobar (3:33)
08 Lost Vagueness (4:05)
09 Chicachiquita (3:27)
10 To Sir with Dub (4:09)
11 Elevated States (4:27)
12 Last Flight Out (5:01)

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Lovage - Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By (2001)

Lovage - Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By

Original Release Date: Nov 6, 2001

Label: 75 Ark

Genre: Electronica, Trip-hop

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Tracklisting:

1 Ladies Love Chest Rockwell Charles, Dan the Automator 1:19

2 Pit Stop (Take Me Home) Charles, Dan the Automator 3:56

3 Anger Management Charles, Dan the Automator 4:17

4 Everyone Has a Summer Charles, Dan the Automator 4:16

5 To Catch a Thief Charles, Dan the Automator 3:17

6 Lies and Alibis Charles, Dan the Automator 3:16

7 Herbs, Good Hygiene and Socks Charles, Dan the Automator 1:55

8 Book of the Month Charles, Dan the Automator 4:28

9 Lifeboat Charles, Dan the Automator 4:45

10 Strangers on a Train Charles, Dan the Automator 4:36

11 Lovage (Love That Lovage, Baby) Charles, Dan the Automator 1:04

12 Sex (I'm A) Crawford, Diamond, Nunn 6:19

13 Koala's Lament Charles, Dan the Automator 3:53

14 Tea Time With Maseo Charles, Dan the Automator 1:38

15 Stroker Ace Charles, Dan The Automator 4:29

16 Archie and Veronica Charles, Dan the Automator 6:05

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Craig Armstrong - As If To Nothing (2002)

Craig Armstrong - As If To Nothing

Original Release Date: Feb 19, 2002

Label: Astralwerks

Genre: Electronica, Downtempo

Size: 431 Mb

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Tracklisting:
01. Ruthless Gravity
02. Wake Up In New York
03. Miracle
04. Amber
05. Finding Beauty
06. Waltz
07. Inhaler
08. Hymn 2
09. Snow
10. Starless II
11. Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
12. Niente
13. Sea Song
14. Let It Be Love
15. Choral Ending

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Craig Armstrong - The Space Between Us (1998)

Craig Armstrong - The Space Between Us

Original Release Date: Feb 24, 1998

Label: Caroline Distribution

Genre: Electronica, Downtempo

Size: 342 Mb

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Tracklisting:
01. Weather Storm
02. This Love
03. Sly II
04. After The storm
05. Laura's Theme
06. My Father
07. Balcony Scene (Romeo and Juliet)
08. Rise
09. Glasgow
10. Let's Go Out Tonight
11. Childhood
12. Hymn

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Worldwide Groove Corporation - Chillodesiac Lounge Vol.1 - Fever (2007)

Worldwide Groove Corporation - Chillodesiac Lounge Vol.1 -
Fever

Original Release Date: Jun 19, 2007

Label: Fabulation Records

Genre: Electronica, Downtempo, Lounge

Size: 509 Mb

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Tracklisting:
01. THe Man I Love [feat. Ingrid DuMosch]
02. Tangerene [feat. Flemming McWilliams]
03. Fever [feat. Missi Hale, Venste]
04. Besame Mucho
05. Midnight in Venice [feat. The Mystery Singer, DJLO]
06. Smoke & Mirrors
07. My Funny Valentine
08. Angel Eyes [feat. Ingrid DuMosch]
09. Mas Que Nada [feat. Kenya Evelyn, Melinda Doolittle, Missi Hale]
10. Mimosa
11. You Still Give Me Butterflies
12. Chillodesiac Fevertini Mix
13. Fever [More Cowbell Mix]

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Stardelay - A New High Fidelity Tripout (2008)

Stardelay - A New High Fidelity Tripout

Original Release Date: May 30, 2008

Label: Water Music Records

Genre: Electronica, Downtempo

Size: 329 Mb

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Tracklist:
01. Orange Park
02. Thoughts & Words
03. Why It's Warm
04. The Late Show
05. Welcome To Angua
06. Zeta 4000-31
07. Earthlight
08. It Could Be Sweet
09. Still Humming
10. Starcollector
11. Untitled Symphony
12. Stardelays
13. Something Else
14. End Theme (Tripout)

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Quiet Village - Silent Movie(2008)

Quiet Village - Silent Movie

Original Release Date: May 13, 2008

Label: K7

Genre: Electronica, Downtempo

Size: 395 Mb

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Tracklisting:
1 Victoria's Secret (3:32)
2 Circus Of Horror (4:50)
3 Free Rider (4:20)
4 Too High To Move (6:42)
5 Pacific Rhythm (4:29)
6 Broken Promises (5:47)
7 Pillow Talk (5:07)
8 Can't Be Beat (5:46)
9 Gold Rush (5:26)
10 Singing Sand (5:09)
11 Utopia (5:03)
12 Keep On Rolling (3:48)

Review by Andy Kellman

Joel Martin and Matt Edwards take their alias from Martin Denny's exotica landmark, yet their approach can be likened — not just through the title but in its sound as well — to "Quiet Pillage," the slack but unease-inducing interpretation of "Quiet Village" by experimentalist post-punks 23 Skidoo. Beneath the track list of Silent Movie, an album highlighted by material released in small runs on 12" during 2005 and 2006, the duo thanks "everyone that's been involved in making this album. You know who you are." It's probable that not everyone knows who they are, at least not in this case. The most creative and affecting sample-reliant album since the Avalanches' Since I Left You, Silent Movie plucks from numerous forms of marginalia, whether obscure, loathed by the stereotypical record store clerk, or loved by legions of geeks who were dealt wedgies in high school by Van Halen-loving jocks: prog rock and yacht rock punch lines, new age pin cushions, unhip singer/songwriters, largely unknown Italian film-music composers, and several others. For the most part, these sources are not so uncool that they are cool. They are so uncool that they are... extremely uncool. Unlike the giddy non-stop carnival atmosphere of Since I Left You, Silent Movie is, for lack of better categorization, a chillout album, even though it is just as much a creep-out, its most tranquil scenes seemingly on the verge of being washed away by a sudden ecological catastrophe. With the exception of "Circus of Horror" — scuzzy hurtling-through-a-dustbowl psych rock, replete with the howls of a man who sounds like he has been pitched into the Grand Canyon — and "Gold Rush" — a dead ringer for Scenic's epic, tribal desert scores — everything passes with the force of a light breeze, evoking swaying hammocks, sun-bleached picnics, beached isolation, states of half-awake delirium, and the slowest-moving groups of stoned dancers imaginable. Though the new tracks, including the impossibly lush "Broken Promises" and the sparkling but arid "Singing Sand," could hardly be accused of weighing down the album, it's the previously released material that stands out most. Best of all is "Pillow Talk," a reconfiguration of the Alan Parsons Project's "Voyager/What Goes Up..." that can be disorienting in the most sterile environments. Bonus: it sounds like it was put together to flow directly into the Passions' "I'm in Love with a German Film Star."

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Fragile State - Voices from the Dust Bowl (2004)

Fragile State - Voices from the Dust Bowl

Original Release Date: Mar 30, 2004

Label: Bar De Lune

Genre: Electronica, Downtempo

Size: 389 Mb

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Tracklisting:

01 - Four-Four-Four
02 - King For A Day
03 - New Bassa
04 - Cleo
05 - 600 Bliss
06 - Stolen Generation
07 - At Last
08 - Paper Smile
09 - Overcurrent
10 - Train Time
11 - Paper Tiger

Review by Johnny Loftus

Fragile State put plenty of Brits in a twitter with 2002's Facts and the Dreams, which found Neil Cowley and Ben Mynott creating precise, nearly intellectual downtempo that lacked the druggy hangover so prevalent in the genre. They've returned after a foray into mix-album land with Voices from the Dust Bowl, an album that makes all the right moves melody-wise (even packaging-wise), but lacks the tangibles to truly make an impression. "King for a Day" arcs static-cling keyboard and guitar lines over an insistent, mildly funky bassline, while "600 Bliss" sighs under the sway of romantic strings and the vintage keyboard interjections every chill album since Moon Safari has felt compelled to feature. The sound and timing of the song's loping drumbeat is utterly predictable, but also appropriate to its reconfigured '60s love theme swoon. However, like bad blind dates and too much of Dust Bowl, the track goes on for way too long. The restraint that guided Fragile State's past work seems at odds here with drifting inattention. This isn't true for the entire album. "Paper Smile" builds its melody with well-honed subtlety and endearing little keyboard squiggles, while "New Bassa" is a soulful wonderland of plaintive piano, processed percussion shuffle, and rushes of synthesizer background. It's like autumn in space. "Stolen Generation," too, benefits from Fragile State's artful melodic touch. However, as you amble onto the late album entry "Overcurrent" — which lassos Dust Bowl's listlessness with a burst of vocal sample and upbeat snare — its eagerness sounds out of step, since by that point the album seems to have embraced its own lethargy. By its very design, downtempo music aims for comfort. But while Voices from the Dust Bowl is certainly pleasant, it's rarely distinguishable.

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Fragile State - The Facts and the Dreams (2002)

Fragile State - The Facts and the Dreams

Original Release Date: Sep 10, 2002

Label: Bar De Lune

Genre: Electronica, Downtempo

Size: 277 Mb

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Tracklisting:
01 - Song Of Departure
02 - The Barney Fade
03 - Hoop Dreams
04 - The Facts And The Dreams
05 - Suck It And See
06 - Panacea
07 - Every Day A Story
08 - Barney Reprise
09 - Seraya
10 - Undercurrent

Review by Johnny Loftus
The Facts and the Dreams is the full-length debut for Fragile State, which features Neil Cowley and Ben Mynnot. It's a precise approach to downtempo, designed not as a narcotic stimulant, but a thoughtful relaxant. After a generic opening track that's neither here nor there, the State drops the pristine piano and plucked guitar intro of "Barney Fade." It's where the album really begins, since it's indicative of Facts' measured, intellectual approach. As the strings come in and an understated percussion track tussles in the background, "Fade" flutters between melancholia and floating on fog. The title track amplifies this vibe just a bit, offering shimmering, downtown jazz grooves over which a flute drifts. Yes, the flute might be an overused instrument in downtempo circa 2002. But it works here, matched to warm Hammond tones and a spectacular mid-song horn break. When that brass hits, the pigeons get spooked, and a glittering black Caddy emerges from an underground parking garage. "Panacea" flirts with the vintage organ tones, too, and "Seraya" extends the soundtrack quality that shades most of the corners on The Facts and the Dreams. Again, drawing on soundtrack music for inspiration is as common to chillout as Thievery Corporation is to the genre's myriad compilations. But the referential sound works for Fragile State, since the duo stresses it over the lure of same-y electronic programming — you know, turn the beat on, kick some fazed keys and chirping vocalists. There's no vocalist on Facts. The percussion is understated throughout, too, nearly "live" sounding, and the additional presence of organ, piano, horns, and soulful bass gives The Facts and the Dreams an organic classiness that's often missing from the average downtempo release. Anyone can throw some beats and smoothness together and offer it up in a fancy-backed stereo chair. But does it make the listener start filming a B&W downtown romance in /hisher head? For many, The Facts and the Dreams just might. Recommended.

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Yonderboi - Splendid Isolation (2005)

Yonderboi - Splendid Isolation

Original Release Date: Dec 13, 2005

Label: Mole

Genre: Electronica, Trip-Hop

Size: 384 Mb

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Tracklisting:
1 All We Go To Hell (4:07)
2 Amor (3:39)
3 Eyes For You (4:46)
4 Badly Broken Butterflies (3:20)
5 Follow Me Home (4:40)
6 Were You Thinking Of Me? (3:21)
7 People Always Talk About The Weather (4:58)
8 Love Hides (4:36)
9 Motor (4:30)
10 Trains In The Night (4:30)
11 Soulbitch (5:12)
12 Before You Snap (6:29)
13 Even If You Are Victorious (2:43)

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Yonderboi - Shallow And Profound (2001)

Yonderboi - Shallow And Profound

Original Release Date: Apr 10, 2001

Label: Mole

Genre: Electronica, Trip-Hop, Future Jazz

Size: 602 Mb

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Tracklisting:

CD1
1-01 Intro (1:03)
1-02 Milonga Del Mar (8:44)
1-03 Chase & Chaser (3:41)
1-04 Canteloupe Island (Interlude) (1:09)
1-05 Ohne Chanteuse (3:28)
1-06 No Answer From Petrograd (4:32)
1-07 100% Trevira (2:52)
1-08 Pabadam (3:59)
1-09 The Severance (0:23)
1-10 Sinking Slowly (4:52)
1-11 Bodysurf (4:04)
1-12 Riders On The Storm / Pink Solidism (4:19)
1-13 Road Movie (6:50)
1-14 Thousand Bells (4:46)
1-15 Fairy Of The Lake (5:08)
1-16 Another Geometry (5:13)
1-17 Outro (1:19)

CD2
2-01 Another Geometry (Live) (6:59)
2-02 Road Movie (Live) (8:15)
2-03 Riders On The Storm / Pink Solidism (Live) (9:25)
2-04 Road Movie (Virgács Remix) (5:13)

Review by Dean Carlson

Shallow and Profound. Nineteen years old and Hungarian. Yonderboi's particulars describe nearly everything one can expect from his twilight beats and boozy jazz persona. In fact, this debut album for the respected Mole Listening Pearls label is unusually both dull and bizarre, simultaneously both predictable and impressive. Yonderboi may want to be a new downtempo wunderkind, yet Shallow and Profound fails time and time again by too much of a dependence on techniques in the realm of "safe" and "old." So for every enchanting sampledelic jazz piece (the Doors-based "Pink Solidism"), there's a slab of humming tedium ("Road Movie"). For every sleazy Kid Loco-like "100% Trevira," there's a rhythmically challenged "Sinking Slowly." One could chalk up Yonderboi's faults as being one of young naiveté, yet that's what potential prodigies usually do best. The reason seems to be more that Shallow and Profound's qualitative flips back and forth are disconcerting. Truly, little can be said against the fact that the album becomes less of a listening experience and more like watching a frantic tennis match from the exact center of the net.

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Ralph Myerz And The Jack Herren Band - Sharp Knives & Loaded Guns (2006)

Ralph Myerz And The Jack Herren Band - Sharp Knives &
Loaded Guns

Original Release Date: 2006

Label: EMI Norway/Virgin Norway

Genre: Electronica

Size: 333 Mb

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Tracklisting:
01 - Kill The DJ
02 - Hello Cleveland!
03 - Don't Play Rock
04 - Casablanca Gold
05 - 1982 Robotdance
06 - Loveland
07 - Deepest Red
08 - Boombox Breakdown Pt. II (Feat. OnklP & NicoD)
09 - The Teacher
10 - Last Train To Slim City

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Ralph Myerz And The Jack Herren Band - Your New Best Friends (2004)

Ralph Myerz And The Jack Herren Band - Your New Best
Friends

Original Release Date: Sep 23, 2004

Label: Rykodisc

Genre: Electronica

Size: 398 Mb

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Tracklisting:

1 Kill The Habit (4:24)

2 Natasha '75 (4:27)

3 L.i.p.s.t.i.c.k. (3:13)

4 Dubspace (3:47)

5 Surprise (2:59)

6 So Me (4:15)

7 Dr. Lovemuscle (4:24)

8 Escape From The Island (4:41)

9 Vendetta (4:45)

10 Bergen (6:10)

11 Outro (17:30)

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Ralph Myerz And The Jack Herren Band - A Special Album (2003)

Ralph Myerz And The Jack Herren Band - A Special Album

Original Release Date: May 20, 2003

Label: Emperor Norton

Genre: Electronica

Size: 343 Mb

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Tracklisting:

1 Here Is Love 5:28

2 Nikita 4:57

3 Casino 4:20

4 Think Twice 6:16

5 You Never Come Closer 5:00

6 A Special Morning 4:47

7 Funky Biznizz 4:56

8 Feel It 4:10

9 Savannah 6:32

10 Lullaby 16:59

Review by Rick Anderson

This Norwegian trio follows up its Special EP with this full-length effort, a lightweight but winning mixture of lounge-y ambience, electronic pop, and funky chill-out acid jazz. Its centerpiece is the insanely catchy and fun "Think Twice," which features vocalist Christine Sandtorv and some great cheesy clavinet work by someone billed as the Batmans. But most of the rest of the album is just as good: "Special Morning" is a chilled but faintly sexy instrumental in which faraway whistling weaves around a mellow synth line and softly percolating drums; "Casino" is a greasy retro-'60s romp (this time with vocals from Leslie Ahern); "You Never Come Closer" sounds, believe it or not, like a cross between Sade and the Doobie Brothers. Word has it that their live show involves multiple drummers and "elements of danger." Neither is easy to imagine while listening to this very pleasant album, but it does kind of make you wonder....

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