Cinematic - Prog Rock, Rock, Instrumental, Electronic compilation

I was playing this compilation this afternoon while we were sitting out on the deck enjoying another hot day and my wife said "this is pretty cruisy".  It's mostly prog rock tracks but I've thrown in a couple of other tracks from different genres that seem to fit rather well with the overall mix.  It's pretty laid back but definitely one for the late afternoon while sitting out on the deck knocking back a few coldies....

Tracklist:

01 - Disillusioned - A Perfect Circle

02 - Old Love - Long Distance Calling

03 - Blackfield - Blackfield

04 - Twilight - Black Sky Research

05 - Rising Sun - White Moth Black Butterfly

06 - Cinematic - Jonathon Jackson + Enation

07 - Sepia - Jester (India)

08 - Into The Scarlet Eye - Mystery

09 - Metropolis - Schiller

10 - Show Yourself - Phyllotaxis

11 - Stranded - Red Vox

12 - Bridge Of Sighs - Steve Lukather

Cinematic

Butler - Butler (1973) - New Zealand rock music

Butler were a 4-piece Maori rock band who formed in Christchurch New Zealand in 1970.  They released their self-titled album in 1973.  The album itself was a commercial flop but their fusion of psychedelia, progressive and blues-rock excelled in a live setting and they were highly popular on the national campus circuit.

Tracklist:

01 - Bang Bang

02 - Suicide Ring

03 - We're Getting Nowhere

04 - In The Morning

05 - Especially For You

06 - Green River

07 - Reach Out

08 - Tilde Jane

09 - Mistake

10 - Southern Magic

11 - Here We Come

12 - Mirror Don't You Weep

Butler - Butler (1973)

Days End - Rock / Pop compilation

I was playing this compilation last weekend while I was outside doing some well overdue gardening and thought it would be a good one to share.  Days End is a mix of mostly rock & pop tracks with an alt rock/hip-hop number from Blacklite District thrown in for good measure and a very cruisy electronic number by Canadian duo Bob Moses.  I've also included a couple of covers that are particularly well done - Lou Reed's 'Sweet Jane' by Mott The Hoople and the Split Enz track 'I Got You' by New Zealand band Shihad. 

 Tracklist:

01 - Human - Aquilo

02 - New Sensations - Sunsleep

03 - Monster - The Automatic Automatic

04 - Emeralds - Bear's Den

05 - The Roller - Beady Eye

06 - The Lost Gospel - Madrugada

07 - Tearing Me Up - Bob Moses

08 - I Got You - Shihad

09 - Sweet Jane - Mott The Hoople

10 - Cold As Ice (The Remake) - Blacklite District

11 - Beauty Is Truth - Sad Lovers And Giants

12 - Medicine Man - Charlotte OC

Days End

Lutha - Earth (1973) - New Zealand Psychedelic / Prog Rock

This is the second album from Dunedin band Lutha, which was released after their self titled album in 1973 on the HMV label.  I got to see these guys at a concert in Dunedin in 1972 when I was a teenager.  

Tracklist:

01 - Earth

02 - Here And Now

03 - Empty Rooms

04 - Dandylions

05 - What Do You Do

06 - Waterfall (Pure Land)

07 - Places

08 - The Old Tree

09 - My Babe

10 - Policeman

11 - Questions

Lutha - Earth

Vast Expanse - a mix of Alt Rock songs

It's been a couple of weeks since I've posted anything so here's something that I'll be playing this weekend.  My Vast Expanse compilation is a mix of songs from the Alt Rock genre.  Kicking off with a great tune from Bush, who I saw live a couple of years ago and then weaves its way through tracks from some well known bands mixed with perhaps a few lessor known ones and finishes up with up a cool track from Fuel.

If time permits this weekend, I'll also post the second Lutha album as a follow-up to the one I previously posted - so stay tuned for that.

Tracklist:

01 - Send In The Clowns - Bush

02 - Dying For Your Love - Fireflight

03 - Victoria - Eve 6

04 - Maybe - Collective Soul

05 - Dark Age - Acceptance

06 - Ghost - Saint Asonia

07 - Save Me From Myself - Vertical Horizon

08 - I Miss You - Incubus

09 - My Ordinary World - The Exies

10 - Home - Seven Circle Sunrise

11 -  Raining - Art Of Dying (feat. Adam Gontier)

12 - Angels Take A Soul - Fuel

Vast Expanse