Deaf Center - Owl Splinters

Deaf Center is a Norwegian ambient duo that has included modern classical influence to create a record that is very dark and dense but beautiful.  One of the better ambient records from last year.

Owl Splinters

George Gershwin - Manhattan (1979)

More and more awesome soundtracks. This one is for Woody Allen's Manhattan

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Anton Bruckner - Symphony 8 [Karajan] (1979)

I want to help Max by keeping the blog as diverse as he originally envisioned all these years ago. So, here is some Bruckner. I occasionally think how great it would be to listen to Bruckner, even though he is very rarely at the top of my listening priorities. But, sweet jesus, I think he should be. Just listen to this! This gives you some pretty triumphant romantic vibes, rich colour and all the other stuff that academic musicians talk about.

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Samuel Ascher-Weiss - Ender's Game (2006) [320]

A symphonic suite by Samuel Ascher-Weiss (a.k.a. Shnabubula) based on the novel Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. Owners of the book may be interested to know the the name of each movement corresponds to the names of the chapter it begins with and the chapter it ends in... I doubt it would be feasible to read the book in time with this 41 minute long composition, but to anyone who wants to try I wish you luck.

There's an incredibly interesting soundscape here consisting of somewhat standard orchestral fare, but augmented with 'ethnic' instruments and strange electronic noise. Recommended for anyone interested in listening to something unique.

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P.S. There's no official cover art that I know of, the image above is just something I whipped up.