D/B Retrospective: Delia Derbyshire & Download unreleased Audio

One of ours early gurus of electronic music Delia Derbyshire. Delia-derbyshire.org is currently offering 8 free mp3s of rare and previously unreleased material by her. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Delia Derbyshire (1937–2001) was an English musician & composer of electronic music\musique concrète. She is best known for her electronic realisation of Ron [...]

D/B Retrospective: Chet baker

Chesney Henry “Chet” Baker Jr. (born Yale, Oklahoma, December 23, 1929 – died Amsterdam, Netherlands May 13, 1988) was an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhorn player and singer. Chet Baker – My Funny Valentine Specializing in relaxed, even melancholy music, Baker rose to prominence as a leading name in cool jazz in the 1950s.

D/B Retrspective: Leon Thomas

Amos Leon Thomas Jr (1937 – May 8, 1999) was an American avant garde jazz singer from East St. Louis, Illinois. He changed his name to Leone in 1974 because of an interest he had in numerology at the time. He did not legally change his name and he reverted back to Leon shortly thereafter. [...]

The Art Ensemble of Chicago

The bassist of the legendary Art Ensemble of Chicago, Malachi Favors died exactly five years ago. The Art Ensemble of Chicago is an avant-garde jazz ensemble that grew out of Chicago’s AACM in the late 1960s. The group continues to tour and record through 2006, despite the deaths of two of the founding members. Art [...]

D/B Retrospective: Mary Mayo

Space Age Pop fans know Mary Mayo for her ethereal wordless vocals on Moon Gas, the superb 1963 album she cut with Dick Hyman. To be completely accurate, not all her vocals on the album are wordless, but what people remember best are the theremin-like sounds she created to go along with Hyman’s wizardry on [...]

Select Month January 2012 December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 January 2010 December 2009 November 2009 October 2009 September 2009 August 2009 July 2009 June 2009 May 2009 April 2009 March 2009 February 2009 January 2009 December 2008 November 2008 October 2008 September 2008 August 2008 July 2008 June 2008 April 2008 February 2008 January 2001

D/B is the digital Guide for serious music lovers and adventures. New and quality music – away from mainstream, pop-culture and the convent- ional society; we report on the most breathtaking city in Europe. Because the destiny of Berlin is a continuous journey with out ever arriving.