Despite the title, this release is more subdued than its predecessors on the shelves, more tightly controlled, more conventional in instrumentation. Jean-Luc Ponty temporarily pulls back on electronic display for its own sake, even permitting some acoustic instruments to take the fore, and the recorded sound is drier and less lustrous.

OMD - Universal
FLAC | EAC, LOG & CUE | Full Artwork Scan (400dpi .png) | Size: 471 MB | HF + RS
Cat#: Virgin CDV 2807 | Country/Year: Europe 1996

Universal is the tenth album by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, released in 1996. It features songwriting contributions from founder member Paul Humphreys, who departed the band in 1988, and Karl Bartos (formerly of Kraftwerk). The album spawned the band's first Top 20 hit in the UK for 5 years with the track "Walking on the Milky Way" .

Phil Manzanera - 6PM (2004)
Label: Hannibal | MP3 320 kbps | 112.09 Mb
Genre: Progressive Rock / Art-Rock

Phil Manzanera (born Philip Geoffrey Targett-Adams, 31 January 1951, in London, England) is a musician and record producer. He was the lead guitarist with Roxy Music.

Chicago Bob Nelson - Tell Me Mama (2009)
EAC Rip | flac (tracks+cue+log) | 47 min 44 sec | 166.51 mb
Label: Music Maker | Genre: Acoustic Blues

Chicago Bob Nelson is a harmonica player and singer who is known for amalgamating Louisiana and Chicago blues styles. He is singular in being mentored by traditional rural southern blues harmonica practitioners and melding their approach with urban Chicago playing, thus creating his own distinctive sound.His family was a musical family. Bob's father, Versie Nelson, played upright bass and harmonica. From a very early age Bob accompanied Versie to house parties, backyard barbecues and Saturday night fish fries around Bogalusa where cajun music, zydeco and blues were performed.

Eat More Cake - Climb The Ladder, Live The Dream (2010)
MP3 320 kbps | 49 min 51 sec | 114 mb
Label: Urbantorque | Genre: Downtempo, Trip-Hop, Indie

Eat More Cake are a 4-piece electronica band based in Harrow, NW London. Their music combines elements of dance, hip-hop and down-tempo which form the basis for an innovative and unique sound.Their debut single ‘Red Sky’, featuring Alexis Griffith, was released on December 7th and was taken from the album ‘Climb The Ladder, Live The Dream’, due out in 2010 on independent label Urbantorque Recordings.

2010 release, the first-ever acoustic album from the legendary and influential Canadian Electronic duo. Voice: An Acoustic Collection is comprised of previously unreleased versions of Delerium's most memorable tracks, which are beautifully transformed into stripped down, acoustic renditions that serve justice to their ambient, Electronic Pop originals. Voice: An Acoustic Collection features serene interpretations of Delerium's most successful singles, including 'Silence' (featuring Sarah McLachlan), 'Lost And Found' (featuring Jael), 'Innocente' (featuring Leigh Nash), and 'Flowers Become Screens' (featuring Kristy Thirsk). The album also includes three brand new songs in the acoustic style: 'Too Late Farewell' (featuring Butterfly Boucher), 'Send Me An Angel' (featuring Miranda Lee Richards) and 'Vienna' (featuring Elsiane).