Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Black Eagle Child - Poland

Black Eagle Child - Poland


Genre: Acoustic/Folk/Psychedelic Folk
Format: mp3 | CBR256kbps
Country: USA
Size: 59 Mb

Tracklist:
01. Before I Was Born
02. We Are All Symbiotes
03. Iron Mountain
 04. Days Before
05. White Fly
 06. Stole
07. Lullaby for the Baby
08. Lullaby for the Wife

Description: Black Eagle Child is a one-man project of Michael Jantz from Milwaukee, WI. Started with experiments in drone, ambient, field recordings he changed his direction to acoustic music. Poland is a collection of tunes, played using the acoustic guitar and enriched by a variety of other instruments' sounds. Quoting the website, Poland is acoustic guitar, with touches of accordion, glockenspiel, manipulated voice, piano flute, and scant field-recordings, for a collection of more intimate pieces written and partly improvised over the course of 2009. Sounds completely relaxing and easy for listening. Totally worthy to at least give it a listen. You can find Black Eagle Child music and download it for free/listen it for free using links below:

Doug Sharp - Boogafoo Music

 Doug Sharp - Boogafoo Music


Genre: Noise/Avant-Garde/Experimental
Format: mp3 | VBR (V0) 
Country: USA
Size: 96 Mb

Tracklist: 
01. Snus Attack
02. Veluria Ponsonby's Epiphany
03. Wasp Train
04. Gondwanaland
05. Opus #Glork, Move 2
06. My, My
07. Schveltronia Bimmsler Exudes
08. Zamthrusters Rampant
09. Peodopular Fip Fip (Boogafoo Preview Edition)

Description: while Led Zeppelin were announcing their new label, while 200,000 music fans were attending The California Jam rock festival, while Queen were playing their first North American concert, while AC/DC were performing their first official show with Bon Scott as their new lead singer, back in 1974 Doug Sharp was commiting his crimes against music. A small story by himself will say more than any other words:

In 1974 while I attended St. Olaf’s Paracollege, my best friend Larry Heyl ran the Moog Studio. He taught me how to plug patch cords and fiddle knobs to wring squawks out of the Moog Modular Synthesizer. I was earning a hand-rolled degree in Creative Studies so I added torturing the Moog to my curriculum.

Moog Modular Synthesizer like the one in the St. Olaf Moog Studio

To me the Moog was a machine for making weird noises so I pushed it into uncharted territories of sonic strangeness. I didn’t emulate any musician but indulged in pure sonic experimentation. I taped a handful of tracks and called my album “Babie’s[sic] First Words” Twenty years later my daughter renamed it “Boogafoo Music”, which stuck.

Left: Doug Sharp in ’74 Right: I carried around this 2nd-gen tape for years before digitizing it. No charge for the tape hiss.

So basically this album is a collection of moog tunes, noises or whatever-you-call-it tracks, recorded and carried through years on tape and digitalized after. Notice: this is the weirdest stuff ever been published on this blog and I don't think ever will be again, so catch it right now. Notice number two: 1974. Available at:

Creation VI - Apeiros

Creation VI - Apeiros


Genre: Drone/Ambient
Format: mp3 | CBR320kbps 
Country: Ukraine 
 Size: 145 Mb

Tracklist:
01. Archetype Storage
02. Actually Infinite Deletion
03. Looped Superstring
04. Nonlocal Correlation

Description:  Apeiros (Greek word means "infinitely incognizable") is a term Plato used for description of primary matter which is out of principle of the form. Unlike the common matter of the perceived Universe, Apeiros has to contain determinacy principle as it should be the beginning for everything else. But also it means that Apeiros must stay indefinite. Thus here is an actualization of the transcendent into immanent.

«Apeiros» by Creation VI is an original picture of Universe where superstrings theory combines with Plato’s doctrine about the matter and Hindu universe conception combines with quantum mechanics.

The World here looks like united decentralized network where each element can express all others. The World as a universal wave function of indefinite number of vibrating superstrings which all are just monad essences cuts, indefinite archetypes that continuously actualize itself and thus create the stream of unboundedness. (c)

 Totally worthy to at least give it a listen. You can find Creation VI music and download it for free/listen it for free using links below:

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

unsigned char - demo.live

unsigned char - demo.live


 Genre: Post-Rock/Post-Metal/Instrumental
Format: mp3 | CBR320kbps 
Country: Ukraine
Size: 69 Mb

Tracklist:

01. 04 live
02. 07 live
03. 08 live
04. 02 live
05. 09 live
06. 01 live

Description: a 4 piece band from Kiev, Ukraine playing instrumental post-rock/post-metal. Presented demo.live is compilation of tracks, that were played on May 2, 2010 on rehearsal and recorded at the video camera's microphone. No mastering or any sound changes been made, so with it's slightly raw sound this records keeps the atmosphere of a live show. As for the music itself, mostly the material contains atmospheric post-rock pieces mixed with crushing post-metal parts. A perfect day to give this band a chance. You can find unsigned char music and download it for free/listen it for free using links below:

Monday, July 25, 2011

mobdividual - Sounds One Hears Is Music

mobdividual - Sounds One Hears Is Music


Genre: Acoustic/Drone/Post-Rock
Format: mp3 | CBR320kbps
Country: USA
Size: 64 Mb

Tracklist:
01. "Life is the leaves which shape and nourish a plant,
02. but art is the flower which embodies its meaning."
03. - Charles Rennie Mackintosh
04. ...sounds one hears is music...

Description: and the very new EP from Brian Elyo also known as mobdividual is out now. Being pretty much a continuation of 'The Windows to () Music Were Open' it brings lots of fresh moments. Having kept the hypnotizing acoustic ambience, due to the use drums it sounds closer to post-rock music. Starting listening to the record you get a perfect introduction from first two tracks, which fully show the atmosphere of the whole record. The third track - Charles Rennie Mackintosh - is being a great and almost epic culmination of the record, while the last one sounds pretty different from others and paints the ending line of the EP.

…kind of like a roller coaster design where i’ve tried to dictate a certain experience but also allow for the individual to take away their own experience… to do that i have to make sure certain ideas aren’t too low or too narrow or your head wont hit the side… ‘you must be so tall to ride’ type-idea… just trying to make sure you can relax and enjoy the ride; hopefully you’ll be free enough to look around, get distracted (this isn’t school, music isn’t life, you don’t have to pay attention…); think about something else, have your own experience… 

mobdividual (c)

Totally worthy to at least give it a listen. You can find mobdividual music and download it for free/listen it for free using links below:

Lattice - Songs in the Key of Glass

Lattice - Songs in the Key of Glass


Genre: Ambient/Soundscape
Format: mp3 | CBR192kbps
Country: USA
Size: 70 Mb

Tracklist:
01. Song in the key of glass - Movement 1
02. Michael 808
03. Song in the key of glass - Movement 2
04. Shape 113
 05. Song in the key of glass - Movement 3
06. Interlude
07. Song in the key of glass - Movement 4
08. Lovesong
09. Postlude

Description: beautiful ambient sounds from New York ambient artist called Lattice. The music of Lattice is characterized by the combination of drone and the breaking down of traditional musical devices. The music is melodic, yet abstract and generative. Influences to Latiice music include Influences include well known ambient musicians Brian Eno, Harold Budd, Stars of the Lid, William Basinski, Celer, Windy & Carl, Hammock, Belong, Eluvium and some local last.fm community artists such as Susperia-Electrica, Distant Fires Burning, Aless and Le Berger as well (c). Carefully produced warm and dreamy soundscapes presented on this album are pieces of very relaxing and abstract but emotionally fulfilled music. Totally worthy to at least give it a listen. You can find Lattice music and download it for free/listen it for free using links below:


Thursday, July 21, 2011

音一 - 一

音一 - 一


Genre: Noise/Drone/Experimental/Minimalism
Format: mp3 | CBR192kbps
Country: Japan
Size: 38 Mb

Tracklist: 
01. 一
02. 二
03. 三
04. 四

Description: probably the most experimental album that have been posted on this blog so far. Under these symbols are four experimental noisy sounds that attract you with their dark atmosphere. A completely new thing to try, if you've been listening to instrumentally based and musically oriented artists. 音一 (a sound) hails originally from Shinjō, Yamagata but is now a permanent resident of the Sendagaya area of Shibuya, Tokyo. Feedback, clicks, glitches, ghostly voices, drones, textures and found sounds are all things which go towards the creation of an 音一 composition, dark and moody vibes with an isolationist bent is what’s going on here. 音一 employs a host of portable looping and sound manipulating instruments in the recording process, often constructing tracks in situ for use in larger compostions back in the studio and even on occasion building fully realised pieces whilst out in the field (c). Totally worthy to listen, if you are already a fan of experimental sounds or just trying to broaden your understanding of what music is. You can find 音一 music and download it for free/listen it for free using links below:

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

El Heath - Winter Soundtrack

El Heath - Winter Soundtrack


Genre: Ambient/Drone/Atmospheric/Psychedelic
Format: mp3 | VBR (V0)
Country: United Kingdom
Size: 44 Mb

Tracklist:
01. Concerto
02. Fireflies
03. A Cold Day in Spring
04. Awake all Night
05. Electric Storm
06. When It Gets Dark Outside I Tend To Go And Play Inside
07. Chords
08. Inertia
09. Non-Romantic Melancholic Waltz

Description: this is a EP of a musician-experimentalist from Shropshire, UK. Like a modern day romantic, EL Heath finds beauty all around him - in childhood memories; in the countryside around his Shropshire home; in early morning light and in dreams. It’s this beauty that provides inspiration for his music: he churns out song after song after song, barely finishing one track before he rushes onto the next. The world compels this man to make music (c). Stylistically Winter Soundtrack is pretty much a collection of atmospheric ambient tunes and drones. From the very beginning and until the end this album keeps creating a special mood, causes various reflections and flashbacks in mind. Moments from the past life, weather landscapes, everything you can associate atmospheric sounds with. Totally worthy to at least give it a listen. You can find El Heath music and download it for free/listen it for free using links below:

Monday, July 18, 2011

Bird From The Abyss - II

Bird From The Abyss - II


Genre: Drone Doom/Experimental/Ethnic/Psychedelic
Format: mp3 | CBR128kbps
Country: Finland
Size: 36 Mb

Tracklist:
01. Crawling Monuments
02. Travelling With The Bird - Part 1
03. Kyyn Laulu
04. From The Altars Of Fire To The Kingdom Of Ereskigal
05. Travelling With The Bird - Part 2 - Back To The Abyss


Description: a perfect work of a oneman anti-band, that hails from Finland’s primeval forests,
and combines drone/doom(metal) with acoustic elements; folk and world music to form ritualistic compositions. Atmosphere of this project can be fully described by the next passage:

Bird from the Abyss comes from Finland, a land where nighttime dominates the dayside and where inside deep, dark forests still dwell the ancient creatures of the mythological north. But the music of BFTA is more exotic, more Mediterranean - its aura is one culled from the ancient Egyptian ethos, its ritualistic nature is foreboding and sinister. When one hears the music of BFTA. they will uncover many styles from doom to ambient to folk to progressive- all synthesized and textured in a way which births a new and completely original dark sound. (c)

This album, combining experimental hypnotic sounds and ethnic elements with rich variety of styles, sounds as one long trip through the world of different visions, created in your mind. Still remains undiscovered, and that's why it is totally worthy to be listened. You can find Bird From The Abyss music and download it for free/listen it for free using links below:

Uranus Explodes & Gravity's End - Bound to Wither

Uranus Explodes & Gravity's End - Bound to Wither


Genre: Post-Rock/Ambient/Instrumental/Metal
Format: mp3 | CBR320kbps
Country: Germany
Genre: 61 Mb

Tracklist:
01. Gravity's End - Blooming Trees
02. Gravity's End - On the Wings of a Dove
03. Gravity's End - Bound to Wither
04. Uranus Explodes - Stille Nacht v2
05. Uranus Explodes - Rotten Heart
06. Uranus Explodes - Xenolith

Description: a split album from two artists from Germany. Gravity's End is representing three tracks of instrumental atmospheric music taking influences from various artists, including God Is An Astronaut. Songs are created with use of different electronic instruments, synth pads and piano sounds, they perfectly fit together and create atmospheric dark, sometimes melancholic mood. First track from Uranus Explodes continues the direction Gravity's End piano-based post-rock, but next two are totally different pieces of music with definite influence of black metal. Well composed and greatly played these tracks would be perfect for metal listeners. Totally worthy to at least give it a listen. You can find Gravity's End and Uranus Explodes music and download it for free/listen it for free using links below:

Friday, July 15, 2011

Hungry for hands - I Was Hungry For Hands

Hungry for hands - I Was Hungry For Hands


Genre: Post-Rock/Post-Metal/Instrumental
Format: mp3 | VBR (V0)
Country: Ukraine
Size: 64 Mb

Tracklist:
01. One
02. Sarah
03. Three
04. Five

Description: a band from Kiev, Ukraine released their EP on Ramberget Recordings, an indie label from Sweden, in April 2011. They play post-rock/post-metal music, and the distinctive feature of it is the use of saxophone. This EP goes from loud, heavy to almost quiet hypnotic music in places with most of the songs ending on a loud wall of guitars (c). Actually a very good and solid piece of music, which hopefully will be followed by a longplay. It is known that one of their guitar players had left the country for some undefined period of time, but the band is still active. Totally worthy to at least give it a listen. You can find Hungry For Hands music and download it for free/listen it for free using links below:


Thursday, July 14, 2011

Sferi - Sound of the Spheres

Sferi - Sound of the Spheres


Genre: Space Ambient/Drone/Sound Collage/Psychedelic
 Format: mp3 | CBR320kbps
Country: Macedonia
Size: 194 Mb

Tracklist:
01. Merkur
02. Venera
03. Zemja
04. Mars
05. Jupiter
06. Saturn
07. Uran
08. Neptun

Description: Sferi is another musical reincarnation of fydhws from Macedonia, totally conceptual and represents a great piece of space ambient music, where each track is dedicated to another planet of solar system. Having collected different sounds into great sound collages Sferi creates very rich variety of moods and atmospheres. If you want to learn way more about each of the tracks, read the following review. It perfectly describes the essence of what Sferi is.

A musical representation of the eight planets of our solar system: that's an ambitious and daunting project. It isn't pulled off frequently, but when it happens, there's two classic archetypes to measure them against.
There's Gustav Holst, who painted the planets from his imagination and their role in folklore and tradition. Then, there's the NASA Voyager Recordings, a scientific but not less poetic picture of the spheres.

Sferi's Sound of the Spheres, released in three parts, is an amalgam of both, sometimes drawing inspiration from the space radiation itself, sometimes from the more traditional, anthropomorphic representation of the spheres. And plenty of times it's a carefully crafted bit of both.


Merkur is such a mixture. It starts off with a phaser effect that resembles its fast (fast!) revolution. When the electronics kick in, there's strange transmissions bouncing off its iron core. The fast tempo and a disorienting soundscape are very musical impressions, but they sound very much based on Mercury's natural occurrence.


Venera. Earth's evil twin is a gem in the sky, and for ages it shone in tales of beauty and love. Only recently have those stories been overcast by knowledge of the planet's "tragic" faith. The string sound and glockenspiel theme capture that melancholy of Venus' beauty gone warped. One of the highlights of the series.


Zemja, or Earth starts with synths much like Venera, but has a darker timbre and a melody of your typical funeral doom metal drone. Not a planet I want to wake up on. This is a painting of Earth billions of years ago, snowball earth, or the one with thick carbon clouds and stromatolites blobbing around.


Mars is as figurative as Holst's most famous piece, but for different reasons. This is no Bringer of War. Here is a planet painted as a mad circus. These days, Mars' crazy geography does indeed seem a more apt epithet than its 'war-like' red color. This composition is brilliant, but perhaps drags on a bit.


Planet Jupiter, when recorded by both Voyagers, sounds somewhat like a possessed singing bowl. So does this track, only do the noise toppings sound a little more structured than the real thing.


Saturn is guitar strumming topped with noise. Liner notes say the sphere has problems focusing, and at first the jam does feel like it's going nowhere, only to shift into a Sonic Youth's J'accuse Ted Hughes-kind of drone halfway.


Uran bears the most resemblance to the Voyager Recordings, but not quite. Holst's Uranus was a sorcerer, and the finale of this piece, with it's sharp notes, evokes the same danger of forbidden magic, before settling down into a mix of shortwave signals again.


Neptun, the last great gas giant, is not so different. Again, the synth sounds flow slowly like the singing bowls of NASA, but do so in an organized manner throughout the track. A bell sound determines the rhythm along which eery synths are modulated. Image the odd hexagon shape discovered on the planets south pole, and you're in for a scary ride.


Not kidding, but planets are really far away. Like, man. Even with probes and data sheets and telescopes as big as your average Trans-Neptunian Object, they're only faint dots and digitally colored bitmaps. It's only our imagination that brings them closer to home. Have a listen to Sferi's Sounds of the Spheres, and maybe its imagery will make you peek at the still-mysterious grainy deep space. Or Google's hi-res version of it.


by T De Bauw (Blues for spacegirl)

You can find Sferi music and download it for free/listen it for free using links below:   

Solarein - Demo I-VI

Solarein - Demo I-VI


Genre: Electronic/Ambient/Atmospheric
Format: mp3 | CBR320kbps
Country: USA
Size: 59 Mb

Tracklist:
01. Demo I
02. Demo II
03. Demo III
04. Demo IV
05. Demo V
06. Demo VI
07. Cube (Reprise)

Description: Solarein is a diy musician recording electronic music with a strong ambient part in it. Tracks contained on this album sound pretty different from each other which makes listening of the album more interesting. Mostly they are ambient soundscapes combined with electronic beats. Demo II does also have vocals on it, which allows to pick out this track as the best on album. Though this is a collection of demos, really good production makes this album totally worthy to listen. You can find Solarein music and download it for free/listen it for free using links below: 



Wednesday, July 13, 2011

52 Commercial Road - A Wreck Provides an Excellent Foundation

52 Commercial Road - A Wreck Provides an Excellent Foundation


Genre:Post-Rock/Ambient/Instrumental
 Format: mp3 | VBR (V0)
Country: United Kingdom
Size: 97 Mb

Description: an extremely good and highly underrated post-rock act from London, UK. The band was formed in late 2003 when band members were seventeen, and as musicians say, since then they've have been developing the post-rock sound far beyond the loud-quiet riffs we're used to. A Wreck Provides an Excellent Foundation is their second album so far and it is pretty much outstanding considering the fact that it really does sound original among lots of post-rock clones. Perfectly composed tracks and mesmerizing soundscapes, totally worthy to give it a listen. You can find 52 Commercial Road music and download it for free/listen it for free using links below:   

EUS - Tras El Horizonte

EUS - Tras El Horizonte


Genre: Ambient/Drone/Experimental
Format: mp3 | VBR (V0)
Country: Costa Rica
Size: 95 Mb

Description: Perfectly done ambient sounds from Costa Rica. EUS is a one man project taking beginning in 2008. According to the authors words, EUS’ philosophy is to make each album different from its other ones, but always in an Ambient style, trying and experimenting with different techniques for the recording process. This work is a great sonic adventure into the world of atmospheric ambient and warm drones, and that is pretty much it. Should be good for lovers of atmospheric and hypnotizing sounds. Totally worthy to at least give a listen. You can find EUS music and download it for free/listen it for free using links below:

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Paint on Silence - Paint on Silence EP

Paint on Silence - Paint on Silence EP


Genre: Post-Rock/Ambient/Electronic
Format: mp3 | CBR320kbps
Country: Greece
Size: 63 Mb

Tracklist:
01. Trampala
02. A music field
03. Rosidae
04. Siberia

Description: Paint on Silence is a post-rock duo from Greece. Started in 2007 this project recorded their first EP three years ago after that. They play pretty much minimalistic post-rock using real and electronic instruments but this is enough to create proper melancholic mood. Taking influences from lots of artists such as Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Yann Tiersen, Explosions In The Sky, Philip Glass, John Frusciante and others, guys synthesized their musical vision into four tracks which are different and similar at the same time. Should be good for post-rock/ambient lovers. Totally worthy to at least give a listen. You can find Paint on Silence music and download it for free/listen it for free using links below:

Summer God Teachings - Stars & Mellow

Summer God Teachings - Stars & Mellow

Genre: Shoegaze/Dream Pop/Psychedelic Rock
Format: mp3 | CBR320kbps
Country: Ukraine
Size: 122 Mb

Tracklist:
Part I: The Earth
01. Pacifico
02. Hold Hands
03. Up in the Air
04. Bow
05. Revelation 8
06. All You Live

Part II: The Sea
01. Downtempo in E
02. Never SL
03. Cruising on a lazy shore
05. When They Come (Monsoon)
06. Submarined within the Octopus' pouch (Submarined)
07. Nemus at the bottom of ocean (Nemus Theme)

Description: a young formation of free people from Kiev, Ukraine, who play dreamy and hypnotizing shoegaze. The represented album is a collection of self-released material, recorded in 2010. It actually is one long set, split into 13 tracks of warm shoegazing music, which can easily be tagged as space rock too. Tracks are mostly instrumental and vocals that appear from time to time are perceived as another part of instrumental sound flow. Beautiful, relaxing and beautiful again. Totally worthy to at least give a listen. You can find Summer God Teachings music and download it for free/listen it for free using links below:



Monday, July 11, 2011

Gamardah Fungus - Celestial Funerals

Gamardah Fungus - Celestial Funerals


Genre: Drone/Ambient/Instrumental/Sludge
Format: mp3 | CBR320kbps
Country: Ukraine
Size: 87 Mb

Tracklist:
01. Advocatus Diaboli
02. The Last Step Of The Universe
03. Atlantica
04. Celestial Funerals (feat. Tenzin Sambu)
05. Revolver Theme

Description: third full-length album from experimental music duo from Ukraine released in 2011 actually summarizes their long way in developing their own unique sound. Named after the ancient tibetan ceremony, album perfectly creates dark and mystic atmosphere. The musical content of album is very rich and varies from atmospheric ambient parts to heavy sludgy moments. By the words of musicians this work is being a tribute of admiration of will and traditions of the tibetan people. Also musicians themselves define the style of all tracks as the mix of funeral doom and dark ambient, but despite all stylistic limits everyone can find in this album  something for himself. Totally worthy to at least give a listen. You can find Gamardah Fungus music and download it for free/listen it for free using links below:

mobdividual - The Windows to () Music Were Open

mobdividual - The Windows to () Music Were Open


Genre: Acoustic/Experimental/Ambient
Format: mp3 | CBR320kbps
Country: USA
Size: 57 Mb

Tracklist:
01. () is the masterly,
02. correct and magnificent
03. play of masses
04. brought together in light
05. le corbusier
06. ...the windows to () music were open...

Description: this is the second EP by Brian Elyo from the USA, released under the moniker mobdividual. It consists of six tracks with the total length of 18:44 minutes of relaxing acoustic soundscapes. Though music is composed in minimalistic manner, it creates rich atmosphere, that can be associated with ambient and even drone music. Hypnotizing from the very beginning, this EP slowly flows through your ears to its end as one long relaxing track. Totally worthy to at least give a listen. You can find mobdividual music and download it for free/listen it for free using links below:

Friday, July 8, 2011

fydhws - Impresii

fydhws - Impresii


Genre: Experimental Rock/Instrumental/Psychedelic
Label: DIY
Format: mp3 | CBR320kbps
Country: Macedonia
Size: 124 Mb

Tracklist: 
01. =7+1 
02. =2*(7+1) 
03. 02 
04. 03 
05. 04
06. 05
07. 01
08. 07
09. =3*(7+1)
10. Kompozicija za 8 gitari (Composition for 8 guitars)

Description: fydhws from Macedonia is recording music and releasing it for free downloads. Impresii is his most popular album so far (according to the statistics of last.fm) and probably the most solid work. According to the words of author, this album contains some post-rock, noise rock and experimental rock, highly influenced by Sonic Youth, Glenn Branca and Spaceman 3. Tracklist of album contains 10 instrumental tracks of experimental rock sometimes with psychedelic, sometimes with atmospheric pieces and with definite improvisational moment. Totally worthy to at least give a listen. You can find fydhws music and download it for free/listen it for free using links below:


The Very Beginning

So this is going to be a blog with music. It might be that one can find the content of this blog weird, but the main idea is to post lesser known artists, partially in order to promote them, partially to just give them more attention from fellows-melomaniacs. For sure, they are worthy. Mostly there are going to be short reviews of albums, sometimes they will be given by artists themselves. For any proposals, recommendations or for publishing your stuff here just contact me at last.fm or in comments to posts of this blog. No words anymore, just let the music play.
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