Various Artists - Have a Nice Life Covers

Various Artists - Have a Nice Life Covers

Genre: Shoegaze/Drone/Atmospheric

Format: mp3 | VBR (V0)

Size: 74 Mb

Tracklist: 

01. Sun Devoured Earth - Trespassers W
02. Airs - Woe Unto Us

03. Seth Beiler - I Don’t Love

04. Aceta - Earthmover

05. Wahlheim - Deep, Deep

06. Sun Devoured Earth - Bloodhail

07. Sun Devoured Earth - There Is No Food
08. Airs - Variations on the Theme from Top Gun

09. Mackenzie - I Don’t Love

Description: for those, who know Have a Nice Life band, producing some good drone and shoegaze music, this unofficial tribute album would be very good. First of all because you can rarely meet tribute albums to really underground bands, the second reason will be that this album is really well produced. None of covers can be picked out as inaccurately done or poorly interpreted. Whole album is a solid compilation, that totally describes what Have a Nice Life music is. You can find this compilation using following links:

Leontopithecus Label | Download 1 | Download 2

Links reposted from this blog, if you get interested in the compilation, check its content too.

Portraits of American Firing Squads - The Eternal Fear

Portraits of American Firing Squads - The Eternal Fear

Genre: Ambient/Drone/Atmospheric

Format: mp3 | CBR320kbps

Country: USA

Size: 68 Mb

Tracklist: 

01. Our Attempts to Exist

02. As the Blameless Targets

03. For Undiplomatic Firing Squads

04. In the Name Of

05. Our Nation's Oppressive & Unconscious Flag

Description: Portraits of American Firing Squads is an atmospheric project of Austyn Sullivan. Now residing in Baltimore, MD originally from Mandeville, LA. The Eternal Fear is an album that consists of 5 tracks of droning ambient tracks with quite uplifting atmosphere. Very original and refreshing sound, taking the very best of its influences, such as Tim Hecker, The Seven Fields of Aphelion, Panda Bear, Erik Satie etc. A worthy album to check out for ambient lovers, if not sure - watch the video below: 

You can find Portraits of American Firing Squads music and listen it for free/download it for free using following links:

Last.fm  | Tumblr | Bandcamp | Myspace | Download

Short Hair Ideals - To The Skies

Short Hair Ideals - To The Skies

Genre: Post-Rock/Ambient/Piano/Electronic

Format: mp3 | CBR320kbps 

Country: Ukraine

Size: 49 Mb

Tracklist:

01. Lights In The Sky

02. 30108

03. Other Side

04.  To The Skies

05. Goodbye

06. Closer To You Pt.2

Description: To The Skies is the EP by Ukrainian one-man project Short Hair Ideals. It contains six tracks of carefully produced piano-based post-rock combined with electronic beats. Maybeshewill, French Teen Idol, RQTN, The Best Pessimist, The Album Leaf are claimed to be the influences to Short Hair Ideals music, and this authors' listening background can be easily recognized, but his reconsideration of this music through the prism of his own experience and inner feelings can be admitted as well. Creates a special bright atmosphere, and occasional use of nature sounds and spoken word fulfills the general positive impressions of this album. It is worthy to give it a listen. You can find Short Hair Ideals music and download it for free/listen it for free using links below:

Last.fm | Bandcamp | Download

loaded energy - winterphantasie

loaded energy - winterphantasie

Genre: Ambient/Drone Ambient/Soundscape

Format: mp3 | CBR128kbps

Country: Germany

Size: 35 Mb

Tracklist: 

01. winterphantasie

Description: loaded energy is a completely underground drone ambient outfit of Attila Varga, a musician from Germany. So obscure that you can hardly find the album cover arts, and information about the project on any of webpages is very poor. At the same time, project's discography reaches 5 albums, published on last.fm, which is really impressive. 

Winterphantasie is a 39 minutes one-track album (or EP whatever), a brilliant work which is a perfect example of what sonic soundscape is. It feels like author has taken a brush and slowly painted a blurry and sleepy winter picture. Progressive and slow hypnosis of the first winter snow, and bleakness, bleakness, bleakness. This is not another sunny day full of shiny white drops. Hypnotic, but in some moments hopeful, this track is nothing else than 39 minutes of pure magic, caught in audio waves. Highly recommended to give it a try. You can find loaded energy music and download it for free/listen it for free using links below:

Last.fm | Download

Mealann - Der Wanderer

Mealann - Der Wanderer

Genre:Ambient/Atmospheric/Minimalism

Format: mp3 | CBR320kbps

Country: Poland

Size: 170 Mb

Tracklist:

01. Der Tod

02. Der Geist 

03. Die Nacht

04. Die Kälte 

05. Die Luft

 06. Die Kraft

07. Der Weg

08. Der Wald

09. Der Fluss 

10. Der Berg

11. Der Turm

12. Das Tor 

Description: Der Wanderer is an album by a nature-oriented ambient project Mealann from Poland. A long journey through the forest of gloomy and misty atmospheres. Basically some kind of minimalistic ambient music, but each of the tracks sound very inspiring and mystic at the same time. A good piece of ambient with the great concept is the least to say, this record really creates a very special mood and a soundscape of wandering through the woods and misty fields. 

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

Last.fm | Download

C'est la Mort - Empty Words Fill Lonely Spaces

C'est la Mort - Empty Words Fill Lonely Spaces

Genre: Post-Punk/Shoegaze/Dream Pop

Country: USA

Tracklist:

01. No Time to Say Goodbye

02. Among the Ruins

03. Paper Ships 

04. Nothing Ever Lasts 

05. Bridge of Sighs 

06. Drown Out 

07. Bled 

08. Stand Fast 

09. Final Call 

10. Closing Credits 

Description: Drawing from post-punk, shoegaze, dream pop and darkwave, C’est la Mort excavate corners of prized record collections and secret histories to create an atmospheric and angular dream-pop soundscape. Dark and driving, they take cues from 4AD, the Chameleons, Cocteau Twins, Lush, Blonde Redhead, Colin Newman, and the Comsat Angels, while also reconfiguring their influences into something new.

Vocalist Kim House’s melodic drive on her Rickenbacker bass propels every song from start to inevitable powerful conclusion while Geoff Cox and Greg Forschler create walls and sinews of guitars that would make Robin Guthrie proud. Garrett Croxon anchors it all and pushes forward with an intricate post-punk jazz swing. Kim’s ethereal vocals float over the dreamy, lush soundscape (c). 

You can find C'est la Mort music and listen it for free using links below:

Last.fm | Myspace | Bandcamp |  Stream

Tales Of Murder And Dust - Peyote

Tales Of Murder And Dust - Peyote

Genre: Psychedelic Rock/Shoegaze

Format: mp3 | CBR128kbps

Country: Denmark

Size: 25 Mb

Tracklist: 

01. The Creeping Wave

02. Two Birds On A Gun feat. Jules Ferrari 

  03. In Your Velvet Arms

04. Dead Moon

05. Stay Awake To See The Dawn

06. Free 

Description: a six piece band from Denmark using reach variety of additional instruments to create their smooth sound. In their tracks one can hear the sound of harmonica, organ, violin and the influence of such bands, as The Velvet Underground, 13th Floor Elevators, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Black Angels, Spiritualized, Spacemen 3 and lots of others. There's not a lot of releases in bands discography, as Peyote is being their only EP by this moment, but it is very promising. Taking the very best from their influences, they do not bring too much innovations to the established order of things in the genre, yet give us a fresh glance on it. Well-done psychedelic rock with mindblowing solos and a touch of shoegaze as a pleasant bonus. Really worthy to give it a listen. A sample video below: 

You can find Tales Of Murder And Dust music and listen it for free/download it for free using links below:

Last.fm | Myspace | Download

Non Dolet - Inner

Non Dolet - Inner

Genre: Ambient/Electronic/Experimental

Format: mp3 | CBR320kbps

Country: Russia

Size: 85 Mb

Tracklist:

01. Inner

02. War Field

03. Train #312

04. Mother’s Shawl

05. Searching The Water

06. Sky Melody

07. Bushido

08. Lost

09. Famish Affection

10. Outback

11. Train Of Thoughts

12. Pillow Book

Description: the latest work of Non Dolet, an artist with a young girl Alice behind it. She lives in Russia and studies at the music conservatory, specializing in sound directing. She is also interested in psychoacoustics, plays ethnodrums (c). "Inner" reflects a wide spectrum of emotions, as melancholic tracks are changed by somewhere dramatic pieces, e.g. War Field, but mainly the record embraces listener with calmness. Stylistically it varies from some kind of dream ambient to intelligent electronics with a slight trip-hop touch. At the same time due to the use of piano and different instruments' sounds, and having an established song structures, Non Dolet differs from rather soundscapic ambient artists, that were published on the blog before.

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

Last.fm | Download

fydhws & bc_ranger & Gravity's End - Split

fydhws & bc_ranger & Gravity's End - Split

Genre: Dark Ambient/Post-Rock/Atmospheric

Format: mp3 | VBR (V0)

 Country: Macedonia/Ukraine/Germany

Size: 61 Mb

Tracklist:

01. fydhws - Три Дела

02. fydhws - Стакла

03. fydhws - Амб

04. bc_ranger - such a warm, such a late autumn

05. bc_ranger - an interlude to happiness

06. bc_ranger - happiness

07. bc_ranger - all that you love will be carried away

08. Gravity's End - Thanatos

09. Gravity's End - Orion

Description: As long as shameless self-promotion is still considered to be extremely lame, I won't make an effort of reviewing this one. I'll just re-post a wonderful review of Recent Music Heroes on this self-released stuff.

This is a split album compiled of tracks by 3 talented artists. fydhws is a musician from Macedonia who used to develop one of the most intricate post-rock soundscapes worldwide at the moment. This might be described as an instance of instrumental rock music made up through the methodology based on sound art/sound modulation. On the other side, bc_ ranger (from Ukraine) and Gravity End`s (from Germany) play up more established yet excellent riff based epic rock sound borrowing from the realms of metal, musique concrète, and spoken word. However, all of those rich textures and majestic vibes are fulfilled with lots of good memories and endless melancholy. Beautiful. (original post here)

You can find this music using links below:

fydhws on Last.fm | bc_ranger on Last.fm | Gravity's End on Last.fm | fydhws on Bandcamp | bc_ranger on Bandcamp | Download