Vru Patel - Psychosis

Vru Patel - Psychosis

Genre: Ambient/Electronic
Format: mp3 | CBR320kbps
Country: USA
Size: 93 Mb

Tracklist:
01. Panic Attack

02. Chromesthesia

03. Dementia

04. Psychosis

05. And Then There Was Light

06. Life Flashed Before My Eyes

Description: known previously for his work under the guises of Knoxband and Solarien, this record is Boston based Vru Patel's latest genre fusing exploration of sound, and out on Sonic Fire Records as a free download since 1 Sept 2012. Conceived as a journey through the mysteries of an unhinged mind that has lost touch with reality, Psychosis is a beguiling and cinematic trip, weaving visions of space with sounds from the East. First single and album opener 'Panic Attack' locks you in with it's perpetual crescendo, an all encompassing noise rising from nothingness. From there the album deals in electronic atmospherics, until penultimate track and album climax 'And Then There Was Light' explodes with beautiful, show stopping Indian sounding strings. With it's deep, agile arrangements and futuristic edge, Psychosis is an addictive and vital record.  It is available for free downloadby following links:

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i AM esper - When The Sun Sets Over The Wilderness, And The Trees Rattle In The Growling Winds

i AM esper - When The Sun Sets Over The Wilderness, And The Trees Rattle In The Growling Winds

Genre: Guitar Ambient/Drone Ambient
Format: mp3 | CBR320kbps 

Country: USA

Size: 96 Mb 

Tracklist:
01. Amber Skies Glow

02. The Voice Of The Cosmos Part 1 

03. . When The Sun Sets Over The Wilderness, And The Trees Rattle In The Growling Winds 

04. The Voice Of The Cosmos Part 2 

Description: don't let this black metal cover art confuse you and stop from giving a try to this album, because behind this cover you will find four tracks of very good improvised guitar ambience. I AM esper is an improvised guitar-based drone ambient one-man project from USA with various influences ranging from black metal, doom metal, shoegaze, noise & post rock. Haunting atmospheres, stunning guitar layers and tons of reverb! Evokes really different emotions, but surely doesn't leave you indifferent. You will regret if you skip listening to this release!

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Bo Becker - Icedria

Bo Becker - Icedria

Genre: Ambient/Drone/Soundscape

Format: mp3 | CBR128kbps 

Country: USA

Size: 38 Mb

Tracklist: 

01. Dawn

02. Generosity

03. Filament

04. A Warm Winter

05. Icedria

06. Our Finale

Description: simply one of the best hidden gems around. Bo Becker is a 22 year old ambient musician from Marshalltown, IA. "Icedria" is his latest work, released in February, 2012, but for some reason it haven't got that much recognition, unlike his previous albums "Brecilian" or "Octodurum". I highly recommend you to try this deep and hypnotizing record. Sorry for the poor quality download but anyways I insist you to support the artist and buy this album from his Bandcamp page.

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Like A Villain​ & The Early - Split

Like A Villain​ & The Early - Split

Genre: Avant-Garde

Format: mp3 | CBR320kbps

Country: USA

Size: 88 Mb

Tracklist:

01. Like A Villain - Mystics Vs. Skesis Conjunction of the Three Suns Revival

02. Like A Villain- I Love You Pikachu  

03. Like A Villain - For Reasons Still Unknown 

04. The Early - Nome 

05. The Early - John Brown  

Description: You might have already heard of Like a Villain, if you like musical explorations through last.fm. This is a project of Holland Andrews from Portland, Oregon, creating "ethereal melodies of melancholy and strangeness". Her music is an experimental mix of instrumental melodies and singing, sometimes hypnotic, sometimes very emotional, and at the same time quite innovative. Call it avant-garde or post-whatever, or just enjoy the tracks. Having previously released two albums, Like a Villain now decided to collaborate with another project from Portland, The Early, for a split album, released by Friends For Life Records. The Early is a full-band of two guitarists and a drummer producing experimental semi-improvisational (or even fully improvisational) instrumental madness. I would call it post-rock, and hopefully this doesn't create the clichéd image of this genre in your head. Anyways, both parts of the split are united by the main idea of experiments in music, and surprisingly this is a very good, enjoyable record, that makes you want to re-listen it over again.

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Mockage - Mockage

Mockage - Mockage

Genre: Ambient/Idm/Drone/Experimental

Format: mp3 | CBR320kbps

Country: USA

Size: 80 Mb 

Tracklist: 

01. Felth 

02. Tottering on the Brink 

03. Get away from my Whip 

04. Endemic Mendacity 

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Subterrestrial - Echotron

Subterrestrial - Echotron

Genre: Ambient/Electronic

Format: mp3 | CBR320kbps 

Country: USA

Size: 106 Mb

 

Tracklist:

Side A
01. Echotron
02. Dark Matter
03. Migration
04. Sky Anomaly
05. Silk Road

Side B
06. Blues For Herbie
07. Seaside Holiday
08. Poolside Favourite 

09. Terrarium
10.Sam Spade

Description: Just got a request of posting Subterrestrial latest album. Not exactly my cup of tea, but you may check the description by artist and give it a try. Have a nice exploration!

"Echotron" is a unique mix of deep ambient soundscapes and retro lounge/exotica tracks featuring analog synths and drum machines. The tracks are arranged like an LP with the ambient material on "Side A" while "Side B" features the more beat-oriented tracks. Depending on your musical interests you're bound to enjoy at least one side of this "virtual LP," maybe both?

 

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Willow Talk - Trials/Tribulations

Willow Talk - Trials/Tribulations

Genre: Trip-Hop/Downtempo/Experimental

Format: mp3 | CBR320kbps

Country: USA

Size: 63 Mb

Tracklist:
01. Anywhere But Here (feat. Laura Fisher)

02. Paper Airplanes 

03. Trials

04. Tribulations
05. Graffiti

06. I Didn't Know You Felt That Way
07. Glasnost

08. Regionalterations

Description: trip-hop, downtempo and near genres are quite rare guests on Hidden Vibes, and today is the day to change it. Willow Talk is a brand new collaborative effort featuring New York City's Laura Fisher and Philadelphia's Anders Lindfors. The two have come together to create a new and refreshing take on trip-hop/downtempo music. With a live set-up in the works and new music, 2012 looks to be a positive year. This is recommended to listen, if you like music of Bonobo and Massive Attack. Having not much to say, because Trials/Tribulations is not exactly my cup of tea, but I think it is good for the right ears. Check it out using following links:

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Rø - Sound of Space EP

Rø - Sound of Space EP

Genre: Space Ambient/Drone Ambient

Format: mp3 | CBR320kbps

Country: USA

Size: 29 Mb 

Tracklist:

01. Continuum

02. Etendue

03. Gascend

Description: surprisingly good ambient project with a conceptual Sound of Space EP, released in June, 2011. 3 tracks of quality space sound. Talking about space ambient projects, the main distinctive feature of their worthiness should be the ability of creating spacey visions in listeners' minds. Lots of musicians who produce such kind of music do not fill it with sense, and it remains just a collection of pads. But Rø's minimal sound really does carry you away to outer galaxies. The other positive thing is successful choice of tracks length. Not too long to get bored of listening, yet long enough to make you feel the atmosphere. This EP is totally worthy checking out for all the space wanderers.

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Alison Doyle - The Drowning at Cape Disappointment

Alison Doyle - The Drowning at Cape Disappointment

Genre: Piano/Ambient/Instrumental

Format: mp3 | CBR320kbps

Country: USA

Size: 49 Mb

Tracklist:

01. La Sirène: Piano Sketches for Port Angeles

02. The Burnside Tragedy 

03. Grouse Mountain 

04. Suicidal Ghosts 

 

Description: in case you can't get enough of piano instrumental artists, here's another one! A collection of beautiful records by Alison Doyle from the United States, who previously published her music under the moniker Cascadian. Four wonderful tracks in vein of modern minimalist composers with the involvement of field recordings. Worthy to listen and impatiently wainting for more.

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Green Arbor & Sun Devoured Earth & Lullabies Under A Grey Sky - Split

Green Arbor & Sun Devoured Earth & Lullabies Under A Grey Sky - Split

Genre: Ambient/Atmospheric/Minimalism

Format: mp3 | CBR320kbps

Country: Croatia/Latvia/USA

Size: 71 Mb

Tracklist:  

01. Green Arbor - Inanimate Arbor

02. Green Arbor - Suspended Mid-Grief

03. Green Arbor - Lullabies Above White Clouds

04. Sun Devoured Earth - Sunrise

05. Sun Devoured Earth - Memories

06. Sun Devoured Earth - Late Nights

07. Lullabies Under A Grey Sky - Ghosts 

08. Lullabies Under A Grey Sky - Blowing the Dust Away 

09. Lullabies Under A Grey Sky - Echoes of Time Passing 

Description: A very nice split album of three musicians released recently. Three different visions of ambient sound, united in one album. Green Arbor is a birthchild of Benjamin from Croatia, a really good start. Sun Devoured Earth is a project of Vadim from Latvia with a really rich discography so far, counting lots of realeases of huge variety of genres. This split is a succesful effort of creating ambient music with some post-rock features. Finally, Lullabies Under A grey Sky is an ambient outfit of Nathan from Virginia, USA, producing calm and warm drones. Sleepytime music (c).

Green Arbor on Last.fm | Green Arbor on Soundcloud | Sun Devoured Earth on Last.fm | Sun Devoured Earth on Bandcamp | Lullabies Under A Grey Sky on Last.fm | Lullabies Under A Grey Sky on Bandcamp | Download

Worrytrain - sparrow happenings (cassette rip)

Worrytrain - sparrow happenings (cassette rip)

Genre: Ambient/Acoustic/Minimalism

Format: mp3 | CBR128kbps

Country: USA

Size: 24 Mb

Tracklist:

01. having it and losing it on a sinking ship

02. looking and finding it on many shores

03. holding it and loving it as the world passes by 

04. setting it free on private property 

05. remember it in a pissy alleyway at the end of it all 

Description: all of you guys possibly have already heard about Worrytrain, one-man project that is pretty much popular among neoclassics and ambient lovers. The fact is that posted album (or EP, whatever) is way lesser listened, because it represents the very early period of Worrytrains music, where he haven't developed his sound from experimental acoustic ambient to the blend of modern classics and noise. That is definitely the reason to consider Sparrow Happenings a hidden gem. It's amazing how he creates the special relaxing mood on this record using that necessary minimalistic sound of his instruments and combining it with field recordings. Sometimes monotonously hypnotic, sometimes hopefully bright. A sound that can be found on thousands of records and at the same time cannot be found anywhere else. Recommended.

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

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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:

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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

Golden Gardens - Between the Siren and the Amulet

Golden Gardens - Between the Siren and the Amulet

Genre: Shoegaze/Dream Pop/Ambient

Country: USA

Tracklist:

01. Peisinoë

02. The Empress

03. The Golden Dawn

04. Anthemusa

05. Ghostwood

06. Little Birds

07.  Shimmerine

 08. Amethyst

09. Three Jewels

10. Night Never Ends

11. Cimaruta

12. The Death of Lovers

 

Description: Golden Gardens is the duo located in the city of Utopia and producing dreamscapes and anthems for magical minds. At least this is what their official Facebook page say. In fact this is a music duo that recently released their first longplay just in vein of their first Somnambulist EP. According to the words of musicians themselves, their music takes influences from music boxes and icicles; raindrops against a window pane; books being opened and closed at the library; submerging oneself in the bathtub; dry leaves being crushed underfoot; grey skies; summery fields; crashing waves and puddles in the forest. And the whole bunch of various artists, such as Slowdive, Cranes, Akira Yamaoka, Bohren And Der Club of Gore, Massive Attack, Portishead, Bauhaus, My Bloody Valentine and a lot of others.

Between the Siren and the Amulet is an album of perfectly produced warm shoegaze music. Starting with a droning ambient introduction, this album presents dreamy guitar based music and even more dreamy and gentle female vocals, that fill you with the atmosphere of complete calmness. Delayed and hazy guitars make songs sound totally soundscapic, ambient. And admitting the crystal beauty of singer's vocals again. A perfect piece of music for dreamers. A link to official videoclip to Ghostwood song from new album:

You can find Golden Gardens music and listen it for free using links below:

Last.fm | Website | Bandcamp | Stream

Anilore - Still Awake

Anilore - Still Awake

Genre: Shoegaze/Dream Pop

Format: mp3 | CBR128kbps

Country: USA

Size: 52 Mb

Tracklist:

01. Something Always Shines 

02. Imagine You 

03. More 
04. World Ends 
05. Soiled Son 
06. The Heavy Song
07. Movement
08. Octavia 
09. Black Halo
10. Absence
11. DMYH 
12. Showers Of Happiness

Description: a great shoegaze record dating back to 1996 and remastered ten years after. The members of Anilore met in 1992 at college. They soon realized that their musical tastes were shaped by the same influences--bands such as Joy Division, the Cocteau Twins, New Order, the Jesus and Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine, Red House Painters, the Pixies, and Nirvana; artists such as Tom Waits and Nick Cave; and the seminal alternative British labels 4AD and Creation Records. After many years of lineup changes, demos, etc., the band recorded their debut album, Still Awake, in 1996. In 2006, guitarist Andrew Malenda decided to re-master Still Awake (c).

Extremely underrated, considering the fact that Anilore's got only 11K scrobbles @ last.fm at the moment, so it's highly recommended to be checked out. A sample track is here:

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

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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:

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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:

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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:

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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:

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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: 

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