It’s no coincidence that Jose Gonzalez’ music was dropped in favour of Tired Tape Machine for the final scene in Swedish director Mikel Cee Karlssons film Hälsningar från Skogen (the soundtrack, released on Kningdisk, also included artists like Peter Broderick and Tape). Petter Lindhagen’s one man band truly personifies the wave of new music that finds its own voice without needing vocal chords. A wave of experimental instrumental music that strikes a balance between sadness and hope, chaos and order. On his debut album Somewhere Safe, Petter Lindhagen has single handedly written, produced and played all the instruments; a DIY-attitude that is also evident in the lovingly realized physical manifestation of the release. In tune with his entrepreneurial spirit, the album is self-released, digitally and – as the name might suggest– on cassette!best request of last month I'd say. too bad that last track, my opinion of course..
Mamiffer is Faith Coloccia, a Seattle-based pianist, and Chris Common from the band These Arms Are Snakes, as well as a collective of other song-weavers and visionaries. Coloccia and Commons got together with friends Aaron Turner from Isis (who also owns HydraHead Recrods, the label that signed Mamiffer), Brian Cook, Ryan Frederiksen, and Annie Hozoji Matheson - Margullis in June, August, and December of 2007, as well as February of 2008, to compose the record Hirror Enniffer, which some blog critics have called “an environmental scourge of noise and atmosphere that is elegant, striking, and evocative. ” The band’s permanent lineup now includes not only Coloccia, Commons and Turner, but Travis Rommerein and Daniel McCoy as well.
The band lists Cold Reading, sympathetic magic, silver hands, apophenia, remote viewing, floods, shakti, and freedom among its influences.
Crooneres Decadentes was formed in April 2009 in the city of Petrolina, State Of Pernambuco,
Located in the northeast of Brazil by Raoni Santos, who is the only member of the band.
No one knows for sure what their sound mixes, because we are in a time that we hear different musical styles,
but you can tell the band is influenced by Shoegaze, Grunge and Alternative Rock as well as the tranquility of Bossa Nova.
The letters come from loose sentences; the listener put them together and draw your own sense,
the more different interpretations, the better. The name comes from the discovery of one of the goals
that João Gilberto had to move to Rio de Janeiro: He wanted to be a Crooner, like Tony Bennett and Frank Sinatra.
In September 2009, the band released their first demo, “Variante”, an EP recorded at home with two anti-ingredients ":
a sound card on-board and a common microphone.
7 tracks hand-picked from his demo pieces, and a further 3 tracks on a bonus disc for 11 of the 50 copies!
yawning is one half of japanese ambient duo gargle, but this monkier explores darker territory - pianos, strings and guitar flicker in a melancholy and brooding union. it's like a library tapes, eluvium and mono car crash, in a good way.
an ep of instrumental guitar cover versions by a very talented young man from manchester the focus here is female pop acts, so it's for fans of finger picked guitars. and abba. and esfirst track <3 , recommended.
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with music that transcends the translation barrier between us (a thank you to yawning for helping on this!) this lovely japanese fellow will soon release an ep of beautiful guitar led folky musings. if you like dné or message to bears then hit up mitsuyoshi on myspace while you wait for this one.
“Hypersona” is the debut release by 36 for his fledgling label, 3six Recordings. Produced over a span of 3 years, it represents the first in a series of three planned albums under the 36 alias.recommended.
Unfathomably rich textures combine with delicate instrumentation, and the ghostprint of lost transmissions struggle for their right to be heard. The cold warmth of radio static rushes the heart, whilst the tender melodies break it into a thousand pieces. Always beautiful, but with an unnerving sense of malice, “Hypersona” is like a twisted fairytale, where the outcome is never certain and light must always cast a shadow.
Drawing upon countless influences, but expressed in a personal, honest voice, “Hypersona” is a distinctive, original work, which ignores trends and sits comfortably in a space without time and place.from last.fm
Bad Actor, taking up home base in Orlando FL, is attempting to provide music with a genuine and abrasive presentation. Educated and furious as fuck, this five piece will take their art and shove it straight into your corn cob pipe with extreme unrelenting force.thanks guys, keep it heavy!
November 22 @ The Merchant Ale House, St. Catharinesthanks for the mail guys.
November 25 @ The Boat, Toronto
December 11 @ The Horseshoe, Toronto
Inocencia (Innocence) is my fourth studio album, a conceptual set of pieces intended to be listened as a whole. The concept is both musical and philosophical and is inspired by a specific book (I hope you can guess which one). For this release, I have decided to get away a bit from the minimalism of my previous releases and play more with post-romantic compositions, electronic, circuit-bending, noise and even some IDM. I think this is the most uplifting and cheerful release I have done so far, thanks in part to my situation while I composed the album, definitely better than by the time of “Ruido Blanco”.
Some friends helped me in the release of “Inocencia”, namely Sergio Trujillo (from my other band Nöno) recorded violin on many tracks, and Mariam Yakan (visit her blog http://mautomata.blogspot.com).is in charge of the graphical art, cover design and booklet. A special thanks goes to both of them. I would also like to thank Fran for recording piano and inspiration in “Estoy solo, contestó el eco”.
Inocencia es mi cuarto album, un disco conceptual, creado para ser escuchado como una unidad. El concepto es tanto musical como filosófico, y está basado e inspirado en un libro concreto (creo que es facil que descubráis cual). Para este album, he decidido alejarme un poco de mis influencias minimalistas y jugar más con composiciones post-románticas, electrónica, circuit-bending, ruido e incluso algo de IDM. Creo que “Inocencia” es mi album más alegre y positivo hasta la fecha, gracias en parte a mi situación mientras componía el album, definitivamente mejor que mientras compuse “Ruido Blanco”. Algunos amigos me ayudaron en el proceso de creación del disco. Sergio Trujillo (de mi otra banda, Nöno) grabó el violín en muchos temas, y Mariam Yakan se encarga del arte gráfico, el diseño de la portada y el libreto. Me gustaría dar un agradecimiento especial a ambos. También querría agradecer a Fran por la inspiración y grabación del piano en “Estoy solo, respondió el eco”. Para descargar el album vuelve a la página anterior. También podéis descargaros la carátula delantera, y (dentro de poco) el paquete completo de arte gráfico compuesto por Mariam Yakan (visita su blog http://mautomata.blogspot.com).
For his next album, When the flowers were singing out in October, the band will be on tour in France and some European cities. You can follow the travel, day after day, of the band on our official blog: http://kwoontour2009.blogspot.com
Golden Ages delivers shimmering psychedelic pop swirling with soft, ethereal vocals, set against a lush soundscape. Golden Ages has received positive press from several places, including the Philadelphia division of Deli Magazine and several MP3 blogs (The WalrusTracklist:
Honeypower, and more). A full-length is due out in a couple months.
Vere is a rock band from Memphis and Jackson, Tennessee. We formed in March 2008, and have self released an EP titled "We Are Time," recorded at Ardent Studios in Memphis, TNgood stuff, keep it up guys!
We've been told we sound like:
"...The Appleseed Cast, Sunny Day Real Estate, Pink Floyd, Bauhaus, Deftones, Type O Negative, Mogwai, Down..."
Best known for his work as Library Tapes, David Wenngren arrives with the first album to be released under his own name. The first marked difference between this album and Wenngren's prior works is the emphasis on string arrangements and experimental electronic processing. The piano remains a key constituent of Wenngren's vocabulary, but here its timbres are often shrouded in digital treatments that bring the music closer in tone to Kenneth Kirschner and Taylor Deupree's post_piano material than the Harold Budd-style ambience of old. This is an approach that suits Wenngren greatly, and the combination of sonic abstraction with the Library Tapes man's more romantic, ornamental instincts makes for an immensely beautiful record. It's so hard to keep up with all the neo-romantic pseudo-classical recordings being made at the moment but this, ladies and gentlemen, is undoubtedly a very good one.
Ian Hawgood creates music with an effortless flow and intelligent, minimalist programming aesthetic that lends itself to the art of the movie soundtrack.With each piece contained in Soundtrack To A Film In My Head Which Will Never Get Made Ian constructs a visual picture in the mind, making use of everything from moaning violins to ethereal, synthesized drones. Ranging from ambient contemplations to subtly beat driven melancholy, this EP offers the most complete experience when taken in as a whole. From the eerie scratchy synth of A Man and His Lover… to the mesmerizing tonal play of End Credits To a Movie…, Ian crafts one beautiful tune after another.Tracklist:
Air Doll is a 2009 Japanese film directed by Hirokazu Koreeda. It is based on a manga by Yoshiie Gōda, which was serialized in the seinen manga magazine Big Comic Original, and is about an inflatable doll that develops a soul and falls in love. The movie debuted in the Un Certain Regard section at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival. Music by World’s End Girlfriend.
The Constellation Branch is an indie rock band from Phoenix, Arizona.thanks Bryce!
Meeting through a mutual friend, The Constellation Branch was formed by singer Jordan Cruz and guitarist Bryce Hill in the spring of 2006. The duo quickly wrote and recorded a few demos the following fall, and armed with these tracks, recruited drummer Stephen O’Sicky in January 2007. The trio went through 6 different bass players in as many months until they finally found bassist Aaron Motley. In July of 2007, The Constellation Branch was complete.
Taking over a year to complete, “The Dream Life, The Real Life, The Empty Glass…” is the debut full length album from the Arizona indie rockers, The Constellation Branch. Recorded primarily in their friends Mom’s house, it features guest appearances by Poem (Matthew Gilbert), Chelsey Nelson (Yellow Minute) and Parker Morden and was produced by Mike Dwyer and James Mitchell.
After 5 years, Discordless returns with a darker, noisier and even more uncategorizable album than its debut ep “Deprived of Oxygen”.
Impredictable and imperfect by excellence, “148 Light Years” features a heavy sound evolved from its industrial begginings into an unique combination of ambients, noise, drones and electronic madness.
La Maison en Petites Cubes from dorsumi on Vimeo.
El Siete Es La Luz is the third full-length release from French Teen Idol, who is, logically, an Italian artist. Specifically, this is the project of Andrea Di Carlo, who is from Rome. For this release, he decided to go all Radiohead on us and distribute it himself, mostly electronically (available anywhere MP3s are sold), although you can order a CD from his website if you insist on being old-fashioned like that.
The thing is, this is a rather worthwhile release. Di Carlo makes a sort of mellow droning electronic post-rock that is similar to the work of Worriedaboutsatan or Lights Out Asia. Heck, there is even some M83 in the mix, making this a fascinating pastiche of the current wave of electro post-rock...
-evil sponge full
if you enjoyed the st, then for sure you'll like this one, recommended.
Antarctica majestically captures the epic sweep of the south side of consciousness, conjuring the otherworldly experience of deep sleep. The band is perfectly named: they create brooding, constantly shifting textures with reverbed guitars, synthesizers, and muffled vocals that evoke images of glacial oceans, endless expanses of white snow, and blue skies without limits. This gorgeous band has discovered an impossible niche between joy and melancholy and extracted from it an insomniac's perfect remedy.will post the ep..
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From a winding path of diverse musical ventures, Book of Leaves has slowly, quietly come to the surface. The first solo piano release by Kentucky composer and pianist Rachel Grimes, this new project comes after many years composing and recording with the indie chamber band, Rachel's, and alongside current work with Louisville-based King's Daughters & Sons. Soon to be released, the album is a collection of impressionist chapters woven together with chordal themes and field recordings inspired by interactions with the outdoors.
Minimalist electronica influenced by the likes of Steve Reich and Murcofand yet another submission (not my links), thanks Edd.
“Diluvian Temperals”. This is the first release by Abridged Pause Recordings, and its a great pleasure to introduce these 13 bands which we will be working with in the future, with 13 exclusive songs, never heard or released before. Released totally free to make sure that as many people get the most out of it.overall a good release, thanks Alex
The opening track ‘Prelude I’ begins with strings enswathed in digital noise and drifting bells, before a haunting choral vocal is introduced into the mix. Bringing together the operatic with electronics in such a way has almost never been achieved successfully, yet Teague manages effortly to blend the genres and emerge with something beautiful and uncluttered. It at once becomes cinematic but never resorts to being over sentimental. As the strings crash and percussion drives our emotion, never once does it feel tiresome and it always keeps the imagination active. On the final track ‘Prelude VI’ it is hard not to bring to mind the finer works of Cliff Martinez as bass bubbles underneath an echoing piano and electronic distortions: a stunning widescreen finale to this captivating story.
This album was born when we were halfway through recording Without End. We had a few songs that we really liked and we didn't know what we were going to do with them. Those tracks were "Cobain featuring Yawning", "Lark", "Honeymoon at the Holocaust Museum" and "DisMIX featuring Cylon". we had no idea what we were going to do with them but we knew we didn't want to throw them away. none of them fit the style of Without End. We tried tacking a few of them on Without End but they stuck out like sore thumbs. We held onto them and when we were about 99 percent done, Randy said "why don't we just release 2 albums?" it sounded like a good enough idea. We weren't sure if anyone would want to hear 2 new full lengths from us but maybe a couple would. So we stalled a little longer and finished up some of the tracks we had kept locked away. We re-worked some parts and changed whole songs around and here we are. This is probably our most varied album. there are hints of classical, acoustic, electronic, a little bit of blues guitar playing, and a lot of spacey things going through the headphones. This is the album where words couldn't say what we were feeling. We became a better band and better friends trying to communicate by just playing. We’re really proud of this album and we hope all of you enjoy it. Thanks so much for listening. it means more than anything to us.
Extinction Algorithm is the first solo product of Mr.S, the mastermind of Satanochio.this is good, thanks for contacting me..
This is more than just a simple record, it is an artistic protest, regarding the dehumanization procees of the nowadays society.
This is the alarm signal, born from the depression of the artist, regarding individuality’s extinction. The human soul is an endagered species but we can change it’s extinction algorithm. How? Remembering. That is the main purpose of this somehow unexplainable black metal rooted , dark cinematic anthem collection.
A dizzying amalgam of pitch-black ambience, dismembered electronics and static-drenched, particle-sized beats, ‘Asperger’ is a must for fans of Murcof, Autechre and, of course the Vangelis score that so enhanced Scott’s film. ‘Asperger’ is spacious yet claustrophobic, an alchemy of contradictions, much like its creators. Please listen to the uncut, uncensored facts.
Last Tide is a DC-based band consisting of Nate Frey on guitars/vox, Rob Miller on bass, Libby Dorot on synth/vox, and Misha Alexander on drums/vox. The band is heavily influenced by the shoegaze and slowcore scenes, but also draws from punk, experimental music, and post-rock, among other sources. Their music is distinguished by a focus on strong melodies and carefully considered arrangements. They will be performing frequently throughout DC and other East Coast cities over the coming months.
The most notable difference from the previous work is the dynamic use of live instruments. Here, the electronic sounds heard in the first album have hidden behind the shadows to be replaced by live drums, piano, guitar, violin, cello, bass, saxophone, clarinets, and even saws. The album is a parade of songs compiled through a dramatic orchestration of these live instruments. Yoshida brings meaning to every little sound produced by his trusted musicians, there is meaning in every break of music, every page turned on the musical score, every piano pedal stepped on, every breath of the horn, and every jump of the bow on a string instrument to create delicate and yet spectacular instrumental music.
This album that starts in a melancholic mood which gradually turns into an overwhelming feeling of euphoria is an elegant, cinematic, and ever so beautiful storybook of sound without images or words that allows each listener to portray their
Noown scenery in their hearts however they wish.Noble
Born in the dense heat of New Orleans, Louisiana, Belong is a collaborative effort between Turk Dietrich and Michael Jones, whose debut album, October Language, goes beyond traditional song structure to a place where melodic figures blur, and textures are gorgeously sculpted into an ocean of sound
Following in the tradition of bands like My Bloody Valentine and Gas, guitars, synths and other musical sources are wrenched from their typical tones, revealing themselves in bright shards of distortion. Melodies are similarly enveloped in a sort of aural atrophy, forever repeating their blurring calls. At the end, all that remains is a noise so potent it leaves the sonic equivalent of the sun’s imprint on a retina.
We are heavy, sludgy, fuzzed out metal with elements of experimentalthanks guys, good luck.
noise, prog, psychedlia, and stoner grooves. For fans of Neurosis,
Electric Wizard, Mastodon, Melvins, Clutch, Bongzilla, Intronaut, Big
Business, Kylesa, Minsk, Young Widows, Cursed, The Sword, Mouth of the
Architect, Hawkwind, Ufomammut, 35007
Kjartan Sveinsson, the keyboard player from Sigur Ros scored this beautiful music for the short Icelandic film entitled ‘Síðasti bærinn’ or ‘The Farm’ back in 2005. It was nominated for an Academy Award. As its just been anounced that Kjarten will be scoring music for the new film Ondine.
"Game Over" is a final chance to re-assess this band's past, with a collection of tracks taken from all 6 of their singles, along with three previously unreleased tracks, including a cover of the wire classic "Three Girl Rhumba", the awesome, brutal, deranged beauty of "Murder City" and a live version of "Pendulum Man". "Game Over" shows to the full the band's many sides and musical genius, yet still flows like a complete work, making it, without doubt, one of the finest retro-anthologies ever released.Tracklist:
