Category: Audio

Reviews for free music. Short articles pointing out foobar2000 usage.

Paolo Pavan – [2009] Looking for a Way Out

This album comprises 6 slow and mellow jazz tracks by the Italian artist Paolo Pavan. The jazz combo consists of tenor saxophone, drums, bass and piano. This release is on the edge of smooth jazz and fusion, i.e. it can’t decide whether you sit in a smoky bar after your third bourbon or are at…

Wed, 10th Oct 2012
Various Artists – [2011] SOUNDSHOCK: FM FUNK MADDNESS!!

What happens if you let chiptune artists create Funk music? This compilation, I would say. Stuffed with citations from classic video games, this 18 track long release well states that chiptune music has evolved much since its initial days. Too broad is the span of music styles, so that the two presented tracks are only…

Wed, 26th Sep 2012
RED BELLOWS – [2011] Three.six.five

This release from Vulpiano Records, a netlabel that currently uploads its back catalogue to the Internet Archive, where it showed up in my daily stream of new releases. This EP only has two tracks, why I only present my favourite track here.

Wed, 19th Sep 2012
Leslie Hunt – [2009] Your Hair is on Fire

Pop rock with intense female vocals. Upbeat songs, piano ballads. Rock band and orchestral background fillings. All that and great lyrics. Simply wow. Thank you, Leslis Hunt. If you like this album that she released on Jamendo in 2009, you can buy her latest release directly on her homepage (or in iTunes).

Wed, 12th Sep 2012
Tearsfallen – [2012] A Deeper Sense of Nothingness

Not conventional music for not conventional people is the tagline of Hunter Netlabel, specialising in electronic ambient music. This week’s release is from artist Tearsfallen: atmospheric, space movie soundtrack. It also reminds me a bit of the soundtrack of the Portal video game series. Cold and technique ambient sounds-capes, well stirred by urging drum patterns.…

Sun, 9th Sep 2012
MoOt (Matthew Moore) – [2010] Life Is Talkin’ Misery

It’s review Wednesday again? This week’s release made me hum several times on my way back home. Catchy radio pop rock songs, thirteen of them, Matthew Moore has created for this delighting snack of an album. From beginning to end no track disappoints. Nevertheless, I only present my two favourite ones before giving you the…

Wed, 29th Aug 2012
Perfect Smile – [2008] Sonrie

Perfect Smile play melodic metal that resembles the style of Sonata Arctica. Five tracks or 26 minutes of extremely well produced progressive rock await you. I cannot stress enough the production quality of this album. Like always, I present two tracks that should you leave craving for the whole release.

Wed, 22nd Aug 2012
Various Artists – [2004] Intelligent Toys 2

This is my fourth review about a release from the netlabel Sutemos (these were the previous reviews). Intelligent Toys is a series of compilations with cutting-edge to avant-garde electronic music. Back in 2005 when I first downloaded them, I found them too experimental. But this time, they make a furious comeback into my music collection.…

Thu, 16th Aug 2012
Tequila Mockingbird – [2011] Luck and Trouble

Tequila Mockingbird are an alternative rock band from Denver. With their third album, they deliver a grooving example of a studio album with “live sound”, i.e. not sounding overproduced, but fun and natural. The guitar sports juicy riffs, the singer has a strong voice and percussion is well levelled in. Read on for a short…

Wed, 8th Aug 2012
Filthy Kicks – [2009] Dirty Little Secret

Filthy Kicks is a music producer from London, teasing us with this gem. Is it a concept album? Yes, oriental influences. Is it dance music? Absolutely. Await to be blown away by this blend of drum & bass, dubstep, orchestral sounds and a voice… what a voice!

Wed, 1st Aug 2012
WSHtpc04 Version 0.4.1 – theme support and bugfixes

Changes to last version (WSHtpc04 version 0.3): Basic theme support: dark and light included. Redrawing interval (old: 40ms fixed) is now a parameter. Uses relative timestamps by default. Get them here. 0.4.1 is a hotfix release for various artifacts introduced by the rushed 0.4 release. Download and instructions

Sun, 29th Jul 2012
Various Artists – [2012] Star-Cake

I follow the netlabel Starquake since its first furious début compilation Quaking Stars about one year ago. Since then, they constantly delivered high quality, hard and edgy electronic dance music . In this review, I describe my favourite tracks from their anniversary release Star-Cake.

Thu, 26th Jul 2012
Antiquity – [2009] As Much As You Can

Antiquity are a jazzy, bluesy studio combo from Brooklyn. Various professional musicians contributed to this gem of an album that vibrates between genres. Pop, Jazz, Blues, Soul, a little Funk. This only release from 2009 reminds me of Incognito. The two preview tracks were hard to select… so better grab the whole album and find…

Wed, 18th Jul 2012
Obsidian Shell – [2011] Evershade

Sounds like Nightwish, but less cheesy. This could be the end of this review, but I am used to write more than one sentence. Obsidian Shell are one of the best bands on Jamendo, with an impressive series of five releases ranging from 2009 to 2012. For those of you who don’t know Nigthwish: Obsidian…

Wed, 11th Jul 2012
Arcade Island – [2012] Spring EP

Arcade Island is an electronic alternative rock artist. This release reminds me a bit of pandoras.box (review of their album Barriers). Floating guitar chords, soft radio pop beats, sometimes harder, great vocals all make this album a breeze to listen to. It is brought to us by the well-known Clinical Archives. Read on for a…

Wed, 4th Jul 2012