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The Dada Weatherman – [2008] The Green Waltz

Tender vocals, acoustic guitar. Dada is a talented musician from Paris, gifted with a great voice and sense for the right chords. Equipped with piano, acoustic guitar and occasional percussion, he sings his way through 15 tracks. It seems that he calls himself now Dada & the Weathermen, has released three more acoustic albums on…

Wed, 14th Aug 2013

Alternative, CCBYSA30, Pop, Vocal
freemusi.cc reaches 20,000 tracks

freemusi.cc, my side project to this blog, is about creating a comprehensive catalogue of noteworthy free music published under Creative Commons licenses and hosted on the Internet Archive. The latter restriction makes it possible that this catalogue can be completely streamed and downloaded. However, music discovery in this database so far was limited by the…

Tue, 13th Aug 2013
Various Artists – [2013] Fusion Compilation 8

Experimental Trip hop compilation. From the Fusion netlabel comes this showcase of a sampler. A range of electronic styles are united on this buffet. Expect to get surprised by the slightly experimental tracks. The production is excellent throughout all featured artists. Two tracks that span the spectrum of this release are in the preview below:

Wed, 7th Aug 2013

CCBYNCND, Compilation, Electronic, IDM
Bebop – [2013] Scuola Benassi Deluxxx Edition

Crispy, kicking breakbeats is what awaits you in this single on Sostanze Records from Italy. Scuola Benassi in four versions, two of which are remixes by other artists. The song itself is a forward-thrusting floor-filling breakbeat bomb (alliteration allergy, anyone?). My two favourite versions and the obligatory download link follow below.

Wed, 31st Jul 2013

CCBYNCND, Electro, Electronic, Techno
Japan Wallpapers

Some impressions from Japan. I finally needed some fresh wallpapers.

Tue, 30th Jul 2013
Ancient Lasers – [2013] You In The Future

This joint release from the netlabels Clinical Archives and No Source features Daniel Finfer’s (almost) solo project Ancient Lasers. “Sonically the music sits comfortably somewhere between Nine Inch Nails and the Postal Service” tells us the release notes. Where does this leave us? With shoegazing, stomping, screaming post rock worth a place in my personal…

Wed, 24th Jul 2013

CCBYNCND, Electro, Indie, Pop
XOC – [2005] Super Mario World

Analogue reinterpretation of a legendary console game soundtrack. With almost 400,000 downloads from the Internet Archive servers), this release is of the classic gems of free music. Multi-instrumentalist XOC took the effort of precisely reproducing the original score for the SNES game Super Mario World, instrument by instrument, track by track. By using real instruments…

Wed, 17th Jul 2013

Electronic, Experimental, Game, Instrumental, Stage & Screen
Intoxicated Piano – [2013] Vice Versa

Juicy indie-pop with scratchy vocals. This album contains five melodic songs, beautifully arranged around piano and the singer Oxy. It is brought to us by the Russian netlabel Mixgalaxy. It features solid production, classy song arrangements and a wonderful singer. Read on for two preview songs and the download link.

Wed, 10th Jul 2013

CCBYNC30, Indie, Pop, Trip Hop
Allison Crowe – [2010] Spiral (Originals)

Allison Crowe sings piano-based ballads. This 2010 release back at Jamendo sums up 10 of her songs. Most are calm, some vivid, all honest and moving. Her voice is the main asset of this album. To select my usual two songs for the preview is quite difficult this time. Hear for yourself below, before downloading…

Wed, 3rd Jul 2013

CCBYNCSA, Folk, World
Alexandre Bateiras – [2012] Canções da Lua Nova

This is Portuguese folk. Acoustic guitars, singing of past times. Speaking of past times, the album was originally released in 2007 on the now inactive Merzbau netlabel. Fortunately for us, the Free Music Archive took over the task of archiving its releases. Only because of that, I was able to stumble upon this jewel of…

Wed, 26th Jun 2013

CCBYNCND, Folk, Instrumental, World
LASERS – [2012] LASERS EP

Slightly positive IDM with a dash of Trip Hop. Bad Panda Records released LASERS EP back in 2012. With four original songs and seven remixes, the release is almost 50 minutes long. Its sound is very relaxed and doesn’t try to impress with catchy tunes. Instead, spherical sounds are combined with straight drum patterns. (What…

Wed, 19th Jun 2013

CCBYNCSA, Electronic, IDM, Trip Hop
Kliment – [2006] Time Revision A

If you don’t like ten minute long, plain psy trance with straight beats and meditative repetitiveness, don’t read on. The shortest piece in this 5-track EP is almost 7 minutes long, so be warned. Still here? Good, because Kliment has created a release of intriguing production quality. The music is neutral to uplifting. Motives are…

Wed, 12th Jun 2013

CCBYNCND, Electronic, Trance
Meanwhileproject.ltd – [2008] Today is Sunday

Folky instrumental guitar rock with a dash of Pink Floyd. Today is Sunday is the first solo release of the Cologne-based artist M. Adam with his Meanwhileproject.ltd. Electronic bits add flavour to background-music chord textures. Great during, but also after work!

Wed, 5th Jun 2013

Alternative, CCBYNCSA, Indie, Rock
Sakee Sed – [2013] Ceci N’Est Pas Un EP

Clinical Archives is probably among the ten netlabels with the most releases. This one is number 517, indicating a long history. Check my music player freemusi.cc for a playlist of my favourite tracks released on Clinical Archives. Sakee Sed delivers six tracks of edgy psychedelic rock. The style brings with it that not every song…

Wed, 29th May 2013

CCBYNCND, Psychadelic Rock, Rock
Cambriana – [2012] House of Tolerance

This week’s release found its way to my HDD thanks to the (French) review by @diffuser on this album. As he remarks, Cambriana don’t fail to draw attention to their skills, both technical and songwriterish. A tender melancholy lies on their Indie-Folk/Pop compositions. Like usual, I present two of the ten tracks below.

Wed, 22nd May 2013

CCBYNCND, Folk, Indie, Pop