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freemusi.cc got news!

freemusi.cc is a player and database for free music. As of now (Feb 2013), it contains over 10,000 tracks of Creative Commons music from many artists all around the world. Various music genres are present. All tracks have been hand-selected, rated and tagged. And since now, the database got a new landing page with recommendations,…

Mon, 4th Feb 2013
Alex Tiuniaev – [2012] Rachel EP

Webbed Hand Records specialise on ambient electronic music. This short two track EP from Russian musician Alex Tiuniaev sounds like a relaxed science fiction nostalgia movie soundtrack. Both tracks are good for a short break from anything. Read on for a short description of both tracks and the download link.

Wed, 30th Jan 2013

Ambient, CCBYNCND, Easy Listening, Electronic
Kognitif – [2012] My Space World (LP)

This is my first review of a release by Dusted Way Kingdom that focuses on instrumental hip hop. Most releases, while enjoyable, sound too loopy in my ears. But not so with this gem by Kognitif from the French Midwest. This release is reminiscent to good old trip hop, think Massive Attack. Vinyl loops are…

Wed, 16th Jan 2013

CCBYNCND, Electronic, Trip Hop
Superspink – [2010] Elements

Chiptunes meets techno rock. 8 bit nostalgia goes dance floor, but so well. Conventional beats, fat bass lines are juiced up for an elementary experience. The four greek elements plus void make five tracks, each different but all together danceable. Thanks go to the Japanese netlabel Bumb Foot that has been publishing great electronic for…

Wed, 9th Jan 2013

CCBYNCSA, Chiptune, Disco, Electronic
Stikked – a self-hosted open source alternative to Pastebin

Ever wanted to share or loosely collaborate on a document, but did not feel save enough to put it on a public text hosting service like Pastebin? Thanks to Ben McRedmond and Claude Hole, there is Stikked. It is a small text pasting script. It needs a webserver with PHP 5 and a MySQL database.…

Tue, 8th Jan 2013
New black desktop wallpapers

For the darker season some darker desktop wallpapers, again in tablet-friendly 2048×2048 resolution. The photos were taken mainly in Singapore and show a party crowd under a sphere-shaped light, a man reading under the floodlight of the sport stadium nearby and defocused street lights, reflected on water. The street picture shows the bridges over Marina…

Wed, 12th Dec 2012
Silence is Sexy – [2007] Everything You Should Know

Rock-solid indie pop rock. Walls of guitars, neatly arranged by the Dutch band Silence Is Sexy. While the twelve tracks of this release are too similar for my taste, this alone is no reason to not like its outstanding tracks. For me, this album is perfect background music for not-so-quiet moments.

Wed, 5th Dec 2012

CCBYNCSA, Indie, Rock
John Harrison with the Wichita State University Chamber Players – [2011] The Four Seasons (Vivaldi)

Take some excellent musician, create a flawless recording of a classical evergreen composition and release the result under a Creative Commons license (BY-SA). Instant win – for all us listeners! The natural sounding mix has a nice, dry room acoustics, a cough once in a while in the background and the earned applause in the…

Wed, 28th Nov 2012

CCBYSA30, Classical, Live, Traditional
The Nuri – [2011] Music Box

Nightwish without fairy dust. Hard, epic rock with strong yet soft female vocals. Slower and faster songs have their place in this 16 track album. Both rhythm and melody excel in all of the songs. It was harder than usual to select only two songs to present here.

Wed, 21st Nov 2012

CCBYNCND, Pop Rock, Rock, Vocal
Hot Fiction – [2010] Dark Room

Smoky blues rock, straight from the garage. I smell some White Stripes from time to time. All parts are superbly played/sung. From the juicy bass lines up to the adorable lead voice. If you rock, rock on here!

Wed, 14th Nov 2012

Blues Rock, CCBYNCND, Indie, Rock
Anamanaguchi – [2010] Power Supply

Yummy chiptunes from New York! Powerful beats, juicy chords and lovely melody lines show what sound can be made from those old 8 bit sound chips from vintage computers and consoles. Seven very different tracks make this one of the few chiptune releases that I like to hear from start to finish without getting bored.…

Wed, 7th Nov 2012

CCBYNCSA, Chiptune, Electronic
Jonathan Dimmel – [2009] Closer at the start

Adorable piano pop rock, featuring a great lead singer. I can’t claim much credit for finding this artist: Jamendo already featured him on their homepage, where I also stumbled upon him. This seven track release is a great soundtrack for everyday. During the morning commute, writing a music review, or simply chilling.

Wed, 31st Oct 2012

CCBYNCSA, Pop, Pop Rock
Year of the Tiger – [2010] Electric / Make It Work

And another release from the (at least for me) elusive netlabel Vulpiano. It specialises in “ambient, electronic, and acoustic”. This album clearly is neither ambient nor acoustic. It is rather a furious electro pop meets Avril Lavigne (at least to my ears) voice. The result is a sweet and catchy blend that stands up to…

Wed, 24th Oct 2012

CCBYNCND, Electro, Electronic
Various Artists – [2010] Don’t believe the hype

This compilation by the Italian dance music netlabel Sostanze Records is for the inclined connoisseurs of glitchy drum & bass. Nothing stands still, everything is beat. And yes, you don’t have to believe the hype that is made of this genre to enjoy this incarnation. Following: two tracks as short previews, then the download/release page/streaming…

Wed, 17th Oct 2012

CCBYNCND, Dubstep, Electronic
Random Dilbert bookmarklet

I’m addicted to the webcomic Dilbert by Scott Adams. He publishes one comic strip a day. With its archive ranging more than twenty years back, a random function to discover new old comics would be quite handy. That is what the following code snippet does: Create a random date between January 1st 1990April 16 1989…

Tue, 16th Oct 2012