• Chamberlain – [2010] Moon In June / Superstition

    Chamberlain – [2010] Moon In June / Superstition

    Chamberlain is alternative rock from Italy with a psychedelic or progressive influence. Guitar soli included. They do good old craft, no heavy effects in post-production. The EP was released Lophora Williams that has published five releases so far, mainly alternative rock. There are reviews in my pipeline for this netlabel. But for now, listen to…

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  • Oneiro – [2010] To The Stars

    Oneiro – [2010] To The Stars

    Do you know that kind of music that is repetitive, nearly boring but addictive nevertheless? Oneiro follows this recipe and made me an addict. I would classify this release loosely as indie electronica with shoegaze elements. Another way to describe them: the introvert brothers of MGMT. Anyway, their music is addictive background music for calm…

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  • Morgan Sadler – [2011] Go On

    Morgan Sadler – [2011] Go On

    This week’s review is about great pop music. Take a great voice, add piano and guitar, some percussion, mix it and you get this single release from Happy Puppy Records. This release has only two tracks, but both are worth the preview below.

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  • Bitbasic – [2010] Pixel Mixel

    Bitbasic – [2010] Pixel Mixel

    bitbasic releases “playful glitchy electronic music” freely. Very kind of him. Pixel Mixel is still his latest album, released 2010 at rec72, a netlabel based in Cologne, Germany. His music hovers between house, instrumental pop and IDM. This album has eleven tracks, some more silent, some are full of beats. Like usual, I present my…

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  • Professor Kliq – [2010] Movements EP

    Professor Kliq – [2010] Movements EP

    Professor Kliq is my favourite free dance music composer. Now that his music has made it to Jamendo, whose catalogue now is mirrored on the Internet Archive (yippie!), I’m able to write a proper review for one of his albums here. Movements EP is his roughest album so far, quite similar to Daft Punk vs.…

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  • Various Artists – [2011] 7

    Various Artists – [2011] 7

    The netlabel diym specialises in exceptional music of all genres. That includes singer/songwriter, pop-rock, post-rock, but also electronica. They have released seven albums and nine compilations so far. Every release is worth your time. Today I’ll present their seventh compilation, the one that I discovered first.

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  • Lamp desktop wallpapers

    Lamp desktop wallpapers

    Lamps made from plastic waste by the Magpie Art Collective. PET bottles and canisters are cut by hand and reassembled to designer objects.

  • Nine Inch Nails – [2008] Ghosts I – IV

    Nine Inch Nails – [2008] Ghosts I – IV

    Nine Inch Nails is a industrial rock band with experimental touch. Experimental not only in the musical sense, but also in that they try out new forms of music distribution like giving it away for free. Ghosts I-IV is an improvised 36 track album with anonymous tracks, only grouped in “Ghosts I” to “Ghosts IV”.…

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  • Iambic² – [2007] Under These Stars, We’ll Sleep Again

    Iambic² – [2007] Under These Stars, We’ll Sleep Again

    Electronic piano ambient. A smash-hit, considering that it is a forerunner for a niche genre with a niche publishing model in 2007.

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  • Per – [2010] Ettertid

    Per – [2010] Ettertid

    This release features timeless, synthy IDM. It was released in 2010 by the Fwonk netlabel. Also checkout Fwonk’s anniversary compilation FWONK*50 for an overview of their extensive catalogue. But back to this review: 10 tracks with approximately 50 minutes length hover around a quite neutral mood, similar to Pluxus. Some tracks are slightly upbeat, but…

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  • Black desktop wallpapers

    Black desktop wallpapers

    A new batch of five black 1080p high definition wallpapers, all made from photos recorded in or around Munich. The first image shows the entrance of the university sports facilities in the Olympic park. The lamp can be found in the ethnological museum and the last picture is recorded in the Pinakothek der Moderne.

  • Dark desktop wallpapers

    Dark desktop wallpapers

    So far, I mainly posted shiny and bright wallpapers. Time for something darker. Enjoy!

  • Bachelor Machines – [2011] Fatal Error

    Bachelor Machines – [2011] Fatal Error

    The UK based netlabel Fwonk finally got me with this clicky, dancy house release by the Bachelor Machines. To me they sound like a younger Justice or a more mature Stay Ali. Stompy beats, chiptune aesthetics and very memorable (not to say catchy) melody lines make me like their Fatal Error. 10 tracks with over…

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  • ojdb reaches 5000 tracks

    ojdb reaches 5000 tracks

    Only half a year after ojdb’s release, the amount of music has increased at unprecedented speed. The graph below shows the evolution of my free music collection over the last years. It took me over four years to collect my first 1000 tracks, while during the last year, I collected 3000 tracks—and the year is…

  • Knoxband – [2010] Emerging From The Shadows

    Knoxband – [2010] Emerging From The Shadows

    50 minutes of pure harmonies. Walls of synthetic chords, structured by spares percussion. Knoxband on diym netlabel is a wonderful example that soundscapes don’t have to sound blurry. If I wanted to describe the album in three words, “musical space journey” would be my best bet. Find previews to my two favourite tracks below.

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