Soothing Chill

Maps and Diagrams - "Last Train Home" (MP3)
Maps and Diagrams - "Navel" (MP3)
Maps and Diagrams - "Savannakhet" (MP3)

Usually it is hard to put the finger on why an Ambient album is "good". For me, richness, atmosphere and innovative sound design is important. While "The Giant Woods" could have been transmitted in the early 70's (soundwise), the dense and slightly haunting feel of the record got me eventually. The artwork caught that impression very well - a walk through the forest at night, getting lost in a foreign town as the sun is about to settle... The chill comes on soft feet!

Besides, the intense layering and enwinding of different textures creates a sound that allows for aural discoveries on every new listen. Something you can find with Ian Hawgood, Slow or Astrowind as well. Dig yourselves into these nine tracks and escape for 48 gracious minutes.

MP3 Ambient Music Download

Download: The Giant Woods (ZIP)
Artist-Website: Maps and Diagrams (@Discogs)
Release: The Giant Woods
Netlabel: yukiyaki.org

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Metapop with a wink

Gillicuddy - "de mannetjesolifant gaat op reis naar de oostzee" (MP3)
Gillicuddy - "sh-dah" (MP3)
Gillicuddy - "instrumental #2" (MP3)

What might come aleatory on first listen complies just right as soon as the concept unfolds. German songwriter Gillicuddy combines the most different genres on a short-lived EP, typically in one song. This has been true for "Shmalhans is Kuechenmeister" and "The Repeating Thoughts" but is brought to perfection only now.

Take "de mannetjesolifant gaat op reis naar de oostzee" as an example. First part is technical Noiserock, Jesus Lizard-style. Then Gillicuddy slows down the Jazz and pushes the song in a direction reminiscent of Sonic Youth: slightly detuned guitars, decent but uneal somehow. These fade into multilayer field-recordings you are never allowed to trust. Eventually, the secret is revealed, and the elephants of the Baltic Sea make their appearance...

This song is the wildest. However, despite the versatility, a typical atmosphere of humorous darkness comes with all songs on "The Yaouhl! Mashups". This brings forth consistency, proofs the musical craftsmanship of Gillicudy and guarantees for great listening pleasure. His best up to now, without the slightest doubt.

MP3 Avantgarde Pop Music Download

Download: "The Yaouhl! Mashups" (ZIP-Archive)
Artist-Website: www.gillicuddy.net
Release: Gillicuddy - "The Yaouhl! Mashups"
Netlabel: Clinical Archives

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Electronic Folk Music

Bluermutt - "The Broken City" (MP3)
Bluermutt - "Androids' Breath" (MP3)
Bluermutt - "Indoor Failure" (MP3)
Bluermutt - "Single Touch" (MP3)

Bluermutt's "Dislocation (and Consequences)" EP oscillates between highly processed Folk, Krautrock and melodic Electronica. Strength to his compositions is always the strong melodies, governed by a warm and rich production. Maybe this is why I consider Bluermutt Pop music rather than anything else- albeit, Pop music with respectable edges.

The first four tracks are breathtaking: "The Broken City" sounds like a dedusted Harmonia jam, ca. 1974, so full of melancholy sweetness and glittering textures. "Android's Breath" features Leafcutter John, soul alike when it comes to "Fractal Folk". His mature yet gentle voice fits the Bluermutt sound neatlessly. Wow. "Indoor Failure" eventually is pure candy. Over a Four Tet-style instrumental, vocals and guitar perform a wonderful Pop melody. Ohrwurm, you were warned! On four, "Single Touch" introduces the ambient part of "The Dislocation (and Consequences)". Warm and cracking Dub, bathed in sunlit harmonies, and a lot of depth: just wonderful.

Support Bluermutt by sending over some bucks for the download! "The Dislocation (and Consequences)" EP is available for pay-as-you-like via bandcamp.

MP3 Electronic Pop Music Download

Artist-Website: skyapnea.com
Release: Bluermutt - The Disloaction (and Consequences) EP

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Stockfinster - "Push Push" (MP3)
Stockfinster - "Knuckle" (MP3)
Stockfinster- "Gold Canyon" (MP3)
Stockfinster- "Mitglieder" (MP3)

Stockfinster (German for "pitch black") is the one man band of Malmö-based Sebastian Borg. In the liner notes to "Dead Line", Borg (who commonly appears as "batti") excuses himself for being unproductive and slow. However, for a 76 minutes opus magnus, perfectly arranged and composed like this, many musicians need a whole lifetime for. If any.

The music of Stockfinster is a mixture of Postrock and progressive Pop, essentially enhanced by many electronic elements. There is an element of nostalgia to Borg's music that stems from his melancholic melodies and the late 90's breakbeat patterns. Several time I had to think of early Lamb or other forward-thinking "Trip Hop" acts. From the world of Netaudio, Orange Crush, Endless or Nic Bommaritio might suit for comparison.

Albeit not actually at the edge of contemporary music, Stockfinster has something more valuable to offer: timelessness. Strong, atmospheric melodies, impellent beats, and a supreme production. Should be OK for the next four years, no?

MP3 Pop Music Download

Download: "Dead Line" (ZIP-Archive)
Artist-Website: stockfinster.nu
Release: Stockfinster - "Dead Line"
Netlabel: sutemos.net

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Raleigh Moncrief- "Goldrush (Chandeliers Remix)" (MP3)
Raleigh Moncrief- "Similies" (MP3)
Raleigh Moncrief- "Combed Over Chrome" (MP3)

Ah c'mon! I can't find out ANYTHING about neither "Raleigh Moncrief" nor the remixers (?) "Chandeliers" and "Dash!". Obstructive Vibrations, please! Moncrief is from Cali, is he? Everything I got is the private Myspace of designer Brandon Kalarney and these five tunes...

Well. "Combed Over Chrome" is massive. Spliffed-out and dirty. Fresh and experimental, yet catchy and compatible with any Hip Hop and Dubstep dancefloor. Astro Nautico, well-informed source for Bay Area Rap as usual, says "Hudson Mohawke and Matthew David had a baby and named him Raleigh Moncrief", and that's a good comparison indeed.

All five tracks are dope. While "Combed Over Chrome" features heavy beats and glittering synth arpreggios, "Goldrush (Chandeliers Remix)" focuses on IDM-ish melodies and baaad ass bass. With "Similies", Raleigh Moncrief fuses wobble-wobble Dubstep with an Old School Hip Hop beat and Mohawkesque synth leads. Timeless. Eventually, "Quiet Please" closes the chromo dance with a deep 'n' dirty piece of solanaceous Dubstep that equally sounds L.A. and London. OMG what a BOMB!

MP3 Hip Hop Music Download

Download: "Combed Over Chrome EP" (ZIP-Archive)
Netlabel: obstructivevibe.com

Roland from Machtdose - "Aqual(o)unge 4" (MP3)

Without no doubt: Roland from Machtdose has a wonderful taste when it comes to music. More fascinating are his skills to find those wonderful nuggets in the huge pond of creative commons music. Even though he says about himself not being a dj, this blend of dubby techno, lush electronica and bright ambient speaks different.

Simply a wonderful selection while swimming through the reefes of netaudio.

MP3 Dubby Ambient Music Download

Download: "Aqual(o)unge 4" (ZIP-Archive)
Release: DJ Mix - "Aqual(o)unge 4"

"Aqual(o)unge 4" Playlist

1. Beyond Absence - Heavy Breath [Webbed Hand 117]
2. Vertical67 - Blue [Acroplane 027]
3. Grids/Units/Planes - Flickering Fluros (This Brittle Night) [IDM Forums 002]
4. Umbrellas in the Rain - Unbroken Surface [test tube 142]
5. Ingredient - Striations [Zenapolae 051]
6. Foam - Trouble [Archipel 056]
7. Fatiq - Race to Love [MonoKraK 24]
8. Pesina Siller - Miss Kittin [Konfort 023]
9. Yagya - Coconut Rice [Sutemos 023]
10. freund der familie - 000 [broque 046]
11. hoax - Regis [insectorama 031]
12. Matthias Springer - Realm of Minds [Rumpfunk 018]
13. Echonoise - Telonius Trak [This Side Music 007]
14. Phillip Wilkerson - Sun Up [Bypass 038]
15. Zzzzra - Mutation [bio-mechanics 004]
16. Dev - Mirror Error [parastate 001]
17. Mr. Zu - In the Distance [deepindub 030]
18. Optic - Untitled [schall 025]
19. deep source project - drifting under [white in music 08]
20. Ryko - Swimming Places [auflegware 028]
21. Marsmellows - oh my dear [insectorama 030]
22. glander - untiten [Yuki Yaki 010]
23. Waveform - Dub Inside Of Us (re-edit) [deeplimit 10]
24. Roman Slavka - Paste [Pincet 004]
25. EugeneKha - Moonshine [bypass 019]
26. Pirata - Fotones en la oscuridad [Pueblo Nuevo 043]
27. Braun - Finalizer [dreiton 016]
28. Dino Dumandan - Refraction Rarefaction [Deep Lever]
29. Winterstrand - Seawater Mountain [laridae 040]
30. Lokua - Water Rock [Soft Phase 03]
31. Audiodump - May [Electronica 03]
32. Background Noise - Neptune [Ruidemos 012]

Isma Serrano - "She Is Electric" (MP3)
Isma Serrano- "Everything Is Alright" (MP3)
Isma Serrano- "Mi Eleccion" (MP3)

I like this album because it remains somehow calm, friendly and chilly. Nothing really spectacular hides between the patterns, no freaky sound experiments scrape your your. All but solid grooves and reflections of the past when techno still had this trancy flavor. When techno was more than minimal, when techno was still pure sound, when techno was friendly.

Just listen to a track like "She Is Electric". Have a seat on the rolling 808-elektro-rhythm and smile happy about those synthesizer sweeps. Than proceed and taste some of the sweet acid bleeps in "Processing". Yeah, right, that's classic DubTechno.

"Automatic Behaviour" is a true and solid album.

MP3 Techno Elektro Trance Music Download

Download: Isma Serrano "Automatic Behaviour" (ZIP-Archive)
Artist-Website: Isma Serrano
Release: Isma Serrano "Automatic Behaviour"
Netlabel: Antiritmo Netlabel

August Ambient Bliss

Wonderful we get such music for free! Even more as it's Fall in Middle Europe and it does not take much imagination to syncronize to contemplative songs of Slow to the sound of rain on the other side of the window.

Behind the telling moniker is young Sergey Suokas, hailing from Karelia, Russia, close to Finland. Sergey released a lot of music under different names, including a set of 12"s for his Techno outfit Suokas. The US-American record label Self Storage published the first full-length Slow album just recently ("Sealand"), and "Dual Box" is Sergey's second EP for Resting Bell already. His engagement with experimental Ambient duo Feldmaus is worth a note as well. Boy... he's a maniac!

It always feels a bit stupid to connect geographical ancestry and sound identity.  However, with all Slow release so far I had the strong impression that Sergey Soukas combines something somehow Scandinavian with something somehow Russian. Quixotic, naive melodies on the one hand, clear and focussed song writing on the other. His sound design is lush and playful.

I only have a very few timeless favourites in Ambient music, among these probably Nest and Direwires & Freder, but "Dual Box" by Slow has a realistic chance become classic as well.

MP3 Ambient Music Download

Download: "Dual Box" (ZIP-Archive)
Artist-Website: sergeysuokas.ru
Release: Slow - "Dual Box"
Netlabel: restingbell.net

Emilie Lund - "Childhood Friend" (MP3)
Emilie Lund - "Rewind" (MP3)

Five tiny songs, acoustic guitar, vocals, some little gimmicks every now and then. Emilie Lund's voice is slightly girlish but brings forth a certain mature timbre I enjoy a lot. I tend to say she sounds very Swedish although I can not explain what this means - maybe it's the very rolemodel Nina Persson burned into my mind. Hard to resist however.

Despite her voice and the fact Emilie writes beautiful and mesmerizing melodies, her songs are always more than just folky lullabies. There is a strong 60s feel about her selftitled EP. I can hear she is up for the likes of Vashti Bunyan, Nick Drake, Brian Wilson, Van Dyke Parks and everything in-between. Still the record does not sound dated by any chance.

Emilie Lund opens a jewel case filled with delicate Art-Pop, dreamful abstractions of US-American Folklore and these little bit of edges I called black spots in the introduction. In "Rewind", she sings "He went searching for her love as if  / his love weren't imporant / Even tried to heal her scars as if / his scars weren't important". Boy she's gorgeous.

MP3 Folk Pop Music Download

Download: "Emilie Lund EP" (ZIP-Archive)
Artist-Website: myspace.com/emilielund
Release: Emilie Lund - "Emilie Lund EP"
Netlabel: aaahh-records.net

Psychon - "Blinddayton" (MP3)
Psychon - "Nanamissouri" (MP3)
Psychon - "Cancelwashington" (MP3)

It is good to notice how the words “new” and “discover” can easily merge into what we usually call “evolution”. So basically this means Lars Meijer, Coen Polack and Jantijn Prins bring us this new release as the result of the progressive change on their musical tastes. The complexity and density of their tracks remain intact, but the several layers of sound are now refined.

“Field recordings, electronic minimalism and acoustic maximalism” were blent with such various styles, redefining the band's bounderies in a studio. They reconstructed their own patterns of what music production might be, allowing the existence of new sonorities, where there is no space for inconsistency. Everything plays a specific role in the track as a whole, letting harmony breath there. The long tracks counteract the short ones and give the record a certain dynamic.

Ultimately, fluidity is the key-word.

MP3 Downbeat Music Download

Download: Psychon – "Slow Country for Old Men" (ZIP-Archive)
Artist-Website: Psychon
Release: Psychon – "Slow Country for Old Men"
Netlabel: www.narrominded.com

Astrowind - "Lost And Found On The Moon" (MP3)
Astrowind - "Mute Pilot" (MP3)

Astrowind are Kriipis Tulo and Mahi Bukimi. I follow them since their first releases at long-gone ElektroSound Netlabel and their retro-style synthesizer Ambient always made a little bell ring in my head. After two record that did not get me too much, this one is just right again. "Fresh Wind in the Valley of Dreams" is released on the young Moldavian Netlabel Silent Flow.

Astrowind play old Russian synthesizer, record their jams live on tape (!) to carefully rework them at home (I love the idea they do it with a cutting knife and Scotch tape but I guess on this account they do NOT do analogue). Outcome is multicoloured streams of dense synthesizer Ambient, enhanced by extensive pedal processing and vocal samples from Soviet cosmonautics (In particular, "Fresh Wind in the Valley of Dreams" is dedicated to A. A. Leonov).

Astrowind music flows like water. And like water can vary from runlet to tsunami, Tulo and Bukimi play with dynamics as well. Modus operandi changes from lovely to destructive, from contemplative to rude health - but the overall mood is august mellifluence. The cosmonautics reference works beautifully as well and given this, the link to 70's German Kosmische Musik ain't too far-fetched. Lovin' it.

MP3 Ambient Music Download

Download: "Fresh Wind In The Valley Of Dreams" (ZIP-Archive)
Artist-Website: astrowind.net
Release: Astrowind - "Fresh Wind In The Valley Of Dreams"
Netlabel: Silent Flow

Evgeny Grinko – "Woody Allen" (MP3)
Evgeny Grinko – "Poirot and Tarutz walk in Paris" (MP3)
Evgeny Grinko – "28359840921=42" (MP3)

Well, the big mistery question here is "Why was this debut EP released so late?". I am sorry, but I'm a lame detective and have no answers for you. However, I can assure you that once you start to listen to it, you probably will not stop the music before you get to the very last second, because it is just like a movie.

You get the opportunity to smile, to laugh, to think about life, and maybe shed one or two tears while you do it. Actually, you can find a bit of every emotion in the record, from smooth jazz to melancholic piano solos. The best thing about it? Probably the fact that you can choose your own screenplay, in order not to get disappointed. But with a soundtrack like this, I severely doubt that you can dream about a bad plot.

Review written by Rute Correia

MP3 Music Download

Download: Evgeny Grinko – "Cinematic Melodies EP" (ZIP-Archive)
Artist-Website: Evgeny Grinko
Release: Evgeny Grinko – "Cinematic Melodies EP"
Netlabel: www.raig.ru

Bitfellas Podcast meets Phlow (MP3)

In the last two years I more and more discovered, that cooperations between like-minded are the best elixir to make magic moments happen. And you have to meet them in reality. Since two years now, I rock this magazine together with Sven Swift. And it's pure fun. This year a team of creative comons freaks rocked our city with Cologne Commons. And now you can discover with me another of this fantastic moments. Listen to the excellent and with love crafted BitFellas Podcast. And don't miss to grab their Podcast Feed.

I just handed over some of my favorites to Juergen after our talk. I discovered these tracks in the last years while digging archive.org, scene.org and all those netlabels. And someone else mixed these tracks and I just can say: Perfect! I would never had done it in this way. And this is the magic, you discover new ways on looking, listening and so on...

And one more thang: I am jealous, when I see these beautiful graphics they did for the show. And the podcast logo is amazing! Space Invaders forever!

PS: You find also a cue-file for the the mp3 to cut it in peaces, but I would rather not. The mix by Vincenzo is perfect as it is.

Playlist of BitFellas Podcast Mix

1. Cornbeast - "Megablast"
2. Coehn and Foehrb - "Mittel zum Finger"
3. Comfort Fit - "Rock da Dam (feat. Portfomat)"
4. Prymer and Blaktroniks - "Pimp Knowledgy (Krii remix)"
5. Winnie The Shit - "I Love You"
6. AEED - "Cry now"
7. Willbe - "Zephyr"
8. enLounge - "Morning espresso"
9. The Groove Guerilla - "That day"
10. Essell - "Daydream"
11. Henrik Jose - "Possibilities"
12. cie - "Schwedische Gardinen"
13. Sudio - "Ion Funnel"
14. Vincent Casanova - "Take Me Beyond (Paul Keeley remix)"

Click on a musician to read the review.

MP3 Podcast Music Download

Download: Bitfellas Podcast meets Phlow (MP3) (cue-file)
Website: podcast.bitfellas.org
Demoscene: Evoke 2009

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Cracklin Beats & Samples

Mo'Town Junkie - "Do Bongo" (MP3)
Mo'Town Junkie - Lost in a Lonely Road (MP3)
Mo'Town Junkie - Cocaine Blues (MP3) 06

Most of the times, it is not about the melody or the rhythm. It is all about the texture. And, of course, the smell of the beverage you feel like drinking at the time you listen to the tracks. “Cuts and Raw Tapes” makes me want to drink something really vintage, and yet really soft. Maybe with the lovely Laura with whom Mo'Town spent the night. After all, the samples maybe unclean, but they're definitely not raw. A record to be served chillled.

This article was written by Rute Correia

MP3 Downbeat Music Download

Download: Mo'Town Junkie – "Cuts and Raw Tapes" (ZIP-Archive)
Artist-Website: www.myspace.com/motownjunkie
Release: Mo'Town Junkie – "Cuts and Raw Tapes"
Netlabel: www.phonotactics.info

This release is classic hip hop music. Classic in every sense. Luck and Ripps brag about coolness, rap about how fantastic they are,... This one is truly classic also if you listen to the beats. Somehow they are cheesy, with a hihat ticking and a loop running straight through the whole track. But nevertheless I enjoy tracks like  "Never Be Another", "Complicity", "Roll Call" or "Matty Ice".

Especially the last one with this sick laugh-sample makes me grin. Or pick up "Roll Call" with those funky horns and the retrospective about who much fun school was when you've been young, with all that nagging sentences...

About the wonderful Booklet

And at last some sentences about the wonderful PDF which comes along with the release of "The Catastrophic Connection". Chapeau, Monsieur Michael Gregoire! I think you did a wonderful job on this one. Because if you open the PDF you get the lyrics of each track to train your rap skills ;) and you get a well-designed booklet. And most of all we get important information about the musicians. In my eyes this is so important in a world of digital anonymity. Thumbs up, for another thought-throug release at Blocsonic!

MP3 Hip Hop Music Download

Download-Packages

• "The Catastrophic Connection" (ZIP FLAC) (incl. PDF booklet)
• "The Catastrophic Connection" (ZIP 320kbs MP3) (incl. PDF booklet)
• "The Catastrophic Connection" (ZIP 192kbs MP3) (incl. PDF booklet)

Artist-Website: Luck & Ripps & Catastrophe
Release: Luck & Ripps - "The Catastrophic Connection"
Netlabel: Blocsonic

aleksi virta - "o tema de viagem especial" (MP3)
aleksi virta - "whirlwind pistols dub" (MP3)

I don't know why, but I like voice samples in music tracks, babbling some weird sentences like "Are you rrready to accept my domination?!?". And aleksi virta does so, too. He found some sources talking about the universe, space men, whatever... Just listen to "outer edge intro", you'll hear what I mean.

Together with the melodic grooves, the offbeat rhythmics in tracks like "whirlwind pistols dub" or the bossa nova-inspired happy-grooves in "o tema de viagem especial" you get a wonderful release. This will be my favorite in the downbeat genre for a while!

A damn cool space trip into the world of melodic downbeats...

PS: Thanks to our writer Martin aka 020200 for the hint...

MP3 Downbeat Music Download

Download: aleksi virta - "..meets torsti" (ZIP-Archive)
Release: aleksi virta - "..meets torsti"
Netlabel: Monotonik

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"Reintroduction" by Huw Roberts (MP3)
Daniel Maze - "Steampunk" (MP3)
Neuf Meuf - "Zul" (MP3)
Herzog - "Perhaps She'd Like To See Me Fall Apart" (MP3)

Huw Roberts, the face behind Serein, is a critical mind that shaped the label's identity for the last three years, choosing artists and artwork with greatest care. Roberts starts Serein 4.0 with a mesmerizing mix of favourites and unreleased material. Highly recommended if you are digging rich and analogue-ish Ambient music.

For the future, Huw Roberts promises new release by The Inventors of Aircraft, 1000 Hours of Staring (sooo looking forward!) and the Phlow Mag darlings Nest. Website looks clean and beautiful, only the loss of all previously released material is a miss - still, via archive.org, everything remains accessible. Watch this place!

Reintroduction by Huw Roberts

01 Marcel Türkowsky - Kuro Sawa
02 Herzog - Perhaps She'd Like To See Me Fall Apart
03 Nest - Kyoto
04 1000 Hours of Staring - Deliverance (unreleased)
05 The Inventors of Aircraft - All, Nothing
06 Stephane Leonard - Words in Progress (unreleased)
07 The Inventors of Aircraft - The Black Dog
08 Michael Trommer - Long Line Building (unreleased)
09 Nest - Wheatstone (unreleased)
10 Segue - Half Way (unreleased)
11 Marcel Türkowsky - De Dodu
12 Huw Roberts - Atlas Oryx (unreleased)
13 Pine - Flume (unreleased)
14 1000 Hours of Staring - Wintincubator

Release Page

Bettina's favourites from the back catalogue

1000 Hours of Staring - Co-operative Thread (ser006)
Neuf Meuf - It's Cold in Space (ser009)
Nest - Nest (ser013) @Phlow
Daniel Maze - Red After Image (ser016) @Phlow

2% - "Leeward" (MP3)
2% - "Glory" (MP3)

Californian Trenton McElhinney is a tech-savvy kid. For his second EP "Nowcast" he is using Max/ MSP, the Monome controller and his acoustic guitar. While the pattern-based programmings of the Monome do not easily allow for crazy breakbeat frenzy, it suits the 2% music perfectly well: monochrome, rich textures and crunchy Hip Hop beats.

"Stop", you might want to object, "All music at Archaic Horizon sounds like this!" - fairly true, but somehow 2% does better than most. Microloops dream in concentric stagger, textures intensively fill the room with warm noise and canny harmonies. A certain feel for what is necessary is manifest in McElhinney's music. Here is another connection to Para I guess: minimalism as compository guideline.

Young McElhinney is a man of taste and virtuosity. His art- and photoworks supply a fine complement to his music and are worth a minute of your attention, e.g., whilst listening to the "Nowcast" EP. Archaic Horizon sums it all up: "2% loops samples into vaporous drones creating a milky haze for his melodies to refract within then drops beats that land you back on solid ground." Wooord!

MP3 Ambient Music Download

Download: "Nowcast" (ZIP-Archive)
Artist-Website: myspace.com/2pourcent
Release: 2% - "Nowcast"
Netlabel: archaichorizon.com

Para "Slow Dub" MP3
Para "The Dubbers" MP3
Para "Component" MP3

A Quiet Bump cares about quality. Para, too. Slowly he builds up a relaxed mood, uses all the dub trickery to hypnotise us. Unhasty with ease his tunes let their magnetic field work. Get lost in "Stop motion", swim in the bass pool of "Component" and smile while listening to "slow dub". My favorite, by the way...

MP3 Dub Music Download

Download: Para - "Motion dub" (ZIP-Archive)
Artist-Website: Para
Release: Para - "Motion dub"
Netlabel: A Quiet Bump Netlabel

Henrik Jose "Possibilities" (MP3)

I truly love this slightly pathetic voice of Henrik Jose. I adore these little electronic experiments with sounds. And I simply get hooked by the frenetic flavor of "Possibilies". It's warm, enthusiastic and beautiful. It made my day.

The whole compilation called "hypocondriac" doesn't work for me in general. I skipped a lot of the tracks. To many different styles, sometimes to dark, sometimes just boring. There are only two more interesting songs to mention. One is called "jesus was a b-boy (makunouchi bento remix)" which is heavily inspired by the sound of Burnt Friedmann. It's a playful spoken-word-hip-hop-track. And give a listen to "koi"by Kyle Dawkins a simple but warm electronica track.

MP3 Pop Music Download

Download: Various - "hypocondriac" (ZIP-Archive)
Artist-Website: www.henrikjose.com
Netlabel: Apegenine

Oskar Hallbert - "21 (Unsent Letter)"
Oskar Hallbert - "03 (From the Stockholm Tape 2)"

Oskar Hallbert is a Swedish composer who does not only incorporate instruments like piano, guitar and woodwinds in his music but intensively focuses on blurry field recordings and the warm hiss you got from cheap microphones. Beauty, in case of Hallbert, seems to happen as in passing. Like not intended. In a sudden, harmonies cross and form melodies, then move apart again. A moiré effect.

This is wonderfully fragile- and the more you don't expect a song to touch you the more you're moved if it does, eventually. For me, Oskar Hallbert is a kindred spirit to Vienna wunderkind David Schweighart whose album is online for free with 12rec. Netlabel and worth every second as well.

Hallbert's EP "Sids Apartment" (ZIP link!) was out on Rainmusic in 2008. You easily will agree that the French label is the perfect place for music like his. "1123581321345589" was released on an US CDR label before, now luckily Zymogen re-publishes the 10 + 79 tracks (!) for free. Take your time and enjoy this tender trip into bliss and beauty!

MP3 Folk Music Download

Download: "1123581321345589" (ZIP)
Release: Oskar Hallbert - "1123581321345589"
Artist-Website: myspace.com/oskarhallbert
Netlabel: zymogen.net

AEED "Cry Now"
AEED "Elektricity"

"Synesthesia" is colourful like the album cover itself. Listen to that pop appeal in "Cry now". AEED rolls out the bass as a pumping fundament and than gets lost in melodies. This album has nothing to do with loop-orientated Hip Hop instrumentals. AEED feds his music with sweeping synths, funky or jazzy melodies which seem to glide easily from the keyboard into the corners of his broken beats.

Sometimes "Synesthesia" is full of melancholy like in "Strange Dreams". Sometimes AEED delivers us funky anthems like "Elephants Dance" bouncing on a sparkeling bassline. If you like electronica, chip music and if you have some b-boy-blood in your venes. This is the exact soundtrack. Error Broadcast gets bigger with each new release. Can't wait for more eye candy!

MP3 Hip Hop Music Download

Download: AEED - "Synesthesia" (ZIP-Archive)
Artist-Website: www.myspace.com/aeedmusic
Release: AEED - "Synesthesia"
Netlabel: www.error-broadcast.com

Sudio "Sonic Impact"
Sudio "Ion Funnel"

You may have a problem with music by Sudio, because he has problems himself to reduce his ideas, tricks and fun to play around technics. He can't stick to one idea or just one loop for one track. On the other hands, that's his strong part. You have to listen to his music more than once. And the more and more you listen, the more you get suck into his wonderland. And the more and more you know the twists coming around the next corner, you will love the complexity.

If you're a DJ, maybe these tracks ask to much to clubbers. It's like playing Future Sound of London where people demand Chemical Brothers. But I was always more the listening type of guy, so five stars for this one.

MP3 Techno Music Download

Download: Sudio - Strange Attractors (ZIP-Archive)
Release: Sudio - "Strange Attractors"
Netlabel: www.ideology.de

Bluermutt - "Before Going To Bed" (MP3)
Bluermutt - "Fashion Arithmetics" (MP3)

Bluermutt refined his style on "Decivilice After Consumption". While "When I'm Not" showed Giovanni Civitenga's addiction to leftfield Pop only in traces, the new Bluermutt album can be considered an avowal to groove, melody and vocals in general. Therefore, it suits the Nexsound Pickup-series beautifully.

Be aware: Bluermutt music is light years away from radio-friendly muzak. But Giovanni's stumbling IDM and Hip Hop beats are do not stand isolated in tracks but form songs nowadays. Bluemutt is accompanied by a vocalists Fredo Viola, Steph Thirion and Linn Rasimelli plus a series of random sample voices. The wonky IDM hymn "Fashion Arithmetic" is outstanding, "Self Approach" strongly reminds me of Canadian Electropop wizard adcBicycle and "Before Going To Bed" is nothing but bewitching.

Much goodness can be found along the way. However, "Decivilice After Consumption" works best when listened in a whole. I like he subtle guitar meditation "Jimmy Coda" a lot, and "Daily Explosions" with songstress Kinn Rasimelli with all its out-of-space synthesizers is uplifting. Last but not least, it should be noted that the opening "Welcome To A Clear Bluer Sky" features Rap wunderkind Dorian Concept on synths. Damn good!

On www.decivilizeafterconsumption.com, you can listen to the whole album and read about production details.

Phlow CD Raffle

Kids, we keep it simple this time. The three first to twitter this post (#phlow #bluermutt #nexsound) and send me, Bettina, the link will get a CD copy of "Decivilice After Consumption" for free. How does that sound? Come on!

CD Electronic Music Purchase

Release: Bluermutt - "Decivilice After Consumption"
Label: www.nexsound.org
Artist-Website: www.skyapnea.com
Microsite: www.decivilizeafterconsumption.com

MP3 Purchase via www.necodo.com

Wixel - "Skatebeats" (MP3)
Wixel - "Bacterial" (MP3)

I'm a keen fan of Belgian Wim Maesschalck's work and music since 2004. Starting as a solo outfit, Wixel soon became a band with Wim as central songwriter. The latest Wixel CDs "Heart" and "Somewhere Between the Sun and the Moon" in particular are wonderful pieces of postmodernism Folk- and Avantgarde music everyone should be familiar with.

2009 saw the launch of Wim's "12 Records in 12 Month" project. Up to now, six records are online for download via bandcamp. You can choose what you want to pay for the MP3, including nothing, or you go for the limited edition CDRs available from Slaapwel (the tiny record label Wim is running).

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The June EP "An Empty Canvas" is the preliminary highlight of the series. Wim discards the fragile Folk approach and delivers a dense piece of dim and orchestral Ambient, not too far from Gas, Nest or 1970's German Electronica like Cluster or Tangerine Dream. Wim himself notes Arvo Pärt and Dubstep for influence. Check "Skatebeats" and the massive "Bacterial" to get an idea.

What I like best about "An Empty Canvas" is the multilayer sound. A lot of dirt and noise twinkles through the washed-out textures and synthesizer patches, you can discover new aspects on every new listen. The beats, however, could deserve some more elaboration. But taking in account the facts this record was programmed in a month, that is pretty OK I guess.

MP3 Ambient Music Download

Artist-Website: slaapwelrecords.com/wixel
Release: Wixel - "An Empty Canvas" via bandcamp

Red Box Recorder - "Up With The Bunting" (MP3)
Red Box Recorder - "My R2 Unit" (MP3)

You know, I'm a sucker for elaborate artwork. In case of Red Box Recorders' second album "Colour Codes", the frontcover made me download the record blindly deafly. Once unpacked I was delighted to find a PDF with a lot more wonderful images... Thumbs up for the man Max McLaughlin, who is some sort of in-house designer at Acroplane. Take a look:

But hey - I would not write this if the music didn't kick me at all! Red Box Recorder (aka "DJ Particle Fusion", lol) came a long way, picking the best from Drum & Bass, Hip Hop, Downbeat and Soul music. The outcome, however, is difficult to categorize.

There is a wealth of instruments used, and they mix beautifully with the complex beat patterns. Some tunes recall older Ninja Tunes records, some feature influences from UK breakbeat more clearly. Programmings are always soulful and performed with a good sense of musicality. I had to think of Koen Park and Resynthsize every now and then. "Colour Codes" is a bit too long to be without a spot, but a lot of goodness can be found in here!

MP3 Electronic Music Download

Download: "Colour Codes" (ZIP-Archive)
Artist-Website: myspace.com/djparticlefusion
Release: Red Box Recorder - "Colour Codes"
Netlabel: acroplane.co.uk

Anamanaguchi - "Holiday" (MP3)
Tugboat - "El Scorcho" (MP3)
Bit Shifter - "The World Has Turned (...)" (MP3)

The element that many chip tune musicians and most Weezer songs have in common is a certain will and addiction to melodies. Catchy melodies. OBSCENE melodies. While Weezer cross their kitschy music by River Cuomo's fragile vocal performance, in case of "Weezer- The 8-bit Album", Nintendo and Atari TV games take the job. Did I mention it works like perfect?

The spectrum ranges from "band" (Anamanaguchi, :(, I Fight Dragons, and - surprise! - Bit Shifter) to oldschool gameboy-only (Tugboat, Nordloef, Arcadecoma). You don't need much more. This is the lovely liner notes Pterodactyl Squad put on:

"Do you remember that dream you had, where the sound chips from the beloved games consoles of your youth all got together and formed a Weezer tribute band? Yeah? No? OK. That dream is about to come true whether you had it or not."

MP3 Pop Music Download

Download: Weezer- The 8-bit Album (ZIP)
Release: V.A. - Weezer- The 8-bit Album
Netlabel: www.ptesquad.com

Boring Music Vol. 6 Mixtape (MP3)

As always, the mix comes off quite versatile. Starting with Indierock, I'm moving to experimental Ambient, Downbeat, and end up with some square-edged Techno tracks. Enjoy, and download the free EPs that stand behind the single songs I chose for the mix... Please spread.

Downloads

Boring Music Vol. 6 256kbit MP3 | 500px artwork | ZIP inc. MP3 and JPG

Playlist

inc. links to the respective reviews

01 - Francois Virot: "Young Love & Fresh Fruits"
02 - America Del Sur: "Relationships, Partnerships, Friendships"
03 - Patterns: "Idle Eyes, Sore City"
04 - Liger w/ Gustav: "Me Protools You Jane" (Thank you Dino)
05 - FourColor: "sets02"
06 - Gillicuddy: "II"
07 - OffTheSky: "Swallow Shallows"
08 - Slow: "Morning Love"
09 - Imachi Akira: "Untitled"
10 - Son Of A Bricklayer: "One"
11 - Orange Crush: "Invocation"
12 - Monokle: "Seven"
13 - Koen Park: "The American Distant"
14 - XYDZO: "Kuhtu"
15 - Andrey Kiritchenko: "Sinemagiq 4"

PS: Please enjoy Boring Music V and Boring Music VI

MoR -" I've Cheated" (MP3)
MoR - "Emo Riff" (MP3)

Sound engineer Antonio Rosselli appears under the moniker MoR (Masters of Ribongia), which is not too clever as this name was adapted by many others before. Scroble your name before publishing it is the message! Anyway, just to avoid some confusion...

"I've cheated" is a very wonderful mixture of Four Tet-style Electronica and up-lifting, cheerful Chiptune-melodies. Something you can find with 12rec. recording artist Rob Hunter as well. What made me listen up this time is the influence from UK contemporary dance music - every now and then, Rosselli introduces abyssal Dubstep synthesizers and lets his beats stumble in a Garage/ 2step-style. This comes rough and dirty and beautifully mirrows the more gentle elements like chimes and acoustic guitars. Eclectic listen!

MP3 Pop Music Download

Download: "I've cheated" (ZIP-Archive)
Artist-Website: myspace.com/masterofribongia
Release: MoR - "I've cheated"
Netlabel: beatismurder.com

fLako - "Footprints" (MP3)
Hi-Res - "Watch" (MP3)
Elaquent - "Pixelated Mess" (MP3)

If you are not familiar with the traditions of beat tapes, let me give you a brief introduction. Producers publish beat tapes to introduces themselves to the scene and pave the way for possible cooperations. Usually, these tapes are collections of beats rather than perfectly produced songs. Typical beat tapes show a variety of styles in maybe 20 different skits, each lasting one to two minutes. The best-known beat tapes are "Donuts" by J Dilla (I mean, face it) and the "Rap Beats Vol. 1" CDR by Samiyam.

Here's three free beat tapes for beginners

fLako is a Chilean-German producer from Berlin now living in London. His tapes "The First Space Shit on the Moon" was published via the Kwatro collective and features 30 sketches of warm and semi-electronic Rap beats. His tape is highly musical, razor sharp and sounds pretty much now. Definitive must-have, kids!

Download fLako's "The First Space Shit on the Moon" via zshare

Next in line is Portland cat Hi-Res. This funky guy released his soulful tape "1080 Beats" via myspace just recently, and it's really worth a listen. Dusty-jazzy beats and samples set Hi-Res apart from most producers in the game and save the kid a top ranking in the Post-Dilla charts. So clap your hands to what he's doing.

Download Hi-Res' "1080 Beats" via zshare

Finally, don't miss Canda's finest Elaquent. "In Colour Vol. 3" is the third installation of a series of beat tapes which are deserve your attention all together. Elaquent is working with vocal samples and cut-up Rap vocals that made people compare him to Prefuse73. Maybe the most underground, most rough tape in this collection.

Download Elaquent's "In Colour Vol. 3" via mediafire

Mobystow - "Tariel" (MP3)

Kauders - "His" (MP3)

Portformat - "Classics"

Portformat a.k.a. Ibrahima M'Bodji is a German/ Senegalsese producer. In 2009, Ibrahim will release his debut album by the hands of Tokyo Dawn records but before we can download a fine collection of mellow, mostly instrumental Hip Hop tunes. Organic and jazzy beats, musically speaking close to his buddy Comfort Fit plus some more Soul.

"Classics" via sendspace.com

Mobydick & Plaistow - "Tarial EP" (eDogm)

Critically acclaimed Geneve Jazztrio Plaistow hooked up with Moroccan MC Mobydick to form a new band: Mobystow. Mobydick spits in French and Darija language (which is a n Arabian idiom). That sounds fresh and interesting, and his associative, spoken word-style flow is unique. Plaistow add their visions of high energy Post-Bop to make this EP something new and outstanding.

"Tariel EP" @ eDogm

Kauders - "Brian Invited June" (Bird Song)

Gottfried Kauders is guitarist of Automassage and Code Inconnu, two bands that empathically push the borders of experimental Rock music. There is a certain sickness about both bands mainly due to the sluggish guitar play of Kauders. For his solo output, Kauders got into Avant-Garde Pop rather than Rock. But his style is not to mistaken. Strange music, unique music, but beautiful music above all.

"Brian Invited June" @ Bird Song

Deastro - "Grower EP" (RCRDLBL)

Deastro is a recording artists from Detroit, Michigan who is promoted by Ghostly recordlabel as a wunderkind in Shoegaze Electronica. Randolph Chabot a.k.a. Deastro is about to release his debut LP with Ghostly but his epic "Grower EP" is online for free via RCRDLBL. Home grown IDM, sweetish melodies and uplifting beats - somewhere between chip tune, Boards of Canda and My Bloody Valentine.

"Grower EP" @ RCRDLBL

Fine Before You Came - "sfortuna"

OK, I don't know much about Italian Indierock outfit Fine Before You Came. Flip of Zymogen sent me the link, asking if I would fancy some tough Rock music. I do. FBYC released their new record "sfortuna" as a free download on their website. The band exists for nearly ten years now and is quite successful in Italy. They play awkward melodic and aggresive Post-Hardcore that strikes a chord with me. Super!

"sfortuna" via mediafire.com

Cornbeast - "Megablast" (MP3)
Cornbeast - "Sparks" (MP3)

In a way, Cornbeast suits the recent trends in Discorock and punky Electronica quite well. Catchy melodies, uplifting beats, rough sounds. So far, this is true for a lot of chip music releases. But Cornbeast's "Chip Hero" brings along more than just 20 minutes dancefloor energy. Below his bleepy textures, gameboy Fredrik hides well-written songs with melodies that make stick and do not solely work by making you remember your Nintendo handheld.

This is the case especially for "Megablast", "Chip Hero" and the ballad "Sparks". Soulwax meets Daft Punk in a 8bit outfit? Gameboy Arena Rock? Probably said too much, but you get the idea. Recommended.

MP3 Pop Music Download

Download: "Chip Hero" (ZIP)
Artist-Website: cornbeast.com
Release: Cornbeast - "Chip Hero"
Netlabel: 8bitpeoples.com

Coehn & Foehrb - "Dejavue" (MP3)
Coehn & Foehrb - "Mittel Zum Finger" (MP3)
Coehn & Foehrb - "Nixtape" (MP3)

For sure: if you are able to understand kid Coehns' streetwise and funny Rap lyrics, it is more easy to dig "Die Tugend Von Heute". Coehn & Foerhb kick Hip Hop like it was big in Germany in the late 90's - straight forward, funky beats, Hip Hop that focuses on Rap with a storytelling vibe. Nice but not too decent, Coehn is a lyricist that knows about Raps' history but is able to extrapolate as well. His rhymes fit the beats of Stuttgart homies Foerhb, Radsch und Naturtalent seamlessly and although Coehn is not pushing genre borders, his styles are far above the genre common level.

However, there is no exclusive need to understand the lyrics. Coehns' flow is highly enjoyable, and the beats exhibit an interesting variety from Golden Age to influence from Dubstep and synth-driven electrorap. Coehn & Foerhb manage to balance juvenile party and fuck off, skills and laxity. I am looking forward to attend their live set at the Cologne Commons festival the day after tomorrow!

MP3 Hip Hop Music Download

Download: "Die Tugend Von Heute" (ZIP-Archive)

Artist-Website: www.coehnundfoehrb.de

Release: Coehn&Foehrb - "Die Tugend Von Heute"

Netlabel: www.bsolid.de

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Anton Mobin - "Micro-Climat" (MP3)

What struck me about "Micro-Climat" on first touch was the bass-heavy physicalness of Anton Mobins' aural quilt. He interlaces field recordings with musical elements (some percussive, some traces of instruments) and drops smithereens of conversation (French language). Mobin a.k.a. Anthony Baron uses the full range of the audible spectrum, from high frequent noises to subsonic audio events. Most of the time, his Music Concrète-composition is beautifully pure although most sources are hard to guess. Every now and then, however,  Anton Mobin radically enhances the  intensity of his track, resulting in bursts of curiously non-aggressive noise I have scarcely heard before.

Rich and refreshing, Anton Mobin places himself right between the IDM-influenced Electro-acoustica of d'incise, Preslav Literary School and Brooklyn noise pioneers Black Dice. Thanks to konkretourist Netlabel which I discovered only with this release!

By the way, Marco Medkour, one half of konkretourist, will present his "Soundmap of Cologne" at the Cologne Commons festival this weekend, 12th to 13th of June. Another exciting project.

MP3 Experimental Music Download

Download: "Micro-Climat" (ZIP Archive)
Artist-Website: audioblog.arteradio.com/ANTON_MOBIN
Release: Anton Mobin - "Micro-Climat"
Netlabel: www.konkretourist.de

Sky Barstow - "Can We Leave This Place" (MP3)
Sky Barstow - "Closet Dance" (MP3)

Robin Barstow a.k.a. Sky Barstow enjoys synthesizers and organs, "those big enormous ugly things". He is a circuit-bending sound engineer and recorded his recent album "It's Circuar" on an army of dirty little synths. What he get to hear is awkward chiptune hymnals, melancholy Indiepop tunes and 80's influenced DIY Grandezza. The album did not get me on first try. But listening to it again and again, every time it got better.

Most of the songs are longer than five minutes, and a lot of things happen in between. What sounds aleatoric initially turns out to be the mature profile of a talented not only knob tweaker but musician. "Can We Leave This Place", "Closet Dance", "It Rained All Day" and "Probably Not" are single hits with massive edges and sharp outlines. Robin Barstow mixes juvenile melancholy with queer exhibitionism, charm and a good amount of self-mockery. Can you imagine a mix between Nick Diamond and Mike Patton, ca.  Mr. Bungle? Well, maybe you can after having heard "It's Circular". Superb!

MP3 Pop Music Download

Download: "It's Circular" (ZIP-Archive)
Artist-Website: www.barstow.no
Release: Sky Barstow - "It's Circular"
Netlabel: www.peppermillrecords.com

Gillicuddy - "II" (MP3)

Let's start with the downer - behind the five tunes the tracklist promises, only two songs lurk actually. "I" and "II" are the same as "IV" and "V", as an interlude "III" is ten seconds silence. "The Repeating Thoughts Of Old Zinng Zanng". Got it?

Gillicuddy a.k.a. Andreas Rohden is much more subtle songwriter on his new EP than it was the case on "Shmalhans is Kuechenmeister". Both "I" and "II" are subtle and decent Folk songs that deliver a certain 60's feeling but are far to clever to be judged retro. The two-voiced vocals are very beautiful. Gillicuddys' songs float in a strange place in-between, they do not seem to serve any purpose. While "I" is a bit more traditional, say Wilco meets Sea & Cake,  "II" takes the song imperciptible into textural regions, makes it disappear somehow.

Fading in, fading out, diappearing...  after ten seconds silence, "I" and "II" repeat themselves as "IV" and "V". And although it is sad we only get these two new songs to hear, the concept makes sense. Very good.

MP3 Folk Music Download

Download: "The Repeating Thoughts Of Old Zinng Zanng" (ZIP-Archive)
Artist-Website: www.gillicuddy.de
Release: Gillicuddy - "The Repeating Thoughts Of Old Zinng Zanng"
Netlabel: www.restingbell.net

Black Era - "your own purple" (MP3)
Black Era - "martyr (reason)" (MP3)

Black Era don't only produce gloomy music, they want to make a statement against fascism, suppressing people and all other ugly people... Unfortunately I don't understand italian, but I suppose that's why on the release page of  "Third eye guerrilla EP" they linked people like Enrico Mattei, Pier Paolo Pasolini or Giovanni Falcone who where used with their voice to make a statement.

Great release!

PS: Just one word about aquietbump netlabel: They do a great job of promoting their releases. The picture above was delivered in a extra presskit for the media. Thumbs up!

MP3 Trip Hop Music Download

Download: Black Era - "Third eye guerrilla EP"
Artist-Website: www.blackera.com
Release: Black Era - "Third eye guerrilla EP"
Netlabel: aquietbump netlabel

M.W.D. - "Trouble Scene" (MP3)
M.W.D. - "Elephant" (MP3)

No, I am not related with Budabeats, I just respect and love their releases. All productions are well-produced, stuffed with delightful samples and this love for Hip Hop and often also Jazz. Just listen to "Trouble Scene". M.W.D. knows how to melt funky guitar licks, short brass sounds and organ chords together. It sounds so live, so delicious.

Gimme some more of that groovy jazz juice!

MP3 Downbeat Music Download

Download: M.W.D. - "Singing Forest" (ZIP-Archive)
Artist: www.myspace.com/mwd
Release: M.W.D. - "Singing Forest"
Netlabel: Budabeats

Crackling Vinyl and Some Breaks

The Insider - "Time to Move and Motivate" (MP3)
The Insider - "The Insider Theme" (MP3)

"All's Fair in Love of Wax" is a rough piece of album and not as polished and as superb as Jazzanova, DJ Cam or DJ Shadow or similiar artists. But I like the flair. These oldschool breakbeats kick my heart and I like the uncomplicated way, The Insider plays around with loops, samples and some ordinary effects.

The release reminds of those days when DJ Krush crashed on me. Those days Ninja Tune released uncomplicated music by Mr. Scruff and we all fell in love. And The Insider lights that fire again.

MP3 Instrumental Hip Hop Music Download

Download: The Insider - "All's Fair in Love of Wax"  (ZIP-Archive)
Artist-Website: www.revolutionvoid.com
Release: The Insider - "All's Fair in Love of Wax"

Subbass and Breakbeats

Winnie The Shit - "I love You" (MP3)
Winnie The Shit - "Dark Pattern" (MP3)
Winnie The Shit - "Awkward Silence" (MP3)

In general if some friends of mine talk about Dubstep, I don't think about melodies. Most of the time Dubstep is about digging the bass still a little bit deeper into the ground. Instead of supplying us with some melodic grooves to remember, the forget about the soul of music.

On the contrary Winnie explores both sides. He enjoys to built some heavy and relaxed beats with melodies. OK, "Awkward Silence" is still more awkward than melodic, but with "Dark Pattern" and "Robot Master" he follows the path to IDM and combines Electronica with a solid fundament of beats. Fine release!

MP3 Dubstep Music Download

Download: Winnie The Shit - "Sons Grave" (ZIP-Archive)
Artist-Website: Winnie The Shit on last.fm
Release: Winnie The Shit - "Sons Grave"

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